The ASP occurrence is located on the north bank of Boulder Creek approximately 1 kilometre upstream from the mouth. During the mid-1980s, the region was held under the Dog claims group by Chevron Canada Resources Limited and geochemical sampling was undertaken on the claims.

The showing is composed of a series of quartz veins containing galena and pyrite with minor sphalerite and chalcopyrite and trace amounts of molybdenite. These veins range in thickness from 0.3 to 4.9 metres and strike northwest, hosted within quartz-chlorite-muscovite schists of the Upper Proterozoic to Late Permian Boulder Creek Group. These veins are located within the Manson fault zone, a northwest-striking, Cretaceous to Neogene, right-lateral fault. The Germansen Batholith intrudes the area approximately 2 kilometres to the west.

Grab samples from the ASP claim assayed 15.3 grams per tonne silver, 0.61 per cent lead, 0.02 per cent copper and 0.4 per cent zinc (Assessment Report 1659). Another grab sample from one of these veins analyzed 150.0 grams per tonne silver and 4.0 per cent lead (Open File 1988-12).

WORK HISTORY

Previous exploration in the Boulder Creek area dates back to 1940, when the Berthold lode gold prospect, located approximately 1 kilometre south of Boulder Creek, was examined. A 3-metre wide silicified fracture zone containing pyrite galena gold and silver was trenched. This area is just west of the mouth of Boulder Creek in Manson Lakes.

In 1968, the area that was later (in the 2000s) held by Skygold as the Manson Creek property was held by Omineca Base Metals Ltd as the Asp claim group. During the 1968 field season, geological mapping and geochemical surveying was done on the property (Viper 1-16). During the 1968 field season, geological mapping and geochemical surveying was done on the property, during which W.G. Stevensen identified and sampled three past showings: the Boulder Creek (Bold 1; MINFILE 093N 197), Asp (MINFILE 093N 027) and Berthold (MINFILE 093N 028). Several quartz veins along Boulder Creek were trenched and sampled. Northern Tungsten Mines Ltd., incorporated in 1970, acquired some 60 claims in the Stroh, Reynolds, Don and other groups. During 1972, the company carried out a trenching proem and a geochemical soil survey (343 samples). This exploration work exposed mineralization within a large lead anomaly. Work during 1973 included geological mapping, an induced potential survey over 3.2 kilometres as well as an electromagnetic survey, a geochemical soil survey (62 samples), trenching, and 862 metres of diamond drilling in eight holes on Stroh 7 and 8 and Don 1 (Assessment Report 4611).

In 2006, Spanish Mountain Gold Ltd conducted a comprehensive soil and silt sampling program on the MC property within the Manson Creek area covering approximately 54 000 hectares. In total, 962 soil samples, 52 silt samples and 52 heavy mineral samples were collected. Nearby heavy mineral sample 791H017 assayed 76.7 grams per tonne gold and 11.3 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 29274).

In 2008, Canadian Mining Geophysics Ltd. (CMG) flew a helicopter-borne magnetic gradiometer and very low frequency electromaginetic survey for Skygold over their Manson Creek property. The survey, consisting of 1580 line-kilometres, was flown in September 2008. This airborne survey covered the following MINFILE occurrences: Blackhawk (093N 022), Asp (093N 027), Berthold (093N 028), Kathy (093N 030), Kildare Gulch (093N 057), Lost Creek (093N 060), Manson River (093N 061), Boulder Creek (093N 088), AJM (093N 136), Bold 1(093N 137), Blackjack Mountain (093N 148) and Bold 2 (093N 197). Of these, Kildare Gulch, Manson River and Boulder Creek are placer deposits. See Assessment Report 30701 for a full report on the aeromagnetic survey.

Refer to the Bold 2 occurrence (093N 197) for further work area details. Also refer to the Kathy occurrence (093N 030) for details of the Manson Creek project, which the Asp occurrence was part of in the late 2000s.