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001N/12/0975

Eleventh Year Assessment Report

forLicence 10108M

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of

Prospectingand

Geochemistry / Geophysics

on the

La Manche Property

NTS 1N/12

La Manche, Newfoundland

Submitted by (License Holder)JASON WHITE

Work Conducted: 2014

Total Expenditures: $3,513.25

Total Claims: 4

Date: January 12th, 2015

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Introduction 3

2. Property Location and Access 3

3. Claim Status 3

4. History and Previous Work 5

5. Regional and Local Geology 8

6. Exploration Program 8

7. Conclusions and Recommendations 10

APPENDICES

APPENDIX I List of Expenditures 11

APPENDIX II List of Personnel 11

APPENDIX III Assay Data 12

APPENDIX IV References 15

LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURE 1. Property Location Map 4

FIGURE 2. Claim Location Map 6

FIGURE 3. Regional Geology 7

FIGURE 4. Exploration Location Map 8

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1. Introduction

This report summarizes prospecting, geochemistry and geophysics conducted on the La Manche property, mineral license 10108m, during the 2014 field season. A hand held Radiation Solutions RS-111 Handy Scintillometer System was used to preform a basic reconnaissance radiation saurvey over the tailings and old workings. Geochemistry was preformed on a heavy media concentrate and a sample with a high concentration of sphalerite, both giving new indications of anomalous elements such as tungsten and gold in the respective samples, the former giving evidence to the presence of wulframite. The most significant finding in this report was the presence of significant good quality amethyst in the offset vein.

Yours Truly

Jason D. WhiteJanuary 12th ,2015

2. Property Location and Access

The La Manche property is located on the western side of the Isthmus of the Avalon Peninsula, NTS 1N/12. (Figure I). The northeast corner having the UTM coordinates of 5 286 500 N; 280 500 E, zone 22, NAD 27 .

Access to the property can be obtained from Placentia Bay, the Old Cabot Highway, a poor quality gravel road off the Trans Canada Highway. (Figure II).

3. Claim Status

The La Manche Property consists of 4 claim blocks in mineral license 10108M was staked by the author in 2004.

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Figure 1

Property Location Map

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4. History and Previous Work

• 1850? – Report by Bishop Mullock of Galena bearing Calcite vein discovered. • 1857 – Report of Prof. F Sheppard. Mine Opened by Ripley & Co., associated with Cyrus Field who

laid the first (and second) trans Atlantic communication cable.• 1857 – Verran gives description of deposit to Major Ripley. • 1863 – Property taken over by La Manche Mining Co.• 1868 – Estimate by Murray of 1000 cubic fathom of vein mined, yielding 2350 tons of galena.• 1870 – Newfoundland Mining Company publish prospectus to raise capital for the La Manche mine.• 1872 – Lead price drops to $0.02 / Lb ($0.37 in 2011 dollars), mine closes• 1873 – Estimate of 1150 tons of galena produced, no production after this• 1881 – Report by Howley and Murray included in the Geological Survey of Newfoundland for 1881,

the following phrase relates to production: “According to calculations made on the spot...” • 1889 – Newfoundland and Canadian Trust Co. assume control of property.• 1890 – Attempt to reopen mine by W. Beyn, no recorded production.• 1918 – Report By Howley and Murray included in the Geological Survey of Newfoundland for 1892. • 1924 – Property assumed by La Manche Mining Syndicate.• 1927 – M & H Shaft sunk by La Manche Mining Syndicate.• 1928 – Property optioned to Andre Dorfman and Associates of Toronto.• 1929 – Dorfman et al sunk Hunt Shaft to 122m and drifted on vein, till stock market crash.• 1930 – Feasibility study by Hatch and Palmer, including mill flow chart. • 1936 – Property optioned to Dana & Co., New York.• 1937 – Chute examines property for NFLD Geological Survey, reports on unrecorded submarine

workings over 80m from shore and proposes addition submarine extension of vein up to 5 km.• 1946 – Buchans Mining Company (ASARCO), dewatered and re timbered mine workings with 330m

of additional drifting on the 122m level of the hunt shaft (165m in either direction)• 1966 – McCartney studies the area in course of mapping Witbourne area.• 1972 – Grant on mine area reverted to Crown.• 1977 – Tibbo stakes mineral rights to area.• 1978 – Tibbo carries out program of line cutting, soil geochemistry and mapping, evidence for

projected offset of mine vein found.• 1979 – Tibbo carries out further soil geochemistry and magnetometer over projected offset.• 1980 – Tibbo attempts to trench anomalies over projected offset, unable to reach bedrock over a

number of trenches due to depth of overburden, soft ground cover and extensive flooding of trenches.• 1981 – Tibbo attempts additional overburden sampling program to a maximum depth of 4.2m, not

reaching the bedrock, but finding highly anomalous levels of lead and zinc in soil. Additional trenching attempted to a depth of 10m with no success of hitting bedrock.

• 1981 – Green studies La Manche Vein as part of the requirements for a B.Sc. (Honours) degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland.

• 1982 – Tibbo, additional soil geochemistry over tighter grid spacing preformed.• 1983 – Tibbo, drills 2 holes under Lord Thurlow Shaft and one hole over project offset of vein, the

first two holes were successful in finding 1.4m and 1m vein width at a depth of 30m and 60m respectively, the third hole encountered “overburden” in a narrow fault zone at 17m in depth.

• 1994 – Property staked and prospected by Larracy and Oats with re-interpretation of past results.• 1999 – Property staked by Luffman for the purposed of examining the possibility of precious stones

such as Opal and Amethyst as noted by Howley and Murray a century prior.• 2004 – Mineral license 10108m staked by author, initial exploration conducted on property.• 2005 – Rare earth elements found in assay of calcite • 2009 – Trenching finds offset vein by author

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5. Regional and Local Geology

The La Manche property is part of the Avalon Zone of Eastern Newfoundland. This zone occupies the northern most portion of the Appalachian Avalonian Belt, a succession of late Proterozoic age volcanic, plutonic and volcanic sedimentary rocks, extending from the Avalon Peninsula, through the Atlantic provinces to the Carolinas and Northern Georgia, a distance of 3000km (Williams, 1979).

The underlying regional geology is the Proterozoic age Musgravetown group consisting of (Hayes,1948; McCartney,1965a; King,1988):

Connecting Point FormationGary-black shale, slate and argillite; green, flinty, fine grained siltstone; dark brown and green sandstone; graywacke, porphyritic basic dykes and sills; gray conglomerate

6. Exploration Program

During 2014 there were 5 days spent exploring on the property:

Figure 4 – Exploration Location Map

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June 30

A further attempt was made to locate historic trench south east of the mine site dating from before the 1920's, noted in reports from the early 1980's. In this area there is extensive regrowth of alders, spruce and fir, mixed with a significant amount of windfall making the 400 m trek from the Lord Thrulow shaft to the area where the river crosses the old road very difficult to navigate.

July 1

Hand dug a ditch from the offset vein through 2 small water filled portions of the trench and west into a small natural drain, a total distance of 50 m, allowing for the top 20 cm of water to drain from the trench over the vein.

August 8

On August 8th, a trek was made to the main vein with the scintillometer, the general results indicate a low level of radioactivity from the area. There was distinct difference in the footwall, vein and hanging wall: The vein/vein material had a range of 5 – 20 counts along the length of the old mine; the hanging wall to the south comprising of siltstone had a range of 20 – 40 counts and the dike in the foot wall to the north was in the 40 – 60 count range.

August 30

On August 30th, examination was made of the riverbed and adjacent tree covered tailings on the northern bank. This was the first examination of the river bed between the mine road and the beach, approximately 300 m, since hurricane Igor had dumped upwards of 20 cm of rain on the area in 2010. The river bed had a significant amount of new exposure, some of this may not have been previously exposed during the mining operations dating to the mid 1850`s. The riverbed was predominantly gray slate dipping approximately 45 degrees westward to the location of the vein above and 20 m to the west. Approximately midway to the beach in a treed location, the slate met with irregular contact of a dark gray to black mafic dike, it is unsure the dike is what has been described as being adjacent to the vein.

The entire slope from the river bed to the vein in this area is covered with a significant amount of calcite tailings containing finer grained galena. It was noted the first miners in the period from the 1850`s till around 1900 had discarded any ore which was of too fine grained to be cobbled by hand; this would correspond with crystals smaller then 5 mm. A calculation of the quantity and grade of the tailings in the area can not be determined at this point, though sufficient to warrant examination.

In the washout riverbed there was a significant amount of parts of the old equipment which had been washed out from upriver, ranging from drill steel to flywheels to boiler parts.

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September 3

On September 3rd, a small hand ditch was dug on the eastern side of the trench to divert the water seeping into the main trench, this was around 25 cm wide, 10 m long and ranged in depth from 10 cm to 30 cm and connect to the ditch from July 1st. With this we were able to drop the level of the water by 0.5 m over 8 hours using the small pump. While we were attempting to lower the water level in the trench again on this attempt, our main goal was to collect a sample of the heavy media concentrates from the top level of the trench (above the water level in the trench) and to follow up on the finding of amethyst made earlier.

The sample collected returned 460 ppb Au in concentrates collected from the sluice box from 10 buckets of 20 L size (see Appendix III sample 58971) and approximately 500 g of amethyst had been collected and washed in the process. The amethyst is present in the crustal linings of the vug on the siltstone or barite, in the area between the fork in the vein where the dike is present, the amethyst appears on weathered calcite in shearing of the dike. The crystals of amethyst are pale purple colour and range up to 1.5 cm in width, further work is required to determine if these are of gem quality.

The second sample from this area proved again that the sphalerite (or related mineral) is rich in silver 224 ppm Ag, other anomalous elements include 32 ppm Hg and >440 ppm W in sample 58972.

7. Conclusions and Recommendations

From the work conducted in 2014 it was determined there are significant amounts of amethyst and rock crystal present in the portion of the offset vein exposed. With this finding along with the other minerals present and the weakly anomalous gold in concentrates further work is warranted to determine the economic possibilities of the property.

The following are recommended for the La Manche property:

1.) Conduct trenches along the strike of the offset vein in both directions;

2.) Further mineral and geochemical analysis of the main and offset veins to determine the cause of the high rare earth element anomalies present;

3.) Clear brush in the area south of the brook where the historic pit was noted;

4.) Examine the market potential of the natural stone present for lapidary purposes;

5.) Use a larger pump to drain the vein offset trench;

6.) Additional prospecting.

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APPENDIX I List of Expenditures

Expense Cost per unit Licence Total cost10108m

Research & report writing $100.00 $300.00 $300.00Field work $100.00 $1,500.00 $1,500.00Meals $30/person/day $450.00 $450.00Fuel $70 / trip $350.00 $350.00Auto $60 $300.00 $300.00Sample prep & analysis* $105.00 $105.00Use of Equipment** $50.00 $50.00 $50.00

Subtotal $3,055.00 $3,055.00Administration 15% $458.25 $458.25

Total $3,513.25 $3,513.25

* Prices from Eastern Analytical for sample preparation, ICP-34+ Au, & ore grade.

** Equipment used was keene sluice, 1 inch pump, ½ inch screen and hand tools

APPENDIX II List of Personnel

Jason D. White 23 Emma's Pl.CBS, NL.

Jason ShawPark Ave.Mt. Pearl, NL.

Joe Lee13 Albany PlSt. John's, NL.

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APPENDIX III Assay Data

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APPENDIX IV References

Reports and Publications

Baker, H.A. 1927: Report of Progress for 1926, Geological Survey of Newfoundland. (NFLD/22)

Batterson, M.J.2003: Till Geochemistry of the Western Avalon Peninsula and Isthmus. Open File NFLD 2824

Chute, N.E.1939: Mineral Deposits of the Placentia Bay Area, Newfoundland Geological Survey Bulletin No. 18, St. John's, Newfoundland. (1N/0016)

Davies, D.J1932: Mineral Deposits of Newfoundland. (Nfld/24)

George, P.W.1935: ASARCO, La Manche area, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, correspondence on La Manche Lead Mine, Unpublished report (1N/12/0009)

Green, R.E.1981: Genesis of the La Manche Vein and comparisons with similar Caledonide deposits. Bsc. Thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland. 124 pages (1N/0426)

Hayes, A.O.1948: Geology of the Area Between Bonavista and Trinity Bays, Eartern Newfoundland, Geological Survey Bulletin No. 32

House, A.F.1992: Barite Resources of Newfoundland, Mineral Report 6, Geological Survey Branch, Department of Mines and Energy, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. (NFLD/145)

Johnston, D.1962: Some Metallic Prospects on the Island of Newfoundland. Information Circular No. 10. Department of Mines, Agriculture and Resources, Mineral Resources Division. (NFLD/0212)

La Manche Mining Syndicate Limited1936: Report of the year 1936 for the La Manche area in the Placentia Bay, Newfoundland. LaManche Mining Syndicate Limited Unpublished report (1N/11)

Laracy, P.J.1996: Report on the Laracy/Oats La Manche – Placentia Bay Property, Placentia Bay, Eastern Newfoundland. Unpublished report (1N/627)

1995: Work Assesment Report, Mineral Licence # 4376, La Manche – Placential Bay. Unpublished report (1N/625)

1994: Work Assesment Report, Mineral Licence # 4376, La Manche – Placential Bay. Unpublished report (1N/626)

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Luffman, G.2000: Report of Prospecting Activity on the La Manche Property on the South Side of the Istimas of the Avalon Peninsula off Route 1. Unpublished report (1N/677)

Martin, W.1983: Once Upon a Mine, the Story of Pre-Confederation Mines of the Island of Newfoundland, CIMM Special Edition, Volume 26.

McCartney, W.D. 1967: Whitborne Map Area. Geological Survey of Canada. Memoir 341. (NFLD/333)

Miller, R1991: Preliminary Evaluation of Rare-Metal Targets in Insular Newfoundland. Current Research, Newfoundland Department of Mines and Energy, Geological Survey Branch, Report 91-1, pages 327-334

Moubray, J.M.1910: Notes on Some of the Common Minerals to be Found in Labrador and Newfoundland,

Murray, A., Howley, J.P.1881: Geological Survey of Newfoundland.

1918: Report for 1892, Geological Survey of Newfoundland.

Newfoundland Mining Company Ltd.1872: Description of the Property and Mine of the Newfoundland Mining Company Limited, with Memorandum of Association, Reports, Maps, Plans, &c. (Prospectus)

Palmer, C.1930: Report on the Property of the La Manche Mining Syndicate Ltd. Private Report of Hatch and Palmer Ltd. To the Commission of Public Utilities.(1N/10)

Sheppard, Professor Forest1857: Report on the New Lamanche Lead Mine. (1N/22)

Snelgrove, A.K1953: Mines and Mineral Resources of Newfoundland, Information Circular No. 4. Department of Mines and Resources, Mines Branch, Geological Survey.

Strong, D.F.1974: Geochemistry of Eastern Newfoundland Granitoid Rocks. Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Department of Mines and Energy, Mineral Development Division, Report 74-3

Taylor, S.W.1979: Geology and Mineral Potential of the Avalon Zone and Granitoid Rocks of Eastern Newfoundland. Mineral Development Division, Department of Mines and Energy, Government of Newfoundland & Labrador. Report 79-3

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Tibbo, H.G.1978: Report on a geochemical and geological survey for licence 12014 on mineral claims 12118, 12071-12073 in the La Manche lead prospect in the Placentia Bay area, Newfoundland. Unpublished report (1N/400)

1979: Report on a geochemical and geological survey for mineral claims 12118, 12071-12073 on the La Manche lead prospect in the Placentia Bay area, Newfoundland. Unpublished report (1N/405)

1980: Report on an overburden trenching programme for licence 12014 on mineral claims 12072 & 12073 in the La Manche lead prospect area, Newfoundland. Unpublished report (1N/416)

1981: Report on an Overburden drilling programme and Soil Geochemistry Programme on Mineral Claims 12071, 12072, 12073 & 12074, Lamanche Lead Prospect, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland. Unpublished Report (1N/428)

1983: Report on Diamond Drilling Program on Mineral Claim 12072, Licence No. 12014, La Manche Project, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland. Unpublished report (1N/448)

Verran, H.T.1857: Report on the La Manche Lead Property, La Manche, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland. Private report to Major R.S. Ripley. Unpublished report (1N/75)

Williams, H.1979: Appalation Orogen in Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences: 16, pp. 792-807.

MAPS

Buchans Mining Co. Ltd.1948: Geology – Composite Level Plan, La Manche, Placentia Bay. Unpublished Map (1N/164)

King, A.F.1988: Geology of the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland (Parts of 1K, 1L, 1M, 1N and 2C). Newfoundland Department of Mines, Mineral Development Division, Map 88-01.

McCartney, W.D.

1953: Dildo, Avalon Pen., Newfoundland. Geological Survey of Canada, Preliminary Map, No.13-1956 (1N/65)

Geological Survey of Canada1970: Geophysical Series (Aeromagnetic), Map 4514G, Dildo, Newfoundland. (1N/180)

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Amethyst Collected from the New Vein

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Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2016 10:18 AM To: Adams, Trina Subject: Re: Letter regarding the 11th year work report, La Manche Property

Trina,The small, shallow ditch connecting the natural drainage dug on two visits, and samples were from the following location:

279,944 E, 5,286,162 N

Jason

On Thursday, 2 June 2016, 10:03, "Adams, Trina" <TrinaAdams@gov.nl.ca> wrote:

Hi Jason, Please see the attached letter regarding the 11th year work report on mineral license 10108M. Best regards, Trina Trina Adams, B.Sc., G.I.T.GeologistMineral LandsDepartment of Natural Resources50 Elizabeth AvenueP.O. Box 8700St. John’s, Nl, Canada, A1B 4J6t 709.729.0573e trinaadams@gov.nl.ca “This email and any attached files are intended for the sole use of the primary and copied addressee(s) and may contain privileged and/or confidential information. Any distribution, use or copying by any means of this information is strictly prohibited. If you received this email in error, please delete it immediately and notify the sender.”