Highland Increases Private Placement

Highland Resources Inc. (the "Company") announces that further to its news release of April 20, 2012, it is increasing its non-brokered private placement to 250,000,000 units at $0.08 per unit for gross proceeds of $20,000,000. This is an increase over the previously announced private placement of 206,250,000 units totalling $16,500,000. Each unit is comprised of one common share of the Company and one transferable common share purchase warrant, each warrant exercisable for a period of two years from the date of issue to purchase one common share of the Company at a price of $0.15 per share.

The warrants are subject to an acceleration clause at the option of the Company, with a provision that if after the expiry of all resale restrictions, the closing price of the Company's shares on the TSX Venture Exchange is $0.40 or greater for a period of 20 consecutive trading days, the Company may give notice of an earlier expiry of the Warrants, in which case they will expire 30 days after the giving of such notice.

In addition to working capital, the net proceeds of the private placement will be used to meet the Company's commitments for acquiring a 65% interest in copper properties located in the Keweenaw and Houghton counties of Michigan. (See news release dated November 1, 2011.)

The private placement is subject to TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange") acceptance and required regulatory approvals. All of the securities issued pursuant to this offering will have a hold period expiring four months after the closing date.

A finder's fee will apply in this transaction in accordance with the policies of the Exchange.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

Signed "Robert Eadie"

Robert Eadie,
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director