CaNickel Mining Limited announced that it has promoted Shirley Anthony from VP Corporate Development to the position of Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Ms. Anthony fills in the role from Kevin Zhu, who has resigned to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Zhu will continue to serve as a director of the Company.

Ms. Anthony has over 15 years of corporate communications, investor relations, strategic marketing and corporate development experience at numerous publicly traded North American resource companies ranging from early-stage exploration to production. Most recently, she held the role of VP Investor Relations and Communications with Cassiar Gold Corp. Prior to that, she held roles as Director, Corporate Communications with Maple Gold Mines; VP, Corporate Communications for International Tower Hill Mines; Manager, Corporate Communications for Corvus Gold; and Corporate Communications Manager for Silvercorp Metals.

Ms. Anthony holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of British Columbia and is based in Vancouver, B.C.