Benton Resources, Inc. · TSXV:BEX
Benton Resources — Investor Presentation (February 2007)
30 slides from Benton Resources's investor presentation, February 2007
Slide 1: A Junior Company Focused on World Class Discoveries
A JUNIOR COMPANY FOCUSEDON WORLD CLASS DISCOVERIES
Slide 2: Four Generations of Exploration
FOUR GENERATIONS OF EXPLORATION 2007 PDAC PROSPECTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD 1) Oxide-hosted cumulate Cu-PGE-Ti-V 2) Ultramafic-hosted Cu-Ni-Co-PGE (base of Proterozoic Coldwell Complex) 3) Gabbro-hosted Cu-PGE (Two Duck Gabbro)
Slide 3: Officers and Directors
Officers and Directors ¾Stephen Stares President & Director ¾Clinton Barr, P.Geo V.P Exploration, Director ¾Michael Stares Field Manager, Director ¾Ewan Downie Director ¾Gordon Fretwell, B.Comm, L.L.B Director ¾Raphael Gerstel Director
Slide 4: Corporate Structure
Corporate Structure ¾34.3 Million Shares Issued ¾3.45 Million Tradable Warrants ¾57.0 Million Fully Diluted ¾Strong Treasury Trades under the symbols: BTC.V BTC.WT
Slide 5: Ontario Property Locations
Ontario Property Locations ONTARIO ONTARIO Armit Lake Cu-Ni-Co Flying Loon Cu-Ni-Co Nipigon Red Lake Uranium Bottle Bay Goodchild Uranium Cu-Ni-PGE Lac Bermuda Des Iles Cu-PGE Hemlo Timmins Saganaga Thunder Gold-Silver Bay Wawa Q-9 Gold-Silver Sudbury Sault St. Marie
Slide 6: Saganaga/Q9 Gold Project
Saganaga/Q9 Gold Project Significant new gold discovery in the Shebandowan Greenstone Belt 1. Benton recently J.V the property with Teck Cominco Limited under two separate deals 2. Teck to spend 16 million over 8 Years 3. Surface channel sampling returned values of 17gpt over 7 meters along with num
Slide 7: Saganaga/Q-9 Gold Project
Saganaga/Q-9 Gold Project Q-9 Project Saganaga Project 54 oz Gold Q-9 Project Saganaga Project 4 km Gold showing
Slide 8: Saganaga drill hole plan
4.24gpt 8.20gpt over 1.2m over 0.9m 5.36gpt over 20m Saganaga drill hole plan
Slide 9: Goodchild Cu-Ni-Co Project
Goodchild Cu-Ni-Co Project Highest grade nickel ever discovered in the Goodchild intrusion ¾Benton recently received results of up to 6.7% nickel on the property ¾Multiple untested coincidental Magnetic and EM anomalies over the 5km by 8km intrusion ¾Potential to host large high grade nickel resourc
Slide 10: Goodchild and Goodchild South Ni-Cu-Co Projects
Goodchild and Goodchild South Ni-Cu-Co Projects
Slide 11: Main King Lake (NBK) Property
King Lake (NBK) Property Teck Cominco 6.8% Cu, 1.7% Ni Main Benton S u tu 1.9% Cu, 1.7% Ni Gossan Gossan re Teck Cominco
Slide 12: Armit Lake Cu-Ni-Co Project
Armit Lake Cu-Ni-Co Project Historical Ni Sulfide iron showing formation 4.1% Ni 0.28% Co Ni Anomalies in lakeseds New Au showing Untested 25.4gpt AEM Anomalies 1km Airborne magnetics
Slide 13: Flagship Property
Flagship Property Hud son Ba y RED LAKE 1 Bermuda 17 11 Property Lac d es Iles Mine TIMMINS THUNDER BAY Hemlo 101 Polymet SUDBURY 117 Eagle 17 400 OTTAWA 7 401 TORONTO 0 100 200 300 kilometers Base Map Source: National Atlas of Canada, 1:10,000,000 digital map, http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca
Slide 14: Bermuda Property: Regional Setting
Bermuda Property: Regional Setting
Slide 15: Four Large Targets
FOUR LARGE TARGETS Bermuda Property boundary Target #3 Oxide Target #2 Cumulate Four Dam Zone Lake Zone Target #1 Target #4 Marathon Area 41 Zone extension up to 12.4gpt 17k e m we r lin Pt+Pd+Au Po Marathon Deposit 2.1 million oz PGE’s 348 million lb copper
Slide 16: Bermuda: mineralized zones on new aeromagnetic compilation
Bermuda: mineralized zones on new aeromagnetic compilation Sally Deposit Wullie Deposit Skipper Lake Zone Area 41 Bamoos Zone Zone Four Dam Zone Marathon Deposit Marathon Extension extension Marathon Deposit
Slide 17: Target 1: Extension of Marathon Cu-PGE Deposit
Target 1: Extension of Marathon Cu- PGE Deposit B-04-01 Target # 1 Gabbro 1.3gpt TPM / 21.7m Strike extension of and 1.74gpt / 8.7m Marathon Deposit BO-05-06 3.11gpt TPM BO-05-04 over 11.6m 1.74gpt TPM BO-06-20 over 29.3m 1.25gpt TPM over 102m Syenite Marathon Deposit Gravel 2.1million oz PGE’s 348
Slide 18: Target 2: Four Dam Lake Zone
Target 2: Four Dam Lake Zone Bermuda Property New Mafic Volcanic claim block claims (Archean) Coincident magnetic and gravity response (possible feeder or offset-type dyke) Eastern Gabbro (Proterozoic Coldwell) Syenite (Proterozoic Felsic Volcanic Coldwell Complex) (Archean) Gravel Target #2 Four Da
Slide 19: Four Dam Lake drill section
409000N Four Dam Lake drill section 5 §409100N Gabbro §409200N ° = oO s o c 5 a o 3 Mafic Volcanics and Metasediments B-05-10 \ EOH 204.0m \ wed joven i B-05-09 EOH 256.6m B-05-08 EOH 218.2m
Slide 20: Target 2: Net Textured Sulfides
Target 2: Net Textured Sulfides
Slide 21: Target 3: oxide reef cumulate
Target 3: oxide reef cumulate Redstone Res. 1991 (ddh) Wullie Lake Resource Estimate N 0.33% Cu, 0.466gpt TPM 32mt@0.3% Cu, 23% Fe, 2.48% Ti over 26m 4.03gpt TPM (grab) (Schnieders et al, 2004; OGS OFR 6148) non 43-101 compliant Skipper Lake Zone 5.07gpt TPM (grab) Benton Res 2004 (ddh) 1.07gpt TPM
Slide 22: Bermuda: DDH 05-01 Oxide Zone
Bermuda: DDH 05-01 Oxide Zone
Slide 23: Target 4: Area 41 Zone
Target 4: Area 41 Zone Sally Lake Deposit New Cu-Ni-Co Zone Wullie Lake Deposit Area 41 Zone > 5gpt Pd+Pt+Au
Slide 24: Target 4: Area 41 Zone
Target 4: Area 41 Zone $414000 3413500 5413000 5412500 536500 537000 537500 $38000 538500 539000 : J Trench A: 21.8m/0.82gpt TPM. i f _ _ incl 3.2m/2. 10gpt TPM ar “ie ian aan ) / and 1m/4.16gpt TPM | 7 | | / SALLY LAKE | & 8 Mile Trench ey / Trench M: 26.95m/0.76gpt\TPM \ XN / 7m 1.09%Cu, 0.36%Ni,
Slide 25: Summary #1
Summary # 1 Benton has identified the strike extension of the Marathon Deposit northward for at least 600m Drill intersection of 3.11gpt PGE’s and 0.43% Cu over 11.6 meters and 1.25gpt PGE's and 0.58% Cu over 102m have been obtained These grades and widths are similar to that of the Marathon deposit
Slide 26: Summary #2
Summary # 2 Benton has also discovered several new zones including the Four Dam zone, Mouse Lake zone and the Area 41 zone These new zones are exhibiting the potential to host large resources of PGE’s and Copper Drilling results to date include 61.15 metres grading 1.23gpt TPM and 0.28% copper in a
Slide 27: Summary #3
Summary # 3 Benton’s management is planning an aggressive exploration program for 2007 on the Bermuda project that includes: 1. 5000-metre drill program extending the Marathon Deposit 2. Define size, grade and limits of the Area 41 zone through another 5000 metres of drilling 3. Complete ground geop
Slide 28: Benton Summary #4
Benton Summary # 4 Benton’s large and exciting property portfolio has attracted world class companies such as Teck Cominco and Xstrata. These major companies have recently entered into Joint Ventures on three of Benton’s properties with Teck Cominco spending up to $16,000,000 on the Saganaga/Q-9 gol
Slide 29: Head Office
Head Office 3290 Willard Avenue Thunder Bay, Ontario P7E 6J7 Contact: Stephen Stares Office(807)475 7474 Cell (807)474 9020 Fax (807)475 7200
Slide 30: Finding a deposit doesn't take a miracle
Finding a deposit doesnt take a miracle
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