Benton Commences Drilling at Abernethy Gold Project

Benton Resources Corp. (TSXV:BTC) announced that drilling has begun at its Ontario-based Abernethy gold project.

The press release is quoted as saying:

The current drill program will consist of approximately 1000 metres in 6-7 holes to test the zone over a 200-250 meter strike length. The first hole (ABE-11-01) is located approximately 100 meters east of the historical drilling. Although currently still in progress, the top of this hole intersected 39m of massive sulphide (60% pyrrhotite, 5% pyrite) from 1.5m to 40.5m, just below the casing.

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