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CERTIFICATIONS

I, Mark Jarvis, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of Hard
Creek Nickel Corporation;

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;

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;

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:

(a) 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;

(b) 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;

(c) 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

(d) 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;

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):

(a) 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

(b) 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 30, 2008

/s/ Mark JarvisMark Jarvis, President and Chief
Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

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