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Active PGE Properties in BC
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Active PGE Properties in British Columbia (2000)

Property

Owner/Operator

NTS Location

Commodities

Deposit Type

Comment

MINFILE

             

Mount Polley

Imperial Metals and Sumitomo

093A12E

Cu, Au, Pd

Alkalic Intrusion-related

Random concentrate grab: 657 ppb Pd, 52 ppb Pt and 503 ppb Re.

093A 008

Similco Mine

Imperial Metals and Leader Mining

092H07E

Cu, Au, Pd

Alkalic Intrusion-related

Pd in concentrate.

092HSE001

Afton

DRC Resources Corp.

092I10E

Cu, Au, Pd, Ag

Alkalic Intrusion-related

Estimated 21 ddh (8500 m) in 2000. DDH-2000-2k-8 gave 10 feet of 13.7% Cu, 0.63 oz/ton Au, 0.064 oz/ton Pd and 0.714 oz/ton Ag. Teck (1980) established a resource of 5,900,000 @ 1.55% Cu, 1.61 g/t Au and 6.86 g/t Ag.

092INE023

Turnagain (Cliff)

Bren-Mar Resources Ltd.

104I07W

Cu, Ni, Co, Pt, Pd

Alaskan-type

Bren-Mar Resources conducted drilling and metallurgical work in 1996 and 1998. Equinox Resources in 1986 reported its highest value for platinum as 0.30 g/t and for palladium, 1.45 gram per tonne.

104I 118; 104I 014

Dobbin

Verdstone Gold Corporation, Molycor Gold Corporation

082L04W

Cu, Pt, Pd

Alkalic Intrusion-related

In 1997, Verdstone/Molycor conducted soil and rock sampling followed by 22 diamond drill holes. Best drill intersection yielded 0.19 % Cu, 0.41 g/t Pt, 0.35 g/t Pd over 111 metres.

082LSW005

Lorraine (BM zone)

Eastfield Resources Ltd.

093N14W

Pd, Pt, Au, Cu

Alkalic Intrusion-related

Mineralization consists of clast-supported breccia with massive bornite matrix. Clasts consist of biotite-altered syenite. Selected grab samples from 2000 are reported to contain up to 3.459 g/t Pd, 0.66 g/t Pt, 26-38% Cu and 13-18 g/t Au.

093N 002; 093N 003

Sable

Murray McClaren

092H12W,13W

Cu, Ni, Co, Cr, Pd

Gabbroid-type

100 m. wide outcrop of variably sulphidic quartz amphibolite schist; site of one outcrop grab sample which yielded 0.19%Cu, 0.31%Ni, 293 ppm Co, 319 ppm Cr, 80 ppb Pd.

092HNW007

Cogburn

John Chapman & Gerry Carlson

092H05E

Ni, Cu

Gabbroid-type

Samples of mineralized rock yielded 0.19 to 0.22% nickel and a trace of copper.

092HSW081

Jason

Dave Haughton

092H12E

Ni, Cu, Cr

Gabbroid-type

Best assays from three different samples (1999) are 0.22% nickel, 0.14% copper and 0.14% chromium (Haughton, 1999). SP geophysical survey and prospecting in 2000.

092HNW076

Tofino Nickel (Deer Bay)

Arne Birkeland

092F04E

Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd Au, Ag, Mo

Flood Basalt-Associated Ni-Cu

Conducted magnetometer survey over the area of the main showing, from which an outcrop grab sample from a small massive sulphide zone containing pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, magnetite, violarite, and millerite yielded >10% Cu, 0.30% Ni, 612 ppm Co, 487 ppm Cr, 20 g/t Ag, 1 g/t Au, 2 g/t Pt and 12 g/t Pd.

092F 029

Clearwater Platinum (Golden Loon)

Cusac Gold Mines Ltd.

092P08W

Pt, Ni ,Cr, Ir, Os, Rh, Co, Pd, Au

Ultramafic

17 km of IP, VLF and mag on 7 lines have identified several anomalies. Trenching was ongoing in November, 2000. Re-analysis of a 1999 sample by fire assay yielded 0.34 oz/ton (11.66 g/t) Pt, and also confirmed the presence of Ir, Os, Rh, Ni and Co.

092P 043

Iron Lake

Eastfield Resources Ltd.

092P15W

Cu, Ni, Co, Pt, Pd

Alaskan-type

Strong airborne mag anomaly. Pd up to 258 ppb; Pt up 933 ppb. 3600 ppm Co.

092P 132

Mansfield

Santoy Resources Ltd.

114P15W

Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Co, Zn

Flood Basalt-Associated Ni-Cu

Float samples (1987) - 1.1% Ni, 0.23% Co, 0.66 g/t Pt, 0.43 g/t Pd. Soils up to 500 ppm Cu, 2460 ppm Ni, 260 ppb Pt, 910 ppb Pd. Soil sampling prospecting in 2000.

114P 031; 114P 032

Emory Creek

Santoy Resources Ltd.

092H06,11

Ni,Cu,Pt,Pd

Gabbroid-type

Geochemical sampling and prospecting.

092HNW021; 039

PGE project

Barker Minerals Ltd.

093A

Pt, Pd, Os

Possible Alaskan-type source

Platinum, palladium and osmiridium found in minute metallic grains in Twenty Mile Creek (reported in 1920). More platinum grains collected in 2000. Exploration planned in 2001 for PGE source.

 

Harrison Lake

David Deering

092H12E

Cu,Ni

Gabbroid-type

 

092HNW040

Last Updated May 16, 2007

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