Dr. Michael Byron of Nighthawk Gold reports

NIGHTHAWK GOLD CORP. COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF SUPERIOR COPPER CORPORATION

Nighthawk Gold Corp. and Superior Copper Corp. have successfully completed the previously announced amalgamation involving Superior, Nighthawk and a wholly owned subsidiary of Nighthawk, whereby Nighthawk has acquired all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Superior. The newly amalgamated company, known as Superior Copper Corp., which holds all of Superior's assets, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nighthawk. Nighthawk has a total of 112,739,407 common shares issued and outstanding upon closing of the amalgamation, and, under the terms of the amalgamation, the former shareholders of Superior received an aggregate of 54,285,714 common shares of Nighthawk, representing approximately 48.2 per cent of the issued and outstanding Nighthawk shares in the pro forma company. The common shares of Superior will be delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange effective at market open on June 1, 2016. Nighthawk also intends to cause Superior to submit an application to cease to be a reporting issuer and to otherwise terminate its public reporting requirements as soon as possible. For additional information concerning the amalgamation, please refer to the management information circular of Superior dated April 25, 2016, and available under its issuer profile on SEDAR.

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