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2 THIRD YEAR ASSESSMENT REPORT OF PROSPECTING ON LICENCE 19122M and 19124M Betts Cove, NL NTS 2E/13 BY NATHANIEL NOEL MSc. FOR E. MICHELE NOEL MINERAL LICENCE: 19122M 19124M WORK CONDUCTED: MID-NOVEMBER 2013 WINTER 2014 TOTAL CLAIMS: 19122M (4) 19124M (1) TOTAL EXPENDITURES: 19122M $ M $400.00

3 Table of Contents Page Summary 1 Introduction 1 Location and Access 2 Physiography 2 Property Summary and license Status 3 Previous Work 3 Geology 4 Regional Geology 4 Local Geology 4 Current Program 6 Work Done 6 Results 6 Trail from Nippers Harbour to Betts Mine 6 Structural Work and Air Photo Interpretation 7 Discussion 8 Conclusions and Recommendations 9 List of Expenditures 9 References 10 List of Figures Page Figure 1 Project Location Map 1 Figure 2 Project Access Map 2 Figure 3 View of the project area from the ocean 2 Figure 4 Claims Map 3 Figure 5 Geology 5 Figure 6 Trail from Nippers Harbour to Betts Cove Mine 6 Figure 7 Air photo showing mapped/interpreted faults and less prominent topographic linears 7 Figure 8 Air photo showing possible kinematics of the project area and the surrounding areas 8

4 SUMMARY A visit to Nippers Harbor provided information regarding an historical trail from Nippers Harbor to the old Betts Mine Site. Such a trail could provide access to the project area in times of bad weather when access by boat is not possible. An air photo interpretation of the project area and the surrounding area strongly suggests that the structural geology of the area is considerably more complex than previously thought. Detailed mapping will be required to establish a suitable base map for conducting further exploration work. INTRODUCTION This report encompasses work completed on two mineral licenses, 19122m, and 19124m comprising a total of 5 claims. These claims may be found on the northeast portion of the Baie Verte Peninsula (figure 1) on the Nipper Harbour map sheet 2E/13. All claims are in good standing. Figure 1 Project location map

5 2 LOCATION AND ACCESS The project area is located 4.2 km NE of Nippers Harbour. (Figure 2) It is best accessed by boat either from Snooks Arm, Round Harbour, or Nippers Harbour. There is a trail which goes from Nippers Harbour to Betts Cove which would conceivably allow access on foot. Figure 2 Project Access Map PHYSIOGRAPHY The area is relatively rugged and barren and consists of small hills and valleys. The shoreline rises vertically approximately 150 meters. (figure 3) Figure 3 View of the project area from the ocean.

6 3 Wooded areas are confined primarily to stream valleys. There are numerous small and medium sized ponds. Outcrop forms small knobs, is sporadic but abundant and glacial overburden forms a thin cover over vegetated areas. The tops of the hills are generally barren and well exposed. PROPERTY SUMMARY AND LICENCE STATUS The two licenses comprises a total of 5 claims. (Figure 4) These claims were staked by E. Michele Noel in 2011 and are in good standing. Figure 4 Claims map PREVIOUS WORK The area was originally part of a fee simple grant and was explored by Noranda in the mid-80 s. It has received relatively little attention with most of the work in the area focusing on the old Betts Cove mine.

7 4 GEOLOGY REGIONAL GEOLOGY (from MODS data 2E/13 024) The area is underlain by the rocks of the Dunnage Zone. (See figure 5) This belt is comprised of four main lithic elements: 1) Cambro-Ordovician ophiolitic sequences of the Advocate, Point Rousse and Betts Cove complexes and the Pacquet Harbour Group; 2) Ordovician volcanic cover sequences of the Snooks Arm and Flat Water Pond groups; 3) Silurian terrestrial volcanic and sedimentary rocks of the Micmac Lake and Cape St. John groups, which unconformably overlie the Ordovician sequences; and 4) and Siluro-Devonian intrusive rocks (e.g. the Burlington Granodiorite and Cape Brule Porphyry). The Cambro-Ordovician sequences represent vestiges of Iapetus and have been interpreted to have formed in supra-subduction zone ophiolitic and primitive island-arc environments. The Betts Cove (ophiolite) Complex outcrops along a strike length of more than 30 km along the eastern side of the Baie Verte Peninsula. The ophiolite sequence, although somewhat disrupted by faulting, includes, in ascending stratigraphic order, a basal cumulate ultramafic unit up to 740 m thick, layered and massive gabbro up to 330 m thick, sheeted dykes ranging from 400 m to 1.6 km thick and pillow lavas having minor intercalated volcaniclastic sedimentary rocks up to 1.5 km thick. The ophiolite is conformably overlain by an approximately 3 km thick sequence of interbedded volcanic (dominantly mafic) rocks and epiclastic turbidites assigned to the Snooks Arm Group. Pegmatitic gabbro in the ophiolite has been dated by U-Pb (zircon) as /-2 Ma (Dunning and Krogh, 1985), consistent with the occurrence of lower to middle Arenigian (Lower Ordovician) graptolites in the basal part of the Snooks Arm Group (Williams, 1989). The Betts Cove Complex is unconformably overlain by Silurian volcanic rocks of the Cape St. John Group. It is intruded at its southwestern end by the Ordovician Burlington Granodiorite and on its western side by the Silurian Cape Brule Porphyry. The Betts Cove Complex is interpreted as part of a Lower Ordovician oceanic crust and mantle that was developed through sea-floor spreading and was subsequently thrust (obducted) on to the Fleur de Lys continental mass. Field and chemical data indicate that the ophiolite suite was produced through fractional crystallization of a single parent magma with a hiatus between the formation of the ultramafic-gabbro sequence and that of the sheeted dike-pillow lava assemblage. The upper part of the Betts Cove Complex shows affinity to an island arc type environment and might represent crust of a basin marginal to the major Lower Paleozoic Iapetus Ocean. LOCAL GEOLOGY The project area is underlain by sheeted dikes of the Betts Cove Ophiolite Complex. (Figure 5) What is now interpreted to be a refolded thrust plane crosses the center of the project area in an NE-SW direction.

8 5 Figure 5 Geology (from Shepherd 2008)

9 6 CURRENT PROGRAM The current program consisted of a detailed air photo survey, and a visit to Nippers Harbor to obtain information regarding the trail from Nippers Harbor into Betts Cove. WORK DONE A visit to Nippers Harbor took place in mid-november of 2013 as part of a larger prospecting program being conducted in the area. Air photo interpretation work took place in the winter of RESULTS TRAIL FROM NIPPERS HARBOR TO BETTS MINE Because of the unpredictable nature of the weather in this area, and the fact that rough seas may prevent access to the project area by way of boat, it was deemed necessary to examine the possibility of accessing the project area by land. A visit to Nippers Harbor and some discussions with the locals provided some information about the trail to Betts Cove from Nippers Harbor. (Figure 6) Historically, the trail apparently provided a route for smuggling liquor to Betts Cove where alcohol was forbidden. Figure 6 Trail from Nippers Harbor to Betts Cove Mine

10 7 According to locals, the walk to the Betts Mine Site takes about two hours and the trail is not negotiable using an ATV. The exact location of the trail west of Burtons Pond varies, depending on who you ask, as the high ground is quite barren and easily traversed. An alternative trail described by one local, follows a shoreline route which undoubtedly would only be negotiable during calm seas. In such a situation a boat would then be more suitable. At the southern end of Burtons Pond, the trail is visible on Google earth, travelling up the east side of Burtons Pond and then on to the Betts Mine. (Figure 6) This same trail could be used to access the project area should poor weather and rough seas prevent boat access STRUCTURAL WORK AND AIR PHOTO INTERPRETATION A considerable amount of time was spent examining aerial photos of the project area and comparing air photo linears to structures indicated on the most current geological maps of the area. Figure 7 shows a combination of early (white lines) and late (green line) faults as indicated on the most recent government geological maps. These interpreted structures are defined by pronounced linears (deep valleys). The yellow lines highlight subtle linears visible on the air photographs which are defined primarily by smaller valleys and associated ridges. Figure 7 Air photo showing mapped/interpreted faults and less prominent topographic linears.

11 8 DISCUSSION One interpretation of figure 7 is that the linears shown as yellow lines combined with the faults as defined by the white lines are in a sense, large kinematic indicators, providing the relative movement of larger tectonic domains with respect to one another. Figure 8 illustrates an interpretation of the direction of movement of one domain relative to the next. This interpretation suggests that the area between Betts Cove and Burtons Pond consists of a series of slices or blocks which have moved and rotated with respect to one another. Figure 8 Air photo showing possible kinematics of the project area and the surrounding areas. It is possible that the yellow lines represent either minor strike-slip faults associated with the larger faults or they define the original stratigraphy of the volcanic/intrusive units. If ground-truthing proved either of these interpretations to be correct, knowing the relative motions of each domain and determining which linears defined by the yellow lines in figure 7 represent faults or stratigraphy would be valuable information when conducting further exploration. As VMS deposits are largely stratigraphic in nature, knowing the influence of the structures on the stratigraphy on a local scale would provide a valuable tool for determining the correct orientation of geophysical surveys and likely orientation of potential ore bodies. It is now known that historically, geophysics and subsequent drilling in this area focused solely on stratigraphy, the orientation of which was determined largely by the Nugget

12 9 Pond horizon which outcrops on the eastern side of Betts Cove. In the project area however, the units are plutonic or hypabyssal and accurately determining stratigraphy on a local scale is considerably more difficult. This brings into question the accuracy of any geophysics that was conducted and used to determine drill location and the direction of drilling. This is of particular concern in the area of the Lowlands showing (located within the project area) and also in the area of the Betts Mine (immediately north of the project area) where a considerable amount of drilling was conducted. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS The stratigraphy and structural geology of the project area and the area surrounding it is most likely considerably more complex than that found to the east of Betts Cove. An air photo interpretation suggests that the area consists of a series of large slabs (domains) which have been rotated due to fault action. Detailed geological and structural mapping will be required to determine if this is the case. If the current interpretation proves to be true it will greatly assist any further exploration work. LIST OF EXPENDITURES EXPENDITURES COST Days Worked (Visit to Nippers Hr.) ½ day Photo interpretation 1.5 days Fuel Administration and report writing (1 day) Overhead 15% of Total Expenditure Allocation: 19122m m

13 10 REFERENCES DeGrace, J R, Kean, B F, Hsu, E, and Besaw, D M 1975: Geology of the Nippers Harbour map area [2E/13], Newfoundland. Mineral Development Division, Department of Mines and Energy, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Open File NFLD/0788, 67 pages. Hibbard, J and Gibbons, R V 1983: Geology of the Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland. Mineral Development Division, Department of Mines and Energy, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Mines and Energy, Mineral Development Division, Memoir 02, 297 pages. [GSB# NFLD/1497] Sansfrcon R. and Garvey. R Prospecting Report-1997, Betts Head Property, Newfoundland Canada. Assessment report 002E/13/1004