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Sixth Year Assessment Report

of

Prospecting

on

Licence 13087M,

Meadow Wood  Property, 

St. LawrenceNTS 1L/13,

Newfoundland & Labrador

Submitted by (License Holder)

Jason White

Work Conducted: May 20th, 2012Total Expenditures: $1196Total Claims:  2

Date: April 21st, 2013

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

         Page

1.Introduction 3

2.Location and Access      3

3.Claim Status 3

4.Previous Work 3

5.Geology 6

6.Exploration Program  7

7.Conclusions and Recommendations 7

APPENDICES

Appendix I List of Expenditures 8

Appendix II List of Personnel 8

Appendix VI References 9

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1.  Property Location Map  4

Figure 2. Claim Location Map  5

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1. Introduction

This report summarizes a filed visit to the Meadow Wood property on May 19th, 2012.

2. Location and Access 

Beginning at the Northeast corner of the herein described parcel of land, and said corner having UTM coordinates of 5,205,000 N, 613,000 E; of Zone 21; thence South 500 metres, thence West 1,000 metres, thence North 500 metres, thence East 1,000 metres to the point of beginning. . All bearings are referred to the UTM grid, Zone 21. NAD27. 

3. Claim Status

Mineral License 13087M was issued to Jason White in 2007.

4. Previous Work

1650­1750 – Spanish and/or Portuguese mined veins for lead

1843 – Jukes notes occurrence of “galena and fluorite of lime” on west side of St Lawrence Hr. 

1912 – Mr. Campbell, a butcher from St. John's, discovers fluorspar in St. Lawrence 

1944 – Prospectors working for Newfluor find Meadow Woods vein

1948 – 30 to 40 trenches and 13 m exploration shaft sunk on vein

1957 – Smith notes minerals Scheelite and wolframite found in vein 

1976 – Newfluor drill 9 holes on the Meadow woods vein

1977 – Alcan leaves St. Lawrence 

1992 – Howse and Collins examine area for Barite potential 

1996 – Burin Minerals map vein from historic trenches.

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5. Geology

The Meadow Woods vein is formed in a fault fissure within the Carboniferous St. Lawrence Alaskite Granite Pluton, an intrusion into the Proterozoic volcanics / sediments and Cambrian sediments of the Avalon Zone of the Appalachian Orogen (Howse, 1992).  

Marystown Group:         Late Proterozoic subaierial mafic and felsic volcanics.

St. Lawrence Granite: Carboniferous aged, alkaline to peralkaline alaskiticgranite, locally porphyritic. 

The St Lawrence granite in the area of the claims is noted to be finer grained in drill core (Newfoundland Fluorspar, 1976), which is generally noted in areas close to its contact owing to the quicker cooking of the magma at the margins of the granitic pluton.  The granite is composed of 20 to 40% Quartz, and 30 to 60% alkali feldspar, orthoclase, & albite, with minor amounts of  riebeckite, aegirine, biotite, fluorite, magnetite, and hematite (Dickson, 1984).

The area is generally covered with > 1 m of Quaternary aged glacial till, with the eastern portion having significantly greater depths of till and associated marsh.  This overburden obscures the contact with the poorly mapped Marystown group near the western boundary of the property (O'Brien, 1977).

The presence of fluorspar in the area has been known since Jukes noted the occurrence in 1839, early prospecting in the region was for the lead content of the veins (Carr,1956).  Fluorite occurs in fissure tension cracks in granite and generally associated continental rift zones in other areas (VanAlstine, 1976, Carr,1956).

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6. Exploration Program 

During the 2012 field season, the exploration group drove to St. Lawrence, overnighted and then spent one day in the field (May 20th, 2012) and returning that evening to St John's.

The focus of the exploration program was on the marshy area at the east end of the property between the river and the ridge.  Here we had made an attempt to see if there had been additional bedrock exposure after Hurricane Igor had dropped 24 cm of rain in a short period of time in St Lawrence; although the river had washed out the culvert on the road between St Lawrence and Lawn, little new exposure was seen in the area.  

During this activity, a number of small semi­angular granite boulders ranging from 5 to >30 cm were found 0.5 to 1 m below the general topography in the boggy water holes with some minor fluorite in many. It can not be assumed that these boulders have come from the direct area, but they do appear similar to the vein. The area may be subject to fault activity parallel to the river, trenching is required to get a more accurate view of the bedrock geology in this location.

7. Conclusions and Recommendations

With the known mineralization in the vein system, further work is required to determine if this can be economically produced.

The following activities are recommended for the property:

1.) Continue prospecting of the property

2.) Trench the area between the vein and the river

3.) Channel sample the vein

4.) Take a bulk sample of the deposit

5.) Diamond drill the deposit

6.) Develop a resource estimate of the deposit

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APPENDIX I LIST OF EXPENDITURES

Expense Amount Cost per unit Total cost Research & Report writing 3 days $100 $300.00Field Work 3 $100 $300Use of Auto 2 $60 $120Fuel 1 trip $80 $80Meals 3 $20 $60Accommodation 3 $60 $180

Sub total $1040Administration 15% $156

Total $1196

APPENDIX II LIST OF PERSONNEL

Name Activity Person days

Jason D. White Prospecting 123 Emma's PlCBS, NL.

Joseph Lee Prospecting 1 27 Albany Pl.St. John's, NL.

Norm Power Prospecting 1Hann Pl.Mt. Pearl, NL.

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APPENDIX III References

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Chute,1939: Mineral Deposits of Placentia Bay. Department of Mines, Government of Newfoundland.

Collins, C.J.1984a: Genesis of the St. Lawrence Fluorite Veins, as Indicated by Fluid Inclusion and Trace Element Data from Three Selected Veins. A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fullfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science (Honours), Department of Earth Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

1984b: Genesis of the St Lawrence Fluorspar Deposits. In Mineral Deposits of Newfoundland, a 1984 Perspective

Davenport, P H1979: Ore-element distribution patterns in lake sediment associated with St Lawrence Granite, Newfoundland. In Prospecting in areas of glaciated terrain 1979

Dickson, W.L1984: Mineralized Granites in Southern Newfoundland. InMineral Deposirts of Newfoundland, a 1984 Perspective

Farrell, H1967: Report on exploration and mining histories on property in the St Lawrence area, Newfoundland. Newfoundland Fluorspar Limited and St Lawrence Corporation of Newfoundland Limited.http://gis.geosurv.gov.nl.ca/geofilePDFS/Batch04/001L_0084.pdf

Fitzpatrick, D J1970: Report on the geology and fluorite occurrences on Nalco lot 4 in the St Lawrence area, Newfoundland. Newfoundland and Labrador Corporation Limited.http://gis.geosurv.gov.nl.ca/geofilePDFS/Batch02/001L_0076.pdf

Fowler, H S1954: Engineering report on fluorspar investigations in the St Lawrence area, Newfoundland. Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation.

Frew, A M1964: Diamond drilling data for fluorspar veins in the St Lawrence area, Newfoundland. Newfoundland Fluorspar Limited.http://gis.geosurv.gov.nl.ca/geofilePDFS/Batch08/PDF/001L_0031.pdf

Geological Survey of Canada1971: Geological Survey of Canada, Geophysical Series Map 4534G

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Hodge, B L1977: Appraisal of the Alcan production operations based on the St Lawrence fluorspar deposits, Newfoundland. Newfoundland and Labrador Geological Survey, Internal Collection, Company Report.

Howse, A1983: Fluorspar deposits of the St Lawrence area, Newfoundland: geology and economic potential. Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Department of Mines and Energy, Mineral Development Division, Report 83-09.

1984: Barite Evaluation in Three Areas of Southeastern Newfoundland, Current Research Report 84-1. Mineral Development Division, Department of Mines & Energy.

1985: Industrial Minerals Survey, Current Research Report 85-1, Mineral Development Division, Department of Mines & Energy

1992: Barite Resources of Newfoundland, Mineral Resource Report 6, Geological Survey Branch, Department of Mines and Energy, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador

Howse, C K1937: The fluorspar industry at St Lawrence, Newfoundland. Newfoundland and Labrador Geological Survey, Internal Report.

1939: Newfoundland Ships Fluorspar. Engineering and Mining Journal, vol. 140 no. 7

1951: Geology of the St Lawrence Fluorspar Deposits. Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Transactions, volume 54, 1951, pages 295-301.

Kauffmann, R, Jr1936: Reconnaissance of the regional and economic geology of the St Lawrence area, Newfoundland, with notes on fluorite. BA, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey

Martin, W.1983: Once Upon a Mine, Story of Pre-Confederation Mines on the Island of Newfoundland. Special Volume 25, The Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

McArthur, G.1973: Barite-Celestite Evaluation. In Report of Activities, 1973, Department of Mines and Energy. Government of Newfoundland

McClure, M E1954: Report on an em survey of known veins in the St Lawrence area, Newfoundland.Newfoundland and Labrador Corporation Limited.http://gis.geosurv.gov.nl.ca/geofilePDFS/Batch08/PDF/001L_0018.pdf

Newfoundland Fluorspar Works1976: Diamond drilling logs and plans for holes drilled in 1976 on Meadows Wood vein and Doctors Pond area in the St Lawrence area, Newfoundland.http://gis.geosurv.gov.nl.ca/geofilePDFS/Batch02/001L_0059.pdf

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O'Brien, S J1977: The geology of the Grand Bank [1M/4] and Lamaline [1L/13] map areas, Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland. Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Department of Mines and Energy, Mineral Development Division, Report 77-07, 1977.

Sanders, G.W.1973: Report on the helicopter borne VLF and Magnetometor survey on behalf of David S. Robertson & Associates Ltd on the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland. (1L/0089)

Smith, W S1938: Report on St Lawrence Fluorspar. Newfoundland and Labrador Geological Survey, Internal Report.

1957: Report on Fluorspar, in the St Lawrence Area, Newfoundland. Newfoundland Fluorspar Limited.

Snelgrove, A.K.1953: Mines and Mineral Resources of Newfoundland, Information Circular No. 4. Department of Mines and Resources, Mines Branch, Geological Survey.

Sparkes, G 2012: New developments concerning epithermal alteration and related mineralization along the western margin of the Avalon Zone, Newfoundland. In Current research, Edited by C. P. G. Pereira and D. G. Walsh, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Department of Natural Resources, Mines Branch, Report 12-1, 2012, pages 103-120.

Strong, D F1974: Geochemistry of Eastern Newfoundland Granitoid Rocks. Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Department of Mines and Energy, Mineral Development Division, Report 74-03.

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Teng, H C1974a: A lithogeochemical study of the St Lawrence Granite, Newfoundland.MSc, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, Newfoundland

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1973: Report on airborne e m and magnetic surveys of the St Lawrence claims area, Newfoundland. David S Robertson and Associates Limited, Newfoundland Fluorspar Works

1975: Application of geophysical, geochemical and deep overburden sampling techniques to exploration for fluorspar in glaciated terrain. In Prospecting in areas of glaciated terrain 1975

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Tilsley, J E1984: Fluorspar mines at St Lawrence. The geology of industrial minerals in Canada, Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Special Volume, volume 29 (1L/96)

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