Mr. Timothy Froude of Sokoman Minerals reports

SOKOMAN AND BENTON INTERSECT 1.22% LI2O OVER 13.37 M AT THE KILLICK ZONE AND MOBILIZE SECOND DRILL TO GOLDEN HOPE JV -- SOUTHWEST NEWFOUNDLAND

Sokoman Minerals Corp. and Benton Resources Inc. have completed approximately 3,500 metres in 19 holes on the 50-50 Golden Hope joint venture (GHJV), targeting lithium and other associated critical metals. Drilling has focused on the Killick zone, where 2022 drilling returned up to 1.04 per cent lithium oxide over 15.23 m, including 4.18 m of 1.48 per cent Li2O and 2.98 m of 1.23 per cent Li2O, in GH-22-27, and 9.50 m of 1.08 per cent Li2O in GH-22-26. Drilling continues to intersect spodumene-bearing dikes ranging from less than a metre to greater than 20 m thick.

Assays have been received for 11 of the 19 drill holes completed at the Killick zone, with results up to 1.22 per cent Li2O over 13.37 m in GH-23-45 and separate intervals of 0.81 per cent Li2O over 21.00 m and 0.99 per cent Li2O over 10.16 m in GH-23-46. Holes 45 and 46 were drilled 30 m south along strike of holes 25 and 26, where multiple spodumene-bearing dikes were intersected (see Feb. 16, 2023, news release). The Killick zone remains open along strike in both directions and to depth. A summary of results received to date is presented herein.

Drilling will continue to test the Killick dike area, plus any new dikes discovered in the continuing soil geochemical/trenching program four kilometres along strike to the east of the Kraken pegmatite field, where lithium-in-soil geochemical anomalies of similar strength to the Kraken discovery dike area are located.

The alliance has also mobilized a second diamond drill to test the Hydra (cesium/lithium/tantalum) target 10 km northeast of the Killick zone. Trenching is continuing to expose the dike and help plan the drilling. The Hydra dike is host to high-grade cesium mineralization in pollucite, as well as significant lithium, tantalum and rubidium values, with a 1.2 m channel sample from 2022 grading 8.76 per cent caesium monoxide, 0.41 per cent lithium oxide, 0.025 per cent tantalum pentoxide and 0.33 per cent rubidium oxide (see news release dated Dec. 1, 2022).

The alliance is also continuing with its regional-scale prospecting/sampling program using 200 m to 500 m spaced lines over the favourable dike-bearing corridor, covering the 10 km gap between the Killick and Hydra dike fields, and also extending the survey 20 km to the northeast. A total of 1,430 B horizon soil samples have been collected in 2023 and submitted to Eastern Analytical Ltd. in Springdale, Nfld., for lithium analysis.

Quality assurance/quality control protocols

Rock and core samples are submitted to SGS Canada Inc. in Grand Falls-Windsor, Nfld., for preparation and then sent to the SGS Canada's analytical laboratory in Burnaby, B.C., for analysis. All samples were acquired by hand (rocks) or saw cut (channels/drill core) and delivered by Benton/Sokoman personnel, in sealed bags, to the Grand Falls-Windsor preparation laboratory of SGS, which is an accredited assay lab conforming to the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025. Samples are analyzed using SGS's GS_IMS91A50 method, which delivers a 56-element package utilizing sodium peroxide fusion, ICP-AES and ICP-MS analytical techniques. All reported assays are uncut.

Soil samples were collected by Benton/Sokoman personnel utilizing a Dutch auger, collecting B horizon soil; where possible or if B was not present, the soil horizon type was noted. The samples were sent to Eastern Analytical, in Springdale, Nfld., for lithium, tantalum, tin and niobium analyses by four-acid digestion, then analyzed by ICP-OES. Eastern Analytical achieved ISO 17025 accreditation in February, 2014.

Qualified person

This news release has been reviewed and approved by Timothy Froude, PGeo, president and chief executive officer of Sokoman Minerals, and Stephen House, PGeo, vice-president of exploration at Benton Resources, both qualified persons under National Instrument 43-101.

About Sokoman Minerals Corp.

Sokoman Minerals is a discovery-oriented company with projects in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The company's primary focus is its portfolio of gold projects: flagship, 100-per-cent-owned Moosehead, Crippleback Lake (available for option) and East Alder (optioned to Canterra Minerals Corp.) along the Central Newfoundland gold belt, and the district-scale Fleur de Lys project near Baie Verte in northwestern Newfoundland, which is targeting Dalradian-type orogenic gold mineralization similar to the Curraghinalt and Cavanacaw deposits in Northern Ireland, and Cononish in Scotland. The company also entered into a strategic alliance with Benton Resources through three large-scale joint venture properties, including Grey River, Golden Hope and Kepenkeck in Newfoundland. Sokoman now controls, independently and through the Benton alliance, over 150,000 hectares (greater than 6,000 claims -- 1,500 square kilometres), making it one of the largest landholders in Newfoundland, Canada's newest and rapidly emerging gold districts. The company also retains an interest in an early-stage antimony/gold project (Startrek) in Newfoundland, optioned to Thunder Gold Corp. (formerly White Metal Resources Inc.), and in Labrador, the company has a 100-per-cent interest in the Iron Horse project, which has direct shipping ore potential.

About Benton Resources Inc.

Benton Resources is a well-financed mineral exploration company. Following a project generation business model, Benton has a diversified, highly prospective property portfolio of gold, silver, nickel, copper, platinum group elements, and, most recently, lithium and cesium assets. In addition, it currently holds large equity positions in other mining companies that are advancing high-quality assets. Whenever possible, Benton Resources retains net smelter return royalties with potential long-term cash flow.

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