Thompson Creek Metals Company Announces Election of Directors and the Approval of Other Proposals

DENVER, CO--(Marketwired - May 13, 2014) - Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. TC TCM (the "Company" or "Thompson Creek"), a diversified North American mining company, announced that, at the Company's 2014 Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders held earlier today (the "Annual Meeting"), each of the director nominees named in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting was elected to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2015, based on the following voting results:



Votes
Name of Nominee Votes For Withheld
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Denis C. Arsenault 55,738,031 6,123,418
Carol T. Banducci 55,998,676 5,862,773
James L. Freer 56,898,138 4,963,311
James P. Geyer 59,950,926 1,910,523
Timothy J. Haddon 60,323,743 1,537,706
Jacques Perron 60,670,566 1,190,883



In addition, each of the other proposals set forth in the Company's proxy statement for the Annual Meeting was approved by shareholders, including (i) the Amended and Restated 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan, (ii) the Amended and Restated 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, (iii) the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm, (iv) the non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, and (v) the amendment to the Company's Articles of Continuance to include an advance notice provision with respect to the nomination of directors.

About Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc.

Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. is a diversified North American mining company. The Company's principal operating properties are its 100%-owned Mt. Milligan mine, an open-pit copper and gold mine and concentrator in British Columbia, its 100%-owned Thompson Creek Mine, an open-pit molybdenum mine and concentrator in Idaho, its 75% joint venture interest in the Endako Mine, an open-pit molybdenum mine, concentrator and roaster in British Columbia, and the Langeloth Metallurgical Facility in Pennsylvania. The Company's development projects include the Berg property, a copper, molybdenum, and silver exploration property located in British Columbia and the Maze Lake property, a gold exploration project located in the Kivalliq District of Nunavut, Canada. The Company's principal executive office is located in Denver, Colorado. More information is available at www.thompsoncreekmetals.com.



FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Pamela Solly
Director, Investor Relations and Corporate Responsibility
Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc.
Tel: (303) 762-3526
psolly@tcrk.com


Barbara Komorowski
Renmark Financial Communications Inc.
Tel: (514) 939-3989
bkomorowski@renmarkfinancial.com