The Island Gold Property is located in the Michipicoten Greenstone Belt (MGB) which is part of the Wawa Subprovince within the Archaean Superior Province. The MGB is approximately 140 km long and up to 45 km wide. The metamorphic grade of the subprovince is greenschist but amphibolite facies can be seen locally or proximal to intrusions. A major regional deformation zone called the Goudreau Lake Deformation Zone (GLDZ) is situated throughout the area. It is a north-easterly trending structure which has been traced along strike for 30 km with a width of 4.5 km and believed to be the main control of gold mineralization for the Project area. It is a high angle oblique-slip fault zone with an overall dextral movement cutting stratigraphy at a shallow angle. There are three main splays to the GLDZ in the area, the southernmost of which hosts the Island Gold Mine structure which contains a stacked sequence of east-northeast striking, steeply dipping, and subparallel zones of gold mineralization.

Lithologies appear to form a conformable homoclinal volcano-stratigraphic sequence, facing and younging to the north in the project area. Tight to isoclinal folds and local attenuation or boudinage of units along fold limbs appear to occur regionally. Fold axes are subparallel to the regional foliation at N070°E to N095°E.

The Island Gold Mine is stratigraphically positioned in the upper portion of the Wawa Assemblage, on the northern limb of the Goudreau Anticline. Th ........

Longitudinal long-hole open stoping will continue to be utilized as the primary mining method with both the addition of the shaft and paste plant key elements to supporting the increase in mining rates to 2,400 tpd. Relative to the P3 2000 Study, the paste plant has been sized with a 20% larger capacity.

Shaft
The main components of the shaft infrastructure are unchanged from the P3 2000 Study with the exception of the addition of a bin house and hoist drive cooling building. The bin house will allow for a more efficient and lower cost transfer of ore and waste to haul trucks on surface.

A 5.0 metre diameter concrete lined shaft will be constructed with a steel head frame. The shaft will house two 12 tonne skips in dedicated compartments for ore and waste movement, and a double-deck service cage for the transport of personnel and materials. The shaft will be sunk to an initial depth of 1,373 metres. The hoisting plant is designed for an ultimate depth of 2,000 metres providing flexibility to accommodate future exploration success. At the initial depth of 1,373 metres, the shaft has a capacity of 4,500 tpd, more than sufficient to accommodate the peak mining rates of 3,600 tpd (ore & waste).

A conventional blind sink methodology will be utilized providing improved schedule reliability with minimal impact on existing operations. The underground ore and waste handling and loading pocket will be a conventional configuration similar to that of ........

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