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Minnova looks to restart the PL Gold Mine as early as 2021 Also in this issue • MPDA member property profiles • Nickel and copper: Manitoba's comeback team • Wolfden's Quality Nickel Exploration properties • Far Resources' Zoro Lithium Project • A bright future for the Lynn Lake Gold Project

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MANITOBA Mining Review MPDA President’s Message: Tom Lewis...............................................................4 MPDA 2020-2021 Board of Directors.....................................................................4 Benefits of joining the MPDA....................................................................................5 A message from Blaine Pedersen, Minister of Growth, Enterprise and Trade..............................................................6 Nickel and copper: Manitoba’s comeback team.................................................. 8 Mineral properties owned by MPDA members...................................................10

MPDA member property profiles Palomar Lake Gold Project......................................................................................11 Eden Gold Project .....................................................................................................12 Adventure Partnership: Beresford Property.........................................................14 Pemmican Island Project........................................................................................16 Klimack Lake and North West Laurier Project....................................................17

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Wolfden’s Quality Nickel Exploration Properties in Manitoba..........................22

All mining and exploration property information presented in this publication is prepared by DEL Communications Inc. Descriptions of, or references to, mining and exploration properties within this publication do not imply endorsement of such properties by the Manitoba Prospectors and Developers Association Inc. (MPDA). The MPDA makes no warranty as to the completeness, timeliness or accuracy of any of the data included in this publication. All information conveyed by this publication is provided to readers for their own evaluation of such information. This publication could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Any reliance on the information contained in this publication is solely at the reader’s own risk. MPDA specifically disclaims all warranties, express implied or otherwise, including without limitation, all warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event will MPDA be liable for any direct, indirect, special or consequential damages, or any other damages, whatsoever, for any use of, or reliance on, information provided by this publication, including without limitation any lost opportunity or profits, even if MPDA is expressly advised of, or otherwise aware of, the possibility of such damages, whether in an action of contract, negligence, tort or otherwise.

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President’s message

Tom Lewis

President, Manitoba Prospectors and Developers Association On behalf of the Manitoba Prospectors and Developers

The MPDA also reached out to politicians and the media

Association (MPDA) officers and directors, I would like to thank

concerning issues important to our membership. In December

our membership for their patience during this difficult year. Also,

2019, the MPDA board met with Minister Pedersen to discuss land

a warm thank you to our officers and board members Chris

tenure, permit delays, consultation and engagement, community

Beaumont-Smith (Vice President), Julia Singh (Treasurer), Lori

development fund, and multi-year permits. In October 2019,

Stewart (Secretary), and board members Jim Campbell, Hamid

the board met with the Manitoba Liaison Committee on Mining

Mumin, and Jason Combe for their support and input.

and Exploration to learn they had identified 64 prioritized issues

Although we only managed six meetings in the past year, progress

exploration community. I would like to take this opportunity to

has been made. The MPDA membership currently stands at

congratulate the committee on their recommendations to amend

54, and we routinely contact over 200 friends of the MPDA. In

the permitting process, and the response by the Minister to move

addition, we have been fortunate to have four interesting and

the initiative to positive results like multi-year permitting.

informative guest speakers: • Bill Hood on his adventures in BC and the Yukon; • Jeff Young’s presentation on the student field trip through the Rockies; • Raymond Reichelt speaking about Lake Agassiz and Ice Ages; and • Shawn Gallagher informing us about Assessment Report Requirements.

The Canada Mineral Exploration Convention (CCMEC) in

to be presented to the government on behalf of the Manitoba

Recently, we learned about the federal initiative regarding protection of the Seal River Watershed. Ric Syme was kind enough to point out some of the exploration potential of the area.

The federal government failed to consult with the Mines Branch or the explorers of Manitoba prior to making a $3.2-million announcement. On another front, we reacted to opposition to the silica sand development near Beausejour with our own letter to the Winnipeg Free Press countering the objections.

November 2019 was even a bigger success than the previous

In closing, we pay tribute to a long-time member who passed

year. Over 525 people attended, and the event included 55

away last fall. Mr. Steve LeSavage was a good friend to many of

excellent speakers, 51 sponsors, and 78 exhibitors.

us, and is missed. 6

MPDA Board of Directors 2020-2021 • Tom Lewis – president • Chris Beaumont-Smith – vice president • Julia Singh – treasurer • Lori Stewart – secretary • Directors: Jim Campbell, Jason Combe, and Hamid Mumin

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Left to right: Jason Combe (Director), Lori Stewart (Secretary), Chris Beaumont-Smith (Vice-president), Tom Lewis (President), Julia Singh (Treasurer), James Campbell (Director).

Not pictured: Hamid Mumin (Director)

the benefits of joining the Manitoba Prospectors and Developers Association The MPDA lobbies government on behalf of the exploration sector to ensure we maintain a viable industry in Manitoba. We also inform the public about our industry so they can make appropriate choices.

Collectively, our members: • Actively explore Manitoba to meet society's needs for metals like gold, silver, lithium, cobalt, graphite, copper, nickel, zinc, lead, diamonds, and uranium.

• Generate drill targets that may lead to new mineral deposits.

• Promote high standards for environmental stewardship and safe working conditions.

• Help educate prospectors and the community with respect to Indigenous sensitivities and treaty obligations.

• Encourage and education new professionals and prospectors interested in mineral exploration.

• Connect with government in the interest of increasing economic growth in resource development.

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About the MPDA: The Manitoba Prospectors and Developers Association was formed in the 1930s. In 1994, the organization was incorporated under the name Manitoba Prospectors and Developers Association Inc. (MPDA). Its purpose is “To act as an advocacy group for the concerns and interests of our members and to inform the public of the value of mining in Manitoba”.

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message from the honourable

blaine pedersen

minister of agriculture and resource development As Minister of Manitoba Agriculture and

development. Manitoba continues to be a

In response to recommendations

Resource Development, I extend greetings

leader in recovery efforts with one of the

received from the MLC-ME in May, we are

to members of the Manitoba Prospectors

lowest COVID-19 test positivity rates in

collaborating with Manitoba Conservation

and Developers Association and offer

the country, and we have launched Phase

an update on initiatives supporting the

4 of Restoring Safe Services - Manitoba’s

minerals industry during these uncertain

Pandemic Economic Recovery Roadmap.

times.

I am pleased to update you on the significant actions that the Province of Manitoba has taken to encourage growth of mining and exploration to invest and grow their businesses in Manitoba.

Without question, business has abruptly changed since PDAC 2020 in Toronto.

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically altered the investment landscape; however, our province has worked diligently to ensure Manitoba is one of the safest places in the world to conduct business for industry and its workforce.

and Climate to ensure permits for minerals sector projects remain in good standing, where there is no material change to the nature or scale of activities under an

With mineral exploration and development

existing permit. We also offered one-year

considered a critical service in our

extension of time for all mining claims

province, we continue to work with industry stakeholders, Indigenous rightholders, representative organizations and the Manitoba Liaison Committee on Mining and Exploration (MLC-ME) to develop measures to reduce the impact of COVID-19 and bring about economic

and mineral exploration licenses expiring before April 30, 2021 (except dispositions in treaty land entitlement areas where further assessment is required). We will reassess this measure as we continue to navigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

recovery. We are collaborating with public

The department also extended Double-

health officials to develop a guide for

Assessment Credits for exploration

workplaces, with recommendations and resources for industry sectors, and we are advocating for resources targeted in

Manitoba is open for business, and

industrial camps and northern and remote

we welcome mineral exploration and

workplaces.

work for the duration of this pandemic.

A portion of expenditures related to pre-engagement and consultations with First Nations and other Indigenous communities will contribute to developing a document on eligibility for assessment work credits and reporting guidelines. The guide will include eligibility considerations

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for smart mining and gradually

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rehabilitating exploration sites on a caseby-case basis.

Many First Nations have a keen interest in expanding awareness and participation in the minerals sector. It is important for government and industry to work with First Nations communities on sustainable resource development, responsible management, and identifying new approaches and opportunities for inclusive partnerships. We strongly encourage companies to actively engage

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invested time in engaging communities,

consultation process so we can enable

and ensures requirements are applied in

sharing information, and involving

pro-active engagement with partner

a consistent manner.

communities in their proposed projects

First Nations and have meaningful

build trust and strong, meaningful

consultations in accordance with

working relationships. This in turn better

Manitoba’s Duty to Consult Framework.

informs proposed project plans that are

In July 2020, the new $20 million

more likely to be better supported by

Manitoba Mineral Development Fund was

communities, and it better informs the Crown-Indigenous Consultation phase of the permitting process.

Manitoba has been working with communities to implement the ManitobaFirst Nations Minerals Development Protocol and Action Plan. The framework communicates Manitoba’s commitment to establishing consultation protocols that bring clarity and certainty to the crown

respectful relationships with First Nations.

We are also testing alternative delivery

industry to navigate complex regulatory

and is designed to jump-start mineral

requirements for advanced exploration

development initiatives. The fund

and mine development.

supports projects that build partnerships and capacity, create jobs, and stimulate

Manitoba is home to a wealth of natural

investment in the mineral development

resources, world-class deposits, and

industry.

underexplored remote regions of high

Moving forward, we are working to

New initiatives include: •E stablishing a single-window intake

models for the Crown and Indigenous

• I ntroducing a concierge service as a gateway service that supports

implementation by Spring Season 2021.

which is critical for building positive and

the scope of the exploration activities.

the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce

MLC-ME on permitting, with planned

for all phases of mineral development,

permits, for up to five years, that match

launched. The Fund is administered by

adopt the recommendations from the

and Indigenous consultation process

• I ntroducing multi-year “fit-to-form”

process that includes clear processes

mineral potential. Our quality geoscience data. coupled with our rich natural resources, forms a solid foundation for Manitoba’s mineral sector. We look forward to continuing working with industry and communities to encourage exploration in this province and find the next new mine in Manitoba. 6

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Nickel and copper:

Manitoba’s comeback team

By Susan Michaels Contributors: Chris Coueslan, Marc Rinne, Manitoba Geological Survey On the heels of a decade-long worldwide

belts). Continued exploration successes

and blue-sky opportunities in the southern

commodities slump, the impact of a 2020

and favourable, yet underexplored

Snow Lake mining camp and anticipates

global pandemic put exploration and

geology, indicate high potential for new

over 70,000 metres of exploration drilling

mining to the test. Challenges aside, two

nickel discoveries.

to due for completion by the end of 2020.

Not to be outdone, copper (copper-zinc)

Corazon Mining Limited, a battery and

production from volcanogenic massive

base-metals explorer-developer based in

sulphide (VMS) deposits, first discovered

Australia, has a strong commitment to

at Flin Flon in 1914, attracts ongoing

exploration in the Lynn Lake belt, one of

exploration. Manitoba’s world-class

Canada’s prime nickel producing regions.

polymetallic (base and precious-metal)

With improved nickel prices, Corazon

VMS deposits are clustered in several

anticipates significant re-development

significant mining districts around the

potential in their Lynn Lake Ni-Cu-Co

margins of the Kisseynew domain in

Mining Centre. Corazon’s efforts also

the Trans-Hudson Orogen, providing

led to the discovery of a large magmatic

considerable scope for both regional and

sulphide system (Fraser Lake Complex),

district-scale exploration.

an intrusive mafic body situated just

of Manitoba’s base metal “stars” – nickel and copper – may score a win as one of the best comeback stories in recent years. InvestingNews.com reported in early August that some nickel companies performed exceptionally well, rebounding from a low of US$11,055 per tonne in March to US$13,888. Elon Musk called for more mining of the base metal, with similar results for copper and a promising “upside” on pricing for the remainder of the year.

Both nickel and copper are critical components of today’s cleaner, greener energy demands for hybrid cars, wind turbines, solar cells, energy-efficient

south of the Lynn Lake Mining Centre with potential to host significant Ni-Cu sulphide deposits.

Tracking exploration activities in

Another active company in the Snow

Manitoba, several companies continue to

Lake-Flin Flon greenstone belt, Wolfden

make inroads. In early 2020, successful

Resources Corporation, remains focused

assays by Rockcliff Metals at several

on advancing its 100 per cent interest

Nickel and copper have a long and

properties in the Flin Flon and Snow Lake

in the Rice Island Ni-Cu-Co deposit.

important history in Manitoba. The

greenstone belt area showed potential.

Comprising 2,611 hectares, including

discovery of nickel sulphides started

Home to deposits of copper, zinc, gold,

the flagship Rice Island deposit, the

before 1920 in the Bird River area and

and silver, the renowned Paleoproterozoic

project is at the southwest end of Rice

culminated with the discovery of the

VMS district has attracted Rockcliff’s

Island, five kilometres from Hudbay’s

world-class Thompson deposit in

efforts through an extensive portfolio of

Snow Lake concentrator and associated

northern Manitoba in 1956.

properties including eight of the highest-

mining infrastructure. Following recent

grade, undeveloped VMS deposits and

drilling results, the company confirmed

five lode-gold properties held by Goldpath

the grade and nature of Ni-Cu-Co

Resources Corp., a wholly owned

mineralization of the Main Zone. Wolfden

subsidiary of Rockcliff.

was also successful in the discovery of an

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In Manitoba, nickel sulphide deposits are associated with mafic–ultramafic intrusions and ultramafic lava flows (komatiite). Major deposits of this type

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Hitting the grade: Rockcliff, Corazon, Wolfden, CanAlaska, Fjordland

underlying feeder zone (New Lower Zone)

exist along the Paleoproterozoic rifted

“We continue to work hard to find

margin of the Superior province (defined

economic mining and processing

in Manitoba by the Thompson nickel belt,

methods to turn the success of

Fox River belt and Winnipegosis komatiite

our exploration efforts into a viable

belt). Other occurrences link to greenstone

construction decision for the Board to

belts of the Archean Superior province

review in 2021,” says Alistair Ross, CEO,

(Bird River and Island Lake belts) and the

president and director. The company is

In the Thompson Nickel Belt, CanAlaska

Paleoproterozoic Trans-Hudson Orogen

continuing exploration on advanced stage

Uranium Ltd.’s three properties (Strong,

(Lynn Lake and Flin Flon–Snow Lake

properties as well as emerging projects

Hunter, and North Manibridge) are

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containing high-grade nickel sulphide mineralization. Future exploration efforts are aiming at additional drilling of the mineralizing system to enlarge the known deposit and find additional deposits.

drawing attention. Nickel deposits at the 4,368-hectare Manibridge Project occur within sulphide-rich metasedimentary rocks of the Ospwagan Group intruded by ultramafic sills. In March 2019, CanAlaska reported upgraded assay results and lengths at Manibridge with high-grade nickel up to 12.06 per cent over 0.95 metres, contained within semimassive and disseminated sulphide mineralization.

Fjordland Exploration’s Thompson Nickel Belt project also continues to attract attention as earlier this year the company. CanAlaska Uranium granted an option for the project to earn an interest in two large claim groups (Hunter and Strong), located 25 kilometres north of Vale's Thompson mining complex. The properties are prospects for Ni-Cu-Co-PGE magmatic sulphide mineralization, analogous to the deposits hosting the historic mine.

A review of data by Fjordland confirmed the presence of several robust nearsurface drill targets and demonstrated 14 potential Ni-Cu-PGE exploration targets, six of which will be an ongoing priority.

These companies show glowing prospects for nickel and copper for Manitoba to come back after a decadelong worldwide commodities slump and impact of the global pandemic.

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Palomar Lake Gold Property

PROPERTY PROFILE

The Palomar property consist of 15 contiguous mineral claims

and appear as dyke-like bodies, although the strain increases from

totaling 1,073 hectares in the central Rice Lake greenstone belt in

west to east as the Moore Lake shear zone is approached.

eastern Manitoba. The Palomar property is located 20 kilometres

Gold mineralization on the property is found in two environments.

east of the town of Bissett along Provincial Road 304, within the same assemblage of supracrustal rock that host the gold deposits comprising the True North gold mine in Bissett. The Palomar property occupies a portion of the Archean Rice Lake greenstone belt that is constrained between two plutonic complexes. To the west is the Ross River pluton, a tonalitic intrusion, and to the east is the North Caribou terrane, an older granitoid-dominated cratonic block to which the Rice Lake greenstone belt was accreted to during the assembly of the western Superior province.

The constraints presented by the two plutonic complexes result in high degrees of deformation within the supracrustal rocks manifest in tight folding and shear zone development. The major shear zone in this region is the Moore Lake shear zone, which separates the supracrustal rocks from the North Caribou Terrane. Numerous shear zones transect the property and major lithological contacts are highly deformed, presenting favourable environments for gold mineralization.

The geology of the Palomar property is dominated by thick sequences of mafic and intermediate composition volcanic rocks located on the eastern limb of a regional-scale fold (Figure 1). The mafic volcanic sequence is dominated by thick massive flows with minor pillowed flows. Overlying the mafic sequence is a thick sequence of bedded dacitic to andesitic volcaniclastic rocks ranging from tuff to tuff breccia. Gabbro intrudes the volcanic sequence as sills and possibly dykes. In the core of the regional fold the gabbroic rocks are oriented parallel to the layering in the mafic volcanic rocks, folded around the regional fold hinge, suggesting that the gabbro may have intruded as sills or were

Historic gold occurrences were identified along the margins of the transposed gabbro dykes. Old pits and trenches expose decimetre to metre-wide quartz veins containing finely disseminated pyrite and locally chalcopyrite. These veins have returned high grade, multi-ounce per ton gold assays that are detailed in the cloud link.

More recently, gold mineralization comprising the Palomar Vein system has been discovered associated with quartz vein systems developed along the contacts between flows within bedded dacitic volcaniclastic rocks. The Palomar Vein system consist of several parallel quartz veins that have been traced semicontinuously for 130 metres and locally form a 10-metre-wide zone. The individual quartz veins pinch and swell but are up to two metres in width. The quartz veins contain finely disseminated pyrite and trace chalcopyrite, generally concentrated along the margins of the veins. The veins are enveloped by marginal zones of weak to moderate sericitic alteration of the dacitic country rock.

Sampling of the Palomar vein at a number of locations returned significant gold assays along its exposed strike length. Grab samples returned multiple high gold grade assays (>10 gpt Au) and channel sampling returned gold grades up to 9.45 gpt Au over four metres (Figure 2).

The Palomar property is available for option. All claims are in good standing and currently have $330,000 in excess assessment credits. The Geology Summary has been prepared by Chris Beaumont-Smith, Ph.D.,P.Geo. (cbsgeoscience@gmail.com).

Interest in the Palomar Gold property should be directed to George Nykulaik (gmn55@yahoo.com).

transposed prior to folding. On the eastern limb of the regional

Additional information is provided via this cloud link:

fold, the gabbroic rocks are transposed parallel to the stratigraphy

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the eden project: Gold and Ni-Cu-Co-PGE The discovery of gold at the Eden Project, located 45 kilometres

challenge associated with this showing is to find the source of the

northeast of the former Ruttan mine, has paved the way for a

displaced sulphides, which to date remains unsolved.

new round mineral exploration in northern Manitoba. The project is easily accessed, as it straddles Provincial Road 394 about 65 kilometres northeast of Leaf Rapids. It is in an area that apparently has been overlooked by the exploration community, but already

While the project area hosts high-grade Ni-Cu-Co-PGE mineralization, the focus of current exploration are gold-sulphidebearing structures, inadvertently discovered while looking for

the property hosts both gold and Ni-Cu-Co-PGE mineralization.

the nickel source. There are no outcrops of the gold-bearing

The project lies along the Eden Deformation Corridor, about 115

out to date. Gold is hosted in pyrrhotite-pyrite-chalcopyrite enrich

kilometres east-southeast of Lynn Lake. The geology is dominated

silicified, altered, and sheared metasediments. The mineralization

by metasedimentary rocks that appear to be the root zones of a

occurs in parallel shear zones following an east-southeast trend.

former magmatic arc volcanic belt. Both primary lode gold and

Due to the presence of local abundant sulphides, the gold-bearing

magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE deposits form in this type of geological

structural zone is well delineated by geophysics for a minimum of

environment, and that is exactly what the Eden project team are

11 kilometres, with multiple parallel and splay structures indicated

discovering. They have been slowly and methodically exploring

by both VTEM and magnetic surveys. Biogeochemistry is used

the property for six years, and to date have completed five

effectively to screen the multiple geophysical anomalies that

small-scale drill programs, five biogeochemical surveys, ground

occur across the property and select those that are associated

magnetometer surveys and prospecting. The property is also

with anomalous metals for drill testing. Ground magnetic surveys

covered by a large VTEM survey that clearly delineates the large-

and modelling of the results are routinely used to provide detailed

scale potential of the mineralized structures. Creative application

targeting information to guide the drilling. The project has been

of some basic geophysics and geochemistry are proving to be a

drilled by the project team with their own equipment, using a

successful strategy for drill targeting, with all holes drilled to date

modified Multi-Power Pioneer drill, short holes (maximum depth

into the Gold-bearing structural zone intersecting anomalous

to date of 111 metres), and BQTK core size.

mineralization.

The project area is underlain by a suite of metasedimentary rocks that are comprised mainly of biotite Âą sericite schists, quartzite and metawacke with some local calc-silicate bearing horizons. Most important, the property also hosts several sulphide-rich formations that have at least three different origins, including regional formational sulphide-rich beds that to date are barren, magmatic sulphides hosting Ni-Cu-Co-PGE mineralization, and the more recent discovery of gold-bearing sulphide lenses, stringers and disseminations hosted in large belt-parallel structures. The metasedimentary sequence is also cut by ultramafic and mafic dikes and sills, with varying degrees of metamorphism, alteration, and mineralization. The youngest rocks are granitoid dikes ranging in thickness from less than one to about 10 metres. To the north, the sequence of deformed metasedimentary rocks continues for approximately six kilometres, being cut intermittently by several large diorite bodies.

The southern project area is bounded by a large diorite pluton, with granitoids further to the south.

High-grade Ni-Cu-Co-PGE mineralization is exposed in a surface road cut in the northern part of the project area. The nickel sulphides occur at the contact between host metasedimentary rocks and an ultramafic dike or sill that is altered and metamorphosed to biotite schist. The ore is typical of displaced magmatic sulphides showing strong penetrative deformation. The

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horizon, so what is known is derived from limited drilling carried

Some of the project highlights include: 1) Gold-bearing structures delineated by geophysics and geochemistry for a minimum 11 kilometres strike length, almost all of which has yet to be drill tested.

2) Several multi-metal, multi-sample biogeochemical anomalies coincident with geophysics anomalies, with only a small fraction of the property covered by geochemical sampling to date.

3) All drill holes in or near the gold-bearing structures showing anomalous to significant gold mineralization, along with minor copper, silver, and lead. The structure has been tested to a maximum vertical depth of only 75 metres, with drill holes restricted to a 300-metre strike length in the central zone, and one section on a splay fault two kilometres west of the central zone.

4) High-grade magmatic Ni-Cu-Co-PGE mineralization occurs in the property, with potential to discover more in any one of the myriad untested geophysical anomalies, or within the increasing number of mafic and ultramafic bodies being discovered within the project area.

5) High-grade Ni showing assays include up 2.68 per cent Ni, 0.09 per cent Cu, 0.08 per cent Cu, 2.90 g/t PGE over 0.37 metres,

Eden Gold drill core showing biotite schist and quartzite host rocks with sulphide-­‐quart Eden Gold drill core showing biotite schist and quartzite host rocks breccia and sheared, m ineralized s chist with sulphide-quartz breccia and sheared, mineralized schist.

Eden Gold drill core showing Au-­‐Cu-­‐Ag-­‐Pb mineralized quartz-­‐sulphide breccia

Drilling at the Eden Gold project in 2020.

Eden Gold drill core showing biotite schist and quartzite host rocks with sulphide-­‐quartz 1.11 per cent Ni, 0.17 per cent Cu, 0.04 per cent Co, 1.55 g/t PGE kilometres of known geophysical and geochemical targets yet to breccia and sheared, mineralized schist over 1.40 metres, and up to 3.61 per cent Ni, 0.11 per cent Cu,

be screened and tested. Mineralization is wide-open at depth and

0.11 per cent Co, 1.59 g/t PGE in grab samples.

along strike. The Eden team is very encouraged by the results to

6) Anomalous results from the gold-bearing structure include 3.79 g/t Au, 8.4 g/t Ag, .11 g/t Pd, 0.19 per cent Cu over 0.85 metres, 2.31 g/t Au, 6.0 g/t Ag, 65 ppb Pd and 0.13 per cent Cu over 1.55 metres, and 0.9 g/t Au, 4.6 g/t Ag, 0.11 per cent Cu over 2.19 metres.

date and feels this project is a hidden gem with great potential in the mineral rich Trans-Hudson Orogen of Manitoba. The project team is seeking the best vehicle to fully explore and advance this project and is open to inquiries and suggestions.

Inquiries can be addressed to:

The Eden project is in early stages of exploration, with high

R. Mumin

potential to make economic discoveries. Drill testing for gold has

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barely scratched the surface in two locations, with more than 10

6 Near massive sulphide from the Nickel showing grading 2.88 per (204) cent 724-7674 Ni, 0.18 | rmumin@gmail.com per cent Cu, Eden old ddrill rill ccore ore howing A quartz-­‐ sulphid sshowing Eden GGold Au-­‐ u-­‐CCu-­‐ u-­‐AAg-­‐g-­‐PPb b mmineralized ineralized quartz-­‐ sulp 0.09 per cent Co, 1.47 g/t PGE

Above: Near massive sulphide from the Nickel showing grading 2.88 per cent Ni, 0.18 per cent Cu, 0.09 per cent Co, 1.47 g/t PGE.

Right: Eden Gold drill core showing Au-Cu-Ag-Pb mineralized quartz-sulphide breccia.

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Near massive sulphide from the Nickel showing grading 2.88 per cen

adventure partnership:

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beresford property

The Adventure Partnership has staked 26

western Rice Lake greenstone belt, such

around the Ross River tonalitic pluton,

contiguous mineral claims comprising

a prolific gold-producing region, but has

which appears to represent a structural

almost 5,600 hectares in the eastern Rice

seen significantly less exploration.

buttress around which the RLGB

Lake greenstone belt in the Beresford Lake area of southeastern Manitoba. The

The Archean Rice Lake greenstone

supracrustal rocks deformed during sinistral transpression. Accordingly, the

belt (RLGB) has a long history of gold

northwest and southeast quadrants of

discoveries, complemented by its ease of

the Ross River pluton represent low-

access and available mineral rights. The

pressure shadows around the pluton,

RLGB consists of supracrustal volcanic

favourable for the development of gold

The Beresford property is in some

and sedimentary rocks that represents

deposits. This theory is borne out by the

respects a conceptual exploration

the accretion of juvenile rocks to the

large number of gold deposits and gold

project. Located in the eastern portion

southern margin of the North Caribou

of the Rice Lake greenstone belt (RLGB),

Terrane, an older Archean cratonic block,

this portion of the greenstone belt is

during the assembly of the western

characterized by many of the same

Superior province. The supracrustal

geological features that make the

rocks forming the RLGB are folded

Beresford claims represent one of the largest contiguous claim blocks available for option in the Rice Lake belt.

showings identified in the northwest quadrant where in excess of 2 million ounces of gold have been mined or comprise mineral resources. The corresponding southeast quadrant, in which the Beresford property is located, has produced significantly less gold over its history, largely due to less intensive exploration.

The geology of the eastern RLGB consists of thick sequences of volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks comprising the Garner, Bidou and Gem assemblages, which are in turn overlain by sediments comprising the Edmunds assemblage.

These sequences record the evolution of a volcanic arc, its uplift and accretion as the western Superior craton is assembled.

The deformational history of the RLGB is characterized by the development of numerous shear zones during a prolonged period of transpression. The eastern RLGB deformational history is similar with that of the productive northwestern RLGB, further supporting the perspectivity for gold in the eastern region. Manitoba Geological Survey geological mapping has delineated several structural and lithological features that are prospective for the development of gold deposits.

The Beresford property is dominated by the Manigotogan River anticline, which represents a macroscopic, southeast-

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The geology of the eastern RLGB consists of thick sequences of volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks comprising the Garner, Bidou and Gem assemblages, which are in turn overlain by sediments comprising the Edmunds assemblage. plunging fold parasitic fold on the

shore of Lily Lake. The Beaver showing

at Lily Lake is limited to shallow,

flanks of the Beresford Lake Anticline,

consists of several quartz vein systems

widely spaced drilling of the Beaver

the dominant structure in the region.

that returned a large number of narrow

Overprinting the Manigotogan River

(one metre), multi-gram gold analyses

showing. Systematic gold exploration

anticline is a major north to northwest-

in chip sampling. The iron formation

trending shear zone system consisting

can be magnetically traced for over 20

of the Stormy Lake shear zone (SLSZ)

kilometres and MGS geological mapping

and the Moore Lake shear zone (MLSZ).

has delineated a number of quartz-iron

The shear zones represent the locus

carbonate alteration zones along its

of historic gold showings hosted in

strike length and represents an excellent

sheared Gem and Bibou assemblage

regional gold exploration target.

rocks. These two shear zones represent the primary targets of exploration of the Beresford property. Many gold showings are located northwest of Gem Lake in the core of the Manigotogan anticline where

to delineate additional targets has yet to be conducted over most of the property.

The Beresford property represents one of the largest, contiguous mineral properties available for option in the Rice Lake greenstone belt and demonstrates good potential to host additional gold mineralization.

To date, the shear zone gold mineralization on the property has not

Interest in the property should be

been drill tested, and drill testing of the

directed to Chris Beaumont-Smith

iron formation-hosted gold mineralization

(cbsgeoscience@gmail.com). 6

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iron formation located in the Edmunds assemblage along the western margin of the property. The Adventure Partnership believes that the gold potential of the Edmunds assemblage has been overlooked by explorers. The Edmunds assemblage iron formation and associated sediments hosts the historic Beaver showing located on the southern

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pemmican island project:

Polymetallic-Ni/Zn/Co/Pb/Cu/Ag/Au

PROPERTY PROFILE •W ithin the 20 feet was six inches 4.59 per cent zinc, 0.41 per cent lead, .014 per cent copper, 10.4 per cent iron, 14.05 per cent sulfur, 62 ppm silver

Highlights of conclusions – geophysical survey The most positive outcome from the magnetic and large-loop transient EM surveys at the Pemmican Island property is that there appears to be an anomalous magnetic and conductive formation coincident with the inferred sulphide zone trending northeast under Lake Winnipegosis from the island.

ICP Analyses Assays from the outcrop in the above picture (on Lake Winnipegosis): • 1.18 per cent nickel • 0.76 per cent zinc • 1,400 ppm lead • 830 ppm cobalt

• 120 ppb gold •A short-angle hole under the outcrop above yielded •2 0 feet 0.61 per cent zinc, starting at 15 metres down hole

Five small loose chip samples from the mineralized interval from DDH Klyne No. 3, sent for ICP-MS analysis, returned the following: 1. 95 per cent dolomite and five per cent sulphide − 6.04 per cent Zn and l.04 per cent Pb 2. 80 per cent dolomite and 20 per cent sulphide − 31.2 per cent Zn, 6882.6 ppm Pb, 62 ppm Ag 3. 75 per cent dolomite and 25 per cent sulphide − 5.66 per cent Zn and 1.04 per cent Pb 4. 100 per cent sulphide − 7.84 per cent Zn, 2753.6 ppm Pb, 23 ppm Ag 5. 95 per cent dolomite and five per cent sulphide-0.98 per cent Zn and 1605.7 ppm Pb From Cominco airborne geophysics completed in the 1990s, depth to bottom is 400 metres; there is an intrusive under pemmican island that is 300 metres to top and another a mile away, which is 200 metres to top. The geophysical classification under Pemmican Island is Mafic-ultramafic flow.

For more information, contact Ken Klyne at (204) 918-9513 or kenklyne1@gmail.com. 6

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PROPERTY PROFILE

Klimack Lake and North West Laurier Project

We have significant levels of zinc, lead, and copper/nickel adjacent

to the Mississippi Valley in the U.S. and Kupferschiefer in Northern

to Riding Mountain National Park.

Europe), we completed a ground soil sampling survey under the

Why are these locations significant?

Klimack Lake is on the Thompson Nickel Belt, and of note, is that the North West Laurier ground sampling matched the air mag profile.

This property is next to all-weather roads − within a few miles of highways, railways, towns, and hydro power − giving you immediate infrastructure, ease of access, and minimized costs, especially relating to exploration.

If you want to explore, these locations are a great place to start and to expand to other locations, as evidenced by the staking

direction of a P.Geo, who prepared a technical report of both locations.

Both areas are outside of all parks and special restrictions.

Along with the high levels of nickel, copper, and zinc found on our properties, there are documented anomalies found in the oil well core showing high lead and zinc content in the sedimentary basin, which is evidenced in our ground survey.

The lab results indicate a high potential volume and additional information is provided at https:cutt.ly/KlimackLaurier.

This is a new opportunity, as the work was completed in 2019

taking place in other sectors of Manitoba, specifically the

Make us an offer by contacting us at brownjml@shaw.ca or call

Steinbach area.

us:

How did we find these locations?

Utilizing air mag profiles of a sedimentary mineral deposit (similar

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Bryce Bay – Thompson East: Ni-Cu –Co- Pge Project thompson nickel belt – manitoba

Project Areas

Boreholes drilled on the Thompson

and because outcrop is limited, and to

East Claims by Anglo American have

advance exploration, till geochemistry

The project areas are located about 30

intersected what is believed to be the Pipe

investigations have been undertaken

Formation – the host formation for most

within or directly down-ice direction on

of the nickel-rich deposits.

seven of the zones by the property owner.

Thompson-East claims which are directly

Anglo American conducted exploration

To date, over 200 boreholes have been

east of Thompson. Access to the prospect

in the early 2000s in the Grass River and

augered, samples recovered, and till

area is by four-wheel drive truck, all-terrain

Thompson –East area. This included

assay values recorded for the project

vehicle, boat and motor or snowmobile.

an airborne “spectrum” (magnetic,

area. The till assay data have been most

electromagnetic, radiometric and terrain)

useful in identifying preferred locations for

survey which delineated 27 EM conductor

additional borehole drilling.

kilometres east of Thompson and are held in two blocks referred to as Bryce Bay, located north of Bryce Bay and

Geology and Exploration Supracrustal (Proterozoic) Ospwagon Group rocks, including psammites, pelites, calcareous sediments and iron formation are intersected in the project area of the Thompson Nickel Belt (TNB).

The Ospwagon rocks are intruded by

zones that warranted follow-up ground work. Follow-up exploration included ground geophysical surveys and diamond drilling boreholes within the conductor zones.

Thompson-East: High Ni values, 131.5 and 90.8 ppm have been determined by assays for till samples collected from two of the boreholes augered on claim (MB 11598) which overlies the strong EM

Till Geochemistry

anomaly of conductor zone 23. These Ni

the massive to disseminated nickel-rich

Eight of these 27 conductor zones

values from till deposits directly overlying

sulphide bodies of the Thompson mines.

lie within the Thompson-East claims

or within 750 m of Pipe Lake, Thompson

mafic and ultramafic dykes and host

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concentrations are similar to some of the

 C Pit, and Soab Lake mine (McClenaghan

claims of the Bryce Bay and

et al.). In addition, high Ag assay values

Thompson East Project.

of 771, 363 and 246 ppb were recorded

This included locating and

for till samples recovered from boreholes

marking target areas for

sampled on this claim.

till geochemistry augering

To the north, but on strike with conductors on this claim, anomalously high concentrations of Ag (210 ppb) and Zn (95 ppm) are present in the till overlying conductor zones 10 and 12.

Bryce Bay: Till of the Bryce Bay claims (MB 9514, MB10467, MB12045) north of EM conductor zones located from the Spectrum survey have anomalous high As, Au, Ag, Pt, Pd, and Cr concentrations.

Initial channel sampling of a massive sulphide vertical dipping vein up-ice of the anomalous till concentrations provided Ag concentrations as high as 3.13 ppm, maximum Cu values of 8,500 ppm and Co values up to 1,610 ppm.

and sampling on MB Claim 11598 (Thompson East), where initial sampling recovered till Ni values of up to 131.5 ppm. Two additional zones are to be sampled by augering 20 to 30 boreholes on each target area during the 2021 winter period.

Snowmobile access trails for transport and sampling by a portable drill were also completed during this period.

Additional access trail line cutting and deadfall clearing was also completed to provide access for a planned summer drilling program of up to five shallowcored boreholes (BQ) on the Bryce Bay Project area. Previous channel sampling

A previously drilled eight-metre borehole also showed anomalous high titanium XRF values of up to 3.5 per cent.

Contact Info: Garry Thorne P.Geo. garrythorne@shaw.ca, cell 204-9979087.

Reference: M.B. McClenaghan, S.A. Averill, I.M. Kjarsgaard, D. LaytonMathews, and G. Matile. Indicator mineral

2020 Highlights and Update

of a sulphide vein on MB claim 12045

signatures of magmatic Ni-Cu deposits,

provided Ag concentrations as high as

Thompson Nickel Belt, central Canada.

During September and October 2020,

3.13 ppm, Cu values of 8,500 ppm, and

Geological Survey of Canada, Open file

additional work was completed on

Co concentrations 1,610 ppm.

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mining can help drive canada's economic recovery from covid-19

By Pierre Gratton, president and CEO, Mining Association of Canada There is no question that the pandemic

the functioning of our society, our industry

to allowing Indigenous employees to

has had a massive effect on all sectors of

moved quickly to adopt measures to

remain in their home communities with

the global economy, and Canada’s mining

reduce the spread of the virus, protect

full pay, the mining sector has prioritized

industry has been heavily impacted. Given

our employees, and neighbours. The

the health and safety of their employees,

the essential nature of our sector and its

minerals sector accounts for 626,000 jobs

their contractors, and the communities in

products, for businesses to thrive moving

throughout the country and is the largest

and around which they operate, and will

forward, support for mining will be integral

private-sector industrial employer of

continue to do so.

to supporting the broader economy.

Indigenous peoples, so ensuring the health

Canadian mining has an extensive North

and safety of those who work in mining

American supply chain that is retooling to provide products that are needed now more than ever. Mines produce materials that are essential for protecting

and in the communities surrounding mine sites has been paramount. Our industry has diligently followed the guidance of public health authorities and

It is extremely important to recognize the privilege our industry has to operate, particularly in Indigenous communities.

Recent global events have highlighted the continued necessity of ensuring antiracist policies are in place in all sectors.

Canadians, including medical technologies

has transparently implemented new and

and medications, and it has been critical

stringent health and safety guidelines to

that supply chains stay open during

ensure the wellbeing of its employees,

this crucial time so that we can ensure

often going beyond requirements.

mined products are readily available for

The amount of collaboration and work

that focuses on ensuring management

that has been done in the industry to

and employees at mine sites are educated

ensure the spread of COVID-19 is reduced

on the history of Indigenous peoples and

is unprecedented. From building mobile

receive skills-based training in intercultural

testing units at remote mine locations,

competency, conflict resolution, human

to chartering planes for fly-in, fly-out

rights, and anti-racism.

the people and businesses who rely on them. Canada needs mined products, and we must continue to ensure they are mined safely, not just for workers but for communities surrounding mine sites.

As minerals and metals are essential to

operations to ensure social distancing,

Our Towards Sustainable Mining program, focused on responsible mining practices, includes a newly updated standard on Indigenous and Community Relationships

Beyond safety, Canadian mining companies have gone further, making contributions to food banks, women’s shelters, Indigenous organizations, and health authorities across Canada exceeding $40 million. These are in addition to the donation of tens of thousands of N95 masks, test kits, and ventilators amongst other equipment and goods to address shortages of these critical supplies.

We recognize the responsibility our

Providing Quality Analyses, Excellent Turnaround Time and Customer Service for the Exploration and Mining Industry.

industry has to protect its employees while providing the material that keeps Canada’s economic engine running. As businesses reopen, we are confident that our sector will be able to provide the mined materials essential to the items and technology used every day in the most Canadian way – responsibly. 6

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north star air is Mining With You! Air transportation is our business “Moving passengers, cargo and fuel is our business,” says President and COO

Jeff Stout. “We’re proud of our on-time delivery performance

and flexibility to remote destinations and the types of cargo we can accommodate. We’re really into finding solutions for our customers.”

And those customers are you! Let’s face it, Manitoba has great geological potential, with a diversified mineral industry from which the entire province profits. Manitoba covers 649,950 square kilometres (250,900 square miles) with a widely varied landscape, from Arctic tundra to dense boreal forest, from lakes to prairie farmland. North Star Air and its team of over 260 staff members are the professionals when it comes to moving freight and passengers to the remote areas you need to be at. Take a moment to learn more about our fleet and services.

The ATR-72 is recognized as the most cost-effective regional aircraft in the industry. North Star Air is the first airline to operate the new 500 series ATR-72 in Canada. The aircraft’s short, gravel field performance is unmatched in its category. Our ATR-72 aircraft are based in Thompson; however, the aircraft is available for charter throughout Canada and North America. This regional workhorse has a shorter fly range (1,000 nautical miles), transporting up to 18,000 pounds of cargo (up to 9,000 litres of bulk fuel) in 2,666 cubic feet. The ATR is also capable of landing on ice strips.

NSA also offers solutions for passenger and workforce transportation. Our fleet of Pilatus PC12 aircraft, with seating for up to nine passengers, is the ideal aircraft for day trips, The flagship of North Star Air’s fleet, the Basler BT-67 is based on the rugged and simple design of the Douglas DC-3. Every Basler is delivered as a “zero-time” aircraft, meaning all new components, including the Pratt and Whitney PT-6 turbine engines, one of the widest-used and most reliable engines ever built. The DC-3’s build makes it the optimal freight aircraft for Canada’s North. Large front wheels allow it to operate on short gravel runways, and, as required, onto soft, unprepared or ice runways. Its simple design is what makes it resilient

meetings and small cargo moves. Our Dash-8 fleet, capable of accommodating up to 37 passengers, is a great choice for larger charter parties and workforce transportation into small and remote airports. As the choice of departure times, destinations, passengers, and cargo are all in the hands of the booking customer, you can expect to have a far more exclusive and personal experience. As you will have the entire aircraft at your disposal, we do our very best to reach above and beyond all specific needs and requirements for the charter.

to the harsh climate of Canada’s North. The DC-3 can be

In response to the spread of COVID-19 virus within Canada, North

positioned throughout Manitoba, Canada, and North America

Star Air has undertaken a series of key actions to help protect the

as required. With a fly range of 2,140 nautical miles, cargo

health and safety of our passengers, customers, employees, and

capacity of up to 11,700 pounds (up to 6,800 litres bulk fuel

communities and to ensure continuity of the essential services we

capacity) and a large over-size door (85 by 62 inches), the

provide on a daily basis into the North. For detailed information,

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Wolfden’s Quality Nickel Exploration Properties in Manitoba

Wolfden Resources Corporation (TSX:WLF) is a Canadian exploration & development company featuring a proven management team with a track record in mineral exploration, mine development, and mine finance experience. Priority portfolio projects include the Rice Island and Nickel Island Ni-Cu-Co properties in Manitoba and the Pickett Mountain base-metal deposit in Maine, USA.

Rice Island Project The 100 per cent-owned Rice Island property, containing the Rice Island Ni-Cu-Co deposit, comprises 3,760 hectares and is situated 10 kilometres south-southeast of Snow Lake in west-central Manitoba, within the Snow Lake-Flin Flon greenstone belt. The property is well located proximal to infrastructure with facilities that include power, labour, and supplies in Snow Lake as well as mineral processing facilities at the neighbouring Stall Lake concentrator, five kilometres northwest of the Rice Island deposit.

The Rice Island Ni-Cu-Co deposit was explored by diamond drilling programs completed by Inco Ltd. largely in the late 1940s, with minor drill programs completed in 1967 and 1996. The drilling delineated a magmatic Ni-Cu-Co deposit (Main Zone) over a strike length of 340 metres and to a maximum vertical depth of 500 metres, with prominent intercepts including 2.63 per cent Ni, 0.98 per cent Cu over 10.3 metres, 2.39 per cent NI, 1.24 per cent Cu over 10.1 metres, 4.31 per cent Ni, 1.28 per cent Cu over 5.2 metres and 3.20 per cent Ni, 1.23 per cent Cu over six metres. The Main Zone, comprising semi-massive to massive pyrrhotite, pentlandite and chalcopyrite occurs at the base of the Rice Island gabbroic intrusion, underlain by sediments, remains open at depth.

Diamond drilling completed by Wolfden during the period 2015 to 2017 confirmed the grade, nature, and extent of the Main Zone.

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An important development arising from Wolfden’s drilling in this

traced over a one-kilometre strike length and to a maximum depth

locale was the discovery of the New Lower Zone, a blade-shaped

of 400 vertical metres (Nickel Island occurrence). Mineralization

mineralized feeder dike or conduit that occurs below and along

appears to remain open along strike and to depth. Geological

strike from the Main Zone. The New Lower Zone has yielded

evidence suggests the presence of “Kambalda-type” mineralization

intercepts of up to 2.42 per cent Ni, 1.29 per cent Cu, and 0.16 per

featuring stringer and net-textured Ni-Cu sulphides occurring within

cent Co over 21.1 metres.

spinifex-textured ultramafic flows and intrusions. Kambalda-type

The Main and New Lower Zones are likely components of a larger magmatic mineralizing system – auguring well for the discovery of additional Ni-Cu-Co deposits to exist on the property. The

deposits are characterized by high nickel grades and tend to occur in clusters, within the base of ultramafic flows and/or intrusions, in channel-shaped, trough-like deposits.

Rice Island deposit is intimately associated with a magnetic high

Wolfden’s property-wide airborne geophysical survey (VTEM in

coinciding with strong conductors. Two NE-trending magnetic

2015) resulted in the delineation of two large areas of enhanced

highs with associated conductors were defined by the VTEM geophysical survey, providing several prospective targets for future diamond drilling.

Nickel Island Project

exploration potential. The north target area includes the Nickel Island occurrence, marked by a strong magnetic high associated with multiple strong conductors. Two high-priority targets located to the southeast of the Nickel Island occurrence, having a similar geophysical signature to the occurrence, have not been tested by

Wolfden’s wholly owned Nickel Island property comprising 6,041

diamond drilling. The large south target area comprises several

hectares, is located 10 kilometres west of the community of Garden

magnetic highs and coincident conductors. Limited drilling by Inco

Hill and 280 kilometres southwest of Thompson, in the Island Lake

in 1947 encountered ultramafic rocks underscoring the need for

area of east-central Manitoba.

additional work.

The property hosts nickel-copper mineralization last explored

An initial demonstration drill program on the Nickel Island

by Inco Ltd. during the 1950s and has remained dormant since.

occurrence is being contemplated for the winter of 2021, involving

Historic drilling yielded intercepts of 4.33 per cent Ni over 4.5

Wolfden and the nearby communities of Garden Hill, St. Theresa

metres and 1.18 per cent Ni over 21.3 metres, with mineralization

Point, Wasagamack, and Red Sucker Lake. 6

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Navigating a Clear Path

University College of the North

University College of the North offers more than 40 degree, diploma and certificate programs. Here you’ll discover a college and a university that meets the unique learning needs of northern Manitoba.

Desiree Mallett understands the value of

because of the pandemic. Five months

learning. The 39-year-old mother of three

later, with a new list of precautions

is a life-long resident of the northern town

in place, training resumed, leading to

of Wabowden, which has a population of

graduation for Desiree and six other

about 400. She’s already finished studies

dedicated participants.

in programs including Mineral Processing and Business Administration.

A natural leader in the class, other

“I wanted something to help out in the

during classroom discussions.

long run, such as working toward a career in the mining industry,” she explains.

Her education came from University College of the North (UCN) and the Northern Manitoba Mining Academy

students would often defer to Desiree

“As a woman, you can do just as much

as a man,” she says, “I learned not to be

scared because these jobs are not just for men.”

Take your next steps at UCN.

(NMMA), a division of UCN.

Desiree is one of the graduates from the initial Wilderness Safety Training cohort offered in Wabowden. She recounts early program components, which included working on resumes and interview techniques with the Life Skills instructor.

She is grateful for the opportunity to upgrade essential skills in numeracy, reading and writing with a Workplace Education Manitoba instructor which helped her “get back on track.”

“Even the homework assignments were welcomed,” Desiree says. “It gave me an opportunity for me to work with my daughters on their homework at the same time.”

Industry leader Vale Inc. approached UCN with an idea to help fund a training program for northern Manitoba residents in fall of 2019. The goal was to give students the knowledge and skills to fill some of the anticipated employment opportunities forecasted within the mining and resource industries. Nine months

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Safety Training program to provide basic safety, survival, navigation and camp skills for individuals seeking employment in prospecting, exploration, forestry, surveying or other wilderness-based industries. Courses in first aid, chainsaw safety, ATV operation, and safe boating all form part of the program curriculum.

Desiree’s favourite classes were Basic Navigation and Wilderness Survival, where students learned how to read maps, use a GPS, and build shelters in the bush.

“There’s a lot of good skills and certificates that you can add to your resume,” she says. “It’s perfect for people who want to get into mining, line-cutting, prospecting, fishing, etc.”

As part of the Look North initiative, the program was a collaborative effort from partners including Vale Inc., Communities Economic Development Fund (CEDF), Manitoba Skills & Employment Partnerships, Workplace Education Manitoba, UCN and the Wabowden

later, including an unplanned pandemic

Community Council. Planning and

pause in learning activities, Desiree

discussions with other communities

is amongst the first graduates of the

have been ongoing, with the next cohort

Wilderness Safety Training program.

slated to begin in Thompson at the end of

After starting in early February, a decision

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UCN’s NMMA coordinated the Wilderness

September 2020.

was made in mid-March to pause the

And as for Desiree, she has her career

program, prioritizing for health and safety

sights firmly fixed. 6

University College of the North offers more than 40 degree, diploma and certificate programs. Here you’ll discover a college and a university that meets the unique learning needs of northern Manitoba.

Take your next steps at UCN.

University College of the North

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Huge Optimism for the Future of the Lynn Lake Gold Project

By Scott R.G. Parsons, Vice President of Exploration for Alamos Gold

Since acquiring the Lynn Lake Gold Project in 2016, Alamos Gold

annual average gold production of 143,000 ounces per year over

has been eager to establish a case for one of Canada’s highest-

a 10-year production period, with significant additional exploration

grade proposed open-pit gold projects located near the Town of

potential across the underexplored Lynn Lake Greenstone Belt.

Lynn Lake and the community of Marcel Colomb First Nation in northwestern Manitoba. After extensive and ongoing exploration and community engagement, we are more enthusiastic than ever.

Not only will we employ local workers – and we aim to hire locally and regionally first – but we are pursuing training opportunities to develop local talent. During the project construction phase,

The project consists of two primary gold deposits – the Gordon

there will be on average 406 and up to a maximum of 555 jobs.

and the MacLellan deposits – which are both past-producing gold

Similarly, during the 10-year period of operations, there will be

mines and, based on Alamos Gold’s 2017 Feasibility Study (FS),

an average of 412 and up to a maximum of 547 direct jobs. The

considered as one of the highest-grade proposed open-pit gold

project will also have a positive effect on the tertiary economy as

projects in Canada. Alamos intends to construct, operate, and

well as local infrastructure improvements. This is welcome after a

eventually reclaim open-pit gold mines at both historical mine

prolonged absence of mining operations in the region, particularly

sites.

given the uncertainty of this current COVID-19 period.

The project has the potential to bring significant long-term value

We have an experienced and highly skilled exploration team with

to local communities, the Northern Region, the province of

a proven track record who are focused on exploration at the

Manitoba, and to Canada. The project is anticipated to deliver

Lynn Lake Gold Project, with the objective of expanding existing

This year, Alamos Gold has advanced two key growth initiatives in Canada.

July 8, 2020

Young-Davidson Mine: We announced the completion of the lower mine expansion, a milestone which transitions the mine from a reinvestment phase to a period of strong free cash flow growth.

July 14, 2020

Island Gold Mine: We announced a shaft expansion as a major step forward to increase production, lower costs, and make this operation even more profitable.

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Developing, operating, and ultimately reclaiming the mine with the highest safety and environmental standards, and securing the ongoing support of local communities is essential to Alamos Gold.

reserves and resources, and the discovery of additional gold

We have been working closely with Marcel Colomb First Nation

deposits on the Lynn Lake Greenstone Belt. In addition to our

for over five years, well before we started our drilling program.

current FS reserves and resources at MacLellan and Gordon,

As part of our engagement, we have collected feedback,

we have a pipeline of highly prospective exploration targets at

documented and responded to potential issues and concerns.

various stages that we’re actively exploring and advancing.

As part of the environmental assessment process, we have

We submitted an environmental impact statement to the federal government in May 2020, which is currently in the public consultation and technical review stage. We are anticipating an

been considering and incorporating knowledge and insight from Indigenous communities, stakeholders, the public, and regulators. We will continue to do this.

We will also continue to build partnerships and share information

provincial permitting, which would allow us to proceed with

on local economic benefits, including job opportunities and

making a construction decision.

youth summer work experience.

Developing, operating, and ultimately reclaiming the mine with

We are excited about the future of the Lynn Lake Gold Project

the highest safety and environmental standards, and securing

and the significant opportunity it represents in terms of its

the ongoing support of local communities is essential to Alamos

exploration potential, as well as the direct and indirect benefits

Gold.

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Far Resources Zoro Lithium Project Spodumene intersection, Dyke 1, Zoro Property, Snow Lake area.

Zoro Location.

Spodumene-bearing pegmatite dykes, Zoro Property, Snow Lake area.

Typical mineral assemblages at the Zoro pegmatites, Snow Lake, Manitoba.

The principal Manitoba asset of Far Resources Ltd. (CSE:FAT)

(LiAlSi2O6) and that it is possible to produce a high-grade lithium

is the Zoro Lithium project located approximately 20 kilometres

concentrate (close to six per cent Li2O) from a coarse fraction

from the town of Snow Lake. The property consists of 16 claims

(-6.4 millimetres) after the rejection of iron silicate minerals by

totaling 3,603 hectares.

Following on from an extensive diamond drilling program in the winter of 2018-19, the main focus in late 2019 and 2020 was a program of mineralogical characterization and preliminary beneficiation test on material from Dyke 1 on the Zoro Property.

This dyke is one of 13 lithium-bearing pegmatite dykes identified on the property to date. A portion of Dyke 1 hosts an NI 43-101

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magnetic separation.

These results confirm the quality of the resources defined to date and provide encouragement for further work to enlarge the resource base on the project lands and potentially elsewhere in the region. A key to the further advancement of the project is its location proximal to the town of Snow Lake with excellent

compliant inferred resource of 1.1 Mt grading 0.91 per cent Li2O.

established infrastructure and mining history.

The testwork was carried out on a blended bulk sample from Dyke

On September 4, 2020, Far Resources announced a flow-through

1 at SGS Canada’s Lakefield laboratories. The work confirmed

financing of $1 million to be used to further explore the company’s

that the dominant lithium-bearing mineral present is spodumene

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NRT is Flexing for Growth in Manitoba resource development. These partners are Bunibonibee Cree Nation, Chemawawin Cree Nation, Norway House Cree Nation, Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation, Sagkeeng First Nation, Opaskwayak Cree Nation, God’s Lake Narrows First Nation, Marcel Colomb Cree Nation, and Mosakahiken Cree Nation. Together with Northern Resource Trucking, their vision is to develop a sustainable and productive mining economy in the First Nation In Saskatchewan, the autumn winds are blowing colder and

communities of Manitoba. Exploration in Manitoba is looking very

colder, and the nip of frost is in the air. For Northern Resource

promising from gold and diamonds to sphagnum peat bogs, and

Trucking, the winter season usually brings big business. Mines are

FNMED and NRT are ready for it!

roaring back to life after extensive maintenance in the summer months, and the frigid weather creates a need for more propane up north. COVID-19 threw a bit of a wrench into the gears this year, causing many mines to close their doors for longer than normal.

But if 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that businesses need to be flexible.

In fact, NRT is so invested in Manitoba’s mining and transportation future that it has opened a new Winnipeg branch, which is developing business in Manitoba and northwestern Ontario.

NRT now hauls industrial chemicals from Winnipeg to various points in western Canada; Lime from Faulkner to the Rattan Mine; hazardous waste from various points in Western Canada to a

Northern Resource Trucking takes flexibility seriously. The

processing site near Winnipeg; grinding media from Kamloops

company was developed with the sole purpose of servicing the

to Pure Gold mine at Red Lake, Ontario; propane for FCL and

growing uranium industry in northern Saskatchewan, but its

Superior Propane to various points in southern Manitoba and

partnership with Saskatchewan First Nations set it apart from

northwestern Ontario; and various types of freight from Winnipeg

its competitors. This partnership kept business in northern

to Western Canada and from Western Canada back to Winnipeg.

communities, created jobs for those who wanted to stay in the

Where five years ago the uranium industry made up 95 per cent of

north, and provided investment opportunities that kept money

Northern Resource Trucking’s revenue, today it is down to 59 per

in those communities. NRT has expanded steadily since its

cent as NRT continues to expand and diversify.

inception 34 years ago. Now it serves Cameco and Orano, SSR Mining’s Seabee gold mine with their ice road, Federated Co-op for fuel and propane, and New Gold in Ontario, among others.

As exploration in Manitoba continues to expand, Northern Resource Trucking looks forward to growing with Manitoba businesses looking to provide supplies and equipment to resource

Northern Resource Trucking’s unique business model has

development projects in the north and across Canada. NRT’s

garnered recent attention in Manitoba as well. The First Nations

one-of-a-kind experience and expertise in northern transportation

Mining Economic Development (FNMED) Inc. has combined the

and First Nations partnerships will provide an edge over the

forces of nine Manitoba First Nations with the transportation

competition. The winds may be blowing colder these days, but

experts at Northern Resource Trucking to create Piwapisk Hauling

in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Northern Resource Trucking is

Limited Partnership, a powerful new partnership in natural

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Restarting the PL Gold Mine in Central Manitoba as early 2021

By Gorden Glenn, President & CEO, Minnova Corp.

Minnova Corp. is a discovery-stage exploration and advanced development-stage gold company focused on the expansion and re-start of our 100-per cent owned PL Mine in central Manitoba.

Minnova is listed on the TSXV, symbol MCI and OTC Pink sheets, symbol AGRDF.

Minnova’s PL Gold Mine in central Manitoba is one of the few ` development stage projects in Canada Minnova completed a positive feasibility study in late 2017. Using a then gold price of US$1,250 per ounce the project economics

Restarting the PL Gold Mine in Central Manitoba as early 2021 were quite attractive with a high IRR of over 50 per cent. At current

By Gorden Glenn, President & CEO, Minnova Corp. gold price hovering just under US$2,000 per ounce (and poised to go even higher), the project economics and value proposition to

shareholders is significantly higher (see Table 1).

Minnova Corp. is a discovery-­‐stage exploration aPLnd development-­‐ gold Goldadvanced Mine re-start plan benefits fromstage significant company focused on the expansion and re-­‐start infrastructure of our 100-­‐and per lowcent capexowned PL Mine in central Manitoba. Minnova is listed on the TSXV, symbol MCI and OTC Pink sheets, symbol The PL Gold Mine is a past producer and benefits from AGRDF. considerable on site and regional infrastructure such as a 1,000

tpd mill, existing decline and over 7,000 metres of underground Minnova’s PL Gold Mine in central Manitoba is workings one of tothe few development stage projects a depth of just 145 metres and valid exploitation in Canada license that combined enables a short time line to production and capex of C$35.7 milliongfrom feasibility Minnova completed a positive feasibility study irelatively n late 2low 017.

Using a then old the price of study.

US$1,250 per ounce the project economics were quite attractive with a high IRR of over 50 Near-term production and exploration upside per cent. At current gold price hovering just under US$2,000 per ounce (and poised to go annual goldtproduction is forecast at even higher), the project economics and value pInitial roposition o shareholders is approximately significantly 50,000 ounces, but we see potential to increase this to over higher (see Table 1).

70,000 ounces from nearby Nokomis satellite deposit and future

exploration success.

Table 1: Results of Gold Price Sensitivity Analysis of the Base Case (2017 Feasibility Study)

Table 1: Results of Gold Price Sensitivity Analysis of the Base Case (2017 Feasibility Study)

After-­‐Tax NPV5% Variation of Parameter Relative to Feasibility Study Base Case

(Base Case Gold Price -­‐ US$1,250 per oz = 0%) Gold (US$/oz) % change

Price

ATNPV5% (C$M) IRR %

$1,125

$1,250

$1,375

$1,500

$1,625

$1,750

$1,875

$2,000

-­‐10%

0%

10%

20%

30%

50%

60%

$6.21

$36.70

$66.49

$96.28

$126.06

$185.62

$215.38

16%

53%

82%

109%

135%

40% $155.8 4 160%

184%

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209%

Summer 2020 drilling and surface exploration program has confirmed exploration and resource expansion potential The Mineral Lease and surrounding property have exceptional exploration and resource expansion potential. Assay results from hole M-20-01 returned high gold grade over a wide interval (4.28g/t over six metres) in a new mineralized structure located in the footwall Tonalite. This opens several kilometres of exploration potential in the footwall Tonalite that will be tested in the winter

leverage to higher gold price and exploration, and expansion potential, we believe Minnova offers investors and exceptional value proposition.

For further information, please contact Investor Relations at (647) 985-2785 or info@minnovacorp.ca.

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2020 drilling program.

PL Gold Mine re-start update In addition to the positive drilling and exploration, Minnova is actively engaged in discussions with mining contractors and various project finance groups to re-start gold mining operations at the PL Mine. Development options being reviewed range from an initial underground test mining and bulk sampling program with an indicative budget of C$5 to $6 million to complete refurbishment of the mill and underground development as contemplated in the positive 2017 feasibility study with forecast capex of C$35.7 million.

The bottom line Minnova is set to successfully transition to junior gold producer as early as 2021. Considering our low share count (less than 40 million shares), high project NPV/IRR at current gold price,

www.minnovaorp.ca MCI.V

Emerging Canadian Gold Producer Restarting the PL Gold Mine Gold Production as early as 2021 • High grade underground and open pit mine plan • Annual production rate of approx. 46,500 ounces.

• Minimum 5-year mine life • Low Capex approx. C$35 Million

• Very high leverage to gold price • Near-term cash flow from production • Exceptional resource expansion potential • Excellent exploration upside

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Reimagining the historic Rice Lake gold district

By Scott Anderson, Ph.D., P.Geo, Vice President, Exploration, 1911 Gold Corporation

1911 Gold Corporation (the “Company” or “1911 Gold”) is a

that boasts well over 40 million ounces of past gold production,

junior gold explorer and producer that holds more than 57,000

resources, and reserves.

hectares of mineral dispositions in Tier-1 exploration and mining jurisdictions with proven potential for world-class gold deposits, including the Rice Lake and Snow Lake districts in Manitoba, and the Timmins district in Ontario.

The company’s consolidated, district-scale (54,000 hectares) land position in the historically fragmented and underexplored Rice Lake greenstone belt, coupled with the permitted and operational 1,300 tonnes-per-day mill and tailings facility (the True North complex) at Bissett, Manitoba, are critical strategic assets, setting 1911 Gold apart from its peers. Together with a significant revenue stream from the reprocessing of historical tailings, which produces approximately 5,000 ounces of gold per year, and funds ongoing operational and corporate costs, thus minimizing

exploration program of its Rice Lake land package with highresolution aeromagnetic and LiDAR surveys, acquisitions of additional prospective ground, data compilations, and a highly successful field exploration campaign involving mapping, prospecting, and surficial geochemistry.

Using a systematic, science-based exploration approach, the company efficiently advanced two projects to first-pass drill testing, including six targets with no record of previous drilling.

Highlights of the Phase I drilling program, completed between November 2019 and March 2020, are listed below (please refer to the 1911 Gold website for additional details).

shareholder dilution, the Company’s assets present a significant

2019–2020 Phase I Exploration Drilling Program – Highlights:

value proposition for shareholders.

• 26.4 g/t Au over 2.0 metres (DDH TS-20-003) from the Tinney

The Rice Lake project covers a 70-kilometre segment of a crustalscale break referred to as the Wanipigow Fault, which defines an ancient craton margin and represents a critical regional control on orogenic gold deposits. The Rice Lake belt is the western extension of the prolific Red Lake greenstone belt, located approximately 100 kilometres to the east along strike in Ontario,

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Commencing in 2019, 1911 Gold initiated an aggressive regional

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Shear target • 43.3 g/t Au over 0.7 metres (DDH TS-20-004) from the Tinney Shear target • 9.3 g/t Au over 2.6 metres (DDH CG-20-001) from the Cougar target • 2.2 g/t Au over 12.2 metres (DDH BL-20-002) from the Bidou South target

• 6.2 g/t Au over 2.6 metres (DDH EO-20-002) from the Edna-Otter target • 2.4 g/t Au over 5.3 metres (DDH JT-20-003) from the Janet target The Phase I drilling was in the vicinity of the historic Gunnar, Central Manitoba and Ogama-Rockland mines, approximately 35 kilometres southeast of the True North complex, which collectively produced approximately 300,000 ounces of gold.

The drilling intercepted quartz-carbonate vein systems and associated alteration, with localized high-grade and visible gold, along kilometres-scale structures identified by mapping and interpretation of aeromagnetic and LiDAR data, within larger-scale domains of stratigraphic and structural complexity, providing considerable scale and scope for follow-up exploration.

Following a complete shutdown of the True North complex from late March to late April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our Manitoba-based exploration field crews were returned to site in stages in early May, under new policies and procedures put in place by 1911 Gold to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. To date, there have been no reported cases of COVID-19 related to the True North site or 1911 Gold. The Company continues to actively monitor this situation and will revise work plans as necessary, with strict adherence to provincial guidelines and health orders.

Fieldwork in 2020 included detailed geological mapping, prospecting, soil and vegetation sampling and ground geophysical surveys, which succeeded in further delineating targets identified in 2019 and in discovering several exciting new targets, most

maintained with all stakeholders over the years. 1911 Gold is committed to excellence in health, safety and environmental standards, timely information sharing and supporting local and Manitoba-based businesses to maximize local economic benefits.

With an experienced management and technical team, clear corporate strategy, clean balance sheet, well-funded exploration program, strong project portfolio in an established operating jurisdiction, and systematic approach to exploration, the Company is well positioned to execute on its plan to generate significant value through discovery of a Tier-1 gold resource while leveraging its existing infrastructure to quickly advance new discoveries into production. 6

notably the high grade “Woodchuck” showing, which returned up to 858 g/t Au from initial grab samples of a quartz-carbonate vein stockwork associated with tourmaline-matrix breccias.

Building on exceptional results from the 2020 field program, the fully permitted 2020–2021 Phase II drilling program is planned to include at least 18,000 metres of diamond drilling, funded from the proceeds of a $5.2 million private placement financing that closed in July 2020. The Phase II drill program is designed to include 10,000 metres of follow-up drilling on targets successfully tested and confirmed during the Phase I program, as well as 8,000 metres of first-pass drilling of seven new targets (most with no record of historical drilling) identified during the 2019 and 2020 field programs.

With it’s growing pipeline of quality projects and targets, the Company is positioning itself for continued exploration success, with the goal of identifying and developing additional sources of ore to augment the existing mineral resource within the True North deposit, estimated (March 2018) to contain approximately 1 million ounces of gold in the measured, indicated and inferred categories.

The Company’s land package is located within the traditional territory of the Hollow Water First Nation, signatory to Treaty No. 5 (1875-76), and the Company continues to benefit from open, cooperative and respectful relationships that have been Manitoba Mining Review 2020-2021

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Impact Protection Rating Standards Figuring out hand protection just got easier Work site injury statistics prove just how costly injuries are for both companies and employees. We know that after the back, the hands, wrists, and fingers are the most injured part of the body on a work site. This is where gloves come in. Thirty per cent of hand injuries occur because workers wear the wrong gloves for the task they are doing and 70 per cent of hand injuries occur because workers wear

inadequate or worn out gloves.

Modern materials and technology are

puncture resistance, chemical risk and, new last year, impact resistance.

changing the glove world faster than ever.

Ansi/ISEA 138 Impact standards were

We now have standards that need to

ratified April 2019, and this is great news

be adhered to with independent testing

for the end-user. This standard was

bodies. The gloves that are tested are

created as a collaboration between ANSI

marked with the ratings so the consumer

(American National Standards Institute)

can be sure they are properly protected.

and the ISEA (International Safety

There is testing for cut resistance,

Equipment Association), hand surgeons,

abrasion resistance, tear resistance,

glove manufacturers and raw material suppliers. Watson Gloves was invited to participate as part of the working group to review, comment and vote on the drafts of the standards during the ratification process.

It’s a voluntary standard for the North American market, designed to accurately classify different levels of impact protection offered by the impact-resistant gloves on the market. This is important because there was no way to rate impact protection before. Anyone could slap a thin piece of rubber on the back of the hand and call it “impact-resistant.” Now there’s a rating system to help consumers decide which gloves will provide proper impact resistance, as it has passed North American testing standards.

Many hand injuries can be completely avoided with the proper hand protection, which is why it’s so important to choose the right glove for each task. Glove design is of utmost importance. By placing impact pads, resistant support, and hard plastic armor in the vulnerable spots of the hand, Watson Gloves can provide the perfect balance between protection and performance. As Watsons was part of the working group for ANSI/ISEA 138, they’re ahead of the curve and have a wide selection of Impact-resistant gloves that have been tested.

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Amongst the many Impact resistant styles that have recently been developed is the Commander (style #9585), lined for winter. It has the highest level of impact resistance, Level 3, and also features: •C old MX insulation – compact insulation that is windproof, anti-bacterial and provides excellent thermal efficiency without bulk • Polariz inner lining – microfleece lining coated with aluminum dots that reflect the body’s radiant heat back • D3OiA Impact Additive – D3O Impact Additive loaded into the TPR will allow 30 per cent better impact-resistance compared to regular TPR at the same thickness • Wounded Warriors – partial proceeds from the sales of every pair of 9595 (and Shock Troopers) will be donated to Wounded Warriors Canada • Also available in an unlined version (585) Watsons also has many Level 2 styles if Level 3 is a little over-the-top for the job you are performing.

Whatever you do, as an employer or a consumer, make sure your or your employee’s hands are properly protected. Use the rating systems and reach out for further help if you need it while making your glove-purchasing decisions. Contact us at 1-800-663 9509 or research on our website www. watsongloves.com.

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These techniques can be especially useful when applied after airborne or ground geophysical surveys have identified conductor zones or specific anomaly targets.

Sampling and geochemical analysis of till directly overlying bedrock most often provides the most useful data. The till is often overlain by lake silt, clays or peat deposits and it is necessary to auger (drill) through these deposits to recover till samples. An efficient and portable drill has been developed to access and soil sample in remote areas.

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