Highland Completes Private Placement With Osisko

LONGUEUIL, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - Oct. 7, 2015) - Further to its October 5, 2015 announcement, Highland Copper Company Inc. (TSX VENTURE:HI) ("Highland") is pleased to announce that it has completed a non-brokered private placement of 24,426,434 common shares (the "Shares") with Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd (TSX:OR) ("Osisko") at a price of C$0.15 per share for gross proceeds of C$3,663,965. Following completion of the private placement, Highland has 153,968,626 Shares issued and outstanding and Osisko owns 29,420,434 Shares which represents approximately 19.1% of Highland's Shares on a non-diluted basis. The Shares issued to Osisko are subject to a hold period expiring February 7, 2016.

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Highland Copper Company Inc. is a Canadian exploration company focused on exploring and developing copper projects in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, U.S.A., including White Pine North, Copperwood and the Keweenaw projects. More information about Highland and the projects is available on Highland's website at www.highlandcopper.com and on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

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