Fort St. James Nickel Announces Private Placement

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FORT ST. JAMES NICKEL ANNOUNCES PRIVATE PLACEMENT

Vancouver, British Columbia – March 19, 2014 – Fort St. James Nickel Corp. (the “Company”) announces that it will conduct a non-brokered private placement of up to 6,000,000 units of the Company (the “Units”) at a price per Unit of $0.05 for gross proceeds of up to $300,000. Each Unit will consist of one common share in the capital of the Company and one non-transferable share purchase warrant, each warrant entitling the holder to purchase one additional common share at a price of $0.05 for five years from the closing of the offering, which may close in tranches.

Shares acquired by the placees, and shares which may be acquired upon the exercise of the share purchase warrants, will be subject to a hold period of four months plus one day from the date of issuance in accordance with applicable securities legislation. The proceeds of the private placement will be used by the Company for general corporate purposes.

Finder’s fees on terms yet to be determined may be paid by the Company to arm’s length parties who introduce the Company to investors.

For further information, please contact:

Head Office: Tel. 604-662-8186 Sandy MacDougall Fax 604-662-8170 President and Chief Executive Officer www.fortstjamesnickel.com

This news release contains certain statements that may be deemed “forward-looking statements. Forward looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but not always, identified by the words “expects”, “plans”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “intends”, “estimates”, “projects”, “potential” and similar expressions, or that events or conditions “will”, “would”, “may”, “could” or “should” occur. Although Fort St James Nickel Corp. believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may differ materially from those in forward looking statements. Forward looking statements are based on the beliefs, estimates and opinions of Fort St James management on the date the statements are made. Except as required by law, Fort St James Nickel Corp. undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements in the event that management’s beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change.

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