Fenix Project > Qualified Person, Quality Control and Reports

Dr. Paul Golightly, P.Geo is the independent QP, as defined under NI43-101, for the quality control and verification of the Fenix project data. The diamond drill core is logged, photographed and marked for sampling by company geologists. Sample lengths are nominally 1 meter, but may range from 0.3 to 1.3 m. All boreholes in the twin hole program (HQ size) are cut in half either by knife or diamond saw depending on sample hardness, with one half bagged and tagged for shipment to the sample preparation laboratory. The remaining half of the split core is returned to the core box for storage and future reference. Sample rejects are returned to the project after 15 days for long term storage; sample pulps are returned from the sample preparation lab for permanent storarge at the project site.

In the in-fill drilling program one in ten holes is split and one half core saved. The other holes are sampled in their entirety and sent to the sample preparation lab.

Samples are trucked from the Fenix Project site to BSI Inspectorate in Guatemala City for sample preparation. Samples are dried at 105º C for 12 hours, crushed to 90% < 10 mesh, riffle split and pulverized to 95% <150 mesh. The prepared samples (150g to 200g of pulverized laterite) are air freighted to SGS Lakefield, Canada for assay by lithium borate fusion, XRF. SGS Lakefield has ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation for its mineral analytical services.

Twelve major element oxides, Loss on Ignition plus Ni and Co are analyzed. Detection limits are 0.05% for Ni and 0.01% for Co. Field duplicates (1:20) and standards or blanks (1:20) are inserted at the project site to monitor lab procedures and assay quality. All batches of analysis are subjected to statistical tests to ensure they meet established quality control criteria. SGS Lakefield also has its own quality control procedures which includes insertion of standards and duplicates.

ALS-Chemex in Brisbane Australia has been selected following a round robin assaying procedure to provide additional analytical checks on the SGS Lakefield analyses. ALS-Chemex uses an AES-ICP method for the same suite of elements measured at SGS Lakefield. Analyzed pulps are selected for re-assay at a frequency of 1:50.

The sample information is merged with the geological drill logs in the drilhole database at the project site. Once results are received they are reviewed by Dr. Golightly and subjected to statistical tests to ensure quality control criteria are met for each batch. Following verification the results are entered in the drillhole database. The intercepts are classified by sample chemistry and composites are weighted by sample length and a calculated density.

New resource and reserve cut-off grades have been determined by Snowden Mining Industry Consultants Inc. as reported in Technical Reports and Fenix Project/Feasibility Study.