Rosetta Property

The Rosetta Property is located in the West Kootenay region of southern British Columbia approximately 15km from the town of Nakusp, British Columbia. An initial work program, a 468.2 line-km airborne electromagnetic and magnetometer geophysical survey over the entire Rosetta Property has been completed. The Technical Report recommends a systematic exploration program which includes, trenching, mapping and a drilling program for the 2009 work season.

Property Description and Location

The Rosetta Property is roughly centered at: North 50o06.009’, West 117o41.948’; UTM Zone 11 450000E, 5550000N within NTS map sheet 82K/04. The mineral tenures straddle the MacDonald Creek drainage, which flows west and empties into the narrows between Upper and Lower Arrow lakes (Fig. 1). The town of Nakusp is 15 km to the north on the eastern shore of Upper Arrow Lake, and New Denver is 30 km to the southeast on the eastern shore of Slocan Lake.

The Rosetta Property comprises 26 mineral tenures containing 11,588 hectares. The mineral cell titles were acquired online and as such there are no posts or lines marking the location of the Property on the ground.   

Accessibility, Climate, Local Resources, Infrastructure, and Physiography

The Rosetta Property is accessible using 3 major logging road systems (Fig 1):
1) off highway 6, 15 km south of Nakusp on the upper Arrow Lake side, where good quality gravel roads proceed up both north and south sides of MacDonald Creek;
2) off highway 6, 15 km north of New Denver (at the hamlet of Hills), and from there 16 km up the Shannon Creek logging road system into the southeastern extent of the Rosetta Property; and 3) off highway 6, 14 km southeast of Nakusp at the north end of Summit Lake, and from there 12 km up logging roads to the 3067-03\0650 - 26 - northeastern extent of the Rosetta Property.

A 4-wheel vehicle suitable for rough gravel roads is advised. A rugged spine of alpine and subalpine peaks south of MacDonald Creek are no longer accessible by road. A 10 minute helicopter flight from Nakusp provides the most convenient access to this area. Nakusp is the nearest major supply centre where material and services adequate to explore the Rosetta Property can be found. Infrastructure resources are excellent and readily available. The Rosetta Property is within a few kms of the hydroelectric grid; and the region has a long history of mining, hence personnel with heavy equipment, exploration and mining experience are available. The climate is benign, with agreeable Spring-Summer-Fall seasons and a temperate winter that sees relatively limited snow accumulations at lower levels, although accumulations may be substantial at elevation. Work in subalpine and alpine regions is seasonal, limited to July through mid October; at lower elevations the field season extends from late April until early November.

The Rosetta Property is underlain by moderate to rugged slopes cut by deeply incised, steep tributary streams draining into MacDonald Creek. Elevations range from 700m to 2500 m. Tree species are dominated at lower elevations by Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) and Engelmann Spruce (Picea engelmannii) with some Interior Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga Menziesii var. glauca); Subalpine Fir (Abies lasiocarpa) and Engelmann Spruce dominate at higher elevations; Western Redcedar (Thuja plicata) and Sitka Alder (Alnus crispa) occupy moist, shaded areas, avalanche shoots and steep stream beds; logged areas have been replanted with Lodgepole Pine and a scattering of Engelmann Spruce.

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