(Core Zone), and Ungava Orogen (Administrative Region 10

1C 1C - New Québec and Torngat Torngat Orogen and Southeast Orogens, Southeast Churchill Churchill Province Province (Core Zone), and Ungava The Paleoproterozoic Torngat Orogen is bounded to the Orogen (Administrative Region 10, east by Archean rocks of the Nain Province and to the west by Archean and Paleoproterozoic rocks of the core zone (Figure Nord-du-Québec) 1C-1). This orogen is divided into lithotectonic domains and complexes separated by ductile shear zones (e.g., the Abloviak Patrick Houle, Eng. deformation zone, Figure 1C-1). Direction Énergie, Mines et Territoire public, région Nord-du-Québec Located in the Southeastern Churchill Province, the Trough hinterland and the Torngat foreland were called the “core zone” Serge Perreault, P.Geo. by James et al. (1996). The core zone is composed largely of Direction générale de Géologie Québec Archean gneisses with bands of Paleoproterozoic supracrustal rocks. These rocks were subsequently deformed and metamor- Composed mainly of Paleoproterozoic rocks, the New phosed during the Paleoproterozoic. The core zone is divided Québec (Labrador Trough), Torngat, and Ungava (Cape Smith into a series of lithotectonic domains separated by wide defor- Belt) orogens cover a signiﬁ cant proportion of Northern Québec mation zones (Figure 1C-1; Wardle et al., 2002). (ﬁ gures 1C-1 and 1C-2). The Southeastern Churchill Province includes the New Québec and Torngat Orogens and their hin- NWT Uranium Corporation and Azimut Exploration Inc. terland, the core zone, composed largely of Archean rocks and uncovered seven distinct uraniferous zones with a cumulative strike length of 10 km and grades reaching 3.3% U O in grab sometimes referred to as the Rae Province (James et al., 1996; 3 8 Wardle et al., 2002; Figure 1C-1). samples collected on the North Rae property (Project 10), located to the south and southeast of Kangigsualujjuaq, near The main targeted commodities in the New Québec Orogen the mouth of George River along the east coast of Ungava and the core zone in 2007 were uranium and gold. The Ungava Bay. In the same area, Majescor Resources Inc. and Azimut Orogen (Ungava Trough or Cape Smith Belt) once again Exploration Inc. delineated a 30-km-long prospective uranium attracted several exploration companies in the search for nickel, trend on the South Rae property (Project 11). Assay results up

copper and platinum group elements. All exploration projects to 0.57% U3O8 were obtained from surface rock samples. conducted by exploration companies and individual prospectors within the study area are listed in Table 1C and showed on ﬁ gures 1C-1 and 1C-2. Ungava Orogen The Paleoproterozoic Ungava Orogen (Ungava Trough or Cape Smith Belt) consists of a volcano-sedimentary belt that New Québec Orogen stretches over some 370 km along an ENE-WSW axis (St-Onge Also referred to as the Labrador Trough in Québec, or simply and Lucas, 1990; Figure 1C-2). The area may be divided into “the Trough”, the New Québec Orogen, with rocks dated from four main tectonic units: a) the autochthonous Archean base- 2.17 to 1.79 Ga, forms a fold and thrust belt along the margin ment of the Superior Province, b) the allochthonous accre- of the Superior Province (Clark and Wares, 2004). The Trough tionary belt or Ungava Trough s.s., c) the Paleoproterozoic is composed of rocks comprising two volcano-sedimentary Narsajuaq Terrane, and d) the parautochthonous Archean cycles and a third cycle of metasedimentary rocks (Clark and basement (Lamothe, 1994). The Ungava Orogen comprises Wares, 2004). seven tectonostratigraphic units that form the Southern and Northern lithotectonic domains, separated by the Bergeron New Millenium Capital Corporation conducted a pre- fault. The Southern Domain is composed of three groups: a) the liminary assessment study and a deﬁ nition drilling program on Lamarche Group (sedimentary assemblage intruded by gabbro the KéMag iron ore project (Lac Harris) (Project 6), located sills), b) the Povungnituk Group (tholeiitic basalts intercalated 40 km northwest of Schefferville. The economic part of the with detrital sediments), and c) the Chukotat Group (komatiitic iron formation on the KéMag property consists of 7 units of to tholeiitic basalts) thrust onto the Povungnituk. The Northern Proterozoic sedimentary rocks totalling 105 metres in thickness Domain consists of the Chassé Formation (detrital unit) and of and shallowly dipping (5-12˚) to the east. This rock sequence four groups: a) the Watts Group (sedimentary and metavolcanic has been traced over a strike length of 10 km along a NNW-SSE rocks), b) the Parent Group (tholeiitic basalts and tuffs), c) the axis. The project is based on a mineral resource estimated at Spartan Group (psammites, pelites, semipelites, sandstones, 2.3 Gt grading 30.9% iron, hosted in magnetite taconites. Many felsic tuffs, and mudstones), and d) the Perrault Group (wackes, different studies remain to be completed before a decision is conglomerates, sandstones, and mudstones). taken on the project. 35 1C

In the Ungava Trough, exploration results from the latest Partners Anglo American Exploration (Canada) Ltd and drilling program by Xstrata Nickel on the Raglan property Knight Resources Ltd continued exploration work on the West (Project 16) led to the deﬁ nition of another 2 million tonnes of Raglan property (Project 19), covering approximately 65 km inferred resources grading 3.0% Ni in Zone 5-8, located 4 km strike length along the Raglan Horizon. Several mineralized east of Katinniq (Raglan mine), including a 63-metre interval zones were intersected in drillhole, with grades of 3.22% Ni, at 4.4% Ni and 1.6% Cu. Zone 5-8 has now become the larg- 1.93% Cu, 0.99 g/t Pt, and 3.35 g/t Pd over 3.50 m (drillhole est ore zone in Raglan’s history, outranking Katinniq with a WR-07-130), and 1.06% Ni, 0.36% Cu, 0.24 g/t Pt, and 0.96 g/t preliminary inferred resource estimate of 10 million tonnes at Pd over 25.79 m (drillhole WR-07-128) in the Frontier South 3.2% Ni, 0.8% Cu, 0.08% Co, 0.9 g/t Pd and 2.1 g/t Pt. Plans zone; and 0.5% Ni, 0.27% Cu, 0.14 g/t Pt, and 0.5 g/t Pd over to increase mine production from 1.1 to 1.3 million tonnes of 9.16 m (drillhole WR-07-132) in the Century zone. ore per year by the end of 2008 are currently underway at the Raglan mine. About 80 km southeast of the Raglan mine, Goldbrook Ventures Inc. continued exploration along the Bélanger-Delta On the Nunavik Nickel project (Project 17), located 20 km Horizon on its Raglan property (Project 18) and reported several south of the Raglan mine, Canadian Royalties Inc. completed mineralized drill intercepts in the Sylvie, Getty, Bravo, Mystery, a feasibility study on the Mesamax, Expo and Ivakkak deposits, Timtu, and R2 target areas, including 1.79% Ni, 3.49% Cu, where cumulative reserves total 11.3 Mt at 0.97% Ni, 1.13% Cu, 0.09% Co, 0.40 g/t Pt, 2.96 g/t Pd, and 0.18 g/t Au over 7.0 m 0.05% Co, 0.10 g/t Au, 0.45 g/t Pt, and 1.86 g/t Pd. A preliminary (drillhole BRA07-006, Bravo target area); 1.41% Ni, 0.67% economic assessment resulted in an updated indicated resource Cu, and 3.23 g/t PGE-Au over 96.4 m (drillhole SYL07-023, estimate for the Mequillon deposit of 5.4 Mt at 0.74% Ni, Sylvie target area); and 0.54% Ni, 0.67% Cu, 0.03% Co, and 1.07% Cu, 0.04% Co, 0.23 g/t Au, 0.70 g/t Pt, and 2.65 g/t Pd 1.47 PGE-Au over 42.0 m (drillhole MYS07-002, Mystery on the same project. Moreover, two new major discoveries target area). (Allammaq and Puimajuq) with signiﬁ cant resource potential were made on the property. The start-up of construction on the Nunavik Nickel mining project is scheduled for mid-2008.

Figure 1C-1. Geological legend of map of the mineral exploration projects in New Québec and the Torgat orogen, the core zone and the Ungava Orogen.

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38 1C 1 Rcd(97:1500) TE GpEm(A, G), Pr, ChampdoréGeorges River Cu-Au-Ag Au-U S G, Pr, North Rae S Pr, UDaniel Lake S D(8:562), G, GpMa(A), GpRa(A,G), Pr, U RaglanWest Gp(A), Gs(l), Pr Ni-Cu-Co-PGE GpEm(G) D, Virginia Mines Inc. Virginia Mines Inc. Virginia Corporation NWT Uranium Corporation Knight Resources Ltd 10 Resources Inc. / Areva-Québec Waseco 10 / Extended Block III Nunavik Mining Exploration Fund U S Pr, 10 Azimut Exploration Inc. / Majescor Resources 10 South Rae Resources Canada Inc Freewest 10 U Adriana Resources Inc. Georges River10 U S GpMa(A), GpRa(A), Gs(l) , Pr, Canadian Royalties Inc.10 Lac Otelnuk Anglo American Expl.(Canada) Ltd / Pg Fe Nunavik Nickel Ni-Cu-Co-PGE S(x: 5000) D(150:26348) FM, G, GpMa(A), 24 F/04 07, 08 10, 15, 16 10, 16, 24 A/06, 07, 08, 09, 11 02 35 H/05, 06, 07 35 F/08 - Mineral exploration projects in New Quebec, Torngat Orogens, core zone and Ungava Orogen in 2007 - Mineral exploration projects in New Quebec, Torngat FIGURE NTS R. A. / PROSPECTORS COMPANIES PROJECTS SUBSTANCES WORKS OS TABLE 1C TABLE N New Quebec Orogen, figure 1C-1 12 1C-1 1C-13 24 C/07, 08 24 C/08 1C-14 10 24 C/04, 08, 1C-15 Areva-Québec 10 23 P/13 1C-16 Mines Inc. Uranium Star Corporation / Virginia 7 23 P/16, 24 A/01, 1C-1 Sagar8 1C-1 10 23 O/03 Orogen, figure 1C-1 Core zone and Torngat 1C-1 / Nunavik Mining Exploration Fund 24 C/169 24 B/04, 0510 1C-1 10 1C-1 24 I U-Au11 24 P, New Millennium Capital Corporation 10 10 24 I/05, 06, 11, 12 Minnowean 1C-1 Commerce Resources Corporation 10 Areva-Québec12 Azimut Exploration Inc. / NWT Uranium 24 H/12, G/09, 1C-1 10 Areva-Québec13 U 14 D/05, 23 P/09, KéMag D(28:2500), Gs(sl), Gs(t), Gs(r), Pr, 14 1C-1 Eldor Carbonatite 1C-1 24 A, G, H, I, P15 23 N/16, 24 C/01, Nb -Ta 1C-1 10Ungava Orogen, figure 1C-2 Fe Areva-Québec 24 I/06, 0716 S, T G, Pr, 17 1C-2 Du Chambon 1C-2 10 35 H/11, 12 Gs(sl), Gs(t), GpMa(A,G), GpRa(A,G), Pr 18 Azimut Exploration Inc. / 35 G/08, 09, 19 1C-2 Cage U D(51:5073) 10 1C-2 35 G/0620 Xstrata Nickel 35 G/05, 06, 1. See the legend of abbreviations and significance italic bold types in appendix II. 1C-2A. R. = Administrative region 35 H/06, 11 10 U Torngat Inc. Goldbrook Ventures S G, Pr, 10 Xstrata Nickel / Melkior Resources Inc. U S(6:2060) E, G, GpMa(A), GpRa(A), Pr, Delta-Kenty Raglan Raglan Ni-Cu-PGE-Co Pg, S Cu-Ni-Co-PGE Gp(A) Ni-Cu-Co-PGE S(x:74509), G, GpEm(A, B), GpEm(G) D,

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