The Taurus claim is located on the ridge separating Little Shaw and Shaw creeks, approximately 4.5 kilometres east of Heather Lake.

The area is underlain by volcanic rocks (greenstone) of the Middle Devonian Nitinat Formation, Sicker Group. The Nitinat Formation consists of commonly agglomeratic basalts containing pyroxene phenocrysts and amygdules. The formation includes local interbeds of layered to massive dark- coloured tuff. The Myra Formation overlies the Nitinat and consists of well- bedded, mainly light- coloured silicic tuff and breccia interbedded with black argillite and some greywacke. These volcanic rocks have been intruded by the Saanich granodiorite, which is probably related to the Early to Middle Jurassic Island Plutonic Suite. Major northeast- and northwest- striking faults have resulted in fracturing of the intrusive rocks.

Locally, gossanous zones contain pyrite, minor chalcopyrite and rare galena occurring in narrow veins or in shear zones. The shear zones trend northwest and dip near vertical. They are commonly silicified and invariably show quartz and calcite veining.

In 1987 and 1988, Black Gold Resources Inc. completed programs of line cutting, soil sampling and an airborne magnetic and VLF-EM survey. This work identified five soil geochemical gold anomalies associated with gossanous zones. In 1988, rock sampling assayed up to 350 parts per billion gold (Assessment Report 17422). In 1994 and 1995, International Black Gold Resources completed programs of soil sampling, prospecting and geological mapping.