Nevada Copper Annual Meeting Results

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - April 28, 2017) - Nevada Copper Corp. (TSX:NCU) ("Nevada Copper" or "Company") is pleased to announce the results from its 2017 Annual and Special Meeting (the "Meeting"), held on Friday, April 28^th in Vancouver, B.C. Shareholders holding a total of 57,983,165 common shares of the Company attended the meeting in person or were represented by proxy, representing 65.7% of the total 88,168,125 common shares of the Company outstanding as of the record date. Shareholders voted in favour of all items of business before the Meeting:

1. Appointment of Auditor

Smyth LLP was appointed as the Company's auditor and the directors were authorized to fix the auditor's remuneration.

2. Determination of the Number of Directors

The number of directors was determined at five.

3. Election of Directors

The following persons were elected as Directors of the Company until the next annual shareholder meeting of the Company, with the voting results shown below:

Director		Votes For		% For		Votes Against		% Against
Giulio Bonifacio		54,782,383		98.18		1,014,462		1.82
Michael Brown		54,777,433		98.17		1,019,412		1.83
Raffaele (Lucio) Genovese		55,679,374		99.79		117,471		0.21
Stephen Gill		54,768,433		98.16		1,028,412		1.84
Evgenij Iorich		54,768,433		98.16		1,028,412		1.84

Nevada Copper wishes to thank Mr. Myckatyn, who did not stand for re-election at the Meeting, for his knowledge and insight he provided the Company over the last year. We wish Mr. Myckatyn all the best in his future endeavours.