Benton Resources Sells Equities for Gross Proceeds of $1.8 Million to Add to the Purchase of High-Grade PGM Deposits

Thunder Bay, ON, August 2, 2019 – Benton Resources Inc. (‘Benton’ or ‘the Company’) (TSX-V: BEX) today announced that it has sold 8.0 million shares of Matador Mining Ltd for gross proceeds of CDN$1.803 million. Proceeds will be used to help finance the previously announced purchase of Rio Tinto’s Escape Lake Deposit and Panoramic’s Thunder Bay…