The Macktush occurrences are located on a ridge north of Macktush Creek, approximately 1.5 kilometres northwest of the creek mouth and 13.5 kilometres south-southwest of Port Alberni.

The area is underlain by Upper Triassic Vancouver Group, Karmutsen Formation volcanics which have been intruded by granodioritic rocks of the Early to Middle Jurassic Island Plutonic Suite. The volcanic rocks are comprised of dark green to massive, fine-grained basalt and andesite interbedded with, or intruded by, coarsely porphyritic felsic flows or dykes that strike 030 degrees and range up to 40 metres in thickness. The mafic volcanics contain disseminated pyrite and epidote veinlets. Calcite veinlets are common near faults. Locally, minor disseminated chalcopyrite is present. Areas with abundant sulphides appear lensy, are generally less than 0.6 metres wide and are of limited lateral extent.

The main intrusive body ranges in composition from granodiorite to quartz diorite and diorite. The only observed contact with the volcanics is along a 030-degree striking fault. Here the diorite contains disseminated pyrite and is epidote-altered. The fault is 0.3 metre wide and contains feldspathic gouge and an irregular, vuggy quartz vein that is up to 0.6 metres wide. No sulphides were observed in this vein. The intrusive body is cut by numerous joints and fractures which are less than 0.6 metre wide and contain fault gouge and kaolinized granodiorite. Many of the larger faults in the intrusion contain barren calcite veins and occasional quartz veins. At least four of these quartz veins occur over an area of about 150 by 200 metres. The veins strike 030 to 080 degrees and range up to 0.8 metre in width.

The only vein sampled is exposed for 0.7 metre in a shallow open cut. The diorite host rock is intensely silicified over a 1.0 metre wide alteration envelope which encompasses the mineralized vein. The vein material consists of quartz, pyrite, chalcopyrite, rare bornite and malachite. A sample assayed 18.86 grams per tonne gold, 89.15 grams per tonne silver and 1.16 per cent copper, with anomalous values in tin, molybdenite and tungsten (Ray, 1982).

The Fred and Dave veins easterly to north easterly trending, steeply dipping zones of crudely banded, vuggy quartz in shears that cut discordantly across a contact between Karmutsen volcanic rock and an Island intrusion. Both contain a minor amount of fine pyrite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite and traces of bornite and tetrahedrite. They appear to be laterally persistent and relatively uniform in grade. The Fred vein has a minimum length of 600 metres and is reported to have an average grade of 13.7 grams per tonne gold, 60.0 grams per tonne silver and 0.9 per cent copper over a minimum surface width of 1.5 metres. The Dave vein is similar. It has been traced for 365 metres and is reported to have an estimated, grade of 12.0 grams per tonne gold, 47.0 grams per tonne silver and 0.6 per cent copper over an average surface width of 1.5 metres. Both of the veins are open along strike and relatively untested at depth. (Exploration in BC 1998, page 53.)

The Zinc vein is located on a slope between 650 and 750 metres elevation in the area of the Fred and Dave veins. It curves along strike from 020 to 070 degrees azimuth and dips approximately 75 degrees to the southeast, and is 0.5 to 4.5 metres thick. The vein is banded and brecciated with sulphide mineralogy consisting of pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite and minor molybdenite comprising 2 to 10 per cent of the vein. Gangue mineralogy of the vein is mainly quartz with minor amounts of calcite and chlorite. The host rock of the vein is sheared granodiorite or quartz feldspar porphyry of the Jurassic Island Plutonic Suite. A chip sample of the vein assayed 1.54 grams per tonne gold over 0.75 metres (Assessment Report 28989).

The Jack vein outcrops in a single trench at 750 metres elevation in the area of the Fred and Dave veins. It strikes at 020 degrees azimuth and dips vertically, and is 0.3 to 2.3 metres thick, and lies in the structural footwall to the southeast of the Zinc vein, and may converge with the Zinc vein to the northeast. is a banded and brecciated vein with sulphide mineralogy consisting of pyrite, chalcopyrite, bornite, sphalerite and minor molybdenite comprising 3 to 8 per cent of the vein. Gangue mineralogy of the vein is mainly quartz with minor amounts of calcite, chlorite, sericite, magnetite, hematite and/or rhodonite. The host rock of the Jack vein is sheared granodiorite or quartz feldspar porphyry of the Jurassic Island Plutonic Suite. A sample of the vein assayed 1.82 grams per tonne gold over 0.4 metres, while drilling yielded up to 2.161 grams per tonne gold and 0.26 per cent zinc over 0.6 metres in hole MJ-06-02 (Houle, J. (2007-01-26): Technical Report for the 2006 Diamond Drilling Program and the 2006 Prospecting Program on the Macktush Property; Assessment Report 28989).

The Moly vein is located at 700 metres elevation in the area of the Fred and Dave veins. It is oriented at 040 to 060 degrees azimuth and dips vertically to 60 degrees southeast, and is 0.5 to 1 metre thick. The vein is a banded and brecciated vein with sulphide mineralogy consisting of pyrite, chalcopyrite and molybdenite comprising 1.5 to 5 per cent of the vein. Gangue mineralogy of the vein is primarily quartz with variable amounts of calcite and chlorite. The host rock of the Moly vein is a sheared granodiorite of the Jurassic Island Plutonic Suite, which occasionally contains altered xenoliths of presumably Triassic Karmutsen volcanics. A sample (312708) of the vein assayed 4.27 grams per tonne gold and 0.006 per cent molybdenum over 0.3 metres (Assessment Report 28989).

Another anomalous area, referred to as the Bowl zone, is located approximately 1000 metres northwest of the Fed and David veins. The Bowl zone comprises a copper-molybdenum-gold-silver stockwork vein or disseminated porphyry zone hosted by coarse grained, northwest striking, quartz diorite with mafic volcanics. Only mineralized float samples have been documented from this zone.

In 1992 through 2006, SYMC resources prospected the area as a part of the of the Macktush Property along the west side of the Alberni Inlet. A total of 23 drill holes, totalling 1,353.5 metres, were completed on the Macktush veins during this time.

Work History

During 1981 through 1986, SYMC Resources completed programs of prospecting, trenching and sampling on the Macktush property. In 1987, SYMC Resources purchased the property and completed a program of trenching and sampling on the Fred, David, Sy and Jack veins. Ten short diamond drill holes were completed on the Fred vein in 1987, plus a single hole in 1988. Drilling highlights included 44.23 grams per tonne gold, 172.80 grams per otnne silver and 0.95 per cent copper over 3.81 metres in hole 87-03 (Houle, J. (2007-01-26): Technical Report for the 2006 Diamond Drilling Program and the 2006 Prospecting Program on the Macktush Property).

Resources estimates of measured reserves totalled 137,891 tonnes grading 18.52 grams per tonne gold, 78.52 grams per tonne silver and 0.75 per cent copper (Northwest Prospector, October/November 1988).

In late 2000 and early 2001, exploration resulted in the discovery of an on-strike extension of 450 metres on the Fred vein, for a total known strike length greater than 1000 metres. The structure is reported to be open at both ends and at depth.

In 2002 the company commissioned David Pawliuk, P. Geo. to complete a mineral resource estimate for the Fred and David veins in accordance with National Instrument 43-101. The inferred resource for the Fred vein is 166,000 tonnes grading 12.38 grams per tonne gold, 48.8 grams per tonne silver and 0.695 per cent copper. This resource was calculated using a strike length of 770 metres, a width of 2.0 metres, a depth below surface of 40 metres and a specific gravity of 2.7. The inferred resource for the David vein is 54,000 tonnes grading 16.24 grams per tonne gold, 61.24 grams per tonne silver and 1.02 per cent copper. This resource was calculated using a strike length of 800 metres, a width of 1.0 metre, a depth below surface of 25 metres and a specific gravity of 2.7 (Press Release, SYMC Resources Limited, July 12, 2002 (http://www.sedar.com)).

In 2005, diamond drilling on the David vein yielded intercepts of up to 0.049 per cent copper, 16.00 grams per tonne silver and 3.282 grams per tonne gold over 1.7 metres in hole MD-05-01 (Houle, J. (2007-01-26): Technical Report for the 2006 Diamond Drilling Program and the 2006 Prospecting Program on the Macktush Property).

In 2007, an indicated mineral inventory estimate was made of the various zones/veins:

Vein/Zone Tonnes Gold Silver Copper

(grams per tonne) (grams per tonne) (per cent)

David 16,278 5.65 25.6 0.31

Fred 54,457 13.91 48.1 0.59

Zinc 35,710 8.97 44.5 0.57

Jack 13,994 2.00 0.8 0.02

Moly 504 4.27 1.5 0.01

(Assessment Report 32297)

In 2009 through 2011, G4G Resources completed programs of geological mapping and rock and soil sampling on the area as the Macktush Copper property.

During 2012 through 2014, Nahminto Resources Ltd. completed exploration programs including limited prospecting, rock sampling, geological mapping and a satellite remote sensing survey and analysis on the Macktush group. A similar program of prospecting, geological mapping and rock sampling was conducted on the property for World Organics Inc. in 2015.

In 2017, a structural analysis via photo interpretation and limited geological mapping and soil and stream silt sampling was conducted in the area of the Macktush showings for tenure holder J. Bakus. This program resulted in the delineation of four cross-structures, one of which, correlated with two indicated breccia pipes in the intrusive adjacent to a intrusive/volcanic contact with correlative localized anomalous to sub-anomalous soil samples (Assessment Report 37172).

In 2019, tenure holder A. Kikauka conducted rock chip sampling known veins, vein extensions and new undesignated Au-Ag bearing mineral zones over the Macktush occurrences.