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The Morgan Hill Claim Group consists of 212 mineral claims located in Elko County, Nevada, approximately 20 miles west of the town of Wells, Nevada. The claims are situated about five miles north of Interstate 80 and the Union-Pacific rail line. The property is accessed via the I80 River Ranch Exit. The Morgan Hill claims cover BLM lands within the private land "checkerboard" found within a 20 mile radius on each side of the transcontinental railroad. The Morgan Hill claims cover a NE trending package of Paleozoic sediments which include a block of favorable massive limestone that has a 2.5 mile strike length. This limestone exceeds 250 feet in thickness. The claim area contains very significant amounts of micritic limestone within the Devonian Devil's Gate and Nevada Formations. The unit thickness appears to range up to 500 feet and range varying amounts of interbedded MgO. There is adjacent sandstone for a silica supply required for cement. Morgan Hill has topography conducive to open pit mining. Preliminary tonnage estimates are positive with little to no initial strip ratio. Area topography allows access to drill areas with a track mounted drill rig. The property lies within 5 miles of the railhead. It is believed to be situated to competitively reach markets in Salt Lake, Reno, South Idaho and Northern California. Subsequent to the date of this report a 24 hole drill program has been completed on the project identifying three separate cement grade limestone zones of indeterminate thickness. Angle drilling will be required to verify the thickness and continuity of the cement and high grade zones.
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The Rock Hill Claim Group consists of 12 mineral claims located in Pershing County, Nevada, approximately 12 miles southeast of Mill City, , Nevada. The Rock Hill claims are accessible from the town of Lovelock, Nevada. The property geology indicates two basic units most likely in the Natchez Pass Formation. Each limestone unit is up to 300-400 feet thick with Siltstone/Sandstone interbeds of variable thickness, noted during the mapping. The property is approximately 12-14 miles from the current railhead in the Dunn Glenn area. Due to the topography, access to this project would be difficult.
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| Buffalo Mountain Claim Group |
The Buffalo Mountain Claim Group consists of 9 mineral claims located in Pershing County, Nevada, approximately 20 miles northeast of the town of Lovelock, Nevada. The geology indicates limestone within the Triassic Natchez Pass Formation. (Based on mapped geology and geochemistry, the outcrops have probable dolomite interbeds) Due to the topography, access to this area would be difficult.
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The MM Claim Group consists of 68 mineral claims located in Clark County, Nevada, approximately 15 miles south of Las Vegas, Nevada. Work has been conducted to define the potential of the claim group. Samples have been taken with 10% running an acceptable cement grade which may define a specific stratigraphic unit. Surface mapping is completed and on file.
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The Royale Claim Group consists of 21 mineral claims located in Clark County, Nevada, approximately 10 miles south of Las Vegas, Nevada. Reconnaissance exploration indicates good quality carbonates on the surface by visual inspection of hand samples and geochemistry. Large areas on this group are accessible by track mounted drilling equipment. Mapping and sampling is completed and on file.
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The Blue Nose Claim Group consists of 297 mineral claims located in Lincoln County, Nevada, west of Tule Desert, along the south edge of the Clover Mountains. The property was surface mapped in November of 2008 to define favorable stratigraphic horizons. Results from this sampling indicate 60% of samples are of cement grade material which is clustered to the northwest portion of the Group. The Claim group is 8 miles east of the Union Pacific rail line in the meadow valley wash. Access is via the graded Carp and Bunker Peak roads. Phase 1 drilling consisted of 10 holes. Eight of the 10 holes drilled in the first phase of drilling encountered cement grade limestone assay between 88% and 100% calcium carbonate (CaCO3) with holes 8 and 10 failing to intercept any significant cement grade thicknesses or values within 300 feet of the surface due to their position being higher in the stratigraphic section. Based upon an analysis of the first phase of drilling it appears that the limestone beds are dipping to the west. Strip ratios in the area of the drill holes are considered acceptable. Areas of elevated magnesium were encountered but do not appear to affect the overall value of the cement grade zone. Further drilling will be required to define the full mineralized zone.
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The Aspen Claim Group consists of 63 mineral claims located in Caribou and Bear Lake Counties in Aspen, Idaho, north of Montplier and east of Soda Springs. The Aspen claims are accessible from the southeast corner of Idaho north of Montplier and east of Soda Springs in the Caribou and Bear Lake Counties in Idaho. These lands are managed by the U.S. Forest Service. The dominant lithology at Aspen is the Aspen Range Formation and the Birdseye limestone member which is approximately 400 feet thick. Adjacent sandstones of the Wells Formation provide a ready supply of silica for cement. Geochemical results of samples taken from the property indicate cement grade limestone ranging between 94% and 95%+ calcium carbonateCaCo3 with minimal Magnesium. Preliminary tonnage estimates are positive with no strip ratio.
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The Wood Hills Claim Group is located in eastern Elko County, Nevada near Wells. The claims are about five miles southeast of the town and are made up of 129 lode claims. Rail lines and Interstate Highway 80 run through Wells. Limestone beds of the Devonian Devils Gate Formation and the Pennsylvanian aged Ely Formation are exposed in gently dipping beds near the top and the southern extent of the Wood Hills. Over 50 surface samples have been taken that show good cement grade limestone.
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The Pequop Claim Group consists of 71 lode claims. It is found about 35 miles southeast of Wells, Nevada in Elko County. It is reached by traveling south on Highway 93 about 12 miles and then 20 miles to the east and south along a gravel road to the central portion of the Pequop Range. Railroad tracks are within a half mile of the southern portion of the claims. East dipping and northeast striking beds of the Pennsylvanian age Ely Formation are exposed here. They stretch for over two miles to the north from the railroad tunnel in the Southern Pequops. A number of the samples show good cement grade limestone with some chert beds and silicic limestone beds. These silicic rocks could be used for a silica source in a limestone operation to make cement.
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The Ragged Top Claim Group is located 23 miles southwest of Lovelock, Nevada and eight miles northwest of Interstate Highway 80 and the Union Pacific Rail corridor. The Ragged Top group consists of 76 lode claims located in both Pershing and Churchill Counties. These claims cover 14 exposures of limestone seen in the gently rolling hillsides. The claims have been mapped and a number of surface samples have been taken.
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| Lime Mountain Claim Group |
The Lime Mountain Claim Group consists of 139 lode claims located in eastern Lincoln County, Nevada about 35 miles southeast of Caliente, Nevada and about 120 miles northeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. Access is south from Caliente along state highway 317 to Elgin and then another 15 miles south on the dirt road to Lyman Crossing where the road goes east for 15 miles to Lime Mountain. A railroad line runs north-south along Meadow Valley Wash through Lyman Crossing and Elgin. The Monte Cristo Formation found here is the same one that is seen at the Blue Nose Claim Group eight miles to the west. It is about 500 feet thick and is a light gray to white clean limestone with only traces of chert. The limestone crops out in a north-south direction that is two miles long and is approximately one mile wide.
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| Jumbled Mountain Claim Group |
The Jumbled Mountain Claim Group is in eastern Lincoln County, Nevada about 125 miles northeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. There are 186 lode claims located over three isolated outcroppings of limestone. These areas have been mapped and sampled. There have been 283 surface rock chip samples taken.
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| Burnt Springs Claim Group |
The Burnt Springs Claim Group is located in the Burnt Springs Range 6-10 miles west and northwest of the Union Pacific railway at Caliente, Nevada. The project area is composed of 51 load claims which are in three separate blocks in the central part of Lincoln County, Nevada. The Burnt Springs claims are located on thick bedded limestone sequences of the lower Highland Peak Formation which have minimal dolomitic overburden. A total of 76 rock chips samples have been taken from the Highland Peak Formation in the area of the claims.
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Claim Group Summary:
At present, Infrastructure Materials holds nine limestone claim groups in the State of Nevada and Idaho with emphasis on cement markets in Reno, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Salt Lake City and California. Mapping and sampling indicate favorable cement grade and quantity of the limestone on the aforementioned lands for large economic deposits.
Drilling, follow-up mapping and sampling programs are currently ongoing to locate and prove out these resources in a systematic fashion. As surface evaluation is completed we proceed to verify these resources by drilling those areas delineated by the surface work. We have currently budgeted for 50,000 feet through June of 2010 plus further follow up drilling to define new deposits in an aggressive exploration program.
Additional resource areas are being identified in the US to expand our strategic holdings in anticipation of major infrastructure projects being proposed by State and Federal administrations. Below are detailed property descriptions of the limestone claim groups with currently available data.
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