Benton Resources (TSXV: BEX) is advancing its Phase 3 exploration program at the Great Burnt deposit in central Newfoundland, uncovering a new copper-gold zone and identifying a promising gold anomaly in soil. The ongoing diamond drilling has successfully extended the deposit by approximately 150 meters down plunge and southward along strike, with 7 out of 10 drill holes intersecting massive sulphide.
Preliminary gold assays from the South Pond area reveal encouraging grades up to 9.91 g/t gold and 5.19 g/t silver, with additional base metal results awaited. Extensive channel sampling is currently underway to further explore these discoveries.
Initial soil sampling results have identified a new 2 km long trend of anomalous gold, prompting immediate follow-up investigations. The Phase 3 program highlights include the discovery of new massive sulphide zones in bedrock, ongoing trenching, mapping, and channel sampling activities, and the interpretation of both historic and new geophysical data to delineate future exploration targets.
Benton remains focused on advancing its high-grade copper-gold Great Burnt project, leveraging its substantial mineral resource estimate and the potential for further discoveries based on previous drilling successes.
The project’s mineral resource estimate is 442,000 tonnes of indicated resources at 2.5% copper and 829,000 tonnes of inferred resources at 2.1% copper. The project covers 25 km of strike and has six known copper, silver and gold zones over 15 km that are all open for expansion.
The outlook for further discoveries is promising, supported by numerous unexplored geophysical targets and significant copper-gold soil anomalies. Previous drill programs in Phases 1 and 2 have delivered impressive results, such as intersections of 25.42 meters grading 5.51% copper, including 9.78 meters at 8.31% copper, and 1.00 meter at 12.70% copper.
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