Benton Continues to Drill Wide Intervals of Significant Gold at South Pond Extending Strike Length 600 m South
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - October 31, 2024) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has extended the South Pond Gold Zone ("SPGZ"), contained within the Company's Great Burnt Copper-Gold project, in south-central Newfoundland 600 m to the south with significant intercepts including, 1.48g/t gold (Au) over 24.00 m, incl 3.09g/t Au over 2.00 m in SP-24-09. Hole SP-24-10 cut two zones which returned 1.04g/t Au over 20.00 m,...
2024-10-31 8:00 AM EDT
Benton Drilling Intersects Wide Zones of Significant Gold at South Pond Including 74.20 m of 1.43g/t Au and 43.75 m of 1.62g/t Au
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - October 17, 2024) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the South Pond Gold Zone ("SPGZ") in south-central Newfoundland has been substantially expanded based on the initial results received from the first four holes from the previously announced drilling program. The results will successfully expand the extents of the SPGZ, which remains open in all directions and include significant drill...
2024-10-17 8:00 AM EDT
Benton Encouraged By Clean Air Metals Latest Drill Results and Advancement Plans; Provides Great Burnt Update and Grants Options
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - September 16, 2024) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") was very encouraged by recent drill recent results and advancement plans of Clean Air Metals Inc. ("Clean Air"). Benton still holds approximately 24.6 million shares of Clean Air and also retains a 0.5% net smelter return royalty from production on the Escape Lake Deposit and a 0.5% net smelter return royalty from production on any mineral claims comprising the Thunder...
2024-09-16 7:30 AM EDT
Benton Expands The Great Burnt Copper Deposit Down Plunge Through Recent Drilling Results from Phase 3 Exploration
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - August 27, 2024) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has received results from the phase three drill program (see Table 1) at the Great Burnt project in Newfoundland. These latest results continue to show that the Great Burnt Deposit is continuous down plunge and along strike to the south, adding substantially to the deposit at depth. Drill hole GB-24-45 cut 12.30 meters of 1.72 % Cu and 5.55...
2024-08-27 7:30 AM EDT
Benton Stakes Strategic Land at Great Burnt and Provides Exploration Update - Channel Sample Assays 3.79 g/t Gold, 0.68% Copper & 4.10 g/t Silver Over 5.10 m at South Pond
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - August 21, 2024) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has acquired by staking, a 100% interest in 8 claim units covering the southern favourable geological extension located approximately 1.2 km to the south of the Great Burnt Copper Deposit. Recent mapping and prospecting have identified multiple quartz stockwork and veins containing galena, sphalerite and chalcopyrite near a previously...
2024-08-21 7:30 AM EDT
Benton Closes Private Placement of Flow-Through Units
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - August 16, 2024) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") announces that, further to its July 17, 2024 news release, it has closed its brokered flow-through private placement financing for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,146,411.75 (the "Financing"). Haywood Securities Inc. acted as lead agent and sole bookrunner, together with a syndicate of agents including Red Cloud Securities Inc. and Canaccord Genuity Corp. (collectively, the...
2024-08-16 10:02 AM EDT
Benton Advises Homeland Nickel That It Has Completed Earn-In for 70% Interest in Great Burnt; Releases Further Phase 3 Drill Results That Continue To Expand The Great Burnt Copper Deposit Down Plunge
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - July 17, 2024) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has advised Homeland Nickel Inc. ("Homeland") (formerly Spruce Ridge Resources Ltd.) that it has now fulfilled its required $2.5 million in exploration expenditures pursuant to the option agreement dated September 20, 2023, between the companies resulting in Benton vesting its 70% ownership interest in the Great Burnt Copper project in...
2024-07-17 8:00 AM EDT
Benton Continues to Expand the Great Burnt Copper Deposit, Discovers New Copper-Gold Zone and Identifies New 2 km Long Gold In Soil Anomaly
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - July 3, 2024) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that its Phase 3 diamond drill program continues to intercept massive sulphide, expanding the deposit approximately 150 m down plunge and along strike to the south at the Great Burnt Deposit. The Company has now completed 3,840 m in 10 holes with 7 of the 10 holes intersecting massive sulphide. The Company has also received preliminary gold assays for...
2024-07-03 8:00 AM EDT
Benton Advised That Killick Lithium Project Announces Academic Research Partnership with Research Grants Awarded Totaling $1.32 Million over 3 Years
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - June 19, 2024) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to report that the Killick Lithium Property, jointly owned by the Company, Sokoman Minerals Corp. ("Sokoman"), and Piedmont Lithium Inc. ("Piedmont") through Vinland Lithium Inc., will be collaborating in a total of $1.322 million in NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) grants to conduct research studies on the Killick Lithium...
2024-06-19 8:00 AM EDT
Benton Cuts Massive Sulphides in First Two Holes Expanding the Great Burnt Copper Deposit and Exposes Excellent Copper Mineralization in Trenching at South Pond 15km North
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - June 5, 2024) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it's Phase 3 diamond drill program is well underway at the Great Burnt Deposit. Field crews have also started exploration trenching at South Pond located, 15 km to the north. Additionally, regional prospecting and soil geochemical sampling have been initiated along the northern part of the belt. The Company has completed two diamond drill holes and...
2024-06-05 8:00 AM EDT
Benton Mobilizes Crews to Commence Regional Exploration and Prepares for Phase 3 Drill Program at Great Burnt Copper-Gold Project, Newfoundland
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - May 16, 2024) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has mobilized a field crew to open the Great Burnt camp and commence regional prospecting and soil geochemical sampling. In addition, Benton has executed a minimum 3,000 m drill contract with a local company, MCL Drilling from Deer Lake, NL, with crews expected to arrive in late May to start its Phase 3 drill program. Benton anticipates that the...
2024-05-16 8:00 AM EDT
Benton Executes Agreements to Secure Additional Strategic Land Packages at the Great Burnt Copper-Gold Project in Newfoundland and Provides Update
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - May 2, 2024) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into two separate agreements to acquire a 100% interest in six strategic mineral licences (the "Property") encompassing 52 claim units that are adjacent to or within Benton's current claim block at the Great Burnt Copper-Gold Project located in Newfoundland. Portions of the newly acquired Property host interesting geophysical and...
2024-05-02 8:00 AM EDT
Benton Drills 7.25% Cu over 4.50 m Including 18.65% Cu over 1.10 m at Great Burnt Copper Deposit; Appoints Alan King as Advisor to the Company and Provides Update
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - April 17, 2024) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has received further high-grade copper results from the Great Burnt Copper Deposit in Newfoundland further delineating the high-grade copper core. In addition, the Company's ongoing efforts and interpretation of the recently completed down-hole geophysical program have confirmed a highly conductive anomaly extending to the south and along...
2024-04-17 8:00 AM EDT
Benton Files for Exchange Approval for Non-Brokered Private Placement Financing
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - April 12, 2024) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ('Benton' or 'the Company') announces that it has filed documents with the TSX Venture Exchange seeking final approval for its recently announced non-brokered private placement of flow-through and non-flow through units (the "Private Placement") (see Benton PR dated April 3, 2024). On receipt of all regulatory approvals, the Company will issue 15,755,334 units at a price of $0.15 per unit, each unit...
2024-04-12 4:01 PM EDT
Benton Drilling Expands Great Burnt Copper Deposit, Arranges $3 Million Private Placement
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - April 3, 2024) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has received further high-grade copper results which expand the Great Burnt Copper Deposit a further 50 m down plunge. In addition to the expansion of the deposit, the Company's ongoing down-hole geophysical program has identified that the massive sulphides associated with the deposit are highly conductive, and additional priority targets have...
2024-04-03 11:06 AM EDT
Benton Completes Phase 2 Drill Program and Mobilizes Down-Hole Geophysical Crew to Delineate Electro-Magnetic Targets for Phase 3 Program at Great Burnt Copper Deposit, Newfoundland
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - March 21, 2024) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed its Phase 2 drill program, encompassing 15 holes for a total of 3,260 m, at its Great Burnt Project in Newfoundland. Results for the initial drill holes are expected shortly and will be released once received and compiled. Highlights from Phase 2 to date include: Successfully expanded the Great Burnt deposit 50 m down...
2024-03-21 7:00 AM EDT
Benton Intersects Massive Sulphides Down Plunge and Along Strike at Great Burnt Copper Deposit
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - March 11, 2024) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has successfully expanded the Great Burnt deposit in south-central Newfoundland another 50 m down plunge and along strike to the south, continuing to demonstrate that the deposit is wide open for expansion. The Company has completed 12 holes for 2,630 m in the Phase 2 drill program that was designed for infill definition of up dip and down dip...
2024-03-11 8:00 AM EDT
Benton Commences Phase 2 Drilling at the Great Burnt Copper-Gold Project and Considers Options for the High-Grade Uranium Discovery at Kepenkeck Joint Venture
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - February 21, 2024) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has commenced its Phase 2 diamond drilling program at Great Burnt Project, with drill pad preparation underway for testing the down dip and down plunge extensions of GB-23-12 which cut 25.42m grading 5.51% Cu (see news release dated January 3, 2024). The Company plans to complete a minimum of 3,000 m of drilling in this program, which will...
2024-02-21 8:00 AM EST
Benton Mobilizes Crews for Phase 2 Drill Program at Great Burnt Copper-Gold Project in Newfoundland
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - February 12, 2024) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has mobilized crews to the Great Burnt camp, and the work is underway to prepare sites for winter 2024 diamond drilling. Benton plans to conduct a minimum of 3,000 m of drilling in this second phase which will target expansion and infill of the Great Burnt Main deposit. The drill crews are expected to arrive early this week. The Company will...
2024-02-12 8:30 AM EST
Benton Receives Further High-Grade Copper Results Including 5.81% Cu over 24.00 m at Great Burnt Project in Newfoundland
Thunder Bay, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - January 30, 2024) - Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has received assays from the final five Phase 1 drill holes from the fall drill program at the Great Burnt Copper deposit, located in south-central Newfoundland. The last five holes (GB-23-18 to GB-23-22) were drilled in the central and upper part of the deposit and returned exceptional results that both confirm and improve significantly on...
2024-01-30 8:00 AM EST