Pure Nickel Announces Appointment of CEO and President.

TORONTO: April 3, 2008: Pure Nickel Inc. (TSX: NIC, OTCBB: PNCKF) is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has appointed David McPherson as CEO and President of the Corporation. Mr. McPherson was a director of the Corporation since it became public in March 2007 and has been instrumental in its stewardship as interim CEO in the months since the passing of founder and former CEO, Jay Jaski. Mr. McPherson has over 25 years of financial institution experience; he has had responsibility for large regional retail and small business banking operations and served in an advisory capacity to a number of community based economic development groups. From 2001 to 2006 Mr. McPherson was Vice President with First Ontario Credit Union and led strategy development, product and marketing groups.

About Pure Nickel Inc.: 
Pure Nickel is a mineral exploration company with a diverse collection of advanced nickel sulphide and PGE projects in Canada and Alaska.  The Company’s 2008 exploration program is underway on multiple properties and is fully funded. 

Some of the statements contained herein may be forward-looking statements which involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties.  Without limitation, statements regarding potential mineralization and resources, exploration results, and future plans and objectives of the Company are forward looking statements that involve various risks.  The following are important factors that could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward looking statements: changes in the world wide price of mineral commodities, general market conditions, risks inherent in mineral exploration, risks associated with development, construction and mining operations, the uncertainty of future profitability and the uncertainty of access to additional capital. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate as actual results and future events may differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.  Pure Nickel undertakes no obligation to update such forward-looking statements if circumstances or management’s estimates or opinions should change. The reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements.

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