The Paula Southwest occurrence is located at an elevation of approximately 1890 metres on the north side of an east- to northeast-trending ridge, approximately 5 kilometres south of Budd Lake, about 198 kilometres north-northwest of the community of Germansen Landing.

Regionally the area is underlain by a north trending band of marine sedimentary and volcanic rocks of the Upper Triassic Stuhini Group, which are bounded on either side by granodiorite, quartz monzonite and quartz diorite of the Giegerich pluton of the Early Jurassic Black Lake Intrusive Suite. The intrusions are in fault contact with undivided volcanic rocks of the Upper Triassic Takla Group and argillite, greywacke, wacke and conglomerate turbidites of the Neoproterozoic Swannell Formation (Ingenika Group) to the east and intruded volcanic rocks of the Lower Jurassic Toodoggone Formation (Hazelton Group) to the west.

Locally, a granodiorite hosts several shear zones, up to 1 metre wide, containing quartz-carbonate veins with veins and disseminations of chalcopyrite, bornite, magnetite, pyrite, minor molybdenite and rare sphalerite. Malachite and azurite are also reported. The veined shear zones strike approximately 330 degrees and have been traced for up to 40 metres along strike.

In 2005, a chip sample (64211) assayed 2.56 per cent copper, 14.8 grams per tonne silver and 0.145 gram per tonne gold over an area of 0.6 by 1.0 metre; whereas five other chip samples (64219 to 64223) yielded from 0.170 to 2.44 per cent copper, 1.2 to 16.8 grams per tonne silver, 0.005 to 0.120 gram per tonne gold and trace to 0.103 per cent molybdenum (Assessment Report 28042).

Work History

The area has been historically explored in conjunction with the nearby Pine (MINFILE 094E 016) occurrence located 6 kilometres west of the Paula Southwest showing. In 2005, Stealth Minerals Ltd. prospected and sampled the area as the Paula claims (Pine property). This work identified a 1500 by 2000 metre copper anomaly with associated zones of mineralization.

In 2017, Cazador Resources Ltd. completed a program of geological and geophysical review on the Paula property. Later that year, a 64.0-line kilometre airborne magnetic survey was completed. In 2019, Peter E. Walcott & Associates Limited undertook a 3D geophysical modelling of an historic heliborne magnetic survey over the Paula property for Cazador Resources Ltd. The project consisted of 3D magnetic modelling using both conventional magnetic modelling along with magnetic vector inversion over the area covered by the historic magnetic survey conducted in 2017. The 2019 modelling results identified several features of potential interesting, proximal to historic copper grades.

In 2021, Amarc Resources Ltd. completed a program of prospecting, geological mapping, geochemical (rock and soil) sampling, a 40.6 line-kilometre induced polarization survey, historical drillcore re-logging and nine diamond drill holes, totalling 4332.0 metres, on the area as part of the Joy project.