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Golden Harp reports new gold zone discovered by Benton on Block A option
Golden Harp reports new gold zone discovered by Benton on Block A option
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nOct. 1, 2009 (Canada NewsWire Group) -- VANCOUVER, Oct. 1 /CNW/ -- Golden Harp Resources Inc. (GHR:TSXV) today announced that it has been advised by Benton Resources Corp. that a new gold zone (the Crocker Zone) has been discovered approximately 300 metres north of the MC Zone. Twenty surface grab samples collected over a strike length of 340 metres returned gold assay values ranging from 0.012 g/t to 9.65 g/t gold. Highlights include 9.65, 9.50, 6.07, 2.27 and 2.24 g/t gold. In addition, 15 diamond drill holes (3,000 metres) have been completed to date in the ongoing Phase 2 drill program.Benton Resources Corp. issued a press release today - the verbatim text is included below:BENTON DISCOVERS NEW GOLD ZONE ON BLOCK A OPTIONThunder Bay, Ontario: Benton Resources Corp (BTC: TSX.V, \"Benton\" or \"the Company\") is pleased to announce that results from the summer prospecting program on the Copper Hill Block A option, located 100 Km south of Timmins, has identified a new gold zone (the Crocker Zone) with assay results of up to 9.65 grams per tonne (gpt) gold (Au) from surface grab samples. A total of 20 samples were collected over a strike length of 340 metres (m) with values ranging from 0.012 gpt to 9.65 gpt Au. Five of the samples returned gold values of greater than 2.0 gpt Au (9.65, 9.50, 6.07, 2.27 and 2.24 gpt Au) while 9 samples returned values ranging from 0.15 to 0.81 gpt Au. This new zone is located approximately 300m north of the MC zone where diamond drilling in 2008 by Golden Harp Resources Inc. intersected 3.6 gpt Au over a core length of 9.0m (including 14.29 gpt Au over 2.0 metres) from hole GH-019. Like the MC zone, the Crocker Zone is hosted within pyrite-rich green carbonate altered ultramafic volcanic rocks.All samples were sent to Activation Laboratories, an accredited laboratory in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The gold was analyzed utilizing a standard fire assay and an atomic absorption finish.Benton would also like to report that the phase II drill program on the Block A property is in progress. To date, 15 holes (3,000m) of a 17 hole (3,300m) program have been completed. The drill program is designed to test the Cook and MC Zones as well as coincident IP chargeability and soil anomalies located west, east, and on strike to the MC Zone. The program will also test an IP target associated with the newly dis...