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Nickel North Announces New Loan and Changes of Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary

Financings Debt & Credit Facilities Management Changes

Nickel North Exploration Corp.

NNX | TSX Venture Exchange

www.nickelnorthexploration.com

[email protected]

Suite 890, 580 Hornby Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V7C 2E7, Canada

Telephone: 604.609.6182 | Facsimile: 604.899.1240

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NEWS RELEASE

Nickel North Announces New Loan and Changes of Chief Financial Officer and

Corporate Secretary

For Immediate Release

March 20, 2020

Nickel North Exploration Corp. (TSX Venture: NNX) (the “ Company” or “ Nickel North ”) wishes to

announce that the Company has entered into a loan agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) with SinoTech

(Hong Kong) Corporation Limited (the “ Lender”) for a loan to the Company in the principal amount of

$50,000 (the “Principal Amount”) for a term of one (1) year . The Principal Amount will bear interest at

a fixed rate of 10% per annum.

The Loan Agreement is considered a “related party transaction” under Multilateral Instrument 61-101

Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions (“MI 61-101”). The Loan Agreement is

exempt from the requirements to obtain a formal valuation pursuant to the exemption in section 5.5(b)

of MI 61-101, as the Company is not listed on a specified market, and is exempt from minority

shareholder approval pursuant to section 5.7(1)(f) of MI 61-101, as the Loan Agreement does not have

an equity or voting component and is on reasonable commercial terms that are not less advantageous

to the Company than if the Loan Agreement were obtained from an arm's length party.

The Company also wishes to announce that Cathy Wang has resigned as the Chief Financial Officer and

Corporate Secretary of the Company. The Company has appointed Mr. Mao Sun as the Company's new

Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary. Following Mr. Sun's appointment, the Company's

officers are as follows:

Dr. Yingting (Tony) Guo Chief Executive Officer

Mao Sun Chief Financial Officer, and

Corporate Secretary

Dr. Sicai (Mark) Zhu VP for Exploration

Mr. Sun is a founding partner of Mao & Ying LLP (formerly SunRonkai LLP) Chartered Professional

Accountants. He has been working in public practice since 2003. He works on clients from various

industries, and has extensive knowledge of Canadian and international accounting standards. Mr. Sun

has extensive experience with Canadian listed public companies. Prior to founding Mao & Ying LLP

(formerly SunRonkai LLP) in 2009, Mr. Sun worked in the assurance practice of an internationally

recognized accounting firm.

Mr. Sun graduated with a Master's Degree from Columbia University in New York City in May 2000. He

also has a Bachelor's Degree in computer science from Nanjing University, China.

About Nickel North Exploration Corp.

Nickel North Exploration is a Canadian based explorer focused on defining a Ni -Cu-PGE resource at our

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 magmatic

Ni-Cu-PGE occurrences covering over 30,658 hectares. The project is l ocated near tidewater. Quebec is

a mining friendly jurisdiction. Nickel North Exploration is a conscientious corporate citizen, maintains

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good relations with Communities and Aboriginal people, and is committed to sustainable development.

For more information on the company, please visit www.nickelnorthexploration.com.

On behalf of Nickel North Exploration Corp.

“SIGNED”

Yingting (Tony) Guo, President and CEO

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.