Gespeg Closes Second and Final Tranche of Non-Brokered Private Placement

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GESPEG COPPER RESOURCES INC.

(TSX-V:GCR) (the “

Company

” or “

Gespeg

”) announces that it has completed the second tranche of its private placement (the "

Offering

") and has raised gross proceeds of $86,000. The second tranche closing consisted of 2,866,667units (the "

Units

") at a price of $0.03 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one common share in the capital of the Company (a "

Share

") and one share purchase warrant (a "

Warrant

"). Each full Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one Share at a price of $0.06 exercisable until June 15th, 2020. The final amount for this financing is $290,750 for a total of 9,691,667 units.

All securities issued in connection with this second tranche closing have a hold period expiring on October 15, 2018.

Most of the proceeds of this total financing will be to advance the projects in the portfolio of properties. A small portion to pay certain debts non-related to management and salaries.

About Gespeg Copper Resources Inc.: Gespeg is an exploration company with a focus in grossly underexplored regions “Gaspé and Montauban, Québec”.  With a dedicated management team, the Company’s goal is to create shareholder wealth through the discovery of new deposits.

GESPEG COPPER RESOURCES INC.

(signed) “Sylvain Laberge”

Sylvain Laberge President and CEO [e-mail]

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