Benton Confirms High Gold Grades and Acquires Additional Claims at the Stoney Caldera Gold Zone in Newfoundland

Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - November 18, 2025) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has, subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval, entered into a purchase agreement with an arms-length Newfoundland prospector (the "Vendor") to acquire 4 claim units (the "Property") covering one square kilometre in Newfoundland. Upon approval, the Company will pay the Vendor $6,000 and issue 125,000 common shares of the Company for a 100% interest in the Property. The Vendor will retain a 2% NSR while the Company will have the right to buy back one-half (1%) of the NSR for $1 million at any time. No finders' fees were paid in connection with this acquisition.

The Property is important as Benton's current Stoney Caldera land position surrounds the acquired parcel and is host to a previously discovered gold zone containing visible gold in outcrop that assayed 4.03 g/t gold (Au) (see Aurwest Resources Corporation news release dated December 12, 2022). A recent visit by Company personnel has confirmed the presence of widespread quartz flooding in a felsic intrusive unit, the Company has sampled multiple mineralized areas of quartz and submitted them for assay, the results will be released when received.

As previously announced in the Company's news release dated October 16, 2025, the Company acquired a 100% interest in the Stoney Caldera Project ("SCP") located along The Great Copper Gold Corridor directly along strike to the northeast of the Great Burnt Project and to the southwest of Sokoman Minerals Corp.'s Moosehead project. Research revealed the SCP possesses multiple high-grade copper and gold occurrences discovered by exploration conducted by previous holders of the SCP. This historic work generated prosecting samples that graded from trace up to 6.41g/t Au, 0.42% copper (Cu), in local float/sub-crop, described as semi-massive sulphides of pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite in a chlorite-rich matrix at the CEC occurrence ("CEC"). Other significant zones include grab samples in outcrop grading from trace up to 2.74% Cu and 0.087% cobalt (Co) in the Reid Occurrence ("RO") in outcrop with a strike length of >25 m in a limited exposed area. The Company is pleased to announce that these areas have been relocated, and recent sampling conducted by the Company has confirmed the presence high grade gold, lead (Pb), copper and cobalt. Selected grab samples from the CEC returned results from trace up to as high as 5.2g/t Au, 0.5% Cu and 1.77% Pb and 0.032% Co. Sampling at RO returned results grading from trace up to 4.41% Cu and 0.156% Co. Theses areas have never been drill-tested.