Business
Benton and Sokoman Provide Exploration Update on Li / Cs Exploration Golden Hope JV - Southwestern Newfoundland
Ten holes completed at Killick target - second drill to begin testing the Hydra Dyke Thunder Bay...
About this update from Benton Resources, Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"Benton and Sokoman Provide Exploration Update on Li / Cs Exploration Golden Hope JV - Southwestern NewfoundlandTen holes completed at Killick target - second drill to begin testing the Hydra DykeThunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - May 18, 2023) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) (\"Benton\") and Sokoman Minerals Corp. (TSXV: SIC) (OTCQB: SICNF) (\"Sokoman\") together, (the \"Alliance\") are pleased to announce that 1,400 m in ten holes have been completed on the 50/50 Golden Hope Joint Venture (GHJV) targeting lithium and other critical metals. Drilling has focused on the Killick Dyke zone, where 2022 drilling returned up to 1.04% Li2O over 15.23 m, including 4.18 m of 1.48% Li2O, and 2.98 m of 1.23% Li2O in GH-22-27 and 9.50 m of 1.08% Li2O in GH-22-26. All ten holes have intersected spodumene-bearing dykes ranging from less than a metre to over 20 m thick. Drilling will continue to test the Killick Dyke area plus any new dyke discovered in the ongoing soil geochemical and trenching program along strike to the east of the Kraken Pegmatite Field, where lithium-in-soil geochemical anomalies of similar strength to the Kraken Discovery Dyke area were found, 4 km along strike to the east of any known dykes.The Alliance is also pleased to announce that it plans to mobilize a second diamond drill to test the Hydra (cesium/lithium/tantalum) target 10 km northeast of the Killick Dyke. Trenching is ongoing here to expose the dyke and help plan for the drilling. The Hydra Dyke is host to high-grade cesium mineralization as pollucite, as well as significant lithium, tantalum, and rubidium values with a 1.2 m channel sample from 2022 grading 8.76% Cs2O, 0.41% Li2O, 0.025% Ta2O5, and 0.33% Rb2O (news release December 1, 2022). The Alliance has received the first batch of soil sampling results from the Hydra area which shows a significant lithium/tantalum anomaly (5 to 996 ppm Li; 5 to 141 ppm Ta) in the vicinity of the Hydra Dyke. The soil survey is continuing, using 500 m spaced lines to cover the 10 km gap between the Killick and Hydra fields crossing the favourable dyke-bearing corridor. Figure 1: Close up of coarse-grained spodumene in GH-23-44To view an enhanced version of this graphic, please visit:https://images.newsfilecorp.com/files/3657/166633_0110d7a654e0e9f1_003full.jpg.Figure 2: Close up of medium-grained spodumene in GH-23...