Nickel North Appoints New Director & Senior Advisor

March 30, 2022 NEWS RELEASE Trading Symbol: “NNX: TSX.V”

NICKEL NORTH APPOINTS NEW DIRECTOR & SENIOR ADVISOR

Nickel North Exploration Corp. (NNX - TSX-Venture Exchange) (the "Company" or "Nickel North") is pleased to announce 2022 exploration plans. Furthermore, the Company and appointment of Ms. Julie Lemieux as a director of the Company, and Dr. Larry Hulbert as a senior technical advisor and exploration consultant.

Ms. Julie Lemieux

Mrs. Lemieux brings 25 years of experience in strategic management and business development. She is an experienced executive with a proven track record across a broad range of industries. Ms. Lemieux has led organizations through major challenges, including financial restructuring, transition to the public market and financing. She brings an understanding of what it takes to operate a small-cap public company having to navigate governance and regulations. She excels in working with the management team, reaching out to partners, investors and building a culture of engagement and accountability. Previously Ms. Lemieux managed strategic projects, including working with the Metis Nation of Alberta and its regions through Indigenous consultation, support, and advice on environmental services aligned with community concerns and values. Mrs. Lemieux currently serves on several boards of directors with companies listed on the TSX and the CSE.

Dr. Larry Hulbert

Dr. Larry Hulbert is a professional geoscientist with over 40 years of exploration and research experience specializing in the exploration of Mafic-Ultramafic Rocks with an emphasis on Ni-Cu-PGE mineralization. Dr. Hulbert is the current Senior Ni-Cu-PGE consultant to numerous Australian, Japanese, Chinese and Canadian exploration companies.

Dr. Hulbert was a senior research scientist with the Geological Survey of Canada, Mineral Deposits Division, from 1984 to 2007. He was awarded the Earth Sciences Sector Merit Award 2003 - Natural Resources Canada In recognition of exemplary effort in the sustainable development of Canada’s northern mineral wealth. He was the recipient of the Barlow Medal from CIM in 1993 for paper in Exploration & Mining Geology “Sedimentary Nickel, Zinc, and Platium-Group Element Mineralization in Devonian Black Shales at the Nick Property, Yukon, Canada: A New Deposit Type”. In addition, he was the Geological Association and Mineralogical Association of Canada Robinson Distinguished Lecturer for 2001- 2002 speaking across Canada on Ni-Cu-PGE deposits and potential in Canada.

He is a Professional Geoscientist Registered in good standing with the Association of Professional Engineers & Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (#10836), P. Geo. since 2003, and member in good standing with the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario (#1888), P. Geo. since 2010, and registered as a P. Geo. in Quebec (#1898) 2014.

NNX President and CEO, Dr. Tony Guo, states: " On behalf of the board and team at NNX, we are pleased to have Ms. Julie Lemieux and Dr. Larry Hulbert joining the Company. Ms. Lemieux is from Quebec and has a thorough understanding of its culture and has worked early in her career for the mining sector of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources in Quebec (MERN). She brings a broad range of skills to support our flagship project in Quebec in accessing various government initiatives.

“We are also thrilled to welcome Dr. Larry Hulbert to our Technical team as we look to embark on the aggressive and ambitious exploration programs at our Hawk Ridge Cu-Ni-Co-PGE project. Over the past 40 years, Dr. Hulbert has successfully overseen and conducted the nickel exploration programs in Canada. His tremendous wealth of research and exploration experience and strong leadership style will be instrumental as we look to significantly grow resources and make new discoveries at Hawk Ridge Project"

On behalf of Nickel North Exploration Corp.

"SIGNED"

Tony Guo, President and CEO

NICKEL NORTH EXPLORATION

Per: “Tony Guo”

Tony Guo

Nickel North Exploration Inc.

Tony Guo. P. Geo, Chief Executive Officer (Tel: +1.-778-877-5480)

E-mail: [email protected]

North America IR / PR Jemini Capital Jorge Galindo [email protected] Tel: +1 (647) 725-3888 x703

About Nickel North Exploration Corp.

Nickel North Exploration is a Canada-based exploration company focused on defining a Cu-Ni-Co-PGE mineral resource at its Hawk Ridge Project in Northern Québec. The board of directors, advisor committee and management team are experienced, successful mine finders. The property consists of a 50 km long belt of strong magmatic Cu-Ni-Co-PGE occurrences covering 173 km2. The project is located near tidewater. Québec is a mining friendly jurisdiction. Nickel North Exploration is a conscientious corporate citizen maintains good relations with local Inuit communities and is committed to sustainable development. For more information on the company, please visit www.nnexploration.com.

Nickel North Exploration Corp. has been identified as a key player in the Critical and Strategic Minerals value chain by Québec’s Ministry of Economics and Innovation (MEI) in 2021 (Québec Plan for the Development of Critical and Strategic Minerals 2020-2025 (quebec.ca), which is part of Québec’s Plan for the Development of Critical and Strategic Metals (QPDCSM) and aims to stimulate the exploration and mining of SCMs, their transformation and recycling.

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