» Summary
The Tak properties consist of seven (Tak)
gold-copper-molybdenum prospects (55,654 ha) located adjoining
and southeast of the company's Woodjam property, and adjacent
to Newmont's new holdings. Capstone Mining Corp (TSX:CS)
optioned the Tak properties and can earn up to a 70% interest
through $6 million of exploration expenditures by December
31, 2016.
» Location
The Tak properties are all located in the
Cariboo region within the prolific Quesnel Terrane located
between Imperial Metals’ Mount Polley gold-copper
mine in the northwest and Canim Lake in the southeast,
an area encompassing approximately 50 km in length and
40 km in width. The properties consist of the Hazel, Tisdall,
HR, Moffat, LaHache,
Canim, and Howard Lake.
The properties are all located on or near
the regional-scaled Takomkane Batholith. The properties
were acquired on the basis of favourable geology, historic
Minfile occurrences and regional scale magnetic trends.
The claims encompass low elevation, relatively flat terrane
and is easily road accessible and workable on a year-round
basis.
Taseko Mines’ recently expanded Gibraltar
copper-molybdenum mine and Xstrata’s past-producing
Boss Mountain molybdenum mine are located approximately
50 km to the northwest and at the eastern side of the
area, respectively. In addition, recent mine approvals
for Imperial Metals’ Red Chris, Taseko Mines’
Prosperity and Terrane Metals’ Mt. Milligan copper-gold
properties in British Columbia, as well as recent expansion
plans announced for the Teck Resources’ Highland
Valley Copper copper-molybdenum mine and the recent start
of construction at Copper Mountain Mining’s past-producing
Copper Mountain copper-gold mine to the south, are very
encouraging for the future of the mining industry in the
Province.
» Ownership
The TAK properties comprise over 440 square
kilometers and are all 100% owned by Fjordland. On September
30, 2010 Fjordland entered into a letter agreement with
Capstone Mining Corp. (TSX: CS) whereby Capstone was granted
an option to acquire up to a 70% interest in the Tak -
Milligan properties through staged exploration expenditures
totaling $6 million by December 31, 2016. Capstone has
initially financed a $150,000 program in 2010 and will
finance an additional $150,000 program prior to June 30,
2011 to earn 49% interest. It can then earn a further
11% interest in the project by expending an additional
$1.7 million in exploration work by December 31, 2013.
Capstone can then earn an additional 10% interest, for
a total 70% interest in the project, by expending a further
$4 million by December 31, 2016.
» Geology
& Mineralization
The properties are located within the Quesnel
Trough, a large regional depositional belt extending 2,000
kilometres from the U.S. border in the south to the Stikine
River in the north. The belt hosts several large tonnage
"porphyry type" deposits including New Gold's New Afton
deposit, Imperial Metals' Mount Polley Mine, Teck's Highland
Valley Copper Mine, Taseko's Gibraltar Mine, Terrane Metals'
Mt. Milligan deposit and Northgate's Kemess Mine.
Copper-gold mineralization in the region
is associated with regional scale northeast trending magnetic
highs demarcating the alteration zone produced by the
contact of the Takla volcanics with the Takomkane intrusives.
Much of the area is covered by extensive overburden, which
has hampered traditional, historic exploration programs.
In particular, the northern portion of the Late Triassic
to Early Jurassic Takomkane batholith represents a good
area for discovery, similar to the WJV`s recent Southeast
Zone copper-gold-molybdenum discovery on the Woodjam South
Property. The age of mineralization here (~ 197 Ma) is
younger than that at both the Mount Polley and Gibraltar
mines to the north and northwest, respectively, but falls
within the range of mineralization published for the giant
Highland Valley Copper deposits to the south with average
daily mill throughput at over 120,000 tonnes.
Note: John Peters, PGeo is the QP who has
reviewed the data presented.