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Nickel North Appoints John Mirko as New Director

Management Changes

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Trading Symbol: "NNX: TSX.V"

NEWS RELEASE

NICKEL NORTH APPOINTS JOHN MIRKO AS NEW DIRECTOR

Sept 11, 2024

Nickel North Exploration Corp. has appointed John Mirko as a director of the company. Mr. Mirko

will be replacing Andrew Lee Smith as a director. Mr. Smith will continue to work for Nickel North

as a senior adviser.

Dr. Tony Guo, president and chief executive officer of the company, wishes to thank Mr. Lee for

his dedication and service to the company over the years.

Mr. Mirko has 48 years of experience in the mining industry and is the founder and president of

Canam Mining Corp., and the president and chief executive officer of Rokmaster Resources Corp.

He founded, and was recently the president of, Canam Alpine Resources Ltd., before selling it to

Vizsla Silver Corp. in September, 2019. Since 1972, Mr. Mirko has consulted and prospected

internationally, with successful experience in discovery, permitting, mine construction and

operation. He was a founder of several companies, including Pacific Rim Mining Corp., Frontier

Pacific Mining Corp., Roca Mines Inc. and Stikine Gold Corp.

In 2008, Mr. Mirko received the E. A. Scholtz Medal for Excellence in Mine Development from the

Association for Mineral Exploration of British Columbia, and in 2009, the Mining Association of

British Columbia's Mining and Sustainability Award for the Max mine. He is a member in good

standing of the Society of Economic Geologists Inc., the Canadian Institute Of Mining, Metallurgy

and Petroleum, and the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada.

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

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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.

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 ext 702

For further information please visit http://www.nnexploration.com

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