The Ho 5 occurrence is located at an elevation of approximately 460 metres on a north-facing slope, southwest of Lewis Lake and approximately 3.7 kilometres southeast of Tin Hat Mountain.

The area is underlain by multi-phased granodioritic intrusions of the Mesozoic Coast Plutonic Complex.

Locally, molybdenite and chalcopyrite occur in narrow quartz veins. A sample across 1.5 metres from a trench on the southeast corner of Ho 5 claim assayed 0.03 per cent copper and 0.046 per cent molybdenite (Assessment Report 5798).

Reserves of 82 000 000 tonnes grading 0.3 percent copper are reported for the Hi-Mars occurrence (MINFILE 092F 292) on the National Mineral Inventory card 92F/16 Cu1. This calculation may include the Ho 5 and Spring Lake occurrences (MINFILE 092F 369).

Work History

In 1975, Newvan Resources Ltd. completed a program of geological mapping and soil sampling on the area as the IN and HO claims. In 1976 and 1977, Rio Tinto Exploration Canada Inc. completed programs of geochemical sampling, geological mapping, test pitting and ground magnetic and induced polarization surveys on the area as the HO, IN and Spring claims.

In 2017, Straightup Resources Inc. completed a program of geochemical (rock and soil) sampling on the area as the Hi-Mars property. Two outcrop samples (No. 42 and 45) of hornblende quartz diorite with malachite and chalcopyrite, located approximately 500 metres southeast of the plotted location of the Ho 5 occurrence, yielded 0.512 and 0.542 per cent copper, respectively, with up to 0.039 per cent molybdenum (Straightup Resources Inc. [2018-06-24]: Technical Report, Hi-Mars Mineral Property, Southwest British Columbia, Canada).