Originally owned 100% by Miner River (interest now transferred to Eagle Plains following the merger), this 26 unit, road-accessible property is located 30 km west of Invermere. A past-producer, the property is known to contain high-grade gold-silver-lead-zinc mineralization, and has never been tested by drilling. It is believed that the Hot Punch mineralization was first discovered in 1899. A total of six historical Crown Grants (now reverted) were held on the property and three separate adits and two small shafts were driven on the vein system between 1908 and 1926. A fourth adit was apparently developed in waste. A total of 74 tonnes of ore were mined which yielded 108,582 gm of silver, 27,268 kilograms of lead, 904 kg of zinc and 62 g of gold. Geochemical and geophysical work carried out by the Eagle Plains/Miner River joint-venture during 1996 resulted in the definition of mineralization over a strike length of 600m. Grab samples collected from historical waste dumps returned highly anomalous values of up to 7.09 gm/T Au and 1655 gm/T Ag. The property is drill-ready, with permits in place.

Updated July 14, 2009

 Hot Punch - Project Details [PDF]

 Regional Geology Map [PDF]

 Property Geology Map [PDF]