Benchmark Metals Inc. announce that it has completed over 6,000 metres of drilling at the Dukes Ridge and Cliff Creek deposits since commencement of drilling July 1, 2023. The drilling is focused on expanding resources beneath the Cliffs Creek and Dukes Ridge Deposits. This forms part of a larger 20,000-metre drilling program planned for this year.

Benchmark's Lawyers Gold-Silver Project (the "Project") is located within a road accessible region of the prolific Golden Horseshoe area of north-central British Columbia, Canada. Drilling at Dukes Ridge has intersected mineralization and hydrothermal breccia zones where expected based on mineralization and stope models. The drilling further extends the deposit at depth along the southeast plunging high-grade trend.

These new intersections extend mineralization to 400 vertical metres at Dukes Ridge. Drilling at Cliff Creek is designed to both expand and extend mineralization to over 600 vertical metres at the north end of the deposit. To date the Cliffs Creek and the Dukes Ridge Deposits are open and contain significant grade and widths for inclusion into the current underground resources.

In addition, Cliff Creek and Dukes Ridge, drilling has been conducted to expand mineralization beneath the Connector Zone which lies at the intersection of the Cliffs Creek and Dukes Ridge deposits. This drilling will be used to expand resources at depth for future underground mining potential. Concurrent project work includes infrastructure and engineering studies.

Work has resumed to recondition the Ring Road which will provide low-altitude access to both the Lawyers and Ranch projects once complete in August. This road was built to support the historical Cheni Mine in the 1980s and circumnavigates the Lawyers Property with spur access across the Toodoggone River to the Ranch Property. Several additional holes for hydrological studies at Lawyers were completed during the first week of July to further support ongoing baseline studies.

Exploration crews have continued rock sampling and ground geophysical surveys advancing some early- stage targets to drill ready. A total of 125.5 km of ground magnetics have been completed to date along with 200 rock samples confirming mineralization and alterations in areas with historical rock sampling across the property.