Nickel North Announces Grant of Options
www.nnexploration.com
1188 West Georgia St. Suite 1488
Vancouver BC V6E 4A2
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January 19, 2026 Trading Symbol: "NNX: TSX.V"
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NEWS RELEASE
NICKEL NORTH ANNOUNCES GRANT OF OPTIONS
Nickel North Exploration Corp. (the " Company") announces that, pursuant to its Stock Option Plan
(2025), that it has granted a total of 8,600,000 stock options (the " Options") to directors, officers,
employees, and consultants of the Company. Of all of the Options granted, 8,100,000 of them vested
immediately and will expire five (5) years from the date of grant and 500,000 of the Options, granted to
investor relations consultant, will vest 25% every three (3) months over a period of twelve (12) months.
About Nickel North Exploration
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 Quebec. 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 179.67 km2. Quebec 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 or follow Company on Twitter at
https://twitter.com/nickelnorth.
Nickel North Exploration Corp. has been identified as a key player in the Critical and Strategic
Minerals value chain by Quebec's Ministry of Economics and Innovation (MEI) in 2021 (Quebec
Plan for the Development of Critical and Strategic Minerals 2020 -2025 (quebec.ca), which is part of
Quebec'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.
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.
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
Kevin Shum [email protected]
Tel: +1 (647) 725-3888 x702
www.nnexploration.com
1188 West Georgia St. Suite 1488
Vancouver BC V6E 4A2
AC/14290231.1
For further information please visit http://www.nnexploration.com
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