BIG COPPER PROJECT

The Bracebridge property of Meridian Resources lies 40 miles west of Kimberly in the St. Mary River Valley, B. C. Access to the property is by gravel road. The property has been explored in the past by trenching, percussion and limited diamond drilling. From August 25 to September 15, 1976 a field crew consisting of 4 men under supervision of the writer completed a program of gridding, geological mapping, sampling and electromagnetic survey using a Sharp S. E. 300 instrument. The property is underlain by the Lower Purcell Kitchener - Siyeh Formation consisting of sericite, quartz schist, quartzites and magnesium limestone A northerly trending shearzone associated with extremely tight folding and alteration, up to 200 feet wide, has been impregnated with quartz veins and disseminated chalcopyrite. The potential oregrade mineralization appears to be related to the crestal regions of folds or zones within the shear exhibiting silica flooding. Alteration consists of sericite, introduction of iron carbonates, silica flooding or quartzveining and chalcopyrite, galena and minor pyrite. Pyrite veins are indicated along the southern part of the shear. Chalco pyrite is wide spread. Copper assay vary from 0.01 to a maximum of 5% giving an average of about 2% over potential mining width and fair strike length.