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Benton Confirms New VMS Copper Discovery at End Zone and Delineates Gold and Copper Horizon at South Pond Gold-Copper Deposit
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - January 27, 2026) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has received encouraging copper results from two widely spaced drill holes in the End Zone area within the South Pond Gold-Copper Project in Newfoundland. These holes were drilled to test geological stratigraphy, geophysical anomalies, and locally anomalous copper prospecting samples in the area. Both holes intersected wide zones of anomalous...
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