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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 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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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."