The Tam O'Shanter property is located on Ingram Ridge, near the headwaters of Buckhorn Creek, about 4 kilometres west of Greenwood. The property consists of a large number of recorded claims and mineral leases including the Tam O'Shanter (Lot 2405) and Bengal (Lot 2375) claims. See also Iva Lenore (082ESE172) and Buckhorn (082ESE051).

The Tam O'Shanter property is underlain by an assemblage of silicified rock, chert and cherty tuffs, and andesite tuffs of the Carboniferous or Permian Knob Hill Group. These rocks have been intruded by a stock of diorite and quartz diorite related to the Middle-Late Jurassic Nelson intrusions.

The principal mineralization is in the Knob Hill greenstones. In the Nelson intrusive rocks, pyrite is occasionally prominent with or without quartz; chalcopyrite is very sparse. This intrusion was the focus of most of the work and drilling completed on the property in the past. In the greenstones, the mineralization is of two types: disseminated sulphides and quartz stringers containing sulphides. The disseminated sulphides are chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite and pyrite. The quartz stringers contain molybdenite and sometimes chalcopyrite. Occasional grains of molybdenite look like disseminations, but close examination show them to be associated with threads of quartz. Native copper also occurs in the greenstones. Hematite stringers are found in all of the rock types.

The epithermal mineralization discovered on this property is related to Tertiary faulting and the associated alteration tends to be restricted to the Kettle River Formation. The dominant geological feature of the property is the steep northeast trending Deadwood fault that forms the eastern margin of the Toroda Graben. The fault separates the Penticton Group on the west and northwest from the Knob Hill Group to the east. The major area of alteration and focus of exploration is at a splay in the Deadwood fault that encloses a zone of the basal Tertiary Kettle River sediments, which are clay altered and locally silicified. The northern portion of this zone, called the Bengal Zone, is a silicified ridge of outcrops on which there are a series of trenches and the old Bengal shaft. The fine grained quartz that comprises the ridge is commonly brecciated and contains up to 10 per cent fine grained pyrite and some clay minerals. The mineralization here appears to be controlled by a small, steeply dipping, north-northeast trending fracture related to the main fault. A similar zone of alteration occurs in a conglomeratic facies of the Kettle River Formation, 200 metres south of the Bengal Zone where the Deadwood fault splays into two subparallel structures. Several backhoe trenches have been dug at this point exposing strongly clay altered conglomerate between, and east of the main fault structures, and a zone of massive, fine grained, banded quartz which is referred to as the 'Sinter Zone'.

In summary, all of the mineralization discovered to date on the property appears to be related to Tertiary faulting and the associated alteration tends to be restricted mostly to the Kettle River Formation.

The Tam O'Shanter claim was Crown granted to C.R. Forde and Associates in 1903 but apparently little development was done at this time; the claim was sold to A.J. Morrison in 1918. Other than 2 old shafts from the turn of the century, no development work was done until 1918 at which time the first thorough evaluation of the property began. In the period 1921 to 1922, owners Morrison & McGillis completed a 63-metre adit and an 8-metre raise; this followed a 'lead' of crushed country rock and soft gouge containing galena, chalcopyrite and pyrite, with gold and silver values in a quartz gangue. From this operation, 2.7 tonnes were shipped, resulting in 12 grams of gold, 2052 grams of silver and a small quantity of lead.

Silver Dome Mines Ltd. acquired the property in 1963 and began a program of road construction (16 kilometres), soil sampling, a magnetometer survey, trenching and 1865 metres of diamond drilling. In 1964, Crown Silver Development Ltd. acquired a 50 per cent interest in the property. By June 1965, the major work, amounting to 3962 metres of trenching and stripping, and 2438 metres of diamond drilling, had outlined several anomalous areas.

During the period 1966 to 1974 there was almost continuous exploration activity on the property by Sun Oil Ltd., Mapletree Exploration Ltd. and Mascot Mines Ltd. Work completed included 43 diamond-drill holes, totalling roughly 3810 metres, and 63 percussion-drill holes, totalling about 3048 metres. The results of this work located a medium sized zone of 0.3 per cent copper on the Buckhorn claim (082ESE051) associated with the old workings. A zone 304 metres long and 60 to 121 metres wide, with intercepts ranging from 0.15 to 0.3 per cent copper, was found on the Iva Lenore claim (082ESE172). Several other zones were exposed which appeared interesting but drill results were poor (in the range of 0.1 per cent copper).

From 1975 to 1978, George O.M. Stewart became involved with the property. He made detailed studies of alteration and fracture patterns along with geologic mapping as an aid to designing an additional exploration program. As a result of this study, an area of intense silicification was disclosed adjacent to the Bengal shaft. The zone also contained abundant limonite. In 1979, Oneida Resources Ltd. completed 8.2 kilometres of grid centred around the Bengal shaft zone and drilled three diamond-drill holes totalling 658 metres to test the zone. In May 1980, a 60-metre long backhoe trench was completed across a portion of the Bengal shaft zone. In May 1981, G.H. Rayner completed a detailed geological study centred around the Bengal shaft area covering an area of approximately 1500 by 2000 metres. In 1982 Oneida Resources Ltd. amalgamated with several other companies to form New Frontier Petroleum. In 1983 trenching (60 metres) was done near the Bengal shaft. At the same time approximately 30 metres of trenching was completed about 1500 metres to the north where copper staining was uncovered on a new logging road.

In 1987 the property was re-examined by Echo Bay Mines Ltd. and BP Selco Ltd. In 1988, Pacific Houston Ltd. did an IP survey, which recorded a significant conductor, and 806 metres of diamond drilling. In 1990 Kettle River Resources Ltd. and Dentonia Resources Ltd. purchased the property followed by an option agreement with Minnova Inc. This led to geological mapping, evaluation of geophysical data, geochemical soil sampling, and drilling (11 holes, 1970 metres). Drilling in 1992, encountered 6.53 grams per tonne gold and 0.83 per cent copper over 3.3 metres (Northern Miner, February 17, 1992).

In 1995, Kettle River Resources obtained Dentonia’s interest in the Tam O’Shanter property, resulting in a 100 per cent interest in the claims. A compilation of previous work was completed, and detailed geological mapping was also done in the same area. A drilling program of 10 holes totalling 1732 metres was conducted at the Deadwood zone, of which three drillholes were completed east of the current property boundary. The drillholes testing the vein returned 5.09 grams per tonne gold over 2.9 metres, whereas drillholes testing the Wild Rose fault returned 1 to 2 grams per tonne gold in TM-24 (Assessment Report 33112A).

In 1997, Echo Bay concluded an agreement with Kettle River Resources to option all of the Greenwood claims. Exploration for volcanogenic targets similar to those found in the Belcher District of Washington State became the primary focus; however, the Tam O’Shanter property was not considered to host the appropriate target and, as a result, no work was conducted on the property other than a small rock and soil sampling program.

In 2004, the Deadwood zone (Wild Rose Vein) was tested by drilling eight diamond drill holes (totalling 1418 metres), conducted by Kettle River Resources. Although low gold grades were predominant, some drillholes did return decent assay results. Hole 92-31 returned an assay of 25.1 grams per tonne gold over 1.03 metres, whereas 91-20a and 95-02 returned 7.3 grams per tonne over 3.3 metres and 20.16 grams per tonne in a core length of 1.2 metres. Claims were surveyed by GPS, and a single 52-metre-long trench was also completed, although no analyses were completed (Assessment Report 33112A).

In 2005, the property was optioned by 730821 BC Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Genesis Minerals. In the fall of the same year, 730821 acquired an interest in two large parcels of ground in the vicinity of the Wild Rose property. In December, the company conducted an airborne time-domain electromagnetic and magnetic (AeroTEM II) geophysical survey over a portion of their Greenwood area, to test the effectiveness of airborne geophysics in the search for gold and base metal deposits (Assessment Report 33112A).

In 2010, Golden Dawn acquired the Tam O’Shanter property and compiled a large database of all existing data. This database provided a working platform for an exploration program of a prospective target zone approximately 2000 by 200 metres.

In late 2010 and early 2011, Golden Dawn completed 12 diamond drill holes, totalling 1877.8 metres, on the Wild Rose – Tam O’Shanter property. Later in 2011, a further 12 diamond drill holes, totalling 3476.5 metres, were completed on the property.

Using historical drill data and the results of the winter 2010 to 2011 drill program, Golden Dawn engaged Apex Geoscience Ltd. to create the first resource estimate. Results concluded an inferred mineral resource of 24.5 million tonnes grading 0.53 gram per tonne gold using a cut-off grade of 0.3 gram per tonne gold (V STOCKWATCH, December 11, 2012).