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Benz Mining Announces Maiden Regional Exploration Campaign Confirms Multiple Commodity Potential for Upper Eastmain Greenstone Belt

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Thursday, August 26, 2021

Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - August 26, 2021) - Benz Mining Corp. (TSXV: BZ) (ASX: BNZ) (the Company or Benz) is pleased to update the market on its summer regional exploration campaign, led in parallel with its 50,000m diamond drilling campaign at Eastmain. Multiple documented mineral occurrences were visited to confirm historical data, collect additional surface samples and prepare for further exploration activities.

Key Points: 
  • The successful campaign confirmed the strong mineral endowment potential of the upper Eastmain Greenstone Belt of which Benz controls 220km2 or approximately 30%.
  • If one wanted to compare the Upper Eastmain Greenstone Belt with an Australian example, the Agnew to Wiluna Greenstone Belt would come to mind.
  • To view an enhanced version of Figure 2, please visit:
    Figures 1 and 2 place in parallel the Agnew to Wiluna Greenstone Belt in Western Australia and the Upper Eastmain Greenstone Belt in Quebec.
  • Gold was first discovered in the Upper Eastmain Greenstone Belt in 1969 and it is only in 2016 that the Route 167 Nord unlocked this untapped greenstone belt.