The maiden resource estimate from Benchmark Metals Inc. (TSXV: BNCH) for the former Lawyers gold-silver mine puts in pit gold content at 1.5 million oz. and silver at 49.0 million oz. in the indicated category.

Using a 0.5 g/t gold equivalent cut-off, the pit constrained indicated resource is 40.0 million tonnes grading 1.18 g/t gold and 38.1 g/t silver. In terms of gold equivalent, the company counts 2.1 million oz. in indicated and pit constrained material. There is also an inferred pit resource of 15.0 million tonnes at 0.96 g/t gold and 1.24 g/t silver containing 460,000 oz. gold and 12.1 million oz. silver.