Mentor Capital CEO on MoneyShow Cannabis Expert Panels

Marijuana Named as Next Big High Growth Sector

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Mentor Capital, Inc. (OTCQB: MNTR) reports that its CEO, Chet Billingsley, will be a guest speaker at two cannabis investment panels this Monday and Tuesday at the MoneyShow being held at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. The May 11th panel is titled “Meet the Experts Behind Medical Marijuana: Your Top Investments in this Growing Industry for 2015” and is hosted by Matt McCall, founder of the Penn Financial Group. The Tuesday panel is hosted by Scott Greiper, the founder of Viridian Capital, and covers “Investing in the Next Big High Growth Sector” and will be webcast at 4:45 PM.

“Mentor Capital is ranked first by Viridian Capital and Research in the Cannabis M&A and Investment category,” comments CEO Billingsley. “We have achieved these results by restrained stock issuance, investment based upon sales and earnings performance, and an overriding focus on increasing shareholder value. Mentor is pleased to discuss how our disciplined approach compares and, if applied, may benefit other emerging public marijuana companies.”

You can obtain additional information on the MoneyShow at www.lasvegasmoneyshow.com.

About Mentor Capital: The Company seeks to take significant positions in medical marijuana and cannabis companies to provide public market liquidity for founders, protection for investors and to incubate private cannabis companies that have the potential to be spun off as stand-alone public companies. Additional important information for investors is presented at: www.MentorCapital.com.

This press release is neither an offer to sell, nor a solicitation of offers to purchase, securities.

Forward-Looking Statements: This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including statements concerning financial projections, financing activities, corporate combinations, product development activities, and sales and licensing activities. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results or performance; are sometimes identified by words of condition such as “should,” “could,” “expects,” “may,” “intends,” “seeks,” “looks,” “moves,” or “plans”; and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, known and unknown, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those intended or anticipated. Such risks include, without limitation: nonperformance of investments; partner and portfolio difficulties; potential delays in marketing and sales; problems securing the necessary financing to continue operations; problems involving continued illegality of cannabis products; potential of competitive products, services, and technologies; and difficulties experienced in product development, in recruiting knowledgeable personnel, and in protecting intellectual property. Further information concerning these and other risks is included in the Company’s 10K filing which, along with other very important information about the Company, can be found here:

http://mentorcapital.com/disclosures/

The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise such forward-looking statements to reflect new information, events, or circumstances occurring after the date of this press release.

Mentor Capital, Inc.
Chet Billingsley, CEO
760-788-4700

Source: Mentor Capital, Inc.