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Highland Copper Engages Velocity Trade Capital FOR Market Making Services

Marketing Announcement

June 20, 2025

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HIGHLAND COPPER ENGAGES VELOCITY TRADE CAPITAL FOR MARKET MAKING SERVICES

Vancouver, Canada, June 20, 2025 – Highland Copper Company Inc. (TSXV: HI; OTCQB: HDRSF)

(“Highland” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has engaged Velocity Trade Capital

Ltd. (“Velocity Trade”) to provide market making services to the Company in accordance with

applicable securities laws and the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange ("Exchange"). Velocity

Trade will participate in trading of the Company’s shares from time to time in order to maintain an

orderly market, with a view to reducing trading volatility and im proving the liquidity of the

Company's shares. The funding and securities required for these services undertaken will be

provided by Velocity Trade.

In consideration of the market liquidity services, Highland has agreed to pay Velocity Trade a

monthly fee equal to $6,000 per month, and after a period of sixty days, either party may terminate

the contract by providing the other with 30 days prior written notice of termination.

Velocity Trade is a private and independent investment dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario,

and is registered for trading in the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta, and

Manitoba. Velocity Trade is a member of the TMX, and of the C anadian Investment Regulatory

Organization (CIRO). Additionally, the firm and its affiliate companies are regulated internationally

by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the Authority for Financial Markets (AFM) in the

Netherlands, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), South Africa’s

Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), among

others.

Velocity Trade and Highland are not related parties and have no other agreements other than the

market liquidity agreement which is the subject of this news release.

The engagement of Velocity Trade to provide market liquidity services to Highland is subject to

acceptance of the TSX Venture Exchange.

About Highland Copper Company

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

copper projects in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, U.S.A. The Company owns the Copperwood

deposit through long-term mineral leases and 34% of the White Pine North proje ct through a joint

venture with Kinterra Copper USA LLC. The Company also owns surface rights securing access to

the Copperwood deposit and providing space for infrastructure at Copperwood as required. The

Company has 736,363,619 common shares issued and outstanding. Its common shares are listed

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

the symbol "HDRSF."

More information about the Company is available on the Company’s website at

www.highlandcopper.com and on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.

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 or media requests, please contact:

Barry O’Shea, CEO

Website: www.highlandcopper.com