Benton Resources Inc. announced that it's Phase 3 diamond drill program is well underway at the Great Burnt Deposit. Field crews have also started exploration trenching at South Pond located, 15 km to the north. Additionally, regional prospecting and soil geochemical sampling have been initiated along the northern part of the belt.

The Company has completed two diamond drill holes and started the third, all of which were designed to target the updip geophysical anomalies identified in last winter's down-hole Pulse EM survey. The Pulse EM survey was conducted on GB 24-34 and 35 and identified a strong anomaly updip as well as down plunge to the south. The first Phase 3 drill hole, GB 24-38, was anticipated to be 30-40m updip above GB 24-34 but didn't shallow as expected, intersecting 3.00m semi-massive/massive sulphides approximately 16m above hole GB 24-34.

GB 24-39, also drilled updip of GB 24-34, cut 9.00 m of semi-massive/massive sulphides containing sections of visual chalcopyrite approximately 46m above GB-24-34. Once the Company defines the limits of the updip boundary of the deposit, it will move south, targeting expansion in that direction. The Company would also like to update readers that the ongoing trenching program has exposed some spectacular geology and mineralization in the South Pond Area.

This mineralization is exposed in several areas where the Company received high-grade grab samples in initial trenching completed in the fall of 2023. The recently washed exposures will be channel cut and mapped, which will aid in accurate targeting for the upcoming drill campaign at South Pond later this summer. Highlights from the Benton's first 2 phases at the Great Burnt Deposit include: GB-23-02: 13.00 m of 8.31% Cu, incl 3.00 m of 12.80% Cu; GB-23-04: 26.87 m of 7.18% Cu, incl 11.16 m of 10.28% Cu; GB-23-07: 12.30 m of 7.20% Cu, incl 7.00 m 10.60% Cu; GB-23-12: 25.42 m of 5.51% Cu, incl 1.00 m of 8.77% Cu, 82.00g/t Ag, 4.43g/t Au; GB-23-15: 22.59 m of 5.03% Cu, incl 0.50 m of 20.00% Cu; GB-23-16: 13.67 m of 5.80% Cu, incl 1.00 m of 20.60% Cu; GB-23-18: 8.17 m of 4.22% Cu, incl 7.05 m of 4.11% Cu; GB-23-21: 24.00 m of 5.81% Cu, incl 7.00 m of 11.47% Cu; GB-23-22: 21.68 m of 3.59% Cu, incl 2.00 m of 15.3% Cu; GB-24-23: 7.00 m of 2.02% Cu, incl 4.00 m of 3.01% Cu; GB-24-32: 11.29 m of 3.10% Cu, incl 6.63 m of 5.57% Cu; GB-24-33: 20.92 m of 2.26% Cu, incl 2.98 m of 4.17% Cu; GB-24-37: 18.10 m of 1.99% Cu, incl 4.50 m of 7.24% Cu.