The document discusses artisanal mining operations at location SPL 214, Kamwango, where approximately 150 people work daily to extract gold using traditional methods and hand tools. It details the processes involved, including manual quartz extraction, crushing, and panning techniques, alongside the use of mercury, which poses health risks. The mining occurs primarily below the water table, utilizing gas pumps and wooden timbers for safety.

1. Artisanal Mining
Creating shareholder value through targeted
exploration
August, 2012

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TSX: SPT
SPL 214 – Our primary Target

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This is one of the properties on license SPL 214. approximately 150 TSX: SPT
people work everyday for gold
Location 1 SPL 214, Kamwango

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This operation is not simply focused on surface soils. This quarts TSX: SPT
vein here has been dug approximately 7 metres from surface
Location 1 SPL 214, Kamwango

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Quartz veins. This picture was taken about 7 meters below the TSX: SPT
surface ground
Location 1 SPL 214, Kamwango

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You can see some quartz stone collected for processing in the TSX: SPT
background
Location 1 SPL 214, Kamwango

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This is a closer view of the same quartz stones
Location 1 SPL 214, Kamwango

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Another section of the same pit.
Location 1 SPL 214, Kamwango

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Notice the picture of this old shaft. It is the same shaft seen on the
inset picture. The end slide picture was taken about a year prior to
the current scene below. They have been very busy digging out this TSX: SPT
pit. All their work was done by hand.
Location 1 SPL 214, Kamwango

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Prior to going to the crusher, they break the large quartz down to TSX: SPT
a smaller size, by hand

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This is one about 15 drums at his location that are filled with
quarts stones (on the left) and ball bearings that, when turned by
motor, crush the quarts to a fine material. Then they use gravity TSX: SPT
and water to extract gold
Location 1 SPL 214, Kamwango

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Again, one of many preparation/crusher operations on this property
Location 1 SPL 214, Kamwango

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After processing the ore, this is how they use water to extract the TSX: SPT
gold
Location 1 SPL 214, Kamwango

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Notice they are only using a burlap bag to catch the gold/heavy TSX: SPT
fragments. Their process is quite unsophisticated.
Location 1 SPL 214, Kamwango

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Same operation. In this area, they wash the heavy material out of
the burlap bag into a pan. They continue using traditional panning TSX: SPT
methods to leave only the heaviest material in the pan.
Location 1 SPL 214, Kamwango

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Panning to retrieve gold
Location 1 SPL 214, Kamwango

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The end process, many locals add mercury in the pan with the
heaviest of materials. Gold is absorbed into the mercury, In the end
they burn off the mercury to extract more gold. Very toxic and TSX: SPT
dangerous.
Location 1 SPL 214, Kamwango

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One of the shafts at Komito referred to the letter to shareholders
August 11, 2012. This is the second pump being lowered into this
particular shaft. Gas pumps are obviously very dangerous, but the
artisanal miners operate below the water table (approximately 18 TSX: SPT
metres in the area)
Location 2 SPL 214, Kamwango

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Timber being lowered into another shaft at Komito
Location 2 SPL 214, Kamwango

20. Contact
Information
Jim Megann
President and CEO
(902) 442-7192
1969 Upper Water Street, Suite 2001
Halifax, NS, Canada, B3J 3R7
JMEGANN@STOCKPORTEXPLORATION.COM
www.stockportexploration.com
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