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File Created: 07-Jun-2012 by Garry J. Payie (GJP)
Last Edit:  27-Mar-2022 by Nicole Barlow (NB)

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NMI
Name BELL 6, BIG MAC EAST, BEAR Mining Division Liard
BCGS Map 104B088
Status Showing NTS Map 104B15E
Latitude 056º 53' 11'' UTM 09 (NAD 83)
Longitude 130º 31' 36'' Northing 6305780
Easting 406975
Commodities Zinc Deposit Types * : Unknown
Tectonic Belt Intermontane Terrane Stikine
Capsule Geology

The Bell 6 occurrence is underlain by Middle Jurassic to Late Cretaceous sedimentary rocks of the Bowser Lake Group.

The Bear showing area on the Bell 6 claim consists of a number of brilliant orange gossans ranging in size from 5 square metres to 100 square metres. Mineralization consists of massive pyrite with minor arsenopyrite in boulders within a grit to boulder conglomerate. Boulders up to 40 centimetres in diameter were sampled, but failed to return significant precious or base metal values. Gold and silver values were disappointing, with only slightly anomalous lead and zinc concentrations returned. Mineralization is visually encouraging, with sulphide-rich areas covered by a resistant ferricrete coating which had to be chipped away to reach actual bedrock material. At least 9 rock samples range from 700 to 4831 parts per billion zinc (Assessment Report 20658, Figure 11).

Work in 1989 and 1990 consisted mainly of prospecting, reconnaissance mapping and stream sediment sampling. A total of 96 rock, 1 soil and 89 stream sediment and moss samples were taken from the property. The Bell group consisted of 120 units jointly owned by Ecstall Mining Corp (50 per cent) and Omega Gold Corp (50 per cent) with High Frontier Resources Inc, holding an option to earn 50 per cent, a portion of which was subsequently transferred to Kennecott Exploration (Canada) Ltd. Sampling was conducted on the Bell 15 which appears to cover the Kelly showing about 1.5 kilometres to the southwest.

In 2018 Cameo Cobalt Corporation conducted an airborne magnetic survey over their Big Mac West and Big Mac East properties. A total of 511.4 line-kilometres were flown over the Big Mac East, and a total of 201.4 line-kilometres were flown over the Big Mac West during the 2018 field program. Twenty-seven rock samples were taken from the Big Mac West Property which contains two MINFILE occurrence, Tic 8 (104B 367) and Forrest 13 (104B 493). The Big Mac East property also contains two MINFILE occurrences, Bell 6 (104B 483) and Kelly (104B 482). Interpretation of the airborne magnetic data has identified a strong magnetic anomaly stretching more than five kilometers in a generally north-northeast trend across the Big Mac East block claims. This anomaly appears to be up to approximately one kilometre wide (Press Release, Cameo Cobalt Corp, Feb 2, 2019).

Bibliography
EMPR ASS RPT *, 20658, *37805, *38293
EMPR BULL 104
EMPR GEOS MAP 1997-03
EMPR OF 1990-02; 1999-2
Cameo Cobalt Corp. Feb.*7,11, 2019
Cookenboo, H. (2019-02-06): Technical Report on the Big Mac Property
Cookenboo, H. (2019-11-15): NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Big Mac Property, British Columbia
EMPR PFD 825778

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