Mr. Stephen Stares reports

BENTON RESOURCES INC. POSTPONES ANNUAL GENERAL AND SPECIAL MEETING

Benton Resources Inc., due to the continuing Canada Post strike, has postponed its annual general meeting, originally set for Jan. 8, 2025. The meeting will be rescheduled after the Canada Post strike has concluded.

About Benton Resources Inc.

Benton is a well-financed mineral exploration company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol BEX. Benton has a diversified, highly prospective property portfolio and holds large equity positions in other mining companies that are advancing high-quality assets. Whenever possible, Benton retains net smelter return (NSR) royalties with potential long-term cash flow.

Benton is focused on advancing its high-grade copper-gold Great Burnt project in central Newfoundland, which has a mineral resource estimate of 667,000 tonnes at 3.21 per cent copper (Cu) indicated and 482,000 at 2.35 per cent Cu inferred. The project has an excellent geological setting covering 25 kilometres of strike and boasts six known Cu-Au-Ag (copper-gold-silver) zones over 15 kilometres that are all open for expansion. Further potential for discovery is excellent given the extensive number of untested geophysical targets and Cu-Au soil anomalies. Phase 1, 2 and 3 drill programs returned impressive results, with 25.42 metres of 5.51 per cent Cu, including 9.78 metres of 8.31 per cent Cu and 1.00 metre of 12.70 per cent Cu. Drilling at the South Pond gold zone, approximately 7.5 kilometres north of the Great Burnt copper-gold zone, has confirmed a robust gold-mineralized system over 2.5 kilometres with results of 74.20 metres of 1.43 grams per tonne (g/t) Au and 43.75 metres of 1.62 g/t Au, and is open for expansion in all directions.

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