FPX Nickel Corp. announced the appointment of Tim Bekhuys as the Company's Senior Vice President, Sustainability & External Relations. Mr. Bekhuys, formerly Vice President of Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability with SSR Mining, has over 40 years of experience in mining, focused on environment, health and safety, sustainability, and external relations, including work on mergers and acquisitions, exploration, project development, operations and closure of mines across five continents.

He will lead FPX's Environment, Engagement and Sustainability team, leveraging his extensive experience in community engagement, environmental assessment and permitting activities for the continued advancement of FPX's Baptiste Nickel Project ("Baptiste") in central British Columbia. Mr. Bekhuys was most recently the Vice President, Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability for SSR Mining, where he led all aspects of SSR's EHSS initiatives, including sustainability reporting, environment assessment and permitting activities. Prior to joining SSR, Mr. Bekhuys was the Director, Environment & Sustainability for New Gold, where he successfully led the government, permitting, aboriginal, and community relations programs for the Blackwater project in central B.C., which has received its main permits and is currently in the construction phase.

Earlier in his career, he occupied senior roles providing environmental and community relations advisory services to mining industry clients for AMEC and TetraTech. Mr. Bekhuys is a former member of the boards of directors of the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia ("AME"), the Mining Assocation of British Columbia ("MABC"), and the Mining Association of Canada ("MAC"). He is a biologist and holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Victoria.