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Ontario Geological Survey

Year-to-Date Mineral-Related Activity in the Resident Geologist Districts
Activity in the Sault Ste Marie District updated December 2016


Mining and Exploration Activity
Company
Property Name
Township or Area
(Commodity)
Exploration Activity
Anconia Resources Inc.
Batchawana East Property
Gapp
(Gold, Base Metals)
Acquisition of claims and a field visit to the property, Regional Exploration Program
Argo Gold Inc.
Abbie Lake Property
Abbie Lake Area
(Gold)
Claim Acquisition
Argo Gold Inc.
Macassa Creek Property
David Lakes Area
(Gold)
Claim Acquisition
Argo Gold Inc.
Rockstar Property
Riggs, Jacobson
(Gold)
Claim Acquisition
Argonaut Gold Inc.
Magino Gold Project
Finan
(Gold)
Diamond Drilling Results, Prefeasibility Study Technical Report, Technical report, Update on planned activities and Private Placement Financing
Augustine Ventures Inc.
Wawa Gold Project
McMurray
(Gold)
Sampling Results of Historical Drill Core; Ongoing Fall 2016 Diamond Drill Program
Conquest Resources Ltd.
Smith Lake Gold Property
Stover, Leeson, Rennie
(Gold)
Assay Results from a recent Trenching program
MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd.
Holdsworth Property
Corbiere, Esquega
(Gold, Silver)
Joint Venture Agreement; Ground sampling program; the release of a NI43-101 Technical Report
Nighthawk Gold Corp.
Superior Project
Ryan
(Copper, Silver, Gold)
Company acquisition
Noble Mineral Exploration Inc.
Holdsworth Property
Corbiere, Esquega
(Gold, Silver)
Joint Venture Agreement; Ground sampling program; the release of a NI43-101 Technical Report
Pele Mountain Resources Inc.
Eco Ridge Rare Earth and Uranium Project
Joubin, Gunterman
(Rare Earths, Uranium)
Board of directors appointment, Pele Mountain Resources Inc. has signed a sustainable energy development agreement with the City of Elliot Lake, Project updates
Red Pine Exploration Inc.
Wawa Gold Project
McMurray
(Gold)
Appointment of a strategic Advisor and Historic Drill Core Sampling, Diamond drilling, Summary of work completed to date, Initiate program to update Inferred Resource and sample historic diamond drill core and additional sampling in the footwall gold zone
Richmont Mines Inc.
Island Gold Deposit
Finan
(Gold)
Delineation Drilling, Exploration Drilling, and Third Quarter Financials, A revision to the company's 2016 operational guidance estimates, Diamond Drilling; Second Quarter Financial results, Expansion Case Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) for the Isl
RT Minerals Corp.
Ballard Lake Gold and Diamond Property
Echum
(Gold)
Assay Results, Diamond Drilling Program, Private Placement
RT Minerals Corp.
Ballard Lake Gold Property
Echum
(Gold)
Diamond Drilling, Diamond Drilling; New Claim Staking; Regional Compilation
RT Minerals Corp.
Dill River Property
Lastheels
(Gold)
Property Acquisition
RT Minerals Corp.
Norwalk Gold Property
Naveau, Rabazo
(Gold)
Private Placement, Property Acquisition, Rock Sampling
Superior Copper Corp.
Superior Project
Ryan
(Copper, Silver, Gold)
Amalgamation of Superior Copper Corp. and Nighthawk Gold Corp., Company acquisition
Wesdome Gold Mines Inc.
Eagle River Mine Complex
Mishibishu Lake Area
(Gold)
Diamond drilling and forecasted exploration budget for 2016, Fourth quarter production at Eagle River Complex, First Quarter Financial Results; Diamond Drilling and Drifting results, First Quarter Report, Financial Report, NI 43-101 Technical Report, Four

Assessment Files Received
Company : Property Name
Assessment File
Township or Area Work Type
Anderson, Steven Dean / Vision Exploration : Wawa Gold Projects
20000013954
McMurray, Naveau Assays, Prospecting
Appia Energy Corp. : Claim 4215314
20000013957
Buckles Prospecting, Sampling
Appia Energy Corp. : Claim 4276105
20000013958
Buckles Prospecting, Sampling
Conquest Resources Ltd. : Smith Lake
20000014060
Leeson, Stover, Rennie Assays, Geochemical survey, Geological mapping, Prospecting
Darien Aggregates Inc. : Darien Aggregates Quarry
20000014069
Long Assays
Golden Goose Resources Inc. / Prodigy Gold Inc / First Minerals Exploarion : Jacobson Riggs Township
20000014154
Jacobson, Riggs Assays, Diamond drilling
Hicks, Clifford : Claim 1192299
20000014202
Jollineau Assays, Physical work, Prospecting
Internation Montoro Resources Inc. : Serpent River Project
20000014209
Joubin Assays, Diamond drilling, Downhole geophysics, Microscopic study
JD Explorations Inc. : Sharpsand River Property
20000014220
Rioux Assays, Geological mapping, Prospecting
Jubilee Gold Exploration Ltd. : Leeson-Brackin Property
20000014229
Leeson, Brackin Geochemical survey
Kapuskasing Gold Corp. : Golden Route Property
20000014236
Caouette Assays, Prospecting
Lakeland Resources Inc. : KAM Project
20000014267
Kamichisitit Assays, Diamond drilling, Geological mapping, Stripping
Martel, Timothy Phillip : Cowie Property
20000014318
Cowie Prospecting
Parent, Shaun Peter : Sandra Beccia
20000014394
Norberg Very Low Frequency electromagnetic survey
Prodigy Gold Inc. : Claim 4276266
20000014430, 20000014431
Finan Assays, Geological mapping, Very Low Frequency electromagnetic survey
Ralph, James Gordon : Claim 4271701
20000014441
Norberg Prospecting
Rastel, James : Claim 3002746
20000014448
Rabazo Prospecting
Richmont Mines Inc. : Island Gold Extension Zone 2
20000014457
Finan Assays, Diamond drilling
RT Minerals Corp. : Ballard Lake Property
20000014471
Echum Assays, Physical work, Stripping
Select Sands Corp (frmly Chalice Diamond Corp.) : Old Cabin Property
20000014483
Jacobson Assays, Geological mapping, Prospecting
Seminenko, Evgeniy : Claim 4271850
20000014484
Daumont Assays, Geological mapping, Prospecting
Sierra Development Services Inc. : Aldo Palma Property
20000014492
Lastheels Assays, Prospecting
Trelawney Mining And Exploration Inc. : Mishibishu Project
20000014663
Mishibishu Lake Area Ground magnetometer, Induced Polarization survey, Line cutting
Tremblay, Michael / Victoria Gold Mines (ET) Ltd : Golden Arrow Property
20000014666
Wishart, Palmer Assays, Geological survey, Manual
Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd : Mishi Deposit
20000014714
Mishibishu Lake Area Assays, Diamond drilling

Property Visits Made
Company
Property Name
Township or Area
(Commodity)
Comments

Dalton Lamprophyre
Bader
(Diamonds)
Examining a lamprophyre exposure containing rounded mafic xenoliths with elongated crystals of actinolite

Dalton Lamprophyre
Bader
(Diamonds)
Examining a lamprophyre exposure containing rounded mafic xenoliths with elongated crystals of actinolite

Dolostone Exposure
Fenwick
(Aggregate)
A site visit with a university student studying the dolostone to see how it correlates with the Gordon Lake Formation

Katy Dyke
Echum
(Diamonds)
Examining fine to coarse grained mafic rock with large mafic xenoliths. The outcrop is diamond bearing.

Katy Dyke
Echum
(Diamonds)
Examining fine to coarse grained mafic rock with large mafic xenoliths. The outcrop is diamond bearing.
Argonaut Gold Inc.
The Magino Project
Finan
(Gold)
Examining drill core and outcrop exposures
Joe Leadbetter
Leadbetter Conglomerate Property
Chabanel
(Diamonds)
Examined diamond bearing conglomerates in drill core and in 2 exposed outcrop pits
no company
Corbiere Township
Corbiere
(Diamonds)
Examining conglomerates of the Dore Conglomerates
no company
Fletch Dyke
Dolson
(Diamonds)
Examining fine to coarse grained mafic rock with large mafic xenoliths. The outcrop is diamond bearing.
no company
Fletch Dyke
Dolson
(Diamonds)
Examining fine to coarse grained mafic rock with large mafic xenoliths. The outcrop is diamond bearing.
no company
Island Copper Property
Aweres
(Copper, Gold)
Examined altered and mineralized outcrops of the Gros Cap Gneiss
no company
Nicholson Dyke, Monchiquite Dike and Dore Conglomerate
Lendrum
(Diamonds)
Examining outcrop exposures of Proterozoic Lamprophyres and conglomerate outcrops of the Dore Conglomerates
Red Pine Exploration Inc.
Wawa Gold Project
McMurray
(Gold)
Examining new stripped exposures of the Jubilee Shear
Red Pine Exploration Inc.
Wawa Gold Project
McMurray
(Gold)
Examining new stripped exposures of the Jubilee Shear
Richmont Mines Inc.
Island Gold Mine Property
Finan
(Gold)
Field trip to the Island Gold Mine to examine underground diamond drilling and examine the Kremzar and Morrison No. 1 outcrops
Richmont Mines Inc.
Island Gold Mine Property
Finan
(Gold)
Examined recent underground diamond drilling at the Island Gold Mine
RRS Syndicate
Tribag Breccia Property
Nicolet
(Cu)
Examined large breccia exposures in the Batchawana Greenstone Belt

For further information contact the Sault Ste Marie District Resident Geologist Office

Updated December 2016