Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc: Announces Election of Directors and Approval of Other Proposals

DENVER, CO, May 7, 2015 - Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. (NYSE: TC) (TSX: TCM) (the "Company" or "Thompson Creek"), a  North American mining company, announced that, at the Company's 2015 Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders held earlier today (the "Annual Meeting"), each of the director nominees named in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting was elected to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2016, based on the following voting results:

Name of Nominee		Votes For		Votes Withheld
Denis C. Arsenault		85,496,550		4,146,898
Carol T. Banducci		86,852,362		2,791,086
James L. Freer		87,036,111		2,607,337
James P. Geyer		87,062,430		2,581,018
Anne E. Giardini		86,872,295		2,771,153
Timothy J. Haddon		86,407,789		3,235,659
Jacques Perron		86,983,749		2,659,699

In addition, each of the other proposals set forth in the Company's proxy statement for the Annual Meeting was approved by shareholders, including the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm and the non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.

About Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc.

Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. is a North American mining company.  The Company's principal operating property is its 100%-owned Mount Milligan mine, an open-pit copper and gold mine and concentrator in British Columbia. The Company's molybdenum assets consist of its 100%-owned Thompson Creek Mine, an open-pit molybdenum mine and concentrator in Idaho, its 75% joint venture interest in the Endako Mine, an open-pit molybdenum mine, concentrator and roaster in British Columbia, and its Langeloth Metallurgical Facility in Pennsylvania.  The Company's development projects include the Berg property, a copper, molybdenum, and silver exploration property located in British Columbia and the Maze Lake property, a gold exploration project located in the Kivalliq District of Nunavut, Canada.  The Company's principal executive office is located in Denver, Colorado.  More information is available at www.thompsoncreekmetals.com.

SOURCE Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc.



Contact

Pamela Solly, Director, Investor Relations and Corporate Responsibility, Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc., Tel: (303) 762-3526, psolly@tcrk.com; Barbara Komorowski, Renmark Financial Communications Inc., Tel: (514) 939-3989, bkomorowski@renmarkfinancial.com