Benton Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that it has mobilized a field crew to open the Great Burnt camp and commence regional prospecting and soil geochemical sampling. In addition, Benton has executed a minimum 3,000 m drill contract with a local company, MCL Drilling from Deer Lake, NL, with crews expected to arrive in late May to start its Phase 3 drill program. Benton anticipates that the drill program will be [...]
Benton Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that it has entered into two separate agreements to acquire a 100% interest in six strategic mineral licences encompassing 52 claim units that are adjacent to or within Benton's current claim block at the Great Burnt Copper-Gold Project located in Newfoundland. Portions of the newly acquired Property host interesting geophysical and geological targets that will be subject to [...]
Benton Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that it has received further high-grade copper results from the Great Burnt Copper Deposit in Newfoundland further delineating the high-grade copper core. In addition, the Company's ongoing efforts and interpretation of the recently completed down-hole geophysical program have confirmed a highly conductive anomaly extending to the south and along strike from hole GB-24-34. This [...]
Benton Resources Inc. announces that it has filed documents with the TSX Venture Exchange seeking final approval for its recently announced non-brokered private placement of flow-through and non-flow through units . On receipt of all regulatory approvals, the Company will issue 15,755,334 units at a price of $0.15 per unit, each unit consisting of 1 common share of the Company and ½ of a common share purchase warrant [...]
Benton Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that it has received further high-grade copper results which expand the Great Burnt Copper Deposit a further 50 m down plunge. In addition to the expansion of the deposit, the Company's ongoing down-hole geophysical program has identified that the massive sulphides associated with the deposit are highly conductive, and additional priority targets have been selected for drilling [...]
Benton Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed its Phase 2 drill program, encompassing 15 holes for a total of 3,260 m, at its Great Burnt Project in Newfoundland. Results for the initial drill holes are expected shortly and will be released once received and compiled. Highlights from Phase 2 to date include: Successfully expanded the Great Burnt deposit 50 m down plunge and along strike [...]
Benton Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that it has successfully expanded the Great Burnt deposit in south-central Newfoundland another 50 m down plunge and along strike to the south, continuing to demonstrate that the deposit is wide open for expansion. The Company has completed 12 holes for 2,630 m in the Phase 2 drill program that was designed for infill definition of up dip and down dip limits, as well as [...]
Benton Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that it has commenced its Phase 2 diamond drilling program at Great Burnt Project, with drill pad preparation underway for testing the down dip and down plunge extensions of GB-23-12 which cut 25.42m grading 5.51% Cu . The Company plans to complete a minimum of 3,000 m of drilling in this program, which will target expansion and infill of the Great Burnt Main deposit. Results [...]
Benton Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that it has mobilized crews to the Great Burnt camp, and the work is underway to prepare sites for winter 2024 diamond drilling. Benton plans to conduct a minimum of 3,000 m of drilling in this second phase which will target expansion and infill of the Great Burnt Main deposit. The drill crews are expected to arrive early this week. The Company will update shareholders as soon [...]
Benton Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that it has received assays from the final five Phase 1 drill holes from the fall drill program at the Great Burnt Copper deposit, located in south-central Newfoundland. The last five holes were drilled in the central and upper part of the deposit and returned exceptional results that both confirm and improve significantly on historic data. Highlights from these infill holes [...]
Benton Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that its second batch of trenching and prospecting samples has returned several 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 . Several surface grab samples located on or near airborne electromagnetic conductors have outlined significant [...]
Benton Resources Inc. announces further excellent assay results from its recently completed drilling at the Great Burnt Copper deposit in south-central Newfoundland. The Company's latest three drill holes continue to confirm that the deposit can deliver high grades over substantial widths within the known historical resource. GB-23-15 and 16 were drilled in a gap within the lower central portion of the known resource [...]