Nicola Mining Inc. announced that Dr. Paul Johnston has joined the Board of Directors of the company. Dr. Johnston's extensive experience in recognizing and enhancing value-adding exploration projects will be particularly useful as the company looks deeper into its Thule Copper Project, as well as potential acquisitions to augment its modern processing mill located 10 km outside of Merritt, BC. He was most recently Principal Geologist with Teck Resources Limited, and has valuable in-depth knowledge of copper, silver, and gold mineralization. In addition, Paul will work with Nicola's Project Geologist, Brian May, to review potential sources of mill feed and acquisitions.