Tartisan Nickel Corp. Appoints Chief Financial Officer

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TARTISAN NICKEL CORP. APPOINTS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Toronto, Canada, February 8, 2019 – Tartisan Nickel Corp. (CSE: TN, FSE: A2DPCM)

(“Tartisan”, or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Aamer Siddiqui as Chief Financial

Officer (CFO) of the Company . Mr. Siddiqui is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and Chartered

Accountant(CA), Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada.

Additionally, the Company reports that Tartisan Nickel has engaged Marrelli Support Services Inc. to provide

accounting support services to the Company.

The Board of Directors of Tartisan Nickel would like to thank outgoing CFO, Mr. Dan Fuoco, for his support and

efforts during his tenure and wish him well in his new endeavours.

About Tartisan Nickel Corp

The Company is a Canadia n mineral exploration and development company whi ch owns the Kenbridge Nickel-

Copper- Cobalt project in Ontario, Canada. In addition, Tartisan owns a 100% stake in the Don Pancho Zinc -

Manganese Project and a 100% stake in the Ichuna Copper -Silver Project, both located in Peru. Tartisan Nickel

Corp also owns an equity stake (6 million shares and 3 million full warrants at 40c per share), in Eloro Resources

Ltd. which is exploring the low-sulphidation epithermal La Victoria Gold/Silver Project, located in Ancash, Peru.

The Company also owns 1,750,000 common shares of VaniCom Resources Ltd. a private Australian exploration and

development resource company.

Tartisan Nickel Corp. common shares are listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE:TN, FSE A2DPCM).

Currently, there are 99,703,550 shares outstanding (108,803,550 fully diluted).

For further information, please contact Mr. D. Mark Appleby, President & CEO and a Director of the Company, at

416-804-0280 ( [email protected]). Add itional information about Tartisan can be found at the

Company’s website at www.tartisannickel.com or on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

Jim Steel MBA P.Geo. is the Qualified Person under NI 43 -101 and has read and approved the technical content of

this News Release.

This news release may contain forward -looking statements including but not limited to comments regarding the timing and cont ent of upcoming

work programs, geological interpretations, receipt of property titles, potential mineral recovery processes, etc. Forward -looking statements

address future events and conditions and therefore, involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actua l results may differ materially from those

currently anticipated in such statements.

The Canadian Securities Exchange (operated by CNSX Markets Inc.) has neither approved nor disapproved of the contents of this press release.