Benton Resources Inc. — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2024

Dec 12, 2024

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Meeting Cancelled

Reporting Issuer Name	Benton Resources Inc.
Reporting Issuer Name (French)
SECURITIES	CUSIP	ISIN	VOTING
COMMON CLASS	083298109	CA0832981090	Y
COMMON RESTRICTED 4 MNTH HOLD	083298208	CA0832982080	Y
Meeting Date		Jan 08, 2025 - CANCELLED
Meeting Time		TBD
Meeting Location		Vancouver, BC
Record Date
Beneficial Ownership Determination Date		Nov 18, 2024 - CANCELLED
Scheduled Mailing Date
Proximate intermediaries to receive materials by next business day by overnight courier		Dec 06, 2024 - CANCELLED
Proxy Voting Cut-off Date		Jan 06, 2025 - CANCELLED
Proxies Tabulated By		Computershare
100 University Ave, 8th Floor, Toronto ON M5J 2Y1
Fax: 1-866-249-7775
Type of Meeting		Annual General and Special Meeting - CANCELLED
Material Selection Request		S - All Materials and Special
TRANSFER AGENT INFO		ISSUER/BILLING INFO
Computershare
510 Burrard St, 3rd Floor
Vancouver BC, V6C 3B9
Telephone: 604-661-9400
Fax: 604-661-9401
e-mail: VanClientServicesMailings@computershare.com		Benton Resources Inc.
684 Squier Street, ,
Thunder Bay ON, P7B 4A8
Issuer Contact Name: Kathryn Casey
Issuer Contact Phone: 604.689.1280
Issuer Contact Email: Kathryn@fretwell.ca
NI 54-101F2 - REQUEST FOR BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INFORMATION
Is the issuer sending Proxy Material directly to NOBOs?
- If Yes, Provide a NOBO List for mailing
- If Yes, the issuer is seeking Voting instructions from NOBOs in connection with this Meeting			Yes
Is the Issuer requesting a Free NOBO List?			No
Undertaking/F9 from Issuer to follow			Request to be processed as soon as F9 is received
NOBO List Delivery:			Electronic File Delivery is required
NOBO List Format:			Text Format is required
NI 54-101/NI 51-102 NOTICE & ACCESS REQUIREMENTS
Notice & Access used for Beneficial Holders			Y
Beneficial Holders Stratification Requirements
(Where applicable, holders meeting one or more of the stratification			N

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criteria below will receive a standard proxy material package, holders outside these criteria will receive the Notice & Access package)
OTHER MAILING OPTIONS INFO
Issuer will distribute to U.S. Intermediaries		Y
Issuer will pay intermediaries costs associated with delivery to OBOs		N
Annual Financial Statements/MD&A to be mailed to:		Only Registered and Beneficial holders who opted to receive one
Electronic Delivery offered to holders that have consented to receive materials electronically:		Y
Mail FIRST CLASS to DOMESTIC holders and AIRMAIL to FOREIGN holders. You will be reimbursed for reasonable expenses with respect to the mailing. Please indicate the quantities of proxy related material required for mailing to non-registered shareholders (i.e. "NOBO"s & "OBO"s) of the above listed securities (Voting or Non-Voting) who are entitled to receive material for the meeting :
Securityholder Proxy Material to be supplied:	Quantities
	English	French
Form of Proxy
Notice Document
Notice/Proxy Circular
Supplemental Mail List Card
Canadian BRE - not prepaid
International BRE - not prepaid
US BRE - not prepaid
Other Inserts:
Please indicate herewith Participant's Name, Contact and Address Details