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Mining & Mineral Exploration Northwest Ontario - Fall 2014

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Ministry of Northern Development and Mines

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Cover Photos

1 Diamond drilling at Premier Gold Mines Ltd.’s Hardrock Project.

2 Mineralized bedrock exposure on Tamaka Gold Corp.’s Goldlund Property.

3 Resident Geologist Program’s Red Lake District Geological Assistant, Syed Ali, examining a

sulphide zone on Sabina Gold and Silver Corp.’s Property, Skinner Township.

4 Steven Flank, Project Geologist with Transition Metals Corp., at the Fe-Ti-V-Mineralized Zone on

the Empire Lake Property, north of Upsala.

5 Blaine Webster, Goldeye Explorations Limited, examining channel sample, Weebigee Property, Sandy Lake.

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Definitions

Current - within previous or current calendar year

Producing Mine - underground or open pit operations that are currently in production

Major Exploration Project - site of current mineral exploration and/or development

Industrial Mineral Producer - open pit operations that are currently extracting dimension stone or industrial minerals in excess of 10 tons per year

Amethyst Producer - seasonal (May to October) open pit operations currently extracting material in excess of 1 ton per year

Identified Mineral Resource - site with historical resource estimates, it is not known if these estimates are in compliance with the reporting standards required by National Instrument 43-101

Notes

∗ Discrepancies may occur in this booklet for which the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines does not assume liability.

∗ This booklet is revised and released on an annual basis during the month of November. ∗ Parts of this booklet may be quoted if credit is given:

Unpublished booklet, Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, Mines and Minerals Division, Mining and Mineral Exploration - Northwest Ontario, 2014.

∗ Please direct enquiries with regard to this booklet to Gerry White at (807) 475-1334. ∗ Cette information est également disponible en français en communiquant avec Andreas

Lichtblau au numéro (807) 727-3272.

Abbreviations

CAMH - Canadian-American Mines Handbook Twp. - township CJ - The Chronicle-Journal $ - Canadian dollars NM - The Northern Miner US$ - American dollars CS - Canada Stockwatch M - million ddh - diamond drill hole(s) u/g - underground T - imperial ton(s) t - metric tonne(s) g/t - grams per tonne oz - troy ounces opT - ounces per ton lbs - pounds

Ag – silver Au – gold Co –cobalt Cu – copper Cr – chromium

Li – lithium Ni – nickel P – phosphorus Pb – lead Pd – palladium

PGE – platinum group elements Pt – platinum Rb – rubidium REE – rare earth elements Zn – zinc

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Staff of the Mines and Minerals Division - Northwest Ontario

Resident Geologist Program – Ontario Geological Survey

Suite 104, 810 Robertson Street, Kenora, ON P9N 4J2 (807) 468-2813 Fax (807) 468-2930

Craig Ravnaas....................Kenora District Geologist Joanne Wetendorf ..............Kenora District Geological Assistant

Box 324, 227 Howey Street, Red Lake, ON P0V 2M0 (807) 727-3272 Fax (807) 727-3553

Andreas Lichtblau..............Red Lake & Kenora Regional Resident Geologist Carmen Storey ...................Red Lake District Geologist Vacant ................................Red Lake District Geological Assistant

Suite B002, 435 James Street South, Thunder Bay, ON P7E 6S7 (807) 475-1331 Fax (807) 475-1112

Mark Smyk ........................Manager, Resident Geologist Program Northwest Ontario Gerry White .......................Thunder Bay North Regional Resident Geologist Robert Cundari...................Thunder Bay North District Geologist Mark Puumala....................Thunder Bay South Regional Resident Geologist Dorothy Campbell .............Thunder Bay South District Geologist Therese Pettigrew ..............Mineral Deposit Compilation Geoscientist, Northwest Ontario Stuart Dunlop.....................A/GIS Data Specialist, Northwest Ontario vacant.................................Aboriginal Geoscience Liaison Marcia Brunelle .................Thunder Bay District Geological Assistant Cheryl McDonald ..............Administrative Assistant, Northwest Ontario Rosey Pelaia.......................Administrative Assistant, Northwest Ontario vacant.................................Regional Land Use Geologist, Northwest Ontario

Mineral Development and Lands Branch

Suite B002, 435 James Street South, Thunder Bay, ON P7E 6S7 (807) 475-1123 Fax (807) 475-1112

Mike Grant ..........................Regional Supervisor, Exploration and Development Mark O’Brien......................Exploration and Development Consultant Neal Bennett........................Exploration and Development Consultant Bryce Barker .......................Exploration and Development Consultant Chris Bath ...........................Exploration and Development Consultant Andrew Kane ......................Exploration and Development Consultant Patrick Barnes .....................Exploration and Development Consultant vacant ..................................Mining Lands Consultant Rob Purdon .........................Mine Rehabilitation Specialist Nadine Dubois.....................Compliance Officer Brad Dragan ........................Inspection Officer Cailey Anderson..................Exploration Inspector Karen Allam........................Administrative Assistant

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Aboriginal Relations Branch Suite 332, 435 James Street South, Thunder Bay, ON P7E 6S7

(807) 475-1100 Fax (807) 475-1112 Melanie Mathieson..............Senior Aboriginal Liaison Officer

Ring of Fire Secretariat Suite 332, 435 James Street South, Thunder Bay, ON P7E 6S7

(807) 475-1778 Fax (807) 475-1120 Peter Hinz............................Senior Policy Advisor, Exploration and Mineral Development Cyndee Komar ....................Administrative Assistant Paul MacInnis .....................Aboriginal Liaison Officer Ryan Tuomi.........................A/Aboriginal Liaison Officer

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Gold Mines................................................................................................................................................... 1 Hemlo Deposit ...........................................................................................................................................................1 Mussewhite Mine ......................................................................................................................................................1 Red Lake Mines.........................................................................................................................................................2

Platinum Group Metal Mine...................................................................................................................... 3 Lac des Iles Mine.......................................................................................................................................................3

Industrial Mineral Producers .................................................................................................................... 4 Forgotten Lake and Second Mountain Quarry...........................................................................................................4 Red Deer Lake Quarry...............................................................................................................................................4 Redditt Quarry ...........................................................................................................................................................4 Vermilion Bay Quarry ...............................................................................................................................................4

Major Exploration Projects ....................................................................................................................... 5 Berens River Project ..................................................................................................................................................5 Bermuda Project ........................................................................................................................................................5 Blackbird Deposit ......................................................................................................................................................5 Black Horse (Koper Lake).........................................................................................................................................6 Black Thor Chromite Deposit....................................................................................................................................6 Brookbank Project .....................................................................................................................................................7 Bruce Channel Project – Red Lake Mines.................................................................................................................7 Burns Block Property ................................................................................................................................................8 Butler Property ..........................................................................................................................................................8 Cameron Lake Property.............................................................................................................................................8 Cat-Kay Property.......................................................................................................................................................9 Coldstream Gold Project............................................................................................................................................9 Crystal Lake Project (formerly Great Lakes Nickel Property) ..................................................................................9 Derlak Property..........................................................................................................................................................9 Eagle’s Nest Deposit ...............................................................................................................................................10 East Cedartree Property ...........................................................................................................................................10 Forester Lake ...........................................................................................................................................................10 Gaffney Patent Property ..........................................................................................................................................11 Goldlund Property ...................................................................................................................................................11 Goliath Project.........................................................................................................................................................11 Griffith Iron Mine Project........................................................................................................................................11 Hammond Reef Property .........................................................................................................................................12 Hardrock East Project ..............................................................................................................................................12 Hardrock Project......................................................................................................................................................13 Hemlo East Property................................................................................................................................................13 Ishkoday Property (formerly Sturgeon River Property) ..........................................................................................13 Junior Lake Property ...............................................................................................................................................14 Lingman Lake Property ...........................................................................................................................................14 Madsen Mine Property ............................................................................................................................................15 Marathon PGM-Copper Project...............................................................................................................................15 Marshall Lake Property ...........................................................................................................................................15 Moss Lake Project ...................................................................................................................................................16 Newman-Todd Property ..........................................................................................................................................16 North Madsen Property (Laverty Property) .............................................................................................................16 Northshore Project...................................................................................................................................................17 Other Properties – Red Lake Mines.........................................................................................................................17 PAK Rare Metals Property ......................................................................................................................................17 Phoenix Gold Project...............................................................................................................................................17 Pickle Crow Mine Property .....................................................................................................................................18 Rahill-Bonanza Property .........................................................................................................................................18 Red Lake Extension (RLX) .....................................................................................................................................18 Richardson Lake Gold Project.................................................................................................................................19 Richardson Township Project..................................................................................................................................19

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Ring of Fire Project .................................................................................................................................................20 Rowan Lake Joint Venture ......................................................................................................................................20 Separation Rapids Property .....................................................................................................................................20 Shebandowan Project...............................................................................................................................................21 Springpole Lake Property ........................................................................................................................................21 Sunday Lake Project ................................................................................................................................................22 Thierry Mine Property .............................................................................................................................................22 Thunder Bay North Project......................................................................................................................................23 Wabassi Property.....................................................................................................................................................23 Weebigee (Sandy Lake)...........................................................................................................................................24 Western Lake St. Joseph Property ...........................................................................................................................24

Amethyst Producers.................................................................................................................................. 25 Amethyst Mine Panorama .......................................................................................................................................25 Bills Old Amethyst Mine.........................................................................................................................................25 Blue Points Amethyst Mine.....................................................................................................................................25 Boulder Creek Amethyst Quarry .............................................................................................................................25 Canadian Shield Amethyst Mine .............................................................................................................................25 Purple Haze Mine ....................................................................................................................................................25 Windy Ridge Amethyst Quarry ...............................................................................................................................25

Identified Mineral Resources................................................................................................................... 26

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Gold Mines Mine Production Reserves Hemlo Deposit Barrick Gold Corporation P.O. Bag 11 Marathon, ON P0T 2E0 (807) 238-1041

General Manager – Andrew Baumen Chief Geologist - R. Barber

www.barrick.com

2013 - 3 428 000 tons @ 0.06 oz/ton for a total of 204 000 oz Au - total production to end of 2013: 80 243 631 t @ 5.51 g/t Au for a total of 14 226 898 oz Au (Barrick’s Fourth Quarter and Year End Mine Statistics- 2013)

2013 - Hemlo Deposit reserves and resources for year ended December 31, 2013: - Proven and Probable Reserves of 14 112 000 tons @ 0.072 oz/ton for a total of 1 019 000 oz Au - Measured and Indicated Resource of 58 253 000 tons @ 0.033 oz/ton for a total of 1 903 000 oz Au (Barrick’s Fourth Quarter and Year-End Mine Statistics- 2013)

- total workforce, including contractors, is 700 (Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal, January 24,2014)

Musselwhite Mine 2014 2013 Proven and Probable Reserves Goldcorp Inc. - gold production for the six month (as of December 31, 2013), were P.O. Box 7500 period ending June 30, 2014 totalled 8 985 900 t at a grade of 6.42 g/t Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6S8 142 700 oz Au (compared to 121 900 Au, representing 1.85 million (807) 928-2200 oz Au for the same period in 2013) ounces of contained gold. (807) 928-2067 FAX (Goldcorp Inc., Management’s

Discussion and Analysis, July 30, Measured and Indicated Resources (as of December 31, 2013) stood at

Mine General Manager – Bill Gascon 2014) 801 000 t at a grade of 5.59 g/t Au, Chief Geologist - Rohan Millar 2013

- produced 256 300 oz of gold from representing 143 800 ounces of contained gold. Inferred Resources

www.goldcorp.com 1 391 800 t milled tonnes at a grade stood at 4 730 000 t at a grade of

www.musselwhitemine.ca of 5.92 g/t Au (Goldcorp Inc., Management’s Discussion and Analysis, February 12, 2014) - from 1997 to 2012, 20 541 294 t of ore with an average grade of 5.67 g/t Au were mined and milled to produce 3 583 831 ounces of gold

5.65 g/t Au, representing 859 400 ounces of contained gold (R. Millar, Goldcorp Inc., personal communication, February 2014)

- the mine has approximately 560 employees (Goldcorp Inc., unpublished presentation, 2014)

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Mine Production Reserves Red Lake Mines Goldcorp Inc. Balmertown, ON P0V 1C0 (807) 735-2077

Mine Manager – Dan Gignac Chief Mine Geologist - Chris Osiowy

www.goldcorp.com

2014 -construction of the haulage drift from the Campbell Complex to the Bruce Channel Deposit is 90% complete: completion expected Q3 2014; Cochenour shaft completed to final depth of 1116m 2013 - produced 493 000 ounces of gold from both the Campbell and Red Lake Complexes (Goldcorp Inc., Management’s Discussion and Analysis, February 14, 2014) -rehab work on Cochenour Willans shaft for underground exploration of Bruce Channel deposit

2013 Proven and Probable Reserves (as of December 31, 2013), were 7 990 000 t at a grade of 9.94 g/t Au representing 2.55 million ounces of contained gold. Measured and Indicated Resources (as of December 31, 2013) stood at 4 590 000 t at a grade of 16.31 g/t Au, representing 2 410 000 ounces of contained gold, whereas inferred resources stood at 3 060 000 t at a grade of 17.64 g/t Au, representing 1 730 000 ounces of contained gold (Goldcorp Inc., Management’s Discussion and Analysis, February 14, 2014)

- total workforce, including contractors, is 1250 (Goldcorp Inc. web site www.goldcorp.com)

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Platinum Group Metal Mine Mine Production Reserves Lac des Iles Mine Lac des Iles Mines Ltd. / North American Palladium Ltd. P.O. Box 10547 Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6T9 (807) 448-2000 (mine site)

Mine Manager – Brad Corrigan Exploration Manager – Cameron McLean

www.napalladium.com

2013 - 2 048 082 t @ 2.8 g/t Pd for a total of 135 158 oz Pd, plus 10 222 oz Pt, 10 423 oz Au, 2 828 271 lb Cu, 1 437 311 lb Ni - Total production to end of 2013: 48 216 772 t for a total of 2 882 819 oz Pd, 228 446 oz Pt, 205 819 oz Au, 58 721 217 lb Cu, 33 358 149 lb Ni (North American Palladium Ltd., news release, March 21, 2014)

2013 - Proven and Probable Reserves as of December 31, 2013: 15 046 000 t grading 2.77 g/t Pd, 0.21 g/t Pt, 0.20 g/t Au, 0.06% Cu, 0.08 % Ni (includes 1 341 000 oz Pd) - Measured and Indicated Resource as of March 31, 2012: 57 732 000 t grading 2.08 g/t Pd, 0.21 g/t Pt, 0.15 g/t Au, 0.06% Cu, 0.08 % Ni (includes 3 857 000 oz Pd). (North American Palladium Ltd.,

news release, March 21, 2014)

- total workforce, including contractors, is 465 (Ontario Mining and Exploration Directory 2014, p.20)

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Industrial Mineral Producers Producer Commodities Production Forgotten Lake and Second Mountain - green and yellow porphyritic 2013 Quarry granite - 2054 m3 extracted Nelson Granite Ltd. 2012 P.O. Box 178 Vermilion Bay, ON P0V 2V0 (807) 227-2650

(Pine Green and Crystal Gold) - 3348 m3 extracted

www.nelsongranite.com 10 employees

Red Deer Lake Quarry - reddish brown porphyritic granite 2013 Nelson Granite Ltd. - 2012 m3 extracted P.O. Box 178 (Red Deer Brown or 2012 Vermilion Bay, ON P0V 2V0 (807) 227-2650

Canadian Mahogany) - 2380 m3 extracted

www.nelsongranite.com 4 employees

Redditt Quarry - white-pink porphyritic granite 2013 Nelson Granite Ltd. P.O. Box 178 Vermilion Bay, ON P0V 2V0 (807) 227-2650

(Bimini) - 770 m3 extracted

www.nelsongranite.com 6 employees

Vermilion Bay Quarry - pink granite 2013 Nelson Granite Ltd. -6665 m3 extracted P.O. Box 178 2012 Vermilion Bay, ON P0V 2V0 (807) 227-2650

-7171 m3 extracted

www.nelsongranite.com 22 employees

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Major Exploration Projects Project Development Mineral Resources Berens River Project Golden Share Mining Corp. 7-145 Riviera Drive Markham, ON L3R 5J6 (905) 968-1153

www.goldenshare.ca

2014 Lithogeochemical survey and geological mapping/prospecting (news release, Golden Share Mining Corp., August 20, 2014) 2013 -3 hole preliminary diamond drill program and surface sampling (news release, Golden Share Mining Corp., August 13, 2013) 2012 -NI 43-101 Technical Report on Berens River Property (news release, Golden Share Mining Corp., July 5, 2012)

- resource not delineated

gold/base metals

Bermuda Project Stillwater Canada Inc. 90 Peninsula Road P.O. Box 1508 Marathon, ON P0T 2E0

www.stillwatermining.com

2013 - diamond drilling and trenching 2012 - geological mapping

- resource not delineated

copper, nickel, PGE

Blackbird Deposit (Ring of Fire) Noront Resources Ltd. 105 Adelaide Street West Suite 1100 Toronto ON M5H 1P9 (416) 367-1444

www.norontresources.com

2013-2014 - continuing with infrastructure studies and environmental assessment activities 2012 - the company completed a second phase of diamond drilling which included 44 holes totalling 22,243 m at the Blackbird deposit (news release, Noront Resources Ltd., February 6, 2012)

NI 43-101-compliant resource:

- Measured and Indicated: 20.5 Mt @ 35.76% Cr2O3 - Inferred: 23.5 Mt @ 33.1% Cr2O3 (cut-off grade of 30% Cr2O3) (news release, Noront Resources Ltd., March 20, 2012)

chromite

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Major Exploration Projects Project Development Mineral Resources Black Horse (Koper Lake) 2014 NI 43-101-compliant resource: (Ring of Fire) - the companies completed a winter Bold Ventures Inc. drilling program consisting of 6 holes - Inferred: 77.2 Mt @ 35.1% Cr2O3

Suite 1000, 15 Toronto St. totalling 4645 m, hosting intervals up to (cut-off grade of 20% Cr2O3) Toronto, ON M5C 2E3 129 m @ 37.3% Cr2O3 (news release, KWG Resources Inc., (461) 864-1456 2013

- the companies carried out a drill June 3, 2014)

www.boldventuresinc.com program which resulted in ten drill holes totalling 6040.8 m (news release, Bold

Fancamp Exploration Ltd. Ventures Inc., July 23, 2013) 7290 Gray Ave. - a bulk sample totalling 1186 kg was Burnaby, BC V5J 3Z2 taken from two holes drilled by Fancamp (604) 434-8829 in 2010. The metallurgical testing proved

www.fancampexplorationltd.ca that the Black Horse chromite ore smelts readily and produces a high grade alloy

KWG Resources Inc. 1000-141 Adelaide St. W. Toronto, ON M5H 3L5

with low Cr values in the discarded slag material (news release, KWG Resources Inc., August 14, 2013)

(416) 646-1374

www.kwgresources.com chromite

Black Thor Chromite Deposit 2014 - Measured and Indicated: 137.7 Mt @ (Ring of Fire) - Financial problems have forced the 31.5% Cr2O3 Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. company to focus on its core US iron and (cut-off grade of 20% Cr2O3) 200 Public Square, Suite 3300 coal assests and to consider the sale of its (Annual Report, Cliffs Natural Cleveland, OH Ring of Fire chromite properties Resources Inc., February 14, 2014) 44114-2544 USA - Both KWG Resources and Noront

Resources have expressed an interest in www.cliffsnaturalresources.com purchasing the properties

2013 - Cliffs’ completed 2500 m of geotechnical drilling in early fall (Personal Communication, Cliffs Chromite Ontario Inc., July, 2013) -Cliffs suspends all environmental and technical operations by years end with no restart date (news release, Cliffs Natural Resources Inc., November 20, 2013) chromite

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Major Exploration Projects Project Development Mineral Resources Brookbank Project Premier Gold Mines Limited 401-1113 Jade Court Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6M7 (807) 346-1390

www.premiergoldmines.com

2014 - Premier released a Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA), NI 43-101 Technical Report for the Hardrock and Brookbank deposits (news release, Premier Gold Mines Ltd., March 13 2014) 2013 - Premier continued its Preliminary Economic Assessment at Brookbank (news release, Premier Gold Mines Ltd., July 30, 2013)

NI 43-101-compliant resource estimate:

Open pit: - Measured and Indicated: 2.64 Mt @ 2.02 g/t Au (171 000 oz Au) - Inferred: 0.717 Mt @ 2.38 g/t Au (13 000 oz Au)

Underground: - Measured and Indicated: 1.85 Mt @ 7.21 g/t Au (429 000 oz Au) - Inferred: 0.403 Mt @ 4.02 g/t Au (53 000 oz Au) (Premier Gold Mines Ltd., news release, December 19, 2012)

gold

Bruce Channel Project – Red Lake Mines Goldcorp Inc. Balmertown, ON P0V 1C0 (807) 735-2077

Mine Manager – Dan Gignac Chief Mine Geologist - Chris Osiowy

www.goldcorp.com

2014 Haulage drift 90% complete; underground exploration of the Bruce Channel deposit with up to 9 drills. First development ore is expected in the 4th quarter of 2014 (www.goldcorp.com) with full p roduction in the 3 quarter of 2015 (Goldcorp Inc. Second Quarter Report June 30, 2014) 2013 Project is continuing but some noncritical path capital expenditures for 2013 and 2014 have been deferred due to lower gold prices. This is not expected to delay production start-up (Goldcorp Inc. news release, July 25, 2013)

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- inferred resources 9.05 Mt at 11.18g/t Au (Goldcorp Inc. Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the Year ended December 31, 2013)

Anticipated yearly production 225 000 to 250 000 ounces Au

gold

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(news release, MacDonald

Major Exploration Projects Project Development Mineral Resources Burns Block Property 2014 - Western and East Burns – Intrepid Bayfield Ventures Corp. - majority of diamond drill program zones Resource Estimate (cut-off 2230 – 885 West Georgia conducted on Burns Block property grades: open-pit 0.35 g/t AuEq and Vancouver, BC V6C 3E8 targeted the East Burns-Intrepid underground 2.50 g/t AuEq) (604) 687-3376 mineralized gold-silver zone

- released a technical report on property Open Pit Category above 500m: www.bayfieldventures.com presenting an initial mineral resource

estimate Indicated: 1,253,000 t @ 1.0 g/t Au, 14.7 g/t Ag Inferred: 79,000 t @ 7.9 g/t Au, 37.0 g/t Ag

Underground Category: below 500m: Indicated: 2,788,000 t @ 1.2 g/t Au, 14.4 g/t Ag Inferred: 195,000 t @ 7.4 g/t Au, 43.0 g/t Ag (Bayfield Ventures Corp., press release, January 14, 2014)

gold

Butler Property (Ring of Fire) MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd. 141 Adelaide Street West, Suite 520 Toronto ON M5H 3L5 (416) 364-4986

www.macdonaldmines.com

2014 - a diamond drilling program on the Butler 3 property is pending 2013 - completed a 4 hole drilling program in Spring targeting the Butler 3 and Butler 4 prospectsMines Exploration Ltd., August 7, 2013) - completed a ground EM survey in the fall of 2013

- resource not delineated

copper-zinc-vanadium, nickel-PGE

Cameron Lake Property Chalice Gold Mines Ltd. GPO Box 2890 Perth WA 6001 Level 2, 1292 Hay Street West Perth, Western Australia 6005 (618) 9322-3960

www.chalicegold.com

2013-2014 - acquired the property, including the Cameron gold deposit, from Coventry Resources Limited - continue to evaluate the economic potential of Cameron Lake and other gold deposits on their holdings

Open Pit Category (cut-off 0.5 g/t Au) Measured: 2,872,000 t @ 2.30 g/t Au Indicated: 5,417,000 t @ 1.76 g/t Au Inferred: 881,000 t @ 2.07 g/t Au

Underground Category (cut-off 1.75 g/t Au) Measured: 157,000 t @ 2.77 g/t Au Indicated: 559,000 t @ 3.23 g/t Au Inferred: 5,709,000 t @ 2.78 g/t Au (Chalice Gold Mines Ltd., press release, July 28,2014)

gold

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Major Exploration Projects Project Development Mineral Resources Cat-Kay Property NuVision Resources ULC 8838 Jamaca Ave North Stillwater, Minnesota USA 55082 (651) 762-9033

2014 - initiated exploration project, including mapping, stripping SGH analysis and diamond drilling test gold-VMS potential

- resource not delineated

gold

Coldstream Gold Project Canoe Mining Ventures Corp. 277 Lakeshore Road East, Suite 403, Oakville, ON L6J 6J3

www.canoemining.com/

2014 - property acquired by Canoe Mining Ventures Corp. (new release, Canoe Mining Ventures Corp., October 21, 2014) 2013 - geological compilation program completed (news release, Foundation Resources Inc., August 22, 2013)

NI 43-101-compliant resource estimate:

Osmani Deposit (formerly known as East Coldstream Deposit) (cut-off grade of 0.4 g/t Au) - Indicated: 3.5 Mt @ 0.85g/t Au for a total of 96 400 oz Au - Inferred: 30.5 Mt @ 0.78g/t Au for a total of 763 276 oz Au (Foundation Resources Inc., news release, September 20, 2011)

gold

Crystal Lake Project (formerly 2014 - resource not delineated Great Lakes Nickel Property) - diamond drilling program completed Rio Tinto Exploration Canada Ltd. Great Lakes Nickel Deposit Historical 354-200 Granville Street Indicated Resource: 45.6 Mt @ Vancouver, B.C. V6C 1S4 0.344% Cu, 0.183% Ni; Pt & Pd

values (CMH, 2002-2003, p.197)

copper-nickel-PGE

Derlak Property Orefinders Resources Inc. 110 - 2300 Carrington Road West Kelowna, BC V4Y 2N6 (205) 707-0911

www.orefinders.ca

2014 -surface prospecting 2013 -completed 3 hole diamond drilling program 2012 -released NI 43-101 technical report -Quantec Titan 24/DC/IP/MT survey

- resource not delineated

gold

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Major Exploration Projects Project Development Mineral Resources Eagle’s Nest Deposit (Ring of Fire) Noront Resources Ltd. 105 Adelaide Street West Suite 1100 Toronto, ON M5H 1P9 (416) 367-1444

www.norontresources.com

2014 - Noront has purchased Cliffs Natural Resources McFaulds Lake exploration camp adjacent to Noront’s existing Esker camp which will be used as a construction base for the development of its Eagle’s Nest mine (news release, Noront Resources Ltd., May 2014) - the company continued with infrastructure studies related to mine development and environmental assessment activities on the property (news release, Noront Resources Ltd., September 26, 2014) - a diamond drilling program on Noront’s Ring of Fire properties is pending 2013 - the company released a coordinated Federal/Provincial EIS and EA report for the Eagle’s Nest Cu-Ni-PGE project and confirmed their commitment to an east-west transportation corridor

NI 43-101-compliant resource estimate:

- Reserves (Proven & Probable): 11.131 Mt @ 1.68% Ni, 0.87% Cu, 0.89 g/t Pt, 3.09 g/t Pd and 0.18 g/t Au - Inferred: 8.966 Mt @ 1.10% Ni, 1.14% Cu, 1.16 g/t Pt, 3.49 g/t Pd and 0.30 g/t Au (CAMH 2013–2014, p.325)

nickel-copper-PGE

East Cedartree Property Metalore Resources Ltd. RR #1 Vittoria, ON N0E 1W0 (519) 428-2464

www.metaloreresources.com

2014 - completed a diamond drilling program to test gold-copper potential of the Sunfish Grid and evaluate gold potential of East Cedartree gold deposit

East Cedartree gold deposit: Resources Estimate (cut-off 1.0 g/t Au) Indicated: 434 505 t @ 3.91 g/t Au Inferred: 294 155 t @ 3.21 g/t Au (Metalore Resources Ltd., press release, March 14, 2012)

gold

Forester Lake Parkside Resources Corp. 141 Adelaide Street West Suite 1220 Toronto, ON M5H 3L5 (416) 862-1500

www.parksideresources.com

2014 - Parkside did not conduct any work on the property during the year 2013 - completed a diamond drill program totalling 1200 m over nine holes - targets were identified from the compilation of data from over 8200 m of core from 78 historical holes in addition to ground magnetic data and geological and structural knowledge from Musselwhite Mine (news release, Parkside Resources Inc., July 24, 2013)

- resources not delineated

gold

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Major Exploration Projects Project Development Mineral Resources Gaffney Patent Property Manitou Gold Inc. 957 Cambrian Heights Drive, Suite 101 Sudbury, ON P3C 5S5 (705) 222-8800

www.manitougold.com

2014 - acquired the property and initiated an exploration program to evaluate the gold potential

- resource not delineated

gold

Goldlund Property 2014 Goldlund Deposit Reserve Estimate : Tamaka Gold Corporation - continued to examine gold potential of (cut-off 0.5 g/t Au) 401 Bay Street, Suite 2702 the Goldlund Deposit Measured and Indicated: 19.0 Mt @ The Simpson Tower - completed a 24-hole diamond drilling 1.30 g/t Au for 791,000 oz Au Toronto, ON M5H 2Y4 program Inferred: 42.5 Mt @ 0.78 g/t Au for (416) 477-1047 1,070,000 oz Au

(Tamaka Gold Corp., technical report, www.tamakagold.com Dec. 5, 2013)

gold

Goliath Project Treasury Metals Inc. The Exchange Tower 130 King Street West, Suite 3680 Toronto, ON M5X 1B1 (416) 214-4654

www.treasurymetals.com

2014 - continued diamond drilling program targeting mainly the Main and C zones of the Thunder Lake Deposit - initiated Federal Environment Assessment permitting – drafting Environmental Impact Statement

Thunder Lake Deposit resource estimate: Resources Estimates: (both surface and underground): Indicated: 9.14 Mt @ 2.6 g/t Au Inferred: 15.9 Mt @ 1.7 g/t Au (Treasury Metals Inc., press release, Nov. 9, 2011) -bulk sampling: 428 oz Au and 1161 oz Ag from 2365 t (Corona Gold, 1999 Annual Report)

gold

Griffith Iron Mine Project Northern Iron Corp. Unit 1051 - 409 Granville Street Vancouver, BC V6C 1T2 (604) 566-8570

www.northernironcorp.com

2014 -signed agreement with Danieli Centro Metallics to be technology partner and engineering supplier (news release, Northern Iron Corp., May 7, 2014) 2013 - work on project halted company looking for strategic partner (news release, Northern Iron Corp., May 30, 2013)

- resource not delineated

Historical resource: 120 Mt @ 29% Fe (Shklanka, R. 1970, Geology of the Bruce Lake Area, ODM, Report 82)

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(news release,

Major Exploration Projects Project Development Mineral Resources Hammond Reef Property Yamana Gold Inc. 200 Bay Street Royal Bank Plaza, North Tower Suite 2200 Toronto, ON M5J 2J3

www.yamana.com

Agnico Eagle Mines Limited 145 King Street East, Suite 400 Toronto, ON M5C 2Y7 416) 947-1212

www.agnicoeagle.com

2014 -Yamana Gold Inc. & Agnico Eagle Mines Limited now each own 50% of Osisko’s assets 2013 - working on environmental studies in support of the project Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) (Osisko Hammond Reef Gold community news brief, August 1, 2013)

NI 43-101-compliant resource estimates:

Global resource: - Measured and Indicated: 196.4 Mt grading 0.86 g/t Au, for a total of 5 430 000 oz Au (0.50 g/t Au lower cut­off) - Inferred: 75.7 Mt grading 0.72 g/t Au, for a total of 1 750 000 oz Au (0.50 g/t Au lower cut-off)

In-pit resource: - Measured and Indicated: 229.5 Mt grading 0.72 g/t Au, for a total of 5 310 000 oz Au (0.32 g/t Au lower cut­off) - Inferred: 13.3 Mt grading 0.65 g/t Au, for a total of 280 000 oz Au (0.32 g/t Au lower cut-off) (news release, Osisko Mining Corporation, January 28, 2013)

gold

Hardrock East Project Goldstream Minerals Ltd. 155 University, Suite 1920 Toronto, ON M5H 3B7 (416) 309-4299

www.goldstreamminerals.com

2014 - no work was conducted on property due to lack of funds 2013 - completed a winter exploration program on the Milestone deposit, the Pagwachuan Lake property and the Klotz Lake property including IP on all three targets and diamond drilling at Milestone (four holes totalling 911 m)Goldstream Exploration Ltd., June 4, 2013) - Detailed geological mapping, prospecting, stripping and Soil Gas Hydrocarbon (SGH) surveys were conducted at Grid 2, the Lucky Grid, the KLMS grid and the Titan (news release, Goldstream Exploration Inc., September 9, 2013)

- resources not delineated

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Major Exploration Projects Project Development Mineral Resources Hardrock Project Premier Gold Mines Limited 401-1113 Jade Court Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6M7 (807) 346-1390

www.premiergoldmines.com

2014 - company has completed 30,250 m of diamond drilling (Sept. 2014) as part of a 60,000 m program designed to upgrade Inferred portion of the Open Pit resources to Indicated and continue definition drilling to upgrade overall resources (personal communication, Premier Gold Mines Ltd., September 30, 2014) 2013 - completed 136,600 m of diamond drilling in 296 holes using 8 drill rigs through most of the year - drilling within the open pit area was designed to upgrade current resources as well as test the extensions of several horizons, specifically the SP and F Zone lenses. -Discovery of North Wall Zone within 250 m of surface (Open Pit Resource area) with assay highlights of 29.2 g/t Au over 11.0 m and 80.57 g/t Au over 4.5 m - also identified the new Bankfield West Open Pit target 10 km west of Hardrock (news release, Premier Gold Mines Ltd., July 30, 2013) - work also continued on the Preliminary Economic Assessment

NI 43-101-compliant resource estimate (open pit + underground):

- Indicated: 89.04 Mt @ 1.70 g/t Au representing 4.87 M oz Au - Inferred: 23.15 Mt @ 3.69 g/t Au representing 2.74 M oz Au (Premier Gold Mines Ltd., news release, July 8, 2014)

gold

Hemlo East Property 2013 - Upper Anomalous Zone (UAZ) -MetalCorp Ltd. - completed a 5 hole diamond drilling resource not delineated 659 Maureen Street program on the Gouda Lake Zone (GLZ) - GLZ - historical resource estimate is Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6T2 (news release, February 27, 2013) 253,000 t @ 4.1 g/t Au (NON- 43­

101- compliant) www.metalcorp.ca

UAZ – gold GLZ - gold, silver, lead , zinc

Ishkoday Property (formerly Sturgeon River Property) Laurion Mineral Exploration Inc. Bay Adelaide Centre 2900-333 Bay St., PO Box 2900 Toronto, ON M5H 2T4 (705) 788-9186

www.laurion.ca

2014 - completed a 1533 m diamond drilling program in 8 holes. Assay highlights included: 27.8 g/t Au, 13.1 g/t Ag, 1.21% Zn and 0.16% Cu over 1.8 m 2013 - completed prospecting and sampling along 3 km section of main northeast-trending structure hosting Gold and Base Metal min. - Tehya, Loki and River zones.

NI 43-101-compliant resource estimate:

- Indicated (low-grade stockpile) 144,070 t @ 1.59 g/t Au (7,383 oz Au) - Indicated (tailings) 137,501 t @ 0.67 g/t Au (2,944 oz Au) (news release, Laurion Mineral Exploration Inc., June 12, 2013)

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Major Exploration Projects Project Development Mineral Resources Junior Lake Property 2014 NI 43-101-compliant resource Landore Resources Inc. - Landore completed a 3D IP and estimates: 55 Central Ave. Magnetotellurics geophysical survey over Thunder Bay ON P7B 5R5 the B4-7 and VW Nickel trends (news VW Deposit: (807) 623-3770 release, Landore Resources Inc., March

24, 2014). Results identified nine - Indicated: 3.73 Mt @ 0.49% Ni (@ 0.25% Ni cut-off)

www.landore.com significant new zones of potential Ni-Cu mineralization along a 10 km strike ranging from 400 m to 1200 m in length. - a diamond drilling program consisting of 4,201 m in 16 holes was completed from the B4-7 deposit eastward for 1500 m (news release, Landore Resources Inc., August 19, 2014) 2013 - the company completed 12,916 m of diamond drilling in 28 holes between October 2012 and March 2013. The program was initiated to test mineralization within the Scorpion Zone immediately west of the B4-7 deposit - a formal evaluation of the B4-7 deposit indicates that the Alpha zone portion of the deposit is amenable to open-pit methods (Alpha zone consists of 49,000 t at 0.24% Ni, 0.08% Cu, 0.02% Co, 0.16 g/t Pt, 0.94 g/t Pd and 0.01 g/t Au) - a ground EM MaxMin, VLF and Magnetic geophysical survey was also completed in December (news release, Landore Resources Inc., April 23, 2014)

- Inferred: 0.72 Mt @ 0.72% Ni (@ 0.25% Ni cut-off) (Landore Resources Limited, Annual Report, 2011)

B4-7 Deposit: - Indicated: 2.695 Mt @ 0.70% Ni, 0.46% Cu, 0.07% Co, 0.14 g/t Pt, 0.55 g/t Pd, 0.03 g/t Au (1.24% Ni Eq) (Landore Resources Inc., news release, January 17, 2013)

copper, nickel, PGE

Lingman Lake Property 2014 - resource not delineated Signature Resources Ltd. NI 43-101-compliant technical report on - historical inferred resource estimate 25 Adelaide St East, Suite the Lingman Lake Property (news release is 1 172 753 t @ 0.20 opt Au in all 1103Toronto ON M5C 1T6 January 29, 2014) zones at 5.0 foot minimum width (cut­(705) 445 0184 2013

Acquired the Lingman Lake Property and off grade of 0.08 opt Au)

http://www.signatureresources.ca/ an option to acquire the 12 claim East Lingman Property (Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the period ending October 31, 2013. February 26, 2014). gold

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Major Exploration Projects Project Development Mineral Resources Madsen Mine Property Pure Gold Mining Inc. 1900 – 1055 West Hastings Street Vancouver, BC V6E 2E9 (604) 646-8000

www.puregoldmining.ca

2014 -property purchased by Pure Gold Mining Inc. (formerly Laurentian Goldfield Ltd.) from Claude Resources Inc. -revised NI 43-101-compliant report -9000 m surface diamond drilling program 2013 -underground drilling continued -scoping study -temporary suspension of activities

NI 43-101-compliant resource estimate:

- Indicated: 3.236 Mt @ 8.93 g/t Au (928 000 oz Au) - Inferred: 788 000 t of 11.74 g/t Au (297 000 oz Au) (CAMH, 2012-2013, p. 168)

gold

Marathon PGM-Copper Project Stillwater Canada Inc. / Mitsubishi Corporation 90 Peninsula Road P.O. Box 1508 Marathon, ON P0T 2E0

www.stillwatermining.com

http://www.marathonpgmproject.co m/

2014 - final feasibility study and updated economic assessment completed - Environmental Assessment Joint Panel Review suspended due to the current unfavourable market conditions - total project expenditures of $4-6 million projected for 2014 (news release, Stillwater Mining Company, September 2, 2014)

NI 43-101-compliant resource estimate:

Proven and probable reserves; 91.45 Mt grading 0.832 g/t Pd, 0.237 g/t Pt, 0.085 g/t Au, 0.247% Cu and 1.44 g/t Ag for a total of 3.4 Moz of PGM + Au, 4.23 M oz Ag and 496 M lbs Cu. (CAMH 2012-2013 pg. 639)

palladium, platinum, copper, gold

Marshall Lake Property Rainy Mountain Royalty Corp. / Marshall Lake Mining PLC / White Tiger Mining Corporation 402-905 Pender St. W. Vancouver, BC V6C 1L6 (604) 681-1909

www.rmroyalty.com

www.whitetigermining.com

2014 - updated 3D modelling for RM Zone has identified a new potential base metal target aprox. 120 m below surface (news release, White Tiger Mining Corp. , August 25, 2014) 2013 - work continued on the RM Zone focusing on developing a 3D model for the RM zone encompassing copper grade shells, metal ratios, alteration, IP chargeability isosurfaces and geology (news release, Rainy Mountain Royalty Corp., May 1, 2013)

- historical resource (N.W.T. Copper Mines Ltd.): 2.211 MT @ 1.22% Cu, 4.2% Zn, 2.45 opT Ag, 0.012 opT Au (CAMH 2006-2007, p.305)

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Major Exploration Projects Project Development Mineral Resources Moss Lake Project Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. King Street East Suite 1305, Toronto, ON. M5C 1B5 (416) 360-3743

Moss Lake Gold Mines Ltd. 8 King Street East, Suite 1305 Toronto, ON M5C 1B5 (416) 360-3743

http://mosslakegold.com/

2014 -Moss Lake Gold Mines now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. 2013 - completed compilation of historic geological information to develop new structure/alteration-based geological model of Moss Lake Gold Deposit - published revised NI 43-101 mineral resource estimate (news release, February 20, 2013) - filed preliminary economic assessment report (news release, September 9, 2013)

NI 43-101-compliant resource:

Indicated: 39 795 000 t grading 1.1 g/t for a total of 1 377 300 oz. Inferred: 50 364 000 t grading 1.1 g/t for a total of 1 751 600 oz. (news release, Feb. 20, 2013)

gold

Newman-Todd Property Redstar Gold Corp. / Confederation Minerals Ltd. Redstar Gold Corp Suite 615 800 West Pender Street Vancouver, BC V6C 2V6 (604) 488-0051

www.redstargold.com

Confederation Minerals Ltd. Suite 1980, 1075 West Georgia St. Vancouver, BC (604) 652-3950

www.confederationmineralsltd.com

2014 Preliminary Economic Assessment completed (Confederation Minerals Ltd., news release, October 23, 2014) 2013 -continued drilling to date; 7.05 g/t Au over 6.0 m in hole NT-155 (Confederation Minerals Ltd., news release, Sept. 20, 2013) -PEA initiated

-total Indicated Resources 6.4Mt @ 1.35 g/t Au for 277 000 ounces Au -total Inferred Resources 7.63Mt @ 1.35 g/t Au for 332 000 ounces Au (Confederation Minerals Ltd., news release, Sept. 20, 2013)

gold

North Madsen Property (Laverty Property) Mega Precious Metals Inc. 401 - 1113 Jade Court Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6M7 (807) 766-3380

www.megapmi.com

2014 -revised NI 43-101-compliant report, limited surface exploration 2012 - 5000 m diamond drilling program - preliminary metallurgical testing

NI 43-10-compliant resource estimate:

- Measured and Indicated: 22 958 910 t @ 1.20 g/t Au (888 752 oz Au) - Inferred: 10 138 000 t @1.18 g/t (383 936 oz Au) (Technical Report and Updated Resource Estimation North Madsen Property, Red Lake Ontario prepared for Mega Precious Metals Inc. January 2, 2014)

gold

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Major Exploration Projects Project Development Mineral Resources Northshore Project GTA Resources and Mining Inc. / Balmoral Resources Inc. 855 Brant Street Burlington, ON L7R 2J6

www.gtaresources.com

www.balmoralresources.com

2014 -released a NI 43-101-compliant mineral resource estimate for the Afric zone 2011-2013 - GTA completed 47 drill holes for over 10 000 m

Afric Zone: -Indicated: 12,360,000 t grading 0.99 g/t Au for 391,000 oz Au -Inferred: 29,580,000 t grading 0.87 g/t Au for 824,000 oz Au (cutoff grade of 0.50 g/t Au) (GTA Resources and Mining Inc., news release, June 10, 2014)

gold

Other Properties – Red Lake Mines Goldcorp Inc. Balmertown, ON P0V 1C0 (807) 735-2077

Mine Manager – Dan Gignac Chief Mine Geologist - Chris Osiowy

www.goldcorp.com

2014 Surface diamond drilling on the H. G. Young with high-grade intersections identified. H.G. Young can be developed from the Campbell Complex infrastructure; rehabilitation of the Campbell Complex 14 Level and 21 Level will commence in the third quarter of 2014 to enable underground drilling; underground exploration from existing infrastructure continued to focus on the NXT zone, the R zone and FW zone, where numerous economic intersections have been encountered.

- resource not delineated

gold

PAK Rare Metals Property Houston Lake Mining Inc. 2736 Belisle Drive Val Caron, ON P3N 1B3 (705) 897-7622

www.houstonlakemining.com

2014 -7 hole, 1500m diamond drilling program -returned 1.16% Li2O over 202 m (news release, Houston Lake Mining Inc., September 24, 2014) 2013 -6-hole, 3000 m drill program -returned 1.22% Li2O, 111 ppm Ta2O5 and 64 ppm Nb2O5 (news release, Houston Lake Mining Inc., July 2, 2013)

-resources not delineated

rare metals

Phoenix Gold Project Rubicon Minerals Corporation 1540 - 800 West Pender Street Vancouver, BC V6C 2V6 (604) 623-3333

www.rubiconminerals.com

2014 - continued underground and surface work - 38 000 m infill underground diamond drill program - gold production projected by mid-2015 (news releases, Rubicon Minerals Corporation, September 8 and 25, 2014) 2013 -continued shaft deepening, u/g development and mill construction -PEA completed (news release, Rubicon Minerals Corporation, August 9, 2013)

Updated NI 43-101-compliant resource estimate (news release, Rubicon Minerals Corporation, August 9, 2013):

- Indicated: 4.12Mt @ 8.52 g/t Au (1.1M ounces Au) - Inferred: 7.45 Mt @ 9.26 g/t Au (2.2M ounces Au)

gold

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Major Exploration Projects Project Development Mineral Resources Pickle Crow Mine Property PC Gold Inc. 304-555 Legget Drive, Tower A Kanata, ON K2K 2X3 (613) 271-2105

www.pcgold.ca

2014 - the company completed a 21-hole, 4026 m diamond drilling program targeting the near-surface locations of the No. 22 and No. 23 veins (highlights included 10.60 g/t Au over 5.55 m in hole PC-14-283). 62 holes, totaling 11,167 m, have now been drilled, targeting the No. 22 and No. 23 veins (news release, PC Gold Inc., July 22, 2014) 2013 - Key initiatives looking forward include dewatering the mine, rehabilitation of Shaft #1 and 50,000 m of drilling from underground in addition to surface exploration of the No. 22 and No. 23 veins. The estimated budget for the exploration program is $28 million (Management’s Discussion and Analysis, PC Gold Inc., September 16, 2013)

NI 43-101-compliant resource estimate:

- Inferred: 10.15 Mt @ 3.9 g/t Au (1 262 000 oz Au) (CAMH, 2012–2013, p.517)

gold

Rahill-Bonanza Property Premier Gold Mines Ltd. & Goldcorp Inc. 401-1113 Jade Court Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6M7 (807) 346-1390

www.premiergoldmines.com

2014 Property continues to be evaluated (Goldcorp is operator) 2013 -high speed haulage drift being excavated by Goldcorp Inc. [see Bruce Channel Project-Red Lake Gold Mines, this report] transected the property -continued underground drilling by Goldcorp Inc. reported 13.05 g/t Au over 0.6 m (Premier Gold Mines Ltd., news release, June 27, 2013)

NI 43-101-compliant resource estimate:

- Inferred: 1 589 287 t @ 7.6 g/t Au (cut-of grade of 5.1 g/t Au) (388 839 oz Au) (CAMH, 2012-2013, p. 535)

gold

Red Lake Extension (RLX) Tri Origin Exploration Ltd. 3 Centre Street, Suite 206 Markham, ON L3P 3P9 (905) 294-9942 (905) 727 1779

www.triorigin.com

2014 -continued evaluation of data and defining exploration targets (Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the period ending June 30, 2014. September 30, 2014). 2013 -winter 6-hole, 818 m, drilling program -Osisko option terminated (news release, Tri Origin Exploration Ltd., October 17, 2013)

- resource not delineated

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Major Exploration Projects Project Development Mineral Resources Richardson Lake Gold Project 2014 - resource not delineated Aurcrest Gold Inc. 1600m diamond drilling program (news 67 Yonge St, Suite 808 release, Aurcrest Gold Inc., August 18, Toronto ON M5E 1J8 2014); assays up to 15.48 g/t Au (news

release, Aurcrest Gold Inc., September www.aurcrestgold.com 25, 2014)

2012 -winter 8-hole, 1613 m drilling program -discovery of new gold zone assaying 1.83 g/t Au over 15.0 m, including 7.4 g/t Au over 3.0 m, in hole RL-12-07 (news release, Aurcrest Gold Inc., April 30, 2012) gold

Richardson Township Project 2014 NI 43-101-compliant Resource New Gold Inc. - New Gold Inc. acquired the property Estimate all zones at Rainy River Suite 1800 – Two Bentall Centre from Rainy River Resources Ltd. Deposit including Intrepid zone: 555 Burrard Street, Box 212 Vancouver BC V7X 1M9 (604) 696-4100

www.newgold.com

- released a revised positive Feasibility Study - continued Federal Environment Assessment and Provincial Individual Environmental Assessment process on Rainy River gold-silver deposits

Total Combined for Deposits Open Pit: cut-off 3.0 g/t AuEq; Underground: cut-off 2.5 g/t AuEq Measured and Indicated: 177.361 Mt @ 1.09 g/t Au, 2.57 g/t Ag

- continued diamond drilling program on property

Inferred: 20.655 Mt @ 1.16 g/t Au, 2.58 g/t Ag (New Gold Inc., press release, January 16, 2014)

34 Zone: Indicated Resource *: (cut-off 0.35 g/t Au) 145 000 t @ 0.66 g/t Au, 0.26 g/t Pt, 0.67 g/t Pd, 3,477 ppm Ni, 2,414 ppm Cu (Hardie et al., Feasibility Study on Rainy River Deposit May, 2013)

Silver Zone: Indicated Resource *: (cut-off 0.35 AuEq) 1,535,000 t @ 0.41 g/t Au, 25.03 g/t Ag (Hardie et al., Feasibility Study on Rainy River Deposit May, 2013)

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Major Exploration Projects Project Development Mineral Resources Ring of Fire Project 2014 - resources not delineated (Ring of Fire) - the company did not conduct any work Bold Ventures Inc. on their various claim groups as part of Suite 1000, 15 Toronto St. the Ring of Fire Project. All activity in Toronto, ON M5C 2E3 2014 was focused on the Koper Lake (416) 864-1456 Project and the Black Horse chromite

deposit with partner KWG Resource Inc. www.boldventuresinc.com 2013

- VTEM survey was conducted in Rencore Resources Ltd. September and October of 2012 covering

Dundee Resources Ltd. 896 line km over five discrete survey blocks generating 13 priority targets - staked 26 claims totalling 414 units north and west of the main Ring of Fire area to cover anomalous electromagnetic and magnetic survey results (Area 57 – Area 63) (news release, Bold Ventures Inc., January 10, 2013) - commenced a helicopter borne VTEM to provide more detail over previously surveyed claim blocks as well as to explore new areas that have not been surveyed (news release, Bold Ventures Inc., September 12, 2013) copper, nickel, PGE

Rowan Lake Joint Venture 2014 - historical resource: 10 900 t of 0.657 West Red Lake Gold Mines Inc. -data review and planning future drilling opt Au ($23.00 a ton at $35.00 per (formerly Hy-Lake Gold Inc.) program (West Red Lake Gold Mines Inc. ounce) 65 Queen Street West, Suite 520 Management’s Discussion and Analysis - joint venture with Goldcorp Red Toronto, ON M5H 2M5 for the period ending June 30, 2014) Lake Gold Mines (416) 203-9181 2012-2013

-winter 8-hole, 3283 m drilling program, www.westredlakegold.com 95.9 g/t Au over 2.0 m in hole RLG-13­

02 (news release,West Red Lake Gold Mines Inc., April 12, 2013) gold

Separation Rapids Property Avalon Rare Metals Inc. Suite 1901 – 130 Adelaide Street West Toronto, ON M5H 3P5 (416) 364-5162

www.avalonraremetals.com

2014 - test work completed on a representative sample collected from Big Whopper deposit - evaluating possibility of establishing a production facility to conduct additional evaluation of larger samples from the deposit

Big Whopper Deposit resource estimate: Indicated 8.9 Mt and Inferred 2.7 Mt both 1.34% Li2O and 0.30 Rb2O (CAMH, 2000-2001)

rare metals; petalite

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Major Exploration Projects Project Development Mineral Resources Shebandowan Project Golden Share Mining Corporation 145 Riviera Dr. Unit 7 Markham, ON L3R 5J6

www.goldenshare.ca

2014 - staked 8 additional claim units north of the Band Ore Deposit over coincident VLF-EM and gold in humus (0.78 g/t) anomalies 2013 - geological sampling

NI 43-101-compliant resource estimate:

Pistol Lake JF West Zone: - Inferred: - at 1.00 g/t cut off: 2 857 200 t @ 1.64 g/t Au for a total of 150 699 ounces Au - at 2.00 g/t cut off: 851 000 t @ 2.62 g/t Au for a total of 71 700 ounces Au (news release, Golden Share Mining Corporation, October 4, 2011)

Band Ore Swamp River Deposit: - Historical resource estimate: - 251 271 oz Au within 2 principal zones - Main Zone: 706 000 t @ 6.86 g/t Au. - # 4 Zone: 616 000 t @ 4.83 g/t Au (news release, Golden Share Mining Corporation, October 4, 2011)

gold

Springpole Lake Property Gold Canyon Resources Inc. 810 - 609 Granville Street PO Box 10356 Pacific Centre Vancouver, BC V7Y 1G5 (604) 682-3234

www.goldcanyon.ca

2014 -completed environmental studies on access corridor for trail to Springpole Lake (news release, Gold Canyon Resources Inc., May 7, 2014). 2013 -PEA completed (news release, Gold Canyon Resources Inc., May 6, 2013) -continued land & barge drilling 2012 - 50 000m diamond drilling planned for 2012 and an updated NI 43-101­compliant resource estimate (news releases, Gold Canyon Resources Inc., February 27,and April 10, 2012)

NI 43-101-compliant resource estimate, open pit scenario:

- Indicated 128.2 Mt @ 1.07 g/t Au and 5.7 g/t Ag (4 410 000 oz Au, 23 800 000 oz Ag) - Inferred: 25.7 Mt @ 0.83 g/t Au and 3.2 g/t Ag (690 000 oz Au, 2 700 000 oz Ag) (cut-off grade of 0.4 g/t Au) (CAMH, 2012-2013, p. 291)

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Major Exploration Projects Project Development Mineral Resources Sunday Lake Project 2014 - Resource not delineated Transition Metals Corp. - completed a 5 hole 2550 m diamond 410 Falconbridge Road drilling program Sudbury, ON P3A 4S4 - 15 m intersection from ddh SL-14-003 Tel: 705-669-1777 assayed 1.80 g/t Pt, 0.92 g/t Pt, 0.22% Cu

and 0.09% Ni (news release, Transition www.transitionmetalscorp.com Metals Corp., June 4, 2014)

2013 Impala Platinum Holdings Limited - geological mapping, ground gravity, 2 Fricker Road magnetic and electromagnetic surveys Illovo 2196, South Africa and a 6 hole 2546 m diamond drilling Tel: +27 11 731-9000 program

www.implats.co.za - 20.2 m intersection from ddh SL-13-002 assayed 2.11 g/t Pt, 0.95 g/t Pd, 0.26% Cu and 0.11% Ni (news release, Transition Metals Corp., January 27, 2014) copper-nickel-PGE

Thierry Mine Property 2014 NI 43-101-compliant resource Cadillac Ventures Inc. - Activities were limited to ongoing estimates: 181 Bay Street, Suite 2840 environmental monitoring, care and Toronto, ON M5J 2J3 maintenance of the Thierry mine site. K1-1 satellite deposit (Open Pit): Tel: (416) 203-7722 2013

- exploration activities were focused on - Inferred: 51.044 Mt @ 0.31% Ni, 0.08% Cu, 1.5 g/t Ag

www.cadillacventures.com the K1-1 deposit and included an 8-hole, 2200 m diamond drilling program. A prospecting and mapping program was also completed (news release, Cadillac Ventures Inc., May 31, 2013) - the company conducted Scoping Level Flotation work on two 35 kg mini-bulk samples of Cu-Ni-PGE ore collected from the K1-1 deposit. The in-pit sample returned 0.52% Cu, 0.11% Ni, 0.31 g/t Pt+Pd+Au and 2.6 g/t Ag, while the outside-pit sample returned 0.46% Cu, 0.092% Ni, 0.60 g/t Pt+Pd+Au and 2.0 g/t Ag (news release, Cadillac Ventures Inc., October 21, 2013)

(CAMH, 2012–2013, p.129)

Main deposit (Underground): - Measured and Indicated: 8.131 Mt @ 1.46% Cu, 0.18% Ni, 3.7 g/t Ag - Inferred: 11.507 Mt @ 1.46% Cu, 0.18% Ni, 3.7 g/t Ag (CAMH, 2012–2013, p.129)

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Major Exploration Projects Project Development Mineral Resources Thunder Bay North Project 2014 NI 43-101-compliant resource Panoramic PGMs (Canada) Limited -Earn-in/Joint Venture review with Rio estimate: 1004 Alloy Drive Tinto Exploration Canada Inc. Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6A5 2013

-Continued review of Mineral Resource Open Pit - Indicated: 8.64 Mt @ 1.04 g/t Pt,

panoramicresources.com and Preliminary Economic Assessment 0.98 g/t Pd, 0.25% Cu, 0.18% Ni (news release, Magma Metals Limited, February 7, 2012)

Underground - Indicated: 1.369 Mt @ 1.65 g/t Pt, 1.54 g/t Pd, 0.43% Cu, 0.24% Ni (news release, Magma Metals Limited, February 23, 2012)

copper, nickel, PGE

Wabassi Property Discovery Harbour Resources Corp. (51%) and Great Lakes Resources LLC (49%)

Discovery Harbour Resources Corp. Suite 1400 – 1111 W. Georgia St. Vancouver, BC V6E 4M3 (604) 689-1799

www.discoveryharbour.com

Great Lakes Resources LLC

2014 - the company announced that the most significant results from its 2013 fall exploration program were obtained at Anomaly “E” which returned 14.22 m of 4.88% Zn, 0.6% Cu, 18.9 g/t Ag and 0.183 g/t Au in hole 13WA-43. Down Hole EM surveys also identified a number of off-hole anomalies which display sufficient size and intensity to warrant follow-up drill testing (News Release, Discovery Harbour Resources Inc., January 15, 2014) 2013 - A two-phase drilling program commenced in March. Phase one was comprised of nine holes totalling 2,889 m (news release, Discovery Harbour Resources Corp., June 25, 2013). Phase two totalled six holes totalling 1,878 m in addition to down-hole electromagnetic and gravity surveys on nine holes (news release, Northern Shield Resources Inc., August 21, 2013) - the company completed a $1.5 million fall exploration program on the Wabassi project. Work included line-cutting, ground and bore-hole EM surveys and a 7-hole 2,881 m of drilling (News Release, Discovery Harbour Resources Inc., January 15, 2014)

- resource not delineated

copper, zinc, silver

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Major Exploration Projects Project Development Mineral Resources Weebigee (Sandy Lake) Goldeye Explorations Ltd. 100 West Beaver Creek Road Unit 2 Richmond Hill, ON L4B 1H4 (905) 886-2538

www.goldeye.ca

2014 2219 m, 23 hole diamond drilling program (Goldeye Explorations Ltd., news release, April 9, 2014) 2013 Exploration agreement with Sandy Lake First Nation Surface exploration work (mapping, line cutting, IP and magnetic surveys, channel sampling) (Goldeye Explorations Ltd., news releases, September 26 and November 18, 2013)

- resource not delineated

gold

Western Lake St. Joseph Property Rockex Mining Corporation 580 New Vickers St. Thunder Bay, ON P7G 1J3 (807) 623-2626

www.rockexmining.com

2014 - Rockex conducted studies related to the processing of iron ore into a Hot Briquetted Iron (HBI) product using natural gas. This high grade (90 to 94% Fe) product would command a premium price over the growing demand for scrap metal and give them a competitive advantage related to the future development of the Eagle Island deposit. 2013 - Rockex Mining Corp. released a positive Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) for the Eagle Island iron project. Highlights include the production of 6 Mt of iron concentrate per year at a grade of 66.3% Fe. The life of the mine is estimated at 30 years (news release, Rockex Ltd., June 10, 2013)

NI 43-101-compliant resource estimate:

- Indicated: 1,287 Mt @ 28.39% Fe - Inferred: 108 Mt @ 31.03% Fe (NI 43-101 Technical Report, Rockex Mining Corp., October 11, 2013)

iron

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Amethyst Producers Producer Products General Information Amethyst Mine Panorama - specimens McTavish Twp. Steve & Tim Lukinuk - decorative stone 400 Victoria Avenue East - landscaping stone Tourist Attraction Thunder Bay, ON P7C 1A5 - slabbing & tumbling stone - pick-your-own site (807) 622-6908 - jewellery, giftware, carvings - mine tours www.amethystmine.com - faceted gem stones Bills Old Amethyst Mine Zack Hasler # 5 Road North Pearl, ON P0T 2M0 www.facebook.com/billsoldamethys tmine

- specimens - cluster specimens - decorative stone - landscaping stone

McTavish Twp.

Tourist Attraction - pick-your-own site

Blue Points Amethyst Mine Lyndon Swanson # 5 Road North Pearl, ON P0T 2M0 (218) 226-3147 (winter) [email protected] - email

- specimens - decorative stone - aquarium stone

McTavish Twp.

Tourist Attraction - pick-your-own site

Boulder Creek Amethyst Quarry Chuck Anderson 27 Third Street Nipigon, ON P0T 2J0 (807) 887-2615

- specimens - giftware

McTavish Twp.

Canadian Shield Amethyst Mine Jerry Blakely PO Box 584 Nipigon, ON P0T 2J0 (807) 887-3677

- specimens - decorative stone - landscaping stone

McTavish Twp.

Purple Haze Mine Michael & Sandra Grieve 22 Knight Street Thunder Bay, ON P7A 5M2 (807) 345-6444 www.purplehazeamethyst.com

- specimens - giftware - jewellery - landscaping stone - decorative stone

North of MacGregor Twp.

Windy Ridge Amethyst Quarry Larry Kowtuski 71 Stover Street South Norwich, ON (519) 588-3205 (519) 468-6802 – fax www.windyridgeamethyst.ca

- specimens - giftware - garden rock

North of MacGregor Twp.

McTavish Twp.

Note: these producers are licensed or permitted under the Aggregate Resources Act

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Identified Mineral Resources Name/NTS Commodity Tonnage-Grade Status

Abino (52N/04SW)

Au Total Granodiorite Zone: drill-indicated tonnage of 405 162 t @ 0.203 opt Au from three sub-zones (AF (McClean 1976))

Inactive

Aiken-Russet (52K/13NW)

Au 102 555 t @ 0.22 opt Au (AF (Kuryliw 1967))

Inactive

Alcourt (52N/04SW)

Au Reserves: 20 000 t @ 0.45 opt Au No. 1 vein: 17 000 t @ 0.2429 opt Au (AF (Tilsley 1981))

Inactive

Anderson Lake (52A/10NE)

Mo 1.346 Mt (grade not stated) (Lindsay Explorations Prospectus, June 19, 1959)

Active

Angel Hill Zone (52F/05SW)

Au Inferred Resource: 106 400 t @ 2.97 g/t Au (Houston Lake Mining, press release, Oct. 20, 2005)

Active

Annco Mine (52N/04SW)

Au 50 000 t "Excellent Grade" (0.35 opt Au?) (Energy Mines and Resources Canada (1989))

Inactive

Ardeen Mine (52B/10SW)

Au Inferred Resource: 1 082 939 t @ 14.4 g/t Au (uncut) (CAMH, 2002-2003, p. 335)

Active, Rehab - partial

Arseno Lake (53B/14NE)

Zn, Pb, Cu, Ag 920 000 t @ 8.7% Zn+Pb, 1.5 opt Ag (CAMH, 2006–2007, p.157)

Inactive

Atikokan Iron Mine (52B/14SW)

Fe, Cu 12 Mt @ 35% Fe, 0.040% Cu (The Northern Miner, October 26, 1972)

Inactive

Aumacho (Brink) (42E/05SW)

Li 855 475 t @ 1.633% Li2O (GR 31, p.64 (1965))

Active

Bad Vermilion Lake (52C/10NW)

Fe, Ti, V Reserves: 1.2 Mt at 15% Ti02 and 45% Fe. Potential for 177 800 t of titanium sponge (The Northern Miner, August 15, 1985)

Active

Barton Bay (42E/10NW)

Fe 500 Mt (grade ~ 25.2% Fe) (Resident Geologist’s files, Thunder Bay North District)

Inactive

Bathurst Mine (52N/07SW)

Au 80 000 t @ 0.587 opt Au (Energy Mines and Resources Canada (1989))

Inactive

Bear Head Uranium Prospect (52C/13SE)

U 978 810 t @ 0.06% U3O8 to 500 feet (MDC 25 (Robertson and Gould 1983))

Inactive

Bending Lake (52F/08SE)

Fe 245.5 Mt @ 28.19 % Fe Mineral Resource (% Magnetite) Indicated: 185.2 Mt @ 29.59% Inferred: 151.4 Mt @ 30.38% (Bending Lake Ore Corporation, personal communication 2012)

Inactive

Berens River Mine (Golsil, Zahavy) (53C/13SE)

Au, Ag, Pb, Zn No. 1 Zone: 75 000 t @ 0.1-0.2 opt Au, 4.0-5.0 opt Ag; No. 3 Zone: 713 249 t @ 0.249 opt Au, 4.83 t opt Ag, 0.67% Pb, 1.03% Zn 268 964 @ 0.287 opt Au, 4.73 opt Ag, 1.05% Pb, 1.37% Zn (inferred to 750 metre level ) (AF (Bevan 1983))

Active, Rehab. - Partial

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Identified Mineral Resources Name/NTS Commodity Tonnage-Grade Status

Big Daddy (Ring of Fire) (43D16/SE)

Cr NI 43-101-compliant resource estimate: Measured and Indicated: 29.1 Mt @ 31.7% Cr2O3 Inferred: 3.4 Mt @ 28.1% Cr2O3 (cut-off grade of 20% Cr2O3) (NI 43-101 Technical Report, KWG Resources Inc., May 29, 2014)

Inactive

Big Master (52F/07NE)

Au, Ag Reserves (proven and probable): 123,000 t @ 0.30 opt Au and Indicated: 600,000 t @ 0.22 opt Au (CMH, 1989-1998, p. 92)

Active

Big Trout Lake (53H12/SW)

Pt, Pd, Cr Conceptual model of 140,000,000 t @ approx. 8.4% Cr2O3 (Platinex Inc., 2006 Qualifying Report, November 24, 2006)

Inactive

Big Whopper (52L/07SE)

Petalite, Li, Rb, Ta

Indicated 8.9 Mt and Inferred 2.7 Mt both 1.34% Li2O and 0.30 Rb2O (CAMH, 2000-2001)

Active

Blackbird (Ring of Fire) (43D09/NW)

Cr Measured and Indicated Resource: 20.5 Mt @ 35.76% Cr2O3 Inferred Resource: 23.5 Mt @ 33.1% Cr2O3 (cut-off grade of 30% Cr2O3) (NI 43-101-compliant) (Noront Resources Ltd., news release, March 20, 2012)

Inactive

Black Creek (Ring of Fire) (43D16/SE)

Cr Measured and Indicated Resource: 8.645 Mt @ 37.41% Cr2O3 Inferred Resource: 1.61 Mt @ 37.78% Cr2O3 (NI 43-101-compliant) (CAMH, 2013–2014, p.368)

Inactive

Black Horse (Ring of Fire) (43D16/SW)

Cr Inferred Resource: 77.2 Mt @ 25.1% Cr2O3 (cut-off grade of 20% Cr2O3) (NI 43-101-compliant) (KWG Resources Inc., news release, June 3, 2014)

Active

Black Label (Ring of Fire) (43D16/SE)

Cr Measured and Indicated: 5.4 Mt @ 25.3% Cr2O3 (cut-off grade of 20% Cr2O3) (Cliffs Natural Resources Inc., Annual Report, February 14, 2014)

Inactive

Black Thor (Ring of Fire) (43D16/SE)

Cr Measured and Indicated: 137.7 Mt @ 31.5% Cr2O3 (cut-off grade of 20% Cr2O3) (Cliffs Natural Resources Inc., Annual Report, February 14, 2014)

Active

Bluffy Lake (52K/14SE)

Fe 21 Mt at 22.86% Fe (Prelim. Map P.1199 (Breaks et al. 1976))

Inactive

Bonanza Deposit (52N/04SW)

Au Inferred Resource: 2 283 000 t of 6.98 g/t Au (NI 43-101-compliant) (Premier Gold Mines Ltd., news release, February 6, 2008)

Active

Borland Lake (53D/16NE)

Ag, Au 502 412 t @ 8.09 opt Ag and 0.02 opt Au (Massive Resources Ltd., Preliminary Prospectus, August 6, 1987)

Inactive

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Identified Mineral Resources Name/NTS Commodity Tonnage-Grade Status

Brookbank (42E/12NW)

Au Open pit: Measured and Indicated Resource: 2.64 Mt @ 2.02 g/t Au (171 000 oz Au) Inferred: 0.717 Mt @ 2.38 g/t Au (13 000 oz Au) Underground: Measured and Indicated Resource: 1.85 Mt @ 7.21 g/t Au (429 000 oz Au) Inferred Resource: 0.403 Mt @ 4.02 g/t Au (53 000 oz Au) (NI 43-101-compliant) (Premier Gold Mines Ltd., news release, December 19, 2012)

Inactive

Buffalo Red Lake (52N/04SW)

Au 421 728 t @ 0.139 opt Au drill-indicated in 1980 (AF (Kita 1988))

Inactive, Rehab. - Partial

Burns Block (52D16 SE)

Au, Ag Resource Estimate at Western and East Burns ­Intrepid zones * (cut-off grades: open-pit 0.35 g/t AuEq and underground 2.50 g/t AuEq) Open Pit Category above 500m: Indicated: 1,253,000 @ 1.0 g/t Au, 14.7 g/t Ag Inferred: 79,000 @ 7.9 g/t Au, 37.0 g/t Ag Underground Category: below 500m: Indicated: 2,788,000 @ 1.2 g/t Au, 14.4 g/t Ag Inferred: 195,000 @ 7.4 g/t Au, 43.0 g/t Ag (Bayfield Ventures Corp., press release, January 14, 2014)

Active

Cameron Lake (52F/05SE)

Au Resource Estimate: Open Pit Category (cut-off 0.5 g/t Au) Measured: 2,872,000 t @ 2.30 g/t Au Indicated: 5,417,000 t @ 1.76 g/t Au Inferred: 881,000 t @ 2.07 g/t Au Underground Category (cut-off 1.75 g/t Au) Measured: 157,000 t @ 2.77 g/t Au Indicated: 559,000 t @ 3.23 g/t Au Inferred: 5,709,000 t @ 2.78 g/t Au (Chalice Gold Mines Ltd., press release, July 28,2014)

Active

Cates Prospect (52F/13SE)

Zn, Ag Zone: 2700 m by 12m by 60 m Reserves: 5.83 Mt @ 0.5% Zn and 0.5 opt Ag (Kenora assessment file 52F/13SE B-1 to B-6 Rio Algom)

Inactive

Cedar Island and Eastern Extension (52E/10SW)

Au Indicated: 1 Mt @ 4.18 g/t Au Inferred: 3.050 Mt @ 3.25 g/t Au (Everton Resources Inc., press release, Feb. 4, 2010)

Inactive

Central Onaman Range (42L/03NW)

Fe 200 Mt @ ca. 30% Fe (MDC 11, p.407)

Inactive

Chrome Lake Mine (52H/14NW)

Cr2O3 "E" Zone: 25 000 t @ 12% Cr2O "A" Zone: 1 Mt @ 7% Cr2O3 "G" Zone: 1.5 Mt @ 2.3% Cr2O3 (OFR 5889, 1994, p.41-42)

Active

Cochenour Willans Mine (52N/04SW)

Au Proven and Probable: 173 000 t @ 0.51 opt Au, Possible Reserves: 274 000 t @ 0.59 opt Au (NM - Dec. 12, 1994, p.7)

Active, Rehab. - Partial

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Identified Mineral Resources Name/NTS Commodity Tonnage-Grade Status

Coco-Estelle (42E/03SW)

Au 53 700 t @ 10.7 g/t (OFR 5951 p.806)

Active

Cole Gold Mine (52M/01SE)

Au 119 780 t @ 0.41 opt Au Probable and Indicated (AF (Wilton 1973))

Inactive

Consolidated Marcus (52N/04SW)

Au 60 000 t @ 0.18 opt Au (Energy Mines and Resources Canada (1989))

Active

Copper Lode A – Rexdale Group (52K/15NW)

Cu, Ag 236 424 t @ 1.94% Cu, 1.22 opt Ag or 425 612 t @ 1.56% Cu, 0.98 opt Ag or 854 007 t @ 1.01% Cu, 0.57 opt Ag (AF (Archibald 1970), MP 152 (Atkinson, Parker and Storey 1991))

Inactive

Copper-Lode D (52K/15NW)

Cu, Zn 36 000 t @ 0.26% Cu, 7.58% Zn (AF (MacDougall 1996))

Inactive

Copper-Lode E (52K/15NW)

Zn, Cu, Ag 160 000 t @ 8.28% Zn, 1.02% Cu, 0.39 opt Ag (AF (Archibald 1970))

Inactive

Coubran Lake (42D/16NW)

Cu, Fe, Ti, P 60 Mt @ 0.2% Cu, 27% Fe, 5% Ti, 5% P; plus 32 Mt @ 0.3% Cu, 23% Fe, 0.02% Ni, 2.48% Ti, 0.36% P (AF (Bell and Bell 1991; Newmont Mining Corporation of Canada Ltd. (CMH 2002-03))

Active

Dead Horse Creek North (42D/15SE)

Pb, Zn, Ag, REE

14 000 t @ 1.45% Pb, 7.28% Zn, 8.27 opt Ag (OFR 5951 p.586)

Inactive

Dead Horse Creek South (42D/15SE)

Pb, Zn, Ag, REE

35 000 tons @ 19.87% Pb, 9.08% Zn, 27.65 opt Ag in Zone 1. 36,000 tons in Zone 2 (grade not reported). (MRC 12, p.304)

Inactive

Dixie 18 Prospect (52K/14NW)

Zn 110 000 t @ 0.5% Cu, 12.5% Zn, 0.57 opt Ag (AF (King and Petrie 1998))

Inactive

Dixie 3 Prospect (52K/14NW)

Cu, Zn 91 000 t @ 10.0% Zn, 1.0% Cu (AF (MacDougall 1995))

Inactive

Dixie Creek (52K/13SE)

Au 417 000 t @ 0.12 opt Au (MDIR)

Inactive

Dobie Deposit (52C/12NW)

Cu-Ni 5.0 Mt @ 0.28% Cu and 0.24 % Ni (Kenora assessment file 52C/12NW B-3)

Inactive

Dobie Zone (52O/06NE)

Au 301 000 t @ 5.5 g/t Au (OFR 5869, p.161-162)

Active

Dogpaw (52F/05SW)

Au Resource Estimate (cut-off 0.5 g/t Au): Indicated: 259 000 t @ 2.99 g/t Au Inferred: 158 000 t @ 2.71 g/t Au (Coventry Resources Inc., press release, May 14 2013)

Active

Doran Lake (52J/15NE)

Fe 171 Mt @ 22.3% magnetic Fe; 205 Mt @ 16.7% magnetic Fe (MDC 11, p.450)

Inactive

Dorion Mine (52A/15SE)

Pb, Zn Maximum of 35 000 t @ 10% Pb (Andowan Mines Ltd. prospectus, March 30, 1957)

Inactive

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Identified Mineral Resources Name/NTS Commodity Tonnage-Grade Status

Dubenski (52F/05SW)

Au Resource Estimate (cut-off 1.0 g/t Au) Indicated: 806 000 t @ 2.28 g/t Au Inferred: 392 000 t @ 1.44 g/t Au (Coventry Resources Inc., press release, December 9, 2013)

Active

Duport Mine (52E/11SE)

Au Indicated Reserves: 424 000 tonnes at 13.4 g/t Au. Inferred Reserves: 387 000 tonnes at 10.7 g/t Au. (Halo Resources Ltd., press release, Aug. 19, 2005)

Inactive

Eagle Island (52J/14NE)

Fe Indicated Resource: 1,287 Mt @ 28.39% Fe Inferred Resource: 108 Mt @ 31.03 % Fe (NI 43­101-compliant) (NI 43-101 Technical Report, Rockex Mining Corp., October 11, 2013)

Active

Eagle’s Nest (43D09/NW)

Ni, Cu, PGE, Au

Reserves (Proven and Probable: 11.13 Mt @ 1.68% Ni, 0.87% Cu, 0.89 g/t Pt, 3.09 g/t Pd and 0.18 g/t Au Inferred Resource: 8.966 Mt @ 1.10% Ni, 1.14% Cu, 1.16 g/t Pt, 3.49 g/t Pd and 0.30 g/t Au (NI 43-101-compliant) (CAMH, 2013–2014, p.325)

Active

East Cedartree (52F05SW)

Au Resources Estimate * (cut-off 1.0 g/t Au) Indicated: 434 505 t @ 3.91 g/t Au Inferred: 294 155 t @ 3.21 g/t Au (Metalore Resources Ltd., press release, March 14, 2012)

Active

Eva Township (52H/09NE)

Fe, P A.L. 414: 3.5 Mt @ 33.5% Fe, 0.118% P to 600 foot depth A.L. 416: 5 Mt @ 30% Fe (MDC 11, p.378)

Inactive

Fern Elizabeth Mine (52B/13SE)

Au 250 000 t @ 4.57 g/t Au (CMH, 1998-1999, p.309)

Active

F-Group (52G/14SE)

Cu, Zn, Pb, Ag Reserves (Dec/82): 0.20 Mt @ 8.20% Zn, 0.80% Cu, 0.60% Pb, 1.80 opt Ag (CMH 1982–1983, p.254 Noranda)

Inactive

Garnet Lake (52K/15NW)

Zn, Cu, Ag, Au Indicated Resource: 2 071 000 t @ 5.92% Zn, 0.75% Cu, 0.58 g/t Au, 21.1 g/t Ag, average 34.6 g/t In (3% Zn equivalent cut-off) Inferred Resource: 120 552 t @ 2.60% Zn, 0.56% Cu, 0.40 g/t Au and 18.6 g/t Ag (3% Zn equivalent cut-off) (NI 43-101-compliant) (Carter (2007))

Inactive

GAZ (52N/04NE)

Au Inferred Resource: 1.4 Mt @ 8.0 g/t Au (NI 43-101­compliant) (Wolfden Resources Inc., news release, February 23, 2005)

Inactive

Geordie Lake (42D/16SW)

Cu, Ag, Pd Measured and Indicated Mineral Resource 32.42 Mt @ 0.61 g/t Pd, 0.04 g/t Pt, 0.05 g/t Au, 2.93 g/t Ag, 0.37 % Cu for 641 000 oz Pd, 39 510 oz Pt, 49 700 oz Au, 3 057 800 Ag, 263 670 000 lbs Cu (Marathon PGM Corporation, news release, May 4, 2010)

Active

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Identified Mineral Resources Name/NTS Commodity Tonnage-Grade Status

Georgia Lake (Nama Creek Main Zone North, Conway, Line 60, Nama Creek Main Zone Southwest, Harricana) (52H/8NE)

Li Indicated Resource: 3.19 Mt @1.10% Li2O Inferred Resource: 6.31 Mt @ 1.00% Li2O (NI 43-101-compliant) (Rock Tech Lithium Inc., news release, September 10, 2012)

Active

Gold Eagle Mine (52N/04SW)

Au 309 000 t @ 16.67 g/t Au (western Discovery Zone) (NI 43-101-compliant) (Pressacco (2004))

Active

Goldlund Mine (52F/16NW)

Au Reserve Estimate *: (cut-off 0.5 g/t Au) Measured and Indicated: 19.0 Mt @ 1.30 g/t Au for 791,000 oz Au Inferred: 42.5 Mt @ 0.78 g/t Au for 1,070,000 oz Au (Tamaka Gold Corp., technical report, Dec. 5, 2013)

Active

Gordon Lake Mine (52L/07NW)

Cu, Ni, PGE Reserves: 170 420 t @ 0.85% Ni and 0.35% Cu (OFR 5975, Parker 1989, p.121)

Inactive

Goss Lake (Frond Lake) (52P09/SW)

Au 271 000 t @ 5.10 g/t Au (Landore Resources Limited, Annual Report, 2011)

Active

Grassett Prospect (52N/02SE)

Au 78 295 t @ 0.22 opt Au (Part of the Hill-Sloan-Tivy Vein) (Energy Mines and Resources Canada (1989))

Inactive

Great Lakes Nickel (52A/4SE)

Cu, Ni, PGE Historical Indicated Resource: 45.6 Mt @ 0.344% Cu, 0.183% Ni; Pt & Pd values (CMH, 2002-2003, p.197)

Active

Griffith Mine (52K/14SW)

Fe 120 Mt @ 29% Fe (GR 82 (Shklanka 1970))

Active

Hammond Reef (52B/14NW)

Au NI 43-101-compliant Resource Estimate: In-Pit Resource (cut-off grade 0.32 g/t) Measured: 175.3 Mt @ 0.75 g/t Au for a total 4.25 M oz. Indicated: 54.1 M t @ 0.61 g/t Au for a total of 1.06 M oz. (Osisko Mining Corporation, news release, January 31, 2013)

Active

Hardrock (42E/10NW)

Au NI 43-101-compliant resource estimate (open pit + underground): Indicated: 89.04 Mt @ 1.70 g/t Au representing 4.87 M oz Au Inferred: 23.15 Mt @ 3.69 G/t Au representing 2.74 M oz Au (Premier Gold Mines Ltd., news release, July 8, 2014)

Active

Hasaga Mine (52N/04SW)

Au C Block (below 1800 feet): 200 203 t @ 0.192 opt Au, Stopes: 41 430 tons @ 0.104 opt Au, Pillars: 6 365 tons @ 0.134 opt Au (GR 56 (Ferguson 1968))

Inactive

Headway Coulee (42L/04SE)

Zn, Ag 250,000 t @ 4.44% Zn, 1.32 opt Ag (OFR 5630, p.41)

Active

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Identified Mineral Resources Name/NTS Commodity Tonnage-Grade Status

Hercules (42E/13SE)

Au Indicated Resource: 231 800 t @ 14.95 g/t Au (111 450 oz) Inferred Resource: 761 300 t @ 4.13 g/t Au (101 050 oz) (NI 43-101-compliant) (CAMH, 2012–2013, p.539)

Inactive

High Lake Prospect (Eco Occurrence) (52E/11NE)

Mo, Au Resource: 200 000 t @ 0.63% MoS2 (Davies and Smith, 1988, p.114)

Inactive

Hill-Sloan-Tivy (52N/02SE)

Au 296 000 t @ 0.219 opt Au (may include Grassett Prospect Reserves) (AF (Germundson 1995))

Inactive

Horseshoe Island (52N/08NW)

Au 893 508 t @ 0.14 opt Au (Northwest Prospector, March/April 1990, p.27)

Active

Howells Lake (52P/10SW)

Au 83,000 t @ 0.07 opt Au (+1.37% Sb) and 660,000 t (+3.1% Sb) with erratic Au values (OFR 5926, p.68)

Inactive

Howey Mine (52N/04SW)

Au 780 000 t @ 0.08 opt Au (Energy Mines and Resources Canada (1989))

Inactive

Ishkoday (Sturgeon River) (42E13/SW)

Au Inferred Resource: 281 571 t @ 1.14 g/t Au (10 327 oz in tailings area and low-grade stockpile) (NI 43-101-compliant resources) (CAMH, 2013-2014, p.268)

Active

Jack Lake (52B/14SW)

Au Possible: 75,000 t @ 0.35 opt Au and 3,000 t @ 0.30 opt Au; or 100,000 t @ 0.45 opt (OFR 5332, p.J-7; Asamera Inc. annual report, 1981)

Inactive

Jackson-Manion Mine (52N/02SE)

Au 40 000 t @ 0.5 opt Au (The Northern Miner, March 14, 1985, p.21)

Inactive

Jacobus (42E/13SE)

Cu, Ni 1 Mt @ 0.94% Cu+Ni (CAMH, 2006–2007, p.305)

Inactive

Jean Lake (42E/05NW)

Li 1.689 Mt @ 1.30% Li2O (Jean Lake Lithium Mines Ltd., Annual Report (1957))

Inactive

Joy – New Zone (52K/14NW)

Cu, Zn 300 000 t @ 4% combined Cu+Zn (AF (Lewis 1994))

Inactive

Junior Lake (42L/05SW)

Ni, Cu, PGE VW Deposit: Indicated Resource: 3.73 Mt @ 0.49% Ni (@ 0.25% (Ni cut-off) Inferred Resource: 0.72 Mt @ 0.72% Ni (@ 0.25% (Ni cut-off) (NI 43-101-compliant) (Landore Resources Limited, Annual Report, 2011) B4-7 Deposit: Indicated Resource: 2.695 Mt @ 0.70% Ni, 0.46% Cu, 0.07% Co, 0.14 g/t Pt, 0.55 g/t Pd, 0.03 g/t Au (1.24% Ni Eq.) (NI 43-101-compliant) (Landore Resources Inc., news release, January 17, 2013)

Active

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Kailey Zone (42E10/NW)

Au Open pit: Measured and Indicated Resource: 8.630 Mt @ 0.95 g/t Au (265 000 oz Au) Inferred Resource: 3.688 Mt @ 0.97 g/t Au (115 000 oz Au) (NI 43-101-compliant) (Premier Gold Mines Ltd., news release, December 19, 2012)

Active

Kaministikwia Prospect (52A/12)

Fe Historical resource: 190 Mt that could produce 47.5 Mt of concentrate 62.85% Fe (MDC 11, p.374)

Inactive

Karl–Zeemel (53B/09SW)

Au Historical resource: 327 000 t @ 4.6 g/t Au (reference n/a)

Active

Kasagiminnis Lake (52O/08SW)

Au 2.9 Mt @ 5.8 g/t Au (NM, April 18, 1988)

Active

Kenbridge Prospect (52F/05NE)

Ni, Cu Indicated resources 4.46 Mt @ 0.42% Ni, 0.23% Cu above 150 m level Inferred resource 2.68 Mt @ 0.96% Ni, 0.50% Cu below 150 m level (Canadian Arrow Mines Ltd., press release, Aug. 19, 2008)

Inactive

Kesaka Lake (52K/16NW)

Fe 312.5 Mt @ 31.1% Fe to a depth of 1000 feet (MRC 11 (Shklanka 1968))

Inactive

Key Lake (42E/11NE)

Au Open pit: Measured and Indicated Resource: 2.572 Mt @ 1.17 g/t Au (97 000 oz Au) Inferred Resource: 1.345 Mt @ 1.29 g/t Au (56 000 oz Au) Underground: Measured and Indicated Resource: 0.031 Mt @ 6.48 g/t Au (6 000 oz Au) Inferred Resource: 0.058 Mt @ 3.57 g/t Au (7 000 oz Au) (NI 43-101-compliant) (Premier Gold Mines Ltd., news release, December 19, 2012)

Active

Kilometre 61 (52I/08NW)

Mo, Cu, Ag Indicated Resource: 66.6 Mt @ 0.063% Mo eq., (127.7 million lbs Cu, 78.2 million lbs Mo and 5.5 million oz Ag) Inferred Resource: 38.9 Mt @ 0.065% Mo eq. (78.0 million lbs Cu, 46.5 million lbs Mo and 3.4 million oz Ag) (NI 43-101-compliant) (CAMH, 2013–2014, p.434)

Inactive

Koval–Ohman (52O/07SE)

Au 471 589 t @ 5.81 g/t Au (OFR 5869, p.317)

Inactive

Lac La Croix (52B/05SW)

Li 1.525 Mt @ 1.27% Li2O (OFR 5388, p.62)

Inactive

Lake St. Joseph (52O01/SW)

Fe 616 Mt @ 23.0% soluble Fe to 550 foot depth (MDC 11, p.455)

Inactive

Lamaune (42L05/NW)

Fe 245 519 350 t grading 36.6% Fe @ cut-off of 30% (estimate, Non-NI 43-101-compliant) (Landore Resources Limited, news release, June 4, 2010)

Active

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Lavoie Lake (43D/05NE)

Cu, Ni 14.6 Mt @ 0.58% Cu, 0.37% Ni (OFR 5926, p.101)

Inactive

Lingman Lake (53F/15SW)

Au 1 172 753 t @ 0.20 opt Au in all zones at 5.0 foot minimum width (cut-off grade of 0.08 opt Au) (AF (McPhee 1989))

Active

Lockhart Lake (52C/10NW)

Zn, Cu, Au, Ag Reserves: 6.1 Mt @ 1.06% Zn, 0.27% Cu, 3.2 g/t Ag and 0.006 g/t Au (Kenora assessment file Minnova 1989 - 52C/10NE Y-6)

Inactive

Lynx (42L/04SE)

Cu, Ag, Au Inferred Resource: 1.936 Mt @ 1.44% Cu, 39.6 g/t Ag, 0.58 g/t Au (NI 43-101-compliant) (Sage Gold Inc., news release, March 31, 2009)

Inactive

Lyon Lake Mine (52G/15NW)

Cu, Zn, Pb, Ag Reserves: 695 000 t @ 10.34% Zn, 0.75% Cu, 1.62% Pb and 5.96 opt Ag in the Creek Zone (CMH 1990–1991, p.332 Noranda)

Inactive, Rehab – Complete

M.N.W. (52H/04NE)

Li 40 000 t “high-grade Li” (GSC Economic Geology Report 21, p. 61)

Active

MacKenzie-Gray (52C/10NE)

Au Reserves: 98 702 t @ 10.29 g/t Au (Nipigon Gold Resources Inc, Technical Report,. Larouche, 1992)

Inactive

Madsen Mine (52K/13NW)

Au Indicated Resource: 3.236 Mt @ 8.93 g/t Au, Inferred Resource: 788 000 t @ 11.74 g/t Au (NI 43-101-compliant) (CAMH, 2012-2013, p.168)

Active, Rehab. – Partial

Magnet Mine (42E/11NE)

Au Measured and Indicated Resource: 69 200 t @ 0.34 opt Au (CAMH, 2006–2007, p.376)

Inactive

Marathon PGM-Cu (42D16/SW)

Pd, Pt, Cu, Au, Ag

NI 43-101-compliant resource estimate: Total proven and probable reserves: 91.45 Mt grading 0.832 g/t Pd, 0.237 g/t Pt, 0.085 g/t Au, 0.247% Cu and 1.44 g/t Ag for a total of 3.4 M oz of PGM + Au, 4.23 M oz Ag and 496 M lbs Cu. (Marathon PGM Corporation, news release, January 11, 2010)

Active

Marchington Road (52J/07SE)

Cu, Zn, Pb, Ag Reserves: 150 000 t @ 0.98% Cu, 3.11% Zn, 1.16% Pb, 1.97% Ag (Kenora assessment file 52J/7SW 0024 Umex Inc.)

Inactive

Marshall Lake (42L05/NE)

Cu, Zn, Ag, Au 2.211 Mt @ 1.22% Cu, 4.2% Zn, 2.45 opt Ag, 0.012 opt Au (CAMH 2005–2006, p.289)

Active

Matawin Iron Range (52B/09, 52A/12)

Fe Historical resource:120 Mt @ 29.56% Fe (MDC 11, p. 374)

Inactive

Mattabi Mine (52G/15SW)

Cu, Zn, Pb, Ag Reserves: 387 000 t @ 0.13% Cu, 9.28% Zn, 0.58% Pb and 1.77 opt Ag (CMH 1988–1989, p.338 Noranda)

Inactive, Rehab – Complete

Mavis Lake (52F/15SE)

Li, Ta Reserves: 500 000 t @ 1% LiO2 (OFR 5718, Storey, 1990)

Active

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Maybrun Mine (52F/05NE)

Cu, Au Production: 125 000 t at unknown grades Resources for the Maybrun Zones: Main Indicated: 7 366 000 t @ 0.41% Cu, 0.64 g/t Au Main Inferred: 1 738 000 t @ 0.30% Cu, 0.115 g/t Au Footwall Inferred: 5 400 000 t @ 0.18% Cu, 0.94 g/t Au North Inferred: 3 454 000 t @ 0.25% Cu, 0.67 g/t Au (Opawica Exploration Inc., press release July 16, 2009)

Active

May-Spiers (52M/01SE)

Au 30 000 t @ 0.09 opt Au (AF (Bayne 1981))

Inactive

McCombe (Root Lake) (52J/13NE)

Lithium 2.3 Mt of 1.3% Lithium to the 500’ level (MP 90 (Breaks 1979))

Inactive

McFaulds 1 (43D16/SE)

Cu, Zn Inferred Resource: 279 000 t @ 2.13% Cu and 0.58% Zn (NI 43-101-compliant) (CAMH, 2012–2013, p.171)

Inactive

McFaulds 3 (43D16/SE)

Cu, Zn Indicated Resource: 802 000 t @ 3.75% Cu and 1.1% Zn (NI 43-10-compliant) (CAMH, 2012–2013, p.171)

Inactive

McVittie (52H/08NE)

Li 261 000 t @ 1.03% Li2O (GR 31, p.89 (1965))

Inactive

Mikado Mine (52E/10SW)

Au Indicated: 968 300 t @ 4.18 g/t Au, Inferred: 3 014 000 t @ 3.25 g/t Au Cut-off 1 g/t Au (Everton Resources Inc., press release, March 1, 2010)

Inactive

Miminiska Lake (52P/09SW)

Au 232 000 t @ 5.62 g/t Au (Landore Resources Limited, Annual Report, 2011)

Active

Moss Lake Property (52B10/SE)

Au Indicated Resource: 39 795 000 t grading 1.1 g/t for a total of 1 377 300 oz Inferred Resource: 50 364 000 t grading 1.1 g/t for a total of 1 751 600 oz. (Moss Lake Gold Mines Ltd., news release, February 20, 2013)

Active

Mount Edna (Gunflint Property) (52B/08, 52B/01)

Fe Historical resource: 270 Mt @ 26.9% Fe (MDC 11, p. 376)

Inactive

Mount Jamie (52M/01SE)

Au Main Zone: 47 048 t @ 0.425 opt Au, No. 2 Shaft area: 25 360 t @ 0.37 opt Au (AF (Gordon 1988))

Active

New Faulkenham Mines Ltd. (52K/13NW)

Au 15 000 tons @ 0.428 opt Au (AF (Holbrooke 1958))

Inactive

Nicopor (42D/14NW)

Ni, Cu 185 000 t @ 0.48% Ni, 0.26% Cu (0-90 m); plus 190 000 t @ 0.40% Ni, 0.12% Cu (90-180 m) (Zenmac Metal Mines Ltd., annual report, 1970)

Inactive

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Northern Empire Mine (42E/12SW)

Au Indicated Resource: 86 652 t @ 10.70 g/t Au (29 807 oz Au) Inferred Resource: 64 748 t @ 9.95 g/t Au (20 719 oz Au) (NI 43-101-compliant) (CAMH, 2013–2014, p.365)

Active

Northgate Prospect (52N/02SE)

Au 64 600 t @ 0.28 opt Au (AF (Zinn 1984))

Inactive

North Kaskaweogama (52J/07NW)

Fe Reserves: 405 000 t @ 28% Fe in 4 zones and a possible 50 Mt at an unknown grade (MRC 11 Shklanka, 1988 p.443)

Inactive

North Madsen (53K/13NW, 52N/04SW)

Au Measured and Indicated Resources: 22 958 910 t @ 1.20 g/t Au (888 752 oz Au) Inferred Resources: 10.138 Mt @ 1.18 g/ t Au (383 936 oz Au) (Mega Precious Metals Technical Report January 2, 2014 (McCracken and Utiger, 2014))

Active

North Pines Mine (52K/01SE)

Pyrite Production: 500 000 t @ 28% Fe (1909-21) Reserves: open (GR 101, Johnston, 1972, p.36)

Inactive

North Rock Mine (52C/11NE)

Cu Zone: 400m x 2-30m x 91m Reserves: 1.1 Mt @ 1.17 % Cu including 265,230 t @ 2.08% Cu (OFR5512, Poulson, 1984)

Inactive

North Shores (42D/14SW)

Au Afric Zone: Indicated: 12,360,000 t grading 0.99 g/t Au for 391,000 oz Au plus Inferred: 29,580,000 t grading 0.87 g/t Au for 824,000 oz Au (cutoff grade of 0.50 g/t Au) (GTA Resources and Mining Inc., news release, June 10, 2014)

Active

North Spirit Lake (53C/07NW)

Fe 1.3 Mt per vertical foot of 33.94% Fe (MRC 11 (Shklanka 1968), GR 150 (Wood 1977))

Inactive

Nortoba–Tyson (52H/09NE)

Mo 72 000 t @ 1.04% Mo (Roxmark Mines Limited Technical Report , P.A. Bevan, April 2006 (Resident Geologist Files, Thunder Bay))

Inactive

Norton Lake (42M/14NW)

Ni, Cu, Co, Pd Measured and Indicated Resource: 2 258 654 t @ 0.67% Ni, 0.61% Cu, 0.03% Co and 0.46 g/t Pd Inferred Resources: 198 571 t @ 0.66% Ni (cut off 0.3% Ni) (NI 43-101-compliant) (CAMH, 2013–2014, p.495, 374, 462)

Inactive

Ogani Lake (52K/15NE)

Fe 100 Mt @ 21.6% Fe (MRC 11 (Shklanka 1968))

Inactive

Ontario Lithium (Jackpot) (42E/05SW)

Li 1.18 Mt @1.084% Li2O (CMH, 1997-98, p. 250)

Inactive

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OG Deposit (formerly East Coldstream) (52B/10SE)

Au NI 43-101-compliant Resource with cut-off grade of 0.4 g/t Au. Indicated: 3.5 Mt @ 0.85g/t Au for a total of 96,400 oz Au. Inferred: 30.5 Mt @ 0.78g/t Au for a total of 763 276 oz Au. (Foundation Resources Inc., news release, September 20, 2011)

Active

Papaonga Lake (52K/16NE)

Fe 13.5 Mt @ 31.06% Fe (MDIR)

Inactive

Paulpic (42L/04NE)

Au 200 000 t @ 0.231 opt Au (OFR 5630, p.465)

Inactive, Rehab. - Partial

Phoenix Gold Project (52N/04SE)

Au Updated NI 43-101-compliant resource estimate: Indicated: 4.12Mt @ 8.52 g/t Au (1.1M ounces Au) Inferred: 7.45 Mt @ 9.26 g/t Au (2.2M ounces Au) (Rubicon Minerals Corporation, news release, August 9, 2013)

Active

Pick Lake (42D/14NW)

Cu, Zn Upper and Middle Zone: 0.26 Mt @ 11.21 % Zn and 0.77 % Cu Lower Zone: 1.2 Mt @ 15.9 % Zn and 0.86 % Cu (AFRO # 2.45096)

Active

Pickle Crow Mine (52O/09SE)

Au Inferred Resource: 10.15 Mt @ 3.9 g/t Au (1 262 000 oz Au) (NI 43-101-compliant) (CAMH, 2013–2014, p.353)

Active

Pidgeon (52F/16NW)

Mo Resource Estimate * (cut-off grade 0.04% Mo) Indicated: 2.66 Mt @ 0.117% Mo Inferred: 12.39 Mt @ 0.084% Mo (MPH Ventures Ltd., press release, September 13, 2012)

Active

Pistol Lake / JF West Zone (52B/09NW)

Au Inferred Resource estimates. At 1.00 g/t cut-off: 2 857 200 t @ 1.64 g/t Au for a total of 150 699 ounces Au. At 2.00 g/t cut-off: 851 000 t @ 2.62 g/t Au for a total of 71 700 ounces Au. (Golden Share Mining Corporation, news release, October 4, 2011)

Active

Powell (52B/07SW)

Au 250 000 t @ 0.25 opt Au (The Northern Miner, January 22, 1990)

Active

Prairie Lake (42E/02SE)

U, Nb, REE, wollastonite

Non-NI 43-101-compliant; 515 to 630 Mt grading 0.09-0.11% Nb (0.9-1.1 kg/t) and 3.0-4.0% P (1.2­1.4 kg P/t) (Nuinsco Resources Limited, news release, April 11, 2014)

Active

Purdex Prospect (A-D Zones) (52E/11NE)

Au Resource: 226 800 t grading between 8.57 and 10.28 g/t Au (International Millennium, 2006 technical report)

Active

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Rainy River Au-Ag Zones (52D/16SE)

34 Zone

Silver Zone

Au, Ag,

Au, Pt, Pd, Ni, Cu

Au Ag

Resource Estimate all zone at Rainy River Deposit including Intrepid zone * Total Combined for Deposit Open Pit: cut-off 3.0 g/t AuEq Underground: cut-off 2.5 g/t AuEq Measured and Indicated: 177.361 Mt @ 1.09 g/t Au, 2.57 g/t Ag Inferred: 20.655 Mt @ 1.16 g/t Au, 2.58 g/t Ag (New Gold Inc., press release, January 16, 2014)

Indicated Resource *: cut-off 0.35 g/t Au 145 000 t @ 0.66 g/t Au, 0.26 g/t Pt, 0.67 g/t Pd, 3,477 ppm Ni, 2,414 ppm Cu (Hardie et al., Feasibility Study on Rainy River Deposit May, 2013)

Indicated Resource *: cut-off 0.35 AuEq 1,535,000 t @ 0.41 g/t Au, 25.03 g/t Ag

(Hardie et al., Feasibility Study on Rainy River Deposit May, 2013)

Active

Redaurum (52N/04SW)

Au 14A Zone: 243 750 t @ 0.22 opt Au, 26 250 t @ 0.20 opt Au No. 2 Zone: 137 500 t @ 0.18 opt Au No. 3 Zone: 102 500 t @ 0.18 opt Au Camp Zone: 24 750 t @ 0.13 opt Au (AF (Barclay 1986))

Inactive, Rehab. - Partial

Red Crest (Red Summit) (52M/01SE)

Au 47 439 t @ 0.269 opt Au (uncut grade) (ODM Annual Report, Horwood 1945)

Inactive, Rehab. - Partial

Richardson (52N/09SW)

Au 700 000 t @ 0.2 opt Au (OFR 5835 (Parker and Atkinson 1992))

Active

Rowan (52M/01SE)

Au 10 900 t @ 0.657 opt Au (AF (Bishop 1939)) 798 000 t @ 4.7 g/t Au (Hy Lake Gold Inc., news release, October 21, 2010)

Inactive

Sachigo River Mine (53J/11SW)

Au 6000 t of 10 g/t Au for #1 Vein (Hawkins (2009))

Inactive

Sanshaw (52N/04SW)

Au 175 000 t @ 0.20 opt Au (NM - June 11, 1953)

Active

Sapawe Mine (52B/14SW)

Au 528 614 t @ 0.31 opt Au (Sapawe Gold Mines Ltd., news release, March 10, 1995)

Inactive

Sawbill Lake (52B/14NW)

Au 66 600 t @ 0.20 opt Au (OFR 5332, pJ-4)

Active

Schreiber-Pyramid (42D/14SE)

Au 107 t @ 0.71 opt Au (Resident Geologist Files)

Active

Scramble Mine (Homestake) (52E/16SW)

Au Zone: 366 m to 457 m by 3.7m wide zone @ 0.15 opt Au Reserves: 150 000 t @ 0.24 opt Drill estimated: 70 000 oz (0.05 opt cut-off) (Northern Miner July 25, 1988)

Inactive

Setting Net Lake (53C/13SE)

MoS2 100 Mt @ 0.09% MoS2 (MDIR The Northern Miner, March 23, 1973)

Active

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Shebandowan West Ni, Cu, PGE Measured & Indicated reserves in four zones: 2.58 Mt grading 0.91% Ni, 0.62% Cu, 1.09 g/t Pd, 0.34 g/t Pt and 0.23 g/t Au Inferred resources total an additional 340 000 t grading 1.11% Ni, 0.61% Cu, 0.97 g/t Pd, 0.27 g/t Pt and 0.18 g/t Au (North American Palladium, news release, October 25, 2007).

Inactive

Sidace Lake Au Indicated Resource: MDZ 1 119 500 t @ 3.0 g/t Au, UDZ 247 600 t @ 4.19 g/t Au Inferred Resource: MDZ 1 677 200 t @ 3.01 g/t Au, UDZ 425 800 t @ 4.11 g/t Au (MDZ = Main Discovery Zone, UDZ = Upper Duck Zone) (NI 43-101-compliant) (Power-Fardy and Breede (2009))

Inactive

Silver Islet (52A/07SW)

Ag 115 000 t @ 40 opt Ag (waste dump) 300 000 oz Ag in roof pillar 1 050 000 oz Ag plus 750 000 oz Ag in pillars and stopes (MP 71, p.44)

Inactive, Rehab - Complete

Silver Mountain (52A/04NW)

Ag 60 000 t @ 5.0 opt Ag, 12% CaF2 (The Northern Miner, October 28, 1954)

Inactive

Skibi Lake Fe 335 Mt @ 26.2% acid-soluble Fe (MDC 11, p.445)

Inactive

Sol-D'Or (52N/07SE)

Au 8565 t @ 0.57 opt Au (Energy Mines and Resources Canada (1989))

Inactive

Springpole Lake Property (52N/08NW)

Au Indicated Resource: 128.2 Mt @ 1.07 g/t Au and 5.7 g/t Ag (4 410 000 oz Au, 23 800 000 oz Ag) Inferred Resource: 25.7 Mt @ 0.83 g/t Au and 3.2 g/t Ag (690 000 oz Au, 2 700 000 oz Ag) (cut-off grade of 0.4 g/t Au) (NI 43-101-compliant) (CAMH 2012-2013, p. 291)

Active

St. Anthony Mine (52J/02SE)

Au Reserves: 37 800 t @ 0.18 opt Au (Ferguson, Groen and Haynes, 1971 - p.295)

Active

Starratt-Olsen Mine (52K/13NW)

Au 15 000 t @ 0.45 opt Au (The Northern Miner, July 26, 1973)

Inactive

Stewart/Fire Tower (52A/12SE)

Au Inferred: 4 506 362 t @ 0.69 g/t Au for a calculated reserve of 3 130 820 g Au (100 658 oz) (ValGold Resources Ltd., news release, January 30, 2006)

Active

Stewart Lake (42L11/NW, NE)

Fe 49.5 Mt @ 30% Fe (MDC 11, p.446)

Inactive

Sturgeon Lake Mine (52G/15NW)

Cu, Zn, Pb, Ag Reserves (Dec/78): 599 000 t @ 2.34% Cu, 8.98% Zn, 1.30% Pb, 5.17 opt Ag and 0.018 opt Au. (CMH, 1980-1981, p.102)

Inactive, Rehab - Complete

Summit Lake (42L05/NE)

Fe 40 Mt @ 30% Fe to 1000 foot depth (MDC 11, p.438)

Inactive

Sunbeam (52B/14SW)

Au 4410 t @ 0.42 opt Au (OFR 5332, p.J-2)

Inactive

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Swamp River (Band Ore) (52B/09SE)

Au Historical resources of 251 271 ounces Au within 2 principal zones: Main Zone: 706 000 t @ 6.86 g/t Au; # 4 Zone: 616 000 t @ 4.83 g/t Au) (CMH 2002-2003 p. 52)

Active

Thierry Mine (52O/08NW)

Cu, Ni Main deposit (Underground): Measured and Indicated Resource: 8.131 Mt @ 1.46% Cu, 0.18% Ni, 3.7 g/t Ag Inferred Resource: 11.507 Mt @ 1.46% Cu, 0.18% Ni, 3.7 g/t Ag (NI 43-101-compliant) K1-1 deposit (Open Pit): Inferred Resource: 51.044 Mt @ 0.31% Ni, 0.08% Cu, 1.5 g/t Ag (NI 43-101-compliant) (CAMH, 2013–2014, p.87)

Active

Thunder Bay North (52A/15SW)

Pt, Pd, Cu, Ni Open pit: Indicated 8.64 Mt @ 1.04 g/t Pt, 0.98 g/t Pd, 0.25% Cu, 0.18% Ni Underground: Indicated 1.369 Mt @ 1.65 g/t Pt, 1.54 g/t Pd, 0.43% Cu, 0.24% Ni (Magma Metals Ltd., news release, February 23. 2012)

Active

Thunder Lake (52 F/15SE)

Au Resources Estimates for Au zones at deposit (both surface and underground): Indicated: 9.14 Mt @ 2.6 g/t Au Inferred: 15.9 Mt @ 1.7 g/t Au (Treasury Metals Inc., press release, November 9, 2011)

Active, Rehab - Complete

Trout Bay Zinc Pit Zone (52M/01SE)

Zn, Cu, Pb, Ag, Au

West Zone: 13 776 t @ 4.75% Zn, 0.68% Cu, 0.94 opt Ag East Zone: 124 760 t @ 7.86% Zn, 1.5% Cu, 0.24% Pb, 1.7 opt Ag, 0.007 opt Au (MP 147 (Atkinson, Parker and Storey 1990), Preliminary Map P.567 (Riley 1969), MDIR)

Inactive

Uchi Mine (52N/02SE)

Au 214 000 t of 0.147 opt Au (Energy Mines and Resources Canada (1989))

Inactive

Umex–Dorothy Lake (52O/06NW)

Au 236 220 t @ 6.17 g/t Au (OFR 5869, p.260; The Northern Miner, June 11, 1990, p.13)

Active

Vanguard (52B/09NW)

Cu, Zn, Au, Ag East Vanguard: 100 000 t @ 1.8% Cu, 3.4% Zn, 0.22 opt Ag, 06 to 0.19 opt Au; West Vanguard: ~200,000 t @ 1.3% Cu, 1% to 2% Zn, 0.28 opt Ag (Allegheny Mines Corporation, news release, November 1997)

Inactive

Vanlas Prospect (52F/10NW)

Au 100 000 t @ 0.20 opt Au (Kenora assessment file, Power Expl. Inc. AF 52F/10NW)

Inactive

Vegan – Newkirk (42E/05SW)

Li 750 000 t @ 1.38% Li2O (The Northern Miner, March 22, 1956)

Inactive

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Werner Lake Cobalt (52L/07NW)

Co, Cu Proven: 140 031 t @ 0.47% Co and 0.26% Cu Probable: 40 829 t @ 0.25% Co and 0.43% Cu Indicated: 51 456 t @ 0.13% Co and 0.20% Cu Inferred: 507 412 t @ 0.31% Co and 0.29% Cu (Puget Ventures Inc., press release, April 2, 2009)

Inactive

Willecho and Willroy (42F/04NW)

Cu, Zn, Ag 759 448 t @ 4.42% Zn, 0.28% Cu, 1.47 opt Ag (combined) (Wilroy Mines Ltd. Annual Report 1976)

Inactive, Rehab - Complete

Wilmar Mine (52N/04SW)

Au Diorite Dike zone: 140 000 t @ 0.21 opt Au East Breccia zone: 31 500 t @ 0.32 opt Au (Proven) 50 500 t @ 0.25 opt Au (Probable) 1 777 000 t @ 0.24 opt Au per (Possible) Carbonate zone: 25 000 t @0.17 opt Au (Probable) 7500 t @ 0.15 opt Au (Possible) Granodiorite zone: 5.7 Mt @ 0.10 to 0.15 opt Au (DDZ, EBZ, CZ and GZ; OFR 5558 (Durocher, Burchell and Andrews 1987)) West Granodiorite zone: 3.15 to 4.5 Mt @ 0.076 to 0.131 opt Au (Energy Mines and Resources Canada (1989))

Active

Wisa Lake (52C/08NE)

Li 330 000 t @ 1.15% Li2O (reference n/a) Inactive

Woco Vein (52N/02SE)

Au 21 263 t @ 0.80 opt Au (AF (Germundson 1995))

Inactive

Young, H.G. Mines Ltd. (52N/04SW)

Au 270 000 t @ 0.31 opt Au (OFR 5558 (Durocher, Burchell and Andrews 1987))

Active

Zulapa (42M12/SW)

Au 700 000 t @ 0.28 opt Au to 200 m (OFR 5926, p.208)

Inactive

Disclaimer: It is not known if the tonnage-grade estimates noted above are in compliance with the reporting standards required by National Instrument 43-101 (unless otherwise stated).

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