North American Nickel Announces Extension of Warrant Exercise Terms

NORTH AMERICAN NICKEL INC.

2200-1055 W. Hastings Street

Vancouver, BC

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NORTH AMERICAN NICKEL ANNOUNCES EXTENSION OF WARRANT

EXERCISE TERMS

Vancouver, British Columbia, May 28 , 2018 – North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE: NAN)

(OTCBB: WSCRF) (CUSIP: 65704T 108) (the "Company") announced today that it has applied to the TSX

Venture Exchange to extend the expiry date of 46,334,454 common share purchase warrants of the

Company (the "Warrants"). The Warrants were originally granted pursuant to a public offering of units of

the Company, which closed on July 21, 2016. The Warrants are exercisable for common shares of the

Company at a price of $0.12 per common share and are set to expire on July 21, 2018. The Company is

proposing to extend the expiry date of the Warrants by an additional twelve months to July 21, 2019. All

other terms of the Warrants, including the exercise price, will remain the same. The proposed term

extension of the Warrants is conditional upon the receipt of TSX Venture Exchange approval.

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 permitted exploration project comprising 2,985 square

km covering numerous high-grade nickel-copper + cobalt 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 fr om the existing Seqi deep water port with an all

year-round shipping season and hydroelectric power potential from a quantified watershed.

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.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements

This press release contains certain "forward-looking statements" and "forward-looking information" under

applicable securities laws concerning the business, operations and financial performance and condition of

the Company. Forward-looking statements and forward-looking information include, but are not limited to,

statements with respect to the extension of the term of the Warrants. Except for statements of historical

fact relating to the Company, certain information contained herein constitutes forward-looking statements.

Forward-looking statements are frequently characterized by words such as " plan," "expect," "project,"

"intend," "believe," "anticipate", "estimate" and other similar words, or statements that certain events or

conditions "may" or "will" occur. Forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of

management at the date the statements are made and are based on several assumptions and subject to a

variety of risks and uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ

materially from those projected in the forward- looking statements. Many of these assumptions are based

on factors and events that are not within the control of the Company and there is no assuran ce they will

prove to be correct.

Factors that could cause actual results to vary materially from results anticipated by such forward- looking

statements include the inability to obtain regulatory approvals required in relation to the extension of the

term of the Warrants. The Company cautions that the foregoing list of important factors is not exhaustive.

Investors and others who rely on forward- looking statements should carefully consider the above factors

as well as the uncertainties they represent and t he risk they entail. The Company believes that the

expectations reflected in those forward-looking statements are reasonable, but no assurance can be given

that these expectations will prove to be correct and such forward-looking statements included in this press

release should not be unduly relied upon. These statements speak only as of the date of this press release.

The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward -looking statements if circumstances or

management's estimates or opinions should change except as required by applicable securities laws.

Although the Company 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 not to be anticipated, estimated or intended. Statements concerning

mineral reserve and resource estimates may also be deemed to constitute forward -looking statements to

the extent they involve estimates of the mineralization that will be encountered if the property is developed.

Statements about the Company's future expectations and all other statements in this press release other

than historical facts are "forward looking statements " within the meaning of Section 27A of the U.S.

Securities Act, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and as that term defined in the Private

Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company intends that such forward- looking statements be subject to

the safe harbours created thereby. Since these statements involve risks and uncertainties and are subject

to change at any time, the Company's actual results may differ materially from the expected results.

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

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

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