GEOLOGICAL AND. on the WIDOW 3-8 MINERAL CLAMS. Chemainus River Area Victoria Mining Division, B.C.

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1 . GEOLOGCAL AND on the C -- S- FKE No: WDOW - MNERAL CLAMS Chemanus Rver Area Vctora Mnng Dvson, B.C. C-E ( Degrees, Mnutes North Lattude) ( Degrees, Mnutes West Longtude) for DRC RESOURCES CORPORATON -00 West Pender Street Vancouver, B.C. VC V (Owner and Operator) GRANT F. CROOKER, B.Sc., P.Geo. consultng Geologst P

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATONS.0 NTRODUCTON Page. General. Locaton and Access. Physography. Property and Clam Status. Area and Property Hstory.0 EXPLORATON PROCEDURE.0 GEOLOGY AND MNEWCEATON. Regonal Geology. Clam Geology. Mneralhaton.0 GEOPHYSCS. Magnetometer Survey.0 CONCLUSONS AND RECOMMENDATONS.0 REFERENCES.0 CERTFCATE OF QUACFCATONS 0 APPENDCES Appendx Geophyscal Equpment Specfcatons Appendx Magnetc Data Appendx m cost statement

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4 , p SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATONS The Wdow clam group coflssfs of two post clams located n the Vctora Mnng Dvson. The property s klometres north of Youbou on Vancouver sland, and s owned by DRC Resources Corporaton, -00 West Pender Street, Vancouver B.C:VC V. Prevo~~ work on the property by DRC Resou~.~s has conssted of geologcal mappng, prospectng, sol geochemcal samplng and W-EM geophyscal surveyng. Ths work was carred out durng the perod 0-0. These programs ndcated several types of mneralzaton occur on the property, the most sgnfcant of whch s skam mneralzaton. Several copper, tungsten and molybdenum sol geochemcal anomales were also outlned Theskarnmllemh ' ton has been exposed n a number of old workngs ncludng adts and trenches and occurs along the contact of a cherty tuff unt and dorte-gabbro slls. A decson wvm made to carry out a magnetometer survey over the area of known workngs to see f sgnfcant magnetc responses could be obtaned from the skams. The program conssted of establshng a grd and carryng out a magnetometer survey and geologcal mappng over the grd. The clam area s underlan by a sequence of sedmentary and volcanc rocks whch are thought to be part of the Scker Group. They trend n a northwesterly drecton through the central porton of the grd area Ths cherty Munt has been ntruded by two northwesterly trendng slls, probably of the hutsen Formatoa Contact metamorphc garnet-epdote-pyroxene skarns occur as replacement zones n hey portons of the tuff unt near the contacts of the dorte-gabbro slls. The skarn mneralzaton contans chal~te, motte, magnette, scheelte, pyrte and molybdente. Quartz vens often oocur wth the skarn bodes and one assay () of a molybdente rch quartz ven gave an assay of 0.0 odton Au, O.0dt0n Ag, 0.% MoS, 0.% W0 and.% Cu over.0 metres. The slram zones appear to be fmm 0. to. metres n wdth, but the exact dmensons are dffcult to determne due to heavy overburden. The magnetometer sutvey ndcated a zone of lower magnetsm extendng n a northwesterly drecton through the central porton of the grd Ths zone cornspod to the cherty tvff unt wthn whch the contact metamorphc skaras occur. Wthn ths bmad zone of lower magnetsm, sx dscrete zones of hgher than background magnetc values were located. Four of these zones occur over known workngs wth slcarn mneralzaton whle two zones are of unknown causes. Themagnetometersurveywassuccessllnoutlnngthesltarnmneratzatonoverfouroftheknown workngs. Two other zones wth hgher than background magnetc values are of unknown causes.

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6 Recommendatons are as follows: ) The mapetmeter survey should be extended to mer the entre property to outlne the fnmuable rock unt (cherty Munt). Any hgher than background magnetc responses wthn ths zone may represent skarn mneralzaton. ) Consderaton should be gven to trenchng the areas of known mneralzaton to assess ther dmensons and grades.

7 . GENERAL.0 MTRODUCTON Work was carred out on the Wdow clams from May to, by Grant Crooker, geologst, John Kruzck, geologst and Lee Mollson, feld assstant. The work pgram conssted of establshng grd lnes and carryng out geologcal mappng and magnetometer surveyng on the grd lnes.. LOCATON AM) ACCESS The Wdow clams are located (Fgure ) on the North slope of Mount Frankln at the headwaters of the Chemanus Rver, about klometres north of Youbou on Vancouver sland The property s located at approxmately degrees mnutes north lattude and degrees mnutes west longtude(ntsc-e)., Access s by 0 klometres of all-weather loggng Toad fom Chemanus along the Chemanus Rver. A network of loggng roads gve good access to all areas of the property. The Wdow clams are located on the north slope of Mount Frankln on the southsde of the Chemanus Rver. Elevaton vares from 0 metres to metres above sea level and topography vares fom gentle to steep. The entre property s covered by young second growth confer trees and brush whch makes traversng extremely slow and tedous. The area has a mld and wet clmate wth consderable precptaton fatlng as snow n the wnter.. PROPERTY AND CLAM STATUS The Wdow clams (Fgure ) are owned by DRC Resources Corporaton of Vancouver, B.C.. The property conssts of two post clams located n the Vctora Mnng Dvson. Clam Unts Mnng Dvson Tenure No. Expry Date Wdow Vctora 0 0/0/* Wdow Vctora 00 0/0!* Wdow Vctora 0 0/0/* Wdow Vctora 0 0!0!* Wdow Vctora 0 0/0/* Wdow Vctora 0 0/0/* Upon acceptance of ths report.

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9 .. AREA AND PROPERTY HSTORY The property was Orgnauy staked n 0 as the Cascade clam and was later known as the Comego Group. Pror to DRC Resources acqurng the property n, work on the property conssted of a number of trenches, several short damond drll holes and several short adts. Durng the perod through 0 DRC Resources carred out a number of work programs on the property. Ths work conssted of establshng a 'grd, sol geochemcal samplng, VLF-EM surveyng, rock geochemcal samplng, geologcal mappng and prospectng. These work programs located a number of old workngs wth skarn mneralzaton contanng chalcopyrte, pymhotte, maguette, scheelte, pyrte and molybdente. Several concdental coppermol~~-~solgeochemcalanomaleswerealsoo~alongthecontactofac~tuff unt and a dorte-gabbro sll.

10 =.0 EXPLORATON PROCEDURE A grd was establshed over an area of the property whch has a number of old workngs and a magnetometer survey and geologcal mappng carred out over the grd. GRDPARAMATERS -baselne drecton 0 degrees -survey lnes perpendcular to 00 degrees -survey lne separaton 0 metres -survey staton spacng metres declnaton. degrees -sunrey total -. klometres GEOPHYSCAL SURVEY PARAMETERS TOTAL FELD hagwtc SURVEY -survey lne spacng 00 metres -survey staton spacng mews -survey total -. klometres -nstrument - Scnjxex MP- magnetometer -measured total feld magnetc feld n nanoteslas (gammas) -nstrument accuracy nanotesla Readngsweretaken~o~thebaselnetoobtanstandard~foratlbaselnestatons. All loops ran off the baselne were then corrected to these standard values by the straght lne method. The operator faced north for all readngs. The total feld magnetc data was plotted on fgure at a scale of and the data lsted n appendx.,..

11 .0 GEOLOGY AND MNERALZATON. REGONAL GEOLOGY The most recent descrpton of the regonal geology of the Wdow clam area s by Massey and Frday of the Brtsh Columba Geologcal Survey Branch n. A synopss of ther descrpton s gven below. The oldest rocks n the area are volcanc and sedmentary unts of the Paleozoc Scker Group. These unts range n age fom Late Sluran to Early Perman and are ntruded by mafc slls, and overlan unconformably by basaltc volcancs of the Late Trassc Karmutsen Formaton. Overlyng the Karmutsen Formaton are lmestones, arglltes and tuffaceous sedments of the Quatsno ard Parson Bay Formatons, whch wth the Karmutsen Formaton make up the Vancower Group. The Vanmwer Group s ~nformably to dsconfwmably overlan' by matne sedments and marne to subaeral volcancs of the Early to Mddle Jurassc Bonanza Group. All of these sequences have been ntruded by granodorte stocks of the Mddle Jurassc sland ntrusons. Late Cretaceous sedments of the Nanamo Group le unconformably on the older sequences.. CLhl GEOLOGY The clam area underlanby the grd was mapped usng the same rock unts as prevous work programs on the property. Only those rock unts found on the grd area (Fgure ) are descrbed below. The clam area s rnderlah by a sequence of sedmentaq and volcanc rocks (Unt ) whch trend n a northwesterly drecton through the central porton of the grd. area. Ths sedmentary-volcanc sequence s thought to part of the Scker Group and s a fne graned, greensh colored, cherty tuff. Unt s cut by two northwesterly trendng dorte-gabbro bodes (Unt ) whch appear to be slls, probably of the Karmutsen Formaton. These slls are frne to medum graned, greensh rocks, contanng varyng amounts of mafc mnerats. Occasonally porphyrtc phases are present n the frne grakdrnember. Gametepdote pyroxene skarns (Unt ) occur as replacement zones n lmey portons of the cherty tuff unt near contacts wth the dorte-gabbro slls. Quartz venng often accompanes the skarn mneralzaton. The skam mneralzaton appears to be dated to the slls but t may also be related to the nearby Jurassc Reynard Creek stock.

12 // LEGEND CHERT, CHERTY TUFF 0 Clam post - - ntal post fno! post ADT a TRENCH MAGNETC LOW ANDESTE. DORTE - GABBRO SLL SKARN QUARTZ -CARBONATE VEN T] GRANODORTE FELDSPAR PORPHYRY DKE } GRD STTON - CREEK ROAD DR C RESOURCES CORPORATON VNCOUVER, B.C. GEOLOGY WDOW CLAMS VCTORA M.D., BRTSH COLUMBA 0 too 00 '0MLlREf t - -.-! J==e=-- DRAWN BY '. CROOKER N.T.S. : f: /E DATE : JNE FGURE rrs.

13 '. MNERALZATON The most mportant type of mneralzaton on the property s contact metamorphc garnet-epdote pyroxene (actnolte) skams, these ccur as replacement m s n hey portons of the cherty tuff unt near the ConfELCfs wth the dorte-gabbro slls. The skarn mes Contan chalcopyrte accompaned by pyrte, pyrrhotte, magnette andmolybdente. Quartz, calcte and garnet are the man gangue mnerals. Anomalous precous metal and tungsten values also occur wth the skarn mneralzaton.. The skambodes are exposed at anumber of locatons onthe nadts andtrenches. n several locatons 0. to.o metre wde molybdente rch quartz vens occur wth the skam bodes. One assay () of the ven materal gave 0.% MoS,0.% W0,.% Cy 0.0 ou'ton Au and 0. odton Ag over.0 metres. The skarn umes appear to be from 0. to. metres n wdth, but the exact dmensons of the zones are dffcult to determne due to heavy overburden.. MAGNETOMETER SURVEY.0 GEOPHYSCS A total feld magnetc survey was carred out on lnes through (Fgure ). The magnetc response was modefate wth values rangng fom 0 nt to 0 nt. The southwestem and northeastern portons of the grd have the hghest magnetc responses. These areas correspond to the dorte-gabbro slls, wth the bghest responses appearng to correspond wth the more mafc parts of the slls. A zone of lower magnetsm extends n a northwesterly drecton through the central porton of the grd from lne (+0N to +N) to lne (+N to +N). Ths zone of lower magnetsm corresponds to the mapped extent of the cherty tuff Unt (Unt ). Durng the course of the magnetometer survey, grd lnes were ran over four of the old workngs contanng skarn mneralzaton (Ll, +00N, L,+ M, +N and L,+0N). n all four cases the areas of old workngs wth skam mneralzaton gave hgher than background magnetc values wthn the broad zone of lower magnetsm. The hghest magnetc response was on lne (+0N) wth a value of nt, nt above background. Two areas wthn the me of lower magnetsm gave hgher than background magnetc values. The f'rst s located on lne at +!N, whle the second extends fom lne and +SN to lne and +00N. Thesemagnetchghsmay skarn- ' 'onormoremagnetcn~~~vemks of the dorte-gabbro slls.

14 -- LOGGNG'ROAO 0 Clom post - nto post fnal post -.00 nt contour ntenob a 00nT a*. MAGNETC LOW nt D R C RESOURCES CORPORATON VhNCOUVER. B.C. MAGNETOMETER SURVEY WDOW CLAMS VCTORA M.D., BRTSH COLUMBA 0 ' too 00, 00UClRES -! - DRAWN 0Y G CRlJ0KF.n DATE JJNC S r T s : /E FG!lRE N

15 ~'.0 CONCLUSONS AND RECOMMENDATONS The magnetometer mey ndcated a me of lower magnetsm extendng n a northwesterly drecton through the central porton of the grd Ths me corresponds to the cherty Munt wthn whch the contact metamqhc skams OCCUT. Wthn ths broad zone of lower magnetsm, sx dscrete zones of hgher than background magnetc values were located. Four of these zones occur over known workngs wth skarn mneralzaton whle two zones are of unknown causes. Thehghermagnetcvaluesnthesouthwestemandnortheastemportonsofthegrdcorrespondwth the dorte-gabbro slls. The magnetometer survey was successll n outlnng the skam mnerah ' ton over four of the known workngs. Two other zones wth hgher than background magnetc values are of unknown causes. Recommendatons are as follows: ) The magnetome m ey should be extended tomer all the clams to outlne the favourable rock unt. Any hgher than background magnetc responses wthn ths zone may represent skarn mneralzaton. ) Consderaton should be gven to trenchng the areas of mneralzaton to assess ther dmensons and grades.

16 .0 REFERENCES B. C. Department of Mnes Bulletn No., "Comego". Crooker, Grant (0): Geologcal and Geochemcal Report on the Wdow Clam Group, Cowchan Lake Area, B.C.. Crooker, Grant (): Geologcal and Geochemcal Report on the Wdow Clam Group, Cowchan Lake Area, B.C.. Malcolm, D.C. (): Assessment Report No., Comego Group Oeologcal Report. Massey, N.W.D. and Frday, S.J. (): B.C. Department of Energy, Mnes and Petroleum Resources, Geologcal Feldwork, Paper -, Geology of the Cowchan Lake Area, Vancouver sland, C-. Montgomery, J.H. (): Assessment Report No., Geochemcal Report work done on Anne - Mneral Clams. Montgomery, J.H. (): Assessment Report NO., Geochemcal Report done on Anne - Mneral Clams. Montgomery? J.H. and Cochrane, D. (0): Geologcal and Geophyscal Report on the Anne Group of Mneral Clams. Muller, J.E. (): Geology of Vancower sland. McLeod, J.W. (0): Geologcal and Geophyscal' Report on the Wdow Mneral Clams, Chemanus Rver Area. Reamsbottom, S.B. (0): Summary Report on the Wdow Clam Group. Reports of the Mnster of Mnes: 0, 0, and, "Cascade" and "Comego".

17 0.0 CERTFCATE OF QUALFCATONS., Grant F. Crookery of Upper Bench Road, Keremeos, n the Provnce of Brtsh Columba, hereby cem as follows:. That graduated fom the Unversty of Brtsh Columba n wth a Bachelor of Scence Degree n Geology.. That have prospected and actvely pursued geology pror to my graduaton and have practsed my professon snce.. That am a member of the Canadan nsttute of Mnng and Metallurgy.. That am a Fellow of the Geologcal Assocaton of Canada.. That am a Professonal Geoscentst regstered wth the Assocaton of Professonal Engneers and Geoscentsts of the Provnce of Brtsh Columba. Dated ths J f- day of )-q,, at Keremeos, n the Provnce of Brtsh Columba.

18 APPENDJX EQUPMENT SPECF'CATONS '

19 .. - Reeoluton: Total Feld Accuracy: MP- PROTON PRECESSON MAGNETOMETER gamma f gamma over full operatng range Range : 0, to 00, gammas n overlappng steps. nternal Measurng Program: A readng appears. seconds after depresson of Operate Swtch & remans dsplayed for. secs. Recyclng feature permts automatc repettve readngs at. sec. ntervals. External Trgger: Dsplay : Data Output: Gradent Tolerance: Power Source: Sensor: Harness : External trgger nput permts use of samplng ntervals longer than. seconds. dgt LED readout dsplayng total magnetc feld n aammas or normalzed battery voltage. Multpled precesson frequency and gate tme outputs for base staton recordng usng nterfacng optonally avalable from Scntrex. Up to, gammas/meter. Operatng Temperature Range: - to +0 C. Sze: Weghts : Manufacturer: sze D cells ~, readnus at O C under reasonable condtons. Omndrectonal, shelded, nosecancellng dual col, optmzed for hgh gradent tolerance. Complete for operaton wth staff or back pack sensor. Console, x x cm; Sensor, x cm: Staff 0 x cm; Console,. kg: Sensor,. kg; Staff, 0. kg: Scntrex Sndercroft Road Concord, Ontaro

20 APPENDX MAGNETC DATA

21 urc Resources Corporaton Data Lstng Lne and Staton: Grd: Wdow Clams Data: May nstrument Type: Scntrex MP- Data Types: # E/W Lne lne lne N/S Staton 0, = northng/eastng - = southng/westng Fle Name: DRCwdow.xyx Magnetometer Survey Detals: Corrected total feld magnetc values Corrected total feld magnetc values #

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29 APPENDX L COST STATEMENT..

30 COST STATEMENT SALARES Grant Crooker, Geologst May -, $0/day John Kmzck, Geologst May -, $00/day Lee Mollson, Feld Assstant May -, S O/day $, MEALS AND ACCOMODATON Grant Crooker - $0/day - John Kruzck - $0/day Lee Mollson $0/day TRANSPORTATON - Vehcle Rental, (0 Blazer, x) May -, $0/day - Gasolne - FerryFare SUPPLES - Hpcha& thread, flaggng, etc EQUPMENT RENTAL - Magnetometer - ScntrexMP- May -, $day

31 DRAFTNG PREPARATON OF REPORT - Secretaral, reproducton, ofce overhead etc. Total $ :.0