Kodiak Copper Strengthens Management Team

3 August 2021

August 3, 2021 – Vancouver, British Columbia – Kodiak Copper Corp. (the "Company" or "Kodiak") (TSX-V: KDK) announces today the appointment of Ms. Nancy Curry to the position of Corporate Development.

Ms. Curry is a senior corporate communications and development professional with over 25 years of experience. She has focused her career on promoting shareholder value opportunities generated by exploration companies to the investment community. Ms. Curry brings industry recognized best practices to shareholder and stakeholder communication to Kodiak, in addition to her strengths in corporate development, finance and strategic planning. Ms. Curry was nominated twice for Best Investor Relations of a TSX Venture Exchange Company by IR Magazine. She led investor outreach and communication strategies for many successful exploration companies including Mountain Province Mining Inc, Diamonds North Resources Ltd, Cardero Resources Corp, Sun Summit Minerals Corp. and Serengeti Resources Inc., which recently merged with Sun Metals Corp. to form Northwest Copper Corp. Ms. Curry believes in giving back to the community, she co-founded an annual Christmas Toy Drive supported by the mining industry and is currently a director of Global Change for Children.

Claudia Tornquist, President and CEO of Kodiak said, "I am very pleased to welcome Nancy to Kodiak's management team as we continue to create value for our shareholders through discovery success at our MPD copper gold project. Nancy will be responsible for the strategy and leadership of the Company's corporate development and communications efforts, drawing on her wealth of experience and extensive relationships with investment communities and capital markets globally."

Kodiak has granted 100,000 stock options to Ms. Curry, exercisable at C$1.41 per share for a period of five years, in accordance with the terms of the Company's Stock Option Plan and subject to the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange.

For further information please contact Ms. Nancy Curry, Corporate Development at +1 604 220 2971 or ncurry@kodiakcoppercorp.com.