63.6157 I RWIN 010 REPORT...63.6157 I RWIN 010 REPORT ON THE PETTI T PROPERTY THUNDER BAY MINING DISTRICT NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO EOR HIGHLANDER MINERALS LTD. May 35, 1990 Thomas S. Jolliffe,

63.6157 I RWIN 010

REPORT

ON THE

PETTI T PROPERTY

THUNDER BAY MINING DISTRICT

NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO

EOR

HIGHLANDER MINERALS LTD.

May 35, 1990 Thomas S. Jolliffe, B.Se. (Eng.) T S J CONSULTANTS LTD.

42E12NEe*ei 63.6t57 I RWIN 010CTABLE OF

l . O SUMMARY l

2.0 INTRODUCTION 3

3.0 LOCATION, ACCESS AND SERVICES 4

4.0 PROPERTY DESCRIPTION 6

5.0 PHYSIOGRAPHY AND VEGETATION 8

6.0 HISTORY AND RESULTS OF PREVIOUS WORK 9

7.0 REGIONAL GEOLOGICAL SETTING AND ECONOMIC DEPOSITS 14

8.0 SUMMARY OF GEOPHYSICS 18

9.0 PROPERTY GEOLOGY 20

10.0 MINERALIZATION 24

11.0 CONCLUSIONS 30

12.0 RECOMMENDATIONS AND COSTS 31

13.0 REFERENCES 34

APPENDIX

A CERTIFICATE OF QUALIFICATION

LI ST.. OF, FI CURES.

1 LOCATION MAP 5

2 CLAIM AND LOCATION SKETCH 7

3 PREVIOUS WORK COMPILATION MAP 10

4 REGIONAL GEOLOGY 1.5

5 MAGNETIC ANOMALIES AND VLF-EM CONDUCTORS 19

6 GEOLOGY AND GOLD OCCURRENCES 21

7 TRENCH 88-A 25

8 TRENCH 88-B 26

9 TRENCH 88-C 27

10 TRENCH 88-D 29

X TABLES

l RECOMMENDED DIAMOND DRILLING TARGETS 32

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1*9— SUMMARY

The Pettit Property comprises 26 claims located about 6 miles

northeast of Beardmore, Ontario. The property is situated within

the Beardmore-Geraldton mining camp which contains 19 former

producing mines with a total production in excess of 4.1 million

ounces of gold and 250,000 ounces of silver since 1934.

The Pettit Property is underlain by rocks belonging to the South

ern Metasedimentary Sub-belt which has been the host for over 94

percent of the gold production in the camp. It straddles a 4.2

mile strike length of the Watson Lake Fault, a major regional

tectonized boundary between metavolcanics to the north and meta-

sediments to the south. A regionally extensive unit of mag

netite-chert-hematite iron formation occurs in close proximity to

the fault. The fault and the iron formation are spatially asso

ciated with gold deposits (including the Leitch Mine, a former

major producer) along strike to the west and east of the prop

erty .

A narrow quartz-carbonate vein with sporadic high-grade gold-

silver-lead-zinc mineralization has been discovered near the west

end of Watson Lake. The vein has been partially exposed within

mafic metavolcanics between the Watson Lake Fault and the iron

formation and strikes at high angle to the fault and iron forma

tion. Other anomalous but subeconomic gold occurrences are

present in close association with the fault and iron formation

elsewhere on the property but bedrock exposure of the favourable

horizons is very poor.

Geophysical survey results outline discontinuities in the conduc

tors associated with the Watson Lake Fault and a number of abate-

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ments, offsets and flexures in the magnetic anomaly over the iron

formation. These may caused by cross-faulting or tight drag folds

accompanied by shearing and hydrothermal alteration, including

sulphidization, which are favourable loci for gold mineralization

in the region.

A two-phase program of diamond drilling is recommended to test:

(1) known gold occurrences (1,200 feet), and (2) a number of

favourable targets inferred from geophysical results (4,450

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2...Q.. INTRODUCTION

In May 1990, Highlander Minerals Ltd. commissioned TSJ Consult

ants Ltd. to write a geological evaluation report on the Pettit

Property located in the Beardmore - Geraldton area of North

western Ontario.

This report is based on a comprehensive study of assessment work

records and on published geological reports and maps for the area

of interest by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, along

with reports and maps supplied by Highlander Minerals Ltd.

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The Pettit Property straddles the boundary between Irwin and

Mccomber Townships in Northwestern Ontario (Lat. 49"40'N, Long.

87'50'W), about 6 miles northeast of Beardmore (Figure 1).

TransCanada Highway 11, the Canadian National Railway line

between Longlac and Nipigon, and the Trans-Canada pipeline pass

approximately l mile to the south of the property. The property

can be reached by taking the Windigokan gravel road north off

Highway 11 to the east end of Watson Lake. From there most of the

property can be reached by boat or snow machine.

An airport with a 3,000 foot compacted gravel runway is located

near the town of Jellicoe, approximately 10 miles east of the

property. Commercial flights operate between Thunder Bay and the

town of Geraldton, about 40 miles to the east.

Limited supplies, services and manpower are available in Beard

more and Jellicoe.

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The Pettit Property consists of 26 contiguous, unpatented mining

claims centered on Watson Lake and Angle Lake (Figure 2). The

claims are shown on the Ministry of Natural Resources claim

sheets for Irwin and Mccomber Townships (G-164 and G-166, respec

tively), Thunder Bay Mining Division.

The claim numbers and dates of record are as follows:

Claim Numbers ReLC or di!LEL~Da Le s

TB

TB

TB

TB

TB

TB

TB

813421 -

828934 -

835354 -

845374 -

874960

927940 -

939177 -

813426

828936

835356

845377

927944

939180

inclusive (6)

inclusive (3)

inclusive (3)

inclusive (4)

(Dinclusive (5)

inclusive

Apr .

June

June

Apr .

Feb.

May

July

15,

21,

21,

7,

8,

9,

1,

1985

1985

1985

1985

1986

1986

1986

Total 26 Claims

The claims are wholly owned by Highlander Resources Ltd,

The title documents have not been examined by the writer


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Approximately 30% of the property is covered by Watson and Angle

Lakes,at an elevation of 1,075 feet above sea level. The straight

north shoreline of these lakes reflects bedrock shearing related

to the Watson Lake Fault. The fault coincides with a prominent

regional physiographic lineament which transects the property

from east to west. A steep outcrop ridge of volcanic rocks to

the north rises to heights of 200 to 300 feet above Watson Lake

and is mantled in parts by a generally thin sand and boulder

overburden cover with dominant hardwoods. The relief to the

south is low and rolling over a less well exposed sequence of

micaceous sedimentary rocks. Approximately half of this area is

generally east-west trending lowland consisting of wet grassy

swamp and muskeg, with alders, balsam and cedar. Balsam, spruce

and hardwoods are dominant on low hills which generally have a

thick sand and boulder till cover.


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Early geological mapping in the Lake Nipigon region by the Geo

logical Survey of Canada began in 1869 and culminated in a report

by A.W.G. Wilson (1910) which includes the first mention of minor

gold exploration in 1884 and 1901.

Initial mapping by the Ontario Bureau of Mines (Coleman: 1907,

1908; Moore,1907) and early mining exploration (prior to 1923)

in the Beardmore - Geraldton region was concentrated primarily on

i ron deposits.

The first well documented gold occurrence (King-Dodds) was dis

covered in 1915. In 1916 and 1917, the bedrock geology along the

Canadian National Railway was mapped for the provincial and

federal governments by A.G. Burrows and T.L. Tanton, respective

ly. Burrows discovered gold in a rock cut on the Canadian Na

tional Railway about l mile west of Jellicoe. By 1925, T.G.

Powers and P. Silam had staked a gold-bearing vein later to

become the Beardmore (Northern Empire) Mine. Provincial mapping

of the area was completed by G.B. Langford in 1928 at a scale of

l inch to l mile. Most of the major gold discoveries in the

region were made in the period between 1930 and 1935. H.C. Laird

and E.L. Bruce of the Ontario Department of Mines completed the

only comprehensive regional report for the Beardmore - Geraldton

region in 1936.

On the Pettit Property, exploration was first carried out for

iron deposits in 1917 by the International Mining and Development

Co., which held 24 claims along Watson and Doris Lakes (Figure

3). A long series of trenches were dug along Watson Lake and two

small shafts were sunk. The iron formation was traced for about


IRWIN TWR

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PETTIT PROPERTY Irwin A Mccomber Townships

District of Thunder Bay, Ontario

CLAIM AND LOCATION SKETCH

LEGEND

Greywacke, conglomerate

Banded iron formation

Mafic to intermediate volcanics

Fault

1/2

Gooseneck

Lake

International Mining Development Co. (1917) Trenching, 1 shaft to 36 (location approximate)

Central Manitoba Mines Ltd. (1957) 1DDH

Westfield Minerals Ltd. (1962/63) Mag, tP. Drilling

North (1987)3455 oz/ton grab sample

Watson LakeNormine (1983)0.25 oz/ton over 9.2 ft.

IRWIN TWP.

MarionLake

MCCOMBER TWP.

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Geology, Geochemistry, Mas. VLF

Westfield Minerals Ltd. (1962/63) Geology, Mag, IP, Drilling

Pettit (1986) Airborne mag, VLF

Westfield Minerals Ltd. (1963) 0.06 oz/ton grab sample

VWestfield Minerals Ltd. (1962/63) C Mag, IP, Drilling S

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PETTIT PROPERTY Irwin & Mccomber Townships

PREVIOUS WORK COMPILATION MAP

Xwork prior to 1988)

LTD.BY: T.S.J

Way 1990SCALE: V-2640'

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four miles and averaged 200 to 300 feet in width.

To the east of the property, A.E. Tyson carried out prospecting

and trenching in the 1920's. An irregular zone of auriferous

replacement sulphides was outlined in iron formation between

Watson Lake and Doris Lake. Assays from 0.25 to 0.50 ounces of

gold per ton were obtained from sulphide-rich areas (Nordin,

1984).

D. MacLeod carried out trenching, prospecting, magnetometer and

induced polarization surveys between 1946 and 1963 over parts of

the present property.

In 1957, Central Manitoba Mines Ltd. carried out a four hole

diamond drilling program in the Watson Lake area to test for iron

deposits. Hole #2, drilled in the area of claim TB 835354 on the

present property intersected 61 feet of banded ironstone and a

seven foot pyritic graphite schist shear zone to the north of the

ironstone. No gold assays were reported.

In 1962, Westfield Minerals Ltd. initiated a two-year program of

ground magnetic, induced polarization and geological surveys,

followed by diamond drilling (3 holes, totalling 1,253 feet),

over the western half of the present property. Results from a

drillhole (#1) at the west end of Angle Lake included a grab

sample which assayed 0.06 ounces of gold per ton from pyrite

stringers in iron formation three feet from the bottom of the

hole. Hole #3, west of Watson Lake, intersected two bands of

iron formation with a combined thickness of 68 feet; stringer

pyrite zones and the graphitic Watson Lake Fault were also inter

sected. Trace gold assays were obtained from holes #2 and #3.

The log descriptions suggest that sampling of the Westfield


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drillholes was not thorough.

In 1967/68, detailed geological mapping of Irwin Township was

carried out by W.O. Mackasey for the provincial government.

Bema Industries Ltd. carried out geophysical, geochemical and

geological surveys over the area of the present claim group for

Normine Resources Ltd. in 1983. Results incl\ided an assay of

0.148 ounces gold per ton over a 24 cm wide zone of carbonatiza

tion and pyrite replacement in sheared iron formation exposed in

a shallow pit on present claim TB 939178. To the east of the

present property, samples from quartz-carbonate-sulphide veins

and sulphide replacement along sheared contacts with jasper-

hematite-chert iron formation on strike from the iron formation

on the present claim group assayed from 0.022 to 1.144 ounces

gold per ton over widths from 30 to 90 cm.

Detailed geological mapping of Mccomber Township was carried out

by M.W. Carter for the Ontario Geological Survey in 1983.

In 1985/1986, the present claim group was staked by C. Pettit.

Terraquest Ltd. were contracted to carry out an airborne magneto

meter survey over the property in 1986.

Flagship Resources Ltd. optioned the property in 1987 and carried

out ground magnetometer and VLF-EM surveys in early 1988. Moss

Resources Ltd. optioned the property from Flagship and carried

out geological mapping, prospecting, trenching and lithogeochemi cal sampling in the summer of 1988. The results of the 1988

geophysical and geological surveys are summarized in later sec

tions of this report.


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A regional airborne electromagnetic - magnetic survey was carried

out over the Beardmore-Geraldton area by the Ontario Geological

Survey in 1988.


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The Pettit Property is underlain by rocks of the Beardmore-

Geraldton Greenstone Belt. The belt trends generally east-west

and forms part of the Archean Wabigoon Subprovince within the

Superior Province of the Canadian Shield (Figure 4). The belt

is separated from the Tashota-Onaman Belt to the north by the

Paint Lake Fault, a major east- west transcurrent fault.

The rocks within the belt consist of isoclinally folded, sub-

vertically dipping metavolcanic rocks, comagmatic sills and

dykes, and metasedimentary rocks. The supracrustal rocks have

been intruded by syn- to post-tectonic granitoid batholiths and

their associated marginal and porphyritic phases. Keeweenawan

diabase sills and lacoliths are common in the area. The regional

metamorphic grade is greenschist facies.

The Beardmore-Gera] dton Belt has been subdivided into the South

ern Metavolcanic Sub-belt and the Southern Metasedimentary Sub-

belt. Laterally extensive iron formation units occur within both

sub- bel ts .

Nearly all lithological contacts are zones of deformation.

Lithologic units have been tectonically transposed into a north

ward thrust sequence consisting of an imbricate stack of alter

nating slices and wedges of metavolcanics and metasediments .

There is also a component of dextral strike-slip movement.

Production from the Beardmore-Geraldton camp began in 1934 and

now exceeds 4.1 million ounces of gold and 250,000 ounces of

silver. Production has been obtained from 19 mines, including

the MacLeod-Cockshutt , Leitch, Little Long Lac, Consolidated


PAST PRODUCING MINES

Consolidated Mosher Mines Ltd.. .. . . ............... Au. Ag2 Maeleod-Cockshutt Gold Mines Ltd. . ... . ............ Au, Ag

*,Pb,Ag,Att Au

A fcr.Ag.Pt).Aii3 Sankfield Consolidated Mines Ltd. .. . ............... Au, Ag- Brenbar Mines Ltd.... . . ................................ Au5 Gulch Mines Ltd... . .. . ............................. Au, Ag5 Hard Rock Gold Mines Ltd...... ..................... Au, Ag7 Jellicoe Mines ('939) Ltd..... ......................, Au. AgB Leitch Gold Mines Ltd. .... .. ....................... Au. Ag9 Leitch Gold Mines Ltd. (Sand River) ... .............. Au. Ag

'O Litt'e Long Lac Gold Mines Ltd....... ... ............Au. Ag•1 Magnet Consolidated Mines Ltd....... .............. Au. Ag'2 Maloney Sturgeon Gold Mines Ltd.......,..... ...... Au. Ag'3 Northern Emoire Mines Co. Ltd.. .............,..... .Au, AgM Orphan orooerty (Dikdik)... . ...... ........ ........ Au, Ag' 5 Sturgeon River Mines Ltd. .........................Au.Ac'6 Tashota Nioigon Mines Ltd.. . . . . ............... Au, Cu, Ag•7 Theresa Gold Mines Ltd..... ....................... Au, Ag13 Tombill Mines Ltd. . . .. . ... ............... .........Au. Ag' 9 "ombill Mines Ltd. . .. .. . ..... ......... ..... ...... Au. Ag

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PRECAMBRIANPROTEROZOIC

KEWEENAWANINTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCKS

5 Diabase, porphyritic diabase*

INTRUSIVE CONTACT

SISLEY GROUP

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Conglomerate, sandstone, shale, dolomite.

UNCONFORMITY

LEGEND

BASIC AND ULTRABASIC IGNEOUS ROCKS

5a Quartz diorite, diorite, diorite por phyry, diabase, sabbro. metagabbro.

5b Hornblendite, pyroxenite, peridotite, serpentinite.

5c Anorthosite, amrthositic gabbro.INTRUSIVE CONTACT

METASEDIMENTS C

4 Conglomerate, cuartzite, greywacke, arkose, slate, mica schist, tuff.

META VOLCANICS*

2a Rhyolite.2b Acid to intermediate lavas, tuff, ag

glomerate, minor rnetased/ments.

-i 'a Basic and Intermediate Meta- l volcanics: greenstone, basalt, pillow

lava, metadiabase, andesite, dacite, amphibolite, chlorite schist, horn blende schist, tuff, agglomerate.

'b (Jndiffererttiated metavolcanics with some metasediments.

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ARCHEAN

ACID IGNEOUS AND ^ METAMORPHIC ROCKS*

j Iron formation.

METASEDIMENTS'

, Iron formation.

6 Granite(gneiss), porphyritic granite (gneiss), granodiorite, porphyritic granodiorite, quartz diorite, syenite, alaskite, porphyritic syenite, migma tite, martz and feldspar porphyries, pegmatite, aplite, hornblendite.

3 Conglomerate, quartzite, greywacke, arkose, slate, mica schist, garnet gneiss, stauroliie gneiss, phyllite, amphibolite.

Sulphide mineralization.

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Mosher, Hard Rock, Magnet Consolidated and Northern Empire Mines.

Numerous other gold occurrences are present, including the Metal-

ore (formerly Brookbank) Prospect.

Gold mineralization occurs in shear zones, quartz veins and

breccia zones along contacts and within a variety of rock types,

including clastic arid chemical sediments, felsic to mafic intru-

sives, and mafic volcanics. Much of the production has come from

narrow high grade veins. Mineralization shows a strong spatial

association with major fault/deformation zones and iron formation

units.

Over 94 percent of total gold production has come from the South

ern Metasedimentary Sub-belt which underlies the Pettit Property.

Mason and White (1986) subdivided deposits within the sub-belt

into three categories: (1) vein type deposits, (2) iron formation

replacement sulphide - vein related deposits, and (3) domain

boundary fault-related deposits.

Vein type deposits are characterized by untypically large ton

nages in the Beardmore-Geraldton camp. The Leitch Mine (total

production 861,982 ounces of gold; average grade 0.92 ounces per

ton) is situated approximately 7 miles along strike to the west-

southwest of the Pettit Property on the western extension of the

Watson Lake Fault. On a local scale, isoclinal folding and tight

drag folds with westward plunges at 35* to 40' have provided

structural control. Gold mineralization occurs in two sets of

narrow quartz veins parallel and nearly perpendicular to fold

axial planes in a greywacke host. Associated minerals include

chlorite-sericite seams, as well as minor sulphides, including

pyrite, arsenopyrite, tetrahedrite and sphalerite; ankerite,

halite, scheelite and bournonite are also noted. The wallrock


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adjacent to gold-bearing veins is generally unmineralized but

carbonate-sericite alteration zones are present in the vicinity

of mineralized veins.

Iron formation replacement sulphide - vein related deposits

include the North Zone on the MacLeod-Cockshutt and Hard Rock

Gold Mines in the Geraldton area (combined production 42 percent

of total camp production) and the Solomon's Pillars Prospect

located 9 miles east on strike from the Pettit Property.

The Solomon's Pillars Prospect is very similar geologically to

the Pettit Property. Magnetite-chert ( jasper) iron formation

correlative with the iron formation on the Pettit Property is

interbedded with clastic tnetasediments and parallels a major

fault (probably correlative with the Watson Lake Fault) at the

contact with mafic metavolcanics to the north. Gold is assoc

iated with quartz-pyrite-arsenopyrite veins that replace and cut

the iron formation. Assays of selected grab samples ranged up to

0.92 ounces of gold per ton.

Domain boundary fault - related deposits are a third significant

type. The Bankfield-Tombi11 Lithotectonic Zone is a major host

for gold deposits in the Geraldton area. The Metalore (Brook-

bank) Prospect less than 3 miles to the north of the Pettit

Property occurs in a shear zone lying along the faulted contact

between east-west trending metasediments to the north and mafic

metavolcanics to the south. The shear zone is thought to be

similar to the Watson Lake Fault as it lies on a splay or sub

sidiary to the major Paint Lake Fault. Geological reserves are

estimated at 1.3 million tons grading 0.3 ounces of gold per ton.


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8 ..Q.... SUMMARY-P.P..J3EQPH YS1C S

The ground magnetometer survey outlined a narrow magnetic high

caused by an underlying iron formation unit striking northeaster

ly along the length of the property (Figure 5). Vertical field

intensities along the anomaly range from a few hundred gammas to

a peak of more than 40,000 gammas at the east end of the proper

ty. The linearity of the feature suggests an absence of large

scale folding but tight folds would not be resolved by the sam

pling interval used for the survey. Several abatements, discon

tinuities and small offsets in the anomaly may represent cross

cutting faults and shears, possibly accompanied by alteration of

magnetite, including sulphidization.

The VLF-EM survey delineated twelve conductors interpreted to

have a bedrock source. Almost all the conductors are located 50

to 200 feet to the north of the iron formation and are inter

preted to be graphitic and/or sulphidic horizons along the Watson

Lake Fault. Offsets and discontinuities along the conductive

trend provide further indication of cross-faulting. In the cent

ral part of the property, several of the conductors coincide with

the apex of the magnetic anomaly, indicating that conductive

material is present within or immediately adjacent to the iron

formation. h conductor coincident with the peak of the magnetic

anomaly at the east end of the property may be caused by a zone

of sulphide replacement within the iron formation or a parallel

sulphide/graphite horizon. East-west conductors along the center

of Angle Lake may be related to a fault/shear zone splayed off

the main Watson Lake Fault.


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9L..P..- PROPERTJL.QEOLOGY

The Pettit Property is underlain by rocks belonging to the South

ern Metasedimentary Sub-belt which hosts most of the gold depos

its in the Beardmore-Geraldton camp. The main geological features

on the property are shown in Figure 6.

The claim group straddles a major structural boundary (the

Watson Lake Fault) between metavolcanics to the north and clastic

metasediments to the south. The fault is a highly tectonized

zone adjacent to or coincident with an iron formation unit over

the length of the property. The fault and the iron formation are

regional features spatially associated with gold occurrences and

economic deposits to the east and west.

Pillowed mafic flows, with interdigitized intermediate tuffs and

flows, are the dominant rocks to the north of the Watson Lake

Fault. In parts of the eastern sector, they are bounded to the

north by felsic agglomerate and tuff. The metavolcanics have been

intruded by several gabbro sills which are highly deformed and

probably comagmatic with the host volcanics.

The metavolcanics dip steeply to the north and are generally

weakly foliated and chloritic. They are periodically cut by 3 to

35 foot wide concordant shear zones and southeast trending shear

zones which have pervasively chloritized and carbonatized the

flows to fissile schist. Minor quartz veins and sulphides may be

present in the shear zones but no significant gold mineralization

has been encountered.

Metasedimentary rocks underlie the area to the south of the

Watson Lake Fault. The steeply south-dipping clastic sequence


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is dominated by biotite-rich greywacke, with pebble conglomerate,

argillite and arkose.

The banded niagrietite-chert-hematite~pyrite ironstone unit to the

south of the Watson Lake Fault is largely covered by overburden

or Watson Lake. The magnetometer survey results and earlier

drilling by Westfield Minerals Ltd. suggest that the unit thins

to "lean" iron formation in places to the west, while early

trenching by the International Mining and Development Company

indicates thicknesses of 200 to 300 feet at the east end of the

property. Mudstone, greywacke and arkose are interbedded with the

ironstone. Magnetometer survey results suggest that the iron

formation dips to the south but limited evidence from drill

intersections and surface exposures suggest a vertical or steep

northerly dip.

A large diabase intrusive outcrops at the west end of the claim

group. The diabase may be a horizontally lying sill or lac

colith.

The rocks on the Pettit Property have undergone at least two

phases of deformation. The first event produced isoclinal fold

ing and overprinted bedding with a penetrative slatey cleavage

trending east-northeast with dips 70' to 80" north. Stretching

lineations trend 247* and plunge 75". This deformation fabric is

parallel to, and probably consanguineous with, the major regional

faults in the area, including the Watson Lake Fault.

A second fabric observed in a few exposures is associated with a

weak crenulation or fracture cleavage which crosscuts the folia

tion at high angles. Apparently related to the second deforma

tion are two prominent joint sets at 149V81'SW and 164'787*NE,


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along with a less notable set trending parallel to the foliation

and dipping at very shallow angles to the south. Each joint set

may be associated with quartz veining. The first set appears to

be related to the fracture which contains high grade gold-

sulphide mineralization in Trench 88-A.

The rocks on the Pettit Property have undergone regional green

schist facies metamorphism. Retrograde hydrothermal alteration

assemblages including quartz, calcite, epidote, chlorite, seri

cite and sulphides are associated with shearing parallel to the

Watson Lake Fault and joints trending at a high angle to the

fault.


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10 ..Q .MIN ERALIZ AT ION

Gold mineralization has been documented at three localities on

the Pettit Property.

A narrow gold-bearing quartz-carbonate vein hosted in sheared

pyritic pillowed basalt is exposed in two trenches to the north

of Watson Lake between L2E and L4E near the west end of the lake.

In Trench 88-A (Figure 7), a 10 cm wide vein contains up to j.5%

sphalerite, 5% galena, ? fy chalcopyrite and minor pyrite. Grab

sample assays from the vein range up to 3.9 ounces gold per ton,

with silver, lead and zinc contents up to 0.77 ounces per ton,

4.75% and 14,86%, respectively. Channel samples across the vein

assayed only up to 1807 ppb gold, indicating that mineralization

is sporadic. Samples from the wallrock contained less than

100 ppb gold.

The northern extension of the gold-bearing quartz-carbonate vein

is exposed in Trench 88-B (Figure 8). A grab sample from the

vein (average width: 6 cm) assayed 0.2 ounces of gold per ton but

a high value of 509 ppb was obtained from subsequent sampling.

The vein contains l-2% galena, 20-25% sphalerite and trace chal

copyrite .

The second locality, Trench 88-C (Figure 9), about 700 feet west

of the west end of Watson Lake (L12W/4+50N), is an exposure of

chloritic mudstone and magnetite-chert-hematite ironstone.

Earlier sampling for Normine Resources Ltd. (1983) included a

grab sample from a 24 cm wide shear zone in iron formation which

assayed 0.148 ounces of gold per ton. A subsequent grab sample

(pyritic horizon in chloritic mudstone) assayed 0.043 ounces gold

per ton. Channel sampling in 1988 did not duplicate these re-


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sults. The highest value (grab sample) was 125 ppb from a 4 cm

ironstone band containing a narrow quartz stringer.

At the west end of Angle Lake, in a hole drilled by Westfield

Minerals Ltd. (exact collar location uncertain), a grab sample

from pyrite stringers in iron formation three feet from the

bottom of the hole assayed 0.06 ounces of gold per ton. Sampling

was not thorough and the hole was stopped without penetrating the

full width of the iron formation. The iron formation is not

exposed on surface.

Trench 88-D (Figure 10) between L94E and L96E to the north of

Watson Lake did not expose economic gold concentrations (high

channel sample value 112 ppb). The ironstone contains minor

small quartz veins and pyritic horizons. Along the north contact

of the iron formation, a brecciated, silicified greywacke con

tains abundant quartz veins with trace pyrite and chalcopyrite.

Most samples from the zone were anomalous in gold, which may be

significant in view of the close proximity of both the iron

formation and the Watson Lake Fault.


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1.1..0. CQNCLUS LQNS.

The Pet tit Property is underlain by the Southern Metasedimentary

Sub-belt which hosts over 94% of the total gold production from

the Beardmore-Geraldton mining camp. The property straddles a

major regional structure (the Watson Lake Fault) and a laterally

extensive iron formation unit which are spatially associated with

gold deposits (including the Leitch Mine, a former major produc

er) along strike to the west and east of the property.

A narrow high-grade gold-bearing vein exposed in Trenches 88-A

and 88-B may be analogous to a cross-cutting mineralized vein set

in the Leitch Mine. Other gold occurrences on the property are

minor but indicate the presence of shearing and anomalous gold

associated with sulphidized iron formation and the Watson Lake

Fault. It is noteworthy that exposure of the favourable horizons

on the property is very poor.

Geophysical survey results indicate a number of abatements,

discontinuities, flexures and offsets in the iron formation,

along with breaks in the conductors along the Watson Lake Fault,

and suggest that the fault and the iron formation are coincident

in some parts of the property. Some of these features may be

caused by cross-faulting or tight drag folds accompanied by

shearing and hydrothermal alteration, including sulphidization,

which are favourable loci for gold mineralization in the region.

The favourable geological environment, presence of gold occur

rences and indications of favourable structural targets demon

strate that the Pettit Property warrants additional exploration.


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1 2 . .0.. ̂ RECOMMEND AT. IONS.. ANJL,CQSTS

A two-phased diamond drilling program is recommended to test

favourable structural /stratigraphic targets outlined by previous

geophysical and geological surveys. The first phase should

involve limited drilling (1,200 feet) targeted a areas with known

gold occurrences. The second phase, conditional on encouraging

results from initial drilling, should test a number of geophysi

cal features which may be related to unexposed gold mineraliza

tion.

Details of the proposed drillholes are shown in Table 1. Collar

positions have been selected to allow drilling on land but sev

eral of the targets for Phase II drilling could be more easily

drilled from lake set-ups. Phase II drilling should therefore be

planned as a winter program, if possible.

, a _ .1,200 feet @ ,^41 per foot (all inclusive) . . . . 649 , 200

Contingency (20%) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 9,840

Total

12.... 2 _ ^

4,450 feet @ $41 per foot (all incl usive) . . . 6182 , 450

Contingency (20**;) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S 36,490

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . j? 2 ! I j^. 9 4 O

Respectfully submitted,

Thomas S. JolliMe

T S J Consultants Ltd.


Diawno Drillini Tarjets - Pettit lane Prooerty

Priority Hole Location AiiMith Inci. Footape CuMuiative Nuioer Coordinates (deirees) Footate

laroet reatures

I l 2+75E 5+OOH 130 -45 400

I 2 a+OOy 4+OON Grid north -45 300

I 3 iS+OOy H75N Grid South -45 225

I 4 92+OOE 1+50S Grid South -45 275

II 5 78+OOU 2+25S Grid North -45 200

II 6 74+OW 4+25N Grid South -45 350

II 7 74*00y 6+25N Grid South -45 200

II 3 5S*OOy 5+50H Grid North -45 225

II 3 53+001! WON Grid North -45 225

II 10 52+OOU 9+OON Grid South -45 225

II 11 48+OOy 2+60N Grid South -45 200

II 12 40+OOU &+85N Grid North -45 200

Watson Lake Fault, sulonidized Iron Fonation ano uneraliieo cross-fault.

Suiohidized Iron Fonation and watson nxe Fault.

Suipnidized Iron foriation

Folded (faulted?) Iron Fonation and snear zone.

Shear zone.

Shear zone and sulonidized Iron Formation) cross-faultini?

tooerate conductor associated nith Watson uaxe Fault and aoatetent in uinetic intensity of Iron Fonationi cross-fault nioniy anoMlous in ooid ano oasetetais (trencnes

Moderate conouctor associated Kith Watson Laxe Fault and aoate*ent in Monetic intensity of Iron Foriation; anomalous gold in Trencn id-C.

Abatement in lainenc intensity of iron Foriation: Uestfieid orillhoie 41 intersected 0.06 oz. ftu/ton iorao frot core) in sate area.

Contorted Minetic anouiy over Iron Forution; surface rarx eiooseo snear i ru, ouartz stocxnorks ano anotaious gold in vicnity.

Stroni conductor alon| center of Anfie

Short, tooerately stroni conouctor; aoateaent in lainetic intensity of Iron Fortation; Westfieid oriilhoie K i n saM area (neiative results).

Shear zone (Watson Laxe Fault);cross-fauitini? Short, stroni conouctor (oolioue to Watson Lake Fault?).

Sulohidized snear zone in Iron Foriation; cross-faultini?

Watson Lake Fault.

Sulonidized Iron Fortation.

Shear zone.

Shear zone; sulonidizeo Iron Foriation: Watson Laxe Fault; cross-fauitini?

Short, weak conductor coincident nith abatement in tainetic intensity of Iron Fonation.

Stron| Conouctor.

Abatement in ia|netic intensity of Iron Fonation; anoMious gold in surface saioie (ouartz vein).

Stroni conouctor aioni center of Anfie uaxe.

Short, wax conouctor; auteient in lainetic intensity of Iron Fonation; chanie in direction of Watson Laxe Fault.

*ecoi.g*noeo Diatono Drilling Targets - tatit Laxe ^

Priority Hole fiuioer

Location Coordinates

AziMith inci. rootage CuMulative (deorees) Footaie

larget features

II 13 23+OOy 4*25N Grid iiorth -45 285 Suionidized Iron Fonation and Watson Laxe Fault.

tooerate conouctor associated mh yatson Laxe Fault and aoateient in •agnetic intensity of Iron Formation.

14 20+OOE 3+15N Grid South -45 350

II 15 28+OOE 2*50N Grid South -45 335

16 39+50E 2+OOH Grid South -45 250

17 60+OOE (H50N Grid South -45 300

II 18 78fOOE 0+25N Grid South -45 350

II 19 97*50E 3+OOS 180 -45 325

II 20 98+OOE 1+50S 180 -45 250

II 21 116+OOE 5+75S Grid South -45 250

Vatson iaxe Fault and Sulohioizeo Iron Formation.

Watson Lane Fault and SuiwnoizM Iron Fonation.

tiatson Laxe Fault and SulohidizM Iron Formation* oossiole cross-faulting.

yatson Lixe Fault and Sulohitiizeo Iron ForMtioni possible cross-faultini.

Watson Laxe Fault and Sulphidizeo Iron Fonation; possible cross-faultinf or foldini.

Sulohidized Iron Formation; ixissiole cross- fauitini or folding.

Uatson Lax* Fault; oossible cross-faultini.

Suiohidizeo Iron Foraation.

^ooerateiy strong conouctor associateo cith Watson taxe Fault ano aoateient in ugnetic intensity of Iron Fonation.

Nooerateiy strong conductor associateo *ith Watson taxe Fault ano aoateient in ia;netic intensity of Iron Formation.

Offset in tooerateiy strong conouctor associateo with Watson taxe Fault: aoateMnt in lainetic intensity of Iron Fonation.

Offset in looerateiy strong conouctor associateo with Watson Laxe Fault: aoatetent in tagnetic intensity of Iron Fonation. '

Short, MMerately stronf conductor ooiioue to Watson Laxe Fault: offset (fold?) in lagnetic anouly over Iron Fonation. '

Offset (fold?) in lagnetic anoMiy over Iron Fonation.

Offset in strong conouctor associated with Watson Lake Fault; anomalous ooid fra surface suoiing.

Abatement in lagnetic intensity of Iron Fonation: geoonysically inferreo cross-fault.

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13.0 REFERENCES

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Burrows, A.G., 1917. Long Lac to Jellicoe and Orient Bay; Ont. Bur. Mines, v. 26, p. 247.

Carter, M.W., 1987. Geology of Mccomber and Vincent townships,District of Thunder Bay; Ont. Geol. Surv., Open File Report 5648, 144 p.

Coleman, A.P., 1907. Iron ranges east of Lake Nipigon; Ont. Bur. Mines, v. 16, pt. l, p. 105-135.


Colvine, A.C., Fyon, J.A., Heather, K.B., Marmont, S., Smith,P.M., and Troop, D.G., 1988. Archean lode gold deposits in Ontario; Ont. Geol. Surv., Misc. Paper 139, 136 p.

Gillick, R.E., 1988. Report on magnetometer and VLF-EM surveys, Watson Lake property of Flagship Resources Ltd., Irwin and Mccomber townships, Beardmore area, District of Thunder Bay; for 669683 Ontario Ltd.; unpublished company report.

Laird, H.C., 1936. The western part of the Sturgeon River area; Ont. Dept. Mines, Annual Report, 1936, v. 45, pt. 2, 1936, p. 60-117.

Langford, G.B., 1928. Geology of the Beardmore-Nezah gold area; Ont. Dept. Mines, v. 38, pt. 4, 1928, p. 83-108.

Macdonald, A.J., 1988. The Geraldton gold camp: the role ofbanded iron formation; Ont. Geol. Surv., Open File Report 5694, 173 p.

Mackasey, W.O., 1975. Geology of Dorothea, Sandra and Irwintownships, District of Thunder Bay; Ont, Div. Mines, Geolog ical Report 122, 83 p.


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Mason, J.K., Hine, C.M., Speed, A.A., White, G.D., Krstjansson,F.J. and Thorleifson, L.H., 1988. Beardmore-Geraldton Resident Geologist's Area--1987; in Report of Activities 1987, Resident Geologists, Ont, Geol. Surv., Misc. Paper 138, p. 101-134.

Mason, J.K. and Mcconnell, C.D., 1983. Gold mineralization inthe Beardmore-Geraldton area; in The Geology of Gold in Ontario, Ont. Geol. Surv., Misc. Paper 110, p. 84-97.

Mason, J.K. and White, G.D. 1986. Gold occurrences, prospectsand deposits of the Beardmore-Geraldton area, districts of Thunder Bay and Cochrane; Ont. Geol. Surv., Open File Report5630, 630 p.

Mason, J.K., White, G.D., Speed, A.A. and Gaudino, S., 1989.Beardmore-Geraldton Resident Geologist's District--1988; in Report of Activities 1988, Resident Geologists, Ont. Geol. Surv., Misc. Paper 142, p. 111-132.

Mason, J.K., White, G.D., Speed, A.A., Gaudino, S., Sarvas, P.and Stott, G., 1990. Beardmore-Geraldton Resident Geol ogist's District--1989; in Report of Activities 19898, Resi dent Geologists, Ont. Geol. Surv., Misc. Paper 147, p. 115- 137.

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North, J.W., 1988. Report on geological mapping, lithogeochem ical sampling, trenching, channel sampling and prospecting on the Watson Lake property, Irwin and Mccomber townships, Thunder Bay Mining Division, northwestern Ontario; for Moss Resources Ltd.; unpublished company report.

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Stott, G.M., 1984. Geraldton Sheet, Thunder Bay and CochraneDistricts; Out. Geol. Surv., Map P. 241(Rev.)/ Compilation Series - Preliminary Map, scale 1:126,720.

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Williams, H.R., 1987. Structural studies in the Wabigoon andQuetico subprovinces; Ont. Geol. Surv., Open File Report 5668, 163 p.

Williams, H.R., 1989. Geological studies in the Wabigoon,Quetico and Abitibi-Wawa subprovinces, Superior Province of Ontario, with emphasis on the structural development of the Beardmore-Geraldton belt; Ont. Geol. Surv., Open File Report 5724, 389 p.

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APPENDIX A

CERTIFICATE OF QUALIFICATION


I, Thomas S. Jolliffe, of 1217-44 St. Joseph St., Toronto, On tario, certify that:

1. I am a graduate of Queen's University with the degreeof Bachelor of Science (Geological Engineering) in 1971.

2. I have worked as an exploration and mine geologist since 1971.

3. I am the sole proprietor of T S J Consultants Limited, involved with mineral exploration, and with exploration consulting and contracting services.

4. The statements contained in this report, and theconclusions reached, are based on a comprehensive study of all relevant assessment work records of the Ontario Geological Survey, geological reports and maps published by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and material supplied by Highlander Minerals Limited.

5. In this report, I have disclosed all relevantdescriptive and interpretive material which is, to the best of my knowledge, necessary to gain a complete understanding of the viability of the project and the recommendations.

6. I have not directly or indirectly received, nor do Iexpect to receive, any interest, direct or indirect, in the property of Highlander Minerals Limited or any affiliate, nor do I beneficially own, directly or indirectly, any securities of that company or any affiliate. I am not an insider of a company having an interest in the subject property nor in any other property in the area.

DATED THIS \ *k* * DAY OF Mu/LA , 1990.

•f. J. CT. S. JolliffeV B.Sc.(Eng.)

42E12NE80ei 63.6157 I RWIN

REPORTON

DIAMOND DRILLINGON THE

PETTIT PROPERTY

THUNDER BAY MINING DISTRICT NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO

FOR HIGHLANDER MINERALS LTD.

November, 1990 T.S. Jolliffe, B.Sc.(Eng.)

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42E12NE808I 63.6157 IRWIN 020CTABLE OF CONTENTS

I.0 SUMMARY

2.0 INTRODUCTION

3.0 PROPERTY DESCRIPTION

4.0 LOCATION. ACCESS AND SERVICES

5.0 PHYSIOGRAPHY AND VEGETATION

6.0 PREVIOUS WORK

7.0 REGIONAL GEOLOGICAL SETTING AND ECONOMIC DEPOSITS

8.0 SUMMARY OF GEOPHYSICS

9.0 PROPERTY GEOLOGY

10.0 DIAMOND DRILLING PROGRAM

II.0 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

12.0 REFERENCES

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APPENDICES

A CERTIFICATE OF QUALIFICATION

B DIAMOND DRILLHOLE LOGS: PE-90-1 TO PE-90-4

C ANALYTICAL CERTIFICATES

D PLAN OF DRILLING. LEGEND AND DRILL SECTIONS

LIST OF FIGURES

1 LOCATION MAP

2 CLAIM AND LOCATION SKETCH

3 REGIONAL GEOLOGY

4 PLAN OF DRILLING

5 DRILL LEGEND

6 DRILL SECTION: PE-90-1




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APPENDIX D

APPENDIX D

APPENDIX D

APPENDED

APPENDED

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1.0 SUMMARY

A 1,300 foot diamond drilling program was carried out between May 27th and June 4th, 1990, on the Pettit Property of Highlander Minerals Ltd, The Pettit Property comprises 26 claims located about 6 miles northeast of Beardmore, Ontario, within the Bear d more-Geraldton mining camp which contains 19 former producing mines (total production over 4.1 miUion ounces of gold).

The Pettit Property is underlain by rocks belonging to the Southern Metasedimentary Sub-belt which has been the host for over 94 percent of the gold production in the camp. It straddles a 4.2 mile strike length of the Watson Lake Fault, a major regional tectonized boundary between metavolcanics to the north and metasediments to the south. A regionally extensive unit of magnetite-chert-hematite iron formation occurs in close proximity to the fault. The fault and the iron formation are poorly ex posed. Along strike to the east and west of the property, they are spa tially associated with gold deposits (including the Leitch Mine, a former major producer).

Four widely spaced diamond drillholes (up to 1.7 miles apart) were drilled to test targets in areas of known gold mineralization on the Pettit Prop erty. No significant new gold zones were intersected but numerous weakly anomalous gold values (XL5ppb) were obtained.

A second stage drilling program, consisting of 17 drillholes totalling 4,450 feet (estimated all-inclusive cost: S218,940) is recommended to test unexposed favourable structural/stratigraphic horizons outlined by earlier geophysical surveys.

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2.0 INTRODUCTION

A diamond drilling program consisting of four drill holes with a total

footage of 1,300 feet was carried out between May 27th and June 4th, 1990, on the Pettit Property owned by Highlander Minerals Ltd. The prop

erty is located about 6 miles northeast of Beardmore, Ontario (Figure 1).

Drilling was contracted to Northwest Geophysics Ltd. under the supervi

sion of TSJ Consultants Ltd.

3.0 PROPERTY DESCRIPTION

The Pettit Property consists of 26 contiguous, unpatented mining claims centered on Watson Lake and Angle Lake (Figure 2). The claims are

shown on the Ministry of Natural Resources claim sheets for Irwin and

Mccomber Townships (G-164 and G-166, respectively), Thunder Bay Mining

Division.

The claim numbers and dates of record are as follows:

Claim Numbers Humhej Recording Dates

TB 813421 - 813426 inclusive 6 Apr. 15. 1985TB 828934 - 828936 inclusive 3 June 21, 1985TB 835354 - 835356 inclusive 3 June 21. 1985TB 845374 - 845377 inclusive 4 Apr. 7, 1985TB 874960 l Feb. 8. 1986TB 927940 - 927944 inclusive 5 May 9, 1986TB 939177 - 939180 inclusive 4 July l, 1986

TOTAL 26

The claims are wholly owned by Highlander Resources Ltd.

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100 tOO 300 400 SOOKILOMETHCS

100 too 300Mll.es


PETTIT PROPERTYIrwin A Mccomber Townships

Dtotrkst of Thunder Bay, Ontario

LOCATION MAP

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MCCOMBER TWPHIGHLANDER MINERALS LTD.

PETTIT PROPERTYIrwin 4 Mccomber Townships

District of Thunder Bay, Ontario

CLAIM AND LOCATION SKETCH

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4.0 LOCATION. ACCESS AND SERVICES

The Pettit Property straddles the boundary between Irwin and Mccomber Townships in Northwestern Ontario (Lat. 49'40'N, Long. 87'50'W), about 6 miles northeast of Beardmore (Figure 1).

TransCanada Highway 11, the Canadian National Railway line between Longlac and Nipigon, and the Trans-Canada pipeline pass approximately l mile to the south of the property. The property can be reached by tak ing the Windigokan gravel road north off Highway 11 to the east end of Watson Lake. From there most of the property can be reached by boat or snow machine.

An airport with a 3,000 foot compacted gravel runway is located near the town of Jellicoe, approximately 10 miles east of the property. Commercial flights operate between Thunder Bay and the town of Geraldton, about 40 miles to the east.

Limited supplies, services and manpower are available in Beardmore and Jellicoe.

5.0 PHYSIOGRAPHY AND VEGETATION

Approximately 30% of the property is covered by Watson and Angle Lakes,at an elevation of 1,075 feet above sea level. The straight north shoreline of these lakes reflects bedrock shearing related to the Watson Lake Fault. The fault coincides with a prominent regional physiographic lineament which transects the property from east to west. A steep out crop ridge of volcanic rocks to the north rises to heights of 200 to 300 feet above Watson Lake and is mantled in parts by a generally thin sand and boulder overburden cover with dominant hardwoods. The relief to the south is low and rolling over a less well exposed sequence of mica ceous sedimentary rocks. Approximately half of this area is generally

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east-west trending lowland consisting of wet grassy swamp and muskeg, with alders, balsam and cedar. Balsam, spruce and hardwoods are domi nant on low hills which generally have a thick sand and boulder till cover.

6.0 PREVIOUS WORK

On the Pettit Property, exploration was first carried out for iron deposits in 1917 by the International Mining and Development Co., which held 24 claims along Watson and Doris Lakes. A long series of trenches were dug along Watson Lake and two small shafts were sunk. The iron formation was traced for about four miles and averaged 200 to 300 feet in width.

To the east of the property, A.E. Tyson carried out prospecting and trenching in the 1920's. An irregular zone of auriferous replacement sul phides was outlined in iron formation between Watson Lake and Doris Lake. Assays from 0.25 to 0.50 ounces of gold per ton were obtained from sulphide-rich areas (Nordin, 1983).

D. MacLeod carried out trenching, prospecting, magnetometer and induced polarization surveys between 1946 and 1963 over parts of the present property.

In 1957, Central Manitoba Mines Ltd. carried out a four hole diamond drilling program in the Watson Lake area to test for iron deposits. Hole #2, drilled in the area of claim TB 835354 on the present property inter sected 61 feet of banded iron formation and a seven foot pyritic graphite schist shear zone to the north of the iron formation. No gold assays were reported.

In 1962, Westfield Minerals Ltd. initiated a two-year program of ground magnetic, induced polarization and geological surveys, followed by dia mond drilling (3 holes, totalling 1,253 feet), over the western half of the

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present property. Results from a drillhole (#1) at the west end of Angle Lake included a grab sample which assayed 0.06 ounces of gold per ton from pyrite stringers in iron formation three feet from the bottom of the hole. Hole #3, west of Watson Lake, intersected two bands of iron formation with a combined thickness of 68 feet; stringer pyrite zones and the graphitic Watson Lake Fault were also intersected. Trace gold assays were obtained from holes #2 and #3. The log descriptions suggest that sampling of the Westfield drillholes was not thorough.

Bema Industries Ltd. carried out geophysical, geochemical and geological surveys over the area of the present claim group for Normine Resources Ltd. in 1983. Results included an assay of 0.148 ounces gold per ton over a 24 cm wide zone of carbonatization and pyrite replacement in sheared iron formation exposed in a shallow pit on present claim TB 939178. To the east of the present property (l km east of Watson Lake), a zone of quartz-carbonate-sulphide veins and sulphide replacement was exposed in trenches over a strike length of 165 feet along sheared con tacts with jasper- hematite-chert iron formation on strike from the iron formation on the present claim group. Results from chip sampling were as follows:

TRENCH NO.

5

67

8910

ZONE WIDTH

40 cm

80 cm90 cm

50 cm30 cm40 cm

SAMPLE WIDTH20 cm20 cm80 cm45 cm45 cm50 cm

—

20 cm20 cm

ASSAY oz. Au/ton

0.0360.2000.0280.0680.0221.144

—

0.1800.102

TTSJ cnnsur/WTs tnt

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In 1985 and 1986, the present claims on the Pettit Property were staked by C. Pettiit.

Terraquest Ltd. were contracted to carry out an airborne magnetometer survey over the property in 1986.

Flagship Resources Ltd. optioned the property in 1987 and carried out ground magnetometer and VLF-EM surveys in early 1988. Moss Resources Ltd. optioned the property from Flagship and carried out geological map ping, prospecting, trenching and lithogeochemical sampling in the summer of 1988. The results of the 1988 geophysical and geological surveys are summarized in later sections of this report.

Geological mapping by the federal and provincial governments in the Beardmore-Geraldton area began in 1869. Early work included reports by Coleman (1907, 1908), Moore (1907), Wilson (1910), Burrows (1917), Tanton (1917), Langford (1928), Bruce (1936) and Laird (1936). Detailed geological mapping of Irwin Township and Mccomber Township for the Ontario Geo logical Survey was carried out by Mackasey (1975) and Carter (1987), respectively .

A regional airborne electromagnetic - magnetic survey was carried out over the Beardmore-Geraldton area by the Ontario Geological Survey in 1988.

7.0 REGIONAL GEOLOGICAL SETTING AND ECONOMIC DEPOSITS

The Pettit Property is underlain by rocks of the Beardmore-Geraldton Greenstone Belt. The belt trends generally east-west and forms part of the Archean Wabigoon Subprovince within the Superior Province of the Canadian Shield (Figure 3). The belt is separated from the Tashota- Onaman Belt to the north by the Paint Lake Fault, a major east-west transcurrent fault.

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PAST PRODUCING MINES

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PRECAMBRIANPROTEROZOIC

KEWEENAWANINTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCKS

S Diabase, porphyritic diabase"

INTRUSIVE CONTACT

SIBLEY GROU-

7 Conglomerate, sandstone, shale, dolomite.

UNCONFORMITY

ARCHEAN

ACID IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS 6

6 Granite (gneiss), porphyritic granite (gneiss), granodiorite, porphyritic granodiorite. Quartz diorite, syenite, alaskite, porphyritic syenite, migma tite, ouartz and feldspar porphyries, pegmatite, aplite, hornblendite.

LEGEND

BASIC AND ULTRABASIC IGNEOUS ROCKS

———i 5a Quartz diorite, diorite, diorite por phyry,diabase, gabbro, metagabbro.

5b Hornblendite, pyroxenite, peridotite, serpentinite.

5c Anorthosite, anorthosite gabbro.INTRUSIVE CONTACT

METASEDIMENTS C

META VOLCANICS f

-] 2a Rhyolite.' 2b Acid to intermediate lavas, tuff, ag

glomerate, minor metasediments.

Conglomerate, c uartzitc, greywacke, arkose, state, mica schist, tuff.

Iron formation.

METASEDIMENTS

2 Conglomerate, guartzite, greywacke, arkose, state, mica schist, garnet gneiss, stauroli'e gneiss, phyllite, amphibolite.

la Basic and Intermediate Mela- volcanics: oreenstone, basalt, pillon lavd. metadiabase, andesite, dacite, amphibolite, chlorite schist, horn- blenoe schist, tuil, agglomerate.

1b Unrjiiierentiated metavotcanics with some metasediments.

Iron formation.

Sulphide mineralization.

Metalore Deposit

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WATSON LAKE PETTIT PROPERTY Irwin S Mccomber Townships

REGIONAL GEOLOGY

From OGS (1965)

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The rocks within the belt consist of isoclinally folded, subvertically dip ping metavolcanic rocks, comagmatic sills and dykes, and metasedimentary rocks. The supracrustal rocks have been intruded by syn- to post tectonic granitoid batholiths and their associated marginal and porphyritic phases. Keeweenawan diabase sills and lacoliths are common in the area. The regional metamorphic grade is greenschist facies.

The Beardmore-Geraldton Belt has been subdivided into the Southern Metavolcanic Sub-belt and the Southern Metasedimentary Sub-belt. Lat erally extensive iron formation units occur within both sub-belts.

Nearly all lithological contacts are zones of deformation. Lithologic units have been tectonically transposed into a northward thrust sequence con sisting of an imbricate stack of alternating slices and wedges of metavolcanics and metasediments. There is also a component of dextral strike-slip movement.

Production from the Beardmore-Geraldton camp began in 1934 and now ex ceeds 4.1 million ounces of gold and 250,000 ounces of silver. Production has been obtained from 19 mines, including the MacLeod-Cockshutt, Leitch, Little Long Lac, Consolidated Mosher, Hard Rock, Magnet Consoli dated and Northern Empire Mines. Numerous other gold occurrences are present, including the Metalore (formerly Brookbank) Prospect.

Gold mineralization occurs in shear zones, quartz veins and breccia zones along contacts and within a variety of rock types, including clastic and chemical sediments, felsic to mafic intrusives, and mafic volcanics. Much of the production has come from narrow high grade veins. Mineralization shows a strong spatial association with major fault/deformation zones and iron formation units.

Over 94 percent of total gold production has come from the Southern Metasedimentary Sub-belt which underlies the Pettit Property. Mason and White (1986) subdivided deposits within the sub-belt into three cate-

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gories: (1) vein type deposits, (2) iron formation replacement sulphide - vein related deposits, and (3) domain boundary fault-related deposits.

Vein type deposits are characterized by untypically large tonnages in the Beardmore-Geraldton camp. The Leitch Mine (total production 861,982 ounces of gold; average grade 0.92 ounces per ton) is situated approxi mately 7 miles along strike to the west-southwest of the Pettit Property on the western extension of the Watson Lake Fault. On a local scale, isoclinal folding and tight drag folds with westward plunges at 35* to 40 * have provided structural control. Gold mineralization occurs in two sets of narrow quartz veins parallel and nearly perpendicular to fold axial planes in a greywacke host. Associated minerals include chlorite-sericite seams, as well as minor sulphides, including pyrite, arsenopyrite, tetra hedrite and sphalerite; ankerite, halite, scheelite and bournonite are also noted. The wallrock adjacent to gold-bearing veins is generally unmineralized but carbonate-sericite alteration zones are present in the vicinity of mineralized veins.

Iron formation replacement sulphide - vein related deposits include the North Zone on the MacLeod-Cockshutt and Hard Rock Gold Mines in the Geraldton area (combined production 42 percent of total camp production) and the Solomon's Pillars Prospect located 9 miles east on strike from the Pettit Property.

The Solomon's Pillars Prospect is very similar geologically to the Pettit Property. Magnetite-chert (± jasper) iron formation correlative with the iron formation on the Pettit Property is interbedded with clastic metasediments and parallels a major fault (probably correlative with the Watson Lake Fault) at the contact with mafic metavolcanics to the north. Gold is associated with quartz-pyrite-arsenopyrite veins that replace and cut the iron formation. Assays of selected grab samples ranged up to 0.92 ounces of gold per ton.

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Domain boundary fault - related deposits are a third significant type. The Bankfield-Tombill Lithotectonic Zone is a major host for gold deposits in the Geraldton area. The Metalore (Brookbank) Prospect less than 3 miles to the north of the Pettit Property occurs in a shear zone lying along the faulted contact between east-west trending metasediments to the north and mafic metavolcanics to the south. The shear zone is thought to be similar to the Watson Lake Fault as it lies on a splay or subsidiary to the major Paint Lake Fault. Geological reserves are esti mated at 1.3 million tons grading 0.3 ounces of gold per ton.

8.0 SUMMARY OF GEOPHYSICS

Ground magnetometer and VLF-EM surveys were carried out on the prop erty in 1988 (Gillick). Readings were taken at 100 foot stations along cut and picketed cross-lines spaced 400 feet apart and oriented perpendicular to the baseline (0680). Closer spaced (^50 feet) magnetometer readings were taken in areas of high variation in vertical magnetic intensity.

The ground magnetometer survey outlined a narrow magnetic high caused by an underlying iron formation unit striking northeasterly along the length of the property. Vertical field intensities along the anomaly range from a few hundred gammas to a peak of more than 40,000 gammas at the east end of the property. The linearity of the feature suggests an ab sence of large scale folding but tight folds would not be resolved by the sampling interval used for the survey. Several abatements, discontinu ities and small offsets in the anomaly may represent crosscutting faults and shears, possibly accompanied by alteration of magnetite, including sulphidization.

The VLF-EM survey delineated twelve conductors interpreted to have a bedrock source. Almost all the conductors are located 50 to 200 feet to the north of the iron formation and are interpreted to be graphitic and/or sulphidic horizons along the Watson Lake Fault. Offsets and dis-

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continuities along the conductive trend provide further indication of cross-faulting. In the central part of the property, several of the con ductors coincide with the apex of the magnetic anomaly, indicating that conductive material is present within or immediately adjacent to the iron formation. A conductor coincident with the peak of the magnetic anomaly at the east end of the property may be caused by a zone of sulphide replacement within the iron formation or a parallel sulphide/graphite horizon. East-west conductors along the center of Angle Lake may be related to a fault/shear zone splayed off the main Watson Lake Fault.

9.0 PROPERTY GEOLOGY

9.1 GENERAL GEOLOGY

The Pettit Property is underlain by rocks belonging to the Southern Metasedimentary Sub-belt which hosts most of the gold deposits in the Beardmore-Geraldton camp.

The claim group straddles a major structural boundary (the Watson Lake Fault) between metavolcanics to the north and clastic metasediments to the south. The fault is a highly tectonized zone adjacent to or coinci dent with an iron formation unit over the length of the property. The fault and the iron formation are regional features spatially associated with gold occurrences and economic deposits to the east and west.

Pillowed mafic flows, with interdigitized intermediate tuffs and flows, are the dominant rocks to the north of the Watson Lake Fault. In parts of the eastern sector, they are bounded to the north by felsic agglomerate and tuff. The metavolcanics have been intruded by several gabbro sills which are highly deformed and probably comagmatic with the host vol canics.

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The metavolcanics dip steeply to the north and are generally weakly foliated and chloritic. They are periodically cut by 3 to 15 foot wide concordant shear zones and southeast trending shear zones which have pervasively chloritized and carbonatized the flows to fissile schist. Minor quartz veins and sulphides may be present in the shear zones but no significant gold mineralization has been encountered.

Metasedimentary rocks underlie the area to the south of the Watson Lake Fault. The steeply south-dipping clastic sequence is dominated by biotite-rich greywacke, with pebble conglomerate, argillite and arkose.

The banded magnetite-chert-hematite-pyrite iron formation unit to the south of the Watson Lake Fault is largely covered by overburden or Wat son Lake. The magnetometer survey results and earlier drilling by West- field Minerals Ltd. suggest that the unit thins to "lean" iron formation in places to the west, while early trenching by the International Mining and Development Company indicates thicknesses of 200 to 300 feet at the east end of the property. Mudstone, greywacke and arkose are interbedded with the iron formation. Magnetometer survey results suggest that the iron formation dips to the south but limited evidence from earlier drill intersections and surface exposures suggest a vertical or steep northerly dip.

A large diabase intrusive outcrops at the west end of the claim group. The diabase may be a horizontally lying sill or laccolith.

The rocks on the Pettit Property have undergone at least two phases of deformation. The first event produced isoclinal folding and overprinted bedding with a penetrative slatey cleavage trending east-northeast with dips 70* to 80* north. Stretching lineations trend 247" and plunge 75*. This deformation fabric is parallel to, and probably consanguineous with, the major regional faults in the area, including the Watson Lake Fault.

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A second fabric observed in a few exposures is associated with a weak crenulation or fracture cleavage which crosscuts the foliation at high angles. Apparently related to the second deformation are two prominent joint sets at 149'/SI'SW and 164*787'NE, along with a less notable set trending parallel to the foliation and dipping at very shallow angles to the south. Each joint set may be associated with quartz veining. The first set appears to be related to the fracture which contains high grade gold- sulphide mineralization in Trench 88-A.

The rocks have been metamorphosed to regional greenschist facies. Ret rograde hydrothermal alteration assemblages including quartz, calcite, epidote, chlorite, sericite and sulphides are associated with shearing parallel to the Watson Lake Fault and joints trending at a high angle to the fault.

Further information on the geology in the vicinity of the iron formation and the Watson Lake Fault has been obtained during the present diamond drilling program and is presented in the discussion of results (Section 10.3).

9.2 GOLD MINERALIZATION

Detailed descriptions of surface sampling and previous diamond drilling results are given in reports by Nordin (1983), North (1987, 1988) and Jol- kffe (1990); the following is a summary. (Results from the present drilling program are presented in Section 10.3).

Gold mineralization has been documented at four localities on the Pettit Property. A narrow gold-bearing quartz-carbonate vein, hosted in sheared pyritic pillowed basalt and trending sub-perpendicular to lithological trends, is exposed in two trenches (Trenches 88-A and 88-B) to the north of Watson Lake between L2E and L4E near the west end of the lake. A 4 to 12 cm wide vein with associated sulphides (sphalerite, galena,

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chalcopyrite, pyrite) contains sporadic gold Surface (grab and channel) sample assays from the vein range from trace to 3.9 ounces gold per ton

The second locality, Trench 88-C, about 700 feet west of the west end of Watson Lake (L12W/4+50N), is an exposure of chloritic mudstone and magnetite-chert-hematite iron formation. Earlier sampling for Normine Re sources Ltd. (Nordin, 1983) included a grab sample from a 24 cm wide shear zone in iron formation which assayed 0.148 ounces of gold per ton. A subsequent grab sample (pyritic horizon in chloritic mudstone) assayed 0.043 ounces gold per ton (North, 1987). Channel sampling (North, 1988) did not duplicate these results. The highest value (grab sample) was 125 ppb from a 4 cm iron formation band containing a narrow quartz stringer.

At the west end of Angle Lake, in a hole drilled by Westfield Minerals Ltd. (exact collar location uncertain), a grab sample from pyrite stringers in iron formation three feet from the bottom of the hole assayed 0.06 ounces of gold per ton. Sampling was not thorough and the hole was stopped without penetrating the full width of the iron formation. The iron formation is not exposed on surface.

Trench 88-D between L94E and L96E to the north of Watson Lake and south of the Watson Lake Fault includes iron formation with minor small quartz veins and pyritic horizons. Along the north contact of the iron formation, a brecciated, silicified greywacke contains abundant quartz veins with trace pyrite and chalcopyrite. Fourteen grab and channel samples (North: 1987, 1988) from the zone were anomalous in gold (ranging from 15ppb gold to 0.047 ounces of gold per ton).

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10.0 DIAMOND DRILLING PROGRAM

10.1 DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM

A two stage diamond drilling program was recommended by the writer in May, 1990. The present program, consisting of four drillholes totalling 1,300 feet, in areas with known gold occurrences, comprised the first stage. A second stage, consisting of 17 additional drillholes, totalling 4,450 feet, has not yet been drilled.

Diamond drilling (BQ core) was contracted to Northwest Geophysics Ltd. under the supervision of TSJ Consultants Ltd. Drill core was logged and split in Jellicoe and stored at the home of Cyril Pettit on Highway 11, ap proximately one half mile east of the junction with Highway 801.

Units, zones and features considered favourable for gold mineralization were sampled by splitting in lengths ranging from 2 feet to 5 feet per sample (average sample interval: 4.5 feet). These included iron formation, shearing, alteration, quartz (tcalcite) veins and sulphide mineralization. In total, 238 samples, representing 88*1; of the cored material, were taken.

Samples were shipped to Accurassay Laboratories Ltd. in Thunder Bay where they were crushed, split and pulverized to -150 mesh and analyzed for gold by fire assay, with AA finish (5 ppb gold detection limit).

Diamond drill logs are contained in Appendix B. All assay certificates are listed in Appendix C. The plan of drilling (Figure 4), legend (Figure 5) and diamond drill sections (Figures 6 to 9) are shown in Appendix D.

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10.2 DRILL TARGETS:

PE-90-1 (92+22E, 1+46S ~ recommended hole #4):Drillhole PE-90-1 was drilled to test for possible gold mineralization associated with iron formation, approximately 300 feet to the west of Trench 88-D where eleven weakly anomalous (15 to 112 ppb gold) channel and grab samples had been taken from quartz stock works along the north contact between iron formation and wacke (North, 1988). The drill target, a local contortion in the magnetic anomaly associated with shearing in Trench 88-D, was thought to possibly re flect folding and/or shearing and faulting in the iron formation, which would be a favourable environment for gold mineralization.

PE-90-2 (2+89E, 4+95N — recommended hole #1):Hole PE-90-2 was drilled to test a conductor associated with the Wat son Lake Fault and an abatement in the intensity of the magnetic anomaly associated with the adjacent iron formation, under Watson Lake, in the vicinity of their projected intersection with a narrow (3.5 to 12 cm), sub-perpendicular trending, gold-bearing quartz vein and shear exposed in Trenches 88-A and 88-B.

PE-90-3 (8+52W, 4+12N — recommended hole #2):Hole PE-90-3 was drilled approximately 350 feet east on trend from Trench 88-C (0.148 ounces of gold per ton over 24 cm in carbonatized pyritic sheared iron formation and mudstone) to test an abatement (possible sulphidization) in the magnetic anomaly associated with the iron formation and to intersect the Watson Lake Fault.

PE-90-4 (86+37W, 0+48S — recommended hole #3):Hole PE-90-4 was drilled to test the iron formation and a conductor possibly related to the Watson Lake Fault, in the vicinity of an earlier drillhole (Westfield Minerals Hole #1 - collar location uncertain) from which a grab sample of iron formation assayed 0.06 ounces of gold per ton.

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10.3 DISCUSSION OF RESULTS

PE-90-1 intersected magnetite-chert±hematite iron formation from 72.7 to 155.1 feet, corresponding to the highest peak in the magnetic anomaly, and similar but more hematitic iron formation, corresponding to the sec ondary peak, between 179.8 and 204.0 feet. Common quartz-calcite veining was present in some intervals and minor small scale brecciation, faulting and folding were observed; the sulphide (pyrite) content was typically less than 1&. High assays were 30 ppb gold in argillite and 26 ppb in interbedded iron formation and argillite with quartz-calcite veining, but most assays were below 15ppb.

PE-9Q-2 intersected a 4.5 foot interval in fractured to brecciated mafic metavolcanics which assayed 901 ppb gold, 9 feet above a second anoma lous 9.5 foot interval consisting of mafic flows with chloritic seams, minor chert bands and trace to i\ pyrite, for an overall weighted average of 409 ppb over 23 feet. The Watson Lake Fault, a 3.2 foot interval of graphite schist breccia with quartz-calcite fillings and 0.5 to 2!fc pyrite, assayed 84 ppb gold. The iron formation was not intersected, probably because of facies change or faulting. A 4 foot sample of wacke, including a 0.9 foot interval with about 25*fe quartz-calcite veinlets containing pyrite, galena and sphalerite (extension of the vein in Trenches 88-A and 88-B?), assayed 63 ppb. A 5.0 foot sample of wacke with minor quartz- calcite veinlets assayed 16 ppb (check assay: 393 ppb). Fourteen other samples (widths 4.0 to 5.0 feet) from both the mafic metavolcanics and the clastic metasediments assayed between 15 and 72 ppb gold.

PE-90-3 intersected a 3.4 foot interval of interbedded argillite and mag netite-hematite-chert iron formation with trace to Q.5% pyrite which as sayed 192 ppb gold. The Watson Lake Fault, a 4.7 foot interval of graphite schist breccia with 10 to 25% quartz-calcite fillings and l to 5% pyrite, assayed 21 ppb gold. Ten other samples (widths 2.7 to 5.3 feet), consisting of iron formation, clastic metasediments and mafic metavol canics, assayed 15 to 45 ppb gold. The iron formation units (interbedded

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with clastic metasediments) were not significantly sulphidized (less than 1\ pyrite).

EE-9CK4. was adjusted to a new collar location and drilled from south to north because of problems with local terrain, which consists of a swampy valley between steep hills. Because of unfavorable core angles and footage restrictions, it was not possible to extend the hole far enough to intersect the projected down-dip extension of the conductor (Watson Lake Fault?). A 5.0 foot interval of interbedded clastic metasediments containing a small fault with associated common pyrite and rare chal copyrite sub-parallel to the core axis assayed 25 ppb gold. Six other samples (widths 4.0 to 5.0 feet) assayed from 16 to 21 ppb gold.

Overall, 45 samples (19%) out of a total of 238 samples in the four drill holes assayed XL5 ppb gold, including five samples above 150 ppb gold.

11.0 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

No significant new gold zones were intersected in the first stage of the diamond drilling exploration program but numerous weakly anomalous gold values (^15ppb) were obtained. The drillholes were widely spaced (up to 1.7 miles apart) in areas with known gold occurrences.

As previously described (Jolliffe, May 1990), the property is located in a favourable geological environment but there is little exposure of the most important areas, including the Watson Lake Fault and multiple bands of iron formation. Earlier geophysical surveys have outlined a number of features which may be related to unexposed gold mineralization. These targets remain viable and the previously recommended second stage drilling program (estimated all-inclusive cost: $218,940) should be carried out.

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Some modifications in collar positions and footages will be required to ac count for difficult terrain and the program will have to be scheduled to coincide with suitable ice conditions for drilling on Watson Lake.

Respectfully submitted,

Thomas S. Jolliffe, B. Se. (Eng.) T S J Consultants Ltd.

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APPENDIX A


CERTIFICATE OP QUALIFICATION

I, THOMAS S. JOLLIFFE, OF 1217-44 ST. JOSEPH ST., TORONTO, ONTARIO, CERTIFY THAT:

1. I am a graduate of Queen's University with the degree of Bachelor of Science (Geological Engineering) in 1971.

2. I have worked as an exploration and mine geologist since 1971.

3. I am the sole proprietor of T S J Consultants Limited, involved with mineral exploration, and with exploration consulting and contracting services.

4. I supervised the diamond drilling program on the Pettit Property between May 27th and June 4th, 1990.

5. The statements contained in this report, and the conclusions reached, are based on a comprehensive study of all relevant assessment work records of the Ontario Geological Survey, geological reports and maps published by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and material supplied by Highlander Minerals Limited.

6. In this report, I have disclosed all relevant descriptive and inter pretive material which is, to the best of my knowledge, necessary to gain a complete understanding of the viability of the project and the recommendations.

7. I have not directly or indirectly received, nor do I expect to receive, any interest, direct or indirect, in the property of Highlander Miner als Limited or any affiliate, nor do I beneficially own, directly or indirectly, any securities of that company or any affiliate. I am not an insider of a company having an interest in the subject property nor in any other property in the area.

DATED THIS DAY OF , 1990.

T. S. Jolliffe, B.Sc.(Eng.)

APPENDIX B

DIAMOND DRILLHOLE LOGS PE-90-1 TO PE- 90-4

APPENDIX C

ANALYTICAL CERTIFICATES

ACCURASSAY LABORATORIES LTD.P.O. BOX 604

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President: Dr. GEORGE DUNCAN, M.SC., Ph. o., c. Chem iont.), c. Chem (U.K.), M.C.I.C., M.R.S.C., A.R.C.S.T.

Certificate of AnalysisH.J. Hodge

30807 H ighlander Minerals Ltd 400-2 Toronto Street TORONTO, ONTARIO M5C 2B6

SAMPLE NUMBERS Accurassay Customer

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Certificate of AnalysisH.J. HodgeHighlander Minerals Ltd.400-2 Toronto StreetTORONTO, ONTARIOM5C 2B6


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Certificate of flnalysisH.J. Hodge

QOQQR Highlander Minerals Ltd. OU030 400-2 Toronto Street

TORONTO, ONTARIOM5C 2B6


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Certificate of AnalysisH. J. Hodge

OQOQ7 Highlander Minerals Ltd. 400-2 Toronto Street TORONTO, ONTARIO M5C 2B6


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Certificate of Analysis

30930H.J. HodgeHighlander Minerals Ltd.400-2 Toronto StreetTORONTO, ONTARIOM5C 2B6

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Certificate of RnolysisH.J. HodgeHighlander Minerals Ltd. 400-2 torontoTORONTO, ONTARIO H5C 2B6

SAMPLE NUMBERS Accurassay CUBtower

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Certificate of flnalysis

30850H. J. HodgeHighlander Minerals Ltd,400-2 Toronto StreetTORONTO, ONTARIOM5C 2B6


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Certificate of AnalysisH.J. HodgeHighlander Minerals Ltd.400-2 Toronto streetTORONTO, ONTARIO M5C 2B6


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Certificate of Analysis***^r- ' -30865 Highlander Minerals Ltd.

400-2 Toronto Street TORONTO, ONTARIO M5C 2B6


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APPENDIX D

PLAN OF DRILLINGLEGEND

DRILL SECTIONS

QUATERNARY

Stream. :ake , bog deposits Glacial, glaciofluvial lacustrine sediments

LATE PRECAMBRIAN (Keeweenawan?)

'la Diabase

EARLY PRECAMBRIAN

Intermediate and Felsic IntrusiveslOa Granite pegmatitelOb AplitelOc Granite!0d Syenite!0e Quartz monzonite!0f Granodiorite!0g ~rond)emite'Oh Quartz diorite!0) Diorite'Ok Unsubdivided gneiss'O l Granite gneiss

Mafic Intrusives9o 'Jnsubdivided9b GaObro9c Leucogabbro9d Plagioclase-phyrtc gabbro9e Peridotite9f Pyroxenite

Iron Formation8a Oxide facies8b Carbonate 'acies8c Silicate facies8d Sulphide 'acies

Geological Legend

Chemical Metasediments 7o Chert 7b Calcitic marble 7c Dolomitic morbl*

Clastic MetasedimentsSo Clast supported conglomerate6 b Matrix supported conglomerateSe Oligomictic conglomerate6d Polymictic conglomerateSe Sandstone, unsubdivided6 f WackeSg Arenite6h Mudstone, argillite6j feldspathic wacke6k Feldspathic arenite61 Quartz arenite6m Schistose rock ± amohibole,± biotite,

± garnet, ± chlorite of probablesedimentary origin

Felsic and Intermediate Subvolcanic Rocks 5o Unsubdivided 5 b Quartz-feldspar porphyry 5c Quartz porphyry 5d Feldspar porphyry

Felsic Metavoicanics

4o Massive 'ine-medium grained flow4b Pyroclastic breccia, tuff breccia4c Tuff, lapilli tuff

intermediate Metavoicanics3a Massive *ine-medium grained flowob r'ow breccia3c Dyroclostic breccia, tuff breccia3d "uff , lapilli tuff

Mafic Metavoicanics2a Massive *ine-medium groined flow2 b Amygdaloidal flow2c Variolitic flow2d Allowed flow, pillow breccia2e ctow breccia2f Medium-coarse grained *'ow centre*2g D'ogioclase- phyric flow2h Amphibolite2i Co-magmatic sills, dikes2; Pyroclastic breccia, tuff breccia2k "uff, 'apilli tuff21 Chonte ± amphibole schist

Ultramafic Metavoicanicsla Massive fine-medium grained flow ib Spinifex textured flow le "ale-carbonate ± magnetite ± amphibole

± serpentine ± chlorite schist

Geological contact.

Bedding..................

foliation ................

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Symbols

Sample interval (feet) with gold assay in ounces per ton .................

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strong weakSilicification......... SIL , silSericitization ..... .SER , serCarbonatization... CAR , carChloritization .......CHL chlBrecciation BX , bxShearing... SH , sh

Visible gold................ VGSulphides................... sPyrite ........................ pyPyrrhotite.................. poChalcopyrite . ,. . . cp Arsenopyrite...............aspSphalerite . ................ sphGalena .................... ....gaGraphite...................... grMagnetite ................... mtLimonite .......... ...........limHematite................... hemMolybdenite................ mo

Abbreviations

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