Benton Drills more Copper and PGMs North of Marathon Deposit
Thunder Bay, Ontario: Benton Resources Corp. ("Benton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the remaining results from the 15-hole diamond drill program completed on the Claw Lake mineralized zone. The Claw Lake zone is situated on the northern portion of the Bamoos area of the Company's 100% owned Bermuda Property.
Results from the drill program continue to demonstrate significant copper (Cu) and platinum group metals (PGM) enrichment at the Bermuda project north of the Marathon Cu-PGM Deposit. Highlights include drill hole CL-07-06 that cut four mineralized horizons with significant PGM and Cu from 106.0 to 167.5 metres (m), one which intersected 7.5m grading 0.23% Cu and 1.20gpt TPM (Total Precious Metal = platinum (Pt) + palladium (Pd) + gold (Au)). Hole CL-07-14 intersected 16.8 metres grading 0.91gpt TPM and 0.19% Cu including a higher grade section of 2.57gpt TPM and 0.51% Cu over 4.1m.
Following is a summary table of mineralized intervals from the Claw Lake diamond drill program:
Drill intervals represent core lengths, gpt = grams per tonne.
Clinton Barr (P.Geo.), V.P. Exploration for Benton Resources Corp., is the qualified person responsible for this release.
