NUMBER 1 2 3

OCCURRENCE NAME
00/11-25-116-06W6-0 MUDDY RIVER

LATITUDE NAD83
59.10451 57.52820

LONGITUDE NAD83
-118.87241 -115.53460

COMMODITIES
Li P, U, REE

COMMENTS
95 mg/L Li from the Keg River Formation A bioclastic sandstone bed containing abundant fish debris at the base of the Fish Scales unit within the Cretaceous Shaftesbury Formation is 8 cm thick and exposed over a horizontal distance of about 300 m. A sample returned 22.32% P2O5, 0.039% U, 0.037% La, 0.056% Ce, and 0.061% Y. A radioactive zone is located in a fractured pink pegmatite interlayered with biotite gneiss. The fractured zone extends over an area of 1 m by 10 m. A grab sample returned 0.221% La, 0.563% Ce, 0.255% Nd, and 0.276% Th. The area lies within the Taltson magmatic zone. The highest radioactivity in the area is associated with fractures in granite filled with pink K-feldspar. Samples returned values of up to 0.070% La and 0.105% Th. The area lies within the Taltson magmatic zone. A sample from a 1.4 m thick pegmatite dike with biotite-filled fractures returned 0.101% La, 0.185% Ce, and 0.126% Th. The area lies within the Taltson magmatic zone. A sample from a chloritized shear in granitoid gneiss near the Bonny Fault returned 0.104% La and 0.201% Ce. The area lies within the Taltson magmatic zone.

SOURCE
Eccles, D.R. and Berhane, H. 2011: Geological introduction to lithium-rich formation water with emphasis on the Fox Creek area of west-central Alberta (NTS 83F and 83K); Energy Resources Conservation Board, ERCB/AGS Open File Report 2011-10, 22 p. Prior, G.J., Pawlowicz, J.G. and Hathway, B. (2006): Geochemical data for mudstones, shales and other Cretaceous rocks of northwestern Alberta; Alberta Energy and Utilities Board, EUB/AGS Digital Dataset 2006-0021. Langenberg, C.W. and Eccles, D.R. (1996): Metallic mineral occurrences of the exposed Precambrian Shield in northeastern Alberta; Alberta Energy and Utilities Board, EUB/AGS Bulletin 64, p. 40-41. Langenberg, C.W., Salat, H., Turner, A. and Eccles, D.R. (1993): Evaluation of the Economic Mineral Potential in the Andrew Lake-Charles Lake Area of Northeast Alberta; Alberta Research Council, Alberta Geological Survey Open File Report 1993-08, p. 51-52. Langenberg, C.W. and Eccles, D.R. 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(2009): Overview of the geological evolution of the Canadian Shield in the Andrew Lake area based on new field and isotope data, northeastern Alberta (NTS 74M/16 ); Energy Resources Conservation Board, ERCB/AGS Open File Report 2009-22, Figure 3, p. 6. Smith, D. and Griffith, F. (2007): 2007 Summer Exploration of the Bonny Fault Property, Northeast Alberta (NTS 74M), North American Gem Ltd.; Alberta Energy, Mineral Assessment Report 20070025. Pana, D.I. (2009): Overview of the geological evolution of the Canadian Shield in the Andrew Lake area based on new field and isotope data, northeastern Alberta (NTS 74M/16 ); Energy Resources Conservation Board, ERCB/AGS Open File Report 2009-22, Figure 3, p. 6. DNI Metals Inc. (2011): DNI announces an initial 250 million ton inferred resource from the Buckton mineralized zone on its Alberta polymetallic black shale projects; DNI Metals Inc., news release October 24, 2011, URL <http://www.dnimetals.com/news/20111024.htm> [April 2012] DNI Metals Inc. (2011): DNI reports additional bioleaching results, including specialty metals and rare earth elements from its black shale projects, Alberta; DNI Metals Inc., news release September 08, 2011, URL <http://www.dnimetals.com/news/20110908.htm> [April 2012] Langenberg, C.W. and Eccles, D.R. (1996): Metallic mineral occurrences of the exposed Precambrian Shield in northeastern Alberta; Alberta Energy and Utilities Board, EUB/AGS Bulletin 64, p. 42. Dufresne, M.B.; Henderson, B.A.; Fenton, M.M.; Pawlowicz, J.G.; Richardson, R.J.H. 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Eccles, D.R. and Berhane, H. 2011: Geological introduction to lithium-rich formation water with emphasis on the Fox Creek area of west-central Alberta (NTS 83F and 83K); Energy Resources Conservation Board, ERCB/AGS Open File Report 2011-10, 22 p. Eccles, D.R. and Berhane, H. 2011: Geological introduction to lithium-rich formation water with emphasis on the Fox Creek area of west-central Alberta (NTS 83F and 83K); Energy Resources Conservation Board, ERCB/AGS Open File Report 2011-10, 22 p. Eccles, D.R. and Berhane, H. 2011: Geological introduction to lithium-rich formation water with emphasis on the Fox Creek area of west-central Alberta (NTS 83F and 83K); Energy Resources Conservation Board, ERCB/AGS Open File Report 2011-10, 22 p. Eccles, D.R. and Berhane, H. 2011: Geological introduction to lithium-rich formation water with emphasis on the Fox Creek area of west-central Alberta (NTS 83F and 83K); Energy Resources Conservation Board, ERCB/AGS Open File Report 2011-10, 22 p. Eccles, D.R. and Berhane, H. 2011: Geological introduction to lithium-rich formation water with emphasis on the Fox Creek area of west-central Alberta (NTS 83F and 83K); Energy Resources Conservation Board, ERCB/AGS Open File Report 2011-10, 22 p.

SOUTH POTTS LAKE

59.69950

-110.45790

REE, Th

NORTHEAST CHARLES LAKE

59.89630

-110.49540

REE, Th

5 6

ANDREW LAKE LOCATION 6 SEDGWICK LAKE

59.81330 59.93780

-110.23640 -110.26820

REE, Th REE

SWINNERTON LAKE

59.96050

-110.21210

REE, Th

A sample from a radioactive zone in metasedimentary rock near a granite contact returned 0.168% La, 0.290% Ce, 0.168% La, and 0.162% Th. The area lies within the Taltson magmatic zone.

BUCKTON

57.74600

-111.84300

Mo, Ni, U, V, Zn, Cu, Co, Li, REE

A mineralized zone 13 to 23 m thick occurs within the black shale of the Cretaceous Second White Specks Formation. In addition to Mo, Ni, U, V, Zn, Cu, Co, and Li, REE may be recovered as co-products during bioleaching. Drillholes within the Buckton zone have returned intercepts of up to 0.0066% La and 0.0098% Ce over 26.2 m. The inferred resource is 250 092 000 short tons (226 880 000 tonnes) at 0.0115 MoO3, 0.0148% Ni, 0.0037% U3O8, 0.1288% V2O5, 0.0302% Zn, 0.0076% Cu, 0.0023% Co, and 0.0302% Li2CO3. A sample of radioactive megacrystic granitoid returned 0.190% La, 0.330% Ce, 0.120% Nd, and 0.190% Th. The area lies within the Taltson magmatic zone.

MARGUERITE RIVER

57.76980

-110.55530

REE, Th

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

SYNCRUDE MINE TAILINGS SUNCOR MINE TAILINGS 00/07-21-087-05W6-0 00/04-08-087-03W6-0 00/11-08-083-06W6-0 00/11-29-082-05W6-0 00/02-24-081-10W5-0

57.04600

-111.61100

Ti, Zr

133 samples from 18 drillholes in tailings from the Syncrude mine yielded 8.5% to 14.0% TiO2 and 0.4% to 2.7% Zr. The tailings are derived from mining of the Cretaceous McMurray Formation oil-bearing sandstone. Minerals include rutile, leucoxene, ilmenite and zircon. 125 samples from 9 drillholes in tailings from the Suncor mine yielded 10.9% to 12.9% TiO2 and 1.1% to 3.6% Zr. The tailings are derived from the mining of Cretaceous McMurray Formation oil-bearing sandstone. Minerals include rutile, leucoxene, ilmenite and zircon. 96 mg/L Li from the Winterburn Group 76 mg/L Li from the Woodbend Group 79 mg/L Li from the Wabamun Group 83 mg/L Li 95 mg/L Li

57.00300

-111.47900

Ti, Zr

56.55688 56.52564 56.18503 56.14109 56.03076

-118.72940 -118.45191 -118.91608 -118.74984 -115.41989

Li Li Li Li Li