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Re: Corporate Update - Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Corporate Update- September 21, 2011
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September 21, 2011
CORPORATE UPDATE
Dear Shareholder,
This letter will provide you with an update on our key exploration
projects in Ecuador, Chile and Canada. Recently we have received a
number of questions from our shareholders, and company President Brooke
Macdonald has provided responses which are provided below.
What is your vision for Cornerstone?
What I would like to see happen at Cornerstone is the creation of
significant value for our shareholders by advancing exploration at
several key properties in our portfolio. Cornerstone's strategy is to
be a prospect generator. We find properties of merit then add value
through systematic exploration. Right now we're focused on a number of
highly prospective gold and copper properties in Ecuador and Chile and
on the Little Deer copper project in Newfoundland.
Tell us about some of these properties.
I'll start with our South American properties because these assets
probably have the biggest potential impact on the company and its share
price.
The most advanced project is Shryi, located in southern Ecuador about
16 kilometers to the west of Iamgold's multi-million ounce gold
Quimsacocha deposit. The property is optioned to Intrepid Mines of
Australia who are spending US $6 million over 5 years on the property
to earn a 60% interest. It can choose to go to 80% on specific project
areas up to 5,000 hectares each by making a $750,000 private placement
in Cornerstone, completing a bankable feasibility study or spending an
additional US$20 million, whichever comes first, and making a payment
to Cornerstone of up to US$5 million based on the gold equivalent
ounces in the mineral reserve.
Intrepid has already spent over US$2.7 million completing a Phase 1
drilling program on the Gama prospect at Shyri. We got some good
results from the program in that we seem to have discovered an
extensive gold-enriched copper-moly porphyry. Hole 2 intersected 45
metres at 0.71 g/t gold within a broader zone of 101 metres at 0.41 g/t
gold, and hole 11 intersected 26 metres at 0.45 g/t gold.
A thorough technical review of the Phase 1 drilling program was
completed in Ecuador in late August 2011 by the combined team of
Intrepid and Cornerstone geologists and geophysical consultants.
Based on these results, a proposal for Phase 2 work at Gama, including
soil geochemical sampling, ground geophysical surveys and drilling on
the porphyry and epithermal targets will be presented to Intrepid's
board for consideration in the next few weeks.
Do you think Intrepid's Board will approve the proposal?
While I can't speak for them, I can tell you that everyone on our team
was very excited about the Phase 1 success and is confident that we
will continue on.
In the meantime, in addition to continuing work on the Gama
soil-sampling and geophysical surveying programs, community
consultations have begun at another key target on Shyri, Ca�aribamba.
We will also shortly begin consultations at a third target, Vetas
Grandes, in an effort to have environmental permitting ready to support
drilling those targets around the end of Q1 2012.
What else is going on in Ecuador beyond Shyri?
We had some very good initial results at the newly acquired 100% owned
Cascabel property in northern Ecuador. We took 179 rock samples and
found that most were anomalous in gold, copper and zinc. We also found
significant free gold when we panned in most of the streams that run
through the property. This is pretty exciting for just a few weeks of
work, so we plan to move to a full exploration program in the near
future.
What about Chile?
Cornerstone is making great progress there too. In late August we
released the first results from our La Fortuna property, where we have
an option to earn a 100% interest.
Significant copper and silver assay results were obtained in the
northern two-thirds of the property, with seven prospective mineralized
zones identified over a large area of approximately 18 km2.
Channel sampling at trench #1 returned 19.5 m at 1.34% copper and 58.0
g/t silver. We've completed over 200 line kilometers of ground magnetic
surveys and that data is currently being processed and interpreted. We
also plan to carry out induced polarization surveys in prospective
areas. There are already some obvious drill targets, and with further
trenching and integration of magnetic and IP data, new targets will be
developed.
Also in Chile, we have made application for exploration concessions
covering approximately 300 square kilometers in our Miocene project
area, located just north of the Maricunga belt that hosts several
world-class gold deposits.
Let's come back to North America. What's going on at Little Deer?
Little Deer is the Company's most advanced asset. Along with our JV
partner Thundermin Resources, we have increased the resources at Little
Deer to indicated resources totalling 99 million lbs. of copper and
inferred resources of 175 million lbs. of copper.
Our belief is that this is a significant resource that has a strong
potential to be developed into a new mine. That belief led us to
exercise the option recently to acquire 100% of the property from the
original vendor.
It's also the reason that we have invested in an internal scoping study
to take an early look at potential mining methods and indicative
economics. The results of that internal review are expected in October.
Now that you're so far along on Little Deer do you see yourselves
developing the project into a mine?
There's still considerable work to be done before Little Deer heads
down the development trail including, of course, the completion of a
feasibility study and environmental impact statement. Thundermin can
earn up to a 75% interest in the project by completing a bankable
feasibility study and arranging for the financing to put Little Deer
into commercial production.
Whether Cornerstone and Thundermin ultimately develop the property is
an open question. Generally speaking, Cornerstone's strategy of
prospect generation precludes us from going to the development stage.
If that were to be the case with Little Deer, we would have a number of
options to realize value. For example, we could sell our interest to
Thundermin or to a third company that was development focused. Nothing
has been decided yet and we remain open to a number of approaches.
So with all the work that's going on at your various projects why has
the share price not performed well lately?
>From a share price perspective, we started 2011 with a real bang. When
we first announced that the government of Ecuador had granted the
exploration license at Gama, our shares zoomed up to the 75-cent range.
Since then we have seen a general market decline in which,
unfortunately, most mining stocks have suffered. This is particularly
ironic since commodity prices are holding up very well.
We are working hard to implement our strategy. We've been able to work
on several properties, make a discovery at Gama and have been very
active in meeting potential new investors.
When the market turns, companies like Cornerstone who do what they say
they are going to do will benefit tremendously from a rising market.
On this theme, were you surprised that the Phase 1 drilling results at
Gama didn't affect the share price very much?
Yes, in some ways I was. As I said before, general market softness
might have been a contributing factor. But I also think that porphyry
deposits are not as well understood by investors as they should be.
These deposits generally have lower grades than vein type deposits,
however, they are very extensive systems that provide significant
near-surface bulk tonnage mineralization. In addition, they are often
poly-metallic. In Gama's case we think that we may have discovered a
very large copper-moly porphyry that is gold-enriched.
Some of the world's biggest producing mines are on porphyry deposits.
What is your prediction for commodity prices, particularly gold?
I see no reason for prices to decline much in the near future.
Sovereign debt issues are reinforcing gold's role as a store of value,
and emerging market countries like China still seem poised to continue
growing which will create demand for base metals like copper,
especially in the medium to long term.
Cornerstone plans to continue regular updates to shareholders on its
activities and invites investors to contact us with other inquiries at
any time.
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, Chile, and Atlantic
Canada, 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. The company is well funded and 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.
Cautionary Notice:
Certain statements contained in this letter to shareholders may be
considered as forward-looking. Such forward-looking statements are
subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from estimated or implied results. 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.
To keep updated on news from Cornerstone please ensure that you are
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encourage you to take the time to familiarize yourself with our other
projects and our people by visiting our website.
For investor, corporate or media inquiries, please contact:
Investor Relations:
Email: communications@crigold.com
North America toll-free: 1 (877) 277-8377
Martti Kangas - Direct Line: 1 (647) 521-9261
Paul Benwell / Pat Kairns - Direct Line: 1 (514) 904-1333
 
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Sincerely,
Brooke Macdonald
President
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Message sent on Wed Sep 21, 2011 at 6:26:56 AM Pacific Time
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Cornerstone is a exploration company based in Canada. Cornerstone develops uranium in Canada, and holds various exploration projects in Canada, in Chile and in Ecuador. Its main asset in development is AILLIK in Canada and its main exploration properties are CHALEUR, ANAKTALIK, AUCOIN, LABRADOR TROUGH, VOISEY'S BAY PROPERTY, DEER LAKE PROJECT, DORCHESTER, GOSHEN, EL STRATO, LONG LAKE, NOTAKWANON LAKE, TRUE GRIT, CAPE RAY, COLCHESTER, CODROY PROJECT, LONG HARBOUR, OKAK, GARLAND, KAUK, KONRAD, NOEL PAUL'S BROOK, BOBBY'S POND, LITTLE DEER, CONEY ARM and INDIAN ARM in Canada, MACARA, BELLA MARIA, MONTERREY and SIERRAMIN in Ecuador and LA FORTUNA CHILE in Chile. Cornerstone is listed in Canada, in Germany and in United States of America. Its market capitalisation is CA$ 1.2 billions as of today (US$ 934.1 millions, € 818.3 millions). Its stock quote reached its lowest recent point on March 04, 2016 at CA$ 0.02, and its highest recent level on September 18, 2020 at CA$ 6.53. Cornerstone has 299 560 000 shares outstanding. |