The QUEEN occurrence is located in the Omineca Mountains, north of the Mesilinka River valley, approximately 8.3 kilometres northeast of Aiken Lake and approximately 97 kilometres northwest of the community of Germansen Landing.

The area is underlain by the Lower Jurassic Polaris Ultramafic Complex which is composed of dunite, werhlite, pyroxenite, and gabbro, some of which is altered to serpentine.

The Queen zone was discovered in 2001 and is exposed on the north-facing cliff face of Capricorn Ridge. The zone appears as a slightly rusty weathering layer, which is relatively flat lying and has a gentle southerly dip. The zone can be traced for 500 metres and is at least 20 metres thick. The zone probably exceeds 20 metres in thickness but is covered by talus. Mineralization consists of very fine-grained to fine-grained, disseminated, magmatic chalcopyrite, pyrite with lesser amounts of pyrrhotite and bornite; no visible alteration is present. Sulphide content ranges from 3 to 10 per cent.

Some results obtained from the Queen zone include: 1.18 per cent copper, 0.174 gram per tonne gold, 0.046 gram per tonne platinum, and 0.109 gram per tonne palladium; and 0.14 per cent copper, 0.166 gram per tonne gold, 0.581 gram per tonne platinum, and 1.552 grams per tonne palladium (Assessment Report 27617). There is sporadic nickel and cobalt values associated with sulphides in this zone.

Work History

The Star 1-5 claims were staked by U. Mowat in February, 1995 to cover a unit of the Polaris Ultramafic Complex. Mowat prospected, sampled and mapped the property from 1995 to 2002 inclusive. In 2003, Minterra Resource Corp. optioned the Star magmatic platinum group element property from Mowat. The company proceeded with an 8-line kilometre induced polarization survey that identified a number of drill targets. In 2004, Minterra drilled eight holes on the Star property totaling 1044 metres. The Star claims were briefly optioned to Aumega Discoveries in 2005, but the option has been terminated.

In 2014, U. Mowat conducted geochemical sampling (110 soil, 190 rock) on the large Star property which covers the Queen (094C 163), GL (094C 165), Ridge (094C 164), HC (094C 166), HA (094C 167) and HB (094C 168) occurrences (Assessment Report 35114). In 2015, U. Mowat completed a further program of geochemical (rock and soil) sampling on the Star property (Assessment Report 35680). These programs resulted in anomalous copper, nickel, cobalt, platinum and palladium values at mineral occurrences across the property.

A small prospecting, rock and soil sampling and drone imagery survey was conducted primarily on the HB, Ridge and GL mineral occurrence areas in 2022 by tenure holder Granite Creek Copper Ltd (Assessment Report 41145). Further soil and rock sampling was conducted by Granite Creek Copper in 2024, and several samples of nickel, copper and platinum group elements were sent to laboratories for pilot-scale testing aimed at enhanced metal extraction with a high level of carbon sequestration through carbonation of magnesium minerals (Press Release, Granite Creek Copper Ltd., Feb. 5, 2025).