The KWUN LAKE prospect is located approximately 800 metres northwest of Tommy Lake, 1.5 kilometres west-southwest of Kwun Lake and 8.5 kilometres northeast of the community of Horsefly. It is currently within the Birch property, which also hosts the Beekeeper showing (Minfile 093A 155), at Tommy Lake, 1 kilometre to the southeast.

The area is within the central Quesnel Belt which consists of Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic Nicola Group sedimentary and volcanic rocks. Alkalic subvolcanic plutons intruding the volcanic rocks commonly host copper and associated gold mineralization. These plutons are comagmatic with the upper, more felsic parts of the volcanic stratigraphy.

The Kwun Lake showing is underlain by a zoned (diorite to syenodiorite) stock (the Lower Jurassic Kwun stock) which is surrounded by felsic tuff breccia to the north, east and south. To the west, a fault separates the stock and felsic breccias from older basalt. Basaltic wackes and basaltic breccia occur to the east of the felsic breccias and the Kwun stock.

Hydrothermal activity associated with the stock has resulted in a central potassic zone, characterized by secondary orthoclase, surrounded by a zone of propylitic alteration, characterized by the presence of chlorite, calcite and epidote. Secondary magnetite is common within propylitically altered rock.

In 1974, percussion drill hole ALP-74-7 intersected 15.24 metres averaging 2.19 grams per tonne gold and 0.10 per cent copper. Two diamond drill holes sunk in the same area had 5 intersections in the range of 0.86 gram per tonne (Assessment Report 5533).

Sulphide mineralization related to this hydrothermal system consists of small amounts of chalcopyrite, pyrite and bornite within brecciated and propylitically altered rock on the west side of the stock. In 1981, BQ drilling in a monzonitic phase of the Kwun stock indicated a small zone, 3 to 6 metres wide, of anomalous gold containing values of 0.4 to 1.0 grams per tonne. One intersection in hole 9 returned 5 grams per tonne gold (Assessment Report 9925).

Drilling in 1996 intersected a coeval assemblage of volcanic, subvolcanic and intrusive units predominantly latite or monzonite in composition. Significant lengths of potassium-feldspar rich intrusive breccia were encountered crosscutting or in fault contact with latite. Significant intersections were:

Hole B96-1: 12 metre intercept grading 0.41 gram per tonne gold and 0.15 per cent copper, from 2 to 14 metres downhole and 30 metres grading 0.31 gram per tonne gold and 0.2 per cent copper, from 59 to 89 metres downhole

Hole B96-2: 9 metre intercept grading 0.61 gram per tonne gold and 0.27 per cent copper from 3 to 12 metres downhole and 15 metres grading 0.42 gram per tonne gold and 0.01 per cent copper. from 141 to 156 metres downhole

Hole B96-3: 36 metre intercept grading 0.12 per cent copper, from 5 to 41 metres downhole and 22 metres grading 0.96 gram per tonne gold and 0.70 per cent copper, from 59 to 81 metres downhole (Assessment Report 24828).

The association of molybdenum with economic mineralization in holes B-96-1 and 96-B-3 is notable.

The 1997 diamond drilling project focused on expanding the '96 zone', a previously drilled mineralized stockwork. The zone was extended a further 200 metres westward. Significant intersections were:

Hole 97-B-19: 36 metre intercept grading 0.43 gram per tonne gold, from 35.1 to 71.1 metres downhole

Hole 97-B-12: 12 metre intercept grading 0.6 gram per tonne gold, from 42 to 54 metres downhole; 3 metres grading 2.0 grams per tonne gold, from 99 to 102 metres downhole and 15 metres of 0.55 gram per tonne gold and 0.33 per cent copper from 120 to135 metres downhole.

Hole 97-B-15: 3 metre intercept grading 1.04 grams per tonne gold, from 72 to 75 metres downhole; 27 metres of 0.63 gram per tonne gold from 156 to 183 metres downhole, including 6 metres of 2.12 grams per tonne gold and 0.12 per cent copper (Assessment Report 25491).

In 2008, exploration work indicated two mineralized zones, referred to as the NW Au zone and SE Cu-Au zone. The NW Au zone is hosted by a monzonite-syenite over a 200 by 200 metre area with 5 to 46 metre intervals averaging from 0.8 to 1.0 gram per tonne gold, while the SE Cu-Au zone is hosted by a monzonite to diorite over a 300 by 300 metre anomalous zone with a 19 metre interval averaging 1.1 grams per tonne gold and 0.82 per cent copper in drill hole B-96-03 (Morton, J.W., Durfeld, R.M. (2008-03-24): Technical Report on the Birch Property).

Trench samples collected in 2010 are reported to have yielded values of up to greater than 0.3 gram per tonne gold and 0.10 per cent copper (Morton, J.W. (2011-10-25): Summary Report on the Birch Property).

Several mineralized rock samples collected in an area 100 metres west of the Kwun showing between 2014 and 2024 returned anomalous values in copper, gold and silver. The highest values attained from a fine-grained felsic rock (Sample 329617) assayed 3.1 per cent copper, 2.98 grams per tonne gold and 5.2 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 35285).

WORK HISTORY

The Kwun-Swarm claims area has been investigated for gold and copper mineralization since the early 1970s. In 1973 and 1974, the area known as the AL claims was overburden sampled, followed by magnetometer and IP surveys for P.E. Fox, tenure holder. In 1974, an exploration program comprised of mapping, soil sampling, a magnetometer and induced polarization (IP) survey, 12 percussion holes, and 2 diamond-drill holes was completed by Dome-Newconex Canadian Exploration Ltd. (Assessment Report 5533).

In 1980-81, 13 BQ diamond-drill holes totalling 1833 metres were completed by Orbex Minerals Ltd. near the Kwun Lake occurrence and to the north (Assessment Reports 8261 and 9925). In 1985, soil and rock sampling, prospecting and mapping was completed by Dome Exploration Canada Ltd. In 1986, 17.2 kilometres of spectral IP was completed by Dome (Assessment Report 15453).

In 1991, soil sampling was completed on the Kwun and Beekeeper areas by Cogema Canada Ltd (Assessment Report 22086) and prospecting was done over both areas by Eastfield Resources Ltd. in 1995 (Assessment Report 24212).

In 1996, a diamond drill program consisting of ten core holes and one overburden test hole was completed in the Kwun Lake prospect area for a total of 1370 metres (Assessment Report 24828). During the 1997 field season a two-phased diamond drill program was completed by Eastfield Resources Ltd. The first phase consisted of seven holes totalling 1107.8 metres conducted in March; the second phase comprised six holes totalling 996.3 metres conducted between November and December (Assessment Report 25491).

The Birch property, which covers the Beekeeper (093A 155) and Kwun Lake showings, was acquired by R.M. Durfeld in 2003 and has been expanded since. In 2006, an auger soil sampling survey and Birch property compilation was completed by R.M. Durfeld.

In 2008, Great Bear Uranium Corp. completed a program of compiling historical trenching, drilling, geochemical and geophysical data and later that year a field program of geological mapping, prospecting and minor geochemical sampling (Assessment Report 30187).

In 2010, Mountain Gold Resources Ltd. conducted a program of prospecting, geological mapping, minor geochemical sampling, trenching and a 29 line-kilometre ground magnetic survey on the area. In 2011, Iron Tank Resources Corp. completed a 213-line kilometre airborne magnetometer survey on the area (Assessment Report 32947). Work by tenure holder R.M. Durfeld from 2014 through 2024 consisted of geological mapping, prospecting, rock and soil sampling and historical data compilation, following up on geophysical targets on the Birch property.