Benton Resources Inc. News Releases

Benton and Metals Creek Complete Hydrogen-Helium Soil Gas Sampling at Smoking Gun and Parson's Pond in Newfoundland, Acquire Additional Claims

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 07:30:00 -0400

Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - August 18, 2026) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton") and Metals Creek Resources Corp. (TSXV: MEK) (OTC Pink: MCREF) (FSE: M1C1) ("Metals Creek") (Benton and Metals Creek collectively referred to as the "Companies") are pleased to announce that they have entered into a purchase agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") with G2B Gold ("G2B"), an arms-length party, whereby the Companies will jointly acquire a 100% interest in 2 mineral licenses...

Benton and Metals Creek Commence Hydrogen-Helium Soil Gas Sampling at Smoking Gun and Parson's Pond in Newfoundland

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 07:30:00 -0400

Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - July 29, 2026) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) (the "Companies" or "Benton") and its 50% partner, Metals Creek Resources Corp. (TSXV: MEK) (OTC Pink: MCREF) (FSE: M1C1) (the "Companies" or "Metals Creek") are pleased to announce the commencement of two large scale regional soil gas programs (See New Release: June 23, 2026) at Parson's Pond and Smoking Gun Hydrogen-Helium projects. Rudy Willick of Rudiger Re-Chem from Neuanlage, Saskatchewan will...

Benton Plans to Spin Out Great Burnt Copper-Gold Project to Shareholders for $15.0 M Valuation in Conjunction with Concurrent $10.0 M Financing

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:36:00 -0400

Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - July 27, 2026) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company"), is pleased to announce the execution of a letter agreement (LA) dated July 24, 2026 with privately held Silverback Metals Corp. ("Silverback") to create a new well-funded public resource company ("Spinco") which will own several mineral projects including Benton's Great Burnt Project. The LA provides that on completion of the transactions described below, Benton will spin out...

Benton Acquires Additional Land at its Dominion Lake Project and Commences Summer Exploration

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 08:44:00 -0400

Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - June 26, 2026) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company will purchase a 100% interest in additional claims from Herb and April Froude, arm's-length prospectors, which will be added to the original option agreement dated November 25, 2024 (see news release dated November 28, 2024). Subject to regulatory approval, the Company will make a one-time cash payment of $3,000 and issue 20,000 common...

Benton and Metals Creek Hire Expert Rudy Willick to Complete Hydrogen-Helium Gas Sampling at Smoking Gun and Parson's Pond in Newfoundland

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:30:00 -0400

Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - June 23, 2026) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) (the "Companies" or "Benton") and Metals Creek Resources Corp. (the "Companies" or "Metals Creek") (TSXV: MEK) (OTC Pink: MCREF) (FSE: M1C1) are pleased to announce that they have hired Rudy Willick of Rudiger Re-Chem from Neuanlage, Saskatchewan to complete two large regional scale Soil Gas Sampling programs at Parson's Pond and Smoking Gun Hydrogen-Helium projects. Rudy is a well-known scientist in the...

Benton Closes $2 Million Non-Brokered Unit Financing

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:30:00 -0400

Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - June 2, 2026) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced (see May 27, 2026 news release) non-brokered private placement financing (the "Private Placement") with investor Eric Sprott. The Company has issued 28,571,429 units at $0.07 per unit (the "Unit") for gross proceeds of $2,000,000, each Unit consisting of one common share of the Company and one common share...

Benton and Metals Creek Substantially Increase Their Land Holdings at Smoking Gun and Parson's Pond Hydrogen-Helium Projects in Newfoundland

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:12:00 -0400

Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - June 1, 2026) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) (the "Companies" or "Benton") and Metals Creek Resources Corp. (TSXV: MEK) (OTC Pink: MCREF) (FSE: M1C1) (the "Companies" or "Metals Creek") are pleased to announce they have substantially increased their land positions in the Deer Lake Basin, more than doubling the size of the Smoking Gun Project by increasing their holdings from 242 claim units to 654 claim units covering 163.5 km2. The Companies have...

Benton Announces $2 Million Non-Brokered Unit Financing with Investment by Eric Sprott

Wed, 27 May 2026 07:30:00 -0400

Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - May 27, 2026) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that, subject to all regulatory approvals, the Company will complete a non-brokered private placement financing (the "Private Placement") with investor Eric Sprott. The Private Placement consists of 28,571,429 units of the Company at $0.07 per unit (the "Unit") for gross proceeds of $2,000,000, each Unit consisting of one common share of the Company and one...

Benton Closes Private Placement

Tue, 19 May 2026 16:38:00 -0400

Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - May 19, 2026) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") announces that, further to its April 9, 2026 and May 5, 2026 news releases, it has filed for final approval of its non-brokered private placement financing for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,468,000 on the issuance of 18,350,000 $0.08 flow-through units ("FT Units"), in two (2) tranches. Each FT Unit consists of one flow-through common share (the "FT Shares") and one-half of a...

Benton and Metals Creek Acquire a 7th Highly prospective Helium and Natural Hydrogen Project in Newfoundland

Tue, 12 May 2026 07:00:00 -0400

Thunder Bay Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - May 12, 2026) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") and Metals Creek Resources Corp. ( "Metals Creek") (TSXV: MEK) (OTC Pink: MCREF) (FSE: M1C1) (together the "Companies") are pleased to announce they have jointly acquired through staking an additional 156 units under two licences to cover hydrogen/helium potential in Newfoundland (Smoking Gun Prospect).The Smoking Gun Prospect (See Figure 2) was selected after research uncovered...