HI.V · 2018-08-01 12:00:00

Highland Copper Announces Filing of NI 43-101 Technical Report for its Copperwood Project in Michigan, USA

Resource Estimates Technical Reports (NI 43-101)

Highland Copper Announces Filing of NI 43-101 Technical Report for its Copperwood

Project in Michigan, USA

Longueuil, Canada, August 1 , 2018 . Highland Copper Company Inc. (TSX -V: HI , OTCQB:

HDRSF) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has filed on SEDAR a t echnical report

for its Copperwood Project prepared in accordance with Canadian Securities National Instrument

43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Properties (“NI 43-101”) and Form 43-101F1.

The technical report supports the disclosure made by the Company in its June 15, 2018 news release

entitled “Highland Copper Announces Positive Feasibility Study Results for its Copperwood

Project in Michigan - IRR of 18% After Tax, Capital Cost of $275 M and an Average Payable

Copper Production of 61.7 M lbs per Year”. The effective date of the technical report is June 14,

2018, and there are no material differences between the results announced in the news release and

those contained in the report filed on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) and available on the Company’s

website (www.highlandcopper.com).

ABOUT HIGHLAND

Highland Copper Company Inc. is a Canadian company focused on exploring and developing

copper projects located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, U.S.A. The Company has

472,933,689 common shares issued and outstanding which are listed on the TSX Venture

Exchange under the symbol "HI" and trade on the OTCQB Venture Market under symbol

"HDRSF". Additional information about the Company is available on the Company’s website and

on SEDAR.

FORWARD LOOKING INFORMATION

This press release cont ains “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable Canadian

securities legislation. Forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to, information with respect

to the Company’s feasibility study, including with respect to the Com pany’s expectation that the

Copperwood Project will be profitable with positive economics from mining and ann ual production.

Forward-looking information is based on the reasonable assumptions, estimates, analysis and opinions

described in the technical report, current conditions and expected developments, as well as other factors

that are believed to be relevant and reasonable in the current circumstances. By their very nature forward-

looking information involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause

the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future

results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward -looking information. Such

factors include, amo ng others, changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined . The

Company does not undertake to update any forward -looking information, except in accordance with

applicable securities laws.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined

in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or

accuracy of this release.

For further information, please contact:

Mr. Denis Miville-Deschênes, President & CEO

David Charles, Manager, Investor Relations

Tel: 1.450.677.2455

Website: www.highlandcopper.com