Deposit Type

The property hosts typical archean lode gold deposit. Gold leached from a rock source is mobilized by hydrothermal solutions and travels along permeable units such as major shear zones, to precipitate into smaller scale and more opened space structures like breccias or tension fractures. Filling material includes quartz, carbonates, tourmaline, chlorite and pyrite. Pyrite is generally produced by alteration of original iron oxide (ex. magnetite) in the fresh rock.

Abundant literature suggests various sources for gold. Among others, previous studies indicate that appreciable amounts of gold can be liberated and leached away from ultramafic rocks during carbonatization. The geology of the property strongly suggest that the gold source of the Brosnor occurrences would be of this type.

On the property, brittle deformation and open spaces developed in response to tension strains along main east-west shear zones within the more competent basaltic flows and feldspathic porphyry dykes.

The deposit type on the property was therefore generated by the filling of tension spaces by quartz, carbonate, tourmaline and gold, within competent rocks, close to major structures and ultramafic units. This type of deposit is similar to the Kerr-Addison mine (Larder Lake) or the Astoria deposit (Rouyn-Noranda).

More locally, directly on strike to the west, the Monique gold deposit occurs along a major steeply dipping E-W shear zone. Horizontal tension veins filled with gold bearing quartz are intimately associated with the main shear zone. Here, best grades are located directly at the main shear and horizontal tension structures intersections.

More information can be obtained by reviewing the 43-101 Technical report prepared in August 2007 by Consultations Géo-logic by clicking here.