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 Slash prospect is at 1000 metres elevation, on the east side of Ferguson Creek, approximately 1000 metres east of its confluence with Lardeau Creek. The area is underlain by deep cover and its early exploration history is unknown. The prospect was first identified by Nortran Resources Limited, who flew an airborne electro-magnetic survey in the area, in 1987, and followed up by drilling several prospective structures. No mineralization was found at that time; however, in 1993, Contiki Resources Limited optioned the property.
The Slash area is poorly exposed but appears to be underlain by deformed phyllitic schists of the Broadview Formation. Airborne and ground geophysical data show that the rocks are cut by a series of north trending faults and Nortran Resources later confirmed the presence of these faults through drilling. Although their drill program failed to locate significant mineralization, they remained a target for further exploration. The faults are covered by thick overburden and Contiki Resources used a gas-powered auger to collect "C" horizon soil samples over a grid covering them. The company located a well-defined silver anomaly in "C" horizon and drilled four holes, in 1995, to test the area. It failed to find significant mineralization and concluded that the anomaly may reflect a buried erosional channel. ncluded it in a deep overburden drilling program. 

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