North American Nickel Inc. has appointed Keith Morrison as chief executive officer of the company.

Mr. Morrison has over 30 years of international experience in the resources sector, with an accomplished background in strategy, finance, exploration, technology, global operations, capital markets and corporate development.

Formerly, Mr. Morrison co-founded two significant Canadian-based success stories, Quantec, a world leader in deep subsurface imaging technologies, and QGX, a Canadian-based public exploration company which operated in Mongolia prior to its acquisition. Mr. Morrison also has operational experience working in Greenland. He is currently an independent director of Marengo Mining Ltd. and the non-executive chairman for Security Devices International.

North American Nickel's non-executive chairman, John Sabine, commented: "Mr. Morrison brings extensive experience in all facets of mineral exploration, and in international project development and finance. North American Nickel will greatly benefit from this wealth of experience as we advance the company going forward.

"I would like to thank Dr. Mark Fedikow for his great work and leadership during this interim period for the company. With Mr. Morrison's appointment, Dr. Fedikow has resigned as interim CEO and will remain with the company as president."