Benton Resources Acquires Panama Gold Property in Red Lake District

3250 Hwy 130 Rosslyn, ON P7K 0B1 Tel: 807-475-7474 Fax: 807-475-7200 www.bentonresources.ca TSX-V: BEX

BENTON RESOURCES ACQUIRES PANAMA GOLD PROPERTY IN RED LAKE DISTRICT

March 14, 2016

Thunder Bay, Ontario: Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) (“Benton” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce that the Company has acquired by staking a 100% interest in the Panama gold project adjoining claims held by Goldcorp Inc. in the Red Lake mining district, Northwestern Ontario. The project is located approximately 55km northeast of the town of Ear Falls and road accessible. It is comprised of 55 units in 4 claims and hosts the Slate Lake gold zone which has undergone limited work in recent years. During the late 1980’s Noranda Exploration Ltd uncovered a mineralized quartz-flooded shear zone that extends over 1.4km long by 20-25m wide. A total of 131 channel samples collected over approximately 200m of strike length along the zone returned an average grade of 3gpt gold with the highest being 10.3gpt over 1.1m. The last diamond drill campaign on the property was completed by Noranda Exploration Ltd in 1988 where eight widely spaced holes approximately 200-250m apart over a 1.4km strike length yielded results up to 1.2gpt gold over 15.0m that included 2.8gpt gold over 4.5m within a 20-25m wide mineralized shear zone. In addition, a glacial till geochemical sampling survey published in 1999 by the Geological Survey of Canada (Open File 3038) was completed over much of the Red Lake district including the Panama gold project. The survey reported 107 gold grains (104 pristine and 3 modified grains) contained in a 10 kilogram glacial till sample collected on the current Panama gold property. It is significant that this was the highest gold grain count of the entire survey and suggests that follow-up work on the existing Slate Lake zone as well as the surrounding area may result in additional gold mineralized zones. A map of the project can be viewed on the Company’s website shortly.

About Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX)

Benton Resources Inc is a well-funded Canadian-based junior with a diversified property portfolio in precious and base metals which including the advanced Cape Ray Gold project under Option and Joint Venture with Nordmin Engineering.

Benton and Nordmin recently released a positive PEA on the Cape Ray project and filed a new NI 43-101 on SEDAR and which is also posted on the Company web site (see also the Company press release dated March 7, 2016).

The Cape Ray deposits are hosted within the Cape Ray/Victoria Lake regional fault zone which hosts numerous gold showings and deposits including Benton's 100% owned Isles Aux Mort's and Big pond gold deposits, Marathon Gold's Valentine Lake deposits and the Benton/Metals Creek Staghorn J.V project.

Clinton Barr (P.Geo.), V.P. Exploration for Benton Resources Inc., is the qualified person responsible for this release.

On behalf of the Board of Directors of Benton Resources Inc., "Stephen Stares"

Stephen Stares, President

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For further information contact Stephen Stares @:

3250 Highway 130, Rosslyn, ON P7K 0B1 Phone (807)475-7474 Fax (807)475-7200 www.bentonresources.ca