Mr. Mark Appleby reports

TARTISAN NICKEL CORP. ACQUIRES NICKEL-COPPER CLAIMS AT TURTLE POND, NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO

Tartisan Nickel Corp. has acquired four additional claims in the Turtle Pond area, Northwestern Ontario, approximately 40 kilometres (km) south of Dryden, Ont. The total property size now consists of 165 staked units covering 3,454 hectares (ha). The claims are owned 100 per cent by Tartisan Nickel's wholly owned subsidiary, Canadian Arrow Mines Ltd.

The claims are located approximately 70 km east of the company's flagship Kenbridge nickel deposit. The property is situated in an area of excellent infrastructure and consists of 165 claim units, and hosts the historical Glatz, Double E and Night Danger nickel-copper showings.

Previous exploration efforts identified nickel-copper sulphide mineralization in 12 trenches along a 700-metre (m) trend at the Glatz nickel-copper showing. The zone, discovered in 1965 by local prospector A. Glatz, is up to 40 metres wide, and is open along strike and at depth. Historical grab samples were reported to contain up to 1.95 per cent nickel (Ni). In 2007, Canadian Arrow Mines Ltd. conducted a surface grab sampling program that produced the following results: 1.28 per cent Ni and 0.26 per cent copper (Cu) from Glatz trench 3; 0.99 per cent Ni and 0.18 per cent Cu from Glatz trench 3; and 0.39 per cent Ni and 4.06 per cent Cu from trench 4. The mineralization varies from disseminated sulphides to narrow semi-massive sulphide bands. Six short drill holes were completed at that time, with hole GZ-09-02 encountering 0.34 per cent Ni, 0.16 per cent Cu and 0.02 per cent cobalt (Co) over 5.9 m from 45.0 to 50.9 m.

A nickel-copper-PGE (platinum group element) discovery on the Double E airborne VTEM (versatile time domain electromagnetic) anomaly was identified in 2008. The drilling intersected two separate upper and lower mineralized zones in two drill holes. Hole EE-09-02 intersected 4.2 metres of 0.81 per cent Ni, 0.52 per cent Cu, 0.20 gram per tonne (gpt) platinum (Pt), 0.16 gpt palladium (Pd) and 0.20 gpt gold (Au) at a depth of 25.5 metres. This included two metres of 1.35 per cent Ni, 0.81 per cent Cu, 0.36 gpt Pt, 0.27 gpt Pd and 0.31 gpt Au. A second zone was intersected at a depth of 135.1 metres containing 8.2 m of 0.55 per cent Ni and 0.38 per cent Cu. Hole EE-l0-04 intersected 1.9 metres of 0.51 per cent Ni and 0.24 per cent Cu at a depth of 21.4 metres, and a second narrow intersection of 1.9 metres of 0.52 per cent Ni and 0.28 per cent Cu at a depth of 28 metres.

Exploration diamond drilling work completed in 2009 and 2010 on the Night Danger nickel-copper intercepts and reported a nine-metre-wide section of stringers and blebs of sulphide, which assayed 0.57 per cent Ni and 0.45 per cent Cu at a drill depth of 79 m in hole ND-09-1. Two sections within this interval assayed greater than 1 per cent nickel. Drill hole ND-10-1 intersected 4.53 per cent Ni over 0.7 m at a drill depth of 57.5 m (source: MNDM assessment files and Canadian Arrow Mines Ltd. news release dated June 1, 2010, SEDAR+).

From Nov. 28, 2024, to Dec. 21, 2024, a TDEM (time domain electromagnetic) geophysical survey was performed on the Turtle Pond Lake property and was undertaken by Expert Geophysics Ltd. Tartisan Nickel requested this survey for the purpose of determining drill targets and potential future exploration work on the property.

Mark Appleby, president and chief executive officer of Tartisan, stated: "The Glatz, Double E and Night Danger nickel-copper showings display similar nickel and copper tenors as what we find near surface at our Kenbridge nickel deposit. Acquisition of these additional claims not only shows but also complement the company's larger objective of developing the Kenbridge project into a much larger area play. The company will be formulating an exploration program consisting of surface sampling and potentially diamond drilling in 2026 to 2027."

Qualified person

The technical information in this news release has been prepared in accordance with Canadian regulatory requirements as set out in National Instrument 43-101, and reviewed and approved by Dean MacEachern, PGeo, an independent consultant to the company and a qualified person as defined by NI 43-101.

About Tartisan Nickel Corp.

Tartisan Nickel is a Canadian-based critical minerals exploration and development company that owns the Kenbridge nickel project near Sioux Narrows in Northwestern Ontario, the Sill Lake silver project near Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., as well as the Night Danger, Glatz Turtle Pond project near Dryden, Ont.

Tartisan Nickel common shares are listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange, the OTCQX and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Currently, there are 152,215,641 shares issued and outstanding (156,287,356 fully diluted).

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