Cascabel Exploration Update - Hole 16 Results Extend Alpala Central High Grade Mineralization

OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Apr 29, 2016) - Cornerstone Capital Resources Inc. ("Cornerstone" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE:CGP)(GWN.BE)(GWN.BE)(CTNXF) announces the following project update for the Cascabel copper-gold porphyry joint venture exploration project in northern Ecuador, in which the Company has a 15% interest financed through to completion of a feasibility study. SolGold Plc is funding 100% of the exploration at Cascabel and is the operator of the project.

HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Hole 16 final results received, returning another high grade intersection from the Alpala deposit of:

    • 1145.6m @ 0.63% Copper and 0.78 g/t Gold (1.25% CuEq) from 516m, including 856.0m @ 0.80% Copper and 1.04 g/t Gold (1.62% CuEq) from 548m.

  • This broad zone of porphyry style copper and gold mineralization includes two high grade zones:

    • Upper Zone

      • 152m @ 1.18% Copper and 1.69 g/t Gold (2.52% CuEq) from 612m (cut > 0.7% Copper)

      • 108m @ 1.46% Copper and 2.19 g/t Gold (3.19% CuEq) from 656m (cut > 1.0% Copper)

    • Lower Zone

      • 373.6m @ 1.00% Copper and 1.34 g/t Gold (2.06% CuEq) from 928m (cut > 0.7% Copper)

      • 367.6m @ 1.01% Copper and 1.35 g/t Gold (2.08% CuEq) from 934m (cut > 1.0% Copper)

* Copper Equivalent (CuEq) is calculated using the following equation: Cu Eq. = Cu% + (Au g/t x 0.79), using a copper price of $2.25/pound and gold price of $1225/oz and 100% recovery of metals. All reported intervals referred to in this news release are core lengths. At present the true thicknesses of the Hole 14-16 intersections are uncertain due to the early stage of drilling.

Figures, table and photographs referred to in this news release can be seen in PDF format by accessing the version of this release on the Company's website (www.cornerstoneresources.com) or by clicking on the link below:

http://www.cornerstoneresources.com/i/pdf/NR16-09Figures.pdf.

DETAILED INFORMATION:

The Cascabel Project is located within the northern portion of the Andean copper belt, which hosts numerous large porphyry copper-gold targets identified by coincident geophysical and geochemical anomalies that are interpreted as a cluster of prospective porphyries. They occur in a relatively unexplored section of the northern Andean copper belt that produces very oxidized, gold rich porphyry deposits (refer Figure 1 - Location, and Figure 2 - Regional Setting).

The deposit at Alpala continues to grow with each new drill hole. At 12 noon Central America time on Wednesday April 27, 2016, Hole 15R2 (CSD-16-015R2) was drilling at a depth of 1496.6m and Hole 17 (CSD-16-017) was drilling at a depth of 618.6m. Both drill holes continue to intersect porphyry style copper-gold mineralization at the Alpala deposit.