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FIRST AND SECOND YEAR
ASSESSMENT REPORT ON
RESEARCH and COMPILATION
FOR LICENCE 13674M
KINGURUTIK AKE AREA,
LABRADOR
NTS 014D/16
BY
DEN I S F . WALSH P . GEO
F O R
B O W A T E R M I N E R A L S
C O R P O R A T I O N
L I C E N S E H O L D E R
SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 1
LOCATION AND ACCESS 1 TOPOGRAPHY 1 PROPERTY AND CLAIMS STATUS 3 PREVIOUS WORK 5 REGIONAL GEOLOGY 5
LOCAL GEOLOGY 6
LAKE SEDIEMNT DATA 19
GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS 20
MINERAL OCCURRENCES (MODS) 21
CONCLUSIONS AND RECCOEMMENDATIONS 26
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1 Location Map 2
Figure 2 Property Location on Topography 4
Figure 3 Local Geology in Property area 7
Figure 4 Lake Sediment Samples in License area 9
Figure 5 Mineral Occurrences on NTS 14D/16 21
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LIST OF TABLES
Table 1 License Status 4
Table 2 Lake Sediment Samples in License area 3
Table 3 Mineral Occurrences on NTS 14D/16 23
Table 4 Personnel and Contractors Employed and Expenditures 25
APPENDIX A
MINERAL RIGHTS INQUIRY 2 pages
APPENDIX B
GEOPHYSICS MAPS 3 pages
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Bowater Minerals Corp. Kingurutlk Lake Area Property First Year Assessment Report
INTRODUCTION
Bowater Minerals Corporation has acquired one (1) mineral license consisting of 20 claims in the
Kingurutik Lake area of northern Labrador. The claims were obtained by way of an agreement with Terry
Christopher of Halifax, Nova Scotia and transferred to the “Company’s” name on 8 July 2008. This
report combines the first and second years assessment work on the property.
LOCATION AND ACCESS
The license is located in an isolated area of Northern Labrador approximately 60 kilometers northwest of
Nain and 420 km north of Happy Valley-Goose Bay. (See Figure 1.) Both communities are serviced by
year round air service and by coastal boats during the summer and autumn months. Access to Nain is
most expedient and cost effective by means of regularly scheduled airline flights from Goose Bay. From
Nain the best means of getting to the license is via helicopter.
TOPOGRAPHY
The following discussion is adapted mostly from Ryan and James (2004) the region around the claims
mostly rugged and barren. It is dominated by smooth-topped mountains and elongate ridges separated by
steep valley walls as seen by examination of the 1:50,000 scale topographic sheet.
Vegetation is sparse with coniferous trees growing only in low-lying area outside the present claims
boundary. The higher country supports a diminutive Alpine flora, clinging to cracks in bare or lichen-
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Date: Sep. 24, 2009
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Figure 1. Property Location Lic. 013674M
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encrusted bedrock and rooted in a veneer of glacial gravels, willow and dwarf birch abound along the
banks of some brooks.
Elevations observed on the topographic map of the area (Figure 2) range from 900 feet in the north east
corner of the property to 2200 feet in the south west corner. The north east half of the is generally near the
900 to 1000 foot elevation and the south west half is at the higher elevation of 2000 to 2200 feet. There is
a string of small ponds that cross the property diagonally creating this divide.
PROPERTY SUMMARY AND CLAIMS STATUS
The property consists of one mapped staked license containing 20 claims with the license issued to Terry
Christopher July 10, 2007 and transferred to Bowater Minerals Corporation July 8, 2008. To maintain the
license in good standing Bowater deposited $4000 with the Department of Natural Resources in lieu of
reporting the first year’s work on the license on its due date of July 2008. This is permitted under
Condition 2 of the Mineral Regulations of the Province. Table 1 states the status of the property as of the
date of submission of this report and figure 2 shows the boundaries of the license overlain on the 1:50,000
scale topography. The license inquiry is attached as Appendix A.
Table 1: Property Status & Expenditures
License # No. of Claims Property Owner Issue Date
Expenditures
Year 1 & 2
13674M 20
Bowater Minerals
Corporation
26 May 2008 $ 9,000 (req’d)
Expenditures this report $13,282.50
Carry over amount $4,282.50
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PREVIOUS WORK
Early geological work in the Nain area was initiated by Wheeler (1942). Christie examined the area in the
1950’s and included parts Wheeler pioneering work in his reports and maps.(Christie, 1952.) British
Newfoundland Exploration (BRINEX) as part of a reconnaissance project examined Labrador for mineral
deposits (cf. Grimley, 1955). That project included investigation of small ilmenite-pyrrhotite
concentrations in the area north of Nain. In subsequent years, E.P. Wheeler continued his work on the
Nain Plutonic Suite, and later, in the late 1960s the Nain Anorthosite Project was initiated by S.A. Morse
of the University of Massachusetts to study the origin of anorthositic rocks and the geological history of
the NPS.
Systematic mapping by the Geological Survey of Newfoundland and Labrador (GSNL) and the
Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) has added to the database on the Nain Plutonic Suite. This has
included geological mapping and compilation with the most recent being by Ryan and James (2004) and
regional lake sediment geochemical sampling which has been included in the Geological Resources Atlas
of Newfoundland and Labrador. During the Voisey’s Bay rush (mid-1990’s) there area underlying and
surrounding the Bowater Minerals property was withdrawn from staking and designated “Exempt Mineral
Lands” therefore limited exploration was undertaken in the area.
REGIONAL GEOLOGY
The following discussion is from James (2002) and Ryan and James (2004) the license area is underlain
by rocks of the Nain Plutonic Suite, a north-south, elongate batholith covering an area of almost 20 000
km'. It represents an amalgamation of intersecting and nested plutons having a range of compositions
from troctolite to granite The geochronology has also shown that plutons having contrasting compositions
were emplaced contemporaneously in different parts of the batholith.
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In general, NPS rocks lack structural fabric elements. However, mantling the margins of two of the oldest
and largest anorthosite plutons, the Pearly Gates and Mount Lister intrusions, are zones consisting of very
strongly foliated leuconorite. The deformation in the leuconorite, and the variable degrees of mineral
recrystallization, common in many of the NPS intrusions, are interpreted to be the products of strain
during emplacement.
The NPS straddles the north-northwest-striking Paleoproterozoic tectonic boundary between the Archean
Nain Province in the east and the Southeastern Churchill Province (SECP) consisting of Archean and
Paleoproterozoic components in the west. The NPS rocks obscure the exact position of the Nain-SECP
boundary, although it is inferred to occur somewhere near the present project area.
LOCAL GEOLOGY
The most recent geological mapping of the area underlain by license 13674M was by Ryan and James (2004). They
divided the Nain Plutonic Suite into 32 units based on textures and compositions, designated units 11 to 42 in Ryan
and James. The following units are in the area as cropped from figure 2 of Ryan and James (2004) and presented
here as figure 3. The descriptions presented here are from the narrative in Ryan and James(2004).
• Subophitic leuconorite (Unit 36) is a common associate of the anorthositic rocks (Unit 35) throughout
most of the central part of the area and underlie license 1364M. All the contacts that have been observed
between major outcrop areas of Units 35 and 36 indicate that the leuconoritic rocks are younger than the
anorthosite. Most of these leuconoritic rocks are brown-weathering, and their textures range from uniform
subophitic to poikilitic or "clotted-textured" The tabular to equant, grey to mauve, plagioclase
feldspars of these rocks rarely exceed 3 cm in size, but dark- grey to black plagioclase megacrysts
(perhaps xenocrysts) up to 10 cm are widely distributed and locally prominent.
• (Unit 25) has been outlined north and east of Polygon Ponds and are located southeast of the property. These
rocks comprise alternating
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disjointed bodies are remnants of a single pluton preserved within a younger intrusion. The rocks east of
Iviangiuyakh lakes are mottled brown- to grey-weathering. They have a "clotted" texture in which the
fabric comprises aligned, elliptical orthopyroxene oikocrysts up to 20 cm long. Plagioclase is variably
recrystallized, and mainly medium grained, although grey-weathering laths up to 8 cm long are locally
present. Some rocks have a primary plagioclase lamination that is parallel to the long axes of the elliptical
orthopyroxene oikocrysts.
• "Giant-pyroxene" anorthosite (Unit 21) occurs in the southwest corner of figure 3. The unit comprises
pale-grey to mauve, adcumulate-like, recrystallized anorthosite, characterized by the widespread occurrence
and local abundance of single crystals, and/or multi-crystal pods, of large, irregular, brown to black,
orthopyroxene. Pyroxenes measuring several tens of centimetres on a side are prevalent, and some podiform
aggregates reach up to several metres in maximum dimension. The "giant-pyroxene" anorthosite is certainly
intruded into, and excises much of, the foliated marginal zone of the Pearly Gates intrusion to the north
of Kingurutik Lake, and by inference (contact not examined by Ryan and James) must be younger
than the pegmatoidal anorthosite of the interior zone to the west as well. Contacts against the foliated
marginal zone are marked by rafts of deformed leuconorite within, and having their fabrics truncated by,
the "giant-pyroxene" anorthosite (Plate 5).
• The Mount Lister (anorthosite) intrusion (Units 11 and 12) is older than composite, undivided, bodies of
mauve anorthosite and brown leuconorite (Units 35 and 36) north of the east end of Kingurutik Lake at
the southeast corner of figure 3. This is evident at map scale from the truncation of the foliation and
layering of the Mount Lister by the anorthosite—leuconorite units. The map pattern verifies observations of this
intrusive relationship at outcrop scale.
• Units 1,2,3, and 4 are designated Archean and Paleoproterozoic gneisses and outcrop in small areas on
the east side (units 1 & 2) and on the west side (units 3 & 4) of figure 3. Unit 1 consists of recrystallized
metagabbronorite with granite veins. Quartzofeldspathic gneisses comprise Unit 2. These rocks are
granulite facies of enderbitic to charnockitic composition with included lenses and layers of mafic rocks.
• Unit 3 and 4 outcrop on the southwest corner of license 13674M. Unit 3 is mesocratic with
predominately quartz-poor, grey-green-weathering, diffusely layered rocks with locally abundant ribs of
subparallel granitic veinlets. These rocks appear to be in part Tasiuyak gneiss and suggest proximity to
the Nain-Churchill boundary. Unit 4 is a well layered succession of brown-weathering, olivine-bearing
melagabbronorite and pale-grey to white leucogabbronorite. Tasiuyak(?) cordierite paragneisses are
locally included with gabbronorite layered sequences.
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Kingurutik Lake (Lic. 013674M)Gov. Lake Sediments
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Table 2: Government Lake Sediment Analyses from Area near License 13674M (source Geoscience Atlas Newfoundland Labrador.)
Plot Number RECORD SAMPLE ID NTS AG3_PPM AS1_PPM AS19_PPM AU1_PPB BA1_PPM
1 1289 783595 14D 0.1 0.2 0.5 1 830
2 1292 783626 14D 0.1 0.2 0.5 1 460
3 1292 783625 14D 0.2 1.3 0.5 1 560
4 1233 781437 14D 0.1 0.6 0.5 1 990
5 1289 783594 14D 0.1 0.9 0.5 1 480
6 1233 781436 14D 0.1 0.9 0.5 1 560
7 1289 783589 14D 0.1 0.2 0.5 1 790
8 1289 783590 14D 0.1 0.7 0.5 1 610
9 1292 783623 14D 0.1 0.2 0.5 1 770
10 1289 783593 14D 0.1 0.2 0.5 1 870
11 1289 783586 14D 0.1 0.9 0.5 1 650
12 1289 783591 14D 0.1 0.2 0.5 1 1000
13 1289 783592 14D 0.1 0.2 0.5 1 460
14 1292 783622 14D 0.1 0.2 0.5 1 1100
15 1289 783587 14D 0.1 1 0.5 1 580
16 1289 783585 14D 0.1 1.1 0.5 1 600
17 1292 783620 14D 0.1 0.2 0.5 1 610
18 1288 783584 14D 0.1 0.2 0.5 1 730
19 1292 783619 14D 0.1 0.2 0.5 1 590
20 1288 783580 14D 0.1 0.5 0.5 1 680
21 1291 783617 14D 0.1 0.2 0.5 1 500
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Table 2: Government Lake Sediment Analyses from Area near License 13674M (source Geoscience Atlas Newfoundland Labrador.)
Plot Number
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BR1_PPM CD3_PPM CE1_PPM CO1_PPM CO3_PPM CR1_PPM CS1_PPM CU3_PPM
12 -9 110 21 8 87 0.2 32
27 -9 68 10 4 62 0.2 24
44 -9 91 44 24 45 0.6 30
25 -9 91 16 4 72 0.2 8
40 -9 77 28 16 48 0.2 44
55.2 -9 110 17 9 46 0.6 62
31 -9 76 13 4 29 0.2 12
52.5 -9 67 21 10 63 0.7 50
33 -9 79 15 4 55 0.2 16
17 -9 77 16 3 66 0.2 12
29 -9 90 13 6 54 0.2 16
9.3 -9 84 21 8 51 0.2 10
54.7 -9 74 15 9 23 0.2 28
12 -9 79 20 8 67 0.2 12
27 -9 87 19 12 53 0.2 20
24 -9 80 12 6 49 0.2 18
25 -9 54 14 4 42 0.2 16
15 -9 61 16 5 49 0.2 14
30 -9 68 12 5 46 0.2 12
33 -9 86 14 4 69 0.2 16
33 -9 59 11 4 33 0.2 24
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Table 2: Government Lake Sediment Analyses from Area near License 13674M (source Geoscience Atlas Newfoundland Labrador.)
Plot Number
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EU1_PPM F9_PPM FE1_PCT FE3_PCT FW9_PPB HF1_PPM HG18_PPB LA1_PPM
2 320 5.9 2.1 10 7 40 52
1 190 2.4 0.8 10 4 60 34
3 150 9.5 4.45 10 5 100 49
3 120 6.1 1.2 10 19 20 38
1 125 5.1 2.3 10 5 30 38
2 160 5.4 2.6 10 6 40 53
3 115 4.3 0.8 10 12 40 32
2 145 5.8 2.55 10 5 50 32
3 120 4.2 0.8 10 9 30 37
3 185 5.2 1.2 10 13 40 37
2 135 4.4 1.3 10 8 50 42
3 275 4.8 1 10 12 30 41
2 135 5.3 3.1 10 4 50 35
3 255 5.1 1.3 10 8 30 39
2 160 3.7 1.1 10 6 50 37
2 220 4.5 1.6 10 6 50 36
3 120 3.2 0.6 10 6 60 26
2 140 3.8 0.8 10 6 40 27
2 170 3.6 1.4 10 4 60 32
2 230 3.6 0.9 10 5 50 37
1 195 2.1 0.55 10 3 60 35
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Table 2: Government Lake Sediment Analyses from Area near License 13674M (source Geoscience Atlas Newfoundland Labrador.)
Plot Number
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LU1_PPM MN3_PPM MO1_PPM MO5_PPM NA1_PCT NI1_PPM NI3_PPM PB3_PPM
0.6 80 1 1 2.47 43 29 1
0.4 50 1 1 1.6 28 16 1
0.7 1550 1 3 2.08 5 14 1
0.8 480 2 1 3.5 21 6 1
0.4 180 1 1 1.9 5 22 1
0.4 120 1 3 2.2 46 28 2
0.5 60 1 1 3.24 26 9 1
0.4 90 1 1 1.9 20 24 1
0.6 60 1 1 2.84 5 13 1
0.6 50 1 1 3.25 5 9 1
0.5 60 1 1 2.43 21 10 1
0.5 180 1 1 3.37 34 12 1
0.4 160 1 3 1.6 5 20 1
0.4 140 1 1 3.26 30 11 1
0.4 120 4 3 2 5 11 1
0.4 90 1 2 2.05 5 11 1
0.3 40 1 1 2.76 40 19 1
0.3 60 1 1 3.31 36 20 2
0.4 70 1 1 2.26 25 12 2
0.4 130 1 1 2.73 5 7 1
0.1 40 1 2 1.7 5 15 1
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Table 2: Government Lake Sediment Analyses from Area near License 13674M (source Geoscience Atlas Newfoundland Labrador.)
Plot Number
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RB1_PPM SB1_PPM SC1_PPM SM1_PPM TA1_PPM TB1_PPM TH1_PPM U1_PPM
33 0.1 17 8.5 0.7 1 5.2 0.8
16 0.1 10 4.9 0 0.5 3.2 0.5
15 0.1 13 7.4 0 1 3.5 0.7
38 0.1 19 6 1.1 1.1 4.4 0.7
23 0.1 11 5.9 0 0.9 3.3 0.6
40 0.1 15 7 0 0.9 5.9 1.2
34 0.1 15 5.2 0.8 0.7 3.4 0.5
15 0.1 12 4.9 0 0.7 2.7 0.5
28 0.1 15 5.8 0.6 0.8 4.2 0.6
34 0.1 16 6.2 0.7 0.7 4 0.6
23 0.1 13 6.6 0 1 3.9 0.7
47 0.1 16 6.8 0.8 0.9 6.2 0.9
21 0.1 9.5 5.7 0 0.5 2.7 0.7
45 0.1 15 6.8 0.7 0.9 5.2 0.9
28 0.1 10 6.2 0 1 3.7 0.9
20 0.1 12 5.7 0 0.7 4.3 0.9
21 0.1 12 4.4 0 0.2 2.4 0.5
21 0.1 11 4.4 0.8 0.2 3.1 0.5
19 0.1 11 5.1 0 0.5 3.2 0.7
23 0.1 12 6 0 0.8 3.5 0.7
22 0.1 8 4 0 0.2 2.7 2.3
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Table 2: Government Lake Sediment Analyses from Area near License 13674M (source Geoscience Atlas Newfoundland Labrador.)
Plot Number
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U8_PPM UW11_PPB W1_PPM YB1_PPM ZN3_PPM LOI_PCT INAAWT_G PHW
0.8 0.005 1 2 54 12.6 30.19 6.3
0.6 0.005 1 1 32 26.8 19.4 6.7
0.5 0.005 1 1 58 24 28.7 6.4
0.5 0.005 1 2 40 2.8 45.97 6.3
0.6 0.005 1 1 54 19.6 23.96 6.1
1.2 0.005 1 1 60 20.4 29.19 6.1
0.5 0.005 1 1 32 11.4 37.18 6.1
0.5 0.005 1 1 46 25.2 26.3 6.2
0.5 0.005 1 2 38 12.8 30.72 6.1
0.7 0.005 1 1 20 11.2 32.62 6.4
0.5 0.005 1 2 44 18.2 29.97 6.1
0.9 0.005 1 1 30 4.8 42.34 5.9
0.8 0.005 1 1 60 22.6 20.53 6.4
0.5 0.005 3 1 36 3 31.61 6.2
0.8 0.005 1 1 50 16.2 25.27 6.4
0.8 0.005 1 1 48 33.6 23.83 6.1
0.3 0.005 1 1 26 18.6 28.32 6.3
0.3 0.005 1 1 26 6.8 38.83 6.1
0.4 0.005 1 1 38 23.4 25.59 6.2
0.4 0.005 1 1 28 21.6 26.64 6.4
2.1 0.05 1 1 58 25 18.68 6.8
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Table 2: Government Lake Sediment Analyses from Area near License 13674M (source Geoscience Atlas Newfoundland Labrador.)
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LAKESIZE DEPTH_M YEAR COLOUR UTMZONE UTMEAST UTMNORTH GEOLOGY
.25-1km2 3 1978 Brown 20 538835 6302513 M2a
5 km2 21 1978 Brown 20 542339 6305486 M2a
5 km2 6 1978 none 20 545403 6307730 M2a
5 km2 6 1978 Brown 20 546450 6310475 M2a
.25-1km2 6 1978 none 20 546629 6302377 M2a
.25-1km2 11 1978 Brown 20 547874 6307691 M2a
1-5 km2 6 1978 Grey 20 547997 6305345 M2a
1-5 km2 9 1978 Brown 20 548335 6301844 M2a
.25-1km2 8 1978 Grey 20 550200 6310514 M2a
.25-1km2 8 1978 Brown 20 550249 6306917 M2a
.25-1km2 11 1978 Grey 20 551387 6307646 M2a
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Table 2a Summary Statistics for Lake Sediments
Co1 ppm Co3 ppm Cr1 ppm Cu3 ppm Fe1 % Fe3 % Mn3 ppm Ni1 ppm Ni3_ppm Zn3 ppm LOI %
Mean 17.524 7.476 52.810 22.667 4.667 1.545 181.429 19.762 15.143 41.810 17.171
Standard
Error1.619 1.090 3.289 3.099 0.339 0.214 71.505 3.203 1.443 2.750 1.839
Median 16 6 51 16 4.5 1.2 90 21 13 40 18.6
Mode 21 4 46 12 5.1 0.8 60 5 11 54 #N/A
Standard
Deviation7.420 4.996 15.072 14.203 1.551 0.981 327.678 14.676 6.613 12.600 8.427
Sample
Variance55.062 24.962 227.162 201.733 2.406 0.963 107372.857 215.390 43.729 158.762 71.009
Kurtosis 7.898 5.359 0.349 1.982 3.876 2.545 17.106 -1.341 -0.332 -1.274 -0.621
Skewness 2.502 2.139 0.128 1.550 1.248 1.576 4.033 0.335 0.745 0.007 -0.206
Range 34 21 64 54 7.4 3.9 1510 41 23 40 30.8
Minimum 10 3 23 8 2.1 0.55 40 5 6 20 2.8
Maximum 44 24 87 62 9.5 4.45 1550 46 29 60 33.6
Sum 368 157 1109 476 98 32.45 3810 415 318 878 360.6
Count 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21
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Table 2b Correlation matrix for Lake Sediments
Co1 ppm Co3 ppm Cr1 ppm Cu3 ppm Fe1 % Fe3 % Mn3 ppm Ni1 ppm Ni3_ppm Zn3 ppm LOI %
Co1 ppm 1
Co3 ppm 0.923517 1
Cr1 ppm 0.07068 -0.11759 1
Cu3 ppm 0.330507 0.480067 -0.054966346 1
Fe1 % 0.828646 0.72019 0.165668229 0.29017542 1
Fe3 % 0.750968 0.824097 -0.109272131 0.609449806 0.831663 1
Mn3 ppm 0.832499 0.757287 -0.043374394 0.087879428 0.789092 0.688408 1
Ni1 ppm -0.14709 -0.22613 0.198927662 0.118333684 -0.07043 -0.15234 -0.233962991 1
Ni3_ppm 0.200155 0.277814 -0.005733391 0.793203817 0.138429 0.420479 -0.106704999 0.451681387 1
Zn3 ppm 0.362628 0.58767 -0.249269922 0.653395813 0.363422 0.664809 0.317355187 -0.205750588 0.467211 1
LOI % -0.05332 0.19202 -0.316328791 0.43212814 -0.12454 0.31795 0.05944531 -0.361498527 0.208426 0.432431724 1
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LAKE SEDIMENT DATA
Lake sediment data for the area around and to the east of license 13674M are presented in table
2 and plotted on figure 4. The descriptive statistics and correlation matrix for the lake sediment
data are presented as tables 2 a & 2b.
Three samples are from ponds near the license held by BMC. Those samples are 2, 3, and 5,
sample 2 is on the property and reports moderate to high nickel content. The others are
down slope from the license are elevated in copper and cobalt.
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GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS
As part of an exploration program undertaken by Benton Resources Limited, in
joint vent.ure with Teck Cominco, Aeroquest Limited undertook "a Helicopter-
Borne AeroTEM System Electromagnet ic & Magnet ic Survey" on a large land
package held by the JV. This survey covered license 13674M and those data were
made available to Bowater Minerals Corporation. The data from that portion of
the Aeroquest data have been plotted on the maps presented here as Appendix B
and the raw data is listed in table 4.
The data were reviewed by a geoscientist well versed in mineral exploration who produced the
maps mentioned above, he made these comments “ I have had a quick look at the data and have
attached a PDF for Mag and EM (early and late channels). The maps are very basic and there
was a font problem when I brought the map into my version of Geosoft. Nonetheless the data is
there. There are a couple of EM anomalies that appear across the different channels ie Shallow
and deep. These occur in the very SW corner of the grid and another in the north central portion
of the grid”.
There is a mag low which strikes northwest across the centre of the license.
The raw data from the survey is available in EXCEL format (AQEMM xls) on the CD which has
the other data in this report.
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MINERAL OCCURRENCES (MODS)
The Mineral Occurrence Database System maintained by the Geological Survey
Division of the Department of Natural Resources, Province of Newfoundland and
Labrador lists 10 sulfide occurrences on NTS 14D/16. These occurrences are
listed in table 3 and shown on figure 5. By comparison of the geology map
(figure 3) with the MODS map it in evident that the most of the Mineral
Occurrences are underlain by unit 35 of Ryan and James (2004).
As is evident from the MODS table, there is little data available from the NBK and other
occurrences reported in Ryan and James (2004) these were reported Castle Rock Exploration
(O’Sullivan, 1996).
The Exempt Mineral Land status in this area was lifted in late 2005 and Benton Resources staked
ground in the area. Ground follow-up to airborne geophysics surveys resulted in discovery of
several other mineral occurrences in the area - the King Lake Target listed in the table.- through
rock sampling of over 320 samples. These results are listed on Benton Resources Website.
(www.bentonresources.ca)
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Table 3: Mineral Occurrences on NTS 14D/16 (and additions Ryan James 2004)
MODS ID EASTING NORTHING Name Commodities Description Geophysics
Cu 001 555837 6305115 NBK Main Zone Copper Difficult to access Several gossaned patches in generally fresh anorthosite. Much of the
material is disseminated pyrrhotite + chalcopyrite in rusted anorthosite,
but there are some small local massive sulphide zones, which lack
continuity (A. Kerr, personal communication, 1997).
Airborne electromagnetic surveys, ground
Max-Min EM surveying and surface
prospecting by Castle Rock Exploration
Corporation have defined six EM
conductors associated with elevated nickel-
copper-cobalt values within the NBK
property, approximately 13 km northwest of
Webb Bay (Castle Rock Exploration, PR, July
31 and October 4, 1995).
Cu 002 542760 6304400 King Lake Target P Nickel, Cobalt,
Silver
Cu 003 542950 6303400 King Lake Target Q Copper, Nickel,
Cobalt, Silver
Cu 004 540910 6303925 King Lake Target S Copper, Nickel,
Cobalt, Silver,
Gold
Cu 005 552330 6315680 Iglusuataliksuak
Lake #1
Copper, Nickel,
Cobalt, Silver
Ni 001 553170 6306410 NBK Zone 2 Nickel, Copper Much of what is here is disseminated pyrrhotite and minor chalcopyrite in
rusty anorthosite. There are some small massive sulphide pods, which
locally contain pods of massive chalcopyrite. Seems more copper-rich
than many others (A. Kerr, personal communication, 1997).
Ni 002 552330 6305550 NBK Zone 3 Nickel, Copper
Ni 003 551240 6312100 King Lake Target G Nickel, Copper,
Cobalt, Silver
Ni 004 552720 6311260 King Lake Target D Nickel, Copper,
Cobalt
Ni 005 552540 6309000 Iglusuataliksuak
Lake #2
Nickel, Copper,
Cobalt
AK 1 542410 6304620 Polygon Ponds
(Ryan & James)
Discontinuous gossan in an area 50 m by 300 m with sulfide minerals in
up to 3 m thick east southeast striking ferrodiorite dykes
AK 2 556470 6303565 East End Kingurutik
(Ryan & James)
Simillar to NBK scattered cm scale pods of coarse pyrrhotite interstitial to
feldsparof the host rock, on eastern flank of 2600 ft ridge.
AK 3 552330 6315930 Iglusuataliksuak
Lake (Ryan &
James)
Copper, Nickel,
Cobalt
The showing comprises coarse pyrrhotite and stringers of chalcopyrite,
vein-like aspect plastered against a steep outcrop slope.
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Table 3: Mineral Occurrences on NTS 14D/16 (and additions Ryan James 2004)
MODS ID
Cu 001
Cu 002
Cu 003
Cu 004
Cu 005
Ni 001
Ni 002
Ni 003
Ni 004
Ni 005
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AK 2
AK 3
Sampling/ Geochem Stratigraphic Unit
A preliminary VLF-EM geophysical profile confirmed
strong conductivity coincident with the
mineralization (Castle Rock Exploration, PR, July 31,
1995).
Nain Plutonic Suite Anorthosite
Thirty-nine samples collected from a 700 by 300 m zone
returned assays grading up to 2.25% Cu, 0.93% Ni and 0.14%
Co (Benton Resources Corp., Press Release, September 5,
2007 and website (www.bentonresources.ca), 2007). These
results are consistent with the first four King Lake samples (up
to 2.02% Cu, 0.86% Ni and 0.11% Co) reported by Benton on
July 18, 2007, which were also taken from this target area
(Benton Resources Corp., Press Releases, July 18, 2007 and
September 5, 2007).
Nain Plutonic Suite Anorthosite
Twenty-seven samples were gathered from two separate linear
zones 300 m apart, with each zone measuring approximately
200 by 30 m. Assays graded up to 1.97% Cu, 0.70% Ni and
0.13% Co (Benton Resources Corp., Press Release,
September 5, 2007 and website (www.bentonresources.ca),
2007). Nain Plutonic Suite Anorthosite
Three samples collected from a 150 by 75 m zone returned
assays grading up to 1.90% Cu, 0.22% Ni and 0.14% Co.
Samples from Target S also returned the highest gold and
silver values at 674 ppb and 4.82 ppm, respectively (Benton
Resources Corp., Press Release, September 5, 2007 and
website
Aupalukitak Mountain Arnanunat Plutonic
Suite Anorthosite
Nain Plutonic Suite Anorthosite
Nain Plutonic Suite Anorthosite
Two samples collected 5 m apart returned assays grading up to
1.00% Cu, 1.18% Ni and 0.15% Co. The highest platinum and
palladium values came from these two samples, including 239
ppb Pd and 115 ppb Pt (Benton Resources Corp., Press
Release, September 5, 2007 and website
(www.bentonresources.ca), 2007).
Nain Plutonic Suite Leuconorite
Two samples collected 10 m apart returned assays grading up
to 0.24% Cu, 0.85% Ni and 0.06% Co (Benton Resources
Corp., Press Release, September 5,2007 and website
(www.bentonresources.ca), 2007).
Nain Plutonic Suite Leuconorite
Nain Plutonic Suite Anorthosite
deeply weathered mauve anorthosite and
leuconorite.
Anorthosite to leuconorite rocks
Best assays: 1.81 % Ni, 1.49 % Cu, 0.16 5 Co in pyrrhotie rich
areas: 6.80 % Cu, 1.22% Ni, 0.10 % Co in chalcopyrite rich
areas.
Aupalukitak Mountain Arnanunat Plutonic
Suite Anorthosite
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TABLE 4
PERSONNEL EMPLOYED AND EXPENDITURES FOR YEAR 1 ON LICENSE 13674M
Wayne Basha Review assessment reports $500.00
Hillview Drive Edit report during preparation
St. John’s NL
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Kevin Ryan Review assessment reports $1,000.00
Hopedale Crescent Edit report and spreadsheets for maps
St. John’s, NL.
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Peter Bruce Prepare Maps $300.00
21 Boyle St
St. John’s
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Denis F. Walsh Overall preparation of report 10 days @ $500 $5,000.00
29 Hollyberry Street
Paradise, NL
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Airborne Geophysics Survey $4,750.00
Geotech Surveys
Toronto, Ontario
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Sub-total $11,550.00
Plus 15% $ 1,732.50
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TOTAL EXPENDITURES $13,282.50
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AMOUNT REQUIRED YEARS 1 & 2 $ 9,000.00
AMOUNT CARRIED FORWARD $4,282.50
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CONCLUSIONS and RECOMMENDATIONS
The only record of mineral exploration on License 13674M is the helicopter borne electro-
magnetic and magnetic survey reported on here. The EM and Mag anomalies deserve ground
follow-up. It should also be mentioned that on their website Benton draws comparison with the
geophysical signature of Voisey’s Bay area.
The lake sediments in the immediate area of the license are moderately anomalous in elements of
interest when searching for Voisey’s Bay type mineralization and ground follow-up is warranted.
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APPENDIX A
LICENSE INQUIRY
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Mineral Rights Inquiry Report
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Government Home Search Contact Us
Last Updated: 2009/07/09
Licence Number: 013674M
File Number: 774:8499
Original Holder: Christopher, Terry
Licence Holder: Bowater Minerals Corp.
Address: PO Box 7442 St. John's, NL Canada, A1E 3Y5
Licence Status: Issued
Location: Kingurutik Lake
Electoral Dist.: 01 Torngat Mountains
Recorded Date: 2007/06/13
Issuance Date: 2007/07/13
Renewal Date: 2012/07/13
Report Due Date: 2009/09/11 (60 day extension granted)
Org. No. Claims: 20.0000
Cur. No. Claims: 20.0000
Recording Fee: $200.00
Receipt(s): 56287234 (2007/06/13) $200.00
Deposit Amount: $1,000.00
Deposit: 56287234 (2007/06/13) $1,000.00
Map Sheet No(s): 14D/16
Comments:
Staking security deposit (rec# 56287234) refunded 2008.09.09. Year 1 Con3 extension granted 2009.07.09. - report now due 2009.11.10.
Mapped Claim Description:
Beginning at the Northeast corner of the herein described parcel of land, and said corner having UTM coordinates of 6 309 000 N, 541 000 E; of Zone 20; thence South 1,000 metres, thence West 500 metres, thence South 500 metres, thence West 500 metres, thence South 1,000 metres, thence West 1,500 metres, thence North 2,500 metres, thence East 2,500 metres to the point of beginning. All bearings are referred to the UTM grid, Zone 20. NAD27.
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Land Claims (effective 2005/12/01):
LISA: 100.00% LIL: 0.00% VBP: 0.00% Crown: 0.00%
Extensions: None
Work Reports:
Year Receive Date Acceptance Date
Actual Expenditure
Claims Security Deposit
C2 Status
1 $0.00 20.0000 $4,000.00 Active
$9,000.00 to be expended on this license by 2009/07/13
Licence Transfers:
New Holder Transfer Date
Fee Receipt Number
Receipt Date Volume/Folio
Bowater Minerals Corp.
2008/10/28 23/69
Partial Surrenders: None
This Licence replaces Licence Number(s): None
This Licence is replaced by Licence Number(s): None
Work Report Descriptions: None
Detailed breakdown of projected required expenditure:
Actual Year Actual Expenditure Work Year Excess Expenditure Claims
1 $0.00
1 -$4,000.00 20.0000
2 -$9,000.00 20.0000
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APPENDIX B
EM & MAG MAPS (FROM AEROQUEST)
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100 0 100 200 300 400 500
(meters)NAD27 / UTM zone 20N
Scale 1:10000 Teck Cominco LimitedLabrador Aeroquest Limited
Portion of Survey on Terry ChristopherClaim 13674M
ZOFF EM Channel 1 Map
L10350 N
L10350 N
L10365 N
L10365 N
L10375 E
L10375 E
L10385 E
L10385 EL10395 N
L10395 N
L10405 E
L10405 E
L10415 N
L10415 N
L10425 E
L10425 E
L10435 N
L10435 N
L10445 N
L10445 N
L10455 N
L10455 N
L10465 N
L10465 N
L10475 N
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L10485 E
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Portion of Survey on Terry ChristopherClaim 13674M
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Portion of Survey on Terry ChristopherClaim 13674M
MagnetometerSurvey
L10350 N
L10350 N
L10365 N
L10365 N
L10375 E
L10375 E
L10385 E
L10385 EL10395 N
L10395 N
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Title PageTABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTIONLOCATION AND ACCESSTOPOGRAPHYPROPERTY AND CLAIMS STATUSPREVIOUS WORKREGIONAL GEOLOGYLOCAL GEOLOGYLAKE SEDIMENTDATAGEOPHYSICAL SURVEYSMINERAL OCCURRENCES (MODS)CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONSLIST OF FIGURESFigure 1 Location MapFigure 2 Property Location on TopographyFigure 3 Local Geology in Property areaFigure 4 Lake Sediment Samples in License areaFigure 5 Mineral Occurrences on NTS 14D/16
LIST OF TABLESTable 1 License StatusTable 2 Lake Sediment Samples in License areaTable 2a Summary Statistics for Lake SedimentsTable 2b Correlation matrix for Lake SedimentsTable 3 Mineral Occurrences on NTS 14D/16Table 4 Personnel and Contractors Employed and Expenditures
APPENDICESAPPENDIX A: Mineral Rights InquiryAPPENDIX B: Geophysics Maps