** Shares of Canada Nickel Co Inc CNC.V up 5.7% at C$1.66
** Company signs deal to buy 100% interest in Texmont
property in Ontario urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nCNWMpTzga
** Historic resource estimate of 3.2 mln tonnes grading 0.9%
nickel was reported at the property - CNC
** A mine and mill operated on the site from July 1971 to
December 1972 at a rated capacity of 500 tons/day, according to
company
** "The acquisition of the Texmont property provides
near-term smaller scale production potential" - CEO Mark Selby
** Accounting for session gains, company's stock down 56%
YTD
(Reporting by Arshreet Singh in Bengaluru)
((Arshreet.Singh@thomsonreuters.com))