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CROINOR GOLD PROJECT
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EXPLORATION
QUEBEC BELCOURT
Gold |
- 10 claims covering 4.3 sq km.
- 100% owned by Blue Note
- Approximately 40 km to the NE of Val-d'Or, in Courville Township.
Geological Compilation (Click to Enlarge) Highlights
Drill hole nos. 295-1 and 295-2 returned intercepts of 6.98 g/t Au/2.1 m, 32.66 g/t Au/0.40 m and 2.6 g/t Au/1.7 m;
Mineralization
The property is underlain predominantly by a sequence of mafic volcanics of the Harricana Group
intercalated with gabbros accompanied by a few lapilli tuffs and feldspar porphyries.
Placer Dome drilled a series of stratigraphic holes on the property. Several gold values were
intersected by these holes varying between 1 and 3 g/t, reaching up to 32 g/t over widths ranging
from 0.4 to 1.7 m. A value of 6.98 g/t Au over 2.1 m particularly stands out and was never followedup.
Most gold values are from veins and quartz veinlets in altered and sheared basalts. |
QUEBEC BEL-RIVE
Gold |
- 41 mineral claims covering 6.97 sq. km.
- 100% owned by Blue Note (No royalties)
- Some 75 km by road east of Val-d'Or in Pershing et Tiblemont Townships and 6 km NW of the
Croinor property. A secondary gravel road crosses the western part of the property.
Geological Compilation (Click to Enlarge) Highlights
Croinor type of mineralized environment
(sheared intrusive diorite in contact with
intermediate volcanics).
Sphinx showing : Several intersections such as 4.18 g/t Au/2.28 m, 1.99 g/t Au/1.40 m and 5.21 g/t
Au/1.30 m.
Mineralization
The Bel-Rive property is underlain by volcanic rocks of the Assup Group. The volcanic rocks
primarily dacitic in composition and rarely andesitic. On the property, several 10 meters thick
graphitic horizons are found as well as exhalites containing pyrite and pyrrhotite. A 125-meter wide
concordant gabbroic sill crosses the property.
The Sphinx showing which returned values of 4.18 g/t Au/2.3 m, 5.21 g/t Au/1.3 m and 1.99 g/t
Au/1.40 m (GM 46836 et GM 48496) consists of pyrite bearing quartz veins located at the sheared
northern contact of a gabbro sill. Quartz, chlorite and carbonate are the main alterations associated
with the shear zone. The style of mineralization is similar to that of the Croinor property and offers
an excellent exploration potential. |
QUEBEC BRUELL
Gold |
- 24 mineral claims covering 3.84 sq. km.
- 100% owned by Blue Note
- Approximately 37 km NE of Val-d'Or, in Vauquelin Township.
Project Overview
During the summer of 2003, South-Malartic sampled all the occurrences and grab samples from
trenches, outcrop and old stockpiles and assay results vary from a few ppb to 3.9 g/t Au. The highest
results were 3.0 g/t Au for Bruell 1, 1.8 g/t Au for Bruell 2 and 3.9 g/t Au for the Avocalon Showing.
The Aurora showing could not be samples.
Between October 2004 and February 2005, C2C Inc tested the lateral extension of the known
mineralized occurrences with several drill holes.
Geological Compilation (Click to Enlarge) Highlights
Host of the Bruell 1 and 2 deposits:
- Bruell 1 (39,735 t at 7.89 g/t Au for 10,079 ounces of gold)
- Bruell 2 (113,400 t at 3.77 g/t Au for 3,745 ounces of gold)
Hosts the Avocalon and Aurora showings:
- Avocalon (100,000 t at 3.77 g/t Au for 12,125 ounces of gold)
- Aurora (30,000 t at 3.77 g/t Au for 3,636 ounces of gold)
Note: These are old resource calculations which date back from 1939 to 1963. They are not NI 43-
101 compliant and have not been verified by Blue Note.
Mineralization
This property is underlain by mafic volcanics belonging to the Aurora Domain. The center of the
property is occupied by a 1 km2 syn-volcanic pluton which is granodioritic in composition and
is porphyritic. There are numerous felsic porphyritic dykes as well as magnetic dioritic dykes.
Mineralized zones consist of quartz veins and lenses with or without carbonate and tourmaline
containing pyrite and free gold. The veins and lenses are within E-W south dipping shear zones
which vary from a few centimeters to several meters wide.
The property hosts the Bruell 1 and Bruell 2 gold deposits as well as 2 gold showings the Aurora
and the Avocalon occurrences. According to work done by Potter Gold Mines in 1963, the Bruell
deposits combined with the Aurora contain a total resource of 220,000 metric tones at 3.77 g/t Au
for a total of 26,665 ounces of gold. According to the files, the total resources is said to be 165,000
t at 4.78 g/t Au for 25,356 ounces of gold (ref. Sigeom). None of these reported resources are NI
43-101 compliant and have not been verified by Blue Note. |
QUEBEC CHIMO AND NOVA
Gold |
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Chimo
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Nova
- 38 claims covering 6.03 sq. km.
- 100% owned by Blue Note
- Royalties: 1% NSR to Cambior
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- The contiguous Chimo and Nova properties are located in Vauquelin Township, some
50 km east of Val-d'Or.
Geological Compilation (Click to Enlarge) Highlights
Production
1.9 Mt @ 4.7 g/t Au (287,000 ounces) from 1989 to 1995
by Cambior.
Resources:
900,000 t at 4.9 g/t Au (Cambior).
Surface pillar:
Open pit resource: 600,000 tons at 1.9 g/t Au for 36,650
ounces of gold (Geostat, 2001). None of these reported
resources is NI 43-101compliant and has not been verified
by South-MalarticNote: They are not NI 43-101
compliant and have not been verified by Blue Note.
Sketch Profile (Click to Enlarge) Mineralization
The properties are located in the Trivio domain where a
400-meter wide band of basaltic rocks rests in the heart
of a sedimentary package consisting of graywackes, some argillites and at least 4 magnetic iron formations.
The Chimo deposit consists of 6 zones of which three (no.4, no.5 and no.6) are associated with sub-vertical
shear zones in volcanic rocks containing smokey quartz veins with less than 5% sulphides (Aspy,
Py, Po and Cp). The no. 1 and no. 2 zones are associated with sulphide bearing iron formations
contained within sediments to the north. The no. 3 zone is also with a sulphide facies iron formation
at the contact between the basalts and sediments. In 2001, an evaluation of the surface pillar by
Geostat revealed an open pit resource of 600,000 tons @ 1.9 g/t Au for a total of 36,650 ounces of
gold (none of these reported resources is NI 43-101 compliant and has not been verified by South-
Malartic). |
QUEBEC COURVILLE
Gold |
- 7 claims covering 2.97 sq. km.
- 100% owned by Blue Note
- Some 36 km NE of Val-d'Or in Courville Township.
Highlights
Geological Compilation (Click to Enlarge)
Mineralization
The property covers a portion of the northern
contact between the Pascalis-Tiblemont batholith
with intermediate to mafic volcanics of the
Harricana Group. The contact zone is a mix of
alternating intrusive rocks and volcanic rocks. The Lac Pascalis-Une showing (2.64 g/t Au over 2.43
m and 32.59 g/t Au over 0.30 m; ref. : MRNQ - Sigeom) is composed of quartz veins and veinlets
mineralized with pyrite and free gold injected in one or more meter wide shear zone. It is oriented
in a WSW direction and is highly sericitized, carbonated and silicified. This shear zone, which has
been traced for over a kilometer, appears to be associated with the Manneville deformation corridor. |
QUEBEC LAC TAVERNIER
Gold
Silver
Lead
Zinc |
- 26 claims covering 6.23 sq. km.
- 100% owned by Blue Note
- 65 km to the east of Val-d'Or, in Tavernier Township
Highlights
Geological Compilation (Click to Enlarge)
Mineralization
The property is underlain by intermediate to felsic
volcanics. They are chloritized and locally silicified.
Within the volcanics there are concordant gabbro
sills which can be as much as 400 meters wide.
Locally they are sheared and sericitized. Most of
the mineralized occurrences are within or near a
broad gabbro sill.
The Jolin showing consists of a massive sulfide lens (py, cp, sp) and quartz. It is a small lens, some
1.5 m x 8.0 m, has an irregular shape and is within sheared, sericitized dacite in proximity of a large
gabbro sill. SOQUEM drilled a single hole under this showing and obtained low grade values (1.08%
Zn, 0.13% Cu, 0.69 g/t Au and 1.37 g/t Ag over 0.9 m) in a sulphide stringer zone within dacite.
Sphinx Exploration Inc. during the course of an exploration program obtained 4.9 g/t Au; 10.6% Zn;
1.7 % Cu and 13.55 g/t Ag (GM 46981) from a gab sample.
Two other showings are located 150 and 350 meters from the Jolin showing and are within the same
gabbroic sill. Selected grab samples from the #3 showing returned 7.20 g/t Au while the #2 assayed
4.80 g/t Au. The mineralization is associated with strongly sheared, carbonated and silicified host
rock containing pyrite and injections of quartz veinlets. Two drill holes tested the depth extension
of the #3 showing and values such as 8.22 g/t Au over 0.50 m and 1.6 g/t Au over 2.25 m were
obtained.
Located some 400 meters west of the Jolin showing, the #4 showing is associated with an IP
anomaly and strong quartz carbonate alteration within a gabbro sill containing 15% pyrite. A grab
sample returned an anomalous value of 1.20 g/t Au |
QUEBEC PASCALIS
Gold
Silver
Lead
Zinc |
- 43 claims covering 17.7 sq km;
- 100% owned by Blue Note
- Approximately 30 km NE of Val-d'Or, in Pascalis Township. It is easily accessible by road.
Geological Compilation (Click to Enlarge)
Drilling Locations (Click to Enlarge) Highlights
Located to the east of the Bourlamaque batholith in proximity of the Perron, Beaufor and Courvan mines to the west and the Lucien-Béliveau (New- Pascalis) mine to the south that produced 1.8 million tonnes at 3 g/t from three parallel micro-diorite dykes. Ultramafic rocks provide a similar geological context as the Brosnan deposit (680,000 t at 4.11 g/t Au).
Mineralization
Five gold showings occur on the property with grab samples up to 11.6 g/t Au. The Pascalis J.B.L. Ouest showing includes up to 8.8 g/t Au over 2.2 meters and is located in the southwest part of the property about one kilometer north of the past producing Lucien Beliveau Mine. The property is underlain by basaltic to ultramafic volcanic rocks, sedimentary rocks, intermediate volcanic rocks and dioritic intrusive rocks. A pyroxenite body of significant size crosses the western part of the property. The rocks are generally foliated to sheared and contain up to 15% injections of quartz and quartz carbonate. This geological environment is locally similar to that of the Brosnor deposit (680,000 t at 4.11 g/t Au) within ultramafic and mafic rocks of the Jacola Formation some 10 km to the SE of the property. |
QUEBEC PERSHING
Gold
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- 49 claims covering 7.84 sq. km.
- 100% owned by Blue Note
- At 55 km east of Val-d'Or, contiguous to the Croinor property located to the south.
Geological Compilation (Click to Enlarge)
Geophysical Compilation (Click to Enlarge) Highlights
Geological environment similar to the nearby
Croinor deposit (shear zone at contact between
diorite and intermediate volcanics).
Several known showings : Pershon Gold Mines
South : 27.77 g/t Au/1.0 m, Brett-Tretheway : 5.83
g/t Au/1.16 m and Rocheleau-5 : 13.71 g/t Au/0.34
m.
Mineralization
The property covers the Garden Island formation,
mainly composed of graywackee, argillites and local iron formations. The Garden Island deformation
corridor marks the contact between the sediments to the south and the mafic volcanics of the Aurora
Group.
The showings historically confirmed by drilling are: Pershon Gold Mines Sud : 27.77 g/t Au over 1.0
m; Brett-Tretheway : 5.83 g/t Au over 1.16 m and Rocheleau-5 : 13.71 g/t Au over 0.34 mètre (ref. :
MRN Q - Sigeom). |
QUEBEC TEX-SOL
Gold
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- 10 claims covering 1.28 sq. km.
- 100% owned by Blue Note
- In Bourlamaque Township, 15 km to the east of Val-d'Or.
Geological Compilation (Click to Enlarge) Highlights
The property is located 1.5 km north of the Cadillac fault and adjacent to the former producing Louvicourt Goldfields mine that produced 32,000 ounces of gold with an ore grade of 4.6 g/t Au.
Grab samples including values of 19.2 and 62 g/t Au have been reported in trenches on the Louvicourt Goldfield sill that is present in the northern half of the property. This property covers the El Sol zone which is interpreted as an extension of the Louvicourt Goldfield mine horizon. Diamond drilling in 2005 returned up to 2.8 g/t Au over 1.5 meters.
In 2004, Cambior optioned the property and conducted line cutting, ground magnetic, IP survey and
diamond drilling.
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ONTARIO FAIRBANK
Gold
Silver
Lead
Zinc |
- 13 parcels covering 15.02 sq. km.
- 100% owned by Blue Note
- In Fairbank and Dowling Townships, on the north shore of Vermillion Lake, some 30 kilometers
west of the town of Sudbury, in central Ontario.
Geological Compilation (Click to Enlarge)
Figure 1 (Click to Enlarge) Highlights
In the Sudbury basin, within the Whitewater
Group that hosts the Errington and Vermillion Cu,
Ag, Pb, Zn mines.
Mineralization
The Fairbank property is underlain by argillites
and minor exhalative carbonates and cherts of
the Onwatin formation. This formation occurred
during a period of quiescence after the impact
basin formation. The Onwatin formation is part
of the Whitewater Group. The contact between
Onwatin slate and the Onaping Formations hosts
copper-zinc rich massive sulfides deposits of a
modified sedimentary exhalative nature. Both
Errington and Vermillion mines were exploited
in the 1950's. Xstrata plc owns both mines.
Current published inferred resources are 6.3Mt at
1.22% Cu, 61 g/t Ag, 1.09% Pb and 4.21% Zn for
Errington and 2.4Mt at 1.49% Cu, 66 g/t Ag, 1.3%
Pb and 5.11% Zn for the Vermillion mine (the
source of the inferred resources is from Xstrata
Web site). |
ONTARIO GREENWATER LAKE
Nickel
Platinum
Group
Elements |
- Mining property covering 90.88 sq. km.
- 50:50 joint venture with Mengold Resources Inc. Blue Note is the operator
- Begin and Lamporte Townships in the Shebandowan area west of Thunder Bay
Highlights
JV agreement: In May 2008, Blue Note Mining signed a final agreement for the 50-50 joint-venture
with Mengold Resources inc., Blue Note being the operator.
This Property located in the Shebandowan area west of Thunder Bay, provides Blue Note with a key
land position in a potentially developing nickel and PGE mining camp.
The initial prospecting and sampling program is planned to begin around the end of June. The aim
of the program is to identify drill targets and proceed with an initial drill program before the end of
2008.
In the light of the current platinum and palladium prices and the success obtained by North American
Palladium and Vale Inco on their Shebandowan West deposit located directly north of the Property,
Blue Note has high expectations for this project. Based on current knowledge of the Property
geology, it is believed that the same correlating ultramafic and iron formations as those forming
the former Inco Nickel-copper Shebandowan Mine and Shebandowan West Ni-PGE deposits, are
found within the Greenwater Lake Property.
Mineralization
The Shebandowan Mine area is underlain by a complex ultramafic komatiitic rock unit that formed
the host of the nickel-copper and PGE mineralization at the former minesite. The ore occurs as
stringer, breccia and massive sulphides that are hosted within highly altered and deformed ultramafic
rocks interpreted as basaltic komatiities. |
ONTARIO STURGEON LAKE
Gold
Silver
Lead
Zinc |
- 5 mining leases covering 11.048 sq. km.
- Blue Note owns a 6.6% interest in 2 claims and 33% of 78 other claims. Inmet is the operator and
has optioned the property to Unitronix Corp.
- Lake Township in the Thunder Bay Mining Division, Ontario
Geological Compilation (Click to Enlarge)
Property Map (Click to Enlarge) Highlights
Sturgeon Lake Mine: In the late 70's produced 2.1
Mt of 2.98% Cu, 10.64% Zn, 1.47% Pb, 6.14 opt
Ag and 0.21 opt Au.
Mineralization
The property covers the Sturgeon Lake mine which
sits on the Sturgeon Lake horizon at the top of the
Mattabi Rhyolite sequence. To the south of the
mine, the property also covers a thick sequence of
the Mattabi Rhyolite which hosts the Mattabi VMS
deposits (12.8 Mt) some 6 km to the west. These
rhyolitic sequences are part of the Sturgeon Lake
Caldera complex which is up to 25 kilometers in
strike length. |
NEW BRUNSWICK ARMSTRONG/ORVAN
Silver
Lead
Zinc
Copper |
The company's main focus in the Bathurst Mining Camp has been in the Armstrong and Orvan Brook project area. The Armstrong property is composed of 15 distinct claim blocks covering a total of 61 sq km. The Armstrong property hosts the two main deposits A and B. The A deposit contains known resources of 3.4Mt grading 2.26% Zn, 0.42% Pb, 0.29% Cu and 25 g/t Ag and the copper-rich Armstrong B deposit that contains 0.54Mt grading 0.67% copper. The resources of the Armstrong deposits are historical estimates and are not NI43-101 compliant.
A deep-search Titan 24 geophysical survey was carried out on the property in 2007-08. Diamond drill testing of targets identified by the survey in the latter part of 2008 led to the discovery of massive sulphide mineralization one kilometre north of the Armstrong A deposit. Massive sulphides were intersected in three holes in the discovery area with core intersections up to 10 meters, including 3.0 meters grading 3.6% Zn, 1.5% Pb, 0.3% Cu and 27.2 g/t Ag. Drilling beneath the Armstrong B deposit intersected 7.0 meters grading 2.28% Zn, 0.72% Pb, 0.11% Cu and 27.6 g/t Ag that included 7.47% Pb+Zn over 1.0 meter, indicating significant potential remains beneath the Armstrong B deposit. More drilling is warranted to follow up newly discovered massive sulphides and continue testing geophysical targets on the project.
The Orvan Brook property covers 2.7 sq km adjacent to the Armstrong project. The property borders the known Orvan Brook deposit which has reported resources of 2.7Mt grading 5.95% Zn, 1.73% Pb, 0.37% Cu, and 72 g/t Ag. The resources of the Orvan Brook deposit are historical estimates and are not NI43-101 compliant. Drilling by Blue Note on the Orvan Brook property intersected massive to sub-massive sulphide mineralization in eight holes drilled in 2007-2008, including 4.73% Zn, 0.58% Pb, 0.25% Cu and 4.8 g/t Ag over 1.9 meters.
The known sulphide resources and occurrences and success of recent drill programs on the Armstrong property and the nearby Orvan Brook property clearly demonstrate the economic potential of the area.
For current exploration results, please consult the News Release section of the Web site.
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NEW BRUNSWICK BUBAR BROOK
Gold
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This property is located 25 km south of the Williams Brook gold project and covers approximately 12 sq km. The property was staked to follow up anomalous gold in stream sediment samples identified in a regional government survey with values up to 50 ppb gold. No historical work has been reported on this property. Preliminary work includes reconnaissance till sampling to further define the source of the anomalous gold identified in the government survey.
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NEW BRUNSWICK WILLIAMS BROOK
Gold |
The Williams Brook property covers 18 sq km held by Blue Note under an option to acquire a 100% interest in the property. Gold was discovered in trenches in 2007 and diamond drilling in 2008. Diamond drilling has intersected 2.8 meters grading 11.16 g/t gold in drill hole WB-08-11, 0.5 meter grading 6.56 g/t in WB-09-31 and 28.0 meters grading 0.91 g/t gold in drill hole WB-08-04.
Two types of gold mineralization have been identified on the property. One type of gold mineralization is associated with disseminated pyrite in altered rhyolite that commonly exhibits a micro-breccia texture as seen in drill hole WB-08-04. This type of mineralization has been found in two broad sub-parallel northeast-trending alteration zones, which have been interpreted using induced polarization and soil geochemical surveys, trenching and diamond drilling, and measured over horizontal widths that exceed 20 meters. The second type of gold mineralization has returned the highest gold values, including those found in holes WB-08-11 and WB-09-31. This gold mineralization occurs in quartz veins and heavily quartz veined rhyolite that are proximal to and trend oblique to the northeast-trending alteration zones in the rhyolite. So far the mineralized quartz veins have only been tested over a strike length of 200 metres along the alteration zones and remain untested further along strike. The known alteration zones are interpreted to extend for a combined strike length that is in excess of two kilometres.
The next phase of exploration will test for the occurrence of clusters of gold-bearing quartz vein associated with the alteration zones. Geochemical and geophysical surveys are also planned to follow the alteration zones along strike beyond the current work area. Further reconnaissance work is planned elsewhere on the Williams Brook property to identify new target areas.
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