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THOMLINSON CREEK, COPPER-MOLYBDENUM PROJECT
near Hazelton, Central British Columbia.
 BC Moly Deposits
Mo Soil Geochemistry
Proposed Drill Trails
Location Map
Permits
Dentonia Resources Ltd. (Dentonia) has signed a drill contract with Driftwood Diamond Drilling Ltd. of Smithers, B.C. to conduct a 5 hole, or an approximately 1,500 meter, helicopter supported drill program, at the Thomlinson Creek Copper-Molybdenum project, in early September 2006.
Dentonia has also retained the services of Ranex Exploration Ltd. and Graff Engineering Inc., both of Smithers, as soon as weather condition permit, to conduct a preliminary program of trail and line cutting, soil and silt sampling, and the cutting of drill pads.
All necessary permits have been obtained, bonds have been posted, and the local First Nation People have been notified and an exploration program of $420,000 is anticipated for 2006.
The program will be under the direction and supervision of Don MacIntyre, Ph.D., P. Eng. (BC) an independent consultant.
Location
The Thomlinson Creek copper-molybdenum property is located 42 kilometres north-northeast of the town of Hazelton. Trans-provincial Highway 16, from Prince George to Prince Rupert, a deep sea port, and the Canadian National Railway, pass through Hazelton. Recent logging roads provide easy access to the Thomlinson Creek property.
Geology and History
The Thomlinson Creek intrusive body is at least 5 kilometres in length and 600 meters in width. Biotite feldspar porphyry and quartz porphyry dykes intrude the quartz diorite and Bowser Lake Group sedimentary rocks.
Both the Bulkley and Babine intrusive suites have excellent mineral potential. The Bulkley intrusive suite hosts several significant molybdenum deposits including Blue Pearl’s Yorke-Hardy deposit, at Smithers, which contains 90.7 million tonnes of mineralization, grading 0.178% Mo and 0.032% W (Tungsten).
The closest known deposit to the Thomlinson Creek Project is located 11 km to the west, the Mount Thomlinson deposit, where previous diamond drilling outlined 40.82 million tones, grading 0.071% molybdenum.
The Thomlinson Creek property was originally staked by Granby Mining Corporation in 1970 to cover a prominent GSC airborne magnetic anomaly related to the Babine intrusive body. Ground soil geochemical, induced polarization and magnetic surveys were undertaken by Granby and by Noranda Exploration Company. Subsequently, Noranda in 1980 and 1981, completed 1,024 meters of diamond drilling in ten holes.
The mineralization at Thomlinson Creek is associated with an exceptionally strong soil geochemical anomaly which extends over a length of 5 kilometers, with values up to 10,200 ppm Cu and 600 ppm Mo. The Noranda drilling did not explain the strong soil geochemical results. One hole (TC 81-6) located on a relatively weak portion of the soil geochemical anomaly returned 0.18% Cu and 0.03% Mo across 72 meters. The best mineralization was at the bottom of this hole, where a 6 meters section, returned 0.17% Cu and 0.236% Mo (or 0.39% MoS2).
Prices and Uses of Molybdenum
Nearly all molybdenum bearing deposits identified to date in British Columbia were explored up to the early 1980’s, when the molybdenum price dropped from ~US$30/lb to below US$3/lb. With the recent increase in price, spiking at US$39.50/lb in June of last year, and currently at US$26/lb., these deposits warrant new looks. Demand of Molybdenum is currently exceeding supply, caused primarily by the booming oil industry. During 2006, some 80,000 miles of pipelines are either under construction or in the planning stages.
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