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General

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver

Location

Township or Area: Benoit, Benoit, Benoit

Latitude: 48° 17' 38.63"    Longitude: -80° 14' 10.63"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 556645   Northing: 5349267    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 42A08SE

Point Location Description: Shaft

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: Proceed from Bourkes Road on Highway 11 south of Ramore and turn east on Benoit Concession 1-2 (Bourkes) Road. At 1.6km, immediately west of the ONR tracks, turn north onto a dirt road. Stay left at the fork and travel 0.5km to site.

Exploration History

1917: O. Anderson - discovered gold on his farm. 1917-1920: Bourkes Mines Limited - 2 compartment shaft; drifting on 4 levels. 1933: Tellaurum Gold Mines Limited - sampling and dewatering was completed. 1936-1937 - Some production by the Bourkes Syndicate - DD-8-1504.5 ft. 1938 - Some production by the Mesabi Gold Mines Limited. 1946-1947: Davidor Gold Mines Limited - operated a test mill (greater than 315 tons of ore was processed in the test mill by Davidor Mines Ltd. 1974: Mathan Explorations - ground EM and magnetometer surveys; DD-8-2566 ft. 1981: Goliath Mines Ltd. - DD-3-2118 ft. VLF-EM survey, magnetometer survey. 1990-92: K.E. Skyonsby - DD-2-209 ft.; assays 2006-2007 - Northern Gold Mining Inc. - stripping and assaying program A mini bulk sample taken of the vein material on both sides of the shaft. The sample was split into 3 subsamples. Assay results are as follows: Sample Fines Oversize Dust 1 977 kg @ 11.40 g/t Au 27 kg @ 9.5 g/t Au 46 kg @ 13.06 g/t Au 2 887 kg @ 2.90 g/t Au 28 kg @ 1.28 g/t Au 77 kg @ 8.50 g/t Au 3 854 kg @ 3.16 g/t Au 38 kg @ 16.88 g/t Au 117 kg @ 16.94 g/t Au

Assessment Work on File

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  

Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Guidon) - The property is underlain by mafic metavolcanic rocks of the Kinojevis assemblage of the Western Abitibi subprovince, part of the Superior Province. The rocks of the Blake River assemblage lie to the northeast and the contact between them is northwest trending about 3 km away. Outcrop is sparce with the shaft being located on a large island of outcrop about 1 km by half km. The bedrock is covered by clays of the northern Abitibi clay plain. Mineralization occurs in a 3 foot wide shear zone containing quartz-carbonate veining.

Lithology

Lithology Comments

May 27, 2016 (D Guidon) - Outcrop is relatively sparse even though the geological map indicates that the shaft area is on a large outcrop. The rock observed appears to be tholeiitic basalt exhibiting silicification, minor epidote alteration and a trace of disseminated pyrite. Local quartz-carbonate veining contains reddish (hematite) streaks.

May 27, 2016 (A Wilson) - Mafic metavolcanics are cut by felsic stringers and dikes, and by 3-foot wide shear zones containing quartz-carbonate viens and lenses with maximum widths of1 foot. The main ore zone lies in a shear which strikes N30ºW and dips vertically.

Mineralization

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Guidon) - Most of the ore and gangue minerals are associated with quartz-carbonate veining. Visible gold can occasionally be found on the rock dump.

May 27, 2016 (A Wilson) - A sample collected from the property in 1917 returned an assay of $26.88 gold. Samples collected by J. Byrne in 1918 returned assays of $79.00 (4.5 ft width over 75 ft.); $110.00 (2 ft. width over 82 ft.), $35.00 (1.6 ft. width over 46 ft). Samples collected during the milling test by Davidor Gold Mines Limited had a wide range of assays ranging from nil to 14.05 dwt. The best assay from the Mathan Exploration drilling was 0.324 oz/ton Au over 2.5' near the shaft. Drilling by K. Skjonsky returned a short (0.54m) section of flow top breccia with 4% disseminated pyrite assayed 0.015 oz./ton Au. This was the best assay of the entire project. Molybdenum is frequently associated with gold and pyrite.

Alteration Comments

May 27, 2016 (D Guidon) - The host tholeiitic basalt contains epidote alteration and traces of disseminated pyrite. Local silicification can be found in a pit at NAD27 zone 17, 5348972N 556651E.

Assay Samples

Mineral Record Details

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 2       Structure Type: Shear

Rank: 1       Structure Type: Vein

Site Visit Information

Date: Dec 15, 2003

Geologist: D Guidon

Notes: Property visited August 12, 1999. Examined pit to south of shaft (17 5349037N 556623E). Quartz carbonate vein with reddish streak in vein trace py. Host rock is silicified thoeiitic basalt. Some minor epidote alteration. Collected samples of rock from waste pile. 99312 - veining from pit to south of shaft; 99313 - sheared basalt; 99314 - epidote altered basalt; 99315 - basalt with 5% disseminated pyrite cubes to 1 mm next to qcv; 99316 - qcv.

References

File - Resident Geologist files KL-0265

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office

Part - Black River area

Publication Number: ARV30-06.002 Page: 53-55  Date: 1998

Author: Wright D.G.H.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:

MonoMap - Geology of the Bourkes area, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: R092 Page: 17-18  Date: 1971

Author: Lovell H.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:

Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 2, part of District of Cochrane, districts of Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Timiskaming, and counties of southern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC018 Page: 13  Date: 1979

Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:

Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC007 Page: 80  Date: 1968

Author: Johnston F.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:

Mono - Preliminary report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, gold deposits file

Publication Number: OFR5467 Page: G0099  Date: 1983

Author: Hodgson C.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:

Part - Gold-bearing veins in Benoit Township

Publication Number: ARV26.008 Page: 249-250  Date: 1998

Author: Burrows A.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:

Map - Benoit and Maisonville townships, Timiskaming District

Publication Number: M2215 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1971

Author: Lovell H.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:

Map - Geological Compilation of the Lake Abitibi Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: P3398 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1999

Author: Ayer J.A., Berger B.R., Trowell N.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:

Publication - Northern Gold Mining Inc., press release November 28, 2007

Publication Number: Press Release Date: 2007

Author: Northern Gold Mining Inc.

Publisher Name:

Location:

Map - Black River area, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: ARM30C Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Wright D.G.H.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:

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