Benton Receives Best Gold Assay Results to Date at the South Pond Gold-Copper Zone
Benton Receives Best Gold Assay Results to
Date at the South Pond Gold-Copper Zone
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - January 6, 2025) -
Benton Resources Inc
. (TSXV: BEX)
("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has received its best gold results to date at
the
South Pond Gold-Copper Zone ("SPGCZ")
within the Company's Great Burnt Lake project in
Newfoundland. These new results continue to demonstrate the robust potential of the SPGCZ structure
identified through surface exploration and drilling which now spans approximately 3.0 km and remains
wide open. The SPGCZ is located approximately 8 km north of the Great Burnt Lake Copper Deposit.
Highlights:
SP-24-32 Cut
1.88 g/t
Au over
54.50 m
at the South Pond Gold-Copper Zone, this included two
higher grade zones with an upper section grading
2.41 g/t
over
14.00 m
including,
9.68 g/t
over
1.00 m
and a lower section grading
3.34 g/t
over
12.00 m
including,
4.87 g/t
over
3.00 m
;
Drilling will recommence in mid-January at the Great Burnt Copper Deposit to continue testing
recently identified parallel and deep EM conductors;
A further 15,000 m drill program planned for2025 with potential for expansion;
The Company awaits further gold and copper assay results for the last 3 holes drilled in 2024.
Stephen Stares, President & CEO of the Company stated "I would like to take this opportunity to wish all
stakeholders of Benton a very Happy New Year and express our confidence that the Great Burnt project
will continue to demonstrate its amazing potential as we advance it through 2025. The latest results
highlight the robustness and strength of this copper-gold system and we are excited to get back working
in the next two weeks. We look forward to receiving our remaining results from our 2024 drill program
and determining what new discoveries are in store for us in 2025. This is certainly an exciting start to the
new year."
A table of the results to date are listed below showing the mineralized zone. (see Table 1, Figure 1).
Table 1: South Pond Drill Results
DDH #
From (m)
To (m)
Length (m)
Au (g/t)
SP-24-31
37.00
45.00
8.00
1.26
incl
37.00
40.00
3.00
2.78
incl
39.00
40.00
1.00
5.43
SP-24-32
34.10
88.60
54.50
1.88
incl
43.10
57.10
14.00
2.41
incl
52.10
53.10
1.00
9.68
and
68.10
80.10
12.00
3.34
incl
72.10
75.10
3.00
4.87
Note: Widths quoted are true core length, at this early stage, further drilling is required to determine true width of mineralization
Figure 1: Drill Hole Location Map
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Figure 2: Property Compilation
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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 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. Phase 1, 2 and 3 drill programs returned impressive results with 25.42 m of 5.51% Cu,
including 9.78 m of 8.31% Cu, and 1.00 m of 12.70% 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 results of 74.20 m of 1.43g/t Au and 43.75 m of 1.62g/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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