Continental Nickel Reports Grant of Stock Options to a Director

Continental Nickel Limited announce the grant, pursuant to its Stock Option Plan, of an additional 50,000 incentive stock options to a director at an exercise price of $1.50 per share with a term of five years. The grant of the options is subject to regulatory approval.

Continental Nickel Limited is an exploration company focused on the exploration and discovery of nickel sulphide deposits in geologically prospective, but under explored regions globally. Current projects include its 70% controlling interest in the Nachingwea project in Tanzania and an option joint venture on the St. Stephen project in New Brunswick, Canada. Continental Nickel has 30,062,395 shares issued and outstanding (33,285,916 on a fully-diluted basis) and trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol CNI.