VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Jun 23, 2017) - Candente Copper Corp. DNTDNT ("Candente Copper" and/or the "Company" ) is pleased to provide the voting results for the election of directors at its annual general meeting of shareholders held on June 22, 2017.

The director nominees were presented in the Company's Management Information Circular dated May 01, 2017, and shareholders re-elected all directors nominated by management. The directors will serve until the next annual general meeting of the Company. The voting results are as follows:

		Nominee		For	Withheld
	Joanne C. Freeze		93.63%		6.37%
	Sean I. Waller		94.09%		5.91%
	Michael J. Thicke		97.67%		2.33%
	Andrés J. Milla		98.05%		1.95%
	John E. Black		98.06%		1.94%
	George Elliott		97.87%		2.13%
	Federico L. Oviedo		98.05%		1.95%

About Candente Copper

Candente Copper is a mineral exploration company engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral properties. The company is currently focused on its 100% owned Cañariaco project, which includes the Feasibility stage Cañariaco Norte deposit as well as the Cañariaco Sur deposit and Quebrada Verde prospect, located within the western Cordillera of the Peruvian Andes in the Department of Lambayeque in Northern Peru.

On behalf of the Board of Candente Copper Corp.

"Joanne C. Freeze" P.Geo., CEO, Director

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