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Mineral
Exploration
TANGLE LAKES and southeastern ALASKA RANGE
Name and Ownership
Nevada Star Resources, a junior mineral exploration company based
in Vancouver, B.C., controls over 269 square miles of mining claims
in the southern foothills of the Alaska Range. The company calls
these claims the MAN Project. In
March, 2004, Anglo American Exploration, Canada, entered into an
agreement with Nevada Star to option the Fish Lake and Dunite Hill
claims within the MAN Project. The latter claims are located near
and around Tangle Lakes, Landmark Gap and 14-Mile Lake. Anglo American
can earn a 51 percent interest in the MAN property by spending a
total of $12 million over a five-year period.
Location
Located on state land, the MAN Project claims are grouped in a patchwork
fashion throughout the mountains and creeks north of the Denali
Highway. Those located near the Denali Highway extend from approximately
MP 12 to MP 27. They surround the Tangle Lakes which are in the
federal Wild and Scenic River corridor, and include Landmark Gap,
the Amphitheatre Mountains, and 14-Mile Lake. There is also a large
block of claims just south of the Eureka Glacier, extending to the
east to the ridges and creeks around Broxson Gulch, including Rainy
and Ann Creeks. They also control a block of claims on the northeastern
side of Rainbow Mountain, above the Canwell Glacier, and another
block of claims adjacent to the Richardson Highway near Fielding
Lake. Generally, the MAN Project focuses on a suspected east-west
trend of nickel, platinum and copper mineralization.
Type of Exploration and Targeted Minerals
Based on surface sampling and geophysical data, Nevada Star believes
there is potential for significant deposits of platinum, palladium
and other related platinum group elements, as well as nickel and
copper. Anglo’s Tangle Lakes claims are thought to contain
the greatest potential for a nickel-copper-platinum massive sulfide
deposit. Nevada Star is conducting conventional hardrock mineral
exploration on its claims in the Rainbow Mountain and Broxson Gulch
areas. This consists of drilling and trenching. In road-accessible
areas, such as Rainbow Mountain, access roads have been constructed.
In other places, Nevada Star uses helicopters to sling in drilling
equipment and transport personnel.
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