Mr. Grant Mourre reports

SPC NICKEL INITIATES METALLURGICAL TEST PROGRAM AT WEST GRAHAM PROJECT

SPC Nickel Corp. has begun a metallurgical test work study, to be performed by Vale Base Metals' subsidiary, Vale Canada Ltd., on mineralization from the company's West Graham Ni-Cu (nickel-copper) project.

Grant Mourre, president and chief executive officer of SPC Nickel, commented: "Metallurgical work is a vital step in progressing any project and our work on this will provide important information toward evaluating West Graham as a low-strip-ratio, higher-grade starter pit. Having released our maiden resource estimate earlier this year, we are excited to keep the project moving forward. We look forward to sharing our results with investors at the earliest opportunity."

The study will perform a standardized flotation test to assess potential recoveries, mineralogy and grindability of West Graham mineralization based on a simulated Clarabelle mill flowsheet. The Clarabelle mill is located in Sudbury, Ont., and is owned and operated by Vale.

The planned metallurgical study will focus on mineralization from six shallow drill holes (see the table entitled "2023 drill holes selected for the preliminary metallurgical test work study") completed by SPC Nickel in 2023 that targeted a 150-metre-by-150-metre area immediately down dip of an extensive surface Ni-Cu gossan. The target area is being evaluated as a potential low-strip-ratio, higher-grade starter pit.

Metallurgical test work study

A total of 236 kilograms of drill core (quartered) from the six drill holes listed in the table entitled "2023 drill holes selected for the preliminary metallurgical test work study" have been sampled and shipped to Vale's Sheridan Park metallurgical facility located in Mississauga, Ont., Canada.

The scope of the study includes:

• Grindability testing;
• Mineral liberation analyses;
• X-ray diffraction analyses;
• Flotation test work.

This program represents a preliminary bench-scale metallurgical study of the West Graham mineralization, and it is expected that additional metallurgical test work will be required and completed in the future.

Ontario Junior Exploration Program

SPC Nickel is also pleased to announce that the company was approved for a $200,000 grant from the government of Ontario under the Ontario Junior Exploration Program (OJEP) on July 17, 2023, and received the final tranche of funds on March 7, 2024. The OJEP is designed to promote early-stage exploration in Ontario, whereby companies can receive up to $200,000 per project to cover 50 per cent of eligible exploration costs.

Quality assurance/quality control and qualified persons

Technical elements of this news release have been approved by Mr. Mourre, PGeo (PGO), chief executive officer and president of SPC Nickel and a qualified person under National Instrument 43-101.

About the Lockerby East property

The Lockerby East property is located in the heart of the Sudbury mining district, where nine mines are currently in operation and two more are in the development phase. The region benefits from its proximity to well-developed transportation infrastructure, including roads, railways and electrical grid. In addition, the property is situated close to processing, smelting and refining assets which include two mills, two smelters and one nickel refinery. Local operators include global mining corporations Vale, Glencore and KGHM.

About SPC Nickel Corp.

SPC Nickel is a Canadian public corporation focused on exploring for Ni-Cu-PGMs (platinum group metals) within the world-class Sudbury mining camp. SPC Nickel is currently exploring its key 100-per-cent-owned exploration project Lockerby East located in the heart of the historic Sudbury mining camp that includes the West Graham resource and the LKE resource. SPC Nickel also holds three additional projects across Canada, including the large camp-scale Muskox project (located in Nunavut), the past-producing Aer-Kidd project (located in the Sudbury mining camp) and the Janes project (located 50 kilometres northwest of Sudbury). The corporate focus is on Sudbury, and SPC Nickel continues to look for new opportunities to add shareholder value.

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