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ASSESSMENT REPORT FOR AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY, LiDAR, ZTEM, AND AEROMAGNETIC GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS, SPRINGPOLE GOLD PROJECT, RED LAKE DISTRICT, ONTARIO NTS Sheet 52N08 UTM WGS84 Zn15N By James K. Muntzert, B.A, M.Sc. Sr. Project Manager Gold Canyon Resources Inc. 27 May 2013

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ASSESSMENT REPORT FOR AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY, LiDAR, ZTEM, AND

AEROMAGNETIC GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS, SPRINGPOLE GOLD PROJECT, RED LAKE DISTRICT,

ONTARIO

NTS Sheet 52N08 UTM WGS84 Zn15N

By

James K. Muntzert, B.A, M.Sc. Sr. Project Manager

Gold Canyon Resources Inc.

27 May 2013

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ASSESSMENT REPORT FOR AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY, LiDAR, ZTEM, AND AEROMAGNETIC GEOPHYSICAL

SURVEYS Executive Summary: Between 6 June and 20 September 2011, Gold Canyon Resources Inc. had two airborne surveys conducted over parts of its 100% owned Springpole Gold Project, located approximately 110 km northeast of Red Lake, Ontario (Figure 1). On 6 June 2011, Eagle Mapping, Ltd., Vancouver, BC performed a Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) and aerial photography survey covering approximately 106 square kilometers over the Springpole Gold Project. This survey covered 30 patented mining claims, six leased mining claims and 211 unpatented mining claims (Appendix C and Figure 4). Between 11 and 20 September 2011, Geotech Ltd., Aurora, Ontario, flew a helicopter-borne Z-Axis Tipper Electromagnetic (ZTEM) and aeromagnetic geophysical survey covering an area of approximately 99 square kilometers mostly within the LiDAR surveyed area. This survey covered 30 patented mining claims, six leased mining claims and 159 unpatented mining claims (Appendix D and Figure 4). The results of the ZTEM survey were interpreted by Thomas V. Weis & Associates Inc., Centennial, CO, USA (Appendix E). Weis concluded that:

• “Both the Geotech ZTEM modeled resistivity data set and the helicopter magnetic data sets appear to identify features associated with mineralization at the Springpole project at Red Lake Ontario.”

• “The inverted ZTEM data identified two weak resistivity highs associated with elevated gold assays. One possible interpretation is silicification along a set of NW trending structures or fold axis.”

• “The magnetic data set defines a zone of reduced magnetism interpreted to be associated with alteration and destruction of magnetite which is coincident with anomalous gold mineralization.”

• “Both the resistivity model and the magnetic field data suggest a number of possible targets in the vicinity of the main Springpole area. Geology should be used to constrain the geophysical interpretation and assist in designing drill targets.”

• “Two additional geophysical techniques should be used at Springpole. 1) IP/resistivity, and 2) A detailed 250 meter by 250 meter gravity grid should be run over the area. It has been recognized that density is much more closely related to lithology in the Canadian Shield then magnetic susceptibility. Susceptibility is affected by initial magnetite content in the magma, later alteration and metamorphism. Density is affected by mineralogy which is directly related to lithology.” (Weis, Thomas V.; 2012)

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Table of Contents Executive Summary: ..................................................................................................... 2

1. Introduction: ........................................................................................................... 5

2.1. Mining Claims: .................................................................................................... 6

3. History: ................................................................................................................... 7

4. Geology: ................................................................................................................. 7

4.1. Regional Geology: .............................................................................................. 7

4.2. Geology of the Springpole Property: .................................................................. 9

4.2.1. Structure: ................................................................................................... 10

4.2.2. Alteration: .................................................................................................. 11

4.2.3. Mineralization: ........................................................................................... 12

4.2.4. Deposit Types: ........................................................................................... 13

5. Aerial Surveys: ..................................................................................................... 14

5.1. Aerial Photography and Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) Surveys: ......... 14

5.2. Helicopter-borne Z-Axis Tipper Electromagnetic (ZTEM) and Aeromagnetic Geophysical Survey: .................................................................................................. 16

6. Interpretation of ZTEM and Magnetometer Data: .............................................. 17

7. Professional Certification: .................................................................................. 19

List of Figures Figure 1: Springpole Gold Project Location Map (modified from Arseneau, 2012). Figure 2: Land tenure map of Springpole Gold Project. Figure 3: Springpole Project regional geology (modified from Arseneau, 2012). Figure 4: Excerpt from CLAIMaps showing mining claims and areas covered by airborne surveys.

List of Tables

Table 1: Mineral Resource Statement, Springpole Gold Project (October 17, 2012)

List of Appendices

Appendix A: Mining claims covered by Aerial Photography and LiDAR Surveys Appendix B: Mining claims covered by ZTEM and Aeromagnetic Surveys Appendix C: Springpole Project Data Report: Prepared by Eagle Mapping Ltd.

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Appendix D: Report on a Helicopter-Borne Z-axis Tipper Electromagnetic (ZTEM) and Aeromagnetic Geophysical Survey: By Geotech Ltd. Appendix E: Springpole ZTEM Model Results: by Thomas V Weis and Associates

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1. Introduction: The Springpole gold project is wholly owned by Gold Canyon Resources Inc. (Gold Canyon), Suite 810, 609 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V7Y 1G5 and is an advanced stage gold exploration venture. The following report presents the results of two airborne surveys that were flown between 6 June and 20 September 2011. 2. Location and Property: The Springpole Gold Project is wholly owned by Gold Canyon. It is located approximately 110 kilometers northeast of Red Lake, Ontario (Figure 1).

Figure 1: Springpole Gold Project Location Map (modified from Arseneau, 2012). A temporary tent camp from which all field activities are managed is situated on a small land bridge between Springpole Lake and Birch Lake at Latitude N51°23’44.3” and Longitude W92°17’37.4”; UTM projection WGS84 Zone 15N Northing 5,694,065m and Easting 549,150m, on National Topographic Sheets (NTS) 052N08. Average Elevation is 395 meters above sea level.

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The Springpole Gold Project is accessible either by float-plane or helicopter. All fuel, food and material supplies are flown in from Red Lake. Heavier and bulky supplies are freighted in on a seasonal winter road. The closest road access is the landing at the old South Bay Mine on Confederation Lake, which is approximately 50kms by air.

2.1. Mining Claims:

The Project comprises 30 freehold patented claims, 6 leasehold patented claims and 300 unpatented claims (Figure 2).

Figure 2: Land tenure map of Springpole Gold Project.

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3. History: The history of the Springpole Gold Project prior to 2006 is well documented in the following technical reports presented by Zabev, 2004, and Armstrong et al, 2006; as well as in the summary report of exploration Fall 2009 through Winter 2010 by Roberts, 2010; and, in the 43-101 reports presented by Arseneau, 2012. Gold exploration on the Springpole Property initially began in the 1920's and carried through to the 1940’s, and started again in 1985 and has carried through to the present. Between 1985 and 2012, Gold Canyon, its predecessor companies Akiko-Lori Resources Ltd., and Akiko Gold Company and numerous partners completed more than 164,000 meters of diamond drilling to define three main gold resources: Camp-Main Zone; East Extension Zone and Portage Zone. This work culminated in a resource estimate by Arseneau (2012), which for these three zones are as follows: Table 1: Mineral Resource Statement, Springpole Gold Project (October 17, 2012)

Category Quantity

Grade Au

Grade Ag

Contained Metal Au

Contained Metal Ag

Million tonnes g/t g/t Million Oz Million Oz Indicated 128.2 1.07 5.7 4.41 23.8 Inferred 25.7 .083 3.2 0.69 2.7

Modified from Arseneau (2012): Table i, Page v. 4. Geology: As with the history of the project, the geology of the region has been repeatedly reported by various authors over the years. Only pertinent excerpts of the geology are included in this report. Camier (2012).

4.1. Regional Geology:

The excerpt below is quoted from Devaney, 2001 (with references removed) from the text found in the “Springpole Project Summary Report on Exploration Activities Fall 2009 through Winter 2010” assessment report by Roberts, 2010; and, from the 43-101 report by Arseneau, 2012 entitled “Independent Technical Report for the Springpole Gold Project, NW Ontario, Canada”. Figure 3 provides a schematic of the regional geology of the area.

“The Birch-Uchi Greenstone Belt (Figure 3) is the portion of the Uchi Sub-province with an arcuate, concave to the southeast, map-view form (i.e., a major oroclinal bend between the Red Lake and Meen-Dempster portions of the sub-province). Studies of the southern part of the Birch-Uchi

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greenstone belt as a rootless greenstone belt only a few kilometers thick, have revealed a long (ca. 3.0 to 2.7 Ga), multistage history of crustal development. Based on mapping, lithogeochemistry, and radiometric dating, the supracrustal rocks of the greenstone belt were subdivided into three stratigraphic group-scale units (listed in decreasing age): the Balmer, Woman and Confederation assemblages. This three-part subdivision was applied to most of the Uchi Subprovince. The Confederation assemblage is thought to be a continental margin (Andean-type) arc succession, versus the less certain tectono-stratigraphic context of the other assemblages. Workers performing recent and ongoing studies of the southern Birch-Uchi greenstone belt and the Red Lake greenstone belt (i.e., the Western Uchi Subprovince NATMAP Project) have proposed some modifications and additions to the Balmer-Woman-Confederation stratigraphic scheme. As discussed herein, some relatively small conglomeratic units likely form a synorogenic, discontinuously distributed, post-Confederation assemblage in the Birch-Uchi greenstone belt. Radiometrically dated plutons within the Birch-Uchi greenstone belt are of post-Confederation assemblage, ca. 2725-2700 Ma age. The northern margin of the Birch-Uchi greenstone belt forms a pattern of sub-regional scale cusps of supracrustal strata alternating with batholiths. Basaltic units are prominent around the periphery of the greenstone belt and may be part of the Woman assemblage but the accuracy of this stratigraphic assignment is unknown. Based on a ca. 2740 Ma age of Shabumeni Lake [intermediate to felsic fragmental] volcanic rocks at a site near the northern greenstone belt margin, suggested that Confederation assemblage age rocks make up the bulk of the greenstone belt.” (Devaney, (2001).

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Figure 3: Springpole Project regional geology (modified from Arseneau, 2012).

4.2. Geology of the Springpole Property:

The Springpole property is underlain by a complexly folded, sheared and faulted sequence of mafic to intermediate volcanic rocks interspersed with sedimentary units. The sequences of sedimentary rocks identified on the property consist of sediments associated with the basement volcanic rocks as interflow units, intermediate volcanic lapilli tuff with minor cherty units, as well as well-bedded siltstone, iron formation, and greywacke and post-volcanic Timiskaming polymictic conglomerates. These rocks form the basement host into which a polyphase alkaline intrusive suite of rocks has intruded. However, these Timiskaming conglomerates are also reported to contain some clasts of trachytic feldspar porphyry and suggest contemporaneous emplacement with the alkaline intrusives. The alkaline sequence of rocks intruding in to the mafic to intermediate suite and sedimentary rocks is composed of several phases of feldspar porphyry that has been identified through petrographic work as being a system of multiple phases of trachyte that are believed to be part of the roof zone of a larger syenite intrusive stock. Fragments displaying phaneritic textures were reportedly observed from deeper drill cores in the southeast portion of the Portage Zone on the Property and

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have been previously presented by Roberts (2010) and Arseneau (2012). Purportedly, observations suggest early intrusive phases consist of medium- to coarse-grained and megacrystic feldspar phenocrysts, up to 5 centimeters long, composed of albite and orthoclase feldspar supported in an aphanitic groundmass. Successive phases show progressively finer grained porphyritic textures, while the final intrusive phases are aphanitic. But, all phases of the porphyry are conspicuous by their trachyoidal texture and alkaline mineralogy. Furthermore, feldspar porphyry diatreme dikes and dikelets transecting the mafic to intermediate basement lithologies are found throughout the property. These dikes and dikelets are generally fine-grained and conspicuous by their potassium-feldspar phenocrysts and locally abundant exotic fragmental inclusions. Fluorite-calcite bodies occurring as lenses, veins and irregular breccia pods are reportedly found intermittently along an E-W shear extending from Round Pond to the west. These fluorite-calcite bodies are allegedly high in rare earths (pers. comm. J. Muntzert, Senior Project Manager Springpole Gold Project). Several petrographic studies were carried out on the Springpole rocks. The first petrographic studies appear to have been carried out by Barnett (1996) for Santa Fe and identified the porphyry as a trachyte. In 2009 and 2010 further petrographic studies were conducted by Sanders & McIntosh (2009; 2010), of historic drill core and drill core from boreholes SP10-001 through SP11-006 (Arseneau, 2012). These studies confirmed that trachyte intrusive rocks are the dominant lithology within the project area, and are host to the mineralization (Roberts, 2010; Arseneau, 2012). Interpretation of the intrusive complex is complicated by a mixture of overprinted regional and local metamorphic events that are related to burial and tectonism. Pervasive alteration and metamorphism have reduced the original porphyry intrusive to a series of complex alteration assemblages dominated by sericite, biotite, pyrite, calcite/dolomite and quartz (Arseneau, 2012). This alteration assemblage within the porphyritic rocks was a product of intense acid-leaching from the action of H2SO4, HCL and HF in an epithermal environment (Barron, 1997). However, primary igneous textures are locally well-preserved and provide indications to the possible genesis of the initial stage of gold mineralization, which appears to have been derived from the trachytic intrusive (Barron, 1997). Within the country rocks to the north and east of the main area of interest are trachyte and lamprophyre dikes/sills that appear to be sourced from the trachyte or syenite porphyry intrusives (Arseneau, 2012).

4.2.1. Structure:

The country rocks that pre-date the alkali intrusive suite are composed of a complex sequence of altered and metamorphosed mafic to intermediate volcanic rocks and associated volcaniclastics, derived siliciclastic sedimentary rocks, chemical sediments (including banded iron formation), and coarse pebble conglomerates (Roberts, 2010; Arseneau, 2012). Devaney (2001) suggests

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these sediments are likely Confederation Assemblage metasedimentary rocks dating around 2,740 Ma; and, represent the proximal portions of a mixed volcanic-sedimentary basin. Barron (1996), states that pebble conglomerate outcroppings located between Springpole Lake and Birch Lake, contain clasts of trachyte porphyry suggesting the “Timiskaming-type” conglomerates postdate the intrusion. However, Devaney (2001) suggests these arcuate form conglomerates represent late orogenic, deformed, dextral strike-slip, pull-apart basins of “Timiskaming-type” late Archean, post Confederation assemblage age rocks (Roberts, 2010; Arseneau, 2012). Tectonic deformation has added complexity to the apparent geometry of, and the potential of the Springpole gold deposit. Gravity and magnetic surveys carried out across the Springpole Gold Project demonstrate that several phases of deformation are apparent. Banded iron formations describe north-northwest facing tight to isoclinal antiforms and synforms, and are illustrated on the property geologic map produced during the Summer 2005 Mapping Program (Armstrong et al, 2006), and are obvious as strong magnetic anomalies on the aeromagnetic surveys conducted by Fugro (Arseneau, 2012). In 2011, SRK Consulting was contracted to carry out a preliminary structural study of the controls on ore deposit geometry. The study found that the deposit has been subjected to several deformational events (Arseneau, 2012). Arseneau (2012) suggests further studies are required to definitively establish the relationship of the timing of deformational events with respect to economic mineralization.

4.2.2. Alteration:

All rocks on the property exhibit pervasive alteration. This consists of multiple overprinted phases. Both country rocks and alkali intrusive rocks exhibit pervasive green-schist facies metamorphism and alteration, probably the result of burial. This is evident as chlorite, calcite and pyrite in the intermediate volcanic rocks, pyritization of the banded iron formation, and sericite-pyrite alteration within the alkali intrusive associated rocks (Roberts, 2010; Arseneau, 2012). Exploration work carried out in the fall of 2009 and winter–spring of 2010 indicates evidence of early alteration phases. This occurs as potassic and phyllic/sericitic alteration: K-Feldspar, biotite and muscovite (sericite) respectively, and is nearly pervasive in the alkali intrusive rocks and surrounding country rocks. Regional metamorphism has subsequently altered the primary hydrothermal mineral assemblages but textures have been preserved with the exception of areas of high strain (e.g., northwest trending shear zones) (Roberts, 2010; Arseneau, 2012).

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Advanced argillic alteration appears throughout the trachyte intrusive and occurs in some of the late stage lamprophyre dikes although on a small scale. It is difficult to assess at what stage acid-sulphate alteration occurs but it appears to define an envelope around the Portage Zone potassic-alteration/mineralization suggesting an origin comparable to the zoned alteration associated with epithermal-style porphyry intrusive hosted gold deposits (Roberts, 2010; Arseneau, 2012; Barron, 1997).

4.2.3. Mineralization:

The main intrusive complex appears to contain many of the characteristics of an alkaline porphyry style mineralization event associated with diatreme breccias. Direct comparison with drill core from two sites shows a number of consistent textures and styles of mineralization. Recent observations from drilling combined with an airborne magnetic survey indicate the potentially economic gold mineralization is coincident with an unexplained geophysical anomaly. This style of mineralization is characterized by the Portage Zone and portions of the East Zone, where mineralization is hosted by diatreme breccia in aphanitic trachyte. It is supposed that ductile shearing and brittle faulting have played a significant role in redistributing structurally controlled blocks of the mineralized rock. Yet to be established is the areal extent of the porphyry-style alteration zoning within the Portage Zone, which should consist of an outer zone of phyllic (sericite) dominant alteration with narrow zones of advanced argillic alteration characterized by illite and kaolinite, surrounding a core zone of intense potassic alteration characterized by biotite and K-feldspar (Arseneau, 2012). It is suggested that an alteration study be undertaken to determine the extents of alteration within the system and outline the area of the epithermal alteration. Multi-element analysis conducted during the 1992 program on the Portage Zone, combined with gold assays, gave the first indication of the style of mineralization at Springpole. Diamond drilling in the winter of 2010 revealed a more complex alteration with broader, intense zones of potassic alteration replacing the original rock mass with biotite and pyrite. The expected alteration zone envelopes or shells are very difficult to define due to a complex sheared geometry and the poorly defined contact zones of the deposit. In the core area of the deposit where fine grained disseminated gold mineralization occurs with biotite as the primary potassic alteration mineral. Gold displays a good correlation with potassium/rubidium (Arseneau, 2012). The intrusion of the trachyte complex into the volcanic pile, as well as the chemical and siliciclastic sedimentary rocks in a near surface environment, produced mesothermal to epithermal style lode vein mineralization. Mesothermal

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fluids would have existed within the emplaced intrusive, associated with the diatreme breccias, and in the immediately adjacent wall rock/country rocks. In the porphyry intrusive, and at the contact between intrusive and wall rock in the East Zone, and localized within the Main Zone, mesothermal style quartz-biotite-calcite-sulfide veins with occasional tourmaline are observed with occasional coarse, visible gold (Arseneau, 2012). Further from the intrusive complex and wall rock contact zones where meteoric fluids have a greater influence, epithermal style vein textures and mineralization dominate. These consist of banded to sucrose-textured quartz-calcite veins with low-temperature mineral assemblages that include sericite, minor biotite, possible orthoclase/adularia, calcite, dolomite and ankerite. Here gold-silver and tellurium alloys dominate including electrum and gold-silver tellurides (Arseneau, 2012). Furthermore, as evidenced from the high degree of structural deformation (ductile and brittle) in the form of isoclinal folding, ductile shear zones that exhibit protomylonite and blastomylonite textures, coupled with brittle fault textures, indicates the Springpole area has been subjected to intense alteration and metamorphic processes. These processes may have formed the means for remobilizing the gold into epithermal quartz veins, which was the principal stimulus for exploring Springpole in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s when shear zone hosted gold deposits were the targets of choice in the Red Lake area (Arseneau, 2012). 4.2.4. Deposit Types:

The following discussion on the deposit types is excerpted from the 43-101 of Arseneau (2012). It was expanded upon by Arseneau (2012) from an earlier technical report submitted by Roberts (2010), and the 43-101 report by Armstrong et al. (2006), and has been included and modified in this report. Initial exploration investigations on the property was under the assumption the area was mineralized by typical Archean mesothermal lode gold. However, this assumption was modified based upon the abundance and size of epizonal trachyte porphyry intrusive masses and the widespread brecciation and alteration centered on the Portage Zone. Barron (1996), after careful study, considered this area to be the apex of a buried syenite stock. A high emplacement level for the Portage Zone and surrounding porphyry was further supported by the lack of contact metamorphic effects in the enclosing country rocks. Trachyte clasts within the basal conglomerates overlying the intrusive complex indicate that it was subjected to paleo-surface weathering and erosion. The rarity of the trachyte clasts and their restriction to the base of the conglomeratic unit would seem to indicate erosion occurred over a short time interval. Furthermore, the lack of voluminous trachyte flows

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suggested there was no markedly positive volcanic edifice. Therefore, Barron (1996) concluded that collectively these features suggested the Portage Zone and surrounding Main and East Zones existed as a small island of maar craters of low relief in a rapidly deepening shallow basin. This interpretation has its closest modern analogue in the Ladolam Gold Deposit, Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea. Mineralization at Lihir is believed to be less than 500,000 years old and is telescoped upon an earlier porphyry environment (Carman, 2003); deposition of gold is still an active process at Ladolam as the hydrothermal system remains active. If the Ladolam Gold Deposit is accepted as a reasonable genetic analogue to the Springpole Deposit, then the following genetic model can be applied. However, detailed geological mapping by Santa Fe geologists led them to suggest that mineralization at Springpole was more comparable to, and had many similarities to the deposits of the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, including the Cresson Mine (Arseneau, 2012).

5. Aerial Surveys: Although several geophysical programs have been conducted on the project, the types of airborne surveys described below have not been conducted nor has such a great areal extent been covered. The airborne surveys of this report covered only a portion of the total claims:

• Aerial photography and LiDAR surveys covered 106 square kilometers including 30 patented mining claims, six leased mining claims and 211 unpatented mining claims (Appendix A and Figure 4).

• Helicopter-borne Z-Axis Tipper Electromagnetic (ZTEM) and aeromagnetic geophysical survey covering an area of approximately 99 square kilometers within the LiDAR surveyed area. This survey covered 30 patented mining claims, six leased mining claims and 159 unpatented mining claims (Appendix B and Figure 4).

5.1. Aerial Photography and Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR)

Surveys:

Gold Canyon entered into an agreement with Eagle Mapping Ltd, Vancouver, BC, to conduct surveys including colour aerial photography and Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) over a portion of the Springpole Gold Project (Appendix C). These surveys were conducted on 6 June 2011. A total of 34 flight lines were flown covering 106 square kilometers (Figure 4).

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Figure 4: Excerpt from CLAIMaps showing boundaries of the airborne surveys.

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The blue outline on Figure 4, showing the areal extent of this survey, covered claims that were validly staked prior to the date of the flight, 6 June 2011. The purpose of the LiDAR survey was to obtain very detailed topographic data from which a digital elevation model (DEM) and a digital terrain model (DTM) could be constructed. The stated accuracy of this survey was: horizontal error: +0.028 m; vertical error: +0.055 m. These models can be used to produce detailed topographic maps having one meter contour intervals. The DEM was used for altitude corrections in the ZTEM surveys which were flown between 11 and 20 September 2011. The aerial photographs were digitally corrected for parallax, etc., and converted to orthophotos covering the entire 106 square kilometers, to provide photographs that could be geo-referenced. 5.2. Helicopter-borne Z-Axis Tipper Electromagnetic (ZTEM) and

Aeromagnetic Geophysical Survey: Gold Canyon entered into an agreement with Geotech Ltd., Aurora, Ontario, to conduct a helicopter-borne, Z-Axis Tipper Electromagnetic (ZTEM) and Aeromagnetic Geophysical Survey over a portion of the Springpole Gold Project (Appendix D). This survey was coincident with most of the LiDAR survey flown earlier by Eagle Mapping Ltd (Figure 4). It should be noted that the digital elevation model (DEM) that was produced from the LiDAR data was used to accurately correct the distances between the geophysical sensors and the ground surface. Between 11 and 20 September 2011, the survey was flown as described in Appendix D. A total of 770 line kilometers were flown:

• 660 km N-S oriented lines spaced at 100 meter intervals, and • 110 km E-W oriented tie lines spaced at 1,000 intervals.

The survey covered 99 square kilometers, which were more or less coincident with the LiDAR survey (Figure 4). The red rectangular outline on Figure 4, showing the areal extent of this survey, covers five claims (claim numbers 4253251 through 4253255) that were staked as a result of this survey (orange hachured area on Figure 4). These and other claims were staked on 27 October 2011 and later dates.

Geotech Ltd.’s personnel produced several plan maps of the results received from these data. They did not do any interpretation of the data. The ZTEM data were selected by frequencies that were “clean” frequencies without interference from outside sources. An example of interfering frequencies is 60 Hz. Apparently the helicopter has several sources with 60 Hz frequencies; therefore, 60 Hz information was not used. The frequencies which were used are: 30, 45, 90, 180, 360 and 720 Hz. Each frequency corresponds to a particular depth within the earth’s crust. The higher the frequencies, the closer to the surface the data (skins) are.

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Geotech processed the raw data using proprietary software. The resulting processed data were displayed in Geosoft’s Oasis Montaj software on maps at 1:20,000 scale. No summary interpretation was included in their report; however 2D inversions over selected lines were provided (Appendix D). Geotech made the following recommendations:

“Based on the geophysical results obtained, a number of interesting conductive structures were identified across the property. The magnetic results also contain worthwhile information in support of exploration targets of interest. We therefore recommend a more detailed interpretation of the available geophysical data, including additional 2D or 3D inversion in conjunction with the geology, prior to ground follow up and drill testing.”

6. Interpretation of ZTEM and Magnetometer Data: Based on Geotech Ltd.’s recommendation that detailed interpretation of the geophysical data be conducted, Gold Canyon originally engaged Mira Geoscience Ltd., Westmount, Quebec, to conduct the interpretation. However, they had extreme difficulty with the data and never produced a report. As a result, Thomas V. Weis and Associates, Centennial, Colorado, USA was engaged to conduct the interpretation work. Weis was able to correct the data that had given Mira such difficulty and complete an interpretation. Their report is attached as Appendix E. Weis presented his interpretations of both the ZTEM and magnetics in a series of maps of 1:25,000 and 1:5,000 scales. Weis concluded that both the Geotech ZTEM modeled resistivity data set and the helicopter magnetic data set appear to identify features associated with mineralization at the Springpole project. The inverted ZTEM data identified two weak resistivity highs associated with elevated gold assays. One possible interpretation is silicification along a set of NW trending structures or fold axis. The magnetic data set defines a zone of reduced magnetism interpreted to be associated with alteration and destruction of magnetite, which is coincident with anomalous gold mineralization. Both the resistivity model and the magnetic field data suggest a number of possible targets in the vicinity of the main Springpole area. Geology should be used to constrain the geophysical interpretation and assist in designing drill targets.

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Weis recommended that additional geophysical techniques be used: • IP/resistivity survey • Detailed gravity surveys.

Both of these methods could be run during the winter over the ice and snow. Respectfully submitted: 31 May 2013 ____________________________ James K. Muntzert Sr. Project Manager Gold Canyon Resources Inc.

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7. Professional Certification: I, James K. Muntzert, a geologist employed by Gold Canyon Resources Inc., residing at 612 West Diamond Avenue, Victor, Colorado 80860, USA, hereby certify that:

1. I graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado USA with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Geology (1966);

2. I graduated from Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon USA with a Master’s of Science Degree in Economic Geology (1968);

3. I am a member in good standing of the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario (APGO), member number 2245;

4. I am a member in good standing of the American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG), member number CPG-6911;

5. I have been employed in the mineral exploration and mining industry for 46 years.

6. Since 23 September 2011, I have been employed by Gold Canyon Resources Inc. My title is Senior Project Manager.

7. I personally prepared and edited this report entitled “Assessment Report for Aerial Photography, LiDAR, ZTEM and Aeromagnetic Geophysical Surveys, Springpole Gold Project, Red Lake District, Ontario”.

8. I am not aware of any material fact or material change with respect to the subject matter of this assessment report which is not reflected in the assessment report or the omission to disclosure which makes the assessment report misleading.

Dated this 27th day of May 2013. James K. Muntzert BA, MSc, P.Geo. ______________________________ Signature of Author

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APPENDIX A

Mining claims covered by Aerial Photography and LiDAR Surveys

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APPENDIX B

Mining claims covered by ZTEM and Aeromagnetic Surveys

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APPENDIX C

Springpole Project Data Report: Prepared by Eagle Mapping Ltd.

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APPENDIX D

Report on a Helicopter-Borne Z-axis Tipper Electromagnetic (ZTEM) and Aeromagnetic Geophysical Survey: By Geotech Ltd.

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APPENDIX E

Springpole ZTEM Model Results: by Thomas V Weis and Associates