Canada Nickel Announces Closing of US$32 Million Bridge Loan Facility with Auramet International, Inc.

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Canada Nickel Announces Closing of US$32 Million

Bridge Loan Facility with Auramet International, Inc.

TORONTO, February 10, 2026 – Canada Nickel Company Inc. ("Canada Nickel" or the "Company")

(TSXV: CNC) (OTCQX: CNIKF) announced it has closed a US$32 million bridge loan facility with Auramet

International, Inc. (“Auramet”). Proceeds from the facility will be used to provide additional funding

to advance the Company’s flagship Crawford Nickel Sulphide Project and to repay the existing loan

with BT Strategic Minerals Assets LP, whose anchor investor is Baronet Capital.

Loan Facility

The bridge loan facility is due May 9, 2026, carries an interest rate of 1.00% per month, and is subject

to a 2.5% arrangement fee. At closing, Auramet received 1,750,000 1-year warrants at an exercise

price of $2.03. The loan is subject to such terms and conditions, including certain specified positive

and negative covenants, that are customary for a transaction of this nature. The warrants and the

underlying shares will be subject to a four-month hold period under applicable Canadian securities

laws.

About Auramet

Auramet is a private company established in 2004 by seasoned professionals who have assembled a

global team of industry specialists with over 350 years combined industry experience. It is one of the

largest physical precious metals merchants in the world and has provided over $1.3 billion in term

financing facilities to date. Auramet offers a full range of services including physical metals trading,

metals merchant banking (including direct lending), and project finance advisory services to all

participants in the precious metals supply chain.

About Canada Nickel Company

Canada Nickel Company Inc. is advancing the next generation of nickel-sulphide projects to deliver

nickel required to feed the high growth electric vehicle and stainless-steel markets. Canada Nickel

Company has 1 applied in multiple jurisdictions to trademark the terms NetZero NickelTM, NetZero

CobaltTM, NetZero IronTM and is pursuing the development of processes to allow the production of

net zero carbon nickel, cobalt, and iron products. Canada Nickel provides investors with leverage to

nickel in low political risk jurisdictions. Canada Nickel is currently anchored by its 100% owned flagship

Crawford Nickel-Cobalt Sulphide Project in the heart of the prolific Timmins-Cochrane mining camp.

For more information, please visit www.canadanickel.com.

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For further information, please contact:

Mark Selby CEO

Phone: 647-256-1954

Email: [email protected]

Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains certain information that may constitute "forward-looking information"

under applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward looking information includes the ability of

the Company to finance and construct the Crawford Nickel Project, deliver nickel required to feed the

high growth electric vehicle and stainless steel markets, and the development of processes to allow

the production of net zero carbon nickel, cobalt, and iron products. Readers should not place undue

reliance on forward looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown

risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual 2 results, performance or

achievements of Canada Nickel to be materially different from any future results, performance or

achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. There are no assurances that

Crawford will be placed into production. Factors that could affect the outcome include, among others:

inability to repay the loan or comply with the covenants set out in the loan agreement; the actual

results of development activities; project delays; inability to raise the funds necessary to complete

development; general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties; future prices

of metals or project costs could differ substantially and make any commercialization uneconomic;

availability of alternative nickel sources or substitutes; actual nickel recovery; conclusions of economic

evaluations; changes in applicable laws; changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined;

accidents, labour disputes, the availability and productivity of skilled labour and other risks of the

mining industry; political instability, terrorism, insurrection or war; delays in obtaining governmental

approvals, necessary permitting or in the completion of development or construction activities;

mineral resource estimates relating to Crawford could prove to be inaccurate for any reason

whatsoever; additional but currently unforeseen work may be required to advance to the feasibility

stage; and even if Crawford goes into production, there is no assurance that operations will be

profitable. Although Canada Nickel has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual

actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements,

there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results to differ from those anticipated,

estimated or intended. Forward-looking statements contained herein are made as of the date of this

news release and Canada Nickel disclaims any obligation to update any forward looking statements,

whether as a result of new information, future events or results or otherwise, except as required by

applicable securities laws. Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that

term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or

accuracy of this release.