Victory Nickel Inc. ("Victory Nickel" or the "Company") (TSX:NI) today announced
that it has signed an agreement with Seven Rivers Inter-Modal Terminal, LLC for
the transloading from truck to rail of frac sand concentrate produced in
Wisconsin for transport to, and final processing at, its Seven Persons frac sand
plant (the "7P Plant") near Medicine Hat, Alberta. 


"The transload agreement represents the first of numerous contracts that are
currently being finalized by Victory Nickel and its frac sand marketing
subsidiary Victory Silica Ltd. ("VSL")," said Rene Galipeau, Vice-Chairman and
CEO of Victory Nickel. "We expect to be able to announce the completion of
several more contracts and the achievement of numerous milestones over the next
several weeks." 


Activities at the Seven Persons plant have focused on site remediation,
preparation for the installation of upgrades to the frac sand plant, design and
manufacturing of required infrastructure and equipment and the hiring of key
management and operations personnel. 


"Activities at the Seven Persons site are moving forward in preparation for the
start of frac sand processing this year," said Ken Murdock, VSL's CEO. "Sales
and marketing personnel are actively engaging potential customers in preparation
for first frac sand sales and we are well down the road toward achieving our
goal of producing frac sand in 2013."


About Frac Sand 

Frac sand is a proppant used in the oil and gas business as a part of the
hydraulic fracturing process - a means of increasing flow to the wellhead. Frac
sand must have particular characteristics including achieving certain levels of
crush resistance, sphericity and roundness, and it is therefore a relatively
rare commodity. Vast quantities of frac sand are consumed, and more is needed
all the time, as shale gas plays in Canada and the US rise to prominence.


About Victory Silica Ltd. 

Victory Silica is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company with a phased plan to
establish itself in the frac sand market. In Phase 1, Victory Silica plans to
begin sales of premium quality Midwest frac sand from the 7P plant in Seven
Persons, Alta. near Medicine Hat prior to the end of 2013 by shipping
partially-processed sand purchased in Wisconsin to the 7P Plant for final
processing and distribution. The 7P Plant is well located in an area populated
with fracking companies, its potential customers, and is within only a few
hours' trucking distance of major oil play well sites. Phase 2, which includes
the construction of a concentrator in Wisconsin, will reduce costs and assure
security of sand supply through the control of a frac sand mine in Wisconsin. In
Phase 3, Victory Silica has identified a site in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where it
plans to build a larger frac sand plant to process and distribute both imported
and domestic sands, including sand mined as a co-product of development of a
nickel mine at the Company's 100%-owned Minago project in Manitoba. With margins
expected to be in excess of $25 per ton of frac sand sold, Victory Silica should
generate sufficient cash flow in Phases 1 and 2 to provide the financial
flexibility to expand its activities by developing a second plant as Phase 3 of
its growth plan. 


About Victory Nickel 

Victory Nickel Inc. is a Canadian company with four sulphide nickel deposits
containing significant NI 43-101-compliant nickel resources. Victory Nickel is
focused on becoming a mid-tier nickel producer by developing its existing
properties, Minago, Mel and Lynn Lake in Manitoba, and Lac Rocher in
northwestern Quebec, and by evaluating opportunities to expand its nickel asset
base. Through a wholly-owned subsidiary, Victory Silica Ltd., Victory Nickel is
establishing a presence in the frac sand market prior to commencing frac sand
production and sales from Minago. 


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Forward-Looking Information: This news release contains forward-looking
information. All statements, other than statements of historic fact, that
address activities, events or developments that the Company believes, expects or
anticipates will or may occur in the future constitute forward-looking
information. This forward-looking information reflects the current expectations
or beliefs of the Company based on information currently available to the
Company. Forward-looking information is subject to a number of risks and
uncertainties that may cause the actual results of the Company to differ
materially from those discussed in the forward-looking information, and even if
such actual results are realized or substantially realized, there can be no
assurance that they will have the expected consequences to, or effects on the
Company. Factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially
from current expectations include, among other things: uncertainty of estimates
of capital and operating costs, production estimates and estimated economic
return; the possibility that actual circumstances will differ from estimates and
assumptions; uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of financing
needed in the future; failure to establish estimated mineral resources;
fluctuations in commodity prices and currency exchange rates; inflation;
recoveries being less than those indicated by the testwork carried out to date
(there can be no assurance that recoveries in small scale laboratory tests will
be duplicated in large tests under on-site conditions or during production);
changes in equity markets; operating performance of facilities; environmental
and safety risks; delays in obtaining or failure to obtain necessary permits and
approvals from government authorities; unavailability of plant, equipment or
labour; inability to retain key management and personnel; changes to regulations
or policies affecting the Company's activities; the uncertainties involved in
interpreting geological data; and the other risks disclosed under the heading
"Risk Factors" and elsewhere in the Company's annual information form dated
March 28, 2013 filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Forward-looking information
speaks only as of the date on which it is made and, except as may be required by
applicable securities laws, the Company disclaims any intent or obligation to
update any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information,
future events or results or otherwise. Although the Company believes that the
assumptions inherent in the forward-looking information are reasonable,
forward-looking information is not a guarantee of future performance and
accordingly undue reliance should not be put on such information due to the
inherent uncertainty therein.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
Victory Nickel Inc.
Rene Galipeau or Sean Stokes
416.363.8527
416.626.0890 (FAX)
admin@victorynickel.ca
www.victorynickel.ca


Victory Silica Ltd.
Ken Murdock
403.899.0141


CHF Investor Relations
Cathy Hume
416.868.1079
416.868.6198 (FAX)
cathy@chfir.com