2010 Mining Explorers: Pure Nickel Inc.

NIC: TSX

President and CEO: David McPherson

Chairman: R. David Russell

Chief Consulting Geologist: Larry Hulbert

Pure Nickel Inc., a junior with a portfolio of nickel and platinum group element projects in Canada and Alaska, is focused on exploring its Man nickel-copper-platinum group element project.

Itochu Corp., which joined the project at the end of 2008, has agreed to invest as much as US$40...