Premium Nickel Resources Ltd. announced the appointment of Sean Whiteford as President of the Company, succeeding Mark Fedikow who will become a member of the Advisory Board. Mr. Whiteford will transition from his role as Director to become President, effective immediately. Mr. Whiteford is an accomplished geologist and mining executive with over 30 years of multi commodity experience within the global resource sector. He has extensive knowledge of mineral exploration, resource definition, mining, strategy, technology and project studies having held various corporate, operational and technical roles at BHP, Rio Tinto and Cliffs Natural Resources. Mr. Whiteford also has a
strong business development background and has completed the Advanced Management Program from Columbia Business School. Most recently he was Vice President, Business Development at Burgundy Diamond Mines Ltd. and President of Osgood Mountains Gold. He is a Member of the AUSIMM, PDAC and SEG. With Mr. Whiteford's transition to President, the Board will consist of 5 members, namely Charles Riopel, Keith Morrison, John Hick, William O'Reilly and Don Newberry.