Key facts
| Company | Benton Resources (TSXV: BEX) |
|---|---|
| Commodity | Gold |
| Location | Newfoundland, Canada |
| Stage | Early exploration |
News releases9 on file
Benton Makes Second High-Grade Gold Discovery of 37.87 g/t Au at the Quinlan Zone and Discovers Visible Gold Assaying 79.1 g/t Au at the Rickirb Zone, Dominion Project
Channel sampling at the Quinlan trenches on the Dominion Project in the Tulks Volcanic Belt, Central Newfoundland, returned 6.59 g/t Au over 6.0 m, including 37.87 g/t Au over 1.0 m on Line 2, and 3.84 g/t Au over 5.0 m, including 18.28 g/t Au over 1.0 m on Line 1, plus 1.95 g/t Au over 0.8 m at the 10 Grammer trench. Grab samples with visible gold at the Rickirb #3 trench assayed 79.1 g/t Au and
Drill resultsBenton Acquires Strategic Land within its Dominion Gold-Base Metal Project and Provides Update on Trenching Program
A parcel of 6 claim units in 1 mineral licence contiguous to and within the Dominion gold-base metal project in Newfoundland has been acquired from arm's-length Quest Inc for $20,000 cash and 400,000 shares, subject to exchange approval, with vendors retaining a 2.5% NSR (1.5% buyable for $1.5 million) plus a $6,000 annual royalty after 48 months. The parcel lies about 600 m along strike from grab
AcquisitionBenton Discovers High-Grade Gold at the Dominion Project with Assays up to 30.53 g/t Au in Channel Sampling
Channel sampling at the newly identified Rickirb gold zone on the Dominion project in Newfoundland returned grades up to 30.53 g/t Au, with three trenches sampled over an intermittent strike length of over 210 m that remains open to the northeast and southwest. Results include 2.0 m of 8.00 g/t Au including 0.5 m of 30.53 g/t Au and 11.2 m of 1.80 g/t Au including 3.0 m of 6.36 g/t Au in Trench #1
Drill resultsBenton Trenching Program in Progress at Dominion Project and Discovers New Gold Zone at Stoney Caldera
Trenching at the Dominion project has exposed the Rickirb gold zone over an intermittent strike length of 210 m, open to the northeast and southwest, with the zone averaging 5 m to 12 m wide, containing 2-10% pyrite; over 150 channel samples have been submitted for gold/ICP analysis. At the Stoney Caldera Copper-Gold Project, ten grab samples over 600 m at the new Reid Zone returned 82 ppb to 2,01
Drill resultsBenton and Metals Creek Complete Hydrogen-Helium Soil Gas Sampling at Smoking Gun and Parson’s Pond in Newfoundland, Acquire Additional Claims
Over 700 soil gas samples have been collected at the Parson's Pond and Smoking Gun hydrogen-helium projects in Newfoundland and sent to Rudiger ReChem's Saskatchewan lab, with results expected in the next two weeks. Benton and Metals Creek also agreed to jointly acquire from G2B Gold a 100% interest in 2 mineral licences covering 30 claim units in the Deer Lake Basin and Parson's Pond area, 50% ea
Drill resultsBenton Acquires Additional Land at its Dominion Lake Project and Commences Summer Exploration
Benton will purchase a 100% interest in additional claims from arm's-length prospectors Herb and April Froude, adding 3 licences totalling 36 claim units adjacent to its Dominion Lake Project in Newfoundland, for a one-time cash payment of $3,000 and 20,000 common shares, subject to regulatory approval. Crews have been working for the past three weeks on prospecting and soil sampling, with trenchi
AcquisitionBenton Substantially Increases Land Position at Newly Acquired Dominion Project 21 km North-Northeast of Calibre’s Marathon Mine with Second Purchase Agreement
A second purchase agreement, subject to regulatory approval, has been signed with Puddle Pond Resources Inc. for 6 licences totalling 67 units in the Tulks Volcanic Belt, for $10,000 cash and 300,000 shares and a 100% interest subject to a 2% NSR, 1% purchasable for $1.0 million. The June 5 acquisition added 4 licences totalling 31 units for $15,000 cash and 200,000 shares on the same royalty term
AcquisitionBenton Discovers High-Grade Massive Sulphide and Gold at Dominion Lake, Expands Project Near Calibre’s Marathon Mine
Prospecting at the Dominion Lake project in Newfoundland identified the new Trinity Zone, 3.5 km SSE of the Daniel's Pond VMS Deposit, with grab samples assaying up to 14.60% Zn, 2.53% Cu, 68.70 g/t Ag, 1.31% Pb and 0.17 g/t Au. The Rickirb gold discovery was extended 100 m NNE, with grabs up to 6.41 g/t Au, and a second gold area 7.7 km SW returned up to 6.00 g/t Au. Benton also signed a property
Drill resultsBenton Discovers New Gold Horizon 21 km North-Northeast of Calibre’s Marathon Deposit and Options Additional Ground
Prospecting at the 100%-owned Dominion Lake Gold-Base Metal Project in the northern Tulks Volcanic Belt, Newfoundland, identified the new Rickirb Zone, a 50 m wide sheared zone in contact with a >12.0 m wide quartz-flooded and silicified zone traced intermittently for about 120 m, with grades up to 4.6 g/t gold; 7 of 30 grab samples exceeded 0.5 g/t Au. The zone lies 21 km north-northeast of Calib
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