Benz Mining Corp. reported a new copper and gold rich intersect on the Eastmain Project located in the Upper Eastmain Greenstone Belt, James Bay area of Quebec, Canada. 45 diamond drill holes (DDH) were drilled for a total of 17,965m.

The drilling program was designed to extend the gold deposit to the northern part of the property and to explore outside of the known mine area and along the northwestern trend that includes the Suzanna, Michel and Julien prospects whilst the Company was waiting for assays from drilling done over the zones the subject of the recent resource upgrade. The drilling program followed a strategy of targeting previously identified time domain electromagnetic (TDEM), borehole electromagnetic (BHEM) anomalies at the Eastmain Mine area and Induced Polarisation (IP) at the Julien, Suzanna and Michel prospect areas, to follow the best geophysical response, interpreted to be caused by sulphide rich gold mineralisation. Core samples from the Eastmain Project were submitted to two laboratories: ALS Global and MSALABS where gold was analysed by fire assay and PhotonAssayTM- Chrysos Corporation and a multi element assay ICP suite.

Benz's exploration strategy, implemented in 2020, has led to the discovery of 3 new mineralised zones; the Zone D, Zone E and Zone NW. In addition, the historical areas identified as Zones A, B and C have been expanded, and the size of these zones has increased. Continuation of this successful exploration strategy during 2022 resulted in two exceptional intersections including: 7.50 g/t Au and 1.91% Cu over 4.85m from 76.65m was intersected at Michel (EM22-272); 9.32 g/t Au over 3.40m from 264.10m at Suzanna (EM22-260), Both holes are located in a wide-open area with very few drill holes at Michel (EM22-272) and Suzanna (EM22-260).

In addition, Zone E yielded several positive intersections that will result in the expansion of the gold mineralisation in that area. It is also anticipated that Zone NW will continue to expand with the new results indicating continuance towards the northwest and the north that will be investigated by further drilling.