Benton Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that it is continuing to receive high-grade assay results from its recently completed 5,651m drill program at the Great Burnt Copper deposit in south-central Newfoundland. The Company has received an additional three drill holes, GB-23-06 to GB-23-08, further validating the high-grade nature of the deposit. Highlights of these holes include drill hole GB-23-07 that intersected [...]
Benton Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that it has been notified by Renegade Gold Inc. that Renegade will issue common shares to the Company in satisfaction of its obligation to make a cash payment of $300,000 pursuant to the terms of the Option Agreement whereby the Renegade had the right to acquire the remaining 30% interest in the Panama Lake Property . Renegade intends to issue Benton a total of 769,230 common [...]
Benton Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that it has concluded its Phase 1 drill program at the Great Burnt Copper deposit, located in south-central Newfoundland, with every drill hole intersecting stringer, semi-massive and massive sulphides. The Company drilled a total of 5,651m in 22 diamond drill holes and has released significant early results including 8.31% Cu over 13.0m in GB-23-02 and 7.18% Cu over 26.87m in [...]
Benton Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that, subject to all regulatory approvals, the Company has entered into an arrangement with Wealth Creation Preservation & Donation Inc. and investor Eric Sprott whereby WCPD will arrange for the subscription of 6,250,000 Charity Flow-through Units for $0.25 per FT Unit for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,562,500 . Each FT Unit consists of one common share of the Company and [...]
Benton Resources Inc. and Sokoman Minerals Corp. are pleased to announce that further to their respective press releases issued on October 11, 2023, Piedmont Lithium Inc. provided formal notice to exercise its Initial Earn-In Right to acquire a 16.35% voting and participating interest in Killick Lithium Inc. . Pursuant to this exercise notice, Piedmont issued to each of Benton and Sokoman, shares of its common stock [...]
Benton Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that it has received assay results for three additional drill holes that continue to expand and better define the Great Burnt Copper Deposit. Hole GB-23-04 intersected 26.87m grading 7.18% Cu, including 10.28m grading 11.16% Cu . GB-23-03 and GB-23-05, , were both drilled up dip from historic holes and, intersected the Cu-rich zone. These results will expand the deposit, which [...]
Benton Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that its first pass trenching and prospecting program has returned multiple high-grade copper and gold zones at surface up to 14km north from the Great Burnt Main Zone, all part of the Company's recently acquired Great Burnt Copper-Gold Project in Newfoundland . Multiple surface grab samples located on or near airborne electromagnetic conductors have outlined three significant [...]
Benton Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that it is continuing to hit significant semi-massive and massive sulphides in drilling at the Great Burnt Copper Gold Project in Newfoundland. The Company released assays from the first two drill holes on November 1, 2023, with copper grades of 4.13% Cu over 3.25m and 8.01% Cu over 4.30m and 8.31% Cu over 13.0m . Benton has now completed 4,213m of drilling in 15 holes, which [...]
Benton Resources Inc. and Sokoman Minerals Corp. together, is pleased to announce that it has received the "Explorer of the Year" award at the annual CIM Mineral Resource Review in Newfoundland. The award was presented by the Newfoundland and Labrador branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum. The award is presented to a prospector, exploration team, or company that has made a recent and [...]
Benton Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that it has received partial assay results from its inaugural drill program at the Great Burnt Copper Gold project in Newfoundland. Holes GB-23-01 and GB-23-02, both intersected excellent copper grades including 4.13% Cu over 3.25m from 69.05 to 72.30m and 8.01% Cu over 4.30m from 82.8 to 87.10m in GB-23-01 and 8.31% Cu over 13.0m from 161.89 to 174.89m, including 12.80 over [...]
Benton Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that it has entered into an option agreement to acquire a 100% interest in a strategic mineral license encompassing 27 claim units that surrounds the Northern portion of Benton's recently acquired Great Burnt Copper-Gold Project. The Property was optioned from Stephen Stockley Agriculture and Fabrication Inc. and surrounds the South Pond, South Pond A and South Pond B deposits [...]
Benton Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that it has completed 858m of drilling in 4 holes with all holes intersecting semi-massive and massive sulfides containing significant chalcopyrite mineralization at the Great Burnt Copper Project in Newfoundland. The first holes were designed for infill and expansion of the Great Burnt Main Deposit and has been extremely successful to date. Hole GB-23-01 through GB-23-04 were [...]