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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) ("...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Benton Receives Best Gold Assay Results to Date at the South Pond Gold-Copper ZoneThunder 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 ResultsDDH #From (m)To (m)Length (m)Au (g/t)SP-24-3137.0045.008.001.26incl37.0040.003.002.78incl39.0040.001.005.43      SP-24-3234.1088.6054.501.88incl43.1057.1014.002.41incl52.1053.101.009.68and68.1080.1012.003.34incl72.1075.103.004.87 Note: Widths quoted are true core length, at this ...