Zone 3

The ZONE 3 claim area is underlain by intermediate volcaniclastic and flow rocks of the Upper Triassic Nicola Group.
A strongly brecciated shear zone within the Nicola Group andesite strikes 045 degrees, dips steeply to the northwest and is continuous over a strike length of at least 2000 metres.
This structure hosts three main zones of base metal mineralization.

Zone 1 consists of trenches and open cuts along the shear within andesitic tuffs. The shear varies in width from 3 to 8 metres and contains quartz stringers The veins are fractured and in places brecciated. The fractures are mineralized with sphalerite and galena.

Zone 2 is located approximately 650 metres along strike from Zone 3 In this area, several trenches expose brecciated andesitic tuffs mineralized with quartz, sphalerite, pyrite, chalcopyrite and galena.

Combined average assay results from diamond drilling were 0.157 per cent lead, 4.10 per cent zinc, 2.4 grams per tonne silver and 0.17 percent copper over 3.25 metres.

Zone 2 inferred reserves are 45,359 to 54,431 tonnes of similar grade.
This was based on a width of 8m and a length of only 50m

In Zone 3, galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, pyrite and pyrrhotite occur in a brecciated zone within a quartz-calcite matrix. The hangingwall consists of bleached and pyritic andesite which grades into numerous quartz and calcite veins mineralised with massive sphalerite and galena.

The footwall consists of highly silicified andesite containing quartz and calcite veins.

The mineralized and brecciated zone varies in width of up to 6.5 metres.
Zone 3 has been tested by diamond drilling and underground development to a depth of 50 metres over a length of 165 metres.

The claims are located within an area recently clear cut logged due to an infestation of the mountain pine beetle. New roads have been built that have exposed new areas for exploration.