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Geology and Gold Exploration 2016, northern Elizabeth Mine area, Fern Elizabeth Gold Exploration Limited, Atikokan, Ontario

Denver Stone

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Contents page

Regional setting 3

Previous work and goals of the present study 3

Geology 4

Brittle deformation and alteration 5

Gold sampling and analysis 7

Results of gold sampling 10

Recommendations 10

References 11

Appendices 13

Figures

Figure 1 Location and Access 3

Figure 2 Geology of the Elizabeth Mine area 6

Tables

Table 1 Assay results 8

Table 2 Channel samples with assay results 9

Maps accompanying this report

Detailed geologic map of the northern Elizabeth Mine area 2016

Legend for the above map

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Regional Setting

The mining claims of Fern Elizabeth Gold Exploration Ltd include the past-producing Elizabeth mine and

are located in the western Superior Province of the Canadian Shield, about 10 km northwest of

Atikokan, Ontario. The claims are accessible by the Valerie Falls Road, a secondary road extending south

from Highway 622 (Figure 1).

The Elizabeth Mine is situated in the contact area between plutonic and metavolcanic rocks at the west

margin of the Steep Rock Lake greenstone belt. All rocks are Archean in age.

Previous work and goals of the present study

Gold was discovered in 1900 within quartz veins at a remote site west of Steep Rock Lake and Elizabeth

Gold Mines Ltd was established to mine the gold. Over the next decade, two shafts were sunk and 411

ounces of gold were produced (see reviews of early development work by Wilkinson, 1982; Schnieders

and Dutka 1985; Larouche and Clark 1988, and Stone 2015).

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Exploration in the area of the Elizabeth Mine was intermittent through most of the last century but

resumed after discovery of a high-grade gold showing (the Bernie Mitch showing) in the late 1970s.

Several companies including Camflo Mines Ltd, Bankit Resources Ltd, Societe Miniere Mimiska Inc and

Vencan Gold Corporation (renamed Red Pine Exploration Inc.) optioned the property and did

exploration work that included drilling more than 100 boreholes. Larouche and Clark (1988) estimated a

possible reserve of 211, 465 tons of ore grading 6.73 g of gold which is contained largely within 4 major

veins in vicinity of the original Elizabeth shafts.

In 2015, Fern Elizabeth Gold Exploration Ltd completed regional mapping and sampling of their 20

patented and unpatented claims in the Elizabeth Mine area. An overall goal of the regional work was to

define anomalous gold occurrences outside of the historic showings. This regional work (Stone 2015)

confirmed the occurrence of gold at known showings and also identified several occurrences of

anomalous gold within plutonic rocks north to northwest of the Elizabeth Mine site.

The present survey represents a follow-up to the regional study and comprises a detailed mapping and

sampling study of plutonic rocks up to 400 m north of the Elizabeth mine shafts. The work was done in

June of 2016 by Denver Stone (PhD, PEng) of RR#2 Bruce Mines, ON P0R 1C0. The survey was

completed by traversing the area and using a global positioning device for spatial control (typically to ± 3

m) of observation points. In some instances, a rock saw was used to cut channel samples from outcrops.

A hand-held spectrometer measured K, U and Th in outcrops. The map and report were prepared by

Denver Stone in June-August 2016. Signature of the author is included as an appendix.

Geology

The present survey area extends north from the No 2 shaft of the Elizabeth Mine and is underlain largely

by granitic rocks (see accompanying map and legend). One mine shaft and several mineralized veins and

showings of the Elizabeth Mine are located immediately south of the study area in gabbro at the west

margin of the Steep Rock greenstone belt (Figure 2).

Granite (unit 15) occurs as large oval masses north of and including the present study area. The granite

bodies have intruded older tonalitic and gneissic rocks that are extensive north of the present area.

Granite also intrudes gabbro and metavolcanic rocks of the western Steep Rock Lake greenstone belt.

Several textural and compositional varieties of granite are recognized in the field as distinguished by

separate codes on the map (e.g. 15b, t) and are described in the legend. Most granite is coarse grained,

massive and pink being composed largely of plagioclase, K feldspar and quartz with a few percent

biotite. Dikes of granite and granite-aplite cut other rock-types; conversely variably assimilated

inclusions of most other rock units are found in granite.

A weak foliation defined by alignment and long axes of quartz and biotite can be discerned in some

granite outcrops. Although variable, the foliation is north to north easterly and roughly parallel to the

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gabbro contact. The foliation tends to be well developed at the gabbro contact and in the north-

trending zones of shearing and alteration (see map).

Granite is cut by dikes of lamprophyre in the present area. Lamprophyre is a massive to weakly foliated

intermediate rock with mafic phenocrysts of biotite. The lamprophyre dikes have sharp boundaries and

are composed of brownish-weathering and slightly recessive material. Most dikes strike northerly with

widths ranging from .01 to 1.0 m. Lamprophyre dikes are the youngest magmatic rock in the area and

crosscut at least some quartz veins.

Gabbro occupies a roughly 100 m-wide band at the margin of the Steep Rock greenstone belt and also

occurs as smaller units farther south within volcanic rocks (Figure 2). The gabbro is fine to medium-

grained, massive to foliated and dark green to black. Gabbro is composed of hornblende and plagioclase

with a small proportion of foliated and probably chloritic material. Locally, fine-grained and strongly

foliated to gneissic mafic rock is noted and possibly represents metavolcanic remnants within the

gabbro. Large, oval plagioclase megacrysts (5 cm diameter) are observed within the gabbro mainly

within a few meters of the granite contact.

At least two generations of gabbro intrusions are recognized by crosscutting relations at the Elizabeth

Mine and also regionally (see late and early gabbro in Figure 2). The younger of the gabbro generations

is distinguished by a homogeneous and equigranular distribution of minerals and is possibly more felsic

than the older gabbro. Rare gabbro dikes mapped within granite probably represent the younger of the

two gabbro generations. Both generations of gabbro are metamorphosed and cut by quartz veins.

Intermediate metavolcanic rocks occur extensively south and east of the present area. Intermediate to

felsic fragments are observed although the most common variety of intermediate metavolcanic rock is a

fine-to medium-grained plagioclase-phyric material that possibly represents a crystal tuff. Some

outcrops of this intermediate rock are remarkably massive and homogeneous potentially having

originated as an intrusive magma.

Mafic metavolcanic rocks are mineralogically similar to gabbro and are distinguished from gabbro by a

fine grainsize and lack of the massive equigranular texture of gabbro. The mafic metavolcanic rocks

occur as large units south of the present area and locally as small units within gabbro. Mafic

metavolcanic rocks are recognized in the field as foliated and banded mafic rocks with cm-scale bands

weathering as ridges and hollows. Possibly the bands developed as the mafic lava flowed or was

subsequently metamorphosed. Pillows are rare.

Brittle deformation and alteration

Brittle fractures crosscut all rocks and evidently developed late in the structural evolution of the area

after rocks cooled and embrittled. Although many fractures are barren, others acted as conduits for

fluid movement and were filled with minerals such as quartz with accessory chlorite, carbonate,

sulphides and even gold. Fluid movement through fractures has also caused alteration of the wall rocks

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Figure 2: Geology of the Elizabeth Mine area. Historic shafts and some mineralized veins are shown.

of fractures. Small alteration zones are recognized as intervals adjacent to fractures within which wall

rocks are changed in colour (granite is normally reddened or bleached) and primary minerals such as

biotite and plagioclase are changed to chlorite, sericite and carbonate. Rarely, accessory sulphide

minerals are developed in alteration zones and are considered to be desirable pathfinders to gold

mineralization.

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A large but poorly defined zone of alteration and brittle deformation extends northerly from the No 2

shaft of the Elizabeth Mine (see accompanying map). This zone is up to 10 m wide but extreme

northern and southern ends of the zone are not well defined by mapping due to poor exposure of

bedrock. Southward, the alteration zone possibly extends under the No. 2 shaft and connects with

mineralized veins that were historically mined. The northern extent of the zone (north of 5405900 m on

accompanying map) is unknown. Veins of white to grey quartz (up to 1 m wide) are common within the

zone and the granitic host rock is altered with enrichment in quartz, chlorite, sericite and carbonate at

the expense of plagioclase and K feldspar. This interpretation of an altered zone is supported by

spectrometer measurements which generally show low percentages of K (1 to 2 %) within the alteration

zone compared to about 3% in granite elsewhere (see values posted on accompanying map).

The altered granite and gabbro within the zones tend to be strongly foliated and crenulated probably

due to shearing. Quartz veins, although locally boudinaged and recrystallized, are mainly massive and

appear to have post-dated the shearing. Little is known about the kinematics and overall amount of slip

on this zone of shearing and alteration.

A second zone of alteration characterized by a stock work of quartz veins within reddened and altered

granite extends northerly near the eastern contact of the intrusion (see Figure 2 and accompanying

map). A linear escarpment on the west side of this alteration zone is suggestive of a north-trending

brittle fault at the base of the escarpment. A large cleared outcrop on the escarpment is cut by 3

narrow brittle faults that are possibly connected to the larger structure at the base of the escarpment

(see location of the outcrop and faults at 593100 m E and 5406000 m N on the accompanying map). The

brittle faults are meter-wide zones of highly fractured and rusty rock with quartz veins and accessory

pyrite.

Gold sampling and analysis

Approximately 70 samples were collected from the Elizabeth detail area and analysed for gold content.

In most cases, the samples (Table 1) were fist-sized grab samples derived by breaking the rock with a

hammer. Otherwise, a rock saw was used to cut channel samples from outcrops that could not be

broken with a hammer or else to derive a continuous series of samples across an outcrop (Table 2). In

the case of channel samples, two parallel cuts were made in the rock roughly 4-6 cm apart and of 4-6 cm

depth and the intervening material was broken with a chisel and hammer. The length of each channel

cut that was collated as a sample is typically 0.3 to 1.0 m (see Table 2).

The sampled material is mainly quartz veins or a combination of a quartz vein and the host rock of the

vein. The host rock was typically granite or gabbro (see codes for host rocks in Tables 1, 2). Alteration

minerals (such as chlorite or carbonate) that were observed in the sampled material are also noted.

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Table 1: Assay results, Elizabeth detail area 2016 Waypoint Northing Easting Host Rock¹ Alteration ¹ Sample Au ppm

UTM Zone 15 NAD 83

mineral

119 5405853 592974.3 12r he 328036 <.005

122 5405851 592958.7 15a,10g,l qtz,he,se 328032-35 see Table 2

123 5405808 592943.2 15a qtz,he 328070 <.005

124 5405823 592949.2 15a,10l qtz 328017-31 see Table 2

125 5405844 592966.6 15a he 328037 <.005

131 5405897 592924.3 15a cl,cb 328011 <.005

132 5405901 592949.7 15a,10g,l cl,cb 328012,61,62 <.005,<.005,<.005

138 5405779 592931.3 15a,10l qtz,cl 328040 0.008

139 5405763 592926 15a?10l? qtz,cl 328041 <.005

140 5405737 592917.1 15a qtz,cl 328013-16 see Table 2

143 5405720 592928.2 15a,10l qtz 328057 1.305

144 5405723 592912.4 15a,10l qtz 328059,60 .005,.022

149 5405640 592913.3 10g qv,cl,cb 328042 1.153

155 5405715 592913.7 15a-12a,10g qtz 328058 0.016

165 5405768 593103.5 15a,10g he 328038 0.155

166 5405796 593097.7 15a,10g he 328039 0.056

185 5405828 593099.1 15a he 328044 0.048

190 5405837 593027.7 15a qtz,se 328043 0.01

200 5405861 593100.6 15a,10g he 328063 0.403

205 5405904 593100 15a,10g he 328045 0.029

209 5405854 593166.4 12c cl 328068 0.008

211 5405809 593121.6 10g,15a cl 328046 0.062

218 5406011 593085.4 15a he 328049 76.114

223 5405981 593109.1 15a he,se 328067 <.005

224 5405968 593121.3 15a he 328066 <.005

225 5405953 593116.5 15a he,qtz 328065 <.005

226 5405934 593128.7 15a qtz,se 328069 0.007

229 5405970 593137.6 15a,10g he,cl,cb 328047 0.009

231 5405916 593135.3 15a qv,he 328064 0.106

233 5405951 593175.1 15a he,qtz 328048 2.73

247 5405971 592963.6 15a he 328050 0.87

253 5405923 593039.3 10g,15a cl,cb 528051 0.026

269 5405789 592841.9 15a he 328052 0.885

285 5405669 592847 15a he 328053 0.018

294 5405617 592831.6 15a,10l he 328054 0.009

302 5405632 592846.8 15a he 328055 0.326

304 5405609 592859.8 2c,10g cl,cb 328056 0.007

5405630 592970 grizzly vein qv 328071 6.593

¹ see codes for rock types and alteration minerals on map legend; qtz-quartz

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Samples were submitted to Accurassay Ltd of Thunder Bay, ON for analysis of their gold content by the

fire-assay method with a lower detection limit of .005 parts per million Au. The assay results for gold

are listed for each sample number in Tables 1 and 2; final certificates from Accurassay Ltd for the assays

are included in the appendix of this report. Further, the sample numbers and assay results are posted

on the accompanying geologic map. In the case of one long channel sample, a table of assays is shown

on the accompanying map for each interval of the channel cut that represents a separate sample. Also

shown on the map are assay results for a few samples collected during the 2015 mapping program. The

2015 sample numbers are distinct from 2016 sample numbers listed in Tables 1 and 2.

Table 2: Channel samples with assay results Sample No. Waypoint Length (m) host rock¹ Au (ppm)

328013 140 0-0.3 4 cm qv with country tonalite 0.144

328014 140 0-.5 country tonalite and E edge of vein zone 0.013

328015 140 .5-1. central part of quartz-rich zone <.005

328016 140 1-1.7 strong foliated W edge of vein zone and country tonalite <.005

328017 124 0-.6 qtz-rich NW end of zone <.005

328018 124 .6-1.3 strong foliated cl,se,cb altered granite <.005

328019 124 1.3-2.2 strong foliated cl,se,cb altered granite <.005

328020 124 2.2-3.1 strong foliated cl,se,cb altered granite <.005

328021 124 3.1-4.1 strong foliated cl,se,cb altered granite with quartz vein <.005

328022 124 4.1-5.1 qtz-se rich granite <.005

328023 124 5.1-5.8 qtz-se rich granite <.005

328024 124 5.8-6.6 qtz-se rich zone <.005

328025 124 6.6-7.4 qtz-se rich zone 0.007

328026 124 7.4-7.8 cb,cl,qtz zone, possible dike <.005

328027 124 7.8-9.0 qtz-se rich zone <.005

328028 124 9.0-9.5 cl,cb,qtz zone, possibe dike 0.012

328029 124 9.5-10.6 qtz-se rich zone <.005

328030 124 10.6-11.3 qtz-se rich zone 0.008

328031 124 11.3-12.4 cb,cl,qtz zone, possible dike, last .3 m is massive tonalite <.005

328032 122 0-.9 strong foliated cl,se,cb,qtz zone <.005

328033 122 .9-1.6 qtz-cl zone 0.011

328034 122 1.6-2.4 qtz-cl zone 0.045

328035 122 2.4-3.1 qtz-se massive zone <.005

328036 119 0-0.5 orange qv in granite <.005

328037 125 0-0.6 orange qv parallel main fault <.005

¹see mineral codes on map legend; qtz-quartz

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Results of gold sampling

Sampling was done widely but concentrated in the alteration zones described above. Assay results

range from below the detection limit (<.005 ppm) to several parts per million Au (Tables 1, 2). Grab

samples taken from historic veins (e.g. samples 328042, 328071 shown in Figure 2 and accompanying

map) tend to yield high gold assays (> 1 ppm) and confirm the occurrence of anomalous gold at these

localities.

Grab sample 443271 with an assay of 7.214 ppm Au and collected in the 2015 season (see sample

location on accompanying map) was the stimulus for further sampling in the western alteration zone in

the 2016 season. Results of the 2016 sampling in the western alteration zone were generally poor with

most assays below or near the detection limit. A few samples with strongly anomalous gold (e.g.

328057, 328033 and 328034) are located near the No. 2 shaft and an old pit (592950 m E and 5405850

m N) in the western alteration zone. Overall, the anomalous gold assays seem to be distributed more-

or-less sporadically along the western alteration zone with intervening areas of low gold assays.

A cursory examination of historic drilling indicates that approximately a dozen boreholes drilled by

Mimiska Exploration Ltd in the 1970s and by subsequent investigators (e.g. Sandburg and Cruickshank,

2008, Beaurgard, 1990 and Larouche and Clark 1988)were collared up to a few hundred meters north of

the No 2 shaft and oriented so as to intersect the western alteration zone. Although the logs of these

drill holes were not studied, the location of the holes suggests that the drilling was designed to

investigate the subsurface extent of the western alteration zone. Possibly, the western alteration zone

is characterized by at least sporadic occurrence of anomalous gold at depth as well as on surface.

Sampling of the eastern alteration zone generally produced a larger proportion of strongly anomalous

assays (>.1 ppm Au) than the western alteration zone. In many instances, the anomalous assays came

from old test pits distributed along the western alteration zone. A large outcrop (593100 m E and

5406000 m N) had been previously stripped and sampled and produced two strongly anomalous gold

assays in the present survey ( samples 443266-2.885 ppm Au and 328049-76.114 ppm Au). The strongly

anomalous gold assays come from rusty quartz veins in narrow NW-trending brittle faults.

Despite numerous early test pits, drilling appears to have been minimal in the eastern alteration zone.

Recommendations

The north-trending zones of alteration are the most significant features identified by the present

mapping survey and have sporadic, anomalous gold assays. Further work is needed to define the extent

of the zones and the location and distribution of anomalous gold within them.

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In the case of the western alteration zone, a compilation of assay results from old drilling will help to

define subsurface extent of the alteration zone and the distribution of anomalous gold. For example,

the compilation of old data might show if a physical connection exists between the western alteration

zone (as shown within granite north of the No.2 shaft on the accompanying map) and mineralized veins

such as the Elizabeth No 1 and Grizzly veins that were extensively studied south of the No 2 shaft.

Future work on the eastern alteration zone should include mapping and trenching due to an apparent

lack of previous drilling data. Detailed mapping should be focused north and south of the present area

to trace extremities of the eastern alteration zone. For example, strongly anomalous gold assays are

derived from the eastern alteration zone at the extreme northern edge of the present survey area.

Further mapping is needed north of the present area to define the northern extent of the eastern

alteration zone and the distribution of anomalous gold within the zone.

The Bernie Mitch showing is south of and directly in line with the presently mapped section of the

eastern alteration zone. Further mapping is needed south of the present area to define whether or not

the eastern alteration zone extends southward to the Bernie Mitch showing.

Finally, the strongly anomalous assays in the area of 593100 m E and 5406000 m N are from rusty quartz

veins in narrow late brittle NW-trending faults. Possibly, another late brittle and N-trending fault occurs

at the base of the escarpment in the eastern alteration zone. Further detailed mapping is needed to

confirm the latter fault, the location of and various connections between the brittle structures.

Trenching would likely be required in critical areas to define the faults and the distribution of gold within

them.

References

Beauregard, A.J. 1990. Evaluation report on the Elisabeth Area Property, NTS 52B/13; unpublished

report by Societe Miniere Mimiska Inc., files of Fern Elizabeth Gold Exploration, Atikokan.

Larouche, C. and Clark, G. 1988. Results of exploration work on the Elizabeth Mine property owned by

Societe Miniere Mimiska Inc. in Freeborn and Baker Townships Thunder Bay area, Ontario; unpublished

report by Societe Miniere Mimiska Inc., files of Fern Elizabeth Gold Exploration, Atikokan.

Sandberg, T.M. and Cruickshank, R.D. 2008. Diamond drilling report covering field activities in February

2008 Moffatt Option (Fern-Elizabeth Claim Block) Freeborn Township Thunder Bay Mining District,

Ontario Lat. 48° 47.9’ North Long. 91° 44.05’ West; unpublished report by VenCan Gold Corporation,

files of Fern Elizabeth Gold Exploration, Atikokan.

Schnieders, B.R. and Dutka, R.A. 1985. Property visits and reports of the Atikokan Economic Geologist,

1979-1983; Ontario Geological Survey, Open File Report 5539, 512p.

Stone, D. 2015. Geology of the mining claims of Fern Elizabeth Exploration Ltd, Atikokan, Ontario; report

submitted to the assessment office of the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, 28

pages.

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Wilkinson, S.R. 1982. Gold deposits of the Atikokan area; Ontario Geological Survey, Mineral Deposits

Circular 24, 54p.

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15a

15a

15a,qv

15a

15aqv

15aqv

15a

15a10g

15a

15a,qv

qv

10g15a

15aqv

15a,10g

10g10g

15a,qv

frac

10g

10g

10g

10g10gqv

15a

15a,qv

15a,qv

10g

15aqv

15aqv 15a

10g

12p

qv,15a

15a,qv

15a,10g,qv

10g,qv15a

10g15a

15a

15aqv

15aqvhe

10g

10g

10g,15d

10g

10g

10g

10g

10g15aqv

10g

10g-3a15a

15a

15a

15a,qv

15a

10g

15a

15a

15aqv

15a,qvse,cl

15aqv

15a

15a15a,10gqv

15a,10g qv

10g,15a

15a

15a

15a

15a

15ahe

15a

15aquartzstockwork

10g

15a

15aquartzstockwork

quartzstockwork

qv insheared 15a

x

60

70

80

70

8080

75

70

65

70

70

70

80

75

60

70

80

80

70

60

70

328052

328053

9576238.76

35761

328042

95760

.007

328056

328054

328055

328058

328059328060

328057

328013

328014-16

95774.006

328041

328040

4432717.214

328017-31

328032-35

328036

328037

443266 328068

328049

2.885

328051

328045

443268

.078

328044

443272.069

328039

328063

328064

328043

60

85

80

80

328038

328046

328067

328066

328048

.041

328071

328070

.144

.013,<.005,<.005

<.005

.008

<.005

Channel Sample Meters Assay (ppm)

328017328018328019328020328021328022328023328024328025328026328027328028328029328030328031

<.005<.005<.005<.005<.005<.005<.005<.005.007<.005<.005.012<.005.008<.005

0-.6 (NW).6-1.31.3-2.22.2-3.13.1-4.14.1-5.15.1-5.85.8-6.66.6-7.47.4-7.87.8-9.09.0-9.59.5-10.610.6-11.3

11.3-12.4 (SE)

<.005,.011,.045,<.005

<.005 .010

15a

.062

.155

.056

.048

.029

1.153

76.114

.026

.870

.007

.326

.009

.018

.885

.009

2.730

6.593

.008

<.005

<.005

<.005

.007

.106

.403

<.005<.005

<.005

<.005

.016.005.022

1.305

<.005

3.1

3.3

3.1

1.2

3.4

1.3

3.4

3.8

3.4

.7

2.2

2.4

328011

328061

328062

328012

328050

3.4

3.0

1.4

3.7

3.4

2.8

3.9

3.9

1.3

3.3

2.8

2.7

3.3

2.8

3.3

2.7

3.2

3.1

3.3

3.3

4.0

2.9

3.6

3.0

1.5

3.3

0.6

.7

.5

1.0

.4

1.3

2.0

2.83.3

3.9

3.8 3.0

3.4

3.51.3

1.9

4.2

4.2

3.2

3.3

3.3

2.3

3.3

2.9

3.2

2.2

0.7

0.6

2.0

3.8

3.5

2.7

3.8

2.4

2.4

2.5

3.0

1.1

2.4

3.2

3.4

2.6

1.7

2.9

2.73.1

1.63.1

1.3

3.2

3.8

1.4

3.5

2.3

2.1

3.2

1.7

3.23.0

3.4

3.5

1.1

2.5

3.1

3.3

1.8

0.2

0.2

1.2

3.7

4.24.33.7

1.7

1.8

3.4

2.7

1.2

3.3

0.7

0.9

1.5

3.2

3.13.3

1.1

1.2

2.2

3.7

3.1

4.0

3.2

3.0

4.0

3.2 2.5

3.8

2.3

2.5

2.5

3.1

3.5

1.3

2.6

1.7

3.12.2

1.4

3.7

1.2

2.9

2.0

3.1

1.9

1.93.0

1.6

2.4

1.2

1.0

0.1

0.6

2.3

0.8

1.1

2.71.5

1.2

2.9

1.50.6

2.0

3.2

0.7

2.4

1.3

4.2

1.1

x

257

256

255

254

249

247

250

245

246

244

243

248

133132

131

3.1

3.4

1.0

251

261

262

264

260

129

263

267

265

266

128

259

258

268

269

270271

272274

275

282

142

141

281

280

288

279

277

278

276

273

145

154

146147

148

153

296

284

283

285

286

287290

289295

302

291

297

298152

149

150299

300301

292

294

293

303

304

305

306

151

181182

160155

144

140

143

159

180

179

178

177161136

158

139

127

138 137

162

175

176

116117

115

118

126

123

125

119

192

134

135

120

121

122

130

219

218

217

239

222

221

215240

242

241

253

216

197

196

193

191

190

189

188

174

173

183

212

166

185

187 186

200

199

198

184

164

163

171

165

169

168

172

232

208

231

204

206

207

202

201

210

211

203

1.5

209

0.4

0.5

0.3

0.5

1.0

0.8

226

225

230

229

233

223

234

235

227

228

224

328047

328065

328069

Early: probably Mesoarchean

Late: probably Neoarchean

65

70

x

1154851 .015

PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY

of

Northern Elizabeth Mine area, Fern Elizabeth Gold Exploration LimitedAtikokan, northwestern Ontario

NTS Reference: 52 B/13

aLEGENDARCHEANNEOARCHEAN (2.5 to 2.9 Ga)

Biotite Granite Suite15 Biotite Granodiorite to Granite

15a Unsubdivided15b Leucocratic; <6% biotite; inequigranular; white to pink; massive to weakly foliated15c Mesocratic; >5% biotite15d Dikes15q Quartz megacrystic15t Aplite

INTRUSIVE CONTACT

NEOARCHEAN TO MESOARCHEAN (2.5 to 3.4 Ga)

Biotite Tonalite Suite12 Biotite Tonalite to Granodiorite

12a Unsubdivided12b Leucocratic; <7% mafic minerals; white to grey; fine to coarse grained; foliated to massive12c Mesocratic; 7 to 20% biotite; grey to white; medium grained; foliated to massive12d Dikes12g Weakly gneissic, gradational to gneissic suite12m Mafic; >20% hornblende+biotite; typically heterogeneous and gradational to quartz diorite12q Quartz megacrystic12r Granodioritic; gradational to granite suite

INTRUSIVE CONTACTMafic Suite10 Mafic Intrusive Rocks

10a Unsubdivided10d Late massive gabbro to diorite10l Lamprophye

10g Hornblende gabbro, pyroxene-hornblende gabbro (plagioclase+hornblende+pyroxene)10s Sheared or schistose gabbro

7 Metasedimentary Rocks7a Unsubdivided7b Sandstone, minor siltstone7c Conglomerate7f Iron Formation7g Siltstone, minor sandstone

5 Mafic Metavolcanic Rocks5a Unsubdivided5p Pillowed5s Schistose, typically feldspar+chlorite

MESOARCHEAN (2.9 to 3.4 Ga)

3 Mafic to Ultramafic Metavolcanic Rocks (>35% and >90% mafic minerals, respectively)3a Unsubdivided3m Massive flow3p Pillowed3s Schistose, typically feldspar+chlorite

2 Intermediate to Felsic Metavolcanic Rocks (15 to 35% and <15% mafic minerals, respectively)2a Unsubdivided2b Breccia, tuff breccia (pyroclastic and/or volcaniclastic)2c Crystal bearing (feldspar, quartz)2f flow2s Schistose2t Tuff, lapilli tuff, lapillistone (pyroclastic and/or volcaniclastic)

1 Clastic metasedimentary Rocks1a Unsubdivided1b Sandstone, minor siltstone1c Conglomerate1g Siltstone, minor sandstone

Note: Isolated outcrops of one rock type (for example, gabbro-10g) can occur within a coloured domain representative of another rock type (for example, granite-15a).

aThis legend is common several maps of various scales. Not all rock types and symbols occur on every map.

Symbols

Outcrop (observed)

Area of outcrop (observed)

Foliation (trend only, inclined, vertical)

Mineral lineation with plunge

Roads (secondary, trail)

Electric transmission line

Mining claim line and post (observed)

Sample Number, gold assay (ppm)

Swamp

Abbreviations

amp amphibole ep epidoteact actinolite gn galenabt biotite hb hornblende

cb carbonate py pyrite

cl chlorite qcv quartz+carbonate vein

cp chalcopyrite qv quartz veinse sericite

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Base map information assembled during geologic mapping. Mapping conducted using a

global positioning device with UTM co-ordinates in North American Datum 1983 (NAD83), Zone 15.

In 2007, magnetic north was 0°53 W of True North.

Geology and compilation by D. Stone 2015-16.

Zone of silica, chlorite and sericite alteration and shearing

Fault

Waypoint with UTM coordinates

%K (measured with a handheld spectrometer)

218

3.7