The HC occurrence is located approximately 13 kilometres northeast of Aiken Lake and 100 kilometres almost due north of the community of Germansen Landing.

The area is underlain by the Lower Jurassic Polaris Ultramafic Complex which is composed of dunite, werhlite, pyroxenite, and gabbro, some of which is altered to serpentine.

The HC (Haslinger C) zone is composed completely of coarse-grained pyroxenite. Sulphides, which range from 1 to 30 per cent, consist of pyrrhotite, pentlandite, pyrite and chalcopyrite and are generally fine grained. Cut surfaces show occasional solid chalcopyrite of up to 1 centimetre in diameter.

In 2003, one sample assayed 0.87 per cent copper, 0.18 per cent nickel, 0.118 gram per tonne gold, 0.408 gram per tonne platinum, and 0.834 gram per tonne palladium (Assessment Report 27394).

Work History

In February 1995, the Star 1-5 claims were staked by U. Mowat to cover a unit of the Polaris Complex. Mowat prospected, sampled and mapped the property during 1995 through 2002 inclusive. In 2003, Minterra Resource Corp. optioned the Star magmatic platinum group element (PGE) property from Mowat. The company proceeded with an 8-line kilometre induced polarization survey that identified a number of drill targets. In 2004, Minterra drilled eight NQ holes on the HC and GL zones totalling 1044 metres. In 2005, the Star claims were briefly optioned to Aumega Discoveries, but the option was terminated. In 2007, U. Mowat collected 32 rock samples and 3 soil samples. In 2014, U. Mowat conducted geochemical sampling (110 soil, 190 rock) on the large Star property which covers the Queen (094C 163), GL (094C 165), Ridge (094C 164), HC (094C 166), HA (094C 167) and HB (094C 168) occurrences. In 2015, U. Mowat completed a further program of geochemical (rock and soil) sampling on the Star property.