Benton Acquires More Claims Within Mealy Lake Intrusion

Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV:BEX) announced that through staking it has acquired a further 271 claim units within the copper-nickel-platinum-palladium Mealy Lake intrusion, bringing its total land position in the area to 1,071 claim units, or about 261 square kilometers.

As quoted in the press release:

The Mealy Project is contiguous and directly along strike of Altius Minerals Corp.’s (“Altius”) 256 square-kilometre Natashquan property located approximately 140 kilometres southwest of Churchill Falls in Labrador. Altius has recently announced a new Ni-Cu-Co-PGE discovery and that they have entered into a joint venture agreement with Anglo American (“Anglo”) whereby Anglo has the option to earn a 66-per-cent interest in the project through expenditures of $20-million over a five-year period.

Benton is currently planning an airborne magnetic and electromagnetic survey to be followed by geological mapping, prospecting, and soil sampling on anomalies identified from the new survey.

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