The Berkinshire (Nic South) occurrence is located in the northeastern head waters of East Creek, at an elevation of approximately 400 metres.

The area lies within the Insular Belt of the Cordillera and is underlain mainly by volcanics, crystalline rocks and minor sediments. Andesitic to rhyodacitic lava, tuff and breccia of the Lower Jurassic Bonanza Group overlie an assemblage consisting of sediments of the Paleozoic Sicker Group and basalts and minor carbonate and clastic sediments of the Upper Triassic Vancouver Group. The Bonanza volcanics are coeval with, or genetically related to, granodiorite stocks of the Jurassic Island Plutonic Suite, which intrude all older rocks.

Locally, poly-phase quartz-calcite-epidote-rhodonite-sulphide stockwork veins hosted by magnetite-bearing mafic volcanics are exposed in a logging road cut north of the Lois Pluton.

In 2010, the average of five grab samples yielded 0.959 gram per tonne gold, 2.214 grams per tonne silver and 2.22 per cent copper (samples 8880 to 8884; Assessment Report 31915).

In 2012, diamond drill hole 11-NICS-04 intercepted 18.4 metres yielding 0.213 gram per tonne gold and 0.747 per cent copper, including 4.4 metres yielding 0.666 gram per tonne gold, 2.37 grams per tonne silver and 2.532 per cent copper (Assessment Report 32773).

Work History

During 2010 through 2012, Compliance Energy completed programs of geological mapping and rock, soil and silt sampling, 470 kilometres of airborne magnetic, electromagnetic and radiometric geophysical surveys, 0.9 kilometre of ground induced polarization and magnetic surveys and eight diamond drill holes, totalling 1056 metres, on the area as the Nic property. In 2019, First Geolas Consulting completed a minor program of prospecting and rock sampling on the area as the Nic property.

The area has been previously explored in conjunction with the Iron Cop (MINFILE 092L 228) occurrence.