Benchmark Metals Inc (CVE:BNCH) (OTCQX:BNCHF) released a new set of results from a drill program on its Lawyers gold-silver project that included intersections of broad zones of high-grade mineralization.
Results from the southern part of the Cliff Creek deposit area included 64 metres (m) of 2.3 grams per ton (g/t) gold and 191.3 g/t silver for 4.7 g/t gold equivalent at depth.
According to the Edmonton-based company, the latest result is equal to a 300-gram gold equivalent times metre product. The intercept is at a vertical depth of about 350m below surface and around 100 metres below the recently reported 221.53m of 1 g/t gold equivalent in another hole, indicating the mineralizing system exists from surface and continues to improve at depth.
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Further holes drilled by Benchmark at CCS over a strike length of 300m and 350m depth also contain significant mineralization of similar width and tenor, the company said, including 128.10m of 1.7 g/t gold and 110 g/t silver or 3 g/t gold.
At the Cliff Creek South zone, four of the 15 drill holes, which are awaiting results, intersected visual gold and silver mineralization, Benchmark told shareholders.
"The CCS (Cliff Creek South) zone is yielding long intercepts of gold and silver mineralization over a strike length of 300m and at least 350m depth and remains open,” Benchmark CEO John Williamson said in a statement.
“This sub-section of the Cliff Creek deposit should enhance gold-silver tonnages and grade in the upcoming 2021 Cliff Creek resource estimate.”
Williamson told shareholders that the CCS zone is showing “impressive tonnage and grade potential” that mirrors the Cliff Creek North zone.
“The total size of the Cliff Creek deposit has increased to plus-1.2 km strike length and at least 550 metres in depth and is open,” the CEO added.
Benchmark’s Lawyers project is located in the prolific Golden Horseshoe of northern British Columbia, Canada.
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