Benton Executes Option Agreement with Maxtech Ventures on Panama Gold Project, Red Lake Mining District

Thunder Bay, ON, October 24, 2019 – Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) (‘Benton’ or ‘the Company’) is pleased to announce that it has signed a binding option agreement (the “Option Agreement”) with Maxtech Ventures Inc. (“MVT”) pursuant to which MVT will have the option to earn up to a 100% interest in Benton’s 100%-owned Panama gold project (the…

Benton Executes Agreement with Regency Gold on the Thunder Bay North and Escape Lake Platinum Group Metal Properties

Thunder Bay, ON, October 15, 2019 – Benton Resources Inc. (‘Benton’ or ‘the Company’) (TSX-V: BEX) is pleased to announce that it has signed a letter of intent (the “LOI“) with Regency Gold Corp. (“Regency“) (TSX-V: RAU) which sets out a proposed transaction pursuant to which Regency will acquire from Benton an option (the “Option”)…

Benton and Rio Tinto Replace Purchase and Sale with Option to Acquire 100% Ownership of the Escape Lake Property

Thunder Bay, ON, October 10, 2019 – Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) (‘Benton’ or ‘the Company’) is pleased to announce that Rio Tinto Exploration Canada Inc. (RTEC) and the Company have agreed to terminate the purchase agreement signed on July 2, 2019 (see NR dated July 2, 2019) and replace it with an option agreement pursuant…

Benton and Panoramic to Extend Terms for Agreement on Thunder Bay North Project

Thunder Bay, ON, October 1, 2019 – Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) (‘Benton’ or ‘the Company’) is pleased to announce that Panoramic Resources Inc. (‘PAN’) has agreed to extend the terms associated with the initial binding purchase agreement and amended binding purchase agreement (together the “Transaction”) for an additional 30 days to November 3, 2019 (see…

Benton and Panoramic Agree to Amended Terms for Benton’s Purchase of the Thunder Bay North PGM Project

Thunder Bay, ON, September 3, 2019 – Benton Resources Inc. (‘Benton’ or ‘the Company’) (TSX-V: BEX) announced today that it has amended (the ‘Amending Agreement’) the binding purchase agreement signed on July 2, 2019 with Panoramic Resources Inc. (‘Panoramic’) (the ‘PAN Agreement’)(see NR dated July 2, 2019). Under the PAN Agreement, Benton has agreed to…

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…

Benton Resources Files NI43-101 Technical Report with TSX-V to Proceed with the Previously Announced Acquisition of High Grade PGM Deposits: Panoramic’s Thunder Bay North Deposit and Rio Tinto’s Escape Lake Discovery

Thunder Bay, ON, July 29, 2019 – Benton Resources Inc. (‘Benton’ or ‘the Company’) (TSX-V: BEX) today announced that in support of this previously announced transaction, a Geological report completed in accordance with NI 43-101 and the TSX Venture Exchange’s (the “Exchange”) Appendix 3F has been submitted to the Exchange for review and comment.  The…

Benton Resources to Acquire High Grade PGM Deposits: Panoramic’s Thunder Bay North Deposit and Rio Tinto’s Escape Lake Discovery

Highlights: High-grade, near-surface Platinum Group Metals (PGM) deposits with a historic resource. Excellent infrastructure, with a paved highway and established logging roads. Drilling highlights on the 30,000 hectare Thunder Bay North (TBN) Property include historic high-grade intercepts of 46.65 m @ 10.1 g/t Platinum+Palladium+Gold (5.267g/t Pt + 4.555g/t Pd + 0.324g/t Au) with 1.62% Copper+Nickel…

Benton Resources Receives Airborne Data and Initiates Work at Panama Project in the Red Lake Mining District

Thunder Bay, ON, June 13, 2019 – Benton Resources Inc. (‘Benton’ or ‘the Company’) (TSX-V: BEX) is pleased to announce that it has received data from its recently flown high-detail airborne magnetic survey and has identified several high priority targets for immediate follow up.  Of particular interest is a distinct fold that extends over 600m…