Ring of Fire
Exploration
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Located within Ontario’s Far North
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Remote, wet (edge of Lowlands),
no power or access
Chromite intersection, Big Daddy deposit,
KWG Resources Inc./Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.
COMPANIES WITH CLAIMS IN THE RING OF FIRE AREA
Ekwan
River
10
19
SIGNIFICANT MINERAL
DISCOVERIES IN THE
RING OF FIRE AREA:
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Copper-zinc
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Nickel-copper-platinum
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Chromium-iron-vanadium
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Gold
Drill sites next to stripped outcrop of the Black Thor
chromite deposit, Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.
6
25
32
1
10
18 11
19
18
1
19 11
16
18
3
1
4
1
19
Winiskisis
Channel
Lastcedar
Lake
3
1
15
18
12
4
20
Garrioch
Lake
Plant
Lake
McMurdo
Lake
Odobas
Lake
4
21
1
9
Area of
1 anticipated
development
3
20 7
Bourgeois
Lake
27
4
10
8
7
8
9
12
12
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. Thunderbird
Muketei
River
9
NORONT
13
Black Label
17
20
Kilometers
of 5000 km
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35 companies currently hold claims in the
Ring of Fire belt
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Area of most intense exploration is 12-20
km long
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Chromite and nickel the most significant
development opportunities
10
33
31
14
1
3
2
13
8
Byrne
Lake
5
7
1
3
5
29
5
15
2
9
5
9
34
26
5
3
Malloy
Lake
Ekwan
River
Franklin
Lake
0
28
16
Farrow
Newstead Lake
Lake
Attawapiskat
River
1
9
Deugo
Lake
1
12 16
3
13
2
4
Kirstine
Lake
8
Leaver
Lake
Prime
Lake
Wapitotem
River
15
20
1
Ekwan
River
Stockman
Lake
Winisk
Lake
Muketei
River
18
Winisk
River
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Approx. 30,000 claim units, covering an area
22
Attawapiskat
River
Streatfeild
River
Black Thor
Gleason
Lake
CLIFFS/FREEWEST
6
Black Creek
PROBE MINES LIMITED
Map reference number, claim holder name
Polished nickel-copper-platinum mineralization,
Eagle’s Nest deposit, Noront Resources Ltd.
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CLIFFS/FREEWEST
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18, RING OF FIRE RESOURCES INC.
1, NORONT RESOURCES LTD.
19, TEMEX RESOURCES CORP.
2, MELKIOR RESOURCES INC.
20, CASEY ENTERPRISES INC.
3, MACDONALD MINES EXPLORATION LTD
21, GREENSTONE EXPLORATION COMPANY LTD.
4, TRIBUTE MINERALS INC.
22, MACDONALD MINES EXPLORATION LTD and RING OF FIRE RESOURCES INC. and TEMEX RESOURCES CORP.
5, KWG RESOURCES INC. and SPIDER RESOURCES INC.
23, RENFORTH RESOURCES INC.
6, HUDSON RIVER MINERALS LTD.
24, PEPLINSKI, MICHAEL WALTER
7, JAMES BAY RESOURCES LIMITED
25, LODER, KEVIN DALE
8, PLATINEX INC.
26, FREEWEST RESOURCES CANADA INC. and SPIDER RESOURCES INC.
9, PROBE MINES LIMITED
27, MACDONALD MINES EXPLORATION LTD and RING OF FIRE RESOURCES INC.
10, 52/86 NORTHWEST COMPANY LTD.
28, GEOTEST CORPORATION
11, ABITIBI ROYALTIES INC.
29, FANCAMP EXPLORATION LTD.
12, CANTERRA MINERALS CORPORATION
30, MANTLE DIAMONDS CANADA INC.
13, MACDONALD MINES EXPLORATION LTD and TEMEX RESOURCES CORP.
31, HODGE, HARRY J.
14, UC RESOURCES LTD.
32, GOLDEN VALLEY MINES LTD.
15, SPIDER RESOURCES INC.
33, CANDOR VENTURES CORP.
16, METALEX VENTURES LTD.
34, FREEWEST RESOURCES CANADA INC.
17, CANADA CHROME CORPORATION
35, SHEWAYBICK, DONALD
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Big Daddy
KWG–SPIDER–CLIFFS/FREEWEST
Eagle's Nest
NORONT
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NORONT
Blackstone
Blackbird One
NORONT
Eagle Two
NORONT
0
1
Blackbird Two
. NORONT
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Deposits
Triple J
NORONT
2
4
Kilometers
Koper
Lake
6
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Chromium
Nickel-copper-PGE
Vanadium
Gold
Ring of Fire Ultramafic Intrusion
Location of some of the deposits in the Ring of Fire