Vancouver, British Columbia – April 22, 2013 – Escudo Capital Corporation (“Escudo”), a capital pool company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, is pleased to announce that, further to its news releases dated October 4, 2012, January 14, 2013 and March 1, 2013, it has applied to the TSX Venture Exchange (the “Exchange”) for its final acceptance of Escudo’s previously announced acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Aston Bay Ventures Ltd. (the “Acquisition”), which is to serve as Escudo’s Qualifying Transaction under the policies of the Exchange.

The Acquisition and the previously announced concurrent non-brokered private placement is anticipated to close on or about May 6, 2013.

For additional information, please contact:

John Boddie, Chief Executive Officer, Secretary and Director
Telephone: (604) 893-8784

Completion of the transaction is subject to a number of conditions, including but not limited to, Exchange acceptance and if applicable pursuant to Exchange Requirements, majority of the minority shareholder approval. Where applicable, the transaction cannot close until the required shareholder approval is obtained. There can be no assurance that the transaction will be completed as proposed or at all.

Investors are cautioned that, except as disclosed in the management information circular or filing statement to be prepared in connection with the transaction, any information released or received with respect to the transaction may not be accurate or complete and should not be relied upon. Trading in the securities of a capital pool company should be considered highly speculative.

The TSX Venture Exchange Inc. has in no way passed upon the merits of the proposed transaction and has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this press release.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange Inc. nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

This news release contains certain statements that may be deemed “forward-looking statements”. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but not always, identified by the words “expects”, “plans”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “intends”, “estimates”, “projects”, “potential” and similar expressions, or that events or conditions “will”, “would”, “may”, “could” or “should” occur. Although Escudo believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may differ materially from those in forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs, estimates and opinions of Escudo’s management on the date the statements are made. Except as required by law, Escudo undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements in the event that management’s beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change.

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