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A REPORT ON GEOCHEMICAL SOIL SAMPLING AND TRENCHING PROGRAMS - 1993 BRALORNE PROPERTY LILLOOET MINING DIVISION BRIDGE RIVER AREA, B.C BRALORNE - PIONEER GOLD MINES LTD. SUITE 400 - 455 GRANVILLE STREET VANCOUVER, B.C. V6C 1T1 CANADA BRALORNE, BeC. J. MILLER-TAIT, PeGEO. DECEMBER 8, 1993 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 1/ RECOMMENDATIONS AND COST ESTIMATES 3/ INTRODUCTION 4P LOCATION, ACCESS & TOPOGRAPHY 6/ CLAIMS DESCRIPTION 7/ MINING HISTORY 11 / REGIONAL GEOLOGY PROPERTY GEOLOGY GEOCHEMICAL SOIL SAMPLING TRENCHING PROGRAM 25 / RETIMBERING & REHABILATION STATEMENT OF COSTS 27 / REFERENCES CERTIFICATE 31 // APPENDIX A: SOIL SAMPLE ANALYSES d APPENDIX B: ROCK SAMPLES TRENCHING ,/ LIST OF FIGURES FIG. 1 INDEX MAP FOLLOWS PAGE 6 / FIG. 2 TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP FOLLOWS PAGE 6 / FIG. 3 CLAIM MAP FOLLOWS PAGE 10 ,,, FIG. 4 REGIONAL GEOLOGY MAP FOLLOWS PAGE 21/ FIG. 5 GEOLOGY MAP IN POCKET J rn / FIG 7a->f? DETAILED TRENCH PLANS IN POCKET , FIG. 8q-SdGEOCHEMICAL SOIL SAMPLE RESULTS IN POCKET 1 \ '1 -1 ,A SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS THE BRALORNE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF THE KING, BRALORNE, PIONEER MINES AND THE LOVE OIL (LOCO) PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY IS COMPRISED OF 154 CROWN GRANTS, 5 REVERTED CROWN GRANTS, 4 METRIC UNIT CLAIMS, 2 PLACER LEASES AND IS LOCATED AT THE TOWN OF BRALORNE 160 KMS. NORTH OF VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLIUMBIA. THE: PROPERTY IS OWNED BY AVTNO MINES AND RESOURCES LTD. AND RKAl~ORNE=- PIONEER GOLD MINES LTD. HAS AN OPTION AGREEMENT WrTH AVTNO. THE PROPERTYY HOSTS GOLD AND SILVER ORE BODIES OCCURING IN A SERIES OF QUARTZ VEINS MOST OF WHICH ARE BOUNDED ON THE NORTHEAST BY THE NORTHEAST DIPPING FERGUSSON FAULT AND ON THE SOUTHWEST RY THE SOUTHWEST DTPPTNG CADWALLADER FAULT. 'I'HE MAJORTTY OF THE C'1I:INS STRTKE EAST-WEST AND DIP NORTH AT 60-70 DEGREES EXCEPT FOR. TIIE IMPORTANT CROSS-OVER VEINS (27 i AND 85) WHICH STRIKE: NORTH-SOUTH AND DIP WEST. THE" PRINCIPAL VEINS ARE FOUND WITHIN THE BRALORNE DIORITE AND THE PIONEER GREENSTONE. THE BRAIiOR.NE AND PIONEER MINES PRODUCED 4.15 MILLION OUNCES OF GOLD AND .95 MILLION OUNCES SILVER FROM 7.9 MILLION TONS OF ORE GRADING 0.53 OUNCES GOLD AND 0.12 OUNCES SILVER PER TON BETWEm 1899 AND 1971 (PRINCIPAL PRODUCTION FROM 1932 TO 1971). OF THE 52 VEINS DISCOVERED IN THE 72 YEARS OF OPERATION, ORE WAS PRODUCED FROM 19, FROM SHOOTS WHICH AVERAGE 2 METERS WIDE, 100-200 M. STRIKE LENGTH, AND DIP LENGTHS UP TO 2,000 METERS. ORE REPRESENTED 20 % OF THE VEIN, FOLLOWING THE CLOSURE OF THE BRALORNE MINE IN 1971, THE PROPERTY LAY DORMANT UNTIL IT WAS OPTIONED BY E AND B EXPLORATIONS IN 1980. E AND B AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES (MASCOT, INTERNATIONAL CORONA, GOLDEN NORTH, ETC...) CARRIED OUT EXTENSTVE PROGRAMS OF EXPLORATTON AND RE-HABILITATION DURING 1980 - 1991 AT THE RRALORNE MTNK. THESE PROGRAMS EXPLORED VEINS WITH REMAINTNG RESERVES ABOVE THE 2600 LEVEL AND PARTICULARLY ABOVE THE 800 LEVEL, THE LOWEST ADIT LEVEL, 1 THE ORIGINAL BRALORNE - PIONEER PROPERTY WAS AQUIRED BY AVINO MINES AND RESOURCES LTD. IN NOVEMBER 1991, AND COMBINED WITH THE AD,JOINING LOCO PROPERTY, ON WHICH AVINO HAD BEEN EXPLORTNG TWO PRINCIPAL, VEINS (PETER AND MILLCHUK). AVINO RE-HABILiITATED ACCESS TO INDICATED RESERVES, COMPLETED SAMPLING PROGRAMS, AND WITH PROCON MINING AND TUNNELLING RECALCULATED THE RESERVES ABOVE THE 800 LEVEL. IN JULY 1993, BRALORNE - PIONEER GOLD MINES LTD. MADE AN AGREEMENT WITH AVINO MINES AND RESOURCES LTD. TO EARN A 50% INTEREST TN THE F'ROP'ERTY FJY SPENDING $950,000 OVER 3 YEARS. DURING 1993 THEY COMPLETED RE-HABILITATION UNDERGROUND, EXTENSIVE SOIL GEOCHEMICAL AND GEOLOGICAL MAPPING PROGRAMS, FOLLOWED BY TRENCHING. THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 1,638 SOIL SAMPLES COLLECTED AND 36 TRENCHES ON "NEW" GOLD BEARING VEINS. /h THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND COST ESTIMATES ARE CONCENTRATED UPON THESE "NEW" VEINS AND THE PROGRAM IS NOT DESIGNED TO COVER THE ENTIRE BRALORNE/PIONEER/KING/LOCO PROPERTY. THIS IS CURRENTLY BEING COMPLETED BY EXTENSIVE FEASIBILITY STUDIES COMPLETED AND CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. 1. , :. ..l ' . .. , ,_ .. , . .. ., . ... ,_... I .. 4 .. -3- RECOMMENDATIONS AND COST ESTIMATES (NEW VEINS) THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE DESIGNED To FURTHER EXPLORE THE 4 "NEW" VEINS DESIGNATED A, B, C, D. A PROGRAM OF FURTHER TRENCHING AND DIAMOND DRILLING IS RECOMMENDED TO FURTHER EXPLORE THE VEINS ALONG STRIKE AND DOWN DIP. THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM HAS PROVEN EXTREMLY SUCCESSFUL IN THE PAST. THE TRE:NC'HING W'ILjlJ RE: CONFTNED TO ZONES C AND D AS SOIL C;F:OC:HF:MISTRY I NDl CA'I'I.:S F'URT1117K STRIKE LENGTH. THE DIAMOND URILLING WILI, HE ON ALL 3 ZONES TO PROVE CONTINUITY DOWN DIP AND ALONG STRIKE. THE DRILLJING WILL BE DESIGNED TO ESTABLISH PROBABLE TONNAGES AS WELL. THE PROGRAMS WILL BE VERSATILE TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE DEPENDING UPON RESULTS AS THE PROGRAM PROGRESSES. TRENCHING PROGRAM: EXPL0R.E ZONES C AND U. EXCAVATOR RENTAL ( CAT 225 SIZE ) 15 DAYS AT $1,00O/DAY $15,000 GEOLOGICAL SUPERVISION AND MAPPING 5,000 SAMPLE ANALYSES 3,000 DRAFTING 2,000 TRAVEL, ACCOMODATION, FREIGHT, EXPENSES 3,000 10% OFFICE OVERHEAD 2,800 TOTAL $30,800 DIAMOND DRILLING: EXPLORE ZONES A - D. DIAMOND DRILLING (NQ) 7,500 FEET AT $16/FT. $120,000 GEOLOGICAL SUPERVISION 10,000 SAMPLE ANALJYSES 5,000 LABOUR 5,000 SURVEYING 5,000 DRAFT1NG 5,000 TRAVEL, ACCOMODATION, FREIGHT ETC, 5,000 10% OFFICE OVERHEAD 15,500 TOTAL $170,500 TOTAL BOTH PROGRAMS $BO19300 -4- INTRODUCTION THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT IS TO DOCUMENT THE EXPLORATION WORK CARRIED OUT FROM MAY TO NOVEMBER, 1993, BY BRALORNE-PIONEER GOLD MINES LTD. ON THE BRALORNE PROJECT TO EARN THEIR. 1N'l'ERE:ST F'K.OM AVINO MINES AND RESOURCES LTD, THE BR.ALORNE PROJECT INCORPORATES THE KING , BRALORNE, PIONEER I MINES AS WELL AS THE ADJOINING LOVE OIL (LOCO) PROPERTY. THE AROVE MINES REPRESENT THE LARGEST GOLD CAMP IN BRITISH COLUMBIA BY PRODUCING 4,100,000 OUNCES OF GOLD FROM I 8,000,000 TONS OF ORE WHICH REPRESENTS AN AVERAGE RECOVERED GRADE OF 0.51 OUNCES OF GOLD PER TON. THE LOCO PROPERTY HAS NEVER PRODUCED GOLD BUT WAS STAKED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE PRODUCING MINES AND HELD IN GOOD STANDING CONTINUOUSLY. THIS REPORT IS NOT GOING TO DESCRIBE IN DETAIL THE EXTENSIVE WORK CARRIED OUT BY THE PAST PRODUCERS OR THE EXPLORATION PROGRAM8 COMPIIETED RY THE VARIOUS OWNERS THESE DETAILS ARE WF:1>1, DOCUMENTED IN THE B.C. DEPARTMENT OF MINES, RRALORNE'S ANT, PIONEER'S ANNUAL REPORTS, AND FILINGS WITH THE B.C. DEPARTMENT OF MINES. THERE ARE VOLUMES OF REPORTS FROM VARIOUS WELL RESPECTED AUTHORS DESCRIBING IN DETAIL THE GEOLOGY, MINING, MILLING, ETC.. OF THE PROPERTIES TNCORPORATED BY THE EfRALORNE PROJECT. THEREFORE, THE AUTHOR WILL, CONCENTRATF ON THE WORK CARRIED OUT IN 1993 WITH RECX~MMENDATIONS ON 'I'HI., RKSIJLTS BUT WILL NOT GO INTO THE DETAlLS OF THE MINE VEASlBZLTTY STUDY CURRENTLY UNDERWAY BY AVINO MINES AND RESOURCES LTD. AND BRALORNE-PIONEER GOLD MINES LTD,. IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES WERE MADE ON THE LOCO PROPERTY IN 1987. THE LOCO PROPERTY CS ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE FERGUSSON OVER'THRIJST WHICH CUT OFF THE PRODUClNG GOLD VEINS OF THE BRALORNE - PIONEER MINES. THE LOCO PROPERTY AND PART OF THE BRALORNE-PIONEER PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON A FLAT BENCH CALLED THE KINGDOM LAKE PLATEAU. THIS BENCH HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY PROSPECTED BUT THERE IS VERY MINOR OUTCROP BECAUSE OF A COVERING OF GLACIAL OVERBURDEN AND VOLCANIC ASH. THE IMPORTANT DTSCOVERIES OF 1987 WERE THE EXPOSING OF 2 MAJOR VEIN SYSTEMS; THE PETER AND MILLCHUK VEINS. THEY WERE DISCOVERED BY USING MODERN SOIL GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSES AND TRENCHING USING A LARGE EXCAVATOR TO EXPOSE THE BEDROCK WHICH IN TURN HELD THE NEW VEINS, IT WAS THEN REALIZED THAT THIS PLATEAU WAS UNDERLAIN BY THE BRALORNE DIORITE AND PIONEER GREENSTONE WHICH ARE THE HOST ROCKS FOR THE GOLD VEINS. 1N 1992-93 BRALORNE-PIONEER GOLD MINES LTD. CONCENTRATED ON THE PROVEN SYSTEM OF SOIL SAMPLING AND TRENCHING TO FURTHER EXPLORE THE AMALGAMATED PROPERTIES OF BRALORNE-PIONEER AND THE LOCO PROPERTY. THE AREA CONCENTRATED UPON IS THE KINGDOM LAKE PLATEAU WHERE THE NEW VEINS WERE DISCOVERED ANI) PROSPECTING HAD LED TO THE -5- CONCLUSION THAT THE AREA WAS UNDERLAIN BY THE BRALORNE DIORITE AND PIONEER GREENSTONE. THIS REPORT ALSO RRIEFIJY DESCRIBES THE RE-TIMBERING WHICH WAS C:OMF’l,ETED ON THE MAIN BRALORNE 800-LEVEL TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE 51 B F.W. VEIN WHICH CONTAINS A SIGNIFICANT TONNAGE OF ORE UPON WHICH MINING PLANS HAVE AND ARE CURRENTLY BEING COMPLETED. ALSO BRIEFLY DOCUMENTED IS THE AREA OF THE OLD KING MINE RE-HABILITATED TO PROVIDE DRILL STATION ACCESS FOR THE PETER VEIN. THE DRIFT RE- HABILITATED IS ON THE L,OC’O CLAIMS ACCESSED THROUGH THE OLD KING MINE ON 13RALORNE’S MAIN 800-LEVEL. THE DRIFT ITSELF IS CALLED THE NO. 2 DRIFT. c m I 1 I ‘I -6- 1 I4 LOCATION, ACCESS, PHYSIOGRAPHY THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED 100 MILES (160 KMS.) DUE NORTH OF VANCOUVER IN SOUTHWESTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA, AND IS CENTERED AT 50 ’ 46 ’ N l.ATT7’1iDE ANI) 122 ’ 48 ’ W LONGITUDE, IT IS LOCATED IN THE L,ILLOOET PlINING DIVISION ON N.T.S. MAP SHEET 92-5-15, ROAD ACCESS IS VIA HIGHWAY 40, ON AN ALL WEATHER GRAVEL ROAD FROM LILLOOET OR SUMMER ACCESS VIA THE HURLEY RIVER FOREST ACCESS ROAD FR.OM PEMAERTON. THE HRALORNE PROPER.TY IS LOCATED IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE CONFLUENCE OF THE HURLEY RIVER AND CADWALLADER CREEK 4 v 1 MILES (6.6 KMS,) ABOVE THE JUNCTION OF THE HURLEY AND BRIDGE RIVERS AT GOLD BRIDGE, THE AREA IS CHARACTERIZED BY RUGGED MOUNTAIN TERRAIN DEEPLY INCISED BY STREAMS AND RIVERS, TOPPED BY SHARP PE:AKS ANI) SER.R,ATED RIDGES.