Benton Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE:BTC) ("Benton" or "the Company") is pleased
to announce that the Company has received assay results from its recently
completed diamond drill program on its 100% owned Abernethy gold project located
10km southwest of Kenora, Ontario. The drill program identified a large gold
system of multiple gold-rich horizons that measures more than 500m in strike
length and up to 77m core length in width. The system is open in all directions.
Notably, the hole furthest to the west (ABE 11-07) cut multiple gold horizons
that averaged 0.53gpt Au over 77.1 meters with several higher grade sections
listed in the table below. Visible native gold is noted in the section
162.5m-164m. Hole ABE 11-07 was collared more then 200m west of two historical
drill holes that returned gold grades of 17.8 gpt gold over 1.52 metres and 6.30
gpt gold over 6.1 metres (see Benton's PR dated April 18, 2011). The Company is
encouraged with the results and is currently planning a larger winter program to
expand on the known gold mineralization. The remainder of the results will be
released once they are received and compiled. A location map can be viewed on
the Company's web site. A table of significant results from Hole ABE-11-07 is as
follows:




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                                                           Core             
                                 From           To     Interval        Grade
Hole                              (m)          (m)          (m)     (g/t Au)
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ABE-11-007                      123.5        200.6         77.1         0.53
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including                       123.5        135.8           12         0.78
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and                               158          164            6         2.68
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including                       159.5          164          4.5         3.32
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including                       162.5          164          1.5         6.98
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and                             189.8          192          2.2         1.43
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and                               197        200.6          3.6         1.91
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including                       199.5        200.6          1.1         3.88
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In addition, diamond drilling on the RIM project located 100km south of the
Voisey's Bay nickel deposit in Labrador has been completed and yielded no
significant results. The Company is evaluating if it will continue exploration
in the future. Benton Resources Corp would like to acknowledge and thank the
government of Newfoundland and Labrador for the $150,000 JCEP grant to assist in
this program.


About Benton

Benton is a Canadian based junior with multiple joint ventures and a diversified
property portfolio in Gold, Nickel, Copper, and Platinum group elements. The
Company currently has approximately $8.8 million in cash, owns approximately
57.9 million shares in Coro Mining Corp. (TSX:COP), holds approximately 348,000
shares of Stillwater Mining Company (NYSE:SWC), holds 782,500 shares in Marathon
Gold Corp. (TSX:MOZ), holds 1.6 million shares in Puget Ventures (TSX
VENTURE:PVS), holds 6.5 million shares of Mineral Mountain Resources Ltd. (TSX
VENTURE:MMV), holds 815,000 shares of Bell Copper Corporation (TSX VENTURE:BCU),
holds 1.2 million shares of Trillium North Minerals (TSX VENTURE:TNM), holds 1.5
million shares of Golden Dory Resources (TSX VENTURE:GDR) and 3.0 million shares
Parkside Resources (currently private). Benton is currently in the process of
spinning out the majority of its assets by a plan of arrangement into a new
listed company in order to separate its 41.6% investment in Coro Mining from its
cash, equities and exploration assets. Benton shareholders will receive a
pro-rata interest in this new company on a one-for-one share basis and pursuant
to regulatory approval.


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


On behalf of the Board of Directors of Benton Resources Corp.,

Stephen Stares, President

Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the safe harbor
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform act of 1995. Investors
are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties.