To: Goose94 who wrote (3801 ) 1/17/2014 11:49:28 AM From: Goose94 Respond to of 202400 Benton Capital (BTC-V) Jan 17, '14 As a result of recently completing and filing its corporate tax return for the 2013 fiscal tax year, Benton Capital Corp.'s first taxation year following the spin-out plan of arrangement, the company was able to apply for substantial capital loss carrybacks to its 2011 taxation year. As a result, the Company has received $904,208 from the CRA related to these carry backs. These recoverable taxes have been accrued for in its December 31, 2013 quarter end and were subsequently received in January 2014. The Company currently has approximately $1.63 million in cash. In addition to the cash, the Company currently holds 61,000,000 shares (approximately 41%) of Coro Mining Corp. ("Coro"), an investment worth approximately $7.32 million (based on the January 15, 2014 closing market price of $0.12 per Coro share), resulting in an approximate net asset value of approximately $9 million but a market capitalization of only approximately $3.8 million (based on Benton's closing price on January 15, 2014 of $0.05 per share). The Company also holds 1,566,623 warrants of Coro exercisable at $0.15 for a period of three years. In addition, Benton holds no debt and has a very low burn rate. Benton also holds the Goodchild-PGM-Copper-Nickel project located less than 4km from Stillwater's Marathon Copper-PGM deposit which is currently under development near Marathon, Ontario. Management continues to look for undervalued opportunities for its shareholders in addition to its strategic holding in Coro and is looking forward to Coro's continued success in Chile that will increase value to Benton shareholders. Highlights of Coro's assets are listed below. Berta (Region III, Chile) - Low CAPEX, Low Technical Risk, Short Timeline to Production - Exp. Partner Funding Development; Prelim. Agreement to treat PLS at 3rd Party SXEW Plant - EID Submitted, PEA nearing completion - Financing alternatives being considered by Partner - Increased NI 43-101 resource estimate (Aug 2013) - Open pit mine with low strip ratio, using contract mining El Desesperado Cu (Chuqui District, Chile) - Adjacent to Quetena heap leach dev. project, 16km SW of famous Chuquicamata Cu mine - Potential for rapid definition & advancement and in synergy with Quetena - Potential new member of Toki Cluster of major copper deposits (each contain several hundred million tonnes @ 0.4-0.5%Cu) - Nov 2012 Discovery hole -204m of 0.55% Cu (at surface) & bottomed in greater than 1% Cu Payen Cu-Au Project (Region III, Chile) - Freeport acquiring 70% interest by spending US$13m; paying US$22.5m to Coro and making underlying option payments - Excellent location (5km from highway; 45km from coast) with 6km2 prospective area - Potential for Cu-Au primary mineralization and Cu enrichment blanket - Next to Hot Chili's discovery of significant Cu-Au Porphyry mineralization at Frontera property - Coro acquired in October 2012; Optioned to Freeport in Aug 2013 San Jorge Cu Project (Mendoza, Argentina) - Development partners Aterra Investments and Solway Industries have a right to acquire 70% interest or early buyout subject to a 2.5% Net Smelter Royalty (NSR) - A PFS Stage Copper Project with a proposed open pit mine in Mendoza and processing in San Juan Province - Mineral reserves of 48.4 million tonnes at 0.61% CuT (55% oxide / 45% enriched) - Planned production 24k tpy copper cathode (over 10 years) - Upside from acceleration of leach production and subsequent treatment of primary - Measured and Indicated in-pit primary sulphide resources of 136.2mt @ 0.43%CuT + 0.19g/tAu