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  • Large 1081 hectare project area; 100%-company owned
  • Prospective ground including the historic past producing Salt Chuck Mine
  • Located on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska
    • Island accessed by ferry from Ketchikan
    • Access to the property by well maintained U.S. Forest Services road
  • 2007 soil geochemical sampling program planned


The Salt Chuck property consists of 146 unpatented federal mining claims covering approximately 1081 hectares of prospective ground including the historic Salt Chuck mine on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. The area is underlain by a mafic-ultramafic complex which hosts palladium bearing copper sulfide mineralization. Prince of Wales Island can be accessed by ferry service from Ketchikan to Hollis. Direct access to the property is by well maintained U.S. Forest Service roads.

The historic past producing Salt Chuck mine was active between 1919 and 1941 and had a reported production of 300,000 tons of copper sulphide ore grading 0.95% Copper (Cu), 2.0 g/t palladium (Pd), 1.1 g/t gold (Au), and 5.7 g/t silver (Ag).

Salt Chuck Project Geology

A large elongate pluton known as the Salt Chuck mafic-ultramafic complex dominated the geology of the area and intrudes Silurian to Ordovician volcanic derived sediments, volcaniclastics, and flows. The pluton trends northwest and is approximately 7.6 km long by 1.6 km wide. Age dating indicates that the pluton is 429 million years old. Locally the intrusive consists of gabbro, pyroxenite, diorite, and pegmatitic dikes. A recent airborne geophysical survey released by the State of Alaska indicates that the Salt Chuck property covers prospective ground within the mafic-ultramafic complex as indicated by this recent survey and extends along the eastern boundary of the complex.

 

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