EIGTH YEAR ASSESSMENT REPORT

OF

PROSPECTING

ON

LICENCE 008217M

SOUTHERN POND AREA NTS 12H/16

BY

NATHANIEL NOEL MSc.

FOR

E. MICHELE NOEL

MINERAL LICENCES: 008217M

WORK CONDUCTED: August 2009 TOTAL EXPENDITURES: 2047.00

TOTAL CLAIMS: 7

Table of Contents Page Summary 1 Introduction 2 Location and Access 2 Physiography 2 Property Summary and License Status 3 Previous Work 3 Geology 6 Regional Geology 6 Property Geology 6 Current Program 7 Work Done 7 Results 8 Conclusions and Recommendations 9 List of Expenditures 10 References 10 List of Figures Figure 1 Project Location Map 2 Figure 2 Claims Location Map 3 Figure 3 Virginite Occurrences on Baie Verte Peninsula 4 Figure 4 Mini Van sized boulder with saw cut exposing high grade virginite. 5 Figure 5 Property Geology 6 Figure 6 Slabbing and preparing blocks of carbonate-rich

Virginite using a 14 inch Norton “Clipper” overhead diamond saw . 7

Figure 7 Close up of carbonate-rich Virginite 8 Figure 8 Block of Silica-rich Virginite containing silica veins 9

SUMMARY Blocks of fuchsite bearing Virginite collected during the 2008 field season were cut and examined for carbonate/silica content in preparation for shipping a selection of blocks to distributors on the West Coast. All were found to be silica rich so the Six Mile Brook site was visited a second time to identify and collect some carbonate rich blocks. A small zone of carbonate rich material was located and sampled and several 50 kg blocks of the material taken to the studio of Nathaniel Thomas Noel. These were slabbed, examined and prepared for shipping. The samples were taken to Vancouver BC in January of 2010 and given to a stone distributor there. The intention was to identify if there are markets for this kind of material, either the silica rich or carbonate rich examples. A report on the results of the marketing tests will be included in the assessment report for the year coming.

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INTRODUCTION Location and Access The project area, which consists of 8 claims straddles the Baie Verte highway approximately 9 kilometers south of the Town of Baie Verte and 3 km ESE of Southern Pond. It is easily accessed by the Baie Verte Highway. (Figure 1 and 2)

Figure 1 Project Location Map

Physiography The claim block is bounded on its western edge by a high (150 meter relief) escarpment but drops dramatically on its eastern flank to a gentle slope. Drainage is fair-poor with the sloped area consisting mainly of small treed knobs surrounded by small areas of bogs or small ponds. The area is variably wooded with black spruce but in the vicinity of one of the virginite deposits there is an abundance of jack pine.

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Figure 2 Claims Location Map

Property Summary and License Status The property consists of 7 contiguous claims (Figure 2) previously owned by Nathaniel Noel which were staked in early September of 2001 with the license, 8217m, being issued on Oct 5, 2001 The ownership of the claims was transferred to Michele Noel in 2008. All claims are in good standing. Previous Work The area has been the subject of several exploration programs which were searching primarily for gold and base metals. This study focused primarily on the Virginite (fuchsite-carbonate-silica schist) which outcrops on the property and its potential as a material for use in the production of crafts and also its potential use as an ornamental stone.

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On the Baie Verte highway there are two known and notable occurrences of virginite (Figure 3). The first and best known outcrops at the northwestern end of Flatwater Pond and is henceforth referred to in this report as the Flatwater Pond Occurrence (FPO) This occurrence is listed in the Newfoundland Department of Mines Mineral Occurrence data and has been, in the past, the subject of some scrutiny for its potential as an ornamental stone. That occurrence is currently held by Jamie Meyers.

Figure 3 Virginite Occurences on Baie Verte Peninsula

The second occurrence, the subject of this study, which is located in the Six Mile Brook area and is henceforth referred to as SMB in this study, appears to have been overshadowed by its neighbor to the south, and largely ignored.

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In 1999 a limited project was carried out to assess the potential of the SMB virginite as a dimension/ornamental stone by a consortium made up of the brothers Gushue, Eugene Kenny of Kenny’s Marble Works, and John Hurley of Images in Slate Inc. Simply put, their conclusions were that the virginite in the SMB occurrence was unsuitable for use as a dimension stone due to its fractured nature and the fact that it appeared to be less dramatic in appearance and therefore have less appeal than the virginite at the FPO occurrence. Also, the sporadic occurrence of disseminated pyrite was considered to be detrimental. (Tim Gushue pers.comm.) The claims were allowed to lapse. In 2002 the property was again staked, this time by the author who conducted an examination and sampling of the two known virginite occurrences. Approximately 1.5 tons of material was brought back to St. John’s and tested for suitability for craft production. Preliminary results showed the material to be suitable for craft production and plans to test the material for ornamental use were then drawn up. In 2003 the site was visited again to test the suitability of two large minivan sized boulders (figure 4) located on the shore of a small pond next to the Baie Verte highway and examine the possibility of transporting them to a rock cutting facility. The boulders were “slashed” with a chop saw and found to consist of high grade and competent virginite however it was deemed unsuitable at the time to extract them. Work was also conducted to plan and prepare for a trenching and drilling program on the SMB occurrence.

Figure 4 Mini Van sized boulder with saw cut exposing high grade virginite.

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GEOLOGY Regional Geology The property actually straddles the boundary between the Humber and Dunnage Tectonic Zones which underlie most of the Baie Verte Peninsula. (Figure3 ) These two zones are separated by a major structural break/fault zone called the Baie Verte Line (BVL). The Humber Zone to the west of the BVL consists primarily of Cambro-Ordovician shelf facies sedimentary rocks and their metamorphic equivalents which may in part be underlain by Pre-Cambrian metamorphic rocks of Grenvillian age. The Dunnage zone on the east consists primarily of Ordovician-Silurian oceanic volcanic rocks and their derivatives and metamorphic equivalents. Property Geology The property is split into two halves by the Baie Verte Line (BVL) which runs NNE-SSW in this area. (Figure 5) The western half of the claim block is underlain by metamorphic rocks of the Birchy Complex and forms the high escarpment. It consists of greenschist and amphibolite, metasediments, and melange. The eastern half is underlain by mafic volcanic and volcanoclastic rocks of the Flatwater Pond Group. The virginite occurrences represent a thin sliver of altered ultramafics believed to have formed at the base of the Birchy Complex.

Figure 5 Property Geology

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CURRENT PROGRAM The current program consisted of slabbing and close examination of material collected previously from the SMB virginite site, and included a site visit with some additional sample collection and further slabbing. WORK DONE A total of 2 days were spent in the field and a half day spent cutting stone at the studio of Nathaniel Thomas Noel. The two days in the field were part of a larger field program conducted on the Baie Verte Peninsula in August 2009. One of those days was a travel day. Field work was conducted from an RV park in Bishops Falls. Two 50 kg blocks of Virginite possessing a relatively high carbonate content were collected using a chop saw and chisels as wedges, and taken to the studio of Nathaniel Thomas Noel. Samples collected were slabbed (figure 6) and examined. A number of small samples in the order of 5kg were prepared and packaged to be taken to a stone distributor in Vancouver BC. This was done in preparation for a large shipment of the material to be shipped in 2010. This material was transported as checked luggage and delivered while attending “Roundup 2010”.

Figure 6 Slabbing and preparing blocks of carbonate rich Virginite using a 14 inch

Norton "Clipper" overhead diamond saw.

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RESULTS Much of the material that had been sampled previously from the SMB virginite site was found to be silica rich and therefore extremely hard. Finding material that contained a significant amount of carbonate and less silica (figure 7) was a pleasant surprise. This material occurred as a small block or augen measuring approximately 1 meter across and was found to be comparable to the carbonate rich material described in previous reports from the Flatwater Pond Occurrence. Even the white veins (figure 7) were found to be primarily carbonate and contained only minor silica. The augen protruded from the side of a flooded trench and is possibly much larger. Stripping and trenching will be required to determine its extent.

Figure 7 Close up of carbonate rich Virginite.

Note the relatively even distribution of fuchsite in the green areas. The dark area in the lower right hand corner of the figure is only surficial and is caused by

abrasion of the diamond blade. (Finger in lower left for scale) While silica rich material is fine for craft purposes, and also contains vivid green coloration, the carbonate rich material would be more desirable as a sculptural stone since it would carve with less wear and tear on the sculpting tools. It would also be easier to polish. Also the silica rich material contains veins of pure silica (figure 8) which would make sculpting in such stone extremely difficult.

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Figure 8 Block of Silica rich Virginite containing silica veins.

CONCLUSIONS AND RECCOMENDATIONS

The discovery of additional carbonate hosted Virginite at the SMB virginite occurrence is significant and if more of the material is located suggests that the site hosts material which may be sought after for sculptural purposes as well as craft work. More stripping and excavator work will be required to determine how much of the material is present at the site and whether or not it is a mappable or minable unit. The results of the ongoing market test will be reported in the next assessment report. Should the results prove positive, a small bulk sample (ten tons) of the carbonate rich material should be collected and samples shipped to other interested stone distributors throughout North America. Following that, a small mining lease should be established to cover the occurrence.

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LIST OF EXPENDITURES

EXPENDITURES COST

Days Worked (2 days including travel to and from SMB @ 400.00/day) 800.00

Vehicle (gas and maintenance ) + Travel/ (2 days at 150.00/day) 300.00

Food and supplies (2 days at 40.00/day) 80.00

Sample Cutting ½ day 200.00

Administration and report writing (1 day) 400.00

Overhead @ 15% of 1780.00 267.00

Total 2047.00

REFERENCES: Noel N. First Year Assessment Report on the Six Mile Brook Virginite Occurences, Baie Verte Pennisnula Hibbard J. Geology of the Baie Verte Peninsula Map 82-2 Gushue, J. Gushue , T. Kennys Marble Works and Images in Slate. Assessment Report on prospecting for quarry materials exploration license in the Six Mile Brook area, on the Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland. Assessment file 12H/16/1569, 1999