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

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 strong conductive zones identified from the recently flown 1673 line-kilometre AeroTEM II airborne survey on the remaining ground not covered by the 2007 survey on the Kingurutik Lake joint venture land package. The ground crew will conduct mapping, sampling and ground geophysics with hope of discovering new nickel and copper mineralization in addition to mineralization discovered as part of the airborne follow-up program last summer.

To date a total of 324 grab samples have been collected from numerous conductive target areas identified by the 2007 survey. The selected samples from many of the targets returned encouraging nickel, copper, and cobalt values. Ground geophysical (UTEM) surveying over one of the targets, target "P", detected a strong conductive response that may form part of a future drill program. Target zones outlined by the 2007 airborne survey, which have been labeled alphabetically A through V, and rock sample results from these targets and a location map, have been posted on Benton's Web site at www.bentonresources.ca.

Teck Cominco is the operator of the joint venture and can increase their interest from 50% to 60% by spending the next $4 million on exploration. Both companies remain optimistic about the potential of the project as the results demonstrate that most of the high priority electromagnetic anomalies followed up to date have associated copper-nickel-cobalt mineralization at surface.

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"

Stephen Stares, President

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