More Drilling Results from Deloro Au
Benton Resources Corp wishes to announce that the company has received the results for the final 15 diamond drill holes completed on the south zone of the Deloro project, located in Timmins, Ontario. The drill holes tested the west strike extension of mineralization intersected in hole 12, which returned 8.57gpt Au (grams per tonne gold) over 3.5 metres including 11.86 gpt over 2.5 metres.
Benton is encouraged by these results as the diamond drilling to date has identified a new gold-bearing pyritic quartz breccia zone. Additional drilling is required to further evaluate this zone at depth and further to the west. The next phase of drilling will focus on testing the north zone which represents the western strike extension of the past producing Delnite mine. The north zone has not yet been drill tested on the Company’s claims.
The Deloro property is under option from Deloro Mining and Smelting Inc. Under the agreement Benton can acquire a 100% interest in two mining patents and one mining claim located 900 meters west and on strike of the 930,000 ounce past producing Delnite mine and situated along the prolific Dome-Aunor-Delnite mine trend. Under the terms of the agreement the company must pay $60,000 in cash and 400,000 shares of the company on signing and a further 1.1 million shares within 24 months.
The following table summarizes the drilling to date. A map and pictures are posted on the company’s website showing the location and pictures of some of the pits.
