The Gilnockie Northwest occurrence is located about 43 kilometres south-southeast of the town of Cranbrook.

The Gilnockie Northwest is located in the upper reaches of Gilnockie Creek. The area is underlain by sedimentary rocks of the Helikian Creston Formation, Purcell Supergroup. In general, the rocks consist of siltsone, argillite and/or quartzite. Prospecting in 2010 revealed that disseminated chalcopyrite occurred in Upper Creston strata consisting of siltstone and sandstone lenses. In 2015, A sample (TR15-305) taken just northwest of a 90-degree bend to the east in Gilnockie Creek graded 0.17 per cent copper, 6.4 grams per tonne silver, and 0.026 gram per tonne gold (Assessment Report 35769). The sample was described as being from a coarse quartzite interval with disseminated chalcopyrite and bornite.

WORK HISTORY

In 2010, Kootenay Gold Inc. (later Kootenay Silver Inc.) collected 42 rock samples from the KRL (Silver Fox) claims of the Silver Fox property (Assessment Report 32181). Reconnaissance style prospecting had discovered a stratabound copper occurrence hosted in the strata. The KRL claim block was expanded to include the newly discovered showing as well as prospective stratigraphy along a favourable horizon south to the U.S. Border. The KRL (Sarah) veins were subsequently renamed to Sarah (082GSW087). Prospecting discovered several stratabound copper showings including Blacktail Creek (082GSW099), Borrow Pit (082GSW073), Jake Creek (082GSW070), Skarn Zone (082GSW103), Upper Gilnocke (082GSW100, 101), and Yahk Mountain (082GSW072).

In 2015, Kootenay Silver Inc. continued mapping in the Jake Ridge (082GSW109), KRL (Jake (082GSW070) and Snake), Oke Creek areas; the Middle block which included Yahk Mountain to Haller Creek; and the South block which included the Gilnockie (creek) to North Ward (082GSW089) area (Assessment Report 36022). Prospecting and mapping identified some alteration zones where sufficient outcrop enabled recognition to the north at Silver Pipe (082GSW058), KRL (Sarah, 082GSW087), and Jake Ridge (082GSW109). Copper mineralization was previously recognized at Jake Ridge (082GSW109), Yahk Mountain (082GSW072), Haller Creek north (082GSW103), and Ward Creek (082GSW105). Also in 2015, Kootenay Silver collected 229 rock samples and conducted prospecting. Prospecting was focused on three areas during the program, from north to south they were the Jake Ridge (082GSW109), Yahk Ridge (082GSW072), and Ward Creek (082GSW105) areas (Assessment Report 35769 and 36064). Several small copper showings were documented and subsequently added to MINFILE (see 082GSW099 to 110).

See North Ward (082GSW089) for further details of the Silver Fox property.