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Ontario Geological Survey Open File Report 6301

Report of Activities, 2014 Resident Geologist Program

Red Lake Regional Resident Geologist Report: Red Lake and Kenora Districts

2015

ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Open File Report 6301

Report of Activities, 2014 Resident Geologist Program

Red Lake Regional Resident Geologist Report: Red Lake and Kenora Districts

by

A.F. Lichtblau, C. Ravnaas, C.C. Storey, A. Tims, R.L. Debicki, T.K. Pettigrew, A.C. Wilson and J. Wetendorf

2015

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ONTARIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

RESIDENT GEOLOGIST PROGRAM

REPORT OF ACTIVITIES—2014

RED LAKE REGIONAL RESIDENT GEOLOGIST REPORT

CONTENTS

1. Red Lake District

2. Kenora District

Ontario Geological Survey Regional Resident Geologist Program

Red Lake Regional Resident Geologist (Red Lake District)—2014

by

A.F. Lichtblau, C.C. Storey, A. Tims, R.L. Debicki, T.K. Pettigrew and A.C. Wilson

2014

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CONTENTS

Red Lake District—2014

INTRODUCTION ...... 1 MINING ACTIVITY ...... 3 Goldcorp Inc.–Red Lake Gold Mines ...... 3 EXPLORATION ACTIVITY ...... 5 Red Lake Greenstone Belt ...... 11 Goldcorp Inc...... 13 Rubicon Minerals Corporation ...... 14 Pure Gold Mining Inc...... 15 Birch–Uchi and Confederation Greenstone Belts ...... 15 Gold Canyon Resources Inc.–Springpole Gold Project ...... 16 Northern Greenstone Belts ...... 17 Houston Lake Mining Inc.–PAK Rare Metals Project ...... 17 Goldeye Explorations Limited–Weebigee Project ...... 18 Golden Share Mining Corporation–Berens River Project ...... 20 RESIDENT GEOLOGIST STAFF AND ACTIVITIES ...... 21 Drill Core Storage Site ...... 21 PROPERTY EXAMINATIONS ...... 23 South Bay Mine (C.C. Storey) ...... 24 Base Metal Sulphide Deposits in the Confederation Assemblage ...... 27 Geochronology (A.F. Lichtblau) ...... 30 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXPLORATION ...... 30 Gold in the Historic Red Lake Camp ...... 30 OGS ACTIVITIES AND RESEARCH BY OTHERS ...... 32 MINERAL DEPOSITS NOT BEING MINED ...... 33 REGIONAL LAND USE GEOLOGIST ACTIVITIES—NORTHWEST REGION ...... 38 Land Use Planning Activities...... 38 Crown Lands ...... 38 Crown Land Use Policy Atlas ...... 38 Forest Management Planning...... 38 Far North Land Use Planning ...... 39 Withdrawal Orders ...... 39 Forfeited Mining Lands ...... 40 Municipal and Private Lands ...... 40 Municipal Planning ...... 40 Exemptions from Mining Tax ...... 41 First Nations ...... 41 Other Activities ...... 41 Class Environmental Assessments ...... 41 Environmental Registry ...... 42 Other ...... 42 Conferences ...... 42 General Client Service ...... 42 MINERAL DEPOSIT COMPILATION GEOLOGIST—NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO ...... 43 REFERENCES ...... 44

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Tables 1. Mine production and reserves in the Red Lake District in 2014 ...... 2 2. Summary of claim status in the Red Lake Mining Division, 2014 ...... 2 3. Gold production in the Red Lake District to December 31, 2014 ...... 4 4. Assessment files received in the Red Lake District in 2014 ...... 5 5. Exploration activity in the Red Lake District in 2014 ...... 6 6. Metal production other than gold in the Red Lake District to December 31, 2013...... 16 7. Drill core stored at the Red Lake Resident Geologist’s office remote drill core compound ...... 22 8. Property visits conducted by the Red Lake Regional Resident Geologist and staff in 2014...... 23 9. Exploration activities at the South Bay Mine site after the mine closed ...... 24 10. Base metal sulphide deposits in Confederation assemblage rocks ...... 27 11. Publications received by the Red Lake Resident Geologist’s office in 2014 ...... 32 12. Mineral deposits not being mined in the Red Lake District in 2014 ...... 33 13. Municipal planning initiatives with MNDM input, northwestern Ontario, 2014 ...... 40 14. Mineral Deposit Inventory records revisions in 2014 ...... 43

Figures 1. Annual gold production in the Red Lake greenstone belt, 1986–2014 ...... 1 2. Average monthly price of gold in 2014 ...... 2 3. The Red Lake District and index map for Figures 4 to 7 ...... 10 4. Red Lake District (north part): exploration activity and property examinations ...... 11 5. Red Lake greenstone belt: exploration activity and active mines ...... 12 6. Birch–Uchi greenstone belt: exploration activity and property visits ...... 12 7. Red Lake greenstone belt: property examinations ...... 13 8. Location map for properties forming the Weebigee project, Goldeye Explorations Limited ...... 19 9. Surface geology of the South Bay Mine ...... 25 10. Isometric projection of the South Bay Mine circa 1971 ...... 26 11. Uranium-lead Concordia diagram of Setting Net Lake stock ...... 31 12. Uranium-lead Concordia diagram7 of Bear Head batholith ...... 31

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Red Lake Regional Resident Geologist (Red Lake District)—2014

A.F. Lichtblau1, C.C. Storey2, A. Tims3, R.L. Debicki4, T.K. Pettigrew5 and A.C. Wilson6

1Regional Resident Geologist, Red Lake–Kenora, Resident Geologist Program, Ontario Geological Survey 2District Geologist, Red Lake District, Resident Geologist Program, Ontario Geological Survey 3Regional Land Use Geologist – Northwest Region (Acting), Resident Geologist Program, Ontario Geological Survey 4Land Use Policy and Planning Co-ordinator, Resident Geologist Program, Ontario Geological Survey 5Mineral Deposit Compilation Geologist – Northwestern Ontario, Resident Geologist Program, Ontario Geological Survey 6Mineral Deposit Compilation Geologist – Northeastern Ontario, Resident Geologist Program, Ontario Geological Survey

INTRODUCTION Gold was the only commodity mined in the Red Lake District in 2014. In 2014, annual production at the Red Lake Mines (the only producer in Red Lake District) of 414 400 ounces gold was down by approximately 16% compared to the prior year’s production (Figure 1; Table 1) (Goldcorp Inc., Management Discussion and Analysis, February 19, 2015).

Exploration and development work on 2 major Advanced Exploration projects in the Red Lake greenstone belt continued throughout 2014: 1) Rubicon Minerals Corporation’s Phoenix gold project; and 2) Goldcorp Inc.’s Bruce Channel discovery. Although almost all exploration expenditures were directed toward gold, Houston Lake Mining continued work its Pakeagama Lake rare metals project. Claude Resources Inc.’s Madsen Mine project, which had been under review for most of 2013, was sold to Laurentian Goldfields Ltd. at the end of 2013. Laurentian Goldfields Ltd. changed its name to Pure Gold Mining Inc. in 2014 and embarked on a $4 million exploration program during the year.

Figure 1. Annual gold production in the Red Lake greenstone belt, 1986–2014. (Note: No production at the Red Lake Mine between 1997 and 1999 due to strike by unionized employees.)

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Table 1. Mine production and reserves in the Red Lake District in 2014.

Production in 2013 Production in 2014 Reserves Mine (Proven Plus Probable) Tonnage @ Grade Total Commodity Tonnage @ Grade Total Commodity at End of 2014 Goldcorp Inc.– 786 900 tonnes 493 000 684 100 tonnes 414 400 6 420 000 t @ 9.96 g/t Au Red Lake Gold Mines (1) @ 20.33 g/t Au ounces Au @ 19.47 g/t ounces Au = 2.06 million ounces Au (1)Goldcorp Inc., February 19, 2015, Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the year ended December 31, 2014.

The average price of gold decreased approximately 10% over the previous year, to US$1266 (price information from www.kitco.com) (Figure 2).

Figure 2. Average monthly price of gold in 2014 (price information from www.kitco.com).

Claim staking activity in the Red Lake Mining Division increased in 2014 (Table 2) and the number of cancellations stayed on average. These factors decreased the total number of claim units in good standing at year-end.

Table 2. Summary of claim status in the Red Lake Mining Division, 2014.

Year Cancelled Recorded Active (Claim Units) (Claim Units) (Claim Units) 2014 3690 1423 20 523 2013 3637 657 22 791 2012 3244 2740 22 803 2011 2314 6474 26 378 2010 3569 6271 22 514 2009 4737 2917 19 816 2008 1921 5008 21 326 2007 1878 4716 18 334 2006 4759 3358 15 436 2005 5165 3117 16 911 2004 3690 2099 18 647 2003 1842 6781 21 127 2002 1795 7689 15 732

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MINING ACTIVITY Gold production in Red Lake continued at the integrated operations of Goldcorp Inc.’s Red Lake Gold Mines, comprising the Campbell, Red Lake and Balmer complexes. Goldcorp Inc.’s current production and reserves are provided below and historical statistics for all gold producers in the district are provided in Table 3. The workforce comprises 1028 employees and 289 contractors. The mine manager is Dan Gignac.

Goldcorp Inc.–Red Lake Gold Mines Gold production in 2014 was 414 400 ounces at an all-in sustaining cost of US$934 per ounce and an average realized gold price of US$1262 per ounce (Goldcorp Inc., February 19, 2014, Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the Year ended December 31, 2014). Underground drilling focussed on resource expansion and in-fill drilling of the recently discovered NXT zone adjacent to the High Grade zone. Completion of de-stress activities in the High Grade zone during the third quarter of 2014 allowed access to more headings. Higher grades and mill throughput combined with optimized mining plans gave an overall 11% increase in gold production for this quarter (Goldcorp Inc., October 30, 2014, Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the three and nine months ending September 30, 2014).

Reserve and resource estimates for the Red Lake Gold Mines, as of December, 31, 2014, are listed below:

Category Contained Ounces Gold Proven and Probable Reserves 6 420 000 t @ 9.96 g/t Au = 2 060 000 ounces Au Measured and Indicated Resources 4 110 000 t @ 17.74 g/t Au = 2 340 000 ounces Au Inferred Resources 3 000 000 t @ 19.58 g/t Au = 1 890 000 ounces Au (Goldcorp Inc., February 19, 2015, Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the Year ended December 31, 2014)

The Cochenour Project comprises the historic Cochenour–Willans Mine workings with the recently discovered Bruce Channel deposit. Work continued on surface facilities; underground development continued throughout the year. The construction of the 5 km long, high-speed haulage drift to connect Cochenour–Willans infrastructure with the Red Lake Mine on the 5400-foot level is complete. Underground diamond-drilling of the Bruce Channel deposit continued with 8 drills. “At the end of the third quarter of 2014, development of the ramp to the 3540-foot level was 100% complete. The decline to the 4000-foot level continues to advance and was 32% complete. The permanent fresh air fan and heater house construction is underway” (Goldcorp Inc., October 30, 2014, Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the three and nine months ending September 30, 2014). Production from the Bruce Channel is expected in the third quarter of 2015. At full production, forecast life-of-mine gold production from Cochenour is expected to be between 225 000 and 250 000 ounces gold per year (Goldcorp Inc., news release, January 7, 2013). Inferred resources stand at 9.05 Mt at 11.18 g/t Au, totalling 3.25 million ounces gold (Goldcorp Inc., February 14, 2014, Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the Year ended December 31, 2013).

In addition to the Cochenour project, Goldcorp began surface diamond drilling on the H.G. Young property, which is a former producer (see Table 3) situated 1 km northwest of the Campbell Complex. The H.G. Young produced 55 244 ounces gold from 1960 to 1963. Surface diamond drilling and work on rehabilitating the underground access to the H.G. Young on Level 14 of the Campbell Complex is ongoing.

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Table 3. Gold production in the Red Lake District to December 31, 2014.

Ore Milled Gold Produced Mine Years of Production (Tonnes) Troy Ounces Ounces per Short Ton Grams per Metric Tonne Red Lake Gold Mines 2006–present (1) 6 906 322 5 285 590 0.694 23.80 Campbell Mine 1949–2006 (2) 19 944 241 11 216 443 0.510 17.49 Goldcorp (Dickenson) 1948–2006 (3) 8 715 228 5 962 948 0.621 (4) 21.28 Madsen 1938–1976, 1997 (5)–1999 7 872 679 2 452 388 0.283 (6) 9.69 Cochenour–Willans 1939–1971 2 096 654 1 244 279 0.538 (7) 18.46 McKenzie Red Lake 1935–1966 2 135 361 651 156 0.277 9.48 Howey 1930–1941, 1957 (8) 4 200 972 421 592 0.091 (9) 3.12 Hasaga 1938–1952 1 374 641 218 213 0.144 4.94 Starratt Olsen 1948–1956 823 554 163 990 0.181 6.19 Berens River 1939–1948 508 574 157 341 0.281 9.62 Uchi 1939–1943 686 806 114 467 0.151 5.18 Jason (Argosy) 1934–1952 250 903 101 875 0.368 12.63 H.G. Young 1960–1963 261 432 55 244 0.192 6.57 Sachigo River 1938–1941 42 145 52 560 1.131 38.79 McMarmac 1940–1948 138 779 45 246 0.296 10.14 Gold Eagle 1937–1941 163 379 40 204 0.223 7.65 Jackson Manion 1934–1940 95 578 27 142 0.258 8.83 Red Lake Gold Shore 1936–1938 78 320 21 100 0.244 8.38 Hudson Patricia 1936–1937 10 186 1857 0.165 5.67 Buffalo 1981–1982 29 017 1656 0.052 1.78 Abino 1985–1986 2479 1397 0.511 17.53 Lake Rowan 1986–1988 11 814 1298 0.100 3.42 Kostynuk Brothers 1963–1966 577 1126 1.770 60.70 Mount Jamie 1976 882 377 0.388 13.30 Bobjo 1929 N/A 362 (10) N/A N/A Bathurst 1927–1937 510 307 0.546 18.73 Red Summit 1935–1936 536 277 0.469 16.07 Sol d’Or 1933–1936 415 258 0.563 19.31 TOTAL 56 351 985 28 240 693 0.501 17.18 Notes: (1) Includes total production from the Red Lake complex from January 1, 2006, and production from the Campbell complex subsequent to May 12, 2006, the date of acquisition. (2) Includes production figures under Placer Dome (CLA) Ltd., to May 12, 2006. (3) For 1997, 1998 and 1999, no production due to strike by unionized employees. (4) From 1970, includes production from Robin Red Lake. (5) Includes clean-up of ore and materials from the mine site. (6) Historic grade, actual grade for 1999 was 0.14 ounce per ton gold. (7) Includes production from Annco and Wilmar properties. (8) Continuous production 1930 to 1941; includes 268 ounces recovered from clean up in 1957. (9) The ore mined at Howey, before sorting, totalled 5 158 376 tons. The average production from run-of-mine ore was therefore 0.0817 ounce per ton gold. (10) Not included in total production figure. N/A Data not available. Historical production in short tons has been converted to metric tonnes.

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EXPLORATION ACTIVITY Assessment work received (totalling $19 623 939) by the Red Lake Resident Geologist’s office is listed in Table 4, and a summary of exploration activity is provided in Table 5. Continuing interest in the Red Lake gold camp was focussed on the surface and underground development work by • Rubicon Minerals Corporation on its Phoenix gold project • Goldcorp Inc. on its Cochenour (Bruce Channel Deposit) and H.G. Young projects • Pure Gold Mining Inc., which recommenced exploration work, including diamond drilling, at the past- producing Madsen gold mine

In the Birch–Uchi greenstone belt, Gold Canyon Resources Inc. completed an environmental assessment on a proposed access corridor and finished 3 years of baseline aquatic studies on its Springpole Lake gold property.

Table 5 lists the companies and individuals who reported some activity on their property during 2014; several are described in more detail in the following pages. Programs with significant exploration expenditures and/or significant known results, and properties for which the location is of particular strategic or geologic interest are described. Information included in this section is taken from assessment files in the Red Lake Resident Geologist’s office, unless otherwise indicated. Programs listed in Table 5 are keyed to Figures 4, 5 and 6.

Table 4. Assessment files received in the Red Lake District in 2014.

Abbreviations AEM ...... Airborne electromagnetic survey IP ...... Induced polarization survey AM ...... Airborne magnetic survey Lc ...... Line cutting ARA ...... Airborne radiometric survey MMI ...... Mobile Metal Ion™ soil sampling survey Beep ...... Beep Mat survey MRE ...... Mineral resource estimate (NI 43-101) Bulk ...... Bulk sampling ODH ...... Overburden drill hole(s) Comp ...... Compilation PEA ...... Preliminary economic assessment Consult ...... First Nations Consultation PEM ...... Pulse electromagnetic survey DD ...... Diamond drilling PGM ...... Platinum group metals DDH ...... Diamond-drill hole(s) Pr ...... Prospecting DGP ...... Down-hole geophysics REP ...... Technical report (NI 43-101) GC ...... Geochemical survey RES ...... Resistivity survey GEM ...... Ground electromagnetic survey Samp ...... Sampling (other than bulk) GL ...... Geological survey Seismic ...... Seismic survey GM ...... Ground magnetic survey Soil ...... Soil sampling GPSG ...... Georeferencing SP ...... Self-potential survey GRA ...... Ground radiometric survey Str ...... Stripping Grav ...... Gravity survey Tr ...... Trenching HLEM ...... Horizontal loop electromagnetic survey UG ...... Underground exploration/development HM ...... Heavy mineral sampling VLEM ...... Vertical loop electromagnetic survey IM ...... Industrial mineral testing and marketing VLF-EM ...... Very low frequency electromagnetic survey

Township/Area Company Filing Report Year Work AFRO Credits Resident Geologist Performed Number Applied Office File Designation Ball Township Goldcorp Inc. 2013 GL, Samp 2.54725 $11 460 RL3560 Bateman Township Goldcorp Canada Ltd. 2012–13 DDH, Str 2.54395 $974 713 RL3555 Cabin Bay Area Laurentian Goldfields Ltd. 2012–13 GC 2.54748 $164 111 RL3563 Casummit Lake Area Gold Canyon Resources Inc. 2013 DDH, IP, GRA Non-Assessment $0 RL3569 Dixie Lake Area Herbert, L.K. 2013 Str, Tr, GC, GL 2.55256 $128 530 RL3572 Dixie Lake Area Red Lake Resources Inc. 2012 AEM, AM 2.54865 $173 623 RL3565 Dome Township Goldcorp Inc. 2013–14 GC 2.54906 $8498 RL3567 Dome Township Sphere Resources Inc. 2011–12 DDH, GL 2.54342 $1 143 423 RL3554

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Township/Area Company Filing Report Year Work AFRO Credits Resident Geologist Performed Number Applied Office File Designation Fredart Lake Area Goldcorp Inc. 2013–14 GC, GL 2.54873 $137 739 RL3566 Granite Bay Area Goldeye Explorations 2013 IP, Lc, GM 2.55263 $111 047 RL3573 (Sandy Lake) Limited Heyson Township Goldcorp Canada Ltd. 2013 GL, Samp 2.54689 $11 601 RL3559 Pakeagama Lake Area Houston Lake Mining Inc. 2012 GC 2.55208 $85 784 RL3570 Ranger Township Tri Origin Exploration Ltd. 2012 GL 2.54479 $203 496 RL3562 Satterly Lake Area Gold Canyon Resources Inc. 2012–13 DDH 2.54758 $15 723 807 RL3564 Setting Net Lake Area Golden Share Mining 2014 GC, GL, Pr 2.55232 $110 119 RL3571 Corporation Setting Net Lake Area Golden Share Mining 2014 DDH 2.54947 $220 120 RL3568 Corporation South of Otter Lake Area Tri Origin Exploration Ltd. 2012 GC 2054474 $102 145 RL3556 Willans Township Tri Origin Exploration Ltd. 2011 GC 2.54475 $16 029 RL3561 Willans Township Tri Origin Exploration Ltd. 2012–13 DDH 2.54468 $178 042 RL3558 Willans Township Tri Origin Exploration Ltd. 2012 IP, Lc 2.54469 $119 652 RL3557

Table 5. Exploration activity in the Red Lake District in 2014, keyed to Figures 4, 5 and 6.

Abbreviations AEM ...... Airborne electromagnetic survey MD&A ...... Management Discussion and Analysis AM ...... Airborne magnetic survey MMI ...... Mobile Metal Ion™ soil sampling survey ARA ...... Airborne radiometric survey MRE ...... Mineral resource estimate (NI 43-101) Bulk ...... Bulk sampling NR ...... News release Comp ...... Compilation OD ...... Overburden drilling DD ...... Diamond drilling ODH ...... Overburden drill hole(s) DDH ...... Diamond-drill hole(s) PEA ...... Preliminary economic assessment DGP ...... Down-hole geophysics PEM ...... Pulse electromagnetic survey GC ...... Geochemical survey Pr ...... Prospecting GEM ...... Ground electromagnetic survey REP ...... Technical report (NI 43-101) GL ...... Geological survey RES ...... Resistivity survey GM ...... Ground magnetic survey Samp ...... Sampling (other than bulk) GRA ...... Ground radiometric survey Seismic ...... Seismic survey Grav ...... Gravity survey SP ...... Self-potential survey HLEM ...... Horizontal loop electromagnetic survey Str ...... Stripping HM ...... Heavy mineral sampling Tr ...... Trenching IM ...... Industrial mineral testing and marketing UG ...... Underground exploration/development IP ...... Induced polarization survey VLEM ...... Vertical loop electromagnetic survey Lc ...... Line cutting VLF-EM ...... Very low frequency electromagnetic survey

No. Company/Individual (Stock Symbol) Township/Area Exploration Activity Property Name (Commodity) 1 AurCrest Gold Inc. (AGO) Casummit Lake Area AM, DDH(4)=1964 m formerly Tribute Minerals Inc. (Au) Aeroquest survey June 2014 (Richardson Lake property) (AurCrest Gold Inc., NR, May 27, 2014) DD program to follow up results of 2012 program and airborne survey. Results released in September: hole RL-14-08 15.48 g/t Au over 1 m (AurCrest Gold Inc., NR, Sept. 25, 2014) 2 Canstar Resources Inc.(ROX) McDonough Township Property under review and company open to joint venture or option Slate Bay property (Au) (Canstar Resources Inc., MD&A for the year ended June 30, 2014) 3 Claude Resources Inc. (CRJ) Baird Township Company announced sale of the Madsen gold project to Laurentian (Madsen Mine project) (Au) Goldfields Ltd. (now Pure Gold Mining Inc.) (Claude Resources Inc., NR, Mar. 4, 2014)

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No. Company/Individual (Stock Symbol) Township/Area Exploration Activity Property Name (Commodity) 4 Confederation Minerals Ltd. Todd Township GM (GPS positioned) conducted on the Hinge zone part of the (Newman–Todd property) (Au) property in Jan. 2014 (Confederation Minerals Ltd., MD&A, Mar. 3, 2014) Company prepared PEA that was deemed deficient by the British Columbia Securities Commission; subsequently, revised REP and PEA were prepared (Confederation Minerals Ltd., NR, Dec. 18, 2014) 5 Conquest Resources Limited (CQR) Balmer Township Planning additional exploration when market conditions improve (Alexander Gold project) (Au) (Conquest Resources Ltd., MD&A, Nov. 14, 2014) 6 Crown Mining Corporation (CWM) Dome Township Crown Gold filed REP on McKenzie Island project (formerly Crown Gold Corporation) (Au) (Crown Gold Corporation, NR, April 23, 2014) (McKenzie Island property) Crown Gold signed a letter of intent to option the McKenzie Island property to UC Resources Ltd. (Crown Gold Corporation, NR, June 3, 2014) Name change to Crown Mining Corp. 1 for 10 share consolidation (Crown Gold Corporation, NR, June 30, 2014) 7 Cypress Development Corp. (CYP) and Dome Township The sale of 100% interest in Broulan Reef from Cypress Skyharbour Resources Ltd. (SYH) (Au) Development Corp. and Skyharbour Resources to Premier Gold (Broulan Reef property) Mines Ltd. concluded in the first quarter of 2014 (Skyharbour Resources Ltd., MD&A, Mar. 3, 2014) 8 Cypress Development Corp. (CYP) Dent Township Cypress was to acquire 100% interest in South Bay zinc-copper- (South Bay project) (Zn, Cu, Ag) silver project from Skyharbour Resources Ltd. (Cypress Development Corp., NR, Feb. 18, 2014), but on Mar. 18 announced that Skyharbour would not be proceeding with the sale (Cypress Development Corp., NR, Mar. 18, 2014) 9 Cypress Development Corp. (CYP) Dome, Fairlie townships Cypress acquired remaining 20% interest in McKenzie Island gold (McKenzie Island property) (Au) property (Cypress Development Corp., NR, Feb. 18, 2014) 10 Duncan Park Holdings Corp. / Heyson, Dome townships Companies rescheduled deep IP geophysical survey for the winter Sphere Resources Inc. (Au) of 2014–2015 (Dome and McManus properties) (Duncan Park Holdings Corp., NR, Dec. 12, 2014) 11 Frank, R. Joyce River Area Pr (Joyce River claim) (Base metals) 12 Franko, J.S. Dome Township Samp (Dome claim) (Au) 13 Frontline Gold Corporation Baird Township Frontline Gold negotiated an option to purchase up to 100% (South Baird property) (Au) interest in South Baird property with Rubicon Minerals Corp. (Frontline Gold, NR, Dec. 16, 2014) 14 Frontline Gold Corporation Byshe Township Frontline Gold Corp. negotiated an option to purchase up to a (Chukuni property) (Au) 100% interest in Chukuni property with Rubicon Minerals (Frontline Gold, NR, Dec. 17, 2014) 15 Frontline Gold Corporation Shabumeni Lake Area, Frontline Gold signed Letter of Intent with UC Resources Ltd. (Red Lake properties: Shabumeni Shabumeni River Area, whereby UC Resources has exclusive right to negotiate to acquire property, Shabumeni River property, Skinner Township, 100% interest in Red Lake properties Skinner property, Woman River Goodall Township (Frontline Gold Corporation, NR, June 2, 2014) property, Confederation Lake (Au) property) 16 Gold Canyon Resources Inc. (GCU) Casummit Lake Area Gold Canyon completed the 3 years of environmental surveys (Springpole Lake gold property) (Au) required to quantify aquatic habitat at its Springpole gold project, and also fulfilled the environmental assessment for its access corridor (Gold Canyon Resources Inc., NR, Nov. 5, 2014) 17 Goldcorp Inc. (G) Balmer Township UG (Red Lake Gold Mines) (Au) Goldcorp continued regular gold production (see text “Mining Activity”, “Goldcorp Inc.–Red Lake Gold Mines”) UG continued on the NXT zone, R zone, FW zone, and the PLM zone where numerous economic intersections have been identified (Goldcorp Inc., MD&A for the 3 months ending Sept. 30, 2014)

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No. Company/Individual (Stock Symbol) Township/Area Exploration Activity Property Name (Commodity) 18 Goldcorp Inc. (G) Balmer Township DDH(118)=72 000 m (H.G. Young) (Au) Surface DD conducted (C. Osiowy, Goldcorp Red Lake Mines, personal communication) while underground workings from Campbell Complex are being rehabilitated to facilitate underground access to the H.G. Young and other targets (Goldcorp Inc., MD&A for the 3 months ending Sept. 30, 2014) (see text “Exploration Activity”, “Red Lake Greenstone Belt”, “Goldcorp Inc.”) 19 Goldcorp Inc. (G) Dome Township UG continued on the Cochenour project production in the third (Cochenour project) (Au) quarter of 2015 (Goldcorp Inc. MD&A for the 3 months ending Sept. 30, 2014) (see text “Mining Activity”, “Goldcorp Inc.–Red Lake Gold Mines”) 20 Goldcorp Inc. (G) / Dome Township UG, DDH(5)=2570 m Premier Gold Mines (PG) (Au) (Premier Gold Mines Ltd., MD&A for the 9 months ended (Rahill–Bonanza property) Sept. 31, 2014) 21 Goldcorp Inc. (G) / Bateman Township DDH(5)=2800 m Premier Gold Mines (PG) (Au) (Premier Gold Mines Ltd., MD&A for the 3 months ended (East Bay project) Mar. 31, 2014) 22 Golden Share Mining Corp. (GSH) Setting Net Lake Area Pr, Samp (Berens River gold–base metal (Au, Ag) GIS data compilation and additional claim staking conducted to project) join together north (Berens River Mine site) and south (historic showings near Setting Net Lake) (Golden Share Mining Corp., NR, July 10 & 23, 2014) (see text “Exploration Activity”, “Northern Greenstone Belts”, “Golden Share Mining Corp.–Berens River Project”) 23 Goldeye Explorations Limited Granite Bay Area DDH(23)=2219 m (Weebigee (Sandy Lake) project) (Au) (see text “Exploration Activity”, “Northern Greenstone Belts”, “Goldeye Explorations Limited–Weebigee Project”) 24 Herbert, L. Dixie Lake Area Pr (Dixie Lake property) (Au) 25 Houston Lake Mining Inc. (HLM) Pakeagama and Mechita DDH(7)=1500 m, Samp (Pakeagama Lake property) Lakes Area (see text “Exploration Activity”, “Northern Greenstone Belts”, (Rare Metals) “Houston Lake Mining Inc.–PAK Rare Metals Project”) 26 Laurentian Goldfields Ltd. (LGF) Baird Township (see text “Exploration Activity”, “Red Lake Greenstone Belt”, (Au) “Pure Gold Mining Inc.”) 27 Mega Precious Metals Inc. (MGP) Heyson Township Company announced updated MRE of ~0.9 million ounces Au (North Madsen project) (Au) Measured and Indicated Resource, and 0.38 million ounces Au Inferred Resource (Mega Precious Metals Inc., NR, Feb. 13, 2014) 28 Northern Iron Corp. (NFE) Bruce Lake Area Company signed a co-operation agreement with Danieli Centro (Griffith iron mine) (Fe) Metallics to redevelop the Griffith iron mine to produce hot briquetted iron (HBI) (Northern Iron Corp., NR, May 7, 2014) Company received permit to dewater the Griffith Mine pit (Northern Iron Corp., NR, Nov. 18, 2014) 29 Northern Superior Resources Inc. Hanson River Area, Property was under a First Nation-imposed exploration moratorium (SUP) Francois Lake Area, (Northern Superior Resources Inc., NR, Nov. 18, 2013) (Meston Lake property) Winters Lake Area, Northern Superior Resources announced June 1, 2015 trial date for Mathews Lake Area litigation against the Government of Ontario (Au) (Northern Superior Resources Inc., NR, Nov. 4, 2014) 30 Northern Superior Resources Inc. Ellard Lake Area Property was under a First Nation-imposed exploration moratorium (SUP) (Au) (Northern Superior Resources Inc., NR, Nov. 18, 2013) (Thorne property) Northern Superior Resources announced June 1, 2015 trial date for litigation against the Government of Ontario (Northern Superior Resources Inc., NR, Nov. 4, 2014) 31 Northern Superior Resources Inc. Rapson Bay Area, Property was under a First Nation-imposed exploration moratorium (SUP) Stull Lake Area (Northern Superior Resources Inc., NR, Nov. 18, 2013) (Rapson Bay property) (Au) Northern Superior Resources announced June 1, 2015 trial date for litigation against the Government of Ontario (Northern Superior Resources Inc., NR, Nov. 4, 2014) 32 Pistol Bay Mining Inc. (PST) Byshe, Heyson, Dome, Company has written off the property (Chukuni property) Balmer townships (Pistol Bay Mining Inc., MD&A, May 31, 2014) (Au)

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No. Company/Individual (Stock Symbol) Township/Area Exploration Activity Property Name (Commodity) 33 Premier Gold Mines (PG) / Dome Township DDH(5)=2570 m Goldcorp Inc. (G) (Au) Goldcorp Inc. holds 51% and is operator (Rahill–Bonanza property) (see this Table: “Goldcorp: “Rahill–Bonanza property”) 34 Premier Gold Mines (PG) / Bateman Township DDH(5)=2800 m Goldcorp Inc. (G) (Au) Goldcorp Inc. holds 65% and is operator (East Bay project) (see this Table: “Goldcorp: “East Bay project”) 35 Pure Gold Mining Inc. (PGM) Baird, Heyson, Dome DDH (24)=6895 m; GL, MMI, AM, AEM (formerly Laurentian Goldfields Inc.) townships Name changed from Laurentian Goldfields Ltd. to Pure Gold (Madsen project) (Au) Mining Inc. (Laurentian Goldfields Ltd., NR, June 25, 2014) Completed acquisition of Newman–Madsen property (Pure Gold Mining Inc., NR, June 25, 2014) Announced diamond-drilling program, helicopter-borne geophysical survey, structural mapping and MMI™ survey (Pure Gold Mining Inc., NR, Aug. 7, 2014) (see text “Exploration Activity”, “Red Lake Greenstone Belt”, “Pure Gold Mining Inc.”) 36 Redstar Gold Corp. (RGC) / Todd Township Company retains 50% interest in the Newman–Todd property, with Confederation Minerals Ltd. (CFM) (Au) Confederation Minerals Ltd. (also holding 50%) as operator (Newman–Todd property) (see this Table: “Confederation Minerals Ltd.”) 37 Rubicon Minerals Corporation (RMX) Bateman Township DDH(38)=5835 m; UG (Phoenix Gold project) (Au) (see text “Exploration Activity”, “Red Lake Greenstone Belt”, “Rubicon Minerals Corporation”) 38 Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. (SBB.T) Heyson Township Completed sale of property to Laurentian Goldfields Ltd. (Newman–Madsen property) (Au) (Sabina Gold & Silver Corp, NR, June 25, 2014) 39 Signature Resources Ltd. (SGU) Lingman Lake Area Signature acquired Cool Minerals Inc. for $100 000. Cool Minerals (Lingman Lake property) (Au) Inc. held a 100% interest in the Lingman Lake property. (Signature Resources Ltd., NR, Jan. 24, 2014). Company announced filing of REP on Lingman Lake property (Signature Resources Ltd., NR, Jan. 29, 2014) Company announced closing of private placement for gross proceeds of $192 600 (Signature Resources Ltd., NR, Nov. 21, 2014) 40 Skyharbour Resources Ltd. (SYH) Dent, Mitchell, Agnew Skyharbour will not proceed with sale of South Bay copper-zinc (South Bay property) townships project to Cypress Development Corp. (Base metals) (Skyharbour Resources Ltd., NR, Mar. 18, 2014) 41 Sphere Resources Inc. (SPH.H) / Dome, Heyson, Byshe IP geophysical survey rescheduled for winter of 2014–2015 Duncan Park Holdings Corp. (DPH) townships (Sphere Resources Inc., MD&A, May 28, 2014) (Dome property) (Au) 42 Sphere Resources Inc. (SPH.H) / Heyson, Dome, Byshe Sphere relinquished its rights to the property to Duncan Park Duncan Park Holdings Corp. (DPH) townships (Sphere Resources Inc., MD&A, May 28, 2014) (McManus property) (Au) 43 Sphere Resources Inc. (SPH.H) Fairlie Township Company has relinquished its interest in the Alcourt property (Alcourt property) (Au) (Sphere Resources Inc., MD&A, May 28, 2014) 44 Tri-Origin Exploration (TOE) Willans Township, Company compiled geological data and selected new target areas (Red Lake extension–RLX) Otter Lake Area, for 2015 South of Otter Lake (Tri-Origin Exploration Limited, MD&A, Feb. 25, 2014) Area (Au) 45 West Red Lake Gold Mines Inc. (RLG) Todd, Ball townships DDH(10)=1416 m (formerly Hy Lake Gold Inc.) (Au) Company completed fall DD program (Rowan Lake Mine property) (West Red Lake Gold Mines Inc., MD&A, Sept. 30, 2014)

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Figure 3. The Red Lake District and index map for Figures 4 to 7.

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Red Lake Greenstone Belt Exploration in the Red Lake District decreased from previous years during 2014. Table 5 lists the companies and individuals who reported some activity on their property during 2013; several are described in more detail in the following pages.

Work on significant discoveries from 2004 and 2005 continued in 2014 and 2 projects have Advanced Exploration status: Rubicon Minerals Corporation’s Phoenix gold project (see “Rubicon Minerals Corporation”) and Goldcorp Inc.’s Cochenour project (see “Goldcorp Inc.”). Other projects have been advanced to the point of NI 43-101– compliant Mineral Resource Estimates (see Table 12).

Figure 4. Red Lake District (north part): exploration activity (see Table 5) and property examinations (see Table 8) (bedrock geology from Ontario Geological Survey 2011).

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Figure 5. Red Lake greenstone belt: exploration activity (see Table 5) and active mines (bedrock geology from OGS 2011).

Figure 6. Birch–Uchi greenstone belt: exploration activity (see Table 5) and property visits (see Table 8) (bedrock geology from Ontario Geological Survey 2011).

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GOLDCORP INC. Goldcorp Inc. carried out surface exploration on several projects either by itself or in joint venture with other companies. Table 5 lists the exploration projects and the amount of diamond drilling carried out in 2014. The Cochenour project combines the existing workings of the historic Cochenour–Willans mine with the Bruce Channel gold discovery. Work on the surface facilities and underground exploration continued through the year (see “Goldcorp Inc.”, “Mining Activity”). Exploration remains a focus as drilling of the deposit continues with 8 underground drills having completed 28 337 m in the third quarter 2014, and up to 9 working drills anticipated by the end of 2014. Preliminary results have been consistent with expectations (Goldcorp Inc., Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the 3 months ending September 30, 2014).

The major surface exploration activity on the mine site is diamond drilling of the H.G. Young project. A total of 118 drill holes (totalling 72 000 m) were completed in 2014. During the third quarter of 2014, exploration drilling continued from surface on H.G. Young with up to 5 diamond drills, where high-grade results continue to be found. Rehabilitation of the 14 Level of the Campbell Complex will provide access for exploration diamond drilling from underground. This will also provide access for exploration planned in 2015 that will provide further drill access to the H.G. Young area. In other parts of the Red Lake Mine, underground exploration continued on the NXT zone, R zone, FW zone and the PLM zone where numerous economic intersections have been identified (Goldcorp Inc., Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the 3 months ending September 30, 2014).

The Rahill–Bonanza project is situated between the Red Lake Mine complexes and the past-producing Cochenour– Willans Mine in Dome Township. Goldcorp Inc. is the project operator with a 51% interest; Premier Gold Mines Ltd. holds the remaining 49%. The diamond drilling in 2014 tested the deep potential of this target area with 2750 m of diamond drilling in 5 holes. A number of unsuccessful attempts were made at reaching the projected extension of the Wilmar zone target. Progress was limited by the difficulty of drilling through the structurally weak and talc-rich Kovala fault. Drilling of hole 36L794 was completed, however, and successfully tested a geological cross section in an area of

Figure 7. Red Lake greenstone belt: property examinations (see Table 8) (bedrock geology from OGS 2011). (Note: The location of property visit “L” is farther south than can be suitably depicted on this figure.)

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a large information gap in the centre of the joint venture ground. Subsequent to this, the drilling crew was moved out to drill bay #20 in order to drill 5 holes to test previously encountered, and locally high-grade, mineralization (Premier Gold Mines Ltd., Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the 9 months ending September 30, 2014).

The East Bay North property, located in Bateman Township, is a joint venture between Goldcorp Inc., as operator (holding 65% interest), and Premier Gold Mines Ltd. (holding 35% interest). The property is located to the north of Rubicon Minerals Corporation’s Phoenix gold project and covers approximately 8 km of the East Bay ultramafic horizon. Exploration in 2014 included a total of 2800 m of diamond drilling in 5 holes. Three target areas were included in the program that focussed within the Footwall structure drilled in previous programs (Premier Gold Mines Ltd., Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the 3 months ending March 31, 2014). Gold mineralization has been intersected in the footwall of the East Bay ultramafic horizon over a strike length of approximately 1500 m and to depths of up to 800 m. Assay values as high as 10.26 g/t Au across 3.0 m were intersected in a new area approximately 1 km north of the FW Main zone (Premier Gold Mines Ltd., news release, June 27, 2013).

Premier subsequently entered into an agreement to “increase to 100% its interest in the past-producing Hasaga property [in Red Lake] from Goldcorp Inc. In exchange, Premier will assign to Goldcorp its 35% participating interest in the East Bay property and its 100% interest in the PQ-North Property located near Goldcorp’s Musselwhite Mine. The Rahill–Bonanza Joint Venture will remain in good standing, with Premier continuing to hold a 49% interest.” (Premier Gold Mines Ltd., news release, February 11, 2015)

Goldcorp has other properties in the Red Lake and Birch–Uchi greenstone belts that were not active in 2014. These include the Ben Lake project in Bowerman Township and the Red Lake Townsite project.

RUBICON MINERALS CORPORATION The Phoenix gold project continued to be the focus of exploration for Rubicon Minerals Corporation during 2014. The property contains the historical McFinley shaft and surface infrastructure, where an extensive underground exploration project took place in the 1980s. Rubicon Minerals Corporation acquired the rights to the property in 2002 and discovered the F2 zone in March 2008. Since then, exploration and development work has focussed on the F2 zone with a targeted start of production in late 2015. The project has an approved Closure Plan and is fully permitted to develop, construct and operate a potential milling and mining facility (Rubicon Minerals Corporation, news release, November 13, 2012).

An updated Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) and updated NI 43-101–compliant resource estimate for the Main domain was completed, based on an additional 116 000 m of additional drilling (Rubicon Minerals Corporation, news release, June 25, 2013).

Classification Tonnes Grade (g/t Au) Contained Gold (ounces) Indicated Resource 4 120 000 8.52 1 129 000 Inferred Resource 7 450 000 9.26 2 219 000

Highlights of the Preliminary Economic Assessment include (based on a gold price of US$1385 per ounce) • a cut-off grade of 4 g/t Au • an average production of 165 300 ounces gold per year • a grade of 8.06 g/t Au • payback period of 3.7 years • a mine life of 13.25 years

The company commenced stockpiling of gold-mineralized material from underground stope development and projected initial production is expected mid-2015. The mill will be fully commissioned in the second quarter of 2015 (Rubicon Minerals Corp., news release, December 18, 2014). Project capital expenditures from October 1, 2011 to November 30, 2013 totalled approximately CDN $299 million; total capital expenditures remaining to production in 2015 are estimated to be approximately CDN $85 million (Rubicon Minerals Corp., news release, December 18, 2014).

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Rubicon Minerals Corporation has a large property base in the Red Lake camp in addition to the Phoenix gold project. Due to Rubicon’s focus on developing the Phoenix gold project, exploration of these other properties has been temporarily put on hold. Nonetheless, surface drilling of the F2 deposit continued, with the company completing a total of 38 holes (totalling 5835 m) from the ice of East Bay. This program was part of a larger, underground in-fill diamond-drilling effort (totalling approximately 33 000 m) designed to convert a portion of Inferred mineral resources to Indicated resources, and potentially add Inferred resources to known mineral resources (Rubicon Minerals Corp., Management’s Discussion and Analysis, May 12, 2014). At year-end, there were 106 Rubicon Minerals Corporation employees and 269 contractors on site (staff, Rubicon Minerals Corporation, personal communication, 2015).

PURE GOLD MINING INC. Pure Gold Mining Inc.’s (“PGM”) Madsen project consists of a 4000 ha land package that hosts the past- producing Madsen, Starratt–Olsen, Buffalo and Faulkenham mines. The Madsen project currently has 3 236 000 t at 8.93 g/t Au in the NI 43-101–compliant Indicated Resources category and 788 000 t at 11.74 g/t Au in the Inferred Resources category (Claude Resources Inc., news release, December 7, 2009). In 2013, Laurentian Goldfields Ltd. acquired a 100% interest in the property from Claude Resources Inc. (Laurentian Goldfields Ltd., news release, March 4, 2014). Laurentian Goldfields Ltd. subsequently changed its name to Pure Gold Mining Inc. (Laurentian Goldfields Ltd., news release, June 25, 2014). The company embarked on a $4.0 million program of diamond drilling, re-logging and sampling historic drill core, compiling historic geologic data, conducting structural mapping, a 1643 line-kilometres, helicopter-borne geophysical survey and a geochemical soil and rock sampling program designed to expand and delineate targets along the 12 km long Madsen mine trend and the 10 km long ultramafic contact within the Madsen property. The 2014 diamond-drilling program comprised 24 holes, totalling 6898 m, completed on the McVeigh Ramp, Fork zone, Junction, Point and Fork zone target areas (Pure Gold Mining Inc., news release, October 29, 2014); significant results include the following: • Diamond drilling in the Fork zone identified a silicified feeder structure, 1 to 3 m in true width, which has been delineated for approximately 275 m along strike and to a depth of 200 m. Three of the 7 drill holes that intersected the structure returned visible gold (holes PG14-006, PG14-009 and PG14-011), including 14.6 g/t Au over 1.8 m from hole PG14-006. • Limited drilling at McVeigh Ramp intersected multiple mineralized horizons of garnet and biotite alteration representing the McVeigh, Austin and South Austin horizons. Significant assays included 8.3 g/t Au over 2.0 m and 5.3 g/t Au over 5.0 m. The company has proposed a winter diamond-drilling program to commence in the first quarter of 2015. The Russet South and Fork zone areas will be the planned targets along the ultramafic contact (Pure Gold Mining Inc., news release, October 23, 2014).

Birch–Uchi and Confederation Greenstone Belts The Birch–Uchi and Confederation greenstone belts are geologically similar to the Red Lake greenstone belt, except that they have a much larger proportion of Neoarchean Confederation assemblage supracrustal rocks; only a small proportion of Mesoarchean rocks (the Woman and Narrow Lake assemblages) have been identified in these 2 belts (Sanborn-Barrie, Skulski and Parker 2004). A large amount of mafic metavolcanic rock is exposed in the Birch Lake area and in the eastern extension of the belt toward the district boundary west of Root Lake. Rare element-enriched, S-type granite and associated rare-element pegmatites have been reported by Breaks, Selway and Tindle (2003); the pegmatites along the eastward extension of the Confederation greenstone belt have been the focus of some exploration work. Both gold and base metals have been historically produced (see Tables 3 and 6), but there are no currently producing mines. While large areas of ground are held, exploration activity here is not as intense as that in the Red Lake greenstone belt. During the year, 3 companies carried out field programs in the Birch–Uchi and Confederation greenstone belts. Gold Canyon Resources Inc. has the most advanced project, the Springpole Lake gold property in the Casummit Lake area, where aquatic habitat surveys were completed and environmental assessment for its access corridor was also successfully terminated. Exploration activities are summarized in Table 5.

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GOLD CANYON RESOURCES INC.–SPRINGPOLE GOLD PROJECT Gold Canyon Resources Inc. has an extensive land package in the eastern Birch Lake area, including the Springpole gold project and the Horseshoe Island project.

The company completed a “Final Environmental Study Report on the Springpole Gold Access Corridor Project”, which comprises an access corridor, utilizing existing logging roads, to the Springpole site. The access road would facilitate ongoing exploration and future potential development of the project. Three years of environmental baseline studies were completed in 2014. Initial discussions have been held with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) to review the findings of these surveys and discuss next steps toward a fisheries offset agreement, a key item necessary to move the Springpole project forward (Gold Canyon Resources Inc., news release, November 5, 2014).

A Preliminary Economic Assessment was completed by SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc. (Arseneau et al. 2013; Gold Canyon Resources Inc., news release, March 25, 2013), using the NI 43-101–compliant resource estimate of Arseneau and Nowak (2012):

Category Quantity Grade Contained Metal (million tonnes) Gold Silver Gold Silver (g/t Au) (g/t Ag) (million ounces) (million ounces) Indicated 128.2 1.07 5.7 4.41 23.8 Inferred 25.7 0.83 3.2 0.69 2.7

Project parameters include an open-pit mining scenario and conventional milling, at a production rate of 20 000 tonnes per day, with a total of 72.4 million tonnes of mineralized material mined and processed during project life. Metal prices were assumed to be $US1300 per ounce gold and $US25 per ounce silver (Gold Canyon Resources Inc., news release, March 25, 2013).

Table 6. Metal production other than gold in the Red Lake District to December 31, 2014.

Mine Years of Production Ore Milled Production (1) (Short Tons) Metal Quantity Grade Berens River 1939–1948 560 607 Silver 5 796 177 oz 10.34 opt Lead 6 105 872 lbs (2) Zinc 1 797 091 lbs (2, 3) South Bay 1971–1980 1 637 948 Silver 2 876 878 oz 1.76 opt (4) Zinc 158 079 tons (5) Copper 22 604 tons (5) Griffith 1968–1986 Iron 22 850 000 tons pellets 66.7% (pellets) 82 031 500 tons ore (6) 30% (ore) (6) Notes: 1) Production figures from Mineral Deposit Inventory (MDI; OGS 2014). Abbreviations: lbs = pounds; opt = ounces per ton; oz = ounce(s). 2) Several different total production figures are found in different sources due to information restrictions during World War II; these figures are from Shklanka (1969). 3) Zinc was only produced in 1942–1945. 4) Average grade over mine life. 5) Zinc and copper concentrate. 6) Estimated from pellet production.

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Northern Greenstone Belts In the Red Lake District, the northern greenstone belts include those metavolcanic belts formed on rifted continental crust of the North Caribou terrane (i.e., McInnes Lake, North Spirit Lake, Setting Net Lake, Favourable Lake, Sandy Lake, Muskrat Dam Lake, Sachigo Lake and Lingman Lake greenstone belts), and greenstone belts within the Stull– Oxford terrane that formed as products of juvenile ocean floor–arc volcanism (i.e., Stull Lake, Ellard Lake greenstone belts; Sanborn-Barrie et al. 2005). Several companies hold claims in the northern terranes, either individually or in joint-venture agreements; information on current activity is summarized in Table 5.

The lack of all-weather roads, infrastructure and logistical difficulties has always made the northern greenstone belts less attractive than the generally road-accessible Red Lake and Birch–Uchi greenstone belts. In spite of this, some companies have ongoing exploration programs in this area. While precious metals are the primary target in the northern greenstone belts, rare element-bearing pegmatites, base metals, molybdenum, uranium and iron have all been identified here.

• Goldeye Explorations Limited completed a diamond-drilling program near Sandy Lake First Nation, on the Weebigee project; • Houston Lake Mining Inc. continued work on its Pakeagama Lake pegmatite, carrying out a channel sampling and diamond-drilling program; • Golden Share Mining Corp. is still evaluating the past-producing Berens River Mine and released a NI 43-101–compliant report on the property.

Even though some areas of the northern greenstone belts are under exploration and/or mining moratoria from one or more First Nation communities, work continues on several projects under agreements with individual communities.

HOUSTON LAKE MINING INC.–PAK RARE METALS PROJECT Houston Lake Mining Inc.’s PAK rare metals project is approximately 160 km north of Red Lake and is accessible by air or winter road. The company has held the claims and has been actively exploring the property since 1999. The property consists of 1792 ha at the western end of Pakeagama Lake, covering the known pegmatite and its host rocks. The original discovery was made by the Ontario Geological Survey in the 1990s (Breaks, Selway and Tindle 2003). Previous geological mapping identified mineralogically distinct zones. Recent property-scale mapping by Houston Lake has refined the geological interpretation of zonation within the pegmatite. The 3 main pegmatite zones explored by Houston Lake (from northwest to southwest and perpendicular to the strike of the pegmatite) comprise the following: a) central intermediate zone (CIZ; tantalum, rubidium and cesium enriched); b) upper intermediate zone (UIZ; lithium and rubidium enriched); and c) lower intermediate zone (LIZ; lithium and rubidium enriched). There is also a Wall zone and Border zone, but their extent is limited. The property deposit model is a highly evolved, granitic, rare-element lithium-cesium-tantalum-bearing (LCT), complex type – spodumene or petalite subtype pegmatite, similar to the Tanco pegmatite in the Bird River greenstone belt in southeastern Manitoba (McCracken 2014).

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In January 2015, Houston Lake released an upgraded NI 43-101–compliant resource estimate for the PAK rare metals project. There is an Indicated mineral resource of 2.45 million tonnes of 1.81% Li2O equivalent (Eq) at 0.4% Li2O, including 1.78 million tonnes at 2.4% Li2O Eq in technical-grade lithium zones with low-iron spodumene, and an Inferred mineral resource of 5.91 million tonnes at 2.01% Li2O Eq, including 5.57 million tonnes at 2.11% Li2O Eq in technical-grade lithium zones with low-iron spodumene (Houston Lake Mining Inc., news release, January 28, 2015).

Resource Commodity Zone Tonnes Li2O Ta2O5 Cs2O Rb2O Contained Contained Li2O Eq Category (× 1000) (%) (ppm) (%) (%) Li2O (t) Ta2O5 (t) (%) INDICATED Li Upper intermediate (UIZ) 375 3.63 58 0.03 0.14 13 363 22 N/A

Li Lower intermediate (LIZ) 1405 1.82 92 0.03 0.31 25 603 129 N/A (cut-off 0.4% Li2O) Total lithium zones 1780.2 2.20 85 0.03 0.27 39 238 151 2.40 Ta, Rb Central intermediate (CIZ) 668.2 n/a 113 0.08 0.63 N/A 75 n/a Li, Ta, Rb Bulk pegmatite 2448.4 1.60 92 0.05 0.37 39 238 226 1.81 INFERRED Li Upper intermediate (UIZ) 426 3.23 66 0.04 0.17 13 767 26 N/A

Li Lower intermediate (LIZ) 5.145 1.75 111 0.03 0.30 90 220 573 N/A (cut-off 0.4% Li2O) Total lithium zones 5571 1.87 108 0.03 0.29 103 987 601 2.11 Ta, Rb Central intermediate (CIZ) 338 N/A 117 0.08 0.60 N/A 40 N/A Li, Ta, Rb Bulk pegmatite 5909 1.76 108 0.04 0.31 103 987 640 2.01 Chemical element symbols: Cs, cesium; Li, lithium; O, oxygen; Rb, rubidium; Ta, tantalum. Source: from Houston Lake Mining Inc., news release, January 28, 2015.

The 2014 exploration work concentrated on the upper intermediate, central intermediate and lower intermediate zones. During the winter of 2014, Houston Lake carried out a 7-hole diamond-drilling program, totalling 1500 m (Houston Lake Mining Inc., news release, March 26, 2014), followed by a surface channel-sampling program in August 2014 (Houston Lake Mining Inc., news release, December 16, 2014) to further delineate the resource. Results of the drilling were released several times during 2014 as analyses became available. The drilling increased the known strike length of the pegmatite to 400 m. The width is 40 to 125 m and the mineralization is open along strike and depth. Zones of sodic aplite are present in all holes and vary in width from tens of centimetres to several metres, and contain significant concentrations of tantalum, rubidium and cesium (Houston Lake Mining Inc., news release, December 16, 2014). This same news release has a channel sample assay of 8.0 m of 4.46% Li2O.

In a significant development, an electron probe microanalyzer (“electron microprobe”) study indicated low inherent iron spodumene in the lithium zones at the Pakeagama Lake pegmatite (Houston Lake Mining Inc., news release, June 11, 2014) . The spodumene from the spodumene-dominant upper intermediate zone had the lowest iron, with averages ranging from 0.04 to 0.05 weight % total iron oxide (Fe2O3) based on a detection limit of 0.03 weight %. A technical- or ceramic-grade, low-iron spodumene is used in specialty glass and ceramics and commands a higher value that regular iron spodumene. Li2O content of the central intermediate zone is predominantly associated with lithian micas and, without metallurgical testing, is not considered recoverable. Rb2O, similarly, may not be recoverable from the upper and lower intermediate zones (Houston Lake Mining Inc., news release, January 28, 2015).

GOLDEYE EXPLORATIONS LIMITED–WEEBIGEE PROJECT Goldeye’s Weebigee project is located in the Sandy Lake greenstone belt, 227 km north of Red Lake, adjacent to Sandy Lake First Nation. It comprises 363 claims, totaling approximately 6000 ha. After a long period of negotiations, Goldeye and Sandy Lake First Nation entered into an Exploration Agreement on November 12, 2013. The property contains several historic gold showings (Figure 8) in the Northwest Arm of Sandy Lake. A summer 2013 work program included channel sampling, detailed mapping, line cutting, and induced polarization and magnetic surveys in the Northwest Arm area of the property. Channel sampling in 2013 returned significant gold values (over lengths <1 m) including 20.9 g/t Au, 22.0 g/t Au and 34.1 g/t Au at Knoll and up to 43.5 g/t Au at Bernadette (Goldeye Explorations Ltd., news release, December 2, 2013).

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Goldeye completed a winter drilling program in 2014, drilling 23 holes for a total of 2219 m (Goldeye Explorations Ltd., news release, April 3, 2014). A description follows of the zones identified to date (from Goldeye Explorations Ltd., www.goldeye.ca/project_weebigee.asp [accessed March 23, 2015]: Knoll Zone: At Knoll, zoned alteration, consisting of outer biotite and inner silica-carbonate-sericite assemblages, host gold-bearing multiphase quartz flooding and quartz tourmaline veining. Sulphide assemblages range from pyrite dominant, to pyrrhotite-chalcopyrite dominant. Arsenopyrite is a very minor sulphide phase, occurring locally as very fine needles associated with grey, pervasive quartz flooding. ... Knoll consists of a steeply dipping, highly altered and quartz-veined high-strain zone within a package of broadly biotite-altered, felsic quartz-feldspar crystal tuff. The hanging wall contact of the main gold zone is marked by a late mafic to ultramafic dyke. Bernadette Zone: At Bernadette, crack and seal style quartz veins returned significant gold values (drill hole BK14-03). Silica-carbonate ... alteration [is] restricted to relatively narrow, bleached haloes, or are entirely absent around each discrete vein. RvG4: A significant gold intersection (23.15 g/t over 3.97 m) was drilled at RvG4, on strike and 500 m NW of Knoll. The relationship between RvG4 and Knoll zones is not yet known, however alteration, quartz veining, and host lithologies are similar. There are a number of occurrences of visible gold in drill core between 43 and 62 m downhole in drill hole BK14-18 (RvG4). Fold Nose: Another area of interest tested during this program was an interpreted fold nose located beneath the Northwest Arm of Sandy Lake. This structure has been defined by ground and airborne magnetic surveys. Hole BK14-19 was drilled from the ice across a discordant feature along the fold nose. Highly altered (hematite, serpentine, magnetite) ultramafic and biotite-rich sedimentary rocks were intersected throughout the hole. Detailed magnetic surveys are planned to further refine drill targets along this regional structure.

Goldeye Explorations Ltd. appointed Russell Kakepetum to the Board of Directors of the Company. Russell Kakepetum is a member of the Sandy Lake First Nation and is a Band Councillor (Goldeye Explorations Ltd., news release, December 16, 2014).

Figure 8. Location map for properties forming the Weebigee project, Goldeye Explorations Limited (from Goldeye Explorations Limited, www.goldeye.ca/project_weebigee_othermaps.asp, select “Property Map” [accessed March 23, 2015]).

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GOLDEN SHARE MINING CORPORATION–BERENS RIVER PROJECT Golden Share Mining Corporation has a 100% interest in 30 unpatented mining claims in the Setting Net Lake and North Trout Lake claim map areas, approximately 200 km north of Red Lake. The property comprises a north claim block, hosting the past-producing Berens River Mine, and a south block that contains a number of historic mineral occurrences. An additional block of 9 claims was staked to connect the 2 blocks, bringing the total number of claims to 30. The past-producing Berens River Mine (also known as the Zahavy Mine, Favourable Lake Mine or Golsil Mine) operated between 1939 and 1948, and produced gold, silver, lead and zinc (see Tables 3 and 6) from a polymetallic vein system (Lichtblau et al. 2010). For the geology and history of the Berens River Mine, see Lichtblau et al. (2010: “Property Examinations”, “Berens River Mine” by C.C. Storey).

Exploration work during 2014 consisted of lithogeochemical sampling of some of the historic mineralized zones and showings on the north claim block; reconnaissance mapping and lithogeochemical sampling of the south claim block focussed on reported historic mineral occurrences (Huss 2014). On the north block, work concentrated on resampling diamond-drill core from the 2013 drilling program and sampling several of the previously reported vein systems and showings. Seven reported historic mineral occurrences on the south block were examined and sampled. The results of major and trace element analyses, along with sample descriptions and locations are found in Huss (2014). The following summary is compiled from that report.

In the Northern block, 2 specific veins, originally grouped with the Berens River Mine vein system, were sampled approximately 2.5 km south of Berens River Vein No.3. The mineralization consists of up to 3% pyrite plus sphalerite in quartz veins and breccias up to 40 cm wide, hosted in dacites and silicified tuffs. Highlights of the sampling include • Vein No.9: 0.98 g/t Au, 36.10 g/t Ag, 0.09% Cu and 0.25% Zn • Vein No.14: 0.44 g/t Au, 13.10 g/t Ag, 0.20 % Cu and 0.35 % Zn 0.10 g/t Au, 40.50 g/t Ag, 0.04% Cu and 0.61% Zn

In the Southern block, 3 specific areas highlight a mineralized system within the northern section of the Southern intrusive, a predominantly dioritic to quartz dioritic stock, locally hosting granitic phases. In the sampled area, this intrusion is approximately 1 km wide, with the Young occurrence located on the west flank, whereas the Newconex and Geotest prospects are situated at the eastern margin of the intrusion. The mineralization consists principally of pyrite ± chalcopyrite, with locally up to 50% total sulphides. Specific to this area, is the presence of arsenopyrite, from trace amounts to massive pods. This mineralization is associated with northwest-trending shear zones and quartz veins parallel to a regional, northwest-trending structure. Highlights of the sampling included

• Young occurrence: 38.50 g/t Au, 497.00 g/t Ag and 5.10 % Cu 26.10 g/t Au, 103.00 g/t Ag, 2.44 % Cu and 0.21 % Zn 23.60 g/t Au, 169.00 g/t Ag, 1.86 % Cu and 1.13 % Zn 21.10 g/t Au, 535.00 g/t Ag, 5.23 % Cu and 0.34 % Zn • Newconex occurrence: 8.68 g/t Au, 19.50 g/t Ag and 0.29 % Cu 1.13 g/t Au, 28.10 g/t Ag, 0.29 % Cu and 0.21 % Zn • Geotest occurrence: 5.81 g/t Au and 3.90 g/t Ag 5.20 g/t Au and 2.80 g/t Ag 2.11 g/t Au and 8.40 g/t Ag

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RESIDENT GEOLOGIST STAFF AND ACTIVITIES In 2014, staff of the Red Lake Resident Geologist’s office comprised Andreas Lichtblau, P.Geo., Regional Resident Geologist; Carmen Storey, P.Geo., District Geologist; and Syed Ali, District Geological Assistant (January to October 6, 2014). Syed Ali was Mineral Deposit Compilation Geologist – Northwestern Ontario (Acting) from January to June. Tracy Jeffries worked on contract from January to June as District Geological Assistant. Wendy Peters worked on contract as District Geological Assistant from October 29 to January 16, 2015. A.F. Lichtblau took the position of Northeast Manager (Acting) from January 27 to July 25, 2014. C.C. Storey took the position of Regional Resident Geologist (Acting) from February 24 to July 25, 2014.

During the year, staff of the Resident Geologist’s office made 24 visits to active and inactive mineral properties, core shacks and research sites in the Red Lake and Kenora districts and gave 2 field trips to exploration industry personnel in the Red Lake and Kenora districts. Field and office activities focussed on delivering high-quality services, data and expertise to the exploration and mining sector, First Nations, municipalities, and provincial and federal agencies. C.C. Storey, A.F. Lichtblau and S. Ali organized the very well-attended annual Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIMM) Red Lake Branch Exploration Roundup and Field Trip in June in Red Lake, which included an overview of exploration activity in the Red Lake District, talks by industry representatives from Goldcorp Red Lake Gold Mines and Laurentian Goldfields (now Pure Gold Mining Corp.), a presentation by Cailey Anderson of the MNDM, Mineral Development and Lands Branch in Thunder Bay, and CIMM Distinguished Lecturer Garth Kirkham on NI 43-101 Mineral Resource Estimation and CIMM Best Practices. A field trip to see outcrops around the old Cochenour–Willans tailings facility and a large stripped outcrop near the Cochenour headframe, led by Mark Epp of Goldcorp Red Lake Gold Mines, was held in the afternoon. There were 45 people at the morning session and 15 for the field trip.

A.F. Lichtblau attended the Resident Geologist Program meeting in Sudbury in February, the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) Convention in March, the Northwestern Ontario Mines and Minerals Symposium in Thunder Bay and the Northeastern Ontario Mines and Minerals Symposium in Timmins both in April, the Kenora RGP Exploration Information session in Dryden in July, and the Manitoba Mines and Minerals Symposium in Winnipeg in November. He continued to be actively involved in the Red Lake Branch of CIMM as membership chair. C.C. Storey attended the Resident Geologist Program meeting in Sudbury in February, the Northwestern Ontario Mines and Minerals Symposium in Thunder Bay in April, the Kenora RGP Exploration Information session in Dryden in July, the Ontario Exploration and Geoscience Symposium and the Laurentian University Mineral Exploration Research Centre (MERC) Exploration Workshop both in Sudbury in November, and the Lakehead University Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) Student Chapter Volcanogenic Massive Sulphides Exploration session in Thunder Bay in November. He continued to be actively involved in Red Lake Branch of CIMM and was re-elected as Technical Program Chair for the current year. S. Ali attended the Resident Geologist Program meeting in Sudbury in February, the Northwestern Ontario Mines and Minerals Symposium in Thunder Bay in April, and the Kenora RGP Exploration Information session in Dryden in July.

Tracy Jeffries attended the Northwestern Ontario Mines and Minerals Symposium in Thunder Bay in April.

Drill Core Storage Site The remote diamond-drill core storage compound is located 6 km south of Red Lake, on Highway 105. The compound is operated as a self-serve facility by the Red Lake Resident Geologist’s office. The Kenora Drill Core Library houses an additional 14 529.9 m of diamond-drill core from the Red Lake District. Preparations to pour a concrete pad to support additional core racks began in October. Work on obtaining additional steel core racks and rehabilitating old core in poor condition is ongoing.

In 2014, the remote drill-core facility had 7 users. The continuing downturn in exploration activity was reflected in the amount of usage of the core facility. Industry visits usually extend over several days, involving examining, relogging and sampling core that would be otherwise unavailable. C.C. Storey sampled granitoid rocks from some of the core as part of ongoing research into rare earth and rare element exploration potential.

No new core was added during 2014, but there is additional diamond-drill core from industry projects stored at the site that has yet to be incorporated into the collection (and, thus, to be added to Table 7). The core lengths listed in Table 7 are the total lengths of core submitted rather than the total length of the original holes.

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Table 7. Drill core stored at the Red Lake Resident Geologist’s office remote drill-core compound.

Company Property Township/Area Length (m) Ansil Resources Ltd. Baird Township Baird Township 177.9 Ansil Resources Ltd. Willans Township Willans Township 351 Ansil Resources Ltd. Ranger Lake Ranger Township 245 Asarco Exploration Co. of Canada Ltd. Skinner, Goodall Skinner and Goodall townships 444.0 Barrick Gold Corp. Hasaga Mine Heyson Township 2889.8 Barrick Gold Corp. Red Lake Gold Shore Mine Dome Township 106.7 Barrick Gold Corp. Red Lake Gold Shore Mine Dome Township 257.6 Belmont Resources Inc. / Walsh Lake Bateman Township 474.0 International Montoro Resources Inc. Belmont Resources Inc. / Shaver Lake Bateman and Shaver townships 882.2 International Montoro Resources Inc. Canadian Industrial Minerals Corp. Bouzan Lake Heyson Township 2029.2 CANMET Howey and Howey–Hasaga Heyson Township 1027.2 Hasaga Mine Hazards Drilling Central Geophysics Ltd. Conifer Lake Complex Sumach Lake Area 170.8 Cross Lake Minerals Ltd. Gerry Lake Gerry Lake Area 981.0 Cypress Development Corp. / McKenzie Island Dome Township 3059.9 Skyharbour Resources Ltd. Cypress Development Corp. / McKenzie Island Dome Township 2081.8 Skyharbour Resources Ltd. East West Resource Corp. Bouzan Lake Heyson Township 1489.5 Freewest Resources Ltd. McQuaig property Dome Township 993.1 Hemlo Gold Mines Ltd. Miles Red Lake Todd Township 369.3 ITL Capital Corp. / Rupert Resources Ltd. Durham–McEwen Balmer Township 1682.5 Lac Properties Ltd. Hasaga Mine: time-domain Heyson Township 33.7 reflectometry (TDR) cables installed in the Crown Pillar *Laurentian Goldfields Ltd. Goldpines South project Cabin Bay Area 882 *Laurentian Goldfields Ltd. Goldpines North project Bruce Lake Area 1391.5 Loydex Resources Inc. Bug River Heyson Township 190 Mutual Resources Ltd. Dixie Lake Dixie Lake Area 499.3 Noramco Explorations Inc. Various Ball, Balmer, Byshe, Dome, Fairlie, Goodall, 31 268.6 Honeywell, McDonough, Ranger, Skinner, Todd townships; Shabumeni Lake Area Noranda Exploration Company Ltd. Selco Dixie Joint Venture South of Otter Lake and Karas Lake areas 1638.2 Pure Gold Resources Inc. McKenzie Island Dome Township 1762.4 Rio Algom Exploration Co. Ltd. Fly Lake Mitchell Township 731.0 **Skyharbour Resources Ltd. Heyson Heyson and Byshe townships 2018.2 **Skyharbour Resources Ltd. Heyson Heyson and Byshe townships 731.0 **Skyharbour Resources Ltd. / Sidace Lake property Sobeski Lake Area 2215.7 Consolidated Abaddon Resources Inc. **Skyharbour Resources Ltd. / Black Bear property Black Bear Lake Area 694.9 Consolidated Abaddon Resources Inc. Solitaire Minerals Corp. / Chukuni property Byshe Township 391.3 Ashburton Ventures Inc. Teck Exploration Ltd. Howey Mine Heyson Township 7255.5 Tri Origin Exploration Ltd. RLX property Willans Township 686.5 Tri Origin Exploration Ltd. RLX property Willans Township 120.0 Tri Origin Exploration Ltd. RLX property South of Otter Lake Area 32.3 Tri Origin Exploration Ltd. RLX property Willans Township 837.0 Tri Origin Exploration Ltd. RLX property Willans Township 828.5 Tri Origin Exploration Ltd. Sky Lake property Matapesatakun Bay Area 1180.0 United Reef Petroleums Limited Aiken–Russett Baird Township 8154.0 Western Pacific Energy Corp. Swain Lake Goodall Township 1936.2 TOTAL 87 115.3 *2013 submission; **length is total length of hole including overburden.

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PROPERTY EXAMINATIONS Table 8 lists the property visits conducted by staff in 2014 in the Red Lake District. Locations, keyed to the property letters, are shown in Figures 6 and 7.

Table 8. Property visits conducted by the Red Lake Regional Resident Geologist and staff in 2014 (keyed to Figures 6 and 7). Property visits without letter codes were carried out in the Kenora District.

Letter Property Location See Figure A Rowan Todd Township 7 B Mount Jamie Todd Township 7 C Red Crest Todd Township 7 D Leonard Sadler Bay Todd Township 7 E Altura (visit attempted, but ground conditions prevented access) Fairlie Township 7 F North Shore Rust Fairlie Township 7 G Humlin trenches Fairlie Township 7 H Condor Precious Metals Inc. Wolf zone Dent Township 6 I Condor Precious Metals Inc. Wolf zone sulphide trench Dent Township 6 J Condor Precious Metals Inc. Wolf zone quartz trench Dent Township 6 K South Bay Mine Dent Township 6 L Tide Road reconnaissance Campfire Lake Area [7*] M Newman–Todd Todd Township 7 N Condor Precious Metals Inc. Main shear Corless Township 6 O Condor Precious Metals Inc. Molly zone Corless Township 6 P Condor Precious Metals Inc. Narrow Lake Skinner Township 6 Q South Bay Mine lake sediment Dent Township 6 R Griffith Mine Bruce Lake Area 7 S Laurentian Camping Lake Area 7 T Ear Falls Airport Dixie Lake Area 7 U Derlak property Heyson Township 7 Port Arthur copper Little Turtle Lake Nixon uranium Langton Township Rocky Islet Stanjicoming Bay Area Smith–Cousineau molybdenum Halkirk Township * South of area depicted in Figure 7.

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South Bay Mine (C.C. Storey) The South Bay Mine is situated on the shore of Confederation Lake in southeastern Dent Township. The property is accessible by a gravel road that extends northeast from Ear Falls on Highway 105. The mine produced 1 637 948 tons of zinc-copper-silver ore from a volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposit between 1971 and 1981. Two concentrates were produced: a copper-silver concentrate shipped to the Noranda Mines smelter in Rouyn-Noranda, Québec; and a zinc concentrate shipped to western Europe (Thurston et al. 1978). Over the mine life, average grades were 1.8% Cu, 11.06% Zn and 2.12 ounces per ton silver (Atkinson, Parker and Storey 1991). The deposit is hosted in felsic metavolcanic and related felsic intrusive rocks of the circa 2.76 Ma Confederation assemblage. The area has been mapped at reconnaissance scale by Greig (1928), Bruce (1929) and Bateman (1940). Mapping by Bruce (1929) and Bateman (1940) showed a large body of porphyry and quartz porphyry at the present- day mine site. Detailed geological mapping of Dent Township by Pryslak (1970) and Rogers (2002) shows the mine site to be underlain by felsic metavolcanic rocks and intrusive quartz-feldspar porphyry. A geological compilation by Thurston (1984) essentially showed the same lithologies as Pryslak (1970). Detailed geology of the deposit and its immediate surroundings is described by Wan and Warburton (1979), Thurston et al. (1978) and Pollock et al. (1972). The Confederation Lake area was the object of gold prospecting shortly after the Red Lake gold rush of 1925–1926. Bruce (1929) described several gold properties with major exploration activities taking place during 1928. His map showed a block of 9 claim units over the later South Bay Mine site, which was apparently held by Dunlop Consolidated Mines Limited. The property was explored for gold in 1927. A large amount of pyrite was found, but it did not carry gold (Bruce 1929). The sulphide bodies that became the South Bay Mine were discovered in 1968 by Selco Exploration Company, following up airborne geophysical anomalies. The massive sulphide bodies are not exposed at surface, but are covered by approximately 6 m of overburden (Thurston et al. 1978). In November 1968, South Bay Mines Limited was incorporated to develop the property and diamond drilling was continued. In May 1969, the property was handed over to Selco Mining and Development Limited. The mine officially opened in 1971. In December 1971, South Bay Mines Limited, Selco Exploration Company Limited and Selco Mining and Development Limited were integrated into Selco Mining Corporation Limited (Ontario Geological Survey 2014: South Bay Mine: MDI52N02SE00012). After the mine closed in May 1981, the surface facilities were removed and equipment salvaged, and openings to the underground workings were sealed. On August 13, 1990, the mining leases were surrendered to the Crown, except for 2 leases covering 5 claim units in the northeastern corner of the property, which had been terminated in June 1989. Subsequently, parts of the property were staked and explored at various times until the present (Table 9).

Table 9. Exploration activities at the South Bay Mine site after the leases were surrendered in 1990.

Abbreviations DDH ...... Diamond-drill hole(s) PEM ...... Pulse electromagnetic survey GL ...... Geological survey Pr ...... Prospecting GM ...... Ground magnetic survey RES ...... Resistivity survey HLEM ...... Horizontal loop electromagnetic survey Samp ...... Sampling (other than bulk) IP ...... Induced polarization survey Str ...... Stripping Lc ...... Line cutting VLF-EM ...... Very low frequency electromagnetic survey

Work Company Year File or AFRO# Pr, Lc, GM, VLF-EM Huston, C.D. 1993, 1994, 1995 OP93-154, OP95-378 GM, HLEM, PEM, DDH, Borehole PEM, GL, Noranda Mining and Exploration Ltd. 1994–1995 2.16473, 2.16753 Lithogeochemistry DDH, Borehole PEM Inmet Mining Corporation 1995–1996 2.17207 GM, Lc Campbell, G. / Hawke, D. 1996 2.17231 PEM, Pr, Samp Confederation Minerals Inc. 1998 2.19113, 2.19920 Samp, Str Skyharbour Development Ltd. 2003 2.26774 Lc, IP, RES Tribute Minerals Corporation 2004 2.27743 DDH Tribute Minerals Corporation 2006 2.31900 IP, RES (Quantec Titan-24) Skyharbour Resources Ltd. 2007 2.39122 DDH Confederation Minerals Inc. 2008 2.39750 GM Tribute Minerals Corporation 2008 2.39698

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The geology of the mine has been described by Wan and Warburton (1979), Thurston et al. (1978) and Pollock et al. (1972). Thurston et al. (1978) provided an extensive bibliography of reports covering the South Bay Mine and the Confederation Lake area. Corkery (1977) described the orebodies. The following description of the mine geology is taken from these sources. Figure 9 shows the surface plan of the mine site and the major rock types. The ore occurs as a series of bulbous, irregular lenses up to 15 m wide, 90 m long and 150 m high. The ore lenses were deformed along with their host rock during regional metamorphism and deformation. They now have a nearly vertical dip and a steep northerly plunge. Figure 10 is an isometric projection of the mine workings as they were circa 1971. There are 2 major orebodies, the No. 1 and No. 2, but, as mining progressed, the complexity of the sulphide lenses became evident and as many as 12 orebodies were identified as both subunits of No. 1 and No. 2 and smaller individual lenses. Pyrite is the dominant sulphide mineral; sphalerite and chalcopyrite are the other principal sulphide minerals. Pyrrhotite, galena, arsenopyrite, cassiterite and silver minerals are minor constituents of the ore. Gangue, making up 5 to 10% of the ore, is composed of dacite and chert fragments, plus quartz and carbonate with minor sericite and

Figure 9. Surface geology of the South Bay Mine (after a compilation by A.P. Pryslak filed with 1971 to 1978 published and unpublished field trip guides to the South Bay Mine).

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chlorite. A laminated texture is characteristic of the ore, with individual layers from a few millimetres to several centimetres in thickness. Metal zoning within the ore lenses was only noted in a limited area of the mine (high-grade zinc overlying lower grade zinc and copper). Much of the ore has been affected by slumping and movement during and after deposition and subsequent deformation, resulting in a mixture of copper-rich and zinc-rich ore. There is a minor amount of stringer ore and quartz-chalcopyrite ore outside the massive sulphide lenses. The quartz-chalcopyrite ore outside the massive sulphide lenses is interpreted to result from late mobilization of copper (Pollock et al. 1972). The immediate host rock to the ore is described as dacite breccia and tuff. This rock contains fragments of felsic volcanic rock up to 3 to 4 cm in size, and fragments of massive pyrite sometimes rimmed by sphalerite. Apparently, these fragments are not derived from the sulphide orebodies, but their origin was not established at the time the mine was in operation. The dacite breccia is altered to a dark chloritic rock similar to the QFP2 unit (described below). In the lower levels of the mine, a unit called cherty argillite is also found in close association with massive ore. The South Bay orebody and its immediate host are located between a large quartz-feldspar porphyry (“QFP”) body to the east and felsic pyroclastic rocks to the west (see Figure 8). The QFP body contains approximately 30% phenocrysts, comprising 2 to 5 mm quartz and 4 to 10 mm feldspar (sodic plagioclase) phenocrysts in a fine-grained siliceous matrix. Alteration near the mine has attacked the plagioclase phenocrysts, converting them to sericite. A highly altered and brecciated form of the QFP body (referred to as “QFP2” in mine terminology) is found closely associated with the sulphide orebodies and the dacite breccia. The QFP2 occupies up to several tens of metres (several hundred feet in the original mine description) of the QFP body up to its contact with the dacite, ore or

Figure 10. Isometric projection of the South Bay Mine circa 1971 (from material, accompanying Wan and Warburton (1979), originally published in 1971 in The Dryden Observer and other publications).

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argillite units. The chlorite content of the QFP2 increases towards the orebodies, forming a braided texture enveloping fragments of QFP body. Disseminated pyrite is common throughout the altered QFP, but local concentrations of pyrite accompanied by minor sphalerite are found in the QFP2. The QFP body is interpreted as a high-level, subvolcanic intrusion that acted as footwall to the massive sulphide bodies. To the west of the mine, felsic pyroclastic rocks, comprising spheroidal and massive rhyolite flows, tuff, breccia and chert, are exposed. In places away from the sulphide bodies, these rocks are in direct contact with the QFP body. Late felsic dikes cut all the lithologies, including the ore. The thicker dikes are feldspar and quartz phyric, commonly with disseminated pyrite.

The alteration envelope surrounding the orebodies is characterized by chlorite, giving the rocks (QFP2 and the dacite breccia) a dark grey-green colour. These 2 lithologies are defined by the presence of extensive chlorite alteration. Sericite alteration is developed in the QFP body and the felsic metavolcanic rocks at the margins of the chlorite zones. Increasing intensity of sericite and mixed sericite and chlorite mark the change from QFP to QFP2. Sericite is also present from the breakdown of feldspar in the host rock (both QFP body and felsic metavolcanic rocks). Carbonate (ankerite) is disseminated in the dacite breccia matrix in the chlorite zone and occurs as fracture fillings in all rock types. The chlorite alteration was particularly significant as a guide to ore in exploration at depth in the mine.

The South Bay Mine is the largest reported massive sulphide body in the Confederation assemblage. The mine was closed in May 1981 due to exhaustion of ore reserves (Durocher and van Haaften 1982) and is now an active rehabilitation site due to acid-generating tailings and waste rock. The property and nearby Confederation assemblage rocks still have exploration potential as shown by recent work by Smith (2008). The entire Confederation assemblage, including its extension into the Red Lake greenstone belt, 100 km to the west, has the potential to host economic VMS-style mineralization.

Base Metal Sulphide Deposits in the Confederation Assemblage Confederation assemblage metavolcanic rocks have been explored for volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) base metal deposits since the early 1960s. The South Bay VMS discovery in 1968 brought on a wave of base metal exploration, particularly in the area south and west of the South Bay Mine. Although several sub-economic deposits and numerous occurrences have been found, only 1 deposit (South Bay Mine) was brought to production. The deposits in Table 10 were compiled from several sources and the available resource estimates for a deposit vary from source to source, depending on when the estimate was made and what cut-off grade was used. Only one of the published resource estimates meets NI 43-101 requirements. The deposit classifications are the same as used in the Mineral Deposit Inventory.

Table 10. Base metal sulphide deposits in Confederation assemblage rocks, compiled from MDI (Ontario Geological Survey 2014), unless another source is indicated.

Name Location Reported Status* Mineral Deposit Additional (NTS Map) Commodity Inventory Number Reference Borgford Lake Dent Township Zn, Cu, Pb, Occurrence MDI52N02NE00061 52N02NE Ag, Au 12.9% Zn, 1.8% Cu, 0.51% Pb, 2.79 opT Ag, 0.01 opT Au Caravelle Gerry Lake Area Zn, Cu Occurrence MDI42C13SW00027 Assessment 52K14NE 4.44% Zn, 0.22% Cu over 1.1 m Files 2.2698, 2.8604, 63.2739 Copper Lode Belanger Township Zn, Cu Developed Prospect with Reserves N/A Harper (1996) Hornet zone 52K15NW 4.07% Zn, 2.3% Cu over 5.03 m 145 000 tonnes (Smith 2008) Copper Lode Belanger Township Zn, Cu Prospect MDI52K15NW00019 Harper (1996) massive sulphides 52K15NW 0.88% Zn, 0.13% Cu over 3.7 m Copper Lode Belanger Township Zn, Cu Occurrence MDI52K15NW00019 MacDougall Stringer zone 52K15NW 2.33% Zn, 0.34% Cu (1993) Copper Lode A Fredart Lake Area Cu, Ag Developed Prospect with Reserves MDI52K15NW00016 Main zone 52K15NW 425 612 tons of 1.56% Cu, 0.98 opT Ag Copper Lode B Belanger Township Zn, Cu Prospect MDI52K15NW00019 MacDougall 52K15NW 1.68% Cu, 2.5% Zn over 6.25 m (1993)

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Name Location Reported Status* Mineral Deposit Additional (NTS Map) Commodity Inventory Number Reference Copper Lode C Belanger Township Cu, Zn Prospect MDI52K15NW00019 MacDougall 52K15NW 6.02% Cu, 0.21% Zn over 1.5 m (1993) Copper Lode D Belanger Township Zn, Cu Prospect MDI52K15NW00019 Assessment File 52K15NW 36 000 tons of 0.26% Cu, 7.58% Zn 2.17097 Copper Lode E Belanger Township Zn, Cu Prospect with Reserves MDI52K15NW00019 Archibald 52K15NW 160 000 tons of 8.28% Zn, 1.02% Cu, (1970) 0.39 opT Ag DDH 3200-2-80 Agnew Township Zn, Cu Occurrence MDI52N02SE00072 52N02SE 1.18% Zn, 0.11% Cu over 0.82 m Diamond Willow Gerry Lake Area Cu, Zn Occurrence N/A Harper (1996) 52K14NE 2.3% Cu, 1.8% Zn over 4.2 m Dixie 17B South of Otter Lake Zn, Cu Occurrence MDI52K14NW00011 52K14NW 7.34% Zn, 1.44% Cu over 31 feet Dixie 18 South of Otter Lake Zn Developed Prospect with Reserves MDI52K14NW00010 Atkinson et al. 52K14NW 150 000 tons of 14% Zn (1993) Dixie 19 South of Otter Lake Zn, Cu, Ag Prospect MDI52KNW00012 52K14NW 1.18% Zn, 0.81% Cu, 24 g/t Ag over 1.3 m Dixie 3 Karas Lake Area Zn, Cu Developed Prospect with Reserves MDI00000000290 Assessment File 52K14SE 91 000 tons of 1% Cu, 10% Zn 2.15981 Fly Lake Mitchell Township Zn, Pb, Cu, Occurrence MDI52N07SE00078 3197-7-80 52N02SE Ag 1.33% Pb, 1.56 opT Ag over 0.15 m 3.63% Zn over 1.24 m 0.49% Cu over 0.49 m Fly Lake Mitchell Township Zn Occurrence MDI52N02SE00062 52N02SE 2.64% Zn over 5.4 feet Fly Lake Mitchell Township Zn, Cu, Ag Occurrence MDI52N02SE00073 UW-36, 37 52N02SE 1.26% Zn, 0.07% Cu, 0.56 opT Ag over 2.3 feet Fly Lake Mitchell Township Cu, Zn, Ag Occurrence MDI52N02SE00074 UW-40, 41 52N02SE 1.27% Cu, 2.86 g/t Ag over 0.57 m 1.63% Cu, 0.23% Zn, 4.63 g/t Ag over 0.64 m Fly Lake Mitchell Township Zn, Cu Occurrence MDI52N02SE00076 FL-90-3 52N02SE 6.48% Zn over 0.5 m 2.77% Cu over 0.9 m Fly Lake Mitchell Township Zn, Pb, Cu Occurrence MDI52N02SE00077 3197-6-80 52N02SE 7.44% Zn over 0.64 m 1.17% Pb over 0.5 m 0.23% Cu over 0.31 m Fly Lake Mitchell Township Zn, Pb, Cu, Occurrence MDI52N02SE00078 3197-7-80 52N02SE Ag 3.63% Zn over 1.24 m 1.33% Pb, 1.56 opT Ag over 0.15 m 0.15% Cu over 0.49 m Garnet Lake Belanger Township Zn, Cu, Ag, Developed Prospect with Reserves MDI52K15NW00017 Carter (2007) Arrow zone 52K15NW Au Indicated Resource (NI 43-101–compliant) 3% Zn equivalent cut-off: 2 071 000 t of 5.92% Zn, 0.75% Cu, 0.58 g/t Au, 21.1 g/t Ag, Indium average value 34.6 g/t Inferred Resource (NI 43-101–compliant) 3% Zn equivalent cut-off: 120 552 t of 2.60% Zn, 0.56% Cu, 0.40 g/t Au and 18.6 g/t Ag George property Knott Township Cu Occurrence MDI000000001354 52N02SE 3240 ppm Cu Half Lake Shabumeni Lake Area Cu Occurrence MDI52N07SE00066 52N07SE 0.1% Cu over 5 feet

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Name Location Reported Status* Mineral Deposit Additional (NTS Map) Commodity Inventory Number Reference Horseshoe Mitchel Township Zn Prospect MDI52N02SW00016 Harper (1996) 52N02SE 5.5% Zn over 11 m Hudson Bay zone Karas Lake Area Zn Occurrence N/A Harper (1996) 52K14SE 2.28% Zn over 7 m Joneston Lake Casummit Lake Area Cu Discretionary Occurrence MDI52N08NW00005 North 52N08NW 0.11% Cu Joy New zone Gerry Lake Area Cu, Zn Developed Prospect with Reserves MDI52K14NE00006 52K14NE 300 000 tons of 4% combined Cu+Zn Moose Creek South of Otter Lake Zn, Cu Occurrence MDI52K14NW00013 West 52K14NW 3.22% Zn, 0.96% Cu over 1.2 feet Newmont Dixie Lake Area Cu, Zn Discretionary Occurrence MDI52K13SE00002 52K13SE 0.1% Cu, 0.02% Zn Northern drill Mitchell Township Zn Occurrence MDI000000001355 target 52N02SE 13100 ppm Zn over 1 m Northwest Shabumeni Lake Area Zn, Cu Discretionary Occurrence MDI52N07SE00005 Explorers 52N07SE 0.4% Zn, 0.05% Cu, 0.1 opT Ag, 0.005 opT Au Seagrave Lake Seagrave Lake Area Zn, Cu Occurrence MDI52N08SE000007 52N08SE 8.38% Zn, 0.25% Cu Shabu Lake Shabu Lake Area Cu, Ag Occurrence MDI52N07SE00023 North Island 52N07SW 0.23% Cu, 0.24 opT Ag over 1 foot Shabu Lake Shabu Lake Area Cu, Ag Occurrence MDI52N07SW00024 Northwest 52N07SW 0.24% Cu over 4 feet Grab sample 0.95% Cu, 1.32 opT Ag Shabumeni Lake Shabumeni Lake Area Zn Occurrence MDI52N07SE00053 52N07SE 0.83% Zn over 27.9 feet Slate Lake Slate Lake Area Zn, Cu, Ag Occurrence MDI52K15NE00013 3191-2-80 52K15NE 9.06% Zn, 0.51% Cu, 1.16 opT Ag over 0.05 m South Bay Crab Agnew Township Zn Discretionary Occurrence MDI52N02NE00002 grid 52N02NE 0.16% Zn over 0.9 feet South Bay Mine Dent Township Zn, Cu, Ag Past-Producer without Reserves MDI52N02SE00012 Produced 1 637 948 tons 11.06% Zn, 1.8% Cu and 2.12 opT Ag Swain Lake Shabumeni Lake Area Cu Occurrence MDI52N07SE00056 52N07SE 4.04% Cu over 1.4 feet 2.15% Cu over 6.3 feet Trippier Mitchel Township Zn Prospect N/A Harper (1996) 52N02SE 5.9% Zn over 12 m VANCO 1979 Honeywell Township Zn, Cu, Ag Discretionary Occurrence MDI52N07SE00002 52N07SE 0.2% Cu, 0.09% Cu, 0.22 opT Ag Vent Zone Karas Lake Area Zn, Cu Occurrence N/A Harper (1996) 52K14SE 2.74% Zn, 0.11% Cu over 7 m Wasp Lake Agnew Township Zn Prospect N/A Harper (1996) 52N02SE 2.0% Zn over 20 m Whitefish Falls Gerry Lake Area Cu, Zn Occurrence MDI52K14NE00007 East 52K14NE 0.24% Cu over 15.9 feet, 9579 ppm Zn over 4.4 feet Zip Lake Shabumeni Lake Area Zn Occurrence MDI52N07SE00073 52N07SE DDH 6300 ppm Zn *Abbreviations: DDH, diamond-drill hole; g/t, grams per tonne; opT, ounce per ton.

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Geochronology (A.F. Lichtblau) Resident Geologist Program staff routinely carry out field examinations of various types of mineral occurrences, seeking to enhance their mineral potential. In 2012, the Bear Head Lake uranium occurrence, 210 km north of Red Lake, was visited and reported on (Lichtblau et al. 2013). As part of this endeavour, 20-litre samples from each of the Setting Net Lake stock and the Bear Head batholith were collected and submitted to the Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research (PCIGR), Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, for geochronological analysis using zircon U/Pb chemical abrasion thermal ionization mass spectrometry (CA–TIMS) (for procedures, see PCIGR, http://pcigr.eos.ubc.ca/services/geochronology/), with the following results:

Sample No. Location (UTM, NAD83, Zone 15) Intrusion Description Age (Ma) 2012-AL-03 452073E 5848918N Setting Net Lake stock Medium-grained, pink biotite-hornblende granite 2721.4±0.5 2012-AL-04 451253E 5846325N Bear Head batholith Medium-grained, pink biotite granite; slightly foliated 2721.2±0.6

The Setting Net Lake stock and Bear Head batholith samples yielded essentially the same age: 2721 Ma (Figures 11 and 12). In a summary report on the Precambrian geology of the Berens River area, Stone (1998), indicated somewhat younger ages for both: 2708±3 Ma and 2697±2 Ma, respectively. Stone (1998) interprets the voluminous granitic batholiths (including the Bear Head batholith and Setting Net Lake stock) as representing the climax of magmatism, creating a broad magmatic arc at the south margin of the North Caribou continent.

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXPLORATION Gold in the Historic Red Lake Camp New discoveries continue to be made “in the shadows of head frames”. Red Lake is a gold camp and gold exploration and production have long been the mainstay of the local economy. The discovery of the High Grade zone at the Goldcorp Red Lake Gold Mines in 1995 emphasized the fact that there are significant discoveries yet to be made and revitalized local exploration. Recent exploration by Goldcorp Red Lake Gold Mines has expanded known resources and has led to discoveries within the mine envelope, maintaining a high level of interest in the Red Lake Camp. Diamond drilling on the H.G. Young property adjacent to the Campbell Complex (the former Placer–Dome Campbell Mine) has returned high-grade intersections (Goldcorp, news release, July 31, 2014), indicating a possible new high-grade resource. Goldcorp continues its surface and underground work at their Bruce Channel discovery (purchased from Gold Eagle Mines Ltd.) under Red Lake and close to the past-producing Cochenour–Willans Mine, with expected production in 2015. Rubicon Minerals Corporation is continuing development of its Phoenix project (Rubicon Minerals Corp., news release, September 25, 2014), with production expected in 2015. Gold on the Phoenix property (also known as the McFinley) was first discovered in 1926. These recent discoveries were made in a mature camp and indicate that there is still potential for more high-grade gold. Little of the Red Lake camp has been explored below the 500-metre level. The camp merits continued exploration for gold, using the most modern exploration theories and methods. There are many historic gold properties that are underexplored and offer excellent potential for high-grade gold mineralization. In addition to the Red Lake greenstone belt, the Birch–Uchi greenstone belt and the Northern greenstone belts all have properties that deserve re-evaluation.

The spatial relationship between high-grade ore zones and F2 fold hinges deforming basalt–ultramafic rock contacts was discussed by Dubé, Williamson and Malo (2002) with reference to the High Grade zone at Goldcorp Inc.’s Red Lake Mine. In summary, auriferous, silica-rich fluids were focussed into the lower pressure fold hinges where the mechanically less-permeable ultramafic rocks acted as a barrier controlling fluid migration along or near the contact with the more brittle basalt. This type of geological and structural environment is interpreted to occur in • the Fold Nose area of the Weebigee project, Goldeye Explorations Ltd. (see Goldeye Explorations Ltd., www.goldeye.ca/project_weebigee.asp [accessed February 27, 2015]) • the “8 zone” of the Madsen project, Pure Gold Mining Inc. (see Pure Gold Mining Inc., http://puregoldmining.ca/our-projects/madsen-project, select “Geology” [accessed February 25, 2015]) Similar Mesoarchean mafic to ultramafic assemblages are found in the North Spirit Lake and Hornby Lake greenstone belts (Stone 1998), with numerous, attendant gold occurrences that are currently open for staking.

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Figure 11. Uranium-lead Concordia diagram7 of Setting Net Lake stock.

Figure 12. Uranium-lead Concordia diagram7 of Bear Head batholith.

7 The error in square brackets represents the error associated with uncertainties in the uranium decay constant. For young ages, this does not add much to the error, but, for older samples, the uncertainty in how well the half-life of uranium is known becomes a significant contributor to the overall error. In general, when comparing U/Pb ages with other U/Pb ages it can be ignored, but when comparing with ages from other isotopic systems (e.g., Ar/Ar, Rb/Sr, etc.), it is good practice to quote the error in the square bracket. [explanation from Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research (PCIGR), Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver.]

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OGS ACTIVITIES AND RESEARCH BY OTHERS Publications received in the Red Lake Resident Geologist office during 2014 are listed in Table 11.

Research activities in the Red Lake District in 2014 are listed below. There were no OGS (Earth Resources and Geoscience Mapping Section) field activities in the Red Lake Resident Geologist District in 2014.

• Jessica Litke (University of Manitoba) is working on a BSc thesis: “The Geochronology of Select Felsic Units along the Red Lake Mine Trend” • Kevin Dumoulin (Lakehead University) is working on a BSc thesis: “Petrology and Geochemistry of the Campbell Diorite, Red Lake”

Table 11. Publications received by the Red Lake Resident Geologist’s office in 2014.

Title Author Type and Year of Publication Report of Activities 2014 (CD version) Manitoba Geological Survey Ministry of Innovation, Energy and Mines, Manitoba Geological Survey, 2014 Report of Activities, 2013, Resident Geologist A.F. Lichtblau, C. Ravnaas, C.C. Storey, Ontario Geological Survey, Program, Red Lake Regional Resident Geologist R.D. Tuomi, R.L. Debicki, A.C. Wilson, Open File Report 6291, 2014 Report: Red Lake and Kenora District P. Moses, S. Ali, J. Wetendorf and T. Jeffries Report of Activities, 2013, Resident Geologist G.D. White, R.M. Cundari, R.D. Tuomi, Ontario Geological Survey, Program, Thunder Bay North Regional Resident M.R. Brunelle, R.L. Debicki, P. Moses, Open File Report 6292, 2014 Geologist Report: Thunder Bay North District A.C. Wilson and S.E. Zurevinski Report of Activities, 2013, Resident Geologist M.A. Puumala, D.A. Campbell, R.D. Tuomi, Ontario Geological Survey, Program, Thunder Bay South Regional Resident R.L. Debicki, A.C. Wilson, P. Moses and Open File Report 6293, 2014 Geologist Report: Thunder Bay South District M.R. Brunelle Report of Activities, 2013, Resident Geologist B.T. Atkinson, P. Bousquet, A. Pace, Ontario Geological Survey, Program, Timmins Regional Resident Geologist R.L. Debicki, C.M. Daniels, A.C. Wilson, Open File Report 6294, 2014 Report: Timmins and Sault Ste. Marie Districts S.E. Halet, S. Beauchamp and R. McMillan Report of Activities, 2013, Resident Geologist D.L. Guindon, D.G. Farrow, C.M. Daniels, Ontario Geological Survey, Program, Kirkland Lake Regional Resident R.L. Debicki, A.C. Wilson, S.E. Halet, Open File Report 6295, 2014 Geologist Report: Kirkland Lake and Sudbury L.A. Bardeggia and N. Sabiri Districts Report of Activities, 2013, Resident Geologist P.J. Sangster, P.S. LeBaron, S.J. Charbonneau, Ontario Geological Survey, Program, Southern Ontario Regional Resident D.A. Laidlaw, R.L. Debicki, A.C. Wilson, Open File Report 6296, 2014 Geologist Report: Southeastern and Southwestern S.E. Halet, T.R. Carter and L. Fortner Ontario Districts and Petroleum Operations Summary of Field Work and Other Activities, 2014 Ontario Geological Survey Ontario Geological Survey, Open File Report 6300, 2014 Rex–Werner–Separation Lakes Area High-Density H.E. Burke and R.D. Dyer Ontario Geological Survey, Lake Sediment and Water Geochemical Survey, Open File Report 6298, 2014 Northwestern Ontario Lake Sediment and Water Geochemical Data Ontario Geological Survey Ontario Geological Survey, Rex–Werner–Separation Lakes Area, Northwestern Miscellaneous Release—Data 314, 2014 Ontario Facies Models 4 N.P. James and R.W. Dalrymple (eds.) Geological Association of Canada GeoTEXT 6, 2010 Tectonic Styles in Canada: The LITHOPROBE J.A. Percival, F.A. Cook and R.M. Clowes Geological Association of Canada, Perspective (eds.) Special Paper 49, 2012 Classic Outcrops in the Central Gneiss Belt, Ontario A. Davidson, L. Nadeau and N.G. Culshaw 43rd Friends of the Grenville, – A Retrospective Annual Field Excursion Guidebook, 2012 Ontario Mineral and Exploration Statistics, 2013 B. Greenwell and S. Jessome Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, Annual Statistical Report 9, 64p. 2014 Statistiques de 2013 sur l’exploration minière et B. Greenwell and S. Jessome Ministère du Développement et des Mines, l’exploration des Minéraux en Ontario Rapport Statistique Annuel 9, 66p. 2014 Drilling and Well Construction Reference Manual Lifewater Canada Lifewater Canada, 2004 Geology of the Rice Lake Area, Rice Lake S.D. Anderson Manitoba Geological Survey GR2008-1, Greenstone Belt, Southeastern Manitoba 2008

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MINERAL DEPOSITS NOT BEING MINED

Table 12. Mineral deposits not being mined in the Red Lake District in 2014.

Abbreviations AF ...... Assessment Files MDIR ...... Mineral Deposit Inventory record CAMH ...... Canadian and American Mines Handbook MLS ...... Mining Lands, Sudbury CMH ...... Canadian Mines Handbook MR ...... Mining Recorder GR ...... Geological Report NM ...... The Northern Miner MDC ...... Mineral Deposit Circular [No.15–] OFR ...... Open File Report ...... [formerly Mineral Resources Circular, No.1-14] PC ...... Personal Communication

Deposit Name Commodity Tonnage-Grade Estimates and/or Dimensions Reserve References Status (NTS/MDI) Abino Au Total granodiorite zone: : AF (McClean 1976) Patent Bateman, Balmer and Drill-indicated tonnage 405 162 tons 0.203 opt Au from 3 Dome townships subzones (52N/04SW00335) Aiken–Russet Au Total resource in Vein #3 of 22 715 t @ 0.17 opt Au AF (Kuryliw 1967) Patent Baird Township (52K/13NW00037) Alcourt (Copper Man, Au Resource: Potential of 20 000 tonnes of 0.45 ounces of Au AF (Tilsley 1981) Patent Hanson–Campbell) per tonne from 1959–1960 diamond drilling Fairlie Township No. 1 vein: 17 000 tonnes of 0.2429 ounces of Au per (52N/04SW00003) tonne from 1959–1960 diamond drilling and 1981 sampling program Annco Mine Au Resource: 50 000 tons of “Excellent Grade” (0.35 ounces Energy, Mines and Patent Dome Township of Au per ton?) Resources Canada (52N/04SW00019) (1990) Bathurst Mine Au Resource: 80 000 tons of 0.587 ounces of Au per ton Energy, Mines and Leased Skinner Township Resources Canada (52N/07SW00003) (1990)

Bear Head Lake Prospect U3O8 Resource: 978 810 tons of 0.06% U3O8 to a depth of MDC 25 (Robertson and Staked Claim (53C/12NW00061) 500 feet Gould 1983) Berens River Mine Au, Ag, Pb, Resource: AF (Bevan 1983) Staked Claim (Golsil, Zahavy) Zn No. 1 zone: 75 000 tons of 0.10-0.2 ounces of Au per ton (53C/13SE00011) 4.0-5.0 ounces of Ag per ton No. 3 zone: 713 249 tons indicated of 0.249 ounces of Au per ton, 4.83 ounces of Ag per ton, 0.67% Pb, 1.03% Zn, 268 964 tons inferred of 0.287 ounces of Au per ton, 4.73 ounces of Ag per ton, 1.05% Pb, 1.37% Zn at 0.15 opt Au cut-off to 750 m level Bluffy Lake Fe Resource: 21 000 000 tons at 22.86% Fe Breaks et al. (1976) Staked Claim (52K/14SE00004) Borland Lake Ag, Au Probable Resource: Massive Resources Ltd., Staked Claims (53D/16NE00006) 502 412 tons of 8.09 ounces of Ag per ton and Preliminary Prospectus, 0.02 ounces of Au per ton Aug. 6, 1987 Buffalo Red Lake Au Resource: 421 728 tons of 0.139 ounces of Au per ton AF (Kita 1988) Patent Heyson Township drill-indicated in 1980 (52N/04SW00009) Cochenour Bruce Au Inferred Resource (NI 43-101-compliant): (Goldcorp Inc., Patent Channel Project 9.05 Mt at 11.18 g/t Au February 14, 2014, Dome Township Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the Year ended December 31, 2013) Cochenour–Willans Au Resource: Proven and probable 173 000 tons of NM - Dec. 12, 1994, p.7 Patent, Mine 0.51 ounces of Au per ton; Licence of Dome Township possible resource 274 000 tons of 0.59 ounces of Au per Occupation (52N/04SW00018) ton

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Deposit Name Commodity Tonnage-Grade Estimates and/or Dimensions Reserve References Status (NTS/MDI) Cole Gold Mine Au Resource: 119 780 tons of 0.41 ounces of Au per ton AF (Wilton 1973) Patent, Ball Township probable and indicated Licence of (52M/01SE000182) Occupation Consolidated Marcus Au Resource: 60 000 tons of 0.18 ounces of Au per ton Energy, Mines and Patent Dome Township Resources Canada (52N/04SW00022) (1990) Copper Lode A–Rexdale Cu, Ag Resource: AF (Archibald 1970); Staked Claim Group Prospect 236 424 tons of 1.94% Cu, 1.22 ounces of Ag per ton (52K/15NW00019) or 425 612 tons of 1.56% Cu, 0.98 ounces of Ag per ton MP 152 (Atkinson, or 854 007 tons of 1.01% Cu, 0.57 ounces of Ag per ton Parker and Storey 1991) Copper–Lode D Cu, Zn Resource: 36 000 tons of 0.26% Cu, 7.58% Zn AF (MacDougall 1996) Leased Belanger Township (52K/15NW00019) Copper–Lode E Cu, Ag Resource: 160 000 tons of 8.28% Zn, 1.02% Cu, AF (Archibald 1970) Leased Belanger Township 0.39 ounces of Ag per ton (52K/15NW00019) Dixie Creek Au Resource: 417 000 tons of 0.12 ounces of Au per ton MDIR Staked Claim (52K/13SE00003) Dixie 3 Prospect Cu, Zn Resource: 91 000 tons of 10.0% Zn, 1.0% Cu AF (MacDougall 1995) Leased - Mining (52K/14NW; Rights Only, MDI000000000290) Staked Claim Dixie 18 Prospect Zn Resource: 110 000 tons of 0.5% Cu, 12.5% Zn, AF (King and Petrie Staked Claim (52K/14NW00010) 0.57 ounces of Ag per ton 1998) Garnet Lake Arrow Zone Zn, Cu, Ag, Indicated Resource (NI 43-101-compliant) 3% Zn Carter (2007) Staked Claim (52K/15NW00017) Au equivalent cut-off: 2 071 000 t of 5.92% Zn, 0.75% Cu, 0.58 g/t Au, 21.1 g/t Ag, Indium average value 34.6 g/t Inferred Resource (N I43-101-compliant) 3% Zn equivalent cut-off: 120 552 t of 2.60% Zn, 0.56% Cu, 0.40 g/t Au and 18.6 g/t Ag GAZ Au Resource (NI 43-101-compliant): Wolfden Resources Inc., Staked Claims Bateman Township 1 400 000 t of 8.0 g/t Au, in 5 lenses news release, Feb. 23, (52N/04NE; 2005 MDI000000000249) Gold Eagle Mine Au Resource (NI 43-101-compliant): Micon International Patent (Western Discovery zone) 309 000 t at 16.67 g/t Au (uncut) (Pressacco 2004) Dome Township (52N/04SW00020) Grassett Prospect Au Resource: 78 295 tons of 0.22 ounces of Au per ton Energy, Mines and Patent Earngey Township (Part of the Hill–Sloan–Tivy Vein) Resources Canada (52N/02SE00009) (1990) Griffith Mine Fe Resource: 120 000 000 tons of 29% Fe GR 82 (Shklanka 1970) Staked Claims (52K/14SW00002) Hasaga Mine Au Resource: GR 56 (Ferguson 1968) Patent Heyson Township C Block (below 1800 feet) - 200 203 tons of 0.192 ounces (52N/04SW00007) of Au per ton (Ferguson 1968) Stopes - 41 430 tons of 0.104 ounces of Au per ton Pillars - 6365 tons of 0.134 ounces of Au per ton Hill–Sloan–Tivy Au Resource: 296 000 tons of 0.219 ounces of Au per ton AF (Germundson 1995) Patent Earngey Township (Grassett Prospect Resource may be included in total) (52N/02SE00008) Horseshoe Island Au Resource: 893 508 tons of 0.14 ounces of Au per ton Northwest Prospector, Staked Claim (52N/08NW00020) March/April 1990, p.27 Howey Mine Au Resource: 780 000 tons of 0.08 ounces of Au per ton Energy, Mines and Patent, Heyson Township Resources Canada Licence of (52N/04SW00036) (1990) Occupation Jackson–Manion Mine Au Resource: 40 000 tons of 0.5 ounces of Au per ton NM - Mar. 14, 1985, Patent Dent Township p.21 (52N/02SW00003)

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Deposit Name Commodity Tonnage-Grade Estimates and/or Dimensions Reserve References Status (NTS/MDI) Joy–New zone Cu, Zn Resource: 300 000 tons of 4% combined Cu+Zn AF (Lewis 1994) Staked Claim (Diamond Willow zone, Creek zone) (52K/14NW; MDI000000000255) Kesaka Lake Fe Resource: MRC 11 (Shklanka Staked Claim (52K/16NW00012) 312 500 000 tons of 31.1% Fe to a depth of 100 feet 1968) Laverty (Thrall) Au Resource: 790 000 tons of 0.08 ounces of Au per ton AF (Gillies 1982) Patent Heyson Township (Gillies 1982) (52N/04SW00085) Indicated Resource (NI 43-101-compliant) : report (Harron and 395 000 t of 2.56 g/t Au on a portion of the Laverty dike Puritch 2010) zone (Harron and Puritch 2010); This property is included in the North Madsen property Lingman Lake Au Resource: 1 172 753 tons of 0.20 ounces of Au per ton in AF (McPhee 1989) Patent (53F/15SW00002) all zones at 5.0 foot minimum width and a cut-off grade of 0.08 ounces of Au per ton Madsen Mine Au Indicated Resource (NI 43-101-compliant): Claude Resources Inc., Patent Baird Township 3 236 000 t at 8.93 g/t Au news release, Dec. 7, (52K/13NW00008) Inferred Resource (NI 43-101-compliant): 2009 788 000 t at 11.74 g/t Au May–Spiers Au Resource: 30 000 tons of 0.09 ounces of Au per ton AF (Bayne 1981) Staked Claim Ball Township (52M/01SE00023)

McCombe (Root Lake) Li2O Resource: 2.3 million tons of 1.3% Li2O to the 500-foot MP 90 (Breaks 1979) Patent, (52J/13NE00004) level Licence of Occupation McFinley Mine Au Inferred Mineral Resource: 334 007 tons in situ at an AF (Hogg 2002) Patent, Bateman Township average grade of 0.20 opt Au to a depth of 400 feet; Licence of (52N/04SE00005) distributed as follows: Occupation see also “Phoenix FWC-3 zone: 3875 tons of 0.50 ounces of Au per ton Project F2 Zone” C zone: 10 520 tons of 0.87 ounces of Au per ton FWC-1+2: 30 600 tons of 0.24 ounces of Au per ton C-2 zone: 128 700 tons of 0.11 ounces of Au per ton C-3 zone: 36 562 tons of 0.19 ounces of Au per ton WL zone: 10 500 tons of 0.49 ounces of Au per ton 403 zone: 5000 tons of 0.80 ounces of Au per ton BX zone: 2000 tons of 0.84 ounces of Au per ton D zone: 106 250 tons of 0.15 ounces of Au per ton Resource Estimate: 890 000 tons at an in-place grade of 0.21 ounces of Au per ton to a depth of about 1700 feet Mount Jamie Au Resource (Gordon): AF (Gordon 1988) Patent Todd Township Main zone: 47 048 tons of 0.425 ounce Au per ton (52M/01SE00012) No. 2 Shaft area: 25 360 tons of 0.37 ounce Au per ton Resource (Bevan) No. 1 Shaft Area: Bevan (2010) 23 920 t of 14.70 g/t Au (measured and indicated) 4100 t of 13.60 g/t Au (inferred) No. 2 Shaft Area: 3582 t of 9.67 g/t Au (indicated) Central Area: 7817 t of 11.79 g/t Au (inferred) East Boundary Zone: 9072 t of 13.13 g/t (inferred) Surface Stockpile: 1269 t of 6.86 g/t Au New Faulkenham Mines Au Resource: 15 000 tons of $15.00 per ton ore AF (Holbrooke 1958) Patent Ltd. (Faulkenham Lake) (0.428 ounces of Au per ton at $35.00 per ounce Au) Baird Township (52K/13NW00006) North Spirit Lake Fe Resource: 1.3 million tons per vertical foot of 33.94% Fe MRC 11 (Shklanka Patent, Leased (Crown Trust) 1968); (53C/07NW00025) GR 150 (Wood 1977)

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Deposit Name Commodity Tonnage-Grade Estimates and/or Dimensions Reserve References Status (NTS/MDI) North Madsen Au Measured Resource (NI 43-101-compliant): McCracken and Harder Patent Dome and Heyson Main Zone: 18 052 860 t of 1.26 g/t Au (2011) Townships Laverty Dyke – Dyke: 634 190 t of 0.80 g/t Au (53K/13NW, Laverty Dyke – Granodiorite: 951 090 t of 1.80 g/t Au 52N/04SW) Indicated Resource (NI 43-101-compliant): Main Zone: 2 967 800 t of 1.08g/t Au Laverty Dyke – Dyke: 546 100 t of 0.80 g/t Au Laverty Dyke – Granodiorite: 324 000 t of 1.53 g/t Au Inferred Resource (NI 43-101-compliant): Main Zone: 5 385 000 t of 1.00g/t Au Laverty Dyke – Dyke: 944 000 t of 0.88 g/t Au Laverty Dyke – Granodiorite: 324 000 t of 1.53 g/t Au Buffalo – Disseminated: 1 954 000 t of 1.08 g/t Au Buffalo – Quartz-tourmaline: 2 698 000 t of 0.97 g/t Au Northgate Prospect Au Resource: 64 600 tons of 0.28 ounces of Au per ton AF (Zinn 1984) Staked Claim Earngey Township (52N/02SE00013) Ogani Lake Fe Resource: 100 000 000 tons of 21.6% Fe MRC 11 (Shklanka Open (52K/15NE00012) 1968) PAK Pegmatite Rare Metals Indicated Resource (NI 43-101-compliant): Houston Lake Mining Staked Claim Pakeagama Lake area 2.45 million tonnes 1.815 Li2O equivalent Inc., news release, (53C/11SW) Inferred Resource (NI 43-101-compliant): Jan. 28, 2015 5.91 million tonnes Li2O equivalent Papaonga Lake Fe Resource: 13 500 000 tons of 31.06% Fe MDIR Open (52K/16NE00006) Phoenix Project F2 Zone Au Preliminary Economic Assessment: Bernier et al. (2013) Patent, Bateman Township Measured + Indicated Resource (NI 43-101-compliant): Licence of (52N/04SE; 4.12 Mt @ 8.52 g/t Au Occupation MDI000000001374) Inferred Resource (NI 43-101-compliant): 7.45 Mt @ 9.26 g/t Au Rahill-Bonanza Deposit Au Inferred Resource (NI 43-101-compliant): Harron (2009) Patent Dome Township 1.59 Mt @ 7.6 g/t Au (52N/04SW00065) Red Crest (Red Summit) Au Resource: 47 439 tons of 0.269 ounces of Au per ton NM - Mar. 14, 1985, Patent Todd Township (uncut grade) (Horwood 1945) p.21; (52M/01SE00011) 38 000 tons of 0.3 ounces of Au per ton ODM Annual Report (Horwood 1945) Redaurum Au Possible Resource: AF (Barclay 1986) Patent Baird Township 14A zone: 243 750 tons of 0.22 ounces of Au per ton (52N/04SW00047, 26 250 tons of 0.20 ounces of Au per ton 52N/04SW00048, No. 2 zone: 137 500 tons of 0.18 ounces of Au per ton 52N/04SW00049) No. 3 zone: 102 500 tons of 0.18 ounces of Au per ton Camp zone: 24 750 tons of 0.13 ounces of Au per ton Richardson Au Resource: 700 000 tons of 0.2 ounces of Au per ton OFR 5835 (Parker and Patent (Kostynuk Bros. Mine) inferred Resource Atkinson 1992) (52N/09SW00002) Rowan Au Resource: 10 900 tons of $23.00 per ton ore AF (Bishop 1939); Patent Todd Township (0.657 ounces of Au per ton at $35.00 per ounce) (52M/01SE00013) (Bishop 1939); Hy Lake Gold Inc., 798 000 t of 4.7g/t Au (Hy Lake Gold Ltd.) news release, Oct. 21, 2010 Sachigo River Mine Au Resource: 6000 t of 10 g/t Au for No. 1 Vein Hawkins (2009) Patent; Aljo Lake Area withdrawn from (53J/11SW00002) staking Sanshaw Au Resource: 175 000 tons of 0.20 ounces of Au per ton NM - June 11, 1953 Patent, (Whitehorse Island) Licence of Dome Township Occupation (52N/04SW00014)

Setting Net Lake MoS2 Resource: 100 000 000 tons of 0.09% MoS2 MDIR Staked Claims (53C/13SE00066) NM - Mar. 23, 1973

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Deposit Name Commodity Tonnage-Grade Estimates and/or Dimensions Reserve References Status (NTS/MDI) Sidace Lake Gold Au Indicated Resources (NI 43-101-compliant): Power-Fardy and Staked Claims Property Main Discovery Zone: 1 119 500 t of 3.0 g/t Au, Breede (2009) (Coli Lake) Upper Duck Zone: 247 600 t of 4.19 g/t Au (52N/05SE; Inferred Resources (NI 43-101-compliant): MDI000000001360) Main Discovery Zone: 1 677 200 t of 3.01 g/t Au, Upper Duck Zone: 425 800 t of 4.11 g/t Au Sol d’Or Au Resource: 8565 tons of 0.57 ounces of Au per ton Energy, Mines and Staked Claim Honeywell Township Resources Canada (52N/07SE00007) (1990) Springpole Lake Au Preliminary Economic Assessment Arseneau et al. (2013) Patent, Staked Prospect (NI 43-101-compliant resource): Claims (52N/08NW) Open pit indicated: 128.2 Mt @ 1.07 Au, 5.7 g/t Ag Open pit inferred: 25.7 Mt @ 0.83 g/t Au, 3.2 g/t Ag Starratt–Olsen Mine Au Resource: 15 000 tons of 0.45 ounces of Au per ton NM - July 26, 1973 Patent Baird Township (52K/13NW00011) Trout Bay Zinc Pit zone Zn, Cu, Pb, Resource: MP 147 (Atkinson, Patent (Mining Mulcahy Township Ag, Au West zone: 13 776 tons of 4.75% Zn, 0.68% Cu, Parker and Storey Rights Only), (52M/01SE00166) 0.94 ounces of Ag per ton 1990); Leased (Mining East zone: 124 760 tons 7.86% Zn, 1.5% Cu, 0.24% Pb, Preliminary Map P.567 Rights Only, 1.7 ounces Ag per ton, 0.007 ounce of Au per ton (Riley 1969); Licence of MDIR Occupation Uchi Mine Au Resource: 214 000 tons of 0.147 ounces of Au per ton Energy, Mines and Patent Earngey Township Resources Canada (52N/02SE00007) (1990) Wilmar Mine Au Resource (from OFR 5558 unless otherwise indicated): OFR 5558 (Durocher, Patent Dome Township Diorite Dike zone: 140 000 tons of 0.21 ounces of Au per Burchell and Andrews (52N/04SW00017) ton 1987); East Breccia zone: Energy, Mines and 31 500 tons of 0.32 ounces of Au per ton (Proven) Resources Canada 50 500 tons of 0.25 ounces of Au per ton (Probable) (1990) 1 777 000 tons of 0.24 ounces of Au per ton (Possible) Carbonate zone: 25 000 tons of 0.17 ounces of Au per ton (Probable) 7500 tons of 0.15 ounces of Au per ton (Possible) West Granodiorite zone: 3.15 to 4.5 million tons of 0.076 to 0.131 ounces of Au per ton (Energy, Mines and Resources Canada 1990) Granodiorite zone: 5 700 000 tons of 0.10 to 0.15 ounces of Au per ton Woco Vein Au Resource: 21 263 tons of 0.80 ounces of Au per ton AF (Germundson 1995) Staked Claims Earngey Township (52N/02SE; MDI000000000289) Young, H.G., Mines Ltd. Au Resource: 270 000 tons of 0.31 ounces of Au per ton OFR 5558 (Durocher, Patent Balmer Township Burchell and Andrews (52N/04SE00015) 1987) Note: This table contains tonnage and grade estimates referred to as Resource (indicated, possible, probable), which were determined at various times by methods largely unreported. Except where noted, none of these estimates are known to conform to the standards required for National Instrument 43-101 and should be considered inferred mineral resources not reserves. Unit abbreviations used: lbs = pounds; Mt = million tonnes; opt = ounces per ton; oz = ounce(s); t = tonnes.

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REGIONAL LAND USE GEOLOGIST ACTIVITIES—NORTHWEST REGION Land Use Planning Activities The northwest Regional Land Use Geologist, based in Thunder Bay, co-ordinates input into land use planning activities in the Thunder Bay South, Thunder Bay North and Red Lake–Kenora Resident Geologist districts. Ryan Tuomi, P.Geo., Hugh Lockwood, P.Geo., and Andrew Tims, P.Geo., filled this position throughout 2014. The objectives of the position are to • effectively represent mineral-related values in the context of competing interests for land use; • optimize the land base available for mineral exploration and development; • raise awareness within the mineral sector of the implications of legislation and regulations other than the Mining Act on their activities; and • promote awareness of how geoscience serves the public good, including by • establishing base-line environmental values; • identifying sources of minerals, energy and groundwater to support sustainable economic activity; and • highlighting areas where natural geological hazards and mining-related hazards pose a threat to people and property, whether on Crown land or on private land.

The competing interests for land use vary from place to place across the province, but most have the potential to restrict the availability of land, access to it and/or the activities on it. In 2014, the northwest Regional Land Use Geologist dealt with a variety of land use planning issues throughout the Northwest Region and the Far North area. The following sections summarize the work that was done.

CROWN LANDS The Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (MNDM) engages with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) when Crown land use planning activities have the potential to impact provincial mineral interests, or to expose those using Crown land to natural geological or mining-related hazards. These activities include Forest Management Planning; energy and other major infrastructure projects; Far North land use planning; proposals to modify existing parks or create new ones; and various other initiatives related to Crown land use.

Crown Land Use Policy Atlas During the year, MNRF proposed an amendment to the Crown Land Use Atlas in the Thunder Bay District. This amendment was to add an Enhanced Management Area in the Loon Lake area of McTavish Township. The Regional Land Use Geologist reviewed the proposed Enhanced Management Area to ensure that mineral potential, mineral industry activity, and mining related hazards are identified and considered in the process.

Forest Management Planning The forest management planning process involves consideration of a wide range of values including mineral values in the context of forestry activities, and the relevance of legislation other than the Crown Forest Sustainability Act, including the Mining Act. The northwest Regional Land Use Geologist normally provides input into the development of forest management plans, including • maps showing the areas of high mineral potential, so that forestry planners are aware of where there may be pressures from the mineral sector for access for exploration; • the locations of existing mining claims and leases, so that exploration workings such as grid lines are not inadvertently damaged or destroyed by forestry activities; • information regarding current exploration and development activities in the area; • the locations of natural geological hazards and mining-related hazards, so that forestry workers are not put at risk; and • the socio-economic impact of mineral exploration and mining in the forest management unit, so that its importance can be considered in the context of other sectors such as tourism that may be active within the forest management unit.

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During 2014, the northwest Regional Land Use Geologist provided input into the Ogoki Forest 2008–2018 plan; the Sapawa Forest 2010–2020 plan; the Trout Lake Forest 2009–20019 plan; and the Wabigoon Forest 2008–2018 plan. Approved Forest Management Plans, with detailed information about annual operations including plans for creating new access routes or decommissioning existing routes, and maps showing forest access roads are posted on the MNRF web site (www.efmp.lrc.gov.on.ca/eFMP/home.do).

Far North Land Use Planning Providing geoscience advice in support of the community-based land use planning initiatives of First Nation communities in the Far North remains a priority in the Northwest Region. In 2014, the northwest Regional Land Use Geologist, together with Resident Geologist Program and Ring of Fire Secretariat staff (www.mndm.gov.on.ca/en/ring- fire-secretariat), continued to work with MNRF staff on Far North land use planning initiatives. In 2013, staff of the Resident Geologist Program, led by the northwest and northeast Regional Land Use Geologists, began to compile a suite of geoscience atlases, including a comprehensive set of geoscience themes, for all communities engaged in Far North community-based land use planning. Each atlas includes a comprehensive set of geoscience themes, with more than 20 themes in each atlas. The atlases are intended to make relevant geoscience information available for use during the planning process. This work continued in 2014. It is intended make relevant geoscience information available for use during the planning process. A first draft atlas has been completed for the all First Nation communities in and around the “Ring of Fire” (McFaulds Lake) area. Atlases for the remaining communities in the westernmost part of the Far North will be completed in early 2015. In 2014, new mineral values mapping and mineral industry activity information was provided for several communities currently engaged in land use planning, including the Matawa First Nations, Deer Lake First Nation, Mishkeegogamang First Nation, and Eabametoong First Nation. A presentation on MNDM’s role in community- based land use planning was also given to the Webequie First Nation land use planning committee. Following discussions with representatives of First Nation communities that had received the atlases, and feedback from MNRF colleagues engaged in Far North land use planning, MNDM made 2 major changes to the atlases that will be implemented in 2015. The boundaries of the atlases will be standardized to align with the map co-ordinates used by National Topographic System (NTS) maps. This will allow maps to be prepared before communities finalize their planning area boundaries. It will also allow the adoption of a standard scale for the maps, so that maps from one atlas can be aligned with maps from another atlas. The scales of earlier versions of the atlas were dependent upon the size of the planning area. A suite of atlases that covers the entire Far North, at the same scale, will be completed in 2015. The atlases will also be enhanced by simple explanatory notes for each of the themes in the atlas. The northwest Regional Land Use Geologist contributed to these explanatory notes. In addition to the geoscience and other information provided in support of active planning processes, the northwest Regional Land Use Geologist also provided comments on the Terms of Reference for the Marten Falls First Nation and Wawakapewin First Nation Far North Planning initiatives. These communities are now moving ahead with their land use planning processes.

Withdrawal Orders Other work related to Crown land use in the Northwest Region included reviews of 5 applications for withdrawal of lands from staking under Section 35 of the Mining Act. All applications were for surface both surface and mining rights. The requests were made for a wide range of reasons, including • creating private hunting and forestry lands; • creating private nature reserves; • facilitating access to 3 sites where aggregate extraction is proposed; • supporting First Nation land claims and treaty entitlement negotiations; and • the federal Nuclear Waste Management Organization review of candidate sites in the Ignace, Schreiber and Manitouwadge areas for underground storage of spent nuclear fuel.

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Reviews by the northwest Regional Land Use Geologist ensured that mineral potential, mineral industry activity, and mining related hazards are identified and considered before decisions were made.

Forfeited Mining Lands The northwest Regional Land Use Geologist reviewed a list of 23 properties that were scheduled to be forfeited and re-opened for staking for non-payment of taxes. Comments were provided with regard to nearby mining-related hazards and the mineral potential of the mining lands being considered for forfeiture.

MUNICIPAL AND PRIVATE LANDS The Ministry of Northern Development and Mines supports municipal and private land use planning through the One-Window Planning Service led by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH). When requested, the northwest Regional Land Use Geologist provides input into, and reviews, draft Official Plans, Official Plan Amendments, draft plans of subdivision and consent (severance) applications to ensure that provincial mineral interests, and natural geological hazards and mining-related hazards are appropriately considered in the planning process. Input from MNDM includes • providing data with regard to mineral potential, mining claims and leases, exploration and mining activity, and mining-related hazards to planning authorities, planning consultants and MMAH in support of the new municipal Official Plans, Official Plan Amendments, zoning by-laws and consents (lot severances); • reviewing land use policies proposed in municipal planning documents and providing comments on those policies to MMAH “One-Window” planners for consolidation with feedback from other ministries; and • supporting the development of municipal policies and guidelines, and working to enhance the availability of data to support wise planning decisions.

Municipal Planning The Provincial Policy Statement (PPS), which guides municipal planning in Ontario, is issued under the provisions of the Planning Act. The PPS was last modified in 2005. A compulsory five-year review of the PPS was begun in 2010 to ensure that it is up to date and meets current environmental standards, ensures human health and safety, and protects Ontario’s cultural and natural heritage. The revised PPS, released on February 24, 2014, includes enhanced provisions to help ensure the recognition of mining operations and areas with significant mineral potential in municipal Official Plans, so that they can be protected from incompatible land uses (www.mah.gov.on.ca/Page10679.aspx). Along with colleagues in the southern and northeast regions and the Land Use Policy and Planning Co-ordinator, the northwest Regional Land Use Geologist provided facilitation support at regional training sessions for municipal staff to highlight main areas of policy changes in the PPS 2014. As a participant in MMAH’s one-portal service for Official Plans and their amendments, the northwest Regional Land Use Geologist provided comments, mineral values mapping and other input as required for Official Plans and Official Plan Amendments for the municipalities of Dorian, Gorham and Ware, Greenstone, Kenora, Oliver– Paipoonge, Red Lake, Shuniah, Terrace Bay and Thunder Bay. In addition, information was provided, and reviews were done, in conjunction with 24 subdivision and consent applications, as listed in Table 13. Although such decisions are normally made by municipal governments, most of the area of the Northwest Region is outside of towns and cities. In the absence of a municipal government to manage planning decisions related to private land in those areas, decisions are made by the MMAH with the support of partner ministries including MNDM. The northwest Regional Land Use Geologist undertook a review and revision of MNDM Implementation Guidelines for PPS 2.4 (mineral resources) and 3.2 (mining-related hazards) to reflect the changes in the 2014 version of the PPS. In addition, the northwest Regional Land Use Geologist worked with MMAH and other partner ministries to present 2 training sessions in Thunder Bay: the 2014 MMAH interministerial training session; and the half-day Ontario Professional Planners Institute PPS training session.

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Table 13. Municipal planning initiatives with MNDM input, northwestern Ontario, 2014.

Consent (Severance) and Official Plans Land Use Planning Subdivision Applications (Completed and Amended) (Unorganized Areas) Big Stone Bay, Area of (5) Dorian Clearwater Bay, Area of Clearwater Bay, Area of (2) Gorham and Ware Red Rock, Township of Docker, Township of Greenstone Upsala, Township of Gundy, Township of Kenora Watten, Township of Kirkup, Township of Oliver–Paipoonge Lahontan, Township of ( 2) Red Lake Rudd, Township of Shuniah Sand Lake, Area of Terrace Bay Sandy Lake, Area of Thunder Bay Senn, Township of Sibley, Township of (2) Snowshoe Bay, Area of Stirling, Township of Umbach, Township of Upsala, Township of Watten, Township of Yellowgirl Bay, Area of

Exemptions from Mining Tax Section 189 (1) of the Mining Act allows for owners of patented land to apply for exemption from paying mining tax. Key factors that are considered when applications are reviewed are whether or not the lands are being used for mining-related purposes, and whether or not there would be third-party interest in using the lands for mining-related purposes (e.g., the surrounding lands are staked and being explored or the sites in question have provincially significant mineral potential). During 2014, 13 such applications were reviewed for the Northwest Region. Comments were provided to MNDM’s Mining Lands Section to be consolidated with other information for the Minister’s consideration and decision.

FIRST NATIONS In addition to doing work related to Far North land use planning, the northwest Regional Land Use Geologist participated in the following: Mining Week at Ginoogaming First Nation; a Community Based Land Use Planning Workshop for Matawa communities; Lac Seul First Nation Career Day and Mining Week; and career fairs at Webequie First Nation and Nibinamik First Nation.

Other Activities The northwest Regional Land Use Geologist also undertook other related work in 2014, as outlined below.

CLASS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS Class Environmental Assessments (“Class EAs”) are documents that set out streamlined environmental assessment processes. They apply to routine projects that have predictable and manageable environmental effects. There are currently 11 Class Environmental Assessments in effect in Ontario, with regard to initiatives including the development of new infrastructure such as dams, transmission lines, pipelines, highway corridors, commuter rail stations and bus terminals, and sewer and water facilities; the establishment of new parks and conservation reserves; forest management plans; and Crown land dispositions. The northwest Regional Land Use Geologist worked with staff from MNRF and other ministries to ensure that mineral values and mineral industry interests were identified and accommodated early in the planning process of projects subject to Class Environmental Assessments. Proponents seeking to develop infrastructure commonly require assistance in understanding the various mineral sector interests that might be affected by their projects, and how mining land tenure may restrict their development plans.

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Claimholder’s interests, exploration activity, mining activity, mineral potential and mining-related hazards were evaluated for the following 5 Class Environmental Assessment reviews and 1 amended Environmental Assessment for the following projects within northwestern Ontario in 2014: • clean-up of Mid-Canada Line radar sites near Fort Severn; • Cat–Slate Forest Management Plan; • the Nextbridge transmission line; • land transfer to Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek (Rocky Bay) First Nation; • the amended Terms of Reference for the new transmission line to Pickle Lake; and • Highway 102 Bridge rehabilitation.

ENVIRONMENTAL REGISTRY The Environmental Registry is an online resource that contains public notices about environmental matters being proposed by all Ontario government ministries covered by the Environmental Bill of Rights. The public notices contain information about proposals including new acts, regulations, policies and programs; plans to change or eliminate existing ones; and plans to issue permits for a wide range of activities across Ontario.

The northwest Regional Land Use Geologist monitored the Environmental Registry and compiled and distributed a monthly summary of postings of interest to MNDM staff.

OTHER In addition to the work outlined above with regard to land use planning, and other related work, the northwest Regional Land Use Geologist completed the following in 2014.

Conferences The northwest Regional Land Use Geologist engaged with mineral sector clients at the annual Kenora District Exploration Information Session in Dryden and the Ontario Prospector’s Association’s Northwestern Ontario Mines and Minerals Symposium in Thunder Bay. He also engaged with delegates from across Canada at the Canadian Aboriginal Minerals Association’s annual conference in Toronto.

General Client Service In addition to the work outlined above, the northwest Regional Land Use Geologist provided day-to-day services to a range of clients. This work included • being available to provide geoscience information at an MNRF-sponsored stakeholders meeting in Gore and Ware township regarding aggregate operations; • assisting with a proponent’s acquisition of a property owned by Ontario Realty Corporation; • meeting with MNRF to discuss aggregate potential in an Enhanced Management Area on behalf of a proponent; and • advising private land owners with regard to their mineral rights and the mineral potential of their property.

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MINERAL DEPOSIT COMPILATION GEOLOGIST—NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO The Mineral Deposit Compilation geologists (MDCG) investigate and document mineral deposits and occurrences across the province. Through field visits, comprehensive literature research and personal research, they work with regional and district Resident Geologist Program staff to ensure that the Mineral Deposit Inventory (MDI) database is regularly updated. Regular updates are required to ensure that the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines is using the most up-to-date information in making land-use planning and policy decisions. S. Ali was the contract northwestern MDCG from January through June 2014. T.K. Pettigrew is the current northwestern Ontario MDCG.

Throughout the year, emphasis was placed on updating annual production figures for producing mines in the Red Lake, Thunder Bay North and Thunder Bay South Districts as well as updating MDI records for the Far North Land Use Planning Geoscience Atlases initiative. Records were updated for the Webequie First Nations area of interest. In addition, corrections and updates were also made to MDI records in the Thunder Bay North and South Resident Geologist areas of responsibility in support of the Far North Geoscience Atlas initiative. For the latter half of the year, focus was placed on updating MDI records of developed deposits with reserves that are not yet in production.

Total changes, by the northwestern Ontario MDCG, to the provincial MDI database in 2014 included 168 updated records, 7 records deleted and 38 new records. A breakdown, by office, of the provincial records revised is provided in Table 14.

Table 14. Mineral Deposit Inventory records revisions in 2014.

Resident or District Office Updates Deletions New Kenora 18 0 0 Red Lake 67 4 7 Thunder Bay North 53 0 14 Thunder Bay South 30 3 17 Total 168 7 38

The MDI database is a dynamic compilation of over 19 000 records describing most of the known mineral occurrences in Ontario. It is an important reference tool for explorationists interested in exploring and acquiring mining properties in Ontario. When used in conjunction with other spatial databases generated by the Ontario Geological Survey, it provides additional tools for making mineral discoveries in Ontario.

A searchable version of Mineral Deposit Inventory is available from the OGS online data warehouse— GeologyOntario (www.ontario.ca/geology). Users of this interface can specify a variety of deposit characteristics (e.g., commodity, deposit status, deposit classification, location) in order to discover properties of interest to stake or research. The Mineral Deposit Inventory can also be viewed geographically, and searched, using the OGSEarth application (www.ontario.ca/ogsearth), which helps users with data discovery through a graphical interface (keyhole mark-up language (.kml) files for use with applications such as Google Earth™ mapping service).

It is planned that the current version of the MDI database (Ontario Geological Survey 2014) will be updated in April 2015 and will be included in both GeologyOntario and OGS Earth.

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King, D. and Petrie, L. 1998. Report on geophysical surveys (MAG, HLEM 1996), the Dixie property; Red Lake Resident Geologist’s office, assessment file, 52K/14 NW, Noranda Mining and Exploration Inc., AFRO# 2.18690, 16p. Kita, J. 1988. OMEP Report of work done on the Buffalo property by Red Lake Buffalo Resources Ltd., September 1 to December 31, 1987 and March 1 to May 31, 1988; Red Lake Resident Geologist’s office, assessment file, Heyson Township, Red Lake Buffalo Resources Ltd., No. OM87-1-L-190, 64p. Kuryliw, C.J. 1967. A geological report on Aiken–Russet Red Lake Mines Ltd.; Red Lake Resident Geologist’s office, assessment file, Baird Township, Aiken–Russet Red Lake Mines Ltd., RL-024, 16p. Lewis, P. 1994. Geological survey, Big Falls property, November 1994; Red Lake Resident Geologist’s office, assessment file, 52K/NW/14, Cumberland Resources Ltd., AFRO# 2.16247, 26p. Lichtblau, A.F., Ravnaas, C., Storey, C.C., Debicki, R.L., Lockwood, H.C., Tuomi, R.D., Zurevinski, S.E., Moses, P. and Bongfeldt, J. 2013. Report of Activities 2012, Resident Geologist Program, Red Lake Regional Resident Geologist Report: Red Lake and Kenora Districts; Ontario Geological Survey, Open File Report 6283, 132p. Lichtblau, A.F., Ravnaas, C., Storey, C.C., Lockwood, H.C., Bongfeldt, J. and McDonald, S. 2010. Report of Activities 2009, Resident Geologist Program, Red Lake Regional Resident Geologist Report: Red Lake and Kenora Districts; Ontario Geological Survey, Open File Report 6244, 77p. MacDougall, C. 1993. Noranda Exploration Company Limited, Report of work 1993, geology, lithogeochemistry and geophysics Copper Lode property; Red Lake Resident Geologist’s office, assessment file RL0554, AFRO# 2.15249, 13p. plus appendices. ——— 1995. Report on geophysical surveys (MAG, HLEM)–1994 Ben Lake project 1994; Red Lake Resident Geologist’s office, assessment file, 52K/NW, Noranda Mining and Exploration Inc., AFRO# 2.15981, 12p. ——— 1996. Report on diamond drilling and lithogeochemistry 1994–1995, Copperlode property; Red Lake Resident Geologist’s office, assessment file, Belanger Township, Noranda Mining and Exploration Inc. (Copperlode property), AFRO# 2.17097, 24p. McClean, P. 1976. The 1976 exploration program Abino Gold Mines Ltd.; Red Lake Resident Geologist’s office, assessment file, Dome Township, Abino Gold Mines Ltd., No. MEAP RL-46, 19p. McCracken, T. 2014. Resource estimation and technical report, PAK Li-rare metals project, Red Lake Mining District, prepared for Houston Lake Mining Inc.; NI 43-101 Technical Report, filed January 20, 2014 with SEDAR®, see SEDAR Home Page, 108p. McCracken, T. and Harder, M. 2011. Technical report and resource estimate on the North Madsen property, Red Lake, Ontario, prepared for Mega Precious Metals Inc. by Tetra Tech Wardrop; NI 43-101 Technical Report, filed October 25, 2011 with SEDAR®, see SEDAR Home Page, 137p. McPhee, D.S. 1989. The Lingman Lake deposit, Red Lake Mining Division: Report for Twin Gold Mines Ltd.; Red Lake Resident Geologist’s office, assessment file, 53F/15SW, Twin Gold Mines Ltd., No. OM88-1-l-217, 27p. Ontario Geological Survey 2011. 1:250 000 scale bedrock geology of Ontario; Ontario Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Release—Data 126 – Revision 1. ——— 2014. Mineral Deposit Inventory—2014; Ontario Geological Survey. Parker, J.R. and Atkinson, B.T. 1992. Gold occurrences, prospects and past-producing mines of the Birch– Confederation lakes area; Ontario Geological Survey, Open File Report 5835, 332p. Pollock, G.D., Sinclair, I.G.L., Warburton, A.F. and Wierzbicki, V.W. 1972. The Uchi ore body – massive sulphide deposit in an Archean siliceous volcanic environment; abstract in 24th International Geological Congress, Section 4, Mineral Deposits, p.299-308. Power-Fardy, D. and Breede, K. 2009. Technical review of the Sidace Lake gold property, including mineral resource estimates for the Main Discovery and Upper Duck zones, Red Lake Mining Division, northwestern Ontario, prepared for Planet Exploration Inc. by Watts, Griffis and McOuat; NI 43-101 Technical Report, filed April 14, 2009 with SEDAR®, see SEDAR Home Page, 118p.

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CONTENTS

Kenora District—2014

INTRODUCTION ...... 1 MINING ACTIVITY ...... 2 Nelson Granite Ltd...... 2 EXPLORATION ACTIVITY ...... 2 Economic Analysis Stage ...... 8 Significant Exploration Stage ...... 15 Exploration Activity Stage ...... 16 DISTRICT GEOLOGIST STAFF AND ACTIVITIES...... 20 PROPERTY EXAMINATIONS ...... 22 NuVision Resources ULC Cat Key Gold Property ...... 24 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXPLORATION ...... 25 Uranium and Thorium Potential in the Kenora District ...... 25 OGS ACTIVITIES AND RESEARCH BY OTHERS ...... 28 MINERAL DEPOSITS NOT BEING MINED ...... 29 REGIONAL LAND USE GEOLOGIST ACTIVITIES—NORTHWEST REGION ...... 32 MINERAL DEPOSIT COMPILATION GEOLOGIST—NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO ...... 32 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ...... 34 REFERENCES ...... 34

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Tables 1. Assessment files received in the Kenora District in 2014 ...... 4 2. Exploration activity conducted in the Kenora District in 2014 ...... 5 3. Mineral Resource Estimate of the Cameron Lake deposit, Chalice Gold Mines Limited ...... 9 4. Mineral resource estimate of the Dubenski deposit, Chalice Gold Mines Limited ...... 9 5. Mineral resource estimate of the Dogpaw deposit, Chalice Gold Mines Limited ...... 9 6. Assay results from diamond-drill holes that tested the Ajax, Juno and Jupiter zones near the Cameron gold deposit, Cameron Lake project, Chalice Gold Mines Limited ...... 10 7. Mineral Reserve Estimate of the Rainy River deposits used in the revised Feasibility Study ...... 11 8. Mineral Resource Estimate of the Rainy River deposits and Intrepid zone used in the revised Feasibility Study ...... 11 9. Significant assay results from the 2014 diamond-drilling programs testing zones at the Thunder Lake deposit, Treasury Metals Inc...... 13 10. Mineral Resource Estimate for the Burns Block property, Bayfield Ventures Corp...... 15 11. Mineral Resource Estimate of the Goldlund gold deposit, Tamaka Gold Corporation ...... 16 12. Revised Mineral Resource Estimate of the Goldlund gold deposit, Tamaka Gold Corporation ...... 16 13. Significant assay results from diamond-drill holes completed in Cat Key property, NuVision Resources ULC ...... 19 14. Property and field examinations conducted by the Kenora District Geologist in 2014 ...... 22 15. Assay results from samples collected from the Thompson Porphyry and 54-20 zones, Cat Key property, NuVision Resources ULC ...... 24 16. Summary of Ontario Geological Survey lake sediment sampling programs completed in the Kenora District ...... 26 17. Mineral deposits not being mined in the Kenora District...... 29

Figures 1. Extent of staking in the Kenora District as of December 31, 2014 ...... 3 2. Location of exploration and quarrying activity conducted in the Kenora District in 2014 ...... 7 3. Geology and location of mineral deposits, mineral occurrences, and land holding at the Cameron gold project, Chalice Gold Mines Limited ...... 8 4. Geology and location of zones targeted by geochemical and diamond-drilling programs near the Cameron gold deposit, Cameron Lake project, Chalice Gold Mines Limited ...... 10 5. Area of Cameron Lake project, Chalice Gold Mines Limited, covered by a Mobile Metal Ion (MMI™) soil sampling survey ...... 11 6. Location of New Gold Inc. and Bayfield Ventures Corp. properties and land holdings in the Rainy River area ...... 13 7. Location of Manitou Gold Inc. gold properties in the Upper and Lower Manitou lakes area ...... 17 8. Location of areas examined on the Manitou Island Gaffney Patents property, Manitou Gold Inc...... 18 9. Locations of diamond-drill holes, historical mineral occurrences and stripped areas on the Cat Key property, NuVision Resources ULC ...... 19 10. Property visits and field examinations conducted in the Kenora District in 2014 ...... 23 11. Uranium occurrences in the Kenora District ...... 25 12. Area of Kenora District covered by lake sediment surveys, 2000–2014 ...... 26 13. Map of the Kenora District showing the airborne geophysical equivalent uranium response, uranium mineral occurrences, and elevated to highly anomalous radiometric target areas identified by OGS lake sediment surveys ...... 27 14. Location of OGS and university projects conducted in the Kenora District in 2014 ...... 28 15. Location of mineral deposits not being mined in the Kenora District ...... 33

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Red Lake Regional Resident Geologist (Kenora District)—2014

C. Ravnaas1 and J. Wetendorf2

1District Geologist, Kenora District, Resident Geologist Program, Ontario Geological Survey 2District Geological Assistant, Kenora District, Resident Geologist Program, Ontario Geological Survey

INTRODUCTION The Kenora District extends east from the Manitoba border to Savant Lake and south to the International Border. It encompasses the towns of Kenora, Vermilion Bay, Dryden, Ignace, Sioux Lookout, Savant Lake and Fort Frances, and a number of First Nation communities of Treaty 3 affiliation. Dimension stone continued to be produced in the Kenora District in 2014. No metallic mineral production was recorded in the District. Gold, iron and rare elements (sometimes referred to as rare metals) were the commodities targeted by most of the exploration activity in the Kenora District. Despite the downturn in the exploration sector, there were a number of notable exploration and development highlights in the Kenora District in 2014. Based on successful results from sustained exploration activity, several companies have undertaken scoping, Preliminary Economic Assessment, prefeasibility or feasibility studies. These include the 1) Big Whopper lithium deposit, Separation Rapids property (Avalon Rare Metals Inc.); 2) Cameron gold deposit, Cameron Lake property (Coventry Resources Inc. and Chalice Gold Mines Limited); 3) Richardson Township Rainy River gold-silver deposit, Rainy River property (Rainy River Resources Ltd. and New Gold Inc.); and 4) Thunder Lake gold deposit, Goliath property (Treasury Metals Inc.). In 2014, in Ontario, there were 11 mineral properties, 6 which are gold projects, that were in the mine permitting stage including review by the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) and the Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MOE; note: name changed in June 2014 to Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC)). Two of these properties are located in the Kenora District. In 2014, New Gold Inc. submitted the Rainy River deposit Environmental Assessment report to CEAA and MOE. In early 2015, New Gold Inc. received approval of this study by CEAA and MOECC. In 2014, Treasury Metals Inc. submitted an Environmental Impact Statement on the Goliath gold project to CEAA and MOE. In early 2014, Chalice Gold Mines Ltd. finalized the acquisition of the mineral properties from Coventry Resources Inc. Chalice Gold Mines Ltd. released revised Mineral Resource Estimates on the Cameron Lake, Dogpaw and Dubenski gold deposits. In early 2015, New Gold Inc. also acquired all shares and mineral properties of Bayfield Ventures Corp. In 2014, New Gold Inc. also released revised Mineral Reserve and Resource Estimates on the Rainy River gold-silver deposit and this included the initial Resource Estimate for the Intrepid gold-silver zone. The majority of exploration activity conducted in the district concentrated on projects that had already received substantial work in the recent past. In 2014, significant gold exploration programs continued on the 1) East Burns– Intrepid deposit, Burns Block property (Bayfield Ventures Ltd.); 2) Goldlund deposit, Goldlund property (Tamaka Gold Corporation); 3) Rainy River deposit and Intrepid zone, Rainy River property (New Gold Inc.); and 4) Thunder Lake deposit, Goliath property (Treasury Metals Inc.). Significant exploration projects continued to target gold at the Cameron Lake and Rainy River properties (Chalice Gold Mines Limited) and on the Sunfish zone, East Cedartree property (Metalore Resources Ltd.). In 2014, NuVision Resources ULC secured private funding to cover exploration expenditures on its Cat Key gold-zinc property.

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Work completed within the Kenora District and filed for assessment credit, or otherwise provided, is shown in Table 1. A total of 32 exploration projects were conducted by mineral exploration companies and individual prospectors during the year (Table 2). The authors note that, for ease of reading, all web addresses were accessed on January 30, 2015, unless otherwise noted.

MINING ACTIVITY There was no production of either base or precious metals in the Kenora District in 2014. Production continued from 4 granite quarries in 2014. The quarries are keyed by letter to Figure 2.

Nelson Granite Ltd.

Nelson Granite Ltd. (www.nelsongranite.com/) continued year-round production from 5 established stone quarries in the Kenora District during 2014 (see Figure 2). Production continued at the Docker Township quarry (V), 10 km southwest of Vermilion Bay. Homogeneous, medium-grained, pink granite is produced from a granite plug, which is part of the Dryberry batholith. The majority of the stone produced is used in the monument industry and is sold as “Vermilion Pink”. In 2014, approximately 5778.3 m3 (204 058 ft3) was produced (C. Spence, Nelson Granite Ltd., personal communication, 2015). The company continued to produce stone from their Forgotten Lake quarry (W) on the eastern side of Forgotten Lake, approximately 35 km north of Kenora and 10 km north of Redditt. The green, feldspar-megacrystic “Pine Green” stone was used as monument and building stone. A total of 2639.74 m3 (93 219 ft3) was produced in 2014 (C. Spence, Nelson Granite Ltd., personal communication, 2015). The Redditt quarry (X) is located approximately 10 km southwest of the Forgotten Lake quarry and 3 km west of Redditt. The stone from the quarry is white, feldspar-megacrystic granite and marketed as “Bimini” and was used as monument and building stone. A total of 216.7 m3 (7654 ft3) was produced in 2014 (C. Spence, Nelson Granite Ltd., personal communication, 2015). Production continued at the Red Deer Lake quarry (Y) in 2014. The quarry is located near Red Deer Lake, approximately 40 km northeast of Kenora and 12.6 km east of the Forgotten Lake quarry. The stone is marketed as “Red Deer Brown” or “Canadian Mahogany”. A total of 2641.0 m3 (93 265 ft3) were produced for use as monument and building stone (C. Spence, Nelson Granite Ltd., personal communication, 2015). The Second Mountain quarry (Z) is approximately 5.6 km east of the Forgotten Lake quarry. The stone from the quarry is a feldspar-megacrystic granite, sold as “Crystal Gold”. A total of 860.4 m3 (30 385 ft3) was produced in 2014 and was used as monument and building stone (C. Spence, Nelson Granite Ltd., personal communication, 2015).

EXPLORATION ACTIVITY A complete summary of exploration activity, including prospecting, is provided in Table 2. The extent of staking is shown in Figure 1. Significant exploration programs described below were conducted in the Kenora District in 2014 and are largely based on exploration success from previous years’ work. Described below are programs with significant exploration expenditures and/or results. Programs are keyed with numbers to Table 2 and Figure 2. Exploration activity presented in Table 2 is grouped into 3 sections, each representing different stages of program activity: • Once a company initiates an economic review of potential production, such as a Preliminary Economic Assessment, it is presented in the Economic Analysis Stage section of the table. • Exploration efforts that focus on upgrading the National Instrument (NI) 43-101-compliant or historical mineral resource estimate of a deposit on the property will be presented in the Resource Delineation Stage section of the table. • The remaining majority of the exploration activity is presented in the Exploration Stage section of the table.

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Table 1. Assessment files received in the Kenora District in 2014.

Abbreviations AEM ...... Airborne electromagnetic survey IP ...... Induced polarization survey AM ...... Airborne magnetic survey Lc ...... Line cutting DDH ...... Diamond drill hole(s) OVD ...... Overburden drill hole (s) EM ...... Electromagnetic survey P ...... Prospecting GC ...... Geochemical survey Res ...... Resistivity survey GL ...... Geological survey SA ...... Sampling (other than bulk) GM ...... Ground magnetic survey Str ...... Stripping GR ...... Geological report Tr ...... Trenching

Township or Area Company Name Year Type of Work AFRO Resident Geologist (Work Value) Number Office File Designation Atikwa Lake Area San Gold Corp. 2012–13 AEM, AM 2.54586 52F05NE N-1 Bad Vermilion Lake Area Q-Gold Resources Limited 2009–11 IP, Res 2.48032 52C10NE LLL-16 Bad Vermilion Lake Area Q-Gold Resources Limited 2010 DDH, SA 2.48053 52C10NE LLL-17 Bad Vermilion Lake Area Q-Gold Resources Limited 2010 DDH, SA 2.48034 52C10NE LLL-18 Bad Vermilion Lake Area Q-Gold Resources Limited 2010–11 DDH, GL, SA, GC 2.48031 52C10NE LLL-15 Bennett Lake Area Pathfinder Gold Inc. 2013 DDH, SA 2.54663 52C16SW HH-3 Bluffpoint Lake Area Kesselrun Resources Ltd. 2012–13 DDH 2.54560 52F03NW DD-4 Bluffpoint Lake Area Kesselrun Resources Ltd. 2013 P, SA 2.54737 52F03NW DD-3 Boyer Lake Area Goldeye Explorations Ltd. 2012–13 DDH, GL 2.54614 52F07NE III-13 Boyer Lake Area Manitou Gold Inc. 2012–13 P, Tr, SA, GL 2.54905 52F07NE SSS-10 Bridges Township Geofortune Resources Corp. 2013 GR, GL 2.54625 52F13SE LL-1 Buchan Bay Area Crestwell Resources Inc. 2013 SA, P 2.54640 52F11NE E-2 Code Township Burt, J. 2012 P 2.54433 52E09SE JJ-1 Conant Township Teck Resources Ltd. 2013 DDH, SA, GC 2.54667 52J07SE 109 Dogpaw Lake Area Cameron Gold Operations Ltd. 2013 DDH, SA 2.54711 52F05SW SSSS-1 Dogpaw Lake Area Metalore Resources Ltd. 2013 DDH, SA 2.54757 52F05SW LLLL-12 Dogpaw Lake Area Metalore Resources Ltd. 2014 DDH, SA 2.55185 52F05SW LLLL-13 Dogpaw Lake Area Metals Creek Resources Ltd. 2014 SA, P 2.55084 52F05SW QQQQ-9 Echo Township Goldlund Resources Inc. 2011–12 SA, GC 2.53765 52F16NW 140 Echo Township Goldlund Resources Inc. 2012 Tr, SA, GL 2.53767 52F16NW 142 Fourbay Lake Area Aur Lake Exploration Inc. 2010 GC, SA, GL, Lc 2.48183 52J02SW 121 Harper Lake Area Manitou Gold Inc. 2013 P, SA, GL 2.55050 52F07NW P-5 Hartman Township Treasury Metals Inc. 2009 Str, P, SA, GL 2.42421 52F15SE P-1 Jutten Township Lanthier, G.J. 2013 P, SA 2.54977 52J08NW 58 Kawashegamuk Lake Area Black Widow Resources Ltd. 2013 SA, P 2.54871 52F08NW LL-1 Kawashegamuk Lake Area New Klondike Exploration Ltd. 2013 GL, SA 2.54885 52F08NW JJ-1 Lobstick Bay Area StrikePoint Gold Inc. 2014 Lc, GL, IP, Res 2.55079 52F05NW FF-1 Mang Lake Area Manitou Gold Inc. 2012 DDH, SA 2.55095 52F02NW L-2 McAree Township Goldlund Resources Inc. 2008 DDH 2.46793 52F16NW 141 Melgund Township Black Widow Resources Ltd. 2013 P 2.54858 52F09SW XX-1 Menary Township King’s Bay Gold Corporation 2012–13 SA, Tr 2.54888 52C13NW T-6 Menary Township Rainy River Resources Ltd. 2011 GC, SA 2.54080 52C13NW Q-13 Nelles Township Coventry Resources Inc. 2014 OVD, SA, GC 2.55243 52D16SW II-1 Pattullo Township Bayfield Ventures Corp. 2011–12 AM, EM, DDH, SA 2.54948 52D16SE H-3 Pattullo Township Coventry Resources Inc. 2012–13 OVD 2.54672 52D16SE L-2 Pattullo Township Rheingold Exploration Corp. 2011 IP, GM, EM, GL 2.54712 52D16SE M-1 Penassi Lake Area Glencore Xstrata Corp. 2013 SA, DDH 2.54762 52G14NE 75 Penassi Lake Area Xstrata Canada Corp. 2011–12 DDH, SA, GC 2.54365 52G14NE 74

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Township or Area Company Name Year Type of Work AFRO Resident Geologist (Work Value) Number Office File Designation Phillips Township BCD Group 2012 SA 2.54690 52E08SE G-1 Pickerel Township Tamaka Gold Corporation 2012 GL, P, SA, Tr, GC 2.53751 52F16NE 68 Richardson Township Rainy River Resources Ltd. 2008–09 DDH, OVD 2.42911 52D16SE J-6 Richardson Township Rainy River Resources Ltd. 2009–10 DDH 2.44963 52D16SE J-7 Sakwite Lake Area Angove, R. 2014 P 2.55278 52F02SW D-5 Tabor Lake Area Black Widow Resources Ltd. 2013 EM 2.54512 52F09SW XX-2 Upper Manitou Lake Area Goldeye Explorations Ltd. 2012–13 Lc, IP, GM 2.53803 52F07NE III-15 Vista Lake Area Angove, R. 2014 P 2.55298 52F03SE E-9 Vista Lake Area Kesselrun Resources Ltd. 2013 SA, P, GL 2.54738 52F03SE T-1

Table 2. Exploration activity conducted in the Kenora District in 2014. Locations are keyed to Figure 2.

Abbreviations AEM ...... Airborne electromagnetic survey IBA ...... Impact and Benefits Agreements AM ...... Airborne magnetic survey IP ...... Induced polarization survey Bulk ...... Bulk sampling program Lc ...... Line cutting CC ...... Channel cutting MDA ...... Mine Development Activities Comp ...... Compilation of historical work MMI ...... Metal Mobile Iron sampling program DDC ...... Condemnations diamond drill hole(s) MRE ...... Mineral Resource Estimate (NI 43-101) DDE ...... Extension of historical diamond drill hole(s) MS ...... Marketing studies DDH ...... Diamond drill hole(s) OVD ...... Overburden drill hole(s) DDR ...... Diamond drill hole(engineering) Pr ...... Prospecting EA ...... Environmental Assessment study RPT ...... Report technical NI 43-101 EBS ...... Environmental baseline studies Samp ...... Sampling (other than bulk) EIS ...... Environmental Impact Statement SGH ...... Soil Gas Hydrocarbon analyses GC ...... Geochemical survey Str ...... Stripping GL ...... Geological survey VLF ...... Very low frequency electromagnetic survey GM ...... Ground magnetic survey

No. Company/Individual Township/Area Exploration Activity (Occurrence Name or Property) (Commodity) ECONOMIC ANALYSIS STAGE 1 Avalon Rare Metals Inc. Patterson Lake Area MS (Big Whopper deposit on (Li, Cs, Rb, Ta) Separation Rapids property) 2 Chalice Gold Mines Ltd. Rowan Lake Area MRE, RPT, DDH 15 - 2600 m, OVD 4 - 220 m, (Cameron deposit on (Au) AEM, AM, Lc, MMI, GL, Pr, Comp, Samp Cameron Lake property) 3 New Gold Inc. Richardson Township DDH 118 - 43 802 m, EA, IBA, MRE, EBS, MDA, (Rainy River deposit on (Au, Ag, Cu, Zn, Pt, Pd) DDC 89 - 15 958 m, Samp, Rainy River project) completed acquisition of Bayfield Ventures Corp. 4 New Gold Inc. Richardson Township DDH 5 - 2022 m, Samp (Intrepid gold zone - Rainy River project) (Au, Ag, Cu, Zn) 5 Treasury Metals Inc. Zealand Township MDA, DDH 38 - 8216 m, MMI, DDR 3 - 1011 m, (Thunder Lake deposit on (Au) DDE 7 - 2340 m, Samp, EBS, submitted EIS and Goliath property) working on Pre-Feasibility study RESOURCE DELINEATION STAGE 6 Bayfield Ventures Corp. Richardson Township DDH 4 - 2708 m, Samp, (East Burns – Intrepid zone on (Au, Ag, Cu, Zn) New Gold Inc. completed acquisition Burns Block – East Burns property) 7 Global Cobalt Corporation Rex–Werner lakes area Resumed MRE, Comp (Werner Lake mineral belt property) (Co, Cu, Ni, Pt, Pd)

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No. Company/Individual Township/Area Exploration Activity (Occurrence Name or Property) (Commodity) 8 Metalore Resources Ltd. Dogpaw Lake Area DDH 5 - 870 m, Samp (East Cedartree deposit on (Au) East Cedartree property) 9 Tamaka Gold Corporation Echo Township Comp, DDH 24 - 9002 m, MRE, Samp (Goldlund deposit on (Au) Goldlund property) EXPLORATION STAGE 10 Angove, R. Sakwite Lake Area Pr, Samp (Smooth Rock property) (Au) 11 Bayfield Ventures Corp. Richardson Township Comp, Samp, (B Block property) (Au, Ag, Cu, Zn) New Gold Inc. completed acquisition 12 Burt, D and Bundy, D. Code Township Pr, Samp (Olympian property) (Au, Cu) 13 Canstar Resources Inc. Jaffrey Township GL, Pr, Samp (Kenora property) (Au) 14 Chalice Gold Mines Ltd. Blue, Morley, Nelles, Pattullo, OVD 55 - 1511 m, MMI, Samp (Rainy River project) Shenston, Tail townships (Au, Ag, Cu, Zn) 15 Chalice Gold Mines Ltd. Dogpaw Lake Area AEM, AM, acquisition, Comp (Dubenski property) (Au) 16 Chalice Gold Mines Ltd. Dogpaw Lake Area AEM, AM, Comp (West Cedartree gold properties) (Au) 17 Champion Bear Resources Ltd. Eagle Rock Lake Area Comp, staking (Eagle Rock property) (Cu, Pd, Pt, Au) 18 Duncastle Gold Corp. Shannon Lake Area Comp (Black Lake property) (Au) 19 International Lithium Corp. Brownridge Township Comp (Mavis Lake–Fairservice project) (Li, Cs, Rb, Ta) 20 King’s Bay Gold Corporation Menary Township Comp, Samp, bulk sampling permit received (Menary property) (Au) 21 Manitou Gold Inc. Boyer Lake Area Comp, Samp, returned property (Elora Patents property) (Au) 22 Manitou Gold Inc. Lower Manitou Lake Area Str, GL, CC, Lc, GC, Samp (Gaffney Patent property) (Au) 23 Manitou Gold Inc. Boyer Lake Area Comp (Kenwest property) (Au) 24 Metals Creek Resources Corp. Dogpaw Lake Area Pr, Samp (Wicks Lake property) (Au) 25 New Klondike Exploration Ltd. Kawashegamuk Lake Area Comp, GL, Pr, Samp (Goldstorm property) (Au) 26 Numax Resources Inc. Bliss Lake Area Comp (Mine Centre property) (Fe, Ti) 27 NuVision Resources ULC Bliss Lake Area DDH 7 – 1945 m, RPT, Lc, Str, CC, SGH, GM, (Cat Key property) (Au, Cu, Zn) VLF, GL Pr, Samp 28 StrikePoint Gold Inc. Lobstick Bay Area Lc, GM, IP (Lobstick property) (Au) 29 Parkside Resources Corp. Poisson Township Pr, GL, Samp (Savant property) (Au) 30 Parkside Resources Corp. McCubbin Township Pr, GL, Samp (Wiggle Creek property) (Au) 31 Tasca Resources Ltd. Penassi Lake Area GL, Pr, Samp (Cobb Bay property) (Au, Cu, Zn) 32 Tasca Resources Ltd. Fourbay Lake Area GL, Pr, Samp (Fourbay property) (Au, Cu, Zn)

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Economic Analysis Stage

Avalon Rare Metals Inc. (http://avalonraremetals.com; see Figure 2, location 1) continued evaluation of the rare- element (rare metal) potential of the Big Whopper deposit at the Separation Rapids property in the Paterson Lake area, approximately 57 km north of Kenora. These efforts focussed on metallurgical laboratory test work to produce a 20 kg sample of petalite concentrate which contained high-lithium petalite concentrate with low iron content. This petalite concentrate has been “evaluated by several potential customers in the glass and ceramics industry in North America, Europe and Asia who have expressed interest in a high-purity product” (Avalon Rare Metals Inc., news release, September 3, 2014).

In 2013, Avalon Rare Metals Inc. engaged a European industrial minerals research organization with extensive experience in the processing of lithium-bearing ores for the glass and ceramics industry to investigate an alternative process flowsheet. In 2014, Avalon Rare Metals Inc. mentioned, “if this product meets the customers’ performance requirements, it is anticipated to proceed with bulk sampling and construction of a demonstration-scale production facility to produce larger quantities of the product for full-scale trials by the customers (Avalon Rare Metals Inc., news release, September 3, 2014).

In 2014, Chalice Gold Mines Limited (http://chalicegold.com; see Figure 2, location 2) issued 46 million shares to acquire a 100% interest in Coventry Resources Inc. and Coventry’s subsidiary companies’ holdings at the Cameron gold project, comprising the West Cedartree and the Rainy River projects (Chalice Gold Mines Limited, news release, February 5, 2014).

Chalice Gold Mines Limited initiated their work on the Cameron Lake gold project, approximately 29 km southeast of Sioux Narrows. The Cameron project includes the Cameron Lake gold deposit, Angel Hill, Dubenski and Dogpaw gold deposits (Figure 3). In 2014, Chalice Gold Mines Limited also acquired the Dubenski property, which includes the Dubenski gold deposit (Chalice Gold Mines Limited, news release, July 23, 2014).

Figure 3. Geology and location of mineral deposits, mineral occurrences, and land holding at the Cameron gold project (from Chalice Gold Mines Limited, http://chalicegold.com/, news release, July 28, 2014).

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Chalice Gold Mines Limited conducted a review of historical work conducted on the Cameron Lake project. Revised Mineral Resource Estimates were released in 2014 for the Cameron Lake, Dogpaw and Dubenski gold deposits (Chalice Gold Mines Limited, news release, July 28, 2014). The Mineral Resource Estimates (Tables 3, 4 and 5), are based on both open pit and underground extraction methods. These resource estimates are also based on 980 diamond-drill holes (totalling 112 293 m) at the Cameron deposit, 112 drill holes (totalling 15 410 m) at the Dubenski and 93 drill holes (totalling 10 475 m) at the Dogpaw gold deposits (Ball 2014).

Table 3. Mineral Resource Estimate of the Cameron Lake deposit (cut-off grades: open pit 0.5 g/t Au and underground 1.75 g/t Au; Chalice Gold Mines Limited, news release, July 28, 2014).

Resource Category (open pit) Tonnes Gold (g/t Au) Gold (ounces) Measured 2 872 000 2.3 212 400 Indicated 5 417 000 1.76 306 600 Inferred 881 000 2.07 58 600 Resource Category (underground) Tonnes Gold (g/t Au) Gold (ounces) Measured 157 000 2.77 14 000 Indicated 559 000 3.23 58 100 Inferred 5 709 000 2.78 510 300

Table 4. Mineral resource estimate of the Dubenski deposit (cut-off grades: open pit 1.0 g/t Au; Chalice Gold Mines Limited, news release, July 28, 2014).

Resource Category (open pit) Tonnes Gold (g/t Au) Gold (ounces) Indicated 806 000 2.28 59 100 Inferred 392 000 1.44 18 200

Table 5. Mineral resource estimate of the Dogpaw deposit (cut-off grades: open pit 0.5 g/t Au; Chalice Gold Mines Limited, news release, July 28, 2014).

Resource Category (open pit) Tonnes Gold (g/t Au) Gold (ounces) Indicated 247 000 3.02 24 000 Inferred 64 000 2.26 4700

In 2014, Chalice Gold Mines Limited continued to examine the areas adjacent to and west of the Cameron Lake gold deposit (Figures 3 and 4). Sampling of the glacial till horizon at this part of the Cameron Lake project was initiated by Coventry Resources Limited in 2012. Coventry Resources Limited identified several anomalous areas from these sampling programs including the Jupiter zone (see Figure 4). The Jupiter zone is approximately 1 km west of the Cameron Lake deposit (see Figure 4). In 2014, 40 reverse-circulation holes were drilled in till to test the area near the Jupiter zone. This drilling program, totalling 219.5 m, identified a broad anomalous area (N. Walker, Chalice Gold Mines Limited, personal communication, January 16, 2015). In 2014, Chalice Gold Mines Limited completed a 15-hole diamond-drilling program, totalling 2600 m, to test the gold-anomalous areas that had been identified from the soil and till sampling programs (see Figure 4). Based on the results of this drilling program (Table 6), Chalice Gold Mines Limited mentioned “narrow but potentially economic [gold] grades were intersected at the Juno, Jupiter and Ajax prospects confirming that mineralised structures with ‘Cameron-style’ alteration and gold mineralisation extend through the targeted areas” (Chalice Gold Mines Limited, Quarterly Report, July 30, 2014). In 2014, Chalice Gold Mines Limited completed airborne geophysical surveys over the Cameron Lake project, including the West Cedartree properties. The versatile time-domain electromagnetic (VTEM) survey was flown at a 200 m line-spacing, covering 2134 line-kilometres; the airborne magnetic survey was flown at a 100 m line-spacing, covering 1457 line-kilometres (Chalice Gold Mines Limited, Quarterly Report, April 30, 2014). Chalice Gold Mines Limited initiated a geological mapping and prospecting program to examine gold-anomalous areas, mainly on the West Cedartree property, which were identified by the airborne VTEM geophysical survey. The West Cedartree property, which contains the Angel Hill, Dubenski and Dogpaw gold deposits, is situated east of the Cameron Lake deposit (see Figure 3). Chalice Gold Mines Limited noted that “those checked to date have proven to relate to sheared, often pyritic, contacts between gabbroic intrusive and mafic‐felsic volcanics” (Chalice Gold Mines Limited, Quarterly Report, October 28, 2014).

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Table 6. Assay results from diamond-drill holes that tested the Ajax, Juno and Jupiter zones near the Cameron gold deposit, Cameron Lake project (Chalice Gold Mines Limited, Quarterly Report, July 30, 2014).

Zone Drill-Hole Number Interval (m) Length (m) Gold (g/t Au) Rock Types Ajax CAD 14-001 14.80 – 15.30 0.50 3.18 Dolerite – mafic intrusive Ajax CAD 14-005 103.50 – 104.20 0.70 4.43 Chlorite-dominant schist Jupiter CCD 14-241 109.85 – 110.75 0.90 2.78 Basalt Jupiter CCD 14-243 96.90 – 97.90 1.00 2.56 Basalt Juno CJD 14-003 91.00 – 92.00 1.00 3.35 Dolerite – mafic intrusive Juno CJD 14-003 138.60 – 139.60 1.00 3.80 Chlorite-dominant schist

In 2014, Chalice Gold Mines Limited also initiated a Mobile Metal Ion (MMI™) soil sampling geochemical survey over parts of the Cameron Lake project. The sampling program was designed to cover the Cameron–Pipestone shear zone and associated splay structures (see Figure 3). Figure 5 illustrates the area near the Cameron Lake deposit that was sampled during the first phase of the MMI™ sampling program. Chalice Gold Mines Limited mentioned the results from the 160 samples collected during this initial sampling program confirmed “that the mineralised structure is strongly reflected in MMI data from surface soils by an anomalous suite comprising Au and the Light Rare Earth Elements Ce, Pr, Eu, Er, and Dy, with Ni and Li reflecting bedrock lithology (mafic or felsic) (Chalice Gold Mines Limited, Quarterly Report, October 28, 2014). Based on these results, the MMI™ sampling program continued in 2014. In total, 3267 samples for MMI™ analysis were collected, covering all the entire area illustrated in Figure 5 (N. Walker, Chalice Gold Mines Limited, personal communication, January 16, 2014). In 2014, Chalice Gold Mines Limited completed a metallogenic framework and mineral targeting study, on the Cameron Lake project, was designed to “to help identify and develop new exploration opportunities both within the Cameron–Cedartree tenements and more regionally within the Cameron-Pipestone-Rowan Lake district. This will draw upon both public domain and proprietary datasets (primarily geophysical) and aims to identify litho-structural domains that the Company can focus its efforts on with the best chance of discovery” (Chalice Gold Mines Limited, Quarterly Report, July 30, 2014). A detailed data compilation was also initiated in 2014 on the Cameron Lake project. Chalice Gold Mines Limited indicated this study on historical work “includes detailed structural interpretations, multi‐level geochemical compilations, trench and regional map collations and review of pre-existing drilling” (Chalice Gold Mines Limited, Quarterly Report, October 28, 2014).

Figure 4. Geology and location of zones targeted by geochemical and diamond-drilling programs near the Cameron gold deposit, Cameron Lake project (from Chalice Gold Mines Limited, Quarterly Report, July 30, 2014).

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Additional work is planned for 2015.

Figure 5. Area of Cameron Lake project covered by a Mobile Metal Ion (MMI™) soil sampling survey (from Chalice Gold Mines Limited, Quarterly Report, October 28, 2014).

In 2013, New Gold Inc. (http://newgold.com/Home/default.aspx; see Figure 2, location 3) completed a friendly take- over bid to acquire all shares of Rainy River Resources Ltd. This take-over included all of Rainy River Resources Ltd.’s mineral properties (New Gold Inc. and Rainy River Resources Ltd., news releases, October 16, 2013). New Gold Inc. continued work at the Rainy River gold-silver project in Richardson Township, approximately 55 km northwest of Fort Frances. In 2014, New Gold Inc. announced the results of a revised Feasibility Study completed on the Rainy River deposits. The mineral reserve and resource estimates presented in Tables 7 and 8 is based on a diamond-drilling database that includes results from 1665 drill holes (totalling 742 424 m) on the Rainy River deposit and includes 230 additional drill holes (totalling 79 575 m) completed at the Intrepid zone (Hardie et al. 2014). The total combined estimates presented in Tables 7 and 8 include direct processing material from open pit, and underground and stockpile material (Hardie et al. 2014). Table 17 (see “Mineral Deposits Not Being Mined”) presents additional mineral reserve and resource estimates for the Rainy River deposit.

Table 7. Mineral Reserve Estimate of the Rainy River deposits used in the revised Feasibility Study (cut-off grades: open pit 0.30 g/t gold-equivalent (AuEq) 3 and underground 3.5 g/t (AuEq)) (Hardie et al. 2014, p.15-31). Resource Category Tonnes Gold (g/t Au) Gold (ounces) Silver (g/t Ag) Silver (ounces) Total Combined Proven and Probable 104 275 000 1.13 3 773 000 2.81 9 410 000

Table 8. Mineral Resource Estimate of the Rainy River deposits and Intrepid zone used in the revised Feasibility Study (cut-off grades: open pit 0.30 g/t gold and underground 3.5 g/t Ag) (Hardie et al. 2014, p.14-45). Resource Category Tonnes Gold (g/t Au) Gold (ounces) Silver (g/t Ag) Silver (ounces) Total Combined Measured and Indicated 177 361 000 1.09 6 236 000 2.57 14 635 000 Total Inferred Proven and Probable 20 655 000 1.16 773 000 2.58 1 717 000

3 AuEq (g/t) = Au (g/t) + Ag (g/t) × Ag price ($/oz) × Ag mill recovery (%) Au price ($/oz) × Au mill recovery (%)

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Based on these mineral reserve and resource estimates (see Tables 7 and 8, respectively), the Feasibility Study indicated the conceptual open pit and underground mining methods will have a total life of 14 years (New Gold Inc., Management Discussion and Analysis, October 30, 2014). In 2013, Rainy River Resources Ltd. submitted the Rainy River deposit Environmental Assessment (EA) report to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) and the Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MOE) (www.rainyriverresources.com/properties/projects/rainyriver/rainyriver-project/Environmental-Assessment- Process/environmental-assessment-report/default.aspx). In 2015, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency determined that the Designated Project is not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects (www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca/050/document-eng.cfm?document=100888). The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency and the Ontario Ministry of Environment and Climate Change separately completed their detailed assessments of the Rainy River project and subsequently announced their respective decisions. The Federal Environmental Assessment approval was granted on January 12, 2015, and the Provincial approval was granted on January 29, 2015. Receipt of these approvals now enables the company to apply for other permits through the development and operational phases of the project and to begin its preliminary development work at site in early 2015 (New Gold Inc., news release, January 30, 2015).

New Gold Inc. continued engineering and procurement work for the project; the following activities were completed in 2014 (New Gold Inc., Management Discussion and Analysis, October 30, 2014). • allocated $219.3 million to capital purchase commitments consisting primarily of the initial mining fleet as well as milling equipment. • engineering for the major infrastructure facilities, including the tailings management and water management facilities and access roads, are substantially complete. • engineering of the process plant is approximately 30% complete with all plant layouts finalized. • procurement has progressed with the purchase orders for mills, crushers, conveyors and materials handling equipment, mining equipment, linear screens, mill motors, main transformers and thickener.

In 2014, New Gold Inc. continued its diamond-drilling program, with a majority of the drilling designed to upgrade Inferred to Measured and Indicated Resources, and Resource to Reserve categories, and to test the extension of the gold-bearing zones at the Rainy River deposits. In total, 32 drill holes, totalling 10 744 m, tested the mineralized areas within the proposed open-pit boundary. The area adjacent to the open-pit boundary was tested with an additional 86 drill holes, totalling 33 058 m (D. Crick, New Gold Inc., personal communications, January 8, 2015). New Gold Inc. concluded Impact and Benefits Agreements with Rainy River First Nations and Naicatchewenin First Nation. New Gold Inc. also concluded Participation Agreements with Big Grassy First Nation and Métis Nation of Ontario. New Gold Inc. continued discussions with other Aboriginal groups to complete additional agreements. (New Gold Inc., Management Discussion and Analysis, Feburary 19, 2015) The condemnation diamond-drilling program, which was initiated in 2012, continued in 2014. The area surrounding the conceptual open-pit boundary was tested with an additional 89 drill holes, totalling 15 958 m (D. Crick, New Gold Inc., personal communications, January 8, 2015). New Gold Inc. completed a friendly take-over bid to acquire all shares of Bayfield Ventures Corp. This take-over includes all of Bayfield Ventures Corp.’s mineral properties (New Gold Inc. and Bayfield Venture Corp., news releases, January 1, 2015). Bayfield Ventures Corp. land holdings are east and north of New Gold Inc.’s Rainy River gold-silver deposit. The offer valued Bayfield at approximately $16.6 million and the acquisition include the mineralized zones located on the Burns Block property (New Gold Inc., news release, October 1, 2014). The Burns Block property is situated between New Gold Inc.’s Rainy River deposit’s conceptual open pit boundary and the Intrepid zone (Figure 6).

New Gold Inc. (http://newgold.com/Home/default.aspx; see Figure 2, location 4) continued work on the Intrepid gold- silver zone, situated on a part of the Rainy River property, approximately 1 km east of the Rainy River gold-silver deposit. In 2014, 5 diamond-drill holes, totalling approximately 2042 m, tested an area adjacent to the eastern and southern boundary of Bayfield Ventures Corp.’s Burns Block patent property. These properties are in Richardson Township, approximately 55 km northwest of Fort Frances.

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The drilling program completed in 2014 was designed to expand the known mineralized areas at the Intrepid zone. In 2014, New Gold Inc. released an updated Mineral Resource Estimate for the Rainy River deposit (Hardie et al. 2014) and this estimate includes the mineralization for the Intrepid zone (see Tables 7 and 8).

Figure 6. Location of New Gold Inc. and Bayfield Ventures Corp. properties and land holdings in the Rainy River area (from (www.bayfieldventures.com, June 2, 2014 [note: Web site no longer available after takeover by New Gold Inc.]).

Treasury Metals Inc. (www.treasurymetals.com; see Figure 2, location 5) continued work on the Goliath gold project in Zealand Township, approximately 20 km east of Dryden. A majority of the efforts in 2014 targeted the mineral potential of the Thunder Lake gold deposit. In 2014, Treasury Metals Inc. continued their diamond-drilling program with a majority of the drilling designed to upgrade Inferred Resources to the Measured and Indicated Resource categories and to test the extension of gold- bearing zones at the Thunder Lake deposit; this program continued into 2015. The Thunder Lake gold deposit comprises the Hanging Wall, Main and Footwall zones. Roy et al. (2010) stated, “The mineralized zones are tabular composite units defined on the basis of anomalous to strongly elevated gold concentration, increasing sulphide content and distinctive altered rock units [that] are concordant to the local stratigraphy”. In 2014, a 30-hole, Phase I diamond-drilling program was designed to test the mineralized zones within the Thunder Lake deposit conceptual open-pit and underground resource (Table 9). These drill holes mainly targeted the C zone but also tested the Footwall B, Main and D zones.

Table 9. Significant assay results from the 2014 diamond-drilling programs testing zones at the Treasury Metals Inc., Thunder Lake deposit (RE indicates a deepened drill hole; W indicates wedge hole).

Drill Hole Interval (m) Gold (g/t Au) Zone Source (Treasury Metals Inc., news releases) TL14-341 0.50 57.95 Main April 8, 2014 TL14-345 4.35 5.19 Main April 8, 2014 TL13-353 12.25 4.05 Main May 5, 2014 TL14-341 3.0 6.27 C April 8, 2014 TL14-266RE 4.00 5.50 C June 11, 2014 TL14-166RE 2.00 11.27 C June 11, 2014 TL14-350 6.70 5.39 C May 5, 2014 TL14-349 9.30 2.20 C May 5, 2014 TL08-55W2b 5.75 3.64 C April 8, 2014

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In 2012, Treasury Metals Inc. conducted a review of historical diamond-drill holes completed on the property. The company stated “that as many as 80 previously drilled holes throughout the Main Zone (primarily drilled by Teck) have probably been cut-off before intersecting the footwall zones” (Treasury Metals Inc., news release, December 11, 2012). In 2014, based on the results from this review, 4 historical drill holes, which were originally designed to intersect the Main zone, were deepened (see Table 9). Treasury Metals Inc. also wedged one of these historical drill holes (Treasury Metals Inc., Management and Discussion and Analysis, September 30, 2014). Two diamond-drill holes, totalling 766 m, tested potentially mineralized areas on the Norman property, approximately 1.6 km east of the Thunder Lake deposit proposed open-pit boundary. Drill-hole TL 14-337 intersected 2.5 m grading 1.45 g/t Au (Treasury Metals Inc., news release, April 8, 2014). Treasury Metals Inc. completed 6 diamond-drill holes, totalling approximately 962.5 m, targeting the mineralized zones adjacent to the conceptual pit boundary. Three drill holes and 1 hole extension evaluated the Far Western mineralized trend. Drill-hole TL-14-368 intersected 7.0 m grading 1.84 g/t Au and drill-hole TL 14-367 intersected 12.80 m grading 2.71 g/t Au, including a 7.0 m interval that returned 4.26 g/t Au (Treasury Metals Inc., news release, August 5, 2014). In 2011, Treasury Metals Inc. completed a helicopter-supported airborne electromagnetic and magnetometer geophysical survey over the Goliath property. In 2014, the company also completed a Mobile Metal Ion (MMI™) geochemical sampling program. In total, 1850 soil samples tested 10 conductive and magnetic anomalous zones identified by this airborne geophysical survey (Treasury Metals Inc., news release, August 5, 2014). Treasury Metals Inc. initiated a Phase II diamond-drilling program on the Goliath property. Part of this Phase II drilling program was designed to upgrade Inferred Resources to the Measured and Indicated Resource categories, in addition to testing additional mineralized zones within the Thunder Lake deposit conceptual open-pit boundary. Ten drill holes, totalling 2920 m, were completed in 2014 (G. Katchen, Treasury Metals Inc., personal communication, January 10, 2015). Anomalous areas, identified from the MMI™ geochemical survey completed on the Goliath project, will also be tested as part of this drilling program, which is planned to continue into 2015 (Treasury Metals Inc., news release, November 20, 2014). In 2014, Treasury Metals Inc. completed 3 engineering diamond-drill holes, totalling 1011 m, to test the stability of the proposed open-pit wall at the Thunder Lake deposit (G. Katchen, Treasury Metals Inc., personal communication, January 10, 2015). Treasury Metals Inc. continued the permitting and approval process for developing the Thunder Lake deposit. In 2014, Treasury Metals submitted the Goliath Gold Project Environmental Impact Statement to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (Treasury Metals Inc., news release, October 21, 2014). Treasury Metals Inc. noted “the provincial permitting application process for the Goliath Gold Project is ongoing and will run in a parallel fashion along with the Federal EA [environmental assessment] process” (Treasury Metals Inc., Management and Discussion and Analysis, September 30, 2014). The environmental baseline study, initiated by Treasury Metals Inc. on the Thunder Lake deposit in 2010, continued in 2014. Environmental baseline studies included wildlife, ecosystem, soil, vegetation, fish habitat, sediment and water-quality surveys (Treasury Metals Inc., Management and Discussion and Analysis, September 30, 2014).

In 2014, Treasury Metals Inc. completed a scoping optimization study on the Thunder Lake deposit. This study is designed to “narrow the ore processing and tailings storage options ahead of commencing the feasibility study”. The Thunder Lake deposit feasibility study is planned to be released in the fourth quarter of 2015 (Treasury Metals Inc., Management and Discussion and Analysis, September 30, 2014).

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Significant Exploration Stage Bayfield Ventures Corp. (see Figure 2, location 6) continued work on the Burns Block gold-silver property in Richardson Township, approximately 55 km northwest of Fort Frances. The Burns Block property is adjacent to the eastern boundary of New Gold Inc.’s Rainy River gold-silver deposit.

In 2014, Bayfield Ventures Corp. completed a 4-hole diamond-drilling program, totalling 2708 m, designed to define the mineralized trend associated with the East Burns–Intrepid zone, situated in the southwestern portion of the Burns Block property. Bayfield Ventures Corp. noted that gold and silver mineralization at the East Burns–Intrepid zone is best developed within complexly deformed, base metal-bearing and grey quartz veinlet swarms within the sheared, foliated dacite porphyry (Bayfield Ventures Limited, news release, November 26, 2013).

Bayfield Ventures Corp. announced an initial Mineral Resource Estimate on the Burns Block property in early 2014. The resource estimate is mainly for the mineralized zones located in the Western and East Burns–Intrepid zones located on the Burns Block property (Table 10). The estimates presented in Table 10 are values for both underground and open-pit categories.

Table 10. Mineral Resource Estimate for the Burns Block property (cut-off grades: open pit 0.35 g/t AuEq and underground 2.50 g/t AuEq) (Bayfield Ventures Corp., news release, January 14, 2014).

Resource Category Tonnes Gold (g/t Au) Gold (ounces) Silver (g/t Ag) Silver (ounces) Indicated - Open Pit 1 253 000 1.0 49 928 14.7 591 954 Indicated - Underground 79 000 7.9 20 029 37.0 93 716 Indicated - Total 1 332 000 1.4 59 957 16.0 685 670 Inferred - Open Pit 2 788 000 1.2 104 121 14.4 1 293 763 Inferred - Underground 195 000 7.4 46 475 43.0 269 708 Inferred - Total 2 983 000 1.6 150 596 16.3 1 563 470

New Gold Inc. completed a friendly take-over bid to acquire all shares of Bayfield Ventures Corp. This take-over includes all Bayfield Ventures Corp. mineral properties (New Gold Inc. and Bayfield Venture Corp., news releases, January 1, 2015).

Metalore Resources Ltd. (www.metaloreresources.com; see Figure 2, location 8) continued its exploration work on the East Cedartree gold property, approximately 68 km southeast of Kenora. In 2013, a grid was established to cover the Sunfish Lake area, which is approximately 1 km south-southeast of the East Cedartree gold deposit.

Eight of the 12 diamond-drill holes completed in 2013 tested conductive anomalies identified from an induced polarization (IP) geophysical survey conducted over the Sunfish grid. Drill-hole 13-05 intersected disseminated chalcopyrite within fragmental metavolcanic rocks at the contact with a felsic intrusion. A 17.1 m wide section returned 0.13% Cu and included a 0.60 m interval that returned 0.84% Cu, 4.20 g/t Ag and 0.08 g/t Au (Metalore Resources Ltd., news release, December 20, 2013).

Based on these results, Metalore Resources Ltd. completed an additional 5 diamond-drill holes, totalling 870.5 m, on the Sunfish grid. Drill-hole 14-05 intersected a 3.1 m wide section of disseminated chalcopyrite within fragmental metavolcanic rocks, which returned values up to 0.15% Cu and 0.003 g/t Au (Chilian 2014).

Tamaka Gold Corporation (www.tamakagold.com; see Figure 2, location 9) continued work on the Goldlund gold property, approximately 38 km northeast of Dryden. Since 2007, exploration efforts have identified at least 12 gold- bearing zones over an 800 m wide by 3000 m long area. The intermediate intrusive rocks that contain primary gold- bearing structures generally trend easterly and dip steeply to the south. Secondary structures are contained within these primary structures. These secondary structures strike north-northeast and have a shallow dip to the west. Generally, the secondary structures contain higher grade gold, whereas the primary structures return lower grade mineralization (Zellerer 2013).

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Table 11. Mineral Resource Estimate (cut-off grade 0.05 g/t Au) of the Goldlund gold deposit, Tamaka Gold Corporation (Zellerer 2013).

Resource Category Tonnes Gold (g/t Au) Gold (ounces) Measured and Indicated 19 000 000 1.30 791 000 Inferred 42 500 000 0.78 1 070 000

In 2013, Tamaka Gold Corporation released a National Instrument 43-101–compliant technical report on the Goldlund Project and this included a Mineral Resource Estimate on the Goldlund gold deposit (Table 11). This estimate is based on 93 diamond-drill holes, totalling 10 475 m.

In 2013, Kesselrun Resources Ltd. acquired a 10% interest in Tamaka Gold Corporation’s Goldlund property by investing $1 000 000 in the company (Kesselrun Resources Ltd., news release, November 20, 2013). Based on this investment, a 24-hole diamond-drilling program, totalling 9002 m, was initiated in 2013 by Tamaka Gold Corporation. The program was completed in 2014, and targeted the area underlain by the Goldlund deposit. Drill-hole K13-146 intersected 1.3 m grading 15.31 g/t Au, including a 0.7 m interval that returned 26.11 g/t Au. An 11.9 m interval in drill-hole K14-157 returned 2.21 g/t Au. Drill-hole K14-161 intersected 15.6 m grading 1.22 g/t Au, including a 0.7 m interval that returned 18.93 g/t Au (Kesselrun Resources Ltd., news release, July 17, 2014).

In 2015, Tamaka Gold Corporation announced a revised Mineral Resource Estimate on the Goldlund gold deposit (Table 12).

Table 12. Revised Mineral Resource Estimate (cut-off grade 0.05 g/t Au) of the Goldlund gold deposit, Tamaka Gold Corporation (Tamaka Gold Corporation, news release, January 22, 2015).

Resource Category Tonnes Gold (g/t Au) Gold (ounces) Measured and Indicated 20 100 000 1.97 1 274 000 Inferred 40 500 000 2.12 2 760 000

Exploration Activity Stage

Chalice Gold Mines Limited (http://chalicegold.com/; see Figure 2, location 14) continued work on the Rainy River gold and base metal project, approximately 70 km west of Fort Frances. The area covered by the exploration program in 2014 targeted the southern part of the Rainy River greenstone belt, centred near the community of Pinewood. In total, 55 reverse-circulation till and bedrock drill holes, totalling approximately 1150 m, were completed during this program. The 2014 program was designed to target gold and base metal anomalies identified from the 2012–2013 reverse-circulation drilling programs.

In 2014, Chalice Gold Mines Limited also initiated a Mobile Metal Ion (MMI™) soil sampling geochemical survey over parts of the Rainy River Project. A total of 300 samples for MMI™ analysis were collected to cover the Conqueror area. Chalice Gold Mines Limited stated that the reverse-circulation drilling and MMI™ programs were “successful in identifying areas of interest, which require further exploration” (N. Walker, Chalice Gold Mines Limited, personal communication, January 16, 2015).

Chalice Gold Mines Limited also initiated a “compilation, validation and interpretation of all public domain historical data in the Rainy River area to further a structural/lithological interpretation of the Rainy River area using published geophysical magnetic survey data” (N. Walker, Chalice Gold Mines Limited, personal communication, January 16, 2015).

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Manitou Gold Inc. (www.manitougold.com) continued work on several of its gold properties in the Upper and Lower Manitou lakes area. These properties, illustrated in Figure 7, are 40 to 60 km south of Dryden. A majority of the efforts in 2014 targeted mineralization on the Gaffney Patent property.

Gaffney Patents Property (see Figure 2, location 22): Manitou Gold Inc. continued work on the Gaffney Patents property, which is mainly underlain by Manitou Island in Lower Manitou Lake (see Figure 7). A control grid was established over most of the property. In 2014, prospecting, mapping and grab-sampling programs were conducted utilizing this control grid.

Figure 7. Location of Manitou Gold Inc. gold properties in the Upper and Lower Manitou lakes area (from Manitou Gold Inc., www.manitougold.com/projects/, select “detailed map”).

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A majority of activity targeted mineralization at the “North-South QFP Extension” area (Figure 8). Manitou Gold Inc. indicated that field work had discovered and traced a 300 m long extension to the main north- trending, gold- bearing quartz feldspar porphyry (QFP) dike. A total of 42 grab samples along the discovery area returned gold assay results ranging from 0.3 g/t Au to a high of 40.9 g/t Au (Manitou Gold Inc., news release, September 12, 2014). Prospecting efforts located a mineralized area situated in the western part of the property (see Figure 8). Manitou Gold Inc. mentioned that the “West QFP Dyke Area” “was identified as a prospective target based on the occurrence of north-south oriented QFP dykes similar to the main dyke adjacent to the historical Gaffney shaft. An initial examination of this area has identified two QFP dykes which contain anomalous gold values ranging from nil to 1.2 g/t Au” (Manitou Gold Inc., news release, September 12, 2014). Additional work is planned. NuVision Resources ULC (see Figure 2, location 27) acquired, by staking, the Cat Key property, 10 km west of Mine Centre. In 2014, a National Instrument 43-101–compliant technical report was completed that summarized the results of historical work and provided recommendations for exploration to target the lode gold and volcanogenic massive sulphide potential of the property. Approximately $1 000 000 of private funding was used to cover the 2014 exploration expenditures (M. Reiter, NuVision Resources ULC, personal communication, January 28, 2014). A grid, with 200 m line spacing, was established over the property. Magnetometer and very low frequency electromagnetic (VLF–EM) geophysical surveys were completed on this grid. Prospecting and a geological mapping survey were also completed. Historical mineral occurrences on the property received detailed examination as part of the mapping program (Figure 9). In total, 1789 soil or humus samples were collected at 50 m intervals along the grid lines. Approximately 50% of these samples, which represented sample sites from every second grid line, were submitted for analysis utilizing soil gas hydrocarbon (SGH) geochemical methodology. Twenty-two anomalous areas were identified from the Phase I SGH results. Based on these Phase I results, the remaining 944 soil samples were submitted for SGH analysis. The results of the Phase II SGH analysis will be released in 2015. (M. Reiter, NuVision Resources ULC, personal communication, January 28, 2014)

Figure 8. Location of areas examined on the Manitou Island Gaffney Patents property, Manitou Gold Inc. (from Manitou Gold Inc., www.manitougold.com/projects/gaffney-extension/maps/).

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Mechanical removal of overburden, pressure washing, channel cutting and sampling were completed at 6 areas on the Cat Key property. These areas are adjacent to historical mineral occurrences and sites identified from the NuVision Resources ULC mapping program (see Figure 9).

NuVision Resources ULC completed a 7-hole diamond-drilling program, totalling 1925 m (Table 13; see Figure 9). Drill-hole NVR 14-01was designed to test a conductive zone identified from a VLF–EM airborne geophysical survey. Hydrothermal alteration and mineralization, interpreted by the company to be volcanogenic massive sulphide-related, was intersected in this drill hole (see Table 13).

An area of anomalous gold, which was identified from SGH analytical results, was tested by drill-hole NVR 14-02. The remaining drill holes tested mineral potential at the Thompson and L54-20 zones. Alteration and mineralization intersected in these drill holes (see Table 13) is interpreted to be associated with lode gold mineralization. Based on the results, additional work is planned (A. Raoul, NuVision Resources ULC, personal communication, January 28, 2014).

Table 13. Significant assay results from diamond-drill holes completed in Cat Key property, NuVision Resources ULC (A. Raoul, NuVision Resources ULC, personal communication, January 28, 2014).

Zone Drill-Hole Number Interval (m) Length (m) Significant Assay Results L24E NVR 14-01 49.70 – 65.00 15.30 0.82% Zn L24E NVR 14-01 49.70 – 53.68 3.98 2.02% Zn L24E NVR 14-01 220.00 – 222.98 2.98 2.6 g/t Ag and 0.12% Zn L26E NVR 14-02 129.70 – 130.77 1.07 >1.0% Zn Thompson Porphyry NVR 14-03 95.00 – 101.00 3.00 1.22 g/t Au Thompson Porphyry NVR 14-04 61.35 – 62 35 1.00 0.11% Zn L54-20 NVR 14-05 71.40 – 72.66 1.26 0.89 g/t Au and 0.14% Zn L54-20 NVR 14-07 87.56 – 89.58 2.02 3.47 g/t Au and 1.05 g/t Ag

Figure 9. Locations of diamond-drill holes, historical mineral occurrences and stripped areas on the Cat Key property, NuVision Resources ULC (A. Raoul, NuVision Resources ULC, personal communication, January 28, 2014). Abbreviation: “NVR14-1” represents NuVision Resources ULC 2014 diamond-drill hole number.

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DISTRICT GEOLOGIST STAFF AND ACTIVITIES The Kenora office was staffed in 2014 by C. Ravnaas, P.Geo., District Geologist; J. Wetendorf, District Geological Assistant; and Brittany Sherred, summer student assistant (Summer Experience Program).

Kenora staff attended the following conferences and symposia: • J. Wetendorf attended the Ontario Geological Survey (OGS) Branch and RGP meeting held in Sudbury – February; • C. Ravnaas attended and represented the Kenora District–RGP at the Northwestern Ontario Mines and Minerals Symposium in Thunder Bay – April; • J. Wetendorf represented the Kenora District–RGP at the Manitoba Mining and Minerals Convention held in Winnipeg, Manitoba; C. Ravnaas compiled a poster illustrating the metal producers and significant exploration activity in northwestern Ontario for the OGS booth – November.

Kenora staff attended the following workshops, presentations and/or training courses: • C. Ravnaas attended a 2-day “Environmental Assessment in Treaty 3 Territory Witangiindiwn Knowledge Forum” workshop in Kenora delivered by Grand Council Treaty 3 – February • C. Ravnaas attended a 1-day Mineral Development workshop and Information Session in Fort Frances – organized and facilitated by the Fort Frances Chiefs Secretariat (FFCS) – February • C. Ravnaas attended the Soil Gas Hydrocarbon workshop delivered by Activation Laboratories in Thunder Bay – April • C. Ravnaas attended a meeting hosted by Treasury Metals Inc. to outline plans related to the Environmental Assessment (EA) on the development of the Thunder Lake gold deposit - Goliath property – September • Kenora staff attended and answered technical questions from clients who participated in an Ontario Geological Survey (OGS) Information Session delivered by Jennifer Simpson, Aboriginal Geoscience Liaison (Acting), to Anishinaabeg of Kabapikotawangag Resources Council (AKRC) near Sioux Narrows – September • C. Ravnaas attended and answered technical questions from Lac Seul First Nation students participating in a prospecting course delivered in an OGS Information Session – September • J. Wetendorf attended and completed a 4-day Part One, Certification Training (Basic Certification) for Joint Health and Safety Committees with Ministry of Labour in Thunder Bay – September • C. Ravnaas attended the “Exploration for Deep VMS Orebodies: The Hudbay Lalor Case Study” workshop in Winnipeg, Manitoba – November • C. Ravnaas completed the “Order Picker II Forklift” training in Thunder Bay – November

Kenora staff completed the following webinar/e-learning courses: • SafeSmart for Employees • Records and Information Management (RIM) 101 • Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) • IASR Module 2: Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation • Cultural Awareness video conference – Inclusion Council Aboriginal Awareness speaker series, Sudbury

Presentations delivered by Kenora staff: • An activity poster, rock samples, exploration opportunity handouts and a presentation were delivered at the Northwestern Ontario Mines and Minerals Symposium held in Thunder Bay – April. • C. Ravnaas provided an update on northwestern Ontario exploration projects, which have entered or are presently in the economic analysis stage, to Treasury Metals and government officials at the Thunder Lake Environmental Assessment meeting – September.

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Exploration Information Session and tours delivered by Kenora staff: • Kenora staff organized and hosted a Mineral Exploration Information Session to approximately 105 participants in Dryden on July 22 and 23. The intent was to provide an opportunity for company geologists, Kenora District prospectors, municipal economic development officers, First Nation participants and MNDM representatives to network and discuss exploration programs; • The follow presentations were delivered at the Mineral Exploration Information Session – July 22: a) Craig Ravnaas, Kenora District Geologist: “Overview of Exploration Activity in 2013–14”; b) Norm Bush and Gerry Ketchen of Treasury Metals Inc. delivered a presentation on geology, mineralization and development plans for the Thunder Lake deposit; c) Amy Shute and Justin Tolman delivered a presentation on the geological setting and development of the Rainy River project. • Kenora staff prepared guides for a field trip at the Van Horne gold property, Flambeau Lake, led by Andreas Lichtblau and Steven Meade – July 22 (after presentations) • In preparation for a geological tour, which was also part of the Mineral Exploration Information Session in July, Kenora staff compiled tour guides for examination of several bedrock exposures at the Goldlund deposit, hosted by Tamaka Gold Corporation. Tamaka Gold Corporation staff delivered an overview of the geology, structure and mineralization of the Goldlund property and displayed drill core for examination. • A second geological tour of the Pidgeon molybdenum exposure was delivered after viewing the Goldlund deposit. Kenora staff facilitated the tours and examination of these deposits to approximately 70 participants on July 23.

Other Activities: • Brittany Sherred was hired from May 20 to August 22 under the Summer Employment Program (SEP) and assisted with office and field projects. • J. Wetendorf updated the design of the cover page for the “2014–2015 Recommendations for Exploration” for printing as requested by Dave Guindon. • C. Ravnaas updated 52 mineral resource estimates presented in the “Kenora Mineral Deposits Not Being Mined” table in the Mineral Deposit Inventory (MDI) database and created 3 new stone MDI records. • Kenora District Office staff responded to approximately 938 telephone inquiries and facilitated 336 office visits by exploration clients.

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PROPERTY EXAMINATIONS In 2014, 25 property visits were conducted by Kenora District Office staff (Table 14; Figure 10).

Table 14. Property and field examinations conducted by the Kenora District Geologist in 2014. Locations are keyed to Figure 10.

Number Client – Occurrence 1 Bayfield Ventures Corp. – B Block Au-Ag occurrence 2 Bayfield Ventures Corp. – East Burns–Intrepid Au-Ag prospect 3 Cousineau, R. and Desjardins, R. – Grassy Portage soapstone occurrences 4 Coventry Resources Inc. – Angel Hill Au deposit 5 Coventry Resources Inc. – Cameron Lake Au deposit 6 Johnson, S. – Preacher Road showing 7 Kings Bay Gold Corp. – Galbraith Au prospect 8 Kings Bay Gold Corp. – New Shear Au occurrence 9 Kings Bay Gold Corp. – Wagg Au prospect 10 Manitou Gold Inc. – Beehive Au prospect 11 Manitou Gold Inc. – Gaffney Shaft Au prospect 12 MPH Venture Corp. – Pidgeon Mo deposit 13 NuVision Resources ULC – L54E Au prospect 14 NuVision Resources ULC – L60E Au occurrence 15 NuVision Resources ULC – Thompson East Au prospect 16 NuVision Resources ULC. – Thompson West Au prospect 17 Rainy River Resources Inc. – Intrepid Au-Ag prospect 18 Rainy River Resources Inc. – Rainy River Au-Ag deposit 19 Staff examination – Flambeau Au occurrence 20 Staff examination – GUP diamond occurrence 21 Staff examination – Pritchard Au occurrence 22 Staff examination – Widow Au occurrence 23 Tamaka Gold Corporation – Goldlund Au deposit 24 Treasury Metals Inc. – Goldcliff Au occurrence 25 Treasury Metals Inc. – Thunder Lake Au deposit

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NuVision Resources ULC Cat Key Gold Property NuVision Resources ULC initiated an exploration program in 2014 on their Cat Key Gold property, approximately 10 km west of Mine Centre. Raoul (2014) provided a description of the property geology. The Cat Key property is underlain by Neoarchean mafic to intermediate metavolcanic and volcaniclastic rocks. These rocks have been intruded by synvolcanic diorite to quartz diorite intrusions. Interflow sedimentary rocks occur throughout the property. Mafic and felsic dikes cut all of these rocks types. The mafic dikes are mainly gabbro to diorite. The felsic dikes include both feldspar porphyry and quartz-feldspar porphyry. All of these rock types have been cut by quartz veins. In 2014, geological mapping was completed on the property. The 5 historic mineral occurrences on the property received detailed examination. Mechanical removal of overburden, pressure-washing, channel-cutting and sampling were completed at 6 areas on the property. A majority of these stripping efforts focussed on the “Thompson Porphyry” and “54-20” exposures. Samples collected from these zones returned anomalous gold values (Table 15). A majority of historical exploration efforts conducted on the property have targeted gold potential of quartz veins. NuVision Resources ULC exploration efforts tested quartz veins, but also examined the property for “its potential in discovering gold-bearing lithologically controlled (stratabound) gold mineralization along porous to semi-porous brecciated and sheared contact between mafic volcanic and felsic tuff, lapilli tuff and pyroclastic rocks” (Bernatchez 2014). All of the rock types on the Cat Key property exhibit varying amounts of strain. A northeasterly trending strain fabric is generally paralleling the trend of lithological units. This feature is cut by an easterly trending array of fractures. Quartz is located in some of these fractures. Samples collected from these easterly trending quartz veins returned up to 0.5 g/t Au. Northwesterly trending shears cut all existing strain fabrics. Quartz veins are hosted by these structures as well. Samples collected from these northwest-trending quartz veins returned up to 0.2 g/t Au (A. Raoul, NuVision Resources ULC, personal communication, February 3, 2015). The Thompson Porphyry and 54-20 exposures exhibit varying amounts of hydrothermal alteration. The intensity of alteration in the exposures often increases where quartz veining is more abundant. Silicification of the volcanic rocks is a prominent feature at the Thompson Porphyry and 54-20 exposures. In parts of these exposures, up to 90% of the rocks have been replaced by quartz, despite a lack of quartz veins. Samples collected from these silicified rocks can return multi-gram gold values. NuVision Resources ULC has proposed this silicification occurred after the easterly trending strain, but before the development of the northwesterly trending fractures (A. Raoul, NuVision Resources ULC, personal communication, February 3, 2015). In 2014, NuVision Resources ULC completed a 7-hole diamond-drilling program. The Thompson Porphyry was tested with 2 drill holes and 3 holes targeted mineralization at the 54-20 exposures. Drill holes, which tested these exposures, intersected significant intervals of hydrothermally altered rocks that also contained quartz veins. Samples collected from these alteration zones, similar to samples collected from the corresponding exposures, returned anomalous gold values. Drill-hole NVR 14-03, which tested the Thompson Porphyry, intersected 3.0 m grading 1.22 g/t Au. A 2.20 m interval in drill-hole NVR 14-07, which tested the 54-20 zone, returned 3.47 g/t Au (A. Raoul, NuVision Resources ULC, personal communication, February 3, 2015). Based on exploration efforts completed at the Thompson Porphyry and 54-20 zones, NuVision Resources ULC has proposed that “significant gold-bearing, east-northeast-striking mineralized zones contained within a lithologically controlled, fractured, brecciated and altered contact between intermediate/felsic and mafic volcanic and quartz porphyry rocks” (A. Raoul, NuVision Resources ULC, personal communication, February 3, 2015).

Table 15. Assay results from samples collected from the Thompson Porphyry and 54-20 zones, Cat Key property, NuVision Resources ULC (Raoul 2014).

Zone-Exposure Sample Number Type of Sample Length (m) Gold (g/t Au) Thompson Porphyry 212 Channel 1.5 1.09 Thompson Porphyry 218 Channel 3.0 0.51 Thompson Porphyry 224 Channel 1.5 0.56 54-20 616 Grab - 2.56 54-20 625 Grab - 2.81 54-20 791 Chip 0.8 6.31

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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXPLORATION

Uranium and Thorium Potential in the Kenora District Precambrian uraniferous pegmatite occurrences are known in the western parts of the English River, Winnipeg River and Wabigoon subprovinces. Regionally, these occurrences are associated with metasedimentary and felsic intrusive rocks, and major fault systems. Breaks (1982) introduced a provisional classification of rock types that host uranium mineralization as 1) metasedimentary migmatite-associated “white granitoid” and 2) potassic granitoid suite-associated “pink to red granitoid”.

Uranium mineralization hosted in pegmatite has the potential for low-grade, large-tonnage, “porphyry style” deposits. The Richard Lake deposit (Figure 11), situated in the western Wabigoon Subprovince, has a historic resource of 650 000 tonnes grading 0.10% U3O8 (Pryslak 1976). Known uranium occurrences (see Figure 11) are clustered in areas of the Kenora District that have received past exploration. Delta Uranium Inc.’s 4-year exploration program, initiated in 2006, targeted uranium potential in the area situated between Kenora and Dryden (see Figure 11, location A), which includes the area of the Richard Lake deposit. The number of uranium mineral occurrences in this area doubled as a result of this activity. The remainder of the Kenora District has the potential to host similar mineralized environments, but has not received sufficient exploration activity to realize this potential.

Starting in 2000, the Ontario Geological Survey initiated lake sediment sampling programs in the Kenora District. The Ontario Geological Survey conducted 11 sampling programs (Table 16; Figure 12) covering the eastern and northern parts of the district; these areas are underlain by parts of the English River, Winnipeg River and western Wabigoon subprovinces (Ontario Geological Survey 2011). The published report for each lake sediment survey (see Table 16) includes recommendations for exploration based on interpretation of the geochemical data.

Figure 11. Uranium occurrences in the Kenora District (bedrock geology from Ontario Geological Survey 2011).

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Analytical results from completed Ontario Geological Survey lake sediment sampling programs (see Table 16) have identified sample sites that returned elevated to highly anomalous uranium and thorium values. Burke and Dyer (2014a, p.17) discussed the threshold to determine anomalous to highly anomalous values from lake sediment assay results: For most elements, concentration exceeding the 90th percentile of the data set are defined as “elevated”, concentrations greater than the 95th percentile are “anomalous” and concentrations greater than the 98th percentile are “highly anomalous”.

Table 16. Summary of Ontario Geological Survey (OGS) lake sediment sampling surveys completed in the Kenora District.

Open File Report Miscellaneous Release—Data Year Survey Area References (OFR; MRD) OFR 6069 MRD 88 2001 Sioux Lookout–Bamaji Lake area OGS (2001a, 2001b) OFR 6076 MRD 98 2002 Wawang Lake–English River area Dyer (2002a, 2002b) OFR 6087 MRD 104 2002 Sturgeon Lake–Lake St. Joseph area Russell and Jackson (2002); Russell (2002) OFR 6092 MRD 106 2002 Perrault Falls area OGS (2002a, 2002b) OFR 6104 MRD 145 2005 Eagle Lake area Felix (2005a, 2005b) OFR 6106 MRD 118 2003 Ignace area Jackson (2003a, 2003b) OFR 6118 MRD 122 2003 Savant Lake area Russell (2003a, 2003b) OFR 6125 MRD 130 2004 Sturgeon Lake–Wabigoon Lake area Russell (2004a, 2004b) OFR 6188 MRD 201 2006 Kakagi Lake area Dyer et al. (2006); Dyer (2006) OFR 6194 MRD 206 2006 Upper Manitou Lake area Felix (2006a, 2006b) OFR 6281 MRD 296 2012 Mine Centre area Dyer and Burke (2012a, 2012b) OFR 6298 MRD 314 2014 Rex–Werner–Separation lakes Area Burke and Dyer (2014a, 2014b)

Figure 12. Area of Kenora District covered by lake sediment surveys, 2000–2014 (bedrock geology from Ontario Geological Survey 2011).

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Areas recommended for exploration in each of the lake sediment survey reports (see Table 16) are based on geochemical patterns typically associated with a specific style of mineralization and the elevated to highly anomalous sample sites. The target areas presented in Figure 13 were subjectively outlined, based on those recommended in the reports (see Table 16); the reader is encouraged to undertake their own examination of the data.

Figure 13 also illustrates the equivalent uranium response from a regional airborne radiometric geophysical survey that covered northwestern Ontario, including the Kenora District (Ontario Geological Survey–Geological Survey Canada 1977). The red to pink areas illustrated in Figure 13 indicate an elevated uranium airborne response and are often coincident with lake sediment uranium anomalies. As well, some uranium mineral occurrences are situated within these lake sediment target areas, but are more often coincident with elevated uranium airborne responses.

Research by Delta Uranium Inc. indicated that rock samples analyzed using the delayed neutron counting (DNC) assay method returned increases of 20 to 35% in the measured U3O8 values, when compared with results using the inductively coupled plasma (ICP) analytical method (Delta Uranium Inc., news release, August 11, 2008).

Explorationists in the Kenora District should attempt to link lake sediment anomalies with airborne radiometric anomalies, rock types and known uranium occurrences. The areas presented in Figure 13 could identify parts of the Kenora District that historically have not received exploration work but, based on the OGS lake sediment sample survey results, should be examined. The elevated uranium airborne response areas illustrated in Figure 13 are also areas that should be examined.

Figure 13. Map of the Kenora District showing the airborne geophysical equivalent uranium response (OGS–GSC 1977), uranium mineral occurrences, and elevated to highly anomalous radiometric target areas identified by OGS lake sediment surveys.

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OGS ACTIVITIES AND RESEARCH BY OTHERS Three Ontario Geological Survey, Earth Resources and Geoscience Mapping Section (OGS–ERGMS) field projects, 1 university study and 1 research study were conducted in the Kenora District in 2014. Figure 14 illustrates the location of these projects. A. G.P. Beakhouse (OGS–ERGMS), as part of the western Wabigoon Subprovince Synthesis project, conducted geological examinations at selected locations in the project area; B. M. Duguet (OGS–ERGMS), as part of the western Wabigoon Subprovince Synthesis project, continued the thematic study on metamorphic patterns in Archean greenstone belts focussing on the Sioux Lookout greenstone belt (Duguet 2014); C. S.R. Meade (OGS–ERGMS) conducted a structural and stratigraphic study of the geology in the eastern portion of the Central Volcanic belt, Sioux Lookout greenstone belt (Meade 2014); D. K.E. Bjorkman, T.C. McCuaig, Y.J. Lu (University of Western Australia), G.P. Beakhouse (OGS– ERGMS), P. Hollings (Lakehead University) and M.C. Smyk (OGS–RGP) carried out preliminary observations of the Marmion terrane by looking at four-dimensional crust–mantle evolution and mineral systems in the western part of the Marmion terrane (Bjorkman et al. 2014); E. M. Pelletier (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique–Centre Eau, Terre, Environnement) P. Mercier-Langevin (Geological Survey of Canada), D. Crick (New Gold Inc.), J. Tolman (New Gold Inc.), G.P. Beakhouse (OGS–ERGMS) and B. Dubé (Geological Survey of Canada), as part of the Targeted Geoscience Initiative 4, Lode Gold project of Natural Resources Canada, continued research focussing on the style, geometry, timing and structural controls of ore distribution and grade at the New Gold Inc. Rainy River project (Pelletier et al. 2014).

Figure 14. Location of OGS and university projects conducted in the Kenora District in 2014, keyed to text (bedrock geology from Ontario Geological Survey 2011).

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MINERAL DEPOSITS NOT BEING MINED

Table 17. Mineral deposits not being mined in the Kenora District. Locations illustrated in Figure 15.

Abbreviations AF ...... Assessment Files MLS ...... Mining Lands, Sudbury CMH...... Canadian Mines Handbook MR ...... Mining Recorder GR ...... Geological Report NM ...... The Northern Miner MDC...... Mineral Deposit Circular [No.15–] OFR ...... Open File Report [formerly Mineral Resources Circular, No.1–14] PC ...... Personal Communication MDIR ...... Mineral Deposit Inventory record SMDR ...... Source Mineral Deposit Record

No. Deposit Name Commodity Tonnage–Grade Estimates Reserve References Status (NTS – MDI #) and/or Dimensions (*NI-43-101 Compliant) (as of Dec. 2014) 1 Angel Hill Zone Au Inferred Resource*: Houston Lake Mining, Active (52F/05SW - 140) 106 400 t @ 2.97 g/t Au news release, Oct. 20, 2005 2 Bad Vermilion Fe, Ti, V Possible Resource: NM 08/15/85, p.3 Inactive Lake–Seine Bay 1.2 Mt at 15% TiO2 and 45% Fe. (Beaver Energy Resource) (52C/10NW - 031) Potential for 177 800 t of titanium sponge 3 Bending Lake Fe Mineral Resource Estimate*: Arnold, Horan and Active Josephine Cone Indicated: 185.2 Mt @ 29.59% magnetite Gharapetian (2011) (52F/08SE - 004) Inferred: 151.4 Mt @ 30.38% magnetite 4 Big Master Au, Ag Production: Beard and Garratt (1976, p.9) Active (52F/07NE - 002) 2565 oz Au and 184 oz Ag from 14 470 tons Possible Resource: CMH, 1988–1989, p.92 123 000 tons @ 0.30 opt Au (Canamerica Precious Based on 1967 drilling: Metals Inc.) 30 000 tons @ 0.36 opt Au 5 Big Whopper Li, Cs, Rb, Indicated 8.9 Mt and Inferred 2.7 Mt Avalon Ventures Ltd. 1999 Active (52L/07SE - 030) Ta both grading 1.34% Li2O and 0.30% Rb2O Annual Report 6 Cameron Au Resource Estimate*: Chalice Gold Mines Ltd., Active (52F/05SE - 008) Open Pit Category (cut-off 0.5 g/t Au): news release, Measured: 2 872 000 t @ 2.30 g/t Au July 28, 2014 Indicated: 5 417 000 t @ 1.76 g/t Au Inferred: 881 000 t @ 2.07 g/t Au Underground Category (cut-off 1.75 g/t Au): Measured: 157 000 t @ 2.77 g/t Au Indicated: 559 000 t @ 3.23 g/t Au Inferred: 5 709 000 t @ 2.78 g/t Au 7 Cates Zn, Ag Possible Resource: AF 52F/13SE Inactive (52F/13SE - 065) 5.83 Mt @ 0.5% Zn and 0.5 opt Ag M-1 to M-6 (Noranda) and AF 52F/13SE B-1 to B-6 (Rio Algom) 8 Cedar Island and Au Resource Estimate* (cut-off 1.0 g/t Au) Everton Resources Inc., Inactive Extension Indicated: 1.00 Mt @ 4.18 g/t Au news release, (52E/10SW - 017) Inferred: 3.050 Mt @ 3.25 g/t Au Feb. 4, 2010 9 Dobie Cu-Ni Possible Resource: AF 52C/12NW Inactive (52C/12NW - 011) 5.0 Mt @ 0.28% Cu and 0.24% Ni B-3 Falconbridge Ltd. 1966 10 Dogpaw Au Resource Estimate* (cut-off 0.5 g/t Au): Chalice Gold Mines Ltd., Active (52F/05SW - 012) Indicated: 247 000 t @ 3.02 g/t Au news release, Jul. 28, 2014 Inferred: 64 000 t @ 2.28 g/t Au 11 Dubenski Au Resource Estimate* (cut-off 1.0 g/t Au) Coventry Resources Inc. Active (52F/05SW - 013) Indicated: 806 000 t @ 2.28 g/t Au news release, Dec. 9, 2013 Inferred: 392 000 t @ 1.44 g/t Au 12 Duport Au Production: Beard and Garratt (1976, Inactive (52E/11SE - 002) 4672 oz Au, 1143 oz Ag from 1287 tons p.11) Resource Estimate*: Halo Resources Ltd., Indicated: 424 000 t @ 13.4 g/t Au news release, Aug. 19, 2005 Inferred: 387 000 t @ 10.7 g/t Au

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No. Deposit Name Commodity Tonnage–Grade Estimates Reserve References Status (NTS – MDI #) and/or Dimensions (*NI-43-101 Compliant) (as of Dec. 2014) 13 East Burns - Intrepid Au, Ag Resource Estimate at Western and East Burns - Bayfield Ventures Corp., Active (52D/16SE - 1043) Intrepid zones * news release, Jan. 14, 2014 (cut-off grades: open-pit 0.35 g/t AuEq and underground 2.50 g/t AuEq) Open Pit Category above 500 m: Indicated: 1 253 000 @ 1.0 g/t Au, 14.7 g/t Ag Inferred: 2 788 000 @ 1.2 g/t Au, 14.4 g/t Ag Underground Category: below 500 m: Indicated: 79 000 @ 7.9 g/t Au, 37.0 g/t Ag Inferred: 195 000 @ 7.4 g/t Au, 43.0 g/t Ag 14 East Cedartree Au Resources Estimate * (cut-off 1.0 g/t Au) Metalore Resources Ltd., Active (52F05SW – 142) Indicated: 434 505 t @ 3.91 g/t Au news release, Mar. 14, 2012 Inferred: 294 155 t @ 3.21 g/t Au 15 Elora Au Production: Beard and Garratt Active (52F/07NE - 015) 1370 oz Au and 296 oz Ag from 13 766 tons (1976, p.15) Resource Estimate: Neilson and Bray Possible: 228 500 tons @ 0.18 opt Au (1981, p.37, Table 8) Inferred: 5000 tons @ 0.10 opt Au 16 F-Group Cu, Zn, Pb, Original Reserves (Dec. 1978): CMH 1979–1980, p.194 Inactive - (52G/14SE - 004) Ag 630 000 t @ 8.10% Zn, 0.98% Cu, (Noranda) Rehabilitated 0.49% Pb, 1.80 opt Ag Indicated Reserves (Dec. 1982): CMH 1982–1983, p.254 200 000 t @ 8.20% Zn, 0.80% Cu, (Noranda) 0.60% Pb, 1.80 opt Ag 17 Foley Mine Au Production: 855 oz Au, 149 oz Ag from 568 tons Beard and Garratt (1976, Inactive (52C/10NE - 032) p.16) Resource Estimate: NM 09/25/80 Possible: 40 000 t @ 0.5 opt Au (Seaforth Mines Ltd.); Inferred: 400 000 t @ 0.5 opt Au Schnieders and Dutka (1985, p.194) 18 Goldlund Au Production: 111 891 t @ 0.15 opt Au (Dec. 84) AF 52F/16NW 081 Active (52F/16NW - 004) Reserve Estimate*: (cut-off 0.5 g/t Au) Measured and Indicated: Tamaka Gold Corporation, 20.1 Mt @ 1.97 g/t Au for 1 272 000 oz Au news release, Inferred: Jan. 22, 2015 40.5 Mt @ 2.12 g/t Au for 2 760 000 oz Au 19 Gordon Lake Cu, Ni, PGE Production: 1.6 Mt @ 0.78% Ni, 0.41% Cu and Parker (1998, p.121) Inactive - (52L/07NW - 004) 0.026 opt Pd (Dec. 1971) Rehabilitated Indicated Reserves (1971): 170 420 tons @ 0.85% Ni and 0.35% Cu

20 High Lake-Evenlode Mo, Au Possible Resource: 200 000 t @ 0.63% MoS2 Davies and Smith Inactive (52E/11NE - 061) (1988, p.114) 21 Kenbridge Ni, Cu Resource Estimates*: Canadian Arrow Mines Ltd., Inactive (52F/05NE - 047) Above 150 m level – Open Pit proposed news release, Aug. 19, 2008 Measured & Indicated: 4.46 Mt @ 0.42% Ni, 0.23% Cu Below 150 m level – Underground proposed Measured: 206 000 t @ 0.85% Ni, 0.43% Cu Indicated: 2 469 000 t @ 0.97% Ni, 0.51% Cu Inferred: 118 000 t @ 1.38% Ni, 0.88% Cu 22 Lockhart Lake Zn, Cu, Au, Possible Resource: 6.1 Mt @ 1.06% Zn, AF Minnova 1989 - Inactive (52C/10NW - 033) Ag 0.27% Cu, 3.2 g/t Ag, 0.006 g/t Au 52C/10NE Y-6 23 Lyon Lake Cu, Zn, Pb, Original Reserves: 3.945 Mt @ 6.53% Zn, CMH 1979–1980, p.194 Inactive - (52G/15NW - 007) Ag 1.24% Cu, 0.63% Pb, 3.42 opt Ag and 0.01 opt Au (Noranda) Rehabilitated Indicated Reserves: 0.695 Mt of 10.34% Zn, CMH 1990–1991, p.332 0.75% Cu, 1.62% Pb and 5.96 opt Ag (Noranda) 24 Marchington Road Cu, Zn, Pb, Possible Resource: 150 000 tons @ 0.98% Cu, Umex Inc. Inactive (52J/07SE - 016) Ag 3.11% Zn, 1.16% Pb, 1.97 opt Ag AF 52J/7SW 0024

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No. Deposit Name Commodity Tonnage–Grade Estimates Reserve References Status (NTS – MDI #) and/or Dimensions (*NI-43-101 Compliant) (as of Dec. 2014) 25 Mattabi Cu, Zn, Pb, Original Reserves: 13.66 Mt @ 7.50% Zn, Trowell (1983, p.4) Inactive - (52G/15SW - 002) Ag 0.80% Cu, 0.77% Pb and 3.10 opt Ag Rehabilitated Indicated Reserves: 0.387 Mt of 0.13% Cu, CMH 1988–1989, p.338 9.28% Zn, 0.58% Pb and 1.77 opt Ag (Noranda)

26 Mavis Lake Li, Ta Possible Resource: 500 000 tons of 1% LiO2 Storey (1990, p.151) Inactive (52F/15SE - 038) 27 Maybrun Cu, Au Resource Estimate* for the Maybrun Zones: Opawica Exploration Inc., Inactive (52F/05NE - 008) Main Indicated: news release, Jul. 16, 2009 7 366 000 t @ 0.41% Cu, 0.64 g/t Au Main Inferred: 1 738 000 t @ 0.30% Cu, 0.115 g/t Au Footwall Inferred: 5 400 000 t @ 0.18% Cu, 0.94 g/t Au North Inferred: 3 454 000 t @ 0.25% Cu, 0.67 g/t Au 28 McKenzie–Gray Au Possible Resource: 98 701 tons @ 0.30 opt Au Larouche (1992) Inactive (52C10NE - 050) 29 Mikado Au Resource Estimate* (cut-off 1.0 g/t Au) : Everton Resources Inc., Inactive (52E/10SW - 006) Indicated: 968 300 t @ 4.18 g/t Au news release, Mar. 1, 2010 Inferred: 3 014 000 t @ 3.25 g/t Au 30 Norpax Ni, Cu Possible Resource: 1 Mt @ 1.2% Ni, 0.5% Cu Parker (1998, p.128) Inactive (52L/06NE - 016) 31 North Fe Possible Resource: 405 000 tons at 28% Fe Shklanka (1968, p.443) Inactive Kaskaweogama (52J/07NW - 016) 32 North Pines Pyrite Production: 500 000 t at 28% Fe (1909–1921) Johnston (1972, p.36) Inactive (52K/01SE - 005) 33 North Rock – Cu Possible Resource: 1.02 Mt @ 1.17 % Cu Poulsen (1984, p.50) Inactive Beaverpond including 265 230 tons @ 2.08% Cu (52C/11NE - 029) 34 Pidgeon Mo Resource Estimate* (cut-off grade 0.04% Mo) MPH Ventures Ltd., Inactive Molybdenum Indicated: 2.66 Mt @ 0.117% Mo news release, Sept. 13 2012 (52F/16NW - 043) Inferred: 12.39 Mt @ 0.084% Mo 35 Purdex A-D Au Possible Resource: 226 800 t grading Sears (2006) Inactive (52E/11NE - 017) between 8.57 g/t Au and 10.28 g/t Au 36 Rainy River Au-Ag Au, Ag Resource Estimate all zones at Rainy River Deposit*: Active Zones Total Combined for Deposits Hardie et al. (2014) (52D/16SE – 004) Open Pit: cut-off 3.0 g/t AuEq Underground: cut-off 2.5 g/t AuEq Proven and Probable: 104.275 Mt @ 1.13 g/t Au, 2.81 g/t Ag Metal Content: 3 773 000 oz Au, 9 410 000 oz Ag Resource Estimate all zones at Rainy River Deposit including Intrepid zone*: Total Combined for Deposits Open Pit: cut-off 0.30 g/t Au Underground: cut-off 2.50 g/t Au Measured and Indicated: 177.361 Mt @ 1.09 g/t Au, 2.57 g/t Ag Metal Content: 6 236 000 oz Au, 14 635 000 oz Ag Inferred: 20.655 Mt @ 1.16 g/t Au, 2.58 g/t Ag Metal Content: 773 000 oz Au, 1 717 000 oz Ag Indicated Resource*: 145 000 t @ 0.66 g/t Au, 0.26 g/t Pt, 0.67 g/t Pd, 3477 ppm Ni, 2414 ppm Cu 34 Zone Au, Pt, Pd, Indicated Resource*: cut-off 0.35 AuEq Hardie et al. (2013) Ni, Cu 1 535 000 t @ 0.41 g/t Au, 25.03 g/t Ag

Silver Zone Au Ag

37 Richard Lake U Possible Resource: 650 000 tons of 0.10% U3O8 Pryslak (1976, p.46) Inactive (52F/13SW - 044)

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No. Deposit Name Commodity Tonnage–Grade Estimates Reserve References Status (NTS – MDI #) and/or Dimensions (*NI-43-101 Compliant) (as of Dec. 2014) 38 Scramble Au Possible Resource: 150 000 t @ 0.24 opt Au Parr and Kuehnbaum (1990) Inactive (52E/16SW - 091) Drill estimated: 70 000 oz Au (cut-off 0.05 opt Au) 39 St. Anthony Au Possible Resource: 37 800 tons @ 0.18 opt Au Ferguson, Groen and Haynes Inactive (52J/02SE - 003) Production: 331 069 tons @ 0.19 opt Au (1971, p.295) 40 Sturgeon Lake Cu, Zn, Pb, Original Reserves (Dec. 1974): Trowell (1983, p.4) Inactive - (52G/15NW - 004) Ag 2.10 Mt @ 10.64% Zn, 2.98% Cu, 1.47% Pb, Rehabilitated 6.14 opt Ag, 0.021 opt Au Indicated Reserves (Dec. 1978): CMH 1980–1981, p.102 599 000 t @ 2.34% Cu, 8.98% Zn, 1.30% Pb, (Falconbridge) 5.17 opt Ag, 0.018 opt Au 41 Thunder Lake Au Resources Estimates* for Au zones at deposit Treasury Metals Inc., Active (52 F/15SE - 053) (both surface and underground): news release, Nov. 9, 2011 Indicated: 9.14 Mt @ 2.6 g/t Au Inferred: 15.9 Mt @ 1.7 g/t Au Bulk Sampling: Corona Gold 1999 Annual 428 oz Au and 1161 oz Ag from 2365 t Report 42 Vanlas Au Possible Resource: 100 000 t @ 0.20 opt Au Power Expl. Inc. Inactive (52F/10NW - 032) AF 52F/10NW UU-1 43 Wendigo Au, Ag, Produced: 67 423 oz Au, 14 762 oz Ag and SMDR 001350 Inactive (52E/09NE - 003) Cu 1.89 million lbs of Cu from 20 054 t tailings: 61 970 t @ 0.027 opt Au Davies and Smith (1988, p.352) 44 Werner Lake Cobalt Co, Cu Resource Estimates* Puget Ventures Inc., Inactive (52L/07NW - 003) Proven Resource: news release, Apr. 2, 2009 140 031 t @ 0.47% Co and 0.26% Cu Probable Reserves: 40 829 t @ 0.25% Co and 0.43% Cu Indicated Resource: 51 456 t @ 0.13% Co and 0.20% Cu Inferred Resources: 507 412 t @ 0.31% Co and 0.29% Cu Production: recovered 389 363 lbs of Co Thomson et al. (1954, p.37) (1932, 1940–1944); grades 2% Co and 0.75% Cu This table contains tonnage and grade estimates, referred to as “resource” (estimated, possible, and proposed), that were determined at various times by methods largely unreported. The values of these resource estimates were calculated prior to the reporting standards required by National Instrument 43-101. * Resources estimate values presented as measured, indicated or inferred are in compliance with the reporting standards required by National Instrument 43-101. Unit abbreviations used: lbs = pounds; Mt = million tonnes; opt = ounces per ton; oz = ounce(s); t = tonnes, oz = ounces. AuEq (g/t) = Au (g/t) + Ag (g/t) × Ag price ($/oz) × Ag mill recovery (%) Au price ($/oz) × Au mill recovery (%)

REGIONAL LAND USE GEOLOGIST ACTIVITIES—NORTHWEST REGION The activities of the Regional Land Use Geologist are described in “Regional Land Use Geologist Activities— Northwest Region” in the Red Lake District report of this volume.

MINERAL DEPOSIT COMPILATION GEOLOGIST—NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO The activities of the Mineral Deposit Compilation Geologist are described in “Mineral Deposit Compilation Geologist—Northwestern Ontario” the Red Lake District report of this volume.

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Ontario Geological Survey 2011). Survey Geological Ontario

Location of mineral deposits not being mined in the Kenora District, keyed to Table 17 (bedrock geology from geology 17 (bedrock Table to keyed District, Kenora the in mined being not deposits mineral of Location Figure 15.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS M.C. Smyk and A.F. Litchblau edited this manuscript, and staff of the Publication Services Unit prepared it for publication. Prospectors and company personnel are also thanked for their contributions and assistance throughout the year.

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36 Metric Conversion Table

Conversion from SI to Imperial Conversion from Imperial to Sl SI Unit Multiplied by Gives Imperial Unit Multiplied by Gives LENGTH 1 mm 0.039 37 inches 1 inch 25.4 mm 1 cm 0.393 70 inches 1 inch 2.54 cm 1 m 3.280 84 feet 1 foot 0.304 8 m 1 m 0.049 709 chains 1 chain 20.116 8 m 1 km 0.621 371 miles (statute) 1 mile (statute) 1.609 344 km AREA 1 cm2 0.155 0 square inches 1 square inch 6.451 6 cm2 1 m2 10.763 9 square feet 1 square foot 0.092 903 04 m2 1 km2 0.386 10 square miles 1 square mile 2.589 988 km2 1 ha 2.471 054 acres 1 acre 0.404 685 6 ha VOLUME 1 cm3 0.061 023 cubic inches 1 cubic inch 16.387 064 cm3 1 m3 35.314 7 cubic feet 1 cubic foot 0.028 316 85 m3 1 m3 1.307 951 cubic yards 1 cubic yard 0.764 554 86 m3 CAPACITY 1 L 1.759 755 pints 1 pint 0.568 261 L 1 L 0.879 877 quarts 1 quart 1.136 522 L 1 L 0.219 969 gallons 1 gallon 4.546 090 L MASS 1 g 0.035 273 962 ounces (avdp) 1 ounce (avdp) 28.349 523 g 1 g 0.032 150 747 ounces (troy) 1 ounce (troy) 31.103 476 8 g 1 kg 2.204 622 6 pounds (avdp) 1 pound (avdp) 0.453 592 37 kg 1 kg 0.001 102 3 tons (short) 1 ton(short) 907.184 74 kg 1 t 1.102 311 3 tons (short) 1 ton (short) 0.907 184 74 t 1 kg 0.000 984 21 tons (long) 1 ton (long) 1016.046 908 8 kg 1 t 0.984 206 5 tons (long) 1 ton (long) 1.016 046 9 t CONCENTRATION 1 g/t 0.029 166 6 ounce (troy) / 1 ounce (troy) / 34.285 714 2 g/t ton (short) ton (short) 1 g/t 0.583 333 33 pennyweights / 1 pennyweight / 1.714 285 7 g/t ton (short) ton (short) OTHER USEFUL CONVERSION FACTORS Multiplied by 1 ounce (troy) per ton (short) 31.103 477 grams per ton (short) 1 gram per ton (short) 0.032 151 ounces (troy) per ton (short) 1 ounce (troy) per ton (short) 20.0 pennyweights per ton (short) 1 pennyweight per ton (short) 0.05 ounces (troy) per ton (short)

Note: Conversion factors in bold type are exact. The conversion factors have been taken from or have been derived from factors given in the Metric Practice Guide for the Canadian Mining and Metallurgical Industries, published by the Mining Association of Canada in co-operation with the Coal Association of Canada.

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