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CERTIFICATIONS

I, Brian Fiddler, certify that:

|1. | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of Hard
      Creek Nickel Corporation;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
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|2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any
      untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
      necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under
      which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
      covered by this report;                                                                                                                                               
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|3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and
      other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all
      material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash
      flows of the small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented
      in this report;                                                                                                                                                       
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|4. | The small business issuers other certifying officer(s)
      and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls
      and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))
      and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act
      Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the small business issuer and
    have:                                                                                        
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      Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
      disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision,
      to ensure that material information relating to the small business issuer,
      including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others
      within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report
      is being prepared;                                      
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      Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such
      internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our
      supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
      financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for
      external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
      principles;                                                        
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      Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer's disclosure
      controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about
      the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end
      of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation;
  and                                                                                                                                           
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      Disclosed in this report any change in the small business issuer's
      internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the small
      business issuer's most recent fiscal quarter (the small business issuer's
      fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially
      affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the small business
      issuer's internal control over financial reporting;
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|5. | The small business issuers other certifying officer (s)
      and I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal
      control over financial reporting, to the small business issuer's auditors
      and the audit committee of the small business issuer's board of directors
      (or persons performing the equivalent functions):                                                                                                                      
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      All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
      operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
      reasonably likely to adversely affect the small business issuer's ability
      to record, process, summarize and report financial information;
  and                                                                                                                                                     
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      Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
      employees who have a significant role in the small business issuer's
      internal control over financial reporting.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Date: June 27, 2011

BRIAN FIDDLER

/s/ Brian Fiddler Brian Fiddler, Chief Financial
Officer(Principal Financial Officer and Principal 
  Accounting Officer)

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