NEW YORK, Sept. 28, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- OTC Markets Group Inc. OTCM, operator of financial markets for 10,000 U.S. and global securities, today announced High Country Bancorp, Inc. HCBC, the bank holding company of High Country Bank headquartered in Colorado, has qualified to trade on the OTCQX® Best Market. High Country Bancorp upgraded to OTCQX from the Pink® market.    

High Country Bancorp begins trading today on OTCQX under the symbol "HCBC." U.S. investors can find current financial disclosure and Real-Time Level 2 quotes for the company on www.otcmarkets.com.

"We are pleased to welcome High Country Bancorp to the OTCQX Best Market," said Jason Paltrowitz, Executive Vice President of Corporate Services at OTC Markets Group. "High Country Bancorp is the nineteenth bank to join OTCQX this year. OTCQX provides US Community Banks with a cost-effective and efficient market that is committed to providing investors with transparent disclosure and trading."

"We believe the increased exposure, visibility and transparency of our company as a result of being traded on the OTCQX Market is a key step toward achieving our goal to enable enhanced liquidity in our stock in order to create greater stockholder value," said Larry D. Smith, Chairman, President and CEO of High Country Bancorp, Inc.

High Country Bancorp was sponsored for OTCQX by D.A. Davidson & Co., a qualified third-party firm responsible for providing guidance on OTCQX requirements and recommending membership. 

About High Country Bancorp, Inc.
High Country Bancorp, Inc. is a bank holding company organized in 1997. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, High Country Bank (the Bank), the Company provides a variety of financial services to its customers from its main office is in Salida, Colorado and branch offices in Salida, Buena Vista, and Canon City, Colorado. The Bank is a Colorado state chartered commercial bank with Federal Reserve Bank membership.

About OTC Markets Group Inc.
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