Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) is pleased to announce that it has received further high-grade results on the Great Burnt Main Zone, Footwall Zone and North Stringer Zone.

Highlights include DDH GB-25-65, drilled from West to East, was designed as an infill hole to test the GBMZ and intersect the FW, located 100-150 m east of the GBMZ. Both zones were successfully intersected, cutting several sections of massive sulphide in the GBMZ grading 2.49% Cu over 12.30 m (2.95% CuEq), including 5.27% Cu over 4.80 m (6.34% CuEq). This result significantly exceeds the nearby historic hole, GB50, drilled in 1969, which returned 0.13% Cu over 0.91 m from smaller diameter core.

Three other important copper intersections were encountered east of the GBMZ, including:

• 0.33 m grading 3.32% Cu (3.47% CuEq);
• 2.85 m grading 1.27% Cu (1.55% CuEq) and;
• 0.30 m grading 1.07% Cu (1.16% CuEq).

These results confirm the presence of multiple copper-rich zones east of the GBMZ, an area that has seen little drilling or exploration. Due to the increased gold content observed in the FW and NSZ, the Company has decided to add a CuEq column and the full table of these results are below (see Table 1).

Table 1: Great Burnt/South Pond Drill Results

Note: True widths estimated to be 90% of reported core lengths. Copper equivalents (CuEq) based on total contained copper, gold, silver, zinc and cobalt, metal prices as of June 18, 2025 (Cu – US$4.84/lb, Au – US$3,384.45/oz), Ag – US$36.86/oz, Zn – US$1.20/lb and Co – US$15.12/lb).

Copper Equivalent % = Cu% + ((Au g/t/31.10348 * Au Rec. * Au Price) + (Ag g/t/31.10348 * Ag Rec. * Ag price) + (Zn% * 22.046 * Zn Rec. * Zn price) + (Co% * 22.046 * Zn Rec. * Co price)/(Cu Price * 22.046 * Cu Rec.). Metal recoveries (Rec.) are assumed to be 100%.

 Figure 1: Drill Hole Plan Map NSZ

Figure 2: Great Burnt Copper Main Zone Longitudinal Section

On June 3, 2025, the Company released early assay results from a new area 150 m north of the GBMZ which returned 2.15g/t Au over 7.70 m, including 5.46g/t Au over 2.75 m. Elevated base metal results confirm copper mineralization is associated with this new gold-mineralized area (see attached table and plan map for NSZ). The Company remains excited about this new area, which will be subject to further drilling. The mineralized zone could represent an extension of mineralization intersected in hole GB-25-59, located 50 m to the south. In GB-25-59, an upper zone contained gold mineralization grading 0.67g/t Au and 0.69% Cu over 14.40 m, including 2.16 g/t Au and 1.09% Cu over 3.00 m, while a lower zone in the same hole cut 0.89% Cu over 6.48 m including 1.11% Cu over 5.09 m. Drilling is currently paused until results are received and compiled, along with an evaluation of recent downhole geophysics, which will provide targeting for the restart of drilling.

The Company has also completed GB-26-66, which is its deepest hole to date testing the down plunge extension of the GBMZ. The hole cut stinger copper-pyrrhotite mineralization near the bottom of the hole, but did not intersect massive sulphide. A subsequent down hole deep EM survey has identified a strong conductor immediately below the hole.

In addition, Benton is continuing to plan further drilling for the South Pond Gold-Copper Zone where it has completed over 5.6 km of surface pulse Electro Magnetic (EM) along the South Pond (SP) trend on the Great Burnt Property. The survey has identified excellent conductive trends which coincide with known mineralized zones at SP, as well as multiple new targets, which will be subject to summer follow-up with prospecting, trenching and diamond drilling. The South Pond trend has been drill-tested at shallow depths over a strike length of approximately 2.3 km, with impressive results.

Benton has a 70% interest in the Great Burnt Copper-Gold Project and Homeland Nickel holds the remaining 30%, where they are funding their respective interest, with Benton as the project operator.

QA/QC Protocols

Core and rock samples, including standards, blanks and duplicates, are submitted to Eastern Analytical Ltd., Springdale, Newfoundland 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) 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) @ 30g + ICP-34 method that delivers a 34-element package utilizing a 200 mg subsample totally dissolved in four acids and analyzed by ICP-OES analytical technique. Overlimits are analysed 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 Ltd. achieved ISO 17025 accreditation in February 2014 (for more details on the scope of accreditation visit the CALA website).

QP

Stephen House (P.Geo.), Vice President of Exploration for Benton Resources Inc., 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, BEX 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 @ 3.21% Cu Indicated and 482,000 @ 2.35% Cu Inferred. The Project has an excellent geological setting covering 25 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.

All drilling phases at Great Burnt to date have returned impressive results including: GB-23-02: 13.00 m of 8.31% Cu, incl 3.00 m of 12.80% Cu GB-23-04: 26.87 m of 7.18% Cu, incl 11.16 m of 10.28% Cu GB-23-12: 25.42 m of 5.51% Cu, incl 1.00 m of 8.77% Cu, 82.00g/t Ag, 4.43g/t Au GB-23-15: 22.59 m of 5.03% Cu, incl 0.50 m of 20.00% Cu GB-23-21: 24.00 m of 5.81% Cu, incl 7.00 m of 11.47% Cu GB-23-22: 21.68 m of 3.59% Cu, incl 2.00 m of 15.3% 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 1.43g/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.