Tirex Resources Ltd. - Geological History

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Simplified geological history of the Tirex Resources Mirdita Property
@ Tirex Resources Ltd. August 12, 2008

Stage 1: Construct the mafic ocean floor.

Upwelling of mafic magmas from the mantle. Mafic magma (green) transferred to the ocean floor through major dykes complexes.

Stage 2: Subduction commences and development of major oceanic faults, about 165 million years ago

With faulting, mafic and felsic magmas are generated by melting of the down going slab and extruded onto the ocean floor".
Fault zones within these felsic volcanic centres channel hydrothermal fluids to the ocean floor where they deposit precious metal-rich VMS ore deposits.

Stage 3: Deformation - thrusting and uplift

Ocean closes and the volcanic pile is compressed, deformed and uplifted into a mountain belt.
The volcanic sequence is piled upon itself in a series of stacked rock packages.
Within this deformed sequence of volcanic rocks, ore bodies are now at different structural levels which appear as separate belts of ore deposits on the geology map.

Stage 4: Deposition of sedimentary rocks

Uplift of the volcanic sequence is accompanied by erosion at ~ 140 million years ago.
The products of this erosion were deposited in a basin that incrementally on lapped and then covered the volcanic rocks with a series of layered sedimentary rocks.

Stage 5: Renewed faulting

At an undetermined time after the deposition of the 140 million year old sedimentary rocks, the entire rock column is subjected to a period of faulting.
Faulting exploited older faults resulting in a dislocation of the volcanic and sedimentary rock sequences.

Stage 6: Erosion of this landscape

For the last ~100 million years up to the Present, re-sculpturing of this volcanic and sedimentary landscape by younger deformational events and erosion has created this spectacularly rugged landscape.



Opportunity at Mirdita VMS Facts About Albania Rich Mining History Geological History Tirex Photos NI43-101 Disclosure Technical Summary Report Airborne Geophysical EM Anomalies Maps (NEW)	Simplified geological history of the Tirex Resources Mirdita Property @ Tirex Resources Ltd. August 12, 2008 Stage 1: Construct the mafic ocean floor. Upwelling of mafic magmas from the mantle. Mafic magma (green) transferred to the ocean floor through major dykes complexes. Stage 2: Subduction commences and development of major oceanic faults, about 165 million years ago With faulting, mafic and felsic magmas are generated by melting of the down going slab and extruded onto the ocean floor". Fault zones within these felsic volcanic centres channel hydrothermal fluids to the ocean floor where they deposit precious metal-rich VMS ore deposits. Stage 3: Deformation - thrusting and uplift Ocean closes and the volcanic pile is compressed, deformed and uplifted into a mountain belt. The volcanic sequence is piled upon itself in a series of stacked rock packages. Within this deformed sequence of volcanic rocks, ore bodies are now at different structural levels which appear as separate belts of ore deposits on the geology map. Stage 4: Deposition of sedimentary rocks Uplift of the volcanic sequence is accompanied by erosion at ~ 140 million years ago. The products of this erosion were deposited in a basin that incrementally on lapped and then covered the volcanic rocks with a series of layered sedimentary rocks. Stage 5: Renewed faulting At an undetermined time after the deposition of the 140 million year old sedimentary rocks, the entire rock column is subjected to a period of faulting. Faulting exploited older faults resulting in a dislocation of the volcanic and sedimentary rock sequences. Stage 6: Erosion of this landscape For the last ~100 million years up to the Present, re-sculpturing of this volcanic and sedimentary landscape by younger deformational events and erosion has created this spectacularly rugged landscape.
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