Aben Resources (TSX.V: ABN) is a Canadian gold and silver exploration company exploring and developing its portfolio of properties in the Yukon and NWT in which it has exploration rights to over 600,000 acres of land.

The Company's flagship project is its 100% owned, 18,314 acre Justin Gold Project located in the southeast Yukon. It is approximately 35 km southeast of the Cantung Mine and has an all season road running through its claims. A phase one 2,020 metre diamond drill program consisting of ten drill holes was carried out in 2011 on the Justin Project to assess the potential gold and silver mineralization at the property's never before drilled POW, Kangas and Confluence Zones. A significant new greenfield gold discovery was made at the POW Zone where Aben intercepted 60.0 metres of 1.19 g/t gold in hole JN11009 at a vertical depth of 113 metres. Additionally, a new high grade silver-copper zone was discovered 1.4 km away at the Kangas Zone with hole JN11003 returning 1.07 metres of 7320 g/t silver (234 oz/ton) and 3.52% copper near surface.

The presence of a shallowly buried intrusion and an Intrusion Related Gold System (IRGS) has been confirmed by consistent IRGS mineralogy and characteristic sheeted veining as observed in drill core and surface mapping (multi-phased gold mineralization is present at the project). Notable IRGS deposits within the Tintina Gold Belt include Kinross' Fort Knox operation in Alaska (reserves of 4.3 million ounces of gold), and Victoria Golds' Eagle Gold Deposit (reserves of 2.3 million ounces of gold, indicated resources of 4.8 million ounces of gold and inferred resources of 1.5 million ounces of gold).

The exploration in 2012 at the Justin Project included an aggressive diamond drill program focused on follow-up and expansion work around last year's drilling as well as additional infill geophysical and geochemical surveys. A total of 1,994 metres was drilled in nine holes during the 2012 field season with all seven drill holes that were completed to their target depths successfully intersecting gold mineralization. Significant drill results from the program included 46.4 metres of 1.49 g/t gold in hole JN12011 and 88.5 metres of 0.73 g/t gold in hole JN12018. The POW Zone ramins open in all directions and the vast majority of the intrusive stock and its surrounding contact aureole have yet to be tested.

Aben Resources has been granted the exclusive exploration rights to 426,821 acres (1,727 square kilometres) of land directly east of the Yukon/NWT Territorial border known as the Selwyn Recce area. The area has garnered considerable attention recently with the discovery of Carlin-style mineralization in the Yukon at ATAC Resources' (TSX.V: ATC) Osiris gold zone discovery. The current Aben permits cover prospective targets with both Carlin-style stratigraphy and promising geochemical signatures. Field crews completed a very large scale regional reconnaissance program on the Company's Selwyn Recce Project in 2011 that included geological mapping, regional prospecting, geochemical surveys and geophysical surveys. The work program culminated in a proprietary database exclusive to Aben consisting of 21,000 geochemical samples in a very underexplored area of the NWT. The 2011 field work was also successful in delineating four high-priority targets warranting further exploration and the Company was very aggressive in staking land in the Selwyn Recce area. In total, an additional 147,404 acres of highly prospective ground in the NWT and the Yukon was staked by Aben in the region.

The Company also acquired a 100% interest in the Rusty Springs silver-lead-zinc property, located north of Dawson City, Yukon, where notable historical drill results include 1,140 g/t (33.27 oz/t) silver, 4.72% lead and 2.30% copper over 37.5 metres (123 feet) from surface.

Aben has a 100% interest in the Rude Creek South gold property located in the heart of Yukon's White Gold District approximately 40 kilometres southeast of Kaminak Gold Corp.'s (TSX.V: KAM) Coffee Creek gold property, 60 kilometres southeast of Kinross' (TSX: K) (previously Underworld Resources') Golden Saddle gold deposit, and 10 kilometres east of Western Copper Corp.'s (TSX: WRN) Casino gold, copper and molybdenum deposit. This deposit contains a resource of 8 million ounces of gold, 4.4 billion pounds of copper and 475 million pounds of molybdenum.

The Company's goal is to increase shareholder value by developing exploration projects near world-class deposits that have the potential of becoming new discoveries.

i. Justin Project Highlights

• 100% interest in 18,314 acre flagship Justin Gold-silver Project in southeast Yukon with all season road running through property.
• A Phase One 2,020 metre diamond drill program consisting of ten drill holes carried out in 2011. Significant new greenfield gold discovery made: 60 metres of 1.19 g/t gold including 21.0 metres of 2.47 g/t gold in hole JN11009 in never before drilled POW Zone.
• Aben also drill tested the Kangas Zone in 2011, located 1.4 kilometres south of POW Zone: 1.07 metre interval returned values of 7320 g/t Ag (234 oz/ton Ag) and 3.52% Cu at a down-hole depth of 42.23 metres.
• Presence of shallowly buried intrusion and an Intrusion Related Gold System (IRGS) confirmed by consistent IRGS mineralogy/alteration and sheeted veining as observed in drill core and surface mapping (multi-phased gold mineralization present).
• Notable IRGS deposits within the Tintina Gold Belt include Kinross' Fort Knox operation in Alaska (reserves of 4.3 million ounces of gold), and Victoria Gold's Eagle Gold Deposit (indicated resources of 4.8 million ounces of gold and inferred resources of 1.5 million ounces of gold).
• The exploration in 2012 included an aggressive diamond drill program focused on follow-up and expansion work around last year's drilling as well as additional infill geophysical/geochemical surveys and detailed geological mapping.
• A total of 1,994 metres was drilled in nine holes during the 2012 field season with all seven drill holes that were completed to their target depths successfully intersecting gold mineralization while two holes were abandoned due to difficult ground conditions.
• Significant drill results from the program included 46.4 metres of 1.49 g/t gold in hole JN12011 and 88.5 metres of 0.73 g/t gold in hole JN12018.
• The POW Zone continues to exhibit strong continuity of mineralization and remains open in all directions. Mineralization at the zone has been traced along surface for approximately 450 metres west-east by 200 metres north-south and to 205 metres depth.
• The vast majority of the intrusive stock and its surrounding contact aureole at the Justin Project have yet to be tested and both remain very high priority targets for future exploration and drilling. There are also large untested geophysical anomalies proximal to the POW discovery zone, which are considered high-priority targets.

ii. Project Overview

Aben Resources has a 100% interest in its flagship 18,314 acre Justin Gold Project. The property is located in the southeast Yukon on the Tintina Gold Belt. It is approximately 35 kilometres southeast of the Cantung Mine and has an all season road running through its claims.

iii. 2011 Exploration

A Phase One 2020 metre diamond drill program consisting of ten drill holes commenced in August and was completed in September. This drill program was designed to assess the potential mineralization at the POW, Confluence, Kangas and Main zones. The drilling was the first ever completed on the POW, Confluence and Kangas zones. The 2011 activities represent the first systematic drilling campaign on the project since a small four hole program was completed on the Main zone in the mid-1980's.

During the 2011 field program, mapping of the geology in the general area of the POW Zone was carried out to follow up on anomalies from the 2010 geophysical survey. This geophysical survey highlighted a pronounced magnetic high-EM conductor zone 400 metres west of the newly discovered gold mineralization from the 2010 field work and surface sampling. A number of soil and rock samples were also collected to complement the geological mapping. This follow-up work on the POW Zone led crew members to investigate the source of the strong EM geophysical conductor outlined by the airborne survey conducted in 2010. Along the strike of a strong EM lineament, a 10m-wide zone of mineralized quartz breccia was discovered which is considered to be a favourable target for gold and silver mineralization. This resulted in the expansion of the 2011 drill program to include two additional holes designed to test the newly discovered POW Zone.

In the middle of November 2011, Aben released the first drill hole results received from the 2011 drill program in which a significant new greenfield gold discovery had been made. The Company intercepted 60.00 metres of 1.19 g/t gold including 21.0 metres of 2.47 g/t gold in hole JN11009 in the never before drilled POW Zone.

The intercept observed in JN11009 starts at a vertical depth of 113 metres and is dominated by massive skarn-style replacement mineralization, which has been overprinted by quartz-calcite stock work veining. Both the skarn-style and vein-style mineralization carried gold values. The geochemical signature of the mineralized zone is characterized by elevated Au, Bi, Cu, Mo and W supporting an Intrusion Related Gold System (IRGS). The 2010 geophysics outline an inferred buried intrusive stock, represented by a pronounced magnetic low, which lies between the POW Zone and the Main Zone located 2.4 kilometres to the south.

A second hole, JN11010, was drilled into the POW Zone which intercepted 11.3 metres of 2.70 g/t gold and 29.00 g/t silver starting at a vertical depth of 125 metres. The mineralized intercept in drill hole JN11010 correlates with the upper zone intercepted in Hole JN11009 of 60 metres of 1.19 g/t Au. Both exploratory holes drilled into the POW Zone in 2011 intercepted significant gold mineralization and this mineralization is open in all directions.

Additional ground work at the POW Zone in 2011 returned surface samples up to 8.97 g/t Au and 84.10 g/t Ag. Positive surface sampling results from 2010 and 2011 are located 400 metres to the east of the new gold discovery in holes JN11009 and JN11010.

Aben also drill tested the Kangas Zone in 2011, located 1.4 kilometres south of the POW Zone. Three holes totaling 494.20 metres were drilled from two pads on the Kangas Zone (holes JN11001, JN11002 and JN11003). Difficult ground conditions hampered drilling efforts, and target depths were reached on only one of the three holes. A new high grade silver-copper zone was intercepted in Hole JN11003 which was the only hole to intersect significant mineralization despite being abandoned within the contact of a fault zone. A 1.07 metre interval within the contact zone of the fault returned values of 7320 g/t Ag (234 oz/ton Ag) and 3.52% Cu at a down-hole depth of 42.23 metres. Sample recovery over the interval was only 15%, and therefore results may not reflect the true thickness or tenor of the mineralization. The hole was terminated within the mineralized interval due to poor ground conditions. This newly discovered silver-copper zone is open along strike and follow-up drilling will be conducted next season to further delineate this high grade zone.

As a result of the new greenfield gold, silver and copper discoveries on the Justin Project, Aben has acquired more claims around the property and in particular around the POW Zone on the northern part of the project. The Company has recently acquired 14,274 additional acres of mineral tenure in the immediate vicinity of the project to facilitate an even more aggressive work program in the 2012 field season.

iv. 2012 Exploration

A seasonal, 20-man exploration camp was constructed adjacent to the Nahanni Range Road on the Justin property, and serviced all exploration activities in 2012. The camp has now been winterized after the completion of the field activities this past season. The exploration in 2012 included an aggressive diamond drill program focused on follow-up and expansion work around the newly discovered POW Zone. The field work also included additional infill geophysical and geochemical surveys as well as detailed geological mapping.

A total of 1,994 metres was drilled in nine holes during the 2012 field season with all seven drill holes that were completed to their target depths successfully intersecting gold mineralization while two holes were abandoned due to difficult ground conditions. Significant drill results from the program included 46.4 metres of 1.49 g/t gold in hole JN12011 and 88.5 metres of 0.73 g/t gold in hole JN12018. The POW Zone continues to exhibit strong continuity of mineralization and remains open in all directions. Mineralization at the zone has been traced along surface for approximately 450 metres west-east by 200 metres north-south and to 205 metres depth.

Drilling to date has also confirmed the presence of a shallowly buried granitoid intrusion immediately underlying the POW Zone. Detailed mapping to the south of the POW Zone has since confirmed the presence of the intrusive body at surface. The contact zone of the intrusion with the surrounding carbonate country rocks is a primary drill target as it is an important control on the skarn-replacement mineralization observed in the first few holes at the POW Zone. The vast majority of the intrusive stock and its surrounding contact aureole at the Justin Project have yet to be tested and both remain very high priority targets for future exploration and drilling. There are also large untested geophysical anomalies proximal to the POW discovery zone, which are considered high-priority targets.

Besides skarn-hosted gold mineralization, other characteristics of IRGS deposits such as sheeted veining have been observed at the Justin Project in drilling and on surface, both within the intrusion and the surrounding country rock. Multi-phased precious metal mineralization is present at the property and displays a geochemical affinity to an Intrusion Related Gold System and indicates that the mineralizing system was long-lived.

Producing IRGS deposits within the Tintina Gold Belt include Kinross' Fort Knox operation in Alaska, with reported proven and probable reserves of 314Mt grading 0.43 g/t Au, representing 4.3 million ounces of contained gold (Kinross Mineral Reserve and Resource Statement, December, 2011). Advanced IRGS projects in the Yukon include Victoria Gold's Eagle Gold Deposit with indicated resources of 4.8 million ounces of gold and inferred resources of 1.5 million ounces of gold (Victoria Gold website, August, 2012). Readers are cautioned that past results or discoveries on proximate land are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be achieved on the Justin property.

v. Gold Mineralization

The property is host to numerous styles of intrusive and sediment hosted gold mineralization located within several main bulk-tonnage target areas. There are three different styles of mineralization including epithermal, skarn and sediment-hosted gold mineralization. The variety of mineralization styles makes the property an excellent candidate for combined bulk-tonnage and high-grade gold mineralization.

The Main Gold Zone hosts gold-bearing pyritic mineralization which occurs within a quartz monzonite dyke and adjacent calcareous siltstone. Historic chip sampling across this zone returned an average grade of 2.38 g/t Au over 22.5 metres. The Main Zone remains open to the east and along strike to the north into overburden-covered areas. The Confluence Gold Zone consists of a 600 metre by 250 metre area of coarse clastics hosting considerable fracture controlled chalcedonic veining. Historic grab samples from the zone returned gold values as high as 59.25 g/t Au in addition to historic chip sampling averaging 4.24 g/t Au over 4.5 metres.

The Kangas Gold Zone consists of a 75 metre by 400 metre zone of skarn and replacement style mineralization within calcareous siltstone, which has returned widespread anomalous values of up to 3.46 g/t gold. The POW Zone, discovered by Eagle Plains during an exploration program in 2010, consists of a calc-silicate skarn system as well as chalcedonic and quartz veining with arsenopyrite and pyrhhotite in coarse clastic sediments.

The Justin property has the potential to host both high-grade and bulk-tonnage gold mineralization and many targets on the property remain to be tested with further exploration planned, including trenching and diamond drilling.

vi. Property Geology

The regional geology of the southeast Yukon is represented by the basement rocks of the Selwyn Basin, Late Precambrian to Early Cambrian Hyland Group sediments. Regional mineralization is generally controlled by Mid-Cretaceous Tombstone Suite quartz monzonite intrusive stocks. The Justin Property is underlain by sedimentary rocks assigned to the Yusezyu Formation. The three distinct styles of mineralization on the property are thought to be a direct reflection of a long lived, widespread mineralizing event occurring in reactive calcareous sediments.

The POW Zone geology is characterized by interbedded sequences of west-southwest striking, moderately north-northwest dipping fine to coarse grained siliciastics and calc-silicate altered limestones of the Hyland Group. The northern margin of the POW Zone is bound by the March Creek Fault, a regional structure interpreted as a deep seated strike-slip thrust fault. The fault is observed on the property and separates the Proterozoic-Cambrian Hyland Group from the Cambrian-Ordivican Rabbitkettle Formation. The southern extent of the POW Zone is underlain by a granodiorite stock and quartz monzonite dikes, interpreted to be part of the Cretaceous Tombstone-Tungsten Suite. The newly discovered POW Zone lies within the contact aureole of the granodiorite stock and is cross cut by at least three northerly trending quartz-monzonite dikes measuring 10.0 - 25.0 metres in thickness. Mineralization within the zone is observed as massive skarn-style replacement of limestone beds and quartz-calcite stock work veining. The mineralization style and spatial association to intrusive rocks is similar to that observed at the Main Zone.

TerraLogic Exploration Inc.

Aben has engaged TerraLogic Exploration Inc. of Cranbrook, BC to oversee all aspects of the exploration and drilling programs on the Company's Yukon and Northwest Territories projects. TerraLogic has been operating mineral exploration projects in North America since 1992 and has extensive experience up in the Yukon and NWT. They have worked for some notable companies including Teck and BP. Through TerraLogic, Aben has arranged for field crews, support staff, camps, supplies, helicopters and drill rigs to conduct the exploration to be carried out this year.

Aben Resources has been granted the exclusive exploration rights to 426,821 acres (1,727 square kilometres) of land directly east of the Yukon/NWT Territorial border.

The Selwyn Recce permits are considered to be prospective for the presence of Carlin-type gold deposits as well as carbonate-hosted and sedimentary-exhalative ("sedex") style silver-lead-zinc deposits and sediment-hosted copper deposits. These rights occur in the form of NWT Government-granted "prospecting permits" which will enable the Company to complete exploration activities over entire individual map-sheets for a period of three years, with the exclusive right to acquire formal title within these selected areas. The area has garnered considerable attention recently with the discovery of Carlin-style mineralization in the Yukon Territory at ATAC Resources’ (TSX.V: ATC) Osiris gold zone discovery. The current Aben permits cover prospective targets with both Carlin-style stratigraphy and promising geochemical signatures.

i. 2011 Exploration

Field crews completed a very large scale regional reconnaissance program on the Company's Selwyn Recce Project in 2011 that included geological mapping, regional prospecting, geochemical surveys and geophysical surveys. Eighteen high priority targets had previously been identified to form the focus of the 2011 exploration efforts. The bulk of the field work was carried out on the high priority targets with many thousands of samples having been collected including 7368 soil samples, 681 rock samples, 668 silt samples, 14 heavy mineral bulk samples, and 51 petrographic analysis samples. All of the obtained data from the 8,782 samples has been imported into a database to allow for geological interpretation and analysis. Aben now possesses the largest proprietary database for the region consisting of over 21,000 samples. The Company also conducted 3,233 line kilometres of airborne magnetic and radiometric geophysical surveys to complement the sampling and prospecting program.

The 2011 field work was successful in delineating four high-priority targets warranting further exploration. Highlights and conclusions from the 2011 exploration program at these four showings include:

• Grab samples from the ENYO target returned a range of assay results from anomalous silver and base metal numbers to as high as 651 g/t Ag and 5.5% Zn.
• The Suriso showing is prospective for intrusion-related gold systems based on favourable geology and geochemical signatures.
• Grab sample assay results ranged from anomalous to as high as 0.4% Cu, 2.3% Pb and 2.8% Zn from the Bonk showing with an extensive horizon traceable for over six kilometres.
• Eight grab samples from the Energizer target returned over 10 ppm Thallium indicating the potential for Carlin-style gold mineralization in the area.

The Company is pleased with the initial first-pass reconnaissance program on the Selwyn Recce Project. The land mass over which the various targets are located is roughly 36,000 square kilometres and less than 10% of the ground has been systemically explored to date.

As a result of the proprietary database acquired and the extensive exploration work carried out in 2011, the Company has been very aggressive in staking land in the Selwyn Recce area. In total an additional 147,404 acres of highly prospective ground in the NWT and the Yukon was staked by Aben in the region.

The Selwyn Recce permits were originally acquired on the basis of the proprietary geological and geochemical database obtained by Aben Resources from Eagle Plains Resources (TSX.V: EPL). The database has been assembled through decades of systematic mineral exploration in the Mackenzie Mountains consisting of extensive regional silt sampling, follow-up soil sampling and prospecting, detailed mapping and stratigraphic correlation, and examination of most of the documented historic occurrences in the Mackenzie Mountain area. A significant component of the work was the acquisition by Eagle Plains of 5700 silt sample pulps covering approximately 19,000 sq. km, collected in the 1970's by Cordilleran Engineering. Subsequently, an additional 3500 silt samples were added to the database. Originally analyzed for only lead and zinc, the samples were reanalyzed using a 30 element ICP, thereby forming an extensive proprietary dataset which is being used by Aben to target fieldwork and exploration activities in mineral-rich districts.

Aben Resources has entered into an agreement with Eagle Plains Resources (TSX.V: EPL) whereby Aben is earning in a 100% interest in the 1,100 hectare (2,718 acre) Rusty Springs Silver and Base Metals Project, located north of Dawson City, Yukon.

The Rusty Springs property hosts silver-lead-zinc mineralization associated with a 25-40 metre thick replacement horizon within carbonate rocks. Some 35 showings are present within the property area and consist of both high-grade vein occurrences and lower-grade replacement mineralization. The mineralization on the property has been defined over a 6 square kilometre area. Drilling highlights from the property include hole 77-08 (drilled in 1977) which was reported to have returned 1,140 g/t (33.27 oz/t) silver, 4.72% lead and 2.30% copper over 37.5 metres (123 feet) from surface to a depth of 37.5 metres. Hole 95-07 (drilled in 1995) was located 1.5 kilometres from hole 77-08 and tested the same stratigraphic interval, returning 517 g/t (15.1 oz/t) silver, 3.0% copper and 1.3% zinc over 15.3 metres from 28.6 metres to 43.9 metres below surface.

The Rusty Springs Project has only had a limited amount of exploration carried out on it since being discovered in 1975. Significant to drilling in 1996 was the discovery of stratabound mineralization over much of the claim area and beyond. With the confirmation by drilling in 1997 of a specific mineralized horizon over considerable aerial distribution, the entire property area hosting similar stratigraphy is being targeted for systematic exploration including diamond drilling.

Aben Resources has entered into an agreement with Eagle Plains Resources (TSX.V: EPL) whereby Aben is earning in a 100% interest in the 1,100 hectare (2,718 acre) Rusty Springs Silver and Base Metals Project, located north of Dawson City, Yukon.

The Rusty Springs property hosts silver-lead-zinc mineralization associated with a 25-40 metre thick replacement horizon within carbonate rocks. Some 35 showings are present within the property area and consist of both high-grade vein occurrences and lower-grade replacement mineralization. The mineralization on the property has been defined over a 6 square kilometre area. Drilling highlights from the property include hole 77-08 (drilled in 1977) which was reported to have returned 1,140 g/t (33.27 oz/t) silver, 4.72% lead and 2.30% copper over 37.5 metres (123 feet) from surface to a depth of 37.5 metres. Hole 95-07 (drilled in 1995) was located 1.5 kilometres from hole 77-08 and tested the same stratigraphic interval, returning 517 g/t (15.1 oz/t) silver, 3.0% copper and 1.3% zinc over 15.3 metres from 28.6 metres to 43.9 metres below surface.

The Rusty Springs Project has only had a limited amount of exploration carried out on it since being discovered in 1975. Significant to drilling in 1996 was the discovery of stratabound mineralization over much of the claim area and beyond. With the confirmation by drilling in 1997 of a specific mineralized horizon over considerable aerial distribution, the entire property area hosting similar stratigraphy is being targeted for systematic exploration including diamond drilling.

The Rude Creek South property is located in the heart of Yukon's White Gold District approximately 40 kilometres southeast of Kaminak Gold Corp.'s (TSX.V: KAM) Coffee Creek gold property, 60 kilometres southeast of Kinross' (TSX: K) (previously Underworld Resources') Golden Saddle gold deposit, and 10 kilometres east of Western Copper and Gold Corp.'s (TSX: WRN) Casino gold, copper and molybdenum deposit. This deposit contains a resource of 8 million ounces of gold, 4.4 billion pounds of copper and 475 million pounds of molybdenum.

In 2010, Kaminak Gold Corp. executed the first ever drill program on the 150,000 acre Coffee property and drilled 8 separate and closely-spaced gold discoveries within a 10 kilometre strike length. Notable discovery holes include 15.5 metres of 17.1 g/t Au at the Supremo Zone, 83.93 metres of 1.08 g/t Au at the Latte Zone, 35 metres of 6.3 g/t Au at the Double Double Zone, and 56.75 metres of 2.21 g/t Au at the Kona Zone.

In May 2009 Underworld Resources Inc. announced a spectacular drill intersection of 3.4 g/t Au over 104.0 metres on the Golden Saddle zone of their White Gold property. Underworld continued drilling through out the summer on Golden Saddle and a second zone called Arc. A short eight months later in January 2010, Underworld announced an initial resource estimation for the Golden Saddle and Arc deposits. The resource at Golden Saddle includes 1,004,570 indicated ounces at 3.2 g/t Au, with an additional 407,413 inferred ounces at 2.5 g/t Au. At Arc, the initial resource includes 170,470 inferred ounces at 1.2 g/t Au. In March 2010, Kinross Gold Corporation successfully launched a friendly takeover bid for Underworld valued at $139.2 million.

Aben Resources has entered into an option agreement whereby the Company may earn a 100% interest in the 31,382 acre Rude Creek South gold, copper and molybdenum property located in the Dawson Range, Yukon.

The Rude Creek South property is subject to a two percent (2%) net smelter return royalty ("NSR") in favour of the Optionor. Aben has been granted a right to purchase a 1% NSR at any time prior to the commencement of commercial production for the consideration of $1,000,000.

i. Geology and Geophysics on Rude Creek South Property

The property covers the southern margin of a 15 kilometre long NW/SE trending regional mag-high anomaly drained on its NW end by a historic placer creek (Rude Creek). On its southern edge, the mag-anomaly contains a prominent 12 kilometre long, SSW trending splay which runs subparallel to a lithological contact between mid-Cretaceous granodiorites (Whitehorse Suite, biotite-hornblende, including Casino intrusives) and Late Devonian-Mississippian Pelly orthogneiss. This splay continues south and underneath a large package of Nasina graphitic quartzites (intruded locally by what is mapped as volcanics). The majority of the property is underlain by mid-Cretaceous granodiorites. The target type most obvious at the Rude Creek South property would be similar to Kaminak's Kona, Americano and Espresso zones, all hosted by granitic-intrusives of mid-Cretaceous age.

ii. Chemistry on Rude Creek South Property

Ronald Netolitzky, M.Sc. Geology
Director, Chairman

Ron Netolitzky serves as Chairman and a Director of the Company. Mr. Netolitzky holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Alberta and a M.Sc. degree from the University of Calgary, both in geological sciences.

He has extensive exploration and mine development experience, and is an officer and director of a number of public mining companies currently involved in mineral exploration throughout the world. He was previously Chairman and President of Viceroy Exploration Ltd., which achieved exploration success with its Gualcaymayo gold project in Argentina resulting in the sale of the company to Yamana Gold in 2006. Mr. Netolitzky was also Chairman of Brett Resources Inc., which was acquired by Osisko Mining Corp. in the Spring of 2010.

Mr. Netolitzky has been directly involved in the mineral exploration industry in Western Canada since 1964. His knowledge of mineral exploration and aggressive business acumen resulted in exploration success on three Western Canadian gold and silver projects (all of which became producing mines): the Eskay Creek and Snip deposits in British Columbia and the Brewery Creek deposit in the Yukon. He was honoured with the Bill Dennis Prospector of the Year Award in 1990 by the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada.

James G. Pettit
Director, President

Jim Pettit has been President and a Director of Aben Resources Ltd. since November 2002. Mr. Pettit is currently serving as a Director on the Boards of 6 junior resource companies and offers 15 years experience within the industry specializing in finance, corporate governance, management, and compliance.

He specializes in the early stage development of private, as well as public companies. His background over the past 15 years has been focused primarily within the resource sector where he has managed and directed junior mining companies through good times and bad.

Timothy Termuende, P.Geo.
Director, Qualified Person

Tim Termuende serves as a Director of the Company and is a professional geologist with over 30 years experience in the mineral exploration industry and is a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101. He is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: EPL) in addition to serving as Director of a number of other Public Companies.

Since earning his degree in Geological Sciences at the University of British Columbia in 1987, Mr. Termuende has worked on exploration projects throughout North, Central, and South America, and has inspected mineral deposits in the former Soviet Union. He has been continuously active in mineral exploration throughout western Canada since 1976, and currently oversees a broad range of ongoing exploration projects located throughout British Columbia, Saskatchewan, the Yukon and the Northwest Territories.

Amanda Chow, CMA
Director

Amanda Chow serves as an independent Director of Aben Resources Ltd. Ms. Chow is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and a graduate of Simon Fraser University where she earned her Bachelor of Business Administration degree. She began working with public companies in 1999.

Donald C. Huston
Director

Don Huston serves as a Director of the Company and has been associated with the mineral exploration industry for over 25 years. Mr. Huston has extensive experience as a financier and in-field manager of numerous mineral exploration projects in North America. He was born and raised in Red Lake, Ontario and spent 15 years as a geophysical contractor with C.D. Huston & Sons Ltd. as mineral exploration consultants in northern Ontario, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. Mr. Huston serves as a Director of 5 Canadian public resource companies.

Nancy Ackerfeldt
Corporate Secretary

Nancy Ackerfeldt has over twenty years of experience in public company administration and compliance, working primarily with junior public companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. From August 1995 to date, Ms. Ackerfeldt has been employed with 98 Corporate Group Resources Ltd., a private management and administrative services company which provides office space, accounting, legal, secretarial and support services to public companies.

Donald G. Myers
Corporate Communications

Don Myers serves as Corporate Communication Manager of Aben Resources Ltd. He has over twenty years of experience in public company management and corporate communications working with companies listed on the TSX Venture, NASDAQ, and Toronto Stock Exchanges. Mr. Myers background includes holding the position of Director and Officer of several junior public companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange.

Carl Schulze, B.Sc., P.Geo.
Qualified Person - Justin Gold Project

Carl Schulze has been active as a geologist involved in all aspects of mineral exploration for the past 27 years. A graduate of Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Carl has extensive exploration experience and project management throughout the Yukon, northern Ontario, British Columbia, Alaska, and southern Alberta. Carl was active in the Sprogge-Justin area of south-eastern Yukon in the late 1990s and was responsible for the discovery of numerous gold-bearing showings in the area including the Kangas Zone.

Carl was the Resident Geologist for the Government of Nunavut for two years gaining expertise working within Canada's aboriginal communities. He gained his Professional Geoscience status in 2000 and has acted as the Qualified Person for a large variety of projects. In 2003 Carl formed All-Terrane Mineral Exploration Services, a Whitehorse-based consulting and contract exploration firm. He has also been a Director of the Yukon Chamber of Mines since late 2003, and was its President from 2007 to 2010.

Aaron Higgs, B.Sc.
Project Manager - Selwyn Recce Project

Aaron Higgs is a project geologist with extensive experience in grassroots exploration having worked on a number of projects across BC, Yukon and NWT. Since earning a bachelor degree in Geology from UBC in 2005 he has worked on a number of projects exploring for a range of commodities including Au, Ag, Cu, Mo, Pb and Zn. He has spent three years as a project geologist on district scale grassroots exploration programs in the Mackenzie Mountains in the Northwest Territories with the focus on SEDEX and MVT base metal systems. Aaron has also spent two years as project geologist and manager on broad based exploration programs in the Yukon focusing on gold systems. Aaron currently resides in Kimberley, BC and has worked with TerraLogic Exploration since 2005.

Rick Zuran, B.Sc.
Project Consultant - Selwyn Recce Project

Rick graduated in 1988 with a B.Sc. in Geological Sciences at UBC. He has 23 years of experience as a geologist specializing in regional gold exploration and is presently living in the Yukon Territory. His focus is on numerous intrusive hosted and vein gold systems in the northern cordillera and IOCG systems in the Yukon, NWT (Wopmay), Baja Norte Mexico, and northern Chile. Rick has worked at three gold mines including the Mount Skukum Gold Mine in the Yukon, the Erickson Gold Mine in BC and the Golden Bear Mine in BC. He has worked independently and as a project geologist with various firms including Aurum Geological Consultants Inc., Archer Cathro & Associates (1981) Ltd., Minconsult Exploration Services, Total Energold Corporation, North American Metals Corp., Kennecott Canada Inc., Anglo American, Brett Resources Inc., and Kinross Gold. Rick was part of the initial 1994 North American Metals Corp. discovery team at the Carlin-type Ursa gold deposit in the Golden Bear Mine Area which was mined in the late 1990's.

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