Benton Receives Final Order and Approval for Plan of Arrangement

THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Jul 22, 2014) - Benton Capital Corp. (TSX VENTURE:BTC) ("Benton" or the "Company") has received TSX-Venture Exchange approval of the previously announced Plan of Arrangement (the "Arrangement") and arrangement agreement pursuant to Division 5 of part 9 - Arrangements of the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia). The Arrangement is to facilitate the distribution of the Coro Mining Corp. shares (the "Coro Shares") to the Benton Shareholders as part of the reorganizing of the Company's business. The Company received the final order approving the Arrangement from the Court on July 11, 2014 and has set July 11, 2014 as the record date (the "Record Date") for the Arrangement. The date for distribution to Benton shareholders (the "Distribution Date") will be Thursday July 24, 2014.

Each Benton Shareholder of record as at the Record Date will receive one new common share in the capital of the Company (the "New Share") and its pro-rata share of the Coro Shares, which, as at the date hereof, would be approximately 0.8 Coro Shares for each Benton common share held (the "Benton Shares"). The New Shares will be identical in every material respect to the Benton Shares.

About Benton Capital Corp.:

The Company currently has approximately $1.5 million in cash. In addition to the cash, the Company holds 61,000,000 shares (approximately 38%) of Coro Mining Corp. ("Coro"). The Company also holds 1,566,623 warrants of Coro exercisable at $0.15 until December 20, 2016. In addition, Benton holds no debt and has a very low burn rate.

On behalf of the Board of Directors of Benton Capital Corp.,

Stephen Stares, President and CEO

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