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42E10NE2005 2.20589 CROLL 010 RECEIVED OCT 02 2000 GEOSCIENCE ASSESSMENT OFFICE —— ROBERT A RICHARD COTE CAMP 25 PROPERTY 2 .2058 9 CROLL AND HOUCK TOWNSHIPS LONGLAC-GERALDTON AREA THUNDER BAY DISTRICT, ONTARIO REPORT ON AN EXPLORATORY STRIPPING AND OVERBURDEN TRENCHING PROGRAM -by- C.R. Bowdidge, M.A., Ph.D. September 15th 2000

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42E10NE2005 2.20589 CROLL 010

RECEIVEDOCT 02 2000

GEOSCIENCE ASSESSMENT OFFICE ——

ROBERT A RICHARD COTE

CAMP 25 PROPERTY 2 .2058 9

CROLL AND HOUCK TOWNSHIPS

LONGLAC-GERALDTON AREA

THUNDER BAY DISTRICT, ONTARIO

REPORT ON AN EXPLORATORY STRIPPING

AND OVERBURDEN TRENCHING PROGRAM

-by-

C.R. Bowdidge, M.A., Ph.D.

September 15th 2000

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INTRODUCTION

This report describes the results of a program of stripping and overburden trenching carried out

on the Cote Camp 25 property. The property was staked by Robert and Richard Cote in 1998

after Robert Cote discovered a boulder of pyroxenite mineralized with pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite

and pentlandite and carrying significant values in copper, nickel, platinum, palladium and gold.

PROPERTY, LOCATION AND ACCESS

The property consists of eight mining claims comprising 70 claim units in Croll and Houck

townships, Thunder Bay Mining Division. Claim details are as follows:

TABLE 1COTE CAMP 25 PROPERTY

CLAIM DETAILS

CLAIM No.

TB 1232019TB 1232020TB 1232021TB 1232022TB 1232023TB 1232025TB 1232026TB 1233516

No. of UNITS

121

151246812

RECORDING DATE

1998.10.281998.10.281998.10.281998.10.281998.10.281998.12.221998.12.222000.02.17

The property is located approximately 13 km east of Geraldton and 15 km west of Longlac, and

straddles the border between Croll and Houck townships. The south boundary of the property

lies on Highway 11. Access to the south-western part of the property is by way of the Camp

25 road, which serves a number of summer cottages on the east shore of Kenogamisis Lake.

Access to the eastern part of the property is via the private road which leads to the Kenogamisis

Lake dam. The CN rail line traverses the northern part of the claim group.

Fig. l is a location map and fig. 2 is a claim map.

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HISTORY AND PREVIOUS WORK

The only prior exploration in the immediate area of the Camp 25 property has been targeted at

gold. In 1987, Coulson Exploration carried out and airborne magnetic and EM survey and

partial geological mapping over a number of claim groups in the vicinity of the present Camp

25 claims.

In 1997, Cyprus Canada Inc. carried out ground magnetic and EM and soil geochemical surveys

and put down a single diamond drill hole on a claim group that overlapped the northern part of

the Camp 25 property. The drill hole, which was situated on the north boundary of present

claim TB1233516, intersected graphitic siltstone with minor disseminated sulphides and a few

anomalous gold values.

In 1998 Robert Cote discovered a large boulder of pyroxenite with disseminated pyrrhotite,

chalcopyrite and pentlandite just east of the sharp bend in the Camp 25 road. Assays

demonstrated the presence of copper (5460 to 8450 ppm), nickel (2245 to 5210 ppm), platinum

(467 to 986 ppb), palladium (319 to 523 ppb) and gold (199 to 504 ppb). The Camp 25 claim

group was staked to cover a swath of ground in an up-ice direction ( 045 0 ) from the discovery

boulder.

GEOLOGY

The property lies in the eastern part of the Beardmore-Geraldton greenstone belt.

Mapping by Kresz *fe Zayachivsky (1991) indicates that the area of the property is mostly

underlain by greywackes and interbedded siltstones of the "Central sedimentary unit". The

northern part of the property is underlain by mafic metavolcanics of the "Northern volcanic

unit". The strike of both units is about 060 0 . A number of elongated, sill-like bodies of gabbro

are mapped within the southern part of the Northern volcanic unit. They are very poorly

exposed and it appears that their extent and shape were largely interpreted from aeromagnetic

data.

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Surficial Geology

The Quaternary geology of the Beardmore-Geraldton area has been mapped and described by

Thorliefson *fe Kristjansson (1993). Their map shows the south-western part of the property to

be covered by ice-contact glaciofluvial sediments, principally sand and gravel with local kames,

eskers and kettle holes. The north-eastern part of the property is covered in thick till in which

exotic boulders of Palaeozoic sediments from the James Bay lowlands, with isolated pockets of

thin (locally derived) till. The lower ground is covered by swampy organic deposits.

2000 STRIPPING AND TRENCHING PROGRAM

The purpose of the stripping and trenching program was primarily to test the overburden to

search for mineralized boulders similar to the discovery boulder. Accordingly, a series of

traverses across the ice advance direction were dug in an up-ice direction from the discovery

boulder.

Forty-three trenches were excavated using a Case DROTT backhoe excavator. Trenches were

dug to a maximum depth of 6 metres, or to a lesser depth if lacustrine silt was encountered, or

bedrock was reached, or an influx of water made further digging impossible.

Personnel were as follows:

Backhoe operator: Richard Cote

Prospector-assistant: Robert Cote

Supervision/geology: Colin Bowdidge

Results of Program

The following overburden types were encountered hi the program:

Thick Till: The name "thick till" is borrowed from Thorliefson Se Kristjansson (1993), as it

refers to a till in which there are very few boulders of obviously local derivation. The till is a

distinct diamictite, with a predominantly sandy matrix containing cobbles and boulders. The silt

and clay fractions that characterize the more locally-derived "thin till" are essentially absent.

Gravel and pebble fractions, although present in some pits, are distinctly subordinate. The

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larger clasts are present in approximately the following proportions:

Palaeozoic sediments: 25-35%

Gneiss and granite: 40-50 7o

Metasediments (mainly greywacke and siltstone): 10-20 Jo

Diabase and gabbro: 5-10%

Mafic metavolcanics: < 5%

Sand and Gravel: This is the commonest overburden type in the area tested. The sand and

gravel is moderately well bedded, often with dips up to 10 0 in variable directions. Scattered

boulders, forming perhaps 1-2% of the mass of the sediment, are present, presumably having

been deposited as residual blocks of ice melted.

Lacustrine Silt: This type of periglacial deposit was encountered below the sand and gravel hi

several pits, and also above the till in one pit. It is an ash-grey, very fine sand or silt with a

fine bedding visible in places.

Organic Deposits: Brown peaty organic material covers the other surficial material in low-lying

areas. Because of the abundant surface water in these areas, it was not possible to trench

through it to the underlying material.

Kames and Eskers: The area to the west and south of the discovery boulder consists of irregular

hummocky ground with a few well-defined esker ridges. The irregular hummocks are kames

and consist of poorly bedded sand and gravel with numerous boulders. The old test pit (believed

to have been opened as a potential source for road-building material) in which the discovery

boulder was found clearly shows that the boulders are heavily concentrated at the top surface

of the kames. The discovery boulder lies at the extreme northeastern edge of the kame complex,

only l metre or so above the level of the top of the sand and gravel that lies to the northeast.

Table 2 gives the dimensions of each pit, with a brief log of the overburden types encountered.

Depths are measured from the surface downwards.

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TABLE 2 DESCRIPTIONS OF PITS

PitNo.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

Dimensions (metres)

Length

10

18

9

14

10

13

7

13

10

9

5

6

5

5

7

6

10

Width

7

6

8

6

7

7

6

7

7

6

5

5

4

4

5

5

6

Depth

5.0

5.2

5.5

5.0

5.5

5.8

3.2

3.5

2.8

2.8

2.7

3.1

1.8

1.2

1.5

3.0

3.5

Summary lithological log

0-5.0 Sand and gravel

0-5.2 Sandy till with few boulders

0-5.5 Sandy gravelly till with few boulders

0-5.0 Sandy bouldery till

0-5.5 Sandy bouldery till

0-5.8 Sandy bouldery till

0-3.0 Sand and gravel 3.0-3.2 Silt

0-3.3 Sand and gravel 3.5-3.5 Silt 3.5- Bedrock (greywacke)

0-2.8 Sand and gravel 2.8 Water comes in

0-2.5 Sand and gravel 2.5-2.8 Silt

0-2.4 Sand and gravel 2.4-2.7 Silt

0-2.8 Sand and gravel 2.8-3.1 Silt

0-1.5 Sand and gravel 1.8 Water comes in

0-1.2 Sand and gravel 1.2 Water comes in

0-1.5 Sand and gravel 1.5 Water comes in

0-3.0 Sand and gravel

0-3.3 Sand and gravel 3.3-3.5 Silt

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TABLE 2 continued

PitNo.

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

35

36

Dimensions (metres)

Length

11

11

14

11

7

8

8

7

14

8

8

7

7

8

8

7

9

9

11

Width

5

6

5

6

5

5

4

5

5

4

5

4

3

6

6

5

6

5

6

Depth

4.4

4.8

5.0

4.8

5.6

4.8

5.5

3.0

5.8

2.8

3.0

3.6

2.9

3.0

2.3

2.7

3.6

4.5

5.5

Summary lithological log

0-4.1 Sand and gravel 4. 1-4.4 Silt

0-4.8 Bouldery till

0-5.0 Sandy till

0-4.8 Sandy till

0-5.6 Sandy till

0-4.8 Sandy till

0-5.5 Sandy till

0-3.0 Very sandy, gravelly till

0-5.8 Sandy till

0-2.8 Sand and gravel

0-3.0 Sand and gravel

0-3.6 Sand and gravel

0-2.6 Sand and gravel 2.6-2.9 Silt

0-2.8 Sand and gravel 2.8-3.0 Silt

0-1.9 Sand and gravel 1.9-2.3 Silt

0-2.4 Sand and gravel 2.4-2.7 Silt

0-1.2 Sand and gravel 1.2-2. 2 Silt 2.2-3.6 Sandy till

0-1.1 Silt 1.1-4.5 Sandy till

0-5.5 Sandy till

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TABLE 2 (continued)

PitNo.

37

38

39

40

41

42

43

Dimensions (metres)

Length

10

10

14

10

8

11

32

Width

6

6

6

7

6

6

7

Depth

5.0

5.2

5.5

5.3

5.0

5.8

6.0

Summary lithological log

0-5.0 Sandy till

0-5.2 Sandy till

0-5.5 Sandy bouldery till

0-5.3 Sandy bouldery till

0-5.0 Sandy bouldery till

0-5.8 Sandy till

0-6.0 Sand and gravel

The till is developed on a low ridge in the eastern part of the trenched area. As the ground

drops on the edges of the ridge, the sand and gravel become the dominant overburden type. In

several pits the sand and gravel are underlain by silt. In pit 34, a complete section is exposed,

with till at the bottom, overlain first by silt and then by sand and gravel. The presence of

scattered boulders and cobbles in almost all the pits where sand and gravel is exposed confirms

the interpretation of Thorliefson *fc Kristjansson (1993) the these deposits were formed at the

edge of a retreating ice sheet.

The lithological distribution of boulders is more or less the same in all the pits where till is

exposed. The low proportion of locally derived metavolcanics confirms the interpretation of

Thorliefson &L Kristjansson (1993) that this till sheet is of primarily exotic derivation, and that

late-stage glaciation carried out very little erosion in the area.

Only one boulder was found, in pit 40, that might be related to the discovery boulder. It is a

pyroxenite of similar grain size, but carried no sulphide mineralization.

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CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

The fact that the discovery boulder lies on the upper surface of a kame strongly suggests that

it was carried well up in the ice sheet and was deposited in its present location when the ice

melted. This means that it may have been transported a long distance from its source without

rounding or comminution. It may also have been eroded from a topographic high only a short

distance up-ice and so passed directly into the upper ice.

The confirmation that the till is of primarily exotic derivation means that till prospecting is

unlikely to be a useful means of locating the source of the mineralization, even if it is of

relatively local derivation.

The writer concludes that the focus of exploration for the source of the mineralization should

change to a primarily geophysical one. The discovery boulder is distinctly magnetic, and

therefore its source, if it has any substantial size, should be expressed as an anomaly on airborne

and ground magnetic surveys. By using airborne magnetic anomalies as a guide, future

exploration efforts (prospecting, reconnaissance ground magnetic surveys, stripping and

trenching) can be focussed on areas of manageable size.

It is recommended that the Geraldton-Tashota airborne surveys be used to define all magnetic

anomalies that lie within 5 0 of the up-ice direction. These should then be examined on the

ground, starting with those closest to the discovery boulder and progressing up-ice.

The essentially open-ended nature of the project and the recommended program means that it

is difficult to propose a specific budget. Effort and resources should be directed at this program

as they become available.

Respectfully submitted,

C.R. Bowdidge, M.A., Ph.D.

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REFERENCES

KRESZ, D.U. & ZAYACHIVSKY, B., 1991. Precambrian Geology, Northern Long Lake

Area. Ont Geol. Surv. Repi. 273.

THORLIEFSON, L.H. Si. KRISTJANSSON, FJ. 1993. Quaternary Geology and Drift

Prospecting, Beardmore-Geraldton Area, Ontario. Geol. Surv. Canada Mem. 435.

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42E10NE2005 2.20589 CROLL 020

RECEIVEDOCT 02 2000

GEOSCIENCE ASSESSMENT _____OFFICE

ROBERT St RICHARD (MTE^^1

CAMP 25 PROPERTY

^•20589

CROLL AND HOUCK TOWNSHIPS

LONGLAC-GERALDTON AREA

THUNDER BAY DISTRICT, ONTARIO

REPORT ON 1998 GROUND MAGNETIC

AND VLF ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEYS

-by-

C.R. Bowdidge, M.A., Ph.D.

September 18th 2000

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INTRODUCTION

This report describes the results of a program of line cutting and ground geophysical surveys carried out on the Cote Camp 25 property. The property was staked by Robert and Richard Cote in 1998 after Robert Cote discovered a boulder of pyroxenite mineralized with pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite and pentlandite and carrying significant values in copper, nickel, platinum, palladium and gold.

PROPERTY, LOCATION AND ACCESS

The property consists of eight mining claims comprising 70 claim units in Croll and Houck townships, Thunder Bay Mining Division. Claim details are as follows:

TABLE 1COTE CAMP 25 PROPERTY

CLAIM DETAILS

CLAIM No.

TB 1232019TB 1232020TB 1232021TB 1232022TB 1232023TB 1232025TB 1232026TB 1233516

No. of UNITS

121

151246812

RECORDING DATE1998.10.281998.10.281998.10.281998.10.281998.10.281998.12.221998.12.222000.02.17

The property is located approximately 13 km east of Geraldton and 15 km west of Longlac, and straddles the border between Croll and Houck townships. The south boundary of the property lies on Highway 11. Access to the south-western part of the property is by way of the Camp 25 road, which serves a number of summer cottages on the east shore of Kenogamisis Lake. Access to the eastern part of the property is via the private road which leads to the Kenogamisis Lake dam. The CN rail line traverses the northern part of the claim group.

Fig. l is a location map and fig. 2 is a claim map.

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HISTORY AND PREVIOUS WORK

The only prior exploration in the immediate area of the Camp 25 property has been targeted at gold. In 1987, Coulson Exploration carried out and airborne magnetic and EM survey and partial geological mapping over a number of claim groups in the vicinity of the present Camp 25 claims.

In 1997, Cyprus Canada Inc. carried out ground magnetic and EM and soil geochemical surveys and put down a single diamond drill hole on a claim group that overlapped the northern part of the Camp 25 property. The drill hole, which was situated on the north boundary of present claim TB1233516, intersected graphitic siltstone with minor disseminated sulphides and a few anomalous gold values.

In 1998 Robert Cote discovered a large boulder of pyroxenite with disseminated pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite and pentlandite just east of the sharp bend in the Camp 25 road. Assays demonstrated the presence of copper (5460 to 8450 ppm), nickel (2245 to 5210 ppm), platinum (467 to 986 ppb), palladium (319 to 523 ppb) and gold (199 to 504 ppb). The Camp 25 claim group was staked to cover a swath of ground in an up-ice direction (±045 0 ) from the discovery boulder.

GEOLOGY

The property lies in the eastern part of the Beardmore-Geraldton greenstone belt.

Mapping by Kresz Se, Zayachivsky (1991) indicates that the area of the property is mostly underlain by greywackes and interbedded siltstones of the "Central sedimentary unit". The northern part of the property is underlain by mafic metavolcanics of the "Northern volcanic unit". The strike of both units is about 060 0 . A number of elongated, sill-like bodies of gabbro are mapped within the southern part of the Northern volcanic unit. They are very poorly exposed and it appears that their extent and shape were largely interpreted from aeromagnetic data.

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Surficial Geology

The Quaternary geology of the Beardmore-Geraldton area has been mapped and described by Thorliefson &L Kristjansson (1993). Their map shows the south-western part of the property to be covered by ice-contact glaciofluvial sediments, principally sand and gravel with local kames, eskers and kettle holes. The north-eastern part of the property is covered in thick till in which exotic boulders of Palaeozoic sediments from the James Bay lowlands, with isolated pockets of thin (locally derived) till. The lower ground is covered by swampy organic deposits.

1998 GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS

Two areas were selected for ground geophysical surveys. The first, referred to as the West

Grid lies about 500 metres WNW of the discovery boulder, and consisted of a weak conductor on the airborne magnetic-electromagnetic survey (OGS 1989). A small grid, 150 metres by 350 metres, was laid out over this anomaly, and surveyed with magnetometer and VLF. The second target, the East Grid, lies about 3 km northeast of the discovery boulder. It consisted of a magnetic anomaly on the airborne survey, which is the first magnetic feature in an up-ice direction from the discovery boulder. A grid of 200 metres by 1000 metres was laid out, and surveyed with magnetometer.

Line Cutting

On the west grid, a base line 350 metres was laid out at 315", and cross lines between 250 metres and 350 metres in length were cut at 045 0 . On the east grid, a base line 475 metres was cut in an east-west direction. Cross lines between 500 metres and 1000 metres in length were cut in a direction of 157 0 , so as to cut the anomaly at a manageable angle. Line cutting was carried out by Robert Cote and Richard Cote. The total length of line cut was 5.425 kilometres.

Geophysical Surveys

The west grid was surveyed with a Geonics EM-16 hand-held VLF receiver, tuned to transmitter NLK (24.8 KHz). In-phase tilt (in percent) and quadrature (in percent) were recorded. Both grids were surveyed magnetically using an EDA Omni Plus system. This consists of a proton magnetometer which records the total field intensity and stores the readings in a solid-state

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memory. Data are dumped at the end of each day's survey, and compared with readings from a recording base station to effect diurnal correction. The survey work was carried out by Dusan Dmitrovic. The total distance surveyed was 5.275 kilometres. All readings were taken at an interval of 12.5 metres.

Results: West Grid

The VLF survey shows a distinct conductor running more or less along the road, in a direction of approximately 095". The quadrature suggests a moderate conductivity. A second conductor near the SW and of the grid coincides with a small creek and is probably related to overburden conductivity. The magnetic survey shows a very weak anomaly with a maximum amplitude of 70 nT that lies parallel to the conductor and about 50 metres south of it. There is also a second, isolated magnetic anomaly of over 100 nT centred on LO/OON.

The survey results suggest that the conductivity is related to a zone of graphitic or sulphide- bearing material in the metasediments. The absence of a strong magnetic response makes the presence of ultramafic rocks and pyrrhotite-rich mineralization very unlikely.

Results: East Grid

The magnetic survey shows a linear negative anomaly with a north-south trend, and an amplitude between 200 and 500 nT. There is a weak positive anomaly along the west edge of the main negative anomaly.

The magnetic results are consistent with a north-south diabase dyke of Proterozoic age with negative magnetic polarization and an easterly dip. The absence of any strongly anomalous readings makes the presence of pyrrhotite-bearing mineralization unlikely.

In support of the conclusions drawn from the magnetic survey, there are numerous boulders of diabase along the base line near its west end. They contain only traces of pyrrhotite.

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CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

The geophysical surveys carried out have not located any anomalies that suggest they are caused by a source for mineralization of the type present in the discovery boulder.

It is recommended that further ground geophysical surveys be carried out on airborne anomalies further up-ice from the discovery boulder.

Respectfully submitted,

C. R. Bowdidge, M.A., Ph.D.

REFERENCES

KRESZ, D.U. A ZAYACHIVSKY, B., 1991. Precambrian Geology, Northern Long Lake Area. Ont Geol. Surv. Rept. 273.

OGS, 1989. Airborne Electromagnetic and Total Intensity Magnetic Survey, Tashota-Geraldton- Longlac Area, by Aerodat Ltd. Ont. Geol. Surv. Maps 81327 and 81328.

THORLIEFSON, L.H. SL KRISTJANSSON, F.J. 1993. Quaternary Geology and Drift Prospecting, Beardmore-Geraldton Area, Ontario. Geol. Surv. Canada Mem. 435.

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Parameter: Total field in nT Posting Base: 58000 nT Correction: Base Station

ROBERT COTE RICHARD COTE

CAMP 25 PROPERTYCROLL AND HOUCK TOWNSHIPS

THUNDER BAY DISTRICT, ONTARIOWEST GRID

MAGNETOMETER SURVEY TOTAL FIELD POSTINGS

Bowdidge September 200

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Contour Intervals: 5,25,100 nT ********************************

ROBERT COTE RICHARD COTE

CAMP 25 PROPERTYCROLL AND HOUCK TOWNSHIPS

THUNDER BAY DISTRICT, ONTARIOWEST GRID

MAGNETOMETER SURVEY TOTAL FIELD CONTOURSBowdidge September 200

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THUNDER BAY DISTRICT, ONTARIO

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CAMP 25 PROPERTYCROLL AND HOUCK TOWNSHIPS

THUNDER BAY DISTRICT, ONTARIOWEST GRID

VLF-ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEYIN-PHASE AND QUADRATURE PROFILES

Bowdidge September 2000

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42E10KE2005 2 .20589 CROLL 030

ROBERT St RICHARD COTE

CAMP 25 PROPERTY

CROLL AND HOUCK TOWNSHIPS

LONGLAC-GERALDTON AREA

THUNDER BAY DISTRICT, ONTARIO

REPORT ON 1999 AND 2000 PROSPECTING

Robert Cote, Richard Cote, Colin Bcwdidge

January 4th 2001

RECEIVED

GEOSCIENCF A SSESSMENTf __ ̂

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INTRODUCTION

This report describes the results of prospecting carried out during 1999 and 2000 on the Cote Camp 25 property. The property was staked by Robert and Richard Cote in 1998 after Robert Cote discovered a boulder of pyroxenite mineralized with pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite and pentlandite and carrying significant values in copper, nickel, platinum, palladium and gold.

PROPERTY, LOCATION AND ACCESS

The property consists of eight mining claims comprising 70 claim units in Croll and Houck townships, Thunder Bay Mining Division. Claim details are as follows:

TABLE 1COTE CAMP 25 PROPERTY

CLAIM DETAILS

CLAIM No.

TB 1232019TB 1232020TB 1232021TB 1232022TB 1232023TB 1232025TB 1232026TB 1233516

No. of UNITS

121

151246812

RECORDING DATE

1998.10.281998.10.281998.10.281998.10.281998.10.281998.12.221998.12.222000.02.17

The property is located approximately 13 km east of Geraldton and 15 km west of Longlac, and straddles the border between Croll and Houck townships. The south boundary of the property lies on Highway 11. Access to the south-western part of the property is by way of the Camp 25 road, which serves a number of summer cottages on the east shore of Kenogamisis Lake. Access to the eastern part of the property is via the private road which leads to the Kenogamisis Lake dam. The CN rail line traverses the northern part of the claim group.

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mSTORY AND PREVIOUS WORK

The only prior exploration in the immediate area of the Camp 25 property has been targeted at gold. In 1987, Coulson Exploration carried out and airborne magnetic and EM survey and partial geological mapping over a number of claim groups hi the vicinity of the present Camp 25 claims.

In 1997, Cyprus Canada Inc. carried out ground magnetic and EM and soil geochemical surveys and put down a single diamond drill hole on a claim group that overlapped the northern part of the Camp 25 property. The drill hole, which was situated on the north boundary of present claim TB1233516, intersected graphitic siltstone with minor disseminated sulphides and a few anomalous gold values.

In 1998 Robert Cote discovered a large boulder of pyroxenite with disseminated pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite and pentlandite just east of the sharp bend hi the Camp 25 road. Assays demonstrated the presence of copper (5460 to 8450 ppm), nickel (2245 to 5210 ppm), platinum (467 to 986 ppb), palladium (319 to 523 ppb) and gold (199 to 504 ppb). The Camp 25 claim group was staked to cover a swath of ground in an up-ice direction (±045 0 ) from the discovery boulder.

GEOLOGY

The property lies in the eastern part of the Beardmore-Geraldton greenstone belt.

Mapping by Kresz 81. Zayachivsky (1991) indicates that the area of the property is mostly underlain by greywackes and interbedded siltstones of the "Central sedimentary unit". The northern part of the property is underlain by mafic metavolcanics of the "Northern volcanic unit". The strike of both units is about 060 0 . A number of elongated, sill-like bodies of gabbro are mapped within the southern part of the Northern volcanic unit. They are very poorly exposed and it appears that their extent and shape were largely interpreted from aeromagnetic data.

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Surficial Geology

The Quaternary geology of the Beardmore-Geraldton area has been mapped and described by Thorliefson Se. Kristjansson (1993). Their map shows the south-western part of the property to be covered by ice-contact glaciofluvial sediments, principally sand and gravel with local kames, eskers and kettle holes. The north-eastern part of the property is covered in thick till with many exotic boulders of Palaeozoic sediments from the James Bay lowlands, with isolated pockets of thin (locally derived) till. The lower ground is covered by swampy organic deposits.

PROSPECTING PROGRAM

Purpose of Program

Prospecting was carried out hi an attempt to locate the source of the discovery boulder. The prospecting was targeted at outcrops, which are very scarce hi the area, and at boulders, with the aim of locating a sufficient number of boulders similar to the discovery boulder to outline a dispersion fan. Observations made during staking the property indicated that much of the area is flat, low-lying and/or swampy. The prospecting was tiierefore concentrated hi areas of slightly higher ground where there was a reasonable prospect of finding boulders and/or outcrops.

Personnel

The following personnel were engaged in the prospecting:

Name

Robert L. Cote

Richard R. Cote

Address

P.O. Box 137, Beardmore ON POT 1GO

P.O. Box 46, Beardmore ON POT 1GO

Licence No.

E30435

E31449

Dates of Work

Prospecting was carried out between May 16th 1999 and August 20th 2000. Table 2 gives the dates, personnel and numbers of the claims traversed. Each man day was approximately 8 hours hi duration.

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TABLE 2 PROSPECTING DATES, CLAIMS, PERSONNEL

Day No.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

Date

1999.05.16

1999.05.17

1999.05.22

1999.05.23

1999.08.08

1999.08.09

1999.08.10

1999.08.21

1999.09.04

1999.09.05

2000.05.13

2000.05.14

2000.05.15

2000.05.17

2000.08.13

2000.08.19

2000.08.20

Claim

1232022

1232022

1232022

1232023

1232023

1232023

1232021

1232021

1232020

1232020

1232020

1232020

1232020

1232019

1232019

1232021

1232021

Personnel

Robert Cote, Richard Cote

Robert Cote, Richard Cote

Robert Cote, Richard Cote

Robert Cote, Richard Cote

Robert Cote, Richard Cote

Robert Cote, Richard Cote

Robert Cote, Richard Cote

Robert Cote, Richard Cote

Robert Cote, Richard Cote

Robert Cote, Richard Cote

Robert Cote, Richard Cote

Robert Cote, Richard Cote

Robert Cote, Richard Cote

Robert Cote, Richard Cote

Robert Cote, Richard Cote

Robert Cote

Robert Cote

PROSPECTING RESULTS

Prospecting traverses are shown on the accompanying prospecting map at a scale of 1:5000. The traverse locations are generalized - the actual areas covered are strips of varying width along the traverse lines. The map also shows locations of outcrops and the main areas of boulder concentrations, as well as generalized overburden types and forest types.

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The following daily logs give a brief verbal description of each day's activity, with the principal

results.

Day l - May 16th 1999Prospected north and west of the discovery boulder. Numerous boulders were observed on the higher ground around the two gravel pits. The western part of the area is sandy overburden with very few boulders. All the boulders examined were granite, gneiss and metasediment (greywacke) with a few boulders of gabbro or diabase. No mineralization was found. No outcrops were located.

Day 2 - May 17th 1999Prospected north and east of the discovery boulder. Boulders are common on the ridge south of the pond where there is an old gravel pit. The rest of the area covered is lower ground with sandy overburden, with an area of swamp northeast of the pond. All boulders found are granite, gneiss and metasediment, with occasional smaller cobbles of gabbro/diabase and mafic volcanics. No outcrops located.

Day 3 - May 22nd 1999Prospected east and northeast of the discovery boulder. Most of the area covered is lower ground with sandy overburden. Boulders are common near the creek, and are all granite and gneiss with some metsediments (greywacke and argillite).

Day 4 - May 23rd 1999Prospected west and southwest of the discovery boulder. No outcrops were located. A few boulders are scattered on high ground around the gravel pit beside the bend in the road; all boulders examined were granite, gneiss and metasediments. The rest of the area is undulating terrain with sand and gravel overburden and mixed forest cover.

Day 5 - August 8th 1999Prospecting was carried out just east of the area covered hi Day 4. The results were very similar.

Day 6 - August 9th, 1999Prospected on both sides of the Camp 25 road. Boulders are common in and around the gravel pit which is in a ridge; all the boulders were granite, gneiss and metsediments (greywacke and argillite) and several of the metasediment boulders are mineralized with fine pyrite. Three outcrops were found along the creek east of the road - all are greywacke with argillite bands carrying S-10% pyrite. Scattered boulders of granite, gneiss and metasediment were found along the creek west of the road.

Day 7 - August 10th, 1999Prospected south of highway 11 in claim 1232021. Most of the area is low-lying and flat with spruce bush. Two areas of outcrop were located close to the highway - both are massive greywacke with no mineralization.

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Day 8 - August 21st, 1999Prospected south of the area covered in day 7. Again, most of the area is flat and covered with small spruce bush. There is an area of higher ground near the south claim boundary with sand and gravel overburden and scattered low moss-covered outcrops of gabbro and diabase with local very minor pyrite and chalcopyrite.

Day 9 - September 4th, 1999Prospected the northeast part of claim 1232020. Two outcrops of gabbro/diabase were located close to the road, and were manually stripped. A few boulders were also located near the road, which crosses a low ridge in this area. The boulders are gneiss, granite and metasediments, some with bands of disseminated pyrite. The rest of die area is covered in sandy overburden.

Day 10 - September 5th, 1999Prospected the eastern part of claim 1232020. A few boulders of granite, gneiss and metasediment were found, but most of the area is sand-covered.

Day 11 - May 13th, 2000Prospected the northwestern part of claim 1232020. Two outcrops of greywacke were located and manually stripped off - they are not mineralized. The area is low-lying and flat with no boulders on surface.

Day 12 - May 14th, 2000Prospected the southwestern part of claim 1232020. The area is flat and covered with overburden and spruce bush. No outcrops and no boulders were found.

Day 13 - May 15th, 2000Prospected the west-central part of claim 1232020. One outcrop of gabbro/diabase was located and manually stripped. It contained no mineralization. The area is flat with no boulders.

Day 14 - May 17th, 2000Prospected the central part of claim 1232019. Most of the area is low-lying and flat with spruce bush. There is one low ridge of sand and gravel with mixed forest cover, but no boulders or outcrops were found. A few unmineralized boulders of metasediment were noted on the south side of highway 11.

Day 15 - August 13th, 2000Prospected the central part of claim 1232019, west of the area covered in day 14. Most of the area is flat and overburden-covered with spruce bush, but there is a low ridge of sand with a few scattered boulders of granite, gneiss and metasediment. Three outcrops of greywacke were found and manually stripped - the most northerly is cut by a 35 cm quartz vein with minor pyrite.

Day 16 - August 19th, 2000Prospected along the north boundary of claim 1232021. There is an area with some boulders near the northwest corner of the claim - boulders are granite, gneiss and metasediment. An area with outcrops of metasediment containing local pyritic bands was located. A little further to the

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east is an extensive area with scattered outcrops of gabbro/diabase. On the way into this area a traverse was made across part of claim 1232022. The area consists of irregular low ridges with scattered boulders on the surface.

Day 17 - August 20th, 2000Prospected the same area as day 16, but somewhat to the south. Outcrops of gabbro/diabase were located, manually stripped and examined, but no mineralization was located. A traverse was made across another part of claim 1232022 on the way hi and out - the ground is low and sandy with no boulders visible on surface.

CONCLUSIONS

The prospecting program has not succeeded hi locating any boulders of mineralized pyroxenite similar to the discovery boulder. The flat terrain and sandy overburden do not expose many boulders on surface.

The very few outcrops found consist of metasediments (greywacke and argillite) and gabbro or diabase, probably representing dykes.

Respectfully submitted

Robert Cote Richard Cote Colin Bowdidge

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REFERENCES

KRESZ, D.U. SL ZAYACHIVSKY, B., 1991. Precambrian Geology, Northern Long Lake Area. Ont Geol. Surv. Rept. 273.

THORLIEFSON, L.H. & KRISTJANSSON, F.J. 1993. Quaternary Geology and Drift Prospecting, Beardmore-Geraldton Area, Ontario. Geol. Surv. Canada Mem. 435.

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Ontario Ministry ofNorthern Developmentand Mines

Declaration of Assessment Work Performed on Mining LandMining Act, Subsection 65(2) and 66(3), R.S.O. 1990

Transaction Number (ellice use)

sment Files Research Imaging

ity of subsections 65(2) and 66(3) of the Mining Act. Under section B of the i to review Ihelassessment work and correspond with the mining land holder, ing Recorder, Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, 6th Floor,

42E10NE2005 2.20589 CROLL 900Instructions: - For work performed on Crown Lands before recording a claim, use form 024CK

- Please type or print in ink.

Thunder Bay ^ Mining Division/y '.y-1

1. Recorded holder(s) (Attach a list if necessary)

SEP 2 9 2000 (T2 . 20589 RECEIVED

Name

Address

Client Number13.13*6

Telephone Number#07-97^-20-77

Fax Number907-075-

Name Client Number

Address Telephone Number&07-&7S -

Fax Number

2. Type of work performed: Check ( ^ ) and report on only ONE, of the following groups for this declaration.

0 Geotechnical: prospecting, surveys, assays and work under section 18 (regs)

Work Type

Physical: drilling, stripping, trenching and associated,, assays (~~| Rehabilitation

Dates Work Performed From Ot

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Mining Division

Resident Geologist District

Please remember to: - obtain a work permit from the Ministry of Natural Resources as required;- provide proper notice to surface rights holders before starting work;- complete and attach a Statement of Costs, form 0212;- provide a map showing contiguous mining lands that are linked for assigning work;- include two copies of your technical report, i

3. Person or companies who prepared the technical report (Attach a list if necessary)Name

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Telephone Number363

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Name Telephone Number

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Name

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Fax Number RECEIVED -OCT02

GEOSCIENCE ASSESSMENT4. Certification by Recorded Holder or Agent

l, , do hereby certify that l have personal knowledge of the facts set* *(Print Name)

forth in this Declaration of Assessment Work having caused the work to be performed or witnessed the same during or after its completion and, to the best of my knowledge, the annexed report is true.

Signature ol Recorded Holder or

Agent's Address

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5. Work to be recorded and distributed. Work can only be assigned to claims that are contiguous (adjoining) to the mining land where work was performed, at the time work was performed. A map showing the contiguous link must accompany this form. t , . .,, ^ ^ ^^

Mining Claim Number. Or il work was done on other eligible mining land, show in this column the location number indicated on the claim map.

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, do hereby certify that the above work credits are eligible under(Print FuH Name)

subsection 7 (1) of the Assessment Work Regulation 6/96 for assignment to contiguous claims or for application to

the claim where the work was done.Signature ol Recorded Holder or Agent Authorized In Wrtti

6. Instructions for cutting back credits that are not approved.

Some of the credits claimed in this declaration may be cut back. Please check ( ^ ) in the boxes below to show how

you wish to prioritize the deletion of credits:0 1. Credits are to be cut back from the Bank first, followed by option 2 or 3 or 4 as indicated. JZl 2. Credits are to be cut back starting with the claims listed last, working backwards; or D 3. Credits are to be cut back equally over all claims listed in this declaration; or D 4. Credits are to be cut back as prioritized on the attached appendix or as follows (describe):

Thunder Bay Mining Division

SEP 2 q 2000

Note: If you nave nolfollowed by option number 2 if necessary.

RECEIVEDOCT 022000

GEOSCIENCE ASSESSMENT your credit t are to beQBmS.' credits II be cut back from the Bank first,

For Office Use OnlyDeemed Approved Date Date Notification SentReceived Stamp

Date Approved Total Value ol Credit Approved

Approved lor Recording by Mining Recorder (Signature)

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rr5\ r\ L * Ministiyof Statement of Costs W) UntariO M.?'valopm6nl for Assessment Credit

Tramacflon Number (office use)

?rsonal Information collect™! on ihls form Is obtained under the authority of subsection 8 (1) of the Assessment Work Regulation 6/96. Under section 8 of the nlng Act. Ihls Information Is n public record. This Information will be used to review the assessment work and correspond with the mining land holder, jesltons about this colloctlon should be directed lo a Provincial Mining Recorder. Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. 3rd Floor. 933 Ramsey Lake ;ad. Sudbury. Ontario, P3E 685.

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Value of Assessment Work. If this situation applies to your claims, use the calculation below:

TOTAL VALUE OF ASSESSMENT WORK K 0.50- Total S value of worked claimed.

iote:Work older than 5 years is not eligible for credit.A recorded holder may be required to verify expenditures claimed in this statement of costs within 45 days of a request for

erificatkxi and/or correction/clarification. If verification and/or correction/clarification is not made, the Minister may reject all jr part of the assessment work submitted.

Certification verifying costs:

^ do hereby certify, that the amounts shown are as accurate as may reasonably(ptaasc prirri hill name?)

determined and the costs were incurred while conducting assessment work on the lands indicated on the accompanying

Declaration of Work form as(recorded holder, •gent, or (late company potWon wtth cloning authority)

l am authorized to make this certification.

0212 (03/97)

Thunder Bay Mining Division

SEP 2 q 2000Date

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Ministry ofNorthern Developmentand Mines

January 25, 2001

ROBERT LUCIEN COTE P.O. Box 137 169 MAIN STREET Beardmore, Ontario POT-1 GO

Ministere du Developpement du Nord et des Mines Ontario

Geoscience Assessment Office 933 Ramsey Lake Road 6th Floor Sudbury, Ontario P3E 6B5

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

Dear Sir or Madam:

Subject: Transaction Number(s):

Submission Number: 2 .20589

StatusW0040.00255 Approval After Notice

We have reviewed your Assessment Work submission with the above noted Transaction Number(s). The attached summary page(s) indicate the results of the review. WE RECOMMEND YOU READ THIS SUMMARY FOR THE DETAILS PERTAINING TO YOUR ASSESSMENT WORK.

If the status for a transaction is a 45 Day Notice, the summary will outline the reasons for the notice, and any steps you can take to remedy deficiencies. The 90-day deemed approval provision, subsection 6(7) of the Assessment Work Regulation, will no longer be in effect for assessment work which has received a 45 Day Notice. Allowable changes to your credit distribution can be made by contacting the Geoscience Assessment Office within this 45 Day period, otherwise assessment credit will be cut back and distributed as outlined in Section #6 of the Declaration of Assessment work form.

Please note any revisions must be submitted in DUPLICATE to the Geoscience Assessment Office, by the response date on the summary.

If you have any questions regarding this correspondence, please contact JIM MCAULEY by e-mail at [email protected] or by telephone at (705) 670-5858.

Yours sincerely,

ORIGINAL SIGNED BYLucille JeromeActing Supervisor, Geoscience Assessment OfficeMining Lands Section

Correspondence ID: 15645

Copy for: Assessment Library

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Work Report Assessment Results

Submission Number: 2 .20589

Date Correspondence Sent: January 25, 2001 AssessorJIM MCAULEY

Transaction First ClaimNumber Number Township(s) l Area(s) Status Approval Date

W0040.00255 1232019 CROLL Approval After Notice January 21,2001

Section:14 Geophysical MAG 9 Prospecting PROSP 14 Geophysical VLF 10 Physical PSTRIP

The revisions outlined in the Notice dated December 7, 2000 have been corrected. Accordingly, assessment work credit has been approved as outlined on the Declaration of Assessment Work Form accompanying this submission.

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.

Correspondence to: Recorded Holder(s) and/or Agent(s):Resident Geologist ROBERT LUCIEN COTEThunder Bay, ON Beardmore, Ontario

Assessment Files Library RICHARD ROBERT COTE Sudbury, ON Beardmore, ONTARIO

Page: 1Correspondence ID: 15645

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NOTES

AREAS WITHDRAWN FROM DISPOSITION

S,R--SURFACE RIGHTS MR-MINI MG RIGHTS

Ord* No, Dot* algorithm FM*

SURFACE RIGHTS WITHDRAWN FROM STAKING ORDER W

SURFACE RIGHTS WITH DRAWN FROM STAKING© SURFACE RIGHTS* ORDER W- TB^91inning EQUIPMENT STORAGE

Twl WI?QftMM)GN THKT APPEAR? ON THIS MAP HAS BEEN COMPILED (TiOW VWOUS SOURCE*. WO *CCUF**CT I S NOT OMftWrttEQ. THOSEWISHING TO STAKE MIHINC CLAIMS •SHOULD CONSULT WITH tHE WINING RECORDERMMETKY OF HOR^fRN DEVELOPMENT AND MIMfS. FOR AODltlOHL INFORMATION ON THE STATUS OF THE LANDS SHOWN HERtUH.

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LEGEND

HIGHWAY AND ROUTE No.

OTHER ROADS

TRAILSSURVEYED LINES:

TOWNSHIPS. &ASE LINES, ETCLOTS, WINING CLAIMS. PARCELS, ETC-

UMSUHVEVgD LINES:LOT LINESPARCEL BOUNDARYMINING CLAIMS ETC.

RAILWAY AND RIGHT OF WAY

UTILITY LIHE3NON-PERENNIAL STREAM FLOODING OF* FLOODING RIGHTS SUBDIVISION ORIGINAL SHORELINE MARSH OR MUSKEGMINES

MONUMENT

DISPOSITION OF CROWN LANDS

TYPE OF DOCUMENT SYMBOL

PATENT. SURFACE. A MINING RIGHTS Q)

SURFACE RIGHTS ONLY g

MINING RIGHTS ONLY Q

LEASt. SURFACE d MINING RIGHTS |

SURFACE RIGHTS ONLY g

MINING RIGHTS ONLY Q

LICENCE OF OCCUPATION ^

CROWN LAND SALE CSL

ORDER- IN-COUNCIL ^

RESERVATION ©

CANCELLED ®

SAND t GRAVEL O

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SCALE : i INCH 40 CHAINSD VKl HW9 JCKMJ

FEE i

i 30ft 446 Wff **4

TOWNSHIP

CROLLM.MR. ADMINtSTRATIVE DISTRICT

GERALDTONMINING DIVISION

THUNDER BAYLAND TITLES/ RtGtSTftY DIVISION

THUNDER BAYMinistry of L*nd Natural M-n.fl .m*nt Resources

Ontario

on*OCTOSBH.1 03 1

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\ \ eoQ/x* gabbro

\ \4 A wranitw no ouhrop \ \ 4 boulder*

\\1232020"^

rnofasoa* outcrop*

X outcropsX a' coor*X diabase

bould*rt ofgabbro or

diabase

Dou/aen of f.g. metated.

no outcrop - black spruce

t mall ciack sprue*

12320191232021

no outcrop sand

poplar

Sandy wHfttcatterrd

boulder* of lo* ground no outcropno outcrop

tanelpoplar

lackplntspruff

Sandy wHtt tcatttrttj

boulder* ofno outcropBand

poplar faekptnt

gmtts A gmnlttA

outcrop* of X X

gabbro Xno outcrop black *pruct

232023 Dlscovtry boulder pyroxenite with Cu.NI.ff.Pd.Au Scale 1:10000

200 400h Numerous A

boulders of 4,

ROBERT COTE RICHARD COTE

HP cufcrop faekplne apruse

onelat and granite

CAMP 25 PROPERTYCROLL AND HOUCK TOWNSHIPS

THUNDER BAY DISTRICT, ONTARIO1998-1999 PROSPECTING

SUMMARY MAP

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BASELINE BASELINE

N

LEGEND

Instrument: EDA Omni P lusOperator: D. Dmitrovic

Parameter: Total f ield In nTCorrection: Base Station

Contour I ntervals: 1 0,50,250 nT

25Scale 1:2500

O 25___50 75 TCTmii^(metres)

100

ROBERT COTE RICHARD COTE

CAMP 25 PROPERTYCffOU AND HOUCK TOWNSHIPS

THUNDER BAY DISTRICT, ONTARIOEAST GRID

MAGNETOMETER SURVEY TOTAL FIELD CONTOURS

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LEGEND

Instrument: E DA O mni Plus Operator: D. Dmitrovic

Parameter: Total f ield t n nT Posting Base: 58000 n T Correction: Base Station

25Scale 1:2500

O 25___50 759Mwwi*e(metres)

100

ROBERT COTE RICHARD COTE

CAMP 25 PROPERTYCROLL AND HOUCK TOWNSHIPS

THUNDER BAY DISTRICT, O NTARIOEAST GRID

MAGNETOMETER SURVEYTOTAL FIELD POSTINGS

Bo wdidge September 2000

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517000E 518000E

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LEGEND

Trench and number

Mineralized boulder

Geological contact

x Sand at' i '/ gravel

tO 11 12 13 14 SG30 Q

x x

xSand

f f

grovelTrench 8 exposed greywacke at 3,5 m

Swamp and organic deposits

Swamp and organic deposits

Sand A gravel

43

Scale 1:2500O 50 100

Discovery Boulder

ROBERT COTE RICHARD COTEBouldery kames over ^

fluvial sand A gravel \CAMP 25 PROPERTY

CROLL AND HOUCK TOWNSHIPS

LONGLAC AREA, ONTARIO2000 TRENCHING PROGRAM

TRENCH MAP ANDGLACIAL GEOLOGY

o-S o o

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in10

8-In in

o o o.O)oin in

o o o.00oin in

L E G E Nv \ coarse gabbro/dlobase outcrops, minor py 3c cpy

OBSERVED FEATURES

granite * gneiss bev/ders

DAILY TRAVERSES , - . . - - "Vv ' X\ Y X'

Da f l (1999.05.16)

Day 2 (1999.05.17)

Day J (1999.05.22) Day 4 (l999.05.23)

Day 5 (1S9S.03.08)

Day S (1999.03.09)

Day 7 (19S9.0S.W)

Day B (t999.03.21)

Day 9 (1999.09.04)

Day 10 (1999.09.OS)

Day t 1 (2000.05. IS)

Day 12 (2000.05.14)

Day 13 (2000.05. IS)

Day 14 (2000.05.17)

Day 15 (2000.08.13) Day IB (2OOO.OB. IS)

Day 17 (2000.08.20)

Outcrop

Boulders

Distillery boulder

Swamp

Gravel Pit

i V, A.TT^r-

boulders of granite metasediment

\ v spruce A cedar . \ \ low ground no o/c

outcrops of metasediment wifh minor pysmall boulders of

granite * rnetsetilrnent

of gabbro or diabase

(noted during stoking)x •••••^. x.•o* xA

Low ground - no outcrop - small spruce

w/'/y? 35 cm quartz vsJn and minor fine pyrite

1232019

io*sand fand f

grave! f' rtdgesjwilb:

spruce poplar

f granite j gneiss

and mata—

1 sediment

•granite : gneiss

and

Mefasedimenf A l P granite boulders, ' 9Pop la r

Spruce, JP

Discovery Boulder

Pyroxenite with po, cpy

Ni,CurAu,Pt,Pd

Outcrop area moss covered g a minor py A cpy

,S p nice Jactipine Ptfafar , . ROBERT COTE

RICHARD COTECAMP 25 PROPERTY

CROLL AND HOUCK TOWNSHIPSTHUNDER BAY DISTRICT, ONTARIO

PROSPECTING MAP1999-2000 PROSPECTING

AND RESULTSBo wdidge December 2000

Scale 1:5000100 200

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