Benton Drilling Identifies Significant PGM Trend on Shebandowan Gold Project

Benton Resources Corp. (TSXV:BTC) reports it has intercepted significant gold, platinum and palladium from a diamond drill campaign on the Shebandowan Gold project.

The press release is quoted as saying,

The survey identified a 5 km trend of samples containing high counts of pristine gold grains taken on Benton’s newly acquired ground. Initial prospecting and sampling by Benton personnel resulted in numerous surface showings grading up to 13gpt Au. A total of 1,280 metres in 7 shallow diamond holes were completed. Five of the seven holes intersected anomalous mineralization of gold, copper and PGE’s hosted in a variety of volcanic rock types. Drill intercepts as high as 19.5gpt gold over 0.8m were intersected in the recently completed drill program.

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