Mr. Stephen Stares reports

BENTON RESUMES DRILLING AT GREAT BURNT AND PLANS EXPANSION OF THE SURFACE DEEP ELECTRO MAGNETIC SURVEY A FURTHER 1 KM TO THE NORTHERN CLAIM BOUNDARY AT SOUTH POND

Benton Resources Inc. has recommenced diamond drilling at its Great Burnt copper gold project. Hole GB-25-61 is under way and will test 50 metres (m) below the recently announced new discovery under the North Stringer zone (NSZ) in hole GB-25-59. This hole encountered two zones, with the upper zone returning 0.69 per cent copper (Cu) over 14.40 m, including 1.09 per cent Cu over 3.00 m. The lower zone returned 0.80 per cent Cu over 15.00 m, including 0.96 per cent Cu over 6.20 m, 1.65 per cent Cu over 3.00 m and 2.07 per cent Cu over 2.00 m. The upper zone was associated with gold mineralization grading 0.67 gram per tonne (g/t) gold (Au) over 14.40 m, including 2.16 g/t Au over 3.00 m. The lower zone, with higher-grade copper, is associated with a downhole, off-hole EM (electromagnetic) anomaly, which demonstrates considerable expansion potential for this new area. Drilling will target this new anomaly and area for expansion with four holes; above, below, north and south of these new intercepts (see news release dated April 2, 2025).

The company will also complete a 50-metre stepout hole designed to test the continuation of the GB main deposit to the south and downplunge. The hole will target where a deep downhole pulse electromagnetic survey has identified an EM conductor in drill hole GB-25-53 that intersected a wide zone of copper mineralization grading 0.77 per cent Cu over 32.1 m, including 1.12 per cent Cu over 18.97 m, 1.83 per cent Cu over 8.63 m, 2.41 per cent Cu over 5.25 m and 4.34 per cent Cu over 1.00 m.

The company has also completed the planned five-kilomtre-long (km) surface pulse EM survey along the northern five km South Pond trend on the Great Burnt property. Given that the interpreted conductive trend remains open to the north and south, the company has decided the expand the survey another one km to its northern claim boundary to define its limits. Diamond drilling and further geological mapping will target these conductive zones this coming summer.

The South Pond trend has been drill tested at shallow depths over a strike length of approximately 2.3 km with impressive results (see news release dated April 22, 2025).

Benton has a 70-per-cent interest in the Great Burnt copper-gold project and Homeland nickel holds the remaining 30 per cent, where they are financing their respective interest, with Benton as the project operator.

QA/QC (quality assurance/quality control) protocols

Core and rock samples, including standards, blanks and duplicates, are submitted to Eastern Analytical Ltd., Springdale, Nfld., for preparation and analysis. All samples were acquired by sawcut (channels/drill core), with one-half submitted for assay and one-half retained for reference, or hand (rocks) and delivered, by Benton personnel, in sealed bags, to the Springdale lab of Eastern Analytical, which is an accredited assay lab that conforms to the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025. Samples are analyzed using Eastern's Au (fire assay) at 30 grams (g) plus ICP-34 method, which delivers a 34-element package utilizing a 200-milligram (mg) subsample totally dissolved in four acids and analyzed by ICP-OES (inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy) analytical technique. Overlimits are analyzed with Eastern's atomic absorption method, using a 0.200 g to 2.00 g sample, digested with three acids. All reported assays are uncut. Eastern achieved ISO 17025 accreditation in February, 2014.

QP (qualified person)

Stephen House (PGeo), vice-president of exploration for Benton Resources, the qualified person under National Instrument 43-101, has approved the scientific and technical disclosure in this news release and prepared or supervised its preparation.

About Benton Resources Inc.

Benton Resources 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 Cu indicated and 482,000 at 2.35 per cent Cu inferred. The project has an excellent geological setting covering 25 km of strike and boasts six known Cu-Au-Ag (copper-gold-silver) zones over 15 km 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.

All drilling phases at Great Burnt to date have returned impressive results, including: GB-23-02: 13.00 m of 8.31 per cent Cu, including 3.00 m of 12.80 per cent Cu; GB-23-04: 26.87 m of 7.18 per cent Cu, including 11.16 m of 10.28 per cent Cu; GB-23-12: 25.42 m of 5.51 per cent Cu, including 1.00 m of 8.77 per cent Cu, 82.00 g/t Ag and 4.43 g/t Au; GB-23-15: 22.59 m of 5.03 per cent Cu, including 0.50 m of 20.00 per cent Cu; GB-23-21: 24.00 m of 5.81 per cent Cu, including 7.00 m of 11.47 per cent Cu; and GB-23-22: 21.68 m of 3.59 per cent Cu, including 2.00 m of 15.3 per cent Cu.

Drilling at the South Pond gold zone, approximately 7.5 km north of the Great Burnt copper-gold zone, has confirmed a robust gold-mineralized system over 2.5 km with robust results, including: SP-24-03: 43.75 m of 1.62 g/t Au; SP-24-07: 74.20 m of 1.43 g/t Au; SP-24-15: 22.50 m of 1.24 g/t Au; and SP-24-32: 54.5 m of 1.88 g/t Au, and is open for expansion in all directions.

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