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Benton Announces Commencement of Airborne at Mealy Lake Cu-Ni-PGM Project and Provides Cape Ray Update
Marketwire - Wed Aug 06, 11:03AM CDT
Benton Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: BEX) ("Benton" or "the Company"
would like to announce that its joint venture partner Platinum Group Metals Ltd. ("PTM" has commenced a VTEM geophysical airborne survey on the Mealy Lake Copper-Nickel-PGM property located in southwestern Labrador. Completion and interpretation of the airborne survey and ground follow up of any identified anomalies is anticipated to be completed by the end of September. The Mealy Project is contiguous and within the same mafic complex as Altius Minerals Corp.'s ("Altius" Natashquan property located approximately 140 kilometres southwest of Churchill Falls in Labrador. Altius previously announced their new Natashquan property Ni-Cu-Co-PGE discovery which they subsequently joint ventured to Anglo American ("Anglo" . Exploration highlights from Altius' Nastashquan discovery include; "2.68g/t combined Pt, Pd and Au (grab) - 6.14% Cu and 388ppb Pt - 1.04g/t combined Pt, Pd, Au and 1.06% Cu over 1.30m (channel) - 1.04 combined Pt, Pd, Au and 3.92% Cu over 1.00m (channel) - 2.49g/t combined Pt, Pd and Au and 1.07% Ni (grab) - several grab samples greater than 7% Cu - soil samples up to 26,000ppm Cu". (http://altiusminerals.com/projects/natashquan).
Benton Regains 100% Interest in Onion Lake Copper-Nickel-PGE Project
Marketwire - Wed Mar 12, 12:08PM CDT
Benton Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: BEX) ("Benton" or "the Company" is pleased to announce that it has regained a 100% interest in the Onion Lake copper-nickel-PGE project located 30km north of Thunder Bay Ontario. The project was under option to Glory Resources Limited ("Glory" , an Australian-based junior currently being acquired by Eldorado Gold Corp. ("Eldorado" . Due to assessment deficiencies, Benton will receive an $80,000 payment in lieu and the return of a 100% interest in the project from Eldorado.
Benton Announces Results from Further Metallurgical Testwork and Initiates Drill Campaign for the Cape Ray Project
Marketwire - Mon Feb 10, 12:10PM CST
Benton Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: BEX) ("Benton" or "the Company" is pleased to announce that it has awarded Cabo Drilling of Springdale, NL the contract for the upcoming diamond drill program which is scheduled to start within a week on the Cape Ray Gold project. The 2,000 metre drill program is designed to test various targets which includes the immediate extension of the 51 deposit to the west, the east and west strike extent of the PW zone, and test various new coincident geophysical (induced polarization) and gold geochemical (soil and rock) west of the 51 Deposit.
Benton Resources Inc.: Annual General & Special Meeting
Marketwire - Tue Jan 21, 3:05PM CST
Benton Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: BEX) ("Benton" or "the Company" announces that it will hold its Annual General and Special Meeting on Wednesday March 19, 2014 at 10:00 a.m at its head office in Rosslyn, Ontario.
Benton Options Recently Acquired Mealy Project to Platinum Group Metals Ltd.
Marketwire - Fri Aug 16, 7:01AM CDT
Benton Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: BEX) ("Benton" or "the Company" is pleased to announce that it has executed an option agreement (the "Agreement" with Platinum Group Metals Ltd. (TSX: PTM) ("PTM" on the Company's recently acquired Mealy copper-nickel-platinum-palladium project (the "Project" in Labrador. The Agreement allows PTM to earn a 71% interest in the Project by paying the Company $51,000 on the effective date of the Agreement (the "Effective Date" and by incurring an aggregate of $2.4 million in exploration expenditures on the Project as follows:
Benton Stakes Large Land Position for Copper- Nickel- Platinum- Palladium
Marketwire - Wed Jul 31, 12:50PM CDT
Benton Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: BEX) ("Benton" or "the Company" has acquired through staking 746 claim units representing approximately 194 square-kilometers within the Mealy Lake intrusion (the "Mealy Project" . The new project is contiguous and directly along strike of Altius Minerals Corp.'s ("Altius" 256 square-kilometre Natashquan property located approximately 140 kilometres southwest of Churchill Falls in Labrador. Altius has recently announced a new Ni-Cu-Co-PGE discovery and that they have entered into a joint venture agreement with Anglo American ("Anglo" whereby Anglo has the option to earn a 66-per-cent interest in the project through expenditures of $20-million over a five-year period. Exploration highlights from Altius' Nastashquan discovery include "2.68g/t combined Pt, Pd and Au (grab) - 6.14% Cu and 388ppb Pt - 1.04g/t combined Pt, Pd, Au and 1.06% Cu over 1.30m (channel) - 1.04 combined Pt, Pd, Au and 3.92% Cu over 1.00m (channel) - 2.49g/t combined Pt, Pd and Au and 1.07% Ni (grab) - several grab samples greater than 7% Cu - soil samples up to 26,000ppm Cu" (http://altiusminerals.com/projects/natashquan).
Benton Reports Drill Results from Recently Completed Program at the Elizabeth Anne Project
Marketwire - Fri Jun 28, 9:01AM CDT
Benton Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: BEX) ("Benton" or "the Company" is pleased to announce the results from its recently completed diamond drilling program at the Elizabeth Anne gold-silver project located approximately 35km west of the Mountain Pass rare-earth mine in San Bernardino County, California. The company completed 2876 meters of diamond drilling in 10 holes to test several areas of gold and silver mineralization discovered by previous drill campaigns or recent surface sampling which included the Rascal Zone, C-Zone, Mega-Breccia and North Mega-Breccia Zones. All holes encountered gold mineralization and permitting for further drilling will start within the next few weeks.
Gold Royalties Corporation Closes Acquisition of Bermuda Project Royalty
Marketwire - Fri Mar 01, 7:25AM CST
Gold Royalties Corporation (TSX VENTURE: GRO) ("Gold Royalties" is pleased to announce that it has closed the acquisition of the 1% net smelter return royalty on the Bermuda PGM Project (the "Transaction" , as previously announced on January 30, 2013, with Benton Resources Inc. ("Benton Resources" .
Benton completes detailed airborne survey and continues to outline gold-silver mineralization at Elizabeth Anne
CNW Group - Fri Feb 22, 8:00AM CST
Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or "the Company" is pleased to announce an update for the ongoing exploration program at their Elizabeth Anne project. A combined aeromagnetic and radiometric survey has been completed over the project area by Precision GeoSurveys Inc. of Vancouver, Canada that included 650 line-kilometres at 50 metre spacing. Ongoing surface sampling has identified at least six areas of gold and silver mineralization. Most encouraging is new high grade gold and silver mineralization along the southern margin of the Rascal Zone where selective grab samples returned up to 48.1 gram per tonne (gpt) gold (Au) with 4110 gpt silver (Ag). This new mineralization is situated approximated 250m south of the previously announced high grade Ag in selective samples that assayed as high as 1955gpt Ag (see Benton NR dated January 10, 2012). Ongoing surface chip sampling is also being conducted at the numerous mineralized zones including further follow-up to previously reported ch
Benton Sells Stake in Stillwater Mining for $5.02 Million USD
CNW Group - Fri Feb 15, 12:09PM CST
Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or "the Company" is pleased to announce that it has completed its disposition of 348,053 shares of Stillwater Mining Company (NYSE: SWC) ("Stillwater" for net cash proceeds of $5,022,050 USD. The Company now has approximately $10 million in cash along with $3.02 million in remaining equity positions (based on February 14, 2013 market closing prices) which in aggregate represents $0.174 on a per common share basis versus its $0.16 share price (based on February 14, 2013 market closing price). Benton intends to continue to advance its Elizabeth Anne gold-silver project in San Bernardino County, California with continued ground sampling and an airborne high resolution aeromagnetic and radiometric survey to commence immediately. In addition, the Company has submitted diamond drilling permit applications on several high priority targets with the objective of drilling by April once all geological and geophysical data has been received and fully analyzed.
Benton outlines large area of Gold-silver Mineralization at Elizabeth Anne
CNW Group - Wed Feb 13, 8:00AM CST
Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or "the Company" is pleased to announce that the ongoing exploration program has outlined extensive and significant gold (Au) and silver (Ag) mineralization in multiple areas at the Elizabeth Anne gold-silver project. Most encouraging is a new mineralized area west of the Central Zone termed the Rascal Showing where previous selective grab sampling returned up to 1955gpt Ag (see Benton NR January 10, 2013). Follow-up surface chip sampling has outlined widespread continuous mineralization that graded 0.50gpt Au and 13.2gpt Ag over 79.25m within a broader halo of 0.27gpt Au and 5.64gpt Ag over 247m. This longer interval contains a small 16m gap that was given the value of zero for the purposes of calculating these weighted averages and infill sampling has been completed with assay results pending. Another sub-parallel continuous chip sampling interval splayed off the first graded 0.29gpt Au and 30.47g/t Ag over 91.4m.
Benton sells royalty interest in Bermuda Project to Gold Royalties Corporation
CNW Group - Wed Jan 30, 1:33PM CST
Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or "the Company" is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Gold Royalties Corporation (TSXV: GRO) ("Gold Royalties" whereby Gold Royalties will purchase Benton's 1% net smelter return royalty interest (the "NSR Royalty" on the Bermuda Project located near Marathon, Ontario (the "Transaction" . Benton will receive $275,000 in consideration payable through the issuance of 352,565 common shares of Gold Royalties (the "Gold Royalties Shares" at a deemed price of $0.78 per Gold Royalties Share (the "Share Consideration" . Closing of the Transaction, which is expected to occur on or before February 28, 2013, is subject to certain conditions, including approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.
Benton Announces Commencement of Airborne at Mealy Lake Cu-Ni-PGM Project and Provides Cape Ray Update
Marketwire - Wed Aug 06, 11:03AM CDT
Benton Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: BEX) ("Benton" or "the Company"
would like to announce that its joint venture partner Platinum Group Metals Ltd. ("PTM" has commenced a VTEM geophysical airborne survey on the Mealy Lake Copper-Nickel-PGM property located in southwestern Labrador. Completion and interpretation of the airborne survey and ground follow up of any identified anomalies is anticipated to be completed by the end of September. The Mealy Project is contiguous and within the same mafic complex as Altius Minerals Corp.'s ("Altius" Natashquan property located approximately 140 kilometres southwest of Churchill Falls in Labrador. Altius previously announced their new Natashquan property Ni-Cu-Co-PGE discovery which they subsequently joint ventured to Anglo American ("Anglo" . Exploration highlights from Altius' Nastashquan discovery include; "2.68g/t combined Pt, Pd and Au (grab) - 6.14% Cu and 388ppb Pt - 1.04g/t combined Pt, Pd, Au and 1.06% Cu over 1.30m (channel) - 1.04 combined Pt, Pd, Au and 3.92% Cu over 1.00m (channel) - 2.49g/t combined Pt, Pd and Au and 1.07% Ni (grab) - several grab samples greater than 7% Cu - soil samples up to 26,000ppm Cu". (http://altiusminerals.com/projects/natashquan). Benton Regains 100% Interest in Onion Lake Copper-Nickel-PGE Project
Marketwire - Wed Mar 12, 12:08PM CDT
Benton Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: BEX) ("Benton" or "the Company"
is pleased to announce that it has regained a 100% interest in the Onion Lake copper-nickel-PGE project located 30km north of Thunder Bay Ontario. The project was under option to Glory Resources Limited ("Glory" , an Australian-based junior currently being acquired by Eldorado Gold Corp. ("Eldorado" . Due to assessment deficiencies, Benton will receive an $80,000 payment in lieu and the return of a 100% interest in the project from Eldorado. Benton Announces Results from Further Metallurgical Testwork and Initiates Drill Campaign for the Cape Ray Project
Marketwire - Mon Feb 10, 12:10PM CST
Benton Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: BEX) ("Benton" or "the Company"
is pleased to announce that it has awarded Cabo Drilling of Springdale, NL the contract for the upcoming diamond drill program which is scheduled to start within a week on the Cape Ray Gold project. The 2,000 metre drill program is designed to test various targets which includes the immediate extension of the 51 deposit to the west, the east and west strike extent of the PW zone, and test various new coincident geophysical (induced polarization) and gold geochemical (soil and rock) west of the 51 Deposit. Benton Resources Inc.: Annual General & Special Meeting
Marketwire - Tue Jan 21, 3:05PM CST
Benton Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: BEX) ("Benton" or "the Company"
announces that it will hold its Annual General and Special Meeting on Wednesday March 19, 2014 at 10:00 a.m at its head office in Rosslyn, Ontario. Benton Options Recently Acquired Mealy Project to Platinum Group Metals Ltd.
Marketwire - Fri Aug 16, 7:01AM CDT
Benton Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: BEX) ("Benton" or "the Company"
is pleased to announce that it has executed an option agreement (the "Agreement" with Platinum Group Metals Ltd. (TSX: PTM) ("PTM" on the Company's recently acquired Mealy copper-nickel-platinum-palladium project (the "Project" in Labrador. The Agreement allows PTM to earn a 71% interest in the Project by paying the Company $51,000 on the effective date of the Agreement (the "Effective Date" and by incurring an aggregate of $2.4 million in exploration expenditures on the Project as follows: Benton Stakes Large Land Position for Copper- Nickel- Platinum- Palladium
Marketwire - Wed Jul 31, 12:50PM CDT
Benton Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: BEX) ("Benton" or "the Company"
has acquired through staking 746 claim units representing approximately 194 square-kilometers within the Mealy Lake intrusion (the "Mealy Project" . The new project is contiguous and directly along strike of Altius Minerals Corp.'s ("Altius" 256 square-kilometre Natashquan property located approximately 140 kilometres southwest of Churchill Falls in Labrador. Altius has recently announced a new Ni-Cu-Co-PGE discovery and that they have entered into a joint venture agreement with Anglo American ("Anglo" whereby Anglo has the option to earn a 66-per-cent interest in the project through expenditures of $20-million over a five-year period. Exploration highlights from Altius' Nastashquan discovery include "2.68g/t combined Pt, Pd and Au (grab) - 6.14% Cu and 388ppb Pt - 1.04g/t combined Pt, Pd, Au and 1.06% Cu over 1.30m (channel) - 1.04 combined Pt, Pd, Au and 3.92% Cu over 1.00m (channel) - 2.49g/t combined Pt, Pd and Au and 1.07% Ni (grab) - several grab samples greater than 7% Cu - soil samples up to 26,000ppm Cu" (http://altiusminerals.com/projects/natashquan). Benton Reports Drill Results from Recently Completed Program at the Elizabeth Anne Project
Marketwire - Fri Jun 28, 9:01AM CDT
Benton Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: BEX) ("Benton" or "the Company"
is pleased to announce the results from its recently completed diamond drilling program at the Elizabeth Anne gold-silver project located approximately 35km west of the Mountain Pass rare-earth mine in San Bernardino County, California. The company completed 2876 meters of diamond drilling in 10 holes to test several areas of gold and silver mineralization discovered by previous drill campaigns or recent surface sampling which included the Rascal Zone, C-Zone, Mega-Breccia and North Mega-Breccia Zones. All holes encountered gold mineralization and permitting for further drilling will start within the next few weeks. Gold Royalties Corporation Closes Acquisition of Bermuda Project Royalty
Marketwire - Fri Mar 01, 7:25AM CST
Gold Royalties Corporation (TSX VENTURE: GRO) ("Gold Royalties"
is pleased to announce that it has closed the acquisition of the 1% net smelter return royalty on the Bermuda PGM Project (the "Transaction" , as previously announced on January 30, 2013, with Benton Resources Inc. ("Benton Resources" . Benton completes detailed airborne survey and continues to outline gold-silver mineralization at Elizabeth Anne
CNW Group - Fri Feb 22, 8:00AM CST
Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or "the Company"
is pleased to announce an update for the ongoing exploration program at their Elizabeth Anne project. A combined aeromagnetic and radiometric survey has been completed over the project area by Precision GeoSurveys Inc. of Vancouver, Canada that included 650 line-kilometres at 50 metre spacing. Ongoing surface sampling has identified at least six areas of gold and silver mineralization. Most encouraging is new high grade gold and silver mineralization along the southern margin of the Rascal Zone where selective grab samples returned up to 48.1 gram per tonne (gpt) gold (Au) with 4110 gpt silver (Ag). This new mineralization is situated approximated 250m south of the previously announced high grade Ag in selective samples that assayed as high as 1955gpt Ag (see Benton NR dated January 10, 2012). Ongoing surface chip sampling is also being conducted at the numerous mineralized zones including further follow-up to previously reported ch Benton Sells Stake in Stillwater Mining for $5.02 Million USD
CNW Group - Fri Feb 15, 12:09PM CST
Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or "the Company"
is pleased to announce that it has completed its disposition of 348,053 shares of Stillwater Mining Company (NYSE: SWC) ("Stillwater" for net cash proceeds of $5,022,050 USD. The Company now has approximately $10 million in cash along with $3.02 million in remaining equity positions (based on February 14, 2013 market closing prices) which in aggregate represents $0.174 on a per common share basis versus its $0.16 share price (based on February 14, 2013 market closing price). Benton intends to continue to advance its Elizabeth Anne gold-silver project in San Bernardino County, California with continued ground sampling and an airborne high resolution aeromagnetic and radiometric survey to commence immediately. In addition, the Company has submitted diamond drilling permit applications on several high priority targets with the objective of drilling by April once all geological and geophysical data has been received and fully analyzed. Benton outlines large area of Gold-silver Mineralization at Elizabeth Anne
CNW Group - Wed Feb 13, 8:00AM CST
Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or "the Company"
is pleased to announce that the ongoing exploration program has outlined extensive and significant gold (Au) and silver (Ag) mineralization in multiple areas at the Elizabeth Anne gold-silver project. Most encouraging is a new mineralized area west of the Central Zone termed the Rascal Showing where previous selective grab sampling returned up to 1955gpt Ag (see Benton NR January 10, 2013). Follow-up surface chip sampling has outlined widespread continuous mineralization that graded 0.50gpt Au and 13.2gpt Ag over 79.25m within a broader halo of 0.27gpt Au and 5.64gpt Ag over 247m. This longer interval contains a small 16m gap that was given the value of zero for the purposes of calculating these weighted averages and infill sampling has been completed with assay results pending. Another sub-parallel continuous chip sampling interval splayed off the first graded 0.29gpt Au and 30.47g/t Ag over 91.4m. Benton sells royalty interest in Bermuda Project to Gold Royalties Corporation
CNW Group - Wed Jan 30, 1:33PM CST
Benton Resources Inc. (TSXV: BEX) ("Benton" or "the Company"
is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Gold Royalties Corporation (TSXV: GRO) ("Gold Royalties" whereby Gold Royalties will purchase Benton's 1% net smelter return royalty interest (the "NSR Royalty" on the Bermuda Project located near Marathon, Ontario (the "Transaction" . Benton will receive $275,000 in consideration payable through the issuance of 352,565 common shares of Gold Royalties (the "Gold Royalties Shares" at a deemed price of $0.78 per Gold Royalties Share (the "Share Consideration" . Closing of the Transaction, which is expected to occur on or before February 28, 2013, is subject to certain conditions, including approval of the TSX Venture Exchange. 
