11 km due west of the town of Tulameen, BC, consists of 7 mineral claims now totalling approximately 390 Ha (950 acres). The claims straddle the west contact of the dunite core of the Tulameen Ultramafic Complex with the outer shells of olivine and hornblende clinopyroxenite. Gold and copper anomalies follow this contact area. The Badger showing (Minfile 092HNE210) is located on this trend, and consists of a 210 m long band of coarse pyroxenite containing over 1% copper and 2 g/t gold in selected samples. The dunite, now nearly ½ of the claim area, is very prospective for hosting platinum mineralization. The dunite core of the TUC is considered to be the source of the majority of the estimated 20,000 ounces of platinum (O’Neil and Gunning, 1934), including nuggets over ½ oz., recovered in placer operations between 1885 and 1934 from the region. A large percentage of the known dunite core is contained within the Britton Creek Group of claims.
The majority of a roughly 800m long, north-south, partly circular DIGHEM EM group of conductors identified by Brightstar Ventures in 2001 (the C1 conductor) is contained on the east side of the group. These conductors are almost entirely within the mapped dunite and have not been followed up. A High Energy Stream Sediment program has already commenced to better define the platinum, copper, and gold-bearing horizons. Several showings of Pt and base metals are plotted within the claim boundaries. Logging roads provide good access to the property in the north, central and south.
The GHN Claim, located on the north side of Grasshopper mountain, contains the Ace showing. The Ace showing contains native gold, petzite, chalcopyrite, and pyrite in a series of quartz veins from 0.4 m to 1.37 m thick hosted by epidote altered hornblende clinopyroxenite. Mylonitic diorite and leucoratic granite were reported close to to the mineralized zone. Samples 11.2 g/t gold and 93.3 g/t silver are reported (AR 27114A)
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