ID,#,Part Number,Capsule Geology 076GNE0004,1,1,"Showing is nothing more than the presence of chalcopyrite in a gabbro sill, noted on a map. The Canmindex record descibes it as chalcopyrite grains and masses, but there is no indication of this on the map." 076GNE0005,2,1,"Showing is nothing more than the presence of chalcopyrite in a gabbro sill, noted on a map. The Canmindex record descibes it as chalcopyrite grains and masses, but there is no indication of this on the map." 076GNE0006,3,1,"The Ellice River Area lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Ellice River Area and nearby Boot Lake Area (076GNE0010) are within the Back River region. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. Three periods of iron formation deposition have been identified within the Back and Beechey Lake Groups (Chandler et al, 1992). In the property area, iron formations are believed to be equivalent stratigraphically to the uppermost iron formations in the Beechey Lake Group. " 076GNE0006,4,2,"The Beechey Lake Group in the Back River region are isoclinally folded greywackes, siliceous greywackes and mudstones that are interbedded with iron formation and are steeply dipping. The iron formation consists mainly of magnetite and chert and is of the oxide variety. Subordinate amounts of silicate iron formation are also present (Williamson and Olson,1990). The Beechey Lake Group greywackes have been intruded by sill like bodies of Archean felsite. Throughout the Ellice River area, numerous Helikian Mackenzie Diabase gabbroic dykes strike northwesterly and intrude the Archean rocks. The Beechey Lake sediments to the west have been intruded by biotite-muscovite sills. The sedimentary rocks and the iron formations of the Beechey Lake Group as well as the gabbro dykes have been cut by numerous north-northwesterly trending minor faults. Along these faults, left lateral or right lateral displacement ranges from 0.1 to 5.0 m. The Beachey Lake Group sedimentary rocks within the Ellice-Rooster-Boot Property have been deformed into a broad Z shape extending from Scorpion Lake (approximately 5 km to the SW)to Hammer Lake (approximately 11.5 km to the SE). The Boot Lake granitic stock (located south of Boot Lake approximately 7.5 km SSW), intrudes this stratigraphy but is not believed to be responsible for the folding. The Z structure may be the result of two regional scale fold systems (Chandler et al, 1992). Mantling the Ellice River area, especially in the southern and western parts, is a blanket of Quaternary glacial material." 076GNE0006,5,3,"The Ellice River Showing has two grids located on it. Map 1605.I-3 from assessment report 083053 is an excellent location map of the area. The centre of the Ellice Creek grid is approximately 7.5 km NNE from the Boot Lake camp. The Eagle grid centre is approximately 700 m SW of the Ellice grid and is an extension of same. The Ellice River oxide iron formations occur in a NNW trending belt that is approximately 4.5 km long and 1.3 km wide. Silicate iron formations two kilometers to the southwest occur in a subparallel trending belt 3.8 km long and 0.9 km wide. The Ellice River Archean rocks are overlain uncomformably by the Aphebian Goulburn Group sedimentary rocks and the Bathurst Fault System terminates it to the east (Williamson and Olson, 1990). The Ellice River iron formations are interbedded with greywacke, mudstone and quartzite. Johnston et al (1985) describes two types of sulphidic zones found within the Ellice River area iron formations. Toward the southeast, pyrite, pyrrhotite +/- arsenopyrite make up 10% volume of the rock. Toward the NW end of the iron formation, the sulphidic zones contain one or more of the following: pyrite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, native copper, galena, malachite and azurite. The sulphide and carbonate minerals are usually concentrated in fractures within the iron formation in isolated occurances. As of 1992, the best assay result for the Ellice River grid is 57.63 g/t Au from a sample of oxide iron formation from a rubbly outcrop in the vicinity of a fold nose. A cobble of oxide iron formation with 10-15% pyrite assayed at 45.36 g/t Au but was not traced along strike due to heavy overburden cover. " 076GNE0006,6,4,"The Eagle Grid lies within the southwest corner of the Ellice River Showing. The Eagle gold occurrance on this grid (Williamson and Olson, 1990) is hosted in a sequence of interbedded oxide and silicate iron formations which are associated with continuous moderate positive ground magnetic anomalies up to 30 m wide. The anomally indicates an extention of the Eagle iron formation of 450 m. Good quality VLF-EM anomalies are coincident with the western edge contact of the iron formations hosting the Eagle occurance. A ground VLF-EM conductor with poor quality VLF-EM anomalies is coincident with the north northwest striking positive magnetic anomaly of the Eagle formation. Less than 10% of the area within the Eagle grid are outcroppings of Beechey Lake Group sedimentary sequences of greywacke, siliceous greywacke and mudstone with silicate and oxide iron formations and intrusive Helikian gabbroic dykes. Where exposed, the Eagle oxide iron formation is approximately 10 m wide and occurs within a 30 m wide sequence of interbedded oxide iron formation, silicate iron formation and greywacke. East of the Eagle occurance, silicate iron formations ranging in widths less than 0.5 m to 2.0 m are interbedded with greywacke. The gabbro dykes trend northwesterly through the grid and range from 0.1 m to 25 m wide. The predominant sulphides of the oxide or silicate iron formations of the Eagle grid are pyrite and pyrrhotite. Sulphidic zones within the iron formations contain one or more of pyrite, pyrrhotite and arsenopyrite. The pyrite occurs locally as disseminated crystals, and as massive aggregates in vuggy vein quartz. Amphibole and chlorite rich silicate iron formation contains up to 1 volume per cent of the rock of fine disseminated pyrrhotite. Arsenopyrite occurs with pyrite, pyrrhotite or both in oxide iron formation that contains up to 50 volume per cent vein quartz (Williamson and Olson, 1990). " 076GNE0006,7,5,"Rock grab samples and chip samples taken in 1986 from the main sulphidic zones at Eagle occurrence assayed up to 177.43 g/t Au and 5.52 g/t Au across 1.0 m respectively. Follow up work in 1990 consisted of rock and composite grab samples collected to the northwest and yielded assays up to 2.57 g/t Au and 0.14 g/t Au across 0.3 m respectively (Williamson and Olson, 1990). In 1993 one drill hole intersected 22 m of oxide iron formation at the Eagle occurance. The most significant assay obtained was 1.75 g /t Au over 1.24 m core from an interval of quartz +/- carbonate with pyrite,and trace amounts arsenopyrite and pyrrhotite. " 076GNE0007,8,1,"The Trout Lake Showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean (>2.5 Ga) Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Trout Lake Showing and nearby Boot Lake Showing (NORMIN ID# 076GNE0010) are within the Back River region. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. Three periods of iron formation deposition have been identified within the Back and Beechey Lake Groups (Chandler et al, 1992). In the property area, iron formations are believed to be equivalent stratigraphically to the uppermost iron formations in the Beechey Lake Group. " 076GNE0007,9,2,"The Beechey Lake Group in the Back River region are isoclinally folded greywackes, siliceous greywackes and mudstones that are interbedded with iron formation and are steeply dipping. The iron formation consists mainly of magnetite and chert and is of the oxide variety. Subordinate amounts of silicate iron formation are also present (Williamson and Olson,1990). The Beechey Lake Group greywackes have been intruded by sill like bodies of Archean felsite. Throughout the area, numerous Helikian Mackenzie Diabase gabbroic dykes strike northwesterly and intrude the Archean rocks. The Beechey Lake sediments to the west have been intruded by biotite-muscovite sills. The sedimentary rocks and the iron formations of the Beechey Lake Group as well as the gabbro dykes have been cut by numerous north-northwesterly trending minor faults. Along these faults, left lateral or right lateral displacement ranges from 0.1 to 5.0 m. The Beechey Lake group sedimentary rocks (including the oxide iron formations) within the Boot-Rooster-Ellis property have been deformed into a broad Z shape the extends from Scorpion Lake to Hammer Lake. Chandler et al (1992) postulate that the Trout Lake iron formation joins the iron formation at Scorpion Lake North. The Boot Lake granitic stock intrudes this stratigraphy but Williamson 1991, believes that two regional scale fold systems may be responsible for the structure (Chandler et al, 1992). " 076GNE0007,10,3,"Map 1-P92.001 from assessment report 083153 is an excellent map of the locations of the various showings within the Ellice-Rooster-Boot Lake Area. The Trout Lake iron formation strikes north to northeast from the northern end of Tea Pond. It is bound by a sequence of greywacke/mudstone to the east and to the west the area is swamp and overburden. Proterozoic outliers of the Goulburn Group outcrop approximately 800 meters north of Tea Pond. The predominant sulphides of the oxide or silicate iron formations of Trout Lake are pyrite and arsenopyrite. Oxide iron formation with intense quartz veins, chlorite, up to 20% pyrite and 0.5 - 2% arsenopyrite was traced over a 150 meter strike length. Arsenopyrite occurs as subhedral to euhedral rhombs, often in a black, highly siliceous cherty material. Chandler et al 1992. Grab samples from oxide iron formation (1992) include gold values of 30.45 g/t, 26.67 g/t, 18.51 g/t, 16.63 g/t and 15.09 g/t. Grab samples from 1991 yeilded gold values of 8.88 g/t, 12.51 g/t and 7.61 g/t. The silicate iron formation is dark green and amphibole rich and has numerous quartz veins and trace to 2% pyrite. Values of 9.98, 6.41 and 7.95 g/t Au were returned from 3 samples. The banding/bedding has a steep dip to the east (80-85 degrees). No iron formation was traced south of Tea Pond as this area is heavily covered by swamp and overburden." 076GNE0008,11,1,"The Scorpion Lake North Area lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Scorpion Lake North Area and nearby Boot Lake Area (DB ID# 076GNE0010) are within the Back River region. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. Three periods of iron formation deposition have been identified within the Back and Beechey Lake Groups (Chandler et al, 1992). In the property area, iron formations are believed to be equivalent stratigraphically to the uppermost iron formations in the Beechey Lake Group. " 076GNE0008,12,2,"The Beechey Lake Group in the Back River region are isoclinally folded greywackes, siliceous greywackes and mudstones that are interbedded with iron formation and are steeply dipping. The iron formation consists mainly of magnetite and chert and is of the oxide variety. Subordinate amounts of silicate iron formation are also present (Williamson and Olson,1990). The Beechey Lake Group greywackes have been intruded by sill like bodies of Archean felsite. Throughout the area, numerous Helikian Mackenzie Diabase gabbroic dykes strike northwesterly and intrude the Archean rocks. The Beechey Lake sediments to the west have been intruded by biotite-muscovite sills. The sedimentary rocks and the iron formations of the Beechey Lake Group as well as the gabbro dykes have been cut by numerous north-northwesterly trending minor faults. Along these faults, left lateral or right lateral displacement ranges from 0.1 to 5.0 m. The Beechey Lake Group sedimentary rocks within the Ellice-Rooster-Boot Property have been deformed into a broad Z shape extending from Scorpion Lake (on the western shore) to Hammer Lake (approximately 12.5 km to the SE). The Boot Lake granitic stock (located south of Boot Lake approximately 5 km SSE), intrudes this stratigraphy but is not believed to be responsible for the folding. The Z structure may be the result of two regional scale fold systems (Chandler et al, 1992). " 076GNE0008,13,3,"Map 1-P92.001 from assessment report 083153 is an excellent map of the locations of the various showings within the Ellice-Rooster-Boot Lake Area. The Scorpion Lake North occurance is in oxide and silicate iron formation on the southwest shore of Scorpion Lake that has been silicified and locally sheared. Southeast of Scorpion Lake the sulphidic zone can be traced continuously for approximately 110 m in outcrop and feldsenmeer before being covered by overburden. To the northwest, the sulphidic zone is traced discontinuously for about 1 km. The predominant sulphides of the oxide or silicate iron formations of Scorpion Lake North are pyrite and arsenopyrite. Locally, pyrite and arsenopyrite have a combined volume up to 20% and are disseminated in the siliceous iron formation or are associated with alteration haloes adjacent to quartz veins. In 1989 rock samples collected from the main sulphidic zone in the most western iron formation assayed up to 22.49 g Au/tonne. In 1990 rock and chip samples from the main sulphidic zone assayed up to 5.07 g Au/t and 0.72 g Au/t across 1.2 m respectively. From the easternmost iron formation, a rock sample assayed at 12.17 g Au/t. In 1991 two holes were diamond drilled (one abandoned due to drilling problems). Two gold bearing sulphidic zones were noted in the drill core. In hole 1T015 assays of 1.87 g Au/t over 5.18 m core length and 2.26 g Au/t across 1.95 m core length. In hole 1T015A an assay of 3.09 g Au/t over 2.76 m core length was recovered." 076GNE0009,14,1,"The Scorpion Lake Area lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Scorpion Lake Area and nearby Boot Lake Area (ID# 076GNE0010) are within the Back River region. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. Three periods of iron formation deposition have been identified within the Back and Beechey Lake Groups (Chandler et al, 1992). In the property area, iron formations are believed to be equivalent stratigraphically to the uppermost iron formations in the Beechey Lake Group. " 076GNE0009,15,2,"The Beechey Lake Group in the Back River region are isoclinally folded greywackes, siliceous greywackes and mudstones that are interbedded with iron formation and are steeply dipping. The iron formation consists mainly of magnetite and chert and is of the oxide variety. Subordinate amounts of silicate iron formation are also present (Williamson and Olson,1990). The Beechey Lake Group greywackes have been intruded by sill like bodies of Archean felsite. Throughout the area, numerous Helikian Mackenzie Diabase gabbroic dykes strike northwesterly and intrude the Archean rocks. The Beechey Lake sediments to the west have been intruded by biotite-muscovite sills. The sedimentary rocks and the iron formations of the Beechey Lake Group as well as the gabbro dykes have been cut by numerous north-northwesterly trending minor faults. Along these faults, left lateral or right lateral displacement ranges from 0.1 to 5.0 m. Map 1-P92.001 from assessment report 083153 is an excellent map of the locations of the various showings within the Ellice-Rooster-Boot Lake Area. " 076GNE0009,16,3,"Scorpion Lake oxide and silicate iron formations are found within a sequence of interbedded greywacke, mudstone and siliceous greywacke to impure quartzite. Locally, sulphides are spaially associated with quartz veins, but the highest concentration of sulphides are in zones in felsenmeer along the eastern and western margins of outcrop. Based on geophysical data, Dufresne & Johnston (1987), interpret that the Scorpion Lake iron formation is a continuation of the iron formations within the west end of Boot Lake North. The iron formation is 12 to 14 m wide, is well banded and consists of magnetite, chert, amphibole and minor chlorite. Sulphides associated with the Scorpion Lake iron formation, both the silicate and the oxide, are spatially associated with siliceous zones or quartz veins. Arsenopyrite is the most common sulphide and occurs as medium to coarse grained disseminated euhedral crystals. Pyrite and pyrrhotite occur as irregular patches or layers and as disseminated fine to coarse grained crystals. Exploration on the Scorpion Lake Showing has included reconnaissance and grid mapping, airborne and ground geophysical surveys, geochemical sampling and drilling. In 1991 and 1992, the Scorpion Lake iron formation was drilled showing that gold bearing zones occur along the west and east margins of the iron formation. DDH 92T024 intersected two zones that assayed at 6.79 g Au/t over 1.07 m and 7.70 g Au/t across 2.9 m respectively. Hole 92T025 tested the southern extension and recieved assays of 2.41 g Au/t across 2.02 m and 6.55 g Au/t over 1.26 m. Drill results show lateral and downdip continuity to the mineralization." 076GNE0010,17,1,"The Boot Lake Area lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Boot Lake Area is within the Back River region. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. Three periods of iron formation deposition have been identified within the Back and Beechey Lake Groups (Chandler et al, 1992). In the property area, iron formations are believed to be equivalent stratigraphically to the uppermost iron formations in the Beechey Lake Group. " 076GNE0010,18,2,"The Beechey Lake Group in the Back River Region are isoclinally folded greywackes, siliceous greywackes and mudstones that are interbedded with iron formation and are steeply dipping. The iron formation consists mainly of magnetite and chert and are of the oxide variety. Subordinate amounts of silicate iron formation are also present (Williamson and Olson, 1990) The Beechey Lake group sedimentary rocks (including the oxide iron formations) within the Boot-Rooster-Ellice property have been deformed into a broad Z shape the extends from Scorpion Lake (approximately 3.4 km NW) to Hammer Lake (approximately 9 km to the SE). The Boot Lake granitic stock intrudes this stratigraphy but Williamson 1991, believes that two regional scale fold systems may be responsible for the structure (Chandler et al, 1992). Boot Lake oxide and silicate iron formations are found within a sequence of interbedded greywacke, mudstone and siliceous greywacke to impure quartzite. Sulphides are spacially associated with quartz veins, Pyrite is the most common sulphide, followed by arsenopyrite and locally pyrrhotite. Map 1-P92.001 from assessment report 083153 is an excellent map of the locations of the various showings within the Boot Lake Area. " 076GNE0010,19,3,"The Showing area is comprised of several gold occurrences. The central location of the major occurrences (ie extensively sampled or drilled) is as follows. The location is the approximate distance from the Boot Lake Camp (located on the north shore of Boot Lake). Chick Pond 2.7 km NW; Ayers 2.2 km NW; Aiomon 1.5 km NW; Aiomon West/Poison Pond 1.9 km NW; Boot 1.1 km NW and Grizzly 2.15 km to the NW of Boot Lake Camp. The Boot Lake Showing area has been extensively mapped, prospected, sampled (both rock and till), diamond drilled and has had ground and airborne geophysical surveys completed on it. Some highlights of diamond drilling and sampling results from 1991 & 1992 are as follows: Ayers: One chip sample assayed at 17.76 g/t Au, three felsenmeer samples assayed 2.64, 4.80 and 5.69 g/t Au (1992). Drilling: In 1991, 8 holes were drilled totalling 1076.25 m. In 1992, 706.22 m were drilled in 5 holes. Highlighted drill results include: 7.27* (8.64) g/t Au over 12.55 m core length; 11.98* (14.10) g/t Au over 5.85 m and 9.34* (11.61) g/t Au over 7.61 m. Aiomon: One hole was drilled for a total of 50.90 m in 1991. The best gold value was 1.29 g/t over 0.93 m. Aiomon West/Poison Pond: Four holes were drilled in 1992 for a total of 245.05 m 11.57 g/t Au across 1.66 m (true width) and 2.35 g/t Au over 1.55 m (true width). Grizzly: In 1991 4 holes were drilled for a total of 215.80 m, the best result was 3.29 g/t Au over 1.67 m *Assay sample cut to 34.268 grams gold per tonne; ( )=Uncut assay results; Meterage is uncorrected width unless stated. " 076GNE0011,20,1,"The Winter Showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Winter-Boot Lake Area is within the Back River region. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. Three periods of iron formation deposition have been identified within the Back and Beechey Lake Groups (Chandler et al, 1992). In the property area, iron formations are believed to be equivalent stratigraphically to the uppermost iron formations in the Beechey Lake Group. " 076GNE0011,21,2,"The Beechey Lake Group in the Back River Region are isoclinally folded greywackes, siliceous greywackes and mudstones that are interbedded with iron formation and are steeply dipping. The iron formation consists mainly of magnetite and chert and are of the oxide variety. Subordinate amounts of silicate iron formation are also present (Williamson and Olson, 1990) The Beechey Lake group sedimentary rocks (including the oxide iron formations) within the Boot-Rooster-Ellice property have been deformed into a broad Z shape the extends from Scorpion Lake (approximately 8 km SE of the Winter area) to Hammer Lake (approximately 6 km to the E). The Boot Lake granitic stock (approximately 400 m W) intrudes this stratigraphy but Williamson 1991, believes that two regional scale fold systems may be responsible for the structure (Chandler et al, 1992). Map 1-P92.001 from assessment report 083153 is an excellent map of the locations of the various showings within the Boot Lake Area. " 076GNE0011,22,3,"The Winter Showing area iron formations occur in three spatially separate arcuate belts. North of Puppet lake, the easternmost belt is 130 m wide. Within this belt, there are 3 separate beds of oxide iron formation 15-20 m wide and tracable for 700 m along strike. Coexisting are numerous thinner oxide and silicate iron formations. North of Turtle Lake, the central belt can be traced 950 m along strike and is up to 100 m wide. The western belt near Winter and Caro Lakes has small interbeds of mudstone and greywacke and is 15 to 20 m wide but poorly exposed. In 1991 twenty grab samples were collected and assays ranged from less than 0.7 g Au/t to 13.27 g Au/t. Thin cherty iron formations host the Spinster gold occurance within the westernmost belt of the oxide iron formation. The iron formation is covered by Winter Lake in the southeast but can be traced for 100 m to the northwest. At this occurance, pyrite is found up to 10 volume percent. Two assays returned gold values of 4.18 g/t and 13.27 g/t. North of Puppet Lake another grab sample of pyrite and arsenopyrite bearing iron formation yielded a value of 1.85 g/t Au. At Grass Pond, (gold occurance 4DHZ001), grab samples from sulphide bearing amphibole chlorite iron formation assayed from 0.1 g/t Au to 4.79 g/t Au. Detailed chip samples within the iron formation had gold values up to 4.95 g/t Au across 2 m. North of Puppet Lake another grab sample of pyrite and arsenopyrite bearing iron formation yielded a gold value of 1.85 g/t. " 076GNE0012,23,1,"The Rooster-Hammer Showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Rooster-Hammer Lake area is within the Back River region. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. Three periods of iron formation deposition have been identified within the Back and Beechey Lake Groups (Chandler et al, 1992). In the property area, iron formations are believed to be equivalent stratigraphically to the uppermost iron formations in the Beechey Lake Group. " 076GNE0012,24,2,"The Beechey Lake Group in the Back River Region are isoclinally folded greywackes, siliceous greywackes and mudstones that are interbedded with iron formation and are steeply dipping. The iron formation consists mainly of magnetite and chert and are of the oxide variety. Subordinate amounts of silicate iron formation are also present (Williamson and Olson, 1990) The Beechey Lake group sedimentary rocks (including the oxide iron formations) within the Boot-Rooster-Ellice property have been deformed into a broad Z shape the extends from Scorpion Lake (~11.5 km SE of the Rooster-Hammer area) to Hammer Lake. The Boot Lake granitic stock (~6.8 km W) intrudes this stratigraphy but Williamson 1991, believes that two regional scale fold systems may be responsible for the structure (Chandler et al, 1992). Map 1-P92.001 from assessment report 083153 is an excellent map of the locations of the various showings within the Boot-Rooster-Ellice Area. " 076GNE0012,25,3,"The Rooster-Hammer Area is a composite of 5 occurences. These include Rooster Lake, Hammer Lake, Fox Pond, Falcon Creek and Falcon Creek North. Map #1605.I-3 from Assessment Report 083053 shows the location and relationship of these occurences. Most of the Rooster-Hammer area oxide and silicate iron formations are poorly exposed as there is up to 95% glacial cover. This area has been subject to sampling, mapping, ground and airborne geophysics, trenching and diamond drilling. The Hammer grid is 800 m east northeast of Rooster Lake. This is a poorly exposed east trending, south dipping 30-50 m wide oxide iron formation with interbedded greywacke, mudstone and felsic dykes. At least 3 north trending gabbroic dykes cut this sequence. The sulphidic zone is traceable along the north edge of the iron formation with up to 10% pyrite, 5% arsenopyrite and trace pyrrhotite. Sulphides are spatially associated with obliquely crosscutting quartz veins up to 0.3 m wide or in siliceous iron formation. In 1987 an arsenopyrite and pyrite bearing oxide iron formation contained visible gold. In 1991 three drill holes intersected gold bearing zones. The best result at Hammer was in hole 1T009 which had two gold bearing intersections in oxide iron formation. The assays of the north zone were 7.28 g/t Au across 5.35 m core, the south zone assayed at 7.54 g Au/t across 5.61 m core." 076GNE0012,26,4,"Falcon Creek North has a glacial cover of 95%. Generally the sediments and iron formation are easterly striking but two exceptions indicate that there is a south plunging synform. In 1991 one grab sample from a pyritic silicate iron formation boulder assayed at 0.69 g/t Au. Fox Pond oxide iron formations occur as isolated outcrops with 95% glacial cover. The oxide iron formation is within a sequence of quartzite and greywacke +/- mudstone that is is folded into tight or isoclinal folds that plunge to the south southwest. Pyrite is the most common sulphide with arsenopyrite and pyrrhotite in trace amounts. When sulphides are present they make up to 1% volume of the rock. Dark quartz veins from 1 to 20 cm in width are present in the oxide iron formation. From 1986 sampling a composite grab sample gave an assay of 0.58 g/t Au across 0.3 m and a grab sample of 0.79 g/t Au. The Rooster Lake easterly trending oxide and silicate iron formations occur in two (locally three) discrete beds and are cut by northwesternly trending gabbroic dykes. Greywacke and mudstone are interbedded with the oxide iron formation that range from 0.5 to 35 m in thickness and locally host zones of amphibole and chlorite. These zones are spatially associated with quartz veins and contain pyrite, arsenopyrite, pyrrhotite and gold. From 1985 the best results of diamond drilling were 4.91 g/t Au over a core length of 8.02 m, 7.62 g/t Au across 1.56 m and 2.44 g/t Au over 6.92 m. In 1992 further drilling resulted in assays of 7.07 g/t Au across 1.16 m true width, 5.47 g/t Au across 5.59 m true width, 12.62 g/t Au across 1.16 meters true width and 6.43 g/t Au over a true width of 0.89 m." 076GNE0013,27,1,"The Dumbo Lake Showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Dumbo Lake - Boot Lake Area is within the Back River region. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. Three periods of iron formation deposition have been identified within the Back and Beechey Lake Groups (Chandler et al, 1992). In the property area, iron formations are believed to be equivalent stratigraphically to the uppermost iron formations in the Beechey Lake Group. " 076GNE0013,28,2,"The Beechey Lake Group in the Back River Region are isoclinally folded greywackes, siliceous greywackes and mudstones that are interbedded with iron formation and are steeply dipping. The iron formation consists mainly of magnetite and chert and are of the oxide variety. Subordinate amounts of silicate iron formation are also present (Williamson and Olson, 1990) The Beechey Lake group sedimentary rocks (including the oxide iron formations) within the Boot-Rooster-Ellice property have been deformed into a broad Z shape the extends from Scorpion Lake (approximately 3.5 km SW of the Dumbo Lake area) to Hammer Lake (approximately 12.5 km to the SE). The Boot Lake granitic stock (approximately 7 km S) intrudes this stratigraphy but Williamson 1991, believes that two regional scale fold systems may be responsible for the structure (Chandler et al, 1992). Map 1-P92.001 from assessment report 083153 is an excellent map of the locations of the various showings within the Boot Lake Area. " 076GNE0013,29,3,"The majority of the Dumbo Lake area is covered in overburden. The oxide and silicate iron formations are interbedded with greywacke and mudstone. The iron formations range in width from 1 up to 10 m in width and strike NNW on the north and west side of Dumbo Lake. To the south and east side of Dumbo Lake the strike is westerly. Silicate or silicate-oxide iron formation is the most common type of iron formation to the Dumbo Lake showing. Trace to 2% volume pyrite and pyrrhotite are common but no arsenopyrite was noted. The sediments of the Dumbo Lake rocks have been intruded by white weathered felsites 600 m NE of Bow Lake and 600 m SW of Bow Lake. A granitic sill up to 150 m wide is traceable for approximately 1.9 km trending NNW to the southwest of Bow Lake. As well two types of gabbro dykes outcrop in the Dumbo Lake area, one nonmagnetic and metamorphosed, the other magnetic and nonmetamorphosed. The Dumbo Lake area was mapped and sampled at a reconnaisance scale in 1986. Of 16 rock grab samples taken, assays ranged from 0.07 g Au/t to 0.86 g Au/t." 076GNE0014,30,1,"The Shell Lake showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Shell Lake - Boot Lake Area is within the Back River region. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. Three periods of iron formation deposition have been identified within the Back and Beechey Lake Groups (Chandler et al, 1992). In the property area, iron formations are believed to be equivalent stratigraphically to the uppermost iron formations in the Beechey Lake Group. " 076GNE0014,31,2,"The Beechey Lake Group in the Back River Region are isoclinally folded greywackes, siliceous greywackes and mudstones that are interbedded with iron formation and are steeply dipping. The iron formation consists mainly of magnetite and chert and are of the oxide variety. Subordinate amounts of silicate iron formation are also present (Williamson and Olson, 1990) The Beechey Lake group sedimentary rocks (including the oxide iron formations) within the Boot-Rooster-Ellice property have been deformed into a broad Z shape the extends from Scorpion Lake (approximately 3.5 km SW of the Dumbo Lake area) to Hammer Lake (approximately 12.5 km to the SE). The Boot Lake granitic stock (approximately 7 km S) intrudes this stratigraphy but Williamson 1991, believes that two regional scale fold systems may be responsible for the structure (Chandler et al, 1992). Map 1-P92.001 from assessment report 083153 is an excellent map of the locations of the various showings within the Boot Lake Area. " 076GNE0014,32,3,"The Shell Lake showing is an 8 m wide poorly exposed oxide iron formation that has a NW strike. Williamson et al, 1991 suggests that this may be a continuation of the Falcon Creek North iron formation (included in the Rooster-Hammer area showing) that is located approximately 1 km to the SE. Two samples of pyrite and arsenopyrite bearing iron formation were assayed and yeilded assays of: 7.61 g Au/t and 12.51 g Au/t." 076GNE0015,33,1,"The Boulder Pond showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Boulder Pond area is within the Back River region. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. Three periods of iron formation deposition have been identified within the Back and Beechey Lake Groups (Chandler et al, 1992). In the property area, iron formations are believed to be equivalent stratigraphically to the uppermost iron formations in the Beechey Lake Group. " 076GNE0015,34,2,"The Beechey Lake Group in the Back River Region are isoclinally folded greywackes, siliceous greywackes and mudstones that are interbedded with iron formation and are steeply dipping. The iron formation consists mainly of magnetite and chert and are of the oxide variety. Subordinate amounts of silicate iron formation are also present (Williamson and Olson, 1990) Figure 4 from assessment report 083213 is a map showing the general locations of various showings within the Boulder Pond area. The Boulder Pond iron formation is a NNW striking belt of sediments at least 8 km long and 1.5 km wide and is an extension of the George Lake iron formation. Aphebian Goulburn Group sedimentary rocks overlay approximately 25 km of the belt between George Lake and Boulder Pond. The iron formation at Boulder Pond is stratigraphically equivalent to the Goose Lake and George Lake iron formations but the Boulder Pond iron formation is spatially associated with volcaniclastic units of intermediate to felsic composition which are interbedded with greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Howe (1994) suggests that this association may infer ""a more vent proximal depositional environment relative to Goose Lake or George Lake."" The Boulder Pond iron formation is predominantly oxide variety and consists mainly of magnetite and chert. Lesser amounts of silicate iron formation are also present. Within the Boulder Pond area gold bearing sulphidic zones exist in oxide and silicate iron formations and in pyritic cherts. The gold occurrences are associated with arsenopyrite and pyrite adjacent to or within quartz veining in the iron formation. Pyrrhotite also occurs locally. Several occurrences are part of the Boulder Lake area. They include East Boulder Pond, West Boulder Pond, Porkchop, Player, Jaeger and Humpback. " 076GNE0015,35,3,"Geological exploration has been done within the Boulder Pond area since 1983. This includes prospecting, mapping, sampling, airborne(1985) and ground geophysical surveys, grid establishment, and drilling. A highlight of same follows: In 1983 three grab samples were taken from sulphidized iron formation NW of Peace Lake that has a strike length of 12 m. These samples yielded gold values of 3.82, 2.35 and 1.17 g/t Au with up to 30% pyrite and 15 % arsenopyrite(Howe,1993). At East Boulder Pond, (occurrence 4DHZ004) thick sequences of well bedded magnetite chert oxide iron formation are interbedded with silicate iron formation/chloritic mudstone chert. Gold occurrences exist in the sulphide bearing sections of oxide and silicate iron formations and are associated with arsenopyrite and pyrite adjacent to or within quartz veining in the iron formation. A gold bearing interval from iron formation assayed at 5.44 g/t Au across o.5 m in 1984. In 1986 two further occurrences were discovered in this area and grab samples assayed at 35.56 g/t Au and 20.98 g/t Au. In 1987 a VLF-EM geophysical survey was done but no further sampling. The Porkchop occurrence is approximately 335 m SE of the south end of Opener Lake. This occurrence is within a pyrite bearing silicate iron formation, consisting mainly of chert and chlorite and having a minimum width of 2 m. A frost heaved boulder assayed at 4.83 g/t Au in 1987, 200 m to the SW a pyrite bearing iron formation grab sample assayed at 7.47 g/t Au. The Jaeger occurrence is SE of Opener Lake and is an oxide iron formation that has a strike length of 120 m with sulphidic zones that have both arsenopyrite and pyrite. This poorly exposed area returned assays of 6.34 g/t Au, 1.80 g/t Au across 3.7 m and 6.24 g/t Au across 0.9m in 1987. " 076GNE0015,36,4,"The Player occurrence is approximately 500 m NW of Humpback Lake. This is a silicate iron formation consisting mainly of chert and chlorite that is 0.9 m wide and very poorly exposed. In 1987 a rock chip sample of an arsenopyrite-pyrite bearing section assayed at 10.49 g/t Au across 0.9 m. 40 m along strike to the NW a pyrite bearing grab sample yeilded an assay of 3.33 g/t Au. The Humpback occurrence is 360 m west of the north end of Humpback Lake. It is a silicate iron formation with pyrite bearing chert and greywacke that outcrops next to a gabbroic dyke. This occurrence is very pooorly exposed. 1987 assays of the pyritic chert yeilded values of 70.56 g/t Au and 43.41 g/t Au across 0.9 m. From 1988 to 1991 no further field work was done on the Boulder Pond area. Exploration resumed in 1993 when remapping and diamond drilling took place in the East Boulder Pond and Peace Lake areas. Three diamond drill holes were drilled to test the the oxide iron formations in an area of numerous Archean felsic dykes in the East Boulder Pond area. Howe (1993) notes that the ""gold mineralization appears to be related to sulphidization, silicification and quartz veining along margins of felsic dykes which crosscut oxide iron formations."" Gold mineralization is present only in the oxide iron formation even though sulphides occur in both the dykes and the iron formation. " 076GNE0015,37,5,"Assays from diamond drilling include 3.53 g/t Au across 1.2 m core length, 7.03 g/t Au across 0.65 m core length and 7.01 g/t Au over 5.85 m core length. A fourth diamond drill hole was drilled to test a fold closure north of Peace Lake. Sulphidized and quartz veined oxidized iron formations were intersected in this drill hole. One sample assyed 0.33 g/t Au over 1.2 m but the remainder of the samples assayed under 0.2 g/t Au. In 1994 three more diamond drill holes were drilled in the Boulder Lake area to test oxide iron formation mineralization. Two holes were drilled on the west side of Opener Lake, the other, to the NW of Humpback Lake. Highlighted assays include: 3.02 g/t Au over 2.25 m core length, 2.78 g/t Au over 2 m core length, 1.54 g/t Au over 0.75 m core length for DDH 94P009 (NW end of Opener Lake), 1.54 g/t Au over 6.15 m core length (NW Humpback Lake), 1.37 g/t Au over 1.7 m core length, 2.07 g/t Au over 1.1 m core length and 5.77 g/t Au over 1 m core length in the DDH at the SW side of Opener Lake." 076GNE0016,38,1,"The Soi Lake showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Soi Lake area is within the Back River region. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. Three periods of iron formation deposition have been identified within the Back and Beechey Lake Groups (Chandler et al, 1992). In the property area, iron formations are believed to be equivalent stratigraphically to the uppermost iron formations in the Beechey Lake Group. " 076GNE0016,39,3,"The Vega gold occurrence (approximately 100 m south of Soi Lake) is within an arsenopyrite bearing part of the oxide iron formation. It exists in northern trending linear bands slightly west of the eastern edge of the oxide iron formation. Arsenopyrite and pyrite occur adjacent to quartz veins. Rock grab samples assay up to 18.48 g/t Au. Approximately 720 m south of Soi Lake a hornblende rich silicate iron formation contains arsenopyrite, pyrite and pyrrhotite. Grab samples assay up to 74.64 g/ t Au (Dufresne & Johnston, 1984). A chip sample from at this site assayed 16.73 g/t Au over 0.60 m. Within 20 m in either direction along strike the sulphides deccrease to trace amounts only. A similar silicate iron formation is found 500 m south which assays at 3.60 g/t Au across 0.9 m. For approximately 1.5 km south of the gabbroic dyke, silicate iron formations continue. The sulphidic zones of these iron formations are gold bearing but the iron formations are generally less than 1 m wide and the sulphidic zones a few meters in length. " 076GNE0016,40,2,"The Beechey Lake Group in the Back River Region are isoclinally folded greywackes, siliceous greywackes and mudstones that are interbedded with iron formation and are steeply dipping. The iron formation consists mainly of magnetite and chert and are of the oxide variety. Subordinate amounts of silicate iron formation are also present (Williamson and Olson, 1990) Map 6601-143 from assessment report #082115 shows the locations of various showings within the Soi Lake area. The Soi Lake iron formation is a NNW striking belt of sediments that is an extension of the Boulder Pond iron formation which is stratigraphically equivalent to the Goose Lake and George Lake iron formations. Ground magnetic data from 1987 indicates that the Soi Lake iron formation exists in a regional sized isoclinal fold. South of Soi Lake the Vega oxide iron formation is 70-80 m wide and extends 200 m south where it terminates adjacent to a 60 m wide NW trending gabbroic dyke. This termination may be due to a fold closure, this is indicated by repetative outcrop scale isoclinal folds. " 076GNE0017,41,1,"The Goose Lake showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Goose Lake area is within the Back River region. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. Three periods of iron formation deposition have been identified within the Back and Beechey Lake Groups (Chandler et al, 1992). In the property area, iron formations are believed to be equivalent stratigraphically to the uppermost iron formations in the Beechey Lake Group. " 076GNE0017,42,2,"The Beechey Lake Group in the Back River Region are isoclinally folded greywackes, siliceous greywackes and mudstones that are interbedded with iron formation and are steeply dipping. The iron formation consists mainly of magnetite and chert and are of the oxide variety. Subordinate amounts of silicate iron formation are also present (Williamson and Olson, 1990) Map 5602-70 from assessment report #081975 shows the location of the Goose Lake area. The Goose Lake showing is within a northwest plunging antiformal closure. Gold zones appear axial planar to the fold structure and reasonably continuous in nature. The mineralization is interpretted to occur in three subparallel zones occupying the west limb, fold nose and east limb of the fold structure. The deposit is completely open down plunge and along the strike of the limbs(Chandler et al,1992). The Goose Lake iron formation has a NNW strike and is at least 8 km long and 1.5 km wide. The Goose Lake Showing is a NW plunging antiformal structure that is comprised of a sequence of interbedded greywacke, oxide iron formation, sillicate iron formation and mudstone. This sequence has been intruded by felsic and gabbroic dykes. The Goose Lake iron formation is believed to be stratigraphically similar to the George Lake iron formation. The Goose Lake mineralized zones occur in both the west and east limbs of the antiformal structure as well as in the fold nose. Chandler et al,1992 interprets them to be subparallel to the axial plane of the fold and steeply dipping. Increased quartz veining, silicification, the development of chlorite and sulphide replacement of magnetite characterize the gold bearing zones. Three subparallel but spatially distinct zones of higher grade gold value occur in the west limb (West Zone), fold nose (Main Zone) and east limb (East Zone). " 076GNE0017,43,3,"Gold zones appear axial planar to the fold structure and reasonably continuous in nature. The mineralization is interpretted to occur in three zones subparallel to the axial plane of the fold occupying the west limb (West Zone), fold nose (Main Zone) and east limb (East Zone) of the fold structure. The deposit is completely open down plunge and along the strike of the limbs(Chandler et al,1992). The Goose Lake iron formation has a NNW strike and is at least 8 km long and 1.5 km wide. Increased quartz veining, silicification, the development of chlorite and sulphide replacement of magnetite characterize the gold bearing zones. Oxide iron formations host the gold bearing sulphidic zones. The sulphidic zones contain up to 8 volume percent euhedral arsenopyrite and 7 volume percent disseminated and wispy pyrite. Near the sulphidic zones the iron formation is chloritic, foliated and graphitic and cut by quartz veins. Flanking the larger oxide iron formation, thin beds of silicate iron formation are present in greywacke. These contain up to 7 volume percent disseminated and wispy pyrite +/or pyrrhotite which occurs adjacent to quartz veins. This silicate iron formations are at least 10 m long and up to 0.75 m wide. " 076GNE0017,44,4,"Exploration in the Goose Lake area commenced in 1984 with reconnaissance prospecting. A rock chip sample collected at Goose Lake assayed at 1.30 g/t Au across 2.3 m and a grab sample assayed at 17.11 g/t Au (Johnston et al,1985). In 1985, an airborne DIGHEM geophysical survey, reconnaissance mapping, prospecting and sampling was done over the area, one assay had a value of 4.40 g/t Au. Exploration in 1986 consisted of detailed mapping, sampling, and ground geophysical surveys of magnetometer, VLF-EM and HLEM. A till sample survey was also done within the Goose Lake area. Of 25 rock samples collected gold assays ranged from less than 0.7 to 8.67 g/t Au. Four samples assayed between 3.00 and 8.67 g/t Au, two samples assayed from 0.5 and 3.0 g/t Au. Fifteen samples had an anomalous gold value ranging from 0.15 to 0.34 g/t Au. In 1987 infill grid surveying, prospecting, ground magnetometer and VLF-EM surveys were carried out to extend and delineate the iron formation. From 1988 to 1991 no field work was done on the Goose Lake area. In 1992 till sampling, ground geophysics (magnetic, VLF-EM and gradiometer) and diamond drilling of 19 holes totalling 2,729 m. A total of 869 core samples were taken with numerous assays exceding 20 g/t Au (e.g. 77.86 g/t Au over 1.0 m and 127.44 g/t over 1.25 m). In 1993 a detailed geophysical survey and a legal survey was completed at the Goose Lake property. In 1994 21 diamond drill holes were drilled totalling 7473 m. " 076GNE0017,45,5,"A press release from Kit Resources on 25 March 1998 announced that a new resource estimate had been calculated based on a drill program from 1997. Twelve drill holes on the Goose Lake target produced the best grades and widths and the deposit remains open to depth. The indicated resource is 1,896,000 tonnes at 10.53 g/t and 642,00 contained ounces gold. Kit Resources state they intend to test for depth extension in the next phase of drilling as well as advance the project to prefeasibility stage as market conditions improve. " 076GNE0018,46,1,"The Goose Neck showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Goose Neck area is within the Back River region. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. Three periods of iron formation deposition have been identified within the Back and Beechey Lake Groups (Chandler et al, 1992). In the property area, iron formations are believed to be equivalent stratigraphically to the uppermost iron formations in the Beechey Lake Group. " 076GNE0018,47,2,"The Beechey Lake Group in the Back River Region are isoclinally folded greywackes, siliceous greywackes and mudstones that are interbedded with iron formation and are steeply dipping. The iron formation consists mainly of magnetite and chert and are of the oxide variety. Subordinate amounts of silicate iron formation are also present (Williamson and Olson, 1990) Map 5602-70 from assessment report #081975 shows the location of the Goose Lake area. 90% of the Archean rocks in the Goose Neck area are covered by glacial material. The Goose Neck oxide iron formation exists in two places along the shore of Goose Lake and is interbedded with Beechey Lake Group greywacke and and mudstone. The iron oxide formations are well banded and consist of magnetite, chert and grunerite and 1-2 volume percent pyrite. The iron formation trend north north-west and is approximately 5m wide. Airborne geophysics indicate that the oxide iron formation is complwexly folded and faulted. In the TGL5b target area (map 6601-179 from assessment report 082116)a poorly banded to massive, thin silicate iron formation consists of grunerite, hornblende and chlorite and is interbedded with greywacke and mudstone. Within the iron formation sulphidic zones contain up to 10% pyrite. In 1985 reconnaissance mapping and prospecting yeilded one rock grab assay of 4.40 g Au/t from a pyrrhotite bearing zone in greywacke. Bartkiewicz & Johnston (1986) note that this sample was from a boulder that was found on the oxide iron formation. An airborne geophysical survey was also flown over the Goose Lake area in 1985. 1986 exploration included prospecting, mapping at a 1:2000 scale and sampling. Of four samples collected within oxide iron formation none were over 0.07 g/t Au. In the TGL5b area, approximately 950 m SW of the Goose Lake shore, a rock grab sample from a sulphide bearing zone in a silicate iron formation assayed at 0.34 g/t Au. " 076GNE0019,48,1,"The Goose Creek showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Goose Creek area is within the Back River region. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. Three periods of iron formation deposition have been identified within the Back and Beechey Lake Groups (Chandler et al, 1992). In the property area, iron formations are believed to be equivalent stratigraphically to the uppermost iron formations in the Beechey Lake Group. " 076GNE0019,49,2,"The Beechey Lake Group in the Back River Region are isoclinally folded greywackes, siliceous greywackes and mudstones that are interbedded with iron formation and are steeply dipping. The iron formation consists mainly of magnetite and chert and are of the oxide variety. Subordinate amounts of silicate iron formation are also present (Williamson and Olson, 1990) Map 5602-70 from assessment report #081975 shows the location of the Goose Lake area. Glacial material covers 55 to 85 percent of the Goose Creek area. Ground and airborne magnetic data indicate that the iron formation trends to the NW, is folded into a S shape, then continues to the NW into the Llama Lake area where it becomes complexly folded. It is then traced back to the Goose Creek area. There is one main area of interbedded oxide iron formation in the Goose Creek area. The iron formation is interbedded with Beechey Lake Group greywacke and mudstone. Thin silicate iron formations outcrop locally and occur as pods and lenses that are 0.5 m or less in thickness. The silicate iron formations consist mainly of grunerite with lesser amounts of chert and chlorite and are poorly banded. ""Sulphide zones occur within both the oxide and silicate iron formations. In the oxide iron formation, the sulphide zones comprise 2 volume percent disseminated pyrite and 1 volume percent disseminated arsenopyrite. In the silicate iron formation, the sulphide zones contain a combined total of 1 to 5 volume percent disseminated pyrite and pyrrhotite. Quartz veins are present near most sulphide zones in the silicate iron formations. No vein quartz was found near the sulphide zones in the oxide iron formation (Bartkiewicz & Johnston, 1986)."" " 076GNE0019,50,3,"Exploration of the Goose Creek area commenced in 1984 with reconnaissance prospecting and rock sampling based on positive aeromagnetic anomalies from the 1968 Geological Survwey of Canada (Bartkiewicz & Johnston,1986). In 1985 geological mapping at a scale of 1:10,000, prospecting and sampling were done. As well an airborne geophysical DIGHEM survey was flown over the area. Rock grab samples from 1984 and 1985 range from 0.005 g/t Au to 0.70 g/t Au (Bartkiewicz & Johnston,1986). Exploration in 1986 included detailed prospecting and mapping at a scale of 1:1000, sampling, ground magnetometer, VLF-EM and HLEM surveys, as well, reconnaissance prospecting and mapping were done on other areas of the property. 14 rock samples collected and gold values range from less than 0.07 to 2.67 g/t Au. Three samples assayed at 1.06, 1.71 and 2.67 g/t Au. Five samples had anomalous gold content of 0.15 g/t Au or greater, these include assays from 0.17 to 0.75 g/t Au. Six of the eight rocks that assay between 0.17 to 2.67 g/t Au were from a sulphidic zone in the oxide iron formation, the other three were from silicate iron formation beds and lenses. In 1987 a ground magnetometer survey was completed at the Goose Creek area to better define the poorly exposed and complexly folded iron formation. In 1992 reconnaissance till sampling was done over the Goose Lake area. In 1986, Target TGL5a was prospected and mapped at a 1:10,000 scale. All the sulphide occurrences were in subrounded boulders so the source is unknown. One of the boulders (located approximately 0.6 km east of Big Lake) was of silicate iron formation and had 1 volume percent pyrite. Of six samples taken, one assayed at 0.34 g/t Au, all the others were 0.10 g/t Au or less." 076GNE0020,51,1,"The Llama Lake showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Llama Lake area is within the Back River region. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. Three periods of iron formation deposition have been identified within the Back and Beechey Lake Groups (Chandler et al, 1992). In the property area, iron formations are believed to be equivalent stratigraphically to the uppermost iron formations in the Beechey Lake Group. " 076GNE0020,52,2,"The Beechey Lake Group in the Back River Region are isoclinally folded greywackes, siliceous greywackes and mudstones that are interbedded with iron formation and are steeply dipping. The iron formation consists mainly of magnetite and chert and are of the oxide variety. Subordinate amounts of silicate iron formation are also present (Williamson and Olson, 1990) Map 5602-70 from assessment report #081975 shows the location of the Goose/Llama Lake area. Glacial material covers 80 to 90 percent of the Llama Lake area. Ground and airborne magnetic data indicate that the iron formation in the Llama Lake area is complexly folded. Beechey Lake Group greywacke and mudstone and quartzite, oxide and silicate iron formations have a northwesterly trend. The well banded oxide iron formations are generally 5 to 10 m thick and consist of magnetite, chert and grunerite. The poorly banded grunerite, chert and chlorite silicate iron formations occur as lenses or pods up to 0.5 m thick within greywacke and mudstone. Both types of iron formations ontain sulphides and carbonates locally. " 076GNE0020,53,3,"Sulphidic zones in both oxide and silicate iron formations are spatially associated with quartz veins. The dominant sulphide is pyrite, but arsenopyrite and pyrrhotite are also present locally. Pyrite occurs in irregular patches and as disseminated crystals. Arsenopyrite exists as medium grained disseminated crystals at or near the margins of the quartz veins and is associated with pyrite. Pyrrhotite occurs as disseminated fine grained crystals or as irregular patches. Dufrsne and Johnston, 1987 note: In general, rock samples that contain greater than one volume percent arsenopyrite assay greater than 1.00 g/t Au. Rock samples that contain pyrite or pyrrhotite or both assay less than 1.00 g/t Au. A 2 m wide siliceous felsite dyke intrudes the greywacke approximately 100 m north of Llama Lake. West of Llama Lake (approximately 1.5 km), a granitic pluton intrudes the sediments. Helikian gabbroic dykes ranging from 5 to 30 m in width exist parallel to the trend of the iron formations and interbedded sediments. Reconnaissance exploration was conducted at Llama Lake in 1984 and 1985. In 1985 a DIGHEM airborne geophysical survey was performed as part of a larger regional survey. In 1985 a gold occurrence was discovered about 600 m SE of the southern tip of Llama Lake in a sulphide bearing 0.5 m wide silicate iron formation that was adjacent to a crosscutting quartz vein. A rock grab sample from this sulphidic zone assayed at 4.10 g/t Au. The sulphidic zone contained 10 volume percent pyrrhotite,5 volume percent pyrite and 2 volume percent arsenopyrite. In 1986 a base line was established and reconnaissance mapping and sampling were performed." 076GNE0020,54,4,"Three gold occurrences were discovered in 1986, each defined by a single rock sample collected from sulphide bearing zones in silicate iron formations less than 0.5 m wide. The sulphide zones are adjacent to crosscutting quartz veins within the iron formation. Two occurrences are west of Llama Lake, the other is to the southeast. 110 m west of Llama Lake a grab sample from a sulphide bearing zone assayed at4.15 g/t Au. This zone had 3-5% pyrite and 2-3% arsenopyrite by volume. 200 m south of the above occurrence a grab sample from another sulphie bearing silicate iron formation assayed at 2.06 g/t Au. This zone had 2-3 volume percent pyrite. 500 m south of Llama Lake the third occurrence had a sulphide bearing zone of 1-2 volume percent arsenopyrite and assayed at 1.30 g/t Au. 1987 exploration included prospecting, sampling, mapping at a scale of 1:2000, and ground magnetometer and VLF-EM surveying. One rock chip and 44 grab or composite grab samples were taken. Three samples assayed between 0.50 g/t Au and 3.00 g/t Au, the remaining assyed less than 0.5 g/t Au. A gold occurrence was discovered 135 m west of the north end of Llama Lake in a 0.5 to 1 m wide silicate iron formation that was pyrite and arsenopyrite bearing. A rock grab sample assayed at 1.44 g/t Au. Samples collected from bands of silicate iron formation that occur along strike to the NW and SW of this occurrence assay up to 0.51 g/t Au. 80 m south of Llama Lake a gold occurrence within a pyrite and arsenopyrite bearing oxide iron formation that is 10-15 m wide assayed at 2.71 g/t Au. This iron formation is poorly exposed over a strike length of 110 m. Arsenopyrite was found in only one location but pyrite exists throughout. In 1992 a reconnaissance till sampling survey was carried out." 076GNW0002,55,1,"The Yava Showing, also referred to as the Agricola Lake deposit, occurs within the Hackett River volcano-sedimentary belt which comprises rocks of the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup. The Showing is located near the top of the Hackett River Group, which typically consists of a succession of fragmental rhyolites capped with basalt flows and overlain by pillowed andesites. In the vicinity of the Yava deposit, the pillowed andesites are largely absent, replaced by a fragmental-rich sequence of dacitic ash flow tuffs overlain by the main host unit of generally siliceous volcanics. The latter includes massive, bedded, and glassy felsic volcanics interlayered with chert, graphitic argillite, pyrite/pyrrhotite and limestone, and is dominated by tuffs and lapilli tuffs near the deposit. The main sulphide mineralization is found near the base of the siliceous unit, and an alteration pipe/stringer zone extends down into the underlying dacitic tuff. Sphalerite occurs in a series of layers throughout a 95 metre stratigraphic interval in the centre of the deposit, although the main mineralized beds are found within an interval between 15 and 30 metres thick. Sulphidic layers are thick and closely spaced in the central areas, and thinner as well as more widely spaced toward the periphery. They tend to be either pyrite or sphalerite-rich, with peak pyrite concentrations generally underlying peak concentrations of ore minerals (CIMM Bulletin V73N815P143). There is a vertical metal zonation, with successive layers from bottom to top changing from chalcopyrite-rich to low-Fe sphalerite plus galena, to argentiferous tennantite + sphalerite + galena, and finally to high-Fe, argentiferous and auriferous sphalerite, the lower half of this layer is an argentiferous pyrite layer." 076GNW0002,56,2,"Alteration associated with the deposit is not described in detail. Chlorite and sericite are present and the host rocks are soda-depleted and enriched in magnesium and iron. Regionally, the host strata are part of the steep to overturned limb of a major syncline. Crenulations and small scale S and Z drag folds are present in bedded rocks. Most of these small folds plunge steeply, at least some of them to the south. The Yava Showing was discovered by a GSC regional geochemical survey program in 1972-3. Work done since then includes geological mapping, geochemical sampling (water, soil and rock), airborne and grid-based ground geophysics (gravity, magnetometer, resistivity), and diamond drilling. A total of 15 diamond drill holes were drilled on the Yava Showing over 2 years for a combined footage of 3376 ft. In the first phase of drilling, 6 holes were drilled totalling 1295 ft. Five of the holes intersected steeply dipping sulphide sections with zinc, lead, copper, silver and gold anomalies. These sections include a stratigraphic upper zone rich in zinc and silver, a composite zone with layers of nearly massive sulphide rich in zinc, lead, silver with significant copper and gold and, a stratigraphic footwall zone containing copper stringers. AR 080465 states that the drilled sections contain more than 4% Zn, 1% Pb, 1% Cu, 1 oz/ton Ag, 0.01 oz/ton Au or combinations thereof. " 076GNW0002,57,3,"In the second phase of drilling, nine holes were drilled for a combined footage of 2081 ft; four of these tested targets outside the main zone. Three of the five holes testing the main zone intersected base metal sulphides: 5.2 oz/ton silver, 1.85% zinc over 2.5 ft core length in one hole; 3.8% zinc, 0.24 oz/ton silver over 2.8 ft. core length in another hole; and 6.5% zinc, 0.37 oz/ton silver over 5.4 ft. core length, and 3.10% zinc, 1.7 oz/ton silver, 0.02 oz/ton gold over 3.7 ft core length in a third hole. The following conclusions were reached at the end of this drilling: The Main Zone drilling extended the Main Zone mineralization over an area 1500 feet long and 500 feet wide and to a depth of at least 300 feet below surface. Detailed drilling is required to define the exact nature and grade of the Main Zone. Drilling on targets outside the Main Zone intersected only traces of ore mineralization. (Assessment Report 080538) There is no indication of any further work being done on the showing. No further Assessment Reports were filed and no mention is made of further work in the annual Mineral Industry Reports put out by DIAND. Expenditures to the end of 1975 were sufficient to secure the property until 1984, at which time it was taken to lease. " 076GNW0002,58,4,"The Yava Showing has been cited in numerous references as having drill-indicated reserves of 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 tonnes grading 3% Zn, 0.5% Cu, 0.5% Pb, 102.8 g/t (or 10%) Ag and 2 g/t Au. It is difficult to determine what these figures are based on, and the only conclusion which presents itself is that they are based on the 8 mineralized intersections of the 1974-75 drill program - or more accurately, on speculation regarding these intersections. The National Mineral Inventory (EMR Canada, Mineral Policy Sector) gives separate grades for two sections of the deposit and a total size of 1,250,000 tons, quoting a talk presented at the 1976 Geoscience Forum. Since no work appears to have been done in 1976, these reserve figures must be based on the 8 intersections mentioned above and therefore do not meet any commonly accepted criteria for definition as an ore reserve. The publication called Canadian Mineral Deposits Not Being Mined in 1989 (EMR Canada, Mineral Policy Sector) also gives reserve figures for Yava, quoting a 1982 paper but giving 1976 as the date of the calculation. Again the only conclusion is that the figures are based on inadequate information, possibly supported by frequent references to the Yava massive sulphide deposit in various journal articles and other publications. Support for this view is found in an addendum to Assessment Report 080538, in which the results of the five 1974 drill intersections are discussed rather optimistically. The author interprets three zones and calculates average horizontal widths, tons per vertical foot, and grade of each zone from these five intersections, then goes on to say: It is reasonable to suppose that the M zone extends 100 feet north of Y3 and 200 feet south of Y4. If this is so, the zone would contain 1 million tons to an average depth of 300 feet, 2 million tons if the body reached a depth of 600 feet." 076GNW0002,59,5,"This is the first mention of 1 to 2 million tons in available sources. It is interesting to note that the deepest sulphides were intersected at 290 ft below surface. This Showing has been assigned a Development Stage of Drilled rather than Resources Calculated, in accordance with the conclusions reached above." 076GNW0003,60,1,"The George Lake area lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The George Lake Area is within the Back River region. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. Three periods of iron formation deposition have been identified within the Back and Beechey Lake Groups (Chandler et al, 1992). In the property area, iron formations are believed to be equivalent stratigraphically to the uppermost iron formations in the Beechey Lake Group. " 076GNW0003,61,2,"The Beechey Lake Group in the Back River region are isoclinally folded greywackes, siliceous greywackes and mudstones that are interbedded with iron formation and are steeply dipping. The iron formation consists mainly of magnetite and chert and is of the oxide variety. Subordinate amounts of silicate iron formation are also present (Williamson and Olson,1990). The Beechey Lake Group greywackes have been intruded by sill like bodies of Archean felsite. These sills are generally 1-3 m wide with the exception of one at the NW end of George Lake which is up to 130 m wide and 2.3 km long. The sedimentary rocks and the iron formations of the Beechey Lake Group as well as the Aphebian Goulburn Group sediments have been cut by numerous NNW trending Helikian gabbroic dykes. Approximately 50% of the Precambrian rocks of the George Lake area are mantled by quaternary glacial material. The metamorphic grade of the Beechey Lake Group in the George Lake area is lower to middle greenschist. The George Lake area has been subject to an increasing scale of exploration since 1982. The area has been prospected, mapped, trenched, sampled and drilled as well as having airborne geophysics and detailed ground geophysics done. In the George Lake area, iron formations within Beechey Lake sedimentary rocks strike northwest. This 16 km long and 2.5 km wide iron formation/sediment sequence has three major oxide iron formation belts identified within it. These belts are: the George Lake belt, the Fold Nose belt and the Lookout Hill belt. Maps 6601-31 & 32 from assessment report 082117 show the three main belts as well as the main mineral occurrences and their locations. All locations of occurrences are taken from an approximate midpoint and located with reference to the George Lake camp (GLC) which is on the SSW shore of George Lake." 076GNW0003,62,3,"Gold exists in sulphide facies within oxide iron formations in several areas in the George Lake area. Five deposits are highlighted but there are numerous gold occurrences throughout the area. Assays (from 1988) marked with an asterick are cut assays to 34.268 g Au/t. The George Lake North deposit consists of Locale 1 - Locale 1 North. Locale 1 North-Locale 1(approximately 1.2 km NW of GLC) gold bearing sulphidic zone has a minimum strike length of approximately 960 m, an average vertical extent of approximately 200 m and a true width of 3.7 m for intersections with a gold grade times width product over 10 g*m. One drill hole intersected a zone with a weighted average of 9.02* g/t Au over 10.53 m core length. Locale 1 North (1.8 km NW of GLC) has two oxide iron formations that are the steeply SW dipping limbs of a syncline. The SW limb is gold bearing and ranges from 5 to 50 m wide. Gold in the oxide iron formation is spatially related to quartz veins and the sulphidic zones have abundant quartz and chlorite, up to 15% pyrrhotite and lesser pyrite and arsenopyrite. Visible gold is present with chlorite and sulphides within and near quartz veining. The Occurrence Lake deposit (formerly Locale 2, approximately 400 m SW of GLC) has a gold bearing sulphide facies iron formation that ranges from 2.72 to 18.77 m wide and strikes for 110 m. Mudstone and greywacke beds are often intercalated with the iron formation. Visible gold is associated with white vein quartz and arsenopyrite veins which crosscut the iron formation. The best drill core result from 1988 produced a weighted average of 4.9 g/t Au over 13.32 m core length. " 076GNW0003,63,4,"The Esker Pond deposit (formerly GH): The southwest oxide iron formation (approximately 3 km S of GLC) has a gold bearing sulphidic zone that has a minimum strike length of 240 m which extends to a depth of at least 270 m below surface (average depth of 120 m) and an average true width of approximately 4.9 m for intersections with a grade times width gold value over 10 g*m. The iron formation exists in a tight SE plunging syncline. Two drill holes from 1988 gave weighted averages of 8.33 g/t Au over 13.65 m core length and 17.91* g/t Au across 6.14 m core length. GH South (2.5 km S of GLC)has an oxide iron formation within an isoclinal syncline that contains pyrite, arsenopyrite and visible gold associated with chlorite and quartz veining. The gold bearing sulphidic zone has a strike length of at least 120 m in the NE part of the iron formation. The highest weighted average obtained from the 1988 drilling was 2.83 g Au/t over 15.27 m core length. The Slave deposit (approximately 1.2 km ESE of GLC) has thick oxide iron formation as well as silicate iron formation, both are folded and faulted. Gold exists in sulphidic zones which are spatially related to quartz carbonate veins and usually contain chlorite. Sulphides include pyrite and arsenopyrite. At Slave Central Fold a drillhole intersected a zone which gave a weighted average of 10.94* g/t Au over 10.14 m core length. At Slave Northern Folds, a weighted average of 2.12 g/t Au over 10.55 m core length was obtained. The Lone Cow Pond deposit (approximately 3.8 km NW of GLC) has a gold bearing zone within a siliceous iron formation and auriferous chloritic greywacke that is interbedded with mudstone. Within the sulphide facies arsenopyrite is found up to 30% volume and pyrite ranges from 2-20% locally. White quartz veins 1-10 cm are found within the iron formation and the greywackes." 076GNW0003,64,5,"The gold bearing zone has two high grade shoots, the larger one plunges approximately 40 degrees NW with a true average width (for grade times width over 10 g*m) of 3.4 m and a down plunge length of 430 m. The shoot ranges from 60-110 m in length perpendicular to plunge axis. The highest gold weighted average from drilling in 1988 was 16.68* g/t Au over 8.23 m core length. On March 24 1992 a public presentation to the NWT water board gave an undiluted geological resource estimate for the five deposits of the George Lake area as 3.1 million tonnes at a cut grade of 12.41 g/t gold to a 300 m depth. In 1996 when the George Lake properties changed owners a news release from Arauco Resources Corporation (July 2, 1996) stated that the George Lake property has over 100 surface gold showings which assayed at over 10 g Au/t. A 1998 press release from Kit Resources Ltd. announced new resource estimates based on a 21,000 m drill program conducted in 1997. Resource estimate as follows: Locale 1: 1,228,000 tonnes @ 10.84 g/t, 428,000 contained ounces gold Locale 2: 1,063,000 tonnes @ 11.62 g/t, 397,000 contained ounces gold Lone Cow Pond: 381,000 tonnes @ 10.74 g/t, 132,000 contained ounces gold GH: 228,000 tonnes @ 10.22 g/t, 75,000 contained ounces gold Slave: 176,000 tonnes @ 9.88 g/t, 56,000 contained ounces gold All of the mineralization is located less than 300 metres below surface so a portion of the resource can be mined by open pit. The resource was based on a cutof grade of 5 grams of gold per tonne. 93-95 percent of the gold would be recovered using carbon in pulp milling techniques. In July of 1998 an independent resource calculation was released in the NOrthern Miner which expanded the size of the gold deposit. It is now estimated to host 6.5 million tonnes averaging 9.76 g/t Au. The increase is attributable to new inferred resources which total 2.22 million tonnes of 9.9 grams gold. The indicated resources total 4.2 million tonnes grading 9.8 grams gold." 076GNW0004,65,1,"The Rifle Lake area is in the SE section of the George Lake area which lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The George Lake Area is within the Back River region. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. Three periods of iron formation deposition have been identified within the Back and Beechey Lake Groups (Chandler et al, 1992). In the property area, iron formations are believed to be equivalent stratigraphically to the uppermost iron formations in the Beechey Lake Group. " 076GNW0004,66,2,"The Beechey Lake Group in the Back River region are isoclinally folded greywackes, siliceous greywackes and mudstones that are interbedded with iron formation and are steeply dipping. The iron formation consists mainly of magnetite and chert and is of the oxide variety. Subordinate amounts of silicate iron formation are also present (Williamson and Olson,1990). The Beechey Lake Group greywackes have been intruded by sill like bodies of Archean felsite. These sills are generally 1-3 m wide with the exception of one at the NW end of George Lake which is up to 130 m wide and 2.3 km long. The sedimentary rocks and the iron formations of the Beechey Lake Group as well as the Aphebian Goulburn Group sediments have been cut by numerous NNW trending Helikian gabbroic dykes. Approximately 50% of the Precambrian rocks of the George Lake area are mantled by quaternary glacial material. The metamorphic grade of the Beechey Lake Group in the George Lake area is lower to middle greenschist. The George Lake area has been subject to an increasing scale of exploration since 1982. The area has been prospected, mapped, trenched, sampled and drilled as well as having airborne geophysics and detailed ground geophysics done. In the George Lake area, iron formations within Beechey Lake sedimentary rocks strike northwest. This 16 km long and 2.5 km wide iron formation/sediment sequence has three major oxide iron formation belts identified within it. These belts are: the George Lake belt, the Fold Nose belt and the Lookout Hill belt. Rifle Lake is in the SW section of the George Lake area, on the Eastern side of the Lookout Hill Belt, approximately 9.2 km from then George Lake Camp (SW shore of George Lake). " 076GNW0004,67,3,"Maps 6601-31 & 32 from assessment report 082117 show the three main belts as well as the main mineral occurences and their locations. The Rifle Lake area has been subject to a variety of exploration activity since 1984 including reconnaissance and detailed prospecting, sampling, mapping, geophysics (ground and airborne), and diamond drilling. The main concentration of exploration is in the NW section of the Rifle Lake area on the western shore of Long Lake where a thick oxide iron formation and a chlorite greywacke-siliceous unit are well folded forming a SE plunging syncline. Fold closures have an average plunge of 65 degrees SE. The oxide formation is 12-60 m thick and is well banded with magnetite, chert, grunerite and carbonate. The chlorite greywacke-siliceous unit is stratigraphically below the oxide iron formation. It has discontinuous gold bearing siliceous layers and the iron formation is up to 12 m wide. Fine grained disseminated pyrite is present in the siliceous layers. In the siliceous-greywacke unit white quartz and quartz carbonate veins to 1 m wide cut subparallel to parallel to strike. Arsenopyrite to 10% is found along the margins of some veins. Locally visible gold is noted in and along quartz vein margins. Samples with the highest gold values come from the siliceous layers. Sampling results: One 1984 composite grab sample assayed at 0.90 g Au/t over 0.5 m In 1986 a rock grab sample ran 80.61 g/t Au and a chip sample had a cut grade of 15.52 g/t Au over 3.26 m. As well 9 samples had assays over 10 g/t Au, 5 were between 3 & 10 g/t Au and 11 samples assayed between 0.5 and 3 g/t Au. 1987 sampling of the interbedded silicate iron formation yeilded assays of 8.00 g/t Au over 5.15 m: 3.32 g/t Au over 4.7 m and 1.61 g/t Au over 2.7 m. The 1988 drilling and sampling of the greywacke-siliceous unit produced drill core samples of 0.95 g/t Au over 1.2 m: 1.91 g/t Au over 2.99 m and 5.72 g/t Au over 0.85 m." 076GNW0005,68,1,"The Komatik Lake Showing is in the SW section of the George Lake area. The George Lake area lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The George Lake Area is within the Back River region. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. Three periods of iron formation deposition have been identified within the Back and Beechey Lake Groups (Chandler et al, 1992). In the property area, iron formations are believed to be equivalent stratigraphically to the uppermost iron formations in the Beechey Lake Group. " 076GNW0005,69,2,"The Beechey Lake Group in the Back River region are isoclinally folded greywackes, siliceous greywackes and mudstones that are interbedded with iron formation and are steeply dipping. The iron formation consists mainly of magnetite and chert and is of the oxide variety. Subordinate amounts of silicate iron formation are also present (Williamson and Olson,1990). The Beechey Lake Group greywackes have been intruded by sill like bodies of Archean felsite. These sills are generally 1-3 m wide with the exception of one at the NW end of George Lake which is up to 130 m wide and 2.3 km long. The sedimentary rocks and the iron formations of the Beechey Lake Group as well as the Aphebian Goulburn Group sediments have been cut by numerous NNW trending Helikian gabbroic dykes. Approximately 50% of the Precambrian rocks of the George Lake area are mantled by quaternary glacial material. The metamorphic grade of the Beechey Lake Group in the George Lake area is lower to middle greenschist. In the George Lake area, iron formations within Beechey Lake sedimentary rocks strike northwest. This 16 km long and 2.5 km wide iron formation/sediment sequence has three major oxide iron formation belts identified within it. These belts are: the George Lake belt, the Fold Nose belt and the Lookout Hill belt. Komatik Lake is in the SW section of the George Lake area, on the west side of the George Lake Belt, approximately 6.8 km from the George Lake Camp (SW shore of George Lake). The Komatik Lake area has had the following work done: prospecting, mapping, sampling and in 1985 a Digham airborne geophysical survey was done as part of the George Lake area. The airborne survey shows a 1.2 km long shear related AEM conductor in the Komatik Lake area. " 076GNW0005,70,3,"Maps 6601-31 & 32 from assessment report 082117 show the three main belts of the George Lake area as well as the main mineral occurences and their locations. The Komatic Lake showing is within a NW trending subvertical greywacke and mudstone sequence that is cut by NW trending intermediate composition porphyritic dykes. The greywacke and mudstone are sheared subparallel to bedding. A narrow gold and sulphide bearing (0.5 m wide) quartz vein which has a strike length of approximately 50 m is within the sheared mudstone unit. Locally the quartz vein has ( by volume) up to 10% arsenopyrite, 5% pyrite and 3% galena. Trace sulphides are present in the dykes but are restricted to widely spaced crosscutting quartz veins. In 1987 a grab sample of 33.60 g/t Au was assayed from a quartz vein with 10% arsenopyrite, 5% pyrite and trace galena. A quartz vein sample with 3% pyrite, 3% galena and trace arsenopyrite assayed 4.9 g/t Au and a quartz vein sample with no sulphides assayed 0.69 g/t Au. In 1988 follow up sampling was done. Of nine samples taken, all assayed less than or equal to 0.82 g Au/t." 076GNW0006,71,1,"The Mouse showing is in the SW section of the George Lake area. The George Lake area lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The George Lake Area is within the Back River region. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. Three periods of iron formation deposition have been identified within the Back and Beechey Lake Groups (Chandler et al, 1992). In the property area, iron formations are believed to be equivalent stratigraphically to the uppermost iron formations in the Beechey Lake Group. " 076GNW0006,72,2,"The Beechey Lake Group in the Back River region are isoclinally folded greywackes, siliceous greywackes and mudstones that are interbedded with iron formation and are steeply dipping. The iron formation consists mainly of magnetite and chert and is of the oxide variety. Subordinate amounts of silicate iron formation are also present (Williamson and Olson,1990). The Beechey Lake Group greywackes have been intruded by sill like bodies of Archean felsite. These sills are generally 1-3 m wide with the exception of one at the NW end of George Lake which is up to 130 m wide and 2.3 km long. The sedimentary rocks and the iron formations of the Beechey Lake Group as well as the Aphebian Goulburn Group sediments have been cut by numerous NNW trending Helikian gabbroic dykes. Approximately 50% of the Precambrian rocks of the George Lake area are mantled by quaternary glacial material. The metamorphic grade of the Beechey Lake Group in the George Lake area is lower to middle greenschist. In the George Lake area, iron formations within Beechey Lake sedimentary rocks strike northwest. This 16 km long and 2.5 km wide iron formation/sediment sequence has three major oxide iron formation belts identified within it. These belts are: the George Lake belt, the Fold Nose belt and the Lookout Hill belt. The Mouse showing is in the SW section of the George Lake area, on the west side of the George Lake Belt, approximately 7.5 km from the George Lake Camp (SW shore of George Lake). The Mouse area has had the following work done: prospecting, mapping, sampling, ground geophysics and in 1985 a Digham airborne geophysical survey was done as part of the George Lake area. " 076GNW0006,73,3,The Mouse showing is a NW striking sequence of mudstone and iron formation that exists between two gabbroic dykes. The Mouse showing is a sulphide and gold bearing amphibole-chert-chlorite iron formation that locally has up to 10% volume pyrite and trace to 5% arsenopyrite. Quartz veins crosscut the iron formation and mudstone sequence. The iron formation has a strike length of approximately 165 m. One assay from 1984 gave a gold value of 33.09 g/t over 2 m. In 1985 a composite sample assayed at 2.5 g/t Au over 1.2 m and a grab sample had a gold value off 2.5 g/t. 076GNW0007,74,1,"The Bullwinkle showing is in the SW section of the George Lake area. The George Lake area lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The George Lake Area is within the Back River region. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. Three periods of iron formation deposition have been identified within the Back and Beechey Lake Groups (Chandler et al, 1992). In the property area, iron formations are believed to be equivalent stratigraphically to the uppermost iron formations in the Beechey Lake Group. " 076GNW0007,75,2,"The Beechey Lake Group in the Back River region are isoclinally folded greywackes, siliceous greywackes and mudstones that are interbedded with iron formation and are steeply dipping. The iron formation consists mainly of magnetite and chert and is of the oxide variety. Subordinate amounts of silicate iron formation are also present (Williamson and Olson,1990). The Beechey Lake Group greywackes have been intruded by sill like bodies of Archean felsite. These sills are generally 1-3 m wide with the exception of one at the NW end of George Lake which is up to 130 m wide and 2.3 km long. The sedimentary rocks and the iron formations of the Beechey Lake Group as well as the Aphebian Goulburn Group sediments have been cut by numerous NNW trending Helikian gabbroic dykes. Approximately 50% of the Precambrian rocks of the George Lake area are mantled by quaternary glacial material. The metamorphic grade of the Beechey Lake Group in the George Lake area is lower to middle greenschist. In the George Lake area, iron formations within Beechey Lake sedimentary rocks strike northwest. This 16 km long and 2.5 km wide iron formation/sediment sequence has three major oxide iron formation belts identified within it. These belts are: the George Lake belt, the Fold Nose belt and the Lookout Hill belt. " 076GNW0007,76,3,"The Bullwinkle Lake showing is in the SW section of the George Lake area, within the Fold Nose belt, approximately 9 km from the George Lake Camp (SW shore of George Lake). The Bullwinkle area has had the following work done: prospecting, mapping, sampling, and in 1985 a Digham airborne geophysical survey was done as part of the George Lake area. Both silicate and oxide iron formations are present within the Bullwinkle Lake showing. In 1986 a rock chip sample of oxide iron formation with arsenopyrite, pyrite and a crosscutting quartz vein assayed at 6.51 g/t Au over 0.2 m. Along strike of this sample a composite grab sample yeilded an assay of 0.82 g/t Au over 2 m. A silicate iron formation 200 m SW of Rifle Lake outcrops on the east side of a gabbro dyke and is undr 2 m wide. A grab sample from this iron formation assayed at 6.0 g/t Au. On the west side of the dyke (250 m SE) the silicate iron formation has a strike length of approximately 10 m and is comprised of chert and chloritic greywacke. A sample containing arsenopyrite and pyrite assays at 2.81 g/t Au. An oxide iron formation has trace amounts pyrite and assays of grab rock samples range from 0.45 g/t Au to 1.89 g/t Au. A silicate iron formation to the NE of Bullwinkle Lake parallels the SW edge of a large gabbroic dyke. This iron formation has up to 50 volume percent arsenopyrite, 5% pyrite and vein quartz. One assay gave a gold value of 19.89 g/t. " 076GNW0008,77,1,"The Takrark Lake showing is in the SW section of the George Lake area. The George Lake area lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The George Lake Area is within the Back River region. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. Three periods of iron formation deposition have been identified within the Back and Beechey Lake Groups (Chandler et al, 1992). In the property area, iron formations are believed to be equivalent stratigraphically to the uppermost iron formations in the Beechey Lake Group. " 076GNW0008,78,2,"The Beechey Lake Group in the Back River region are isoclinally folded greywackes, siliceous greywackes and mudstones that are interbedded with iron formation and are steeply dipping. The iron formation consists mainly of magnetite and chert and is of the oxide variety. Subordinate amounts of silicate iron formation are also present (Williamson and Olson,1990). The Beechey Lake Group greywackes have been intruded by sill like bodies of Archean felsite. These sills are generally 1-3 m wide with the exception of one at the NW end of George Lake which is up to 130 m wide and 2.3 km long. The sedimentary rocks and the iron formations of the Beechey Lake Group as well as the Aphebian Goulburn Group sediments have been cut by numerous NNW trending Helikian gabbroic dykes. Approximately 50% of the Precambrian rocks of the George Lake area are mantled by quaternary glacial material. The metamorphic grade of the Beechey Lake Group in the George Lake area is lower to middle greenschist. In the George Lake area, iron formations within Beechey Lake sedimentary rocks strike northwest. This 16 km long and 2.5 km wide iron formation/sediment sequence has three major oxide iron formation belts identified within it. These belts are: the George Lake belt, the Fold Nose belt and the Lookout Hill belt. " 076GNW0008,79,3,"The Takrark Lake showing is in the SW section of the George Lake area, within the Fold Nose belt, approximately 5.4 km from the George Lake Camp (SW shore of George Lake). The Takrark Lake area has had the following work done: prospecting, mapping, sampling, and in 1985 a Digham airborne geophysical survey was done as part of the George Lake area. The Takrark Lake area gold bearing oxide iron formation has discontinuous outcropppings that range from 7 to 20 m in width. Quartz veins crosscut the iron formation. The iron formation contacts mudstone to the east and greywacke and a gabbroic dyke to the west. The iron formation is a gold and arsenopyrite-pyrite, chlorite magnetite chert iron formation that has up to 50% coarse grained arsenopyrite and 2-10% pyrite. Visible gold is associated with quartz veining as well as with arsenopyrite, pyrite and chlorite. In 1984 two samples 12 m apart along strike yeilded assays of 16.63 g/t Au over 4m and 86.85 g/t Au over 0.3 m. In 1986 a chip sample assayed at 40.36 g/t Au over 1.4 m (32.34/1.4 m cut grade), 30 m to the SE a grab sample of arsenopyrite and quartz vein assayed at 10.18 g/t Au. The highest gold value from 1988 sampling was a grab sample with vein quartz, arsenopyrite and pyrite. This sample assayed at 30.93 g/t Au." 076GNW0009,80,1,"The 4LBZ005 showing is in the SW section of the George Lake area which lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. This showing is located within the Lookout Hill belt, approximately 10.8 km from the George Lake Camp (SW shore of George Lake). The 4LBZ005 area has had the following work done: prospecting, mapping, sampling, and in 1985 a Digham airborne geophysical survey was done as part of the George Lake area. One sample was taken from the 4LBZ005 arsenopyrite-pyrite bearing amphibole-chert-chlorite iron formation. This iron formation is well banded and contains up to 5 volume percent coarse grained arsenopyrite and 5% disseminated pyrite. Quartz veins are present in the vicinity. This iron formation has an exposed strike length of approximately 20 m and a gold bearing zone 0.8 m wide. One sample was taken and assayed at 12.82 g Au/t over 0.8 m. in 1984." 076GNW0010,81,1,"The West Rapids showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. The Western Rapids showing is in the Southern section of the George Lake area, along strike of the Fold Nose belt, approximately 11.3 km from the George Lake Camp (SW shore of George Lake). The Western Rapids area has had reconnaissance sampling and, in 1985 a Digham airborne geophysical survey was done as part of the George Lake area. The Western Rapids oxide iron formation is a small outcropping that is cut by a 0.5 m wide quartz vein that has arsenopyrite, pyrite and graphite along the margins. In 1983 a composite rock sample assayed 0.3 g/t Au across 4.0 m (Conkin et al, 1988). Sampling from 1988 yeilded assayes up to 28.18 g/t Au." 076GNW0011,82,1,"The Oar Lake showing is in the Southern section of the George Lake area. The George Lake area lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The George Lake Area is within the Back River region. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. Three periods of iron formation deposition have been identified within the Back and Beechey Lake Groups (Chandler et al, 1992). In the property area, iron formations are believed to be equivalent stratigraphically to the uppermost iron formations in the Beechey Lake Group. " 076GNW0011,83,2,"The Beechey Lake Group in the Back River region are isoclinally folded greywackes, siliceous greywackes and mudstones that are interbedded with iron formation and are steeply dipping. The iron formation consists mainly of magnetite and chert and is of the oxide variety. Subordinate amounts of silicate iron formation are also present (Williamson and Olson,1990). The Beechey Lake Group greywackes have been intruded by sill like bodies of Archean felsite. These sills are generally 1-3 m wide with the exception of one at the NW end of George Lake which is up to 130 m wide and 2.3 km long. The sedimentary rocks and the iron formations of the Beechey Lake Group as well as the Aphebian Goulburn Group sediments have been cut by numerous NNW trending Helikian gabbroic dykes. Approximately 50% of the Precambrian rocks of the George Lake area are mantled by quaternary glacial material. The metamorphic grade of the Beechey Lake Group in the George Lake area is lower to middle greenschist. In the George Lake area, iron formations within Beechey Lake sedimentary rocks strike northwest. This 16 km long and 2.5 km wide iron formation/sediment sequence has three major oxide iron formation belts identified within it. These belts are: the George Lake belt, the Fold Nose belt and the Lookout Hill belt. " 076GNW0011,84,3,"The Oar Lake showing is in the southern section of the George Lake area, along strike of the Lookout Hill belt, approximately 12.4 km from the George Lake Camp (SW shore of George Lake). The Showing outcrops at the NW end of Oar Lake. The Oar Lake area has had reconnaissance sampling, mapping, trenching, drilling and, in 1985 a Digham airborne geophysical survey was done as part of the George Lake area. The Oar Lake gold bearing zone occurs in a pyrite bearing iron formation that is interbedded with a chert-chlorite-carbonate iron formation and mudstone sequence. The iron formation contains crosscutting quartz veins, minor folds and faults. To the south and east of the showing the Archean-Aphebian unconformity outcrops. In 1983 a composite grab sample of a arsenopyrite and pyrite bearing felsenmeer boulder assayed at 27.91 g/t Au across 0.5 m (Burlet et al, 1984). In 1984 a trench was excavated, exposing a 1.32 m wide pyrite bearing iron formation with localized arsenopyrite. An assay of 2.19 g/t Au over 1.32 m was recovered from the trench. Approximately 180 m NW of the trench along strike of the iron formation an assay of 10.05 g/t Au across 1 m was recovered. In 1985 the Oar Lake showing had airborne and ground geophysical surveys done as well as 168.86 m of drilling in two diamond drill holes. " 076GNW0011,85,4,"Ground magnetic anomalies coincide with surface exposures of oxide, silicate and sulphidic iron formations at Oar Lake. A VLF-EM conductor is coincident with the iron formation in the trenched area. The airborne magnetics, enhanced magnetics and VLF-EM results indicate that the Oar Lake iron formation continues beneath Oar Lake to the SE, but it is dextrally offset by approximately 110m by a NE trending fault. Two drill holes totalling 168.86 m were drilled. DDH 5B030 was drilled to test the down dip extension of the previously trenched area. This DDH intersected the gold bearing iron formation and assayed up to 4.39 g/t Au over 0.41 m core length. DDH 5B031 was drilled to test the strike and down dip extension of the gold bearing zone that assayed 10.05 across 1m g/t Au. This DDH intersected the iron formation and an assay of 0.95 g/t Au across 2.63 m core length was recovered." 076GNW0012,86,1,"The Shadow Pond showing is in the eastern section of the George Lake area. The George Lake area lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The George Lake Area is within the Back River region. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. Three periods of iron formation deposition have been identified within the Back and Beechey Lake Groups (Chandler et al, 1992). In the property area, iron formations are believed to be equivalent stratigraphically to the uppermost iron formations in the Beechey Lake Group. " 076GNW0012,87,2,"The Beechey Lake Group in the Back River region are isoclinally folded greywackes, siliceous greywackes and mudstones that are interbedded with iron formation and are steeply dipping. The iron formation consists mainly of magnetite and chert and is of the oxide variety. Subordinate amounts of silicate iron formation are also present (Williamson and Olson,1990). The Beechey Lake Group greywackes have been intruded by sill like bodies of Archean felsite. These sills are generally 1-3 m wide with the exception of one at the NW end of George Lake which is up to 130 m wide and 2.3 km long. The sedimentary rocks and the iron formations of the Beechey Lake Group as well as the Aphebian Goulburn Group sediments have been cut by numerous NNW trending Helikian gabbroic dykes. Approximately 50% of the Precambrian rocks of the George Lake area are mantled by quaternary glacial material. The metamorphic grade of the Beechey Lake Group in the George Lake area is lower to middle greenschist. In the George Lake area, iron formations within Beechey Lake sedimentary rocks strike northwest. This 16 km long and 2.5 km wide iron formation/sediment sequence has three major oxide iron formation belts identified within it. These belts are: the George Lake belt, the Fold Nose belt and the Lookout Hill belt. " 076GNW0012,88,3,"The Shadow Pond showing is in the eastern section of the George Lake area, along strike of the Lookout Hill belt, approximately 3.4 km NE of the George Lake Camp (SW shore of George Lake). The Shadow Pond area has had reconnaissance sampling, mapping at a 1:10,000 scale, and, in 1985 a Digham airborne geophysical survey was done as part of the George Lake area. The Shadow Pond silicate iron formation is approximately 6 m wide and consists of interbedded chloritic silicate iron formation, chert and chloritic greywacke. Widely spaced crosscutting quartz veins are associated with all anomalous gold values. Arsenopyrite and pyrite occur in zones (up to 1 m wide) that parallel the margins of the quartz veins. In 1986 reconnaissance one grab sample yeilded an assay of 18.10 g/t Au and a composite grab sample had an assay of 6.17 g/t Au over 6 m. Samples collected between the quartz veins have little to no visible sulphides and assayed less than 1.00 g/t Au. An oxide iron formation that has lenses of carbonate-magnetite-chert iron formation outcrops approximately 180 m SE of Shadow Pond. The carbonate rich portions of the iron formation are associated with disseminated to finely layered pyrite beds. A composite grab sample had an assay of 0.38 g/t Au over 3 m. In 1988 a grab sample from this outcrop assayed at 1.03 g/t Au. " 076GNW0013,89,1,"The Lookout Hill showing is in the eastern section of the George Lake area. The George Lake area lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The George Lake Area is within the Back River region. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. Three periods of iron formation deposition have been identified within the Back and Beechey Lake Groups (Chandler et al, 1992). In the property area, iron formations are believed to be equivalent stratigraphically to the uppermost iron formations in the Beechey Lake Group. " 076GNW0013,90,2,"The Beechey Lake Group in the Back River region are isoclinally folded greywackes, siliceous greywackes and mudstones that are interbedded with iron formation and are steeply dipping. The iron formation consists mainly of magnetite and chert and is of the oxide variety. Subordinate amounts of silicate iron formation are also present (Williamson and Olson,1990). The Beechey Lake Group greywackes have been intruded by sill like bodies of Archean felsite. These sills are generally 1-3 m wide with the exception of one at the NW end of George Lake which is up to 130 m wide and 2.3 km long. The sedimentary rocks and the iron formations of the Beechey Lake Group as well as the Aphebian Goulburn Group sediments have been cut by numerous NNW trending Helikian gabbroic dykes. Approximately 50% of the Precambrian rocks of the George Lake area are mantled by quaternary glacial material. The metamorphic grade of the Beechey Lake Group in the George Lake area is lower to middle greenschist. In the George Lake area, iron formations within Beechey Lake sedimentary rocks strike northwest. This 16 km long and 2.5 km wide iron formation/sediment sequence has three major oxide iron formation belts identified within it. These belts are: the George Lake belt, the Fold Nose belt and the Lookout Hill belt. " 076GNW0013,91,3,"The Lookout Hill showing is in the eastern section of the George Lake area, along strike of the Lookout Hill belt, approximately 2 km NE of the George Lake Camp (SW shore of George Lake). The Lookout Hill area has had reconnaissance sampling, mapping, drilling and, in 1985 a Digham airborne geophysical survey was done as part of the George Lake area. The Lookout Hill sediments are comprised of a subvertical sequence of greywacke, siliceous greywacke, mudstone, iron formation and a siliceous unit. These sediments are tightly folded in a large syncline that plunges 38 degrees southeast and is offset by three steeply dipping faults. The well banded iron formation consists of carbonate, amphibole, magnetite, chlorite and chert. Along the east arm, and in particular, the fold nose of the iron formation the carbonate content is higher than in other sections of the George lake area. The carbonate rich portions of the eastern arm of the iron formation have massive to disseminated pyrite and pyritre nodules, the fold nose has disseminated pyrite. Approximately 330 m north of the main fold nose a discontinuous siliceous unit that is interbedded with greywacke and mudstone is exposed in felsenmeer. This siliceous unit contains up to 15% pyrite and trace amounts arsenopyrite. This unit is the northwest extension of the Shadow Pond siliceous unit and sequence of the Rifle Lake interbedded siliceous unit, iron formation and greywacke. " 076GNW0013,92,4,"Reconnaissance prospecting and sampling was done at Lookout Hill in 1983 but all grab samples of the sulphidic and carbonate iron formation assayed under 0.04 g/t Au. In 1984 this area was mapped at a 1:10,000 scale and again prospected (Johnston et al, 1985). In 1985 of nine samples assayed, only one assay was over 0.07 g/t Au, that sample was taken from a thin pyrite bearing silicate iron formation between Lookout Hill and the Slave occurrence. That sample assayed at 0.17 g/t Au. From the 1985 airborne geophysical survey, several AEM conductors to the southwest and at Lookout Hill were noted. 1986 exploration included detailed prospecting, grid surveying, sampling, geological mapping at a 1:2000 scale, ground magnetometer, VLF-Em and HLEM surveying and drilling of one drill hole to test the ground HLEM and VLF-EM conductors. The iron formation in the drill core had up to 10 volume percent massive to disseminated pyrite but drill core sampling in 1986 yeilded no assays over 0.1 g/t Au. In 1988 a siliceous unit north of the main fold nose was sampled. Assays from rock grab samples ran up to 32.61 g/t Au. Composite grab samples yeilded assays up to 1.99 g/t Au over 1.5 m." 076GNW0014,93,1,"The Knight showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. The Knight showing is a single sample that was taken from an amphibole rich lean iron formation that is less than 1 m wide and traceable for 750 m. Sparse mineralization consists of up to 1% disseminated pyrrhotite. The single sample from the iron formation had a gold value of 0.79 g/t Au, a second sample along the same horizon ran 0.17 g/t Au. " 076GNW0015,94,1,"The U-1 showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The U-1 showing is within the Aphebian rocks of the Goulburn Group. These rocks, the Western River Formation, comprise a thick succession of argillites, quartzites and dolomites that in turn are overlain comformably by quartzites and conglomerates of the Burnside River Formation. Mineralization in the U-1 showing consists of uranium, gold, and anomalous nickel and lead. Assessment report 081178 notes that mineralization was discovered in the Quartzite Member of the Western River Formation with the predominant mineralized unit being a grey argillite-siltstone that is carbonated locally. Mineralization was also found in altered purple, seemingly porous quartzite. Massive dolomite and calcareous sandstone in contact with the siltstone acts as a cap rock." 076GNW0015,95,2,"The argillite and siltstone are massive, fine grained, carbonated and composed of sericite, chlorite and quartz. The siltstone argillite interbeds are 6ft thick in places and weather whitish orange. Fresh surfaces are black and veined with hematite. Frost heaved radioactive boulders were traced for 1 3/4 miles NW from the main mineralized area and stop abruptly where the Burnside Quartzite begins. (See assessment report 081178 map 5 for the location and proximity ofsample sites.) Approximately 1 1/2 mi NW from the main showing adjacent to the boulder train is a mineralized outcrop in the quartzite member. The quartzite bed is approximately 10ft thick locally and dips steeply. Samples from the showing were assayed for the following elements: U, Zn, Cu, Pb, Ni, Ag, Au, and Th. Significant results from the mineralized grey argillite and siltstone range from 0.3% to 12.6% U3O8 and are as follows: Uranium: 4800, 3800, 3000, 8400, 12,6000, 7000 and 7000 ppm. Lead: 500, 575, 1070, 1050, 1120, 445 and 440 ppm. Nickel: 640, 380, 540, 1220, 1300, 720 and 620 ppm. Gold: 23,000, 16,000 and 3800 ppb." 076GNW0016,96,1,"The U-2 showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The U-2 showing is within the Aphebian rocks of the Goulburn Group. These rocks, the Western River Formation, comprise a thick succession of argillites, quartzites and dolomites that in turn are overlain comformably by quartzites and conglomerates of the Burnside River Formation. Mineralization in the U-2 showing consists of uranium. Assessment report 081178 notes that mineralization was discovered in the Western River Formation with the predominant mineralized unit being a grey-green siltstone that extends for approximately 400 ft. Associated with the siltstone is a uniform, massive orange-brown quartzite. Calcareous quartzite was found throughout the area." 076GNW0016,97,2,"In 1978 airborne reconnaissance was carried out over the U-2 area. Radioactive showings were discovered and followed up in 1980 with prospecting, mapping. The results of prospecting within the U-2 showing area are noted on map 5 of assessment report 081178, they are not listed or noted elsewhere. Samples range from 0.2 to 1.2 U ppm. Also noted in the assessment report write up was that the boulders and outcrops registered between 300 and 2000 cps (Saphymostel SPPII). " 076GNW0017,98,1,"The DEX showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. " 076GNW0017,99,2,"The DEX showing area is predominantly steeply SW dipping greywacke intercalated with black mudstone horizons that trend NW-SE. The mudstone (argillite/siltstone) horizons have an average thickness from 0.3 to 10 m wide (ranging from mm scale to 30 m). Greywackes are fine grained and massive. Parallel to the regional bedding, rare quartzite was mapped. The country rock is cut locally by NW-SE trending diabase dykes. The rock package has bedding planes ranging from 135/80W to 160/75W and is slightly folded with the fold axis trending at 240 degrees and plunging 75W. Faulting in this area was in a similar direction. Quartz veining is common and mainly parallel to bedding but also along joint planes. Quartz veins to 15 m wide are noted and veins greater than 1 m are common. Along several siliceous/quartz vein-rich zones, especially within mudstone horizons shearing occurs parallel to subparallel to the foliation. The shear zones have a range of 6-30 m wide. The quartz is fine grained with banded horizons on the hanging wall margins where the shearing is most intense. A grid was emplaced over the quartz flooded shear zones in 1990. The shear zones can be traced in the NW-SE direction for several hundred m and are truncated by crosscutting (240 degree) faults. The large quartz veins are often gossanous with radiating amphibole needles and occasional chlorite in fine grained clusters. Sulphide mineralization within the siliceous shears is concentrated in the wall rock of the quartz veins and consists of arsenopyrite > pyrite > pyrrhotite with traces of chalcopyrite and bornite. Visible gold was also noted in grab samples from quartz rich boulders." 076GNW0017,100,3,"The DEX showing area was initially reconnaissance prospected in 1989, then in 1990 it was more intensely mapped, sampled, a grid was emplaced and five trenches excavated and sampled. 29 grab samples were collected in 1989, 4 returned grades greater than 1 g/t Au (1.74, 1.24, 1.55 and 1.31 g/t). 13 other samples had values ranging between 135 and 925 ppb Au. In 1990 123 samples were collected in total, 14 had Au values greater than 1 g/t along 1.5 km NW-SE trending quartz flooded shear zones. 12 of the 14 anomalies were from grab or chip samples. They range between 1.04 and 7.09 g/t Au. 2 grab samples from angular quartz rich boulders that flank a large shear zone had visible gold and had values of 105.2 and 60.2 g/t Au." 076GNW0018,101,1,The Gaet 3 showing consists of a single sample from a minor sulphide mineral occurrence within a banded iron formation. The NW trending interbedded silicate/oxide banded iron formation occurs within Beechey Lake Group turbiditic sediments of the Yellowknife Supergroup. Reconnaissance mapping and prospecting resulted in collecting one sample with a gold value of 0.55 g/t. This sample had trace arsenopyrite and 1% pyrite. 076GNW0019,102,1,"The Trumpet showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Trumpet showing is within the Yellowknife Supergroup which is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. The Trumpet showing comprises sulphidic oxide and/or silicate iron formations within turbidites of the Beechey Lake Group. A quartz diorite sill runs along strike adjacent to the NW trending banded iron formations. These lithologies are cut by SW trending mafic dykes." 076GNW0019,103,2,"Three gold mineralized satellite showings are associated with the the Trumpet showing - the Oboe (Normin ID 076GNW0020), Piccalo (Normin ID 076GNW0021) and Flute (Normin ID 076GNW0022). These showings are located along strike of a silicate-oxide-sulphide banded iron formation that trends NW for 1.7 km. Work in the area consisted of reconnaissance mapping, prospecting, geochemical sampling and a geophysical survey consisting of magnetometer and EM. See Map 1 in AR 083046 for relative locations. Trumpet Showing: Three styles of mineralization are reported over a distance of 40 m. 1) Semi-massive coarse grained arsenopyrite +/- pyrite with up to 80% arsenopyrite & 10% pyrite in chloritic sections. Grab samples assayed up to 3.02 g/tonne gold. 2) Sulphide iron formations with finely banded pyrite (5-50%) and arsenopyrite (up to 25%) and 3) Bull quartz veins to 0.4 m wide with up to 5% pyrite within metasediments. The veins are adjacent but not directly associated with arsenopyrite and all vein samples had gold values <1 g/tonne. Piccalo Showing (Normin ID 076GNW0021): The Piccalo showing occurs in a 0.5 m wide, 100 m long amphibolitic (Silicate) iron formation that has up to 3% arsenopyrite and minor pyrite in chloritized sections. The sulphides are commonly associated with crosscutting quartz veins. The highest grab sample assayed 0.72 g/tonne gold. Flute Showing (Normin ID 076GNW0022): Mineralization is within 2 clusters of feldsenmeer boulders over a 45 m strike adjacent to a 5-7 m quartz diorite sill. The boulders are up to 0.6 m wide and contain up to 75% euhedral arsenopyrite and 10% euhedral pyrite in a chloritic matrix. The sulphide rich feldsenmeer appears to be oriented with transverse quartz veins. The highest assay from grab samples graded 5.90 g/tonne gold. " 076GNW0019,104,3,Oboe Showing ( Normin ID # 076GNW0020): Arsenopyrite and pyrite mineralization is found over a 205 m strike length of oxide/silicate iron formation that has a steep north trending dip. The arsenopyrite occurs as disseminations in the banded sulphide as narrow (<10 cm) veinlets and as semi massive clusters of crystals (10-12%) in chloritized sections. Some of the sulphide occurrences have sugary smokey quartz associated with them. The highest gold value from a grab sample was 5.18 g/tonne. 076GNW0020,105,1,This showing is part of the Trumpet showing. For further information see 076GNW0019. Oboe Showing ( Normin ID # 076GNW0020): Arsenopyrite and pyrite mineralization is found over a 205 m strike length of oxide/silicate iron formation that has a steep north trending dip. The arsenopyrite occurs as disseminations in the banded sulphide as narrow (<10 cm) veinlets and as semi massive clusters of crystals (10-12%) in chloritized sections. Some of the sulphide occurrences have sugary smokey quartz associated with them. The highest gold value from a grab sample was 5.18 g/tonne. 076GNW0021,106,1,"This showing is part of the Trumpet showing. For further information and references see 076GNW0019. Piccalo Showing (Normin ID 076GNW0021): The Piccalo showing occurs in a 0.5 m wide, 100 m long amphibolitic (Silicate) iron formation that has up to 3% arsenopyrite and minor pyrite in chloritized sections. The sulphides are commonly associated with crosscutting quartz veins. The highest grab sample assayed 0.72 g/tonne gold." 076GNW0022,107,1,This showing is part of the Trumpet showing. For further information and references see 076GNW0019. Flute Showing (Normin ID 076GNW0022): Mineralization is within 2 clusters of feldsenmeer boulders over a 45 m strike adjacent to a 5-7 m quartz diorite sill. The boulders are up to 0.6 m wide and contain up to 75% euhedral arsenopyrite and 10% euhedral pyrite in a chloritic matrix. The sulphide rich feldsenmeer appears to be oriented with transverse quartz veins. The highest assay from grab samples graded 5.90 g/tonne gold. 076GNW0023,108,1,"The Buck showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean) Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Buck showing is within the Yellowknife Supergroup which is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. The Buck showing comprises sulphidic oxide and/or silicate iron formations within argillitic greywacke turbidites of the Beechey Lake Group. Feldspar porphyry sills either run along strike or cut the N-NW trending units of iron formation. Outcrop exposure ranges from 1- 40%." 076GNW0023,109,2,"The Buck Showing has 2 other showings associated with it - the Buck North Showing (Normin ID 076GNW0024), which is an extension of the Buck showing and the Chopin Showing (Normin ID 076GNW0025). These zones are located along strike of a silicate-oxide-sulphide banded iron formation that trends intermittantly NW for approximately 2 km. See maps 1 & 2b in AR 083055 for relative locations. Work done in the showing area has included reconnaissance and detailed mapping, prospecting, geochemical sampling (rock, drill core, till), ground and airborne magnetometer and EM geophysical survey, trenching, and diamond drilling. Within the Buck Showing gold and sulphide (arsenopyrite & pyrite) mineralization has been traced in drilling and with surface geophysical surveys and mapping over a strike length of approximately 600 m. Most of the heavy sulphide mineralization is at or near feldspar porphyry sill contacts and is hosted by either silicate or oxide iron formation. Grab and channel samples have assayed up to 191.59 g/tonne Au. Trench samples have gold values up to 17.83 g/t across 1.1 m. Drill core samples have yielded gold values of up to 42.54 g/tonne across 1 m. Till samples were were analyzed for gold and additional elements. Buck North (Normin ID 076GNW0024): The Buck North Showing is a northern extension of the Buck Showing. The host iron formation is up to 40 m wide and towards the north tends to become increasingly oxide rich. This showing has weakly developed, discontinuous zones of pyrite and arsenopyrite within the iron formation. A rock grab sample had a gold value of 1.85 g/tonne; all other grab or chip samples were below 0.32 g/tonne Au. " 076GNW0023,110,3,"Chopin Showing (Normin ID 076GNW0025): This showing is underlain by the same unit of iron formation as the Buck and Buck North Showings. The width of the Chopin oxide and silicate facies iron formation ranges from 15 to 50 m and has been traced for approximately 125 m. Gold mineralization is within sulphide rich zones with up to 10% banded pyrite and pyrrhotite and up to 2% arsenopyrite. Sampling returned values ranging from 1.37 to 6.55 g/tonne Au. One drill hole tested the surface sampling and ground and airborne geophysical targets. Sulphidic iron formation was intersected and confirmed surface sampling results. Gold values include 1.13 g/tonne over 0.85 m, 1.20 g/tonne over 0.75 m and 2.69 g/tonne over 0.30m." 076GNW0024,111,1,"This showing is part of the Buck showing. For further information and references see 076GNW0023. Buck North (Normin ID 076GNW0024): The Buck North Showing is a northern extension of the Buck Showing. The host iron formation is up to 40 m wide and towards the north tends to become increasingly oxide rich. This showing has weakly developed, discontinuous zones of pyrite and arsenopyrite within the iron formation. A rock grab sample had a gold value of 1.85 g/tonne; all other grab or chip samples were below 0.32 g/tonne Au." 076GNW0025,112,1,"This showing is part of the Buck showing. For further information and references see 076GNW0023. Chopin Showing (Normin ID 076GNW0025): This showing is underlain by the same unit of iron formation as the Buck and Buck North Showings. The width of the Chopin oxide and silicate facies iron formation ranges from 15 to 50 m and has been traced for approximately 125 m. Gold mineralization is within sulphide rich zones with up to 10% banded pyrite and pyrrhotite and up to 2% arsenopyrite. Sampling returned values ranging from 1.37 to 6.55 g/tonne Au. One drill hole tested the surface sampling and ground and airborne geophysical targets. Sulphidic iron formation was intersected and confirmed surface sampling results. Gold values include 1.13 g/tonne over 0.85 m, 1.20 g/tonne over 0.75 m and 2.69 g/tonne over 0.30m." 076GNW0026,113,1,"Regional Geology: The Lin showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Lin showing is within the Yellowknife Supergroup which is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. Property/Showing Geology: The Lin showing comprises sulphidic siliceous iron formations within greywacke turbidites of the Beechey Lake Group. Mineralization occurs within siliceous, arsenopyrite and pyrite bearing float over an approximately 500 m strike which may be altered from two 1-2 m thick silicate facies iron formations which are 25-30 m apart." 076GNW0026,114,2,"Exploration done on the showing includes reconnaissance mapping and sampling, grid establishment, detailed mapping and sampling at a 1:1000 scale and a ground magnetic survey. Initial grab samples assayed up to 5.38 g/tonne Au, follow up channel samples yeilded values up to 2.13 g/tonne across 0.75 m." 076GNW0027,115,1,"The Mozart showing has been subjected to reconnaissance mapping, prospecting and sampling. This showing is located within an extensive boulder field. The host for mineralization is a porphyroblastic knotted schist and a porphyroblastic phyllitic schist. Mineralization was traced along a 250 m strike length (approximate) and consists of arsenopyrite to 9% and pyrite to 3% within strongly silicified and quartz veined schists. Grab and channel samples were anomalous, the highest grab sample had a gold value of 6.62 g/tonne, the best channel samples gave results of 3.19 g/t across 0.63 m and 1.03 g/t across 0.85 m. " 076GNW0028,116,1,"The Bach showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. This showing is within the Yellowknife Supergroup which is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. The showing comprises oxide and/or silicate iron formations within massive greywacke turbidites of the Beechey Lake Group. Exposed strike length of this folded, 3 m wide iron formation is approximately 500 m." 076GNW0028,117,2,"The iron formation of the Bach Showing was first noted in 1990 when a grab sample taken during prospecting returned a gold value of 7.51 g/tonne. Subsequent reconnaissance and target specific mapping and geochemical grab and channel sampling was done as follow up work as was grid emplacement and a ground magnetic survey. The magnetic survey identified a 50-100 m wide magnetic anomaly interpretted to be an underlying iron formation. Of 5 grab samples taken, 1 had a gold value of 3.81 g/tonne. All other samples had assays with gold values less than or equal to 0.1 g/tonne. Of 8 channel samples, the three best were: 1.78 g/t across 0.65, 2.95 g/t across 0.70 m and 1.17 g/t across 0.9 m. The remaining samples had gold values below 0.82 g/t. " 076GNW0029,118,1,"The Lin1 showing area has been subjected to reconnaissance mapping, prospecting and sampling. The host for mineralization was a slightly silicified greywacke with 1-3% pyrite. This showing is from a single reconnaissance sample that is located on map 3a of AR 082994. It is noted that this sample is from previous reconnaissance work. " 076GNW0030,119,1,The Lin 2 showing consists of a single reconnaissance sample of a rusty weathering pyritic mafic sill. This sample had a gold value of 0.58 g/tonne Au. 076GNW0031,120,1,"The WL1 showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The WL1 showing is within the Yellowknife Supergroup which is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. The WL1 showing comprises an oxide magnetite-chert iron formation that strikes NNW through mudstones and minor interbedded greywacke turbidites of the Beechey Lake Group. A sulphide facies zone within the iron formation has an exposed strike length of 10 m and a width of 2.87 m in a trench." 076GNW0031,121,2,"The WL1 Showing has been subjected to prospecting, reconnaissance mapping, geochemical sampling and mapping on a 1:1000 scale, ground magnetometer and VLF-EM surveys, rock trenching and rock chip sampling. The original reconnaissance geochemical sampling produced gold values of 1.51 and 4.75 g/t. Follow up rock chip sampling from 8 samples across a trench produced gold values ranging from 0.025 g/t to 3.0 g/t across 0.86 m. The ground magnetometer and VLF-EM surveys delineated the iron formation and the sulphide bearing zones within the iron formation." 076GNW0032,122,1,This showing consists of 2 reconnaissance samples taken from Yellowknife Supergroup Beechey Lake sediments. Sample 51621 is a felsenmeer grab sample that had 1% arsenopyrite and 2-3% pyrite. This sample had a gold value of 0.82 g/tonne. Sample 51622 was a rock grab sample with 3-4% pyrite. This sample had a gold value of 0.58 g/tonne. 076GNW0033,123,1,This showing consists of a single reconnaissance sample comprised of pyrite and arsenopyrite within a quartz vein. This sample had a gold value of 0.51 g/tonne. 076GNW0034,124,1,This showing is a single reconnaissance sample that had a gold value of 0.51 g/tonne. No further information is available. 076GSE0006,125,1,"The DOX 0759 showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. The Dox 0759 showing is from a band of interbanded pyritic meta-chert and amphibolite which returned an assay of 0.62 oz/ton Au. The map accompanying assessment report 061344 places this sample within a quartz monzonite but the summary states that the sample is from a 0.5 by 4 mile belt that contains pyritic chert, graphitic-pyritic schist, and amphibolite. " 076GSE0007,126,1,"The Burnside area lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Burnside Area is within the Back River region. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. In the Burnside area the general metamorphic grade is middle greenschist." 076GSE0007,127,2,"The Burnside area is underlain by greywacke-argillite turbidite sequences of the Beechey Lake Group which can be subdivided into greywacke dominated (greater than 70% of the rock) and argillite dominated units. Generally these sedimentary rocks have a NW strike and dip from 50 to 80 degrees to the southwest. Regionally, the beds are folded into large scale isoclinal folds about NW trending axis.Crumpling of argilliceous beds is evidenced of a second phase of folding about SW plunging fold axis. These folds are broken at the hinge by steep angle faults trending NW. Displacement across the faults is up to 400 m. Arsenopyrite bearing argillite units that are cut by crosscutting and conformable quartz veins host the gold mineralization in the Burnside area. Within the argillite units, gold mineralization is intimately associated with arsenopyrite, pyrite, pyrrhotite and rare chalcopyrite which occur both as disseminations and as medium to coarse grained aggregates at the margins of conformable and crosscutting veins. Gold occurs in native form; however, the close association of gold with arsenopyrite implies that gold may also occur with this type of sulphide. Disseminated sulphides, particularly arsenopyrite, are preferentially concentrated in amounts to 20% in 0.5 to 2 cm siliceous bands or wisp-like laminea (sic) conformable to the bedding. Quartz veins, like the sulphides, are strata bound to argillite dominated strata. Two forms of quartz veins are present, an early phase of grey quartz occurring as lensoidal or rod-shaped veins conformable to bedding and later crosscutting white to light grey quartz veins. The earlier quartz veins often form rod-like bodies within the cores of the minor phase two folds and are of variable thickness. In the cores of folds these veins were observed to be up to 50 cm thick. Where native gold was seen, it was in these stage 1 veins (McClintock J.A.,1987)." 076GSE0007,128,3,"South and west of Del Lake (See map 5/7 from assessment report 082070 for location of the area of mineralization and grids) several distinct sulphide bearing and quartz veined argillite units occur within a NW trending zone that is up to 400 m wide and has a strike length of 3.6 km. Individual auriferous units are continuous for up to 1 km along strike before pinching out into greywacke units. Higher gold grade values are restricted to argillite units that are deformed by phase 2 minor folds and have quartz and arsenopyrite concentrations of 2-3%. These units are restricted to 200 m or less strike lengths. In 1985, exploration consisted of reconnaissance prospecting, 1:2000 scale geological mapping, total field and vertical magnetic gradient surveys, and dip angle VLF surveys. Gold assays of up to 60 g/t were obtained from grab samples of quartz arsenopyrite veins in argillite. Grids were set up over the most intensely mineralized zones. On the H-1 Grid a total of 69 samples were collected and assayed for gold. Of these samples, 1 assayed at 67.4 g/t, 2 were in the range between 25-30 g/t, 1 assayed between 20-25 g/t, 1 was in the 10-15 g/t range, 5 ranged between 5-10 g/t, 23 were in the 1-5 g/t range, 27 assayed between 1 and 5 g/t and 9 samples assayed less than 0.1 g/t Au. The H-2 grid had a total of 20 samples assayed for gold. Of these, 1 was in the range from 15-20 g/t, 1 ran between 10-15 g/t, 5 were in the 5-10 g/t range, 11 in the 1-5 g/t range and 2 assayed between 0.1 and 1.0 g/t Au. In 1986 further work included reconnaissance mapping and sampling, detailed mapping at a 1:1000 scale, trenching, chip and channel sampling and in two areas, diamond drilling." 076GSE0007,129,4,"The two areas with consistent high gold values (over 1.0 g/t) are the Beechey Zone (located on the west side of the H-2 grid) and the Phoenix Zone (located at the south end of the H-2 grid). These two zones were drilled and the drilling results showed gold content decreased with depth. See Plate 1 from assessment report 082570 for the locations. Results from the Beechey Zone showed a strike length of 110 m with gold grades up to 9.1 g/t Au over 9 meters. Nine holes were drilled for a total of 537 m to further test the mineralization . Mineralization was intersected that was similar to that at surface but the gold grades were much lower. The highest interval recovered was 5.4 g/t Au across 1 m core length. The Phoenix Zone had two holes drilled to a total of 73 m, these results were also low grade with the highest intersection assaying at 5.5 g/t Au across 1 m core length." 076GSE0008,130,1,"The Skarn showing area lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean (>2.5 Ga) Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age (>1.9 Ga) Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age (1.8 Ga) and younger (1.2 Ga) diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Skarn showing area is within the Back River region. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. In the Skarn showing area the general metamorphic grade is middle greenschist" 076GSE0008,131,2,"Exploration in the Skarn showing area took place in 1986 with reconnaissance mapping at a scale of 1:10,000 and prospecting. The actinolite and actinolite-sulphide Skarn showing developed along the contact of a granite plug with greywacke and argillite. The plug measures 300 m by 80 m and is a leucocratic, hypidomorphic granular biotite-hornblende granodiorite (Plate 2). The skarn zone is up to 10 m wide and divisible into an actinolite and sulphide-actinolite skarn. The actinolite skarn is comprised of massive actinolite with lesser amounts of plagioclase and minor calcite. The sulphide skarn, for the most part, contains up to 5% arsenopyrie with lesser quantities of pyrrhotite and pyrite. Samples collected from the sulphide skarn contained between 0.01 and 0.16 g/t gold. Three pod-like bodies of massive sulphide occur within the sulphide skarn. The largest occurs at the southern tip of the intrusive and measures 4 m by 1 m. This sulphide pod is composed of chalcopyrite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite and nicolite. Two grab samples of the sulphides assayed 7.25 and 2.24 g/t gold. The other two sulphide pods are mainly arsenopyrite and pyrrhotite. Samples from these sulphides assayed 0.14 g/t gold over 2 m, 0.12 g/t over 2 m, and 0.01 g/t over 2 m (McClintock, J.,1987)." 076GSE0009,132,1,"The IRA showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean (>2.5 Ga) Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age (>1.9 Ga) Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age (1.8 Ga) and younger (1.2 Ga) diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. " 076GSE0009,133,2,"The IRA showing is within a small portion of a large granodioritic intrusion (100 sq. km) that intruded the underlying Yellowknife Supergroup turbidites and minor volcaniclastic rocks. A number of large mineralized quartz veins occur near the intrusive contact. A single major quartz vein is the primary focus of the IRA showing. The main mineralization of the IRA showing is within a single vein structure that is 10-20 m wide and traceable for a strike length of approximately 1300m. The vein has been offset by at least two faults which have a 100 m southward displacement. Movement of the faults has been interpretted as near vertical. Bubar, 1983, interprets the east-west structure hosting the mineralized quartz vein as an early joint plane as there is no evidence of offset where the vein and contact meet. Mineralization of the vein material consists of white massive to sugary quartz with a variable sulphide content (up to 50%). The most abundant sulphide mineral is chalcopyrite (up to 75% of total sulphide content)followed by pyrite, pyrrhotite and molybdenite." 076GSE0009,134,3,"The showing area has poor exposure with few outcroppings of the mineralized quartz vein but it is well defined geophysically as a continuous conductive zone. The sulphide rich portion of the vein appears to be on the the hanging wall side (south side) of the vein. Work conducted on the IRA showing includes mapping at a 1:2000 scale, HLEM and VLF surveys, bedrock trenching and grid construction. The detailed geology map from assessment report 081682 shows the detailed geology and the placement of the grid. Eight grab samples from the eastern portion of the of the vein structure (grid line 0+00 to 6+00 averaged 4.87% Cu, 52.8 g/t Ag, 2.1 g/t Au and 0.11% MoS2. EM surveys over this area identified a strong conductor coincident with the mineralized frost heave continuous over 500 ft. and with an estimated width of 10-20 m. Two trenches were excavated, in the better of the two, three chip samples assayed 2.466% Cu, 23.03 g/t Ag, 0.46 g/t Au and 0.146 MoS2 over 7 m or 1.954% Cu, 19.7 g/t Ag, 0.41 g/t Au and 0.146% MoS2 over the full 12.08 m trenched. The EM survey indicated that the core of the conductor is situated coincident with an overburden covered depression to the south of the trench which Bubar (1983) suggests that the massive mineralization was not exposed in the trenches. " 076GSE0010,135,1,"The Beech 1 showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Reconnaissance mapping and prospecting of the area around the Beech 1 showing took place in 1988 (no report) and 1990, concentrating on a N - S trending metavolcanic unit that is approximately 400 m wide. The Beech 1 showing is within a quartz vein swarm 50-100m wide and approximately 700 m long, individual veins have an average width of 0.5 - 1 m with individual veins up to 2 m wide. The quartz veins contain minor amounts of pyrite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, galena and native copper. The metavolcanic wallrocks are generally sheared and gossanous and contain 10-15% pyrite and pyrrhotite locally. Of 13 grab samples taken in 1990 of mineralized quartz vein material the best value was 5.66 g/t Au. Two other samples assayed 2.91 and 5.55 g/t Au The other samples were less than 1 g/t Au. A 1988 sample assayed at 7.30 g/t Au but when it was resampled in 1990 it assayed 0.07 g/t Au suggesting that gold distribution may be erratic within the quartz veins. In 1993 exploration work was done over the general claim area to determine the potential for locating diamond occurrences. A fence of till, soil and 3 rock (for ICP) samples were collected to sample for indicator minerals. One spinel of interest was recovered by sampling and was interpretted to be from a lamproite rather than a kimberlite. " 076GSE0011,136,1,"The Beech showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Reconnaissance mapping and prospecting of the area around Beech showing took place in 1988 (no report submitted) and 1990 and concentrated on a NS trending metavolcanic unit that is approximately 400 m wide. The Beech showing consists of three localities within the hinge area of a possible fold structure that have gold bearing quartz veins. A grab sample from a 10 cm wide quartz vein which contained 5% pyrrhotite, 1% chalcopyrite, 1% pyrite and traces of native copper assayed at 67.71 g/t Au. Other assay values from the area were 3.77 g/t, 1.20 g/t, 0.99 g/t and 0.58 g/t Au. Generally the area of the showing is poorly exposed. " 076GSE0011,137,2, 076GSE0012,138,1,"The Casey Lake showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. The Casey Lake area is underlain by Yellowknife Supergroup clastic metasediments which are cut off to the south by a granitic pluton. A thin, NW striking, steeply dipping band of intermediate to mafic volcanic rocks with associated iron formation occur within the sedimentary sequence. The iron formation is mainly silicate - sulphide facies with locally up to 15% pyrite +/- pyrrhotite. The iron formation (5-20 m wide) was sampled at 100-150 m intervals along the exposed strike length of approximately 8 km. Rock and soil samples were analysed for Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag, As and Au. The Casey Lake showing consists of two samples that had assays above the cutoff for zinc (3100 & 3800 ppm), no other samples wereabove the cut off grade . " 076GSE0012,139,2, 076GSE0013,140,1,"The Casey Lake showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. At the GM7 occurrence, minor felsic volcanics/dacite are found as thin horizons with the intermediate volcanics. The metavolcanics were mapped as a series of fault bounded lenses within a granite intrusion and may be distal correlates of the Back River volcanic complex (Assessment report 081656). Sampling of the area included rock and soil samples assayed for Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag, As, and Au. The GM7 showing consists of one rock sample from pyritic (10% ) dacite that assayed at 3300 ppm Zn. " 076GSW0001,141,1,"The Musk massive sulphide occurrences are located in the Hackett River greenstone belt of the Slave structural province. They occur near the transition between a dominantly mafic sequence and an overlying, dominantly sedimentary sequence. This stratigraphic position is generally occupied by a carbonate-rich, felsic pyroclastic-tuff sequence which is well-developed. The immediate area of the Musk showing is underlain by a sequence of volcanic rocks capped by chemical sediment. The deposit footwall comprises a complexely interbedded sequence of rhyolite tuffs, lapilli tuffs and crystal tuffs together with minor agglomerate and thin rhyolitic flows. Massive sulphides occur near the top of a well-foliated, recrystallized rhyolitic tuff and are manifested in a number of small gossans sporadically developed over a 700 metre strike length. Immediately overlying this mineralized unit are massive pillowed basalt flows characterized by carbonate amygdules and discontinuous zones of carbonate-cemented breccia. This unit is overlain by a series of andesitic tuffs and flows which is in turn overlain by a package of interbedded rhyolitic, rhyodacitic and dacitic tuffs and agglomerates, all of which are carbonate-rich. This final sequence is capped by cherty, carbonate-rich tuffites. Diamond drilling has intersected two zones of base metal enriched massive sulphides. The upper zone comprises disseminated and poorly bedded to veined sphalerite, galena and chalcopyrite with lesser pyrite and pyrrhotite, in an altered felsic lapilli tuff." 076GSW0001,142,2,"The lower sulphide horizon consists of massive sphalerite and pyrite together with lesser pyrrhotite and galena. Chalcopyrite is most typically found as stringer veins and disseminations in the basal portions of the mineralized zones although it is present in minor amounts throughout. Rough banding can be seen in some areas and a gradation from a Zn-rich top to Cu-rich base is apparent in most drill intersections. Footwall alteration consisting of chlorite, biotite, talc, sericite, garnet and minor anthophyllite is variably developed below the mineralized horizon, which itself is strongly silicified and is characterized by moderate chlorite, biotite and carbonate alteration. Work has been done on the Musk showing area since 1974 and includes: an airborne survey which identified a two line anomaly, this was followed up with geological mapping and geophysical surveys including magnetometer, VLF-EM, VLEM which identified sulphide mineralization in outcrop. Another pass of geophysical surveys were done later on which included gravity fluxgate magnetometer, HLEM, VLEM and VLF-EM as well as geological mapping and diamond drilling (13 ddh totalling 1395 m). A conductor was identified and drilling intersected high grade massive sulphides. A follow up program of diamond drilling was done (23 ddh totalling 2570 m) which outlined a geological inventory of 387,000 tons grading 1.2% Cu, 1.39% Pb, 10.38% Zn, 10.87 oz/ton Ag and 0.049 oz/ton Au. Note: this geological inventory is based on a total of 36 diamond drill holes. The latest (1994) work done on the showing was a DeepEM survey. AR 083324" 076GSW0003,143,1,"Reconnaissance work was done over the HUNT Group Claims which included mapping, sampling and ground geophysical work including magnetometer and VLF-EM. No samples analysed had assay values above the database cutoff. The location of showing is the approximate centre of the Claim Group." 076GSW0007,144,1,"The Fidler Lake area lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies." 076GSW0007,145,2,"Only 10% of the showing area is underlain by outcrop, the majority of which are Beechey Lake Group sediments (NW striking, steeply dipping) consisting of thin bedded to massive greywacke and interbedded mudstones. Locally, interbedded magnetite-amphibole-chlorite-chert iron formations exist within the greywackes in narrow belts. Faults and shear zones trending W-NW cut through the Beechey Lake Group rocks. Gold is associated with sulphide minerals within narrow discontinuous chlorite rich zones that exist adjacent to white quartz veins that cut the iron formation and greywacke. Typically, the quartz veins are concentrated within or near iron formation +/- greywacke, are oriented either perpendicular or parallel to the bedding of the sediments, range in width from 1 to 50 cm, and have strike lengths to 5 m. The chlorite rich sulphide bearing zones range from 0.1 to 3 m wide. The Fidler showing has been subjected to periodic exploration since 1946, including mapping, prospecting, geochemical sampling, establishing a grid and ground magnetometer surveying. Assays from reconnaissance sampling gave results of 0.63 oz/T Au, 0.26 oz/T Au and 0.02 oz/T Au. Grid sampling in conjunction with mapping gave values of 4.3 g/t Au over 3 m (chip , 6.24 g/t Au, 5.52 g/t, 1.06 g/t and 0.965 g/t Au from grab samples." 076GSW0008,146,1,"The Ack showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Yellowknife Supergroup is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts. At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. " 076GSW0008,147,2,"The Ack Showing is underlain by argilliceous greywacke interbedded with silicate facies iron formation of the Beechey Lake Group and the volumetrically less important mafic tuffs, felsic volcanic flows and mudstones of the Ignerit formation (upper formation of the Hackett River belt). Two bands of mineralized iron formation have been identified within the showing area and have been called historically either Showing #1 (or Main or Western) & #2 (or Eastern). See figure 2 from assessment report 082964 for location. The Ack showing has been subjected to intermittant exploration since 1964. Work done on the area includes mapping - both reconnaissance and detailed, geophysical surveys - magnetometer and self potential, magnetic total field and VLF-EM, geochemical sampling, ICP, petrographic studies and diamond drilling. Geochemical sampling in assessment report 017134 listed grab sample gold values as ranging from 0.43 to 0.64 oz/ton (Showing 1) and 0.61 to 0.84 oz/ton (Showing 2). Eight diamond drill holes were drilled in the Ack Showing area in 1964 for a total footage of 1485 feet. No assays had gold values above the data base cutoff. Sampling during 1982 yeilded the following gold values: 17,143 ppb, 34,286 ppb and 27,249 ppb Au. In 1988 & 90 work done in the showing area included further prospecting, mapping, geochemistry (rock and soil sampling for Au and ICP) and geophysics (mag & VLF-EM). The geophysical work done suggests the presence of extensive silicate iron formation and oxide iron formation under overburden. In total 78 rock samples and 2 soil samples were collected. 16 samples had gold values ranging between 660 ppb and 40,800 ppb. 15 of these 16 samples ran above 1500 ppb Au. The 5 highest assay values were: 40,8000, 29,900, 23,090, 17,300, and 15,300 ppb Au." 076GSW0010,148,1,"The Needle Lake area lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Needle Lake Area is within the Back River region. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. In the Needle Lake area the general metamorphic grade is upper greenschist but within 300 m of the Regan Intrusive Suite plutons the grade increases to lower amphibolite grade and are increasingly deformed. Unmetamorphosed felsic dykes are common in the Needle Lake area and appear to be spatially associated with the Regan Suite rocks." 076GSW0010,149,2,"Three periods of iron formation deposition have been identified within the Back and Beechey Lake Groups (Chandler et al, 1992). In the property area, iron formations are believed to be equivalent stratigraphically to the uppermost iron formations in the Beechey Lake Group. The Beechey Lake Group in the Back River region are isoclinally folded greywackes, siliceous greywackes and mudstones that are interbedded with iron formation and are steeply dipping. The iron formation consists mainly of magnetite and chert and is of the oxide variety. Subordinate amounts of silicate iron formation are also present (Williamson and Olson,1990). In the Needle Lake area the steeply dipping Yellowknife Supergroup rocks are folded into a regional scale anticlinorium that has a SE plunge. The Beechey Lake Group sediments, which include the iron formations, occur within a E-SE striking belt. Where the Regan Intrusive Suite rocks intruded, the trend of the Beechey Lake sediments is parallel to the trend of the plutons. Both oxide and silicate iron formations occur within a sequence of interbedded greywacke and mudstone but there is poor exposure as Quaternary glacial sand, gravel and boulders cover approximately 90% of the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup rocks in the Needle Lake area. The well banded oxide iron formation contains magnetite, chert, amphibole and locally garnet. The poorly banded silicate iron formation contains amphibole, chert, chlorite and garnet. Locally, both the oxide and silicate iron formations contain sulphides which are associated with white quartz veins that crosscut greywacke and mudstone. The width of the iron formations range from 1 to 30 m, the strike length is approximately 1.2 km." 076GSW0010,150,3,"Ground geophysical data indicates that the iron formations are complexly folded. The pattern exhibited by the magnetic contours at Needle Lake area indicates that a belt of iron formation has been openly folded into a large S shape. The length of this S shaped fold from Pumpkin Lake to Needle Lake, Needle Lake to Dog Lake, and Dog Lake to Scissors Lake is about 8 km. A north-striking, easterly dipping, strong intensity positive magnetic anomaly indicates that the iron formations in the central portion of this S shaped fold are tight to isoclinally folded. The pattern exhibited by these positive magnetic anomalies indicate a fold closure exists at or near the north end of Needle lake and at or south of Dog Lake Williamson & Olson, 1990. See Dwgs. 0605.N-2 from assessment report 082980 for the locations mentioned. Gold bearing sulphide zones in the iron formations at Needle Lake are associated with quartz veins or zones of silicification. The most common sulphides are pyrite and pyrrhotite. Less common is arsenopyrite. Arsenopyrite occurs as fine- to medium-grained, disseminated acicular crystals and as massive bands that are invariably at or near the margins of quartz veins or quartz-rich zones within the iron formation. In general, gold occurrences within the Needle Grid comprise arsenopyrite-bearing zones associated with quartz veins in iron formation. However, in places, rock samples that were collected from pyrite-bearing quartz veins in iron formation with no arsenopyrite, assay greater than 10.0 grams gold per tonne (g/t Au). Williamson & Olson, 1990" 076GSW0010,151,4,"Exploration, including reconnaissance prospecting and sampling in the Needle Lake area has taken place since 1983 (Johnston et al,1985). In 1985 detailed exploration was done within the Needle Lake area including rock chip sampling, trenching, overburden sampling and geological mapping at a scale of 1:25. The 1985 season also included further reconnaissance prospecting, sampling and mapping at a 1:10,000 scale. The 1985 rock samples were collected from along the northwest and southeast shoreline of Needle Lake in two belts of iron formation and from a third belt of iron formation southwest of Scissor Lake. Rock chip samples which were collected from sulphide bearing iron formation in trench 85-7 assay up to 11.66 grams gold per tonne (g/t Au) across 1.5 m (Dwg. 5602-73). Rock chip and rock grab samples which were collected during reconnaissance prospecting from sulphide bearing zones within iron formation, assay up to 43.65 g/t Au across 0.33 m and up to 28.97 g/t Au respectively. Rock chip and rock grab samples which were collected from sulphide bearing quartz veins hosted by greywacke or schist derived from greywacke, assay up to 12.38 g/t Au. Such gold bearing quartz veins are usually less than 0.25 m wide and have a strike length of less than 10 m. They are, as well, typically near gold bearing iron formation. Rock chip and rock grab samples that were collected from sulphide bearing zones within greywacke, mudstone or schist derived from greywacke that lack quartz veins, assay 0.10 g/t Au or less (Johnston et al,1985)." 076GSW0010,152,5,"1986 exploration included a ground magnetometer & VLF-EM survey, prospecting, rock sampling and geological mapping at a scale of 1:2000 and 1:50. Twelve geographic locals had gold occurrences where samples assayed greater than 3.00 g/t Au. Three rock chip and 27 rock grab or composite rock grab samples were collected at the Needle Lake area. Gold assays range from less than 0.07 to 148.73 g/t Au (Dwgs. 6601-207 and 6601-208). Six rock samples assay greater than 10.00 g/t Au, eight rock samples assay between 3.00 and 10.00 g/t Au, and five samples assays less than 0.5 g/t Au. Dufresne & Johnston, 1986. Ground exploration was not performed between 1987 and 1989 in the Needle Lake area. In 1988 & 1989 Aerodat Ltd. performed airborne geophysical surveys in the Needle Lake area. In 1990 the area was subjected to grid surveying, prospecting, rock sampling, ground magnetometer and VLF-EM surveying, geological mapping at a 1:2,000 and 1:5000 scale and diamond drilling. A total of 24 composite rock grab samples, 204 grab samples and 91 drill core samples were assayed. 1,287.47 m of core was drilled in 13 holes, 11 holes at the Needle target and 2 at the Feline target. All 13 diamond drill holes intersected at least one unit of oxide iron formation. Two holes had no sulphides, quartz veins or associated alteration and were not sampled, five holes contained narrow gold bearing sulphidic zones, two holes had visible gold. One drillhole intersected a 4.93 m wide sulphidic zone with low gold content, and three drill holes intersected gold bearing zones that had a gold grade times true width product greater than 20 grams times metres." 076GSW0011,153,1,"The Moth Valley area lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Moth Valley area is within the Back River region. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. In the Needle Lake area the general metamorphic grade is upper greenschist but within 300 m of the Regan Intrusive Suite plutons the grade increases to lower amphibolite grade and are increasingly deformed. Unmetamorphosed felsic dykes are common in the Needle Lake area and appear to be spatially associated with the Regan Suite rocks. " 076GSW0011,154,2,"Three periods of iron formation deposition have been identified within the Back and Beechey Lake Groups (Chandler et al, 1992). In the property area, iron formations are believed to be equivalent stratigraphically to the uppermost iron formations in the Beechey Lake Group. The Beechey Lake Group in the Back River region are isoclinally folded greywackes, siliceous greywackes and mudstones that are interbedded with iron formation and are steeply dipping. The iron formation consists mainly of magnetite and chert and is of the oxide variety. Subordinate amounts of silicate iron formation are also present (Williamson and Olson,1990). In the Moth Valley area oxide iron formations with thin interbeds of silicate iron formation occur within a sequence of interbedded greywacke and mudstonet. Oxide iron formation is generally well banded and contains magnetite and chert, with lesser amounts of chlorite, amphibole and garnet. Silicate iron formation is poorly banded and contains chlorite, amphibole, chert and garnet. Both types of iron formation contain sulphides. In addition, they both contain thick interbeds of greywacke or mudstone or both. In fold noses, the iron formation and interbedded greywacke and mudstone form a unit that is up to 100 m thick. Individual beds of iron formation within these fold noses are up to 30 m thick. Williamson & Olson, 1990. The sequence of Beechey Lake Group sedimentary rocks in the Moth Valley area is approximately 4 km in length and ranges from 0.6 to 1.5 km in width between Archean granitic plutons which occur to the north and south. West trending shear zones exist within the sedimentary sequence, subparallel to the stratigraphy. Several of the shears are silicified. No Archean dykes or unmetamorphosed Helikian gabbroic dykes are present in the Moth Valley area. " 076GSW0011,155,3,"Three separate gold occurrences are noted in the Moth Valley area (Blaster, Moth and Valley). The Valley and Moth occurrences exist along the same linear, siliceous shear zone. The Blaster occurrence is 250 m along strike of the last mapped portion of the siliceous shear zone. The siliceous shear zone exists subparallel and along the south limb of an east closing fold defined by oxide iron formation and has been traced in outcrop for approximately 1.5 km along strike. Within this shear zone, individual shears range from 0.1 to 1 m in width. Where two or more parallel shears exist they are usually 10 to 20 m apart. Iron formation or greywacke or both host the siliceous shear zone. Gold occurrences in the Moth Valley are associated with sulphide bearing portions of iron formation. The siliceous shear zone of the Moth Valley area contains an average of 1 volume percent arsenopyrite but locally up to 35%. Pyrite and pyrrhotite are also present. Arsenopyrite occurs as 1 to 5 mm crystals that exist in or near quartz veins. Pyrite occurs in veinlets, as irregular patches and/or as disseminations in oxide and silicate iron formations. Pyrrhotite occurs as finely disseminated grains. In 1983 and 1984 prospecting and sampling resulted in three gold occurrences (assays greater than 3 g/t Au) being found in the Moth Valley area. See drawing 6601-203 from Assessment Report #082134 for occurrence and sample sites. Dufresne & Johnston, 1986 give the following results which are from 1983 and 1984 exploration: " 076GSW0011,156,4,"Blaster gold occurrence (north of the west end of M Lake): A grab sample of arsenopyrite bearing silicate iron formation assays 21.74 g/t Au, 180 to 600 m east along strike assays arsenopyrite bearing oxide iron formation grab samples assay between 1.67 and 4.86 g/t Au. These samples were collected from sulphide bearing iron formation adjacent to crosscutting quartz veins. The sulphide bearing zones are generally less than 3 m in strike length and less than 1 m wide. Moth gold occurrence(180 m NE of the east end of M Lake): A grab sample from a 25 cm by 2.5 m arsenopyrite silicate iron formation assayed at 3.38 g/t Au. West of this site three rock samples from sulphidic zones of similar size and mineralogy assay between 1.16 and 2.85 g/t Au. Valley gold occurrence(approximately 250 m east along strike of the moth occurrence): Here the oxide iron formation thickens to about 100 wide within a fold closure but it contains numerous interbeds of greywacke and mudstone. The sulphide bearing zones are generally less than 3 m in strike length and 1 m wide. An arsenopyrite bearing sample assayed at 15.57 across 1.0 m. the zones are often coincident with abundant quartz vein or silicified iron formation. No ground exploration was done in 1985. Exploration of the area in 1986 consisted of prospecting, sampling, and geological mapping at a scale of 1:5000. Two samples were collected and assayed at 0.14 and 0.07 g/t Au." 076GSW0011,157,5,"No ground exploration was performed in the Moth Valley area between 1987 and 1989. In 1988 & 1989 Aerodat Ltd. performed airborne geophysical surveys in the Needle Lake area. Exploration in 1990 consisted of surveying a tie line, sampling and geological mapping at a scale of 1:5000. Twenty rock grab samples and 17 rock composite samples were taken from the siliceous shear zone. Assays include a grab sample of 46.49 g/t Au and a composite grab sample of 10.59 g/t Au across 0.25 m." 076GSW0012,158,1,"The Gollum Lake showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Gollum Lake showing is within the Back River region. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. In the Needle Lake area the general metamorphic grade is upper greenschist but within 300 m of the Regan Intrusive Suite plutons the grade increases to lower amphibolite grade and are increasingly deformed. Unmetamorphosed felsic dykes are common in the Needle Lake area and appear to be spatially associated with the Regan Suite rocks." 076GSW0012,159,2,"Three periods of iron formation deposition have been identified within the Back and Beechey Lake Groups (Chandler et al, 1992). In the property area, iron formations are believed to be equivalent stratigraphically to the uppermost iron formations in the Beechey Lake Group. The Beechey Lake Group in the Back River region are isoclinally folded greywackes, siliceous greywackes and mudstones that are interbedded with iron formation and are steeply dipping. The iron formation consists mainly of magnetite and chert and is of the oxide variety. Subordinate amounts of silicate iron formation are also present (Williamson and Olson,1990). In 1988 &1989 Aerodat Ltd. performed airborne geophysical surveys in the Needle/Gollum Lake area. In 1990 reconnaissance prospecting, sampling and mapping at a scale of 1:20,000 was done in the Gollum Lake area. At Gollum Lake, there is a northeasterly trending, sulphide-bearing shear zone within Beechey Lake Group sedimentary rocks adjacent to a contact with a Regan Suite granitic pluton. The mineralized shear zone can be traced for about 200 m, and is parallel to the contact between Beechey Lake Group and the granitic pluton. The width of the mineralized zone is undetermined due to poor exposure. Disseminated chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite and pyrite in amounts up to 2 volume percent are localized within quartz-rich zones in greywacke. Most of the samples which were collected have an anomalous gold content. One rock grab sample that was collected from chalcopyrite- and arsenopyrite-bearing greywacke along this shear zone assays 14.09 g Au/t (Dwg. 0605.N-5)(Williamson & Olson,1990)." 076GSW0013,160,1,"The Gollum Lake North Showing consists of two samples that had gold values above the database cutoff. It lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. In 1988 & 1989 Aerodat Ltd. performed airborne geophysical surveys in the Needle/Gollum Lake area. In 1990 reconnaissance prospecting, sampling and mapping at a scale of 1:20,000 was done in the Gollum Lake area. A rock grab sample from a pyrite-bearing quartz veins in silicate iron formation, assayed 1.16 g/t Au, another sample assayed at 0.75 g/t Au. " 076GSW0013,161,2, 076GSW0014,162,1,"The Phaedrus Lake showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. The Showing is underlain by rocks of the Back Group. Shears cut all rock types in the Phaedrus Lake area and locally, along some of the shears the rocks are mineralized by gold bearing sulphides. In 1988 &1989 Aerodat Ltd. performed airborne geophysical surveys in the Needle Lake area. Rock grab samples that were taken during 1990 reconnaissance prospecting and mapping yielded gold values of 1.80 g/t Au and 0.54 g/t Au. These samples were collected from chalcopyrite and arsenopyrite bearing quartz veins within porphyritic andesite. " 076GSW0015,163,1,"The North Jaeger Lake showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. In 1988 & 1989 Aerodat Ltd. performed airborne geophysical surveys in the Needle/Jaeger Lake area. The North Jaeger Lake showing consists of three rock grab samples that assayed at 0.93 g/t Au, 0.88 g/t Au and 0.65 g/t Au. These samples were taken during reconnaissance prospecting in 1990. See dwg. 0606.N-10 from Assessment Report #082980 for the location. No further data is available re lithology etc." 076GSW0016,164,1,"The BLS-3 showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. In 1987 seven rock samples were collected from the BLS-3 shear zone. These samples assayed between 4.05 g/t Au and 22.77 g/t Au (Williamson & Olson, 1990). There was no assessment report found for this exploration, the information is solely from the reference given. In 1988 & 1989 Aerodat Ltd. performed airborne geophysical surveys in the Needle Lake area. Reconnaissance prospecting was done in 1990. One sample taken approximately 650 m SE of the 1987 samples in a siliceous greywacke ran 8.19 g/t Au." 076GSW0017,165,1,"The Feather Lake showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Feather Lake showing is within the Back River region. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. In the Needle Lake area the general metamorphic grade is upper greenschist but within 300 m of the Regan Intrusive Suite plutons the grade increases to lower amphibolite grade and are increasingly deformed. Unmetamorphosed felsic dykes are common in the Needle Lake area and appear to be spatially associated with the Regan Suite rocks. " 076GSW0017,166,2,"Yellowknife Supergroup rocks in the area are folded into a steeply dipping, NW striking, regional scale anticlinorium that plunges to the SE. The majority of the rocks that under lie the Feather Lake area are greywacke mudstone turbidite sequences with interbedded iron formation. Both oxide and silicate iron formations are present. The oxide iron formation are up to 20 m wide and have well defined bedding which include layers of massive magnetite to quartz magnetite. The silicate iron formation are usually less than 5 m wide, are poorly banded but are distinctive from other chloritic unit by the presence of grunerite. Two main oxide iron formation layers are mapped in the Feather Lake area, both are 3-4 m wide, well bedded, and folded to achieve an apparent thickness of 40 m. A third narrow,discontinuous layer is noted in the Feather Lake area. This layer varies from oxide to silicate iron formation along strike." 076GSW0017,167,3,"Mineralization consists of chloritized iron formation with disseminated pyrrhotite, pyrite and chalcopyrite. Arsenopyrite was only noted in one area. Quartz veining with chloritic sulphidized margins are rare. The majority of quartz veins are tension gashes that are best developed in thick arenite or greywacke beds. An airborne magnetometer survey of NTS sheet 76G/03 was flown by the GSC in 1968. In 1981 Frith compiled the regional GSC mapping of the area in the GSC Open file. In 1983 and 1984 Trigg, Woolletts and Olson Consulting conducted limited reconnaissance prospecting. In 1988 Aerodat flew an airborne magnetometer survey over the area, the data indicated three discontinuous to continuous oxide iron formations that form an easternly plunging, folded and faulted synform (Williamson & Olson, 1989). In 1989 exploration included reconnaissance prospecting, sampling, grid surveying, mapping, and ground magnetometer and VLF-EM surveying. Of 124 rock samples collected, gold assays range from 0.07 g Au/t to 15.19 g Au/t. Two samples had assays of 5.06 g Au/t and 15.19 g/t Au, 27 samples assayed between 0.15 and 3 g/t Au. The samples that assay greater than 0.15 g/t Au generally have greater than 4 volume percent pyrite or pyrrhotite or both in association with quartz and chlorite. Drawing 9608.I-2 from assessment report #082854 gives the sample locations and geology of the area. In 1994, exploration consisted of mapping and sampling of rock and till. Mineralization was found to be spotty and of 362 samples collected, none assayed greater than 10 g Au/t. Repeat samples taken from the the areas of the 8 and 15.19 g/t Au assays from 1989 assayed 0.7 and 0.3 g/t Au. Malley Rapids Sheet 2 from assessment report #083394 shows the geology and sample locations." 076GSW0018,168,1,"The Bor Lake showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The rocks that underlie the Feather Lake area are greywacke mudstone turbidite sequences with sparse outcroppings of interbedded iron formation. Both oxide and silicate iron formations are present. The oxide iron formation are up to 20 m wide and have well defined bedding which include layers of massive magnetite to quartz magnetite. The silicate iron formation are usually less than 5 m wide, are poorly banded but are distinctive from other chloritic unit by the presence of grunerite. Exploration in the Bor Lake/Malley Rapids area has included: Airborne magnetometer survey by the Geological Survey of Canada in 1968 of NTS map sheet 076G/03. During 1983 and 1984 reconnaissance prospecting and sampling were done with rock grab samples assaying up to 0.3 g/t Au(Williamson & Olson, 1989). In 1988 an airborne magnetometer, VLF-EM and muilticoil, multifrequency electromagnetic geophysical survey was done by Aerodat Ltd. Exploration in 1989 involved reconnaissance prospecting, mapping, and sampling along airborne magnetic anomalies or airborne electromagnetic conductors. Assays listed are all under 0.3 g/t Au. One sample from 1994 reconnaissance mapping assayed at 555 ppb. See Malley Rapids Sheet 4 from assessment report #083394 for locations. " 076GSW0019,169,1,"The Bor Lake SE showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The rocks that underlie the Bor Lake SE area are greywacke mudstone turbidite sequences with interbedded iron formation. Both oxide and silicate iron formations are present. " 076GSW0019,170,2,"Exploration in the Bor Lake SE/Malley Rapids area has included: Airborne magnetometer survey by the Geological Survey of Canada in 1968 of NTS map sheet 076G/03. During 1983 and 1984 reconnaissance prospecting and sampling were done with rock grab samples assaying up to 0.3 g/t Au (Williamson & Olson, 1989). In 1988 an airborne magnetometer, VLF-EM and muilticoil, multifrequency electromagnetic geophysical survey was done by Aerodat Ltd. Exploration in 1989 involved reconnaissance prospecting, mapping and sampling along airborne magnetic anomalies or airborne electromagnetic conductors in the area but no samples were taken from this particular site. In 1994 the area was subjected to prospecting and sampling. One sample taken from a large outcrop of rusty quartz-grunerite-chlorite iron formation that was crosscut by quartz veins and sulphidized with pyrrhotite and pyrite had an assay of 601 ppb g/t Au." 076GSW0020,171,1,"The Zone F showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Zone F showing is within the Back River region. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. " 076GSW0020,172,2,"Three periods of iron formation deposition have been identified within the Back and Beechey Lake Groups (Chandler et al, 1992). In the property area, iron formations are believed to be equivalent stratigraphically to the uppermost iron formations in the Beechey Lake Group. The Beechey Lake Group in the Back River region are isoclinally folded greywackes, siliceous greywackes and mudstones that are interbedded with iron formation and are steeply dipping. The iron formation consists mainly of magnetite and chert and is of the oxide variety. Subordinate amounts of silicate iron formation are also present (Williamson and Olson,1990). The rocks that underlie the Zone F area are greywacke mudstone turbidite sequences with interbedded iron formation. A mantle of quaternary glacial material covers most of the area of Zone F. Sporatic exposure of sulphidized oxide iron formation lies along a shallow fold hinge. " 076GSW0020,173,3,"Exploration in the Zone F/Malley Rapids area has included: Airborne magnetometer survey by the Geological Survey of Canada in 1968 of NTS map sheet 076G/03. During 1983 and 1984 reconnaissance prospecting and sampling were done with rock grab samples assaying up to 0.3 g/t Au (Williamson & Olson, 1989). In 1988 an airborne magnetometer, VLF-EM and muilticoil, multifrequency electromagnetic geophysical survey was done by Aerodat Ltd. Exploration in 1989 involved reconnaissance prospecting, mapping and sampling along airborne magnetic anomalies or airborne electromagnetic conductors in the area. Samples assayed up to 0.48 g/t Au. In 1994 this area was mapped and resampled. Of 22 samples taken, one sample assayed over 1 g/t Au. Other grab samples yeilded assays of 578 ppb, 637 ppb, 734 ppb and 758 ppb Au." 076GSW0021,174,1,"The Bee showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Bee showing is within the Back River region. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. " 076GSW0021,175,2,"Yellowknife Supergroup rocks in the area are folded into a steeply dipping, NW striking, regional scale anticlinorium that plunges to the SE. The Bee showing area is underlain by siltstones, greywackes, mafic to intermediate volcanic rocks and minor mafic/felsic tuffs that have been metamorphosed to mid greenschist grade. Plate 2 from assessment report 081969 shows the rock types and relationships. The mafic, volcanic unit is about 400 m wide and lies between siltstones to the south and greywackes to the north. They consist mainly of sheared pillow basalt. Locally, where shearing is more intense, these rocks are converted to chloritic schists that are cut by carbonate veinlets. The tuffaceous rocks outcrop sporatically within a 30 m wide draw near the upper part of the mafic volcanic unit. This fragmental unit consists of interbedded mafic and felsic tuffs with thin cherty and argilliceous layers. The mafic tuffs are variously chloritized and in places are now chlorite schist, containing up to 10% disseminated opyrite. Felsic tuffs, usually containing 1-2 mm diameter quartz eyes, occur in beds 1/2 to up to 5 m wide. They are variously sericitized and in places they are sericitic schists, up to 1 m in width, containing 5-10% disseminated to streaky pyrite and minor arsenopyrite. It is within these pyritic, sericitic, arsenopyritic-bearing schists (Main showing, Plate 2) that the best gold values occur. Minor quartz veinlets occur throughout the Main showing area, which is exposed over a strike length of about 100 m before disappearing into a lake to the east and overburden to the west. (Sorbara, 1985) " 076GSW0021,176,3,"A GSC reconnaissance lake sediment geochemical survey was done in in the Bee area as part of a larger study which sampled silts for Cu, Pb, Zn, Ni, U, Mn, Fe, K2O and organics (Allan et. al., 1972). In 1974 the area was mapped at a 1:50,000 scale and the area was prospected for sulphide mineralization and in the area of a granitic pluton for uranium. Geochemical sampling was done for Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag , Au and As. Sampling in 1974 did not result in any anomalous samples within the Bee area. 1975 exploration included geological mapping at a scale of 1inch = 1250ft, prospecting, rock and soil sampling. One gold occurrence was discovered immediately SW of Awm Lake within an interbedded unit of black slates and chlorite schist which contained arsenopyrite and pyrite. The chip sample assayed at 0.098 oz/ton Au across 10 feet. 1985 exploration consisted of grid marking, geological mapping, trenching, rock sampling, ground magnetics and VLF-EM surveys. Two samples from the Main showing (See Plate 2 from assessment report # 091969) assayed at 1,920 and 1,910 ppb gold respectively from a highly sericitic felsic tuff that had streaky pyrite. 19 line km of ground magnetics and VLF-EM were completed over the Bee (Main) showing. The magnetic survey only delineated the diabase dykes. Four VLF-EM conductors were found parallel to the strike of the stratigraphy. The southernmost conductor is at least 2300 m long and occurs along a mafic volcanic/siltstone contact, a conductor immediately to the north is totally covered by overburden - no explanation for either was given. The conductor coincident with the Bee (Main) showing has a strike length of at least 1700 m. The northernmost conductor does outcrop but no explanation was noted for same." 076GSW0022,177,1,"The Robbs Pond showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. Rocks underlying the Robbs Lake area are mainly schists derived from a greywacke-mudstone sequence and various facies of iron formation. To the south, a band of grey-green non banded phyllites and fine grained mica schists were mapped between the greywacke units. A GSC reconnaissance lake sediment geochemical survey was done in in the Bee area as part of a larger study which sampled silts for Cu, Pb, Zn, Ni, U, Mn, Fe, K2O and organics (Allan et. al., 1972). In 1974 the area was mapped at a 1:50,000 scale and the area was prospected for sulphide mineralization and in the area of a granitic pluton for uranium. Geochemical sampling was done for Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag , Au and As. In assessment report 061343, one Zn value of 0.54% was noted but not located on the accompanying map. Two assays had gold values of 0.48 ounces per ton and 1.44 ppm respectively. These samples were located 800 ft apart in bands or lenses of pyritic meta-chert interlayered with amphibolite. No other anomalous results were noted. 1975 exploration included geological mapping at a scale of 1inch = 1250 ft, prospecting, rock and soil sampling. No anomalous samples were obtained from the Robbs Lake area. " 076GSW0022,178,2,"In 1985 the area that the grab sample of 0.48 opt Au was taken in 1974 was resampled but no gold values of interest (sic) were found and Sorbara, 1985 suggests that the original sample was misplotted." 076GSW0023,179,1,"The DOX 2380 showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Yellowknife Supergroup rocks in the area are folded into a steeply dipping, NW striking, regional scale anticlinorium that plunges to the SE. Rocks underlying the sample area are mainly semi-pelite and pelite (siltstone and shale) with chloritic interbands and various facies of iron formation. A GSC reconnaissance lake sediment geochemical survey was done in in the Bee area as part of a larger study which sampled silts for Cu, Pb, Zn, Ni, U, Mn, Fe, K2O and organics (Allan et. al., 1972). In 1974 the area was mapped at a 1:50,000 scale and the area was prospected for sulphide mineralization and in the area of a granitic pluton for uranium. Geochemical sampling was done for Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag , Au and As. In assessment report 061343, one Zn value of 0.54% was noted but not located on the accompanying map. No anomalous gold values were reported for this area. 1975 exploration included geological mapping , prospecting, rock and soil sampling. One anomalous gold value assayed at 0.018 oz/t. " 076GSW0024,180,1,"The DOX 2384 consists of one sample that lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Yellowknife Supergroup. A GSC reconnaissance lake sediment geochemical survey was done in in the Bee area as part of a larger study which sampled silts for Cu, Pb, Zn, Ni, U, Mn, Fe, K2O and organics (Allan et. al., 1972). In 1974 the area was mapped at a 1:50,000 scale and the area was prospected for sulphide mineralization and in the area of a granitic pluton for uranium. Geochemical sampling was done for Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag , Au and As. In assessment report 061343, one Zinc value of 0.54% was noted but not located on the accompanying map. 1975 exploration included geological mapping, prospecting, rock and soil sampling. One sample from a silicate-oxide iron formation/minor sulphide iron formation had an assay of 0.03 oz/t Au. " 076GSW0025,181,1,"The DOX 2372 Showing consists of a single sample. It lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. A GSC reconnaissance lake sediment geochemical survey was done in in the Bee area as part of a larger study which sampled silts for Cu, Pb, Zn, Ni, U, Mn, Fe, K2O and organics (Allan et. al., 1972). In 1974 the area was mapped at a 1:50,000 scale and the area was prospected for sulphide mineralization and in the area of a granitic pluton for uranium. Geochemical sampling was done for Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag , Au and As. In assessment report 061343, one Zinc value of 0.54% was noted but not located on the accompanying map. No other anomalous results were noted. 1975 exploration included geological mapping, prospecting, rock and soil sampling. One anomalous sample from a pyritic iron formation had a gold value of 0.02 oz/t. " 076GSW0026,182,1,"The H-106 is a single sample showing that lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. In 1985 a reconnaissance mapping and prospecting program was undertaken over an area that was covered by three prospecting permits (PP1053, 1054 & 1055). A sedimentary stratigraphy was identified that hosts amphibolitic iron formation over a 23 km strike length. The sporatic amphibolite-magnetite iron formations are locally cherty and rarely sulphidic. Both the bedding and the foliation of the sedimentary package trend at 130-140 degrees with moderate to steep NW dips. Of 143 samples taken, 6 assayed over 500 ppb Au. In the showing area, one sample of undifferentiated iron formation assayed at 690 ppb Au." 076GSW0027,183,1,"The F-74 showing is a single sample site that lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. In 1985 a reconnaissance mapping and prospecting program was undertaken over an area that was covered by three prospecting permits (PP1053, 1054 & 1055). A sedimentary stratigraphy was identified that hosts amphibolitic iron formation over a 23 km strike length. The sporatic amphibolite-magnetite iron formations are locally cherty and rarely sulphidic. Both the bedding and the foliation of the sedimentary package trend at 130-140 degrees with moderate to steep NW dips. Of 143 rock samples taken, 6 grab samples assayed over 500 ppb Au. In the showing area, one sample of silicate/sulphide iron formation assayed at 522 ppb Au. " 076GSW0028,184,1,"The K-97A showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean (>2.5 Ga) Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age (>1.9 Ga) Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age (1.8 Ga) and younger (1.2 Ga) diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The K-97A showing is within the Back River region. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. " 076GSW0028,185,2,"In 1985 a reconnaissance mapping and prospecting program was undertaken over an area that was covered by three prospecting permits (PP1053, 1054 & 1055). A sedimentary stratigraphy was identified that hosts amphibolitic iron formation over a 23 km strike length. The sporatic amphibolite-magnetite iron formations are locally cherty and rarely sulphidic. Both the bedding and the foliation of the sedimentary package trend at 130-140 degrees with moderate to steep NW dips. Of 143 rock samples taken, 6 grab samples assayed over 500 ppb Au. The single sample that represents this showing is from a felsic tuff/flow that outcrops in the SW region of PP1054. The sample site [ See Plate 2 (assessment report 081937)] is near a limestone/skarn contact area that is adjacent to the greywacke shale biotite schist sediment package. In the showing area, this single sample assayed at 580 ppb Au. " 076GSW0029,186,1,"The K-117 & K-140 showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. In 1985 a reconnaissance mapping and prospecting program was undertaken over an area that was covered by three prospecting permits (PP1053, 1054 & 1055). A sedimentary stratigraphy was identified that hosts amphibolitic iron formation over a 23 km strike length. The sporatic amphibolite-magnetite iron formations are locally cherty and rarely sulphidic. Both the bedding and the foliation of the sedimentary package trend at 130-140 degrees with moderate to steep NW dips. Of 143 rock samples taken, 6 grab samples assayed over 500 ppb Au. In the showing area, two samples of silicate/sulphide iron formation assayed at 1934 and 884 ppb Au respectively. " 076GSW0030,187,1,"The Dior is a single sample showing that lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. Intruding the sediments is a 700 m by 400 m diorite to quartz diorite stock. Near the eastern margin of the stock a poorly exposed zone of arsenopyrite bearing quartz veins has been traced for 700 m. The 2-3 m wide zone has 10-20% veins and veinlets which generally carry 1% arsenopyrite. Silicified quartz diorite in 3-6 cm vein halos carry 3-4% disseminated arsenopyrite. One sample from a quartz vein subcrop boulder with 2-4% blocky disseminated arsenopyrite had an assay of 1,020 ppb Au. All other assays from the quartz veins and adjacent silicified material assayed below 100 ppb Au. " 076GSW0031,188,1,"The Sed showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Sed showing gold mineralization is within arsenopyrite bearing quartz veins hosted by turbiditic argilliceous greywacke. Exploration on the Sed showing area consisted of reconnaissance traverse followed by detailed mapping, sampling and a geophysical survey consisting of VLF-EM and Total Field Magnetics. Samples collected were assayed for multi element ICP as well as by atomic absorption for gold. The best gold value obtained from a grab sample had 31,600 ppb Au. Five chip samples along a 100 m strike length and across 3-4 m of quartz veining had gold values between 155 ppb and 2,930 ppb. Accompanying arsenic values range from 1,425 to 36,564 ppm." 076GSW0032,189,1,"The Gersdorffite showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Gersdorffite showing consists of sediment hosted veins of massive gersdorffite with minor chalcopyrite in quartz gangue. The mineralization is diabase associated and within a zone approximately 30 m long and 2 m wide ajacent to a NW trending diabase dyke. Sample 135-3 had Ni values of 19.35%, Cu 0.44%, Pt 100 ppb and Pd 1000 ppb. Sample 804-3 had values of: Ni 15.55%, Pt 260 ppb and Pd 570 ppb. Sample 804-4 had values of: Ni 5.60%, Cu 0.19%, Pt 80 ppb and Pd 630 ppb. Reconnaissance geological mapping and sampling was done in the Gersdorffite showing area in 1985 at a scale of 1:31,680. Map 4/7 from assessment report 082070 shows the sample locations. " 076GSW0032,190,2, 076GSW0033,191,1,"The Gaet showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Gaet showing is within the Back River region. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. " 076GSW0033,192,2,"Within the showing area, five geological units have been mapped. They are: 1)Lower amphibolite metamorphic grade sediments represented by well foliated fine grained grey schists ranging from metapellites to metagreywackes and metaquartzites. 2)Low metamorphic grade sediments in the form of phyllites and lightly metamorphosed greywacke. 3)Amphibolitic iron formation which have five facies type:garnet rich iron formation, amphibole rich iron formation, banded amphibole and chert rich iron formation, oxide rich iron formation and sulphide rich iron formation. 4)Intrusive granites and granodiorites and 5)A diabase dyke 20-50 m wide which trends at 50 degrees north. Mineralization occurs within the sulphide rich (greater tan 5%) iron formation. Pyrrhotite is the dominant sulphide followed by pyrite. Sulphides average 5% but may be up to 30% locally. Reconnaissance exploration was done in 1989. Of 100 samples taken, 30 had gold values from 100-750 ppb. One grab sample had an assay value of 1.47 g/t Au and the best chip sample had a value of 650 ppb Au across 4 m. In 1990 increasingly detailed exploration was done in the area including the emplacement of a 3 km by 2 km grid, mapping at a scale of 1:2500, trenching and sampling (grab samples, channel samples and trench samples). " 076GSW0033,193,3,All 281 samples collected in 1990 were taken from iron formations. Four values greater than 1 g/t Au were detected including two from a trench that had values of 1.92 g/t Au and 1.46 g/t Au in sulphide rich iron formation . A frost heaved boulder from another sulphide rich iron formation yeilded a value of 3.67 g/t Au and one grab sample from a garnet and amphibole rich iron formation with 5% pyrite had a value of 1.10 g/t Au. 65 samples had assay values between 100 and 890 g/t Au. All the rest had results less than 100 ppb Au. 076GSW0034,194,1,The Gaet 4 showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. The Gaet 4 showing consists of a single sample from iron formation that had an assay value of 0.75 g/t Au over 2m. 076GSW0035,195,1,"Information from assessment report 081986 which consists only of 2 diamond drill logs . Mineralization occurs within an andesitic unit that is sandwiched between volcanic sediments and has minor sulphides. No assays were above 30 ppb Au in DDH 84-02, three samples had assay values above the cutoff range in DDH 84-01 and these are as follows: A 2.5 foot section of andesite with trace pyrite and arsenopyrite had an original assay value of 2380 ppb Au. and a reassay value of 0.03 opt. Au. A 5 ft. section had 20% dark quartz and minor arsenopyrite gave an original assay value of 780 ppb Au. and was reassayed twice with resultant values of 0.034 opt and 0.34 opt Au. A 2.8 ft. section with 1% asp had an assay value of 1080 ppb Au. and a reassayed value of 0.044 opt. " 076GSW0036,196,1,"The Barrel showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. " 076GSW0036,197,2,"The Barrel showing is underlain by Beechey Lake sediments. The sediments contain horizons of dacite tuff offset by at least one fault. There is an absence of banded iron formation, the oxides present are scattered occurrences of magnetite. Anomalous gold values are from sulphide-bearing sediments, often with quartz veins. Of twelve grab samples, only one returned a value above 0.1 oz/ton and four contained trace values. The area has been subjected to prospecting, grid emplacement and has been mapped at a scale of 1:2500 with concurrent magnetometer and electromagnetic surveys. " 076GSW0037,198,1,"The Algood showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. " 076GSW0037,199,2,"The Showing area is underlain by Beechey Lake group metasediments including argilliceous greywacke turbidites, oxide magnetite iron formation and tuffs. Mineralization is associated with sulphides and magnetite iron formation in gossan zones paralleling schistocity. Sulphides are arsenopyrite and pyrite in vein type or alteration zone quartz/chlorite rock. The coarser the arsenopyrite crystals, the higher the gold values. Numerous NE trending faults cut the area. The displacement of the faults is minor and is generally left handed displacement. Faulkner, (1963) suspects that the displacement is the primary controlling factor of the mineralization. Where the faults intersect an argilliceous band, the resulting chlorite amphibole alteration becomes a suitable locus of deposition for auriferous sulphide minerals. The sulphides, quartz and perhaps gold may have replaced the sheared chloritic rocks adjacent to the faults. Within the Algood Showing area there are four locations that have been mapped, prospected, subjected to geophysical surveys, and sampled. These areas are the #1 Showing (approximately 3.5 km north of Fidler Lake), Alskne (approximately 2.5 km north of Fidler Lake), Fido (approximately 2.25 km north of Fidler Lake) and Doc (approximately 2 km SE of #1 showing). Two of the areas (#1 showing and Alskne) have been drilled. The Algood Showing area has been subjected to exploration since 1946 including prospecting and mapping. In 1947 11 drillholes were drilled for a total of 481 m. In 1962 the property was again mapped and a ground magnetic survey completed. Five diamond drill holes were completed on the Alksne occurrence. No further work was done until 1980 when further ground magnetometer and VLF-EM surveys were completed as well as 10 diamond drill holes (#1 showing) for a total of 408.7 ft. At this time the core from 1947 was relogged and sampled as well. In 1985 two grids were established within the showing area (Fido & Don). " 076GSW0037,200,3,"Ranges of assay values from the four areas within the showing are as follows: #1 Showing: A grab sample from 1963 had an assay value of 2.79 opt Au. The best assays from the 1980 diamond drill program include 0.22 opt Au/2.07 m, 0.48 opt Au/0.88 m, 0.16 opt Au/5.5 m, 0.11 opt Au/4.1 m, 0.165 opt/0.73 m, 0.19 opt Au/0.43 m and 0.07 opt/2.3 m. Relogging of drill core from 1947 yeilded the following gold results: 0.11 opt/1.5 m, 0.23 opt/1.5 m and 0.15 opt/1.1 m Alksne: Drill results from 1947 include gold values of 0.55 opt/3 ft, 0.66 opt/1.3 ft, 0.45 opt/3ft, 2.10 opt/3.2 ft, 0.64 opt/3.2 ft and 0.43 opt/3 ft. Doc: A selection of grab samples from the Doc grid include assays from 0.06 to 0.99 opt Au. Fido: A selection of grab samples from the Fido grid range from 0.14 to 0.42 opt/Au." 076GSW0038,201,1,"The South Fidler Lake showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back River Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. " 076GSW0038,202,2,"The South Fidler Lake showing is located 2 km south of Fidler Lake and is underlain by rocks of the Back River Group. The mineralization is contained within the host rocks of gossanous felsic to intermediate lapilli tuffs that have been altered to clay and chloritized. Sulphides associated with the mineralization are pyrite and arsenopyrite. Only 5% of the area has outcrop and and additional 5-10% is frost heaved. Exploration in the showing area commenced in 1986 with reconnaissance mapping and prospecting at a scale of 1:50,000. Four samples from the showing area had assays ranging from 0.082 opt Au to 690 ppb (0.02 opt) Au from clay altered andesite with a range of pyrite from 2-10% In 1987 exploration consisted of geological mapping at a scale of 1:2500, a VLF-EM and proton procession magnetometer survey, rock sampling and one diamond drill hole was drilled. The VLF-EM survey outlined two strong conductors, one is oriented at 320 degrees and has a strike length of 350 m and dips steeply to the west. The second conductor trends at 175 degrees, has no defined dip direction and is interpretted as a shear or fault structure. The magnetometer survey showed one high/low coupling coincident with a VLF conductor. This target was drilled and yielded over 20 feet of pyritized argillite but no assays were over 0.01 opt Au. Eight rock samples ranged from 0.12 opt Au to 0.02 opt Au. The Showing area has been further subjected to reconnaissance mapping, geochemical sampling (including ICP and sediment sampling for heavy minerals) and airborne geophysical magnetic and EM surveys to detect any features related to kimberlite pipes. In 1992 exploration focused on kimberlites with the primary focus being on reassessing airborne data for potential kimberlite pipes. Prospective localities are shown on the maps within AR 083086. " 076GSW0039,203,1,"The Narrow Lake showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back River Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back River volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. " 076GSW0039,204,2,"The Narrow Lake showing is underlain by rocks of the Back River Group which consist of shales and felsic to intermediate tuffs. Mineralization occurs locally in sheared shales that have quartz veinlets and pyrite +/- arsenopyrite. The Narrow Lake showing has been subjected to geophysical surveys (proton procession magnetometer and VLF-EM), reconnaissance mapping and grid establishment, geochemical sampling and in 1992 airborne data was reinterpretted to look for potential kimberlite pipes (prospective localities are shown on the maps within AR 083086). Four samples from frost heaved shale with quartz and pyrite +/- arsenopyrite have a range of gold values from 540 g/t Au to 745 ppb Au. Three other samples have higher assay values that range from 0.520 opt Au to 0.858 opt Au but these are are from rounded boulders that are not in place." 076GSW0040,205,1,"The MG1showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back River Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back River volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. " 076GSW0040,206,2,"The MG1 showing is within the Back River Group volcanics. The entire area is very poorly exposed with only approximately 10% outcrop. Mineralization occurs within quartz filled fractures in andesite. The surrounding country rock is not altered. In 1986, geochemical samples from prospecting and reconnaissance mapping yielded gold values of 0.396 to 2.14 ounces per ton in three samples. In 1987 a grid was established and more detailed mapping and sampling were done. Re-examination of the area of the vicinity of the 1986 2.14 opt Au sample failed to uncover significant mineralization. Only one sample had an anomalous gold value of 0.102 opt Au from a frost heaved rock. The Showing area has also been subjected to reconnaissance mapping, geochemical sampling (including ICP and sediment sampling for heavy minerals) and airborne geophysical magnetic and EM surveys to detect any features related to kimberlite pipes. In 1992 the primary focus was reassessing airborne data for potential kimberlite pipes. Prospective localities are shown on the maps within AR 083086. " 076GSW0041,207,1,"The Grid 4 showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. This showing consists of 5 samples that range from 585 ppb Au to 0.790 oz/t. Three samples are from strongly silicified boulders that are highly angular, abundant and numerous suggesting that they are frost heaved. These samples (felsic boulders) are located on map 24 from assessment report 082625 as being within a black shale unit adjacent to a felsic tuffaceous unit. A large mineralized boulder that was sampled in 1986 gave assay results of 0.466 oz/ton (described as a cherty shale with arsenopyrite) was relocated in 1987 and resampled and yielded results of 0.79 oz/ton. This sample is located in different areas on two separate assessment reports, for the purpose of this showing the location from assessment report 082625 was used (See map 24) as this sample is specifically discussed and was resampled yeilding an assay value of 0.79 oz/t Au. The Showing area has also been subjected to reconnaissance mapping and airborne geophysical magnetic and EM surveys to detect any features related to kimberlite pipes. In 1992 the primary focus was reassessing airborne data for potential kimberlite pipes. Prospective localities are shown on the maps within AR 083086. " 076GSW0042,208,1,"The Grid 5 showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back River Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back River volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. " 076GSW0042,209,2,"The Grid 5 showing has been subjected to reconnaissance and detailed mapping, prospecting, geochemical sampling, grid emplacement and ground geophysical surveys including VLF-EM and magnetometer. In 1986 reconnaissance geochemical sampling of a locally derived boulder gave a result of 0.41 oz/ton gold. The poorly exposed area was then resampled and bedrock samples gave anomalous results of 215 ppb to 0.052 oz/ton gold in three samples. Further work in 1987 included sampling but no assays were above the cutoff for this NORMIN database. The Showing area has been further subjected to reconnaissance mapping of glacial features, sampling of drumlin and stream sediments and airborne geophysical magnetic and EM surveys to detect any features related to kimberlite pipes. In 1992 the primary focus was reassessing airborne data for potential kimberlite pipes. Prospective localities are shown on the maps within AR 083086. " 076GSW0043,210,1,"The Grid 2 showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back River Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back River volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. " 076GSW0043,211,2,"The Grid 2 showing is underlain by the Back River Group that consists of felsic to intermediate tuffs and flows and intermediate to mafic flows. Two types of mineralization are noted. The first type occurs as a boulder train 5 m wide and 50-100 m long. The boulders are gossanous and consist of mineralized smokey quartz veins and shear zone material with 2-15% disseminated to massive pyrite and 2-10% disseminated laths of arsenopyrite . Two samples had assay values above cutoff (935 ppb and 720 ppb gold). Additional minor shears are noted to the south, these are narrow 50-100 cm wide and extend for 50-100 m in length. Two samples from this area had gold assay values of 0.04 oz/ton and 730 ppb. The second type of mineralization is a small occurance of disseminated arsenopyrite and pyrite in a rhyolite flow. One sample from this area had an assay value of 840 ppb gold. Three diamond drill holes were drilled into a VLF conductor. A magnetometer high was also associated with the area drilled as were anomalous grab samples up to 935 ppb Au. No assay values above cutoff were recorded from the drill core results. Work done on the showing area consists of mapping (reconnaissance and grid), VLF-EM and magnetometer geophysical surveys, geochemical rock and soil sampling and diamond drilling. Further work has included reconnaissance mapping of glacial features and airborne geophysical magnetic and EM surveys to detect any features related to kimberlite pipes. In 1992 the primary focus was reassessing airborne data for potential kimberlite pipes. Prospective localities are shown on the maps within AR 083086. " 076GSW0044,212,1,"The Grid 3 showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age (1.8 Ga) and younger (1.2 Ga) diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Yellowknife Supergroup in the property area is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back River Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back River volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. " 076GSW0044,213,2,"Three samples comprise this showing, all are from gossanous boulders that have up to 10% arsenopyrite associated with quartz veining. Gold values are: 0.034 opt, 0.38 opt and 955 ppb. The Grid 3 Showing is underlain by Back River volcanics and volcaniclastics. Mineralization of the showing is within gossanous quartz veined frost heaved boulders from a possible shear zone that has a strike length of approximately 50 m. The showing area has been exposed to various exploration techniques including reconnaissance mapping and prospecting, ground VLF-EM and magnetometer surveys, grid emplacement, and rock geochemical sampling. This area has also been subjected to reconnaissance mapping and airborne geophysical magnetic and EM surveys to detect any features related to kimberlite pipes. In 1992 the primary focus was reassessing airborne data for potential kimberlite pipes. Prospective localities are shown on the maps within AR 083086. " 076GSW0045,214,1,"The Kate Zone showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. The Kate Zone showing is underlain by sediments of the Beechey Lake Group. Mineralization consists of quartz veining with 1-8% arsenopyrite in a siliceous and chloritized argilliceous greywacke. Of eight grab samples taken, one had an anomalous gold value of 1.02 g/t." 076GSW0046,215,1,The Showing consists of only one sample which had an anomalous gold value of 0.75 g/t. This sample was from a gossan that contained 8% pyrite-pyrrhotite. The sample was from the volcanic/sediment contact that is marked by chert-sulphide exhalites and iron formation. The Twin Lake East showing is underlain by rocks of the Back River Group which is a part of the Yellowknife Supergroup that lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. 076GSW0047,216,1,"The Fire Showing consists of a single stream sediment sample that had an anomalous gold value of 1650 ppb. It was taken from an area within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. This area is underlain by volcanic and sedimentary rocks belonging to the Yellowknife Supergroup. The showing area has been subjected to reconnaissance mapping, geochemical sampling including ICP and sediment sampling for heavy minerals. Other work done in the area included airbornel magnetic and EM surveys to detect any geophysical features related to kimberlite. In 1992 exploration focused on kimberlites with the primary focus being on reassessing geophysical airborne data for potential kimberlite pipes. Prospective localities are shown on the maps within AR 083086. Beach, esker, drumlin, stream and till samples were collected for analyses which included heavy mineral concentrate picking followed by electron microprobe analyses of potential indicator minerals. After the preconcentration of heavy mineral samples the -0.25 mm fraction was analyzed for 32 element ICP and gold geochemical analysis. " 076GSW0048,217,1,"The Syn showing consists of a single stream sediment sample that had an anomalous gold value of 3840 ppb. It was taken from an area within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. This area is underlain by volcanic and sedimentary rocks belonging to the Yellowknife Supergroup. The Showing area has been subjected to reconnaissance mapping, geochemical sampling including ICP and sediment sampling for heavy minerals. Other work done in the area included airborne geophysical magnetic and EM surveys to detect any features related to kimberlite. In 1992 exploration focused on kimberlites with the primary focus being on reassessing airborne data for potential kimberlite pipes. Prospective localities are shown on the maps within AR 083086. Beach, esker, drumlin, stream and till samples were collected for analyses which included heavy mineral concentrate picking followed by electron microprobe analyses of potential indicator minerals. After the preconcentration of heavy mineral samples the -o.25 mm fraction was analyzed for 32 element ICP and gold geochemical analyses. " 076GSW0049,218,1,"The A0902 showing consists of one grab sample from a quartz vein with chalcopyrite and sphalerite within a dacite tuff. This sample had a copper value of 2900 ppm and a zinc value greater than 10000 ppm. The A0902 showing area is underlain by a sequence of andesitic flows interbedded with dacitic to rhyolitic tuffs, lapilli tuffs and breccias believed to be part of the Back River complex (Bryan, 1983). The area of the showing has been subjected to reconnaissance mapping and sampling. All samples were assayed for Au, Ag, Ni, Cu, Pb, and Zn " 076GSW0050,219,1,"The A0865 showing consists of one sample from quartz with pyrite within a dacite lapilli tuff. This sample had an anomalous gold value of 686 ppb. The A0865 showing area is underlain by a sequence of andesitic flows interbedded with dacitic to rhyolitic tuffs, lapilli tuffs and breccias believed to be part of the Back River complex which lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province (Bryan, 1983). The area of the showing has been subjected to reconnaissance mapping and sampling. All samples were assayed for Au, Ag, Ni, Cu, Pb, and Zn " 076GSW0050,220,2, 076GSW0051,221,1,"The A0912 & A0913 Showing area is underlain by a sequence of andesitic flows interbedded with dacitic to rhyolitic tuffs, lapilli tuffs and breccias believed to be part of the Back River complex (Bryan, 1983) which lies within the NE portion of the Slave Structural Province. The area of the showing has been subjected to reconnaissance mapping and sampling. All samples were assayed for Au, Ag, Ni, Cu, Pb, and Zn This showing consists of two samples. Sample A0913 consists of a massive chalcopyrite vein in quartz and had assay values of 2400 ppb Au and >10,000 ppm copper. Sample A0912 is located approximately 525 m to the west and is a felsic to intermediate brecciated tuff. This sample had an anomalous gold value of 720 ppb. Both samples are within intermediate to felsic tuffs. " 076GSW0052,222,1,The Uist lake showing is from a single sample collected during reconnaissance mapping. The sample was of silicate exhalite facies rock with arsenopyrite grains. This sample has a gold value of 549 ppb. The Uist Lake showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive 076GSW0053,223,1,"The DC Grid Showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Yellowknife Supergroup is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back River Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back River volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. " 076GSW0053,224,2,"The DC Grid showing has been subjected to reconnaissance and grid mapping, geophysical surveys - magnetometer and VLF-EM and geochemical work. Only three grab samples have been collected for analysis from this showing. Geophysical results show two weak conductors within the greywacke stratigraphy which were interpretted as possibly being contact zones between greywacke and slates. Silicate exhalite horizons were not well indicated by the instruments. The magnetic survey indicated a zone which may be silicate and oxide iron formation 50 m in width. Outcrop is sparse. One reconnaissance sample was taken in 1982 but did not have gold values above the NORMIN cutoff. Only two samples were taken from the area in 1985, both samples had gold values of 0.03 oz/ton" 076GSW0054,225,1,"The DC Grid showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. The H Grid is underlain by siliceous and slatey greywacke which is cut by small pegmatitic veins. Some of the higher gold values are obtained from mineralized quartz veins spatially associated with the pegmatite. Reconnaissance mapping and sampling from 1983 produced three samples with gold values of 8914 ppb, 17,486 ppb and 53,144 ppb. Work done in 1985 included geophysical surveys, grid emplacement and rock geochemistry. Of 16 samples taken, 8 have gold values that range between 0.02 and 0.36 oz/ton Au. No significant VLF-EM or magnetic anomalies occur on the grid." 076GSW0055,226,1,"The As Grid showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Yellowknife Supergroup is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back River Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back River volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. The As grid is underlain by greywackes, argillites and narrow bands of silicate iron formation of the Beechey Lake group." 076GSW0055,227,2,"The As grid has been subjected to reconnaissance mapping and prospecting, mapping at a 1:2500 scale, geochemical sampling, grid establishment and geophysical surveys - both total field magnetics and VLF-EM. Reconnaissance sampling from 1983 yeilded no results over 65 ppb Au. In 1985 a grid was established over the area following magnetometer and VLF-EM surveys and prospecting which detected portions of iron formation that are conductive as well as portions of the chemical seds that are oxide facies (>6200 gammas). Thirty samples were taken from the As grid area, 7 had gold values ranging between 0.02 oz/ton and 0.19 oz/ton. 3 samples had assay values of 0.01 opt Au, the remainder of the samples had nil or trace Au values." 076GSW0056,228,1,"The Soc showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province in the Hackett River Greenstone Belt. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Yellowknife Supergroup is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back River Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back River volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade in the Back River Region ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. The Soc showing is underlain by greywackes, argillites, felsic to intermediate tuffs and oxide-silicate-arsenopyrite iron formation." 076GSW0056,229,2,"The Soc Showing area has had two grids emplaced - the Soc and the FFB(ID 076GSW0057) grid. See Figure 4 from assessment report 081789. The Soc Showing has been subjected to geological mapping at a 1:2500 scale, geophysical surveys (magnetic and VLF-EM), frost heave sampling and drilling of 3 diamond drill holes totalling 263 m. The geophysical surveys outlined the magnetic properties of the iron formation which trends NW-SE with an average width of 75 m on surface. the VLF-EM survey detected conductive portions of the iron formation delineating the arsenide-sulphide bearing strata on the Soc grid. The FFB grid did not have any conductive zones. 90 frost heave samples were collected from the two grids, 70 on the Soc and 20 on the FFB. On the Soc grid, 4 samples had gold values over 1.0 oz/ton (2.23 opt, 1.38 opt, 1.18 opt and 1.13 opt Au), 11 samples had gold values ranging from 0.5 to 0.99 oz/ton, 32 samples ranged from 0.1 to 0.5 oz/ton Au. The remainder of the samples had gold values less than 0.1 opt. Of 20 samples from the FFB grid 3 samples had gold values of 2.61, 1.30 and 1.02 oz/ton, 2 samples had gold values ranging between 0.5 and 0.9 oz/ton, 10 samples ranged from 0.1 to 0.5 oz/ton Au and the remainder had values below 0.1 opt. The 3 drill holes intersected the silicate-oxide-arsenopyrite facies iron formation and had the following elevated gold values. DDH SL-5-83 (FFB grid) had a 3 m interval with a gold value of 0.09 oz/ton including a 1 m interval of 0.350 oz/ton. DDH SL-6-83 (Soc grid) had 2 intervals 1 m wide with gold values of 0.09 and 0.05 oz/ton respectively. DDh SL-7-83 (Soc grid) had one interval 2.5 m wide with a gold value of 0.036 oz/ton" 076GSW0057,230,1,This showing is part of the Soc showing. For further information and references see Normin ID # 076GSW0056 076GSW0058,231,1,"The Main showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province in the Hackett River Greenstone Belt. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Yellowknife Supergroup is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back River Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back River volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. The Main showing is underlain by Archean greywackes, argillites, felsic to intermediate tuffs and oxide-silicate-arsenopyrite iron formation." 076GSW0058,232,2,"The Main showing area has had two grids emplaced along strike (NW-SE) - the East Main and the West Main (ID 076GSW0059) grids. See Figure 3 from assessment report 081789. The Main showing has been subjected to geological mapping at a 1:2500 scale, geophysical surveys (magnetic and VLF-EM), frost heave sampling and 8 diamond drill holes totalling 798 m. The geophysical surveys outlined the magnetic properties of the iron formation which trends NW-SE with an average width of 75 m on surface. the VLF-EM survey detected conductive portions of the iron formation delineating the arsenide-sulphide bearing strata on the Main grid. Surface geochemical sampling yeilded the following results: East Main grid had 51 samples assayed for gold. Two samples had values greater than 1 oz/ton, 8 samples had gold values ranging from 0.99 to 0.5 oz/ton. West Main grid had 41 surface samples collected, 3 had gold values over 1 oz/ton, 2 of these samples are listed as being from 1982 (possibly from reconnaissance sampling though I cannot find an accompanying report). 6 samples had gold values between the range of 0.99 to 0.5 oz/ton. Eight diamond drill holes were drilled as well, 2 in the West Main grid and 6 in the East Main grid. Only one drill hole, SL-10-83, did not encounter mineralization." 076GSW0059,233,1,This showing is part of the Main showing. For further information and references see Normin ID # 076GSW0058 076GSW0060,234,1,"The Fire 10 showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province in the Hackett River Greenstone Belt. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. The Fire 10 showing is underlain by Archean felsic tuffs with adjacent arenaceous greywackes, slates, and intermediate volcanics. Angular frost heaved mineralized boulders of felsic volcanics extend over an area of 25x75 m. These rocks are sheared and leached and contain sphalerite, galena and pyrite. Reconnaissance mapping and geochemical sampling has been done on the showing area." 076GSW0060,235,2,"Assessment report 082927 reports of reconnaissance mapping and sampling from 1987 in which samples of felsic volcanics had the following values: 1.92 oz/ton Ag, 420 ppb Au, 3.19% Pb, 7.81% Zn (#17644 from AR 082625), 95 ppb Au, 1.05% Pb, 3.86% Zn (#17645) and 1.98 oz/ton Ag, 765 ppb Au, 3.68% Pb and 16.43% Zn (#17646). Samples from the showing area taken in 1989 yielded the following results: 1.1-35 ppm Ag, 21-600 ppm Cu, 550-24,400 ppm Pb and 75-71,400 ppm Zn (#59867-59875). This area has also been subjected to further reconnaissance mapping and airborne geophysical magnetic and EM surveys to detect any features related to kimberlite pipes. In 1992 the primary focus was reassessing airborne data for potential kimberlite pipes. Prospective localities are shown on the maps within AR 083086. " 076GSW0061,236,1,"The Uist 1 showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Yellowknife Supergroup is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back River Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back River volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. The Uist 1 showing is underlain by Beechey Lake argilliceous greywacke turbidite sequences with silicate facies iron formation horizons striking NNW." 076GSW0061,237,2,"Arsenopyrite +/- pyrite +/- pyrrhotite mineralization is hosted within altered silicate iron formations which are noted over a strike length of approximately 1.65 km (See AR 083045 Map 2). The Uist 1 showing consists of two grid/showing areas called Wallys showing and Eds showing. The Uist 1 showing has been subjected to prospecting, geophysical surveys (magnetometer & EM), geological mapping, rock, soil and till sampling and grid emplacement. In 1990 work done on the Ed showing included prospecting and geochemical sampling with 10 samples collected. Eight of the samples had gold values over 1g/tonne. The highest gold value collected was 46.66 g/tonne. Work in 1991 consisted of mapping and prospecting at a scale of 1:10,000. Assay values of up to 46.66, 20.64 and 11.28 g/tonne were returned from grab samples from Eds showing. Values of up to 156.28, 63.22 and 10.01 g/tonne gold were obtained from grab samples from Wallys showing. In 1993 a soil and till sampling program was carried out on the showing area designed to evaluate the possible presence of kimberlite intrusions to evaluate the diamond potential of the property. As well, rock sampling was done to investigate precious and base metal deposit possibilities. Eleven till and soil samples and 5 rock samples were collected. No definate anomalies, indicator mineral suites or geochemical signatures similar to those of kimberlite pipes were discovered. No assay values are listed for the rock samples. " 076GSW0061,238,3,"In 1994 work carried out on the Uist 1 showing area included geophysical surveys, geochemical sampling and geological mapping. A magnetic survey showed that the silicate facies iron formation are adjacent and relate to a segment of a prominant oxide facies banded iron formation that trends NW from Regan Lake. Locally the BIF is deformed. The survey pinpointed the mineralized trend of the IF. An EM geophysical survey over the same area did not encounter strong responses associated with wide sulphide rich BIF but number of weak responses proximal to oxide facies iron formation were present. Sampling failed to identify zones of significant grade or width. Of 13 samples collected, the highest gold grade was 0.04 oz/ton gold." 076GSW0062,239,1,This showing is part of the Uist 1 showing. For further information and references see Normin ID # 076GSW0061. 076GSW0063,240,1,"The IM 1 showing lies within the northeastern portion of the Archean Slave Structural Province. The region is bordered by the Aphebian age Bear Structural Province to the west, and the Rae Structural Province to the east. The principal underlying supracrustal rocks belong to the Archean Yellowknife Supergroup and consist mainly of volcanics and metasediments. Archean intrusive and metamorphic rocks also underlie the region. Early Proterozoic (Aphebian) clastic sedimentary and carbonate sequences of the Goulburn Group unconformably overlie the Archean rocks locally. Intrusive rocks of Hudsonian age and younger diabase dykes crosscut the older lithologies. The Yellowknife Supergroup is divided informally into three major sequences. The Back River Group is the lowest sequence and is comprised of felsic to intermediate flows, tuffs and breccias. The Hackett River Group overlies the Back and consists of volcanic flows that range from felsic to mafic, as well as tuffs and chemical sediments. The uppermost sequence is the Beechey Lake Group, comprising turbidite sediments, greywacke, mudstone and iron formation. Recent mapping by the Geological Survey of Canada suggests that the Hackett River and the Back River volcanic belts, which are generally spatially separate, may be coeval in their upper parts (Williamson and Olson, 1990). At least four periods of deformation have affected the Yellowknife Supergroup. Metamorphic grade ranges from sub-greenschist to upper amphibolite facies. The IM 1 showing is underlain by Archean interbedded greywacke and amphibolitic iron formations consisting of silicate, oxide and sulphide facies that trend northwesterly and have a moderate to steep dip. The best gold values occur in siliceous, amphibolitic iron formations containing pyrrhotite. The greywackes are metamorphosed to biotite schists." 076GSW0063,241,2,"The IM 1 Showing includes the Triangle Lake Showing (ID 076GSW0064) which is located along the same grid approximately 700 m SE. Work done in the showing area includes reconnaissance mapping and geochemical sampling ( including water samples for copper and zinc, frost boil samples for copper, lead, zinc, silver and gold, and rock samples for gold), geophysical surveys (including EM, VLF-EM, magnetics), trenching and geochemical sampling and mapping of the trenches. Three samples from reconnaissance work done in 1975 had anomalous gold values of 1.05, 0.98 and 0.76 ppm. Follow up work done in 1976 included mapping at a 1:6000 scale, geochemical rock sampling as well as soil and frost boil sampling and trenching (2). Rock and soil samples were analyzed for copper, lead, zinc, silver, and gold. Anomalous gold values from trenching are as follows: 0.031, 0.028, 0.059 and 0.093 oz/ton gold. AR 080576 reports anomalous copper (2050 & 1050 ppm) and zinc(2300 ppm) values but I am unable to locate these samples on the map provided. No further work was done on the showing until 1984 when the property was reexamined. A grid was established and the area was subjected to geological mapping, trenching, rock sampling, and geophysical surveys including ground magnetics and VLF. The greatest concentration of mineralization occurs in the vicinity of Triangle Lake (see plate 2 AR 081970 for location) which has a sulphidic zone approximately 500 m long. 73 grab and chip samples were taken of amophibolitic iron formations. The best gold values (10,400 ppb grab, 1,160 ppb/4 m chip and 1.090 ppb/6 m chip) are associated with zones of bedded pyrrhotite in siliceous, amphibolitic iron formation. " 076GSW0064,242,1,"The Triangle Lake Showing is part of the the IM 1 Showing (ID 076GSW0064) which is located along the same grid approximately 700 m NW. Work done in the showing area includes reconnaissance mapping and geochemical sampling ( including water samples for copper and zinc, frost boil samples for copper, lead, zinc, silver and gold, and rock samples for gold), geophysical surveys (including EM, VLF-EM, magnetics), trenching and geochemical sampling and mapping of the trenches. Three samples from reconnaissance work done in 1975 had anomalous gold values of 1.05, 0.98 and 0.76 ppm. Follow up work done in 1976 included mapping at a 1:6000 scale, geochemical rock sampling as well as soil and frost boil sampling and trenching (2). Rock and soil samples were analyzed for copper, lead, zinc, silver, and gold. Anomalous gold values from trenching are as follows: 0.031, 0.028, 0.059 and 0.093 oz/ton gold. AR 080576 reports anomalous copper (2050 & 1050 ppm) and zinc(2300 ppm) values but I am unable to locate these samples on the map provided. No further work was done on the showing until 1984 when the property was reexamined. A grid was established and the area was subjected to geological mapping, trenching, rock sampling, and geophysical surveys including ground magnetics and VLF. The greatest concentration of mineralization occurs in the vicinity of Triangle Lake (see plate 2 AR 081970 for location) which has a sulphidic zone approximately 500 m long. 73 grab and chip samples were taken of amophibolitic iron formations. The best gold values (10,400 ppb grab, 1,160 ppb/4 m chip and 1.090 ppb/6 m chip) are associated with zones of bedded pyrrhotite in siliceous, amphibolitic iron formation. For further information and references see Normin ID # 076GSW0063. " 076GSW0065,243,1,"The Orc showing is underlain by Archean volcaniclastics that strike E-W and dip steeply to the north. Fold and fold closures give minor evidence to tight isoclinal folding with the folds plunging eastward. Mineralization occurs within pyritic gossan zones hosted in cherty rhyolite tuff and associated with acid fragmentals. Work done on the showing includes: geological reconnaissance mapping, soil sampling and a petrographic report of seven thin sections. Four samples from a gossanous zone with minor disseminated sphalerite and pyrite had zinc values of: 3400, 6000, 4400 and 4100 ppm. Reconnaissance sampling from 1983 yielded assays with the following range of gold, zinc, copper and silver values: 1.89 - 16.7% Zn, 0.016 - 0.029 opt Au, 0.508 - 2.69% Cu and 1.49 opt Ag."