The Mackenzie occurrence is located on a north west ridge of an un-named mountain (Peak 8597) in the Dickson Range, at an elevation of approximately 2400 metres. The occurrence is south of Slim Creek and north of the Bridge River, approximately 65 kilometres northeast of Pemberton.

The Mackenzie property is underlain by biotite-hornblende-quartz-diorite of the Hurley River Pluton, which is assigned to the Late Cretaceous Scuzzy Plutonic Suite of the Coast Batholith. The property hosts scattered, possible porphyry Cu-Au related mineralization over an area of several kilometres.

Locally, at the Mackenzie zone, malachite and chalcopyrite mineralization occur in a fracture system ranging in thickness from 0.3 to 9.0 metres and for a length of approximately 100 metres. The structure strikes 42 degrees with a 15 degree dip. The mineralization is associated with fine- grained granodiorite dikes and patchy vein-related potassic (potassium feldspar) alteration. The area is apart of the Tillworth trend, which extends for approximately 13 kilometres.

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In 2003 and 2005, five rock samples assayed (Assessment Report 28331):
Sample	Type	Length	Copper	Silver	Gold
	 	 (m) 	  (%)	 (g/t)	(g/t)
SC 7	chip	 3.0	0.250	  4.8	0.118
SC 8	chip	 1.0	1.350	  5.6	0.046
SC 9 	chip	 0.5	0.567	  1.5	 N/A
SC 16	grab	 N/A	4.430	 37.0	 N/A
SC 16A	grab	 N/A	4.930	 34.2 	 N/A
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The Mackenzie showing was discovered in 2003 by Dr. Kenneth Mackenzie and staked in 2005 as the Caspar 1 to 6 claims. Dr. Mackenzie and Rick Price conducted small exploration programs on the Mackenzie property every year during 2003 through 2009.

In 2010, Miocene Metals Inc. optioned the property and completed 1227 line-kilometres of combined airborne magnetic and gamma ray spectrometer surveys over area. The following year, a minor rock sampling program was completed.

In 2012, Miocene Metals Inc. expanded the Mackenzie property from 36.3 square kilometres to 299.03 square kilometres, and followed the expansion with a program of geochemical sampling and a two-hole drill program. Sampling to the west led to the discovery of the Bornite trend; sampling to the north led to the discovery of the Tillworth trend, extending approximately 13 kilometres and sampling to the north east identified the Breccia trend. Together with the original discovery these define a zone of mineralization that extends approximately 12 kilometres outwards from the contact of the Miocene Bridge River Pluton. The drill program focused on the Mackenzie trend.