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002E/02/1903

FIRST YEAR ASSESSMENT REPORT OF PROSPECTING

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LIC. #’S 21494m, 21547m, 21637m, 21897m and 21740m

JONATHAN’S POND AREA CENTRAL NEWFOUNDLAND

NTS 2E/02

BY

NATHANIEL NOEL MSc.

FOR

NATHANIEL NOEL & E. MICHELE NOEL

MINERAL LICENCES: 021494M

021547M 021637M 021897M 021740M

WORK CONDUCTED: EARLY OCTOBER and MID NOVEMBER 2013

LATE APRIL and LATE DECEMBER 2014

TOTAL EXPENDITURES: 021494M 1000.00 021547M 3000.00 021637M 800.00 021897M 1200.00 021740M 1210.50

TOTAL CLAIMS: 021494M (2)

021547M (14) 021637M (4) 021897M (6) 021740M (1)

Table of Contents Page Summary 1 Introduction 1 Location and Access 3 Topography 3 Property Summary and Licence Status 4 Previous Work 4 Geology 4 General Geology 6 Local Geology 6 Current Program 7 Work Done 8 Results 8 License 21494M 8 License 21547M 11 License 21637M 15 License 21897M and License 21740M 16 Conclusions and Recommendations 17 List of Expenditures 19 References 20 Appendix List of Figures Figure 1 Project Location Map 2 Figure 2 Claims Location Map 2 Figure 3 Access Map 3 Figure 4 Looking south west from the top of the Bursey’s Hill Tor over the project area 4 Figure 5 Regional Geology 6 Figure 6 Local Geology 7 Figure 7 Open trench at Jonathan’s Second Pond Showing 8 Figure 8 Results and Location Map 9 Figure 9 Field testing potential carving material. 10

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Table of Contents Contd..., Page Figure 10 Sample on left is fine grained soapstone from Jonathan’s Second Pond showing at north end of the trench. Sample on the right side is from the south end of the trench located on license 21547m. 10 Figure 11 Redish colored carbonate rich material at south end of trench 11 Figure 12 Sculpture of a polar bear (unwaxed) completed in carbonate rich material 12 Figure 13 14 inch diamond blade on chop saw used for sampling 13 Figure 14 Soapstone blocks cut out with chop saw for carving tests 13 Figure 15 Fine-medium grained gabbro on the north side of Jonathan’s Brook. 14 Figure 16 Block of massive serpentinite dredged up during trenching 15 Figure 17 Area of dead fall thought to be trench location 16 Figure 18 Map showing association of talc rich zones with linear topographic lows or notches and high gold in soils 17

Summary The area covered by the claim block was staked to cover an area underlain by ultramafic units of the Gander River Ultramafic Belt. The purpose was to search out potential shear zones within the ultramafic units which could contain areas of talc-carbonate alteration or “Soapstone”. Work focused on searching for areas previously trenched in which exploration work had encountered abundant talc in bedrock. Much of this was based on anecdotal evidence provided by personnel who had been involved in previous exploration in the area. Several sites were found to contain soapstone and samples were extracted and carving tests completed. Some of the stone collected was quality carving stone. Introduction Mineral licences 21494m, 21547m, 21637m, 21897m, 21740m comprise a claim group totalling 27 claims staked to cover an area of the Gander River Ultramafic Belt (GRUB) The area is underlain by variably altered dunites, pyroxenites and gabbros with minor volcanic rocks. This package is believed to represent the basal units of disrupted and tectonically emplaced ophiolites. The project area is located approximately 10 km north of the Gander Bay Road –Trans Canada Highway intersection and just west of the highway. (Figures 1 and 2) It straddles Jonathans First and Second Ponds on the 2E/02 map sheet.

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Figure 1 Project location map

Figure 2 Claims Location Map

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Location and Access The project area is located on the western side of the 2E/02 map sheet, just west of the Gander Bay Road. The claim package encompasses a large area underlain by GRUB rocks. The northern portion of the project area is very easily accessed by a woods road (figure 3) which leaves the Gander Bay Highway just north of Jonathans Pond Park. This road is, for the most part, passible using a 4x4 pickup. The southern portion can be accessed by ATV using the power line and then by foot. In the southern portion, the low lying areas contain a lot of alder beds and swamp making walking difficult at times.

Figure 3 Access Map

Topography The area consists of a gentle undulating topography with heavily wooded and boggy areas. Jonathans pond brook occupies a long NW trending lowland with the topography gently rising north and south of the river. Relief from the lowland to the high points is approximately 300 feet.

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Figure 4 Looking south west from the top of the Bursey’s Hill Tor over the project area. Mount Peyton can be seen in the distance, 50 km away. Licence Summary and Claim Status Mineral licenses 21494m (2 claims), 21547m (14 claims), 21637m (4claims), 21897m (6 claims), and 21740m (1 claim) comprise a total block of 27claims which was staked in the fall of 2013 by E. Michele Noel and Nathaniel Noel. All licences are in good standing. Previous Work (From MODS 002E/01/Au 004) Much work has been done regarding the gold potential of this area however other than work conducted by the author in the area of Bursey’s Hill immediately to the northeast of the project area, no exploration for carving stone has been conducted here prior to this work period.

In the 1970's, International Mogul Mines Ltd performed regional exploration in the area including airborne magnetics and VLF, grid cutting, mapping, prospecting, ground

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geophysics, stream and soil sampling, trenching, and diamond drilling. In the early 80's, Westfield Minerals Limited carried out prospecting, geology regional geochemistry with follow-up grid work, geophysics and geological mapping followed by trenching and bulk samplings. This exploration work resulted in the discovery of the Jonathan's Pond or Westfield showing.

In the late 80's and early 90's, Noranda explored the area using regional till sampling, mapping, prospecting, magnetic and VLF surveys, soil sampling, gridding, trenching and diamond drilling. In the early to mid 90's, Newfoundland Mining and Exploration Ltd conducted prospecting, rock, stream and lake sediment sampling in the area. In 1997, Krinor Resources Inc conducted an exploration program in the area that identified the "Root" showing and relocated Noranda's "Quartz zone".

In 2002, Rubicon Minerals Corporation optioned the property from Al Keats, Kevin Keats, Peter Dimmell and Cyril M. Reid and completed prospecting, rock and soil sampling. In 2003, Rubicon completed a more detailed soil sampling and prospecting program. Work on the property between August 2003 and January 2005 included prospecting, rock and soil sampling, and trenching.

The focus of this study however is the soapstone potential of the area and that is what will be discussed in this report.

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General Geology The area is part of the Ordivician Gander River Ultramafic Belt (GRUB LINE) which contains vestiges of ocean floor material. (Figure 5)

Figure 5 Regional Geology Local Geology The project area is underlain by GRUB rocks consisting primarily of ultramafic units with some gabbro and minor volcanic rocks. The eastern edge is underlain by siliciclastic marine sediments of the Gander Group. (Figure 6) Much of the ultramafic unit has been altered to serpentinite or in areas of localized intense alteration an assemblage of talc-carbonate-silica or talc-carbonate schist. It is these talc rich zones that are the focus of this work period.

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Figure 6 Local Geology. Purples are ultramafic, blue is gabbro, green is volcanic and yello is Gander group sediments Current Program The current program consisted of prospecting for fine grained, talc rich soapstone, sampling, reconnaissance, and carving tests.

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Work Done A total of 12 days was spent traveling to, from and working in the project area. Field work was conducted in early October of 2013, mid-November of 2013, late April of 2014, and late December of 2014. Work was conducted from an RV park in Gander and from a gravel pit located on the side of the road just north of the project area. Access to the area was by truck and ATV. Fieldwork consisted of prospecting, sampling and reconnaissance including prospecting, primarily searching for trenches conducted during previous exploration work which reported talc rich bedrock in some trenches. Carving tests were also conducted on samples collected with a number of test carvings being produced. Results (please refer to figure 8 for locations) License 21494m

License 21494m contains the Jonathans Second Pond showing (1) visible on Google Earth and marked by a very large open trench which exposes a large auriferous quartz vein in altered ultramafic. (Figure 7)

Figure 7 Open Trench at Jonathans Second Pond Showing.

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Figure 8 Results and location map

Talc-carbonate alteration in the ultramafic unit was found to be pervasive adjacent to the quartz veining with the ratio of carbonate to talc ranging from approximately 20 to 80 percent. Samples were collected from talc rich and carbonate rich zones. Field carving tests using a rat tailed file and hacksaw (figure 9) were used to determine what material was worth sampling.

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Figure 9 Field testing potential carving material. The channel to the the right is from previous exploration work searching for precious metals. The talc rich zones although small (30 x 50 cm), (figure 9) were found to contain excellent carving material. The material was fine grained, contained few fractures if any and carved smoothly with no notable hard spots. The stone was well suited for fine detail. Colors were primarily shades of dark green to black in fresh material with some browning in weathered versions. (left side sculpture in Figure 10) Only small fist sized samplers were possible however.

Figure 10 Sample on left is fine grained soapstone from Jonathans Second Pond showing at the north end of the trench. Sample on the right hand side is from the south end of the trench located on

license 21547m

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The carbonate rich material was weathered a deep reddish brown color and at the time due to the brittle nature of the material sampling with a maul proved fruitless and only produced splinters. License 21547m The trench which marks the Jonathans Second Pond showing extended southward onto the northern edge of license 21547m. At the southern end of the trench fine grained talc-carbonate material similar to that seen at the north end was found to occur. Samples collected were test carved (see figure 8, right side) and with similar results as the material from the north end of the trench. A large sample of weathered but competent carbonate rich material was collected from a large piece found to be spalling off the bedrock. (Figure 11)

Figure 11 Redish colored carbonate rich material at south end of trench.

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Test carving of this material produced vey striking results. Figure 12 shows the figure of a polar bear carved with the material sampled. The sculpture in the photo has yet to be waxed, a process which darkens the color considerably.

Figure 12 Sculpture of a polar bear (unwaxed) completed in carbonate rich material

The carbonate rich nature of the material required specialized carving tools (diamond burrs instead of carbide burrs) however the material polished well and due to the stiking color such a stone would be quite valuable if significant quantities were found. The unit was massive, contained no fractures and took detail relatively well. This location was revisited and a chop saw equipped with a 14 inch diamond blade was brought in with the intention of collecting larger samples of both the talc rich and carbonate rich mateial. (figure 13) It was hoped that the saw would cut deep enough to enable the extraction of larger blocks than previously sampled. The massive nature of the material, ( a good thing should more robust quarrying methods be employed) prevented this.

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Figure 13 14 inch diamond blade on chop saw used for sampling

A number of small blocks, 10cm x 12 cm x 5 cm were cut out of the outcrop. (Figure 14) Carvings produced with this material produced results similar to early carving tests.

Figure 14 Soapstone blocks cut out with chop saw for carving tests.

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Other work conducted on license 21547m included reconnaissance prospecting and searching for other trenches described in earlier assessment reports. In particular this included searching for outcrops of talc-carbonate (2) reported to exist along the north shore of Jonathans Brook. A number of outcrops were located however these turned out to be comprised of gabbro (Figure 14)

Figure 15 Fine-Medium grained gabbro on the north side of Jonaathans Brook. See figure 8 for

location. To the north of these exposures additional outcrops of gabbro were located. No talc-carbonate was found. A back filled trench, (3) was located and pieces of excavated material was examined. Based on the material observed it was determined that the trench must have encountered massive serpentinite in bedrock.. (Figure 16)

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Figure 16 Block of massive serpentinite dredged up during trenching

Earlier exploration reported quartz erratics containing high grade gold in the vicinity of the southern and south west end of the large bog at the north end of this license and along the trail into the Jonathans Second Pond showing. Prospecting (Figure 8) was conducted to locate the original finds and identify any new ones particularly to establish angularity. No new erratics were found. License 21637m An equipment operator who had operated the excavator during historical trenching operations informed the author that several trenches dug on this license had encountered talc rich material. In fact based on his description of the ease of digging the bedrock encountered it sounded like such material might be very suitable for carving purposes. For this reason the area was staked and based on directions provided by the operator which included a close examination of aerial photos, it was suggested that two apparent clearings viewed on the photos represented the locations of the trenches. Both sites, and other similar looking sites were visited and no trenches were found. It was determined that the locations were areas of deadfall that had been subsequently logged and which were now undergoing regrowth. (Figure 17)

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Figure 17 Area of dead fall thought to be trench location

License 21897m and 21740m A thorough examination of historical assessment reports and further discussions with the excavator operator suggested that the trenches which had hit talc rich bedrock were in fact located further to the south west (see (5) on figure 8). As no evidence of the trenching could be seen on the air photos a trip was made to the project area to find them. The trip was made in late April. A combination of residual winter snow occurring mostly in the low lying areas and a light spring snowfall, and the fact that the topographically lower areas in question contained primarily swamp and alders made finding any evidence of trenching essentially impossible. Some gravel, presumed to be from a trench was located but it did not contain any talc rich material. Discussions with the operator indicated that many more trenches and test pits were dug in this area then reported in the assessment report so there was no way of knowing which trench the material could have been from. After several days and no prospect of the snow melting quickly the search was abandoned.

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Conclusions and Recommendations Based on observations made during this work period, and work done by the author on the known occurrence of talc-cabonate at Burseys Hill located in similar rocks to the north east it is now believed that the talc carbonate alteration has two modes of occurrence. The first, is that seen associated with and immediately adjacent to large quartz veins as that seen at the Jonathans Second Pond showing. The material is massive, ie unfoliated and therefore a superior carving material. The alteration however is sporadic and localized and while being able to yield small amounts of carvable material there would likely not be enough present to support a formal quarrying operation. The second, is most likely similar to that seen at Burseys Hill to the north. In that location, shear zones in a serpentinite host rock have produced talc rich, talc-carbonate schists that are gold bearing. In the project area these shear zones recessively weather and therefore underlie narrow northeast trending linears now covered by bog. The talc rich zones described by the excavator operator apparently were encountered where the trenches crossed bogs and the location of the most talc rich zones as reported by historical work were found in bogs located on or associated with larger northeast trending “notches” or topographical lows (Figure 18)

Figure 18 Map showing association of talc rich zones with linear topographic lows or notches and

high gold in soils. .

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There also appears to be a strong correlation between the location of the shear zone/topographic lows and the highest gold values in soils in that the high soil values are immediately down ice from the predicted talc rich shear zones The shear zone hosted soapstone has the best chance of providing large enough deposits to warrant formal quarrying techniques. The question remains as to whether or not soapstone, if it exists in the shears, can be easily quarried since the shears tend to form bog filled topographic lows. Ideally the best place to look is where these linears run up the side of a slope thereby enabling any trenching to expose areas of bedrock which can drain naturally and constantly so as not to fill up with water. Further work should be conducted in the summer time to avoid the foliage drop in the fall or the winter snows. An air photo study using photos created immediately post historical trenching may identify excavator tracks or trails leading to trench sites. Closer examination of these areas may turn up talc rich material dredged up during the trenching which may contain pieces large enough for test carving. If such material proves to be quality carving stone the talc rich shear zones could then be traced to areas further upslope to locations better suited for quarrying

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Expenditures

EXPENDITURES COST

Days Worked (travel, prospecting, sampling) …..6 days @ 400.00/day) and 6 days@ 100.00/day (Claims 21494m and 21897m)

3000.00

Vehicle ( (12 days at 60.00/day) 720.00

Accommodations and food (12 days at 60.00/day) 720.00

Fuel…Truck and ATV 830.00

ATV 6 days @ 50.00/day 300.00

Carving Tests 3 days @ 100.00/day 300.00

Administration and report writing (1 day) 400.00

Overhead @ 15% of 6270.00 940.50

Total 7210.50

Expenditure Breakdown 21494m Prospecting, Sampling, Carving Tests……………………...…...1000.00 21547m Prospecting, Sampling, Carving Tests, Reconnaissance….……3000.00 21637m Reconnaissance…………………………………..………………...800.00 21897m Reconnaissance……………………………………………………1200.00 21740m Reconnaissance……………………………………………………1210.50

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References: O'Neill, P P and Pereira, C P G 1991: Geology of the Weirs Pond area, Newfoundland [NTS 2E/1]. Geological Survey Branch, Department of Mines and Energy, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Report 91-03, 164 pages. [GSB# 002E/01/0917] Simpson, Angus 1990 Report on Field Work, Geological, Prospecting, Trenching, and Diamond Drilling in the Jonathans Pond Area. Noranda Exploration Company Limited. Report 2E/2 (0705)

SAMPLE LOCATIONS FOR TALC-CARBONATE (SOAPSTONE)

COLLECTED AT JONATHANS SECOND POND TRENCH

All coordinates using NAD 27

Sample # Easting Northing Material Description Suitability for carving

JP-001 677292 5439572 Fine grained massive, dark grey talc-carbonate yes

JP-002 677292 5439572 Fine grained massive, dark grey talc-carbonate yes

JP-003 677288 5439570 Fine grained massive, dark grey-green talc-carbonate yes

JP-004 677249 5439490 Medium grained red carbonate rich talc-carbonate Yes but requires diamond tools

JP-005 677246 5439488 Medium grained red carbonate rich talc-carbonate Yes but requires diamond tools