North American Nickel Inc. announced that it has appointed Ms. Patricia (Patti) Tirschmann as Vice President, Exploration and Ms. Sharon Taylor as Chief Geophysicist of the company. Patti Tirschmann joined the company in 2014 for a temporary position as the Principal Nickel Geologist. Ms. Tirschmann has since agreed to join the company full time as Vice President, Exploration.

Patti is a professional Geoscientist with nearly 25 years of exploration experience specializing in magmatic nickel-copper sulphide deposits. Prior to her role as the company's Principal Nickel Geologist, Ms. Tirschmann served for six years as Vice President, Exploration, for Continental Nickel Ltd. Ms. Taylor has over 25 years of experience in mineral exploration, including thirteen years with Falconbridge, Noranda, and Xstrata. She has experience in both volcanogenic massive sulfide and nickel exploration in major mining camps including Kidd Creek, Bathurst, Raglan, Sudbury and Kabanga.

Her most recent employment with Continental Nickel included nickel exploration at the St Stephen Project in New Brunswick and the Nachingwea Nickel Project in Tanzania.