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 at http://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 at http://www.capstonemining.com.

Cindy Burnett, VP, Investor Relations and Communications, +1-604-637-8157, cburnett@capstonemining.com