Mr. H. Vance White reports

NOBLE MINERAL REPORTS: CANADA NICKEL SECURES FEDERAL APPROVAL FOR CRAWFORD NICKEL PROJECT

Noble Mineral Exploration Inc. has congratulated Canada Nickel Company Inc. on Canada Nickel's Crawford nickel project having received a positive decision statement from the Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Nature, marking the first mining approval issued under Canada's amended Impact Assessment Act since 2019. The Crawford nickel project was referred to Canada's Major Projects Office by the government of Canada and selected as one of the first projects to advance under Ontario's one project, one process framework.

Until 2019, the Crawford nickel project was held by Noble. The project was sold to Canada Nickel in the transaction that resulted in the creation of Canada Nickel as a publicly listed company and in the distribution of shares of Canada Nickel to Noble's shareholders under a plan of arrangement. Noble continues to hold shares of Canada Nickel (see the company's filed financial statements, available on SEDAR+, for more details).

Noble chief executive officer Vance White said: "We congratulate Canada Nickel on their announcement today of having secured federal approval for the Crawford nickel project. This development confirms the company's vision in having transferred the Crawford nickel project to the team at Canada Nickel in 2019, and, as a company, we are proud to see Canada Nickel advance through this milestone. This is an extremely important development. It should also serve as a model for the development of other properties held by East Timmins Nickel Ltd., a company established between Noble and Canada Nickel in which Noble has a 20-per-cent interest. "

About Noble Mineral Exploration Inc.

Noble Mineral is a Canadian-based junior exploration company, which has holdings of securities in Canada Nickel Company, Homeland Nickel Inc., East Timmins Nickel Inc.(20 per cent) and its interest in the Holdsworth gold exploration property in the area of Wawa, Ont.

Noble holds mineral and/or exploration rights in approximately 70,000 hectares in Northern Ontario and approximately 14,000 hectares elsewhere in Quebec and Newfoundland, upon which it plans to generate option/joint venture exploration programs.

Noble holds mineral rights and/or exploration rights in approximately 18,000 hectares in the Timmins-Cochrane areas of Northern Ontario known as Project 81 and approximately 2,215 hectares in Thomas township/Timmins, as well as an additional 20-per-cent interest in approximately 38,700 hectares in the Timmins area and approximately 175 hectares of mining claims in central Newfoundland. Project 81 hosts diversified drill-ready gold, nickel-cobalt and base metal exploration targets at various stages of exploration. Noble also holds approximately 4,600 hectares in the Nagagami carbonatite complex and its approximately 3,200 hectares in the Boulder project, both near Hearst, Ont., as well as approximately 3,700 hectares in the Buckingham graphite property, approximately 10,152 hectares in the Havre St. Pierre nickel, copper, platinum group metal property, approximately 1,573 hectares in the Cere-Villebon nickel, copper, PGM property, approximately 569 hectares of a uranium/rare earth property (Chateau) and an approximately 461 hectares of a uranium/molybdenum property (Taser North), approximately 4,465 hectares of the rare earth element Mehmet property, approximately 3,300 hectares of the Gull Lake REE property, and approximately 1,232 hectares of the Opawica scandium and REE property, all of which are in the province of Quebec. In Newfoundland and Labrador, it holds the approximately 647-hectare Chapiteau REE property.

Noble's common shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol NOB.

About Canada Nickel Company Inc.

Canada Nickel Company is advancing the Crawford nickel project, located in the Timmins nickel district in Northeastern Ontario. Crawford is expected to be one of the world's largest nickel sulphide projects and is designed to produce low-carbon nickel while incorporating proprietary carbon mineralization technologies capable of permanently storing carbon dioxide. The company is also advancing the broader Timmins nickel district as a secure, long-term source of critical minerals for Canada and its allies.

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