Benton Continues to Hit Wide Gold Zones at South Pond and Identifies New VMS System North of Great Burnt; Launches New Website
Benton Continues to Hit Wide Gold Zones at
South Pond and Identifies New VMS System
North of Great Burnt; Launches New Website
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - December 17, 2025) -
Benton Resources Inc
. (TSXV: BEX)
("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has received the newest set of excellent gold
results from its current drill campaign at South Pond Gold-Copper Deposit, including,
2.02g/t Au over
17.13 m (from 29.87 to 47.00 m), including 3.98g/t Au over 5.00 m (from 36.00 to 41.00 m), also
including 9.12g/t Au over 1.00 m (from 36.00 to 37.00 m)
in SP-25-54
(See Figures 1-3, Table 1).
Additionally, Benton announces the discovery of a new Volcanic Massive Sulphide (VMS) system in the
End Zone area located north of the Great Burnt deposit. Additional information will be made available on
the newly launched website at
www.bentonresources.ca
President and CEO of Benton Resources states, "I remain highly excited about Benton's future,
particularly our near-term plans for 2026. The Company is well funded and plans to resume drilling in
January, maintaining strong exploration momentum.
With the continued success at South Pond, the
discovery of an additional promising target at End Zone highlighted by drillhole EZ-25-01, meaningful
expansion potential at the Great Burnt Copper Deposit,
and a newly planned airborne geophysical
survey over the southern half of the property, I believe we have only begun to unlock the full potential of
the Great Burnt Project.
I look forward to the continued exploration, discovery, and value creation
throughout 2026".
South Pond
The company has now paused drilling for Christmas break and will resume in January, while it awaits
final assay results from its ongoing drill campaign. The drill program is designed to demonstrate
continuity along the >2.7 km long gold-copper horizon, which remains open north and south of the current
drilling limits with results of eight (8) holes pending. Assays received to date continue to confirm the
strength and continuity of the mineralized system, especially in the southern 1.7 km portion of the system,
where wide zones of gold and copper have been intersected. To date, the system has only been tested
to approximately 100 m depth, and significant additional drilling will be required to test the depth limits
and evaluate controls of the system.
The newest results also include intercepts grading
1.10g/t Au over 23.00 m (from 17.00 to 40.00m)
including 2.81g/t Au over 6.68 m (from 17.00 to 23.68 m), also including 7.54g/t Au over 1.00 m
(from 19.00 to 20.00m)
in SP-25-55
(See Figures 1-3, Table 1).
Photos of gold-mineralized core are shown in Photos 1 and 2 below.
Base Metal assay results are
pending for holes SP-25-50 to SP-25-61, EZ-25-01 and EZ-25-02. Gold assay results for holes SP-25-
56 to SP-25-61, EZ-25-01 and EZ-25-02 are pending. A table of results is listed below.
Table 1: South Pond Drill Results
DDH #
From (m)
To (m)
Length (m)
Au (g/t)
Cu (%)
SP-25-42
32.40
38.70
6.30
1.37
0.14
incl
32.40
33.40
1.00
6.50
0.05
SP-25-43
52.64
57.40
4.76
0.12
0.91
incl
55.10
57.40
2.30
0.18
1.29
SP-25-44
12.25
15.00
2.75
0.98
1.57
incl
13.25
14.14
0.89
2.40
3.78
and
35.00
44.60
9.60
0.24
0.05
incl
36.00
37.00
1.00
1.46
0.04
SP-25-45
46.11
55.00
8.89
0.49
0.52
incl
47.55
48.80
1.25
1.54
1.35
and
88.40
91.35
2.95
1.15
0.09
incl
89.35
90.35
1.00
3.06
0.15
SP-25-46
14.52
19.52
5.00
0.23
0.06
and
58.58
67.58
9.00
0.38
0.08
and
110.83
113.61
2.78
1.48
0.12
incl
111.50
113.00
1.50
2.62
0.16
SP-25-47
24.25
26.25
2.00
0.47
0.11
and
41.70
44.70
3.00
0.23
0.01
and
108.80
110.80
2.00
0.31
0.07
SP-25-49
51.30
52.30
1.00
0.54
0.26
SP-25-50
21.75
28.75
7.00
0.33
Pending
SP-25-51
10.00
15.40
5.40
2.05
Pending
incl
10.00
11.00
1.00
4.70
Pending
and
28.00
41.00
13.00
0.53
Pending
SP-25-52
57.00
65.00
8.00
1.32
Pending
57.00
59.00
2.00
2.16
Pending
SP-25-53
66.00
79.70
13.70
1.01
Pending
incl
67.00
72.00
5.00
2.10
Pending
incl
68.00
69.00
1.00
3.83
Pending
SP-25-54
29.87
47.00
17.13
2.02
Pending
incl
36.00
41.00
5.00
3.98
Pending
incl
36.00
37.00
1.00
9.12
Pending
SP-25-55
7.00
10.00
3.00
1.10
Pending
and
17.00
40.00
23.00
1.10
Pending
incl
17.00
23.68
6.68
2.81
Pending
incl
19.00
20.00
1.00
7.54
Pending
Note: True widths estimated to be ~90% of reported core lengths.
Photo 1: Gold-Mineralized Core SP-25-51
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Photo 2: Gold Mineralized Core SP-25-53
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End Zone
Two widely spaced drill holes, EZ-25-01 and EZ-25-02, were designed to target coincident magnetic
and electromagnetic (EM) conductors located near areas of anomalous base metal surface grab
samples.
Drill hole EZ-25-01, located approximately 70 m south of SP-24-33, cut multiple sections of VMS-style,
stringer pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite mineralization, with local semi-massive to massive sulphides over the
upper 150 m of the hole, including:
10.30 m of strong stringer-style and local semi-massive pyrrhotite-chalcopyrite from 100.30 to
110.60 m and;
11.66 m of strong stringer-style, semi-massive and local massive pyrrhotite-chalcopyrite from
137.40 to 149.06 m (photo 3)
Drill hole EZ-25-02, located approximately 785 m south-southeast of EZ-25-01, intersected several
zones containing disseminated and stringer pyrrhotite-chalcopyrite mineralization that are also indicative
of a VMS-style system.
(Photo 4).
Photo 3: Semi-Massive Pyrrhotite-Chalcopyrite Mineralization EZ-25-01
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Photo 4: Stringer Pyrrhotite-Chalcopyrite Mineralization EZ-25-02
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Mineralization consists of stringer, semi-massive and local massive sulphides hosted within strongly
silicified and chloritized mafic volcanic and sedimentary rocks. The nature of mineralization and host-
rock sequence resemble those observed at the Great Burnt Copper Deposit located 6 km to the south.
It's important to note that SP-24-33, drilled last year, intersected multiple sections with highly anomalous
copper values up to 0.17% over 1.00 m and gold up to 1.51g/t over 1.00 m.
Intervals are outlined in core
length as further drilling is required to estimate true widths of mineralization in the End Zone area.
Benton has also engaged SGS laboratories to conduct a series of metallurgical gold recovery tests on
the South Pond gold system. A representative suite of drill holes were selected with samples quarter
split and sent to SGS. The goal of the testing was to determine if the gold could be favorably liberated
and recovered using standard acid leaching. Full results are expected shortly.
New Website
In addition, the company also would like to report that it has launched a new website
(
www.bentonresources.ca
). Management feels it was appropriate to reflect our goal of becoming a
Newfoundland based company with our current plans to delineate significant resources on the Great
Burnt Project, while looking for partnerships to advance its other projects in Newfoundland and Ontario.
Figure 1: Great Burnt Target Areas
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Figure 2: South Pond Drilling Plan Map
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Figure 3: South Pond Longitudinal Section
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