Benton Options Shebandowan North Property from Trillium North Minerals

Benton Resources Corp (TSXV:BTC) has announced that they have entered into an agreement with Trillium North Minerals (TSXV:TNM)  that will give them the right to earn up to 70% interest in 5 mineral claims. 

The press release is quoted as saying:

Historic base metal production from the Shebandowan greenstone belt consisted of 8.7 million tons grading 2.07% nickel, 1% copper and approximately 3 g/t combined platinum group metals plus gold (www.nap.com) with current measured and indicated resources (NI 43-101 compliant) totaling 2.58 million tonnes grading 0.91% nickel, 0.62% copper, 1.09 g/t palladium, 0.34 g/t platinum, and 0.23 g/t gold

Stephen Stares, President of Benton, said:

“This early stage project demonstrates Benton’s commitment to find inexpensive, early stage properties to build value quickly for our shareholders. We believe that this project is in a highly prospective area and through an aggressive exploration program, we will be able to evaluate the potential to discover economic mineralization on the property.”

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