Mr. Stephen Stares reports

BENTON DISCOVERS ADDITIONAL HIGH-GRADE GOLD AND DELINEATES LARGE COPPER SOIL ANOMALY SOUTH OF THE GREAT BURNT COPPER DEPOSIT

Benton Resources Inc. has received high-grade gold results ranging from trace up to 12.0 grams per tonne gold from prospecting samples collected approximately 725 metres northeast of the northernmost area of the South Pond gold-copper deposit. Two samples were collected from local mineralized angular boulders containing pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite and arsenopyrite, which returned 0.86 g/t Au and 12.0 g/t Au. The company views this new discovery as significant as it could extend the SP horizon by an additional 725 m.

Benton is pleased to report that it has received results for 1,259 soil samples covering a 5.4-by-two-kilometre grid area of the southern 12-kilometre portion of the Great Burnt project, where little historical work has been completed. Additionally, a large (2.5 km) multiline copper anomaly has been delineated, which shows similar characteristics to those of the GB main copper deposit. The company is planning an airborne geophysical survey to cover this untested horizon to assist in targeting for future trenching and drilling.

The company's drill program is currently progressing well with 23 holes completed to date. A total of 21 holes tested the SP horizon over 2.7 km, designed to prove continuity along the current three-kilometre-long gold-copper trend. All holes have intersected excellent visual mineralization with further assays expected shortly. It is important to note that the SP gold zone is open to the north and south, and, coupled with the new sampling of 12 g/t Au to the north and multiple surface samples and drill results two to three km to the south, it demonstrates that the system is very robust and large.

Qualified person

Stephen House (PGeo), vice-president of exploration for Benton, 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.

Quality assurance/quality control protocols

Core, rock and soil samples, including standards, blanks and duplicates, are submitted to Eastern Analytical Ltd., Springdale, Nfld., for preparation and analysis. All core and rock samples were acquired by saw-cut (channels/drill core) with one-half submitted for assay and one-half retained for reference, or hand (rocks) 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 plus ICP-34 method that delivers a 34-element package utilizing a 200-milligram subsample totally dissolved in four acids and analyzed by ICP-OES 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, BEX retains net smelter return 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 of 3.21 per cent copper indicated and 482,000 of 2.35 per cent Cu inferred. The project has an excellent geological setting covering 25 km of strike and boasts six known 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. Phase 1 and 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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