Cornerstone Signs LOI to Acquire Topley Property

April 28, 2016 – Vancouver, British Columbia –Cornerstone Metals Inc. (TSX-V – CCC) (“Cornerstone” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent (“LOI”) with private interests (“Owners”) outlining the terms of a transaction. The Transaction is proposed to be implemented through an Option Agreement, pursuant to which the Owners will grant to CCC an option to acquire from them a 100% undivided interest in and to the Topley Property (“Topley”), subject to a 3% NSR. The LOI is subject to due diligence, which the Company will commence immediately, while it proceeds to finalize a definitive option agreement to be executed upon completion of successful due diligence.

The Topley Property, located 60 kilometres east-southeast of Smithers, B.C., is a precious and base metal mineral prospect known as Topley-Richfield (Au-Ag-Pb-Zn-Cu) with significant underground development from 2 levels completed from 1927 to 1929 and significant more recent evaluations occurring from 1979 to 2007 including over 8,000m of drilling.  Mineralization is structurally controlled and occurs in two quartz-carbonate alteration zones.

Pursuant to the terms of the LOI, the Option will be exercisable upon CCC paying to the Owners an aggregate of $200,000 cash and issuing an aggregate of 1,100,000 common shares of CCC according to the following tabled schedule:

Additionally, commencing on the sixth anniversary date, and every subsequent anniversary date, CCC will pay to the Owners $20,000 cash per year as an advanced NSR payment until commercial production begins on the Topley Property. The 3% NSR may be purchased from the Owners for $1 million per each 1% NSR. The advanced NSR payments will be credited towards an NSR buyout. On commercial production, bonus CCC shares of 500,000 would be issued to the Owners.

The execution of the Option Agreement will be subject to standard closing conditions for transactions of this nature, including but not limited to board and regulatory approvals.

About Cornerstone Metals Inc.

Cornerstone’s objective is to advance exploration / development stage copper and precious metals properties to production in the Americas. The Company’s Management and Board Core Competence is in exploration, permitting, development, construction, and operation of mining projects.

Cornerstone owns 100% (subject to 1.5% NSR) of the West Jerome property, near Jerome, Arizona, on the west side of Freeport McMoRan patented lands. The property, in a Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide camp, is a high-grade, massive sulfide target located 2.4 km south of the past-producing United Verde (32 million tons grading 4.4% copper, 1.5 oz/t silver and 0.04 oz/t gold). The West Jerome property has attractive untested drill targets.

ON BEHALF OF CORNERSTONE METALS INC.

per:

“Paul Cowley”
CEO & President

For further information, please contact:

Paul Cowley
Tel:  604-340-7711
Email:  [email protected]

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Paul S. Cowley, P.Geo., President, CEO and director of the Company, is the Qualified Person as defined in NI43-101, who has reviewed and approved the technical content of this release.

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