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The Indata Property is located in north central British Columbia approximately 2 hours by truck north of the regional centre of Fort St. James, BC. The Property, with both a lode gold and porphyry copper target, has been owned by Eastfield since 1986, and was the original listing property of the company. Many exploration initiatives have occurred at Indata since the claims were first staked by Imperial Metals Corporation in 1983 with the most recent program ($351,000 dollars) having been completed by Max Resource Corp. in 2008. In 1988 and 1989 Placer Dome Inc. funded $1,000,000 in exploration at Indata through private placements in Eastfield. Cumulative exploration expenditures completed by Eastfield and its partners in this project total $2.3 million dollars. Ownership
Eastfield owns a 90% working interest in Indata while Imperial Metals Corporation owns the remaining 10% having been diluted form a 30% ownership purchased in 1988. The property consists of 15 claims covering 3,060 hectares (7,500 acres). Oceanside Capital Corp. has been granted the option to earn a 60% interest in the mineral claims by paying to Eastfield the aggregate sum of $160,000, by issuing and allotting to Eastfield an aggregate of $120,000 of fully paid non-assessable shares of Oceanside and by expending an aggregate of $2,000,000 on the Indata Property over a three year period ending on December 31, 2013. Geology
The Indata property is situated in a complex geological setting adjacent to the Pinchi fault. Several styles of mineralization exist on the property, including gold-silver mesothermal veins and porphyry style copper and gold hosted in volcanic rocks and granodiorite intrusions. Previous drill highlights include hole 1988-11, drilled in 1988, which intersected 4 metres grading 47.26 g/t (1.38 oz/ton) gold. Hole 1998-4, drilled in 1988, intersected 145.4 metres of 0.20% copper with the bottom 24 metres of the hole grading 0.37% copper. Two styles of mineralization are known to occur on the property; 1.) lode gold of a "Mother Lode" characteristic probably related to the Pinchi Fault and "Porphyry Copper" style mineralization possibly related to a Cretaceous aged intrusive event or alternatively to Triassic-Jurassic plutonism as is the case at Kwanika Creek. A brief description of the two styles of mineralization is as follows: 1) Mother Lode Style Lode Gold: Lode gold intercepts originally discovered in 1987 were extensively explored by geochemical and geophysical methods and drilling to 1990 and again in 2007 and 2008. Most of this exploration was funded by (back to back) private placements completed by Placer Dome Inc. and success resulted in Imperial Metals Corp. exercising a back-in right to gain a 30% working interest (now diluted to 10%). Lode gold mineralization is spatially associated with the Pinchi Fault Zone which is similar in many respects to the Melones Fault Zone in California from where the analogy to "Mother Lode Style" mineralization originates (The Motherlode District in California has produced more than 100 million ounces of gold from lode deposits and 50 million ounces from placer deposits). Gold mineralization at Indata is related to ultramafic bodies in or near the main Pinchi Fault break and accompanied by pathfinder anomalies including arsenic, antimony, mercury, bismuth and tellurium. The most significant drill intercept, hole 88-I-11, returned an intercept of 4.0 metres grading 46.20 grams per ton gold. A review of 24 diamond drill intercepts where a lode gold intercept grading at least 1.0 g/tonne gold occurs indicates that the average vein intercept is 1.54 metres wide with an average grade of 8.41 g/tonne gold and 52.43 g/tonne silver. It should be pointed out that one very high grade intercept in hole 88-11 upwardly biases this number. The Indata lode gold vein system is open ended and has been established to extend in a north-south orientation for more than 3.2 kilometres. One of the most robust multi-element geochemical anomalies of this style was discovered in 2006, on the northwest corner of the grid, and remains un-drilled. The signature of this vein occurs at several 50 metre spaced sample locations along two 200 metre spaced lines, indicating it may have substantial thickness. 2) Porphyry Copper Style Mineralization: Porphyry copper style mineralization has been exposed in several drill holes and along access roads at the northeast end of Albert Lake (west centre of property). The most successful drill hole of this style, DDH-I-98-04 intersected 145 m grading 0.20% copper with the bottom 24 metres of the hole grading 0.37% copper. Mineralization in this area is associated with a local magnetic high which may be satellite feature to a larger magnetic anomaly contiguous to it to the east. Locally occurring Cretaceous intrusives suggests this mineralization may be related although the proximity of the Kwanika Creek Deposit owned by Serengeti Resources Inc. (ten kilometres to the northeast) may indicate an alternative and comparable Triassic-Jurassic origin. Drilling has not effectively tested this feature on its northern, western or southern extremities. A strong and relatively cohesive soil copper anomaly exists for at least 1,500 metres to the south of the known porphyry copper mineralization in a generally low lying and wet landscape that has not yet been drill tested. Current Status
The most recent NI 43-101 report is dated December 11, 2006 (filed Feb 22, 2007) and was authored by J.W. Morton and David Bailey. A revised report is planned for preparation by Eastfield in 2010. Access
Indata became road accessible in 1994 following the completion of 18 kilometers of all weather access road into the heart of the property. Plans
The robust multi-element geochemical anomaly identified on the north-eastern edge of the grid (L19+00N, 11+00W to L21+00, 11+00W) a signature which almost certainly reflects a precious metal vein or vein system that has not yet been exposed (although well prospected) will require geophysical surveying followed by mechanical trenching or drilling to test. One kilometre of drill road was completed in 2007 but was stopped 550 meters short of this anomaly as the 2007 budget became exhausted. Six kilometers of cut line followed by induced polarization surveying and the completion of the last 550 meters of access road are recommended. This area is largely underlain by limestone which is somewhat unique to known vein systems at Indata and may have comparability to the gold-silver vein occurring at the Lustdust Prospect (18 kilometers to the north). A permit has been authorized to complete the line cutting and induced polarization surveying in this area and to complete two reconnaissance lines five kilometres to the south. A "table top" archeological assessment has been requested as precursor to permitting road construction or drilling. Maps
Photos
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Photos from the 2007 Trenching and soil sampling program
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