In the late 1980's, Independence Mining explored the ground now covered by the Dorsey Creek project, at which time they drilled a number of shallow reverse circulation holes and reportedly outlined a modest, open-pittable gold resource. When the Big Springs operation was closed, this ground came open. In 2003, based on new geological concepts, Gateway staked the ground as a continuation of the large Big Springs property to the north and east and completed limited geological mapping.
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Geology

Published geological mapping, confirmed by the Company, showed that favorable stratigraphic units including a gabbroic intrusive sill complex underlie the property. An extensive area of silicification ("jasperoid") locally contains anomalous amounts of Carlin indicator elements. Two major through-going east-west normal fault systems transect the property and are interpreted as potential fluid flow conduits. Recent examination of data obtained from the previous operator has confirmed the existence of a large rhyolite dyke, locally strongly pyritic and with anomalous gold content. This dyke appears to transect the resource area as previously defined.


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Potential


The target at Dorsey Creek is a large body of altered and mineralized rock situated at depth where one of the major faults cuts favorable stratigraphic units, below the gabbro sill. The present working hypothesis is that the fluids deposited gold as they moved upward to the southeast along favorable rock units. Secondary targets lie at depth along the trace of the second major fault system, and associated with the rhyolite dyke complex.


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Current Exploration Program

The initial stages of exploration at Dorsey Creek were focused principally on geophysics and geochemistry. A comprehensive soil sampling survey outlined several areas with anomalous contents of gold and indicator elements. Detailed geophysics (induced polarization and ground magnetics) suggested several areas with anomalous conditions.

During late 2004 and early 2005, Gateway drilled six core holes to test the Dorsey Creek property. Two of these holes failed to reach target depth because of drilling difficulties; the other four intersected favourable rocks and long sections anomalous in gold and indicator elements. Subsequently, one deep hole was drilled to test for Lower Plate rocks without success.