Key facts
| Company | Benton Resources (TSXV: BEX) |
|---|---|
| Commodity | Gold |
| Location | Newfoundland, Canada |
| Stage | Early exploration |
News releases49 on file
Benton Plans to Spin Out Great Burnt Copper-Gold Project to Shareholders for $15.0 M Valuation in Conjunction with Concurrent $10.0 M Financing
A letter agreement dated July 24, 2026 with privately held Silverback Metals Corp. will create a new public company holding Benton's Great Burnt copper-gold project in Newfoundland alongside Silverback's Sail Pond project, with a concurrent $10,000,000 private placement for 33.3% of Spinco, implying a $15.0 million value for Great Burnt. Benton will distribute Spinco shares to shareholders pro rat
AcquisitionBenton Increases Interest in Great Burnt Project and Identifies High Priority Target
Homeland Nickel has given notice it will no longer participate in the Great Burnt joint venture in central Newfoundland, which hosts the South Pond gold-copper and Great Burnt copper deposits. As of December 31, 2025, Homeland was deemed to have incurred $2,201,071.93 (26.49%) of exploration expenditures versus Benton's $6,108,232.33 (73.51%), with Homeland's interest to dilute further as Benton s
NewsBenton Confirms New VMS Copper Discovery at End Zone and Delineates Gold and Copper Horizon at South Pond Gold-Copper Deposit
Two widely spaced drill holes at the End Zone within the South Pond Gold-Copper Project in Newfoundland intersected VMS stringer-style copper mineralization, including 58.00 m of 0.11% Cu in EZ-25-01 and 0.70 m of 1.60% Cu and 0.40 g/t Au within 3.07 m of 0.67% Cu in EZ-25-02, 6.5 km north of the Great Burnt Copper deposit. Final five South Pond holes returned 15.05 m of 0.96 g/t Au (SP-25-56) and
Drill resultsBenton Receives Positive Metallurgical Results from South Pond with Gold Recoveries up to 88.4%
Preliminary bottle-roll cyanidation tests on the South Pond Gold-Copper Deposit in central Newfoundland returned gold recoveries up to 88.4%. SGS Canada Inc. in Lakefield, Ontario ran three 24-hour leach tests on a roughly 20 kg composite of gold-mineralized intervals from 16 drill holes, with extractions of 82.8%, 83.6% and 88.4%. The company notes 2021 testwork on the Great Burnt Copper Deposit
Study resultsBenton Provides End of Year Update
A year-end update reports the Great Burnt copper deposit in central Newfoundland was expanded from 650 m to 950 m of strike length, a 2.7 km wide shallow gold-copper zone was delineated at South Pond, and a new VMS system was discovered in the End Zone with assays pending. Benton has completed 26,637 m of drilling at Great Burnt since late 2023 and holds approximately $2.9M in cash and $3.0M in eq
CorporateBenton Continues to Hit Wide Gold Zones at South Pond and Identifies New VMS System North of Great Burnt; Launches New Website
Drilling at the South Pond Gold-Copper Deposit in central Newfoundland returned 2.02 g/t Au over 17.13 m (29.87–47.00 m), including 9.12 g/t Au over 1.00 m, in SP-25-54, and 1.10 g/t Au over 23.00 m, including 7.54 g/t Au over 1.00 m, in SP-25-55. A new VMS system was identified at the End Zone north of Great Burnt, where EZ-25-01 cut 11.66 m of pyrrhotite-chalcopyrite from 137.40 m. Drilling is p
Drill resultsBenton Discovers Additional High-Grade Gold and Delineates Large Copper Soil Anomaly South of the Great Burnt Copper Deposit
Prospecting samples collected about 725 m northeast of the northernmost area of the South Pond gold-copper deposit at the Great Burnt project in central Newfoundland returned trace up to 12.0 g/t Au, with two mineralized boulder samples grading 0.86 g/t Au and 12.0 g/t Au. Results from 1,259 soil samples over a 5.4 x 2 km grid in the southern portion of the project delineated a 2.5 km multi-line c
Drill resultsBenton Resources Drilling Continues to Delineate the South Pond Gold-Copper Deposit with Shallow - Wide Intercepts
Gold results from the first seven resource holes at the South Pond Gold-Copper Deposit, part of the Great Burnt Project in central Newfoundland, included SP-25-37 with 16.00 m of 1.13 g/t Au (including 4.00 m of 2.15 g/t), SP-25-38 with 15.40 m of 1.11 g/t Au and SP-25-36 with 11.35 m of 1.01 g/t Au. Step-out holes SP-25-40 and 41, 340 m and 190 m north of the deposit, returned anomalous gold. Hol
Drill resultsBenton Provides Additional Information Regarding Acquisition Agreement with Noble Minerals
A filing has been made with the TSX Venture Exchange seeking approval of an agreement to acquire a 100% interest in Noble Mineral Exploration's Island Pond Property, a single mineral license of 7 claims covering 175 hectares adjoining the northern boundary of Benton's South Pond Gold Zone in the Great Burnt Copper-Gold project area, Newfoundland. Consideration is a one-time $30,000 cash payment an
AcquisitionBenton Purchases Strategic Ground Directly Along Strike of the South Pond Gold Deposit from Noble Minerals
A purchase agreement has been signed to acquire a 100% interest in Noble Mineral Exploration's Island Pond Property for a one-time cash payment of $30,000 CAD and 1,000,000 common shares, subject to TSXV approval. The property lies north of Benton's South Pond Gold Zone within the Great Burnt Copper-Gold Project in central Newfoundland and could add more than 1,000 m to the current 2.7 km minerali
AcquisitionBenton Continues to Deliver High-Grade Gold Results at Great Burnt, Including 31.35 g/t from New Surface Sampling
Surface prospecting a few hundred metres northwest of the Great Burnt Copper Deposit in central Newfoundland returned gold grades of 31.35, 4.57, 2.56 and 1.19 g/t, potentially extending the NGB Target; drilling and surface sampling now define a strike length of over 280 m. The zone is a silicified mafic volcanic with pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite up to 5 m wide. Benton also capped its $0.055 unit p
Drill resultsBenton Resumes Drilling at the Great Burnt Project and South Pond Gold Zone
Drilling has recommenced at the Great Burnt copper-gold project in central Newfoundland, with four holes completed and a fifth underway, testing several high-priority targets identified in the September 9, 2025 news release. Core is being logged, cut and sampled for gold and ICP base metal assays at Eastern Analytical, with results to be released once compiled. Benton has drilled 23,300 m at Great
Drill resultsBenton Arranges $1.7M Private Placement with Plans to Resume Drilling at Great Burnt
A non-brokered private placement for gross proceeds of up to $1.7 million has been arranged, consisting of up to 30,909,091 units at $0.055 per unit, each with one common share and one five-year warrant exercisable at $0.10. Proceeds will advance Benton's Newfoundland projects and general working capital. The financing is subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval and a four-month hold. Drilling is
FinancingBenton Makes New Gold Discovery of 2.15g/t Over 7.70 m including 5.46g/t over 2.75 m and Cuts Several Zones of Copper-Rich Semi-Massive and Massive Sulphides at Great Burnt Main Zone and Footwall Zone
Drill hole GB-25-63 at the Great Burnt Copper-Gold Project in central Newfoundland returned 2.15 g/t gold over 7.70 m, including 5.46 g/t over 2.75 m, from a new zone about 150 m north of the Great Burnt Copper deposit, with base metal assays pending. Hole GB-25-65 intersected massive sulphide in the Main Zone and semi-massive sulphide over 1.8 m in the Footwall Zone. Phase 5 drilling totals 5,090
Drill resultsBenton Resumes Drilling at Great Burnt and Plans Expansion of the Surface Deep Electro Magnetic Survey a Further 1 km to the Northern Claim Boundary at South Pond
Diamond drilling has recommenced at the Great Burnt Copper-Gold project in central Newfoundland, with hole GB-25-61 testing 50 m below the new discovery under the North Stringer Zone in hole GB-25-59, which returned 0.69% Cu over 14.40 m and 0.80% Cu over 15.00 m. Four holes will target an off-hole EM anomaly, plus a 50 m step-out testing the GB Main Deposit down-plunge. A completed 5 km surface p
Drill resultsBenton Recommences Drilling at Great Burnt Copper Deposit, Extends South Pond Gold-Copper Zone to 2.3 km, and Discovers New Sulphide Zone 1 km South of South Pond
Drilling has restarted at the Great Burnt Copper Deposit in central Newfoundland to test off-hole EM conductors parallel to the main horizon and below hole GB 24-48, which if successful could extend strike length to 1,050 m from 850 m. The South Pond Gold-Copper Zone has been extended to over 2.3 km strike, with SP-24-28 returning 1.00 g/t Au over 27.4 m and SP-24-30 returning 2.07 g/t Au over 8.0
Drill resultsBenton Identifies Deep Electro-Magnetic Anomaly on the Great Burnt Copper Deposit and Continues to Intersect Significant Gold in Drilling at South Pond
An off-hole electromagnetic conductor was identified below hole GB 24-48 at the Great Burnt Copper Deposit in central Newfoundland, which if drilled successfully could extend strike length from 850 m to 1,050 m. Drilling extended the South Pond Gold Zone to over 1.7 km, with highlights of 19.75 m at 1.42 g/t Au in SP 24-13, 22.50 m at 1.24 g/t Au in SP 24-15, and 3.00 m at 6.42 g/t Au including 1.
Drill resultsBenton Continues to Drill Wide Intervals of Significant Gold at South Pond Extending Strike Length 600 m South
Drilling has extended the South Pond Gold Zone at the Great Burnt Copper-Gold project in south-central Newfoundland 600 m to the south, with hole SP-24-09 returning 1.48 g/t Au over 24.00 m, including 3.09 g/t Au over 2.00 m, and SP-24-10 cutting 1.04 g/t Au over 20.00 m and 1.54 g/t Au over 25.00 m, including 5.74 g/t Au over 1.00 m. A total of 30 holes over 3,380 m have been completed, and the p
Drill resultsBenton Encouraged By Clean Air Metals Latest Drill Results And Advancement Plans; Provides Great Burnt Update and Grants Options
Benton commented on Clean Air Metals' September 10, 2024 drill results at the Thunder Bay North project, which included 51.79 m of 4.92 g/t platinum, 4.66 g/t palladium, 1.07% copper and 0.55% nickel from 86 m in hole CL24-001, and 31.40 m of 4.22 g/t Pt, 4.04 g/t Pd, 0.95% Cu and 0.56% Ni from 118 m in CL24-003. Benton holds about 24.6 million Clean Air shares and 0.5% NSR royalties on Escape Lak
Drill resultsBenton Expands The Great Burnt Copper Deposit Down Plunge Through Recent Drilling Results from Phase 3 Exploration
Phase 3 drill results from the Great Burnt project in central Newfoundland include 12.30 metres of 1.72% Cu and 5.55 g/t Ag in hole GB-24-45, and 1.00 m of 6.12% Cu and 11.30 g/t Ag in hole GB-24-41, extending the deposit down plunge and along strike to the south. A phase four program has begun, with the first hole 200 m further south targeting the deposit about 450 m below surface. Twelve holes a
Drill resultsBenton 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
Channel sampling at the South Pond deposit on the Great Burnt project in central Newfoundland returned 3.78 g/t gold, 0.68% copper and 4.10 g/t silver over 5.10 m, including 9.91 g/t Au, 1.60% Cu and 5.50 g/t Ag. Benton also staked a 100% interest in 8 claim units about 1.2 km south of the Great Burnt Copper Deposit, where mapping identified quartz stockwork and veins with galena, sphalerite and c
Drill resultsBenton 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
Benton Resources has fulfilled the $2.5 million exploration expenditure requirement under its September 20, 2023 option agreement with Homeland Nickel, vesting a 70% interest in the Great Burnt copper project in central Newfoundland; drilling is temporarily paused pending Homeland's formal acceptance of expenditures and its decision on participating at a 30% joint venture level. Assays from the fi
AcquisitionBenton Continues to Expand the Great Burnt Copper Deposit, Discovers New Copper-Gold Zone and Identifies New 2 km Long Gold In Soil Anomaly
Phase 3 drilling at the Great Burnt copper-gold project in central Newfoundland has expanded the deposit approximately 150 m down plunge and along strike to the south, with 3,840 m completed in 10 holes and 7 holes intersecting massive sulphide, including an 11.5 m intercept in GB-24-45. Preliminary gold assays from trenching at South Pond returned grab samples up to 9.91 gpt Au and 5.19 gpt Au, w
Drill resultsBenton 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
The Phase 3 diamond drill program at the Great Burnt copper project in central Newfoundland has completed two holes and started a third, targeting updip geophysical anomalies identified by a down-hole Pulse EM survey. Hole GB 24-38 intersected 3.00 m of semi-massive/massive sulphides about 16 m above GB 24-34, while GB 24-39 cut 9.00 m of semi-massive/massive sulphides with visual chalcopyrite abo
Drill resultsBenton Mobilizes Crews to Commence Regional Exploration and Prepares for Phase 3 Drill Program at Great Burnt Copper-Gold Project, Newfoundland
A field crew has been mobilized to open the Great Burnt camp and begin regional prospecting and soil geochemical sampling at the Great Burnt copper-gold project in central Newfoundland. Benton has signed a minimum 3,000 m drill contract with MCL Drilling of Deer Lake, NL, with crews expected in late May to start the Phase 3 program, which includes trenching and channel sampling plus drilling at th
Drill resultsBenton Executes Agreements to Secure Additional Strategic Land Packages at the Great Burnt Copper-Gold Project in Newfoundland and Provides Update
Two agreements have been signed to acquire a 100% interest in six mineral licences covering 52 claim units adjacent to or within Benton's claim block at the Great Burnt Copper-Gold Project in Newfoundland. Four licences are optioned from Stephen Stockley Agriculture and Fabrication Inc. and partners for $40,000 and 400,000 shares over three years plus $100,000 in exploration expenditures, and two
AcquisitionBenton 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
Infill drilling at the Great Burnt Copper Deposit in central Newfoundland returned 1.99% Cu over 18.10 m in GB-24-37, including 7.25% Cu over 4.50 m and 18.65% Cu over 1.10 m, while GB-24-36 cut 1.28% Cu over 13.34 m, including 3.17% over 1.50 m. Down-hole geophysics identified a conductive anomaly south of hole GB-24-34, selected for the next drill phase. Alan King was appointed to the advisory b
Drill resultsBenton Files for Exchange Approval for Non-Brokered Private Placement Financing
Documents have been filed with the TSX Venture Exchange seeking final approval for Benton Resources' previously announced non-brokered private placement of flow-through and non-flow-through units. On approval, the company will issue 15,755,334 units at $0.15 per unit, each with half a warrant exercisable at $0.22 for 24 months, for gross proceeds of $2,363,300, plus $132,213 in cash finders' fees
FinancingBenton Drilling Expands Great Burnt Copper Deposit, Arranges $3 Million Private Placement
Drilling at the Great Burnt copper project in central Newfoundland extended the deposit 50 m down plunge, with GB-24-34 returning 1.75% Cu and 0.81% Zn over 5.00 m, including 4.02% Cu and 1.68% Zn over 1.00 m. Infill holes returned 2.26% Cu and 0.37% Zn over 20.92 m (GB-24-33), 3.10% Cu and 0.28% Zn over 11.29 m (GB-24-32) and 2.02% Cu over 7.00 m (GB-24-23). A non-brokered private placement of up
Drill resultsBenton 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
A Phase 2 drill program of 15 holes totalling 3,260 m has been completed at the Great Burnt Project in central Newfoundland, with assay results pending. The program expanded the deposit 50 m down plunge and along strike to the south, with most holes intersecting stringer, semi-massive and/or massive sulphide over 0.5 m to 17.75 m. Eastern Geophysics has been engaged for a Crone downhole pulse elec
Drill resultsBenton Intersects Massive Sulphides Down Plunge and Along Strike at Great Burnt Copper Deposit
Drilling has extended the Great Burnt copper deposit in south-central Newfoundland a further 50 m down plunge and along strike to the south. The Phase 2 program comprises 12 holes for 2,630 m, with stringer, semi-massive and massive sulphide intersections from 0.5 m to 17.75 m, including a 4.1 m massive sulphide zone in hole GB-24-34, the deepest and most southerly hole drilled in the deposit. An
Drill resultsBenton Commences Phase 2 Drilling at the Great Burnt Copper-Gold Project and Considers Options for the High-Grade Uranium Discovery at Kepenkeck Joint Venture
Phase 2 diamond drilling has begun at the Great Burnt copper-gold project in central Newfoundland, with a minimum 3,000 m planned to test the down-dip and down-plunge extensions of hole GB-23-12, which cut 25.42 m grading 5.51% Cu, and to expand and infill the Great Burnt Main deposit. Benton and joint venture partner Sokoman Minerals are also considering options, including optioning or selling, f
Drill resultsBenton Mobilizes Crews for Phase 2 Drill Program at Great Burnt Copper-Gold Project in Newfoundland
Crews have mobilized to the Great Burnt camp in central Newfoundland to prepare sites for winter 2024 diamond drilling, with drill crews expected to arrive early this week. The Phase 2 program will consist of a minimum of 3,000 m of drilling targeting expansion and infill of the Great Burnt Main deposit. Phase 1 covered over 5,650 metres, with results including 26.87 m of 7.18% Cu in GB23-04 and 2
Drill resultsBenton Receives Further High-Grade Copper Results Including 5.81% Cu over 24.00 m at Great Burnt Project in Newfoundland
Assays from the final five holes of the Phase 1 program at the Great Burnt copper deposit in south-central Newfoundland returned 5.81% Cu over 24.00 m, including 11.47% Cu over 7.00 m, in hole GB-23-21; other results include 3.59% Cu over 21.68 m (GB-23-22), 3.05% Cu over 17.12 m (GB-23-20) and 4.22% Cu over 8.17 m (GB-23-18). The Phase 1 program totalled over 5,650 metres, and Phase 2 drilling is
Drill resultsBenton's Prospecting and Trenching Program Returns More High-Grade Copper and Gold Results within the Great Burnt Project; Engages Grove for Investor Relations Services
A second batch of trenching and prospecting samples from the Great Burnt Copper-Gold Project in Newfoundland returned grab samples grading up to 4.35% copper, 0.37 gpt gold and 0.03% cobalt at the North Stringer Zone, about 0.5 km north of the Great Burnt Main Zone, and up to 0.14% copper, 3.71 gpt gold and 0.01% cobalt at Trench 13. Benton also engaged Grove Corporate Services for investor relati
Drill resultsBenton's Great Burnt Returns Further High-Grade Intercepts Including 5.03% Cu Over 22.59m in Hole 23-15
Drilling at the Great Burnt Copper deposit in south-central Newfoundland returned 5.03% copper over 22.59m, including 8.79% over 6.03m, in hole GB-23-15, and 5.80% copper over 13.67m, including 13.58% copper over 5.35m, in GB-23-16. Both holes were drilled in a gap in the lower central portion of the known historical resource area. GB-23-17, about 50m north of GB-23-15, hit moderate grades over th
Drill resultsBenton Intersects 5.51% Copper over 25.42m Including 8.31% over 9.78m in GB-23-12 at Great Burnt
Drill hole GB-23-12 at the Great Burnt Copper deposit in south-central Newfoundland returned 5.51% Cu over 25.42m, including 8.31% Cu over 9.78m, with one 1.00m interval grading 8.77% Cu, 4.43 g/t Au, 82.00 g/t Ag and 1.12% Zn. It is the deepest high-grade intersection on the deposit to date. Holes GB-23-13 and GB-23-14 also cut the copper-rich zone, interpreted as up-dip and down-dip extensions o
Drill resultsBenton Expands the Great Burnt Copper Deposit with Three New Drill Holes, Including One Intersection of 18.18m Grading 3.07% Copper
Three additional drill holes at the Great Burnt copper deposit in south-central Newfoundland extended the deposit up dip and along strike. GB-23-10 returned 2.38% Cu over 24.17m, including 3.07% Cu over 18.18m, 4.00% Cu over 7.57m and 8.23% Cu over 1.00m; GB-23-09 returned 3.46% Cu over 8.16m, including 9.59% Cu over 1.00m; and GB-23-11 returned 1.88% Cu over 15.71m. The holes complete the Phase 1
Drill resultsBenton Intersects 12.30m of 7.20% Copper in Latest Drill Assays at Great Burnt
Drill hole GB-23-07 at the Great Burnt Copper deposit in south-central Newfoundland intersected 12.30m grading 7.20% copper, 7.12 g/t silver and 0.05% cobalt, among three additional holes (GB-23-06 to GB-23-08) reported from the completed 5,651m drill program. Reported intervals are core lengths, estimated at about 95% of true width for holes GB-23-11 to 14 and about 70% for the others. Benton is
Drill resultsBenton Completes 2023 Drilling With All Holes Intersecting Semi-Massive/Massive Sulphides at Great Burnt
Phase 1 drilling at the Great Burnt Copper deposit in south-central Newfoundland has concluded with 5,651 m completed in 22 diamond drill holes, all intersecting stringer, semi-massive and massive sulphides. Previously released results include 8.31% Cu over 13.0 m in GB-23-02 and 7.18% Cu over 26.87 m in GB-23-04. The program was expanded from an initially planned 2,000 m, with the next drill phas
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