Cornerstone Capital Resources Inc. Announces Completion of Financing

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MOUNT PEARL, NEWFOUNDLAND -- (Marketwired - April 9, 2014) - Cornerstone Capital Resources Inc. ("Cornerstone" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE:CGP) (FRANKFURT:GWN) (BERLIN:GWN) (OTCBB:CTNXF) announces completion of the non-brokered private placement announced on March 14, 2014.

The financing consisted of the issuance of 26,666,667 units ("Units") at $0.15 per unit for total gross proceeds of $4 million. Each Unit consists of one common share of the Company and one transferable share purchase warrant (a "Warrant"). Each Warrant will entitle the holder thereof to acquire one common share of the Company at a price of $0.35 for a period of 5 years.

Affiliates of Sprott Inc. acted as finders in the private placement. Finders' fees paid on closing consisted of 7% cash and finders' warrants equal to 7% of the aggregate number of Units placed by the finders. The finders' warrants entitle the holder to purchase one common share of the Company at a price of $0.20 for a period of 5 years.

A total of 333,333 units were purchased by the CEO of the Company.

This private placement is subject to final regulatory approval and all shares issued and any shares issued on exercise of the warrants are subject to restrictions on transfer until August 8, 2014. The proceeds from the private placement will be used to further advance Cornerstone's exploration programs and continued working capital requirements.

Cornerstone wishes to express its appreciation to all shareholders for their continued support and confidence.


About Cornerstone:

Cornerstone Capital Resources Inc. is a mineral exploration company based in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, with a diversified portfolio of projects in Ecuador and Chile, and a strong technical team that has proven its ability to identify, acquire and advance properties of merit. The company's business model is based on generating exploration projects whose subsequent development is funded primarily through joint venture partnerships. Commitments from JV partners constitute significant validation of the strength of Cornerstone's projects.

Further information is available on Cornerstone's website:
www.cornerstoneresources.com and on Twitter.


Cautionary Notice:

This news release may contain 'Forward-Looking Statements' that involve risks and uncertainties, such as statements of Cornerstone's plans, objectives, strategies, intentions and expectations. The words "potential", "anticipate", "forecast", "believe", "estimate", "expect", "may", "project", "plan", and similar expressions are intended to be among the statements that identify 'Forward-Looking Statements.' Although Cornerstone believes that its expectations reflected in these 'Forward-Looking Statements' are reasonable, such statements may involve unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors disclosed in our regulatory filings, viewed on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com. For us, uncertainties arise from the behaviour of financial and metals markets, predicting natural geological phenomena and from numerous other matters of national, regional, and global scale, including those of an environmental, climatic, natural, political, economic, business, competitive, or regulatory nature. These uncertainties may cause our actual future results to be materially different than those expressed in our Forward-Looking Statements. Although Cornerstone believes the facts and information contained in this news release to be as correct and current as possible, Cornerstone does not warrant or make any representation as to the accuracy, validity or completeness of any facts or information contained herein and these statements should not be relied upon as representing its views subsequent to the date of this news release. While Cornerstone anticipates that subsequent events may cause its views to change, it expressly disclaims any obligation to update the Forward-Looking Statements contained herein except where outcomes have varied materially from the original statements.


On Behalf of the Board,

Brooke Macdonald, President and CEO



Further information is available on the Cornerstone Web site at www.cornerstoneresources.com; via e-mail at communications@crigold.com; or toll free at 1-877-277-8377.


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This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities in the United States of America. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933 (the "U.S. Securities Act") or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to U.S. Persons (as defined in the U.S. Securities Act) unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, or an exemption from such registration is available.



CONTACT INFORMATION

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