Plan B Minerals Options Don Gregorio Cu-Au Porphyry Project, Peru

Candente Copper Corp.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - May 12, 2017) - Candente Copper Corp. (TSX:DNT)(LMA:DNT) ("Candente Copper" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company has entered into a binding Memorandum of Undertanding ("MOU") to option the Don Gregorio copper-gold ("Cu-Au") porphyry project, located in Jaen Province, Peru, to Plan B Minerals Corp. ("Plan B").