Benton Resources Inc. News Releases

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...

Benton Receives Conditional Approval, Closes First Tranche of Private Placement

Tue, 05 May 2026 18:49:00 -0400

Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - May 5, 2026) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") announces that, further to its April 9, 2026 news release it has received conditional approval from the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange") for its non-brokered private placement of flow-through units (the "Financing"). The Company will issue up to 31,250,000 $0.08 flow-through units ("FT Units"), each FT Unit consisting of one flow-through common share of the Company and...

Benton Announce $2.5 Million Flow-Through Financing

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:30:00 -0400

Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - April 9, 2026) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that, subject to approval by the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange"), it intends to complete a non-brokered flow-through private placement (the "Offering") for gross proceeds of up to $2.5 million.The Offering will consist of up to 31,250,000 $0.08 flow-through units ("FT Units"), each FT Unit consisting of one flow-through common share of the Company...

Benton Increases Interest in Great Burnt Project and Identifies High Priority Target

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:30:00 -0400

Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - April 6, 2026) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has received notice from Homeland Nickel Inc ("Homeland") that they will no longer participate in its joint venture with Benton (see news release dated August 17, 2023) on the Great Burnt property which encompasses the South Pond gold-copper deposit and the Great Burnt copper deposit (the "GB Property") in central Newfoundland.As a result, and as...

Benton Partners with Metals Creek to Acquire 6 Projects with Natural Hydrogen Potential in Newfoundland

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 07:30:00 -0400

Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - March 25, 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 that they have jointly acquired through staking 6 potential natural white hydrogen projects located in Newfoundland, Canada (the "Projects").The Projects (see Figure 2) were selected and staked after extensive research of historical data in...