03:36 PM EST - First Nickel Inc. : announced its preliminary third-quarter production numbers for the Lockerby Mine in Sudbury, Ontario. FNI produced approximately two million pounds of payable nickel and 1.4 million pounds of payable copper in the third quarter of 2012, an increase of 25% and 17%, respectively, over the prior quarter. Year to date, the Company has produced 4.9 million pounds of payable nickel and 3.4 million pounds of payable copper. In the third quarter of 2012, nickel production was at 80% of the full production rate forecasted for the Lockerby Mine. First Nickel Inc.
shares T.FNI are trading down $0.005 at $0.05.
