NAN North American Nickel Inc

North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NAN)(OTCBB:WSCRF) (CUSIP:65704T 108)
(the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company has made a new discovery
at drill hole MQ-13-018, which is approx. 9 km south of the Imiak Hill Conduit
Complex (IHCC). It intersected three new zones of nickel sulphide; all hosted by
the Fossilik intrusion, which is the largest norite body in the Greenland Norite
Belt at approx. 8 sq. km. MQ-13-018 is associated with NAN's 2012 VTEM conductor
P-04. 


This new discovery is within a 10km radius from the Imiak Hill Conduit Complex,
which the Company believes to be a reasonable distance to truck mineralization
to a potential central mining / concentrating complex at, or near, Imiak Hill
(see map 1).


NAN CEO, Rick Mark states. "This discovery is only 9 km from our recently
announced near solid to solid sulphide intersections at Imiak Hill and Imiak
North. It has significant near surface Ni-Cu-Co & PGM mineralization which is
disseminated, similar to mineralization at Spotty Hill within the IHCC. The
Fossilik norite also contains historical mineralized zones with grades of up to
2.24% Ni and 0.63% Cu. It creates a new area of focus for the company and
bolsters our belief that the Maniitsoq conduit system has potential to produce
multiple deposits." 


MQ-13-018 HIGHLIGHTS:



--  32.19m @ 0.59% NI, 0.18% Cu, 0.02% Co, 0.21 g/t PGM (Zone 1)



Including:



--  4.53m @ 1.06% Ni, 0.23% Cu, 0.04% Co, 0.33 g/t PGM



The mineralization was intersected between 35 and 160 m vertically below surface
and it consists mainly of disseminated and blebby sulphides with occasional
short intervals of inclusion bearing sulphide. All of the sulphides are hosted
in massive melanocratic norite. 


The Fossilik intrusion also hosts several historical showings including the
Fossilik I and II occurrences:




--  Fossilik II includes historical drill holes with grades of up to 2.24%
    Ni and 0.63% Cu over a core length of 12.89 metres in drill hole FoIl-1 
--  Fossilik I includes historical drill holes with grades of 1.07% Ni and
    0.46% Cu over a core length of 25.10 metres in drill hole F-3. 



Table 1 below summarizes the assay results for MQ-13-018. All three mineralized
zones are hosted in massive, non-foliated, melanocratic norite.


Table 1: MQ-13-018 significant assays



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             From     To Length   Ni   Cu   Co    Pt    Pd    Au  Total    S
              (m)    (m)    (m)  (%)  (%)  (%) (g/t) (g/t) (g/t) PGM(i)  (%)
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Zone 1      40.24  72.43  32.19 0.59 0.18 0.02  0.10  0.03  0.08   0.21 2.94
          ------------------------------------------------------------------
 Incl.      51.75  56.28   4.53 1.06 0.23 0.04  0.20  0.04  0.09   0.33 5.97
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Zone 2      94.00 120.00  26.00 0.24 0.11 0.01  0.07  0.02  0.07   0.16 1.31
          ------------------------------------------------------------------
 incl.     108.00 117.00   9.00 0.42 0.15 0.02  0.14  0.03  0.10   0.27 2.38
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Zone 3     173.29 182.00   8.71 0.26 0.15 0.01  0.04  0.01  0.07   0.12 1.04
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Note: all lengths are core lengths, true widths are unknown. 

Hole collar information (WGS84 / UTM22N) 474324E / 7248800N / 695 masl, azimuth
50, dip -60, length 182 metres. (masl = metres above sea level)


The 2013 exploration program at Maniitsoq has come to an end, with 25 diamond
drill holes completed for a total of 4266 metres. The drilling focused on
numerous VTEM anomalies and existing Ni - Cu occurrences within the Greenland
Norite Belt (GNB). A total of 1541 core samples have been submitted for
analysis. All 2011 and 2012 targets (116) have been field checked by NAN
geologists with a total of 238 field locations reviewed for mineralization and
geological information. A total of 104 rock samples were analyzed and the NAN
exploration team collected a total of 150 channel samples over mineralized areas
of interest.


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.


Drill core assay results are evaluated as part of a Quality Assurance and
Quality Control procedure that includes the use of multi-element, certified
standards with known precious and base metal values, blank standards and control
charts to determine accuracy and precision of analytical results. Core sample
analysis was completed by ALS Scandinavia AS of Ojebyn, Sweden. Three methods of
analysis were used to determine element concentrations in the rock samples
submitted to ALS. These were 1. A multi-element scan, subsequent to a four-acid
digestion and ICP/ICP-AES finish; 2. Au, Pt and Pd lead fire assay on a 30 gram
sample with ICP-AES finish; and 3. Samples with greater than 1.00% Ni or Cu were
re-analyzed by ICP-AES calibrated for ore grade detection limits. Samples with
greater than 0.50% S were re-analyzed by Leco furnace and infrared spectroscopy.


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 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. 


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

Neil Richardson, COO, North American Nickel Inc.

To view Map 1, please visit the following link:
http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/nan0926map1.pdf.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
North American Nickel Inc.
Neil Richardson
COO
(604) 986-2020 or Toll Free: 1-866-816-0118

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