HURRICANE CAMP EXPANDS AS BENZ HITS THICK HIGH-GRADE GOLD

Drilling links key zones, extends mineralisation and identifies a major new down-plunge growth opportunity at Glenburgh.

Benz Mining Corp (ASX:BNZ) has reported new gold assay results from ongoing drilling at the Hurricane Camp within its 100%-owned Glenburgh Gold Project in Western Australia’s Gascoyne region, with results continuing to validate and expand the company’s recently released Glenburgh Exploration Target as it advances towards a maiden Mineral Resource.

The latest drilling has connected high-grade mineralisation between Zone 126 and Zone 102 for the first time, materially expanding the Hurricane Camp and highlighting the potential for a broader shallow open-pit opportunity. Drilling has also extended the Hurricane trend along a newly identified north-east plunge corridor while strengthening continuity within the Zone 126 trend.

Some of the standout intercepts reported include:

79m at 2.8 g/t Au from 499m, including 38m at 5.0 g/t Au (26HZ145)
70m at 2.9 g/t Au from 214m, including 37m at 5.2 g/t Au (26HZ135)
20m at 6.3 g/t Au from 160m, including 8m at 14.7 g/t Au (26HZ059)
14m at 8.9 g/t Au from 383m, including 5m at 24.2 g/t Au (26HZ105)
27m at 6.4 g/t Au from 432m (26HZ145)

The company said the Hurricane Camp represents the highest-grade component of the Glenburgh Exploration Target, contributing a high-grade core of 31-35Mt at 2.50-2.72 g/t Au for 2.5-3.0Moz within the broader exploration target of 110-125Mt at 1.7-1.8 g/t Au for 6.1-7.3Moz.

Approximately 80% of the Exploration Target is already drill-defined, assay-supported and wireframed. Current fence-line drilling is focused on improving connectivity, adding mineralised volume and defining additional high-grade zones to support maiden Mineral Resource estimation.

The announcement also highlighted a first-pass drill hole more than 400 metres down plunge of Zone 126, which intersected the mineralised system in line with Benz’s geological projection. The company believes this opens a significant new underground growth opportunity and could potentially double the Hurricane search space.

Mark Lynch Staunton, CEO, commented:

Hurricane Camp is growing fast.

The latest drilling shows a camp growing on multiple fronts: shallow high-grade mineralisation has linked Zone 126 and Zone 102, the high-grade lenses at Zone 126 are connecting into a larger gold-bearing trend, and a major new down-plunge opportunity has emerged more than 400 metres beyond the current drilled area.

This is exactly how a large gold system builds. The model is holding together, the wireframes are connecting, mineralised volume is growing and Hurricane is advancing toward maiden Mineral Resource definition.

The 400 metre down-plunge step-out is a major development. It intersected the mineralised system in line with our projection and appears to have clipped the edge of the target corridor. We now have a clear vector to drill deeper into the core of the system, and we are moving immediately.

This new down-plunge opportunity is outside the current Glenburgh Exploration Target and points to substantial underground growth potential. Combined with the emerging shallow open-pit opportunity, Hurricane is rapidly becoming a major growth centre at Glenburgh.