The War Eagle (Adit 1, Portal One) occurrence is located approximately 10 kilometres south east of Squamish, British Columbia, along the Indian River. This is approximately 1.1 kilometres north west of the Slumach zone or Portal Two area (MINFILE 092GNW036).

The area occurs on the eastern edge of the Britannia- Indian River pendant, which hosts the volcanogenic deposits of the Britannia camp. The Britannia-Indian River pendant is mainly a calc-alkaline, sub-aqueous volcanic and sedimentary sequence of felsic to intermediate pyroclastics, flows, cherts, argillites and greywackes. The entire pendant has been assigned to the Lower Cretaceous Gambier Group. Jurassic to Cretaceous Coast Plutonic Complex intrusions surround portions of the stratified rocks creating screens or pendants; these bodies are oriented north westerly throughout the Coast complex. Pliocene to recent Garibaldi Group basaltic dikes and sills intrude both the pendant and plutonic rocks.

The occurrence area is underlain by rocks of the lower Gambier Group. A basal sequence, at least 350 metres thick, consists of a north- striking succession of felsic flows interbedded with shale, tuff breccia and lapilli tuff. Dips are steeply west and east. The top of this sequence is truncated by granodiorite, which serves as a partition from six major overlying units that form a continuous stratigraphic package at least 2.5 kilometres thick. The succession dips moderately south-southwest and is described from oldest to youngest as follows. Unit 1, with a minimum thickness of 25 metres, consists of lower intermediate tuffs and flows comprised of dark green, massive andesitic to dacitic tuffs with minor intermediate flows. Unit 2 consists of felsic tuffs, flows and sedimentary interbeds lying conformably above Unit 1 and comprises a 750- metre thick felsic tuffaceous succession with argillite and chert beds. Numerous cycles of explosive volcanism are indicated by the repeated layers of coarse tuff breccia with fragments up to tens of centimetres across. The middle of this unit is dominated by numerous shale and tuffaceous chert horizons. The rhyolite breccia at the War Eagle adit is at the stratigraphic top of these sediments. The hornfelsed upper part of Unit 2 hosts the Slumach gold zone (MINFILE 092GNW036). In Unit 3, massive intermediate to mafic flows form resistant bluffs and comprise massive, dark green intermediate flows that total 150 metres in thickness. In Unit 4, felsic tuffs, sediments and intermediate interbeds conformably overlie the massive flows of Unit 3. A thick felsic tuffaceous series with several intermediate interbeds has a total thickness varying from a minimum of 150 metres to greater than 650 metres. The lithology consists generally of thin to massive beds of ash to lapilli tuff interlayered with thin shale or greywacke beds. Extensive intermediate to mafic volcanic units inter-finger with the above felsic rocks and consist of hornblende and pyroxene porphyritic mafic flows. In Unit 5, massive volcanics consist of intermediate tuffs and flows and interbedded felsic tuffs and fine ash beds. Unit 6 consists of upper felsic tuffs and overlying undifferentiated units conformably overlying Unit 5.

Three major types of Coast Plutonic Complex intrusive bodies intrude the volcano-sedimentary sequence: a diorite pluton, the Early Cretaceous Squamish granodiorite pluton and several small quartz feldspar porphyritic rhyodacite bodies. Locally, the diorite is strongly foliated and metamorphosed up to the lower amphibolite facies near the contact with the granodiorite. The Squamish pluton often has faulted contacts where it intrudes the earlier diorite. The porphyritic rhyodacite intrusions are small massive dikes and bodies that intrude the plutons. Garibaldi Group basaltic dikes intrude the Gambier Group rocks and plutonic bodies.

The entire Britannia-Indian River pendant exhibits lower greenschist facies regional metamorphism that has little effect on the felsic units but renders the units of intermediate composition massive and difficult to distinguish as tuffs or flows. A common alteration mineral assemblage includes chlorite-epidote-quartz- sericite±zeolite. Lower amphibolite- grade metamorphism within the diorite pluton is evident peripheral to the Squamish granodiorite. The Squamish granodiorite pluton has been dated as Early Cretaceous (114 Ma ± 40 Ma) using a two-point rubidium-strontium isochron (Fieldwork 1987). Contact metamorphic hornfels is widespread in mineralized areas peripheral to the plutons. Pervasive purplish- brown secondary biotite development is often accompanied by silicification and chloritization. The hornfels is easily distinguished in hand specimens by pale- brown, ovoid porphyroblasts (cordierite with quartz) with a dark- brown biotitic groundmass.

West of the Indian River, bedding strikes northwest, dips southwest and shows numerous tops facing southwest. Near the War Eagle occurrence, bedding is flat to gently southwest- dipping. East of the Indian River, bedding strikes northwest and dips steeply northeast. The dip reversal is interpreted as an anticline that is tilted to the northeast. A pervasive axial plane cleavage strikes northwest and dips steeply to the southwest. Cleavage and bedding attitudes in the west half of the Indian River valley indicate the axis of the anticline lies to the northeast and has a shallow northwest plunge. A second cleavage striking north and dipping moderately to the west is axial planar to minor folds with steep northwest- plunging axes. Faults and shears generally strike north to northwest but northeast- trending structures have also been mapped.

Mineralization at the War Eagle is comprised of a volcanogenic system with low-grade stratiform layers and some crosscutting stringer zones. The occurrence is on, or close to, the Indian River shear zone, a discontinuous zone of shearing that trends northwest along the Indian River valley. The mineralization is spatially related to a small conspicuous zone of rhyolite breccia that is postulated to be a vent trending west-northwest. Alteration includes silicification, biotite and locally very strong chloritization. Mineralization is locally present in argillaceous rocks, but the better mineralization is generally near the top of a flat-lying zone of silicified rhyolite tuff in the order of 50 to 70 metres thick. The zone is underlain by dacite and overlain by breccia. The mineralized zones contain 0.5 to 10 per cent disseminated pyrite and variable amounts of chalcopyrite, sphalerite and galena, commonly in crosscutting veinlets and fractures. Fine mineralized laminae are locally present. A second mineralized zone, with lower grade mineralization, occurs approximately 75 metres below the upper zone and is separated by altered dacite.

Work on the property is concentrated in the mineralized area where an adit has been driven. Adit 1 or Portal One is driven along a zone of shearing approximately 50 centimetres wide containing remobilized or stringer quartz-sulphide mineralization. The stringer sulphides are possibly remobilized from two flat-lying volcaniclastic horizons hosting ‘sub-economic’ mineralization encountered at depth. High- grade zones of anastomosing veins are evident underground and consist of irregular lenses and disseminations of pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite and galena in a silicified, re-brecciated, intensely altered and biotitized gangue.

In 1978, diamond drill hole No.1, located north west of the adit, yielded up to 0.16 per cent lead, 0.72 per cent zinc, 0.11 per cent copper, 0.05 gram per tonne gold and 7.4 grams per tonne silver over 7.5 metres (Assessment Report 7047).

In 1981, the best intercept from drilling, near the adit portal, assayed 1.28 per cent copper, 7.3 per cent zinc, 4.6 per cent lead and 22.96 grams per tonne silver over 1.2 metres (DDH M-15; Assessment Report 9437). This mineralization is believed to be related to the mineralized shear zone in the adit and may be sub-parallel to it. Underground sampling of the adit, during this time, yielded an average of 0.20 per cent lead, 0.35 per cent zinc and 0.50 per cent copper (Assessment Report 9437).

In 2001, a rock sample (3R), taken along the road to the north west in the area of the 1978 drill hole No.1, assayed 0.108 per cent copper and 0.429 per cent zinc (Assessment Report 26789). In 2011, a rock sample (SP-1) taken from the same area assayed 0.376 per cent copper, 3.62 per cent zinc and 6 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 33118).

The War Eagle has been explored sporadically by a number of companies for many years and has long been recognized as having good potential for hosting economic mineralization similar to the nearby Britannia (MINFILE 092GNW003) deposits. In 1976, prospecting identified the base metal mineralization and a short tunnel, 35 metres long, was driven shortly after. In 1978 and 1979, Placer Development Limited, under option from International Maggie Mines Ltd., completed 10 diamond drill holes, totalling 1310 metres. The option was terminated in 1980. In 1981 and 1982, International Maggie Mines Ltd. completed a program of soil sampling and an additional 37 drill holes, totalling 4500 metres. Minnova Inc. entered into an option agreement in 1987 and began exploring the area for volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits. In 1989, two drill holes, totalling 318.5 metres, were drilled on the War Eagle claim to test induced polarization conductors 400 and 700 metres south east of the War Eagle. The holes failed to intersect economic mineralization in a sequence of argillites, cherts and epiclastic dacitic ash flows with enriched zones of pyrite and pyrrhotite. In 1990, a program of geological mapping was completed. In 2001, the area was prospected and rock sampled as the Elena and Tonino claims by Donegal Developments. In 2013 and 2014, Biliken Gold completed programs of prospecting and heavy mineral sampling the area. During 2011 through 2016, the area was prospected and sampled as the Sky Pilot Gold property.