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File Created: 17-Apr-2020 by Del Ferguson (DF)
Last Edit:  12-May-2020 by Del Ferguson (DF)

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NMI
Name RCN Mining Division Liard
BCGS Map 104G090
Status Showing NTS Map 104G16E
Latitude 057º 53' 35'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 130º 00' 59'' Northing 6417250
Easting 439750
Commodities Gold, Copper Deposit Types
Tectonic Belt Omineca Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The RCN showing is located along a northwest flowing stream, 5.5 kilometres north of Iskut Village, east of Highway 37.

The RCN property occurs within an assemblage of Devonian to Triassic Stikinia Terrane rocks which are favourable for porphyry-style copper-gold mineralization (Schaft Creek, Galore Creek, GJ, North Rok, Rok Coyote). The property is underlain by regional geology that consists of marine sedimentary and volcanic rocks of the Permian Stikine Assemblage that are intruded in the west of the property by the late Triassic Beggarly Creek diorite. These lower formations are flanked by Jurassic Hazelton group volcanic arc complexes southwest and northwest of the property. The property hosts a well developed northwest structural trend, evidenced by kilometric-scale topographical lineament features, regional faults, local-scale mineralized structures (nearby Kitty occurrence to the southeast) and extension of structural features that occur proximal to the Edon and Mabon occurrences on the North Rok property (Assessment Report 37241).

The area of the showing was staked by Serengeti Resources Inc. based on a strong gold-copper in stream sediment geochemical anomaly from Geoscience BC’s Northern BC data set in addition to coincident magnetic anomalies from the Geoscience BC Quest NW airborne geophysical survey (Serengeti Resources Inc. News Release May 1, 2013). In late 2013, Serengeti Resources Inc. conducted prospecting and geochemical sampling (84 stream silt samples, 83 soil samples, 62 rock samples) on the RCN property (Serengeti Resources News Release January 16, 2014). Additional outcrops of strong quartz-sericite-pyrite (QSP) alteration were discovered in a zone of at least 400 metres strike length, flanking an aeromagnetic anomaly. Rock sampling from a composite grab sample over 1 metre width near the centre of the zone assayed 0.59 per cent Cu and 1.59 grams per tonne Au. Soil sampling upslope of the mineralized outcrop identified a cluster of three anomalous copper and gold values (Assessment Report 34625).

In 2014 Serengeti completed 7.9 kilometres of Induced Polarization (IP), 178 soil samples and 25 rock samples. IP outlined two chargeability anomalies to the east and west of the identified higher-grade zone. Soil sampling along IP lines identified Cu values up to 369 ppm, trace Au, and Ag values up to 950 ppm. Rock sampling (four grab samples) from the quartz-sericite-pyrite altered volcanic rocks in the previously identified zone assayed 0.97 per cent Cu and 1.38 grams per tonne Au (outcrop); 0.06 per cent Cu and 4.13 grams per tonne Au (outcrop); 0.60 per cent Cu and 1.37 grams per tonne Au (outcrop); 0.40 per cent Cu and 0.61 gram per tonne Au (boulder) (Assessment Report 35440).

In 2017 Serengeti completed and aeromagnetic survey over the property highlighting several targets. Two linear magnetic anomalies were identified, one which is coincident with a quartz-sericite-pyrite (QSP) zone and copper-gold mineralization previously identified (Serengeti Resources Inc. News Release November 6, 2017).

Bibliography
EMPR EXPL 1977-E229
EMPR FIELDWORK 1976, pp. 71-73; 1994, pp. 343-358; 1995, pp. 155-174; 1996, pp. 283-290,291-297
EMPR OF 1992-1; 1992-3; 1996-4; 1997-3
GSC MAP 1957-9
GSC OF 1005; 1080; 2241
PR REL Serengeti Resources Inc. May 1, 2013, Jan 16, 2014, Sept 3, 2014, Nov 6, 2017

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