Benton Intersects Wide Interval of Massive Sulphide at Great Burnt Main Zone and Makes New Discovery in North Stringer Area, Mobilizes Down Hole and Surface EM Crews
Benton Intersects Wide Interval of Massive
Sulphide at Great Burnt Main Zone and Makes
New Discovery in North Stringer Area,
Mobilizes Down Hole and Surface EM Crews
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - March 3, 2025) -
Benton Resources Inc
. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton"
or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it continues to build on the high-grade copper
mineralization present within the Great Burnt Main Zone ("GBMZ"). The Company recently completed
drill hole
GB-25-60
, it's second drill hole from west to east, testing an area of the GBMZ believed to be
lower-grade based on historical drilling, and continuing the hole eastward to hit the Footwall Zone.
GB-
25-60
cut a
15.00 m
section of mineralization with
10.40 m
of
massive and semi-massive sulphide
with heavy chalcopyrite
from 137.40 m to 147.90 m (Photos 1 and 2, Figure 1). Core angles on the
zone are estimated to be 80-90% true thickness. The Company anticipates that additional drilling will be
required to test/upgrade these historical areas of weaker mineralization. The Company continues to
believe that re-drilling of the historical areas is very important, as the closest historical hole GB31,
located approximately 12.00 m away, cut 8.84 m at 1.09% Cu. GB-25-60 continued eastward to a final
depth of 310 m and also intersected a 5.00 m stringer zone interpreted to be the Footwall Zone from
272.20 to 277.20 m.
In addition, the Company would like to report that it has intersected two significant zones of heavy
stringer to semi-massive mineralization under the surface area of the North Stringer Zone ("NSZ")
(Photos 3 and 4). Hole GB-25-59 was designed to test a detailed ground magnetic anomaly
approximately 200 m north of the GBMZ and the stratigraphy of the NSZ at depth. The hole cut two well
mineralized chalcopyrite-pyrrhotite zones from 172.40 m to 174.40 m and a second zone 182.60 m to
186.80 m. This is the deepest hole in the northern part of the system and the Company is planning
immediate follow-up with downhole geophysics commencing this week, to be followed by further drilling.
The current drill program, totalling 3,220 m to date, has targeted several new areas and zones, including
the North Stringer/Footwall Zones, various shallow magnetic and geophysical anomalies and areas
where highly anomalous copper and gold mineralization was discovered on surface. Most holes have
intersected weak to strong mineralization with assay results expected shortly.
The Company has currently paused drilling as it awaits results and completes its geophysical program.
Eastern Geophysics Limited has been contracted for the downhole EM surveying of several new drill
holes including the deep zone at the north end of the NSZ in GB-25-59. Benton will also complete a deep
surface ground EM survey over selected areas of the Great Burnt Project, including the South Pond
Copper-Gold deposit.
Photo 1: Drillhole GB-25-60, Main Zone
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Photo 2: Drillhole GB-25-60, Main Zone
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Photo 3: Drillhole GB-25-59 Deep NSZ Sulphide
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Photo 4: Drillhole GB-25-59 Deep NSZ Sulphide
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Figure 1: Great Burnt Copper Deposit Longitudinal Section
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Benton has a 70% interest in the Great Burnt Copper-Gold Project with Homeland Nickel Inc. holding the
remaining 30%, where they are funding their respective interest, with Benton as the project operator.
The Company would also like to express its appreciation to the Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial
Government's Junior Exploration Assistance program for financial grants supporting mineral exploration
projects in the province.
Benton has been fortunate to have received these grants, which are an
important catalyst for mineral exploration in this highly favourable mining jurisdiction.
The Company will be exhibiting at the upcoming Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada
Conference in Toronto from March 2 to March 5 at booth No. 2117 in the Investors Exchange.
QA/QC Protocols
Core and rock samples, including standards, blanks and duplicates, are submitted to Eastern Analytical
Ltd., Springdale, Newfoundland for preparation and analysis. All samples were acquired by saw-cut
(channels/drill core) with one-half submitted for assay and one-half retained for reference, or hand (rocks)
and delivered, by Benton personnel, in sealed bags, to the Springdale lab of Eastern Analytical, which is
an accredited assay lab that conforms to the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025. Samples are analyzed
using Eastern's Au (Fire assay) @ 30g + ICP-34 method that delivers a 34-element package utilizing a
200 mg subsample totally dissolved in four acids and analyzed by ICP-OES analytical technique.
Overlimits are analysed with Eastern's atomic absorption method, using a 0.200 g to 2.00 g of sample,
digested with three acids. All reported assays are uncut. Eastern Analytical Ltd. achieved ISO 17025
accreditation in February 2014 (for more details on the scope of accreditation visit the CALA website).
QP
Stephen House (P.Geo.), Vice President of Exploration for Benton Resources Inc., the 'Qualified Person'
under National Instrument 43-101, has approved the scientific and technical disclosure in this news
release and prepared or supervised its preparation.
About Benton Resources Inc.
Benton Resources is a well-financed mineral exploration company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange
under the symbol BEX. Benton has a diversified, highly prospective property portfolio and holds large
equity positions in other mining companies that are advancing high-quality assets. Whenever possible,
BEX retains net smelter return (NSR) royalties with potential long-term cash flow.
Benton is focused on advancing its high-grade Copper-Gold Great Burnt Project in central
Newfoundland, which has a Mineral Resource estimate of 667,000 tonnes @ 3.21% Cu Indicated and
482,000 @ 2.35% Cu Inferred. The Project has an excellent geological setting covering 25 km of strike
and boasts six known Cu-Au-Ag zones over 15 km that are all open for expansion. Further potential for
discovery is excellent given the extensive number of untested geophysical targets and Cu-Au soil
anomalies.
All drilling phases at Great Burnt to date have returned impressive results including: GB-23-02: 13.00 m
of 8.31% Cu, incl 3.00 m of 12.80% Cu GB-23-04: 26.87 m of 7.18% Cu, incl 11.16 m of 10.28% Cu
GB-23-12: 25.42 m of 5.51% Cu, incl 1.00 m of 8.77% Cu, 82.00g/t Ag, 4.43g/t Au GB-23-15: 22.59 m
of 5.03% Cu, incl 0.50 m of 20.00% Cu GB-23-21: 24.00 m of 5.81% Cu, incl 7.00 m of 11.47% Cu GB-
23-22: 21.68 m of 3.59% Cu, incl 2.00 m of 15.3% Cu.
Drilling at the South Pond Gold Zone, approximately 7.5 km north of the Great Burnt Copper-Gold Zone,
has confirmed a robust gold-mineralized system over 2.5 km with robust results including:
SP-24-03:
43.75 m of 1.62 g/t Au, SP-24-07: 74.20 m of 1.43g/t Au, SP-24-15: 22.50 m of 1.24 g/t Au and SP-24-
32: 54.5 m of 1.88 g/t Au and is open for expansion in all directions.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of Benton Resources Inc.,
"Stephen Stares"
Stephen Stares, President
Parties interested in seeking more information about properties available for option can contact Mr.
Stares at the number below.
For further information, please contact:
Stephen Stares, President & CEO
Phone:
807-474-9020
Email:
Nick Konkin, Investor Relations
Phone
: 647-249-9298 ext. 322
:
Website:
www.bentonresources.ca
Twitter:
@BentonResources
Facebook:
@BentonResourcesBEX
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