The Cig 100 occurrence is located 2 kilometres east of the Jenny Long mine (MINFILE 092ISE031), approximately 1.7 kilometres north west of Peter Hope Lake.
The area is underlain by the Upper Triassic Nicola Group. Volcanic rocks vary from dark green biotite-hornblende porphyritic flows to pale green porphyritic flows with biotite and hornblende phenocrysts altered to chlorite. Two main directions of jointing in the volcanics strike north-northeast to north-northwest and dip very steeply. Various old workings are located in the northwest corner of the property.
Locally, trenches and outcrops reveal two types of mineralization within biotite-hornblende porphyritic andesite. The first comprises occasional blebs of chalcopyrite in irregular-shaped quartz-calcite veins with vugs lined with quartz crystals. Alteration of wallrock along vein contacts is negligible. The second type comprises planar, narrow quartz-calcite veins with carbonate alteration of wallrock up to twenty times the width of the vein. In this alteration zone hornblende is replaced by feldspar and pyrite is evident. The veins exhibit local malachite staining and are pyritic. High gold values are associated with blebs of pyrite, chalcopyrite and argentite. A rock chip sample from a trench assayed 1.65 grams per tonne gold and 12.5 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 17489). Sphalerite has been reported to occur.
In 1987, a second area, of similar mineralization, known as Zone II was trenched and returned values up to 21.56 grams per tonne gold and 568.8 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 17489). In 1996, samples of Zone II returned 400 parts per billion gold (Assessment Report 26912).
In 1985, Times Square Energy Resources completed a program of geological mapping, soil sampling and a ground electromagnetic survey on the area as the CIG 100 property. In 1987, New Hombre Resources Ltd. completed a soil geochemical survey, a VLF-EM survey, a magnetometer survey, a geological survey, and the digging of three test pits. From 1992 to 1995, the GIG 100 ground was originally covered in part by the Spud claim group and subsequently by the WJA claim group, which was owned by Module Resources Incorporated. The only work completed for Module prior to the expiration of the WJA claims, in 1995, was minor trenching. In 1995, the S claim group was staked and followed by the completion of localized exploration programs. During 1997 through 2006, Capella Resources Ltd. completed various programs of trenching, geochemical sampling and geophysical surveys on the S claim group.
