The 17-004 Silica Property is located east of Halfway River, 47 kilometres northwest of Fort St. John and 39 kilometres northeast of Hudson Hope, B.C.

The property contains significant inactive dune formations. The geological conditions and weathering process that created these dunes provided natural mechanical sorting and rounding of silica grains, offering potential for a viable granular silica deposit for use as proppant. Prospecting and geological surveys determined that a silica deposit is present, while targeted drilling helped delineate the total extent of this deposit and provided more detailed lithologic data. An analysis of silica content, grain size, sphericity, and roundness determined that the silica is potentially viable for use as hydraulic fracture proppant.

Hicken et al. (2010) completed a preliminary assessment of silica sources in northeast British Columbia to determine their potential as hydraulic fracture proppant. Well-developed parabolic dunes in the property area are likely derived from sandy glaciofluvial and glacial till sediments associated with the Cordilleran Ice Sheet (Hicken, et al. 2010).

Following a desktop geological review and field scouting in 2018, 543077 Alberta Ltd. identified the property as having potential as a mineral resource. The preliminary evaluation of the geology of the property was enhanced by 3 test holes in the western end of the property (Assessment Report 37971). Physical - Chemical Properties of the silica deposits explored on the property to date are as follows:

Impurities: Moderate 10-25% (CaO, Al2O3, Fe2O3)

Grain Size: 64% falls within the desired 40/70 and 100 mesh size range

Colour: Light Brown

Roundness: Moderately Rounded: 5 to 6

Sphericity: High 7 to 8

Clusters: Minor

Fracturing: Minor