Cornerstone Appoints VP Exploration and Grants Incentive Stock Options


MOUNT PEARL, NEWFOUNDLAND--(Marketwired - June 11, 2013) - Cornerstone Capital Resources Inc. ("Cornerstone" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE:CGP)(OTCBB:CTNXF)(FRANKFURT:GWN)(BERLIN:GWN) today announced the promotion of Yvan Crepeau, P.Geo., M.B.A., to the position of Vice President Exploration. Brooke Macdonald, Cornerstone's CEO, said: "Yvan, who is based in Quito, joined Cornerstone in 2006 first as Ecuador Exploration Manager and later as President and General Manager of the Company's subsidiaries in Ecuador. In 2011 Yvan was instrumental in taking the Company into Chile, and assumed the additional role of President and General Manager of the Company's Chilean subsidiary. He is a qualified person within the meaning of National Instrument 43-101 with over twenty-five years of diversified experience in the evaluation and management of exploration projects in Eastern Canada, Asia, North, Central and South America. Yvan's extensive experience and network of contacts in the Andean Region will be of great value to the Company as we focus our future efforts on the discovery of large gold and copper deposits in that part of the world."

In other news, Cornerstone also announced that it has granted a total of 1,065,000 incentive stock options to acquire Cornerstone common shares at a price of $0.10 per share to certain employees, officers and directors of the Company. The options have a 5-year term and vest over 18 months in accordance with the Company's Stock Option Plan.

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 Canada, 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.

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On Behalf of the Board,

Brooke Macdonald, President and CEO

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