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June 26, 2012 - Earth's Oldest Impact Crater Found in Greenland

“The new find is centred to the east of what is now the town of Maniitsoq on Greenland's western coastline”.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21996-earths-oldest-im…

“Strong evidence of a large-scale, long lived mafic igneous event”
“The rocks we see today were about 25 kilometres down when the impact occurred”

The Maniitsoq area has seen very little exploration activity and was last drilled for nickel in 1972. Over four decades ago, Senior Danish Explorer Kryolitselskabet Øresund A/S ( with some fifty years of exploration in Greenalnd) drilled 119 holes to test outcrops with sulphide mineralization and accompanying electromagnetic (EM) anomalies. The promising results of the program were then re-checked in the mid-1990s by Cominco and Falconbridge, confirming a generally high nickel tenor of 8% nickel in 100% sulphide.

In 2011, North American Nickel’s Chief Geologist John Pattison undertook helicopter-assisted examination of known mineralized zones exposed in surface outcrop and the Company then completed helicopter-borne time-domain EM (SkyTEM) surveys. Three high-priority drill targets have been identified from these geophysical surveys.

The company’s exploration strategy is to select specific areas for detailed, high resolution, deep penetrating helicopter-borne EM surveys ensuring that flight lines are established perpendicular to the trend of their targets and to develop drill targets along the 75 km long belt of nickeliferous (nickel and copper bearing) norite.

High grade nickel occurrences; 9.85 m @ 2.67% Ni and 0.60 % Cu at Imiak Hill 12.89 m averaging 2.24% Ni and 0.63% Cu at the Fossilik showing
An underexplored property (previous hole lengths averaged <60 m)
A Strong evidence of a large-scale, long lived mafic igneous event
“New Technology in an Old Camp”
Proof that modern helicopter geophysical technology is significantly more effective in this rugged terrain than techniques used in the past
Initial targets to be drilled in summer 2012
Only 8% of project area investigated

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News Article

http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/national/Ancient+Greenla…

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News Release

Earth's Oldest Meteor Impact Site Discovered at North American Nickel's Maniitsoq Ni-Cu-PGE Project, Southwest Greenland

http://tmx.quotemedia.com/article.php?newsid=52616339&qm_sym…

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NAN.V up 18% today on News

50 new Zones on the Oldest Nickel Crater on Earth

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/fifty-conductive-zones-iden…

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NAN.V up 18% today on News

50 new zones on the Earth's Oldest Nickel Crater

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/fifty-conductive-zones-iden…

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News Release

North American Nickel Announces Plans for Diamond Drilling and Other Field Work at its Maniitsoq Ni-Cu-PGE Project, Southwest Greenland

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - July 25, 2012) -North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NAN)(OTCBB:WSCRF) (CUSIP: 65704T 108) North American Nickel ("NAN") is pleased to announce that it has finalized plans for its August - September exploration program at its 100% owned Maniitsoq project. The exploration program will consist of field work and a planned 2,000 meters of diamond drilling.

Mobilization of the base camp and crew from Nuuk (capital of Greenland) to the project area is expected to begin August 13 and field investigations are scheduled to commence August 16. The diamond drill campaign is scheduled to begin August 25.
Field work will focus on checking the numerous conductive zones identified by the company's recently completed VTEM Plus helicopter-borne TEM survey (see NAN press release dated July 24, 2012 for details).

The field work will involve geologists flying to the location of priority anomalies and conducting examinations of outcropping rocks in each area. They will be looking for evidence of mineralization or any other explanation for the conductive anomaly detected in the airborne survey. Also, where the conductor has no surface expression, geologists will be looking for occurrences of rocks such as norites, or other mafic-ultramafic intrusions, that are closely associated with nickel-copper deposits. This work is designed to select and prioritize drill targets for 2012.

The drill program will be carried out with a helicopter supported drill rig. BTW sized drill core will be recovered and it is anticipated that most holes will be surveyed with a three-component bore hole electromagnetic probe to increase the effective search radius of each drill hole. It is expected that the drill campaign will be completed by the end of September.

NAN Chief Geologist, John Pattison, states, "I am pleased that the Maniitsoq project has advanced so rapidly from concept to drill stage. Thanks to our VTEM and SkyTEM surveys we have many high quality targets to choose from, which bodes well for our drill program. We are very eager to put boots on the ground and begin drill site examinations."

Xploration Services Greenland ApS of Nuuk, Greenland is supplying the field camp, expediting services and, technical and logistical support for the program. Cartwright Drilling Inc. of Goose Bay, Newfoundland has been contracted to do the drilling. Air Greenland AS of Nuuk will supply a helicopter and experienced pilots to transport field crews and move the drill. All three of these companies have extensive expertise and experience working in Greenland.

For previous press releases and more information on NAN and the Maniitsoq project please visit the company website at www.northamericannickel.com.

Qualified Person

All technical information in this release has been reviewed by Dr. Mark Fedikow, P.Geo, who is the Qualified Person for the Company and President and Chief Operating Officer, North American Nickel Inc.

About North American Nickel

North American Nickel is a mineral exploration company with 100% owned properties in Maniitsoq, Greenland, Sudbury, Ontario, and the Thompson, Manitoba nickel belt. VMS Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:VMS) owns 26M shares of NAN.

The Maniitsoq property in Greenland is a district scale project. It comprises a 4,983 square km mineral exploration licence covering numerous high-grade nickel-copper sulphide occurrences associated with norite and other mafic-ultramafic intrusions. The 70km plus long belt is situated along, and near, the southwest coast of Greenland, which is ice free year round.

The Post Creek/Halycon property in Sudbury is strategically located adjacent to the producing Podolsky copper-nickel-platinum group metal deposit of Quadra FNX Mining. 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.

The Company has 100% ownership in the high-grade Ni-Cu-PGE South Bay property near Thompson, Manitoba and the large grassroots Thompson North and Cedar Lake properties, which are part of the world-class Thompson Nickel Belt in Manitoba.

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 Securities Act of 1933, 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.

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.

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Website covering North American Nickel (NAN.V)

Drilling in Augaust 2012

http://tsxpennystocks.ca/

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North American Nickel News Release

http://www.northamericannickel.com/News/Press-Releases/Press…


North American Nickel Receives Final Data for Recently Completed VTEMplus Survey over its Maniitsoq Ni-Cu-PGE Project, Southwest Greenland



VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Aug. 9, 2012) - North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NAN)(OTCBB:WSCRF) (CUSIP: 65704T 108) North American Nickel ("NAN") is pleased to report that it has received the final electromagnetic (EM) and magnetic datasets from Geotech Ltd. for the VTEMplus survey completed over its 100% owned Maniitsoq project in July. As outlined in the NAN press release dated July 24, 2012 fifty conductive zones were identified in the 2012 VTEMplus preliminary data. Detailed interpretation is now being done on the final data in preparation for drilling later in August.

The detailed interpretation work includes modeling of selected higher priority EM conductors and determining their orientation and potential extent in three dimensions. An example of this modeling for two conductors, P-28 and P-33, is shown in Figure 1.

These conductors are located in the central east part of the Greenland Norite Belt (GNB) as shown in Figure 2. The modeling indicates both have significant strike (400 to 600 m) and dip extents (800 m). These conductors have not been field checked or drilled, so it is not yet known what is causing them. It is encouraging that significant conductors clearly exist in the GNB, as historic exploration was hampered by a lack of EM targets to guide drilling (see NAN press release dated August 15, 2011).

NAN CEO, Rick Mark, states: "We are very pleased with the discovery, to date, of over 70 conductors at our 100% owned Maniitsoq project in Greenland. And, we have now identified sizable anomalies, as the apparent strike length of some of them exceeds 1 km. Since our exploration goal is a new nickel camp, it is most encouraging to see several of these sizable targets within the core of the norite intrusive belt."

MANIITSOQ PROJECT BACKGROUND

The Maniitsoq area has seen relatively little exploration activity given its very large size and abundance of nickel occurrences. Historical exploration records indicate drilling for nickel mineralization dates back to a period between 1965 and 1972 when 119 shallow drill holes were reported. The holes tested exposed sulphide mineralization and shallow electromagnetic (EM) anomalies directly associated with outcropping mineralization. All but a few were drilled to very shallow depths using small portable Winkie drills. The average hole length was just 53 meters.

Nevertheless, numerous significant intersections included:

- Imiak Hill: 9.85 meters @ 2.67% Ni, 0.60% Cu,

- Fossilik: 12.89 meters @ 2.24% Ni, 0.63% Cu, and

- Quagssuk: 4.95 meters @ 1.97% Ni, 0.43% Cu.

In 1995 Cominco Ltd, in conjunction with the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), flew a large portion of the GNB with a GeoTEM fixed wing, airborne EM system. Relatively few EM anomalies were detected. A review of this airborne survey data revealed that much of the survey was flown well above the minimum effective height needed to gather useful data and therefore detected few anomalies. Follow-up prospecting and limited surface geophysical surveys by Cominco in 1995 and 1996 and by Falconbridge Limited in 2000 did not lead to any drilling. Re-sampling of the drill core and surface showings by both Cominco and Falconbridge did, however, confirm the generally high nickel tenor of the sulphides (recalculated to approximately 8% nickel in 100% sulphide in the case of Falconbridge's work).

NAN acquired the project because it believes the area has the potential to host a major new nickel mining camp. By using modern, time-domain, helicopter-borne EM systems exploration will be more effective at detecting nickel sulphide deposits in the rugged terrain at Maniitsoq than the fixed wing survey flown in 1995. Helicopter TDEM systems were not available in 1995 and their availability and improved sensitivity to buried and blind nickel deposits provides NAN with a significant advantage over previous explorers.

For previous press releases and more information on NAN and the Maniitsoq project please visit the company website at www.northamericannickel.com.

Qualified Person

All technical information in this release has been reviewed by Dr. Mark Fedikow, P.Geo, who is the Qualified Person for the Company and President and Chief Operating Officer, North American Nickel Inc.

To view Figures 1 and 2 please click on the following link:
http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/0809NAN.pdf


About North American Nickel

North American Nickel is a mineral exploration company with 100% owned properties in Maniitsoq, Greenland, Sudbury, Ontario, and the Thompson, Manitoba nickel belt. VMS Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:VMS) owns 26M shares of NAN.

The Maniitsoq property in Greenland is a district scale project. It comprises a 4,983 square km mineral exploration licence covering numerous high-grade nickel-copper sulphide occurrences associated with norite and other mafic-ultramafic intrusions. The 70km plus long belt is situated along, and near, the southwest coast of Greenland, which is ice free year round.

The Post Creek/Halycon property in Sudbury is strategically located adjacent to the producing Podolsky copper-nickel-platinum group metal deposit of Quadra FNX Mining. 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.

The Company has 100% ownership in the high-grade Ni-Cu-PGE South Bay property near Thompson, Manitoba and the large grassroots Thompson North and Cedar Lake properties, which are part of the world-class Thompson Nickel Belt in Manitoba.

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 Securities Act of 1933, 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

Dr. Mark Fedikow, P.Geo., President & Chief Operating Officer

North American Nickel Inc.


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.

Contact:

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--(Marketwire - Aug. 14, 2012) -North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NAN)(OTCBB:WSCRF) (CUSIP: 65704T 108) North American Nickel ("NAN") is pleased to announce that it has commenced field work on its 100% owned Maniitsoq project. Field work is focusing on ground proofing conductive zones identified from helicopter-borne time domain EM surveys completed by NAN in 2011 and 2012 in preparation for a drill program scheduled to commence later in the month. It is anticipated that a minimum of 10 holes totalling 2,000 meters will be diamond drilled.

As described in NAN press release dated July 24, 2012, a recently completed VTEM survey over parts of the project area identified 50 conductive zones. These zones are in addition to 25 conductive zones previously identified by a SkyTEM survey flown by NAN in the fall of 2011. As described in a press release dated July 25, 2012, ground proofing conductive zones will involve geologists flying to the location of priority anomalies and conducting examinations of outcropping rocks in the area around the anomaly.

The field work will be conducted from a base camp on the property by a team of two geologists and two assistants supported by an AS350 B3 helicopter based at the camp. They will look for evidence of mineralization or any other explanation for the conductive anomaly. Also, where the conductor has no surface expression, which is often the case, geologists will be searching for occurrences of rocks such as norite, or other mafic-ultramafic intrusions, that are associated with nickel-copper deposits. Based on the results of the field examinations and detailed interpretation of the geophysical data, conductive zones will be prioritized and specific target anomalies selected for drilling.

Cartwright Drilling Inc., a drilling contractor with extensive experience working in Greenland, will mobilize a fly-portable drill rig and five-person crew to the camp later in the month. A bore hole electromagnetic (BHEM) system and operator from Crone Exploration & Geophysics Ltd. will arrive on site once drilling commences. The BHEM system will significantly increase the search radius of the holes and assist geologists in laying out follow-up drill holes in cases where the original holes do not intercept the target or, in cases where mineralized bodies are interested, help assess the size, direction and extent of the mineralized bodies and help guide further drilling.

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Commences Drilling of Nickel-Copper Targets at its Maniitsoq Ni-Cu-PGE Project, Southwest Greenland


Vancouver, B.C. – August 29, 2012. North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE: NAN) (OTCBB: WSCRF) (CUSIP: 65704T 108) North American Nickel ("NAN") is pleased to announce that diamond drilling of select priority targets has commenced on its 100% owned Maniitsoq project. The drilling follows on the heels of a field examination program, which included ground proofing geophysical conductive zones, identified from helicopter-borne time domain EM surveys completed by NAN in 2011 and 2012. The drill program now underway is planned to include a minimum of 10 holes totalling 2,000 meters of drilling.

A total of 75 conductive zones have been identified by two EM airborne geophysical surveys completed over the past two years on the property. From the 75 anomalies of interest and subsequent to 3D modeling and field examination, a select number of targets have been chosen for drilling which is now underway.

President Dr. Mark Fedikow states; ”Our technical team has done an excellent job of evaluation and compilation of historical work on the property, designing and commissioning our two airborne geophysical programs, helicopter-supported field work and integration of all datasets leading up to the drilling. We have identified numerous high potential drill targets for follow-up with our first drilling program..”


MANIITSOQ PROJECT BACKGROUND

The Maniitsoq area has seen relatively little exploration activity given the abundance of high grade nickel sulphide occurrences. Most of the nickel at Maniitsoq is associated with noritic intrusions that are concentrated in (but not restricted to) a belt that is over 70 km long and up to 15 km wide, referred to as the Greenland Norite Belt (GNB). Historical exploration records indicate drilling for nickel mineralization dates back to a period between 1965 and 1972 when 119 shallow drill holes were reported. The holes tested exposed sulphide mineralization and shallow electromagnetic (EM) anomalies directly associated with outcropping mineralization. All but a few were drilled to very shallow depths using small portable Winkie drills. The average hole length was just 53 meters.

Nevertheless, numerous significant intersections included:

- Imiak Hill: 9.85 meters @ 2.67% Ni, 0.60% Cu,
- Fossilik: 12.89 meters @ 2.24% Ni, 0.63% Cu, and
- Quagssuk: 4.95 meters @ 1.97% Ni, 0.43% Cu.


In 1995 Cominco Ltd, in conjunction with the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), flew a large portion of the GNB with a GeoTEM fixed wing, airborne EM system. Relatively few EM anomalies were detected. A review of this airborne survey data revealed that much of the survey was flown well above the minimum effective height needed to gather useful data and, therefore, detected few anomalies. Follow-up prospecting and limited surface geophysical surveys by Cominco in 1995 and 1996 and by Falconbridge Limited in 2000 did not lead to any drilling. Re-sampling of the drill core and surface showings by both Cominco and Falconbridge did, however, confirm the generally high nickel tenor of the sulphides (recalculated to approximately 8% nickel in 100% sulphide in the case of Falconbridge's work).

NAN acquired the project because it believes the area has the potential to host a major new nickel mining camp. By using modern, time-domain, helicopter-borne EM systems, exploration will be more effective at detecting nickel sulphide deposits in the rugged terrain at Maniitsoq than the fixed wing survey flown in 1995. Helicopter TDEM systems were not available in 1995 and their availability and improved sensitivity to buried and blind nickel deposits provides NAN with a significant advantage over previous explorers.

For previous press releases and more information on NAN and the Maniitsoq project please visit the company website at www.northamericannickel.com.

Qualified Person

All technical information in this release has been reviewed by Dr. Mark Fedikow, P.Geo, who is the Qualified Person for the Company and President and Chief Operating Officer, North American Nickel Inc.

About North American Nickel

North American Nickel is a mineral exploration company with 100% owned properties in Maniitsoq, Greenland, Sudbury, Ontario, and the Thompson, Manitoba nickel belt. VMS Ventures Inc. (TSX.V: VMS) owns 26M shares of NAN.

The Maniitsoq property in Greenland is a district scale project. It comprises a 4,983 square km mineral exploration licence covering numerous high-grade nickel-copper sulphide occurrences associated with norite and other mafic-ultramafic intrusions. The 70km plus long belt is situated along, and near, the southwest coast of Greenland, which is ice free year round.

The Post Creek/Halycon property in Sudbury is strategically located adjacent to the producing Podolsky copper-nickel-platinum group metal deposit of Quadra FNX Mining. 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.

The Company has 100% ownership in the high-grade Ni-Cu-PGE South Bay property near Thompson, Manitoba and the large grassroots Thompson North and Cedar Lake properties, which are part of the world-class Thompson Nickel Belt in Manitoba.

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 Securities Act of 1933, 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.

For more information contact:

North American Nickel Inc.
Dr. Mark Fedikow, P.Geo.
President & Chief Operating Officer
604-986-2020

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.
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You Tube Video Presentation of the Maniitsoq Property

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdQcGwN4AtU

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North American Nickel Completes Drill Campaign at its Maniitsoq Ni-Cu-PGE Project, Southwest Greenland



VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 20, 2012) -North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE: NAN) (OTCBB:WSCRF)(CUSIP: 65704T 108) North American Nickel ("NAN") is pleased to report that it has completed its first drill campaign at its 100% owned Maniitsoq project. Drilling commenced on August 26 and was completed on September 16. Nine diamond drill holes totalling 1,550 metres were drilled.

All nine holes have been logged and all mineralized intersections have been sampled. A total of 531 samples have been collected for assay. The samples are now on their way to Activation Laboratories for analysis and results are expected in four to eight weeks.
The holes tested electromagnetic (EM) anomalies associated with noritic rocks and nickel sulphide showings. The anomalies were outlined by SkyTEM and VTEM helicopter-borne, time domain, EM surveys flown by the company in 2011 and 2012. Crone Geophysics Ltd of Mississauga, Ontario surveyed eight of the holes with their 3-component borehole pulse EM (BHEM) system. Preliminary analysis has been completed and final analysis will be done before assay results are received.

Results from the drilling and BHEM surveys will be merged with the Company's existing exploration database which will allow the NAN geological team to finalize its plans for the 2013 drill season at Maniitsoq.

The NAN website has been updated and shareholders are invited to visit the website for previous press releases and more information on NAN and the Maniitsoq project. The Company website is www.northamericannickel.com.

Qualified Person

All technical information in this release has been reviewed by Dr. Mark Fedikow, P.Geo, who is the Qualified Person for the Company and President and Chief Operating Officer, North American Nickel Inc.

About North American Nickel

North American Nickel is a mineral exploration company with 100% owned properties in Maniitsoq, Greenland, Sudbury, Ontario, and the Thompson, Manitoba nickel belt. VMS Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:VMS) owns approximately 27M shares of NAN.

The Maniitsoq property in Greenland is a district scale project. It comprises a 4,983 square km mineral exploration licence covering numerous high-grade nickel-copper sulphide occurrences associated with norite and other mafic-ultramafic intrusions. The 70km plus long belt is situated along, and near, the southwest coast of Greenland, which is ice free year round.

The Post Creek/Halycon property in Sudbury is strategically located adjacent to the producing Podolsky copper-nickel-platinum group metal deposit of Quadra FNX Mining. 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.

The WIC is situated 13 km southeast of Sudbury and 1 km south of Trans Canada Highway 17 at Wanapitei. It is an elongate 5.6 km by 2.4 km layered mafic intrusion trending northeast-southwest that comprises nickel-copper-PGE mineralized gabbro-norite and a gabbro "Injection Breccia Zone".

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 Securities Act of 1933, 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.

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.

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Announces Preliminary Results - Maniitsoq Nickel Project

“All five holes intersected disseminated nickel copper sulphide mineralization at depths of 2 to 52 meters below surface.”

“The recognition of this bulk mineable nickel copper mineralization...”
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Vancouver, B.C. – October 3, 2012. North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE: NAN) (OTCBB: WSCRF) (CUSIP: 65704T 108) North American Nickel ("NAN") is pleased to announce that the preliminary results from its first drill campaign at the 100% owned Maniitsoq project in Southwest Greenland indicate the property has the potential to host not only high-grade, semi-massive to massive sulphide type nickel copper deposits, but disseminated, bulk mineable nickel copper deposits, as well.

Historically, nickel exploration at Maniitsoq has focused mainly on massive sulphide type mineralization. Two of NAN’s 2012 drill holes (MQ-12-001 and 002) intersected semi-massive to massive sulphide mineralization in noritic rocks at the known Imiak Hill occurrence in the northern part of the Greenland Norite belt. This style of mineralization responds well to electromagnetic (EM) techniques and the results of bore hole EM (BHEM) surveys indicate that the mineralization is open down plunge, as described in a NAN press release dated September 6, 2012.

Importantly, significant amounts of disseminated, bulk mineable nickel copper style sulphide mineralization were encountered in two of NAN’s 2012 holes located approximately 1.25 km east of Imiak Hill at an occurrence known as Spotty Hill.

Historical drilling at Spotty Hill consisted of five closely spaced holes, 32.8 to 59.8 m in length, drilled within a 120 x 40 meter area. All five holes intersected disseminated nickel copper sulphide mineralization at depths of 2 to 52 meters below surface. NAN’s drill holes were spaced 80 meters apart and went deeper. In hole MQ-12-05, NAN intersected disseminated mineralization over a core length of 118.8 meters to a depth of 130 meters below surface, significantly increasing the known depth extent of the mineralization.

NAN Chief Geologist, John Pattison, states: “Once we saw the disseminated, bulk mineable nickel copper style mineralization in core, it provided us with a new understanding of what is possible within this camp-sized land package. Fortunately, two of our geologists, Neil Richardson and Mark Fedikow were at the Maniitsoq camp and we still had time to identify and visit several potential sites for this style of mineralization before the season ended. The recognition of this bulk mineable nickel copper mineralization provides us with a wider scope for discovery and, it appears, many additional targets for our 2013 program.”

In the press release dated September 20, 2012, NAN announced the drill program at Maniitsoq totalled 1,550 meters of diamond drilling in nine holes. (See Figure 1 for locations of areas drilled). A total of 531 core samples have been submitted to Activation Laboratories for analysis and results are pending.

The program was originally planned to include 10 holes totalling up to 2,000 meters. This was based on an average hole length of 200 meters. Several drill holes intersected the target well above 150 meters, so it was not necessary to take them to 200 meters. Also, two targets in the southern part of the property were not drilled as the cost of moving the drill such a long distance, so late in the season with deteriorating weather, could have driven costs up to an unacceptable level. It was decided to leave these targets for next season’s drilling.

For previous press releases and more information on NAN and the Maniitsoq project please visit the company website at www.northamericannickel.com.

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NEWS RELEASE

SUMMARY OF 2012 DRILLING RESULTS AT THE MANIITSOQ PROJECT, SOUTHWEST GREENLAND

Confirmation of near surface, high-grade nickel + copper + cobalt ± precious metals sulphide mineralization at the Maniitsoq Impact Structure

Vancouver, B.C. – January 15, 2013 North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE: NAN) (OTCBB: WSCRF) (CUSIP: 65704T 108) North American Nickel ("NAN") is pleased to provide a summary of results from its 2012 drill program at Maniitsoq. The project was initiated in 2011 and this was NAN’s first drill program. The positive results confirm the economic significance of the project and demonstrate the effectiveness of helicopter and borehole geophysics at locating nickel sulphide mineralization in the project area.

Significant results were reported as they became available during late 2012. This release provides more technical detail on the drill holes, including drill collar locations, and several new drill related figures (attached) incorporating all drill data now available.

HIGHLIGHTS

 High-grade, multi-element intersections over significant intervals were made in three holes at two of the three locations drilled in 2012 (anomalous mineralization was intersected at the third location):
MQ-12-001 (Imiak Hill)
26.98 m @ 0.98% Ni, 0.44% Cu and 0.04% Co
Incl. 16.64 m @ 1.36% Ni, 0.52% Cu and 0.05% Co
Incl. 5.12 m @ 2.20% Ni, 0.55% Cu, 0.07% Co
MQ-12-002 (Imiak Hill)
66.08 m @ 0.55% Ni, 0.20% Cu and 0.02% Co
Incl. 5.15 m @ 1.22%Ni, 0.49% Cu and 0.04% Co
Incl. 14.18 m @1.33% Ni, 0.38% Cu and 0.04% Co
MQ-12-005 (Spotty Hill):
123.94 m @ 0.81% Ni, 0.21% Cu, 0.03% Co and 0.26 g/t Pt+Pd+Au
Incl. 24.20 m @ 1.75% Ni, 0.34% Cu, 0.06% Co and 0.52 g/t Pt+Pd+Au
Incl. 8.20 m @ 2.39% Ni, 0.21% Cu, 0.07% Co and 0.60 g/t Pt+Pd+Au

 Down hole EM surveys and historical drilling indicate the Imiak Hill mineralization is open down plunge. The Spotty Hill mineralization is open down dip and along strike to the southeast.

2012 DRILL PROGRAM (Figures 1 to 3)

The program ran from August 27 to September 16 and consisted of nine diamond drill holes totaling 1,551 m. The holes were drilled at three sites: Imiak Hill, Spotty Hill and the Fossilik II - Conductor P-59 area (Figure 1).

Significant lengths of sulphide mineralization containing high-grade, nickel + copper + cobalt ± precious metals were intersected at the adjacent sites Imiak Hill and Spotty Hill, and anomalous mineralization was encountered at Fossilik II (figures 2 and 3). These sites are situated in the recently recognized Maniitsoq Impact Structure (comparable in size to Sudbury and possibly the largest impact site on Earth). The sulphide mineralization is hosted by norite intrusions of the Greenland Norite Belt (GNB). The nearest tide water is at Kangia Fjord, 35 kilometers to the southwest; the Maniitsoq coastline is pack ice free year round.

Significant intersections are summarized in Table 1 and collar coordinates are listed in Table 2. Background on the Maniitsoq project and copies of the 2012 drill logs, including Ni, Cu, Co, Pt, Pd, Au and S assay results, are available on the company’s website (www.northamericannickel.com).

Table 1: Significant intersections
Hole # From (m) To (m) Length (m) Ni (%) Cu (%) Co (%) Pt (g/t) Pd (g/t) Au (g/t) S (%)
MQ-12-001 5.32 32.30 26.98 0.98 0.44 0.04 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 5.26
Incl. 11.82 28.46 16.64 1.36 0.52 0.05 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 7.08
Incl. 11.82 16.94 5.12 2.20 0.55 0.07 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 10.16
Incl. 23.35 28.46 5.11 1.74 0.48 0.06 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 8.22

MQ-12-002 4.00 70.08 66.08 0.55 0.20 0.02 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 2.25
Incl. 4.00 9.15 5.15 1.22 0.49 0.04 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 4.96
Incl. 55.90 70.08 14.18 1.33 0.38 0.04 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 5.19

MQ-12-003 59.29 67.00 7.71 0.18 0.06 0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 1.09

MQ-12-005 41.36 165.30 123.94 0.81 0.21 0.03 0.12 0.11 0.03 2.91
Incl. 117.80 142.00 24.20 1.75 0.34 0.06 0.22 0.25 0.05 6.30
Incl. 117.80 126.00 8.20 2.39 0.21 0.07 0.28 0.30 0.02 7.44

MQ-12-006 78.90 82.11 3.21 0.63 0.10 0.04 0.01 <0.01 <0.01 5.40

MQ-12-007 78.24 82.31 4.07 0.30 0.13 0.02 0.01 <0.01 <0.01 1.67
Incl. 82.01 82.31 0.30 1.46 0.86 0.08 0.08 0.01 0.01 9.01

MQ-12-009 8.00 127.00 119.00 0.17 0.03 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.43
Incl. 61.00 73.56 12.56 0.26 0.06 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.01 0.88

Table 2: Hole collar locations

Hole # UTM East* (m) UTM North* (m) Elevation** (m) Azimuth (°) Dip (°) Length (m) Area / Target
MQ-12-001 477455 7257225 546 275 -45 106.07 Imiak Hill
MQ-12-002 477455 7257225 546 275 -70 173.12 Imiak Hill
MQ-12-003 477485 7257186 543 275 -73 292.00 Imiak Hill
MQ-12-004 477459 7257260 540 275 -45 95.40 Imiak Hill
MQ-12-005 478937 7257298 628 222 -65 237.13 Spotty Hill
MQ-12-006 473878 7248498 604 320 -50 109.11 Fossilik II
MQ-12-007 473878 7248498 604 317 -50 120.70 Fossilik II
MQ-12-008 473680 7248678 645 330 -70 224.94 VTEM P-59
MQ-12-009 478877 7257351 613 222 -60 192.32 Spotty Hill
Total: 1550.79 m
*WGS84 UTM Zone 22N
** Meters above sea level


IMIAK HILL (Figures 4 to 6)

Imiak Hill was explored in the 1960’s by a company called Kryolitselskabet Øresund A/S (KØ) who drilled thirteen holes totaling 1234 m. Many of the holes intersected Ni-sulphides but, with the notable exception of hole Im-9, the mineralization was sporadic and it was not possible to follow it more than 60 m below surface.

NAN’s helicopter-borne electromagnetic (EM) surveys, conducted in 2011 and 2012, detected strong anomalies associated with Imiak Hill. The strike of the anomalies was subparallel to the azimuth of KØ’s drill holes indicating the mineralization may not have been properly tested. Using the helicopter EM data, NAN laid out holes MQ-12-001 to 004 to test the anomalies perpendicular to strike. A Crone 3-component borehole EM (BHEM) system was employed to follow the mineralization in the subsurface. The results of the drilling, combined with the BHEM and historical drilling, clearly show that the mineralization strikes to the north northwest, dips vertically to steeply east, plunges to the south and is open at depth.

Hole MQ-12-001 was designed to intersect the centre of coincident VTEM and SkyTEM conductors associated with the Imiak Hill showing. The hole intersected 26.98 meters of massive, net textured and disseminated sulphide mineralization averaging 0.98% Ni, 0.44% Cu and 0.04% Co. The mineralization occurred from 5.32 to 32.30 meters down the hole, which was inclined at 45°, and included a 16.64 meter interval averaging 1.36% Ni, 0.52% Cu and 0.05% Co that, in turn, included a 5.12 m section grading 2.20% Ni, 0.55% Cu and 0.07% Co.

MQ-12-002, collared at same location and azimuth (275°) as MQ-12-001 and inclined at 70°, intersected 66.08 meters of intermittent massive, net textured and disseminated sulphide mineralization averaging 0.55% Ni, 0.20% Cu and 0.02% Co, including a 5.15 meter section grading 1.22% Ni, 0.49% Cu and 0.04% Co and another 14.18 meter interval averaging 1.33% Ni, 0.38% Cu and 0.04% Co.

MQ-12-003 was designed to intersect the mineralized zone approximately 75 m down plunge from holes MQ-12-001 and MQ-12-002. The plunge (55° south) was interpreted from BHEM data. A large exotic inclusion of unmineralized rock occurred within the norite host rock at the target depth (125 meters) A BHEM survey of the hole detected a conductor situated immediately south of the hole at the target depth suggesting that the mineralization was blocked out by the large inclusion. The only sulphide mineralization encountered in MQ-12-003 occurred between 59.29 and 67.00 meters and consisted of trace to 5% disseminated pyrrhotite and pyrite. This 7.71 m section averaged 0.18% Ni and 0.06% Cu. Historical hole Im-9 intersected 9.85 m of 2.67% Ni and 0.60% Cu approximately 12 meters beneath MQ-12-003 confirming that the mineralized trend remains open beneath the hole.

MQ-12-004 was laid out to test the top of the mineralized trend approximately 35 meters north of MQ-12-001 and 002 but did not hit any significant mineralization. BHEM results indicate that the hole passed beneath the mineralized trend. Nearby historical hole Im-2 intersected 5.51 meters of mineralization grading 1.17% Ni and 0.24% Cu approximately 20 m above MQ-12-004.

SPOTTY HILL (Figures 7 and 8)

Spotty Hill is a historical showing consisting of disseminated sulphide mineralization hosted in norite and exposed on surface over an area approximately 250 by 100 meters. KØ drilled five shallow (<60 m long) holes in a range of orientations to test the showing. All the holes intersected disseminated sulphides and the best intersection was 12.94 m @ 0.52% Ni and 0.26% Cu.

In 2012, NAN’s VTEM survey detected a strong conductor along the southwest edge of the showing. Maxwell modeling of the conductor in three-dimensions indicated it was pipe-like with a near vertical dip. The top of the conductor was interpreted to be 30 to 50 meters below surface.

MQ-12-005 was drilled to test the centre of the VTEM anomaly and it intersected 123.94 m of disseminated to locally near massive sulphide in norite. The entire 123.94 m averaged 0.81% Ni, 0.21% Cu, 0.03% Co and 0.26 g/t precious metals (Pt+Pd+Au) including a 24.20 m section containing 1.75% Ni, 0.34% Cu, 0.06% Co and 0.52 g/t precious metals. The nickel tenor of the sulphide mineralization averaged 9.0% Ni recalculated to 100% sulphide.

The high-grade mineralization does not appear to extend to the northwest because MQ-12-009, drilled approximately 75 m northwest of MQ-12-005, intersected only weakly disseminated sulphide mineralization averaging 0.17% Ni and 0.03% Cu over a core length of 119 meters. The high-grade mineralization does, however, remain open down-dip and southeast of MQ-12-005.

FOSSILIK II and P-59 VTEM CONDUCTOR (Figures 9 and 10)

The Fossilik II showing is located 10 km southwest of the Imiak and Spotty Hill occurrences. It is a poorly exposed gossan located on a steep, talus-covered slope at the southwest tip of a large (8 km2) norite body. In 1968, KØ drilled a short (35 m) inclined hole (FoII-1) beneath the gossan and intersected 12.89 m of mineralization grading 2.24% Ni and 0.63% Cu. A second hole (FoII-2), drilled the following year intersected 27.37 m of mineralization averaging 0.56% Ni and 0.98% Cu approximately 10 m below the intersection in FoII-1. Two other holes (FoII-3 and 13) drilled 40 to 50 m to the east of the gossan intersected only minor amounts of mineralization.

NAN’s VTEM survey detected a conductor coincident with the Fossilik II gossan and interpretation indicated that the mineralization might extend beneath holes FoII-1 and 2 as well as to the southwest and northeast. The VTEM survey also detected a conductor approximately 250 m northwest of the Fossilik II gossan. This conductor, referred to as the P-59 conductor, was interpreted to lie about 85 m below surface, to be pipe-like in shape and to dip about 60° to the southeast. P-59 was not tested by any previous drilling.

MQ-12-006 was laid out to test the Fossilik II gossan approximately 45 m beneath KØ’s holes and to intersect VTEM conductor P-59 at a depth of about 330 m below surface (total planned hole length approximately 400 m). The hole intersected 3.21 m of mineralized gabbro grading 0.63% Ni and 0.10% Cu 40 m directly beneath KØ hole FoII-2. The hole was aborted at a depth of 109.11 m because its azimuth was deviating such that it would miss conductor P-59.

MQ-12-007 was collared at the same location and with the same dip as MQ-12-006 but its azimuth was adjusted by a few degrees in an attempt to compensate for deviation. The hole intersected similar mineralization to that encountered in MQ-12-006 but it too wandered off course and was terminated at a depth of 120.7 m.

MQ-12-008 was collared 265 m northwest of holes MQ-12-006 and 007 and was designed to intersect the top of conductor P-59 approximately 125 m below surface. The hole did intersect norite but no significant mineralization was encountered. Off-hole BHEM conductors were detected above and below the hole.

BHEM data from holes MQ-12-007 and 008 (hole MQ-12-006 was not surveyed) indicate the Fossilik II mineralization is very limited in extent. Further analysis of the BHEM and VTEM data is required to determine if further drilling is warranted on the P-59 conductor. Kimberlite dykes, up to 7.29 m long in core, were intersected in the holes MQ-12-006 and 007. Samples have been forwarded to the Saskatchewan Research Council for kimberlite indicator mineral recovery and micro- and macro-diamond recovery.

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NEWS RELEASE

METALLURGICAL TEST WORK CONFIRMS PENTLANDITE
WITHIN THE SULPHIDE MINERALIZATION AT MANIITSOQ


Vancouver, B.C. – March 14, 2013. North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE: NAN) (OTCBB: WSCRF) (CUSIP: 65704T 108) North American Nickel ("NAN") is pleased to announce that it has received the first results of metallurgical studies performed by SGS Canada Inc. (“SGS”). SGS, using QEMSCAN analysis on samples of mineralized drill core from NAN’s 100% owned Maniitsoq Ni-Cu-Co-PGE sulphide project in southwest Greenland, has clearly identified the nickel mineralization as being pentlandite.

This is a positive first step for the metallurgy of Maniitsoq because pentlandite is the principle nickel mineral in the world’s nickel sulphide camps.

On the completion of these metallurgical studies by SGS, NAN hopes to establish the macro parameters that will guide subsequent larger scale metallurgical testing of the multiple surface and near surface Ni, Cu, Co and PGM bearing sulphide prospects located within Maniitsoq’s 75 km by 15 km Greenland Norite belt.

The QEMSCAN analysis is conducted in three stages with stage one now complete and stage two and three in progress and results expected in April.

John Pattison, North American Nickel’s Chief Geologist states: “Stage one, the field stitch (FS) imagery, covers only small sections of core, but the results are very encouraging as we can now confirm medium and coarse-grained pentlandite in two of the three samples. We look forward to receiving the results of the particle mineral analysis (PMA) as they will provide us with an indication of the liberation characteristics of the sulphides. While the Maniitsoq project is at a relatively early stage, it is not too early to begin investigating the metallurgical characteristics of the mineralization, as we plan for success in drilling several targets in 2013.”

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3,000 Meter Drill Program Planned for Maniitsoq

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 20, 2013) -North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NAN)(OTCBB:WSCRF) (CUSIP: 65704T 108) - North American Nickel ("NAN") is pleased to announce that it has begun preparations for the 2013 summer drill campaign at its 100% owned Maniitsoq Ni-Cu-Co-PGE project in southwest Greenland. Fieldwork will begin in May and drilling is scheduled to begin in June. A minimum of 3,000 meters of drilling is planned.

Recent modelling of airborne and downhole EM data collected in 2012 has identified two particularly high conductance targets (Figure 1). These targets are considered very high priority because concentrated magmatic nickel copper sulphides often produce high conductance EM anomalies.

The two highly conductive anomalies are P-63, one of the VTEM targets to be tested in the southern part of the 75 km long by 15 km wide Greenland Norite Belt (GNB), and a step response type off hole conductor at Imiak Hill, down plunge of significant intersections made by NAN in 2012.

The highly prospective P-63 VTEM conductor, situated only 10 km from tide water in the southern part of the GNB, is an untested, norite-hosted anomaly that occurs along the edge of 1.5 km by 0.9 km norite intrusion (Figure 2). It has an extremely high calculated conductivity thickness of 14,880 siemens. For perspective, we can compare this to conductivity thickness at Imiak Hill and Spotty Hill, where NAN intersected significant Ni+Cu ± Co ± PGM mineralization in 2012:

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NORTH AMERICAN NICKEL ANNOUNCES PRIVATE PLACEMENT OF UP TO $7,500,000

Vancouver, British Columbia, April 17, 2013 – North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE: NAN) (OTCBB: WSCRF) (CUSIP: 65704T 108) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it proposes to complete a non-brokered private placement of up to 44,117,647 units (the “Units”) at a price of CAD$0.17 per Unit for aggregate gross proceeds of up to CAD$7,500,000.

Each Unit will be comprised of one common share of the Company and one half of one common share purchase warrant (a “Warrant”), each whole Warrant will entitle the holder thereof to purchase one additional common share at an exercise price of CAD$0.21 per share for a period of twenty-four months following the closing of the respective tranche of the private placement. The net proceeds of the financing will be used to fund the Company’s mineral exploration programs and to provide additional working capital.

VMS Ventures Inc. (“VMS”) intends to subscribe for 11,764,704 Units in the financing. VMS, which is an insider and a related party of the Company, beneficially owns, or exercises control or direction over, 21,825,000 common shares (or approximately 27.1% of the issued and outstanding common shares) of the Company. Richard J. Mark, the CEO and a director of the Company, is the Chairman, CEO and a director of VMS.

Sentient Executive GP IV, Limited (“Sentient”) intends to subscribe for 16,552,399 Units in the financing. Sentient, which is an insider and a related party of the Company, beneficially owns, or exercises control or direction over, 20,000,000 common shares (or approximately 24.8% of the issued and outstanding common shares) of the Company and warrants entitling the holder to acquire up to an additional 10,000,000 common shares of the Company.

Due to the fact that VMS and Sentient, who are each insiders and related parties of the Company, will subscribe for Units, their subscriptions under the financing will be “related party transactions” for the purposes of Multilateral Instrument 61-101 - Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions (“MI 61-101”). In order to comply with the requirements of MI 61-101, the VMS and Sentient subscriptions will be completed in two tranches. Both tranches will be completed in reliance on an available exemption from the formal valuation requirement of MI 61-101 provided in paragraph (b) of Section 5.5 of MI 61-101. The first tranche of the VMS and Sentient portions of the financing will be completed in reliance on an available exemption from the minority shareholder approval requirement of MI 61-101 provided in paragraph (a) of Section 5.7 of MI 61-101. Neither the fair market value of the Units issued nor the consideration paid for the Units pursuant to the VMS and Sentient portions of the first tranche will exceed 25% of the Company’s market capitalization. The second tranche of the VMS and Sentient portions of the financing will be conditional on an affirmative vote from the Company’s disinterested shareholders at the annual and special general meeting of the Company to be held on June 13, 2013.

VMS and Sentient, to the Company’s knowledge, are each making their own investment decisions and are acting independently and not jointly and in concert.

Shares acquired by the placees, and shares which may be acquired upon the exercise of the Warrants, will be subject to a hold period of four months plus one day from the date of closing of the respective tranche of the private placement in accordance with applicable securities legislation.

The closing of the first tranche and the second tranche, respectively, will occur as soon as the applicable closing conditions, including the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange (and minority shareholder approval for the second tranche of the financing), have been satisfied. Finder’s fees may be paid in connection with the financing.

About North American Nickel

North American Nickel is a mineral exploration company with 100% owned properties in Maniitsoq, Greenland, Sudbury, Ontario, and the Thompson, Manitoba nickel belt. VMS Ventures Inc. (TSX.V: VMS) owns approximately 21M shares of NAN.

The Maniitsoq property in Greenland is a Camp scale project comprising 4,983 square km’s covering numerous high-grade nickel-copper sulphide occurrences associated with norite and other mafic-ultramafic intrusions of the Greenland Norite Belt (GNB). The 70km plus long belt is situated along, and near, the southwest coast of Greenland, which is pack ice free year round.

The first two discoveries of economic mineralization at Imiak Hill and Spotty Hill confirm the high value and potential of the GNB.

The Post Creek/Halycon property in Sudbury is strategically located adjacent to the producing Podolsky copper-nickel-platinum group metal deposit of Quadra FNX Mining. 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.


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 Securities Act of 1933, 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.



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.

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North American Nickel Inc. Closes First Tranche $4.4million

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - April 22, 2013) -North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NAN)(OTCBB:WSCRF) (CUSIP: 65704T 108) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that today it has closed the first tranche of its previously announced non-brokered Private Placement (see NAN release, April 17, 2013). Gross proceeds of $4,458,345 were raised through the issue of 26,225,561 Units.

Each Unit consists of one common share and one-half of a common share purchase Warrant. Each whole Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one common share at a price of C$0.21 per share, exercisable until April 22, 2015. Finder's fees of $62,009.50 have been paid in cash in connection with the private placement.
All securities issued pursuant to the private placement are subject to a hold period and may not be traded until August 20, 2013 as to 15,931,149 Units, and August 23, 2013 as to 10,294,412 Units.

As announced April 17, 2012 and related to Multilateral Instrument 61-101, "Protection of Minority Shareholders in Special Transactions", an additional closing on proceeds of $2,595,752.27 from The Sentient Group and VMS Ventures is expected to take place on or about June 13, 2013. These funds are currently held in trust and will be released to the Company upon the Company's disinterested shareholders ratifying approval of that closing at the annual and special general meeting scheduled for that day.

The proceeds of this financing will be used to fund the Company's 2013 exploration and drill program for its highly prospective Maniitsoq Ni-Cu-Co-PGE project in southwest Greenland and general working capital purposes.

The Company also announces that it has granted 200,000 stock options to members of the Company's advisory board exercisable at a price of $0.15 per share for a period of five years.


About North American Nickel

www.northamericannickel.com

North American Nickel is a mineral exploration company with 100% owned properties in Maniitsoq, Greenland, Sudbury, Ontario, and the Thompson, Manitoba nickel belt. VMS Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:VMS) owns approximately 27.5% of NAN.

The Maniitsoq property in Greenland is a Camp scale project comprising 4,983 square km's covering numerous high-grade nickel-copper sulphide occurrences associated with norite and other mafic-ultramafic intrusions of the Greenland Norite Belt (GNB). The 70km plus long belt is situated along, and near, the southwest coast of Greenland, which is pack ice free year round.

The first two discoveries of economic mineralization at Imiak Hill and Spotty Hill confirm the high value and potential of the GNB.
The Post Creek/Halycon property in Sudbury is strategically located adjacent to the producing Podolsky copper-nickel-platinum group metal deposit of Quadra FNX Mining. 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.

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 Securities Act of 1933, 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.

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.

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DRILLING & FIELD WORK ANNOUNCED
MANIITSOQ Ni-Cu-PGE PROJECT, SOUTHWEST GREENLAND


Over 100 Targets Identified

Vancouver, British Columbia, May 28, 2013 – North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE: NAN) (OTCBB: WSCRF) (CUSIP: 65704T 108) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has finalized the 2013 exploration plan for its 100% owned Maniitsoq project. The program, which is scheduled to commence in mid-June, will consist of a minimum of 3,000 meters of diamond drilling to follow-up on 2012 discoveries and test new geological, geophysical and geochemical targets identified from a review of exploration datasets. Surface pulse time domain electromagnetic (PEM) surveys and 550 line-km of helicopter time domain, electromagnetic and magnetic surveying will also be undertaken in areas not covered in 2011 and 2012.

NAN CEO, Rick Mark states: “We expect this to be a busy, exciting and productive year at Maniitsoq. Our experience on the project for the last two years and particularly our camp/drilling experience last year has allowed us to ramp up for our planned $5,500,000 2013 program smoothly and efficiently. Chief Geologist John Pattison has been full time on the project since we left Greenland last September. COO Neil Richardson will accompany our expanded ground team to Maniitsoq in early June with drilling expected to begin on, or around, June 21, 2013. Target identification has been very successful, as we now have identified more than 100 targets for consideration at Maniitsoq.”

Key elements and objectives of the 2013 Maniitsoq program are as follows:

DIAMOND DRILLING

• To explore along strike and down plunge of the high grade mineralized zones intersected by NAN in 2012 at Spotty Hill and Imiak Hill.(e.g. 123.94 m @ 0.81% Ni, 0.21% Cu, 0.03% Co and 0.26 g/t PGM including 24.20 m @ 1.75% Ni, 0.34% Cu, 0.06% Co and 0.52 g/t PGM at Spotty Hill and 26.98 m @ 0.98% Ni, 0.44% Cu and 0.04% Co including 16.64 m @1.36% Ni, 0.52% Cu and 0.05% Co at Imiak Hill). For example, the attached longitudinal section (Figure 1) shows the planned pierce points for three holes designed to test the interpreted down plunge extension of intersections in holes MQ-12-001 and -002 at Imiak Hill last year.

• To test new, high priority conductors identified by helicopter-borne time domain electromagnetic surveys flown by NAN in 2011 and 2012. Priority will be given to high conductivity targets associated with mafic-ultramafic rocks such as target P-63 (see NAN press release dated March 20, 2013 for details).
• Three-component bore hole electromagnetic (BHEM) surveys will be undertaken to increase the effective search radius of the hole. In cases where a hole has intersected conductive mineralization, the BHEM data can help determine its orientation. In cases where a hole fails to intersect a target conductor, the BHEM data can often provide more precise information on the direction to the conductor which allows the geologist to design a more accurate follow-up hole to intersect the target.

FIELD CHECKING OF POTENTIAL DRILL TARGETS
• Over the winter NAN’s exploration team combed through all available exploration data from the project area. As a result, the inventory of potential targets has increased to over one hundred (Figure 2). To date less than 40 of these have been checked in the field. This year a four person team will be dedicated to checking as many of the other targets as possible.
• The field checking will consist of prospecting, rock sampling and in some cases channel sampling and/or geological mapping.

SURFACE PULSE TIME DOMAIN ELECTROMAGNETIC (PEM) SURVEYS
• Focused PEM surveys will be done over selected targets where further detail is required. The PEM system may also be used to test geophysical and geological hypotheses prior to drilling.

HELICOPTER TIME DOMAIN ELECTROMAGNETIC AND MAGNETIC SURVEYS
• The surveys will be flown over several small blocks that cover areas of geological interest outside the main Greenland Norite Belt and in areas recently acquired by North American Nickel.
The 2013 exploration program will be conducted from a field camp situated within the project area. The camp logistics will be supplied by Xploration Services Greenland ApS of Nuuk who will also provide general expediting and support to the project. Westcore Drilling Ltd of Salmo, British Columbia will perform the diamond drilling and Crone Geophysics & Exploration Ltd. of Mississauga, Ontario will conduct the BHEM and surface PEM surveys. All of these contractors are experts in their respective fields.

 $4.4m Cash in Bank

 Former CEO and Chair of Falconbridge, Joins Advisory Board

 2013 3,000 Meter Drill Program

 2012 Drilling successful

 Metallurgical Tests Confirms Pentlandite (Ni Fe S2)



www.northamericannickel.com

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Vancouver, British Columbia, June 11, 2013 – North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE: NAN) (OTCBB: WSCRF) (CUSIP: 65704T 108) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has received a report on the results of mineralogical studies performed by SGS Canada Inc. (“SGS”) on three samples of mineralized drill core selected by NAN from NAN’s 100% owned Maniitsoq Ni-Cu-Co-PGE sulphide project in southwest Greenland. Two of the samples came from the Imiak Hill zone and one from the Spotty Hill zone.

The objectives of the study were to identify and quantify the nickel, copper and cobalt-bearing minerals within the samples and to determine the liberation and association characteristics of the nickel and copper sulphides.

Highlights and selected results are presented below.

John Pattison, North American Nickel’s Chief Geologist states: “QEMSCAN is a new technology that gives us a detailed picture of the mineralogy of our sulphide mineralization and host rocks and how it might affect the metallurgy in a mining/processing scenario. At this early stage of exploration it is very helpful for management and investors to know that, based on the mineralogical characteristics of the samples analyzed, there is potential for high nickel recoveries from both the Imiak and Spotty Hill zones.”

QEMSCAN REPORT HIGHLIGHTS

• All three samples show high potential nickel recovery. Mineralogically limiting grade-recovery curves indicate maximum potential nickel grades of 35% at recoveries of 84 to 87%.

• Pentlandite is the main nickel-bearing mineral and it contains 95.5 to 96.3% of all the nickel in the samples. Silicate hosted nickel comprises less than 1% of all the nickel.

• Pentlandite P80 grain sizes range from 53 to 65 μm.

• Total potentially floatable pentlandite ranges from 96.3 to 97.6%.

• All copper is hosted by chalcopyrite. Chalcopyrite P80 grain sizes range from 30 to 40 μm.

• Potential recoveries for copper are variable across the samples. Mineralogically limiting grade-recovery curves indicate maximum potential copper grades of 34% at recoveries of 52 to 77%.

• Total potentially floatable chalcopyrite ranges from 87.1 to 95.4%.

• Pentlandite and pyrite are the main hosts of the cobalt in the samples.

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News Closes $7M Financing - Drilling to Start


Vancouver, British Columbia, June 19, 2013 – North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE: NAN) (OTCBB: WSCRF) (CUSIP: 65704T 108) (the “Company”) today announced that it has closed the second and final tranche of its previously announced non-brokered private placement (See Company news releases dated April 17 and April 22, 2013). Gross proceeds of $2,595,752 were raised through the issue of 15,269,131 Units pursuant to the second tranche of the private placement for a total of $7,050,000.


Vancouver, British Columbia, May 28, 2013 – North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE: NAN) (OTCBB: WSCRF) (CUSIP: 65704T 108) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has finalized the 2013 exploration plan for its 100% owned Maniitsoq project. The program, which is scheduled to commence in mid-June, will consist of a minimum of 3,000 meters of diamond drilling to follow-up on 2012 discoveries and test new geological, geophysical and geochemical targets identified from a review of exploration datasets. Surface pulse time domain electromagnetic (PEM) surveys and 550 line-km of helicopter time domain, electromagnetic and magnetic surveying will also be undertaken in areas not covered in 2011 and 2012.



 $ 7m Cash


 Metallurgical Tests Confirms up to 35 % Ni


 Sentient Executive GP IV, Limited 29 % Ownership


 VMS Ventures Inc. 27 % Ownership


 Former CEO and Chair of Falconbridge, Joins Advisory Board

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DRILLING COMMENCES AT MANIITSOQ Ni-Cu-Co & PGE SULPHIDE PROJECT, SOUTHWEST GREENLAND

Vancouver, British Columbia, June 24, 2013 – North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE: NAN) (OTCBB: WSCRF) (CUSIP: 65704T 108) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that diamond drilling has begun on its 100% owned Maniitsoq project. A minimum of 3,000 meters is planned and it will focus on testing high priority VTEM electromagnetic (EM) anomalies defined within the 70 km-long Greenland Norite Belt and on following up the multiple high-grade nickel sulphide intersections drilled by NAN last year at Imiak Hill and the Spotty Hill discovery.

NAN CEO Rick Mark states: “The full team is now in Greenland and helicopter supported fieldwork, including channel sampling and ground truthing of anomalies is underway. The drill team has also begun its work and is supported by a second helicopter. The plan is flexible allowing us to stay in areas that produce core of interest to the geologists on site. COO Neil Richardson is leading the crew. We are planning to ship core samples weekly out of Maniitsoq. It will be an exciting summer for all of us.”

The drilling will be done with a helicopter-portable drill contracted from Westcore Drilling Ltd. A borehole pulse EM (BHEM) system, supplied and operated by Crone Geophysics & Exploration Ltd., is on site. It is anticipated that most holes will be surveyed with the BHEM system, which greatly increases the search radius of the holes, allowing geologists to target follow-up holes more precisely. The system can also be used for surface surveying in the event that an EM anomaly requires more detailing prior to drilling.

Throughout the summer field crews will continue to map, prospect, sample and evaluate VTEM anomalies on surface. Approximately 660 line-km of VTEM helicopter time domain EM surveying is planned for later in the season. The survey will be flown by Geotech Ltd. and will cover several areas of interest outside the main norite belt.
Details on the 2012 Imiak and Spotty Hill intersections can be found in NAN’s press release dated January 15, 2013. An outline of some of the priority targets for this year’s drill campaign is given in NAN’s press release dated March 20, 2013.

Qualified Person

All technical information in this release has been reviewed by Dr. Mark Fedikow, P.Geo, who is the Qualified Person for the Company and President, North American Nickel Inc.

About North American Nickel www.northamericannickel.com

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Acquiring 123sq km of Additional Property at the Maniitsoq
Ni-Cu-Co & PGE Sulphide Project, Southwest Greenland


VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - July 15, 2013) - North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NAN)(OTCBB:WSCRF) (CUSIP: 65704T 108) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has been notified by the Greenland Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum that its application to expand mineral exploration licence 2012/28 by 123 square kilometers has been accepted. The text of the new licence agreement is expected from the Greenland Government shortly. The expansion will bring the total area covered by the project to 5,106 square kilometers.


Licence 2012/28 is one of two contiguous licences that comprise the Maniitsoq project and the expansion consists of the six separate blocks outlined in red on the 2013 exploration map available on our website www.northamericannickel.com. The blocks are contiguous with the Company's current land holdings and they fill gaps in the project area that, until recently, belonged to an exploration company focused on diamond exploration. Many of the blocks contain exposures of norite, the rock type most commonly associated with nickel and copper sulphide mineralization at Maniitsoq. Many of the blocks also contain outcrops of kimberlite dykes.


NAN CEO, Rick Mark, states: "With the acquisition of this new ground, North American Nickel now controls over 90% of the highly prospective Greenland Norite Belt. The Company currently has field crews and a diamond drill rig operating on the project and is drill testing targets throughout the norite belt."

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News Release --(Marketwired - July 30, 2013) - North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NAN)(OTCBB:WSCRF) (CUSIP: 65704T 108) (the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on exploration activities at its 100% owned Maniitsoq project. Field crews commenced surface prospecting on June 15 and the diamond drill arrived on June 21, 2013. To date ten holes (MQ-13-010 to 19) totaling 1,520 meters have been completed. All of the holes have been surveyed with the Crone three-component pulse electromagnetic system.

These first ten holes targeted VTEM electromagnetic anomalies located throughout the Greenland Norite Belt (GNB), which is over 70 km long and hosts the majority of the nickel occurrences on the property. As illustrated in the drill hole location map (see Figure 1), drilling began at the south end of the belt and progressed northwards. The drill is currently situated at the Imiak Hill nickel occurrence in the northern part of the belt. The Company intends to drill a minimum of 3000 meters this year at Maniitsoq.
To date, 567 core samples and 249 surface grab and channel samples have been collected for assay and geochemical analysis and submitted to ALS Limited in Sweden. In addition to this work, approximately nine line-kilometers of surface pulse electromagnetic surveys have been completed over selected target zones.

NAN COO, Neil Richardson, states: "We are pleased with the completion of phase one drilling and the overall progress of the exploration program at Maniitsoq. Over 100 electromagnetic and geological targets have been checked on the ground by our geological team and targets have been re-prioritized for the second phase of drilling starting in early August. Additional targets from the 2013 VTEM flying will continue to augment our target database."

The Company also plans to fly approximately 650 to 700 line-kilometers of VTEM helicopter time domain electromagnetic and magnetic surveys at Maniitsoq in 2013. These surveys will fill gaps in VTEM coverage within the GNB and cover some areas of interest outside the GNB. It is expected that the 2013 exploration program will be completed by early to mid-September.

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 3000 Meter Drill Program


 $ 7m Cash


 Metallurgical Tests Confirms up to 35 % Ni


 Sentient Executive GP IV, Limited 29 % Ownership




 VMS Ventures Inc. 27 % Ownership




 Former CEO and Chair of Falconbridge, Joins Advisory Board

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NEWS Intercepts Sulphides

Significant Near Solid to Solid Sulphide Mineralization Intersected

The Imiak Hill drilling program at Maniitsoq has intersected the most significant sulphide mineralization to date and remains open at depth

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Aug. 23, 2013) - North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NAN)(OTCBB:WSCRF) (CUSIP: 65704T 108) (the "Company" is pleased to announce that diamond drill hole MQ-13-026 intersected an 18.62 metre core length of sulphide mineralization averaging approximately 40 - 45% total sulphides, including numerous sections containing 65% to 80% sulphides, within noritic host rocks at the Imiak Hill nickel-copper-cobalt zone on the Maniitsoq project.(see MQ-13-026 table). This is the deepest of three sulphide intersections, all described in this release, that have been drilled at Imiak Hill in 2013. Drill core has been logged, samples sawed in half and shipped to ALS Chemex in Sweden for analysis. Assay results for all three holes are pending and further drilling is planned.

Figure 1 is a high-resolution photograph that documents the entire 18.62 m long intersection in MQ-13-026, which includes inclusion-bearing near solid and solid sulphides


NAN COO, Neil Richardson, states: "We are pleased to report that drill hole MQ 13-026 is the best intersection we have seen to date with intense sulphides clearly present and our BHEM surveys indicate that Imiak Hill is still open down plunge. It is also important to note is that the intensity of the sulphide mineralization, as shown in the three holes referenced in this release, is increasing with depth. It is common knowledge that most nickel deposits occur at, or near the base of, mafic intrusions, so we will continue to follow the high grade mineralization down towards the base of the Imiak Hill mafic norite intrusion with additional drilling and borehole geophysics."


Drill hole MQ-13-026 intersected near solid to solid sulphides with numerous sections containing 65-80% total sulphides. A description of the intersection is given in the table below:

MQ-13-026 Sulphide intersection
From (m) To (m) Length (m) Description
156.70 157.16 0.46 Norite, well mineralized, 25% sulphide
157.16 161.17 4.01 Norite, near solid sulphide, 75% sulphide
161.17 162.10 0.93 Norite, well mineralized, 20% sulphide
162.10 162.53 0.43 Norite, near solid sulphide, 75% sulphide
162.53 164.00 1.47 Norite
164.00 164.42 0.42 Norite, near solid sulphide, 85% sulphide
164.42 165.20 0.78 Norite, well mineralized, 30% sulphide
165.20 165.94 0.74 Norite, near solid sulphide, 85% sulphide
165.94 166.97 1.03 Norite, 2-3% sulphide
166.97 167.62 0.65 Norite, near solid sulphide, 70% sulphide
167.62 168.00 0.38 Norite
168.00 168.20 0.20 Norite, near solid sulphide, 70% sulphide
168.20 168.77 0.57 Norite, well mineralized, 40% sulphide
168.77 172.07 3.30 Norite, near solid sulphide, 75% sulphide
172.07 172.61 0.54 Norite
172.61 175.32 2.71 Norite, near solid sulphide, 70% sulphide

Note: the visual percent sulphide estimates and descriptions in this news release are not intended to suggest grades of contained metals, which will require assaying to determine. Mineral percentages are volume not weight.

The MQ-13-026 intersection occurs 142 to 159 m vertically below surface and is currently the deepest at Imiak, which suggests that the intensity of sulphide mineralization in the noritic host rock is increasing with depth. The hole was surveyed with a 3 component bore hole EM (BHEM) system and the mineralization produced an extremely strong "step response" type of anomaly. Interpretation by Crone Geophysics and Exploration Ltd. indicates that the mineralization continues down plunge.

North American Nickel has now delineated three, closely spaced, north-trending, near vertically dipping, steeply south-plunging mineralized zones at Imiak Hill. From east to west the zones have been provisionally named 10, 20 and 30 as shown on the attached plan map (Figure 2).

The mineralization in MQ-13-026 correlates with Zone 30. A composite longitudinal section through Imiak Hill with all the intersections to date is included (Figure 3).

Sulphide textures, such as inclusion bearing massive and semi-massive sulphide, in MQ-13-026 are similar to those observed in the mineralized 2012 Imiak drill holes (MQ-12-001 and MQ-12-002); however, the volume percentage of sulphide in MQ-13-026 is significantly higher.

Drill hole MQ-13-024 intersected a 14.15 metre long interval of well mineralized to semi massive sulphides with an estimated average of 30-35% total sulphides approximately 36 metres up-plunge of MQ-13-026.

This intersection also correlates with Zone 30. The hole was surveyed with a Crone 3D BHEM system and the resulting interpreted conductor plate fits well with Zone 30 as outlined from drilling.

MQ-13-024 Sulphide intersection
From (m) To (m) Length (m) Description
136.75 141.98 5.23 Norite, strongly mineralized 50% sulphide
141.98 145.61 3.63 Norite
145.61 146.53 0.92 Norite strongly mineralized 30-40% sulphide
146.53 148.15 1.62 Norite
148.15 150.90 2.75 Norite, strongly mineralized 50-60% sulphide
150.90 153.31 2.41 Norite 2-3% sulphide

Note: the visual percent sulphide estimates and descriptions in this news release are not intended to suggest grades of contained metals, which will require assaying to determine. Mineral percentages are volume not weight.

Drill hole MQ-13-019, located 30 metres up-plunge of MQ-13-024 and 66 metres up-plunge of MQ-13-026 intersected 10.75 metres of sulphide mineralization that also correlates with Zone 30. This mineralization is more disseminated in nature. The hole was surveyed with the Crone BHEM instrument and a late channel (strong) off-hole anomaly was detected below and south of the hole.

MQ-13-019 Sulphide intersection
From (m) To (m) Length (m) Description
118.09 118.93 0.84 Norite,10-15% sulphide
118.93 120.52 1.59 Norite, 20-25% sulphide
120.52 121.65 1.13 90% sulphide, 10% norite gangue
121.65 128.84 7.19 Norite, 5% sulphide in small massive bands

Note: the visual percent sulphide estimates and descriptions in this news release are not intended to suggest grades of contained metals, which will require assaying to determine. Mineral percentages are volume not weight.

To conclude, the mineralization at Imiak is open at depth and the geological team continues to develop a geological model that currently includes at least three zones of mineralization. The latest drilling indicates that the mineralization is strengthening with depth, producing late channel off-hole BHEM anomalies.

Since commencing the 2013 field program in late June, NAN has drilled 27 holes totaling 3037 meters at Maniitsoq. Drilling continues.

Collar coordinates for all of the Company's drill holes at Imiak are listed in the table below.
Hole Number East (m) * North (m)* Elevation
(masl) Azimuth
(°) DIP
(°) Length
(m)
MQ-12-001 477455 7257225 546 275 -45 106.07
MQ-12-002 477455 7257225 546 275 -70 173.12
MQ-12-003 477485 7257186 543 275 -73 292
MQ-12-004 477459 7257260 540 275 -45 95.4
MQ-13-019 477484 7257189 546 275 -55 176
MQ-13-020 477490 7257141 532 275 -62 209
MQ-13-023 477484 7257215 547 275 -59 188
MQ-13-024 477497 7257174 547 275 -59 197
MQ-13-025 477475 7257235 545 269 -45 122
MQ-13-026 477490 7257141 532 295 -65 215

*WGS84 UTM Zone 22N
Qualified Person

All technical information in this release has been reviewed by Dr. Mark Fedikow, P.Geo, who is the Qualified Person for the Company and President, North American Nickel Inc.

About North American Nickel

North American Nickel is a mineral exploration company with 100% owned properties in Maniitsoq, Greenland, Sudbury, Ontario, and the Thompson, Manitoba nickel belt. VMS Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:VMS) owns approximately 27.5% of NAN.

The Maniitsoq property in Greenland is a Camp scale project comprising 5,106 square km's covering numerous high-grade nickel-copper sulphide occurrences associated with norite and other mafic-ultramafic intrusions of the Greenland Norite Belt (GNB). The 70km plus long belt is situated along, and near, the southwest coast of Greenland, which is pack ice free year round.

The first two discoveries of economic mineralization at Imiak Hill and Spotty Hill confirm the high value and potential of the GNB.

The Post Creek/Halcyon property in Sudbury is strategically located adjacent to the producing Podolsky copper-nickel-platinum group metal deposit of Quadra FNX Mining. 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.

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Significant Near Solid to Solid Sulphide Mineralization Intersected

“The Imiak Hill drilling program at Maniitsoq has intersected the most significant sulphide mineralization to date and remains open at depth”


VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Aug. 23, 2013) - North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NAN)(OTCBB:WSCRF) (CUSIP: 65704T 108) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that diamond drill hole MQ-13-026 intersected an 18.62 metre core length of sulphide mineralization averaging approximately 40 - 45% total sulphides, including numerous sections containing 65% to 80% sulphides, within noritic host rocks at the Imiak Hill nickel-copper-cobalt zone on the Maniitsoq project.(see MQ-13-026 table). This is the deepest of three sulphide intersections, all described in this release, that have been drilled at Imiak Hill in 2013. Drill core has been logged, samples sawed in half and shipped to ALS Chemex in Sweden for analysis. Assay results for all three holes are pending and further drilling is planned.


Figure 1 is a high-resolution photograph that documents the entire 18.62 m long intersection in MQ-13-026, which includes inclusion-bearing near solid and solid sulphides


NAN COO, Neil Richardson, states: "We are pleased to report that drill hole MQ 13-026 is the best intersection we have seen to date with intense sulphides clearly present and our BHEM surveys indicate that Imiak Hill is still open down plunge. It is also important to note is that the intensity of the sulphide mineralization, as shown in the three holes referenced in this release, is increasing with depth. It is common knowledge that most nickel deposits occur at, or near the base of, mafic intrusions, so we will continue to follow the high grade mineralization down towards the base of the Imiak Hill mafic norite intrusion with additional drilling and borehole geophysics."

Drill hole MQ-13-026 intersected near solid to solid sulphides with numerous sections containing 65-80% total sulphides.

Figures 1 to 3 are available at the following address:

http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/NAN_Figures_0822.pdf

www.northamericannickel.com

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Significant Near Solid to Solid Sulphide Mineralization Intersected
“The Imiak Hill drilling program at Maniitsoq has intersected the most significant sulphide mineralization to date and remains open at depth”

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Aug. 23, 2013) - North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NAN)(OTCBB:WSCRF) (CUSIP: 65704T 108) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that diamond drill hole MQ-13-026 intersected an 18.62 metre core length of sulphide mineralization averaging approximately 40 - 45% total sulphides, including numerous sections containing 65% to 80% sulphides, within noritic host rocks at the Imiak Hill nickel-copper-cobalt zone on the Maniitsoq project.(see MQ-13-026 table). This is the deepest of three sulphide intersections, all described in this release, that have been drilled at Imiak Hill in 2013. Drill core has been logged, samples sawed in half and shipped to ALS Chemex in Sweden for analysis. Assay results for all three holes are pending and further drilling is planned.

Figure 1 is a high-resolution photograph that documents the entire 18.62 m long intersection in MQ-13-026, which includes inclusion-bearing near solid and solid sulphides

NAN COO, Neil Richardson, states: "We are pleased to report that drill hole MQ 13-026 is the best intersection we have seen to date with intense sulphides clearly present and our BHEM surveys indicate that Imiak Hill is still open down plunge. It is also important to note is that the intensity of the sulphide mineralization, as shown in the three holes referenced in this release, is increasing with depth. It is common knowledge that most nickel deposits occur at, or near the base of, mafic intrusions, so we will continue to follow the high grade mineralization down towards the base of the Imiak Hill mafic norite intrusion with additional drilling and borehole geophysics."
Drill hole MQ-13-026 intersected near solid to solid sulphides with numerous sections containing 65-80% total sulphides.
Figures 1 to 3 are available at the following address:
http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/NAN_Figures_0822.pdf
www.northamericannickel.com

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EXTENDS NEAR SOLID TO SOLID SULPHIDE MINERALIZATION AT
IMIAK HILL, MANIITSOQ, SOUTH-WEST GREENLAND

24.75m of Significant Sulphide Mineralization Intersected in Drill Hole MQ-13-028

Mineralization Remains Open


Vancouver, British Columbia, September 5, 2013 – North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE: NAN) (OTCBB: WSCRF) (CUSIP: 65704T 108) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that diamond drill hole MQ-13-028 at Imiak Hill intersected a 24.75 metre core length of near solid-solid sulphide mineralization averaging approximately 35 - 40% total sulphides within noritic host rocks. The Maniitsoq nickel-copper-cobalt & PGM project in southwest Greenland contains the 70km long Greenland Norite Belt (GNB) and is 100% owned by North American Nickel.

The intersection in MQ-13-028 is the deepest of four significant sulphide intersections made at Imiak Hill this year and extends Zone 30’s significant near solid to solid sulphide mineralization ~35 metres further down plunge from hole MQ-12-026 to an overall vertical depth of 185 metres. (See figures 1, 2 and 3). The mineralization remains open at depth.

The sulphides in MQ-12-028 were contained within two intervals of mineralized norite. The first is 17.91m long and averages 40-45% sulphide and the second is 2.40m long and contains 50-60% sulphide. The two intervals are separated by 4.44m of leucogabbro. The entire intersection is summarized in the table below.
From
(m) To
(m) Length
(m) Description
182.09 183.59 1.50 Norite, well mineralized 60-70% total sulphide
183.59 187.85 4.26 Norite, mineralized 25-30% total sulphide
187.85 190.87 3.02 Norite, well mineralized 65-75% total sulphide
190.87 192.07 1.20 Norite, well mineralized 40-50% total sulphide
192.07 193.80 1.73 Norite, well mineralized 60-70% total sulphide
193.80 195.14 1.34 Norite trace to 1% total sulphide
195.14 200.00 4.86 Norite, well mineralized 40-50% total sulphide
200.00 204.44 4.44 Leucogabbro
204.44 206.84 2.40 Norite, well mineralized 50-60% total sulphide

Note: the visual percent sulphide estimates and descriptions in this news release are not intended to suggest grades of contained metals, which will require assaying to determine. Mineral percentages are volume not weight.

MQ-13-028 was drilled to test an extremely strong “step response” type of anomaly extending below the diamond drill hole MQ-13-026, which intercepted 18.62 m of mineralized norite containing an average of 40 to 45% total sulphides within Zone 30 at Imiak Hill (see NAN August 23/13 press release for details on Zone 30 and the previous three intersections).

MQ-13-028 was surveyed with a 3 component bore hole EM (BHEM) system and this mineralization has also produced an extremely strong "step response" type of anomaly. The interpretation of the anomaly, by Crone Geophysics and Exploration Ltd, indicates that the mineralization continues further down plunge at Imiak Hill. Drill core for MQ-13-028 has been logged, samples sawed in half and shipped to ALS Chemex in Sweden for analysis.

NAN CEO, Rick Mark, states: “We are extremely pleased with the continuity of the near solid to solid sulphide mineralization at Imiak Hill that we have discovered this year. It has now been intersected from near surface to below 185 metres in depth and the borehole survey tells us it remains open down plunge. That fits the nickel deposit model we are following. The Company’s technical team, led by COO Neil Richardson, Chief Geologist John Pattison and Project Manager James Sparling, continues to deliver results for our shareholders”.

As described in the August 23/13 press release, NAN has now delineated three, closely spaced, north-trending, near vertically dipping, steeply south-plunging mineralized zones at Imiak Hill. From east to west the zones have been provisionally named 10, 20 and 30 as shown in plan in Figure 1 and in three dimensions in Figure 2. The mineralization in MQ-13-028 correlates with Zone 30, as do the other three sulphide intersections made at Imiak in 2013.

A composite longitudinal section through Imiak Hill showing the locations of all intersections to date is included in Figure 3.
Since commencing the 2013 field program in late June, NAN has drilled 22 holes totaling 3,711 meters at Maniitsoq. The drill has now been moved from Imiak Hill to test other high priority, norite-associated electromagnetic anomalies prior to the end of the field season.

To view the Figures associated with this press release, please visit the following link: http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/NAN-0904-FIGS1-3.pdf
Website: www.northamericannickel.com

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THIRD MINERALIZED ZONE DISCOVERED


NEAR SOLID TO SOLID SULPHIDE ZONE AT IMIAK NORTH,
MANIITSOQ, SOUTHWEST GREENLAND



9.99m of ~30% to 40% Total Sulphides Intersected Within 55.75m of Sulphide Mineralization & Remains Open at Depth.

Vancouver, British Columbia, September 12, 2013 – North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE: NAN) (OTCBB: WSCRF) (CUSIP: 65704T 108) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that a new discovery has been made with diamond drill hole MQ-13-029. The discovery, named Imiak North, is 950 metres northeast of the previously announced Imiak Hill intersections (see News Releases dated August 23 and September 5, 2013), and 1200 metres northwest of the previously announced Spotty Hill discovery (see News Release dated December 23, 2012).

These three mineralized zones are part of the newly named Imiak Hill Conduit Complex (IHCC) which is located in the northern part of the Company’s 100% owned Maniitsoq Nickel - Copper – Cobalt and PGM project in southwest Greenland. (See figure 1 and figure 2)

MQ-13-029, beginning 57.75 metres down the hole, intersected 55.75m metres of sulphide mineralization, including;
• 9.99 metre core length of near solid to solid sulphides averaging approximately 30-40% total sulphides, and
• 45.76 metre core length of disseminated, blebby and net textured sulphide mineralization averaging approximately 3 - 5% sulphides.

As at Imiak Hill and Spotty Hill, mineralization remains open at depth at Imiak North.

NAN CEO and Chair, Rick Mark, states: “We are very pleased to inform shareholders that the Company’s exploration program continues to deliver discoveries of near solid to solid sulphide mineralization at Maniitsoq. This discovery at Imiak North is in close vicinity to Imiak Hill’s nickel, copper, cobalt mineralization and Spotty Hill’s nickel, copper, cobalt and PGM mineralization. And, according to our borehole surveys, these mineralized zones are all open at depth. This follows the conduit model our geological team is using anticipating the nickel mineralization to accumulate in an embayment or footwall contact below these discoveries.”

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Dr. Tony Naldrett, Internationally Acclaimed Expert on Magmatic Sulphide Deposits, Joins North American Nickel's Advisory Board


VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Sept. 30, 2013) - North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NAN) (OTCBB:WSCRF) (CUSIP: 65704T 108) is pleased to announce that Dr. Tony Naldrett, Emeritus Professor at the University of Toronto, has joined the Company's Advisory Board. Dr. Naldrett is an internationally recognized and acclaimed expert on magmatic (nickel, copper and platinum-group element) sulphide mineralization.

Over a career spanning more than forty years, Dr. Naldrett's research has focused on magmatic sulphide deposits, the magmas from which they have formed, the origin of these magmas in the mantle, the chemistry controlling the segregation of sulphides from the magma, and the subsequent separation of minerals from the cooling sulphides that are important in the beneficiation of the ores.

Recently, Dr. Naldrett was the featured speaker for NAN's Greenland and Copenhagen lecture series on nickel sulphide deposits, with a focus on Greenland where NAN is exploring its 5100 square kilometer 100% owned Maniitsoq property in south west Greenland. While in Greenland, he was able to inspect Maniitsoq project drill core, which is stored in Nuuk.

Rick Mark, CEO of North American Nickel states: "We are honored that Dr. Naldrett has agreed to join the Company's Advisory Board and become part of a growing team providing guidance to the immediate and long term development of our Maniitsoq nickel-copper-cobalt-PGM sulphide project. Literally, he has been on the ground of all the significant nickel sulphide deposits in the world. His understanding of these very complex systems is unparalled and he will be a great help to the Company's technical team, as they explore and develop what we believe can be the world's next nickel sulphide camp."

Dr. Naldrett's work has always had a firm foundation in actual deposits. It has led him and his research teams to visit and investigate some of the world's classic nickel-copper-platinum group metal deposits in many parts of the world including, in addition to Canada and the US, Russia, China, Australia, South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Norway, Finland, Italy and Brazil. He has supervised 15 M.Sc. and 16 Ph.D. students and 15 Postdoctoral Fellows during his career.

This remarkable on ground experience has resulted in his authoring, or co-authoring, over 240 refereed papers and 8 books. He has also served as President of the Mineralogical Association of Canada, the Society of Economic Geologists, the International Mineralogical Association and the Geological Society of America and as Chairman of UNESCO's International Geological Cooperation Programme.

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News Release The Sentient Group Invests $3.8m

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Oct. 2, 2013) - North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NAN) (OTCBB:WSCRF) (CUSIP: 65704T 108) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that The Sentient Group ("Sentient") has exercised 18,276,199 common share purchase warrants (the "NAN Warrants") of North American Nickel Inc. ("NAN") at a price of CAD$0.21 per unit for aggregate gross proceeds of up to CAD $3,838,001.79 representing approximately 14.96% of the outstanding common shares of NAN (the "NAN Shares").

http://web.tmxmoney.com/article.php?newsid=63030820&qm_symbo…

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News Release

MQ-13-026 Intersects 18.62M of 4.31% Ni, Including 7.12m of 5.18%Ni


All Imiak Hill's 2013 Drill Holes, Regional Exploration Holes MQ-13-010 through MQ-13-017 and 2013 VTEM Flying from Maniitsoq, Southwest Greenland


VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Oct. 10, 2013) - North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NAN)(OTCBB:WSCRF)(CUSIP:65704T 108) (the "Company") is pleased to announce high grade nickel- copper-cobalt mineralization at its Imiak Hill discovery based on results from drill holes MQ-13-019, MQ- 13-024 and MQ-13-026.

Assays of up to 7.06% nickel in MQ-13-026 and 6.26% nickel in MQ-13-024 have been received.

Imiak Hill is one of three mineralized conduits at the Imiak Hill Conduit Complex (IHCC) located in the northern part of the Company's 100% owned Maniitsoq Nickel - Copper - Cobalt and PGM project in southwest Greenland.

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News Drills High Grade

DISCOVERY OF HIGH GRADE NICKEL AT IMIAK NORTH


55.75m of 1.28% Ni incl. 9.99m of 4.65% Ni

Vancouver, British Columbia, October 23, 2013 – North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE: NAN) (OTCBB: WSCRF) (CUSIP: 65704T 108) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce a new discovery of high grade nickel and copper-cobalt-PGM mineralization at Imiak North, 950m north of Imiak Hill, and additional copper-nickel-cobalt and elevated-PGM mineralization at Spotty Hill, 1350m east of Imiak Hill.

Imiak North and Spotty Hill are two of three mineralized conduits at the Imiak Hill Conduit Complex (IHCC) located in the northern part of the Company's 100% owned Maniitsoq Nickel - Copper - Cobalt and PGM sulphide project in southwest Greenland

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NEWS

DEEPEST DRILL HOLE AT IMIAK HILL RETURNS HIGH GRADE

17.91 Meters Over 3.80% Ni, 1.42% Cu

Vancouver, British Columbia, November 7, 2013 – North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE: NAN) (OTCBB: WSCRF) (CUSIP: 65704T 108) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that the deepest sulphide intersection to date at Imiak Hill has returned high-grade nickel-copper-cobalt assays demonstrating that the mineralization has continuity and remains open at depth. Imiak Hill is one of three mineralized norites comprising the Imiak Hill Conduit Complex (IHCC), which also includes the Imiak North and Spotty Hill norites.

The IHCC is located in the northern part of the Company's 100% owned Maniitsoq Nickel - Copper - Cobalt and PGM project in southwest Greenland (figures 1 and 2).

IMIAK HILL

DDH MQ-13-028: at 182m down the hole:
• Intersected 24.75m grading: 3.19% nickel, 1.14% copper, 0.11% cobalt, and 0.01 g/t PGM
• Including: 17.91m of 3.80% nickel, 1.42% copper, 0.13% cobalt and 0.01 g/t PGM
• including: 2.40m of 4.44% nickel, 1.13% copper, 0.15% cobalt and 0.01 g/t PGM

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Finds 100 New VTEM Targets at Maniitsoq

Preliminary 2013 Airborne Geophysical Data Enhances Nickel Camp Potential

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Dec. 2, 2013) - North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NAN)(OTCBB:WSCRF)(CUSIP:65704T 108) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has received preliminary results from this year's VTEM Plus helicopter borne geophysical survey completed at its 100% owned Maniitsoq nickel-copper-cobalt-PGM project in Southwest Greenland.

A total of 917.3 line-kilometres were flown in nine survey blocks (A1 to A9 in Figure 1) resulting in a total of 389 electromagnetic (EM) responses being detected. A preliminary review of the survey results by the Company has identified one hundred (100) new conductor zones. These target zones will be field checked in 2014 and targets with higher nickel sulphide potential will be added to the growing drill target list at Maniitsoq.

NAN CEO, Rick Mark, states: "The market has been focused on the Imiak Hill Conduit Complex the past three months and rightly so, as the high grade drill results around Imiak have been outstanding. Today, we want to remind investors that our 100% owned Maniitsoq property, which is larger than the Sudbury basin, has the potential to host the world's next sulphide nickel-copper-cobalt camp. These preliminary airborne results bolster that belief and provide us with a new array of targets to analyze and prepare for in 2014."

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2014 Planning Underway for Maniitsoq Nickel Sulphide Project

Drilling Scheduled Early June


VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - March 3, 2014) - North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NAN)(OTCBB:WSCRF)(CUSIP:65704T 108) (the "Company") is pleased to announce plans are now being implemented to begin its 2014 exploration and drill programs at its 100% owned Maniitsoq nickel-copper-cobalt-PGM project in Southwest Greenland.
The Company has now awarded or tendered the following contracts:
• Air Greenland has been selected again this year to provide helicopter support for all of NAN's field programs. Their experienced pilots and favourable terms insure quality service at competitive pricing for all our exploration activities, including drilling.

• Tenders for camp and logistics services are being evaluated and will be awarded in the coming week.

• Tenders for surface TDEM and gravity surveys will also be awarded in the coming week. The ground teams are scheduled to begin work in mid-April.

• The purpose of these surveys is to assist in identifying deep targets at the Imiak Hill Conduit Complex and the Fossilik showing, which is approximately nine km to the south of the IHCC. The programs and analyses are scheduled to be completed by the end of May, in advance of the 2014 drill program.

• Drill tenders have been received and will be awarded by the end of March. Drilling is scheduled to begin in early June this year with an aggressive program at the IHCC, the site of high grade intersections including, at Imiak Hill, MQ-13-026: 18.62m core length grading 4.31% Ni 0.62% Cu and 0.14% Co from 156.70m to 175.32m, announced on October 10, 2013.
More than one hundred new conductive targets identified from our 2013 airborne EM survey have now been reviewed based on their geophysical responses. Those targets interpreted to be high priority will be assessed by surface prospecting and geological mapping and then prioritized for the regional drill program, which is planned to be supported by a second drill, scheduled to begin in early July.
North American Nickel CEO, Rick Mark, states: "We have learned a great deal about working in Greenland and even more about the northern portion of our 100% owned, Sudbury-basin sized property located in the moderate climate of southwest Greenland. The incredible high grade intersections from the Imiak Hill Conduit Complex last year have captured the nickel world's attention. Our geological model is supported by the mineralization improving as we go deeper and the three mineralized conduits at the IHCC being open at depth. We are committed to aggressively drilling to test for underlying nickel sulphide deposits. The grade is evident; this year we plan to build the tonnage. It will be an exciting year for all of our shareholders."
Qualified Person
All technical information in this release has been reviewed by Dr. Mark Fedikow, P.Geo, who is the Qualified Person for the Company and President, North American Nickel Inc.
About North American Nickel
North American Nickel is a mineral exploration company with 100% owned properties in Maniitsoq, Greenland, Sudbury, Ontario, and the Thompson, Manitoba nickel belt. VMS Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:VMS) owns approximately 23.9% of NAN.
The Maniitsoq property in Greenland is a Camp scale project comprising 3,601 square km covering numerous high-grade nickel-copper 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, which is pack ice free year round.

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.
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 Securities Act of 1933, 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.

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Marketwired - March 19, 2014- North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NAN)(OTCBB:WSCRF)(CUSIP:65704T 108) (the "Company") is pleased to announce Crone Geophysics of Mississauga, Ontario has been awarded Electromagnetic and Gravity surveys, scheduled to start in mid-April at the Company's 100% owned Maniitsoq nickel-copper-cobalt-PGM project in southwest Greenland.

http://web.tmxmoney.com/article.php?newsid=66503390&qm_symbo…


"Crone Geophysics PEM System has been instrumental in the discovery of many world class Magmatic Sulphide Deposits such as Voiseys Bay O Void, Nickel Rim Sudbury, Kabanga Tanzania, Bisha Mine Eritrea, Raglan Mine Quebec, Eagle Mine Minnesota, and many more."

The Pulse-EM system has unique features that set it apart from the competition, such as current monitoring and highly accurate waveform for modelling and Step transformation accuracy. The “Step” transformation is an exclusive feature of the Pulse-EM system that detects high conductance sources that may lie outside the time window of most TDEM systems, and is an important QC tool. Other features and benefits include extreme temperature operation, portability, ease of use and operation, and cost efficiency. Crone’s Pulse-EM system incorporates every component of hardware, software, electronics, support and technology required for high quality borehole and surface surveys, all of which are developed and manufactured in-house and backed by 52 years of exploration and survey experience.

From its initial development in conjunction with Noranda in 1972, the Pulse-EM system has contributed to the discovery of many significant mineral deposits around the word, including Voiseys Bay, Lalor, and Raglan.

www.cronegeophysics.com/nickel/

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2014 Drilling Contract Awarded to Cartwright Drilling Inc. and Logistics/Camp Contract Awarded to Xploration Services Greenland ApS.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - April 3, 2014) - North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NAN)(OTCBB:WSCRF)(CUSIP:65704T 108) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that drill and camp contracts have been awarded for 2014 exploration at its 100% owned Maniitsoq nickel-copper-cobalt-PGM project in Southwest Greenland.
Cartwright Drilling Inc. of Goose Bay in Central Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador has been awarded the Diamond Drilling contract and Xploration Services Greenland ApS of Nuuk, Greenland has been awarded the Logistics/Camp contract. Both companies are highly experienced in Greenland exploration operations and have been part of previous exploration campaigns for the company.

DRILLING PROGRAM

For the upcoming drill season North American Nickel is planning a two drill program at its Maniitsoq project. The first drill is set to test immediate down plunge extensions of nickel sulphide mineralization as defined by the 2012/2013 drill campaigns and the associated Crone three-component borehole electromagnetic (BHEM) geophysical surveys at the Imiak Hill Conduit Complex (IHCC) focusing on:

• Imiak Hill, drilling down plunge of drill hole MQ-13-028, (see figure 1, Nov, 2013) which intersected 24.75 metres of near massive to massive sulphide grading 3.19% Ni, 1.14% Cu, 0.11% Co, including;


o 17.91m of 3.80% nickel, 1.42% copper, 0.13% cobalt and 0.01 g/t PGM


• Imiak North, drilling down plunge of drill hole MQ-13-029, (see figure 2, Nov, 2013) which intersected 55.75m of disseminated to near massive and massive sulphide grading: 1.28% nickel, 0.36% copper, 0.04% cobalt, and 0.03 g/t PGM, including;


o 9.99m of 4.65% nickel, 0.33% copper, 0.13% cobalt and 0.08 g/t PGM


• Spotty Hill, drilling down plunge of drill hole MQ-12-005, (see figure 3, Nov, 2013) which intersected 123.94 meters of disseminated, net-texture, to near massive and massive sulphide grading: 0.81% nickel, 0.21% copper, 0.03% cobalt & 0.26 g/t platinum (Pt) + palladium (Pd) + gold (Au), including:


o 24.20 m @ 1.75% Ni, 0.34% Cu, 0.06% Co & 0.52 g/t Pt+Pd+Au.


Before final decisions on targeting the drills at the IHCC (see figure 4, Nov, 2013) are made, NAN's exploration team will analyse the results of the ground geophysics Deep Penetrating Electromagnetic (DPEM) and Gravity surveys scheduled to begin in mid-April at the IHCC.

The second drill will focus on priority regional EM exploration targets commencing at a new target 25 kilometres to the northwest of the IHCC called Pingo. It is a historical showing that graded 1.09% Ni and 1.00% Cu in a mineralized grab sample within a norite host rock. NAN geologists will meet in early April to finalize the list of regional exploration targets to be drill tested this year.
Drill and support crews will be on the ground on June 7th with drilling scheduled to start approximately June 10th.
Cartwright Drilling Inc. was established in 1995 and has been servicing the mining/exploration industry with lightweight, fully hydraulic custom built drills. Cartwright has drilled in Greenland continuously since 2004, sometimes with as many as six rigs. Long term clients are Hudson Resources, Nuna Minerals, Red Rock Resources and London Mining PLC. Cartwright specializes in helicopter-portable drill jobs in remote areas. The company has drilled in numerous provinces throughout Canada, South America and Africa, and currently owns 25 drill rigs, including 4 geo-technical drills.

LOGISTICS/CAMP SERVICES

Xploration Services Greenland ApS (hereafter XS), and North American Nickel Inc. have entered into an administration, liaison and logistics agreement. XS will assume responsibility for pre-field season operational and support planning; spring season operation; mobilization; operation of main camp, including catering; demobilization and post-field season operational reporting. This includes all logistics and related issues in connection with NAN's 2014 Maniitsoq exploration & drilling program.

XS, will, on behalf of NAN, take care of administration and assist with reporting requirements, as required. XS will also undertake consultation with Tax Authorities, the Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum (BMP) and the four Municipalities of Greenland in regard to issues related to corporate matters, personnel and subcontractors.

Qualified Person

All technical information in this release has been reviewed by Dr. Mark Fedikow, P.Geo, who is the Qualified Person for the Company and President, North American Nickel Inc.

About North American Nickel

North American Nickel is a mineral exploration company with 100% owned properties in Maniitsoq, Greenland, Sudbury, Ontario, and the Thompson, Manitoba nickel belt. The Maniitsoq property in Greenland is a Camp scale project comprising 3,601 square km covering numerous high-grade nickel-copper 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, which is pack ice free year round.

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.

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 Securities Act of 1933, 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.

To view the figures associated with this release, please visit the following link:

http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/NAN%20Figures.pdf.