P. Eng. Mining Engineer

GM 29919 REPORT CONCERNING 69 MINING CLAIMS REPORT,

to SILVERSTACK MINES LTD.

concerning

69 MINING CLAIMS - 2760 ACRES

held under

Prosector's Lic. Nos. 326250&51; 322922; 342423 - 27 incl. ; 343323 - 27 incl. ; & 341305.

GAND TOWNSHIP, ABITIBI - EAST, QUEBEC.

OPAWICA AREA

r. R. FORBES, B. COMM: B. ENG: P. ENG.

Mini.3ttre des Ric ,e'sses ilaturelles, Québec SERVICE D2 L,1 DCJC!i iEA Ï K i'lCiN TECHNIQUE 5 A0U 1974 Date: No GM: 29919 }

February 21st, 1974 Val D'Or, P.a. INDEX Page Introduction 1 General Economic Geology 5 Local Economic Geology 8 Conclusions & Recommendations 11 Engineer's Statement la

Appendix I - Extract from Special Paper No. 2, Quebec Dept. of Natural Resources, 1967, pp. 116-118 inc. with portion of Map Nos. 3 and 4 111 _4 miles. Geology. Showing Sil-erstack claims. Appendix II - Extract from Dominion Gulf Aeromagnetic Survey 1947, 1" = 1 mile - showing relation- ship of Silverstack claims to airborne magnetic anomalies. Appendix III - Personal correspondence, Alan C. Lee to G.R. Forbes, February 1967 - Summary of Lenmac Mines Ltd. work in Gand Twp. Appendix LV - Claire map of Gand Twp. showing Silverstack claims, general geology and mineral showings . 1" = 40 chs. Appendix V - Description of Titles G.R. x0RBES

INTRODUCTION

1) The Silverstack property consists of 69 contiguous, unsurveyed mining claims in the southern part of Gand Township, Abitibi-East, Province of Quebec. The claims comprise a U shaped block of 2760 acres, more or less, surrounding the holdings of Campbell Chibougamau Mires Ltd. on the west, north and east (see location map, Appendix 4).

2) Nearest town is Desmaraisville, 12 miles southwest which services The .uebec Sturgeon river Mines Ltd. and Coniagas Mines Ltd. Most convenient access is via a network of lumber roads extending eastwards 411 from the Senneterre-Chibougamau highway through Gand, Lesperance, La Ronciere, La Ronde and several other Townships further east. There are several thousand miles -cf these roads established by private pulp and paper companies, mostly Domtar and Kruger. The latter company has also established a town • complete with school and airport where the C.N.R. touches the west end of Lac Religue some 8 miles east of the Silverstack claims. k

3) Opawica Area has been a dormant gold camp for 20 years, overshadowed by developments in Matagami. and

Chibougamau to the northwest and northeast about 70 miles and 50 miles respectively. During this 2 . . G.R. FORBES

period, the pulp and paper companies have cut "clean" one of the finest stands of black spruce and jack- pine in eastern Canada. In the process they have also cut claim posts, claim lines, Township lines, centre lines, range lines, 126 miles of surveyed picket line established by the writer in Gand Town- ship in 1946-47 and in some cases hydrographie tags. These marks in the bush are normally used by the prospector/claim staker to guide himself and his work in unsurveyed country and stake "astronomic 40 acre claims" as required by the Quebec Fining Act.

4) When staking for Silverstack in Gand Township it was noted that neither the hundreds of miles of excellent gravel roads, nor the town and airport

referred to above are marked on the staking maps (1" a 40 chains) provided by the Quebec Department of Natural Resources which were in many cases

illegible and contained errors in claim numbers. The Department of Lands and Forests provides some good topographical maps based on 1967 photography on a 1/10,000 scale but even these are away behind the pulp and paper Companies. G.R. FORBES 3.

5) When mapping in Gand Township in 1947, the writer found that Shaw's map No. 556A GSC 1937 shows Shortt Lake a full claim west of where it actually is in relation to Opawica Lake. Thus the exact location of the gold showings and geology described in Shaw's Report is in some doubt.

6) From the point of view of any exploration Company, such as Silverstack exploring Gand Township the activities of the Pulp and Paper Companies are a mixed blessing. Whereas they have cut down reference points from which old gold showings and associated geology could normally be easily located from field notes, they have also, by establishing a network of roads provided cheap access and in the process of "cutting clean" i.e. everything but poplar, exposed a great deal of outcrop and interesting mineralization never seen before and marked on no map. In 1973 I covered Lesueur, Southern Gand, northern Lesperance and southern La Ronciere Town- ships by truck using the pulp companies' roads. I was impressed by the amount of interesting and easily observable outcrop which can be seen from the roads. At the time, the Quebec Government had a party en Lessard Lake, some 12 miles southeast of the present Silverstack claims. G.R. FORBES

7) One of the prime recommendations of this Report is that the Company should make strong representation to the Quebec Department of Natural Resources to place at least one field party in Opawica area, preferably Gand Township, this season to map the geology, pick up the mineral showings and tidy up the planimetry with :Low-level air photography as soon as the snow is off the ground so that outcrop can be easily spotted and located relative to the network of roads which at present are not displayed on any map either private, Provincial or Federal.

8) The area extending northeast from Quebec Sturgeon River Mines Ltd. lying between and adjacent to the two major fault zones (see map - Appendix I) is one of the best hunting grounds for gold ore bodies in Quebec under present conditions. The Silver- stack claims are centrally located in this area and cover three known gold showings together with favourable structure. Through consultation with Dr. Wa14.er Incrj_a m in Val d'Or, I gather the impr<-:s- sicn that The Quebec Department of Natural Resources and/or Soguem are aware of the potential of Opawica Area and would be favourably disposed to providing the air photography, geological mapping, G. R. FORBE;S 5,

cartography and planimetry necessary to properly explore your claims.

GENERAL ECONOr1IC GEOLOGY

9) A portion of the gûr,aral geology is shown on Appen- dix I. The Silverstack property lies centrally in the greenstone belt which extends for 90 miles northeast from Bell River towards Chibougamau and is the locus of a series of min^;:al discoveries notably near Cameron Lake, Wedding Lake, Burge Lake, Bachelor Lake and Oparzica Lakes. The linear distribution of these mineral showings is remarkable and is well displayed on maps accompanying Special Paper No. 2. Quebec Department of Natural Resources, 1967 from which Appendix I is an extract.

10) The dominant structural feature of the entire 150 mile area from Bell hiver to Chibougamau is the Waconichi,- Quevillion "break".(`) This is a truly regional fault or geosutural (b) line of weakness which, for much of its length is co-incident with the greenstone - sedimentary rocks. Where these

(a) Cleveau, J. Northern Abitibi, Quebec; Fracture Zones and Mineral Possibilities; Can. Min. Journal April 1 1948 op 71-82., (b) Leo Springer' s term G. R. FORBES 6.

rocks have been distorted, generally in the vicinity of younger intrusives in or near the regional "break" many important mineral discoveries have been made notably Opemisca Copper in Levy Township, 48 miles northeast of Opawica and Quebec Sturgeon River Mines 14 miles to the southwest.

11) From the point of view of economic geology the ore- making potential of the Waconichi-Quevillion "break" may be comparable to the Southern Abitibi Mineral belt. I held this opinion when mapping the area, 1946 - 1951 (see Engineer's Statement) and at that time came to the conclusio.Li that "Opawica Area" was one of the best places to look for a mine, as it occupied a faulted flexure in the general locus of mineral distribution. "Opawica Area" included northeast Lesueur, Southeast ido v_net, Southern Land, Northern Lesperance, Southern Laronciere and Northern La Ronde Townships. With the up-surge in metal prices, I see no reason to change this opinion and remain convinced, from first pricniples, that there is an important ore deposit in this area somewhere, probably gold-copper. G. R. FORBES 7.

12) Dr. Bruce Graham, G.R. 72, Southwest Part of Lesueur Township 1957 referring to Economic Geology concerning the Quebec Sturgeon River and Coniagas deposits states "... the overall structure, a block enclosed in a split of the Waconichi-Quevillon fault, may also be of fundamental importance in the location of ore deposits".... I agree with Dr. Graham.

13) As can be seen on Appendix I, the Silverstack claims lie in such a block flanked on the south by the Waconicihi-Quevillon fault occupying Opawica Lake and on the north by the parallel Bachelor • River branch fault about three miles distant. Younger intrusives occur between the two faults at both locations. On this basis alone, apart altogether from the known gold showings, the Silver- stack claims warrant thorough investigation.

14) What is urgently required, as soon as the snow is off the ground, is governmental geological mapping with air-photographic control of "Opawica Area" to provide planinetry and coordinate the work done in the past by Dubuisson Mines Ltd., Blouin Lake Gold Mines Ltd., New Malartic Gold Mi.ies Ltd . , Lenmac Mines Ltd . , Candore Mines Ltd., Nc randa Mines Ltd . , G. R. FORBES

Lake Opawica Mines Ltd. LaRonciere Gold Mines Ltd. and others who have concerned themselves with "Opawica Area" which is presently un-mapped though the means to do so lie ready to hand through the activities of the Pulp and Paper Companies.

(15) Should the Quebec Government find itself disposed to implement the field work mentioned above for the benefit of all concerned this field season, the writer would be pleased to place his personal records at their disposal.

LOCAL ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (16) Locally; it can be seen from Appendices I and IV that the Silverstack claims lie in a favourable geological and structural environment for ore deposition. Exam- ination of the prospector's samples from the "Discovery Group" disclosed a carbonated gold-bearing black chert breccia. The host rock is probably a roof-pendant or window in the basic intrusive mass extending northeast across the southwest quadrant of Gand Township. It is noted that the tuff-agglomerates which are the host rocks to most of the mineralization in Lesueur Township including Sturgeon River and Coniagas, are characterized by fragments of G.R. FORBES • 9.

black chert. The tuffaceous conglomerate which was a horizon marker for the Dubuisson Mines Ltd. discovery in the southeast corner of Gand Township (No. 10, S.P. No. 2) was characterized by boulders of red chert. Gold showing No. 9 (Blouin Lake Gold Mines Ltd. S.P.No. 2) was in agglomerate marked by fragments of red chert. The agglomerate hills to the southeast of Shortt Lake abound in acid frag- mentals containing conspicuous amounts of red chert fragments and pyrite nodules (often Gold-bearing) from peas to footballs. John Sharp, in his paper on Matagami, mentions chert in acid fragmentais as a horizon marker or trap for metallic mineralization in "tuffite".

17) There is evidence from the work of Leo Brossard, Dennis Agar, Shaw, E.J. Lees, G.R. Forbes and others to indicate that there is a volcanic neck somewhere in the vicinity of Shortt Lake.

18) In 1947, Albert Zeemil working for Gunnar Gold stayed at my camp at east end of Opawica Lake. I told him of the Gold-bearing float (about 100 tonnes averaging 0.20 ozs. per ton)-on east side of Opawica River outlet. Mr. Zeemil drove a picketline northeast G.R. FORBES 10.

parallel with the glacial striae from the big float and prospected off this picket line. He found showing No. I. S.P. No. 2 on west side of Opawica River but never found the source of the float. It seems that prospectors Blondeau and Cér6 extended his picket line to make their discovery about 2i miles north east of the float. Co-relation between the float and the discovery is a matter for future work.

19) Another good place for prospecting is claim No. 1, Prospector's License No. 341805 which covers the northeasterly extention of the 6000' x 500' south 600 west striking gold-hearing zone mentioned to the writer by Alan C. Lee (see Appendix No. 3) . Here quartz veins carrying gold giving assays of 0.33 ozs. per ton across 2 feet 4ild 0.24 ozs. across 14 inches cut the gabbro. This location should be fully explored by geophysical work co-related with work-in- progress by Campbell Chibougamau Mines Ltd., surface work and diamond drilling.

20) The third area for attention is that lying on the northwest side of Opawica River parallel to the G . R. FORBES 11. Bachelor River fault zone. Here extensive zones of pyrite mineralization were observed during reconnaissance in 1973. These mineralized zones coincide with magnetic anomalies (see Appendix 2) and warrant thorough prospecting.

CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS

21) IL is concluded that Silverstack Mines Ltd. have a mineral prospect warranting thorough investigation. 22) It is recommended that: a) The Company make strong representation to the Quebec Department of Natural Resources to place field parties in Opawica Area this season to co-relate the known geology and mineral discoveries and carry out further mapping, utilizing the roads and exposures made available through the activities of the Pulp and Paper Companies. A necessary condition of this work, whether it is done by the Company or the Government, is air photography done just after break-up before the leaves come out, probably about May 12th and no later than May 25th 1974.

b) The Company place a 4 man, well-equipped prospecting party on the claims for at least a G.R. EORBES

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CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS (Gont'd) b) four month period this season, May through

August to e 1. Open up, explore, extend and sample the Blondeau/Cérd showing on the "Discovery Group". Drive a new picket line from the float to the discovery and prospect carefully off same, using sounding bars and/or geophysical methods from a control grid. 2. Open up, explore, extend and sample gold showing No. 3 on Claim I. Prospector's License No. 341305. This work could be done in co-operation with Campbell Chiboug- amau Mines Ltd. who have just completed a su,*.grey of their Campbell No. 1 Group. 3. Thoroughly prospect the known mineralized zones on the west side of Opawica: River. 4. Produce an accurate map of the claim boundaries using air photography and picket line control. A survey of critical boundaries may be necessary.

23) It is estimated that Phase I of the exploration programme, consisting of the above surface work only, will cost .20,000.00 over the 4 month period, G.R. FORBES

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exclusive of diamond drilling. A necessary condition to this surface work is the air photography and geological mapping which would normally be done by the Government under present conditions. Failing Go-e nmental co-operation in this respect, the Company will need an additional $4,000.00 for air photography and planimetry, plus $8,000.00 for geological mapping, bringing the total cost of Phase I to $32,000.00

24) The work recommended in Phase I may well give your Company substantial encouragement. Consequently, rrovision should be made within the present finPncial framework to supply an additional $50,000.00 to cover the cost of 5000 feet of diamond drilling, should the Engineer, Officers and Directors of the Company concur that the Phase I results justify such expenditure.

.R. Forbes B. Comm. B. Eng. P. Eng. Mining Engineer G. R. Forbes

- la ENGINEER'S STATEMENT 1) I am Gordon Ross Forbes, Mining Engineer, I graduated from McGill University with the degree cif Bachelor of Engineering in Mining in 1933 and again, from the same University, with the Degree of of Bachelor of Engineering in Mining in 1937.

I am a member of the Corporation of Engineers of Quebec and have offices Ln Montre-al and Val d'Or.

2) I mapped the Gre3nstone belt from Cameron Lake to Opawica Lake dt'ring the 1946-51 field seasons and directed exploration programmes, including diamone, drilling in Opawica area at various times from 1946 to 1965, most recently in 1973.

The recommendations and information in this Report are thus based mostly on personal work and knowledge, together with somewhat scanty Governmental information and study of air photographs. The area is relatively unmapped by either Federal or Provincial Governments. The latest Report was written 37 years ago by G. Shaw, G.S.C. 1937. I have riot personally examined the discovery reported by prospectors Blondeau and Céré on the Discovery Group, near post 4, claim 1, Lic. 322922. However, I have interviewed both prospectors separately, examined their samples carefully and checked their story against my G. R. Forbes — 2a own field notes. I am satisfied that their description is more or less correct, namely: A westerly trending brecciated carbonate zone traced for 200 feet by light surface trenching réturning gold assays of a tenor of 0.20 ozs. over 2' to 4' widths. In 1967 I staked a 45 claim group covering the area between the Centreline of Gand Township extending westwards to Opawica river. These claims covered most of the present Silverstack Discovery Group and all of the former Lenmac Pines Ltd. property, of which 20 claims are now held by Campbell Chibougamau Mines Ltd. and the balance staked this month for Silverstack. The most salient economic feature of this locality is a gold-bearing zone, 6000' long by .500' wide described in a personal letter to me by Alan C. Lee (see Appendices 3 and 4). "The Forbes Group" of Silverstack claims covers the northeasterly portion of this zone and includes specifically gold showings No. 3 and No. 10 (see Appendix 1, - Special Paper No. 2, Quebec Department of Natural Resources). Both of these showings consist of quartz veins carrying gold in significant amounts. Mile staking it was

impossible, due to winter, to verify the exact location of these two showings relative to the Campbell and , Silverstack claim lines. Reference to my field notes G. R. Forbes - 3a -

and maps by Alan C. Lee indicate that showing No. 3 is centrally located on Claim 1 of License Wo. 341805 and showing No. 6 lies in the southeast corner of Claim 3, License No. 342425 now held }v Silverstack.

3) I have not, nor do I intend to receive any interest, direct or indirect in the property described in this Report. I do intend to receive professional fees for selection, staking and reporting on the described claims commensurate with services rendered.

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a little chalcopyrite was found replacing a well sheared and silicified sericite 6 4.7 miles E. and 2 mi schist. Both ground magnetometer and E.M. hava picked-.o the zone following the Au . hornblende gneiss-biotite gneiss contact (strike 3.60°E.; dip 70°N.)"• A.W.R.; GM-10637, 196 Dresser and Denis - 1 GAND T0W'19HIP "Gold was discovered IV - F3 lake... The veins, c . Î .. feet apart, and have - 1 1.1 miles E. and 3.7 miles N. of the SW. corner of twp, (Gunnar Gold Mines Ltd.) strike. The occurrer 4. t Au £ records the following u A.W.R.; G1-1385, 1951 .(~ ttO Cutting the veins wit 1~ \ v! . vidual displacements ..NO... "A gold-bearing carbonate shear zone in greenstone was outlined by diamond CV ry zone, the south vein ','. drilling over a length of 1,500 feet, and averaging 45 feet in width. The shear assays as high as 14! zone contains considerable pyrite with numerous sections of quartz." The best NZ inches. Both eastwa: •gold tenors are 0.09, 0.15 and 0.09 ounce of gold a ton. tailing out with 25 .--. . the west. The north i 2 4.2 miles E. and 2.3 miles N. of the SW. corner of twp. (Lenmac Mines Ltd.) in •n outcrop 120 to that direction. In le - ! ~•}~j A.W.R.; G.t-10214, 1961 {s I ` quartz vein and adja, •of this pyritized ma A well-mineralized area was opened 4,000 feet west of Shortt Lake outlet. I trace." Andesite and agglomerates have been sheared and heavily carbonatized and cut by quartz stringers. They are mineralized for an exposed width of 50 feet with • 7 4.2 :miles W. and 1.9 .fine- to medium-grained pyrite and contain many heavily mineralized streaks. I Au A little chalcopyrite is present but preliminary sampling detected only a low content. A.W.R.; Gd-5737, 195 A.W.R.; Gd-9219, 196

3 .. 4.6 miles E. and 2.5 miles N. of the SSW corner of twp. (Lenmac Mines Ltd.) Au- • On the north shore o diorite showing cons A.W.R.; Gt-10637, 1961 taining fine dissemi this area about 12 y Gold-bearing quartz veins pccur 1,700 feet NW. of the north shore of Shortt nately the logs cann lake (600 feet NNE. of gold occurrence No. 2). The veins cut the gabbro intru- sections of the dril sive mass. These occurrences have given assays of 0.33 ounce of gold per ton t 0.15 ounce oves 1.5 across 2 feet and 0.24 ounce of gold per ton across 14 inches. northern part of thi in the most souther] 4 ' 4.2 miles E. and 2.0 miles N. of the SW. corner of twp. (Lenmac Mines Ltd.) W 3.3 miles E. and 1.3 Py A.W.R.; G4-10214, 1960 A.W.R.; GM-10214. 19 âhe gold-bearing showing is located 2 miles NE. of Lake Opawica outlet. The azea in the vicinity of the showing has been tested by several trenches and by The sulfide showing seven diamond drill holes over a length of 400 feet. The drilling shows that showing consists of the area is under..ain mainly by andesite and tuff. Channel.sampling in the main striking N.70°E. anc tren_h yielded assays ranging from 0.05 to 0.39 ounce of gold per ton. nite and well silica • Samp.ing of the drill core yielded tenors ranging between 0.05 and 0.980 ounce been exposed in 6 t: et , of Bold per ton. mineralization and t

S\ 5 4.2 miles E. and 1.6 miles of the SW. corner of twp, (Lenmac M:.nes Ltd.) 9 3.4 miles W. and 1.2 Cu Au . A.W.R.; Gd-10214, 1961 A.W.R.; G.t-5737, 19`- A.W.R.; Gt-380, 194: Half a mile west of the west shore of Shortt Iake "... a low outcrop of light Nolored diorite is crossed by shears striking N.55°E.'which are well mineralized Gold occurs in pyri 1 -! w1th,pyr.rhotite carrying a little chalcopyrite." 0 Certified true copy from Special Paper No. 2 ,Quebec Dept. . oi* NaLtral Resources-IS67 to accompany Report by G.R. Forbes for liver.ataak 'vines Ltd. dated Feb 2Ist 19.74 Appendix I •

117- eg and silicified sericite 6 4.7 miles E. and 2 miles N. of the SW. corner of twp. (Lenmac Mines Ltd.) Au up the sone following the F,.; dip 70°N.)" A.W.R.; GM-10637, 1961 Dresser and Denis - 1949, pp. 41-2

"Gold was discovered in 1936 in two quartz_ veins near the north shore of Shortt lake... The veins, cutting gabbro, are two to nine inches wide and about 6 feet apart, and have been traced for nearly 100 feet along their easterly (Gunnar Gold Mines Ltd.) strike. The occurrence was explored by Ceres Exploration, Limited, from whose records the following data are summarized:- Cutting the veins within a zone of 50 feet wide there are 12 faults, with indi- vidual displacements from 6 inches to 8 inches. At about the center of this outline by diamond zone, the south vein contains visible gold for a length of some 7 feet and feet in width. The shear assays as high as 146 ounces gold per ton were obtained across a width of 4 , of quartz." The best inches. Both eastward and westward of this high-grade section, the vein nairows, n: tailing out with 25 feet to the east and passing beneath drift some 35 feet to the west. The north vein is exposed for a longer distance, and a quartz vein Mimeo mines Ltd.) in an outcrop 120 to 200 feet to the east may represent its continuation in that direction. In places. fine-grained pyrite occurs in fractures in the quartz vein and adjacent gabbro, and also along the fault planes. Some assays of this pyritized material have yielded high returns for gold. others only a Shortt Lake outlet. trace." y carbonatizad and cut by •V • width of 50 foot with 7 4.2 miles W. and 1.9 miles N. of the SE. corner of twp. (Viney claims) y mineralized streaks. Au 1n9 detected only a low A.W.R.; G.l-5737, 1957 Zr A.W.R.; GM-9218, 1960 r enmac Mines Ltd.) On the north shore of Shortt lake, a gold-bearing zone was found in altered OC' diorite showing considerable carbonate alteration and silicification and containing fine disseminated pyrite and magnetite. A few holes were drilled in this area about 12 years ago by the McWa*.tern Gold :lines Limited but unfortu- north shore of Shortt nately the logs cannot be found. The best assays obtained from short unsplit 0 Ins cut the ga`bro intru- sac,tions of the drill core of 2 holes were 0.51 ounce of gold over 0.3 foot and t ounce of gold per ton 0.15 ounce over 1.5 feet. The presence of a little galena was noted in the inches. narthern part of this showin6 and a little chalcopyrite and galena were seen C ~ ~ in the most southerly trench. , (Lenmac Mines Ltd.) 8 3.3 miles E. and 1.3 miles N. of the SW. corner of twp. (Lenmac Mines'Ltd.) Py A.W.R.; GM-10214. 1960 e Opawica outlet. The several trenches and by .Tre sulfide showing is located 1 mile E. of the outlet of Opawica lake. The the drilling shows that showing consists of a narrow band of massive pyrite. 6 inches to 12 inches wide, annel sampling in the nain striking N.700E. and dioping about 450N. Both margins ate well-fractured pyroxe- of gold Per ton. nite and well silicified for nearly 1 foot on each side of the vein. It has weer 0.05 and 0.580 ounce been exposed in 6 trenches over a distance of 75 feet. Samples of both the mineralization and the quartz returned no gold.

(Leresac Mines Ltd.) 9 3.4 miles W. and 1.2 miles N. of the SE. corner of twp. (Viney claims) Au

A.S1.R.; GM-5737. 1957 A.W.R.; G1-380, 1948 . a l'w outcrop of light which are well mineralized Gold occurs in pyritized quartz-carbonate zones with a broad band of PYro-

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elastics characterized by pyrite nodules and fragmeets of chart and jasper. The ) carbonate zona strikes N.50°E. and dips vertically to steeply north. Gold was found over a length of 540 feet and over widths up to 27 feet. Assays up to 0.32 ounce par ton wore obtained free channel sampling.' 1 NW. shore of lac Cu, Ni 10 0.3 mile W. and 1.3 miles N. of the SE. corner of twp. (Lake Opawica Mines Ltd.) Au Dugas, J.; GM-894. Claveau et al. - 1951, p. 36 "The mineralizatl Ingham et al. -•1949, PP. 75-6 rock composed mos "The property is underlain chiefly.., by rhyolite, rhyolite breccia, and tuff, •t/J q`• 22 1/2 feet was C flanked on the south by lenticular bodies of anorthosite, gabbro, and diorite. ~ e te v n "A narrow band of coarse conglomerate, striking N.80°E., is intercalated in the This rock is .ln contact with sheared, altered, acidic fragmentais Ct •.volcanict... v to the south. v . ` "The main showing... consists of a strong shear zone, dipping steeply to the 4.2 miles S. of .t north, which appears to follow the conglomerate-fragmental contact striking Cu N.80°-85°E. The zone varies in width from a maximum of 90 feet at the east Satan, G.S. - 195 end... to 15 feet at the west end... It has been exposed at 100-foot intervals by... trenches... for a continuous length of 1,300 feet. The zone is character- ,• "Chalcopyrite occ ized by a bottle-green,... alteration, mariposite, and heavy carbonatization. tures in paragnei northern island o "A cross-section of the zone... consists of conglomerate with 2-inch quartz indicated 2% chai pebbles, mariposite, sericite schist, and sheared acidic fragmentais. The mari- exposed only on t posite zone, sericitic schist and sheared fragmental are cut by narrow quartz stringers well mineralized with disseminated crystalline pyrite."

A.M.R.; G'-434, 1947 . A.W.R.; GL-219, 1947

During 1946-47, the zone was tested by 21 diamond drill holes for a total foot- II - 37; III - 38, Py, Po age of 7,040 feet. Sampling of the core yielded assays ranging from $2.00 to 56.50 in gold per ton across widths of from 2 to 27 feet along a section 500 A.W.R.; Gi.1-14570, feet in length. Sedimentary rocks pyrrhotite. A fe. 11 3.2 miles W. and 0.1 mile N. of the SE. corner of twp. (Frobisher fepawica claim Graphite'is cermet groups) Cu. Zn

A.W.R.; G-2707. 1954 A.W.R.; Gd-4051, 1956

"... One showing... consisting of sphalexite and chalcopyrite has been dis- 1 NE. end of Granet closed.., in the central part of the northwest shore of Gull Island (Opawica Cu, Zn, Ni lake). It consists of milky quartz veins that have been intruded into sericite Q.D.N.R. - 1961. F schist paralleling the schistosity. One of the veins outcrops on a low rock point chat feces east. The vein is 2 feet wide and is exposed for 8 feet, Small amounts of c gradually disappearing under water eastward. Another 50 feet farther west along in ultrabasic and the shore a similar vein outcrops for 20 feet along the waters edge and is at 4.3 feet. 3.57% zi least 4 feet. wide. Both occurrences consist of coarsely crystallized milky quartz that has been fractured and contains streaks and patches of chalcopyrite and sphalexite dispersed sparsely throughout the vein. t It is estimated that the combined metal content would be under 1%... The sericite schist comprising the wall rock of the vein is almost barren of mineral 1 1 1..5 ^ilc- S. e. :~; except for the occasional small cube of pyrite. A 1,000 feet of diaecrd (Cameron propertj/i was done to test the showing. Low values of copper and zinc were obtained." Au Certified True Copy from Special Paper No. 2 ,Quebec Dept. of Dresser and Denis Natural Resources,I967, to accompany 'Report by G.R. Forbes MacKenzie, G.S. le for Silserstac:d` :fines Ltd. dated Feb 2 st. I974, Val d'Or P.Q. 1111, 1,1 1, 1.11 I J6111,1;ya -....-- is indebted to the Dominion Cull Company, Toronto, dpawir. SILVERSTAC1‘: L T D Ontarib, icr ilrrni.!..sion to publish these data which o GAND T,7P. L 3IA 3T P wore compiled by that company from information Lap showinr relation.ship of. claims • recorded during the course of their surveys in 1947, to airborne 1n:11f:riot ic allow] I le s 1948, and. 1949. SCALE: one, inch to one mile ) The pjanimetry for this map was obtained frqm '300

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Febrvarÿ-I6; 1967 r . , 1 .. Mr. G. R. Forbes, 2480 Benny Crescent, Suite 607, Montreal 28, Quebec.

• Dear Gordon:- Re: Lenmac Mines Limited Gand Township

In accordance with our telephone conversation yesterday I am.happy to state that during 1960 and 1961 I supervised a fairly ex- .1 tensive program of geological mapping, magnetometer surveys, surface trenching and prospecting followed by diamond drilling on this property. The work covered the entire area lying between Opawica lake and

Shortt lake to the east, nearly 3 miles in length. 01•

• 6• The more interesting portion was the eastern half, where a series of gold occurrences located by earlier prospectors and ourselves fell into a regular pattern. These started at the T. K. MacDougall discovery near Shortt lake and extended for 610 feet in a direction. S 60o W to a showing which we discovered and drilled in 1960, -1.

One season's prospecting followed, starting at the MacDougall showing and continued for 3000 feet towards the southwest. This included trenching and Packsack drilling and resulted in several more. gold discoveries at the eastern end. Some of these appeared important. but the rock was too hard for the light drill to penetrate and they were newel followed up, nor was the prospecting program completed.

► I am satisfied that :,his line of strike, , S 60° to 65° W, - represents a line of weakness which is gold-bearing and which deserves to be thoroughly prospected. Much of it lies in valleys but portions are along slopes that are lightly overburdened where it can be traced. There are some starting points where drilling could be started imme-• diately.

This combined with surface prospecting and light trenching could narrow the unprospected gaps sufficiently perhaps to warrant A drilling them with a heavier machine. I feel that a minimum of $15,000 would be required to prospect the,6000 feet length by 500 feet width initially. If results were encouraging a contract could be let for a larger drill for a footage of probably 5000 feet for an overall cost of $35,000 - $40,000.

- 2 - I will. be glad to supply details as to the location of our discoveries and interesting points later when your plans are further advanced. Yours very truly,

r. • 4 • . Alan C. Lee, Engineer, Province of Quebec. ACL/rc

NOTE: The aORMER Lenmac Mines Ltd.' Property consisted of IO claims in Gand Twp. held under Dev. Lic Nos 177217 cls. I-2; 177218 cis. I-2;17.7219 els I-2;I77220 cis I-2;G 9007 0l-4 • I6831I cl-I. This property ROW constitutes a IO claim portion of Forbes No. 5 Group (45 claims total) presently covered by Prospector's Lic. Nos. 257097 cls. 4--5; 257098 cis. 4-5; 257099 ols 4-5; 252071 cis I-2; 257070 cla I-2. All above observations by Mr. Lee when referring to Lenmad Mines ltd. now apply to the Forbes No. 5 Group as detailed abtive; G.R. Forbes, Feb I8th 1967, M tr a P.Q .

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Notes This personal Communication accompanies Report dated Peb 21st 1974 Val d'Oyr P.Q. to Mr. C.D. Robbins, President of Silverstack Mines Ltd. by G. R. Forbes , B. Comm,; L. Eng.; P. Eng. Mining Engineer.

Certified True Copy:

.... O', ...\ ' G.R. Forbe G. R. Forbes APPENDIX 5 DESCRIPTION OF TITLES SILVERSTACK MINES LIMITED GAND TOWNSHIP, 0rA!''1ICA AREA, ABITIBI - EAST, P.Q.

PROSPECTOR' CLAIM NO. OF UNSURVEYED ANNIVERSARY REMARKS LIC. NOS. NUMBERS CLAIMS ACRES DATE - 326250 1-5 incl. 5 200 July 16,1 74 These 14 claims are referred to 326251 1--5 incl. 5 200 July 16,'74 as "The Discovery 322922 1-4 incl. 4 160 Aug. 3,'74 Group"

342423 1-5 incl. 5 200 Feb. ±,'75 342424 1-5 incl. 5 200 Feb. 2,1 75 342425 1-5 incl. 5 200 Feb. 4,'75 342426 1-5 incl. 5 200 Feb. 5,'75 342427 1-5 incl. 5 200 Feb. 6,'75 These 55 claims, 343323 1-5 incl. 5 200 Feb. 1,'75 which were staked 343324 1-5 incl. 5 200 Feb. 2,'75 following the dis- 343325 1-5 incl. 5 200 Feb. 4,'75 covery, are re- 343326 1-5 incl. 5 200 Feb. 5,1 75 ferred to as 343327 1-5 incl. 5 200 Feb. 6,'75 "The Forbes Group" 341805 1-5 incl. 5 200 Feb. 7,'75

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REMARKS: All the above claims are subject of a Report by G.R. Forbes, dated Feb. 21st, 1974.

G.R. Forbes, B. Comm. ~ç