News ReleaseORIGINAL: Giga Metals: Robert Morris Appointed to Board of Directors 2019-01-23 10:03 ET - News Release Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - January 23, 2019) - Mark Jarvis, CEO of Giga Metals Corp. (TSXV:GIGA) announced today that Robert Morris, a former senior executive with Vale S.A., the largest nickel producer in the world, has been appointed to the Board of Giga Metals. "This is an extremely strong addition to the Board of Giga Metals," said Mr. Jarvis. "Robert's most recent position with Vale was Executive Vice President with global accountability for sales and marketing of Vale's base metals portfolio, including Nickel, Copper, Cobalt and Precious Metals, responsible for annual sales in excess of US $5 billion. He was an officer of the company and member of the senior management committee. His knowledge of the rapidly evolving market for nickel and cobalt products is without peer." "Giga Metals is a very interesting company," said Mr. Morris. "The Turnagain Project has scale similar to other large greenfields nickel projects in the world, and I think it can compete very well with the giant HPAL projects for development dollars during the current market cycle. I am excited about getting involved with this management team and this Board to help advance the project and advise on marketing the high quality concentrates the project is capable of producing." Mr. Morris has extensive experience with several companies managing sales of specialty metals and chemicals, which includes marketing battery materials to battery manufacturers. Prior to joining Vale, he was Managing Director, Greater China for Umicore Marketing Services, accountable for the company's regional business development, trading, distribution and agency activities. He also worked directly with Umicore Business Units on M&A activities in the region. Mr. Morris lived in Tokyo from 2007 - 2012, as President and Representative Director of Vale Japan Limited, where he managed assets with an annual turnover of U.S. $850 million. He was also mandated to integrate, expand and streamline the company's operations in Japan including a 60,000 tonne Nickel refinery in Mie prefecture and a sales and marketing office in Tokyo. Jon Hykawy resigns from Board, joins Advisory Board Jon Hykawy has resigned from the Board of Directors of Giga Metals and has joined the Advisory Board of the Company. "I want to thank Jon for his service as a Board member," said Mr. Jarvis. "We look forward to continuing to have access to his knowledge about battery material supply chains in his capacity as a member of our Advisory Board