The Mor 1 showing is situated 6 kilometres southwest of Nelson on the north slope of Morning Mountain, 1 kilometre southeast of the Granite-Poorman mine (MINFILE 082FSW086). The Star showings adjoin to the west (MINFILE 082FSW083).

Regionally, the area is underlain by volcanic rocks of the Lower Jurassic Elise Formation, of the Rossland Group. These comprise mafic to intermediate flows, tuffs, breccia and quartz feldspar porphyry. Porphyritic to equigranular zoned diorite-monzodiorite stocks of the co-magnetic Eagle Creek Plutonic Complex and Silver King Intrusive Complex intrude the Elise Formation. These units are then cut by younger lamprophyre dikes and Eocene aged Coryell alkalic intrusions. The units are deformed by the Silver King Shear Zone, a northwest striking shear zone. The contact between the Elise Formation and the Eagle Creek Plutonic Complex marks an up to 200-metre wide breccia and fault zone containing fragmentation and alteration of local units. The contact contains k-feldspar, sericite, quartz, chlorite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, and magnetite mineralization.

Bedrock is sporadically exposed along road cuts and ridge crests. The three main rock types encountered on the Mor property are Elise Formation volcanics, diorite and biotite monzonite. Mineralization consists of 1 to 2 per cent disseminated pyrite with minor chalcopyrite or malachite staining in diorite and minor pyrite and chalcopyrite in narrow quartz veins up to 30 centimetres in width, hosted by volcanics and diorite.

Exploration began in the area in 1886 and continued until the 1940s. Old overgrown trenches and adits on the Mor 1 and 2 claims most likely date from this period. The Star occurrence (MINFILE 082FSW083) to the immediate west was discovered circa 1897. Between 1904 and 1956, various types of exploration and limited development work were conducted on the Star property. A drill site in the west central portion of the Mor 1 claim is believed to be from the 1970s.

In 1980, Asarco Exploration Company of Canada Limited carried out geophysical and geochemical surveys over the 40-claim Aberdeen group to the east.

Between 1983 and 1984, Ryan Exploration Company Limited began acquiring the Star property to the west (MINFILE 082FSW083). Between 1984 and 1988, Ryan Exploration conducted extensive geophysical and geochemical surveying, trenching and rotary–reverse circulation drilling.

In 1988, property owners Canamax Resources Incorporated conducted a geological mapping and limited soil sampling program on the Mor 1 to 4 claims. In total, 16 grab and chip samples were collected and sent for assay. Further work was recommended, particularly if positive exploration results were achieved on the Star property (MINFILE 082FSW083) to the immediate west.

By 1989, Pacific Sentinel Gold Corporation had acquired the Star and Alma N. claims as part of their Great Western Star property. In 1990, Pacific Sentinel Gold conducted a program of soil and rock sampling, trenching, geological mapping and geophysical surveying. At the Star claim, three zones were trenched and copper-gold mineralization was traced over a minimum area of 800 by 200 metres on the Star grid. Later that year, 26 diamond drill holes totalling 5880 metres were completed.

In 2004, Klondike Gold Corporation conducted a geochemical sampling program over the Ron property to the west, later optioning it in 2008. At this time, the property was expanded to include additional claims, including the Star (MINFILE 082FSW083) claims to the immediate west of the Mor claim area. An exploration program of limited geological mapping and prospecting and soil geochemical surveying was carried out on the eastern portion of the claim group. The Ron property was then acquired by Anglo Swiss Resources and amalgamated with the Kenville (MINFILE 082FSW086) property.

In 2009, on behalf of Anglo Swiss Resources, Equity Exploration Consultants Limited undertook an exploration program consisting of 680 line kilometres of airborne electromagnetic geophysical surveying, surface diamond drilling, and underground rehabilitation and drilling.

By 2010, the Kenville property had been expanded to include separate claim groups to the north and south. In 2010, on behalf of Anglo Swiss Resources, St. Pierre Geoconsulting Incorporated conducted airborne magnetic and electromagnetic geophysical surveys over the entire Nelson Mining Camp area. Soil sampling was conducted over the central Kenville claim block, though the majority of the sampling was conducted in the area of the Silver Lynx occurrence (MINFILE 082FSW378) to the south.

The best assay was from sample 88CTT-04, taken from an old trench in diorite on the Mor 1 claim. This sample assayed 0.84 gram per tonne gold and 0.054 per cent copper (Assessment Report 18290, page 15).