Benchmark Metals Inc has announced new results from infill and expansion drilling at the AGB deposit at its Lawyer’s gold-silver project in British Columbia, which included 95.6 metres (m) core length of 3.1 grams per tonne (g/t) gold and 59.9 g/t silver, or 3.9 g/t gold equivalent.
The company said the 22 drill holes reported will positively impact its updated resource estimate, which is expected to be completed during the first half of 2022.
“Drilling at the AGB Deposit continues to return significant gold and silver intercepts at the surface and to depth,” Benchmark Metals CEO John Williamson said in a statement.
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“Areas around the historical stopes provide high-grade gold and silver that are all within 200 vertical metres from the surface. New drilling is providing the potential to add significant gold-silver ounces in an area where mineralization begins at surface,” Williamson added.
Benchmark noted that the new results have provided infill continuity and expansion drill intercepts that continue to grow the AGB area in scope and scale.
It added that the AGB deposit extends more than 650m in strike-length and remains open in all directions, displaying both bulk tonnage and high-grade mineralization from the surface.
The 2021 drill program is providing potential to add near-surface, open-pittable gold and silver ounces to the AGB Deposit in addition to defining an emerging broad zone of strong mineralization at the southernmost extent, the company said.
A 2021 Mineral Resource Estimate at the AGB Deposit established 419,000 Indicated gold equivalent ounces at 1.8 g/t plus 55,000 Inferred gold equivalent ounces at 1.5 g/t.
Benchmark Metals is a mineral exploration company focused on advancing and developing the substantial resource potential of the Lawyer’s gold-silver project, located in the prolific Golden Horseshoe area of northern British Columbia.
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