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General

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Zinc, Silver

Location

Township or Area: Venton Lake Area, Oxtoby Lake Area

Latitude: 51° 42' 38.29"    Longitude: -86° 35' 49.52"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 527838   Northing: 5728932    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North

NTS Grid: 42M10NE, 42M15SE

Point Location Description: Collar location of DDH 10WA-18 in AFRI 20000008133

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Site access is by floatplane and helicopter in the summer from Hearst or Nakina and by snow mobile in the winter. The north portion of the Wabassi Property can be accessed by boat from Martin Falls First Nation located 54 km to the west by navigating the Albany River and the Wabassi River to Wabassi Falls then becomes unnavigable as the historical portage is no longer passable.

Exploration History

1942: Bedrock mapping by V.K. Prest of the Ontario Geological Survey (OGS). 1970: Reconnaissance mapping by Thurston and Carter for the OGS’ Operation Fort Hope. 1979: Diamond drilling by Hanna Mining Co., on an area to the west of, and overlapping, the Wabassi Property. 1980: Kerr Addison Mines Ltd., completed an airborne electromagnetic survey on an area north of the Wabassi Property. 1983: Kerr Addison Mines Ltd., undertook limited diamond drilling as follow-up to their 1980 airborne survey. 2003: Ontario Geological Survey flew an airborne magnetic survey as part of the Fort Hope geophysical program. 2007: Northern Shield Resources Inc., staked the Wabassi and Wabassi North properties based on the 2003 geophysical magnetic survey by the Ontario Geological Survey in the Fort Hope area. 2008: Geotech Ltd. conducted three VTEM EM and magnetic surveys over the Wabassi property. Initial drilling to test EM responses. 2010: Northern Shield Resources Inc., had Geotech Ltd., perform an airborne VTEM survey, ground and downhole magnetic and EM geophysical survey and diamond-drilling with assays and lithogeochemistry was completed on core samples from this drill program. Northern Shield Resources Inc., optioned 51% to Discovery Harbour Resources. 2011: Crone Geophysics and Exploration Ltd. performed ground and downhole geophysics followed by a diamond drill program by Northern Shield Resources Inc. 2011: Northern Shield Resources Ltd. initiated a winter exploration program on their Wabassi property consisting of diamond drilling, both ground and down-hole electromagnetic and magnetic surveys and an airborne versatile time-domain electromagnetic (VTEM) survey. 2012-2013: Multiple diamond drill programs were conducted as well as a ground magnetic survey and both ground and bore-hole electromagnetic (EM) surveys, on the Wabassi Property by Northern Shield Resources Ltd., and joint venture partner Discovery Harbour Resources Corp. 2014: Discovery Harbour Resources Corp. and former joint-venture partners Northern Shield Resources Inc., and Great Lake Resources LLC, announced the results of a fall diamond-drilling program including down-hole EM surveys also identified a number of off-hole anomalies. Northern Shield Resources Inc. subsequently announced that it sold its remaining interest in the Wabassi property to Great Lakes Resources LLC. The sale agreement transferred Northern Shield’s 49% interest in the Wabassi property. 2014: Great Lakes Resources LLC. (Great Lakes) purchased the Northern Shield 49% interest. 2015: Great Lakes Resources LLC. (Great Lakes) acquired Discovery Harbour’s 51% interest in the Wabassi Project. 2015: Wabassi completed the acquisition of the Wabassi project from Northern Shield Resources Inc. and Discovery Harbour Resources Inc. (Great Lakes Resources LLC purchased the remaining 51% interest in the Wabassi project, east of Eabametoong First Nation (Fort Hope), from Discovery Harbour Resources Corp. 2016, Great Lakes reorganized its interest in the project through Wabassi Resources ULC, a wholly owned subsidiary in 2016. A regional mapping program was also completed in the summer of 2016, which targeted outcrop areas exposed in river and stream channels.

Assessment Work on File

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Uchi

Terrane: North Caribou

Domain: Uchi

Belt: Miminiska-Fort Hope

Geological Age: Archean  

Geology Comments

Aug 20, 2018 (Greg Paju) - The Wabassi Property is located in the Archean Miminiska-Fort Hope greenstone belt in the Uchi Domain (2.8-2.9 Ga) of the Superior Province’s Sachigo Superterrane. (Stott and Rayner, 2004, Stott et al., 2007, Stott, 2007a-b and Stott et al., 2010). From AFRI 20000004275: The Wabassi Intrusive Complex is hosted mostly in an unnamed assemblage of mafic to intermediate volcanic rocks from the Miminiska-Fort Hope greenstone belt but is also in contact with foliated tonalitic suite granitoids to the north and massive granodiorite to granite suite rocks to the southeast. The observed rocks in the intrusive complex are generally very fresh, unaltered, and are mostly undeformed, although very weak foliation is locally observed.

Lithology

Lithology Comments

Aug 20, 2018 (Greg Paju) - From AFRI 20000008133: Hole 11WA-18 was drilled to test the strongest portion of Anomaly C as defined by the Crone Geophysics and Exploration Ltd. Pulse EM survey. The top portion of the hole intersected a gabbro interlayered with granite from 14 to 80 metres. Both gabbro and granite range from coarse to pegmatitic in grain size. Three thinner layers of gabbronorite occur from 80 to 91 metres. The last 30 metres intersected alternating and normally graded fine and coarse-grained gabbro. The upper portion of the hole is mostly pegmatitic and therefore overall coarser than the bottom of the hole. The pegmatitic gabbro and gabbronorite contain significant amounts of magnetite, up to over 10%. Alteration minerals include quartz, chlorite, carbonate, and biotite as veins and within the matrix.

Mineralization

Mineralization Comments

Aug 20, 2018 (Greg Paju) - From AFRI 20000008133 and OFR 6325: Minor disseminated sulphides are present including chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite and pyrite. Mineralization is generally <10% sulphides with some locally large pyrrhotite fragments. In DDH 11WA-18, nickel and chrome content is overall low, with more than half of the samples for both elements assaying at less than 100 ppm. Assay samples from 92 to 120 metres contain >100 ppm Ni and Cr with values of 100-772 ppm Ni and 100-218 ppm Cr. Other significant results include: 0.41% Cu, 0.20 Zn.

Mineral Record Details

References

Data - Ontario Airborne Geophysical Surveys, Magnetic Data, Attawapiskat Area - Purchased Data

Publication Number: GDS1211 Date: 2003

Author: Ontario Geological Survey

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Precambrian Geology of the Hudson Bay and James Bay Lowlands Region Interpreted from Aeromagnetic Data-West Sheet

Publication Number: P3597-REV Scale: 1:500,000    Date: 2008

Author: Stott G.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Report of Activities 2016, Resident Geologist Program, Thunder Bay North Regional Resident Geologist Report: Thunder Bay North District

Publication Number: OFR6325 Page: 32-33  Date: 2017

Author: Cundari R.M., Brunelle M.R., White G.D., Tuomi R.D., Tims A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Precambrian Geology of the Hudson Bay and James Bay Lowlands Region Interpreted from Aeromagnetic Data-East Sheet

Publication Number: P3598-REV Scale: 1:500,000    Date: 2008

Author: Stott G.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Report of Activities 2015, Resident Geologist Program, Thunder Bay South Regional Resident Geologist Report: Thunder Bay South District

Publication Number: OFR6316 Page: 15  Date: 2016

Author: Puumala M.A., Campbell D.A., Tuomi R.D., Tims A., Debicki R.L., Pettigrew T.K., Brunelle M.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Report of Activities 2014, Resident Geologist Program, Thunder Bay North Regional Resident Geologist Report: Thunder Bay North District

Publication Number: OFR6302 Page: 16-17  Date: 2015

Author: White G.D., Cundari R.M., Brunelle M.R., Pettigrew T.K., Tims A., Debicki R.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Report of Activities 2013, Resident Geologist Program, Thunder Bay North Regional Resident Geologist Report: Thunder Bay North District

Publication Number: OFR6292 Date: 2014

Author: White G.D., Cundari R.M., Tuomi R.D., Brunelle M.R., Debicki R.L., Moses P., Zurevinski S.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Report of Activities 2012, Resident Geologist Program, Thunder Bay North Regional Resident Geologist Report: Thunder Bay North District

Publication Number: OFR6284 Page: 29-30  Date: 2013

Author: White G.D., Cundari R.M., Lockwood H.C., Tuomi R.D., Debicki R.L., Moses P., Zurevinski S.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Report of Activities 2011, Resident Geologist Program, Thunder Bay North Regional Resident Geologist Report: Thunder Bay North District

Publication Number: OFR6272 Page: 25-26  Date: 2012

Author: White G.D., Smyk M.C., Cooke A., Lockwood H.C., Wilson A.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Compend - Summary of Field Work and Other Activities, 2004

Publication Number: OFR6145 Page: 10-1 to 10-8  Date: 2004

Author: Baker C.L., Debicki E.J., Parker J.R., Kelly R.I., Ayer J.A., Easton R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Publication - A Revised Terrane Map for the Superior Province as Interpreted from Aeromagnetic Data; In: Institute on Lake Superior Geology Proceedings, 53rd Annual Meeting, Lutsen, Minnesota, p. 74-75

Publication Number: ILSG v.53 Date: 2007

Author: Stott, G.M., Corkery, T., Leclair, A., Boily, M. and Percival, J.

Publisher Name: Institute of Lake Superior Geology

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Compend - Summary of Field Work and Other Activities, 2010

Publication Number: OFR6260 Page: 20-1 to 20-10  Date: 2010

Author: Ayer J.A., Easton R.M., Beakhouse G.P., Stott G.M., Kelly R.I., Debicki E.J., Parker J.R., Brown T.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Operation Fort Hope

Publication Number: MP042 Date: 1970

Author: Thurston P.C., Carter M.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

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Mono - Mineral Deposits of Northern Ontario, North of Latitude 49° 30'

Publication Number: OFR6242 Date: 2009

Author: Stott G.M., Josey S.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Publication - Technical Report on the Wabassi Property for Discovery Harbour Resources Corp. and CVC Cayman Ventures Corp., 170 p.

Publication Number: 2012 Tech Rep Date: 2012

Author: Clark, J. G.

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Publication - Technical Report on the Exploration of the Wabassi, Wabassi North and Max Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusions, 54 p.

Publication Number: 2010 Tech Rep Date: 2010

Author: Vaillancourt, C. and Bliss, I.

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Publication - Technical Report and Initial Resource Estimate on the Wabassi “E” Deposit, Wabassi Property Thunder Bay and Porcupine Mining Divisions Northern Ontario

Publication Number: 2016 Tech Rep Date: 2016

Author: Puritch, E. Burga, D., Yassa, A., and Barry, J.

Publisher Name: P&E Mining Consultants for Wabassi Resources

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