North American Nickel Inc. announced that it has retained Dr. Peter Lightfoot of Lightfoot Geoscience Inc. as Chief Geologist and Mr. Chris Hopkins as Chief Financial Officer of the company. Mr. Hopkins has over 25 years of financial management experience in the resources industry. He has spent most of his career in senior roles with public mining companies, including U.S. Silver, Rio Algom, BHP Billiton, Suncor and several Canadian and international junior mining companies.