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Chilcotin

Strongbow's Chilcotin project consists of two properties that were acquired through staking in the Chilcotin region of south central British Columbia. The Piltz Mountain and Mons Creek packages total 14,809 hectares and were targeted based on the coincidence of multi-element stream sediment geochemical anomalies and prospective underlying geology. The geochemical anomalies were identified in the Government of British Columbia regional stream sediment database and include elevated gold values ranging from 10 to 920 ppb. The geology underlying the area consists of multi-staged intrusive rocks hosted within andesitic to dacitic flows and breccias. A younger Chilcotin basaltic cover sequence irregularly overlies these older rocks. Very limited historic work has been reported for the properties.

Strongbow considers the Chilcotin properties to be highly prospective for a number of mineralization styles including porphyry copper-gold mineralization (similar to the Prosperity Cu-Au porphyry deposit located 50 km to the southwest), low sulphidation epithermal gold mineralization (similar to the historic Blackdome mine located 40 km to the southeast) or transitional porphyry to epithermal style mineralization similar to the newly discovered Mt. Newton prospect located 50 km to the northwest. The 1 billion tonne Prosperity deposit (Taseko Mines Ltd. (TKO-TSX)) is one of the largest known porphyry Cu-Au deposits in British Columbia and contains 5.3 billion pounds of copper and 13.3 million ounces of gold in measured and indicated resources. The Blackdome mine was in operation for five years, from 1986 to 1991, and produced seven million grams (225,000 ounces) of gold and 17 million grams (547,000 ounces) of silver (Sona Resources Corp. (SYS-TSXV)). Recent drilling results reported by Amarc Resources (AHR-TSXV) at the Newton property (DDH09-04 intersected 141.0 metres grading 2.01 g/t Au and 10 g/t Ag) highlight the potential to make new discoveries in this highly prospective area of British Columbia.

Piltz Mountain

The Piltz Mountain property consists of 5,778 ha and has excellent access through a network of logging roads approximately 90 km southwest of Williams Lake. Nineteen stream sediment silt, 188 soil, and 12 rock samples were collected during the current field program and have helped define several priority copper and gold targets. Underlying geology within the property area consists of intermediate to felsic intrusive rocks that have been cross-cut by a series of quartz veins. Two gold-in-soil anomalies, with locally coincident molybdenum, have been identified. The largest of the anomalies extends for 2,000 m and is distinctly associated with an Eocene-aged, tonalite intrusion. Rock samples from the same area returned from detection to 0.75% Cu, 1.1 g/t Au and 544 g/t Ag. Mineralization is related to disseminated copper sulphides within the intrusive country rocks and quartz veins. All anomalous rock samples are either in float or subcrop. There is no history of trenching or drilling on the property.

Mons Creek

The Mons Creek property covers 9031 ha, approximately 75 km southwest of Williams Lake. The property benefits from good access through a network of logging roads. Fifty-five soil geochemical samples were collected during 2011, the results of which define a copper-in-soil anomaly that extends for approximately 1,200 metres. Five rock samples collected proximal to this soil anomaly returned from 0.15% to 1.54% Cu and from detection to 25 g/t Ag. Mineralization has been identified in outcrop and subcrop over a 250 m long north-striking trend, and is hosted in both disseminated sulphide-bearing granites and cross-cutting quartz veins.

Strongbow's exploration programs at the Piltz Mountain and Mons Creek properties are conducted under the supervision of David Gale, P.Geo.(BC), Vice-President of Exploration for Strongbow and a qualified person under NI 43-101.