Benton Acquires Additional Land at its Dominion Lake Project and Commences Summer Exploration

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Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - June 26, 2026) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company will purchase a 100% interest in additional claims from Herb and April Froude, arm's-length prospectors, which will be added to the original option agreement dated November 25, 2024 (see news release dated November 28, 2024). Subject to regulatory approval, the Company will make a one-time cash payment of $3,000 and issue 20,000 common shares. The additional land includes 3 licences totalling 36 claim units covering favourable VMS and gold geology and lies strategically adjacent to the Company's Dominion land position. The Company has established exploration accommodations, mobilized crews and have been working for the past 3 weeks. Prospecting and soil sampling are ongoing and trenching priority target areas will commence shortly. Target areas include: The Company is also planning prospecting and soil sampling in the area where highly anomalous and significant copper and zinc values were intercepted in historical drill hole HRP-08-01. The drill hole cut 1.5 m grading 1.02% Cu, 1.83% Zn and 10.5 g/t Ag starting at a shallow depth of 48.3 m and is wide open for further drilling (Royal Roads Corporation 2008 Assessment Report, Newfoundland Department of Industry, Energy and Technology Geofile Number 12A/1491). This hole is located approximately 1,500 m southwest of the Canterra Mineral Corporation's ("CTM") Daniel's Pond VMS deposit, and just 600 m west-southwest from Benton's newly discovered Rickirb gold zone. In addition, further work will target favourable geology along strike of CTM's Bobby's Pond VMS deposit.

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