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GM 53062 1995 DIAMOND DRILLING REPORT ON THE NORMETAL COMINCO PROPERTY, PROJECT 08-731 1995 DIAMOND DRILLING REPORT ON THE NORMÉTAL COMINCO PROPERTY PROJECT 08-731 N.T.S. 32D/14 FALCONBRIDGE LIMITED I79 MRN - S.I.S.E.M. 1995/07 GM 53062 ROUYN-NORANDA MARC L'HEUREUX QUÉBEC, CANADA SR. FIELD GEOLOGIST FEBRUARY 1995 NORMAND DUPRAS PROJECT GEOLOGIST 95 066 007 .44 fi SUMMARY A 206-meter diamond drill hole has been completed by Falconbridge Limited on the Cominco Property, Project 08-731 on February 22 and 23, 1995. The program was undertaken to further define and delineate a mineralized intersection drilled by Utah Mines Limited in 1975 The exploration hole was targeted on a weak UTEM anomaly as well as on a 3-channel INPUT anomaly. These anomalies are the western lateral extension of a mineralized intersection (0.15% Cu, 0.40% Zn over 3 feet) encountered by Utah Mine in hole CN-3. The hole 95-31-01 drilled by Falconbridge Limited intersected traces to locally 1% small stringers of chalcopyrite associated mainly with carbonate-quartz veinlets within a quartz- eyed rhyolitic unit. This unit is weakly to moderately sericitized. The expected mineralized contact between the rhyolite and the intermediate units was successfully intersected by the bore hole, but unfortunately no economic sulphide mineralization was returned. Nevertheless, the hole has allowed to corroborate the geological interpretation of the northern portion of the property. Pulse EM survey will be completed next month. Additional exploration activities such as surface diamond drilling and bore hole geophysics are recommended to investigate the lateral extension of this historical mineralized intersection. 111 TABLE OF CONTENTS SUMMARY ii SECTION 1 Introduction 1.1 Scope of Work 1 1.2 Location and Access 1 SECTION 2 Geology 2.1 Regional Geology 5 2.2 Local Geology 5 SECTION 3 Diamond Drilling 3.1 Background of Program 8 3.2 Falconbridge Drilling Procedure 9 SECTION 4 Conclusion and Recommendations 11 REFERENCES 12 APPENDIX A : Diamond Drill Log MAP POCKETS: Geology Map 1:5,000 Cross Section 1:1,000 LIST OF TABLES TABLE 1 Legal Description of the Normétal Cominco Property 1 TABLE 2 Diamond Drill Hole Collar Location 9 LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE 1 Normétal Cominco Property Location Map 3 FIGURE 2 Normétal Cominco Claim Map 4 FIGURE 3 Regional Geology Map of Abitibi 6 FIGURE 4 Normétal Cominco (Geology) 7 1 SECTION 1 - INTRODUCTION 1.1 Scope of work The following report covers the diamond drilling results returned from the 1995 Falconbridge Limited drilling program carried out on the Normétal Cominco property, project 08-731. 1.2 Location and Access The Normétal Cominco property consist of 34 claims totaling 1,360 hectares. The claim groups are located in the Perron township, range II, lots 37 to 43 inclusively, Rousseau township, range I, lots 1 to 16 inclusively, Clermont township range VII lots 49 to 57 inclusively and in range VIII, lots 46 to 49 inclusively, in Abitibi county, Québec. The claims are registered in the name of Falconbridge Limited under the following licenses: Table 1 Legal Description of the Normétal Cominco Property CLERMONT TOWNSHIP CLAIM RANGE LOT AREA 5015400 VII 49 40 5015399 VII 50 40 5015398 VII 51 40 5015385 VII 52 40 5015386 VII 53 40 5015387 VII 54 40 5015388 VII 55 40 5015389 VII 56 40 5015390 VII 57 40 5016913 VIII 46 40 5016912 VIII 47 40 5016911 VIII 48 40 5016908 VIII 49 40 2 ROUSSEAU TOWNSHIP CLAIM RANGE LOT AREA 5051200 2 40 5051201 3 40 5051202 4 40 5051203 5 40 5051204 6 40 5051205 7 40 5051206 8 40 5051207 9 40 5051208 10 40 5051209 11 40 5051210 12 40 5051211 13 40 5051212 14 40 5051213 15 40 5051214 16 40 PERRON TOWNSHIP CLAIM RANGE LOT AREA 5051369 II 37 40 5051368 II 38 40 5051367 II 39 40 5051366 II 40 40 5051365 II 41 40 5051364 II 42 40 5051363 II 43 40 The Normétal Cominco property is situated one hundred and ten (110) kilometres North of the town of Rouyn-Noranda. Located in the NormétaVVal St-Gilles area, it is readily accessible by Highway 101 from Rouyn-Noranda to La Sane and by the Highway 393 from La Sarre to Val St-Gilles. A network of ATV and snow-mobile trails cross most of the property. NORMETAL COMINCO PROPERTY LOCATION MAP a aL~.w... ~.~.~... .. .. VAL ST-GILLES NORMETAL LA SARRE L. Macamic MACAMIC DUPARQUET 48°30' L. Duparquet L. Dass=rat ROUYN-NORANDA NORLOC.cdr (PN-108) FIG. 1 00163FW1.CDR (PN-128) 5 SECTION 2 - GEOLOGY 2.1 Regional Geology The Normétal area is located in the Gale Group volcanics (Latulippe 1976), in the Archean Abitibi Greenstone belt of Northwestern Quebec. The Gale Group volcanics forms lozenge-shaped volcano-sedimentary terrain, bounded in the North and South by the Casa-Berardi and Chicobi structural breaks, respectively (Daigneault and Archambault 1990). Regional stratigraphy of the Gale Group is poorly defined: volcanic rocks are both abundant and lithologically diverse. These include mafic, intermediate and felsic volcanic lavas and volcanoclastic rocks, epiclastic volcanics, various sediments and iron formations (Gilman 1961, Tolman 1951). The Gale Group volcanic rocks are regionally metamorphosed to the greenschist facies. 2.2 Local Geology The Normétal-Cominco Option property consists of a complex, alternating series of slightly overturned, south and north facing mafic and intermediate to felsic volcanic units, forming a thick volcanic pile trending roughly SE-NW. Volcanic rocks are cut by various intrusive rhyolite stocks and dykes, and younger NE-SW trending diabase dykes. A laterally extensive sedimentary horizon occurs near the top of the volcanic sequence. The Normétal Mine Sequence is located near the southern portion of the property, forming the immediate stratigraphic hangingwall of the sedimentary unit, and consists of a series of mafic to felsic volcanoclastic rocks. Intermediate to felsic, coarse epiclastic breccias and fine to medium tuffs form the immediate Mine Horizon. Alteration effects range from weak to pervasive, with locally developed zones of abundant chloritoid. Local intense compressive deformation is attributed to strongly schistose rocks near the Normétal Mine, and the strongly attenuated shape of the original Normétal Orebody. Metamorphic conditions in the mine increased with depth from greenschist grade to amphibolite grade, as documented by Bertrand. Mine Sequence rocks are immediately overlain by a relatively fresh metabasalt. REGIONAL GEOLOGY MAP OF ABITIBI Witinatti OPATICA SUBPROVINCE . ~ \ `~ I'' '. I ~ f .~ I ~ ~ ALLARD GROUP MATAGAMI ,~~ TAIBI GROUP GALE GROUP + + + + ++++++- ++++++----- ++_++++*- CASTAGNIER ++ -. + +++ + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + +++++++++++ KINOJEVIS GROUP + + + + + + + + + + +++++++++++ + + ++++++++ + + + +++++++ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + ++++++++ + GNEISSIC ROCKS BLAKE R. GROUP + + + + + + + + + 1 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GRANITIC INTRUSIONS + + COBALT GROUP STRATIFORM INTRUSIONS ~ \ l i I~ 1 ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS L-~ / 77° N ,; , ,~ I ~,~ . ~ \ \ . VOLCANOSEDIMENTARY l ~i _/I ~ l 2-' _ 1 ROCKS \ 1 =-,~ ~ \~~~~ PROTEROZOIC ROCKS / I PONTIAC A SUBPROVINCE MAJOR FAULTS CC 100Km Q BELLECÔMBE 1~ o v GNEISSES 179 (FROM LATULIPPE 1976) 00101 F_1.CDR (PN-001) FIG. 3 N FALCONBRIDGE LIMITED RHYOLITE SEDIMENTS Exploration Timmins, Ontario ~ ANDESITE ""I FAULT NORMETAL COMINCO GRANITE IJ INTERPRETED MINE HORIZON (GEOLOGY) GABBRO SHOWING DIABASE Traced: J . Date. 12/08/94 NTS:32D14.32FJ03 8731 0 5 Km Drawn: Date Map No ~ QUARTZ-FELDSPAR PORPHYRY II Supervised. N.D. Date: 12/08/94 Date Fig.4 8 SECTION 3 - DIAMOND DRILLING 3.1 Background of Program Recent work by Cominco Limited between 1990 to 1992 on the Cominco property area includes geological mapping and a total of eleven (11) diamond drill holes (NC-90-4, NC- 91-11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 23, 26 and 32) covering a strike length of six (6) kilometres along the Mine Sequence on the western extension of the property. This work allowed to outline the following: - A comprehensive stratigraphy sequence similar to the Normétal Mine area. - Recognition on the property of the Mine Sequence as well as the Mine Horizon that hosts the Normétal Mine (11 Mt at 5.12%Zn, 2.15% Cu). Considering the above results, the historical data review of the Cominco property area and the lack of bedrock exposure, it was recommended that one (1) diamond drill hole totaling 200 metres be executed. 9 3.2 Falconbridge Drilling Procedure One (1) diamond drill hole totaling 206 metres of BQ sized core was drilled on February 22 and 23, 1995 by Benoît Diamond Drilling of Val D'Or, Québec. The core logging was executed at the Falconbridge Limited core shack located in Normétal, Québec. Since the diamond drill hole collar location have not been surveyed, the co-ordinate presented on the cross-section is based on a grid centered on L0+00 and BLO+00. Drilling data was standardized to a scale of 1:1,000 and produced as a cross section. Hole deflections in course of the bore hole were recorded by using acid test at forty (40) metre intervals. The following drill hole collar location refer to the geological surface plan produced by Cominco Limited during the course of mapping surveys, done in the summers of 1990 and 1991. TABLE 2 DIAMOND DRILL HOLE COLLAR LOCATION HOLE # COORDINATES AZIMUTH DIP LENGTH TARGET 95-31-01 L68+00E / 1+50S N 360 -55 206m UTEM/INPUT (P-1) Total 206m The following is a description of the diamond drilling objectives and results encountered in the bore hole of the 1995 Falconbridge Limited winter drilling campaign. For more details, please refer to the drilling cross section in the back pocket. io D.D.H. 95-31 01 (P-1) This hole was recommended to test the mineralized intersection (0.15% Cu, 0.40% Zn over 3 feet) encountered in hole CN-3 drilled in 1975 by Utah Mine. The mineralized zone is hosted at the interface between a rhyolite unit and a thick sequence of intermediate composition.

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