Quebec Nickel Corp. Announces Closing of the Second and Final Tranche of Its Previously Announced Private Placement

Vancouver, November 10, 2021 - Quebec Nickel Corp. (CSE: QNI) (FSE: 7lB) ("Quebec Nickel Corp." or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has completed the closing of a second and final tranche of its non-brokered private placement (the "Second Tranche") by issuing a total of: (i)300,000 units (each a "Unit"), at a price of $0.24 per Unit; (ii) 440,000 flow-through shares (each, a "FT Share"), at a price of $0.25 per FT Share; (iii) 3,193,873 Quebec flow-through shares (each, a "Quebec FT Share"), at a price of $0.26 per Quebec FT Share; and (iv) 4,761,400 Premium flow-through units (each a "Premium FT Unit") at a price of $0.42 per Premium FT Unit. The aggregate gross proceeds raised from the Second Tranche is $3,012,194.98. The securities issued in the private placement are subject to a four-month hold period expiring on March 11, 2022.

Each Unit is comprised of one common share ("Common Share") in the capital of the Company and one-half (1/2) of a Common Share purchase warrant of the Company. Each Premium FT Share is comprised of one Common share that that qualifies as a "flow-through share" within the meaning of subsection 66(15) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), and one-half (1/2) of a Common Share purchase warrant of the Company. Each whole warrant issued as a component of the Units and Premium FT Units entitles the holder thereof to acquire one additional Common Share at a price of $0.32 for a period of two (2) years from the closing date (the "Closing Date") of the Second Tranche. The FT Shares and the Quebec FT Shares will qualify as "flow-through shares" within the meaning of subsection 66(15) of the Income Tax Act (Canada).

The Company will use the private placement proceeds from the Units for general working capital purposes and will use the proceeds from the FT Shares, the Quebec FT Shares and the Premium FT Units to fund exploration work on its properties.

As a result of the final closing of the private placement, including the first and second tranches, the Company issued a total of 27,407,496 Common Share for gross proceeds of $7,699,999.96. The issuances were comprised of : 4,166,650 Units, 10,444,000 FT Shares, 8,035,446 Quebec FT Shares and 4,761,400 Premium FT Units. Following the closing, there are 68,666,438 Common Shares issued and outstanding. In total finder's fees equal to an aggregate amount of $539,000 were paid and 1,918,524 finder's warrants were issued to arm's length third parties of the Company in respect of the first and second tranches of the private placement. Each finder's warrants entitle the holder to acquire one Common Share of the Company for the price of $0.24 per Common Share for a period of two years following the closing.

The private placement was carried out pursuant to prospectus exemptions of applicable securities laws and is subject to final acceptance by the Canadian Securities Exchange.

About Quebec Nickel Corp.

Quebec Nickel Corp. is a mineral exploration company focused on acquiring, exploring, and developing nickel projects in Quebec, Canada. The Company has 100% interest in the Ducros Group Property, consisting of 280 contiguous mining claims covering 15,179.72 hectares within the Abitibi region located in Quebec, Canada. Additional information on Quebec Nickel Corp. is available at www.quebecnickel.com.

On Behalf of the Board of Directors, Quebec Nickel Corp.

"David Patterson, CEO"

For further information, please contact: Elyssia Patterson, CFO

Tel: +1 (778) 683 4324
Email: info@quebecnickel.com

Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the CSE policies) accepts responsibility for this release's adequacy or accuracy.

Cautionary and Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains statements that constitute "forward-looking statements". Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause Quebec Nickel's actual results, performance or achievements, or developments in the industry to differ materially from the anticipated results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but not always, identified by the words "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "intends," "estimates," "projects," "potential" and similar expressions, or that events or conditions "will," "would," "may," "could" or "should" occur.

Although Quebec Nickel believes the forward-looking information contained in this news release is reasonable based on information available on the date hereof, by their nature, forward-looking statements involve assumptions, known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or other future events, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.

The forward-looking information contained in this news release represents the expectations of the Company as of the date of this news release and, accordingly, is subject to change after such date. Readers should not place undue importance on forward-looking information and should not rely upon this information as of any other date. While the Company may elect to, it does not undertake to update this information at any particular time except as required in accordance with applicable laws.

This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of any of the securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful, including any of the securities in the United States of America. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act") or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for account or benefit of, U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S under the 1933 Act) unless registered under the 1933 Act and applicable state securities laws, or an exemption from such registration requirements is available.

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