Benton Resources Inc. announced that it has received further high-grade copper results which expand the Great Burnt Copper Deposit a further 50 m down plunge. In addition to the expansion of the deposit, the Company's ongoing down-hole geophysical program has identified that the massive sulphides associated with the deposit are highly conductive, and additional priority targets have been selected for drilling in the next phase. The survey's success will assist in identifying and prioritizing other targets on a regional scale as the summer exploration season ramps up.

Holes GB-24-23 through to GB-24-28 and GB-24-31 were completed in the upper part of the deposit and have been successful in confirming historic deposit limits and grade/width characteristics including 2.02% Cu over 7.00 m in GB-24-23. Hole GB-24-23 also confirms that the deposit extends to surface, and this will define where trenching and detailed mapping will occur during the summer field program. Holes GB-24-32, GB-24-30 and GB-24-33 were infill drill holes that have confirmed significant Cu mineralization in the Main Zone.

GB-24-33 returned 2.26% Cu and 0.37% Zn over 20.92 m and GB-24-32 returned 3.10% Cu and 0.28% Zn over 11.29 m and will upgrade the resource in this area. GB-24-29 intersected a 1.80 m massive sulphide interval assaying 1.00% Cu approximately 30 m below and down dip of the 25.42 m intercept grading 5.51% Cu from GB-23-12. It's important to note that the presence of massive sulphides shows that the system is open down dip.

GB-24-34 intersected 1.75% Cu and 0.81% Zn over 5.00 m, including 4.02% Cu and 1.68% Zn over 1.00 m. With the increase in Zn, Benton could potentially be progressing to the Cu-Zn portion of this VMS system. This hole successfully expands the deposit 50 m down plunge and remains open for expansion. Core and rock samples, including standards, blanks and duplicates, are submitted to Eastern Analytical Ltd., Springdale, Newfoundland for preparation and analysis.

All samples were acquired by saw-cut (channels/drill core) with one-half submitted for assay and one-half retained for reference, or hand (rocks and delivered, by Benton personnel, in sealed bags, to the Springdale lab of Eastern Analytical, which is an accredited assay lab that conforms to the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025. Samples are analyzed using Eastern's Au (Fire assay) @ 30g + ICP-34 method that delivers a 35-element package utilizing a 200mg subsample totally dissolved in four acids and analyzed by ICP-OES analytical technique. Over limits are analyzed with Eastern's atomic absorption method, using a 0.200g to 2.00g of sample, digested with three acids.

All reported assays are uncut. Eastern Analytical Ltd. achieved ISO 17025 accreditation in February 2014. Stephen House (P.Geo.), Vice President of Exploration for Benton Resources Inc., the 'Qualified Person' under National Instrument 43-101, has approved the scientific and technical disclosure in this news release and prepared or supervised its preparation.