Mineral Exploration

W inte r 20 1 8 53 PHOTO: COURTESY GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Precious metal projects The Cariboo Gold project of Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. includes mining at Bonanza Ledge and exploring at Barkerville Mountain, Cow Mountain, Island Mountain and regionally. A new resource estimate comprises six zones and includes an update for Cow Mountain and a maiden resource for Island Mountain at a 3 g/t cut o™. The total underground resource is reported as 8.1 million tonnes Measured and Indicated at 6.1 g/t Au and 12.7 million tonnes Inferred at 5.2 g/t. A large- scale, multi-rig drilling campaign continues. Westkam Gold Corp. completed 591 metres of drilling at the Bonaparte gold property focusing on the Crow vein, one of at least six quartz veins targeted by a proposed underground crosscut. Eureka Resources Inc. drilled four holes at its Gold Creek property in 2018. Eureka also has a permit to drill the more- advanced FG gold property. Westhaven Ventures Inc. reported high-grade intersections at the Shovelnose epithermal gold prospect, including 17.77 metres of 24.50 g/t gold and 107.92 g/t silver, including 6.79 metres of 50.76 g/t gold and 2013 g/t silver. Epithermal environments have been recognized in the Spences Bridge Group for more than 15 years, but bonanza gold grades as reported in float were not intersected by drilling until this year. Spanish Mountain Gold Ltd. carried out archaeological assessment, metallurgy, exploration and infill drilling at Spanish Mountain in 2018. The project remains in the environmental assessment process, although the company is not undertaking work specific to advancing to certification. Sable Resources Ltd. has begun work at the Tulox gold property in preparation for planned drilling late in the year. Tulox is a grassroots gold property with untested soil geochemical anomalies. Surespan Gold (640895 BC Ltd.) continued to explore its Zeballos property, Surespan, with drilling that began in 2017 near the historic Privateer mine. The private company has not released results. New Destiny Mining Corp. carried out trenching at Treasure Mountain Silver as a follow-up to till geochemical sampling in 2016. The property is adjacent to the past- producing Treasure Mountain mine. New Carolin Gold Corp. drilled underground at the Ladner gold property, which includes the past-producing Carolin mine. Results include 7 metres of 5.75 g/t gold in a 93-metre interval of 1.39 g/t in a hole across two historic intersections not previously followed up on. Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd. had a program consisting of geological mapping, geochemical sampling, airborne geophysics, ground geophysics and drilling at the Bralorne mine. Following drilling in the winter, the company began a 28,000-metre program in August. Avino is seeking to augment resources as part of a proposal to mine at a larger throughput than the recent 100 tonnes per day. Cu-Mo, Cu-Au-Ag, Mo (porphyry) projects NorthIsle Copper and Gold Inc. carried out an induced polarization survey and drilling program at the Pemberton Hills property with funding from optionee Freeport McMoRan Mineral Properties Canada. Pemberton Hills has an area of argillic alteration similar to the adjacent Red Dog and SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST REGION Hushamu porphyry copper prospects, but the target is largely untested at depth. Red Dog and Hushamu together were the subject of a preliminary economic assessment on the North Island project in 2017. Amarc Resources Ltd. drilled the IKE copper-molybdenum-silver prospect with funding from Hudbay Minerals Inc. Amarc proposed up to five widely spaced 500- to 600-metre holes in an area delineated by induced polarization surveys, mapping, geochemistry and previous drilling. In 2018, most activity concerning Taseko Mines Limited's New Prosperity gold-copper project occurred in the courtroom. Although a decision by the Supreme Court of British Columbia would have allowed Taseko to proceed, that decision is under appeal and an injunction is delaying further work. Pacific Empire Minerals Corp. had a reverse circulation drill program at the Moƒat property, following an airborne magnetic survey earlier in the year. The grassroots property is underlain by the Copper Mountain plutonic suite (Upper Triassic) and Takomkane batholith (Lower Jurassic), about 20 kilometres southeast of the Woodjam developed prospect. Drill core displaying crustiform textures from the South Zone at Westhaven Ventures Inc.'s Shovelnose property.

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