The Silver Creek showing is located 250 metres south of the Nelson River and approximately, 7.1 kilometres west of the southern end of Kitsumkalum Lake and 30 kilometres northwest of Terrace, B.C. Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. discovered it in 2003.

Regionally, the area is underlain by Jurassic to Cretaceous Bowser Lake Group sediments which have been intruded by granodiorite and diorite of the Cretaceous to Tertiary Coast Plutonic Complex. The sediments consist of a northeast striking, southeast dipping sequence of banded siltstone, shale, argillite and minor conglomerate, sandstone and tuff.

Mineralization occurs within a zone of shear and stockwork veining hosted by interbedded greywacke, mudstone and conglomerate of the Middle Jurassic to Late Cretaceous Bowser Lake Group. A strongly limonitic and gossanous shear vein, up to 0.4-metre wide, follows a bedding contact that strikes 334 degrees and dips 47 degrees to the northeast. Another un-named mineralized zone is reported on the west side of a creek located approximately 4.4 kilometres to the east- south east.

In 2003, the best quartz-arsenopyrite grab sample yielded 0.2 grams per tonne gold and 204.4 grams per tonne silver (Daignault, P.M., Sharp, R.J. (2007-12-27): 2007 Exploration and Geological Report for the Kalum Property).

Work History

In 2003, Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. had acquired the 500-unit Kalum property to cover the Allard stock, a 4 by 11-kilometre intrusion that has been mapped west of Kitsumkalum Lake. The Kalum property encompasses several historically documented occurrences referred to in their 2003 Assessment Report 27417: Kalum (103I 019), Burn (103I 211), Quartz Silver (103I 018), Allard (103I 151), Misty (103I 213), Chris (103I 174), Martin (103I 020) and Hat (103I 173). Several new discoveries were also described.

In 2004, Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. continued exploration for an intrusion-related gold deposit on its Kalum property. The program comprised a 1500-line kilometre airborne geophysical survey, on-the-ground evaluation of targets and the drilling of 19 holes, totalling 1958 metres. The geophysical survey recovered magnetic and time-domain electromagnetic data.

In 2005, Eagle Plains Resources completed a program of soil, silt and rock sampling and geological mapping on the area.

In 2007, Mountain Capital Inc. optioned the property and in 2008 undertook a program of soil and rock sampling, a 4.1 line-kilometre induced polarization survey and 11 diamond drill holes on the Burn (MINFILE 103I 211) occurrence area. The option was terminated in May of 2009.

In 2009, Windstorm Resources Inc. entered into a Letter of Intent with Eagle Plains to earn a 60 per cent interest in the property and completed a program of prospecting, geochemical sampling and an induced polarization survey on the area.

In 2010, a program of geological mapping and six diamond drill holes, totalling 419.11 metres, were completed on the Tuppie-Cirque (MINFILE 103I 228) occurrence.

In early 2012, Clemson Resources Corp. entered into an Option Agreement with Eagle Plains Resources to acquire a 60 per cent interest in the property.

In 2019, Gold Fountain Resources Inc. undertook a program of rock, soil and silt sampling several kilometres northeast of the Silver Creek showing, resulting in the discovery of two new gold showings (Poznan and Opole) on their Kalum Gold property (Assessment Report 38630).