The Beaton property is underlain by Upper Triassic Nicola Group andesitic volcanic rocks intruded by a small quartz monzonite plug that may be related to the nearby Late Triassic-Early Jurassic Iron Mask batholith. The Nicola volcanics vary from fine-grained to coarsely porphyritic andesite with intercalated lapilli tuffs. The tuffaceous rocks are often chloritized and contain epidote and calcite.

The Beaton property area has received much intermittent exploration over the last 30 years but the only confirmed mineralization was found in 1993, when an outcrop of andesite located approximately 100 metres southeast of a previous percussion drillhole (92-3) was examined and found to contain trace amounts of chalcopyrite (Assessment Report 23390).

Work recorded in the area began in 1972, when 18 kilometres of induced polarization survey, 41 kilometres of ground magnetometer survey and geological mapping was completed over the T.T. and Jam claim groups in the Ice Lake area on behalf of Bow River Resources Ltd.

The next recorded phase of work on the Beaton group of claims occuredin 1988, when C. Boitard conducted prospecting over 17 kilometres of grid.

From 1992 to 1993, Green Valley Mines Inc., on behalf of C. Boitard, drilled 12 percussion holes to test for copper mineralization within an area outlined by anomalous geophysical signatures defined in previous surveys; only six holes, totalling 717 metres, were reported on. One diamond drillhole was also drilled to a depth of 173 metres. This drilling program failed to delineate any copper mineralization.

In 1995, Lakewood Mining Co. Ltd., on behalf of C. Boitard, completed four diamond drillholes totalling 1391 metres. In 1997, Green Valley Mines Inc., on behalf of C. Boitard, completed one diamond drillhole totalling 246 metres.

In 1998–99 and 2001, C. Boitard continued work on the Beaton claims and took 333 soil samples over 8.2 kilometres of grid for mobile metal ion testing.

In 2003, Green Valley Mine Inc. and Lakewood Mining Co. Ltd. completed 4800 metres of IP and resistivity surveys on the Beaton claims.

In 2005, Green Valley Mine Inc. and Lakewood Mining Co. Ltd. conducted a mobile metal ion geochemical soil sampling survey consisting of 198 samples.

In 2006, Green Valley Mine Inc. and Lakewood Mining Co. Ltd. completed a mobile metal ion geochemical soil sampling survey consisting of 27 samples.

In 2008, Green Valley Mine Inc. and Lakewood Mining Co. Ltd. executed an exploration program of IP and resistivity geophysical surveys, totaling 4050 metres, and a mobile metal ion geochemical soil sampling survey consisting of 28 samples.

In 2009, Green Valley Mine Inc. and Lakewood Mining Co. Ltd. executed an exploration program of IP and resistivity geophysical surveys, totaling 5650 metres, and a mobile metal ion geochemical soil sampling survey consisting of 203 samples.

In 2011, Green Valley Mine Inc. and Lakewood Mining Co. Ltd. conducted a mobile metal ion geochemical soil sampling survey consisting of 198 samples.