TORONTO, Aug. 26, 2014 /CNW/ – Royal Nickel Corporation (“RNC”) (TSX:
RNX) is pleased to announce that Sudbury Platinum Corporation (“SPC”),
a private company in which RNC has an interest, has completed the
purchase of 100% interest in the mineral rights of the Aer-Kidd project
from CaNickel Mining Company Limited (“CaNickel”). The terms of the
transaction were comprised of a cash settlement of $1,250,000 to
CaNickel and termination of the underlying option agreement dated
October 1, 2012. RNC owns approximately 23% of SPC.

SPC also has the option to purchase 100% of the surface rights of the
property from the Greater City of Sudbury at any time prior to December
31, 2017 for a cash settlement of $250,000 and a one-time cash payment
of $250,000 if a mine is brought to Commercial Production on the
property.

“With the completion of SPC’s purchase of 100% of the mineral rights at
the Aer-Kidd Project, combined with the option to purchase surface
rights, full control over the property has now been established. The
focus at Aer-Kidd will now shift to commencing a drill program that
will test the highly prospective targets identified by the SPC team”
said Mark Selby, President and CEO of RNC.

Aer-Kidd Project
Aer-Kidd is a 280 hectare property covering approximately 1.4 kilometres
of the Worthington Offset Dyke located near Worthington, Ontario in the
Sudbury Basin area. Past production on the Aer-Kidd property has come
from numerous shallow underground and surface workings (Howland Pit,
Rosen and Robinson Deposits).

The Aer-Kidd property is located centrally between two significant known
resources also on the Worthington Offset, Vale’s Totten mine (10.1
million tonnes grading 1.5% Ni, 1.97% Cu, 4.8g/t PGM)¹ and KGHM’s Victoria project (14.5 million tonnes grading 2.5% Ni, 2.5%
Cu, 7.6 g/t PGM)².

The disclosure of the technical information contained in this news
release has been approved by Alger St-Jean, P. Geo., Vice President
Exploration of RNC, and a Qualified Person under NI 43-101.

About Sudbury Platinum Corporation

SPC is a Canadian private corporation focused on exploring for nickel,
copper and platinum group metals in the Sudbury Area. SPC is evaluating
the Aer-Kidd Property, an advanced exploration property located on the
prospective Worthington Offset Dyke in the heart of the Sudbury mining
camp. It also holds a 100% interest in the Owen Nickel Property.
Additional information regarding the company and its projects can be
found at www.sudburyplatinumcorp.com.

About Royal Nickel Corporation

Royal Nickel Corporation is a mineral resource company focused primarily
on the acquisition, exploration, evaluation and development of base
metal and platinum group metal properties. RNC’s principal asset is the
Dumont Nickel Project strategically located in the established Abitibi
mining camp, in the municipalities of Launay and Tr cesson, 25
kilometres northwest of Amos, Quebec. RNC also owns interests in two
advanced stage nickel exploration properties: the Aer-Kidd project near
Sudbury, Ontario and the West Raglan project in northern Quebec. RNC
has a strong management team and Board with over 100 years of mining
experience in the nickel business at Inco and Falconbridge. RNC’s
common shares and warrants trade on the TSX under the symbols RNX and
RNX.WT.

Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains “forward-looking information” including
without limitation statements relating to the upside and potential of
the Aer-Kidd property.

Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results,
performance or achievements of RNC to be materially different from any
future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the
forward-looking statements. Factors that could affect the outcome
include, among others: future prices and the supply of metals; the
results of drilling at Aer-Kidd; inability on the part of SPC to raise
the money necessary to incur the expenditures required to advance the
Aer-Kidd property; environmental liabilities (known and unknown);
general business, economic, competitive, political and social
uncertainties; accidents, labour disputes and other risks of the mining
industry; political instability, terrorism, insurrection or war; or
delays in obtaining governmental approvals. For a more detailed
discussion of such risks and other factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements, refer to RNC’s filings with Canadian
securities regulators available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

Although RNC has attempted to identify important factors that could
cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those
described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors
that cause actions, events or results to differ from those anticipated,
estimated or intended. Forward-looking statements contained herein are
made as of the date of this news release and RNC disclaims any
obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events or results or otherwise,
except as required by applicable securities laws.

Information Concerning Aer Kidd and Neighbouring Properties:
Information concerning Aer-Kidd and neighbouring properties in this news
release is taken from sources, some of which are historical, that RNC
believes to be reliable, but RNC has not verified the information and
does not assume responsibility for such third party information.

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¹ Resource reported by Inco Limited in news release dated January 18,
2001

² Resource reported by KGHM in news release dated January 16, 2012

SOURCE Royal Nickel Corporation