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TSXV - CGP OTC - CTNXF F - GWN Exploring World Class Mineral Districts Cornerstone Capital Resources Inc. Corporate Presentation (AGM) July 24, 2013

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Page 1: Cornerstone Capital Resources Inc

TSXV-CGP OTC-CTNXF F-GWNExploring World Class Mineral Districts

Cornerstone Capital Resources Inc.

Corporate Presentation (AGM)

July 24, 2013

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS

This presentation includes ‘Forward-Looking Statements’ as well as historical information.These statements include Cornerstone Capital Resources continued advancement of its mineralexploration programs. When used in this presentation, the words “potential,” “anticipate,”“forecast,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “may,” “project,” “plan,” and similar expressions areintended to be among the statements that identify ‘Forward-Looking Statements.’

Although Cornerstone Capital Resources 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 websiteat www.sedar.com. For us, uncertainties arise from the behaviour of financial and metalsmarkets and from numerous other matters of national, regional, and global scale, including thoseof an environmental, climatic, natural, political, economic, business, competitive, or regulatorynature. These uncertainties may cause our actual future results to be materially different thanthose expressed in our forward looking statements.

Although Cornerstone Capital Resources believes the facts and information contained in thepages of this presentation to be as correct and current as possible, Cornerstone CapitalResources does not warrant or make any representation as to the accuracy, validity orcompleteness of any facts or information contained in these pages. Nothing in this presentationconstitutes either an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities in the UnitedStates or any other jurisdiction.

The technical information contained in this presentation has been reviewed and approved byYvan Crepeau, P.Geo, MBA, Cornerstone’s VP Exploration and President of Cornerstone EcuadorSA and Minera Cornerstone Chile), who is a qualified person in accordance with NationalInstrument 43-101.

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PROPERTIES

ATLANTIC CANADA

ECUADOR

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Little Deer Copper Property, Newfoundland

50-50 JV with Thundermin Resources

Includes 2 past-producing underground copper mines –Little Deer and Whalesback

Little Deer Deposit

Mineral resources of 99.8 million lbs of copper (Indicated) and 175.9 million lbs of copper (Inferred)

Excellent metallurgical test results - saleable, high grade copper concentrate grading over 28% copper with over 97% recovery

Nov 1, 2011 – Results of positive Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) announced – 1800 t/d underground mine with ramp and shaft access with 9.5 year mine life, Initial capital cost of $110 million, After-tax NPV @ 6% of $86.7 million, After-tax IRR of 21.5%

Whalesback Deposit

Mineral resources of 29.3 million lbs of copper (Indicated) and 15.3 million lbs of copper (Inferred)

CHILEMiocene Property - Gold/Copper/Silver

Option to earn 100%

Within the northern extension of the Maricunga magmatic belt which hosts several world-class gold deposits

Cascabel & La Encrucijada Properties

SolGold can earn 85% interest by spending C$2.5 million, subscribing C$1.2 million Cornerstone shares & issuing C$500,000 SolGold shares

Multiple prospective near-surface porphyry gold-copper targets identified

Phase 1 drilling planned Q3 2013

Macará Property

JV with Newmont Ventures

2,500 km2 of prospective geology in southern Ecuador, including the 1,452 ha Bellavista concession

Shyri, Bella Maria & Caña Brava Properties

100% owned by Cornerstone

Shyri - Vetas Grandes epithermal gold prospect

Bella Maria & Caña Brava – Highly prospective porphyry and epithermal targets

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SHARE CAPITALIZATION(as at June 30, 2013)

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Shares Outstanding 151,931,354

Fully Diluted 176,012,936

Share Price (July 23, 2013) $0.045

52 Week High / Low $0.125 – $0.02

Cash Position $425,000 (No Debt)

Market Cap (July 23, 2013) $6.8 million

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ECUADOR

JV Projects

Cascabel

La Encrucijada

Macará

100%-Owned Cornerstone Projects

Shyri

Bella Maria

Caña Brava

Quito

CuencaShyri

Bella Maria

Macara

Monterrey

Fruta del Norte (Au-Ag)

Kinross Gold

Mirador (Cu-Au)

EcuaCorriente

Quimsacocha (Au-Ag)

INV Metals

Rio Blanco (Au-Ag)

International

Minerals

Zaruma (Au)

Dynasty Metals

& Mining

Cascabel

La Encrucijada

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Advanced Stage Projects

(other companies)

Epithermal (Au-Ag)

& Porphyry (Au-Cu)

Targets

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CASCABEL (Au-Ag-Cu)

JV Partner SolGold plc can earn

85% interest by spending C$2.5

million, subscribing C$1.2 million

Cornerstone shares & issuing

C$500,000 SolGold shares

Exploration Funding = 100%

SolGold

Targeting porphyry gold-copper

deposits

Located in same belt as Junin

porphyry copper deposit (982 Mt @

0.89% Cu – Codelco/ Enami)

located 70 km to the south, and the

Colosa porphyry gold deposit (24

Moz Au in resources – AngloGold

Ashanti) located to the north in

central Colombia

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CASCABELMoran & Alpala Porphyry Target

Channel TR46

45.6 m @ 0.81 g/t Au & 0.59% Cu

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CASCABELComposite Interpretation Section

Channel TR46

45.6 m @ 0.81 g/t Au & 0.59% Cu

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CASCABELAlpala Channel Results

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CASCABELTransport Route & Field Camps

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BELLA MARIA (Au-Cu)

100%-owned Cornerstone

Abundant free gold in stream sediment panning

samples

Anomalous gold and copper in rock samples

Soil geochemistry surveys have outlined a large (3.5 km

x 1.5 km) coincident gold and copper-in-soil anomaly

accompanied by porphyry-style mineralization in the

central portion of property

Free Gold

in Panning

Samples

Permits required to

carry out field surveys

have already been

received

Actively seeking a JV

partner to advance

exploration

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CAÑA BRAVA (Au-Ag-Cu)

Geology & Alteration

Hydrothermal

Breccia

Lithocap

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VETAS GRANDES

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VETAS GRANDESRock Sampling Results

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CHILE

Escondida

El Penon MIOCENE

La Coipa

Lobo - Marte

Maricunga

Santiago

La Serena

Antofagasta

El Indio – El Tambo

Pascua Lama

Veladero

Cerro Negro

Andacollo

El Bronce

One of the world’s top mining

jurisdictions

World class gold and copper

deposits

Politically stable with established

regulatory environment

Long history of mining

Experienced labour force and

excellent infrastructure

Gold deposit/mine

Copper deposit/mine

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MIOCENEProperty Overview

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Option to acquire 100% entered February 2011

Located in the Regions of Atacama and Antofagasta of northernChile, approximately 200 km southeast of the port city ofAntofagasta

Underlain by the same Miocene and Pliocene volcanic sequencesthat host the world class gold deposits in the Maricunga and ElIndio magmatic belts to the south

The Maricunga belt contains a number of undeveloped advancedstage projects and two producing gold mines - Kinross Gold'sMaricunga and La Coipa open pit mines

Option Agreement

Option payments of CDN$500,000 payable over 5 years ($40,000in each of years 1 & 2, $60,000 in year 3, $120,000 in year 4, and$240,000 in year 5), 50% may be in CGP shares

CDN$5 million in exploration expenditures over 5 years ($500,000in years 1 & 2, $1 million in year 3, and $1.5 million in each ofyears 4 & 5)

2% NSR with the right to buy back half for US$1 million

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MIOCENE (Au-Ag-Cu)

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Project Mineral Reserves (Proven + Probable) Mineral Resources (Measured + Indicated)

Au (Moz) Ag (Moz) Cu (Mlb) Au (Moz) Ag (Moz) Cu (Mlb)

Maricunga Belt La Coipa (Kinross) 1.1 37.9 -- 0.3 13.9 --

La Pepa (Yamana) -- -- -- 2.8 -- --

Lobo - Marte (Kinross) 5.6 -- -- 0.6 -- --

Volcan (Andina) 6.6 -- -- 8.9 -- --

Maricunga (Kinross) 6.4 -- -- 2.9 -- --

Caspiche (Exeter) -- -- -- 21.3 48.4 5300.0

Cerro Casale (Barrick-Kinross) 23.2 58.7 5782.0 2.7 7.4 880.0

El Indio Belt Pascua Lama (Barrick) 17.8 671.1 655.7 4.8 136.1 194.0

Veladero (Barrick) 12.2 224.6 -- 0.9 24.9 --

El Indio (Exhausted

El Tambo Mines)

TOTAL 75.9 1007.5 6438.0 45.2 230.7 6374.0

0.3 -- -- --3.0 15.1

Major Gold Deposits,

Maricunga & El Indio Belts

MIOCENE (Au-Ag-Cu)

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Zone Soils Rocks Ha

Zone 1 741 131 20 100

Zone 2 119 24 6 500

Zone 3 431 99 11 400

Zone 4 30 6 0

Zone 5 - 13 3 100

Others - 7

Total 1321 280 41 100

ARGENTINA

CHILE

Zone 1

Zone 2

Zo

ne 3

Zone 5

Regional Reconnaissance

Program

MIOCENE (Au-Ag-Cu)

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LITTLE DEER (Cu)

Located 10 km north of Springdale in

north-central Newfoundland

50-50 JV with Thundermin Resources

Includes the past-producing

Whalesback and Little Deer copper

mines which operated during the 1960’s

and 1970’s.

Since 2007 completed > 50,000 m of

diamond drilling and spent $8 million

on exploration

NI 43-101 compliant mineral resource

estimate and PEA completed

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LITTLE DEER – WHALESBACK3D Model (looking NW)

Whalesback

Deposit

Little Deer

Deposit

Drift – 800’ Level

Classification Tonnes Cu (%) Cu (M lbs)

Indicated 1,911,000 2.37 99.8

Inferred 3,748,000 2.13 175.9

Deposits 780 m apart

Classification Tonnes Cu (%) Cu (M lbs)

Indicated 797,000 1.67 29.3

Inferred 443,000 1.57 15.3

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NI 43-101 Mineral Resources

(P&E Mining Consultants)

Resource Classification -

Mineralized ZoneTonnes % Cu Cu lbs (M)

LITTLE DEER DEPOSIT (1)

Indicated – Little Deer Zone 1,911,000 2.37 99.8

Inferred – Little Deer Zone 1,240,000 1.93 52.8

Inferred – Footwall Zone 1,711,000 2.04 77.0

Inferred – Footwall Zone Splay 797,000 2.64 46.2

WHALESBACK DEPOSIT (2)

Indicated - Whalesback 797,000 1.67 29.3

Inferred - Whalesback 443,000 1.57 15.3

Total Indicated 2,708,000 2.16 129.1

Total Inferred 4,191,000 2.07 191.3

(1) P&E Mining Consultants, August 5, 2011

(2) P&E Mining Consultants, July 26, 2012

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LITTLE DEER DEPOSITScoping Level Metallurgical Test Work

Highlights

Production of a saleable, high grade copper concentrate grading over 28%

copper with over 97% copper recovery in locked cycle tests

Copper concentrates free of any deleterious elements

Copper recovered employing a simple rougher-cleaner flowsheet using a

common xanthate collector

Copper mineralization of medium hardness with Bond ball mill work index

of 14.6 kilowatt hours per tonne (“kWh/t”)

Fresh and aged tailings decant solutions well within Canadian Metal

Mining Effluent Regulations (“MMER”) limits and non-lethal designations

for MMER aquatic toxicology tests

* SGS Lakefield (2010)

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PEA Highlights - Base Case

Financial Summary (100% Equity Basis)

Initial Capital Cost = $110 million

Average Operating Cost = $47.32/t of ore mined & milled ($1.16/lb copper)

Total Revenue = $829 million

Pre-tax Net Cash Flow = $237 million. After-tax Net Cash Flow = $166 million

Pre-tax NPV = $130.4 million. After-tax NPV = $86.7 million

Payback of Pre-Production Capital = 3.5 years

Pre-tax IRR = 26.0%. After-tax IRR = 21.5%

Assumptions: Copper Price = US$3.75/lb, US$0.95 = C$1.00, 6% Discount Rate)

* P&E Mining Consultants (Nov. 01, 2011)

LITTLE DEER DEPOSITPreliminary Economic Assessment

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LITTLE DEERInfrastructure

Goodyear’s Cove

Port

Little

Deer

Deposit

Provincial

Hydro Grid

Substation

Goodyear’s

Cove Port

Old Tailings Impoundment

Whalesback Mine

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SUMMARY

Experienced senior management and

technical team

Prospect generator following the joint venture

model to diversify risk ( 50% exploration

funded by JV partners)

Portfolio of highly prospective exploration

projects in Ecuador, Chile and Atlantic

Canada with a strong focus on gold and

copper

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