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Benton and Sokoman Announce Gold Discovery at the Grey River Gold Project, Southern Newfoundland
Assays for six of 13 core samples, "super rushed" for assay, return from 1.34 to 37.64 g/t Au....
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[{"type":"text","content":"Benton and Sokoman Announce Gold Discovery at the Grey River Gold Project, Southern NewfoundlandAssays for six of 13 core samples, \"super rushed\" for assay, return from 1.34 to 37.64 g/t Au.Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - November 25, 2021) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) (\"Benton\") and Sokoman Minerals Corp. (TSXV: SIC) (OTCQB: SICNF) (\"Sokoman\"), together (the \"Alliance\"), are pleased to announce that preliminary results from the maiden drill program at Grey River, Newfoundland, have returned multiple drill intersections of potentially significant gold mineralization. Program highlights include:1,026 m completed in five holes over a four-kilometre strike lengthWidespread pyrite mineralization encountered in all holes643 core samples cut and delivered for assay of which 13 samples were \"super rushed\" for Au analysis; six of the 13 samples \"super rushed\" returned from 1.34 to 37.64 g/t Au630 samples are pending assay results Grey River 2021 Drill Results - Grouped Assays          Hole # Dip Azimuth Depth (m)   From (m) To (m) Length* Au g/t GR-21-01 -45 180 148   46.00 48.35 2.35 3.64         and 74.50 76.30 1.80 8.56         incl 74.50 74.85 0.35 37.64                   GR-21-02 -50 125 191   81.90 84.00 2.10 0.79 *Lengths are core lengths and believed to be 90% true length       Grey River – Drilling location mapTo view an enhanced version of this graphic, please visit:https://orders.newsfilecorp.com/files/3657/105078_figure.jpgDrill holes GR-21-01 to GR-21-05 were drilled within a 5-km strike length (location map attached) of the 10-km-long quartz/silica zone located 4 km east of the community of Grey River. Drilling operations including crew changes, drill moves, core logging and sampling, as well as camp logistics were helicopter supported with all personnel based in a remote fishing/hunting camp. Five drill holes totaling 1,026 m were completed with hole lengths ranging from 148 m to 235 m. A total of 643 samples ranging from 0.35 m to 1.25 m in length were cut onsite using a diamond core saw. Samples were flown to the town of Burgeo and then delivered to Eastern Analytical Ltd. in Springdale, Newfoundland by road transport halfway through and a...