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Petroleum Resources ASSESSMENT REPORT

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

Location

Description

Access

ECONOMIC ASSESS-hilEMT

a) Industrial Mineral

b) Precious Metal

FIELD WORK

Results

Conclusion

Recommendations

STATEMENT OF COSTS

STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS

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LOCATION OF LORINA M.C.

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INTRODUCTION

Location

A r i s t a z a b a l I s l a n d i s approximately 350 m i l e s northward

from Vancouver and 1 0 0 m i l e s sou th of P r ince Rupert on

t h e West Coast of B.C. I t i s uninhabi ted .

Desc r ip t ion

The I s l a n d i s about 30 m i l e s long, seven m i l e s wide

and g e n e r a l l y less than 400 fee t h igh , a l though s e v e r a l

h i l l s r ise t o more than 1 0 0 0 f e e t . Deep water ex tends

close t o shore around most of t h e i s l a n d .

There i s a l a r g e d e p o s i t of l imestone midway a long t h e

Eas t e rn sho re ( L . 2 9 9 ) There i s very l i t t l e overburden

on t o p of t h e l imestone. Heavy t imber i s abundant most

e s p e c i a l l y over t h e l imestone a rea . (see a i r photo a t t a c h e d )

Access

The p rope r ty on A r i s t a z a b a l I s l a n d i s a c c e s s i b l e by h e l i -

c o p t e r , f l o a t p l ane , or s h i p . I n t h e p a s t , a loading

f a c i l i t y w i t h g r i d i r o n , c r i b b i n g and ramps f ed by con-

veyor systems loaded l a r g e scows immediately o f f shore .

Large v e s s e l s could load s a f e l y from t h e o l d quar ry a r e a .

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ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT

The economic potential of this property lies in a proven

industrial mineral deposit and a theoretical precious

metal possibility.

a) Industrial Mineral

The Lorina mineral claim covers and is much greater than

the old limestoke lease LOT 299. This area has been the

subject of exploration for limestone in the past by sev-

eral companies, one, a subsidiary of U . S . Steel Corp.,

drilled and sampled the property in the early 1 9 5 0 ' s .

Several holes drilled near the beach and the old quarry

were down 400' and still in white marble. Recent estim-

ates show the area has probable reserves of 200 million

tons of bleached white marble.

This "white rock" has an increasing value in both

domestic as well as American markets. It is used in

many applications, most notably paint filler and whitener,

plaster mud filler and whitener, paper products.

b) Precious Metal

The precious metal aspect of the property stems

directly from the model developed for gold and copper

skarns on Texada Island. This model indicates that areas

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of l i m e s t o n e v o l c a n i c s and i n t r u s i v e s are n e c e s s a r y f o r

ska rn - type m i n e r a l i z a t i o n . The l i m e s t o n e area on t h e

L o r i n a claim i s bounded on t h e Nor th by d i o r i t e i n t r u -

s ives and t o t h e South by g n e i s s . The d i o s i t e i n t r u s i v e s

u n d e r c u t and may u n d e r l i e most of t h e l i m e s t o n e . They

have metamorphosed it i n t o a medium t o coarse g r a i n e d

snow w h i t e marble. The s i m i l a r i t y w i t h t h e Texada gold-

coppe r s k a r n development i s s t r i k i n g and needs i n v e s t -

i g a t i n g .

FIELD WORK

An E a s t - W e s t b a s e l i n e w a s e s t a b l i s h e d on t h e Sou the rn

boundary of t h e LORINA m i n e r a l c l a i m . T h i s l i n e w a s 2000

meters long . Cross l i n e s w e r e p u t i n runn ing Nor th , a t

250 meter i n t e r v a l s . Survey w a s by c h a i n and S i l v a

compass. Some prominent f e a t u r e s w e r e mapped. Beach

d i k e s , d i k e showings i n creeks and stream sed imen t s were

c o l l e c t e d .

R e s u l t s :

Maps of LORINA Mine ra l c la im showing g r i d l i n e s and prom-

i n e n t f e a t u r e s .

Samples y e t t o b e ana lyzed (Feb. 28/87) see a t t a c h e d a n a l y s i s

sheet August 8 , 1987

Conclus ion:

The above b a s i c a l l y e x p l o r a t i v e su rvey w a s conducted i n

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t w o p a r t s , August 15 t o September 11, 1986 and February

23 t o March 1, 1987. The a r e a i s heav i ly f o r e s t e d and

has never been logged. A s a r e s u l t t h e w i n d f a l l s , whi le

t h i c k e s t nea r t h e beach, are t h i c k and cont inuous over

a l l t h e ground. This r e s u l t e d i n very slow es t ab l i shmen t

of t h e g r i d . An a d d i t i o n a l f a c t o r i n t h i s a r e a i s t h e

common s t r o n g winds which make work i n v i r g i n t imber

hazardous. Progress t o d a t e on t h i s p rope r ty has been

t h e completion of approximately 1 0 kilometers of g r i d

l i n e s and a s m a l l rock and s t ream sediment sampling. N o

r e s u l t s on samples are a v a i l a b l e a t t h i s t i m e (Feb. 28 /87)

See a t t a c h e d a n a l y s i s s h e e t August 8 , 1987.

The presence of such a l a r g e a r e a of metamorphosed l i m e -

s t o n e c u t and unde r l a in by i n t r u s i v e s i s s t i l l considered

of i n t e r e s t r ega rd ing t h e formation of skarn-type mineral-

i z a t i o n .

Recommendations

F u r t h e r work w i l l be c a r r i e d o u t throughout 1987 on t h i s

p rope r ty inc lud ing :

a ) a complete g e o l o g i c a l mapping p r o j e c t

b) rock and r e g i o n a l s o i l sampling

c) VLF-EM and Magnetometer surveys

d) p o s s i b l e e s t ab l i shmen t of camp on shore

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STATEMENT OF COSTS C h a r t e r s :

M.V. "RESORT" Augus t 15 t o September 11, 1 9 8 6

5 0 ' coastal f r e i g h t e r , food and lodging and f u e l

8 days t ravel @ $ 2 5 0 per day 2 0 0 0 . 0 0

20 days on c a l l @ $100 per day 2 0 0 0 . 0 0

M.V. "SURF BIRD" F e b r u a r y 2 4 t o F e b r u a r y

2 8 , 1 9 8 7 1 5 0 0 . 0 0

3 7 ' log salvage boa t , c r e w and f u e l

5 days @ $ 3 0 0 per day

A i r F a r e s , Vancouver t o P r i n c e Ruper t 6 4 8 . 0 0

B u s and Taxi 6 9 . 0 0

Hotel 6 3 . 2 6

Food 2 8 6 . 3 6

E q u i p m e n t 1 1 2 . 9 9

Wages M. Ryan 61 S. Beale @ $100 per

day X 35 3 5 0 0 . 0 0

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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS

Authors of t h i s r e p o r t M. Ryan and S . Beale have both

had p rospec t ing exper ience and t r a i n i n g . S. Beale has

1 0 y e a r s f i e l d exper ience working f o r C. Ager and Assoc ia t e s ,

i n t h e Yukon and Nevada, Shima Resources, Ca r t i e r Resources

and Marble Bay Holdings i n B .C . and i s c u r r e n t l y t h e

P r e s i d e n t of Vananda Gold Ltd. w i t h a l a r g e p rope r ty on

Texada I s l a n d . M. Ryan has three y e a r s exper ience working

for Cartier Resources, Corporat ion Falconbridge Copper and

i s c u r r e n t l y on t h e board of Vananda Gold Ltd. and a c t i n g

as f i e l d s u p e r v i s o r of t h a t company's Texada I s l a n d proper ty .

Both have completed t h e B.C. Mineral Explora t ion program.

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CICME ANALYTICAL LABORATORIES 852 E o HASTINGS 6To VANCOUVER B.C. V6A lk6 PHONE 253-3158 DATA L I N E 251-1011

GEOCHEMICAL I C P EINEILYSIS

DATE RECEIVED:

SAMPLE# 110 cu PPH PPH

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