Benton Drilling Delivers Further High-Grade Copper at Great Burnt and Intersects New Multiple Copper and Gold Horizons East of Main Zone
Benton Drilling Delivers Further High-Grade
Copper at Great Burnt and Intersects New
Multiple Copper and Gold Horizons East of
Main Zone
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - June 20, 2025) -
Benton Resources Inc
. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton"
or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has received further high-grade results on the Great
Burnt Main Zone (GBMZ), Footwall Zone (FW) and North Stringer Zone (NSZ).
Highlights include DDH
GB-25-65
, drilled from West to East, was designed as an infill hole to test the
GBMZ and intersect the FW, located 100-150 m east of the GBMZ. Both zones were successfully
intersected, cutting several sections of massive sulphide in the GBMZ grading
2.49%
Cu
over
12.30 m
(2.95% CuEq),
including
5.27%
Cu over 4.80 m (6.34% CuEq)
. This result significantly exceeds the
nearby historic hole, GB50, drilled in 1969, which returned 0.13% Cu over 0.91 m from smaller diameter
core.
Three other important copper intersections were encountered east of the GBMZ, including:
0.33 m grading
3.32%
Cu
(3.47% CuEq)
;
2.85 m grading
1.27% Cu (1.55% CuEq)
and;
0.30 m grading
1.07% Cu (1.16% CuEq).
These results confirm the presence of multiple copper-rich zones east of the GBMZ, an area that has
seen little drilling or exploration. Due to the increased gold content observed in the FW and NSZ, the
Company has decided to add a CuEq column and the full table of these results are below (see Table 1).
Table 1: Great Burnt/South Pond Drill Results
DDH #
From (m)
To (m)
Length (m)
Cu (%)
Au (g/t)
Zn (%)
Ag (g/t)
Co (%)
*CuEq (%)
Zone
GB-25-61
53.00
57.70
4.70
0.24
0.35
0.02
0.90
0.003
0.59
NSZ
incl
56.00
56.70
0.70
0.46
1.19
0.03
2.20
0.004
1.61
NSZ
GB-25-62
127.50
144.50
17.00
0.34
0.03
0.01
0.41
0.005
0.39
NSZ
incl
131.50
135.50
4.00
0.80
0.06
0.01
1.10
0.007
0.89
NSZ
GB-25-63
2.15
9.85
7.70
0.23
2.15
0.02
1.06
0.004
2.25
NSZ
incl
7.10
9.85
2.75
0.35
5.46
0.02
1.86
0.005
5.45
NSZ
GB-25-64
37.00
38.00
1.00
0.04
0.13
0.01
<0.2
0.003
0.17
NSZ
and
117.70
118.30
0.60
0.17
<5
0.01
<0.2
0.006
0.19
NSZ
GB-25-65
246.00
258.30
12.30
2.49
0.11
0.90
5.45
0.020
2.95
Main
incl
247.90
252.70
4.80
5.27
0.24
2.15
12.12
0.045
6.34
Main
incl
249.90
250.90
1.00
7.49
0.41
2.79
16.80
0.035
8.91
Main
and
271.15
277.45
6.30
1.82
0.10
0.21
5.26
0.009
2.05
Main
incl
272.00
276.60
4.60
2.31
0.13
0.25
6.69
0.009
2.59
Main
incl
272.60
273.60
1.00
6.14
0.42
0.40
16.20
0.008
6.83
Main
and
293.37
293.70
0.33
3.32
0.05
0.20
3.70
0.005
3.47
Main
and
417.25
420.10
2.85
1.27
0.14
0.01
2.60
0.042
1.55
Footwall
incl
418.25
419.25
1.00
2.64
0.26
0.02
5.60
0.065
3.13
Footwall
and
450.17
452.45
2.28
0.27
0.02
0.01
0.30
0.003
0.30
Footwall
incl
451.15
451.45
0.30
1.07
0.05
0.01
2.30
0.005
1.16
Footwall
Note: True widths estimated to be 90% of reported core lengths. Copper equivalents (CuEq) based on total contained copper, gold, silver, zinc
and cobalt, metal prices as of June 18, 2025 (Cu - US$4.84/lb, Au - US$3,384.45/oz), Ag - US$36.86/oz, Zn - US$1.20/lb and Co - US$15.12/lb).
Copper Equivalent % = Cu% + ((Au g/t/31.10348 * Au Rec. * Au Price) + (Ag g/t/31.10348 * Ag Rec. * Ag price) + (Zn% * 22.046 * Zn Rec. * Zn
price) + (Co% * 22.046 * Zn Rec. * Co price)/(Cu Price * 22.046 * Cu Rec.). Metal recoveries (Rec.) are assumed to be 100%.
Figure 1: Drill Hole Plan Map NSZ
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Figure 2: Great Burnt Copper Main Zone Longitudinal Section
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On June 3, 2025, the Company released early assay results from a new area 150 m north of the GBMZ
which returned
2.15g/t Au
over
7.70 m,
including
5.46g/t Au
over
2.75 m.
Elevated base metal results
confirm copper mineralization is associated with this new gold-mineralized area (see attached table and
plan map for NSZ). The Company remains excited about this new area, which will be subject to further
drilling. The mineralized zone could represent an extension of mineralization intersected in hole
GB-25-
59,
located 50 m to the south. In GB-25-59, an upper zone contained gold mineralization grading 0.67g/t
Au and 0.69% Cu over 14.40 m, including
2.16 g/t Au
and
1.09% Cu
over
3.00 m,
while a lower zone in
the same hole cut
0.89% Cu
over
6.48 m
including
1.11% Cu
over
5.09 m.
Drilling is currently paused
until results are received and compiled, along with an evaluation of recent downhole geophysics, which
will provide targeting for the restart of drilling.
The Company has also completed
GB-26-66,
which is its deepest hole to date testing the down plunge
extension of the GBMZ. The hole cut stinger copper-pyrrhotite mineralization near the bottom of the hole,
but did not intersect massive sulphide. A subsequent down hole deep EM survey has identified a strong
conductor immediately below the hole.
In addition, Benton is continuing to plan further drilling for the South Pond Gold-Copper Zone where it has
completed over 5.6 km of surface pulse Electro Magnetic (EM) along the South Pond (SP) trend on the
Great Burnt Property. The survey has identified excellent conductive trends which coincide with known
mineralized zones at SP, as well as multiple new targets, which will be subject to summer follow-up with
prospecting, trenching and diamond drilling. The South Pond trend has been drill-tested at shallow
depths over a strike length of approximately 2.3 km, with impressive results.
Benton has a 70% interest in the Great Burnt Copper-Gold Project and Homeland Nickel holds the
remaining 30%, where they are funding their respective interest, with Benton as the project operator.
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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