The Astorius Babine Copper-Gold (Cu-Au) Property is located in
the Prolific Babine Lake Porphyry Copper Area in central British
Columbia.
The road accessible property lies north of the town of Burns Lake
and east of the community of Granisle.
The Property’s northern and southern areas of claims comprise a
total of 5,585.55 hectares in 29 claims.
The Project covers two distinct areas within the Babine Belt;
Eastern claim block and a Western claim block and ties onto two
former open-pit porphyry Cu-Au deposits, the historic Bell and
Granisle Mines owned by Xstrata Canada Corp. which as of July
30, 2013, changed its name to Glencore Canada Corporation.
Property Highlights
The Babine Belt hosts multiple Cu-Au porphyry deposits.
The property surrounds two former open-pit porphyry Cu-Au
deposits, the historic Bell and Granisle Mines owned by
Glencore Canada Corporation (formerly Xstrata Canada Corp.)
In 2012, Glencore Canada approached Astorius and asked
permission to conduct various geophysical surveys, namely
IP and seismic surveys, over portions of Astorius’ Babine
property.
Glencore Canada has provided Astorius with the final report
on the results of the survey.
