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012H/16/2240

ELEVENTH YEAR ASSESSMENT REPORT

OF

PROSPECTING AND SAMPLE TESTS

ON

LIC. # 19491m

BAIE VERTE PENINSULA, NL

NTS 12H/16

BY

NATHANIEL NOEL MSc.

FOR

E. MICHELE NOEL

MINERAL LICENCES: 019491M

WORK CONDUCTED: MID-OCTOBER 2012 AND EARLY AUGUST 2013

TOTAL EXPENDITURES: 019491M 2840.00

TOTAL CLAIMS: 019491M (2)

Table of Contents Page Summary 1 Introduction 2 Location and Access 2 Physiography 2 Property Summary and Licence Status 3 Previous Work 3 Geology 5 Regional Geology 5 Property Geology 6 Current Program 6 Work Done 6 Results 7 Conclusions and Recommendations 10 List of Expenditures 10 References 11 List of Figures Figure 1 Project Location Map 2 Figure 2 Claims Location Map 3 Figure 3 Virginite occurrences on Baie Verte Peninsula 4 Figure 4 Mini Van sized boulder with saw cut exposing high Grade virginite 5 Figure 5 New access off the Baie Verte Highway. 7 Figure 6 Polished slab of massive Aventurine-like Fuchsite with Silica carbonate matrix. 8 Figure 7 Polished slab of massive Aventurine-like Fuchsite (light color) with fine grained silica-carbonate Matrix. 9 Figure 8 Slab with Fuchsite concentration. 9

SUMMARY A visit was made to the property to examine a new access road created by Newfoundland Power. The main benefit from the new access was it allowed an ATV to cross a ditch adjacent to the Baie Verte Highway. Samples of the virginite were collected from outcrop in an exposed trench. These samples along with samples collected several years ago were slabbed and polished. Several were sent to a stone distributor in British Columbia to see if the material was suitable for distribution as a specialized carving stone.

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INTRODUCTION Location and Access The project area, now consists of 2 claims which straddle the Baie Verte highway approximately 9 kilometers south of the Town of Baie Verte and 3 km ESE of Southern Pond. It is easily accessed by the Baie Verte Highway. (Figure 1 and 2)

Figure 1 Project Location Map

Physiography The claim block is bounded on its western edge by a high (150 meter relief) escarpment but drops dramatically on its eastern flank to a gentle slope. Drainage is fair-poor with the sloped area consisting mainly of small treed knobs surrounded by small areas of bogs

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or small ponds. The area is variably wooded with black spruce but in the vicinity of one of the virginite deposits there is an abundance of jack pine.

Figure 2 Claims Location Map.

Property Summary and License Status The property now consists of 2 contiguous claims (Figure 2) previously owned by Nathaniel Noel which were staked in early September of 2001 with the license, 8217m, being issued on Oct 5, 2001 The ownership of the claims was transferred to E.Michele Noel in 2008. In 2011 the 8217m license was reduced to 2 claims and the new license 19491m was formed. All claims are in good standing. Previous Work The area has been the subject of several exploration programs which were searching primarily for gold and base metals. This study focused primarily on the Virginite (fuchsite-carbonate-silica schist) which outcrops on the property and its potential as a material for use in the production of crafts and also its potential use as an ornamental stone.

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On the Baie Verte highway there are two known and notable occurrences of virginite (Figure 3). The first and best known outcrops at the northwestern end of Flatwater Pond and is henceforth referred to in this report as the Flatwater Pond Occurrence (FPO) This occurrence is listed in the Newfoundland Department of Mines Mineral Occurrence data and has been, in the past, the subject of some scrutiny for its potential as an ornamental stone. That occurrence is currently held by Jamie Meyers.

Figure 3 Virginite Occurrences on Baie Verte Peninsula

The second occurrence, the subject of this study, which is located in the Six Mile Brook area and is henceforth referred to as SMB in this study, appears to have been overshadowed by its neighbor to the south, and largely ignored. In 1999, a limited project was carried out to assess the potential of the SMB virginite as a dimension/ornamental stone by a consortium made up of the brothers Gushue, Eugene Kenny of Kenny’s Marble Works, and John Hurley of Images in Slate inc. Simply put, their conclusions were that the virginite in the SMB occurrence was unsuitable for use as a dimension stone due to its fractured nature and the fact that it appeared to be less dramatic in appearance and therefore have less appeal than the virginite at the FPO occurrence. Also, the sporadic occurrence of disseminated pyrite was considered to be detrimental. (Tim Gushue pers. comm.) The claims were allowed to lapse.

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In 2002 the property was again staked, this time by the author who conducted an examination and sampling of the two known virginite occurrences. Approximately 1.5 tons of material was brought back to St. John’s and tested for suitability for craft production. Preliminary results showed the material to be suitable for craft production and plans to test the material for ornamental use were then drawn up. In 2003 the site was visited again to test the suitability of two large minivan sized boulders (figure 4) located on the shore of a small pond next to the Baie Verte highway and examine the possibility of transporting them to a rock cutting facility. The boulders were “slashed” with a chop saw and found to consist of high grade and competent virginite however it was deemed unsuitable at the time to extract them. Work was also conducted to plan and prepare for a trenching and drilling program on the SMB occurrence.

Figure 4 Mini Van sized boulder with saw cut exposing high grade virginite.

GEOLOGY Regional Geology The property actually straddles the boundary between the Humber and Dunnage Tectonic Zones which underlie most of the Baie Verte Peninsula. These two zones are separated by a major structural break/fault zone called the Baie Verte Line (BVL). The Humber

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Zone to the west of the BVL consists primarily of Cambro-Ordovician shelf facies sedimentary rocks and their metamorphic equivalents which may in part be underlain by Pre-Cambrian metamorphic rocks of Grenvillian age. The Dunnage zone on the east consists primarily of Ordovician-Silurian oceanic volcanic rocks and their derivatives and metamorphic equivalents. Property Geology The property is split into two halves by the Baie Verte Line (BVL) which runs NNE-SSW in this area. The western half of the claim block is underlain by metamorphic rocks of the Birchy Complex and forms the high escarpment. It consists of greenschist and amphibolite, metasediments, and melange. The eastern half is underlain by mafic volcanic and volcanoclastic rocks of the Flatwater Pond Group. The virginite occurrences represent a thin sliver of altered ultramafics believed to have formed at the base of the Birchy Complex.

CURRENT PROGRAM The current program consisted of a site visit to evaluate a new trail created by Newfoundland Power to access the power lines just west of the area and how it might affect accessibility of the virginite deposit. In addition, a number of samples collected from a strip of outcrop at the main showing were slabbed and polished in preparation for sending to stone distributors. Several samples were sent to a distributor in British Columbia noted for selling Fuchsite. WORK DONE A total of 2 days was spent working in and accessing the project area. Several samples of Virginite were collected directly from fresh bedrock in an attempt to obtain material exhibiting minimal discoloration due to weathering. This was done simply with a hammer and chisel. A chop saw was brought to site however it was not required. A day was also spent slabbing and 1 day polishing a number of small slabs. Some of these slabs were from samples taken from boulders of Virginite collected several years ago. Field work was conducted in October of 2012 out of a camper parked at a spare lot at the Westport Junction and the slabbing and polishing was conducted in early August of 2013.

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RESULTS The construction of a new access road by Newfoundland Power has created an access to the trench site by modifying the ditch adjacent to the Baie Verte Highway which was not previously passable by ATV. (Figure 5) This now means that an ATV can be used to transport stone from the outcrop exposed at the trench to the road without the use of heavy equipment. Leaving excess quarried material at the trench site is preferred to taking it out to the road since a considerable amount of material previously brought out has been removed without the claimholders permission.

Figure 5 New access of the Baie Verte highway. Trench is just beyond yellow sign on tree. Blocks of Virginite quarried during a small bulk sample can be seen on the left hand side of the photo and further up the trail on the right side.

Slabs produced from samples collected during this work period and from those collected previously were sent to Randy Zieber of Neolithic Stone in Vancouver BC. The shipped samples were chosen for their Aventurine-like massive texture (better suited for carving) as opposed to those containing coarser Fuchsite and had all weathering trimmed off. (sample textures similar to those shown in photos 6-8)

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The samples with the coarser concentrations of Fuchsite (figure 8) demonstrated a tendency for chunks to flake off along the micaceous cleavage planes which is less desirable from a carving perspective and were therefore not included in the samples shipped. This was especially true when percussion techniques (hammer and chisel) were used instead of simple abrasion.

Figure 6 Polished slab of massive Aventurine-like Fuchsite with silica carbonate matrix. Slabs

shown actually represent “edge” material. Samples shipped contained little if any discoloration due to weathering.

While the coarser Fuchsite is more striking, pure Fuchsite, due to its micaceous nature is actually quite weak and lines defined by pure Fuchsite act more like fractures and are therefore lines of weakness. In the Virginite, these lines can actually be quite random and therefore from the sculptors point of view, highly unpredictable.

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Figure 7 Polished slab of massive Aventurine-like Fuchsite (lighter color)

with fine grained silica-carbonate matrix

Figure 8 Slab with Fuchsite concentration.

The samples shipped to BC were well received and a pilot order of 100 kg has been requested. The distributor himself is a sculptor and he wishes to try sculpting the

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material himself. Blocks up to 20 kg have been requested. This will be collected and shipped in the spring-summer of 2014. CONCLUSIONS AND RECCOMENDATIONS There may be a market for good quality Virginite as a specialty item for sculptors. While few sculptors are known on the east coast who would want material with the hardness of the Six Mile Brook Virginite, this may not be a problem for the more experienced sculptors found in BC. According to Randy Zieber of Neolithicstone, suppliers of quality fuchsite are difficult to find and he has had to remove that option from his website. It is still not known what kind of wholesale price raw Virginite will fetch. In any case, Neolithicstone has offered to exchange carving tools for raw material if indeed it proves to be in demand. With the claims entering their 12th year, it will soon be time to apply for a mining lease to allow for a more ambitious extraction of material. This would allow material to be quarried that contains little if any discoloration from oxidation/weathering. LIST OF EXPENDITURES

EXPENDITURES COST

Days Worked (4 days including travel, sampling, slabbing, and polishing tests)

1600.00

Vehicle 2 days @ 60.00/day 120.00

Fuel 200.00

Food and supplies (2 days at 40.00/day) 80.00

Mailing of samples to BC 70.00

Administration and report writing (1 day) 400.00

Overhead @ 15% of 2470.00 375.50

Total 2840.00

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REFERENCES: Noel N. First Year Assessment Report on the Six Mile Brook Virginite Occurences, Baie Verte Pennisnula Hibbard J. Geology of the Baie Verte Peninsula Map 82-2 Gushue, J. Gushue , T. Kennys Marble Works, and Images in Slate. Assessment Report on prospecting for quarry materials exploration license in the Six Mile Brook area, on the Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland. Assessment file 12H/16/1569, 1999