The Canal Main South occurrence is located near the western shore of the Alberni Canal, approximately 3 kilometres southwest of the mouth of China Creek.

The area is underlain by Upper Triassic Vancouver Group, Karmutsen Formation volcanics which have been intruded by granodioritic rocks of the Lower to Middle Jurassic Island Plutonic Suite. The volcanic rocks are comprised of dark green to massive, fine-grained basalt and andesite interbedded with, or intruded by, coarsely porphyritic felsic flows or dikes that strike 030 degrees and range up to 40 metres in thickness.

Locally, a 1.2 metre zone within a coarse grained, oxidized, felsic intrusive hosts traces of chalcopyrite, bornite and malachite.

In 2006, a select outcrop grab sample (343809) taken over 1.2 metres yielded 0.098 per cent molybdenum, 0.834 per cent copper and 2.8 grams per tonne silver (Houle, J. (2007-01-26): Technical Report for the 2006 Diamond Drilling Program and the 2006 Prospecting Program on the Macktush Property).

In 2012, a sample assayed 0.63 per cent copper and 0.067 per cent molybdenum (Houle, J. (2015-07-30): 2015 Technical Report on the Macktush Property).

Work History

During 1993 through 2006, SYMC resources prospected the area as part of the Macktush property along the west side of the Alberni Inlet, later called the Dauntless property. During 2009 through 2011, G4G Resources completed programs of geological mapping and rock and soil sampling on the area as the Macktush Copper property. During 2012 through 2014, Nahminto Resources completed exploration programs including limited prospecting, rock sampling, geological mapping and a satellite remote sensing survey and analysis on the Macktush group.