THE MAC PROPERTY

The MAC Property is a double-edged sword. The property contains an advanced - 248,294 kt Mo/Cu Porphyry Deposit containing a combined Indicated + inferred 262,456,071 pounds of Molybdenum and 319,917,056 pounds Copper. In-situ value of the Molybdenum is $11.81B CAD and the contained Copper is $2.16B CAD. Total Value = $13.97 Billion Dollars CAD (Sept 30, 2025)

Secondly, MAC is a HIGHLY PROSPECTIVE Nickel Prospect (awaruite) waiting to be drilled

The MAC Property can be Optioned in MULTIPLE CONFIGURATIONS to facilitate the needs of a prospective Optionee

PROPERTY SIZE: 18,519 Acres (7494.37 ha)

AI generated, DEEP DIVE analysis on BC MINING PROPERTIES and the MAC PROPERTY (uneditied)

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MAC - A Premier Multi-Metal Asset in Central British Columbia

The Mac Property is an exciting under-explored mining opportunity, with an existing multi-million ton molybdenum (Mo), copper (Cu) deposit, coupled with significant potential for nickel, cobalt, and magnesium. This strategically located property sits adjacent to FPX Nickel’s globally recognized Baptiste Deposit and boasts infrastructure advantages that make it ideal for development. With its environmentally sustainable carbon sequestration potential, Mac is poised to become a leader in both resource value and ESG focused (Environmental, Social & Governance) mining.

Key Mac Highlights:

1. Mo-Cu Resource Potential

• Significant Resource Grades:

Mac’s molybdenum / copper grades exceed those of the comparable Ruby Creek Mo deposit owned by Stuhini Exploration.

• MAC has Excellent Resource Expansion Potential:

The deposit remains open at depth and along strike, offering excellent upside for further exploration and delineation.

• Competitive Molybdenum Equivalent (MoEq) Grades:

Combined indicated and inferred resources demonstrate higher MoEq grades than many comparable deposits.

2. Nickel & Cobalt: Critical Green Metals

• MAC contains a greenfields Awaruite Nickel discovery waiting to be developed

Confirmed awaruite nickel mineralization positions Mac as a key contributor to the global demand for green metals.

• Adjacent and contiguous to World-Class Baptiste Nickel Deposit:

FPX Nickel’s Baptiste Deposit, one of the largest awaruite nickel resources in the world.

• Proximity to Infrastructure including power & transportation.

3. Carbon Sequestration Potential

• Brucite Tailings for CO2 Sequestration:

A byproduct of awaruite nickel mining, brucite naturally captures carbon dioxide, positioning the Mac Property as a sustainable mining leader.

• Global ESG (Enviromental, Social & Governance) Appeal:

The ability to reduce mining’s carbon footprint aligns with investor and market demands for environmentally responsible resource development.

Location & Infrastructure Advantages

The Mac Property is perfectly positioned for efficient development:

• Power Infrastructure: Regional power lines near the property will get closer upon continued development of FPX Nickel’s Baptiste Deposit.

• Transport Networks: Easy access to roads, rail, and ports ensures seamless export capabilities.

Why the Mac Property? Unrivalled Potential Across Multiple Metals

• Molybdenum & Copper: Critical for renewable energy infrastructure and electrification.

• Nickel & Cobalt: Essential for EV batteries and the global energy transition.

• Magnesium: Lightweight and versatile, with increasing industrial demand.

Environmental Leadership Through Carbon Sequestration

Mac’s brucite tailings can sequester CO2, positioning it as a leading green mining operation.

Strategic Location

The Mac Property benefits from its proximity to FPX Nickel and extensive infrastructure, reducing costs and enabling faster development.

Green Metal Synergy

With the growing demand for sustainable mining and green metals, the Mac Property offers unparalleled opportunities for growth and value creation.

-Comparative Analysis-

Mac’s, Camp Zone Mo/Cu Deposit vs. the Ruby Creek Mo Deposit

The Mac Camp Zone and Ruby Creek deposits both represent significant molybdenum (Mo) projects in British Columbia, with unique characteristics that distinguish them. Here’s how the two compare:

Location and Ownership

• The Mac Property including the Camp Zone is situated approximately 100 km east of Smithers, or I95 km NW of Ft St. James BC via high-speed logging roads and is 100% Owned with no NSR commitments.

• Ruby Creek: Located near Atlin, BC, and 100% owned by Stuhini Exploration, this deposit is a primarily molybdenum-focused resource with no significant copper component.

RESOURCE COMPARISON

1. Mac Camp Zone (at 0.02% cut-off grade):

• Indicated Resource: 153.49 million lbs Mo Eq.

• Inferred Resource: 294.56 million lbs Mo Eq.

• Total Resource: 448.05 million lbs Mo Eq.

• Includes copper, contributing to economic diversification and increased overall grade.

2. Ruby Creek:

• Measured and Indicated Resource: 432.9 million lbs Mo.

• Inferred Resource: 43.6 million lbs Mo (not included in direct comparison).

• Primarily a molybdenum deposit, with no notable copper contribution.

GRADE & METAL COMPOSITION

• Mac - Camp Zone:

• Molybdenum equivalent grade of 0.049% Mo Eq (Inferred) and 0.078% Mo Eq (Indicated).

• Copper adds significant value, with a CuEq grade of 0.310% in the Indicated resource.

• Ruby Creek:

• Average grade of 0.062% Mo in the Measured and Indicated categories.

• No copper component, making the deposit entirely dependent on molybdenum prices.

ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS

• The Mac Camp Zone offers the advantage of a combined molybdenum-copper system. This diversification provides a hedge against fluctuating molybdenum prices and enhances the overall economics of the deposit. Additionally, Mac’s higher contained copper makes it a more versatile asset with potential appeal to both base and specialty metal markets.

• Ruby Creek, on the other hand, represents a world-class molybdenum deposit with a strong, standalone resource. Its higher molybdenum grade may suit operations focusing solely on Molybdenum production.

WHY MAC STANDS OUT

• Larger Combined Resource: With 448.05 million lbs Mo Eq (Indicated + Inferred), Mac slightly surpasses Ruby Creek’s 432.9 million lbs Mo (Measured + Indicated).

• Copper Component: The inclusion of copper enhances Mac’s resource base and positions it well for long-term economic development in a multi-metal market.

• Exploration Upside: Mac has further potential for resource expansion and exploration, adding to its appeal as a dynamic and evolving asset.

The Mac Camp Zone and Ruby Creek deposits represent two significant molybdenum-focused opportunities in British Columbia. While Ruby Creek has the advantage of advanced delineation, the Mac deposit stands out for its superior grades and additional potential revenue from copper, and a far superior location and infrastructure making it a compelling investment opportunity.

THE MAC CAMP ZONE - AN EMERGING GIANT?

• Economic Advantage:

Even without drilling to the measured category, the Mac Camp Zone’s inferred and indicated grades already surpass the combined MoEq grades of the Ruby Creek deposit. This highlights the strong economic potential of Mac and underscores the opportunity for further exploration to upgrade and expand its resource base.

RUBY CREEK DEPOSIT - AN ESTABLISHED RESOURCE

Ruby Creek, (Stuhini Exploration), is a well-established molybdenum deposit with resources in the measured and indicated categories totaling over 432.9 million lbs of molybdenum. The deposit benefits from advanced exploration and drilling that has allowed for greater resource classification confidence.

• Pure Molybdenum Focus:

Ruby Creek offers significant molybdenum resources but lacks the multi-metal diversification that Mac provides.

• Lower Combined Grade:

While Ruby Creek’s resource size is larger in certain categories, its combined molybdenum equivalent grade is lower than Mac’s, limiting its economic potential compared to the higher-grade Mac deposit.

A HEAD TO HEAD COMPARISON

Mac Camp Zone

Resource Classification: Indicated & Inferred

MoEq Grade 0.088% (Indicated) / 0.055% (Inferred) ~0.059% (Measured & Indicated)

Additional Metal: Copper contributing to the MoEq

Contained Metal 448.05 million lbs MoEq (Indicated + Inferred)

Exploration Potential: Significant potential to expand and upgrade existing resources

Ruby Creek

Resource Classification: Measured, Indicated & Inferred

Contained Metal - 432.9+ million lbs Mo (Measured + Indicated)

Additional Metal - None

Exploration Potential :- Fully delineated

WHY CHOOSE THE MAC CAMP ZONE?

• Higher Mo Equivalent Grade:

The Mac Camp Zone already boasts a superior combined MoEq grade compared to Ruby Creek, highlighting its stronger economic potential.

• Multi-Metal Diversification:

With both molybdenum and copper, Mac offers an advantage in today’s markets, where demand for critical metals like copper continues to grow.

• Early-Stage Opportunity:

Unlike Ruby Creek, which has been extensively drilled, the Mac Camp Zone offers significant upside potential with further exploration, giving investors and partners the chance to participate early in its development.

• Exceptional Scale:

With nearly 250 million tonnes of indicated and inferred resources, the Mac Camp Zone is emerging as a potential world-class deposit in British Columbia.

CONCLUSIONS

The Mac Camp Zone represents a unique opportunity to invest in an emerging molybdenum-copper deposit with superior grades and substantial exploration upside. While Ruby Creek has advanced delineation, Mac’s higher grades and multi-metal potential position it as a future leader in molybdenum-copper exploration.

Contact us today to learn more about the Mac Property and how you can be part of its development

WHAT’S NEXT?

• Complete delineation drilling at the Camp Zone, including drilling across the quartz monzonite stock between the East and Northwest contact zones. This will also bring much of the Inferred Resource into the Indicated category.

• Expanding drilling coverage at the Camp Zone to step-out and off-set drilling of unconstrained intercepts, particularly to the South and to depth on both the East and Northwest contact zones.

• Carry out a proposed (HIGH PRIORITY) 10-hole drill program near the Peak Zone where geochem has outlined a 1.8 km area along the contact of an intrusive 20x larger than the Camp Zone intrusive.

The Mac Property’s 2nd deposit type is Nickel-Iron (Ni-Fe) alloy (awaruite) hosted in the SAME serpentinized ultramafic rocks as FPX Nickel’s Baptiste/ Decar Nickel deposit.

Brief History

In 2012, highly anomalous levels of ultramafic rocks hosting visual awaruite nickel and chrome were discovered on the Mac Property across a substantial strike length.

In 2021, nickel-bearing zones spanning across the property along a northwest-trending magnetic feature in ultramafic rocks covering an area of approximately 5800 ha (14,332 acres) and a strike length of over 16 km. Rock samples returned values up to 0.37% Nickel, 0.32% Chromium, and 150 ppm Cobalt with 138 of the 177 samples returning over 0.1% Nickel and 123 of the 177 samples returning over 0.1% Chromium.

In August 2023 of 57 rock samples collected on the Mac Nickel claims, nineteen (19) returned assays above 2000 ppm (0.2% Ni), with a high of 2600 ppm (0.26%). Another sample recorded 26.3% Magnesium, while 18 others recorded levels greater than >23% Mg. All samples exceeding a 2000 ppm (0.2%) Ni threshold also displayed anomalous levels of Cobalt to 140 ppm (0.014%), and Chrome to 2211 ppm (0.221%), which reinforces the potential for multi-element mineral deposits.

In August 2024 two small MMI (Mobile Metal Ion) grids were sampled on the southern Mac Nickel Claims. Although the results are still being analyzed, significant Nickel, Magnesium, Cobalt, Molybdenum & Copper results have been obtained - 2024 MMI Results Link, Also see Reports

The 7494.34 hectare Mac Property is a world-class exploration opportunity, hosting both a significant Mo/Cu porphyry deposit along with a contiguous block of ultramafic rocks with identical geology to FPX Nickel’s Decar Property to the east (highlighted in magenta). This property features the Baptiste Nickel Deposit, renowned as one of Canada’s largest nickel resources, and is currently advancing toward becoming a major critical-metals mining operation. Geochemical soil, rock, and MMI results on the Mac Property have identified compelling drill targets, setting the stage for the next major nickel discovery.

ENVISION THIS 21st CENTURY SCENARIO…

Two major critical minerals mines operating hand-in-hand with a state-of-the-art carbon capture and storage facility, all situated within the bounds of a single contiguous property. Together, they create a combined carbon-neutral emissions footprint, fully supported by a unified infrastructure. BC Mining Properties firmly believes that such possibilities are not only conceivable but achievable within the realm of the Mac Property.

Available for Option in Three Configurations

1.) Advanced Stand-Alone - Molybdenum/Copper Porphyry Deposit Property - (2234 ha)

2.) Nickel (awaruite), Cobalt Prospect - (5260 ha)

3.) Combined - Mo/Cu, Ni/Co Property - (7494.37 ha)

MAY & JENNIE

High-Grade Gold Deposit - Located on 2 Mineral Leases near Nelson, BC

Despite an Indicated Resource of 80,000 tonnes @ 8.57 gpt Au (21,094 oz) blocked out in the late 1800s, the deposit was never mined. In 1986 Player Resources exposed mineralization at surface for 345m. 

In 2018, BC Mining Properties exposed mineralization on the May & Jennie mineral leases for approximately 600m at surface where it remains open in three directions.

Underground, mineralization varies from 1.52m to 7.32m wide for an average width of 4.25m and depth of at least 71.6m according to historical reports.

The May & Jennie gold mineralization has always been interpreted as a vein deposit.  BC Mining Properties believes that the May & Jennie mineralization may be part of a stratabound deposit pushed into multiple vertical folds, spaced approximately 80m apart.  If this holds, it sets the stage for the possibility of a much larger deposit than would otherwise be the case.

Assuming the mineralization averages a 1-meter width, to a depth of 200m, the existing resources will exceed 106,000 ounces of gold. At 4m width (which is less than the average width according to historical reports) the numbers equate to approximately 424,000 ounces of gold at 10 gpt Au.  

The property is permitted through the 2024 Mining Season for drilling and trenching along with the removal of up to 925 tonnes. Approximately 75 tonnes have been removed to date averaging more than an estimated 10 gpt Au +/- with a single pass of grinding and processing through a Falcon 400 concentrator with approximately 50% recovery. Much of May & Jennie’s gold is also retained in black sand (magnetite).  A one-gallon pail of this black sand collected from Fconcentrator tailings, assayed 256 gpt (8.23 opt) Au. 

The Red Top is an important 2nd wave (possible fold) of mineralization comprised of a low-grade structure located above the May & Jennie and has been interpreted to extend > 44m +/- wide. Depth is undetermined because of poor exposure and limited work. If the structure strikes as interpreted from a 1984 VLF geophysical survey, and extends to 200m in depth, the area could easily double the current May & Jennie gold resource.

A recent assay taken from the Upper Red Top returned 5.373 gpt Au, 927 ppm W, 301 ppm Co, 29.82% Fe, 17ppm Bi.  A second assay from the same 631-gram sample returned 1.879 ppm Au indicating the presence of nugget-effected free gold. The VLF geophysical survey seen on the next page, also indicates the possibility the structure may be of significant size.

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BONAPARTE GOLD PROPERTY

A Highly Prospective Copper Porphyry - Gold Prospect

Bonaparte Mine Portal - Circa 2015

BC Mining Properties is focused on two deposit types within the Bonaparte Property

The 1st is Copper-Gold (Cu-Au) Porphyry.

BC Mining Properties believes the potential of Bonaparte may never be fully realized until it can be explored for its Cu-Au porphyry potential through drilling.

Initial sampling and analysis indicate copper in higher grades and proportions than typically discussed in historical reports. The theory is the copper and gold seen in the upper diorite quartz system had to come from somewhere and may be part of a secondary dispersion from a large high-grade porphyry system seen at depth in geophysics before being emplaced alongside and atop to form the younger Discovery Zone.

This is supported by compelling geophysical data indicating more than one intrusive body at depth with a large overlapping area of high chargeability and low resistivity situated 1 km South.

The thinking behind the Discovery Zone & Cooler Creek Trend…

Faults or fractures could serve as pathways for hydrothermal fluids, which can transport and deposit metals such as copper and gold. The mineralization and geochemical anomalies may indicate that such structures are extensions of a buried porphyry system located partially under an overlying basalt cap.

**Hidden Extensions: ** The geophysical anomalies (low resistivity and high chargeability) near the basalt cap might represent a porphyry copper system's core or main body. The geochemical anomalies in the NE (Discovery Zone and the Cooler Creek Trend) could be the distal expression of this system, where mineralization has been remobilized along structural features extending out from the main deposit (i.e. Cooler Creek and the Discovery Zone.

Geophysical data indicates the larger southerly body begins near the surface and gradually increases in size to approximately 3 km wide x 2 km length at approximately 275m depth then gradually decreases in size to a depth of 500m, which is the extent of the data.

The 2nd deposit type is Shear-Hosted Gold (Au) in Quartz Veins.

To date, Bonaparte’s Discovery Zone has only been explored for high-grade gold resulting in two bulk sample programs intended to effectively high-grade gold from 8 quartz veins near the surface. Approximately 103 kg of gold has been recovered from 4064 tonnes milled (25.58 g/t Au). Many anomalous zones and features for Discovery Zone style gold vein targets extending south and east and underlying historical geochemical and geophysical results completed in 2013/14, all remain unexplored. In 2015, the first drill hole drilled outside of the Discovery Zone intersected a 1.0m interval of 7.88 gpt/Au and has also never been followed up with additional drilling. This newly discovered vein (#9) and intersection attest to the potential of discovering additional gold-bearing quartz veins along the Cooler Creek trend. Most of the historic drilling never extended much below 55m depth. 

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HERE IS A LINK TO A RECENT AI GENERATED DEEP-DIVE ANALYSIS INTO THE BONAPARTE GOLD PROPERTY. ITS A GOOD READ!

OMINECA-ABE PROPERTY

Cu - Au Porphyry Prospect

REPORTS

ARIS REPORT 29914 (2007 Drill Program)

ARIS REPORT 39621 (2021 Geochem Program)

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THUNDER COPPER PROPERTY

Cu - Au Porphyry Prospect

REPORTS

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VIC GOLD

HIGH-GRADE GOLD PROSPECT

MINFILE

ARIS REPORTS, PROPERTY FILES ETC.

EMPR AR *1935-F26-28; 1937-F35

EMPR ASS RPT *12279, 13492, 13942, 14615, *15831, *16873, 22740, 37877

EMPR BULL 81

EMPR FIELDWORK 1992, pp. 37-52

EMPR GEOS MAP 2002-03

EMPR PF (Unknown [unknown]: Air Photo Overlays - Vic Claim; Unknown [unknown]: Claim Map - Vic and Num 1-3 claims; Unknown [unknown]: Lineament Analysis Map - Nechako Basin Project; Nemco Explorations Ltd. [unknown]: Plan of Back Side of Vic 11th - Trenches:Geophysics:Assays:Soil Grid - Vic Gold Property; Silver Standard Mines Ltd. [unknown]: Sample Location Map - Modified Plan of Map in 1935 Minister of Mines Report - Vic; unknown [unknown]: Sampling Notes - Vic; unknown [unknown]: Sketch Map - West Side - Vic Claims area; unknown [unknown]: Sketch Section - Structure and Sampling – Vic; unknown [unknown]: Sketch Section - Vic; unknown [unknown]: Sketch Section – Vic (II) ; unknown [unknown]: Sketch Map - Vic (II); *V. Dolmage [1936-02-05]: Report on the Vick Gold Property; *N.G. Cornish [1958-09-15]: Preliminary Report on "Vic Group" Property; unknown [1960-04-04]: Claim Map - Taseko Lake Area; Nemco Explorations Ltd. [1974-11-11]: Section - Looking NW - Vic Gold SHWG; *G. von Rosen [1974-11-11]: Plan U/G and SFC - Vic Gold SHWG; Nemco Explorations Ltd. [1974-11-26]: Progress Reports - Nov. 26, 1974 - Vic Gold Property; *Nemco Explorations Ltd. [1974-11-28]: Progress Report - Nov. 28, 1974 - Vic Gold Property; G.E.A. von Rosen [1975-11-14]: Progress Report - Nov. 14, 1975 - Vic Gold Property; New Pyramid Gold Mines [1975-12-29]: Sample Plans, Drill Logs and Assays - 1974-1975 - Vic; H.V. Warren [1976-04-28]: Letter Re: Examination of Drill Core; Cop-Ex Mining Corp. Ltd. [1976-07-23]: An Exploration Report on the Vic Claim Group; Cop-Ex Mining Corp. Ltd. [1976-08-04]: News Release to Shareholders: Taseko Lake Gold, Silver, Copper Property; *Cop-Ex Mining Corp. Ltd. [1976-08-17]: Notes and Assay Certificates - Packsack Holes - Taseko Vic Claims; unknown [1976-08-30]: Notes RE: Call from Tony Kostuk - Vic; T.C. Keefer [1977-11-15]: Letters Re: Gilford Resources Ltd. Vic Claim Group, Taseko Lake Area; A.F. Reeve [1977-11-17]: Diagramatic Sketch Section - Looking NW - RE Data & Discussion with R. Westervelt - Vic Prospect; A.F. Reeve [1977-11-22]: Letter Re: Vic Gold Prospect, Taseko Lakes District, British Columbia: Exploration Proposal to Peyto Oils Ltd. by Kershaw and Zuber; Gilford Mines Ltd. [1977-11-24]: Summary Report on Vic Gold Holdings; Stryker Resources [1980-08-26]: Certificates of Assay - No. 8009-1251, A83118 - Vic; M.K. Lorimer [1983-06-10]: Engineering Report on the Vic Property; Stryker Resources Ltd. [1980-12-03]: Summary Report on "Vic" Gold Property; Sunmark Mines Ltd. [1984-05-25]: Summary Report - Vic Gold Property; A.C.N. [1985-05-01]: Magnetometer Survey - Vic; Stryker Resources Ltd. [1986]: Geophysical Report on the Vic Mineral Claim; Kingsvale Resources Ltd. [1987-03-19]: A Summary Review Report on the Vic Property; Kingsvale Resources Ltd. [1987-04-30]: Press Release - Kingsvale Resources - Vic; unknown [1987-07-11]: Field Notes - Kingsvale FMC - Vic Property; Kingsvale Resources Ltd. [1987-10-01]: Resume of Exploration Work Carried Out By Kingsvale Resources Ltd. In 1987 On The Vic Gold Property; Kingsvale Resources Ltd. [1987-10-01]: Preliminary Plans - Gold Occurrences and Gold Geochemical Anomalies - Vic Property; C. Hrkac [1987-11-01]: Mapping and Sampling of the Cliff Area on the Vic Claims; Kingsvale Resources Ltd. [1988-02-01]: Preliminary Plans - Gold Occurrences and Gold Geochemical Anomalies - Vic Property (Revised); Kingsvale Resources Ltd. [1988-02-19]: Prospectus Report on the Vick Gold Property; *Stryker Resources Ltd. [1988-10-01]: Geological and Geochemical Report on the Vic Property)

I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE REVIEWING THE PROPERTY FILES LISTED BELOW TO GET A SENSE OF THE POTENTIAL OF THIS PROPERTY

EMPR PFD 903317, 13250, 13251, 13253, 826407, 680423, 680769, 681033, 681034, 681035, 681036, 681037, 681038, 681039, 681040, 681042, 681043, 681044, 681045, 681046, 681047, 681048, 681049, 681050, 681051, 681052, 681053, 681054, 681055, 681056, 681057, 681058, 681059, 681060, 681061, 681062, 681063, 681064, 681065, 681066, 681067, 681068, 681069, 681096, 681097, 681098, 681099, 681100, 681101, 681102, 681103, 681104, 681105, 681106, 681107, 681108, 681109, 681110, 681111

EMR MP CORPFILE (New Pyramid Gold Mines Inc.)

GSC OF 534; 2207

CMH 1940, p. 134

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BREN / KENO PORPHYRY

PROPERTY SIZE: 355.68 ha (879 Acres)

MINFILE No  093A 079

The Bren - Keno occurrence is located south of Horsefly Mountain at an elevation of approximately 1200 metres, on the north side of the Horsefly River Valley between Club Creek and the east fork of Black Creek.

Regionally, the area lies near the eastern margin of the Upper Triassic Nicola Group marine sedimentary and volcanic assemblage. The lowermost volcanic rocks consist of alkali basalt and alkali olivine basalt that, in this area, have been intruded by quartz porphyry dikes. These have been intruded by bodies of Late Triassic to Early Jurassic dioritic to syenitic rocks.

Locally, a thick sequence of northwest-striking, southwest-dipping mafic volcanic tuffs and flows(?) with intercalated argillites have been intruded by multiple apophyses of intrusions consisting of (biotite-quartz, feldspar-biotite and quartz-feldspar-biotite) monzonite, syenite, pyroxenite and porphyry and aplite dikes with local contact metasomatic zones. The contact zones are silicified and sericitized with minor epidote, chlorite and biotite and contain widely spaced, generally narrow but up to 2-metre wide, quartz-calcite veins with disseminations and veins of pyrite, pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite and sphalerite. Gold mineralization is associated with massive sulphide, primarily arsenopyrite, veins up to 40 centimetres wide. Semi-massive pyrite mineralization with minor chalcopyrite is present for greater than 2 metres in a heavily sheared zone adjacent to some of the quartz veins. Mineralized veins have been identified, intermittently, over an area of 250 metres east-west and 100 metres north-south.

Diamond drilling has identified widespread molybdenite mineralization as fracture coatings and disseminations in all units cored and related to an argillic-pyritic alteration zone beneath a silica capping characterized by a pyrrhotite-chalcopyrite-actinolite stockworks. An area or layer of ferricrete is also reported capping and/or associated with the mineralized zone. Drilling and trenching indicate a possible metal zoning of a copper-molybdenum-tungsten mineralized core with an outer halo of gold-associated arsenopyrite mineralization and peripheral fringe of lead-zinc-silver mineralization.

In 1983, rock samples of narrow mineralized veins exposed by an area of trenching yielded up to 14.9 grams per tonne silver, greater than 10.0 grams per tonne gold and 1.00 per cent zinc (Assessment Report 12363).

In 1995, a sample of mineralized ferricrete exposed by a new roadcut is reported to have assayed 1 per cent molybdenum, 0.30 per cent copper, 0.08 per cent tungsten and 0.44 gram per tonne gold (Assessment Report 25734).

In 1996, a grab sample (BF-96-07) of mineralized vein material from a past trench assayed 32.8 grams per tonne gold, 55.4 grams per tonne silver and 4.6 per cent zinc, whereas a 5.0-metre chip sample (BF-96-06) from the trenched area assayed 1.06 grams per tonne gold (Assessment Report 24717). Also, at this time chip sampling of new trenches (TR96-01), west of the past trenches, yielded 0.11 gram per tonne gold over 20 metres (Assessment Report 24717).

In 2000, diamond drilling intersected a molybdenum-bearing porphyry system yielding 0.021 per cent molybdenum over 59 metres in hole K-2 and 0.032 per cent molybdenum over 87 metres in hole K-3 (Assessment Report 26317).

In 2008, resampling of two quartz-molybdenite mineralized sections of drillcore from hole K-3 yielded values of 0.077 and greater than 0.200 per cent molybdenum with 121 and 943 parts per billion rhenium, respectively (Assessment Report 30356).

In 2012, sampling of trenches from the silica cap zone yielded up to 0.37 gram per tonne gold with elevated values of copper and molybdenum, whereas trenching on an 80-metre long oxidized saprolitic gossan zone, in excess of 8 metres deep and located along a granodiorite-silica cap contact, yielded up to 0.311 per cent copper, 0.014 per cent molybdenum, 22 grams per tonne silver and 0.83 gram per tonne gold (Assessment Report 33259). Also, at this time, a sample (K190655) from the former ‘Bren’ (Glory Hole) trenches of gold-bearing arsenopyrite mineralization assayed 16.6 grams per tonne gold, 16 grams per tonne silver and 0.163 per cent zinc (Assessment Report 33259).

In 1973, the first documented activity refers to the gold-bearing sulphide veins, which were probably discovered by logging operations of the time. The prospect was subjected to trenching (457 metres), soil sampling (22 line-kilometres) and magnetic surveying (14 line-kilometres).

In 1982, geochemical sampling indicated the presence of anomalous gold associated with sulphide mineralization. In 1983, the property was restaked by Selco (BP Exploration Canada Ltd.) as the HR 1-5 claims and 17.7 kilometres of grid work was completed consisting of soil sampling at 200-metre intervals and rock chip sampling of the old Bren trenches. In 1990, Noranda Explorations soil sampled the area immediately west as the Tacoma claim.

In 1995, the area was staked as the Keno claims by owners H. Wahl and J. Brown-John based on the discovery of high-grade ‘mineral’ occurring within ferricrete exposed by new road building. In 1996, the claims were optioned to Westmin, who completed a trenching program that failed to penetrate the ferricrete zone; the claims were subsequently returned. In 1997 and 1998, the owners completed 1 kilometre of induced polarization surveying across the existing zone and conducted prospecting with soil and rock sampling. In 2000, the owner-operators completed four drillholes, totalling 603.5 metres; two holes intersected molybdenite mineralization and bottomed in mineralization at 127 metres.

In 2006, the owner-operators conducted line cutting and a soil geochemical and geological reconnaissance survey focused on outlying areas from the molybdenum zone. In 2008 and 2011, further programs of soil sampling and prospecting were completed on the Keno claim. Also, during 2010 through 2012, Bullion Gold Corp. completed programs of soil sampling, 45.5 line-kilometres of induced polarization surveying and 1874.0 line-kilometres of airborne geophysical surveying on the surrounding area as a part of the Cariboo Goldfields and Horsefly properties.

In 2013, Woodjam Horsefly Resources Ltd. completed a program of soil and rock sampling and 1073 metres of trenching.

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