May 27, 2016 - Nevada Copper Corp. (TSX: NCU) ('Nevada Copper' or 'Company') is pleased to announce the results from its 2016 Annual and Special Meeting (the 'Meeting'), held on Friday, May 27th in Vancouver, B.C. Shareholders holding a total of 55,738,326 common shares of the Company attended the meeting in person or were represented by proxy, representing 69% of the total 80,501,458 common shares of the Company outstanding as of the record date. Shareholders voted in favour of all items of business before the Meeting, including the appointment of auditors, the election of all directors and the Pala Convertible Facility.

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 nine.
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 Victor Bradley Michael Brown Lucio Genovese Stephen Gill Joseph Giuffre Evgenij Iorich Paul Matysek Bill Myckatyn	52,076,966 52,076,966 52,075,966 52,077,166 52,077,166 52,076,966 52,076,666 52,075,466 52,075,466	99.76 99.76 99.76 99.76 99.76 99.76 99.76 99.75 99.75	126,800 126,800 127,800 126,600 126,600 126,800 127,100 128,300 128,300	0.24 0.24 0.24 0.24 0.24 0.24 0.24 0.25 0.25

   
   
4. Pala Convertible Facility
   An ordinary resolution to approve the convertible credit facility with Pala Investments Ltd. ('Pala'), as announced in the Company's news release of April 22, 2016, was passed. The ordinary resolution was approved by the shareholders of the Company other than Pala and its affiliates, with the following results:
   Disinterested Shareholder Vote Summary
   

   Votes For	Votes Against	Votes Withheld	Total Shares Voted
   Shares Voted	11,731,575	183,050	0	11,914,625
   %	98.5%	1.5%	0%	100%

   
   

NEVADA COPPER CORP.

Giulio T. Bonifacio, President & CEO

For further information call:
Eugene Toffolo
VP, Investor Relations & Communications
Phone: 604-683-8266
Toll free: 1-877-648-8266
Email: [email protected]

Robert McKnight, P.Eng., MBA
Executive Vice President & CFO
Phone 604-683-1309
Email: [email protected]