BENTON SAMPLES OVER 5 OZ PER TONNE GOLD AT TURTLEPOND

Thunder Bay, Ontario: Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) (“Benton” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that the Company recently discovered several high grade zones of gold mineralization on its Turtlepond project. The project is located approximately 23 km southeast of Dryden, Ontario and 20km south of Treasury Metals’ Goliath gold deposit. Multiple old shafts and pits were sunk in the 1930’s but little work has been completed in the Turtlepond area until now. New logging operations have recently improved access to the project and almost all of Benton’s property has been clear-cut.

Benton has completed prospecting, a 478 sample soil geochemistry survey, trenching and stripping with encouraging early results. Two historical shaft zones have now been stripped and the company has identified gold grades from trace to 161gpt (5.2 oz per tonne) gold in grab samples and 3.7gpt Au over 3m and 1.1gpt Au over 6m in very limited channel sampling. Gold mineralization is common throughout the property and 2.5km separates the two samples with the highest gold assays (161g/t Au and 156g/t Au). Benton is currently planning line-cutting, further trenching, and ground magnetometer and induced polarization (I.P) surveys to assist with expanding the high grade zones and for diamond drill targeting. A map showing the exploration results to date can be viewed on the company’s web site at www.bentonresources.ca.

Clinton Barr (P.Geo.), V.P. Exploration for Benton Resources Inc., is the qualified person responsible for this release.

On behalf of the Board of Directors of Benton Resources Inc.,

“Stephen Stares” Stephen Stares, President

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For further information contact Stephen Stares @:

3250 Highway 130, Rosslyn, ON P7K 0B1

Phone (807)475-7474 Fax (807)475-7200

www.bentonresources.ca

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