The Big Mack and Separation properties were combined into the Separation Project in 2009 and Joint Ventured to Mega Graphite Inc. in May 2010.
BIG MACK
The original property was staked and recorded in 1997 which was subsequently transferred in 1998 to Emerald Fields Resource Corporation, Kenora, Ontario. A block of 4 claims from the group was surveyed in 1999 - lease # CLM 428 also called the "Big Mack". Through approved amalgamation in 2008, the property is 100% owned by Pacific Iron Ore Corporation.
This 224 hectare (1 mining claim) mining lease is located approximately 60 km north of Kenora, Ontario in the Kenora Mining Division. The property hosts two primary pegmatites - the Big Mack and Zone Eleven. These pegmatites consist of a mixture of the rare-elements of petalite (lithium), tantalum and tin. Petalite is an important ore of lithium prized for its mineralogical properties. The mineral is a lithium aluminum silicate (simply lithium feldspar) which contains 4.9% lithium oxide. It is especially valuable in imparting thermal shock resistance and has almost zero expansion when heated above 700C. Products with 60%+ petalite can take direct flame and rapid water cooling without failure – stove tops and kitchen ware. It’s environmentally friendly. Requires less energy in manufacturing and produces reusable glass containers. Other lithium uses is found in pharmaceutical products and in batteries
The Big Mack pegmatite exposure is about 125 metres long by an average width of 30 metres. Diamond drill testing of 75 m length of the dyke to a vertical depth of 50 metres provided positive results. The 2001 drill program performed by Rodren Drilling Ltd., Winnipeg, Manitobe under the independent supervision of geologists A. Pryslak, P.Geol. and L. Chastko, P.Geol. of Manitoba. On averaging the core assays, the petalite content was 30.5 % on the samples taken.
Pacific Iron Ore sees the potential for significant petalite resource deposits within its Big Mack claim which will require additional drilling to confirm. Pacific Iron Ore does not plan any significant field work at its Big Mack claim prior to having a detailed 43-101 report completed in 2009.
SEPARATION
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Pacific Iron Ore’s Separation claim group is comprised of three major prospects: The Glitter Zone, Tourist Lake and Celwyn Lake. This 2,640 hectare (21 mining claims) property includes all of the unsurveyed mining claims adjacent to the Big Macklease, Kenora Mining Division. The mineral prospects include a mixture of the rare-element pegmatites of petalite (lithium), tantalum and/or tin including showings of uranium and molybdenum in the Tourist and Celwyn Lake areas.
The Glitter Zone pegmatite was discovered by Champion Bear Resources Ltd. in 1999. They removed five samples which assayed from 88 to 4,069 ppm lithium. Their 2001 stripping program exposed a dyke with a surface dimension of approximately 100 metres long with an average width of 20 meters. Due to change in management and company direction, no further work was performed.
Uranium mineralization was discovered in the Tourist Lake and Celwyn Lake areas in the mid to late 1960’s. These showings are found within one of the primary radioactive belts in Northwestern Ontario.
The Tourist Lake prospect was found through prospecting in 1970 by Can-Fer Exploration syndicate. The discovery was worked during the period from 1970 to 1976. Work consisted of line cutting; geological mapping; geophysical surveys of radiometrics and magnetics; manual trenching; core drilling; sampling, and assaying. the showings were later examined and reported by F. Breaks and W. Bond, Ontario Geological Survey (OGS) in 1993 in Open File Report #5846.
The property's geology consists of three main rock units: a metawacke-sediment, and white- and pink-porphyritic biotite quartz monzonites. Within this unit are two metawacke zones less than 30 metres wide. The uranium mineralization is proximal to the contact zones of the northernmost metawacke horizon. The white monzonite exposure is approximately 1.7 km long and averages 300 metres in width. The highest radioactivity is confined to a 60 metre long by 3.2 metre wide section within the westernmost 240 metres of the 1.7 km exposure.
In the 1970's, Noranda Exploration evaluated 3 uranium and molybdenum prospects, north and east of Celwyn Lake. Their programs consist of cut grids; geological mapping; sampling; geophysical radiometrica and magnetic surveys, and some shallow test drilling. Noranda did not report its assay results; however, they did report the presence of less than 1% molybdenum from the north uraniferous zone. The showings were revisited in the 1990's by geologists F. Breaks and W. Bond of the OGS. In his report, Dr. Breaks believes the North Celwyn occurence has similarities to the Rossing Uranium Mine of South Africa. These showings occur within one of the primary radioactive belts in Northwestern Ontario.
Pacific Iron Ore has no immediate development plans for its Separation property as of September 2008 and activities will proceed concurrently with those on the Big Mack claims.
