Mineralization

Mining exploration activities in the Belleterre area started in 1934 with the discovery of the Belleterre Gold Mines gold bearing quartz veins located about 5 km east of the property. The mine operated from 1936 to 1959 and produced over 960,000 ounces of gold form ore grading an average of 13.7 g/t Au. To this day, it is the only gold mine which operated on a commercial basis in the area. Ninety percent of the gold production from the Belleterre area came from the Belleterre Mine # 12 vein. The maximum known horizontal length of the # 12 vein was 975 m and by 1948 it had been traced to a vertical depth of 460 m with an average width of 1.0 to 1.2 m.