500 – 200 W. Esplanade

NORTH AMERICAN NICKEL INC. 500 – 200 W. Esplanade North Vancouver, B.C.

V7M 1A4

Tel: (604) 986-2020 Toll Free: 1-866-816-0118

NORTH AMERICAN NICKEL REPORTS ON ANNUAL GENERAL AND SPECIAL MEETING

Vancouver, British Columbia, June 29, 2016 – North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE: NAN) (OTCBB: WSCRF) (CUSIP: 65704T 108) (the "Company") is pleased to report on the results of the Annual General and Special Meeting (the "Meeting") of shareholders held on June 29, 2016.

The shareholders ratified and approved the number of directors at six (6) and Doug Ford, Jim Clucas, Gilbert Clark, Christopher Messina, Keith Morrison and John Sabine were re-elected as directors of the Company for the ensuing year. Edward Ford and John Roozendaal did not stand for re-election at the AGM.

North American Nickel CEO, Keith Morrison stated "On behalf of the North American Nickel Board and shareholders, I want to thank Mr. Edward Ford and Mr. John Roozendaal for their time and effort to advance the objectives of the Company, and wish them well in their future endeavours."

In addition, Dale Matheson Carr-Hilton LaBonte LLP were re-appointed as auditors and shareholders approved the Company's Stock Option Plan as detailed in the Management Information Circular dated as of May 24, 2016.

About North American Nickel

North American Nickel is a mineral exploration company with 100% owned properties in Maniitsoq, Greenland and Sudbury, Ontario.

The Maniitsoq property in Greenland is a Camp scale project comprising 2,985 square km covering numerous high-grade nickel-copper sulphide occurrences associated with norite and other mafic-ultramafic intrusions of the Greenland Norite Belt (GNB). The >75km-long belt is situated along, and near, the southwest coast of Greenland accessible from the existing Seqi deep water port (See NAN News Release dated January 19, 2015) with an all year round shipping season and abundant hydro-electric potential.

The Post Creek/Halcyon property in Sudbury is strategically located adjacent to the past producing Podolsky copper-nickel-platinum group metal deposit of KGHM International Ltd. The property lies along the extension of the Whistle Offset dyke structure. Such geological structures host major Ni-Cu-PGM deposits and producing mines within the Sudbury Camp.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Mark Fedikow President North American Nickel Inc.

For more information contact:

North American Nickel Inc.

Jaclyn Ruptash Corporate Communications 604-770-4334

Toll free: 1-866-816-0118

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