# SPC Nickel Amends Cooperation Agreement with Vale Canada Limited, Extending Term of the Agreement on West Graham Project

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/spc-nickel-amends-cooperation-agreement-with-vale-canada-limited-extending-term--dcc1959e-b9db-4378-9094-eaf5d8e9abc7

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/SPC/news/4584069568819502/spc-nickel-amends-cooperation-agreement-with-vale-canada-limited-extending-term-

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2026-04-01T11:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: SPC Nickel Corp.

- Ticker: SPC

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Sudbury Basin

- Primary commodity: Nickel

- Secondary commodities: Copper

- Document categories: Agreement transaction, Resource update

- Extracted: 2026-08-26 11:02:47 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.40 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

SPC Nickel has amended its Cooperation Agreement with Vale Canada Limited to extend the Feasibility Study deadline for the West Graham Project by one year to June 30, 2027. The company also noted its historical progress, including a maiden mineral resource and completed metallurgical studies.

Reasoning: The amendment extends the timeline for the West Graham Project, providing more time to reach a Feasibility Study, which is a positive de-risking signal for project development runway.

- Positive factor: Extension of Feasibility Study deadline provides more runway

- Positive factor: Successful delivery of maiden resource and metallurgical study mentioned

- Negative factor: Extension of deadline implies the original timeline was not met

Facts used in scoring: 4

## Classification and evidence

**Resource Update**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Revised estimate for an existing resource — compare to prior to assess progress.

Why it applies: The document restates historical resource figures as part of the context for the agreement amendment.

Evidence · text

> disclosing the Maiden Mineral Resource for West Graham containing 19.3 Mt grading 0.42% Ni

**QP/CP Signed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Qualified Person \(QP\) or Competent Person \(CP\) named and signed off — a member of a recognized professional association \(e.g., AusIMM, SME, AIG, P.Geo\) with relevant experience.

Why it applies: Grant Mourre, P.Geo. \(PGO\), is named as a Qualified Person approving the technical elements.

Evidence · text

> approved by Mr. Grant Mourre, P.Geo. \(PGO\), CEO and President of SPC Nickel Corp. and a Qualified Person

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 0. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

No stored fact records are available for this extraction.

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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