Assessment Report Checklist

OIC 1161-04 repeals the Mineral Tenure Act Regulations and outlines the requirements for submission of technical assessment work reports. To assist authors of assessment reports, a summary of the requirements is presented herein.

COMMON TO ALL REPORTS

To augment the mineral database, the Ministry will accept for assessment credit technical reports pertaining to geological, geophysical, geochemical, drilling and prospecting investigations either singly or combined. The described work must consist mainly of original studies rather than compilation of previous work. Accounts based on brief property visits and scanty data are not acceptable as technical reports. Previous work should be referenced in a standard bibliographic format.

All work must comply with the relevant requirements of the Mines Act (Notice of Work and Reclamation).

In general, assessment report credit may be applied for field work done on the claims within the anniversary year. Work done between the location and recording of the claims may be applied to first years’ assessment. Technical work costs not directly applicable to the claims may be filed to Portable Assessment Credit.

The BC Geological Survey reviews the reports for compliance with the Mineral Tenure Act Regulations. Rejection of submissions not conforming to these Mineral Tenure Act Regulations may cause forfeiture of title to the mineral claim(s).

Reports submitted in conformity with these regulations will have confidential status for a period of one year from the date of submission of the statement to record work.

Preparatory physical work is acceptable for credit when directly related to and submitted with technical surveys.

Physical work only may be submitted directly to the Gold Commissioner’s office; a technical report is not required.

Airborne (geophysical) surveys extending up to 10 times the area of the claim boundaries may be applied to the claims.

FORMAT

Letter-size (8-1/2" x 11") pages bound/removable in firm covers, reproducible with legible print; text and maps clearly readable and understandable.

Title Page listing general nature of the report, claims worked on, mining division, NTS map sheet, latitude, longitude, owner of claims, operator (who paid for the work), author(s) of the report, and date submitted.

Table of Contents cross-indexed to pages, numbers and titles.

Introduction: property geographic/physiographic location, access, history, economic and general assessment, and specific type and quantity of new work performed.

Objective and scope of present work, discussion/interpretation of results relative to geology and conclusion.

All measurements in metric units, identified in text and maps.

A digital PDF version of the report may be submitted instead of a paper copy of the report.  The digital copy must be compiled exactly as the paper copy and must not have any locks or restrictions placed on the PDF file.

MAPS

Maps identified by number, title, metric bar scale, north arrow, legend (no colour codes).

Index map showing property and regional geography.

Claim map showing local physiography (1:50 000).

All groundwork mapped (state method of control) at 1:10 000 or more detailed/legible scale showing numerical results/values at sample site and relative to claim posts/boundaries; profiles indexed to a plan.

Detailed work (trenches, sections, underground, etc.) mapped at 1:1000 or more detailed scale, indexed to a master plan.

Size of maps less than 1.0 x 1.3 metres.

STATEMENT OF COSTS (directly applicable to assessment work)

Value credited for assessment work is determined from the content of original work done and described in the report, and current commercial rate costs documented in a cost statement as follows: field personnel (person-days), consultant, food and accommodation, mobilization/demobilization within British Columbia, aircraft support, vehicle rentals, equipment and supplies, instrument rentals, laboratory analysis, contract jobs - unit costs, report preparation, management. Drilling reports may include reasonable costs of core storage. Receipts are not required but must be presented to the Chief Gold Commissioner upon request where clarification is necessary. Total survey costs may be apportioned to specific claims.

STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS

The reports must be signed by the author and include a statement of author’s and field supervisor’s qualifications: geologists, geophysicists, geochemists, prospectors, and geological, geophysical and mining engineers must state pertinent training and experience.

Assessment reports form part of the permanent record, which must be written by qualified authors and meet prescribed standards.

Specific objective of the survey.

Brief theory/example of orientation survey results.

Make and model of instruments, and procedure.

Results and discussion/interpretation of results, conclusion.

Results of work done during separate periods should be identified, and suspect/unreliable results should be identified.

Smoothed/filtered data should be accompanied by raw data.

Geology maps must outline outcrops and identify lithology, structure, mineralization/specific minerals; comprehensive text and maps; petrographic and mineralographic analyses.

Photo-geological interpretations must be accompanied by ground surveys.

Magnetic survey: component measured identified, absolute/relative values and diurnal correction specified.

Electromagnetic survey: specific method used; location of VLF transmitter noted.

Induced polarization survey: specific method and electrode array described.

Airborne survey: results in contour form, 1:50 000 scale or more detailed, noting physiography, claim boundaries, flight lines, ground clearance, speed, weather/wind vector.

Other types of surveys must be fully described.

Material sampled identified and described as to appearance, soil horizon/depth; silt from active channel/bank; rock-type; vegetation species/part of plant; assays and metallurgical investigations described.

Analytical laboratory, chemist, mesh fraction analysed, strength of reagents and time of digestion, testing instruments; ashing technique for bio-surveys identified.

Analytical result certificates included in report.

Results must be plotted at a scale of 1:10 000 or greater.

Airborne surveys - presentation similar to airborne geophysical surveys.

Drill-hole collar location, elevation, inclinization/azimuth, dip test results (note if not done), hole/core diameter.

Core/cuttings logs described by geologists (qualifications included in report).

Location of core/cuttings storage.

Assay results correlated with logs (note if assays not done).

Short holes for blasting do not constitute drilling.

Only one report may be submitted for credit by the same owner or operator within the first 3 years of the holding of the claims.

An accurate map showing location of traverses, location and description of rock outcrops/float, sample locations, analytical results, and instrument readings described and plotted.

Lines/grid, local trail/road, topography, trenches, open cuts, underground cuts, reclamation, helipad, legal claim post-boundary survey, etc. must be shown on maps with metric dimensions noted. Upon request by an official of the Ministry, the recorded owner of the mineral claim must show where the work has been performed on the ground.

PORTABLE ASSESSMENT CREDIT (PAC)

 PAC Deposits

Upon approval of technical reports submitted pursuant to these Regulations, the value of work requested will be applied to the claims as designated on the Statement of Work. Approved value in excess of that requested to be applied to the claims will be credited in a PAC account to registered owners and/or operators as designated on the Statement of Work

When value applied to claims is not requested, the total value may be credited to the submitters’ PAC account. All PAC reports must document work performed within 3 years of the time of submission for PAC consideration.

Fees are not required on PAC deposits.

If desired by the owner or operator, PAC may be used for assessment work credit as follows: upon submission of an assessment report, up to 30% of the value of the assessment work approved may be taken from the owners’ or operators’ PAC account and added to the work value to make up the total value of work requested to be applied to the claims. When this procedure is chosen, recording fees must be paid on the total value to be applied to the claims at the time of recording the Statement of Work.

Where a minimum of 10 years work has been recorded on a claim, the owners may, upon application and submission of recording fees within 60 days prior to forfeiture, use their PAC on the basis of $8.00 per hectare per year to hold that identical claim up to a maximum additional five years. Only one such extension can be applied for.