Kamsack RCMP is asking for the public's assistance in locating a missing 13 year-old boy.

Ira Preston Cook went missing on Saturday March 5, around three o'clock near the Cote First Nation rink.

Cook is a resident of the Pikiwek group home on the Cote First Nation. He is described as 5'5'' and 150 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes and has burn scars on both hands.

He was last seen wearing a black or dark brown jacket and blue jeans. Cook also has family in the Stanley Mission/Laronge area.