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Nickel Rock Adds an Additional Lithium Project in Nevada to its Property Portfolio

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NEWS RELEASE

Nickel Rock Adds an Additional Lithium Project in Nevada to its Property

Portfolio

Coquitlam, BC – March 29, 2022- Nickel Rock Resources Inc. (the “Company” or “Nickel

Rock”) (TSXV: NICL, OTCQB: NICKLF, FRA: NMK2) announces that the Company has staked 80

placer claims (MVS1–MVS80) covering approximately 635 hectares of alluvial sediments and clays

located 122 km northeast of Tonopah, Nevada (the “Volt Canyon Lithium Property”).

The Volt Canyon Lithium Property is located in Monitor Valley, Nevada, about 122 km north-

northeast of Tonopah, Nevada. The center of the property is about 38.96° North Latitude, 116.70°

West Longitude.

Geology and Mineralization

The Volt Canyon Lithium Property is sediment-hosted lithium clay targets. Access to the property is

good and both future exploration and exploitation work could be conducted year-round. Minimal

work has been conducted on the project to date, but surface samples reported in regional NURE data

run up to 108 ppm Li near the claim block.

The origin of this lithium deposit is suspected to be similar to Clayton Valley clay deposits located

about 180 km to the south. Both areas are reasonably well represented by the USGS preliminary

deposit model, which describes the primary characteristics as light-colored, ash-rich, lacustrine

(lake) rocks containing swelling clays.

Mr. Tim Fernback, Nickel Rock’s President & CEO comments “Volt Canyon Lithium Project has been

relatively unexplored to date, but the lithium exploration potential due to the geothermal activity in the

project area is compelling. Our geological team has been assessing this overall area for several months

for its lithium exploration potential. It is the Company’s intention to rapidly evaluate the lithium

potential of this project over the coming months. It is Nickel Rock’s intent to complete an initial NI #43-

101 Technical Report on the property in the near future”.

Nickel Rock Resources Inc.

3028 Quadra Court

Coquitlam, BC, V3B 5X6

604- 428-5690

www.nickelrockresources.com

[email protected]

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Qualified Person as Defined Under National Instrument 43-101

Alan J. Morris, CPG of Spring Creek, Nevada, a Qualified Person as defined under Nation Instrument

43-101 has reviewed and approved the technical aspects of this news release.

About Nickel Rock Resources Inc.

Nickel Rock Resources Inc. is a Canadian based exploration company whose primary listing is on the

TSX Venture Exchange. The Company’s maintains a focus on exploration for high value battery

metals required for the electric vehicle (EV) market. www.nickelrockresources.com

About the British Columbia, Nickel Projects

The Mount Sidney Williams Group consists of three claim blocks with a total area of 10,569 hectares

in the area surrounding Mount Sidney Williams, both adjoining and near the Decar project of FPX

Nickel Corp., located 100 kilometres northwest of Fort St. James, B.C., in the Omineca mining division.

Metallic mineralization includes nickel, cobalt, and chromium. At least some of the nickel

mineralization occurs as awaruite. The Mitchell Range Group area claim consist of one claim block

covering 8,659 hectares with demonstrated metallic mineralization including nickel, cobalt, and

chromium. Nickel cobalt mineralization has not been well explored, but the presence of awaruite has

been documented. The Company has optioned out an 80% interest on certain mineral claims within

the Hard Nickel 4 and Nickel 100 exploration project, to Surge Battery Metals Inc. (TSXV:NILI).

About Clayton Valley Lithium Project

The Company owns a 100% in 113 lithium lode and placer claims covering over 640 hectares in

Clayton Valley. Clayton Valley is a down-dropped closed basin formed by the Miocene age Great Basin

extension and is still active due to movement along the Walker Lane structural zone. As a result, the

basin has preserved multiple layers of lithium bearing volcanic ash, resulting from multiple eruptive

events over the past 6 million years including eruptions from the 700,000-year-old Long Valley

Caldera system and related events. These ash layers are thought to contribute to the lithium brines

extracted by Albemarle and are also likely involved in the formation of the exposed lithium rich clay

deposits on the east side of Clayton Valley.

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On Behalf of the Board of Directors

“Tim Fernback”

604-428-5690

Tim Fernback, President & CEO

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of

the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

This news release may contain forward-looking statements which include, but are not limited to, comments that

involve future events and conditions, which are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Except for statements of

historical facts, comments that address resource potential, upcoming work programs, geological interpretations,

receipt and security of mineral property titles, availability of funds, and others are forward-looking. Forward-

looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may vary materially from those

statements. General business conditions are factors that could cause actual results to vary materially from

forward-looking statements.