May 12, 2009
Capstone Reports C$7.5 million Over-Allotment Option Exercised & Completed
Aggregate Gross Proceeds of C$57.7 million for future acquisitions, debt reduction & working capital VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Capstone Mining Corporation (CS: TSX) today reported that the underwriters of the previously announced "bought deal" short form prospectus offering (the "Offering") have completed the exercise of their over-allotment option and have purchased an additional 4,065,000 common shares of the Company at a price of C$1.85 per common Share for additional gross proceeds of C$7,520,250, for aggregate gross proceeds of C$57,655,250. The over-allotment option was granted pursuant to the Offering of 27,100,000 common shares of the Company at a price of C$1.85 for gross proceeds of C$50,135,000, which closed on May 6, 2009. The Offering was completed by a syndicate of underwriters led by Canaccord Capital Corporation and including BMO Capital Markets Corp., Scotia Capital Inc., Haywood Securities Inc. and PI Financial Corp.
Capstone intends to use the net proceeds of the Offering for future acquisition opportunities, debt reduction or restructuring and ongoing operating and general working capital purposes.
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About Capstone Mining
Capstone Mining Corp. owns and operates two high grade copper mines and has an advanced high grade development project. The Cozamin Mine is a high grade, relatively shallow mechanized underground copper mine in Zacatecas, Mexico, with significant by-product credits of zinc, lead and silver. The Minto Mine is one of the world's highest grade open pit copper-gold mines, and is located in Yukon, Canada. Both mines have recently undergone significant production expansions and the mines are forecast to produce a total of 95-105 million pounds of copper in 2009 at a total cash cost of approximately US$1.00 per pound, net of by-product credits. In addition, Capstone owns the high grade Kutcho Copper Project in British Columbia, Canada, which is being advanced towards a production decision, and could produce significant by-products of zinc, silver and gold. Financially, Capstone is well positioned and its operations are supported by a robust hedge book that totaled 105 million pounds of copper forward sold at an average of US$2.52 per pound as of December 31, 2008, most of which is deliverable in 2009-2011.
Additional information on Capstone can be obtained on Capstone's website at www.capstonemining.com.
For further information about Capstone, please contact:
Darren Pylot, Vice Chairman & CEO, Stephen Quin, President & COO
Or Investor Relations' Mark Patchett at (604) 684-8894 or (866) 684-8894
info@capstonemining.com
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Forward-Looking Statements
This document may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation and the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this document and Capstone Mining Corp. (the "Company") does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update these forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements relate to future events or future performance and reflect management of the Company's expectations or beliefs regarding future events and include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the estimation of mineral reserves and resources, the realization of mineral reserve estimates, the timing and amount of estimated future production, costs of production, capital expenditures, success of mining operations, environmental risks, unanticipated reclamation expenses, title disputes or claims and limitations on insurance coverage. In certain cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or statements that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved" or the negative of these terms or comparable terminology. By their very nature forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, risks related to actual results of current exploration activities; changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined; future prices of resources; possible variations in ore reserves, grade or recovery rates; accidents, labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing or in the completion of development or construction activities; as well as those factors detailed from time to time in the Company's interim and annual financial statements and management's discussion and analysis of those statements, all of which are filed and available for review on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that forwardlooking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.
Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward looking statements.
