Kermode Resources Ltd. announced the results of ongoing exploration at the Eastgate BC project. The samples are taken from two areas called Pasayten and the Red Star Mine. At the Pasayten showing, there is a mining portal that is partially buried.

It appears to be over 100 years old based on vegetation. The length of the portal is unknown. It is driven north on a north-south trending quartz vein 15-25cm in width.

The vein dips to the west at 60 degrees. The vein is hosted in silicified volcanic sediments and features sugary quartz with trace unweathered sulphides. There appears to be tetrahedrite mineralization.

The samples were selected for zinc at the Red Star Mine. The project consists of 8 mineral tenures covering approximately 510 hectares. The property hosts 5 mineral occurrences including the Red Star VMS copper mine, where work has occurred since the early 1900s including 300 m of underground development.

In the mid 1960s, a mining campaign removed 40 tonnes of material that was processed to yield 31 grams of gold, 2,612 grams of silver, 2,345 kilograms of copper, and 2,932 kilograms of zinc (approximately 0.8g/t Au, 60g/t Ag, 5% Cu, and 7% Zn). Since then, the property has seen exploration drilling in 1992 by Westmin Resources for a total of 1,400m and in 1997 by Teck Resources for a total of 1,515m of drilling.