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World Copper Announces Management Update and Grants Incentive Stock Options

Management Changes Share Capital & Compensation

#2710 - 200 Granville Street

Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6C 1S4

T: 604-638-3287 / F: 604-408-7499

www.worldcopperltd.com

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World Copper Announces Management Update and

Grants Incentive Stock Options

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE...Vancouver, British Columbia: World Copper Ltd. (" World Copper" or

the "Company"; TSXV: WCU, OTCQB: WCUFF), announces that Mr. Nolan Peterson has been appointed

the duties and title of President in addition to his current role as Chief Executive Officer.

Mr. Patrick Burn resigned as President as of January 31, 2022 and will remain as a member of World

Copper’s Board of Directors.

Henk van Alphen, World Copper’s Chairman stated, “Since his appointment as CEO in April 2021

shareholders should be pleased with the C ompany’s performance and Mr. Peterson has set the C ompany

on a trajectory for even greater future successes. The Board has consolidated the roles of CEO and President

in recognition of our full confidence in Mr. Peterson’s ability to articulate and advance the Company’s

strategic vision. We thank Mr. Burns for his service as President and he will remain a valuable member of

our Board.”

PRESENTATION AT THE LONDON SOUTHEAST LIVE WEBINAR

President and CEO, Nolan Peterson will be presenting at the London Southeast Live Webinar on Tuesday,

February 8, 2022. London South East hosts some of the UK’s largest webinars. Join four CEOs, and a

substantial investor audience for this event.

Register at:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/8716431930253/WN_ZJVzMqdWTgWYBetrouIuFg

Nolan Peterson will be presenting for World Copper at 11:30 PST (2:30 EST/7:30GMT). The full webinar

will start at 10:00 PST (1:00 EST/6:00GMT).

PRESENTATION AT TH GCFF VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

President and CEO, Nolan Peterson will be presenting at the GCFF Virtual Conference 2022 – Base Metals

& Energy Metals Day; a free online event to be held on Wednesday, February 9, 2022. Featuring some of

the most promising mineral exploration companies in the market today, the event is expecting over 400

English and Chinese speaking live attendees.

Register at:

https://gcff-2022-feb-9.eventbrite.ca/?aff=WCU.

Nolan Peterson’s presentation starts at 10:55am PST (1:55pm EST).

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GRANT OF INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS

Pursuant to the Company’s 2021 incentive stock option plan, the Company has granted incentive stock

options to directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company to purchase up to 4,585,000

common shares in the capital stock of the Company. The options are exercisable on or before February 1,

2024 at a price of $0.91 per share.

ENGAGEMENT OF LAKEFRONT MEDIA SERVICES

The Company announces that it has engaged Lakefront Media Services to provide marketing and investor

outreach services as of January 31, 2022. Lakefront will be compensated $85,000 for a term of 1 – year.

ABOUT WORLD COPPER LTD.

World Copper Ltd., headquartered in Vancouver, BC, is a Canadian resource company focused on the

exploration and development of its copper porphyry projects: Escalones and Cristal in Chile, and Zonia in

Arizona. Two of these projects have estimated resou rces with significant soluble copper mineralization,

and there are at least two other copper porphyry targets with exciting potential to expand the resource base.

About Escalones

The Escalones porphyry-skarn copper-gold project has estimated inferred resources of 426 million tonnes

of 0.367% total copper within the oxidized zone, based on nearly 25,000m of drill core from 53 holes. The

3.45 billion pounds of copper should be amenable to heap leaching with an average recovery of 71%. The

Company is focus ed on exploring the Mancha Amarilla target immediately to the south of the existing

resource. In addition, three significant hydrothermal alteration zones, each measuring between 2,000m

and 3,000m in diameter, lie 8-10km to the north of the main discovery.

Mineral resources are not mineral reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability as there is

no certainty that all or any part of the resources will be converted into reserves. Inferred resources are

that part of a mineral resource for which quantity and grade or quality are estimated on the basis of limited

geological evidence and sampling. It is reasonably expected that the inferred resources could be upgraded

to indicated resources with continued exploration.

About Zonia

The Zonia project is in Yavapai County, Arizona, and consists of 261 mineral claims and additional surface

rights, all totaling 4,279.55 acres. It is a near-surface, copper-oxide resource and a brownfields site having

already been mined in the late 1960s and '70s. The Pro ject is at the PEA level and has been significantly

de-risked with over 50,000 metres of drilling completed to date and with substantial amounts of detailed

engineering completed. Further details can be found here.

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The World Copper team has a unique skill in navigating the mining sector within Chile, with some

members having worked in the country for more than 40 years and with discovery success.

On Behalf of the Board of Directors of

WORLD COPPER LTD.

"Nolan Peterson"

Nolan Peterson

Chief Executive Officer

For further information, or to schedule a Zoom meeting with Management, please contact:

Nolan Peterson or Michael Pound

Phone: 604-638-3665

E-mail: [email protected]

For all Investor Relations inquiries, please contact:

John Liviakis

Liviakis Financial Communications Inc.

Phone: 415-389-4670

For all Public Relations inquiries, please contact:

Nancy Thompson

Vorticom, Inc.

Office: 212-532-2208 | Mobile: 917-371-4053

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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains forward -looking statements and forward- looking information (collectively, "forward-

looking statements") within the meaning of applicable Canadian and U.S. securities legislation. All statements, other

than statements of historic al fact, included herein including, without limitation, that Cardero Shareholders will

approve the Arrangement, that Cardero will be successful in obtaining the Final Order, the expected completion date

of the Arrangement, anticipated exploration program results from exploration activities, the discovery and delineation

of mineral deposits/resources/reserves and the anticipated business plans and timing of future activities of the

Company are forward- looking statements. Although the Company believes that s uch statements are reasonable, it

can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Forward- looking statements are typically

identified by words such as: "believes", "expects", "anticipates", "intends", "estimates", "plans", "may", "s hould",

"would", "will", "potential", "scheduled" or variations of such words and phrases and similar expressions, which, by

their nature, refer to future events or results that may, could, would, might or will occur or be taken or achieved. In

making the forward-looking statements in this news release, the Company has applied several material assumptions,

including without limitation, that Cardero and the Company will receive all necessary approvals for the Arrangement,

market fundamentals will result in sustained copper demand and prices, the receipt of any necessary permits, licenses

and regulatory approvals in connection with the future development of the Company's Chilean projects in a timely

manner, including the Escalones project and the Cristal project, the availability of financing on suitable terms for the

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development, construction and continued operation of the Company's projects and its ability to comply with

environmental, health and safety laws.

Forward-looking statements involve known and unk nown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the

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

or achievements expressed or implied by the forward- looking information. S uch risks and other factors include,

among others, requirements for additional capital, operating and technical difficulties in connection with mineral

exploration and development activities, actual results of exploration activities, including on the Escalones project and

the Cristal project, the estimation or realization of mineral reserves and mineral resources, the fact that the Company's

interests in the Cristal project and the Escalones exploitation concessions are options only and there is no guarante e

that such interests, if earned, will be certain, the timing and amount of estimated future production, the costs of

production, capital expenditures, the costs and timing of the development of new deposits, requirements for additional

capital, future prices of copper, changes in general economic conditions, changes in the financial markets and in the

demand and market price for commodities, lack of investor interest in future financings, accidents, labour disputes

and other risks of the mining industry, delays in obtaining governmental approvals (including of the TSX Venture

Exchange), permits or financing or in the completion of development or construction activities, risks relating to

epidemics or pandemics such as COVID–19, including the impact of COVID–19 on the Company's business, financial

condition and results of operations, changes in laws, regulations and policies affecting mining operations, title

disputes, the inability of the Company to obtain any necessary permits, consents, approvals or author izations, the

timing and possible outcome of any pending litigation, environmental issues and liabilities, and risks related to joint

venture operations, and other risks and uncertainties disclosed in the company's continuous disclosure documents.

All of the Company's Canadian public disclosure filings may be accessed via www.sedar.com and readers are urged

to review these materials.

Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. The Company does not undertake

any obligation to update any of the forward- looking statements in this news release or incorporated by reference

herein, except as otherwise required by law.