Pure Nickel Receives US $387,810 Royalty Payment from Milford Copper Property

Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - September 6, 2017) - Pure Nickel Inc. (TSXV: NIC) along with its wholly-owned subsidiary, Nevada Star Resource Corp. (U.S.), (jointly referred to as "Pure Nickel" and/or "Company") is pleased to report that it has received a court approved royalty payment, for previously earned royalties from the Milford Copper Property, of US $387,810.

Under the original terms of an 2011 agreement reached with CS Mining LLC ("CS Mining"), Pure Nickel was granted a 1% Net Smelter Royalty ("NSR") on all properties controlled by CS Mining with respect to the Milford Copper Property. Pure Nickel's portion of the royalty is capped at US $5.0 M.CS Mining advanced the property and informed the Company that production had been achieved but no royalty payments were made. On June 2, 2016 a group of CS Mining creditors filed a petition for involuntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy; subsequently CS Mining converted the involuntary bankruptcy to voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy and a bidding process for the assets ensued. On August 29, 2017 the successful bidder, Tamra Mining Company, LLC ("Tamra"), became the owner of the Milford Copper Property.

The Company looks forward to continued progress and additional royalty payments from the Milford Copper Property as Tamra takes over daily operations.

About Pure Nickel Inc.
Pure Nickel is a mineral exploration company with a diverse collection of nickel, copper and platinum group element exploration projects in North America.

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