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2 days ago
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- CBS News
Boston man hailed a hero for rescuing blind woman from apartment fire
An early morning fire at an apartment building on Tremont Street in Roxbury could have had a tragic outcome if not for a quick-thinking neighbor being called a hero. It started in a second-floor apartment where 79-year-old Geneva Fuller woke to smell smoke. "She's blind, so she really didn't know what was going on. She had to go by her senses of hearing and smelling," said her son Keith Patterson. Fuller activated her Life Alert which brought crews to the scene who then saw the smoke and flames. Neighbor runs back upstairs By then neighbor Socrate Joseph knew his blind neighbor might be trapped. "I ran back upstairs on the third floor, grabbed my phone so I could use it as a flashlight. Then I went back downstairs, looked for her. I grabbed her hand, and she was pulling back," said Joseph. Socrate Joseph carried a blind woman out of an apartment building on fire in Roxbury. CBS Boston The frightened woman was combative in the face of danger, but Socrate Joseph says he had to take matters into his own hands. "In that moment I just yanked her, put her over my shoulders. So I was climbing down the steps with her," Joseph said. "That's when one of the firefighters came and then they took her from me." "A hero among us" Fuller was rescued out a side door to waiting EMS crews. Joseph's intuition is something Keith Patterson says he'll be ever grateful for. "He was literally a hero among us," Patterson said. "I would say if it wasn't for him, I don't think I would be having this conversation with you, nor would my mom be alive. I was just forever grateful, forever indebt to him." Fuller is a fixture in the Roxbury neighborhood having lived there for nearly 40 years. The building manager says he is also grateful for his tenant. "Ready to risk his own life to save another, to me that means the world," said Victor Luna. The units now boarded up are a total loss leaving Socrate Joseph homeless for now, but knowing everyone made it out. "If I did not, it would have been on my conscience. I don't know her, but it was the right thing to do," Joseph said. Geneva Fuller suffered smoke inhalation and will be monitored at the hospital for the next 24 hours. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Cision Canada
27-05-2025
- Business
- Cision Canada
FPX Nickel and JOGMEC Initiate Exploration at the Expanded Klow Property in British Columbia
VANCOUVER, BC, May 27, 2025 /CNW/ - FPX Nickel Corp. (TSX-V: FPX) (OTCQB: FPOCF) (" FPX" or the " Company") is pleased to announce planned exploration activities at the Company's Klow property (" Klow" or the " Property"), located 45 km north of the Company's Baptiste Nickel Project. Exploration will be 100% funded by the Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (" JOGMEC") under the terms of an earn-in agreement which provides JOGMEC the option to earn up to a 60% interest in the Property. The Company has recently expanded the mineral claims at Klow by 600%, bringing the Property to 164 km 2 and is currently preparing a wide-ranging surface rock sampling program over the summer of 2025 with the goal of advancing Klow to drill-ready status. Highlights Previous rock sampling and drilling has identified multiple large-scale awaruite nickel targets within the overall district-scale Klow Property (164 km 2 land package) Historic drill results at the Klow North Target include a near-surface intercept of 316 m at a grade of 0.097% nickel-in-alloy (a chemical dissolution used to estimate nickel contained in awaruite mineralization, see Note 1 below) Planned Property-wide rock sampling program aims to expand known mineralized zones and identify new awaruite mineralization with the goal of delineating drill targets Exploration at Klow will be 100% funded by JOGMEC "Located north of our flagship Baptiste Nickel Project, and underlain by the same Trembleur ultramafic rocks that host Baptiste, Klow is one of the most highly prospective areas for awaruite mineralization in Canada," commented Keith Patterson, FPX's Vice President, Exploration. "Past results include surface samples and drill hole intercepts comparable to those from Baptiste, and large areas of the Property remain untested to date. We look forward to deepening our collaboration with JOGMEC in pursuit of advancing Klow to the drill-ready stage." Historic Work The Klow Property is located 120 km northwest of Fort St. James and 45 km north of FPX's flagship Baptiste Nickel Project. An all-season public road runs along the eastern margin of Klow, with a rail alignment located approximately 12 km west of the property. Previous work at Klow includes mapping and rock sampling from 2009 to 2012, and a limited diamond drill program at the Klow North Target in 2012. Wide-spaced rock sampling has delineated several additional targets which will be further investigated with planned sampling in 2025. The Klow North Target includes a broad zone of awaruite mineralization measuring approximately 1.0 by 1.5 km defined by surface rock samples containing elevated grades of up to 0.13% nickel-in-alloy (a targeted chemical dissolution used to estimate nickel contained in awaruite mineralization, more fully described in Note 1 below). A five-hole drill program was completed in 2012; DH-04 returned a significant result of 316 m at 0.097% nickel-in-alloy, from 10 m below surface. Recent test work on 68 archived samples from this drill hole shows an excellent correlation between Davis Tube Recoverable (" DTR") Ni grades and nickel-in-alloy grades with DTR producing values approximately 7-10% higher than historic nickel-in-alloy analysis. The Klow Target remains one of FPX's highest priority targets outside the Decar Nickel District. Elsewhere on the recently expanded Klow Property, historic rock sampling has delineated numerous target areas which remain largely open for expansion, with those samples having returned grades of up to 0.09% DTR nickel. Planned 2025 Exploration Program It is expected that crews will mobilize to the Property in early July to begin a comprehensive grid-based rock sampling program. In areas of known awaruite mineralization, sampling will target 100 x 200 metre spacing where possible. Further from known mineralization or in areas that were previously unsampled, sampling will target 200 x 1,000 metre spacing. FPX and JOGMEC have jointly approved a budget of $325,000 for work at Klow in 2025, which will be funded 100% by JOGMEC. Klow Property Earn-In Agreement On April 1, 2023, FPX and JOGMEC entered into an earn-in agreement (the " Klow Earn-In Agreement") which provides JOGMEC the option to earn a beneficial interest in FPX's Klow Project (" Klow") in central British Columbia. The key terms of the Klow Earn-in Agreement are as follows: FPX grants to JOGMEC the option to earn a 60% beneficial interest in Klow by funding $1,000,000 in exploration expenditures by no later than March 31, 2027 (extended from a prior deadline of March 31, 2026 by mutual agreement of the parties) Once JOGMEC has earned its 60% beneficial interest in Klow, the parties will thereafter fund exploration expenditures pro rata to their ownership interest If either party's beneficial interest in Klow is diluted below 10%, that party's beneficial interest will be converted into a 1.5% NSR royalty over Klow, with the other party retaining a right to buy-back 1.0% of the NSR royalty for $3,500,000 The Klow Property is located on the traditional territories of multiple First Nations, many of whom are engaged on FPX's nearby Baptiste Nickel Project. Note 1: Historic Sampling and Analytical Methods Many of the historic rock and drill-core results within the Company's Klow Property database were analyzed for "nickel-in-alloy" by a proprietary geochemical extraction which selectively targets nickel in awaruite (nickel-iron alloy) and does not recover significant nickel from sulphide or silicate minerals. Current industry best practices for analysis of magnetically recoverable nickel (awaruite) utilize Davis Tube Recoverable (DTR) analysis. DTR nickel values refer to the portion of the total contained nickel that is recovered from a magnetically separated fraction of the sample. While both methods measure nickel in awaruite, awaruite particle exposure and grain size influence each method slightly differently; therefore these results are not directly comparable. All analytical work on 2025 Klow samples will utilize Davis Tube Recoverable (DTR) analysis. Keith Patterson, FPX's Vice President, Exploration, FPX's Qualified Person under NI 43-101, has reviewed and approved the scientific and technical content of this news release. About FPX Nickel Corp. FPX Nickel Corp. is focused on the exploration and development of the Decar Nickel District, located in central British Columbia, and other occurrences of the same unique style of naturally occurring nickel-iron mineralization known as awaruite. For more information, please view the Company's website at or contact Martin Turenne, President and CEO, at (604) 681-8600 or [email protected]. On behalf of FPX Nickel Corp. "Martin Turenne" Martin Turenne, President, CEO and Director Forward-Looking Statements Certain of the statements made and information contained herein is considered "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. These statements address future events and conditions and so involve inherent risks and uncertainties, as disclosed in the Company's periodic filings with Canadian securities regulators. Actual results could differ from those currently projected. The Company does not assume the obligation to update any forward-looking statement. SOURCE FPX Nickel Corp.
Yahoo
08-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
FPX Nickel extends exploration partnership with JOGMEC
Canada-based nickel mining company FPX Nickel has extended its Global Generative Exploration Alliance with the Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC), turning it into an open-ended joint venture (JV). After two years of collaboration, the partnership will continue to focus on identifying and acquiring high-quality awaruite nickel properties globally, particularly those geologically similar to FPX's flagship Baptiste Nickel Project in British Columbia. The Generative Alliance has established a budget of C$1.5bn for its third year, running from April 2025 to March 2026. FPX Nickel will now take a majority position in the alliance, contributing 60% of the expenditures and securing a corresponding ownership stake in new JV projects generated by the alliance. The alliance has gathered more than 2,000 samples through ongoing evaluations in ten global and four Canadian jurisdictions, leading to the acquisition of the alliance's first Designated Project, with details expected to be announced in the coming months. FPX vice-president exploration Keith Patterson said: 'Having made excellent progress during the first two years of our global exploration partnership with JOGMEC, we are excited to have identified and secured the first Designated Project for this joint venture. 'Ongoing activities continue to reinforce confidence in our targeting strategy, and we look forward to securing and announcing additional large-scale awaruite property acquisitions in the third year of the Generative Alliance.' The funding structure for the alliance has evolved since its inception in April 2023. JOGMEC initially funded 100% of the C$650,000 budget in the first year. The second-year budget expanded to C$1.5bn, with JOGMEC providing 60% after fulfilling its initial commitment, and FPX contributing the remaining 40%. Moving into the third year, FPX will increase its funding share to 60%, with JOGMEC covering the remaining 40%. Designated Projects that emerge from the alliance's efforts will be jointly owned, with FPX holding a 60% stake and JOGMEC 40%, from 1 April 2025 onwards. Each project will have a dedicated work programme and budget aimed at testing and developing the identified targets. A JOGMEC representative said: 'JOGMEC is very pleased to proceed with Year Three activities with a view to identifying significant new awaruite deposits, which could be a globally significant, low-carbon source of nickel for the electric vehicle battery supply chain toward the realisation of a carbon-neutral society.' In September 2023, FPX Nickel signed a memorandum of understanding with JOGMEC and the Prime Planet Energy & Solutions JV to bolster the battery metal supply chain with a reduced environmental footprint. "FPX Nickel extends exploration partnership with JOGMEC" was originally created and published by Mining Technology, a GlobalData owned brand. The information on this site has been included in good faith for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely, and we give no representation, warranty or guarantee, whether express or implied as to its accuracy or completeness. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site. Sign in to access your portfolio
