THUNDER BAY, ON, Nov. 14 /CNW/ - Benton Resources Corp. ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the final results from the summer exploration diamond drill program carried out in the Bamoos area of the Company's 100% owned Bermuda Property.
Results from the latest 7 diamond drill holes and previously released 12 holes completed in the Bamoos area continue to demonstrate that significant platinum, palladium and copper mineralization over considerable thicknesses extend north of the Marathon copper (Cu) and platinum group metals (PGM) deposit on to Benton's property.
Holes BO-07-51 and BO-07-55 were drilled approximately 45 meters (m) north of the Benton - Marathon PGM boundary and undercut previously released drill hole BO-07-50 (51m grading 1.56gpt (grams per tonne) total precious metals (TPM (equal sign) platinum + palladium + gold) and 0.28% copper (Cu), including higher grading sections of 2.2gpt TPM and 0.40% Cu over 24m and 5.4gpt TPM and 0.48% over 3m. Hole BO-07-51 returned 59.5m grading 0.70m (including 4.5m of 1.15gpt TPM and 0.27% Cu and 6.0m of 2.0 gpt TPM and 0.48% Cu over 6m while hole BO-07-55 returned 27.7m grading 0.88gpt TPM and 0.19% Cu including 3m of 3.84gpt TPM and 0.38% Cu.
Holes BO-07-39, 43, 46, 47 and 53 were drilled north and west of holes 51 and 55, and were designed to test for multiple mineralized zones within the thick gabbroic host unit. Of particular interest is diamond drill hole BO-07-47, collared approximately 275m north of the Benton - Marathon PGM property boundary. This hole cut two separate zones of mineralization, including an upper magnetite zone grading 1.02gpt and 0.08% Cu over 7.0m and a lower zone, interpreted as the northwest extension of the Marathon deposit main zone, which cut 41.9m grading 0.89gpt TPM and 0.36%Cu (including higher grade sections of 6m of 1.37gpt TPM and 0.33% Cu and 4.5m of 1.38gpt TPM and 0.62% Cu.
Benton is continuing to drill on the property. A total of 15 drill holes have now been completed on the Claw Lake Zone, located approximately 1.5 km north of the Marathon deposit. Previous surface grab samples from trenches on the Claw Lake Zone have returned values of up to 4.7 gpt TPM and 1.5% Cu. Results of these drill holes will be released as they are received.
Following is a table of the 7 final drill hole results:
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Bermuda - Bamoos Drill Results
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DRILL INTE- PGM Au Pt Pd Cu
HOLE FROM TO RVAL (gpt) (gpt) (gpt) (gpt) (%)
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BO-07-39 80.80 82.50 1.70 2.18 0.18 0.46 1.55 0.02
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BO-07-43 3.95 9.95 6.00 0.71 0.06 0.13 0.52 0.19
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BO-07-46 48.95 53.80 4.85 1.07 0.11 0.25 0.71 0.04
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BO-07-47 204.10 211.10 7.00 1.02 0.07 0.20 0.75 0.08
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339.40 381.30 41.90 0.89 0.07 0.17 0.65 0.36
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incl. 339.40 345.40 6.00 1.37 0.11 0.30 0.96 0.33
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373.30 377.80 4.50 1.38 0.10 0.21 1.07 0.62
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BO-07-51 127.50 187.00 59.50 0.70 0.06 0.16 0.48 0.15
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incl. 129.00 133.50 4.50 1.15 0.09 0.25 0.81 0.27
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144.00 150.00 6.00 2.00 0.16 0.34 1.50 0.48
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165.00 167.90 2.90 3.02 0.16 0.55 2.31 0.18
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181.05 182.50 1.45 2.15 0.25 0.51 1.39 0.60
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BO-07-53 265.00 272.50 7.50 1.11 0.08 0.18 0.85 0.11
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BO-07-55 150.00 177.70 27.70 0.88 0.06 0.23 0.59 0.19
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incl. 150.00 153.00 3.00 3.84 0.18 1.04 2.62 0.38
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Clinton Barr (P.Geo.), V.P. Exploration for Benton Resources Corp., is the
qualified person responsible for this release.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of Benton Resources Corp.
"Stephen Stares"
Stephen Stares, President
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