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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 (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.
Benton Resources (OTC:BNTRF) provided a year-end update on December 23, 2025, summarizing 2025 exploration progress and near-term plans.
Key points: $2.9M cash and $3.0M equity holdings; 26,637 m drilled at Great Burnt and South Pond since late 2023; Great Burnt strike extended from 650 m to 950 m; South Pond delineated a 2.7 km wide shallow gold-copper zone; new VMS discovery (assays pending); multiple strategic acquisitions including Dominion, Victoria West and Stoney Caldera; Benton holds 24.6M shares + 0.5% NSR in Clean Air Metals and spun out Vinland Lithium (Benton owns 2.0M shares + 1% NSR).
Plans: large 2026 drilling program, early-2026 airborne geophysics, and pending metallurgical results for South Pond gold recovery.
Benton Resources (OTC:BNTRF) announced that its board approved the grant of 2.675 million incentive stock options on December 22, 2025. The options were granted to directors, officers, employees, advisors and consultants at an exercise price of $0.10 and are exercisable for five years from the grant date. The options are subject to the company's stock option plan and its vesting provisions.
Benton Resources (OTC:BNTRF) reported new South Pond drill results, highlighted by 2.02 g/t Au over 17.13 m (SP-25-54) including 3.98 g/t Au over 5.00 m and 9.12 g/t Au over 1.00 m, plus 1.10 g/t Au over 23.00 m (SP-25-55) including higher-grade intervals. The company also announced discovery of a new VMS-style system in the End Zone (EZ-25-01 and EZ-25-02) with multiple semi-massive sulphide intervals, including ~10.30 m and ~11.66 m sulphide sections in EZ-25-01. Drilling is paused for year-end and planned to resume in January 2026; many gold and base-metal assays remain pending. Benton launched a new website and engaged SGS for metallurgical gold recovery testing.
Benton (OTC:BNTRF) reported new high‑grade prospecting and regional soil results at its Great Burnt project on November 20, 2025. Key highlights include grab samples to 12.0 g/t Au from angular boulders about 725 m northeast of the South Pond (SP) deposit, a 2.5 km multi-line copper soil anomaly in the southern 12 km portion of the project, and 1,259 soil samples covering a 5.4 x 2 km grid. The company has completed 23 drill holes (21 testing the SP horizon over 2.7 km) with visual mineralization reported and assays pending. Benton plans an airborne geophysical survey to target future trenching and drilling.
Benton Resources (TSXV: BEX) announced on November 18, 2025 a conditional purchase of 4 claim units (1 km2) in Newfoundland for $6,000 plus 125,000 common shares, with the Vendor retaining a 2% NSR and Benton able to buy back 1% for $1,000,000.
The parcel is surrounded by Benton's Stoney Caldera land and adjoins a previously discovered visible-gold outcrop that assayed 4.03 g/t Au. Recent company visits confirmed widespread quartz flooding; samples were submitted and results will be released when received.
Historic and recent sampling across the Stoney Caldera Project returned highs including 6.41 g/t Au (historic), 5.2 g/t Au (recent grab), 4.41% Cu (RO grab) and 2.74% Cu at other occurrences; these targets are untested by drilling.