Mr. Stephen Stares reports

BENTON DISCOVERS HIGH-GRADE GOLD AT THE DOMINION PROJECT WITH ASSAYS UP TO 30.53 G/T AU IN CHANNEL SAMPLING

Benton Resources Inc. has received high-grade gold results, up to 30.53 grams per tonne gold, from channel sampling at the Rickirb gold zone within the company's Dominion project located in Newfoundland. Three trenches were excavated and channel sampled at the zone over an intermittent strike length of over 210 metres, which remains open to the northeast and southwest. Each trench has returned significant gold values over this strike length, indicating a significant new gold discovery at Rickirb. The zone is described as a steeply dipping, intensely silica and carbonate altered, quartz-feldspar porphyr hosted in an intense shear zone. Mineralization consists of significant quartz stockwork overprinted by shear-related veining, with individual veins reaching one metre in width. The zone ranges from five metres to 12 metres in width, containing 2 to 10 per cent pyrite, with local higher concentrations and minor galena locally. Channel samples were cut perpendicular to the strike of mineralization and are continuous across the mineralized zones, unless otherwise noted.

Trench No. 1 measures approximately 45 m in length by eight to 15 m in width and returned multiple samples with anomalous gold values, including:

• Line 6: 11.2 m of 1.80 grams per tonne gold, including 3.0 m of 6.36 g/t Au and 1.0 m of 10.58 g/t Au;
• Line 7: 7.2 m of 0.89 g/t Au, including 1.0 m of 5.60 g/t Au;
• Line 8: 2.0 m of 8.00 g/t Au, including 0.5 m of 30.53 g/t Au.

Trench No. 2 measures approximately 15 m in length by 12 m in width and was sampled with one channel line that returned 3.7 m of 4.20 g/t Au, including 0.9 m of 15.29 g/t Au.

Trench No. 3 measures approximately 25 m in length by 16 m in width and returned multiple samples with anomalous gold values, including:

• Line 1: 5.7 m of 1.85 g/t Au, including 1.0 m of 3.16 g/t Au and 1.0 m of 3.48 g/t Au;
• Line 2: 0.85 m of 2.00 g/t Au, including 0.45 m of 3.29 g/t Au;
• Line 3: 5.7 m of 0.67 g/t Au, including 0.7 m of 3.40 g/t Au.

These results are part of the larger trenching and channel sampling program initiated in August, 2026. A total of 12 trenches have been completed with channel and grab sampling under way with over 200 samples collected to date. Additional results will be reported after receipt and geologist review. Channel sample intervals reported are estimated to be 80 to 95 per cent of true width.

The company acquired the Dominion project in 2024 after a large parcel of land became available for staking, and has since accumulated a very large and prospective land position, with many new discoveries in excellent geology.

President and chief executive officer Stephen Stares stated: "Our exploration team is extremely pleased with this extraordinary new gold discovery within our prospective Dominion project. We've taken the Rickirb zone from a grassroots, grab samples discovery to a significant, 210 m in length, exposed and drill-ready gold system that remains open for expansion. Equally exciting and outside of this new gold discovery, we anxiously await results from the remaining trenches across our extensive property, with many newly exposed areas of intense alteration, silicification, quartz veining, sulphide mineralization and several sections of newly exposed base-metal-rich massive sulphides at the new Ellie zone. We are looking forward to receiving these results and sharing them with our shareholders."

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 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 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, which is an accredited assay lab that conforms to the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025. Samples are analyzed by gold 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 using the atomic absorption method, using 0.200 g to 2.00 g of sample, digested with three acids. All reported assays are uncut. Eastern 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 is currently planning a spinout to shareholders of its high-grade Great Burnt copper-gold project, 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 Dominion copper-zinc-gold project, Victoria West/South gold projects, Stoney caldera copper-gold project and its various hydrogen-helium projects on the west coast of Newfoundland.

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