INDEPENDENT TECHNICAL REPORT CUNNINGHAM AND SUTTON PROPERTIES Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada WEST KIRKLAND MINING INC. Bentall Tower 5 Suite 328 - 550 Burrard Street Vancouver, BC Canada V6C 2B5 Date: February 6, 2012 Prepared By: CARACLE CREEK INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING INC. Zsuzsanna Magyarosi, Ph.D., P.Geo. Sherri Hodder, M.Sc., P.Geo. Sarah Sylvester, B.Sc. Independent Technical Report: Cunningham and Sutton Properties West Kirkland Mining Inc. Office Locations This report has been prepared by Caracle Creek International Consulting Inc. (Caracle Creek) on Toronto behalf of West Kirkland Mining Inc. 34 King Street East, 9th Floor Toronto, ON Canada, M5C 2X8 2012 Tel: +1.416.368.1801 Fax: +1.416.368.9794 [email protected] Vancouver 409 Granville Street, Suite 1409 Vancouver, BC Canada, V6C 1T2 Tel: +1.604.637.2050 Fax: +1.604.602.9496 [email protected] Sudbury 25 Frood Road Sudbury, ON Canada, P3C 4Y9 Tel: +1.705.671.1801 TF: +1.866.671.1801 Fax: +1.705.671.3665 [email protected] Johannesburg 7th Floor The Mall Offices 11 Cradock Avenue, Rosebank South Africa Tel: +1.27 (0) 11.880.0278 Issued by: Sudbury Office Fax: +1.27 (0) 11.447.4814 [email protected] www.caraclecreek.com February 6, 2012 CARACLE CREEK INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING INC. Page | 1 Toronto – Vancouver – Sudbury– Johannesburg Independent Technical Report: Cunningham and Sutton Properties West Kirkland Mining Inc. 1.0 STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP This Report, titled “Independent Technical Report, Cunningham and Sutton Properties, Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada”, and dated February 6th, 2012 was prepared and signed by the following Qualified Person: “Signed and sealed” __________________________ Zsuzsanna Magyarosi, Senior Geologist, Ph.D., P.Geo. February 6, 2012 Sudbury, Ontario February 6, 2012 CARACLE CREEK INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING INC. Page | 2 Toronto – Vancouver – Sudbury– Johannesburg Independent Technical Report: Cunningham and Sutton Properties West Kirkland Mining Inc. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP ............................................................................................................... 2 2.0 SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................................................... 8 3.0 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................ 10 3.1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................... 10 3.2 TERMINOLOGY ...................................................................................................................................... 10 3.3 UNITS ........................................................................................................................................................ 11 3.4 CARACLE CREEK QUALIFICATIONS ................................................................................................. 12 4.0 RELIANCE ON OTHER EXPERTS ......................................................................................................... 13 5.0 PROPERTY DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION ..................................................................................... 14 5.1 LOCATION ............................................................................................................................................... 14 5.2 DESCRIPTION AND OWNERSHIP ........................................................................................................ 16 6.0 ACCESSIBILITY, CLIMATE, LOCAL RESOURCES, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND PHYSIOGRAPHY..................................................................................................................................................... 20 6.1 ACCESS .................................................................................................................................................... 20 6.2 CLIMATE AND VEGETATION .............................................................................................................. 21 6.3 PHYSIOGRAPHY ..................................................................................................................................... 21 6.4 INFRASTRUCTURE AND LOCAL RESOURCES ................................................................................. 21 7.0 HISTORY ...................................................................................................................................................... 23 7.1 TEXASGULF CANADA .......................................................................................................................... 30 7.2 SHEEDY AND KING ............................................................................................................................... 30 7.3 MINOREX ................................................................................................................................................. 30 7.4 G.L. TAMAN ............................................................................................................................................. 31 7.5 RIO TINTO ................................................................................................................................................ 31 7.6 BILLITON ................................................................................................................................................. 31 7.7 HORTON ................................................................................................................................................... 32 7.8 CUNNINGHAM ........................................................................................................................................ 32 7.9 IVAN J. DEA ............................................................................................................................................. 32 7.10 RIO ALGOM EXPLORATION ................................................................................................................ 33 7.11 FALCONBRIDGE ..................................................................................................................................... 33 7.12 PAMOUR PORCUPINE MINES / PAMOREX MINERALS .................................................................. 33 7.13 SUTTON-HANSON .................................................................................................................................. 34 7.14 JEANETTE LOURIM ............................................................................................................................... 35 February 6, 2012 CARACLE CREEK INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING INC. Page | 3 Toronto – Vancouver – Sudbury– Johannesburg Independent Technical Report: Cunningham and Sutton Properties West Kirkland Mining Inc. 7.15 INMET ....................................................................................................................................................... 35 7.16 DENIS CHARTRE AND ROGER DUFRENSE ....................................................................................... 35 7.17 MARK FEKETE ........................................................................................................................................ 36 7.18 AQUISTAR ............................................................................................................................................... 36 7.19 BICE VENTURES CORPORATION........................................................................................................ 36 7.20 TECK EXPLORATION LIMITED ........................................................................................................... 37 7.21 BRIGADIER GOLD LIMITED ................................................................................................................. 38 7.1 NEWSTRIKE ............................................................................................................................................. 38 8.0 GEOLOGICAL SETTING AND MINERALIZATION ........................................................................... 38 8.1 REGIONAL GEOLOGY ........................................................................................................................... 38 8.1.1 Regional Mineralization ........................................................................................................................ 42 8.2 LOCAL GEOLOGY .................................................................................................................................. 43 8.2.1 Rock types .............................................................................................................................................. 43 8.2.2 Structural geology ................................................................................................................................. 46 8.2.3 Metamorphism ....................................................................................................................................... 46 8.3 PROPERTY GEOLOGY ........................................................................................................................... 46 8.3.1 Rock types .............................................................................................................................................. 46 8.3.2 Structural geology and metamorphism .................................................................................................