The Soup occurrence is located about 15 kilometres east of Dortatelle Peak, on the southwest facing slope of a ridge separating the Croydon and Kliyul creeks (Assessment Report 16655). The original claims were staked by Leitch Gold Mines Ltd. in 1947 as the Shell Group. In 1964, the claims were restaked as the Soup claims by H. White.

Regionally, the area is underlain by a northwest-trending assemblage of Middle Triassic to Lower Jurassic Takla Group volcanics and sediments. The Takla Group rocks are intruded by the Early Jurassic Hogem Batholith to the south. To the east, these rocks have been intruded by leucocratic granodiorite of the Early Cretaceous Kliyul Creek body. Two, northwest-trending, elongate, Alaskan-type, ultramafic bodies also occur in the general area. The major structure in the area is the north-trending Dortatelle fault. Smaller faults trend northwest.

Locally, the oldest exposed rocks are andesitic flows interfingered with augite porphyry flows and intruded by augite porphyry dikes. These rocks grade into a succession of augite porphyry flows with minor calcareous andesitic tuffs. This stratigraphic succession has been intruded by diorite stocks, dikes and sills, microdiorites and quartz monzonite.

Mineralization occurs in three ways on the Soup property:

(1) associated with magnetite-rich skarn zones;

(2) in silicified, pyritic andesite tuffs; and,

(3) in small minor sulphide bearing quartz veins.

Sampling of mineralized outcrops revealed that there are two distinct modes of mineralization: stratiform magnetite - calcsilicate skarn and discordent fault or shear controlled quartz-magnetite veins and replacements. Pyrite and lesser chalcopyrite comprise a subordonate component of both the skam and the veins.

Massive, northwest-trending, stratiform lenses (or beds) of skarn occur near the base of the augite porphyry. The skarn is magnetite-rich with appreciable concentrations of gold and copper. At least three skarn horizons are recognized and these possibly represent replacement of calcareous tuffs (Assessment Report 16655). The skarn occurs as a series of parallel lenses 1 to 5 metres thick, which are intermittently exposed for distances up to several hundred metres along strike.

Massive magnetite, ranging from 60 to 100 per cent, is concentrated near the top of the horizons. Peripheral zones of disseminated magnetite, pyrite and chalcopyrite are 5 to 20 metres thick and underlie most massive horizons. Lenses of massive pyrite occur within, or adjacent to, these peripheral zones. Outcrops of the skarn are characteristically highly oxidized and contain epidote, actinolite and fine-grained garnet. Malachite, azurite and hematite are common oxidation features.

Cross-cutting faults, which offset the skarn horizons, contain similar mineralization within quartz-magnetite veins. Samples from these veins assayed up to 68.91 grams per tonne gold (Property File - Athlone Resources Ltd., Prospectus, 1988).

Skarn mineralization, at the documented location, occurs at the contact between a diorite and a porphyritic (augite) andesite. A 1-metre chip sample, from an oxidized magnetite zone, assayed 27.085 grams per tonne gold and 0.41 per cent copper (Property File - Athlone Resources Ltd. Summary Report on the Soup Claims, February 29, 1988).

On the Soup 8 and 10 claims the mineral deposit was described as being 450 metres in length and varied in thickness from 3 to 30 metres. A displaced segment, 120 metres long and 9 metres thick, was exposed on the Soup 7 claim. Surface samples taken in 1964 on the Soup 8 and 10 claims assayed from 0.4 to 1.4 per cent copper and averaged 3.4 grams per tonne gold (Property File Cyprus Anvil McTaggart, K.C., 1965).

In 1989, surveys identified a minimum strike length for the main skarn zone of 1300 metres and identified a possible repetition of the zone 750 metres farther south.

WORK HISTORY

In 1964 R.M. Thompson and W.H. White staked the Soup claims on magnetite-chalcopyrite-gold mineralization east of Kliyul Creek. In 1964, Southwest Potash Corp. (Amax) conducted mapping and chip sampling of the southern-most Soup skarn horizons (094D 025 and 105). Kennco examined the claims in 1966.

The Soup skarn, is located southwest of the Shell prospect. The Soup 1-10 claims were held in 1971 by Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited. Diamond drilling was reported in 10 holes totaling 30 metres and/or 4 holes in 1974. In 1971, three packsack holes were drilled on the Soup 10 claim. The first hole was 4.5 metres long and averaged 0.37 per cent copper over 3 metres. The other two holes were drilled for a length of 7.5 metres; averaging 0.16 per cent copper over 6 metres and 0.28 per cent copper over 7.5 metres. Gold values ranged from 0.34 to 1.0 grams per tonne (Property File Cyprus Anvil McTaggart, K.C., 1971).

In 1977, B.P. Minerals did an eleven-line chip sampling program across the magnetite gossans of the Soup claims. In 1981 the Soup Claims were optioned to Vital Mines Ltd. who subsequently optioned the claim block to Noranda Exploration.

In 1982, on the Soup 1-11 mineral claims, Noranda Mining and Exploration completed detailed geochemistry, rock analyses, and a grid magnetometer survey along with prospecting and geology. Soil sampling indicated values from 10 parts per billion to 9400 parts per billion. However, rock sample analysis from the source areas of the soil geochern were very low in gold. The best gold values in the magnetite gossan were 5.97 grams per tonne gold and 2.19 grams per tonne gold; and in vein, 1.58 grams per tonne gold (Assessment Report 10743).

In 1984, BP Resources Canada ltd. conducted detailed mapping as well as talus-fine and rock chip sampling. The geochem survey revealed anomalous gold zones exist stratigraphically above the skarn horizons (Assessment Report 13315).

In 1986, a program on the Soup claims, involving systematic rock chip sampling and magnetometer surveying, was undertaken to substantiate the reported gold occurrences and to better define and trace the trends of the mineralization. The Soup claims were owned by Vital Resources Ltd, with Lemming Resources Ltd. as the operator. A total of 45 continuous rock chip samples were collected from skarn and vein occurrences. The magnetometer survey proved effective in tracing the magnetite-bearing skarns beneath areas of extensive talus cover. Careful prospecting proved to be more effective in tracing the narrower shear/fault-controlled quartz-magnetite veins and replacements. Northeasterly trending faults have segmented the main skarn unit, into a series of lenses. This faulting also appears to be the structural control for the magnetite - quartz veins.

In 1987, a program of magnetometer surveying and prospecting was undertaken on the Soup property skarn zones by Lemming Resources Ltd to explore for gold-copper mineralization. A total of 18.51 kilometres of magnetic surveying were completed and 29 rock samples were collected. A potentially important new discordant skarn was discovered by the magnetic surveys which was confirmed by subsequent prospecting and rock chip sampling. A composite chip sample across 50 metres of rubble from this auriferous skarn graded 9.6 grams per tonne gold and 0.43 per cent copper (Assessment Report 16655).

In 1989, Vital Pacific Resources Ltd. drilled 7 short holes with the best grade intersection 3.2 metres at 49.0 grams per tonne gold and 0.17 per cent copper from an oxidized quartz-magnetite shear crosscutting the skarn (Assessment Report 21521). From 1996 to 1997, Vital Pacific Resources Ltd and Athlone Resources Ltd. drilled an additional 12 holes targeting a northwest trending magnetite-rich auriferous zone with at least three stratiform lenses. Some highlighted interceptions included 1) DDH 96-DS-2: 12.34 grams per tonne gold over 5.1 metres, 2) DDH 96-DS-1: 7.86 grams per tonne gold over 20.5 metres, and DDH 97-01: 0.27 per cent copper, 0.61 gram per tonne gold over 47 metres (Assessment Report 25185).

In 1992 Noranda carried out 1:5,000 scale geological and alteration mapping and in 1993, they drilled 6 reverse circulation holes on the Kliyul skarn zone (Assessment Report 23033) and followed up with an airborne magnetic, EM, and radiometric survey that extended to the south (Assessment Report 23379). This airborne survey also covered (or nearly covered) 25 MINFILE occurrences including Soup (094D 025), South Soup (094D 105) and UPC (094D 183)

Serengeti acquired a majority of claims covering the project area by staking between 2002 and 2006 with additional claims being staked between 2010 and 2014. Several comprehensive assessment reports have been filed by Serengeti and are available in the publicly available assessment records (30054, 29073, 28422, 27869, 32707, 33994, 34646).

In 2010, the Serengeti Resources Inc Croy-Bloom program consisted of an Electromagnetic Survey perpendicular over the main outcropping vein in order to determine if there was an appreciable depth extent to several northwest trending veins of massive chalcopyrite and pyrite that occur in the northwestern portion of the claim block (Assessment Report 32239). A 1.5 kilometre Max-Min survey was carried out over the UPC showing (094D 183) area but failed to identify any significant EM conductors. These unexpected results over a known mineralized trend were thought to potentially be due to chaining errors.

In 2011, Serengeti Resources Inc collected 6 rock samples on their Soup claims, specifically in the Soup prospect area (094D 025). Results ranged between 0.028 per cent and 0.52 per cent copper (Figure 5, Assessment Report 32707). The plot of these 2011 samples also shows the location of 1996-1997 drill hole collars near the Soup prospect (094D 025). The samples were collected mostly northwest of the marked drill collars and a few hundred metres northwest of the MINFILE plot of the Soup prospect.

In 2012, Serengeti completed a prospecting and geological site visit on the Croy-Bloom property taking 19 rock samples; the highlight was 1.7 per cent copper and 136.6 grams per tonne (Assessment Report 33994). Eleven of 19 samples from 2012 were collected starting just east of the UPC MINFILE plot (094D 183) and sporadically for about 600 metres to the southeast. The other 8 samples were collected starting about 400 metres east of the Soup Prospect (094D 025) and then over a length of 600 further to the northeast (Assessment Report 33994, Rock Sample Locations map). Serengeti Resources Inc. provided the results of a prospecting and surface rock sampling conducted in September on the Croy Bloom property (Serengeti Resources Inc., Press Release, November 13, 2012). The objectives of the 2012 exploration program were to evaluate an area known as the Karen Cirque and Saddle Gulley zone.

In 2013, 2 geologists and a one field assistant from Serengeti Resources Inc flew into the 1997 Vital Pacific drill camp on the Northwestern corner of the Croy-Bloom property in the Kliyul Creek Valley (56°27'37"N, 126° 5'7"W) and completed a 1-day work program that included the collection of 5 rock samples, located about 900 metres southwest of the Soup Prospect (094D 025), and a brief review of the 1997 drill core. The visit confirmed the presence of mineral occurrences on the Soup Ridge/Saddle Gulley zone area (Figure 3, Assessment Report 34646).

In 2018, Serengeti Resources Inc conducted an IP program, the first such survey at Soup Ridge (Assessment Report 38849). This resulted in the discovery of a large chargeability and coincident resistivity anomaly beneath where shallow historical drilling completed by Vital Pacific in 1997 intersected several mineralized intercepts, including 47 metres grading 0.27 gram per tonne gold and 0.61 per cent copper in VP-97-02 (Press Release, Serengeti Resources, September 27, 2018).

In 2019 Serengeti conducted a geophysical program on its Croy-Bloom property (Assessment Report 38029). Ten line-kilometre of IP were completed in 3 lines to expand on IP coverage from the 2018 program. Strong chargeability anomalies were delineated on two of the recent lines, which were surveyed across and on the fringes of a large intrusive body associated with strong coincident copper and gold geochemical anomalies in the areas of Soup Ridge, Davie Creek Moly and Porphyry Creek. When combined with prior IP, three drill targets have now been outlined, including a deep chargeability anomaly under Soup Ridge, lying below anomalous copper gold values intersected in prior (1997 Vital Pacific) shallow drilling.

On March 5, 2021, NorthWest Copper Corp. (formerly Serengeti Resources Inc.) and Sun Metals Corp. announced that they had completed their previously announced merger.

Refer to Croy (094D 015) for related information on the Croy-Bloom property.