My Geologic Inferences for McFaulds from Dr. Mungall Book..

YES...those 2 Sections of Dr. Mungall's book Book Explorations for PGEs , Paragraphs posted below, most certainly speak directly not only to the SPQ/FWR jv discovery with respect to their Chromite/sulfides PGEs, but they also speak to that one part of NOT’s E2 which contains similar mineralization to SPQjv, as well as to the second part Of E2 with similarities to the spectacular discovery E1 and that part of E2 which contain Massive Sulfides with NO Chromite...and just as important it speaks volumes as to some reasons why these deposits were formed somewhat different , but that in fact they must have actually come from the same "Large Mother" deeper source.

I have received a number of PMs, and as well the same sentiment was posted on these forums/boards, that my posts on Geology are not sometimes fully understood, and so I shall try to make my points this time, in as plain English as possible, under the understanding that Geology is an exceedingly complex subject, that cannot always be described so plainly…

Before I begin…A word to the wise about PGEs.. PGEs are precious and Strategic metals, that means they are rare and very valuable to the world’s economic systems. As you all probably know PGEs are used in catalysts of all kinds, more importantly Autos and in particular the new hydrogen fuel cell technology using as much as 4 ounces of PGes in each new car…Now that figure has been reduced so far to 3 ounces with research, however they are unable to get it down much further. PGEs are the only viable way to Fuel cells, some other materials also work, but NOT as efficiently and for normal speeds power, and so for the moment PGEs are it….

The other important Point to make is that the World’s 2 Major providers of PGEs are South Africa and Russia.. We all know the political “risks” in both, especially Russia, But South Africa is just as risky as they are mining some 14,000 Ft below surface, and require tremendous amounts of Energy, due to refrigeration etc, energy which the SA does not have , since they are now in an energy crisis…So one can just imagine how important a New discovery of PGEs in good old safe Canada would be worth…A final note, it does not take a lot PGEs to make a mine anything over 2 ppms or Gms of PGEs, with the added values of Cu Ni etc would be sufficient for an economic mine, since the costs factor would be evened out/offset by NOT’s very high grades in Ni Cu etc…

So we begin with a LARGE rising Intrusive, probably a Magma Plume, that initially is slightly Ni Cu/PGEs rich, say a couple of 2 to 4 ppbs per ton,(part per Billoin) that thru various Magma processes, segregation, partition. Magma mixing,etc..etc.. eventually is leached/concentrated from a very Large volume of Magma into a much smaller volume of magma and thru repeated/successive magma processes becomes super rich in PGEs say 2 to 5 PPMs (part per Million)… The two principal collector phases are sulfide liquid and chromite…These super rich sulfides/chromite smaller volumes of magmas, then tend to settle in Geo- favorable settings such as sills/conduits, and as the Plume extends laterally throughout McFaulds, a list of these is in Par.1 and 2. The same process of concentration/enrichment applies to Ni CU,of course in a much greater amount.

In Paragraphs 3 and 4 we see to an extent, some explanations and end results of Magma silicate partition and Sulfides partition , with some important reactions…In Paragraph 4 we clearly see that PGEs have a natural preference in forming bonds with Iron (fe) and Ni, but more importantly, they form covalent bonds with Cu, Au Ag, so PGEs as “Calcophiles” as copper loving elements… To bring us back to Mcfaulds, E1 contained both of the partition elements, for this deposit, that is it had the Py(fe), Copper(Cu) as well as Pentlandite , so there were no other Magma segregations/partitions of the immiscible sulfides, thus we find Ni Cu +PGEs Au and Ag…In E2 we find that there were additional Magma segregations/partitions of the immiscible sulfides melt, which corresponds with the last part of Paragraph 4…E2 has been described as containing Chromite, Copper(cy) Pyrhotite and Magnetite probably containing some Au and Ag, some of which are disseminated sulfides, and some in sulfides in veins…

Although assay results are not back, I have been saying for some time now, that this portion the E2 deposit is a partition of the original cumulates sulfides, into a NiCu rich portion on one side of E2,and a second portion of Cu, Au AG Chromite, as Dr. Mungall pointed out that the 2 PGEs“ collectors” are the sulfides and the Chromite, portion…we have both styles of silfides . In E2, then we have the partition of these sulfides, separated into a Calcophile (CU) portion, and a NiCu portion… Also let’s remember Dr. Mugall’s finding, Pr. 3. Deficiencies in Cu, Pt, Pd and Au may point to the existence of a migrated PGErich zone outside of known limits to the mineralization. So substantial potential still remains PGEs rich only deposits….

In the same way that E2, this one deposit was portioned by Magma forces/processes, it is my believe that also further partition of these cumulate sulfides occurred throughout McFaulds Areas from an original Mantle Plume source…As explained in my previous posts, a Large Mantle Plume perhaps ascended at McFaulds, due to pressures, gravity and numerous other factors was forced to spread out laterally at some point in it’s ascent , perhaps the entire length of McFaulds,, The process described above of mineral deposition as well the varying Magma processes and partitions of sulfides, occurred throughout McFaulds…I would therefore suggest that is one of the reasons we have so many Jr. Explorers as well MAJORS so interested/staking in McFaulds…

SO the FACTS we know thus far are that NOT’s deposits extent South West towards North East towards SPW/FWR jv, who released their own “visuals” that were eerily similar to E2, and contained Chromite layers, magnetite and sulfides , Cy Copper, Pyrhotite, Magnetite, and as outlined above all the ingredients for PGEs…

So in conclusion, we may have at McFaulds varying/differing styles of mineralization, some will look like E!, others like E2 , others like the SPQjv, and yet others varying and different as well, such as the 500 FT core section of BMK .20% Ni, some 20 miles west of NOT, other pure PGEs …SO there is some evidence that the NI Cu PGEs Au came from the same Magma Plume “mother” perhaps at greater depths, and the sulfide melts either stayed the same E! or partitioned E2, SPQjv….and let’s not forget the numerous Diamond Kimberlites , as well as other potential forms/styles of mineralization in VMS, such as the 12 already discovered, and others yet to be discovered, and always the potential for Gold as well..…I would submit that a Bright future is indeed in store for McFaulds…

IMCO

JD*

Dr. Mungall’s Book

1.. The mineralized zones formed by concentrations of the collector phase may be zones of disseminated or massive sulfide which form as pools along the bases of magmatic conduits or chambers, stratiform bodies enriched in sulfide or chromite, or they may be wispy, layered, or tubular concentrations of chromite hosted by ultramafic cumulate rocks

”2.“Typical environments of this sort include embayments in the margins of dikes or sills, hollows in the bases of ultramafic lava channels, sharp bends or sudden widenings of dikes or sills, magmatic breccias, or the entry points of dikes into larger magma chambers Once sulfide magma has segregated into a mass or dissemination within a larger igneous body, it may become internally differentiated into a cumulate body rich in IPGE and Ni, and a residual sulfide liquid rich in Cu, PGE and possibly also Ni.

”3.“Deficiencies in Cu, Pt, Pd and Au may point to the existence of a migrated PGErich zone outside of known limits to the mineralization. In some instances the only parts of a deposit worth mining are the fractionated Cu- and PGE-rich vein systems, so their recognition is of prime importance in exploration.

”4. “The platinum-group elements (Ru, Rh, Pd,Os, Ir, and Pt) are Group VIII and VIIIA transition metals with positions in the fifth and sixth rows of the periodic table under Fe, Co, and Ni. All six ofthe PGE share with Fe and Ni the tendency to prefer the formation of metallic bonds over ionic bonds,behavior which places them in the siderophile (i.e.,iron-loving) group of elements (e.g., Barnes &Maier 1999).” “The PGE also share with Cu, Ag and Au a tendency to favor the formation of covalent bonds with sulfur in preference to ionized bonds with oxygen, behavior which places them in the group of chalcophile (i.e., copper-loving) elements