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A P R I L / M A Y 2 0 1 9 www.resourceworld.com 37 over 14.4 metres in hole IM-18-169 located 15 metres from surface within a modelled vein corridor. Drill hole IM-18-176 inter- sected 32.44 g/t gold over 3.0 metres with a higher-grade intercept 97.80 g/t gold over 0.50 metres. These results, as well as the highlights listed below, demonstrate grade and widths within the modelled vein corridors amenable to successful resource conversion. Recent intercepts at 600 metres in depth include 16.10 g/t gold over 0.55 metres and 14.05 g/t gold over 0.55 metres in hole IM-18-176. The current resource at Shaft Zone deposit is modelled to an average depth of 350 metres. Barkerville is cur - rently exploring down dip of the known gold mineralization on the Shaft Zone with three drill rigs. Barkerville is also explor- ing on Mosquito Creek with two rigs, and testing targets on Barkerville Mountain, Williams Creek and Willow with three more rigs. In addition to delineation drilling, the company drilled 11 holes on the Shaft Zone and Cow Mountain in mineral - ized vein corridors to collect material for metallurgical testing. The selected assay highlights include 7.75 g/t gold over 46.0 metres within hole IM-MET-18-002. Other highlights include IM-18-162 with 14.55 g/t gold over 3.65 metres; IM-18-164 with 34.90 g/t gold over 1.45 metres; as well as other high-grade intersections. Benchmark Metals Inc. [BNCH-TSXV; CYRTF-OTCQB; A2ATHU-FSE] reported drill results from the Dukes Ridge Zone at the Lawyers gold and silver project, located in the eastern region of the Golden Triangle, northwest British Columbia. Drill holes intersected wide, bulk-tonnage intervals of near 1 g/t gold equivalent and narrower intervals of high-grade gold- silver mineralization. The drilling has expanded the resource area and indicates that the mineralization is open along strike and down dip. A total of 1,304.24 metres in 13 shal - low drill holes were completed at Dukes Ridge near surface, with six holes grad- ing above 1 g/t gold equivalent over intervals of greater than 10 metres. This drilling included 961.64 metres of reverse circulation (RC) and 342.60 metres in two diamond drill (DD) holes. Drill hole 18DRRC010 intersected 5.76 g/t gold and 128.65 g/t silver across 33.52 metres and includes 52.02 g/t gold and 846.44 g/t sil - ver across 3.05 metres. The Dukes Ridge Zone has an inferred mineral resource estimated to be 58,000 tonnes grading 4.30 g/t gold and 139.13 g/t silver for a contained metal resource of 8,000 ounces of gold and 260,000 ounces of silver. Chakana Copper Corp. [PERU-TSXV; CHKKF-OTCQB] released initial drill results from breccia pipe 6 (Bx 6) at the Soledad copper-gold-silver project in cen - tral Peru. Bx 6 is located 500 metres north of Bx 5 and 1 km northwest of Bx 1 and is the northernmost and highest eleva- tion outcropping breccia pipe identified to date in the Soledad cluster. There are 17 confirmed breccia pipes on the Soledad Project, 12 of which occur in the Soledad cluster, along with 12 other targets with distinctive alteration that is consistent with the alteration encountered adja - cent to breccia pipes in previous drilling. Four of the 17 confirmed pipes have been drilled to date. Seven of the eight holes intersected significant mineralization, including 59.3 metres with 1.28 g/t gold, 0.53% cop - per and 497.2 g/t silver from 28 metres in hole SDH18-102. Within this interval a 22.8-metre zone intersected 2.93 g/t gold, 1.37% copper and 1,283.2 g/t silver for a 14.29% copper equivalent. Breccia pipe 3East (Bx3E) was also tested by 10 holes from two platforms. Long runs of mineralization similar to Bx 1, Bx 5 and Bx 6 were not encountered. Relatively short intervals of exceptional mineraliza - tion were encountered, including 19.0 metres of 2.20 g/t gold in SDH18-096 from 85 metres; 2.75 metres with 1.17 g/t gold, 0.76% copper and 222.9 g/t silver in SDH18-098 from 198.85 metres; and 1.05 metres of 5.20 g/t gold, 7.07% copper and 404.8 g/t silver in SDH18-100 from 457.9 metres. These intersects are important and based on results elsewhere, additional drilling is necessary. n MINING LEFT: Diamond drilling operations at the Benchmark Metals 120 km 2 Lawyers gold-silver project located 45 km northwest of former Kemess open pit gold-copper mine along the eastern edge of the Golden Triangle region of northwest British Columbia. The Lawyers Project formerly produced 171,000 ounces of gold and 3.7 million ounces of silver. Photo courtesy Benchmark Metals Inc.