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SUMMARY 3
INTRODUCTION AND TERMS OF REFERENCE 5
DISCLAIMER 5
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION 5
ACCESSIBILITY, CLIMATE, LOCAL RESOURCES,
INFRASTRUCTURE AND PHYSIOGRAPHY 7
HISTORY 9
GEOLOGICAL SETTING 9
DEPOSIT TYPES 11
EXPLORATION 11
SAMPLING METHOD AND APPROACH 15
SAMPLE PREPARATION, ANALYSES AND SECURITY 15
ADJACENT PROPERTIES 15
INTERPRETATION AND CONCLUSIONS 16
RECOMMENDATIONS 18
BIBLIOGRAPHY 20
CERTIFICATE 21
ILLUSTRATIONS
Figure 1 Location Map 4
Figure 2 Property Topography and Layout 6
Figure 3 Property Geology 8
Figure 4 Rock Sample Sites and Values 12
Figure 5 Sediment Sample Sites and Values 13
Figure 6 Southern Claim 14
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SUMMARY
The property was staked by Condor Resources Inc. to cover a major portion of a large
epithermal alteration zone. The north-south elongation of the claim block reflects partial
control by faults associated with a regional graben behind the coastal ranges of north-
central Chile. The southern sectors of the alteration exhibit massive, fine silica, cut by
large fracture zones with silica-hematite matrix breccias. The larger and more interesting
northern sector of the property features swaths of similar silica-hematite and major zones
of iron oxide kaolin within a regional alteration of a style known locally as
combarbalite. This is a complex mixture of minerals dominated by a sodic alunite, and
is named for the nearby town of Combarbala where it is quarried for its color and carving
properties in the tourist trade. The alteration zone is surrounded by many small copper
oxide and vein gold workings. The western lobe of the alteration is held by the
government department ENAMI for kaolin mining, and the property is flanked on the
east by a reservoir, with alteration extending beyond.
In order to evaluate the Corona Property, the author roughly mapped the area and
collected 59 wash sediment and 56 rock composites, which were analyzed for gold and
41 other elements. Such gold anomalies as were returned are associated with known vein
and copper oxide workings peripheral to the alteration, and the property is not considered
to be a target for epithermal gold exploration.
On the other hand, there are several characteristics of both the site and the geochemistry
that suggest that Corona is a viable target for iron oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) deposits. A
modest program to map and evaluate a central sector of the property is recommended. Its
objective is to clarify the IOCG characteristics to the extent that one of the larger
companies exploring for this style of deposit in Chile would find it attractive to option the
property and carry out the geophysical surveys required to develop drill targets for this
valuable but compact, and often blind, style of mineralization. A one month program at
an estimated cost of $US 46,000 is recommended.
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This report is based on eight days of sampling and field observations by the writer,
carried out in July of 2004. It has been prepared for Condor Resources Incorporated at
the request of its President, Mr. Patrick Burns. The purpose of this effort has been to
carry out an initial evaluation of the Corona Property, which had been staked to cover
parts of a regional hydrothermal alteration zone, and to present this information in
appropriate form for the initial public offering of Condor Resources.
DISCLAIMER
What little is recorded of the history of this property was obtained in discussion with Sr.
Edmundo Hernandez in Santiago. Edmundo was involved in sampling much of the area
some years ago when working for Homestake Mining Company. None of those analyses
are available, however, and the authors interpretation of the geology differs from that of
Sr. Hernandez. Regional geology and data on nearby deposits was obtained from
published sources listed in the Bibliography. Local geology and sampling are by the
author.
The Corona Property is comprised of six claims or pedimentos, each measuring one
kilometer by three kilometers for a total of 18 square kilometers. They are named Corona
I to Corona VI, and registered to Patrick Burns. Four of the claims are contiguous, and
the fifth lies three kilometers to the south. (Figure 2).
The property is comprised of six exploration permits (pedimentos), all held 100% by
Minera Condor S.A., a Chilean subsidiary of Condor Resources Limited. Each was
created on March 23, 2004, except for Condor VI, which dates from the 2nd of March,
2005. Within two years of these dates, the claims must either be converted to an
exploitation license, or reduced to half of the present size and continue as exploration
permits.
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The town of Combarbala is a four to five hour drive on paved roads from Santiago. An
unpaved road (labeled D-605) connects this town with the village of Punitaqui to the
north. This road crosses the southernmost claim and then runs within a few kilometers to
the west of the main claim block. Secondary jeep tracks reach almost to the edge of the
property between Cerros Blanco and La Campana and to the north of Cerro Colorado.
There is also a rough road which skirts the north end of the claims. Horses were found
useful in reaching the less accessible parts of the property.
The main claim block covers a moderately rugged area whose highest point is Cerro
Botija at 1220 meters and whose lowest elevations lie to the east along the Pama River
and Cogoti Reservoir at roughly 700 meters. The climate is semi-arid, with temperatures
rising into the 30s on warmer days, and falling below freezing occasionally on winter
nights.
There are few trees on the property, the tallest and most common vegetation being the
Quisco Cactus ( Echinopsis chilensis ) which can reach to seven meters. There are a
variety of shrubs and bushes dispersed over the area, the most common, and least
welcome, being litre (Lithrea caustica) a large bush to which many people have a reaction
similar to the effects of poison oak. Native wildlife other than birds were not
encountered, and have likely been extirpated. A few wild burros, and untended goats
were the only mammals of any size evident. In view of the widespread mining which has
taken place in the area, there are not likely to be any environmental concerns with respect
to vegetation or wildlife. On the other hand, the proximity to the Cogoti Reservoir, used
for both irrigation and drinking water, will be of concern in planning any large mining or
milling projects within the present property boundaries.
Two small villages of Soruco and El Sauce lie along the road immediately west of the
main claim block, and two power lines also follow this road, crossing the southernmost
claim. Only rudimentary items would be available at these villages, but most food and
hardware supplies may be obtained in Combarbala. In increasing size, the city of Ovalle
is accessible by paved road in two hours to the north, and Santiago itself is about twice
that to the south. Cogoti Reservoir and Pama River near the propertys eastern edge are
the obvious sources of water. The area has a long tradition of mining, and labour with
relevant expertise is available.
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02
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Cogoti
La Cie
Reservoir
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15
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Volcanics 58
Cerro
Blanco 0 1 2
Kilometres
Suroco LEGEND
57
To
FS Massive,fine silica, with hematitic
Combarbala
fracture and breccia zones
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HISTORY
This entire region has been searched by local miners for surface occurrences of copper
oxides or gold veins, and several of their small workings lie within or adjacent to the
present property. As far as the author is aware, the first staking of this part of the
alteration zone by a major company was by the Chilean branch of Homestake Mining
Company. Shortly thereafter, Homestake was taken over by Barrick Gold Corporation,
and its Chilean office closed. Sr. Edmundo Hernandez, the chief geologist for that office,
restaked and maintained claims here for some years thereafter. Representatives of Rio
Tinto are also known to have sampled in the region.
GEOLOGICAL SETTING
The Corona Property falls on the Illapel 1:250,000 scale mapsheet, whose geology was
mapped for the government by Rivano and Sepulveda (1991). This work shows that the
property lies almost entirely over a large zone of hydrothermal alteration, within lower
Cretaceous strata adjacent to a large area of plutonic rocks belonging to the Cretaceous
Calanga Group, which are mainly granodiorites and quartz diorites. On the northwest
border of the altered area there is also a plug assigned to the Cretaceous--Paleocene aged
San Lorenzo Group intrusions, which tend to be porphyries of andesitic composition.
The map defines the regional Cretaceous strata of this area as the Quebrada Marquesa
Formation of mixed marine and continental origin. They are mainly argillites, siltstones
and sandstones, often calcareous, but volcanic and conglomeritic units are also involved.
This is underlain by the Arqueros Formation of similar age, dominated by flows and
breccias of andesitic composition. These two Cretaceous units correspond to the Chilcas
Formation farther south in the Santiago area, and that name is used here also by some
authors, for example Alvarez and De Gramont, 1992. One small area of quartzites were
the only metasediments observed within the property, and the Cretaceous elsewhere is
volcanic, largely in the southern claim.
The altered zone is large (roughly 50 sq. km.) and complex. It is not likely a result of the
Chalanga plutons, whose relationship to Quebrada Marquesa Formation of similar age
does not appear to be intrusive. Field observatons suggest that it is directly related to the
San Lorenzo andesitic intrusion, but controlled by structures, dominantly north--south
oriented fractures. Those in turn appear to be related to formation of a regional graben
between the coastal ranges and the Andes proper.
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This massive silica trend continues south from the property into an area from which gold
values were reported by Hernandez (2004), but which is now held by another party. It
enters the north end of the southern claim but appears to end abruptly. It is likely
responsible, however, for the silica sills and stockworks which mark the volcanic rocks
farther south along that trend. It may also be responsible for their silicification, and the
distinctive red-brown weathering which accompanies it. These units of the Marquesa
Formation are dark, slightly metamorphosed and non-porphyritic, and distinct from the
porphyry andesite encountered father north.
Northward, the massive silica regime ends near UTM 6559, and the main body of the
property is underlain by a more complex altered terrain. This is dominated by a
distinctive white-to-cream colored alteration with iron and manganese oxide patterns. Its
silica content is variable, and in places there is the greasy sheen of pyrophyllite. This is
known locally as combarbalitic alteration, after examples which are mined near
Combarbala and carved for sale under the name combarbalite. That material is known to
be a varible intergrowth of Na-alunite, pyrophyllite, kaolin and quartz with metal oxide
coloration patterns.
Through this altered regime, run large and small bands of the fractured silica, and also
shear zones and other sectors of intense argillic alteration to kaolin, likely with alunite.
Both systems are accompanied by surprising amounts of iron oxides, those adjacent to the
argillic zones being mainly hematite, limonite (and jarosite) with sericite, while fractures
and breccias in the silica bands typically have a quartz-hematite matrix.
In fact, Rivano (1991) lists an iron deposit by the name of La Colorada within the claim
area. Most of the silica dykes and kaolinized belts are structurally controlled, the major
orientation being north-south near vertical. Slickensides in the fracture zones indicated
that movements were also near vertical. A second important orientation is at about 50
deg., again vertical to steeply dipping.
Descending to either north or east of the mountainous area of alterations, one reaches a
massive andesite porphyry, likely related to the San Lorenzo intrusions. In some marginal
localities, the prophyry texture is visible in sectors least affected by the combarbalitic
alteration. The contacts with the massive andesite tend to run up valleys, suggesting that
it underlies the altered area, although later dykes tend to confuse interpretation. In
general, however, the main sector of the property appears to be a regional zone of more
or less combarbalitic alteration formed in the upper parts of a San Lorenzo andesitic
intrusive complex, and cut by secondary belts of epithermal alteration, both siliceous and
argillic, along prominent fault structures. Widespread brecciation and iron oxide
flooding both accompanied and followed the main phase of silica emplacement.
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DEPOSIT TYPES
Small to moderate sized copper and gold deposits abound in this region, some having
been worked since prehistoric times. Three of the gold mines in this central belt are
considered major (Davidson and Mpodozis, 1991; Sillitoe, 1991), but in examining
these for a likely model, each is distinctly different. Andacollo, to the north, (110 metric
tons Au produced) is considered a metasomatic manto deposit adjacent to a copper-gold
porphyry. El Bronce mining camp to the south (over 24 mt Au) is considered a low-
sulfidization system of epithermal veins. Closest in proximity, and perhaps most
relevant, is the Punitaqui mine (approx. 30 mt Au) which lies 48 km. to the north-
northwest. This is a large, pluton-related vein emplaced in a north-south fault zone, and
was also mined for copper and mercury. These and other deposits emphasize the wide
variety of mineralization in this region.
Closer to the property, copper, silver and gold has been mined from north-south vein
systems and other structures in this vicinity. Rivano (1991) lists several of these, and
other workings were observed by the author. There is also a Cu-Mo breccia pipe at El
Sauce, three kilometers to west of the property, and copper and gold have been mined
from a breccia pipe farther west near Quilitapia.
Copper oxide localities are prevalent in the massive andesites near the alteration zone.
Some of these have been exploited on a small scale, and in some of the cases briefly
examined, the copper minerals were accompanied in some cases by specular hematite and
lesser magnetite.
EXPLORATION
A total of eight days were spent examining and sampling the property. During this
period, some of the major structures and alterations were mapped, and a total of 56 rock
chip samples and 59 dry wash sediment samples were taken. The samples are described
briefly in Appendices I and II, and located in Figures 3 and 4. Geological observations
are presented in Figure 5, while Figure 6 displays results from the southern claim.
With few exceptions, the precious metal values in these samples proved disappointing.
On the other hand, the pattern of anomalies and other elements is suggestive of an iron
oxide-copper-gold style of mineralization, in which the gold tends to be concentrated in a
deposit of limited physical size. The reason for this will be outlined under the heading of
Interpretation and Conclusions.
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Cogoti
La Cienaga
Reservoir
(<5,16)
7 (9,14) 11 N
36 (6,57) 65
37 (22,90)
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Colorado 33 (<5,49)
(<5,106)
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34
Punitaqui (11,24)
3 (<5,23) (5,274)
(34,169) 54 47
2 (5,70) 53 61
(<5,80) 47
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El Botija (<5,94)
A
Sauce
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25 (11,138) 0 1 2
(5,29)
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Blanco
Kilometres
22 (21,54)
LEGEND
To Rock chip sample site
Combarbala Suroco 57
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Cogoti
La Cienaga
Reservoir
(-,40) 16 N
(5,123) 15 65
Cord
on
12 (-,109)
4 (6,107)
(-,101) 6 5 (-,97) 64
(-,117) 9 7 (-,102)
8 (-,112)
(10,155)10
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(9,110) 26 27 (5,89)
17 (24,184)
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30 (31,138)
19 (-,252) 53(6,5.3%) 62
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El Botija
51 (-,49)
BAR BALA
Sauce
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(-,98) 46
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Blanco
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Combarbala Suroco Silt Sample Number,SCOR Group 57
(ppb Au, ppm Cu)
(- = <5ppb)
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44 (10,38) (33,101)
51 51 51
45 (<5,68)
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As this area lacks a previously defined mineralized structure, sampling was carried out on
a reconnaissance basis. Zones defined by intense alteration or brecciation were chip
sampled, directly or from debris. In some cases, a composite of varied alteration or
mineralization styles was taken from dry wash float. Clearly, only a tiny portion of this
huge alteration zone could be tested in this way, however, and for a more regional
coverage, silt samples were employed.
All samples were collected by the author and personally delivered to the ALS Chemex
laboratory in Antofagasta. Here the rock chips samples were crushed and split, and the
silt samples screened to extract the -80 mesh fraction for analysis. Gold levels in the
parts per billion range were tested by aqua regia extraction, followed by ICP-MS
(Induction-Coupled Plasma--Mass Spectrometry) finish. Analyses for a further 30
elements was carried out with the same extraction followed by ICP-AES. ALS Chemex
uses both blanks and standards to maintain quality in their analyses.
ADJACENT PROPERTIES
The main, northern body of the claims is adjoined on the west by a large property of the
government service ENAMI, covering the northwestern lobe of the regional alteration
zone. At one time, kaolin was mined from sectors of this property, and also some barite,
but there is no activity at present. Whether ENAMI found any gold here is not known,
but among the abandoned machinery is the remains of a trapiche, a small mill used to
grind ore with mercury to extract gold. Although not sampled or mapped, this area
appears to have a similar geology to the main alteration zone of the Corona Property.
To the west of the southern leg of the main claim block is a large property of Compania
Minero del Pacifico (CAP), which covers Cerro Blanco and volcanic terrain to west
thereof. This is almost exclusively an iron mining company, and it is not clear whether
their claims are to cover an iron-oxide manto, or if they have some interest in the huge
silica exposure capping Cerro Blanco.
In addition, for the southern claim, there are several small holdings adjacent or extending
into that property, covering small copper or copper-gold workings. At the extreme south
end, gold was once extracted from veins in the volcanic rocks in what is known as the
Arenilias District. There is no present activity, but some old claims are still held, and if
future work on the southern claim is warranted, these inroads must be delimited.
Finally, the three kilometer section of the siliceous alteration between the main and
southern claim group has been staked by another party. This is known (Hernandez, 2004)
to have yielded gold values, but apparently from structures of limited size.
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The Corona Property covers much of a large and complex alteration zone, exhibiting
sectors of massive to drusy aphanitic silica, kaolinization (likely with alunite), extensive
iron oxide development, and a regional combarbalitic alteration which has elsewhere
been shown to be dominated by a sodium alunite. It appears to be associated, at least in
part, with a large intrusion of porphyry andesite, of the San Lorenzo Intrusions, and is
more or less surrounded by small copper oxide and gold workings. The alterations are
structurally controlled, likely by fractures related to regional graben formation.
In view of these characteristics, the property should be evaluated both for epithermal gold
potential, and also as a possible iron oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) target. To this end, the
trace elements characteristic for both types of deposit have been monitored. Anomalies
are given for each sample along with the descriptions in Appendix I and the analytical
results in Appendix II. The ranges for pertinent elements, for both rock and silt samples,
are listed below. (Values for copper taken directly from old workings are excluded).
Rock Samples Silt Samples
range of values average range of values average
Au <5 to 162 13.7 ppb <5 to 306 11 ppb
Ag 0.04 to 4.61 42.4 ppm 0.04 to 8.9 2.6 ppm
As 2 to 3370 246 ppm 6 to 73 19.0 ppm
Ba 20 to 1640 198 ppm 70 to 1000 236 ppm
Bi 0.3 to 824 36.0 ppm 0.03 to 21.3 2.13 ppm
Ce 1.3 to 36.7 4.24 ppm 9.75 to 37.3 25.0 ppm
Co 0.6 to 46.7 3.30 ppm 3 to 37 23.1 ppm
Cu 11 to 1140 289 ppm 40 to 252 108 ppm
Fe 10 samples over 15% 6.9 % 3.9 to 17% 6.5 %
Hg 0.1 to 4.61 0.32 ppm <.01 to 1.77 0.08 ppm
La <0.2 to 19.2 3.23 ppm 3.8 to 17.9 10.6 ppm
Mn 23 to >1% 392 ppm 147 to 3360 932 ppm
Mo 1.1 to 254 20.6 ppm 0.4 to 10.4 2.31 ppm
P 40 to 3510 740 ppm 240 to 1260 657 ppm
Pb 1 to 1075 47.9 ppm 5 to 62 16.1 ppm
Sb 0.2 to 66.8 9.54 ppm 0.14 to 3.5 0.98 ppm
Sr 4.4 to 796 73.4 ppm 39 to 463 97.0 ppm
Te 0.06 to 64.4 3.86 ppm 0.02 to 1.79 0.51 ppm
Tl <.02 to 6.34 0.18 ppm 0.03 to 1.26 0.28 ppm
U 0.01 to 3.73 0.64 ppm 0.2 to 3.27 0.81 ppm
Y 0.3 to 20.7 2.37 ppm 2.57 to 13.75 8.27 ppm
Zn <2 to 422 28.0 ppm 22 to 213 81.2 ppm
Samples below analytical threshold are taken as zero
Ranges of Elements Indicative for Epithermal and/or IOCG Styles of Mineralization
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With respect to the rock samples, the highest gold value was from a composite of vein
materials in a small wash on the southwest margin of the southern property, near a
granodiorite intrusion. The quartz had sulfide clasts, and was not as fine grained as the
main silica bodies. It is unlikely that it represents a style of mineralization of interest to
an international company. The second highest gold value is also from the southern claim,
and of marginally more interest. Again it is from a composite of siliceous float in a wash,
near the southern end of the massive quartz terrain. The steam follows a large basalt dyke
within the silica. The highest gold value from the main claim block (53 ppb) was a
composite of mixed hematitic silica and kaolinized float from a tributary to lower
Quebrada La Coipa.
Copper values tend to roughly correlate with iron oxide content. This in turn was very
high in many cases, with ten samples returning leachable iron over the 15% limit for the
type of analysis employed. Anomalous values in the other pertinent trace elements are
scattered, but the strongest groupings tend to occur either marginal to the kaolinized
zones, or from an unexplored (and partly unstaked) area on upper Colorado Ridge.
Turning to the silt geochemistry, the suite of elements showing anomalies proved similar
to the rock samples, although at a more muted level as might be expected. There is again
a rough correlation between iron (which ran up to over 10%) and both copper and
molybdenum. Background levels in barium, strontium, cobalt and lead were strongly
elevated, as were the rare earth and epithermal indicator elements.
The highest gold value (306 ppb) was from the dump tailings at one of the small copper
oxide workings around the periphery of the alteration complex. This does little to
enhance the property as an epithermal gold prospect, but supports reports that copper and
gold were mined both separately and together at various sites in the area.
The Corona Property, however, has many of the characteristics of a good iron oxide-
copper-gold (IOCG) target. There has been considerable activity looking for these,
associated with major fractures in the coastal ranges of northern Chile. While most of
this exploration has been directed farther north, there are indications that the IOCG belt
extends south to perhaps the latitude of Valparaiso, and includes the El Soldado deposit
190 km south of Combarbala.
IOCG deposits around the world have proved quite variable, and many of their more
decisive characteristics do not extend much beyond the compact ore deposit itself,
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RECOMMENDATIONS
1. A major portion of the samples defining IOCG character come from the upper
watershed of La Coipa wash (an abrupt and complex valley), together with
Colorado Ridge to the southeast. This sector of the property should be mapped,
prospected and sampled in some detail. Two or three weeks work would be
involved for a geologist and assistant.
2. In particular, the La Colorada iron oxide prospect (Rivano, 1991), denoted as
occurring in the Colorado Ridge area, should be located and evaluated in view of
IOCG characteristics.
3. A whole-rock assay and petrographic study of the combarbalitic alteration is
recommended.
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4. The iron mining group CIA Minero del Pacifico (who hold Cerro Blanco and the
territory to west of the southern part of Coronas main claim block) should be
contacted to see if their interest here is really in an iron deposit. It is known that
there has been some drilling in the vicinity of Cerro Negro, and this might be of
importance to IOCG definition.
5. The government bureau ENAMI should be contacted to see if they have
information of interest which they may have collected in the area northwest of
Corona during their mining of kaolin (and barite) there.
6. The alteration zone, including hematitic concentrations, extends to the east of the
Cogoti Reservoir, into ground which is largely open. This area should be
examined and sampled on a reconnaissance level, which will require somewhat
over one week.
BUDGET ESTIMATE
$U.S.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Reyes, M. 1991 The Andacollo Stratabound Gold Deposit and its Position in a Porphyry
Copper-gold System. Econ. Geol. V86 p. 1301-1316.
Rivano, S., 1991, Lista de Yacimientos Ordenados por Quadrangulos. Servicio National
de Geologia y Mineria, Anexo a la Hoja Illapel, 26p.
Rivano, S. and Sepulveda, P. 1991 Hoja Illapel, Region Coquimbo. Servicio National
de Geologia y Mineria. Carta Geologica de Chile #69. 132 p. and a map at 1:250,000.
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CERTIFICATE
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHOR
7. I have not had prior involvement with the property that is the subject
of the Technical Report.
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10. I have read National Instrument 43-101 and form 43-101F1, and the
Technical Report has been prepared in compliance with that instrument
and form.
10. I consent to the filing of the Technical Report with any stock exchange
and other regulatory authority and any publication by them for regulatory
purposes, including electronic publication in the public company files on
their websites accessible by the public, of the Technical Report.
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APPENDIX I
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CORONA PROPERTY ROCK SAMPLES
QUEBRADA LA COIPA
COR 9 01155 64150 boulder comp 5 112 varied siliceous breccias
As 180, Bi 11.2
COR 10 00050 63550 float chips 8 60 varied alterations
U 1.0
QUEBRADA LA CIENAGA
COR 11 99850 65260 outcrops <5 16 yellow wthr. shear zones
CORDON COLORADO
COR 13 99935 62360 O.C. comp. <5 130 sheared, rusty, silic. zone
Ba 270
COR 14 99410 62500 O.C. comp. 8 205 varied breccias. hem, jaros, silic.
COR 15 99325 62775 O.C. comp. <5 111 alterations near summit
COR 20 99740 62420 O.C. comp. 9 39 silica with sulfide clasts, shears
Bi 15.4
COR 21 99635 62140 O.C. comp. 19 150 silica with sulfide clasts, breccias
Mn 3130
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CORONA PROPERTY ROCK SAMPLES
COR 25 01470 57950 O.C. 11 138 Black matrix breccia boulder train
QUEBRADA LA COIPA
COR 28 00600 63300 float comp. 53 29 jaspar with kaolin
Ba 260, Hg 4.6
COR 29 00890 63265 float comp. 9 60 drusy silica, jarosite
As 104, Bi 47
COR 30 00515 62435 float comp. 10 35 yellow matrix breccia in silica
As 3370, Mo 41.6, Pb 371, Sb 67, Sr 344
Te 10.1, Tl 6.34
COR 31 00515 62435 float comp. 7 165 vuggy qtz., Mn, Fe oxides
As 1860, Ba 390, Mo 88, Sb 30, Te 9.6
U 1.5
COR 32 00355 62250 float comp. 12 55 hematitic wad with silica chips
Bi 98
COR 33 00155 61680 float comp. <5 49 drusy silica
COR 35 99925 61800 float comp. 14 70 shattered silica, hem, jaros, sericite
Sr 225, U 1.2
NORTH END
COR 36 99020 65090 O.C. 6 57 hematitic manto
As 515, Ba 1280, Sr 143
COR 37 99300 64890 O.C. comp 22 90 hem & jarosite shear bands
As 135, Mo 26, U 1.8
COR 38 99330 64645 O.C. 9 21 sheared silica zone, limonite
COR 39 99315 64500 float comp. <5 69 mixed silic. and hematitic shears
Bi 27, Mo 17
COR 40 99970 64315 wash comp. 11 82 varied silic and FeOX species, breccias
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CORONA PROPERTY ROCK SAMPLES
SOUTHERN CLAIM
COR 41 01000 51915 wash comp. 162 1140 vuggy vein quartz, pyrite cavities.
As 276, Co 12.4, Mn 736, Pb 143, Sb 41
Zn 122, U 1.4
COR 42 01515 51105 wash comp. 7 103 varied silic. and hematitic breccias
EAST CENTRAL
COR 47 00460 61130 O.C. comp 5 274 rusty breccias, silica, sulfide casts
Ag 1.6, As 1530, Bi 824, Mo 254, Pb 1075
Sb 40, Te 64.4, U 3.2
COR 48 01215 60970 O.C. comp <5 94 yellow, drusy silica and wad
As 1070, Mo 85, Te 12.8, U 1.1
COR 49 01690 60385 wash comp <5 67 sheared and drusy quartz
COR 50 01470 59215 O.C. comp 7 39 silica, some fractured, some drusy
COR 51 00715 60000 wash comp. <5 174 silica crushed in Mn-FeOX wad
As 307, Bi 80, U 3.7
COR 52 01535 61850 wash comp. <5 106 varied silic. and argillic breccias
Sr 115, Te 8.2
COR 53 00295 61010 wash comp. <5 80 vuggy, ex-pyrite silica, orange FeOX
Pb 145, Te 5.7
COR 54 00240 61015 wash comp. <5 23 heavy, vuggy, epid.-qtz.-garnet skarn
Cr 118, Mn 521, Ni 64
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SILT AND SOIL SAMPLES FROM THE CORONA PROPERTY
QUEBRADA LA COIPA
SCOR 4 01160 64530 SE 6 107
SCOR 5 01165 64535 SE <5 97
SCOR 6 01050 64150 S <5 101 Ni 20
SCOR 7 01025 63930 SE <5 102 Sr 463, U 1.3
SCOR 8 00935 63850 S <5 112
SCOR 9 00950 63835 NW <5 117 Ba 420, Tl 1.26
SCOR 10 00650 63570 W 10 155 As 31, Co 25, Fe 11%, Mo 10, Pb 30, Te 1.5
SCOR 11 00050 63440 NW <5 100
QUEBRADA LA CIENAGA
SCOR 12 00030 64150 N <5 109 Sr 165
SCOR 13 00030 64930 N <5 155
SCOR 14 00000 64960 W <5 129 Co 41
SCOR 15 99890 65130 W 5 123 Co 37
SCOR 16 99850 65260 W <5 40 U 1.5
CORDON COLORADO
SCOR 17 99155 63135 soil 24 184 Tl 0.89, U 1.2
SCOR 18 99570 62650 W <5 131 Mo 8.8, P 1260, Te 1.3, Tl 1.02
SCOR 19 99470 62050 W <5 252 Ba 1000, Co 32, Mn 3360, P 1140, Pb 34, Zn 213
QUEBRADA LA COIPA
SCOR 25 00285 62825 NW 5 77
SCOR 26 00660 63300 W 9 110
SCOR 27 00890 63265 SE 5 89 As 30, Bi 10
SCOR 28 00515 62435 SE <5 104 As 49, Bi 21, Co 35, Ni 25, Sb 3.2, Te 1.3
SCOR 29 00355 62250 W <5 115 Co 24
SCOR 30 00355 62250 S 31 138 Co 26
SCOR 31 00485 61850 S 13 97
SCOR 32 00155 61680 S <5 57 Ni 27, U 1.5
SCOR 33 99735 61340 SW 9 129 Zn 184
SCOR 34 99750 61340 W 7 95 Te 1.4
SCOR 35 99925 61800 NW 5 190 Ba 620, Mn 2400
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NORTH END
SCOR 36 98970 64315 N <5 130
SCOR 37 99000 64500 ENE <5 85 Mn 1910
SCOR 38 98920 64760 ENE <5 50
SOUTHERN CLAIM
SCOR 39 01000 51915 SSW 5 96
SCOR 40 01515 51105 WSW <5 416
SCOR 41 01580 51070 S 33 101
SCOR 42 02175 51950 SW 30 72
SCOR 43 02020 52290 SW 10 165
SCOR 44 01980 52340 WSW 24 67 Fe 14.7%, Cr 122
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