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File Created: 16-Oct-1986 by Larry Jones (LDJ)
Last Edit:  08-May-2021 by Del Ferguson (DF)

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NMI 103I15 Pb1
Name MARMOT, SUNLIGHT Mining Division Skeena
BCGS Map 103I087
Status Showing NTS Map 103I15E
Latitude 054º 49' 49'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 128º 40' 07'' Northing 6075955
Easting 521288
Commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Copper Deposit Types I05 : Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn+/-Au
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The Marmot occurrence is situated on the north side of Wesach Creek, which drains into the north end of Kitsumkalum Lake approximately 7 kilometres west of the showing. The Marmot is approximately 35 kilometres north-northwest of Terrace, B.C.

The area is underlain by argillite, greywacke and conglomerate of the Jurassic to Cretaceous Bowser Lake Group. Narrow quartz veins lie conformably below a 35 to 75 metre wide conglomerate bed which strikes northeast and dips 50 to 75 degrees southeast. The veins are mineralized with galena, sphalerite, pyrite, pyrrhotite and minor chalcopyrite.

A concordant quartz vein, striking 080 degrees and dipping 35 degrees north, is up to 3.5 metres wide and 12 metres long. The ore reportedly assayed 30 per cent lead, 5 per cent zinc and 480 grams per tonne silver (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1926).

In 2016, J2 Syndicate Holdings Ltd. and Goliath Resources Ltd. completed a program of prospecting, geological mapping, hand trenching and rock (41) and stream sediment (4) sampling on their Lucky Strike property. The 2016 geochemical survey returned assays up to up to 24.7 grams per tonne gold, 188 grams per tonne silver, 2.04 per cent copper, 8.34 per cent lead, 0.26 per cent molybdenum, 0.13 per cent tungsten and 6.3 per cent zinc in quartz veins containing massive pyrite on the newly discovered Prosperity Trend. The 650 metre by 250 metre area Prosperity Trend is in the central portion of the Lucky Strike property at the headwaters of two prolific placer creeks, Lorne Creek draining eastward, and Douglas Creek draining westward.

A SkyTEM aerial electromagnetic survey was flown over the Lucky Strike Property in 2017 for a total of 563 line km. Magnetic anomalies were found to highlight apparent intrusives at several locations, they generally corresponded with resistive zones in the SkyTEM data as well as with anomalous 2016 sampling. Several new areas of interest were identified as a result of this electromagnetic survey: Kahuna, Douglas, Lorne and Prosperity North (Assessment Report 36902).

The Marmot showing is in the Wesach Creek drainage in the southwest region of the Lucky Strike property and was part of the Lucky Strike sampling and aeromagnetic programs.

An NI 43-101 Technical Report was completed on the property in 2017 for Goliath Resources Limited and a second comprehensive report was completed in 2018 including work done during the 2017 field season. The program consisted of reconnaissance and follow-up prospecting, geological mapping and geochemical sampling. Sampling during the 2017 and 2018 field season resulted in the definition of new zones of mineralization.

Bibliography
EMPR AR 1920-42; 1922-49; 1923-48; 1924-48; 1925-70; 1926-73; 1927-64; *1928-73
EMPR ASS RPT 36902, 37542, 37976, 38970
EMPR MAP 8
GSC MAP 11-1956; 278A; 1136A; 1385A
GSC MEM 329
GSC P 36-17
GSC SUM RPT 1922A, pp. 48,49; 1923A, pp. 42-44
PR REL Goliath Resources Limited Oct 24, 2017; Jan 8, Feb 26, July 5, July 18, Aug 13, Oct 2, 2018; Jan 15, Jul 29, Aug 15, Aug 26, Sep 3, Oct 28, 2019; Dec 2, Dec 29, 2020; Jan 5, 2021
www.goliathresourcesltd.com
EMPR PFD 830129

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