The Cub occurrence is located near the southern shore of the Nechako Reservoir and approximately 16.5 kilometres northeast of Mount Swannell.

Regionally, the area is underlain by undivided volcanic rocks of the Middle Jurassic Naglico Formation (Hazelton Group), coarse clastic sedimentary rocks of the Middle to Upper Jurassic Ashman Formation (Bowser Lake Group) and felsic volcanic rocks of the Eocene Ootsa Lake Formation (Nechako Plateau Group). Small bodies of Eocene gabbroic to dioritic rocks intrude the strata.

Locally, a siltstone hosts narrow, 2- to 3-centimetre wide, quartz-sulphide veins. Sulphides are reported to include pyrite and possibly arsenopyrite.

In 2016, a rock sample (E5151584) assayed 9.2 grams per tonne gold, 13.8 grams per tonne silver, 0.46 per cent zinc and 0.12 per cent lead (Assessment Report 36752).

Also at this time, a float sample (2575014) of siltstone hosting a quartz-sulphide vein from the Sugar Bear zone, located approximately 2 kilometres to the southeast of the Cub occurrence, yielded 3.48 grams per tonne gold, 328.6 grams per tonne silver, 0.535 per cent copper, 0.230 per cent lead and 1.843 per cent zinc (Assessment report 36473).

Work History

In 2010, St. Elias Mines Ltd. completed a 1450.0 line-kilometre airborne magnetic and electromagnetic survey on the area as the Nechako Gold property.

In 2012, Deveron Resources Ltd. completed a program of rock, silt and soil sampling on the area as the KL 1-28 claims of the Nechako Gold property.

In 2016, Little Bear Gold Corp. completed a program of prospecting, geological mapping and geochemical (rock and soil) sampling on the area as part of the Big Bear property.

In 2017, New Gold Inc. completed a program of prospecting, geological mapping and geochemical (rock, soil and heavy mineral) sampling on the area as the Big Bear North area of the Nechako Gold property.