Mining news: BENTON RESOURCES CORP.

Benton receives drilling results from Goodchild Nickel and Heenan Gold

THUNDER BAY, ON, Nov. 19 /CNW/ - Benton Resources Corp. (”Benton” or the
“Company”, BTC:TSX-V) completes phase one drilling on the Goodchild Nickel
project where Benton is in joint venture with Stillwater Mining Company

Pacific North West Capital Corp. and Benton Resources Corp. Announce Drill Results from the Swayze Project, ON

VANCOUVER, Nov. 19 /CNW/ - Pacific North West Capital Corp. (”PFN”)
(TSX: PFN) and Benton Resources Corp. (TSX.V: BTC) are pleased to announce
drill results from the Heenan property, which forms part of the Benton/PFN

Puget Ventures Inc. Moves Forward with Benton Resources Option in Werner Lake/Rex Lake; Will Not Acquire 1592129 Ontario Inc. At this Time

THUNDER BAY, ON, Oct. 27 /CNW/ - Benton Resources Corp. (TSXV:BTC) and
Puget Ventures Inc. (TSXV:PVS) announced today that Puget is proceeding with
the transaction to earn up to a 60% interest in the Werner Lake/Rex Lake

Benton Resources Corp (”Benton”) Receives Resource Estimates from its Joint Venture Partner on the BCF property

THUNDER BAY, ON, Oct. 10 /CNW/ - Benton Resources Corporation (”Benton”
or the “Company”) is pleased to report that its partner Marathon PGM
Corporation (Marathon) has provided a resource estimate on the BCF property

Pacific North West Capital and Benton Resources Commence Drill Program on Heenan Property, Swayze JV Project

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VANCOUVER, Sept. 30 /CNW/ - Pacific North West Capital Corp. (”PFN”)

Benton announces approval for normal course issuer bid

VANCOUVER, Sept. 15 /CNW/ - Benton Resources Corp. (”Benton” or the
“Company”) announces that it has obtained regulatory approval to conduct its
normal course issuer bid (the “Bid”) announced on August 25, 2008 to purchase,

Benton Resources Corp (”Benton”) receives further encouraging results from its joint venture partner on the BCF property quoted below:

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“Marathon Completes 2008 Drilling Program on BCF JV Property,
Intersecting 1.41g/t PGM and Au and 0.34% Cu Over 100m

Benton Resources Corp (”Benton”) advised of latest drill results from Marathon’s drill program on the BCF Property

THUNDER BAY, ON, Aug. 27 /CNW/ - Benton Resources Corp. (”Benton”) has
been notified by Marathon PGM Corporation (”Marathon”) of the latest drill
results from the BCF Property located north of Marathon, Ontario. Marathon is

Benton announces normal course issuer bid

VANCOUVER, Aug. 25 /CNW/ - Benton Resources Corp. (”Benton” or the
“Company”) announces that it intends to make a normal course issuer bid (the
“Bid”), to purchase, through the facilities of the TSX Venture Exchange (the

Benton continues to intercept PGM’s and Copper at AREA 41

THUNDER BAY, ON, July 22 /CNW/ - Benton Resources Corp. (”Benton” or the
“Company”, BTC:TSX-V) is pleased to report results of the remaining four drill
holes on the Area 41 zone located 12km northwest of the Marathon Copper-PGE

Benton Resources Corp. (BTC) receives $2 million at an effective 200% premium on exercise of a warrant by Stillwater Mining Company (SWC) to continue with exploration and drilling on the Goodchild Ni-Cu-PGE Project.

THUNDER BAY, ON, July 10 /CNW/ - Benton Resources Corp. (”Benton”) is
pleased to announce that it has received $2 million on the exercise of a
warrant by Stillwater Mining Company (”SWC”) in accordance with the first

Crew mobilized to evaluate additional strong conductors identified from recent airborne survey completed on Kingurutik Lake Ni-Co-Co Project in Labrador

THUNDER BAY, ON, July 8 /CNW/ - Benton Resources Corp. (”Benton”) is
pleased to report that their joint venture partner Teck Cominco Limited (”Teck
Cominco”) has mobilized a ground geological and geophysical crew to evaluate

Benton mobilizes crew to evaluate anomalies on the Rim Property airborne survey

THUNDER BAY, ON, July 7 /CNW/ - Benton Resources Corp. (”Benton” or the
“Company”) is pleased to announce that the management of Benton has mobilized
to the Rim project to evaluate multiple conductors identified by a recently

Benton completes airborne survey near Timmins, Ontario

THUNDER BAY, ON, July 3 /CNW/ - Benton Resources Corp. (TSXV: BTC)
(”Benton”) and Pacific Northwest Capital Corp. (”PFN”) (TSXV: PFN) are pleased
to announce that a helicopter-borne magnetic and electromagnetic (VTEM) survey

Pacific North West Capital and Benton Resources Complete Helicopter-borne Magnetic and VTEM Survey on the Swayze Nickel Project, ON

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VANCOUVER, July 3 /CNW/ - Pacific North West Capital Corp. (”PFN”)

Benton hits wide zones of Platinum group metals and Copper at Area 41

THUNDER BAY, ON, June 25 /CNW/ - Benton Resources Corp. (”Benton” or the
“Company”) is pleased to announce that assay results for the first hole
drilled from the most recent drill campaign at Area 41 have been received.

Benton identifies multiple anomalies from the Rim Property airborne survey

THUNDER BAY, ON, June 9 /CNW/ - Benton Resources Corp. (”Benton” or the
“Company”) is pleased to announce that the results have been received from
Geotech Ltd. (”Geotech”) for an airborne geophysical survey completed over the