The Pet quartzite/frac sand occurrence is located on a segment of Highway 77, approximately 11 kilometres south of the British Columbia and Yukon border.

The area is underlain by quartz sandstone or quartzite that is assigned to the Mississippian Mattson Formation and limestone of the Mississippian Flett Formation. The Flett Formation forms the core of a north-trending upright anticline and is flanked by Mattson Formation, which is in turn overlain by mudstone and fine-grained clastic sedimentary rocks of the Cretaceous Fort St John Group.

Locally, there is a north-trending belt of quartz sandstone of the Mississippian Mattson Formation that may be suitable for processing into frac sand.

In early 2009, an assessment of central and northern British Columbia’s potential lode sources of quartz arenite and quartzite was conducted by Stikine Gold Corporation The research identified a number of prospective targets northwest of Fort Nelson and northeast of Prince George and staking of many of these areas ensued. A total of 17 properties were staked, including the Pet property. The Pet property, consisting of 9 mineral claims straddled a segment of Highway 77 in northeast British Columbia. The claims extended south from the BC-NWT border for approximately 14 kilometres.

In 2009 and 2010, Stikine Energy conducted programs of mapping and geochemical sampling.

In July, 2009 Stikine Gold Corporation completed an initial reconnaissance of the Pet property and confirmed the presence of a north-trending belt of quartz sandstone. Initial observations and positive results from preliminary testing of samples indicate that more focused follow-up exploration is warranted. Large blocks were sampled along a section of high-pressure gas line, where they had presumably been excavated from a trench. Whole rock analysis (by XRF) and trace element analysis was conducted on 1 rock sample believed to be representative of the areas examined. The resulting whole rock analysis showed a silica content of 96.07 per cent SiO2, an alumina content of 1.24 per cent Al2O3 and an iron content of 1.25 per cent Fe2O3 (Assessment Report 31620, Table 3 and Appendix A).

In 2010, whole rock analysis (by XRF) and trace element analysis was conducted on three rock samples collected from the Pet property believed to be representative of the bedrock examined. Two of the samples yielded high silica contents (of 94.4 per cent and 95.3 per cent SiO2) while the third sample contained only 36.01 per cent SiO2, but a combined CaO and MgO content of 29.57 per cent, indicating that the sample is a dolomitic sandstone (Assessment Report 32308, Table 3 and Appendix A).