VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Jun 17, 2015) - VMS Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:VMS) ("VMS Ventures" or the "Company") announces it has sold 11,904,762 common shares of North American Nickel Inc. ("NAN") through a private transaction to Sentient Global Resources Fund IV L.P, at a price of $0.21 per share for aggregate gross proceeds of $2,500,000.02. The Company also announces the exercise of 4,505,572 common share purchase warrants of NAN at $0.21 per share.

VMS Ventures will remain a significant shareholder of NAN and on the completion of the above transactions will hold approximately 16.9% of the outstanding common shares of NAN.

About VMS Ventures Inc.

VMS Ventures is a mining and mineral exploration company currently in partnership with Hudbay on the producing Reed mine near Flin Flon, Manitoba. VMS Ventures holds a 30% interest in the Reed mine which is operated by Hudbay and achieved full production during Q2 of 2014. In addition, VMS Ventures is exploring a large prospective property package in Manitoba. The Company is actively evaluating new growth opportunities to build on the success achieved at Reed. The Company also holds approximately 16.9% of the shares of North American Nickel (TSX VENTURE:NAN), which is exploring a new district scale nickel-copper-cobalt PGE deposit belt in S.W. Greenland.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

John Roozendaal, B.Sc., Interim CEO and President, VMS Ventures Inc.

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