Friday, November 18, 2005 11:06:29 PM
Benton grab sample assays 12 g/t Pt-Pd-Au at Bermuda
2005-11-14 13:47 ET - News Release
Mr. Stephen Stares reports
BENTON RESOURCES CORP (BTC) ANNOUNCES HIGHEST GRADE TO DATE ON BERMUDA PROJECT
Benton Resources Corp. has received assays from recent trenching and surface sampling at the company's Bermuda property. A grab sample from an area approximately one kilometre north of the Marathon deposit assayed 12 grams per tonne platinum-palladium-gold, combined (5.16 grams per tonne (g/t) Pt, 5.14 g/t Pd and 1.7 g/t Au), along with 0.54 per cent copper. This is the highest-grading sample ever collected from the project. Of particular interest is the 1:1 platinum-to-palladium ratio, a relationship typically noted in higher grading material. Trenching and follow-up drilling are currently being planned for this promising new discovery.
Trenching completed on other parts of the property 650 metres north of the Marathon deposit has uncovered large surficial areas with considerable amounts of pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite in Two Duck gabbro, the same gabbro which is host to the Marathon PGE-Cu deposit. An area measuring approximately 60 metres north-south by 170 metres east-west had a total of 20 grab samples collected and assayed, the average grade of which was 1.83 g/t Pt-Pd-Au and 0.59 per cent Cu. To date, four diamond drill holes have been completed in this area (BO-05-07 to BO-05-10 inclusive). Diamond drill holes BO-05-01 to BO-05-06 were drilled farther south under known surface mineralization and closer to the Marathon deposit. Core samples for those six holes have been submitted for analyses and results should be received shortly.
The trenching program at Bermuda was designed to expose favourable areas north of the Marathon deposit and to give the company a better understanding of the property geology. The program has proven to be extremely effective in uncovering several mineralized areas with significant amounts of Pt, Pd, Au and Cu. The company has now intermittently exposed mineralized Two Duck gabbro along a 1.6-kilometre strike length to the north. Benton's current drill program will continue until freeze-up. All samples were sent to Accurassay Laboratories in Thunder Bay, Ont.
Clinton Barr (PGeo), vice-president, exploration, for Benton Resources, is the qualified person responsible for this release.
Ed
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