Benton Resources Inc. announced that its Phase 3 diamond drill program continues to intercept massive sulphide, expanding the deposit approximately 150 m down plunge and along strike to the south at the Great Burnt Deposit. The Company has now completed 3,840 m in 10 holes with 7 of the 10 holes intersecting massive sulphide. The Company has also received preliminary gold assays for the South Pond area where new well mineralized zones have been trenched with exciting gold (Au) grades up to 9.91 gpt Au and 5.19 gpt Au with base metal results still pending.

As a result of the exciting new gold grades, extensive channel sampling is currently underway. In addition to these exciting new targets, the Company has received its first set of soil sampling results which has identified a new 2 km long trend of anomalous gold in soil which will be immediately followed up on. Base metal values for the soils are also expected soon.