Mr. Stephen Stares reports

BENTON RESUMES DRILLING AT THE GREAT BURNT PROJECT AND SOUTH POND GOLD ZONE

Benton Resources Inc. has recommenced drilling at the Great Burnt project. To date, four holes have been completed, with the fifth hole currently under way. Benton has identified multiple high-priority drill targets on the project (see the company's news release dated Sept. 9, 2025) and plans to test several of these targets in this current drill campaign. Core for the completed holes is being logged, cut and sampled, and will immediately be sent to Eastern Analytical for gold and ICP (inductively coupled plasma) base metal assays. Results will be released once received and compiled.

To date, Benton has drilled 23,300 metres (m) from late 2023 to present at Great Burnt and South Pond, with some highlights listed below.

Great Burnt highlights:

• GB-23-02: 13.00 m of 8.31 per cent copper (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-23-07: 12.30 m of 7.20 per cent Cu, including 7.00 m 10.60 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 grams per tonne (g/t) silver (Ag) and 4.43 g/t gold (Au);
• GB-23-15: 22.59 m of 5.03 per cent Cu, including 0.50 m of 20.00 per cent Cu;
• GB-23-16: 13.67 m of 5.80 per cent Cu, including 1.00 m of 20.60 per cent Cu;
• GB-23-18: 8.17 m of 4.22 per cent Cu, including 7.05 m of 4.11 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;
• GB-23-22: 21.68 m of 3.59 per cent Cu, including 2.00 m of 15.3 per cent Cu;
• GB-24-23: 7.00 m of 2.02 per cent Cu, including 4.00 m of 3.01 per cent Cu;
• GB-24-32: 11.29 m of 3.10 per cent Cu, including 6.63 m of 5.57 per cent Cu;
• GB-24-33: 20.92 m of 2.26 per cent Cu, including 2.98 m of 4.17 per cent Cu;
• GB-24-37: 18.10 m of 1.99 per cent Cu, including 4.50 m of 7.24 per cent Cu.

South Pond highlights:

• SP-24-01: 18.80 m of 1.13 g/t Au and 5.96 m of 2.06 g/t Au;
• SP-24-03: 43.75 m of 1.62 g/t Au, including 4.00 m of 3.99 g/t Au;
• SP-24-07: 74.20 m of 1.43 g/t Au, including 8.00 m of 2.94 g/t Au;
• SP-24-08: 14.00 m of 1.23 g/t Au, including, 4.00 m of 2.33 g/t Au;
• SP-24-09: 24.00 m of 1.48 g/t Au, including 7.00 m of 2.03 g/t Au;
• SP-24-10: 20.00 m of 1.04 g/t Au and 25.00 m of 1.54 g/t Au;
• SP-24-12: 27.07 m of 1.08 g/t Au, including 5.00 m of 2.11 g/t Au;
• SP-24-13: 19.75 m of 1.42 g/t Au, including 4.00 m of 3.08 g/t Au;
• SP-24-15: 22.50 m of 1.24 g/t Au, including 4.00 m of 2.08 g/t Au;
• SP-24-23: 6.75 m of 2.90 g/t Au;
• SP-24-28: 27.40 m of 1.00 g/t Au, including 3.00 m of 2.92 g/t Au;
• SP-24-30: 8.00 m of 2.07 g/t Au, including 2.00 m of 4.83 g/t Au.

Note that widths quoted are actual core length; true widths are estimated at approximately 70 per cent of core lengths.

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.

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 that 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 of sample, digested with three acids. All reported assays are uncut. Eastern Analytical achieved ISO 17025 accreditation in February, 2014 (for more details on the scope of accreditation, visit the CALA website). Grab samples are selective in nature and may not represent the average mineralization of a bedrock exposure.

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 kilometres (km) of strike and boasts six known Cu-Au-Ag 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. Phase 1 and phase 2 drill programs returned impressive results, including 25.42 m of 5.51 per cent Cu, including 9.78 m of 8.31 per cent Cu and 1.00 m of 12.70 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 results of 74.20 m of 1.43 g/t Au and 43.75 m of 1.62 g/t Au, and is open for expansion in all directions.

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