The Sage 44 occurrence is located about 68 kilometres southeast of Fernie and about 3.5 kilometres south of Sage Creek.

At the Sage 44 showing, chalcopyrite and bornite occur disseminated and in localized zones of enrichment within quartzites of the Helikian Creston Formation (Purcell Supergroup). Sulphides are also concentrated sporadically at the margins of diorite sills of the Proterozoic Moyie Intrusions. Malachite is common on the weathered surfaces of the sedimentary stratigraphy. Chalcopyrite and bornite also form veinlets within the quartzites and are associated with specularite in fractures in the diorites.

WORK HISTORY

In 1969, Akamina Minerals Ltd. conducted a regional mapping, and geochemical program on the Grinnell Formation, a section of which underlies the claims held by Mark V and Thor. Widespread occurrences of copper mineralization were located in the Grinnell and neighbouring formations. Some of these were trenched. Most of the resulting assays appear to have been in the 0.2 to 0.9 per cent copper range, with occasional grab samples assaying up to 5 per cent copper (Property File Document 810672). The mineralization is reported to have occurred as disseminations and fine fracture fillings in quartzite beds, in shales, and to some degree in dykes and quartz vein material.

In 1970, Strato Geological Ltd., on behalf of Mark V Mines Ltd and Thor Explorations Ltd. carried out a reconnaissance silt and soil geochemical sampling and prospecting survey on their ABC, DEF, GHI, and JKL claims (Assessment Report 2746). A total of 31 rock, 28 stream silt and 60 soil samples were collected for analysis High copper values in silts were found in the areas of claim ABC 17 and DEF 35, the latter are correlated with, and explained by a copper occurrence found during the 1971 program on Grid #2.

In 1971, soil geochemistry and geological mapping was completed and approximately 240 samples were collected on behalf of Mark V Mines Ltd and Thor Explorations Ltd. Several anomalous zones were indicated on the ABC, DEF, GHI, and JKL claims (Figure 3, Assessment Report 3336).

In 1972, Mark V Mines Ltd. extended the geochemical work was extended on the company's Sage Creek property. The claims involved were the ABC 1 to 4 , and ABC 11 to 34. The soil sampling results revealed four soil new anomalies, in addition to an extension of the 1971 Grid #3 soil anomaly (Assessment Report 3931).