NovaCopper Inc.: Announces Election of Directors
22.05.2014 | CNW
VANCOUVER, May 22, 2014 /CNW/ - NovaCopper Inc. (TSX, NYSE-MKT: NCQ) ("NovaCopper" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that the shareholders voted in favour of all items of business before the Annual Meeting of the Shareholders held in Vancouver yesterday and that the nominees listed in the management proxy circular for the meeting were elected as directors. Detailed results of the vote for the election of directors are set out below.
| Nominee | Votes For | % For | Votes Withheld | % Withheld |
| Tony S. Giardini | 28,361,775 | 96.23 | 1,109,987 | 3.77 |
| Thomas S. Kaplan | 28,722,458 | 97.46 | 749,470 | 2.54 |
| Gregory A. Lang | 28,104,796 | 95.36 | 1,367,132 | 4.64 |
| Igor Levental | 28,030,886 | 95.11 | 1,440,876 | 4.89 |
| Kalidas V. Madhavpeddi | 29,021,132 | 98.47 | 450,796 | 1.53 |
| Gerald J. McConnell | 28,061,752 | 95.22 | 1,410,176 | 4.78 |
| Clynton R. Nauman | 28,437,172 | 96.49 | 1,034,590 | 3.51 |
| Janice Stairs | 28,223,613 | 95.76 | 1,248,315 | 4.24 |
| Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse | 29,212,134 | 99.12 | 259,794 | 0.88 |
Detailed results of all items of business are available in the Report of Voting Results filed on SEDAR and Form 8-K filed on EDGAR.
About NovaCopper
NovaCopper Inc. is a base metals exploration company focused on exploring and developing the Ambler mining district in Alaska. It is one of the richest and most-prospective known copper-dominant districts located in one of the safest geopolitical jurisdictions in the world. It hosts world-class polymetallic VMS deposits that contain copper, zinc, lead, gold and silver, and carbonate replacement deposits which have been found to host high-grade copper mineralization. Exploration efforts have been focused on two deposits in the Ambler district - the Arctic VMS deposit and the Bornite carbonate replacement deposit. Both deposits are located within NovaCopper's land package that spans approximately 143,000 hectares. NovaCopper has an agreement with NANA Regional Corporation, Inc., an Alaskan Native Corporation that provides a framework for the exploration and potential development of the Ambler mining district in cooperation with the local communities. Our vision is to develop the Ambler mining district into a premier North American copper producer.
More information on the Company, its properties and its management team is available on the Company's website at www.novacopper.com
Contact:
NovaCopper Inc.
Patrick Donnelly, Vice President, Corporate Communications
patrick.donnelly@novacopper.com
604-638-8088 or 1-855-638-8088
