ASSESSMENT REPORT ON THE BEATTON CLAIM GROUP
N.T.S. 94lA7 Latitude 56 24 N Longitude 120 41 W UTM Zone 10: 6730003; 6253000N
Report Prepared for DIAMANT RESOURCES LTD 123-280 NELSON ST Vancouver, B.C. V6BZE2
BY
Derrick Strickland, B.Sc. 208-1707 Charles Street Vancouver, B.C. VSN 2Tl
October 2002
Gold Commissioners Offic TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ...... 4 LOCATION...... _...... 4 ACCESS.. .._._...... 4 PHY SIOGRAPHY ...... 4
CLAIM STATUS ...... 5
STATUS ...... 5
REGIONAL GEOLOGY ...... 6 BASEMENTSTRUCTURES ...... _...... 6 PROPERTYGEoLociy ...... _...__...... 7 PREVIOUS WORK...... 12
SUMMARY OF WORK PERFORMED AND RESULTS ...... 14 HEAVYMINERAL SAMPL~G...... ,...... 14 HEAVY MINERALSAMPLING PROCEDURE .___.._...... 14 HEAVYMINERAL RESULTS ...... __...... 15 SRC PROCESS SHEET FIGURE 6 ...... 16
RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION ...... 17
CERTIFICATE OF QUALIFICATIONS-DERRICK STRICKLAND ...... 18
BIBLIOGRAPHY ...... 19
GLOSSARY ...... _...... 21 LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES
FIGURE I REGIONAL PROPERTYMAP...... 2 FIGURE 2 PROPERTYLOCATION MAP ...... 3 FIGURE 3 BASEMENT STRUCTUREh4AP ...... 8 FIGURE 4 REGIONAL AND PROPERTYGEOLOGY hIAl’ ...... 9 FIGURE 5 SRC REDUCTION PROCESS...... 16
LIST OF APPENDICES
APPENDIX A SAMPLE LOCATION MAP SAMPLE DESCRIPTION TABLE SAMPLE RESULTS MAP SAMPLE RESULTS TABLE
APPENDIX B STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE
Metric Conversion Table
I foot(A) 0.3848 meten I inch (i.) = 2.54 centimeten (cm) I kilometer (k) 0.26137miles(mi)
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INTRODUCTION
Location The Beatton Claims are located in northeasternBritish Columbia (Figure 1) in the Peace River Lowlands, 25 kilometers northeast of Fort St. John. (Figure 2). NTS map sheet number: 94A.047
Access ProvincialHighway 97 (the Alaska Highway) is the main roadway through the region. Many other secondaryhighways and roads servicethe PeaceRiver area. For this program, oil and gas serviceroads and seismiccut lines were used for access. The central portions of the Beatton claimswere accessedby jet boat.
Physiography The PeaceRiver area in northeasternBritish Columbia is an agricultural region consisting primarily of farming and rangeland. In additionto agriculture,the PeaceRiver Region is one of British Colombia‘spremier gas producing regions.
The forest cover is dominantlyspruce, pine and poplar. Spruceforests dominatethe muskegrich regions in the north. The climate is temperatecontinental with moderateprecipitation, warm summersand cold winters. The region’spopulation is situatedprimarily in the PeaceRiver valley (Fort St. John andDawson Creek) region.
The topography on the claims is gently sloping terrain, generally descendingsouthward towards the PeaceRiver. The elevation of the peneplainis 730 meters ASL. The PeaceRiver Lowlands are transectedby the deeply incisedchannels of the Alces River, Flatrock Creek, and Zhoda Creek to an elevation of about 500 meters ASL.
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CLAIM STATUS
The registeredowner of the Beattonclaims is DiamantResources Limited.
Claim Name Status Record No. NTS Map Sheet Units BEATTON- Good Standing2003.07.24 388647 094AO47 20 BEATTON- Good Standing2003.07.24 388648 094AO47 16 BEATTON- Good Standing2003.07.25 388649 094AO47 20 BEATTON- Good Standing2003.07.25 388650 094AO47 16
The Beatton claimscomprise 72 units for a total areaof 1800ha. Theclaims are locatedon NTS map sheet94A.047 in the Liard miningdivision of British Columbia,Canada.
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REGIONAL GEOLOGY
The crystalhnebasement rock of northeasternB.C. is not exposedin the PeaceRiver region, but severaloil and gas explorationweUs have cored to basement.Petrologic and radiometricstudies of these basementcores along with interpretationof geophysicaldata has provided researchers with the ability to interpret the nature of the crystallinebasement beneath parts of northeastern B.C. (Gal, 2001).
A major crustal feature of the northeasttrending Great SlaveLake shearzone, alsoknown as the Hay River Fault Zone,cuts off the southmargin of the Slavecraton. This structure is ancient(1.9 biion years; Hot&an 1987) and may have resulted from oblique collision of a Slave “microcontinent” craton with the Churchill Provincecraton. Where exposedalong the eastside of Great Slave Lake, the shear zone records consistentdextral offset. Through geophysics (magnetics,gravity), the Great SlaveLake shearzone can be traced to the southwest, across Alberta and almost to the Rocky Mountain Trench. It thus crosscutsthe northeasternB.C. region, from about 120°W, 57” N. Age dating and analysisof basementcores and geophysical data havedelineated a basementterrain in northeasternBritish Columbiacalled the Nova Domain (Villeneuveet al., 1993).
The Nova Domain lies south of the Great SlaveLake shear zone (GLSZ), and bearsmany attributes in common with the Slave Craton (Figure 3). Basementdrill cores from the area between Hudson Hope and Clayhurst have yielded Archean and Paleoproterozoic ages (Villeneuveet al., 1993). Theassociation of early Proterozoicand Archeangneisses in drill holes has led to the suggestionthat the Nova Domain may be the fauhedremnant (dextrally displaced) of the Slavecraton in the Northwest Territories (Viieneuve et al., 1993). Alternatively, this region of crust may be relatedto Archeancrust underlyingthe KsituanHigh, which is a magmatic belt located east of the Nova Domain (Villeneuveet al., 1993). If the Nova Domain is Slave craton equivalent,then it presentsan attractive explorationtarget for diamondsin northeastern British Columbia.
Basement Structures
The PeaceRiver Arch is a northeasttrendiig basementstructure that controlledthe depositionof Palaeozoicsediments. It was an anomalouslypositive tectonic element (arch) during the Devonian and possiblyearly Palaeozoic. By the Carboniferousperiod and later, the PeaceRiver Arch had becomea site of subsidenceand excesssedimentation (Ellis et al., 1986). The axisof the Peace River Arch trends roughly east-west,crossing into northeasternB.C. at about 12O”W,56” N, and extendswest-southwestward. The PeaceRiver Arch is a long-lived, large-scalestructure of a type that could be influentialin localisingkimberlite diatremes.
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The Buffalo Head craton kimlxrlites in Alberta are interpretedto occur along the crest of the I PeaceRiver Arch. Around the Fort St. John area in northeasternBritish Columbii the Peace River Arch is cut by signi6cantnorthwest trendingcross structures that extendinto the basement. I Theseintersecting structures thus providepotential sites for kimberliteemplacement.
Property Geology
The Beaton claimsare in the WesternCanada Sedimentary Basin with the local bedrockgeology composedof Upper CretaceousKaskapau and Dunvegan formations and Lower Cretaceous I Upper Shale(see Figure 4 for regionalgeology map). The Kaskapauformation consists of shale, silty shalewith minor amountsof sandstone,siltstone, and ironstone. The Dunveganformation is a line to medium grain grey sandstonethat is evenlybedded and interbeddedwith grey to dark 1 grey siltstoneand carbonaceousshale. Ironstone bandsand thin coal seamsare alsopresent. The Upper Shaleconsists of grey shaleand a silty shalewith minor amountsof sandstone,siltstone,
L thin bandsof ironstone,and scatteredconcretions of ironstone(see Figure 5 for property geology map).
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Figure 3. Tectonic domains in the basement of northwestern Alberta and northeastern British Columbia based on aeromagnetic anomaly data and U-Pb geochronology iRoss, 1990)
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Basement Tectonics Domains Northeast B.C. and Northwest Alberta. 1From Ross (1990) Figure 3 I I IL I I I I I R I I I I I I I I I Diamant Resources Ltd. Assessment Report October 2002 Beatton Claims
MINERAL OCCURRENCES
The British Cohn&ii WILE databaseindicates nine mineraloccurrences on NTS map sheet 94A. They are mainly industrialminerals such as clay in surfacedeposits and mineralssuch as gypsum. Bentonite occurrencesare known thorn drill core data in the Fort St. John Group. Bentoniteis a clay mineral that typically forms f?om weatheredvolcanic rock or ash. These occurrencesmay indicatea type of volcanicactivity occurred in the areaduring the Cretaceons time period.
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PREVIOUS WORK
Recent assessmentreports (Stapleton1997 a,b; 1998a,b) outlinedthe explorationefforts of TUL PetroleumsLtd. (TUL) and partnersin the PeaceRiver region of northeasternB.C.. Work in . northeasternBritish Columbiabegan in 1996after prospectingalong the Beatton River, northeast of Ft. St. John revealedgarnet bearingbeach sands downstream from Indii Creek (at UTM 0642990E,625206ON) (Stapleton, 1998a). The Lucky Jii property was stakedsurroundmg this showing and in the upstreamdirection. The beachsand sampleswere treated to separatethe heavy mineralfractions and were subsequentlyexamined by microscopeand electronmicroprobe. Diamond indicator minerals,including G-9 garnet, were identified. It was proposedthe source was possiblykimberhte and that it lay west of the Beatton River and north of Indian Creek. A widely spacedairborne survey was flown over the target area,and resulted in a magneticanomaly beingidentified (Stapleton 1997a), (Gal 2001).
Stapleton(1997a) reported:
“The Canagradaero magneticsurvey was further studiedand overlaidon air photos. The magneticanomaly shows as a topographicdepression in a circle of trees on a benchhalf way betweenthe PeaceRiver Peneplainelevation and the Beatton River shores”
TUL stakeda secondproperty (Moose Creek) alongthe AlcesRiver eastof Fort St. John Here, diamondindicator minerals from graveland volcanicboulders were found in a gravelpit located along the Alces River (Stapleton, 1997b). The volcanic boulders were identilied, petrographically,as altered lamprophyre. Samplesfrom the gravel pit were examinedby microscope and electron microprobe. Diamond indicator minerals including G9 garnet and clinopyroxene(Cr-diopside) were identified. An airbornemagnetic survey was flown over the area (Stapleton,1997b).
Regardingthe Moosecreek Property, Stapleton (1997b) concluded:
1. TheMoose Creek Claimencompasses a gravelpit in the SE1/4 17-83-14-W6Mthat containsvolcanically derived clasts.
2. The Tyran Transport- EsauGravel Pit producedmantle derived garnets that havebeen classifiedby Loring Laboratories,according to the Fipke 1989classification system as G- 9 pyrope- kimberliticindicators.
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3. Moose Creek Claim sedimentsamples and lines J?omunder the Tyran gravelcrusher in the Tyran gravel pit producedclinopyroxenes which plotted in the Diamond Inclusion Field, accordingto the classificationsystem of Fipke, 1989.
4. An aero magnetic survey of the Moose Creek and neighbouringclaims indicate magnetichighs or anomaliesand lineamentsthat areworth fUrther investigation.
5. The Alces River is a deeplyincised channel that cuts through the Moose Creek Claim and is mappedon the GeologicalSurvey of CanadaTectonic Map of Canada,It is likely a result of deepbasement faulting.
6. The kimberliticindicator G-9 garnetsand the diamondindicator pyroxenes found in the Tyran gravel pit on the edge of the Alces River channelindicate that there is likely a kimberlitic, lamprophyricor lamproitic intrusive in the areabecause diopsides (CP-2) and chromediopsides (CP-5) do not survive in the graveldepositional environment for more than a few kilometres(University of WesternAustralia, Publication No. 8. 1992.)
Another assessmentreport does not deal with kimberlite exploration, but is interesting nonetheless.Sevensma (1970) mentionsan occurrenceof limonitic soils and clays, and massive sulphidepebbles (later identifiedas concretionsfiorn Cretaceousmudstones), about a % mile Tom the eastbank of the Doig River. A soil samplewith anomalouslyhigh amountsof Ag had been collected,which would suggesthydrothermal activity, and possiblyvolcanism or plutonism. A follow-up soil surveyoutlined weakly anomalousamounts of Ag that was attributedpossibly to a white volcanicash observedin the area. Sevensma(1970) madea possiblecorrelation of the ash with reports of Cretaceousvolcanics cored in an oil explorationwell drilled to the northeastnear the trace of the Great SlaveLake shearzone.
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SUMMARY OF WORK PERFORMED AND RESULTS
Heavy Mineral Sampling During the snmmer program of 2002, a total of seven samples,consisting of seven stream sediments,were collected(See Appendix A for Beatton field notesand SampleLocation Map).
Heavy Mineral Sampling Procedure The heavymineral sampling procedure was to collect materialfrom streams.The coarsematerial consistingof pebbles,stones and cobbleswere removedby sievingat or nearthe samplesite and a rough pebblecount was taken. The resulting samples,weighing 20 to 25 kilograms,were then shippedto the SaskatchewanResearch Council (SRC) of Saskatoonfor processing.
Once the sampleswere received by the SRC they underwenta reduction process. (Figure 6 KimberliteIndicator Minerals).The reductionprocess is outlinedbelow:
l Theprocess consisted of sizingthe original25 kg material (1.O to +0.25 mm) . Thematerial was hrst sentto a shakertable
l Theheavies were then passedthrough a High IntensityMagnetic Separator . The magneticportion was immersedin a heavyliquid (specific gravity of 3.1) . Any mineralwith a speciticgravity greaterthan 3. I underwentFmntz Magnetic Separation@ 0.34 Ampsthe resultingproportions being Frantz Uppers1 andFrantz Lower 1 (LWl) . TheFrantz Uppers1 were farther processedusing FrantzMagnetic Separation @ 0.19 amps, resultingin Frantz Lower 2 (LW2)
Once the sampleswere reducedto approximately160 grams in size (see AppendixA Beatton SampleResults) the LWl’ and LW2’ hactionswere shippedback to Vancouverwhere the author then examinedeach of the samplesunder a binocular microscopeand the kimterhtic indicator mineralswere isolated. Theseindicator grainsare counted,examined for surfaceabrasions that may be indicativeof transportationdistance, and savedfor additionaltesting ifwarranted.
Anomalous kimterlitic indicator concentrationsare classified and these, together with the abrasioncharacteristics of the indicator mineralsfound and the local ice-flow direction,are used to trace potentialkimberlite sources.
I Minerals of interest in this fiaction are, Peridotitic Pyope, Eclogitic Pyrope, Chrome rich Diopside, and Olivine 2 Minerals of interest in this 6action are Picro-Xmenite and Magnesium rich Chmmite
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Heavy Mineral Results
SevenSamples were collected on the Beatton property. Five out of those sevensamples were processedand observed for kimberlitic indicator minerals (Appendix A - Beatton Indicator Results). Of the five samplesobserved, four yieldedkimberlitic indicators (Appendix A - Sample Results Map). Sample119009 yielded three P-pyropes(or Picro-ilhnenite)and three Chrome Diopsides,which maybe indicativeof a proximalor distalsource.
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Field Sample (Weigh Swt) I I Screcniag EWciencia Dalim, Wet Screen _..._._...... _._...... - determined and il.OOmm, 0.25mm recorded I I I c +1.Lhm (Save) shaLa T*,e ..-.._...... _...... -...... -
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RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS
The Beatton claimshave yieldedkimlxrlitic indicatorssuch as peridotiticpyrope, pirco-ihnenite, chromediopside, and olivine. The combinationof these indicator mineralsand their abundances indicatethat a kimberlitic sourcemight be proximalto the samples.Based on the aboveresults it is recommendedthat the next explorationprogram incorporate the following:
l More streamsediment and glacialtill samplesbe takenon the regionalbasis to gain insightof possibleindicator diiiution to determineif the resultsare indicativeof the areaor anomalous.
l Take more till and stream samplesin the areas of known magnetic highs and undertakeground searches.
l Conduct indicator studies,grain morphologystudies, and more detailedsampling to further defmethe indicatortrains and to determinewhether the sourceis present on the claimgroup.
l Develop a better understandingof the ice direction through direct observationin the field and groundtruthing of known glacialdeposit maps.
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CERTIFICATE OF QUALIFICATIONS - Derrick Strickland
I, Derrick Strickland,of 208-1707 Charles Street, Vancouver, British Columbiahereby certify:
1. I am a graduateof Concordii Universityand hold a BSc. degreein Geology(1993).
2. I have been employed in the mineral exploration industry since 1986 and have practicedmy professionsince graduation.
3. I haveworked extensively,in varyingcapacities, in diamondexploration for seven years.
4. I haveexperience in mineralidentification as it pertainsto kimberliteexploration.
5. I havetrained numerous mineral pickers to lind Kimberliticindicators in exploration samples.
6. I haveworked on numerouskimberlite exploration programs in Quebec,Ontario, Alberta,North West Territories, British Columbia,and Australia.
7. I performedthe work as discussedon the Beatton claimGroup for Diamant Resources.
DATED at Vancouver,British Columbia,this 121hday ofNovember, 2002 Dd&~ , Derrick StricklandBSc.
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GLOSSARY
Severalminerals are useful indicatorsfor kimberlitesand, to a certainextent, in the evaluationof the diamond potential of a kimberhte. Theseminerals survive glacial transport, are far more abundantin kimberlite than diamond, and are visually and chemicallydistinct. Chrome-pyrope, eclogitic garnet, chrome-diopside,magnesium-ihmenite, chrome-spinel, and olivine are the most commonlyused kimberlite indicator minerals,although in rare cases,diamond is abundantenough to be its own indicator.
E-Pyrope is an EclogiticGarnet. E-Pyropesare calcium and chromebearing garnets that are typicallyyellow in colour.
P-Pyrope is a PeridotiticGarnet. P-Pyropesare chrome-richpyropes that are typical distinctive horn other garnets. P-Pyropeshave a distinctivepurplish colour. This group of pyropesis where GurneysG9 and GlO’s occur.
Cr. Diopside is a chromerich diopsidethat maybe derivedfrom a kimberlite.
Picroilimenite is a magnesium-richihmenite typically found in kimberlitesand representsone of the most importantdiamond indicator minerals.
Cbromite is a magnesium-richchromite and is an importantaccessory mineral in mantle-derived ultramaticrocks and khnberlitemagmas.
Olivine is a magnesium-richolivine. There are nnmeronstypes of olivine, horn iron to magnesiumrich. The one of particularinterest is the magnesium-richohvine, which includes olivinesfound in peridotiticxenolitbs and kimberhtemagmas.
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SAMPLE LOCATION MAP
SAMPLE DESCRIPTION TABLE
SAMPLE RESULTS MAP
SAMPLE RESULTS TABLE
I I I L I I I R I I R I L L I I . Beatton Field Data
SAMPLE NO.: TYPE! IEIGHt rS MAP: ADBJ_E Sample taken on lower part of
119009 07-Jul.02 Stream Sed 25 kg Q4A 642997
119010 07.Jul-02 Stream Sed 25 kg Q4A 643386 from junction of Beaton River.
upstream of Doig River. 119014 04J&O2 Stream Sed 25kg Q4A 643644
Taken in river valley. appmx
119015 0%Jul-02 Stream Sed a25 kg Q4A 644762
119016 04J&O2 Stream Sed 25kg Q4A 644241
119017 0%Jul-02 Stream Sed ~25 kg Q4A
119016 25kg Q4A 642696 Beatton Field Data
cm. No reaction
anitoid clasts - subrounded to pine.alder,birch,willow.
and shale. 200m cliff of shale
ide at high water.60% shale.20% reaction to HCI. Vegetation at
ular to sub-rounded clasts Some iron
119017 pebbles. SST 50%. shale 30%, granitoid to HCI. Sample taken opposite of 15% meta 15%. Sample depth 40 cm. SST cliff. DS, AM Sample hole 30cm in depth. Creek 7511 Sandy till ,no reaction to HCI. wide at high water.40% shale,4056 Vegetation at creek is cottonwood. 119016 sandstone.l5% quarizite,5% granitoid sub- poplar. alder and pine. angular to sub-rounded cl&s. Some red brick sandstone. DS. RP
Beatton Indicator Resluts
l Sample weight is in Kilograms ‘* Observed weight in Grams APPENDIX B
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