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BCGold Corp.
“Discovery Driven”
Sickle-Sofia Property
Copper-Gold Porphyry
Discovery in the
Toodoggone Camp!
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BCGold Corp. Properties
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Sickle-Sofia Property – Toodoggone Camp
 Jointly owned by
BCGold Corp (51%) &
Stealth Minerals (49%).
 9,077 hectare property
35 km from AuRico’s
Kemess Mine which
produced 3 million ozs
gold and 750 million
pounds copper
 $3.0 M in exploration to
date. ($1.5M – BCG)
 ‘Sofia’ copper-gold
porphyry discovery with
‘Alexandra’ highsulphidation gold zone
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History
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1960s – Regional mapping and sampling by Cominco and Kennco
focused on porphyry potential at Black Lake, Shasta, Pine, Kemess
North, Brenda, and Sickle-Sofia.
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1980s – 3 epithermal gold-silver mines developed in the Toodoggone
region (Baker, Lawyers, Shasta)
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Peralto Resources and Skylark Resources conducted geological and
geochemical programs at nearby Kevin, Pil-Lar and Chess epithermal gold
prospects.
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1999-2002 – Stealth Minerals staked initial Sickle-Sofia claims based on
anomalous 1997 BCGS silt samples. Prospecting identified veins and
silicified zones anomalous in gold and silver.
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2003-2004 – Stealth Minerals completed prospecting, mapping, airborne
geophysics, soil geochemistry and diamond drilling on Sickle-Sofia and
surrounding Toodoggone properties.
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10,000 rock, core and soil samples
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880 PIMA alteration analysis
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3,323m (24 holes) diamond drilling testing Quartz Lake and Griz-Sickle veins
2005-2006 – Stealth completed 42 line-km of IP and ground magnetic
geophysics covering western portion of Sickle-Sofia property.
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History (2)
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September 2006 – Sickle-Sofia property optioned to BCGold Corp.
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2007 – BCGold Corp. focused on the porphyry potential of the Sofia and
Alexandra showings
– Completed additional 36 line-km of IP and ground magnetic
geophysics. 3D inversion of IP chargeability and resistivity defined
a 5.5 sq-km anomaly.
– Completed 1,514m of diamond drilling (4 holes Sophia / 1 hole
Alexandra).
– Drill hole BCG07-01 collared near Sophia outcrop intersected
porphyry-style mineralization throughout length of drill hole. Two
copper-gold zones returned 25m of 0.15% Cu / 0.12 g/t Au; and
47m of 0.13% Cu / 0.08 g/t Au.
– Drill hole BCG07-03 intersected high-sulphidation alteration and
anomalous gold mineralization. Entire hole returned average 260m
of 0.16 g/t Au, including bottom 20m assayed 0.45 g/t Au.
– Other 3 drill holes testing the IP chargeability-high intersected
widespread pyrite mineralization with narrow zones anomalous in
gold +/- copper. May represent the pyritic halo of the porphyry
system.
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Property Location
 Sickle-Sofia property is
35km north of the Kemess
Mine in northern British
Columbia, Canada
 Kemess Mine is located
410 km north of
Mackenzie, BC along the
all-weather Omineca
Resource Road
 Summer road servicing
Shasta Mine and Sturdee
Airstrip is 10 km from
Sickle-Sofia
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Regional Geology
 Toodoggone region
consists of Stikine /
Quesnel Terranes which
are primarily island-arc
volcanic belts of late
Triassic to early Jurassic
age
 Stikine/Quesnel rocks are
fault bounded to the east
by older, metamorphosed
sedimentary rocks of
Cassiar Terrane
 Region is intruded by
coeval (early-mid Jurassic)
and post-accretionary
(early Cretaceous) plutons
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Regional Geology (Intrusive Rocks)
• Mid-Jurassic Black Lake Intrusive suite includes:
– Black Lake Pluton (granodiorite to quartz monzonite)
– Jock Creek Pluton (quartz monzonite, diorite)
– Giegerich and Duncan Lake Plutons (hornblendebiotite granodiorite, monzonite, quartz monzonite, quartz
diorite)
– Sovereign Pluton (quartz-hornblende-biotite granodiorite
to tonalite)
• Porphyry copper-gold mineralization associated with
quartz monzonite dykes and dyke swarms
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Sickle-Sofia Property Geology
 West dipping Triassic Takla
Fm. exposed at the Sophia
outcrop, consists of andesite
flows with augite phenocrysts
 Jurassic Toodoggone Fm. in
the west consists of
intercalated andesite flows
and crystal/lithic tuff
 Overlain by mafic and
rhyolite flows indicating
bimodal volcanism topped
with 2 to 4 metre erosional
unconformity
 Epithermal mineralization
occurs below unconformity,
implying extrusive (“VMS”)
mineralization potential
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Property Geology (Intrusive Rocks)
• Mapping identified a large, west dipping quartz monzonite
stock of the Black Lake group
• Stock intrudes the upper Takla Group, and is coeval with
the overlying Toodoggone Fm. volcanic rocks
• The Black Lake stock was mapped over an 18 km strike
length around the margins of Nub Mountain Massif
• Sofia copper-gold porphyry mineralization is associated with
magnetite bearing phase of the Black Lake Pluton, or a
nested stock related to the Jock Creek Pluton
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Sickle-Sofia Porphyry, Epithermal &
VMS Exploration Targets
W
Cross Section
10+200 N
Alunite Ridge
Showing
Ave. 557 ppb Au Soil
E
1800 m
Alunite, Illite, Barite, Silica
LS-HS Alt’n
Au-Ag Epithermal
Targets
1400 m
Sofia Cu,Au Porphyry Showing
Kspr, Ser, Mag, Cpy
Jock Creek
Diorite
1000 m
Jock Creek
Monzonite
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Cu-Au Porphyry
Target
Cross Section
9+000 N
Alexandra Showing
Unconformity
VMS Target
Sickle
Veins
120-1037 ppb Au Soil
100-600 ppm Cu Soil
E
1800 m
Alunite, Illite, Silica
HS Alt’n
1400 m
32g/t Au, 5% Cu veins
Jock Creek
Monzonite
Cu-Au Porphyry
Target
1000 m
Jock Creek Monzonite
0
2
km
Vert. Ex. = 2.5
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Sickle-Sofia IP & Geology Compilation Section
Au-Ag Epithermal
Targets
Cu-Au Porphyry
Target
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Epithermal Vein Targets
• Low-sulphidation epithermal
veins at higher elevations
• Drill tested veins at Quartz
Lake, North Ridge, Alunite
Ridge, Breccia, Griz, and Sickle
showings
• Completed 3,323 metres in 24
drill holes
• 11 drill holes tested Quartz Lake
“A” vein over a strike length of
280 metres and to a depth of
100 metres. Returned overall
average grade of 36.0 g/t Ag
and 3.2 g/t Au over 2.8 metres
• Best intersection from Griz vein
system was 383 g/t Ag and
0.72 g/t Au over 1.3 meters
Quartz Lake “A” Vein.
14 metre wide quartz-carbonate-adularia vein
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High-Sulphidation Epithermal Targets
Looking East: Alunite Ridge and Alexandra HS Targets with Sofia
Porphyry and Toodoggone River valley in background
Sofia Porphyry
Alexandra
Alunite Ridge
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High-sulphidation epithermal
discoveries at higher elevations.
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Alunite Ridge
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500m long soil anomaly
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Up to 771ppb Au in soil
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Rock grab samples up to 0.98
g/t Au
BS Gold
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550m long soil anomaly
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Average 300ppb Au. Up to
1,038ppb Au
Alexandra
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500m x 400m soil anomaly
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Soils average 244ppb Au and
579ppm Cu
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Drill hole BCG07-03 returned
260m of 0.16 g/t Au (entire
hole). Bottom 20m returned
0.43 g/t Au.
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Sofia Porphyry Discovery
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Copper-Gold porphyry targets at
lower elevations.
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Sofia porphyry outcrop discovered
on shore of Toodoggone River.
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Outcrop displays pervasive
potassic alteration and quartzmagnetite-chalcopyrite veins.
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Valley blanketed with glacial till
with little outcrop exposure. Bhorizon soil sampling does not
respond well.
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5.5 sq-km IP chargeability
anomaly defined in valley by IP
geophysics.
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Drill hole BCG07-01 intersected 2
zones in monzonite porphyry:
Sophia discovery outcrop
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0.12g/t Au, 0.15% Cu over
25m
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0.08g/t Au, 0.13% Cu over
47m
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Sofia Porphyry Discovery Hole
(BCG07-01)
120.0m: Chalcopyrite & pyrite with quartzanhydrite-magnetite veining
273.5m: Chalcopyrite & pyrite in quartzanhydrite filled fracture
126.7m: Chalcopyrite & pyrite with
pervasive kspar and biotite alteration
292.0m: Chalcopyrite & pyrite with quartz veining
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Sickle-Sofia IP, Cu-Au Soil Geochemistry and
Diamond Drilling
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Previous operators focused on
epithermal gold veins at Quartz
Lake-Griz-Sickle
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In 2007, BCGold focused on
porphyry exploration. Completed
32 km IP survey and 5 drill holes
(1,514 m).
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DDH BCG07-01 intersects
copper-gold porphyry
mineralization at Sophia
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DDH BCG07-03 intersects highsulphidation gold mineralization
at Alexandra
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Drilling, IP geophysics, with soil
geochem and mapping at higher
elevations indicate the discovery
of a preserved, telescoping
porphyry-epithermal system
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Numerous targets require drill
testing!
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Soil Geochemistry
Gold-in-Soil
Copper-in-Soil
B-Horizon soil geochemistry works well at higher elevations with thin overburden. Fails to highlight the
Sofia porphyry discovery covered by thicker glacial till.
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Compilation of Radiometrics, Magnetics, IP,
and Gold-in-Soil Anomalies
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Compilation of Radiometrics, Magnetics, IP,
and Copper-in-Soil Anomalies
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Compilation of Radiometrics, Magnetics, IP,
and Moly-in-Soil Anomalies
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Sickle-Sofia 3D IP Chargeability and
2007 BCGold Corp. Drill Results
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Sickle-Sofia Proposed Diamond Drilling
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Summary
• Drilling, alteration mapping, soil geochemistry and
a 5.5 sq-km IP geophysical anomaly all indicate
the discovery of a copper-gold porphyry with an
intact high-sulphidation overprint.
• Next Steps:
– Step out drilling near Sophia and Alexandra
discoveries
– Drill test other high-priority targets such as
Alunite Ridge and BS Gold
– Expand soil geochemistry and IP/magnetic
geophysics on the east side of the
Toodoggone River
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BCGold Corp.
“Discovery Driven”
Sickle-Sofia Property
Copper-Gold Porphyry
Discovery in the
Toodoggone Camp!