Capstone Mining Annual General and Special Meeting Voting Results

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --

Capstone Mining Corp. ("Capstone") (TSX: CS) today announced the voting results from its 2017 Annual General and Special Meeting held April 26, 2017 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

A total of 278,882,105 common shares were voted at the meeting, representing 71.27% of the votes attached to all outstanding common shares. Shareholders voted in favour of all items of business before the meeting, as follows:

% of Votes in Favour % of Votes Withheld
    Director Nominees
    George L. Brack            97.89%               2.11%
    Robert J. Gallagher        98.81%               1.19%
    Jill V. Gardiner           98.85%               1.15%
    Soon Jin Kwon              99.79%               0.21%
    Kalidas Madhavpeddi        99.80%               0.20%
    Dale C. Peniuk             98.32%               1.68%
    Darren M. Pylot            99.84%               0.16%
    Richard N. Zimmer          99.76%               0.24%

                             In Favour             Against
    Incentive Stock Option and Bonus Share Plan
                               92.30%               7.70%
    Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation
                               85.87%              14.13%

The resolution to set the number of directors at eight was approved by 99.87% of the votes cast for the resolution. Deloitte LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants were reappointed Capstone's auditors for the ensuing year by 85.41% of the votes cast.

Detailed voting results for the 2017 Annual General Meeting are available on SEDAR athttp://www.sedar.com.

About Capstone Mining Corp.

Capstone Mining Corp. is a Canadian base metals mining company, focused on copper. We are committed to the responsible development of our assets and the environments in which we operate. Our three producing mines are the Pinto Valley copper mine located in Arizona, US, the Cozamin polymetallic mine in Zacatecas State, Mexico and the Minto copper mine in Yukon, Canada. In addition, Capstone has two development projects; the large scale 70% owned copper-iron Santo Domingo project in Region III, Chile, in partnership with Korea Resources Corporation, and the 100% owned Kutcho copper-zinc project in British Columbia, Canada, as well as exploration properties in Chile and US. Capstone's strategy is to focus on the optimization of operations and assets in politically stable, mining-friendly regions, centred in the Americas. Our headquarters are in Vancouver, Canada and we are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX). Further information is available athttp://www.capstonemining.com.

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