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1 p 60 50'0"W Baffin Bay Greenland Sigguk B a f f i n B a y S h e l f E d g e Beta U u m m a n n a q C h a n n e l Note: Lineaments are iceberg scours Gamma Bathymetric high referenced in section R i d g e Alpha a T r o u g h Depth in Metres Below LAT Station Locations Sample Location Camera Location Potential Well Sites Alpha Beta Eqqua UTM Projection Gridding Algorithm: Kriging. WGS 1984 UTM Zone 21N Search Radius: 150 m False Easting: 500,000.0 m Grid Spacing: 25 m False Northing: 0.0 m Central Meridian: Light Position Angles: Latitude Of Origin: 0.0 Horizontal: 135 Linear Unit: Metre Vertical: 45 Gamma Note: Map Scale 1:500,000 when printed at A3 paper size Survey Boundaries Alpha Site Beta Site Gamma Site Regional Area Capricorn Greenland Exploration No.1 Ltd. p A l h a h A l Multibeam Bathymetry (Shaded Relief) Regional Survey Area Disko West Block 1 (Sigguk) and Block 3 (Eqqua) Baffin Bay, West Greenland McGregor GeoScience Ltd. Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada Date: Feb 15, 2010 McGregor Project No.: 0931 Figure: 2.2 Filename: GL_MB-BathyShadedRelief_4JS_J.mxd

2 p 60 50'0"W Baffin Bay Greenland Sigguk B a f f i n B a y S h e l f E d g e Beta U u m m a n n a q C h a n n e l Gamma R Alpha i d g e o u g h Seafloor Gradients in Degrees Station Locations Sample Location Camera Location Potential Well Sites Alpha Beta Eqqua UTM Projection Gridding Algorithm: Kriging WGS 1984 UTM Zone 21N Grid Spacing: 25 m False Easting: 500,000.0 m False Northing: 0.0 m Central Meridian: Latitude Of Origin: 0.0 Linear Unit: Metre Gamma Note: Map Scale 1:500,000 when printed at A3 paper size. Survey Boundaries Alpha Site Beta Site Gamma Site Regional Area Capricorn Greenland Exploration No.1 Ltd. T r p A l h a a h A l Multibeam Bathymetry; Seafloor Gradients - 25m Resolution Regional Survey Area Disko West Block 1 (Sigguk) and Block 3 (Eqqua) Baffin Bay, West Greenland McGregor GeoScience Ltd. Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada Date: Feb 15, 2009 McGregor Project No.: 0931 Figure: 2.5 Filename: GL_slope_fine2_J.mxd

3 60 50'0"W Baffin Bay Greenland Sigguk B a f f i n B a y S h e l f E d g e Beta U u m m a n n a q C h a n n e l Station Locations Eqqua Universal Transverse Mercator Projection. WGS 1984 UTM Zone 21N False Easting: 500,000.0 m False Northing: 0.0 m Central Meridian: Latitude Of Origin: 0.0 Linear Unit: Metre Potential Well Sites Survey Boundaries Sample Location Alpha Alpha Site Gamma R i d g e Alpha r o T u g h Gamma Gamma Site Regional Area Note: Light colours represent low intensity. Dark colours represent high intensity Map Scale 1:500,000 when printed at A3 paper size Capricorn Greenland Exploration No.1 Ltd. Camera Location Beta Beta Site a p A l h a p h A l Multibeam Backscatter Imagery Regional Survey Area Disko West Block 1 (Sigguk) and Block 3 (Eqqua) Baffin Bay, West Greenland McGregor GeoScience Ltd. Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada Date: Feb 15, 2010 McGregor Project No.: 0931 Figure: 3.1 Filename: GL_Backscatter_J.mxd

4 60 50'0"W Baffin Bay Greenland Sigguk Silt/Ice Modified B a f f i n B a y Silt Deep Scour Eqqua Silt Deepest Observed Plough Mark (up to 715 m) Beta Hard Ground Ice Scour (850 m Wide) Universal Transverse Mercator Projection. WGS 1984 UTM Zone 21N False Easting: 500,000.0 m False Northing: 0.0 m Central Meridian: Latitude Of Origin: 0.0 Linear Unit: Metre Station Locations Survey Boundaries Intrepreted Areas Sample Location Alpha Site Hard Ground Silt/Ice Modified Silt Camera Location Potential Well Sites Beta Site Gamma Site Ice Modfied Mud Gamma Silt Alpha Mud Alpha Beta Gamma Regional Area Note: Map Scale 1:500,000 when printed at A3 paper size Silt Intrepreted Features Ice Scour Mound Capricorn Greenland Exploration No.1 Ltd. Silt Distribution of Surficial Sediments Longest Observed Plough Mark (14.2 km) Regional Survey Area Mud Disko West Block 1 (Sigguk) and Block 3 (Eqqua) Baffin Bay, West Greenland McGregor GeoScience Ltd. Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada Date: Feb McGregor Project No.: 0931 Figure: 3.2 Filename: GL_cBedFeat_J.mxd

5 Increasing Proximity to Iceberg Scour Berms 20 cm 20 cm 20 cm a) Fine gray silt with gravel and pebbles, epifauna includes Foraminifera: Rhabdammina sp. (Tube building type), Crustacea: Decapoda: Pandalus sp. (Shrimp) b) Bimodal sediment consisting of silt, gravel, pebbles and cobbles with, epifauna includes Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actinaria (Sea anemone top left), Porifera: sp. 3 (Encrusting sponge left hand side) c) Bimodal sediment consisting of silt, gravel, pebbles and cobbles, epifauna includes Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Ceramaster Granularis (Sea star), 12 cm 12 cm 12 cm d) Non-cohesive sediment believed to represent modern marine deposits e) Non-cohesive fine matrix consisting of clay, silt and sand with pebble clasts, believed to represent modern marine deposits f) Cohesive clay, silt matrix with gravel pebbles and cobble clasts Figure 3.13 Representative Seafloor and Sample Photographs Alpha Site Station 013

6 20 cm 20 cm 20 cm a) Silt and gravel with a possible thin veneer of modern hemipelagic fine silt, benthic epifauna includes: - Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Ceriantharia: Cerianthidae (Borrowing anemone to the top left and lower center) - Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Ceriantharia: Hormathiidae (Pink sea anemones upper left and upper right) b) Silt and gravel covered with a thin veneer of possible modern hemipelagic fine silt, benthic epifauna includes: - Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Ceriantharia: Cerianthidae (Borrowing anemone to the top left and lower center) - Bryozoa: Cyclostomatida sp. 1: like Hornera lichenoides (calcified moss animal) - possibility of being Hydrocoral (Hydrozoa: Stylasteridae) c) Silt and gravel covered with a thin veneer of possible modern hemipelagic fine silt, benthic epifauna includes: - Porifera: Polymastia sp (Sponge) - Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actinaria (Sea Anemone) - Porifera: sp. 3 (Encrusting sponge) - Annelida: Polychaeta: Serpulidae (Calcified tube-building bristle-worm) - Sea Anemone Colony Burrows (far right) 12 cm 12 cm 12 cm d) Silt and gravel with a possible thin veneer of modern hemipelagic fine silt e) Silt and gravel with a possible thin veneer of modern hemipelagic fine silt f) Silt and gravel with a possible thin veneer of modern hemipelagic fine silt Figure 3.14 Representative Seafloor and Sample Photographs Beta Site Station 005

7 20 cm 20 cm 20 cm a) Silt and gravel with a possible thin veneer of modern hemipelagic silt, epifauna include Foraminifera: Rhabdammina sp. (Tube building type), Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Pennatulacea: Halipteridae (Sea whip) or Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Pennatulacea: Virgulariidae (Sea pen), and multiple single hole cerianthid (1) borrows b) Silt and gravel with cobble dropstones and a possible thin veneer of hemipelagic silt, epifauna includes Rhabdammina sp. (Tube building type), Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Pennatulacea: Halipteridae (Sea whip), and Annelida: Polychaeta: Erpulidae (Calcified tube-building bristle-worms) c) Silt and gravel with cobble dropstones and a possible thin veneer of hemipelagic silt, epifauna includes Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Pennatulacea: Halipteridae (Sea whip) or Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Pennatulacea: Virgulariidae (Sea pen), and Cnidari: Anthozoa, Actinaria (Sea anemone) 12 cm 12 cm 12 cm d) Cohesive fine grained matrix of clay, silt, sand with interbedded gravel, epifauna includes Rhabdammina sp. (Tube building type) e) Cohesive fine grained matrix of clay, silt, sand and gravel, epifauna includes Rhabdammina sp. (Tube building type) f) Cohesive fine grained matrix of clay and silt with increased gravel, pebbles and cobbles, epifauna includes Rhabdammina sp. (Tube building type) Figure 3.15 Representative Seafloor and Sample Photographs Gamma Site Station 003

8 20 cm 20 cm 20 cm a) Silt and gravel with a possible thin veneer of modern hemipelagic fine silt, benthic epifauna includes: - Echinodermata: Asteroidea sp.1 (Juvenile sea star); b) Silt and gravel covered with a thin veneer of possible modern hemipelagic fine silt, benthic epifauna includes: - Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Ceriantharia: Cerianthidae (Borrowing anemone to the bottom center, upper left, upper right) - Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Ceriantharia: Hormathiidae (Pink sea anemones upper left and upper right) c) Silt and gravel covered with a thin veneer of possible modern hemipelagic fine silt, benthic epifauna includes: - Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Ceriantharia: Cerianthidae (Borrowing anemone throughout) 12 cm 12 cm 12 cm d) Silt and gravel with a possible thin veneer of modern hemipelagic fine silt e) Silt and gravel with a possible thin veneer of modern hemipelagic fine silt f) Silt and gravel with a possible thin veneer of modern hemipelagic fine silt, note brown oxic layer and lower grey anoxic layer Figure 3.16 Representative Seafloor and Sample Photographs Regional Site 021

9 5cm Station 13 Station 17 Figure 3.17 Fan Coral Seafloor and Sample Photographs

10 Capricorn Greenland Exploration No. 1 Ltd Regional Geophysical Report Figure 3.18 Detailed Backscatter Imagery Scars Near Gamma Site 2.5 km Regional Scars 2.5 km Figure Extents Lower Left: E, N Upper Right: E, N 5 km 5 km Figure Extents Lower Left: E, N Upper Right: E, N Finer Sediment in Lows Behind Alpha Ridge 6 km 6 km Figure Extents Lower Left: E, N Upper Right: E, N Figure 3.18 Detailed Backscatter Imagery Continued McGregor GeoScience Limited Regional_Geophysical_Report_Rev0.doc

11 Capricorn Greenland Exploration No. 1 Ltd Regional Geophysical Report Acoustic Basement Outcrop 9 km 9 km Figure Extents Lower Left: E, N Upper Right: E, N McGregor GeoScience Limited Regional_Geophysical_Report_Rev0.doc

12 '0"W '0"W '0"N 70 19'0"N 70 20'0"N 70 20'0"N 70 18'0"N '0"N 70 21'0"N '0"N 70 22'0"N '0"W '0"W '0"N Figure 3.19 Starboard channel of portion of side scan line 041 showing well defined iceberg scour berms (indicated by red arrows). Note the sediment flow feature between the two red arrows. Location of the above imagery shown on adjacent Alpha track plot. Figure 3.19

13 '0"W '0"W '0"N 70 19'0"N 70 20'0"N 70 20'0"N 70 18'0"N '0"N 70 21'0"N '0"N 70 22'0"N '0"W '0"W '0"N Figure 3.20 Portion of side scan line 029 showing iceberg scour infill as indicated by the reduced reflectivity on the far side of the large iceberg scour (indicated by red arrow). Note the rough nature of the sediments on the edges of the large scour on the starboard channel attesting to the cohesive nature of the sediments. Cross cutting scours are visible on the port channel. Location of the above imagery shown on adjacent Alpha track plot. Figure 3.20

14 Sediment Thickness (metres) 60 50'0"W Baffin Bay Greenland Sigguk B a f f i n B a y Eqqua Beta UTM Projection Gridding Algorithm: Kriging. WGS 1984 UTM Zone 21N Search Radius: 500 m False Easting: 500,000.0 m Grid Spacing: 200 m False Northing: 0.0 m Central Meridian: Latitude Of Origin: 0.0 Linear Unit: Metre Isopach Contours Potential Well Sites Survey Boundaries 3 m Intervals Alpha Alpha Site Station Locations Sample Location Beta Gamma Beta Site Gamma Site Gamma Alpha Camera Location Regional Area Uninterpretable Sub-bottom Data Note: -An average sound velocity of 1500 m/s was used to calculate sediment thickness -Map Scale 1:500,000 when printed at A3 paper size Capricorn Greenland Exploration No.1 Ltd. Thickness of Surficial Sediments Regional Survey Area Disko West Block 1 (Sigguk) and Block 3 (Eqqua) Baffin Bay, West Greenland McGregor GeoScience Ltd. Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada Date: Feb McGregor Project No.: 0931 Figure: 4.1 Filename: GL_Thickness_ss2_J.mxd

15 Capricorn Greenland Exploration NO. 1 Ltd. Extract from Regional Geophysics Report REFERENCES Aughenbaugh, N.B. (2009). The Zumberge Ice Shelf. Journal of Geology and Geophysics and Geosystems, vol.3 issue 1, pp.1-8. Bennike, O., Hansen, K.B., Knudsen, K.L., Penney, D.N. & Rasmussen, K.L. (1994). Quaternary marine stratigraphy and geochronology in central West Greenland. Boreas, vol.23, pp Oslo. ISSN McGregor GeoScience Limited 0931-Regional-Geophysics-Rev1 (Extract).doc

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