GPEX # 578018 Dust-Bucks
Gold – Platinum
Longitude 120º 24’ 04” Latitude 49º 27’ 31”
3 cells - 62.989 hectares (155.65 acres)
Price - $3,100.00
The “Similkameen East” group of placer properties represent eight excellent opportunities for those seeking a quality gold/platinum claim in a historically renowned mining region in British Columbia. These quality tenures are ideally situated slightly downstream from the confluence of the Tulameen River with the Similkameen River, both, well renowned producers of gold and platinum. In working these claims, primary focus should firstly be directed toward the recovery of fine gold and platinum, while considering the nugget factor to be the bonus. Thousands of years of natural working has distributed a considerable quantity of precious metals all along this stretch of the Similkameen, within the gravel bars, its banks, and, its flood plane areas. Historically, the whole valley system served as river bottom, when water levels ran much higher than that of today. Therefore, there also exists good potential from ancient deposits laid down in locations now high and dry. And each year, immeasurable amounts of fine and float gold is transported down this river system.
By example, at the former GPEX Bromley claim (only a few kilometers further downstream), in test sampling, from only two moderate handfuls of bank material, each pan produced a quantity of black sand with an average of 35 to 50 clearly visible colors. Similar results were realized at the former GPEX Steven’s Creek property, just slightly downstream from the lower claim of this group of properties.
In consideration that approximately 98% of all world gold came from fine gold, it would then be prudent to target such in the primary instance. These claims would be applicable for both the recreational enthusiast and the more serious miner.
The “Similkameen East” group lies between 6.2 to 15.2 kilometers east of Princeton, with excellent access from either side of the river. The claims span a distance of over 9.25 kilometers (straight line – slightly more by river). BC Highway #3 borders along the south side of the Similkameen, with the Old Hedley Road running along its northern parallel. The tenures may be accessed from either side of the river, with several areas setup for everything from rough camping to motorhome hook-ups. Princeton itself, though a smaller community, offers many services and has numerous retail outlets.
