Mr. David Kelley reports

CHAKANA COPPER ANNOUNCES OPTION GRANT

Chakana Copper Corp. has granted stock options to certain of its directors, officers and consultants to purchase up to 2.05 million common shares. Each option is exercisable to acquire one common share of Chakana at a price of 40 cents until July 10, 2025. The grant of options was previously approved and agreed to by the board, but were deferred pending permit success. The options will vest over an 18-month period and in accordance with the company's stock option plan.

About Chakana Copper Corp.

Chakana is a Canadian-based minerals exploration company that is currently advancing the expanded Soledad copper-gold-silver project in the Ancash region of the highly prolific Miocene mineral belt of Peru.