Benton Capital Amends and Finalizes Terms of Private Placement Offering With Jacob Securities

THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Jun 20, 2014) - Benton Capital Corp. (TSXV: BTC) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to provide a further update to its June 11, 2014 news release wherein it announced that it had signed an engagement agreement with Jacob Securities Inc. ("JSI") to arrange, on a best efforts basis, a financing of up to $5 million to be completed on or before August 15, 2014 (the "Financing") related to the Company's binding letter of intent ("LOI") to acquire a 100% interest in Folium Life Science Inc. ("Folium"), a private medical marijuana company, with its head office located in Abbotsford, British Columbia (the "Transaction").

The Financing shall be completed at a minimum price of $0.25 per unit subsequent to a 2:1 consolidation of Benton's shares (the "Consolidation"), each unit consisting of one common share and one half of a share purchase warrant exercisable at $0.50 for 24 months. In addition, the terms were amended to include a clause that increases the unit to include an additional one half of a share purchase warrant if the Ready to Build approval is not received from Health Canada by Folium by August 31, 2014. Warrant exercise price and expiry terms remain unchanged. The proceeds from the financing will be held in trust until the closing of the Transaction. The offering terms were also amended to reflect that if the conditions precedent to closing the Transaction are not met by November 15, 2014, then the gross proceeds of the Financing held in escrow, together with any accrued interest, will be returned to the original subscribers.

As contemplated in the LOI, Benton has now entered into a formal share exchange agreement to give effect to the Transaction. Pursuant to the terms of the share exchange agreement which supersedes the LOI (the "Share Exchange Agreement"), Benton will acquire all of the shares of Folium from the Folium shareholders in exchange for 13.5 million common shares of Benton post Consolidation resulting in Folium becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Benton. Benton anticipates that it will commence trading on the CSE in mid-July 2014.

The closing of the Transaction is subject to obtaining all applicable regulatory and shareholder approvals.

About Jacob Securities Inc.

Jacob Securities Inc. is an independent full-service investment bank providing underwriting and financial advisory services to companies in the renewable power, infrastructure, energy and mining sectors. The firm, which is headquartered in Toronto, primarily services small and mid-cap issuers in North America and around the world.

About Folium Life Science Inc.:

Folium Life Science Inc. is a private company incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia), which is in the business of creating a facility for the production and distribution of medical marijuana with the intention of ultimately becoming a Licensed Commercial Producer pursuant to the Health Canada's Marihuana for Medical Purpose Regulations (MMPR). Folium's head office is located in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Folium has planned and negotiated for a medical marijuana production and distribution facility outside of Victoria, BC. Folium's application to be issued a "Ready to Build" letter entitling it to build a production facility for the growing of medical marijuana, under Health Canada's Marihuana for Medical Purpose Regulations (MMPR) is currently under final review by Health Canada.

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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