The Grizzly West occurrence is located on the west side of Sheslay River, opposite Kaketsa Mountain, about 56 kilometres northwest of the community of Telegraph Creek.

A number of copper showings occur near the contact of the Late Triassic Kaketsa pluton with Upper Triassic Stuhini Group volcanic and related sedimentary rocks.

The volcanic rocks are mainly porphyritic flows with lesser tuffs and tuffaceous siltstones. The flow rocks form massive units and are grey to dark green andesitic to basaltic porphyries with phenocrysts of augite and hornblende. The Kaketsa pluton is an elliptical intrusion 4 by 5.6 kilometres in diameter. Hornblende yielded a K-Ar date of 218 +/- 8 million years (Geology, Exploration and Mining in British Columbia 1972, page 548). The core of the pluton is medium to coarse grained, equigranular quartz diorite or granodiorite.

Minor intrusions related to the Kaketsa pluton intrude volcanic rocks and form monzonite to syenite dikes and irregular masses separated by screens and small roof pendants of volcanic rocks. At the Kid occurrence, an irregular shaped north-northwesterly trending tongue of the main pluton projects across the Sheslay River.

According to Jeff Rowe, consulting geologist who examined the Grizzly West prospect in 2012, “Observed showings in the Grizzly Zone are sparsely mineralized, except within narrow (1.5 metre) shear zones, with localized copper-gold mineralization typically found near contacts between andesite and syenite bodies. There is a distinct structural control to mineralization along NNE and ESE trending shears and jointing. Observed alteration is predominantly propylitic (chlorite, epidote, magnetite and patchy Kspar) with possibly areas of potassic alteration developed beneath.”

Alteration at the prospect occurs in an apparent linear zone of strong K-feldspar flooding with associated magnetite, epidote and carbonate. Chalcopyrite-pyrite mineralization is closely associated with the K-feldspar flooding and is finely disseminated in the pluton and also occurs as veinlets and fracture fillings along the intrusive-volcanic contact. Some dikes are also mineralized. Malachite and azurite have also been observed.

A grab sample of mineralization in 1989 analysed 3.6 per cent copper and 1.5 grams per tonne gold (Assessment Report 19805).

Twelve rock samples were collected at the Grizzly West in 2018. averaged 0.23 per cent copper with a high of 0.54 per cent 8 of these samples contained greater than 0.1 per cent copper (Assessment Report 37794)

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WORK HISTORY

From 1960-64, the Kid 1-12 claims were held by Kennco Explorations (Western) Limited and work included geophysical and geochemical surveys, and diamond drilling of four packsack holes totalling 47 metres. The Kid and Grizzly 1-20 claims were held by the Colorado Corporation in 1970 and work during the year included geological mapping, a geochemical soil survey, trenching, and sampling. Cobre Exploration Limited, incorporated December 1971, acquired the Grizzly 1-20 and Kid 1-15 claims in the Red group from Edward Asp and associates by an option agreement dated January 1972. Work during the year included geological mapping, a magnetometer survey over 12 kilometres, and a geochemical soil survey (104 samples). The option agreement was transferred in February 1974 to Ducanex Resources Limited and Brascan Resources Limited. During 1974, Ducanex and Brascan carried out a time-domain induced potential survey over 6 line-kilometres covering the Grizzly 5-10, 15, 17, 19 claims, and 580 metres of diamond drilling in 3 holes on the Grizzly 5, 8, and 10 claims.

In 1988, Corona Corporation conducted prospecting over the Shell 1-4 claims which cover the Kid and Grizzly 4, 13 (104J 016) showings. In total, 49 samples were collected; 46 rock and 3 silt.

A 1989 work program was contracted by Equity Engineering Ltd. for Corona Corporation and grid lines totalling 39 kilometres were cut and marked, from which 1307 soil samples were collected. Concurrently, limited prospecting yielded 21 rock samples.

In 2011, Garibaldi Resources Corp. completed a follow-up soil sampling program consisting of 201 samples, and detailed 3D geological modeling in the area of the Grizzly prospect (104J 016).

In 2012, Garibaldi completed a comprehensive soil geochemical and rock sampling program over the Grizzly West prospect, collecting a total of 800 soil samples collected at 25 meter intervals along 100 meter spaced east – west profile lines (Assessment Report 33372). In addition a total of 44 rock samples were collected from various mineralized zones that were encountered.

In 2013, a 339 kilometre airborne magnetic and radiometric survey was completed over the northwest part of the property which included the Grizzly West prospect. The survey identified a number of magnetic highs and Th/K lows associated with copper-gold showings (Assessment Report 34492). Interpretations are found in Assessment Report 35011).

In 2018, Garibaldi conducted geochemical surveys on 4 of the 5 targets: Hat East, Pyrrhotite Creek South (new showing), West Kaketsa (104J 024), and AL 9 (104J 060). In total 192 soil samples were taken. Rock sampling was completed at 5 targets: Pyrrhotite Creek South (10 rocks), West Kaketsa (22 rocks), Grizzly West Prospect (12 rocks), AL 9 (1 rock) and Hat East (1 rock). In total 46 rock samples were taken. Mapping was conducted on all targets except Hat East.

From September to October, 2018, Geotech flew a Versatile Time Domain Electromagnetic (VTEM plus) and Horizontal Magnetic Gradiometer Geophysical Survey over the Grizzly claims. A total area of 303 square kilometres – or 1705 line-kilometres – of geophysical data were acquired during the survey covering the entire Grizzly property and all its occurrences (Assessment Report 37794). Traverse lines were flown East-West at a 200 metre spacing.

Refer to West Kaketsa (104J 004) for further details, especially for work history details on other areas of the Grizzly property and other pertinent bibliographic data.