Mr. Mark Appleby reports

TARTISAN NICKEL CORP. INTERSECTS 24.6 METRES OF 0.71% NI, 0.56% CU INCLUDING 6.1 METRES OF 1.17% NI, 1.45% CU AT THE KENBRIDGE NICKEL-COPPER-COBALT PROJECT, NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO

Tartisan Nickel Corp. has provided an update on the phase 1 diamond drill program at the company's Kenbridge nickel-copper-cobalt project, Sioux Narrows, Northwestern Ontario. The phase 1 drill program was designed to test the on-strike and downdip potential for additional nickel sulphide mineralization to enhance the size and grade of the Kenbridge deposit.

A total of 3,191 metres of drilling has been completed to date. The first four drill targets have been completed (drill holes KB26-207, KB26-208, KB26-209 and KB26-210). Samples were delivered to Agat Laboratories Ltd. in Thunder Bay for analysis.

Reported in this release are the results from the fourth hole KB26-210. Results from the hole confirm both A and B zones were intersected as outlined in the table below. Zone A was intersected from 762.4 to 787.0 metres drill depth and returned 0.71 per cent nickel and 0.56 per cent copper over 24.6 metres including 6.1 m of 1.17 per cent Ni and 1.45 per cent Cu from 762.4 to 768.5 metres drill depth and 2.0 m of 1.73 per cent Ni and 0.31 per cent Cu from 774.5 to 776.5 metres drill depth. Zone B was intersected from 800.2 m to 806.0 m drill depth. Results were 0.27 per cent Ni and 0.24 per cent Cu over 5.8 metres. Drill core intersection widths are estimated to be between 65- and 80-per-cent true width.

Mark Appleby, chief executive officer of Tartisan Nickel, stated: "The KB26-210 hole result represents a significant high-grade intercept. We are very encouraged to see the wider intersection as the deposit appears to now flare outwards at depth. Intersecting 24.6 metres of 0.71 per cent Ni and 0.56 per cent Cu including higher-grade portions (1.17 per cent Ni, 1.45 per cent Cu over 6.1 m and 1.73 per cent Ni, 0.31 per cent Cu over 2.0 m) confirms continuity of significant nickel-copper mineralization in this system. These results will strengthen our ability and confidence in upgrading our resource and in the project's overall potential. While we have now taken a brief pause for spring breakup, the company will introduce borehole EM down the drill holes completed in phase 1 and commence phase 2 drilling this spring. We look forward to drilling below the existing shaft bottom to test for the depth extension to the deposit shortly."

The Kenbridge property is in the Kenora mining district, Sioux Narrows, Ont., Canada, with all-season road access. The Kenbridge deposit has an existing shaft to a depth of 2,042 feet (622 metres), with level stations at 150-foot (45-metre) intervals below the shaft collar and two levels developed at 350 ft (107 m) and 500 ft (152 m) below the shaft collar.

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, a qualified person as defined by NI 43-101.

Quality assurance/quality control

Sample QA/QC procedures for Tartisan have been designed to meet or exceed industry standards. Drill core is collected from the diamond drill and placed in sealed core trays for transport to on-site sampling and core cutting facilities. The core is logged and samples taken from 0.3 metre to a maximum sample length of 1.5 metres. The core samples are split with a diamond blade saw with continuous running water, half of the sample is sent for lab testing, and the remaining half-core is left in the core box for record or further sampling. The core samples are bagged in heavy plastic bags with six samples being placed into a rice bag for transport to Agat Laboratories in Thunder Bay, Ont., or Calgary, Alta., for assay. Samples are submitted in batches of 50- to 100-gram blind certified reference materials from CDN Resources. As well, duplicates and blank samples are systematically inserted by the company into the sample stream with reference to the mineralization in the sampled rock and analyzed as part of the company's quality assurance/quality control protocol. Agat Labs implements its own quality control testing by inserting its own CRMs and blanks in the sample stream for accredited testing.

All drill core samples were prepped and analyzed at Agat Laboratories in Thunder Bay, Ont., or shipped to Calgary for testing at an ISO/IEC 17025 2017 certified independent laboratory from organizations like the Standards Council of Canada, the Canadian Association for Laboratory Accreditation, ANSI National Accreditation Board and the American Association of Laboratory Accreditation. It maintains accreditations across its facilities in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Quebec and internationally.

NQ-diameter sawed half-core samples from the drilling program were securely sent by Tartisan Nickel's geologists to Agat Laboratories, with sample preparation in Thunder Bay, Ont., and analysis in Thunder Bay, Ont., and Calgary, Alta. Samples were processed for gold, platinum and palladium analysis by 50-gram fire assay with ICP-OES finish and for four-acid digestion, multielement analysis by inductively coupled plasma, and mass spectrometry (ICP OES plus MS). Agat sample preparation and laboratory analysis procedures conform to requirements of ISO/IEC Standard 17025 guidelines and meet the requirements under National Instrument 43-101 and Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum best practice guidelines. Agat Laboratories is independent of Tartisan Nickel.

Samples were dried and crushed to two millimetres, from which a 250-gram subsample split was then pulverized to 85 per cent passing a 75-micrometre sieve. Following preparation, assays were determined by the ICP OES method. A 0.25-gram aliquot of the prepared pulp was digested in a four-acid solution consisting of hydrochloric, nitric, perchloric and hydrofluoric acids. The four-acid solution is a near total digest, and only the most highly resistant minerals are not dissolved. The resulting solution was analyzed by ICP-MS and ICP-ES for eight elements, and was corrected for interelement spectral interferences. Lower detection limits for this procedure are 0.01 part per million for nickel, 0.01 ppm for copper, 0.01 ppm for cobalt, 0.01 ppm for platinum, 0.01 ppm palladium, 0.01 ppm silver and 0.01 ppm for gold.

Samples with initial results beyond the upper detection limit of the ICP OES method were analyzed by (201-071) four-acid digest -- metal package, ICP-OES/ICP-MS finish. The thresholds are greater than 1 per cent for nickel, copper and cobalt. Agat Laboratories employs internal quality control standards, duplicates and blank samples at set frequencies. Tartisan Nickel stores all its drilled core on site, and takes pride in its facilities and strives for excellence in its quality assurance/quality control procedures.

About Tartisan Nickel Corp.

Tartisan Nickel is a Canadian-based critical mineral exploration and development company which owns the Kenbridge nickel-copper project near Sioux Narrows, Northwestern Ontario, and the Sill Lake silver project near Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., as well as the Night Danger 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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