Candente Copper Corp.: Appointment of New Director and New CFO

Candente Copper Corp. (TSX:DNT)(PINKSHEETS:CCOXF)(LMA:DNT) ("Candente Copper"
and/or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Mr. Michael Thicke has joined
the Company's Board of Directors and Mr. Cameron Dong has been appointed the
Company's CFO.


Michael Thicke has 30 years of global exploration experience for a variety of
commodities and expertise exploring for porphyry copper systems. He has
extensive experience in porphyry exploration throughout South America with Rio
Algom (now BHP Billiton) and he was a member of the team that discovered the
large scale Spence porphyry copper deposit. Mr. Thicke and his fellow team
members were awarded the prestigious Prospector of the Year Award by the
Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada in 1998. The Spence deposit
commenced production in 2006.


More recently, Mr. Thicke was a senior member of BHP Billiton's Global Porphyry
Exploration group, leading teams in the exploration for and evaluation of
porphyry copper deposits worldwide.


In addition to acting as director, Mr. Thicke will also act as VP Exploration
for the Company.


Mr. G. Cameron Dong is a Chartered Accountant and currently a partner in the
Vancouver accounting firm DeVisser Gray LLP. He received his Bachelor of
Commerce degree with honours in 1998 from the University of British Columbia and
qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2001. Mr. Dong has extensive experience
working with publically listed entities, particularly in the resource sector. He
has had numerous clients with operations in both North and South America,
providing them with professional services in corporate accounting, audit, tax
and finance.


Mr. Dong succeeds Mr. Anthony Pitirri, who has served as Chief Financial Officer
of Candente Copper since August 2012. Candente Copper would like to thank Mr.
Pitirri for his contributions to the Company and wishes him all the best in his
future endeavours.


About Candente Copper

Candente Copper is a mineral exploration company engaged in the acquisition,
exploration and development of mineral properties. Candente Copper is currently
focused on the exploration and development of its Canariaco Norte copper project
and the Canariaco Sur and Quebrada Verde prospects located within the western
Cordillera of the Peruvian Andes in the Canaris District, Province of Ferrenafe,
Department of Lambayeque in Northern Peru.


CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This news release may contain forward-looking statements including but not
limited to comments regarding the timing and content of upcoming work programs,
geological interpretations, receipt of property titles, potential mineral
recovery processes, etc. Forward-looking statements address future events and
conditions and therefore involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual
results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such
statements. Candente Copper relies upon litigation protection for
forward-looking statements.


On behalf of the Board of Candente Copper Corp. 

Joanne C. Freeze P.Geo., CEO, Director & Chair

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
Walter Spagnuolo
Manager, Investor Relations
mobile: [phone]
local: + 1 [phone] ext 3
[e-mail]
www.candentecopper.com


Nataly Reategui
Investor Relations, Peru
tel.: [phone] ext 107
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