Benton Capital advised that Gold Royalties unsolicited offer has been withdrawn

THUNDER BAY, ON, March 28, 2013 /CNW/ - Benton Capital Corp. (TSXV: BTC) ("Benton") would like to further update its shareholders on the recently announced unsolicited offer by Gold Royalties Corporation (TSXV: GRO) ("Gold Royalties") to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of Benton for an all-share consideration of 0.133 shares of Gold Royalties for each share of Benton Capital Corp.

As announced in a Gold Royalties press release dated March 27, 2013, Gold Royalties has withdrawn its intent to make an offer to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of Benton.

About Benton Capital Corp.:

Benton Capital Corp. is a Canadian based junior which holds the Goodchild Copper-Nickel-PGM project located 5km NE of Stillwater Mining's Marathon Copper-PGM deposit currently being permitted for production. Benton Capital Corp. also holds approximately 57.87 million shares (approximately 41.84%) of Coro Mining Corp. (TSX: COP) - a Vancouver based copper exploration company with projects located in South America.

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

"Stephen Stares"
Stephen Stares, President

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SOURCE Benton Capital Corp.