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1723659 41I10SW2008 2.23659 MCKIM 010 Geological Reconnaissance and Petrological Study on part of the Sudbury Breccia Belt #2 Claim Group N.T.S.41I/11 S W For Wallbridge Mining Company Limited RECEIVED MAY 3 1 2C02 GEOSCIENCE ASSESSMENT OFFICE Patrick Toth, B.Sc. May, 2002

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1723659

41I10SW2008 2.23659 MCKIM 010

Geological Reconnaissanceand

Petrological Study on part of the

Sudbury Breccia Belt #2 Claim Group N.T.S.41I/11 S W

For

Wallbridge Mining Company Limited

RECEIVEDMAY 3 1 2C02

GEOSCIENCE ASSESSMENT OFFICE

Patrick Toth, B.Sc. May, 2002

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Table of Contents

Introduction ....,,....,,.....,..f,.....^.....,.^.,..,,...............,,,.^...^..,.....,.............,.,...........,......,.....,...............^......... l

Location and Access. ...u...........u.........................M..u...............^....................n........H.u.................n.............. l

Property Hirtoi^ ...........................................................^ 2

Topography ..................................................n.........................n.................................................................... 4

Regional Geology .......................................^......................................................^.i^..................................^..... 4

Exploration Survey9..........4........~.*.....M.******.^****..4..u.*.*.'^........*..^.**.4...4...4~*......n....4..*..*t.....*.......(............ 6

Conclusions and Recommendations....^....................,................^.................., ...........................................6

Bibliography ............................................u.................^....................n........................................................... 8

Statement of Qualifications. ................^.....................^....4............................................................................ 9

List of Figures

Figure l : General Location Map Page 2Figure 2: Property Location Map Page 3FigureS: Geology Map Page 8

List of Tables

Table 1: Claim Status Page l Table 2: Lithological Units Page 5

List of Appendices

Appendix A: Petrological Results

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Introduction

On May 23rd of 2002, geological traverses were conducted across the western block of the Sudbury Breccia Belt #2 claim group. The purpose was to geologically map and sample any rocks encountered on the claim block and to determine if there was any Sudbury Breccia present. Two rock types, rhyolite tufFarkosic sediment and gabbro were mapped and petrographic thin sections were made and examined.

Location and Access

The property is located in the northeastern corner of the Town of Sudbury, Ontario in a subdivision called "New Sudbury" and comprises the northeastern corner of Lot2, Con 6, of McKim Township (figures! A 2). The property can be most easily accessed by traveling north along Barrydowne Road from the intersection of Lorne Street and Barrydowne Road for approximately l .7 kilometers. At mis point a foot trail heads west along a power line. Traveling west for approximately 780 metres will bring one to the northeast corner of the claim block.

Claim Status

Property Name:Principal Commodity of Interest:Location:Township:Mining District:Province:Date of Acquisition:Renewal Dates:Operators Names:Title Status:

Sudbury Breccia Belt #2 GroupNi, Cu, and PGE'sNortheastern part of Lot 2, Con 6McKimSudburyOntarioJune 5,2000June 5,2002Wallbridge Mining CompanyThe claims are wholly owned and are in good standing.

Tablet; Claim Status

Claim #1230746

Size (units)1

Recording DateJune 5, 2000

Due DateJune 5, 2002

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Figure 1: Gcucral Location Map

SRBB#2 CLAIM

Ontario

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Figure 2: Property Location Map

BLEZARD TWP

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LOT 2 CON 6

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Property History

No past prospecting or mining activity has been recorded on the claim.

Topography

The property is generally Sat with the exception of a large east-west outcrop ridge located along the northern boundary. Outcrop exposure consists of several small individual outcrops and outcrop ridges of low relief. The outcrop areas are largely devoid of overburden and any substantial vegetation. Overburden depth is generally very shallow and the middle portion of the claim is low and wet with abundant standing water due to beaver activity.

Regional Geology

The Sudbury Igneous Complex is interpreted to have originally been a 200km diameter melt crater. The present expression of the now deformed crater is an elliptical form 65km long by 35km wide, ft hosts some of the largest nickel-copper-PGE ore bodies found in the world. The geological history of the Complex has blessed it with numerous geologically diverse settings for the emplacement of nickel-copper-PGE deposits.

There are numerous volumes written about the Sudbury Structure and a more complete description of the geology can be found in the OGS Special Volume l, The Geology and Ore Deposits of the Sudbury Structure, 1984, edited by E. G. Pye, A. J. Naldrett and P.E. Giblin.

The 1850 Ma Sudbury Structure is located just northwest of the Grenville Geological Province, at the present boundary of the Superior Geological Province and the Southern Geological Province. The melt rocks associated with the structure consist of several basal units, some of which are critical to the deposition of sulphide ore bodies.

The "Main Mass" rocks consist of norite, quartz gabbro and granophyre while fine- to medium-grained quartz diorite and mafic norite breccias farm the "Sublayer" at its base. The sublayer is host to much of me Ni-Cu sulphide ores of the Sudbury Structure which are emplaced in embayments at the contact with the crater walls. Granite breccias occurring at the base of the embayments also host the sulphides. Discrete radial and concentric offset dikes host nickel-copper-PGE deposits in a matrix of quartz diorite and associated breccias.

The impact at Sudbury formed pseudotachylytes (Sudbury Breccia) veins, melt bodies and Footwall Breccias that also contain appreciable economic mineralization. Differentiated sulphides rich in copper and PGE's are often found trapped in brecciated footwall rocks hosting Sudbury Breccia units and related melt bodies.

The basal units are overlain by various heterolithic breccias of the Onaping Formation and fluvial sediments of the On watin and Chelmsford Formations.

The Sudbury Structure has been deformed into its present day elliptical shape by northwesterly directed thrusting followed by regional metamorphism during the Leonean Orogeny. The 37Ma Wanapitei Lake Crater east of the Sudbury Structure also deformed the basin to its present shape.

Table 2 provides an overview of the numerous iithological units encountered in the Sudbury Igneous Complex.

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Table 2; Table of biological Units

PHANEROZOICCENOZOIC

QUATERNARYRECENT

Organic deposits (peat bog); floodplain (alluvial) deposits

PLEISTOCENEGlacial deposits, glaciofluvial deposits, glaciolacustrine deposits

UNCONFORMITY

PROTEROZOIC

ARCHEAN

Olivine DiabaseINTRUSIVE CONTACT

Trap DikesINTRUSIVE CONTACT

Sudbury Igneous Complex SublayerINTRUSIVE CONTACT Main Mass Gabbro

Whitewater GroupChelmsford Formation Onwatin Formation Onaping Formation

Black Member Grey Member Basal Member

Sudbury Breccia Footwall Breccia Shock Metamorphism

SUDBURY EVENT Nipissing Intrusive Rocks

INTRUSIVE CONTACT Creighton and Murray Granites

INTRUSIVE CONTACT Huronian Supergroup

Copper CliffFormation UNCONFORMITY

DiabaseINTRUSIVE CONTACT

Mafic Plutonic Rocks and Anorthosite Intrusive; Contact Migmatite and Felsic Plutonic Rocks

INTRUSIVE & METAMORPHIC CONTACT Metavolcanic and Metasedimentary Rocks; Grancdioritic-Quartzdioritic Gneisses and Associated Mafic Rocks

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Property Geology

The Sudbury Breccia Belt #2 Property parallels die Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC) over a strike length of 400m and is situated approximately 2.5km south of the SIC contact The property overlays the South Range footwall rocks of Ae SIC. These are represented by the felsic meta-volcanics of tile Copper Cliff Formation (-3460 Ma.). This formation is a member of the Huronian Supergroup (2100 to 2500 Ma.) and of the Elliot Lake Group respectively.

The property for the most part, is underlain by Sudbury Gabbro. Theses gabbro sills and bodies intrude the Copper CliffFormation and may be contemporaneous with the volcanism in the area. Metamorphism in the area ranges from lower-greenschist to amphibolite facies. The gabbro is generally dark green, fine to medium- grained, equigranular and massive. Trace amounts of pyrite and pyrrhotite are present.

The Copper CliffFormation outcrops along the northern claim boundary and is represented by porphyritic quartz feldspathic rhyolite domes and flows, felsic flows and tuff. Hie interflow tuffs contain disseminated pyrrhotite up to 5% by volume and are extensively sheared. The present dip of the Copper Cliff Formation is 400 to 600 facing norm. This unit is a source of debate in that there is some question as to whether or not these rocks are in fact felsic volcanics and not argillaceous or interflow sediments.

Exploration Surveys

On May 23rd, the western block of the Sudbury Breccia Belt #2 claim group was traversed and sampled. The work consisted of observing the outcrops traversed and taking grab samples for petrological analysis. Regional geological maps for this area indicated mat mis area was underlain by Sudbury Gabbro, felsic rhyolite tuffs and volcanic breccias. It was also speculated that Sudbury Breccia could be present

Five samples for petrological purposes were taken at various outcrops on the property (figure 3). Sample PT-02-001 was described as a fine-grained diorite with trace pyrite. Sample PT-02-002 was described as fine grained, medium-grey, sheared volcanic tuff or arkosic sediment with trace to .S0/* pyrite. Sample PT-02-003 was described as medium to coarse-grained, hornblende gabbro. Sample PT-02-004 was described as a fine grained, sheared, light grayish-pink, argillaceous sediment or felsic volcanic. Sample PT-02-005 was described as a fine-grained, dark-green gabbro cut by barren quartz veins. The samples were cut, examined and areas to be thin sectioned were selected. A detailed description of the petrographic work can be found in Appendix A.

Conclusions and Recommendations

Although the petrographic analysis confirmed the samples as being gabbro or felsic rhyolite tuff, no Sudbury breccia or significant mineralization was encountered. Due to the diminutive size of the claim and its close proximity to houses, no further work is recommended.

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Figure 3: Geology Map

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Bibliography

Card, K. D., Gupta V. K., McGrath, P. H., and Grant, F. S. 1984: The Sudbury Structure: it's regionalgeological and geophysical setting. In: The Geology and Ore Deposits of the Sudbury Structure. Ontario Geological Survey special volume 1.

Dressler, B.O., Gupta, V.K. and Muir, T.L. 1991: The Sudbury Structure; m Geology of Ontario, Ontario Geological Survey, Special Volume 4, Part l, pp. 593-625.

Dressler, B.O. 1984: Chapter 4, General Geology of the Sudbury Area; in The Geology and Ore Deposits of the Sudbury Structure, Ontario Geological, Special Volume l, pp.57-82.

Innes, D.G. 1978: McKim Township, District of Sudbury; Ontario Geological Survey Prelim. Map P. 1978, Geol. Ser., scale l :15840 or l inch to Vi mile. Geology 1975,1976.

Phemister, T.C. 1956: The Copper Cliff Rhyolite in McKim Township, District of Sudbury, Ont. Dept. of Mines, Vol. LXV, 1956, pt. 3.

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Statement of Qualifications

I Patrick E. Toth, of the City of Toronto, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, do hereby certify that:

1. I am an exploration geologist residing at 42 Nursewood Road, Toronto, Ontario, M4E 3R8

2. I hold a B.Sc., Geological Sciences degree conferred by Brock University of St. Catharines, Ontario in 1995.

3. I have practiced as an exploration geologist since 1995.

4. I am a member of the Geological Association of Canada, Canadian Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, and The Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and Petroleum.

5. This report is based on personal examination and me implementation of work on the property on the dates of May 23rd, 2002 on behalf on Wallbridge Mining Company.

6. I have no direct interest in the properties or securities of Wallbridge Mining Company.

Dated at Sudbury, Ontario,this 30th Day of May, 2002 Patrick E. Toth, B.Sc.

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Appendix A

Petrographic Description

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Sample # PT-02-001 Thin Section # W-02-0130

Hand Specimen Description: Dark gray-green, fine to medium-grained gabbro with fine sericite alongfracture planes.

Thin Section Description: Fine-grained, highly altered quartz amphibolite with relict, medium-grained,sub-ophitic texture. Contains approximately 3 to 4"Mi fine-grained oxides.

Sample # PT-02-002 Thin Section # W-02-0131

Hand Specimen Description: Fine-grained, light to medium grayish-pink, strongly sheared felsic volcanic orargillaceous sediment.

Thin Section Description: Fine-grained, granular textured rock consisting of amphibole, feldspar andquartz, cross-cut by sericite and carbonate veinlets. Could be an arkosic sediment or felsic volcanic.

Sample* PT-02-003 Thin Section # W-02-0132

Hand Specimen Description: Medium to coarse-grained, dark gray-green gabbro.

Thin Section Description: Coarse-grained, pyroxene-rich gabbro with pyroxene and clinopyroxene alteredto amphibole. Sub-prismatic orthopyroxene and clinopyroxene poikiolitically enclosed in very coarse grained plagioclase grains.

Sample # PT-02-004 Thin Section # W-02-0133

Hand Specimen Description: Fine-grained, sheared, light to medium gray arkosic sediment or felsic volcanic.Possible ash fragments visible.

Thin Section Description: Very fine-grained argillite with porphyroblasts of chlorite. Possibly anargillaceous interflow sediment.

Sample # PT-02-005 Thin Section* W-02-0134

Hand Specimen Description: Fine-grained, dark gray-green gabbro with trace pyrite.

Thin Section Description: Medium-grained quartz amphibolite with sub-prismatic orthopyroxene andclinopyroxene poikiolitically enclosed in very coarse-grained plagioclase grains.

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QNTMIO MINISTRY OF NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT AND MINES

Transaction No: W0270.00934

Recording Date: 2002-MAY-31

Approval Date: 2002-JUN-11

Work Report Summary

Status: APPROVED

Work Done from: 2002-MAY-15

to: 2002-MAY-29

Client(s):

392385

Survey Type(s):

WALLBRIDGE MINING COMPANY LIMITED

GEOL MICRO

Work Report Details:Perform Applied

Claim* Perform Approve Applied Approve

S 1230746 31,775 11,775 31,775 31,775

Assign ReserveAssign Approve Reserve Approve Due Date

SO O SO SO 2006-JUN-05

31,775 1,775 31,775 31,775 SO SO 30 SO

External Credits:

Reserve:

SO

SO Reserve of Work Report*: W0270.00934

SO Total Remaining

Status of claim is based on information currently on record.

41I10SW2008 2.23659 MCKIM 900

2002-Jun-21 10:47 Armstrong-d Page 1 of 1

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Ministry ofNorthern Developmentand Mines

Date: 2002-JUN-20

Ministere du Developpement du Nord et des Mines Ontario

GEOSCIENCE ASSESSMENT OFFICE 933 RAMSEY LAKE ROAD, 6th FLOOR SUDBURY, ONTARIO P3E 6B5

WALLBRIDGE MINING COMPANY LIMITED 129 FIELDING ROAD LIVELY, ONTARIO P3Y 1L7 CANADA

Tel: (888)415-9845 Fax:(877)670-1555

Dear Sir or Madam

Submission Number: 2.23659 Transaction Number(s): W0270.00934

Subject: Approval of Assessment Work

We have approved your Assessment Work Submission with the above noted Transaction Number(s). The attached Work Report Summary indicates the results of the approval.

At the discretion of the Ministry, the assessment work performed on the mining lands noted in this work report may be subject to inspection and/or investigation at any time.

If you have any question regarding this correspondence, please contact STEVEN BENETEAU by email at [email protected] or by phone at (705) 670-5855.

Yours Sincerely,

Ron GashinskiSenior Manager, Mining Lands Section

Cc: Resident Geologist

Mark Hall (Agent)

Assessment File Library

Wallbridge Mining Company Limited (Claim Holder)

Wallbridge Mining Company Limited (Assessment Office)

Visit our website at http://www.gov.on.ca/MNDM/LANDS/mlsmnpge.htm Page: 1 Correspondence 10:17207

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