Drilling at the Ontario based Goodchild property of the Benton Resources Corp. has led to the discovery of the stainless steel nickel-iron alloy, awaruite. Seven samples embodying 45 m of the hydrothermally altered ultramafic materials sourced from the GC08-08 drill hole were examined at the Activation Laboratories Ltd, Ontario, by means of fusion x-ray fluorescence (XRF).
The XRF analysis showed the presence of Nickel in the range 0.291 to 0.314%. The samples were subject to subsequent analysis under the Davis tube method which yielded nickel oxide presence in the range of 0.303% to 1.48%. This translates to recoverable nickel in the range 0.035% to 0.105%. The Company is preparing to carry out further analysis on the remaining portions of the 150m serpentinized ultramafic material to identify the level of recoverable nickel.
In yet another significant development at Benton Resources Corp, fourteen of the sixteen holes drilled for composition analysis of the Starr mineralization at their wholly owned Saganaga gold property traversed gold zones whose values where in anomaly.Drill hole SAG12-34 is the location of significant results followed by drill hole SAG12-28 which is 250 meters to the north-east of SAG12-34. Another important discovery is that of a gold zone of thickness 20-25m at a shallow depth of just 100m from the surface.
Stephen Stares, President and CEO, Benton Resources Corp. was optimistic about the potential in both the properties and has stated that the company would continue in its quest to identify new drill targets through mapping, surveying, soil analysis, trenching of irregularities and prospecting. Drilling is also expected to continue at the recently discovered gold zone too.
Source: http://www.bentonresources.ca
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