First Point Minerals Corporation has announced results for the first nine of 36 holes from the 2011 drilling campaign at the Decar nickel iron alloy project in central British Columbia. The Decar project is managed by Cliffs Natural Resources Exploration Canada Inc, an affiliate of Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. Highlights include:

Baptiste
11BAP-01 263m of 0.132% magnetically-recovered nickel
11BAP-03 305m of 0.128%
11BAP-04 255m of 0.132%
11BAP-05 259m of 0.145%
11BAP-07 254m of 0.163%

Target B
11B-01 258m of 0.138% magnetically recovered nickel

Dr Peter Bradshaw president & CEO of First Point said that "The length and grade of these holes are impressive. They represent an important step in the process of demonstrating the possible presence of a bulk tonnage, open pittable and nickel iron alloy deposit at Decar."