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Technical Report
Geochemical Sampling of
Mineral Claim 514080
Victoria Mining Division
092C/059
Event # 5437799
UTM Co-ordinates
401037E 5374040N
Owner of Claim Dean M. Arbic
Work Supervised by Dean M. Arbic
Report Written by Dean M. Arbic
June 10 2013
Table Of Contents
Title Page.........................................................................................pg. 1
Table of Contents............................................................................pg. 2
Confirmation Page...........................................................................pg. 3
Introduction and Claim History......................................................pg. 4
Access Location Map......................................................................pg 5
Sample Location Map......................................................................pg. 6
Sample 1 and 3 Location Sketch ....................................................pg. 7
Sample 2 Location Sketch...............................................................pg. 8
Photographs of Bedrock Samples.................................pg. 9, 10, 11, 12
Technical Work Description Summary..........................................pg.13
Equipment and Tools Used............................................................pg 14
Statement of Work and Cost.........................................................pg.15
Conclusions, Interpretations and Qualifications.........................pg. 16
Hardware and Software .............................................................pg. 16
Introduction and Claim History and Geology
Mineral Claim 514080 is situated approximately 10 kilometers south of the Town of Port
Renfrew. The claim is bordered to the south by the Juan De Fuca Marine Trail and to the north by NSR
366666. One creek flows through the claim, it is named Kuitshe Creek and has two small seasonal
unamed tributaries. There is very little exposed bedrock on the claim except along the banks of Kuitshe
creek and in some places where small watercourses traverse areas of de-activated roads.
The Claim is accessed by driving west from Lake Cowichan along the Circle Route to Port
Renfrew then south 8 km to the Minute Creek Forest Service road for 4 km, to a parking spot near
Parkinsons Creek. There is an overgrown de-activated forestry road that is used as a hiking trail to
access the claim. The trail is about 2.5 km in length.
Mineral Claim 514080 named Venatici, was staked by the author using the electronic MTO
system on June 07 2005.
Prospecting in this area began when the Spanish arrived and discovered gold some 200 years ago.
More recently around the turn of the century placer gold was discovered at Sombrio Beach. Yet the
hard rock source of the Sombrio Placers has not been successfully located.
On August 22 2005 a discovery was made on this claim, consisting of the mineral Ferroan
Dolomite with many small 2-3 millimeter cubes of pyrite. The author collected these samples and they
were assayed at Acme Laboratories in Vancouver BC on April 27 2006 and May 03 2006 and returned
values of 5052 parts per billion gold and 6 parts per million gold which is about 6 grams per ton of
gold. And 7.3 parts per million silver which is about 7 grams per ton silver.
On June 01 2008 another vein of Ferroan Dolomite with many cubes of pyrite was discovered in
close proximity to the first vein and samples were taken. A leaching project produced values from this
vein that were approximately 3 grams per ton gold and 4 grams per ton silver.
Continued exploration and sampling for other veins containing precious or base metals is the
main focus of the work on this claim.
Access Location map 2013
0 400 800 m.
Legend
This map is a user generated static output from an Internet mapping site and is for generalreference only. Data layers that appear on this map may or may not be accurate, current, orotherwise reliable. THIS MAP IS NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION.
Notes: Blue line is road in good shape. Red line is road that has been de-activatedand serves as foot trail
Scale: 1:22,541Map center: 48° 31' 3" N, 124° 21' 21" W
Technical Work Description
A program of exploration and hand sampling for geochemical assaying was conducted. GPS
co-ordinates of each sample location were recorded and photographs of sample location were also
taken. Areas containing veins of Basalt with visible fine grains of metal that might yield precious and
base metal values or rare earth metals were targeted. And a vein of Limonite contacting Granite with
grains of metal was discovered. And a new area of stained Basalt contacting a large outcropping of
sandstone was sampled. The samples were catalogued and stored to be sent for assaying.
Sample # UTM Co-ord. Description
1 401037E Basalt bedrock exposed in creekbed with fine grained silver coloured
5374040N metallic specs. The bedrock was a dark blue black colour with 1 cm to
6 cm wide white quartz veins with small cavities and crystals. 10 kg
2 400669E 20 cm wide bright orange vein of highly oxidized Limonite
5373923N found at contact zone of Sandstone and metallic Granite.
1 kg
3 401042E Large outcropping of Basalt meets large outcropping of Sandstone.
5374003N The Basalt is darker with less metallic grains and is stained red on
exposed surfaces. 5 kg
Equipment and Tools Used
This program of geochemical sampling was carried out with hand tools. Hammers and chisels
and various pry bars of different sizes were used to chip at bedrock and break open cracks and seams
in the rock.
Samples were then placed in buckets and sample bags and labelled and backpacked to the
nearest vehicle access points.
UTM co-ordinates were collected with a handheld Magellan eXplorist 100 GPS unit. Co-
ordinates are generally accurate within 5 to 40 meters depending on the topography, interference from
trees and weather conditions.
Digital photographs were taken using a Sony DSC-H70 16.1 Mega Pixel Digital Camera.
Statement of Work and Cost
This statement of work is for event number 5437799.
March 10 2013 Foreman worked from 11 am till 4 pm totals 5 hours @ $50.00 per hour = $250.00
March 10 2013 Labourer worked from 11 am till 4 pm totals 5 hours @ $20.00 per hour = $100.00
Transportation Gasoline - $30.00
Food - $20.00
Totals $400.00
I certify that this is true and correct ____________________________ June 10 2013
Dean M. Arbic
Conclusions and Interpretations
Samples should be assayed to determine the relationship between the auriferous Ferroan
dolomite veins previously found on this claim, and the surrounding Basalt outcropping containing a
large amount of silver coloured fine grained metals.
I intend to return to further explore this claim with the hopes of exposing more of the vein of
Limonite contacting the metallic Granite, that was discovered unexpectedly during the course of this
work and get larger samples for analysis and geochemical assaying.
Qualifications
Dean Michael Arbic -Grade 12 diploma Erindale Secondary School, Ontario
Software
This Report was written with Open Office. Org 3.2.0
The maps were prepared with Adobe Acrobat 9.0 and the MTO online map viewer
The sketches were drawn with paint.NET v3.5.5
Hardware
GPS UTM co-ordinates were gathered with a Magellan Explorist 100 GPS Unit
Digital photographs were taken using a Sony DSC-H70 16.1 Mega Pixel Digital Camera.
The computer used to prepare and upload this report is a IBM Think Center running Windows XP
Professional
The scanner used to scan documents for this report is a HP office 5510 all in one scanner.
References
Annual Report of the Minister of Mines 1930, Sombrio Placers (Kootenay Central Mining and
Development Company, Limited)
Sample Locations 1,2,3 514080
0 55 110 m.
Legend
This map is a user generated static output from an Internet mapping site and is for generalreference only. Data layers that appear on this map may or may not be accurate, current, orotherwise reliable. THIS MAP IS NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION.
Notes: Red Stars indicate sample locations
Scale: 1:3,201Map center: 48° 30' 36.8" N, 124° 20' 30.0" W