• Rambler

    The Thor deposit lies in the northwest part of a much larger property called the 'Expanded Property'. Outside of the Thor epithermal Mineral Resource area are a number of other prospects, mines and mineral occurrences that have seen various levels of exploration over the past 130 years. In 2026, Taranis will systematically evaluate a large number of these areas.
  • The Abrahamson prospect is near the junction of North (Ferguson) Creek and South Lardeau Creek, near the community of Ferguson. The Abrahamson Group originally included the North Star, Crystal and Queen of the Hills tenures. The tenures were worked in the early 1890s; however, their precise location is uncertain.
    • The Rambler is near the mouth of Finkle (Seven-Mile) Creek, where it flows into the Lardeau River. It is down-slope and upstream from the Florence [082KNW013] and Gold Bug [082KNW016] prospects. The tenure was originally part of a cluster that included the Gold Bug Fraction and other claims. The showings are at creek level, 610 metres east of the Gold Bug workings.
    • There is little known about the early history of the Rambler. However, in 1905, a portal was collared in the canyon wall and an adit was driven for 15.2 metres in a northwest direction along the flank of the quartzite. The same year, a small shaft was driven on the contact. In 1919, the Rambler and adjacent Gold Bug, Silver Star and Silver Spoon claims were owned by W.J. Livingstone. In 1933, the property was leased to J. Flagel and Associates, who formed the Gold Bug Mining Syndicate. In 1957, Messrs. Hladinec and Bobicki held both surface and placer rights to the Rambler area. They drove a 12.8 metres long diversion channel to the adit and rerouted the creek while processing the sediment.
    • Messrs. Hladinec and Bobicki drove a diversion tunnel and used the old adit to reroute the creek. They then dammed the natural channel as part of a plan to extract placer gold from sand and gravel in a plunge pool. A small cut in the quartzite unit to the south of the old adit portal exposed several galena stringers that are up to 0.1 metre wide and approximately 0.30 to 0.61 metre apart. There are also similar galena-bearing veinlets in quartzite in the diversion tunnel.

    Rambler Target Highlights