Benton Discovers High-Grade Gold at the Dominion Project with Assays up to 30.53 g/t Au in Channel Sampling

Benton Resources Inc. (BEX) announced high-grade gold channel sampling results from the Rickirb gold zone at its Dominion project in Newfoundland. Assays returned up to 30.53 g/t Au over an intermittent strike length of over 210 meters. The zone is hosted in a steeply-dipping, intensely altered quartz-feldspar porphyry (QFP) within a shear zone.

Three trenches were sampled, with results ranging from anomalous values up to 30.53 g/t Au. The company has completed 12 trenches to date with over 200 samples collected. The zone remains open for expansion to the northeast and southwest. Additional results are pending review.

Benton Resources Inc. (BEX) released results from channel sampling at its Dominion project, validating the high-grade nature of the Rickirb zone previously identified during trenching. The August 20, 2026 announcement initially reported trenching exposing the Rickirb zone over a 210-meter strike length with grab samples up to 6.41 g/t Au. Channel sampling, a standard method that typically yields more reliable results than grab sampling, has now confirmed the mineralization's potential, with assays reaching 30.53 g/t Au.

This discovery is considered an incremental step within the company's ongoing Dominion exploration program rather than a new, unexpected market-moving event. The results align with management's stated strategy of advancing the Dominion project alongside its hydrogen/helium joint venture with Metals Creek and the Great Burnt spinout. No immediate financial impact or capital raise is tied to this specific release.

Benton Resources Inc. is a junior mineral exploration company focused on Newfoundland, Canada. Its flagship asset is the Great Burnt copper-gold project, which holds a NI 43-101 resource of 667,000 tonnes at 3.21% Cu (Indicated) and 482,000 tonnes at 2.35% Cu (Inferred).

Other key assets include the South Pond gold-copper deposit, which features a 2.7 km strike, as well as the Dominion Lake VMS and gold property, Victoria West, and Stoney Caldera. The company has also expanded into the emerging natural hydrogen and helium sector through a 50/50 joint venture with Metals Creek Resources Corp. on the Smoking Gun and Parson's Pond projects. Management is executing a generator model, retaining equity stakes and NSR royalties while advancing projects through active drilling and exploration.