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Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Surface Samples Return Up To 492.6 G/T (14.37 Oz/T) Gold From The Block A Property
Vancouver - Tuesday, July 7, 2009 -- Golden Harp Resources Inc. (TSXV:GHR) today announced that it has been advised by Benton Resources Corp. of additional high grade assay results from the Copper Hill 'Block A' option property. Highlights from surface samples include: 492.6 g/t (14.37 oz/T) gold (Au), 9.94 g/t (0.29 oz/T) Au and 0.79 g/t (0.02 oz/T) Au.
The Block A option covers 351 of Golden Harp's 855 claim units in the northeastern portion of the Copper Hill project. Benton may earn up to a 70% interest in the Block A by spending $3 million in exploration and issuing cash and shares to Golden Harp (see NR March 12, 2009 for details). Golden Harp will continue to explore and advance the significant gold and copper targets situated in its 504 claim units, which are contiguous to those in the Block A option.
Benton Resources Corp. issued a press release today - the verbatim text is included below:
SURFACE SAMPLES RETURN UP TO 492.6 G/T (14.37 OZ/T) GOLD ON THE BLOCK A PROPERTY
Benton Resources Corp (BTC: TSX.V, "Benton" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that the Company has received high grade assay results from the Golden Harp Block A Property, located approximately 30 km west of the town of Gowganda and 87 km southwest of Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
Three (3) grab samples collected from an outcrop of sulphide-rich altered ultramafic volcanic rock returned 492.6 g/t (14.37 oz/T), 9.94 g/t (0.29 oz/T) and 0.79 g/t (0.02 oz/T) gold. The samples were analysed using the screened metallics method whereby the pulverized rock is sieved through several size fractions, each of which is then assayed with final analysis reported as a calculated weighted average of gold in the entire sample. Previous surface grab samples collected by Golden Harp Resources Inc. (GHR:TSXV) nearby returned up to 12.0 g/t gold (see Golden Harp press release dated December 02, 2008).
This discovery is significant as it is located approximately 100 meters southwest and on strike of the MC Zone. The MC Zone was discovered by Golden Harp Resources in 2008 and is hosted within a thick package of green carbonate, albite, hematite and pyrite altered ultramafic and mafic volcanic rocks. To date, five holes have tested the MC Zone over a strike length of 220m. All holes intersected widespread anomalous gold mineralization including 44.0m of 0.89 g/t Au from hole GH-025 and 9.0m of 3.6 g/t Au (including a high grade interval of 2.0m grading 14.29 g/t Au) from hole GH-019.
The MC Zone is located approximately 1.3 km east of the Cook Zone, where recent drilling by Benton intersected 8.5m grading 5.03 g/t Au (GH09-01), 5.5m grading 11.9 g/t Au (GH09-02) and 3.0m grading 21.41 g/t Au (GH09-06).
An active exploration program is ongoing on the property. A 41 kilometre (km) grid has been established and soil sampling (assays pending) and ground magnetic surveys have been completed. An induced polarization survey is currently in progress and prospecting and geological mapping will begin this week.
Note: g/t = gram per tonne, oz/t = ounce per ton.
Benton currently has approximately $13.5 million in cash, owns a 34.3% interest in Coro Mining Corp (TSX.COP), holds an approximate 5% interest in Marathon PGM Corp (TSX.MAR) and retains a 2% Net Smelter Royalty on the northern portion of the Marathon PGM deposit.
Clinton Barr (P.Geo.), V.P. Exploration for Benton Resources Corp., is the qualified person responsible for this release.
The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties.
For further information contact Stephen Stares @:
611 Montreal Street
Thunder Bay, ON P7E 3P2
Phone (807) 475-7474
Fax (807) 475-7200
www.bentonresources.com
About Golden Harp
Golden Harp Resources Inc. is a Canadian mineral exploration company. Its 145 square km, Copper Hill gold and base metal project is located 100 kilometres south of Timmins, along Highway 560 between Shining Tree and Gowganda, Northern Ontario. The property, situated along the projected western extension of the Cadillac Larder Lake Break in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt, hosts several gold zones in a variety of geological settings; a copper zone; and large portions of the property remain to be evaluated. The Company has 24,673,042 shares outstanding.
For further information about Golden Harp, please visit our website at www.goldenharpresources.com or contact:
Natasha Blackburn, President and CEO
Tel: 604-688-4277
Kevin Filo, Senior Geologist
Tel: 705-268-0371
The information contained in the press release is a verbatim extract of the press release issued by Benton Resources Corp. Although Golden Harp believes the information included in the press release to be generally reliable, the data has not been independently verified and Golden Harp does not assume any liability for the accuracy or completeness of such information.
Statements contained in this news release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements, which are subject to a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainness and other factors that may cause the actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward looking statements. Although we believe that the expectations in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, actual results may vary, and future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements cannot be guaranteed.
The TSX Venture Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the information contained herein.
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