PROSPECTING REPORT ON THE GARDEN LAKE AREA CLAIMS IN THE THUNDER BAY MINING DISTRICT FOR GRAVITY WEST MINING CORP NTS 52 H

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1 PROSPECTING REPORT ON THE GARDEN LAKE AREA CLAIMS IN THE THUNDER BAY MINING DISTRICT FOR GRAVITY WEST MINING CORP NTS 52 H Robert T. Chataway April 26, 2008 B.Sc. (Geology) Thunder Bay, Ontario.

2 SUMMARY Gravity West Mining Corp carried out an exploration program for uranium on claims in the Garden Lake Area, Thunder Bay Mining Division during the summer of A twoman crew prospected using a scintilometer. Target areas included possible iron formation units as indicated from airborne magnetic surveys and unconformities along the east half of the property. Traverses were made in prospective areas and along new logging roads using a GPS for control. The survey failed to identify any anomalous areas with only a few readings of values slightly above the background used. i

3 TABLE OF CONTENTS SUMMARY INTRODUCTION PROPERTY DESCRIPTION, LOCATION AND ACCESS CLIMATE AND PHYSIOGRAPHY PREVIOUS WORK REGIONAL GEOLOGY MINERALIZATION 2006 EXPLORATION PROGRAM RESULTS SUMMARY OF DAILY TRAVERSES CONCLUSION RECOMMENDATION CERTIFICATE OF QUALIFICATIONS REFERENCES LIST OF FIGURES, MAPS AND TABLES PROPERTY LOCATION MAP CLAIM MAP TABLE 1 - LIST OF CLAIMS SCINTILOMETER SURVEY MAP (W) SCINTILOMETER SURVEY MAP (E) SCINTILOMETER SURVEY MAP (S) DETAILED DAILY TRAVERSE NOTES IN BACK POCKET IN BACK POCKET IN BACK POCKET APPENDlXA

4 INTRODUCTION Gravity West Mining Corp completed an exploration program in 2006 on the Garden Lake area claims in search of uranium by prospecting with a scintilometer. A 2-man crew covered prospective areas based on known geology and magnetic high trends taken from published literature and also covered areas of unknown potential. PROPERTY DESCRIPTION, LOCATION AND ACCESS The property consists of 14 claims (approximately 164 units) in the Ruffo Lake Area, G-0756 and Kitchen Lake Area. Please refer to Table 1 for the details of the list of claims. The Garden Lake area is 120 kilometers north of Thunder Bay along Highway 527 and NW up Highway 811. The claims are located in the Garden Lake Greenstone Belt west of the unconformity with the Nipigon Basin sediments. The area worked covered a portion of the company's contiguous claims held in the area. Access to the claim area is excellent as Highway 527 and Highway 811 are open year round. New forestry roads provide access to the interior of the claims. CLIMATE AND PHYSIOGRAPHY The climate is typical of northern Boreal forests with cold winters with moderate snow fall and moderate to hot summers with rainfall mainly from thunderstorms. Breakup and freeze up periods are generally difficult times to carry out fieldwork. The field season can be up to 8 months per year. The relief is generally flat with some ridges of diabase rising to 150 feet. Several small rivers and numerous creeks drain the few lakes. The forests are actively being harvested with spruce, fir, pine and poplar the main tree types. Large areas of cutover are in various stages of re-growth. PREVIOUS WORK The area has seen little previous work except for gold and base metal exploration since the 1960's and more recently PGM's exploration since the 1990's. No uranium work has been reported in the assessment files. The gold exploration occurred in the Garden Lake area west of the claims. The interest was in the quartz veins with pyrite and arsenopyrite hosted in the greenstone belt volcanics. Several companies completed ground surveys and drilled their best targets with little success. More details are available from the assessment files in Thunder Bay for NTS 52 H NW. 1

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8 REGIONAL GEOLOGY The area is underlain by Precambrian and Proterozoic aged rocks with extensive Pleistocene glacial deposits. The claim area is comprised of a volcanic assemblage of metamorphosed mafic and intermediate volcanics minor felsic and mafic (gabbro) intrusive rocks of Archean age with cross-cutting Proterozoic diabase dykes. Sibley sediments overlie the volcanics on the east side of the property. The major units have a general NE strike with near vertical dips. The diabase strikes roughly northwest. MINERALIZATION Mineralization, in the form of pyrite, was noted in the mafic volcanics and gabbroic intrusives. Hematitic alteration was noted associated with quartz-filled fractures. No iron formation outcrops were mapped in the traverses EXPLORATION PROGRAM The focus of the current exploration program was uranium. The location of the claims is such that the unconformity between the Archean and the Proterozoic has been covered. The unconformity is projected to have a flat dip to the east and the present day exposure of the rocks is limited to a small area. Prospective ground was considered to be in the area of any iron formation associated with hematite alteration. Therefore, prospecting targets were prioritized utilizing the following criteria: iron formation, magnetics, volcanics, hematite alteration and outcrop density. The daily traverses were recorded on a GPS and the tracks and points of interest were recorded and described. Please refer to the appendix for a detailed account of the daily logs. A summary of the daily logs is found in the found below. A scintilometer was utilized to record any radioactivity. The two-man crew would wander randomly in prospective areas in search of outcrops or float to test with the scintilometer. The author, R.T. Chataway and Danny Rivard made up the crew and are both experienced in prospecting and field techniques. The local geology was described and notes on the radioactivity were recorded if anomalous values were encountered. Generally, the diabase exhibited low values (10-20 counts per second), the volcanics were considered background (35-50 c/s), and sediments and felsic intrusives and gneisses were elevated ( c/s) but still considered background. Results The final results of the prospecting for uranium on the Garden Lake area claims are not encouraging. Only several values exceeded background by a slight degree and these were recorded in gneisses where higher background counts can be expected. 5

9 Summary of Daily Traverses July 12, 2006 Claims and Waypoint 268: outcrop of carbonated mafic volcanic, (085/80S) Waypoint 274: outcrop of granodiorite gneiss, (095/65-80N) Waypoint 277: outcrop of banded granodiorite gneiss, reddish brown colour, (100/vert) Waypoint 287: outcrop of coarse grained mafic intrusive or flow Waypoint 290: outcrop of mafic flows Waypoint 295: outcrop of nonmagnetic gabbro The scintilometer survey had no values of interest, all were considered background or lower. July 13, 2006 Claims and Waypoint 310: outcrop of Sibley sediments, underlain by volcanics Waypoint 314: scintilometer readings of 70 c/s in overburden near granodiorite gneiss Waypoint 315: outcrop of mafic flows, (080/v), glacial direction is 170, some pillows The scintilometer had a value of 70 c/s in overburden within an area of probable granodiorite gneiss, the other values were less than background. July 14, 2006 Claim Waypoints : a large area of mafic flows to amygdaloidal basalts Waypoint 318: Gneiss boulders with scintilometer readings of 140 c/s The scintilometer peaked at 140 c/s for gneiss boulders. July 15, 2006 Claims , , , , Waypoint 330: outcrop of carbonate-rich banded mafic flow Waypoint 341: float, boulders of magnetic diorite, gneiss, Sibley seds Waypoint 349: Sibley Group seds, red beds, quartz arenite, flat lying stratigraphy No significant readings near the Sibley Group exposures July 16, 2006 Rain day, compile data July 17, Waypoint 350: outcrop of mafic flow 6

10 Waypoint 351: carb-rich mafic flow, finely banded, non-magnetic Waypoint 354: outcrop (bluff) of carb-rich mafic flow Waypoint 355: outcrop (bluff) of carb-rich mafic flow Waypoint 356: mafic flow, hematite stain, QV with hem, amethyst No significant scintilometer readings in the hematite altered rock. July 18, 2006 Claims , , Waypoint 360: outcrop of pillowed basalts Waypoint 361: outcrop of banded tuffs/seds, purple and green beds, 070/vert No significant scintilometer readings in seds. July 19, 2006 Claims , Waypoint 370: outcrop of pillowed basalts grades to intermediate tuff to NE, 075/vert Waypoint 371: outcrop of intermediate tuff with chlorite along slips. Waypoint 373: old drill core storage area, rock types include mafic flows, laminated chert IF, graphitic seds, hematitic alteration noted. The scintilometer did not detect any radiation of note when scanned over the available core. (Off property) Waypoint 374: o/c of elongated pillows, hematite, quartz and feldspar selvages. Specular hematite. Waypoint 375: o/c of massive mafic flow Waypoint 377: o/c of massive mafic flow, scintilometer reading of 48 c/s. Waypoint 378: o/c of brecciated mafic volcanic with quartz-feldspar filled joints July 20-21, 2006 Compile data. July 22, 2006 Claims , Waypoint 379: o/c of sheared mafic flow, minor quartz-hematite filled fractures with scintilometer readings of 136 c/s. Waypoint 380: o/c of massive mafic flow, readings of 50 c/s Waypoints 22a-d: various o/c's of Sibley seds with scintilometer readings of c/s Increased number of scintilometer readings near the unconformity that are approaching the background or better threshold. 7

11 CONCLUSION The claim area does not appear to have any uranium showings which could be classified as associated with the unconformity between the Archean and Proterozoic. The highest scintilometer readings were found in the granodiorite gneiss. The Sibley Group sediments located close to the probable unconformity gave results which were background or less in value indicating that the area is not likely prospective for uranium mineralization. RECOMMENDATION No further work is recommended on these claims in the search for uranium showings. 8

12 CERTIFICATE of QUALIFICATIONS 1) I, Robert T. Chataway of 139 Peter St. Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7A 5H6 do declare that I am a graduate geologist and am the author of this report titled Report on the Prospecting on the Garden Lake Area Claims in the Thunder Bay Mining District, for Gravity West Mining Corp. 2) I hold a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of British Columbia (1970). 3) I am a Fellow of the Geological Association of Canada and a member and Director of the Northwest Ontario Prospector's Association. 4) I have been involved in many aspects of mineral exploration for 35 years and have experience with gold, base metal and uranium exploration mainly in the Canadian Shield of Canada. 5) I managed the daily operations on the property during July, 2006 and was part of the prospecting crew. 6) I have reviewed all the available data on the Property and this Assessment Report is my report of the 2006 prospecting program and results. Dated at Thunder Bay, Ontario, April 26, R. T. CHATAWAY, B. Sc. (Geology) "R. T. CHATAWAY" 9

13 REFERENCES Geology of the Garden Lake Area, District of Thunder Bay, Geological Report No. 25, V.G. Milne, ODM, 1964 Gravity West Mining Corp., Internal reports on the airborne geophysical surveys. Nipigon Basin data base, 2004, OGS. 10

14 APPENDIX A DAILY TRAVERSE NOTES

15 GRAVITY WEST MINING CORP DETAILED DAILY TRAVERSE NOTES GARDEN LAKE AREA CLAIMS JULY, 2006

16 Gravity West Garden Lake Project, July 12, 2006 Waypoint Date East/north Elev Description JUL U m N-S claim line, western boundary JUL U m Jnc, Holinshead Resort rd/camp 231 rd JUL U m o/c, mafic volc, carb /80S JUL U m Jnc Camp231 rd/rd 80A, new rd to S, BLK JUL U m Jnc Camp231 rd/rd, new rd to km9. Target py,po, hi mag JUL U m Tr. Pt. on Rd 80A, JUL U m N-S claim line, on road JUL U m E-W claim line on road JUL U m o/c, granodiorite gneiss,095/65-79n JUL U m Jnc, new road to E JUL U m KM JUL U m o/c, granodiorite gn, banded, lt and dark, 100/vert, reddish brown fsp in frac JUL U m small creek JUL U m Jnc, Rd 81 to South JUL U m Jnc, road to south in cut over JUL U m small creek JUL U m Jnc, Rd 85 to South into cut over, 17. Rd 84 to North for ATV JUL U m Jnc, Rd to South JUL U m End of loop JUL U m Jnc Rd. Line posts,?800m W of #4, (old), 400m W of #2, JUL U m Jnc Rd South JUL U m Jnc Rd South, o/c JUL U m Tr. Pt. on Rd, SE end JUL U m Jnc Rd to East JUL U m End of Road, o/c JUL U m Jnc Rd E JUL U m End of rd JUL U m End of rd JUL U m Jnc Rd S, from WP # JUL U m End of Road, o/c, gabbro, nonmagnetic JUL U m Jnc Camp 231/camp road JUL U m Camp 231 yard

17 Gravity West Garden Lake Project, July 12, 2006 page 2 Waypoint Date East/north Elev Description JUL U Holinshead Resort Rd Tr Pt JUL U m Emergency Location #5, on HH Rd, Long W, Lat N JUL U m Cabin at Resort NB: When WP 299 converted to Lat /Long error is 0.5 sec in both

18 Gravity West Garden Lake Project, July 13, 2006 Waypoint Date East/north Elev Description JUL U m Jnc 811 and Camp JUL U m Jnc Rd 40/ JUL U m Jnc new rd to SW corner of Magrum's claims JUL U m N-S Claim Line JUL U m Jnc, trail to S, cut over JUL U m Jnc, trail to N, cut over JUL U m Jnc, trail to S, cut over JUL U m Jnc, trail to N, cut over JUL U m Jnc, trail to S, cut over JUL U m o/c, Sibley seds, underlain by volcanics, at Km 12, Gravel pit at Km JUL U m Jnc, trail to N & S, cut over JUL U m Bridge over Gull R JUL U m Jnc Rd to E, last stn taken to E JUL U m LP 1200m E of # , 400m W #2, , o/b 70 c/s, granod. Gn JUL U m o/c, fg mafic flows, 080/v??, glacial grooves at 170 and pillow lava at 083 (elongated) JUL U m end, to N no o/c, River and Park, no EM anomalies.

19 Gravity West Garden Lake Project, July 14, 2006 Waypoint Date East/north Elev Description JUL U m o/c, mafic flow, cross-cutting 0.5m qfp dyke at JUL U m o/c, near continuous o/c from 317, mafic flows. Gneiss boulders, 140 c/s JUL U m o/c, mafic flow, pillows? Elongated E-W JUL U m o/c, coarser grained mafic flows, FeCo3 stain, Carb fractures. 105/75S JUL U m o/c, mafic flow, 095/vert to S JUL U m o/c, flow, cg'd, o/c 50 me of amygdaloidal basalt JUL U m o/c, fine banded flow, mafic, carb fractures JUL U m o/c, amygdaloidal basalt JUL U m o/c, amygdaloidal basalt, cg'd JUL U m o/c, amygdaloidal basalt, weak JUL U m o/c, carb-rich flow banded mafic volcanic, foliated. 105/70 S JUL U m o/c, carb-rich flow banded mafic volcanic, foliated JUL U m mafic flows, grey-green, foliated JUL U m fg flow banded mafic volcanic, narrow carb bands, 090/vert JUL U m c g'd flow, less foliated compared to 327 & 328 DR-data 14-a 14-Jul U o/c, mafic Jul-06 no o/c Jul-06 no o/c 14-b 14-Jul U o/c, mafic

20 Gravity West Garden Lake Project, July 15A, 2006 Waypoint Date East/north Elev Description JUL U m Jnc, Rd 81/Trail E to JUL U m Jnc Rd 81A/81B JUL U m Jnc to WP334 and 335. No o/c JUL U m End of rd. LP 400m W of #2, and 1200m E of # JUL U m End of rd. No o/c JUL U m Claim Line JUL U m Claim Line, E-W, post is 50m W of WP JUL U m Jnc. Rd 81B/Rd to N JUL U m Claim Line, E-W JUL U m Jnc. Rd to E and N JUL U m Float, boulders of magnetic diorite, gneiss, some Sibley seds JUL U m End of road, no o/c. Claim line N-S is 50m west of WP JUL U m End of road, low topo JUL U m Claim Line, E-W. No o/c JUL U m End of rd. No o/c JUL U m End of rd. No o/c JUL U m Claim Post. # and # JUL U m End of rd. No o/c, sand hills and boulders JUL U m Sibley gp seds, red beds, qtz arenite?, flat lying JUL U m LP, old series, 400m Sof #1, and 1200m N of #2, JUL U m o/c, carb-rich flow banded mafic. 100/55S JUL U m o/c, gabbroic intrusive, fractures at 160 and JUL U m o/c, carb-rich mafic flow, f g'd. band of amygdaloidal basalts, 090/70S 15A-a 15-Jul U LP, 400m W of # and 1200m E of # a 15-Jul U o/c, mafic, mg 15-b 15-Jul U o/c, mafic, fg 15-c 15-Jul U o/c, mafic 15-d 15-Jul U LP, 400m W of # and 1200m E of #

21 Gravity West Garden Lake Project, July 17, 2006 Waypoint Date East/north Elev Description JUL U m o/c, mafic flow JUL U m Jnc & o/c, carb-rich mafic flow, finely banded, non-mag, pale grey-green JUL U m Stop, Rd continues NW to Rd JUL U m N-S claim line, West bdy of Gravity West JUL U m o/c, mafic flow,carb-rich. O/c is large bluff JUL U m o/c, mafic flow,carb-rich. O/c is large bluff JUL U m o/c, mafic flows, hematite stain and alteration, QV with hem, amethyst, vuggy elongate pillows, 080, to N, intermediate pillow basalts JUL U m E-W claim line JUL U m LP, 1200m N of # , 400m S of # JUL U m End of ATV trail DR Data 17-a 16 U mafic, b 16 U mafic, c 16 U mafic, d 16 U mafic, e 16 U mafic, 0.3m porphyritic f 16 U mafic, 050? 17-g 16 U mafic breccia, 2m wide, pyrite, 070

22 Gravity West Garden Lake Project, July 18, 2006 Waypoint Date East/north Elev Description JUL U m o/c, pillowed basalts, ridge, elongated pilows JUL U m o/c, banded tuffs/seds, purple and green beds, 070/vert? JUL U m creek, end of traverse, trail continued JUL U m start of traverse JUL U m duplicate JUL U m duplicate JUL U m traverse pt, no o/c. cut over area JUL U m LP. 1200m E of # and 400m W of # JUL U m end of ATV trail DR-data 18-a 18-Jul U o/c, mafic with Sibley veining 18-b 18-Jul U o/c, mafic, qtz vns, hematite, 080

23 Gravity West Garden Lake Project, July 19, 2006 Waypoint Date East/north Elev Description JUL U m Start traverse to NE JUL U m o/c, pillow basalts, 075/vert, extends 80m E-NE grades to an int. tuff JUL U m o/c, int. fg'd tuff. Chlorite along slips JUL U m End of traverse Jul U old ddh core, BR-series, NE claims, 500m approx. fine to cg'd mafic flows, laminated chert IF, Graphitic seds. Hematite alteration JUL U m o/c, elongated pillows, 075/vert, with hematite and quartz-feldspar selvages. Spec. hem JUL U m o/c, fg massive mafic flow JUL U m End of trail, clear cut JUL U m o/c, fg massive mafic flow, 48 c/s JUL U m o/c, End. Mafic volcanic, brecc'd, q-f (reddish)-filled joints (E-W), q-carb N-S jnts. DR-data 19-a 19-Jul U o/c, altered tuff, py, mafic, magnetic 19-b 19-Jul U o/c, altered tuff, py, 19-c 19-Jul U o/c, mafic flow, d 19-Jul U o/c, granodiorite, pinkish to green feldspar 19-e 19-Jul U o/c, mafic pillows, hematite fractures 19-f 19-Jul U o/c, mafic pillows, hematite fractures x-cutting, strike at g 19-Jul U o/c, mafic flows, med gr'd. hematite stain h 19-Jul U o/c, mafic pillows, hematite, 090

24 Gravity West Garden Lake Project, July 22, 2006 Waypoint Date East/north Elev Description JUL U m o/c, sheared mafic flow, 136 c/s, minor qtz-hem filled fractures, horiz and vert JUL U m o/c, massive mafic flow, 50 c/s JUL U m Claim line, N-S JUL U m Traverse from WP 383 to 382, no o/c, JUL U m Start from road near unconformity JUL U m o/c, gabbro over a large area JUL U m o/c, diabase over a large area JUL U m o/c, massive mafic flow on Hwy JUL U m o/c, diabase on Hwy JUL U m diabase float DR-data 22-a 22-Jul U Sibley Seds, 50 to 80 c/s 22-b 22-Jul U Sibley seds or unconformity, 50 to 70 c/s 22-c 22-Jul U Sibley seds, 80 c/s 22-d 22-Jul U Sibley seds, 080 strike, 20 to 40 c/s NB: DR scint reads about 2/3 of RTC scint

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