• Rouyn Property
• Overview
• Geological Setting
• Augmitto and Cinderella Blocks
• Overview
• Previous Work
• Recent Work
• Lake Gamble Block
• Astoria Block
• Overview
• Previous Work
• Recent Work
• Wright-Rouyn, Durbar & Lake Bouzan Blocks
• Exploration Calendar

Prior to 2008, Yorbeau did only statutory claim maintenance work on the Wright-Rouyn, Durbar and Lake Bouzan Blocks while it focused on the areas of the Rouyn Property with the strongest near-term potential.

During 2008, at the West Bouzan target, four shallow holes totalling 1,488 m were drilled and all penetrated the Piché Group; all four encountered schistose alteration and none returned significant gold grades.

At the Lac Bouzan target, an additional four holes were drilled totalling 1,353 m. All encountered schistose Piché Group rocks, but none returned significant gold. Both of these targets were identified due to the coincidence of magnetic lows and chargeability-resistivity highs. These holes have been drilled to intercept the Piché Group rocks at fairly shallow vertical depths to test these geophysical anomalies. These targets should be drilled at deeper levels, and drilling is planned for 2009.

The second longest hole (734 m) of the 2008 program was drilled at the Smokey Creek target to test a chargeability anomaly and to cut both the Smokey Creek fault and the CLLB. This hole encountered extensive zones of alteration, including quartz veining and silicification in the Piché Group and also in the upper Blake River volcanic rocks. Another three holes were drilled as a preliminary test of this area. A total of 1,741 m was drilled in the Smokey Creek area but significant gold grades have not been found.