Superior Copper Grants Stock Options

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - March 12, 2014) - Superior Copper Corporation ("Superior Copper" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:SPC) announces that it has granted an aggregate of 2,800,000 stock options, of which 1,950,000 were granted to certain directors and officers of the Company and 850,000 were granted to consultants. The options were granted under Superior's Stock Option Plan and each stock option entitles the holder to acquire one Superior common share at an exercise price of $0.15 until March 12, 2019 and vests immediately.

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. Its primary land position is its 100% owned Coppercorp Project which covers 15,789 hectares or 158 square km in the Mamainse Point area, located approximately 85 km north of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

For more information about the Company, please visit www.superiorcopper.ca.

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.

Shares Outstanding: 101,756,284