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Benton Resources Inc. reports mineral exploration developments across a diversified property portfolio, with recurring updates on copper, gold, platinum, palladium, lithium and natural hydrogen prospects. Company news frequently centers on Newfoundland exploration, including the Great Burnt property, the South Pond gold-copper deposit and the Great Burnt copper deposit, as well as drilling results, geophysical targets, metallurgical testing and joint-venture interests.
Benton updates also cover newly staked project areas, technical oversight under Canadian mining disclosure standards, equity interests in other mining companies, retained net smelter return royalties, conference participation, advisor appointments and other governance or capital-structure matters tied to its exploration business.
Benton Resources (OTC:BNTRF, TSXV:BEX) announced a $2,000,000 non-brokered private placement with investor Eric Sprott, subject to regulatory approvals. The financing comprises 28,571,429 units at $0.07, each with one share and a three-year warrant exercisable at $0.10.
Closing is expected on or before June 15, 2026, with proceeds directed to Newfoundland natural hydrogen and helium prospects and working capital.
Benton Resources (TSXV:BEX, OTC:BNTRF) closed a non-brokered private placement of 18,350,000 flow-through units at $0.08, raising $1,468,000 in two tranches. Each FT Unit includes one flow-through share and half a warrant exercisable at $0.12 for 24 months.
Benton paid $70,140 in finders' fees and issued 806,250 broker warrants at $0.12. Proceeds will fund eligible Canadian exploration expenses qualifying as flow-through critical mineral mining expenditures, to be incurred by December 31, 2027 and renounced effective December 31, 2026. Four insiders subscribed for $45,000 (562,500 FT Units), with exemptions relied on under MI 61-101.
Benton Resources (OTC:BNTRF) and Metals Creek jointly staked an additional 156 units under two licences in Newfoundland, expanding their helium and natural hydrogen portfolio to a seventh project, the Smoking Gun Prospect.
Historic water sampling from drill hole 79-67 returned up to 8,900 ppb helium, 11.8 km from a historic high-pressure gas well, indicating favorable geological conditions but requiring further studies.
Benton Resources (OTC:BNTRF) intends to complete a non-brokered $2.5 million flow-through private placement of up to 31,250,000 FT Units at $0.08 per unit, subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval. Each FT Unit includes one flow-through common share and one-half warrant exercisable at $0.12 for 24 months.
The company will renounce qualifying Canadian exploration expenditures to subscribers effective Dec 31, 2026, and must incur those expenditures by Dec 31, 2027. FT Units will be subject to a four-month plus one day Canadian hold period. Finder fees may apply per Exchange policy.
Benton Resources (OTC:BNTRF) announced that Homeland Nickel will no longer participate in the Great Burnt joint venture, leaving Benton with a deemed 73.51% interest (as of Dec 31, 2025) after $6,108,232.33 in exploration spend versus Homeland's $2,201,071.93.
Benton plans an aggressive summer program including airborne EM/magnetic surveys, prospecting, trenching and diamond drilling and reported soil gold values up to 5.1 g/t Au near newly sampled float assaying 12.0 g/t Au.
Benton Resources (BNTRF) and Metals Creek jointly staked 763 claim units on March 25, 2026 to acquire six prospective natural (white) hydrogen projects on Newfoundland's west coast.
Three projects have historical gas shows; Parson's Pond drill logs report up to 72% C1 methane in two holes. The companies caution that further studies are required to confirm hydrogen or helium.
Benton Resources (TSXV: BEX) will attend the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada Convention (PDAC) and host a booth at the Investors Exchange, booth #2117.
Company President and CEO Stephen Stares will present on March 3, 2026 at 3:50pm EST in the InterContinental Toronto Centre Hotel, Ontario & Niagara Rooms, outlining Benton’s projects, progress and plans. Qualified Person Stephen House (P.Geo.) approved the technical disclosure and QA/QC protocols were described.
Benton Resources (OTC:BNTRF) appointed Darin Wagner, P.Geo., as a special technical advisor and granted 300,000 incentive stock options at $0.10 exercisable for five years. Benton postponed planned drilling in Central Newfoundland due to heavy winter snow, continued limited soil sampling, and is upgrading its Great Burnt camp ahead of a larger 2026 exploration season.
The company highlighted large land positions at Dominion Lake and Victoria West near recent Equinox gold discoveries and plans trenching at Dominion Lake when weather allows.
Benton (OTC:BNTRF) reported encouraging drill results from the End Zone and additional assays from the South Pond gold-copper deposit on January 27, 2026. End Zone holes EZ-25-01 and EZ-25-02 intersected wide, VMS-style copper mineralization, including 58.00 m @ 0.11% Cu (EZ-25-01) and intervals up to 1.60% Cu over 0.70 m (EZ-25-02). South Pond results include multiple gold-bearing intervals (e.g., 10.00 m @ 1.39 g/t Au in SP-25-56 and 1.00 m @ 4.55 g/t Au in SP-25-57) and nickel-cobalt-chromium anomalism in the southernmost hole (SP-25-61: 15.67 m @ 0.07% Ni, 0.009% Co, 0.09% Cr). True widths estimated ~60–80% of core lengths; follow-up drilling is planned.
Benton (OTC:BNTRF) reported preliminary laboratory bottle-roll metallurgical results from its South Pond gold-copper deposit with gold recoveries up to 88.4% from three 24-hour tests performed by SGS Canada. The test used a ~20 kg composite compiled from 16 drill-hole intervals (average gold ~3.288 g/t, average Cu 0.16%). Results improved across the three tests but are laboratory-scale only and are not intended to support mineral resources, reserves, or production estimates. Benton also cited prior SGS work on Great Burnt showing an average copper recovery of 94.7% and predicted 96% recovery to a 25% Cu concentrate; Great Burnt strike length has been expanded from 650m to 950m.
Qualified Person: Barry Sparkes, P.Geo.; assays by Eastern Analytical; QA/QC protocols described.