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By Jacques Houle, P.Eng. April 2015

BC MINFILE BC ARIS Assessment Reports BC MapPlace BC Mineral Deposit Profiles

Parksville Area Infrastructure

BCGS 2005 Geology

GSC 1 st Vertical Derivative Aeromagnetics

 2 Prospects  Both Cu+/-Ag Quartz Veins  11 Showings  5 Cu+/-Ag Quartz Veins  2 Cu Skarns  2 Porphyry Cu+/-Mo+/-Au  1 Limestone  1 Sub-Bituminous Coal  2 Syngenetic  1 Limestone  1 Sub-Bituminous Coal  11 Epigenetic  7 Cu+/-Ag Quartz Veins  2 Cu Skarns  2 Porphyry Cu+/-Au+/-Mo

BC Mineral Deposit Profiles

Co-genetic and Co-spatial Relationships! Current Erosional Level determines Deposit Depth!

MINFILE Clusters + Aeromagnetics

MINFILE Clusters + Geology

Diverse Geology 3 Sedimentary 1 Volcanic 3 Intrusive Varied & Early Stage Mineral Occurrences 2 Syngenetic – 2 Types 11 Epigenetic – 3 Types

1. Geology generalized but very useful 2. Aeromagnetics suggests underlying geology 3. BC MINFILE occurrence location data generally poor 4. BC Mineral Deposit Profile assignments may be incorrect 5. BC ARIS data must be reviewed for each MINFILE