Superior Copper Grants Stock Options

Superior Copper Grants Stock Options
  
 

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Jun 10, 2014) - Superior Copper Corporation ("Superior Copper" or "the Company") (TSX-VENTURE:SPC) announces that it has granted an aggregate of 3,025,000 stock options, of which 1,750,000 were granted to certain directors and officers of the Company and 1,275,000 were granted to consultants. The options were granted under the Company's Stock Option Plan and each stock option entitles the holder to acquire one Superior common share at an exercise price of $0.20 until June 10, 2019 and vests immediately.

About Superior Copper Corporation

Superior Copper Corporation is a Canadian-based exploration company focused on base and precious metal exploration. The Company's primary objective is to target highly prospective and underexplored mineral properties, particularly copper, in order to meet the continual global demand. Its primary land position is its 100%-owned Superior Project, which covers 15,789 hectares or 158 square kilometers, and is located approximately 85 km north of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Superior Copper's property has the potential to host an Iron Oxide Copper Gold ("IOCG") deposit. The Company has identified a large geophysical magnetic high with coincident gravity anomalies, copper-bearing hematitic breccias, as well as IOCG-type alteration patterns throughout the property, which is located on the Proterozoic Mid-continental Rift.

Neither 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.

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT: Neither the TSX Venture Exchange ("TSX-V") nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX-V) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. This News Release includes certain "forward-looking statements". These statements are based on information currently available to the Company and the Company provides no assurance that actual results will meet management's expectations. Forward-looking statements include estimates and statements that describe the Company's future plans, objectives or goals, including words to the effect that the Company or management expects a stated condition or result to occur. Forward-looking statements may be identified by such terms as "believes", "anticipates", "expects", "estimates", "may", "could", "would", "will", or "plan". Since forward-looking statements are based on assumptions and address future events and conditions, by their very nature they involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results relating to, among other things, use of proceeds from the Offering, results of exploration, project development, reclamation and capital costs of the Company's mineral properties, and the Company's financial condition and prospects, could differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements for many reasons such as: changes in general economic conditions and conditions in the financial markets; changes in demand and prices for minerals; litigation, legislative, environmental and other judicial, regulatory, political and competitive developments; technological and operational difficulties encountered in connection with the activities of the Company; and other matters discussed in this news release. This list is not exhaustive of the factors that may affect any of the Company's forward-looking statements. These and other factors should be considered carefully and readers should not place undue reliance on the Company's forward-looking statements. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by the Company or on its behalf, except in accordance with applicable securities laws. Please see our public filings at www.sedar.com for further information.

Shares Outstanding: 137,506,284

Superior Copper CorporationJohn TaitPresident and Chief Executive [e-mail]