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25.0 INTERPRETATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS<br />

25.1 G EOLOGY<br />

The Property is ideally situated, hosting approximately 10 km of strike length and<br />

22.1 km 2 of the Quill Creek Ultramafic intrusion. The Quill Creek Ultramafic intrusion<br />

is one of several ultramafic intrusions found within the Wrangellia terrane.<br />

The Property is currently held 100% by Prophecy Platinum and all the claims are in<br />

good standing.<br />

The Quill Creek Ultramafic intrusion has similar characteristics to the Noril’sk deposit<br />

in Russia, containing zones and layered mineralized massive, semi-massive and<br />

disseminated nickel-copper sulphides with elevated PGE, associated with the<br />

sulphides.<br />

Two main zones of mineralization known as the East Zone and West Zone have<br />

been drill outlined on the Property. The highest grade mineralization in the East<br />

Zone occurs in massive sulphide pods and lenses along the base of the ultramafic<br />

body, whereas the best grades in the West Zone are found in inter-digitated gabbro<br />

and clinopyroxenite. A total of 171,652 tons assaying 2.23% nickel, 1.39% copper,<br />

0.065 oz/ton platinum and 0.073% cobalt were mined and milled in 1972 and 1973<br />

by Hudson Yukon Mining.<br />

The Property database is relatively up-to-date with the current results of the 2011<br />

drilling program. In general, the twin hole drilling program <strong>com</strong>pleted by Coronation<br />

Minerals was successful in confirming past results. Therefore, Tetra Tech is of the<br />

opinion that using the historic drilling is appropriate for any future resource estimate<br />

although some additional analysis will be required before a definitive conclusion can<br />

be reached.<br />

The 2011 Prophecy drilling confirmed the presence of a substantial mineralized<br />

system located in the hanging wall of the semi-massive sulphide pods previously<br />

targeted as the <strong>Wellgreen</strong> deposit.<br />

The resource estimation of a 0.2% nickel equivalent cut-off resulted in an Indicated<br />

Resource of 14.4 Mt at grades of 0.68% nickel, 0.62% copper and 2.23 g/t<br />

platinum+palladium+gold. An additional Inferred Resource of 446.6 Mt at grades of<br />

0.31% nickel, 0.25% copper and 0.87 g/t platinum+palladium+gold. Table 25.1<br />

summarizes the result of the resource estimate within the optimized pit shell.<br />

Prophecy Platinum Corp. 25-1 1193460500-REP-R0001-02<br />

<strong>Wellgreen</strong> <strong>Project</strong> <strong>Preliminary</strong> <strong>Economic</strong> <strong>Assessment</strong>,<br />

Yukon, Canada

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