The F9 zone of the Frank Creek property is located approximately 900 metres east of the F7 Frank Creek showing (MINFILE 093A 152) on Frank Creek on the south side of Cariboo Lake. The centre of the Frank Creek property is situated 95 kilometres northeast of Williams Lake and 34 kilometres northeast of Likely. Access to the Ace, Frank Creek and SCR exploration areas is via gravel logging roads bearing northeast from Likely.

Regionally, the area is underlain by the Snowshoe Group of the Barkerville terrane.

Mineralization occurs as fine-grained pyrite with local disseminations and wispy bands of chalcopyrite, pale-brown sphalerite and galena. Fractures and a foliation-parallel fabric contain coarser-grained base metal sulphides with silica ±chlorite. Enclosing rocks are an overturned package of phyllitic argillites, reworked felsic pyroclastics and pillow basalts mapped as part of the Paleozoic Snowshoe Group (Harveys Ridge succession).

In 2007, Barker Minerals Ltd. completed an exploration program of trenching, rock sampling and soil geochemistry. Trench FC07-TR4a produced a grab sample (sample TR5201-17) that assayed 1.23 per cent copper, 2.9 per cent lead and 3.73 per cent zinc (Assessment Report 29740).

In 2008, Barker Minerals Ltd. completed a 13-hole drill program totalling 2375 metres. Highlights include drillhole FC08-35, which assayed 0.25 per cent zinc over 24.49 metres (Assessment Report 30764).

In 2009, Barker Minerals Ltd. completed an exploration program of rock sampling, trenching and diamond drilling at Frank Creek. Highlights of the rock sampling includes sample TR0837, which assayed 1.59 per cent lead, 0.92 per cent zinc, 0.23 per cent copper and 54 grams per tonne silver (Assessment Report 31389).

In 2011, Barker Minerals Ltd. drilled eight holes totalling 422.02 metres at Frank Creek. Highlights include drillhole FC11-08, which assayed 1.6 per cent zinc, 0.13 per cent copper and 4.58 grams per tonne silver over 1.4 metres (Assessment Report 32696).

In 2016, Barker Minerals Ltd. conducted a rock sampling program on the Frank Creek property. In total, 136 rock samples were collected from surface float. Zinc, copper and lead anomalies occurred in argillites and sandstones. Sample 286 contained a highly anomalous gold value with 501.2 grams per tonne gold (Assessment Report 36449). The next highest grading sample, sample 289, assayed 14.63 grams per tonne gold, 0.025 per cent copper and 0.058 per cent zinc (Assessment Report 36449).