North American Nickel Inc. has appointed Neil Richardson to the Advisory Board. With over 22 years of experience in mineral exploration, Richardson has been responsible for mining operations of base metal and precious metal deposits throughout Canada. He is the newly appointed COO of VMS Ventures, a company that owns 45% of North American Nickel. Prior to his appointment, Richardson was the manager of exploration for Murgor Resources Inc. Before joining Murgor in 2006, he worked as a senior exploration geologist for HudBay Minerals Inc; he was responsible for the Greenfield and Brownfield projects in the Flin Flon Snow Lake area. There, his team discovered a number of new mineralized zones throughout the belt.