Benton Receives Final Payment of 500,000 Shares from Sokoman Iron and Releases Assays from Bolton Bay Drilling

January 9, 2019 Thunder Bay, Ontario: Benton Resources Inc. (TSX-V:BEX) (“Benton” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce that it has received the final payment of 500,000 shares from Sokoman Iron Corp. (“Sokoman”) pursuant to an option to purchase agreement for the Alder East gold project located in Central Newfoundland (see Benton PR dated December…