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001M/0924
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2nd Year (lic#021417M)
And 3rd Year (lic#019812M)
Assessment Report
(Prospecting/Property Visit)
On the
Leonard’s Find Molybdenum Property
South Coast, Newfoundland
Licence #019812M and Licence #021417M,
NTS 1M/12
Zone 21
Newfoundland and Labrador
Submitted by:
Darrin Hicks
September, 2014
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Table of Contents
Page Introduction 3 Property Overview 3 Location and Access 3 Regional and Local Geology 6 Exploration History 8
Prospecting 9 Conclusion and Recommendations 11 References 11
Introduction This report describes the results of prospecting conducted in 2014 to fulfill 2nd and 3rd year assessment requirements for Licence 021417M and 019812M, respectfully (Figure 2). Property Overview The Leonard’s Find Molybdenum property is located on the South Coast of Newfoundland on NTS 001M/12(Figure 1). The Licence 019812M consists of two (2) claims and licence 021417M consists of fourteen (14) claims. The two claims were staked in January of 2012 to cover an occurrence, 001M/122/Mo 004, of Molybdenum (figure 2). The remaining claims where staked to include the surrounding Mo occurrences (figure 2). Location and Access The Leonard’s Find Molybdenum property is located on the South Coast of Newfoundland. Travel by vehicle on route 362, off route 360, and then on foot is the only means of accessibility to the property. The property is less than 500m from route 362 but no roads or trails cross the claim boundary.
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FIGURE 1: NEWFOUNDLAND NTS MAP
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FIGURE 2.CLAIMS/PROPERTY MAP
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Regional and local Geology The Gaultois map area (NTS-1M/12) embodies the south-western extremity of the Avalon Zone of the Newfoundland Appalachians. The Hermitage Bay Fault, a northeast trending, brittle structure, extends into the offshore under Hermitage Bay, and separates late Precambrian rocks of the Avalon Zone in the southeast from adjacent lower Paleozoic rocks of the Gander and Dunnage zones in the northwest ( Figure 3). The oldest rocks in the map area belong to the Tickle Point Formation. The submarine and sub aerial volcanic rocks of the Tickle Point Formation were intruded by gabbroic to granitic plutonic and hypabyssal rocks of the Furby's Cove intrusive suite prior to the deposition of a volcano-sedimentary cover, the Connaigre Bay Group. The Simmons Brook intrusive suite, consists of granitic and tonalitic rocks that intrude the Connaigre Bay Group and older sequences, and is overlain nonconformably by Devonian strata. Gabbroic and dioritic rocks of the Grole intrusive suite intrude the Tickle Point Formation, the Furby’s cove intrusive suite, and parts of the Connaigre Bay Group. The rocks in this area are a part of the Avalon Tectonic Zone, and consist of relatively undeformed volcanic sedimentary and intrusive rocks. The Stratigraphic unit is of the Harbour Breton Granite which consists of medium to coarse grained pink alaskitic rock types. Deformations are restricted to the development of numerous fault zones and open folding. Most of the shear zones and faults are northeast trending. Some of these are high angle reverse faults, dipping steeply to the northwest. Most of the rocks within the Avalon Zone are involved in upright open folds with northeast trending gently plunging axes. The axes generally plunge to the southwest.
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FIGURE 3: SIMPLIFIED GEOLOGY OF NEWFOUNDLAND
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Exploration History The first mapping of the Connaigre Peninsula was by Widmer (1950) who mapped the low grade volcanic and sedimentary rocks and proposed that they be named Connaigre Bay volcanics. Greene and O'Driscoll (1976) and O'Driscoll (1977) systematically mapped the Connaigre Bay volcanics and elevated the succession to group status, subdividing it into four formations. In the 1970's, Colman-Sadd of the Geological Survey began a study of the south coast of Newfoundland, including the Gaultois area, which was the focus of a Ph. D thesis (1974) at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Maps and reports (Colman-Sadd et al.1979) were also produced from the results of this project. In 1992, the Geological Survey began mapping and integrated U-Pb geochronological investigations of the Hermitage Peninsula as part of a larger project to understand the nature, relationship, and timing of late Precambrian magamatic and mineralizing events in the south-western Avalon Zone of the Newfoundland Appalachians. The molybdenum showing (001M/12/Mo 004)was discovered and named after Leonard Mullen, a prospector trainee with Kemble Widmer, who staked claims on the area and later wrote his Ph.D. thesis on this area in the 1930's. J.P. Berrange prospected the area in 1955 for Nalco and B.A. Greene mapped the area for the provincial government in 1975. The showing occurs near the contact between the Ackley City Granite and the Youngs Cove shales. The mineralization consists of molybdenite in quartz that has been injected into the granite. The molybdenite occurs as fine grained disseminations and as crystals from 1.25 to 2.5 cm in diameter, in milky quartz veins, knots and irregular masses in quartz feldspar porphyry .The quartz consists of multiple veins, knots and irregular masses. In places the porphyry has been bleached and silicified by hydrothermal action. The molybdenite occurs only in the quartz, frequently as well formed hexagonal crystals up to 4.0 cm in diameter.
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Yellow oxide molybdenite was also found in the quartz, but not in the granite, and was noted not to be radioactive (Berrange, 1955). The mineralization is considered to be less than 1 percent. The area containing the quartz veining measures approximately 30 m x 230 m (Stewart, 1958). Prospecting Traditional prospecting was conducted in 2012 which consisted of collecting rocks samples from outcrop and float. The rocks collected where quartz rocks with visible indications of Molybdenum. Traditional prospecting was also conducted in 2013 which consisted of collecting rocks samples from outcrop and float. Eleven rocks were collected with 2 rocks, LF-329-13 and Rocks LF-330-13(figure 4), returning anomalous values >220ppm Mo. Quest Rare Minerals Ltd conducted a property visit, in July, to evaluate the mineral potential. Seven samples were collected from outcrop and subcrop. Anomalous Mo results ranged from 267 ppm to 12700 ppm. One of the rocks returned 909ppm Sn. (Quest’s written report containing results/maps etc. can be viewed in the appendix). The pulps from rocks LF-329-13 and Rocks LF-330-13(figure 4) were assayed for Mo Ore grade analyses. LF-329-13 returned 1.5%Mo. Assay certificate can be viewed in the appendix.
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Figure 4: Sample Location Map ample No. Rock Type Northing Easting Results
Conclusions and Recommendations The historical and the present prospecting results are very encouraging. One of the samples taken by Quest returned an anomalous value of 909ppm Sn. This could represent a new direction for the property. The property will require more prospecting to find other Mo occurrences and more Sn occurrences. References Berrange, J P 1955: Field report on Salmonier Cove Pond area, Newfoundland. Newfoundland and Labrador Corporation Limited Unpublished report [GSB# 001M/12/0048] Colman-Sadd, S P 1977: Gaultois map area. Report of Activities, 1976. Mineral Development Division, Department of Mines and Energy, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Report 77-01, pages 15-20. [GSB# NFLD/1051] Colman-Sadd, S P 1978: Gaultois map area [1M/12], Newfoundland.Report of Activities for 1977. Mineral Development Division, Department of Mines and Energy, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Report 78-01, pages 90-96. [GSB# NFLD/0973] Greene, B A and O'Driscoll, C F 1976: Gaultois map-area.Report of Activities, 1975. Mineral Development Division, Department of Mines and Energy, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Report 76-01, pages 56-63. [GSB# NFLD/0926] Harrison, W D 1953: 2 geology maps. Newfoundland and Labrador Corporation Limited Unpublished report [GSB# 001M/0029] Widmer, K 1950: The geology of the Hermitage Bay area, Newfoundland. PhD thesis, Princeton University. 502 pages. [GSB# 001M/0008
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APPENDIX 1
Assay Certificates
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APPENDIX 2
Quest Rare Minerals Ltd
Quest PEPD Target Memo Leonard’s Find
Province: Newfoundland
Target Name: Leonard’s Find
Status: Indication
Objectives of Property Evaluation:
• Verify MODS • Establish or examine continuity of alteration and mineralization between various MODS
Status of Target: Quest signed a confidentiality agreement with prospector Darrin Hicks on July 4th, 2013 to evaluate this property. The property extents include all significant MODS, although others occur without claims to the southwest; these MODS were until recently held by Alterra Resources but were allowed to lapse.
Geology: The rocks in this area are a part of the Avalon Zone, and consist of relatively undeformed volcanic sedimentary and intrusive rocks (Figure 1). Deformation is restricted to the development of numerous fault zones and open folding. Siliciclastic sedimentary units are well defined as magnetic lows on the regional airborne first derivative magnetics (Figure 2). Most of the shear zones and faults are northeast trending (Figure 2). Some of these are high angle reverse faults, dipping steeply to the northwest. Most of the rocks within the Avalon Zone are involved in upright open folds with northeast trending gently plunging axes. The axes generally plunge to the southwest. The showings occur near the contact between the Old Woman Stock, an early to late Devonian granite, and siliciclastic marine rocks of the Ediacaran to Late Cambrian Youngs Cove Group. The two granites are characterized by relative gravity lows (Figure 3) and in the case of the Old Woman Stock, thorium radiometric highs (Figure 4).
Mineralization: Mo (molybdenite, oxide molybdenite)
Molybdenite mineralization occurs locally as or flakes well-formed hexagonal crystals up to 4.0 cm in diameter. Yellow oxide molybdenite was also found in the quartz, but not in the granite. Molybdenite mineralization is hosted by vuggy, milky quartz veins, in knots and in irregular masses in the contact porphyry zone of the Old Woman Granite. In places the porphyry has been bleached and silicified by hydrothermal alteration, but overall the granite is not pervasively altered. Molybdenite is rare to absent
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in the granite between mineralized veins or pods, appearing to be very discretely associated with late quartz.
Results: On July 18th Quest geologists Patrick Collins, Angela Buchanan and Chris Moran met with prospector Darrin Hicks in Head of Bay D’Espoir and drive south to his Leonard’s Find property. The weather was very poor, with low fog, strong winds and steady rain to drizzle, though temperatures were comfortable. The terrain is open treeless rolling hills with broad tree-filled valleys. Most mineralized zones are restricted to gently sloping hillsides and flat areas and are easily accessed on foot.
Mr. Hicks led us around a series of newly discovered molybdenum showings and the historical MODS showing on his property that were accessible without venturing deep into the field on ATV. Mineralization comprises coarse-grained (up to 3 cm in diameter) books and flakes of molybdenite within narrow (<5 cm) milky white quartz veins and less commonly in quartz-rich porphyry. Mineralization was noted to be quite local, with no obvious continuity of veining or mineralization between sample sites, though commonly where quartz veins were located at least trace molybdenite was noted. The main MODS showing did not contain very widely distributed Mo and other newly discovered areas sometimes exhibited better examples of Mo mineralization.
Quest collected seven samples, which are summarized in Table 1 and presented in Figures 5-10. All samples were collected from outcrop or subcrop which had obviously come from nearby. Samples were analyzed by ActLabs in Ancaster Ontario using a combination of three analytical techniques in a custom package prepared for Quest to test a select suite of metals. This package includes INAA, sodium peroxide fusion ICP/MS and aqua regia.
Sample Date Lithology Sn W Mo U Cu Zn Pb In Ga Ge Au Ag Li Sb ppm ppm ppm ppm ppm ppm ppm ppm ppm ppm ppb ppm ppm ppm
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