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EV Nickel Inc. Investor Presentation 2021

May 26, 2021

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Advancing Ontario’s Langmuir Nickel Project

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EV Nickel Inc. May 25, 2021

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Disclaimer

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A preliminary prospectus containing important information relating to the securities described in this document has been filed with the securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces of Canada, except Quebec. A copy of the preliminary prospectus, and any amendment, is required to be delivered with this document. The preliminary prospectus is still subject to completion. There will not be any sale or any acceptance of an offer to buy the securities until a receipt for the final prospectus has been issued. This document does not provide full disclosure of all material facts relating to the securities offered. Investors should read the preliminary prospectus, the final prospectus and any amendment for disclosure of those facts, especially risk factors relating to the securities offered, before making an investment decision.

This presentation contains certain forward-looking information and forward-looking statements (collectively, “forward-looking statements”) within the meaning of applicable securities laws, including statements that relate to future events or to future performance, business prospects or opportunities of EV Nickel Inc. (“EV Nickel”, “EVNi”, or the “Company”).

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 the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance, are subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results or realities may differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Such material risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the Company’s ability to raise sufficient capital to fund its obligations under various contractual arrangements, to maintain its mineral tenures and concessions in good standing, to explore and develop its projects and for general working capital purposes, changes in economic conditions or financial markets, the inherent hazards associated with mineral exploration, future prices of metals and other commodities, environmental challenges and risks, the Company’s ability to obtain the necessary permits and consents required to explore, drill and develop its projects and if obtained, to obtain such permits and consents in a timely fashion relative to the Company’s plans and business objectives, changes in environmental and other laws or regulations that could have an impact on the Company’s operations, compliance with such laws and regulations, the Company’s ability to obtain required shareholder or regulatory approvals, dependence on key management personnel and general competition in the mining industry.

Forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of management as of the date such statements are made. Except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements in the event that management’s beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change. Given the aforementioned uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any of these forward-looking statements. All of the forwardlooking statements contained in this presentation speak only as of the date of this presentation and are expressly qualified by the foregoing cautionary statements.

This presentation includes market and industry data obtained from various publicly available sources and other sources believed by the Company to be true. Although the Company believes it to be reliable, the Company has not independently verified any of the data from third party sources referred to in this presentation or analyzed or verified the underlying reports relied upon or referred to by such sources, or ascertained the underlying assumptions relied upon by such sources. The Company does not make any representation as to the accuracy of such information.

This presentation does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any 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 (the “U.S. Securities Act”) or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to U.S. Persons (as defined in the U.S. Securities Act) unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, or an exemption from such registration is available

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Disclaimer

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The information in this presentation has been reviewed and approved by Dr. Scott Jobin-Bevans, P.Geo., who is a Qualified Person for the Company under the definitions established by National Instrument 43-101 (“ NI 43-101 ”). A qualified person, as defined by NI 43-101, has not done sufficient enough work to verify the historical assay results and technical information reported herein. Historical mineral resources for the Langmuir Nickel Property were estimated by SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc., as documented in a report entitled, “Golden Chalice Resources Inc., Mineral Resource Evaluation, Langmuir W4 Project, Ontario, Canada”, dated June 28, 2010.

The historical mineral resources were calculated by constructing a series of 3D wireframes for lithologies and the nickel sulphide mineralization. After review, SRK composited all assay data to one metre lengths and sub-divided the sulphide mineralization into three grade domains for geostatistical analysis and grade estimation and seven sub-domains for variography. Appropriate top cuts were selected for each metal in each domain after review of cumulative probability curves. Variography was conducted for nickel, copper and cobalt in each domain. Variography was completed on capped composited domainal data to generally produce two structure isotropic variograms (within the X-Y plane). Nickel, copper and cobalt grades were estimated in each of the domains separately using ordinary kriging, with estimation parameters derived from variography. Platinum and palladium grades in all three domains were estimated using an inverse distance algorithm. Two estimation passes were used for assigning grades to each domain, considering appropriate estimation parameters and search neighbourhood sizing. Parent block model size was set at five by five by five metres, which were sub-blocked within Datamine Studio Version 3 to ensure that wireframe volumetrics were honoured. Mineral resources for the Langmuir W4 deposit were classified according to the CIM Definition Standards for Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves (December 2005) by Sebastien Bernier, P.Geo (OGQ#1034) and Glen Cole, P.Geo (APGO#1416), appropriate independent qualified persons for the purpose of National Instrument 43-101. The mineral resources are classified as Indicated and Inferred, primarily based on block distance from the nearest informing composites and on variography results. Classification is based on nickel data alone.

In order to determine the quantities of material offering “reasonable prospects for economic extraction” by an open pit, SRK used the Lerchs-Grossman optimizing algorithm within Whittle to evaluate the profitability of each resource block and adjusted optimization parameters in collaboration with Golden Chalice and by benchmarking with similar projects. The optimization also considered conceptual metallurgical recoveries and a nickel price of US$8 per pound. The conceptual pit shell drives to a maximum depth of 170 metres below the surface. Resource blocks above this depth were considered by SRK to be amenable to open pit extraction and blocks below this depth amenable to underground mining methods and are reported as such. The mineral resources were reported on the basis of nickel content only. Copper, cobalt and platinum and palladium grades were estimated in the block model, however, cobalt and platinum and palladium do not contribute significantly to the value of the nickel sulphide mineralization. Open pit mineral resources are reported at a cut-off of 0.40% Ni, whereas underground mineral resources are reported at 0.70% Ni.

In order to determine the quantities of material offering “reasonable prospects for economic extraction” by an open pit, SRK used the Lerchs Grossman optimizing algorithm within Whittle to evaluate the profitability of each resource block and adjusted optimization parameters in collaboration with Golden Chalice and by benchmarking with similar projects. The optimization also considered conceptual metallurgical recoveries and a nickel price of US$8 per pound. The conceptual pit shell drives to a maximum depth of 170 metres below the surface. Resource blocks above this depth were considered by SRK to be amenable to open pit extraction and blocks below this depth amenable to underground mining methods and are reported as such. The mineral resources were reported on the basis of nickel content only. Copper, cobalt and platinum and palladium grades were estimated in the block model, however, cobalt and platinum and palladium do not contribute significantly to the value of the nickel sulphide mineralization. Open pit mineral resources are reported at a cut-off of 0.40% Ni, whereas underground mineral resources are reported at 0.70% Ni.

There are no recent estimates or data available to the Company. Verification of the historical mineral resources would require twinning of historical drill holes and resampling of associated drill core in order to generate a statistically significant number of samples within the area of the historical resources. A qualified person has not done sufficient work to classify the historical estimates as current mineral resources and the Company is not treating the historical estimates as current mineral resources. Investors should not rely on the historical estimates as current mineral resources until they have been verified and supported in a technical report in accordance with NI 43-101.

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Why EV Nickel?

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Growing and Advancing the Langmuir, Ontario Nickel Project, Near Timmins, Ontario

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  • Definitive Agreement with Rogue Resources Inc. (TSXV:RRS) to acquire 100% of the Langmuir Nickel Project

  • Includes W4 Deposit, ~ 15M lbs of High-Grade Class 1 Nickel already in NI 43-101 indicated category resource[(1)]  Significant land position , almost 9,100 Ha to explore; identified 30km of additional strike length

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  • Accessible by road and is approx. 30 km southeast of Timmins, Ontario, Canada (6 hours from US border)

  • Favorably located for end-users of Nickel (for example: Tesla, Detroit peers, Nio, SBE, Rivian, etc.)  Permitting in Canada is more streamlined than other jurisdictions hosting nickel deposits[(2)]

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  • Electric Vehicles (“EV”) driving demand in Ni[(3)]

  • Global primary nickel demand expected to grow at a 4.1% CAGR (2.25Mtpa 2020 to over 5.00Mtpa by 2040)[(4) ]  EV sales expected to grow at a CAGR of 18.8% , from 1.7mm in 2020 to an estimated 54mm in 2040[(5)]  Fundamentals are strong, Ni Battery segment driving growth, reaching over 1.8Ktpa in 2040 (13.5% CAGR)[(6)]  EVs want to source the “cleanest” metals (Langmuir – Canada, hydro power, high-grade sulphide)[(7)]  Nickel production declining with limited pipeline of new projects[(8)]

Sources: (1) Langmuir Nickel Project, April 2021, Caracle Creek International Consulting Inc. NI 43-101 Resource Report, (2) Fraser Institute: Annual Survey of Mining Companies, 2019 (3,4,6) Roskill, 2021: Study on future demand and supply security of nickel for electric vehicle batteries, (5) BloombergNEF: Electric Vehicle Outlook 2020, (7) Mining Technology: Elon Musk pledges “giant contract” for sustainable nickel miners, (8) BNN Bloomberg: Elon Musk Is Going To Have a Hard Time Finding Clean Nickel, Mining Global: Global nickel production to decline by 7.4 percent in 2020, Kitco: A Perfect Storm Is Brewing For Nickel - Michael Beck

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Timeline Overview and Upcoming Catalysts

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Complete Future Milestones
2007: 2010: April 2021: May 2021: June-Sept 2021: Oct-Nov 2021: Q1 2022:
Discovery W4 SRK [(1)] NI 43-101 Updated Geophysics Drilling across Met Upsized
Deposit Tech. Report Tech. Report project Testing Resource
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Q1 2021 – Acquired Langmuir Project Asset

Q2 2021 – Go-Public Transaction

  • & Closed Successful Financing

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  • Acquired Langmuir Nickel Project from Rogue Resources Inc. (TSXV:RRS) for $150K, 6.6M common shares of the Company, plus a maximum of a $5M payment

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  • Application for listing TSX Venture Exchange and proposed Initial Public Offering

  • March 2021: Closed financing for >C$2.0M

Notes: (1) SRK Consulting Canada Inc.

Sources: Langmuir Nickel Project, April 2021, Caracle Creek International Consulting Inc. NI 43-101 Resource Report, Timmins Regional map- Ontario Geological Survey. Shaw Dome Mapmodified from Houlé and Hall (2007).

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Langmuir Project: Location and Geology

Timmins, ON District[(1)]

  • Historic gold mining district

  • Regional population of >85K

  • Timmins  Well developed mining service centre with

  • Sudbury 20 operating mines and advanced

  • Toronto development projects

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Timmins, Ontario Regional Geology
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Langmuir Property, Shaw Dome[(2)]

  • 9,079 Ha of prospective geology, alongside a horizon which has hosted multiple mines and deposits

  • 20km long and 4 km wide of favourable komatiitic units

  • Easy access to all season gravel road and power lines and located within 50km of Timmins

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Sources: (1) Timmins Economic Development Corporation – Mining Supply and Services Opportunities in Timmins, Ontario, Canada, (2) Langmuir Nickel Project, April 2021, Caracle Creek International Consulting Inc. NI 43-101 Resource Report, Timmins Regional map- Ontario Geological Survey. Shaw Dome Map - modified from Houlé and Hall (2007).

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Langmuir W4: Deposit Targeting and Core

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  • 22,152 metres of diamond drilling within W4 area

  • Mineralization subcrops to surface, ranges from 0 to 20m overburden

  • The main mineralized channel is open at depth with known zones of additional nickel mineralization associated with the same basal contact along strike to the east

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E View looking south W
Massive Sulphides
GCL07-10 A
Disseminated Sulphides
GCL07-06 B
Fracture-filling Sulphides
GCL07-06 C
View looking east
Semi-massive Sulphides
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GCL07-06
Blebby Sulphide Texture
GCL07-06 E
Local Massive Sulphide Veinlet
5 cm
GCL07-06 F
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Sources: Langmuir Nickel Project, April 2021, Caracle Creek International Consulting Inc. NI 43-101 Resource Report

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Langmuir W4: Historic Resource*

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  • W4 is the first NI 43-101 Resource on the Langmuir Nickel Project

  • Approximately 15M lbs of Indicated Nickel already in the NI 43-101 Resource, with high-grade 1.0% Ni with open pitable mineralization

  • 9,079 Ha of prospective land to explore

  • Mineralized zone open at depth with excellent exploration potential

Type Category(1) Quantity
Tonnes
Grade Grade Metal Metal
Ni % Cu % Ni lbs 000’s Cu lbs 000’s
Open Pit(2) Indicated 590,000 0.99 0.06 12,816 840
Inferred 125,000 0.88 0.06 2,43-7 157
Underground(3) Indicated 87,000 1.04 0.08 1,997 149
Inferred 46,000 0.91 0.05 923 53
Combined Indicated 677,000 1.00 0.06 14,813 989
Inferred 171,000 0.91 0.06 3,360 210

Notes: (1) Mineral resources are reported in relation to optimized pit shells. Mineral resources are not mineral reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability. All figure are rounded to reflect the relative accuracy of the estimate. All assays have been capped where appropriate.

(2) Open pit mineral resources are reported at a cut-off of 0.40% nickel inside a conceptual pit shell.

(3) UG mineral resources are reported at 0.70% nickel and include resource blocks above cut-off outside the conceptual pit shell. Cut-off grades are based on a nickel price of US$8/lb and a metallurgical recovery of 87%, without considering revenues from other metals.

Source: Langmuir Nickel Project, April 2021, Caracle Creek International Consulting Inc. NI 43-101 Resource Report

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Shaw Dome Comparison to Kambalda Dome, Western Australia

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  • Studies have compared the Komatiite-associated deposits of the Shaw Dome with the Kambalda Dome[(1)]

  • Kambalda Dome mined ~51Mt grading 3.1% Ni from 1968 to 2020[(2)]

  • Komatiite-associated nickel sulphide deposits tend to occur in clusters associated with a defined stratigraphic horizon[(3)]

  • 80km2 of favourable komatiitic units within EV Nickel’s property[(4)]

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Shaw Dome Kambalda Dome
Ontario, Canada Western Australia
Past Producers/Deposits
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Note: Dotted box in Shaw Dome equal in size to Kambalda Dome
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Note: (1) See Lesher, Michael & Keays, Reid. (2002). Komatiite-associated Ni-Cu-PGE deposits: Geology, mineralogy, geochemistry and genesis. The Geology, Geochemistry Mineralogy and Mineral Beneficiation of Platinum Group Elements. 54, in addition to Houlé, Lesher, et al. (2020). Overview of Ni-Cu-(PGE), Cr-(PGE), and Fe-Ti-V magmatic mineralization in the Superior Province: Insights on metallotects and metal endowment. As published in Bleeker, W. and Houlé, M.G. (ed.), 2020. Targeted Geoscience Initiative 5: Advances in the understanding of Canadian Ni-Cu-PGE and Cr ore systems; Geological Survey of Canada.

Sources: Shaw Dome Map- Hiebert, Bekker, Houlé, et al. (2016). Tracing sources of crustal contamination using multiple S and Fe isotopes in the Hart komatiite-associated Ni–Cu–PGE sulfide deposit, Abitibi greenstone belt. Mineralium Deposita. Kambalda Map- Staude, S, Barnes, S.J. & Markl, G. Interspinifex Ni sulfide ore from Victor South-McLeay. Mineralium Deposita (2) Mincor Resources Nl: Our Projects, Overview

(3,4) Langmuir Nickel Project, April 2021, Caracle Creek International Consulting Inc. NI 43-101 Resource Report

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Leadership Team: Track-Record of Unlocking Value

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Sean Samson - President, CEO and Director

Mr. Samson is a mining executive with more than 20 years of management and financial experience. He was most recently VP & Head of Corporate Development at FNI Mining for four years, including a period of six months as interim COO, responsible for safety, mine development and operations at a 250 person underground mine near Sudbury, Ontario. In 2012, he won the Canadian Young Mining Leader award from the CIM. Prior to FNI, he was VP Commercial Development at Kinross Gold Corporation for five years where he had diverse, multi-functional responsibilities including: supply chain, energy, merger integration, enterprise risk and capital approvals, leading a team of more than 300 people across eight countries. Before Kinross he was a management consultant at Bain & Company and traded for investment banks in New York and Europe. Sean received his A.B. from Harvard University, an MBA from Cambridge and has completed his Surface Miner Common Core in Ontario. He is a past elected PDAC board member and a Cleantech advisor at MaRS, a Toronto based Innovation Centre.

Travis Gingras - CFO

Mr. Gingras has more than twenty years of experience in finance, strategic planning, project management, accounting policy and financial reporting. Travis previously held CFO and executive level positions in a number of publicly traded exploration and mining companies including as CFO of Integra Gold Corp (formerly TSXV:ICG, purchased by Eldorado Gold in 2017). Travis is a CPA, CMA and received his B.Comm and MBA from UBC.

Paul Davis - VP, Exploration

Mr. Davis has over 30 years of executive, exploration and mine management experience for large multinational and junior companies. Most recently, Mr. Davis was VP Exploration at FNI Mining and over his career he has headed mining and exploration teams in the discovery, development and mining of projects in Canada, Finland, Australia and Peru. His responsibilities include scoping and feasibility studies; project and mine permitting, environmental compliance and reporting, off-take and acquisition agreement negotiation, implementation and monitoring, corporate development, asset evaluation, due diligence analysis and economic models. Mr. Davis also has direct experience in other corporate functions including budgeting, financing, investor relations and regulatory reporting and compliance. Mr. Davis graduated from the University of Western Ontario (BSc- Honours Geology) and the University of Alabama (MSc- Economic Geology).

Mike Silver - Director, Business Development

Mr. Silver has more than fifteen years of experience in finance and investment banking, working in executive roles at Canadian and foreign banks and brokers. Mike has extensive transaction experience and contacts across the mining business and graduated from Dalhousie University (B.Comm) and RSM Erasmus (MBA).

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Leadership Team: Track-Record of Unlocking Value

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Linda Byron - Director

Ms. Byron owns Blue Heron Environmental, based out of Timmins. Linda is a professional Environmental Scientist with more than 30 years of experience. She has been instrumental in the implementation of Certified Environmental Management Systems at large base-metal mining companies in Northern, assisted industries with permitting efforts as well as the development and implementation of compliance and training programs for mining operations in Canada and abroad. Ms. Byron has extensive operational expertise in the practical, real-life environmental issues encountered in the mining industry and graduated from Laurentian University (BSc – Honours).

Michael Fox - Director

Mr. Fox is President of Indigenous Community Engagement, based out of Fort William First Nation, in northwestern Ontario. Michael has dedicated his career to building Aboriginal participation and partnerships. He obtained an honours degree in Political Science with a focus on Aboriginal Law & Resource Development from Lakehead University and an MBA from the University of Fredericton. Mr. Fox is originally from Weenusk First Nation

Gadi Levin - Director

Mr. Levin has been an Officer and Director of many publicly-traded Canadian resource companies. He began his career in public accounting at Arthur Anderson and Ernst & Young and is a certified chartered accountant in South Africa. Gadi holds undergraduate degrees from the University of Cape Town and the University of South Africa and an MBA from Bar Ilan University.

Chris Wolfenberg - Director

Mr. Wolfenberg is a Partner with the law firm of Fasken Martineau LLP since 2015 and prior thereto a Partner with Norton Rose Fullbright since 2010. Mr. Wolfenberg holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences from the University of Ottawa, a Bachelor of Laws from Queen's University and a Master of Laws from Cornell Law School. Mr. Wolfenberg is a member of the Law Society of Alberta.

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Capitalization and Estimated Use of Proceeds

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Current Capital Structure
(M Shares)
Common Shares Outstanding
Warrants (C$0.30)
26,813,467
2,000,002
Total Fully Diluted Shares Outstanding
28,813,469
Cash Balance (Mar. 31, 2021)
$1,813,206
Public Offering
Min. $3,000,000 financing
(Combination Units and Flow-Through)
4,000,000
Est. Pro Forma
Total Fully Diluted Shares Outstanding
32,813,469
Capitalization
(C$M)
Phase 1 (7 months) Exploration Budget
$930,000
Phase 2 (5 months) Exploration Budget
$1,300,000
Legal & Additional reporting
$270,000
Working capital, G&A
$500,000
Total
$3,000,000
Est. Use of Proceeds

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Use of Proceeds – Langmuir Nickel Project Work Program NI 43-101 Two-Phased Approach over 12-months

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  • Two-phased Langmuir Nickel Project work program has been assessed for approximately C$2.25M over a 12-month period

  • Takes into consideration geophysical surveys, diamond drilling, environmental studies and reporting

Pha se 1 (7 Months)
In C$
Fixed Costs
Salaries,Room & Board,Core Storage/Core Shack,Vehicle Rentals
$210,100
Geophysics
Borehold TEM Surveys(~20 holes)
$85,000
Diamond Drilling
3,000m: ~10 holes
$533,000
Analytical Work
Core Assays
$67,500
Environment Studies
$3,600
NI 43-101 Reports
Reporting
$30,060
Total (P1)
$929,260
Phase 2 (5 Months) - Contingent on Phase 1 Results
Fixed Costs Salaries,Room & Board,Core Storage/Core Shack,Vehicle Rentals $309,500
Geophysics Follow-upBorehold TEM Surveys(~15 holes) $75,000
Diamond Drilling 2,500m: ~8 holes $445,500
Analytical Work Core Assays $81,000
Metalurgical Testwork / PEA $249,000
Environment Studies $4,000
NI 43-101 Reports Reporting $150,000
Total (P2) $1,314,000
Total $2,243,260

Source: Langmuir Nickel Project, April 2021, Caracle Creek International Consulting Inc. NI 43-101 Resource Report

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Nickel Fundamentals Remain Strong For the Foreseeable Future

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EV Growth, Technological Advances and Shortage of Quality Ni Projects to Drive Continued Ni Price Appreciation

  • 1 Electric vehicles, evolving battery technologies, and green transportation

  • The global primary nickel demand is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.1% from 2.25Mtpa in 2020 to over 5.0Mtpa by 2040[(1)]

  • Battery segment driving growth of nickel demand, reaching over 1.8Ktpa in 2040, growing at a 13.5% CAGR from 2020[(1)]

  • Global electric vehicle sales expected to grow at a CAGR of 18.8%, from 1.7mm in 2020 to an estimated 54mm in 2040[(2)]

Quality class 1 nickel (battery grade) deposits are scarce

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  • Demand-supply misalignment for the foreseeable future, potential significant deficit as early as 2023 as demand picks up[(3)]

  • Nickel continues to re-rate as the “market/public” understands the fundamentals and importance of this strategic metal

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  • 103% nickel price appreciation over the past five years[(4)]

Five Year Nickel Price Performance, US$/lbs

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$7.50
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Ni Price (US$/lbs)
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Source: (1) Roskill, 2021: Study on future demand and supply security of nickel for electric vehicle batteries, (2) BloombergNEF: Electric Vehicle Outlook 2020, (3) Bloomberg Hyperdrive: Musk Says Nickel Is ‘Biggest Concern’ For Electric-Car Batteries (4) FactSet, priced as of May 20, 2021

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EV Nickel Inc.

44 Victoria Street, Suite 1612, Toronto, ON M5C 3Y2, Canada [email protected]

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