Peter Bell: Hello, it's Peter Bell and I'm the CEO of Kermode Resources Ltd TSXV:KLM. I'm out here in the parking lot and we're going on a road trip!
Peter Bell: Now we're at the gate. What next? Let's go!
Peter Bell: Hello again. We drove through Sasquatch Resources Corp CSE:SASQ land position. I'm standing here now looking in that direction at an important site, an old tailings pond.
Justin Deveault: This is the Twin J tailings pond. This was from the 1940s.
Peter Bell: Now it's 2024 and it's still here.
Peter Bell: I just heard you say, Justin, that this is the driest you've ever seen it. What's it like when it's wet?
Justin Deveault: Clay.
Peter Bell: And what what is this behind me?
Justin Deveault: The old tailings dam, which is broken. This is the forest fire line that was cut when there was a forest fire here a few years ago.
Peter Bell: The berm gives you a sense of the scale of the pond. You can study the composition of the materials used to build the berm and how well it did it's job. There was a lot of old mining activity in this area, so we can look at what's left and what we should be thinking about today. Should we just leave it as it is or is there something to be done here?
Peter Bell: Now we're just over the hill from the tailings pond and I wanted to show you what a mine shaft looks like. This is one of many. We stopped here because it's on the side of the road. There's another one over there on the ridge. There are piles of material around here. Justin Deveault can tell you the basic numbers about this particular mine working, but it's important to note that very little is known about this one today. Thanks to J2 for putting up some tape here as we haven't been able to afford to put up any fencing to deal with any of these old sites properly yet. Safety first. These things have been out here for a long time and they were out here for a reason. The amount of mining activity in this area is historically significant for the local area. Justin, is there anything you want to say about this particular shaft?
Justin Deveault: This is the XL Shaft. They did 3,300 feet of underground development here as test work to locate mineralization. That's about a kilometer of workings. Now we can see the old mine dumps along the side of the road here. You can see now that the shaft void is filled with dead stumps from when they logged and had the forest fire here.
Peter Bell: It's a little bit unsafe now with this logging road where people can come and go. Thank you!
Peter Bell: What's this, Justin?
Justin Deveault: This is the old railway grade.
Peter Bell: Yes, it is! The railway played an essential role in this mining. Choo choo!
Peter Bell: Hello it's Peter again I'm here at the 911 Mine showing. What a location. There is a lot of history here and a lot of things to say. I would point out the bulldozer trench from 50 years ago -- they got close, but they didn't see what we saw when we came out here a year ago! Thanks to the loggers and their new road build here. When you came out here a year ago in the rain just like today, you can see the road glistening. When you start looking closer, you realize what it is. Very exciting! We're on the other side of the mountain from the historical mining that we were just looking at. Next up, we're going to go back to the Walmart parking lot. What a project!
Peter Bell: And before we go, please meet J2 who is an essential part of the discovery team here. Respect. We need guys like this in the mining exploration business. We need this prospecting work to be happening on Vancouver Island. There's so much metal to be found out here and the world needs our leadership in the mining industry. It's very very impressive to see the geological endowment here and I believe some of these are places where we can build the mines of the future. And I believe these are the guys that are going to do it! Let's go.
Justin Deveault: Here's a close-up of drill hole number one. Drill hole number two.
Peter Bell: Where does the mine portal go?
Justin Deveault: The mine portal could go right here!
Peter Bell: Yes, please!
Peter Bell: All right. I'm back at the parking lot now. What a day! Thank you, goodbye.
