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Benchmark Drills 66.00 Metres of 2.98 g/t AuEq Expanding near Surface Mineralization at the AGB Zone
Edmonton, Alberta--(Newsfile Corp. - March 31, 2021) - Benchmark Metals Inc. (TSXV: ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Benchmark Drills 66.00 Metres of 2.98 g/t AuEq Expanding near Surface Mineralization at the AGB ZoneEdmonton, Alberta--(Newsfile Corp. - March 31, 2021) - Benchmark Metals Inc. (TSXV: BNCH) (OTCQX: BNCHF) (WKN: A2JM2X) (the \"Company\" or \"Benchmark\") is pleased to announce new results from a series of drill holes at the AGB zone including, 66.00 metres (m) of 2.34 grams per tonne (g/t) gold and 51.48 g/t silver or 2.98 g/t gold equivalent* (AuEq) and 5.00 m of 15.31 g/t gold and 180.80 g/t silver or 17.57 g/t AuEq in drill hole 20AGBDD039. This drill hole was the most southerly drilled during the 2020 campaign and returned high-grade gold and silver intervals beginning near to surface. A broad zone of strong mineralization is emerging at the southern extent of the >650 m long AGB zone that remains open at depth and along strike. Planning for the 2021 drill program is underway to target the southern extents due to its potential to add additional near-surface, open-pittable gold and silver ounces to the AGB deposit. Benchmark's flagship Lawyers Gold-Silver Project is located in a road-accessible area of the Golden Horseshoe in north-central British Columbia, Canada.John Williamson, CEO, commented, \"These drill results demonstrate strong continuity and higher-grade gold and silver material near surface. The results are providing a path to expand the AGB zone to the south and to depth. This zone is showing potential to become a higher-grade, initial open pit mine that would return substantial economics in the opening years of a mining scenario.\"Figure 1 - AGB plan map and long sectionTo view an enhanced version of Figure 1, please visit:https://orders.newsfilecorp.com/files/6169/78982_36c8bbf9543d2967_001full.jpgAs illustrated in Figure 1 the southern extent of the AGB zone has seen very limited historical drilling with most of the drill holes in this region being completed as part of a late 2020 step-out and expansion drill campaign. With very encouraging visual alteration and mineralization observed in the first few holes the program was expanded to 10+ holes, all of which intersected significant mineralization. New results (see press release Mar 17, 2021) has extended the zone of bulk-tonnage and high-grade mineralization. The southern area of AGB continues to demonstrate the continuity of the mineralized system from surf...