Benton Resources Identifies Significant Gold System at Abernethy, Ontario

Benton Resources Corp. has announced that the Company has received assay results from its recently completed diamond drill program on its 100% owned Abernethy gold project located 10km southwest of Kenora, Ontario.

The drill program identified a large gold system of multiple gold-rich horizons that measures more than 500m in strike length and up to 77m core length in width. The system is open in all directions. Notably, the hole furthest to the west (ABE 11-07) cut multiple gold horizons that averaged 0.53gpt Au over 77.1 meters with several higher grade sections listed in the table below. Visible native gold is noted in the section 162.5m–164m. Hole ABE 11-07 was collared more then 200m west of two historical drill holes that returned gold grades of 17.8 gpt gold over 1.52 metres and 6.30 gpt gold over 6.1 metres (see Benton's PR dated April 18, 2011). The Company is encouraged with the results and is currently planning a larger winter program to expand on the known gold mineralization. The remainder of the results will be released once they are received and compiled.  

In addition, diamond drilling on the RIM project located 100km south of the Voisey's Bay nickel deposit in Labrador has been completed and yielded no significant results. The Company is evaluating if it will continue exploration in the future. Benton Resources Corp would like to acknowledge and thank the government of Newfoundland and Labrador for the $150,000 JCEP grant to assist in this program.