Benton Makes Second High-Grade Gold Discovery of 37.87 g/t Au at the Quinlan Zone and Discovers Visible Gold Assaying 79.1 g/t Au at the Rickirb Zone, Dominion Project

Thunder Bay, Ontario–(Newsfile Corp. – October 8, 2026) – Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) (“Benton” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that the Company has received the first channel sample results from its Quinlan trenches. Highlights include 6.59 g/t Au over 6.0 m, including 37.87 g/t Au over 1.0 m on Line 2 and 3.84 g/t Au over 5.0 m including 18.28 g/t Au over 1.0 m on Line 1. The Quinlan #1 trench is located approximately 100 m west of the 2025 prospecting area, where surface…

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