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Benton Acquires Additional Land at its Dominion Lake Project and Commences Summer Exploration
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - June 26, 2026) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company will purchase a 100% interest in additional claims from Herb and April Froude, arm's-length prospectors, which will be added to the original option agreement dated November 25, 2024 (see news release dated November 28, 2024). Subject to regulatory approval, the Company will make a one-time cash payment of $3,000 and issue 20,000 common shares.
Benton Closes Private Placement
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - May 19, 2026) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") announces that, further to its April 9, 2026 and May 5, 2026 news releases, it has filed for final approval of its non-brokered private placement financing for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,468,000 on the issuance of 18,350,000 $0.08 flow-through units ("FT Units"), in two (2) tranches. Each FT Unit consists of one flow-through common share (the "FT Shares") and one-half of a non-flow through common share purchase warrant (the "FT Warrants").
Benton Receives Conditional Approval, Closes First Tranche of Private Placement
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - May 5, 2026) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") announces that, further to its April 9, 2026 news release it has received conditional approval from the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange") for its non-brokered private placement of flow-through units (the "Financing"). The Company will issue up to 31,250,000 $0.08 flow-through units ("FT Units"), each FT Unit consisting of one flow-through common share of the Company and one-half of a common share purchase warrant, each full warrant being exercisable at $0.12 for 24 months from the date of issue.
Benton Announce $2.5 Million Flow-Through Financing
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - April 9, 2026) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that, subject to approval by the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange"), it intends to complete a non-brokered flow-through private placement (the "Offering") for gross proceeds of up to $2.5 million. The Offering will consist of up to 31,250,000 $0.08 flow-through units ("FT Units"), each FT Unit consisting of one flow-through common share of the Company and one-half of a common share purchase warrant, each full warrant being exercisable at $0.12 for 24 months from the date of issue.
Benton Provides End of Year Update
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - December 23, 2025) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to provide its shareholders with a year-end update on activities and progress. With metal prices reaching record highs, Benton is well positioned to benefit from its exposure to several top-tier copper, gold, platinum, palladium and lithium projects.
Benton Resources Announces Grant of Stock Options
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - December 22, 2025) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) (the "Company") announces that the Board of Directors has approved the grant of 2.675 million incentive stock options to directors, officers, employees, advisors and consultants of the Company at an exercise price of $0.10 for a period of five years from the date of grant. The options are subject to vesting provisions contained within the Company's stock option plan.
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Benton Confirms High Gold Grades and Acquires Additional Claims at the Stoney Caldera Gold Zone in Newfoundland
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - November 18, 2025) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has, subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval, entered into a purchase agreement with an arms-length Newfoundland prospector (the "Vendor") to acquire 4 claim units (the "Property") covering one square kilometre in Newfoundland. Upon approval, the Company will pay the Vendor $6,000 and issue 125,000 common shares of the Company for a 100% interest in the Property.
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Benton Closes $1.9 Million Financing
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - October 16, 2025) - Benton Resources Inc., (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") Further to its September 17, 2025, September 23, 2025, September 29, 2025, and October 8, 2025 news releases, is pleased to announce that it has closed its $0.055 Unit private placement financing (the "Financing") for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,980,010. The Company has issued 36,000,182 Units, each Unit consisting of one common share of the Company and one common share purchase warrant ("Warrant"), each Warrant entitling the holder to acquire an additional common share of the Company at $0.10 for a period of 5 years from the date of issue.
Benton Continues to Deliver High-Grade Gold Results at Great Burnt, Including 31.35 g/t from New Surface Sampling
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - October 8, 2025) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has received the high-grade gold results up to 31.35g/t (grams per ton) from surface prospecting located just a few hundred meters northwest from the Great Burnt Copper Deposit (Figures 1 and 2, Table 1). This new mineralization may represent the northern extension of the previously announced NGB Target (see news release dated September 10, 2025) where drill hole GB-25-63 intersected 5.46g/t gold and 0.35% copper over 2.75 m and 2.16g/t gold and 1.09% copper over 3.00 m, and hole GB-25-59 returned 2.15g/t gold and 1.09% copper over 3.00 m located 50 m to the south.
Benton Closes $1.836 Million in First Tranche of Private Placement Financing
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - September 29, 2025) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company"), further to its September 17, 2025 and September 23, 2025 news releases, is pleased to announce that it has received conditional approval for its $2.4 million private placement financing (the "Financing"). Further, the Company announces that it has closed a first tranche of the financing, issuing 33,372,910 $0.055 units (the "Units"), for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,835,510.
Benton Increases Private Placement to $2,400,000 and Files for Conditional Approval
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - September 23, 2025) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that due to strong investor demand it has increased its non-brokered private placement, previously announced on September 17, 2025 (the "Financing") to up to 43,636,364 $0.055 units ("Units"), for aggregate gross proceeds of up to $2.4 million. Further the Company has filed documents with the TSX Venture Exchange seeking Conditional Approval to close the Financing.
Benton Expands Gold Horizon to 2.7 km and Targets New Drill Area at Great Burnt
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - September 10, 2025) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company has identified a high-priority drill target located 10 km south of the Great Burnt Copper Deposit ("SGB Target Area") (see Figures 1 & 2). In addition, a full geological compilation of the South Pond Deposit has been completed, outlining a continuous gold-bearing horizon over 2.4 km (see gold longitudinal section in Figure 3).
Benton Stakes Strategic Land at Its Dominion Lake Project with Base Metal Results in Historical Drilling
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - August 14, 2025) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company has acquired, via staking, 3 licences totalling 61 claim units. One license totalling 9 units encompasses 3 widely spaced historical drill holes which intercepted highly anomalous and significant copper and zinc values located approximately 1,500 m southwest of the Daniel's Pond VMS deposit, and just 600 m west-southwest from Benton's newly discovered Rickirb gold zone.
Benton Resources Acquires Strategic Claims Directly Along Strike from Equinox Gold's Valentine Gold Mine in Central Newfoundland
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - August 13, 2025) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has staked four licences totaling 108 claim units directly along strike from Equinox Gold's Valentine Gold Mine, located in Central Newfoundland, Canada. The Company has also, subject to regulatory approval, executed a purchase agreement (the "Agreement") with Quest Inc. ("Quest"), an arm's-length private company, for two licences encompassing 33 claim units, bringing its total Victoria Lake land package to 141 claims.
Benton Resources Inc. Updates Vinland Shares Spin-Out
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - April 28, 2025) - Further to its April 25, 2025 news release, Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") announces that the Company's planned spin-out of approximately half of its shares of Vinland Lithium Inc has been completed. Accounts holding at least 5,000 Benton shares will see approximately 50 Vinland shares credited for each 5,000 Benton shares owned with the credit effective Wednesday April 30, 2025.
Benton Resources Inc. Completes Vinland Shares Spin-Out
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - April 25, 2025) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") announces that the Company's planned spin-out of approximately half of its shares of Vinland Lithium Inc has been completed. Accounts holding at least 5,000 Benton shares will see approximately 50 Vinland shares credited for each 5,000 Benton shares owned with the credit effective Wednesday April 30, 2025.
Benton Intersects 5.97% Copper over 14.70 m at Great Burnt Main Zone and Discovers New Copper-Gold Zones 200 m North
Significant Highlights from ongoing and current results: Expanded the Great Burnt Main Deposit from 850 to 950 m down plunge Cut wide zone of high-grade copper in historical low-grade area Successfully confirmed copper-gold in footwall zone Off-hole EM indicates Great Burnt Main Deposit mineralization continues down plunge Discovery of new copper-gold horizon 200 m north of Great Burnt Main Deposit New mineralized zone shows off-hole EM conductor Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - April 2, 2025) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has expanded the Great Burnt Main Zone ("GBMZ") down plunge to 950 m in strike length. Drill hole GB-25-53, a 100 m step out from GB-23-45, intersected a wide zone of copper ("Cu") mineralization grading 0.77% Cu over 32.10 m, including 1.12% Cu over 18.97 m, 1.83% Cu over 8.63 m, 2.41% Cu over 5.25 m and 4.34% Cu over 1.00 m within the broader 32.10 m interval (Table 1, Figure 1).
Benton Resources Inc. Announces C$3,600,300 "Best Efforts" Private Placement of Flow-Through Units
NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES THUNDER BAY, Ontario, July 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Benton Resources Inc. ("Benton" or the “Company”) (TSXV: BEX) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Haywood Securities Inc. (“Haywood”), as lead agent and sole bookrunner, on its own behalf and on behalf of a syndicate of agents (together with Haywood, the “Agents”) pursuant to which the Agents have agreed to sell, on a "best efforts" private placement basis, up to 21,820,000 flow-through units (the “Flow-Through Units”) of the Company at a price of C$0.165 per Flow-Through Unit (the “Issue Price”), for gross proceeds to the Company of up to C$3,600,300 (the “Offering”). Each Flow-Through Unit will consist of one common share in the capital of the Company (a “Flow-Through Share”) will qualify as a “flow-through share” within the meaning of subsection 66(15) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the “Tax Act”) and one-half of one common share purchase warrant of the Corporation (each whole purchase warrant, a “Warrant”).