MINING ACQUISITION AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is dated for reference August 23,
2007.
BETWEEN:
JAMES SIKORA, with an
address at Oficina 618, Empresarial Mall
Ventura, Cra.32 #1B Sur 51, Medellin, Colombia
(the “Vendor”)
AND:
GEMINI EXPLORATIONS, INC., a company having an address at Suite 103, 240-11th Avenue SW,
Calgary, AB T2R 0C3
(the “Purchaser”)
WHEREAS:
A.
The Vendor is the registered beneficial owner of an
undivided one hundred percent (100%) interest in and to those
certain mineral interests which are more particularly described in
Schedule "A" attached hereto (the “Property”);
and
B.
The Vendor wishes to sell to the Purchaser an
undivided eighty percent (80%) interest in and to the Property and
any deposits of Gold and other minerals on the Property, and the
Purchaser wishes to acquire the same on the terms and subject to
the conditions as are more particularly set forth
herein.
THEREFORE in
consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements in this
Agreement, the parties agree as follows:
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1.
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DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
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1.1
For the purposes of this Agreement:
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(a)
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"Affiliate" means any person, partnership, joint
venture, corporation or other form of enterprise which directly or
indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control
with, a party to this Agreement. For purposes of the preceding
sentence, "control" means possession, directly or indirectly, of
the power to direct or cause direction of management and policies
through ownership of voting securities, contract, voting trust or
otherwise;
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(b)
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"Effective Date" means, August 23, 2007;
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(c)
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"Net Smelter Return" shall mean the gross proceeds
received by the Purchaser in any year from the sale of Product from
the mining operation on the Property, less successively:
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(i)
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the cost of transportation of such Product to a
smelter or other place of treatment, and
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(ii)
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smelter and treatment charges;
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(d)
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"Ore" shall mean any minerals of commercial economic
value mined from the Property;
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(e)
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"Payment" means the payments contemplated in paragraph 3.2;
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(f)
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"Product" shall mean Ore mined from the Property and
any concentrates or other materials or products derived therefrom,
but if any such Ore, concentrates or other materials or products
are further treated as part of the mining operation in respect of
the Property, such Ore, concentrates or other materials or products
shall not be considered to be "Product" until after they have been
so treated.
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(g)
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"Property" means properties in Columbia, more particularly
described in Schedule "A" of this Agreement;
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(h)
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"Property Rights" means all licences, permits, easements,
rights-of-way, certificates and other approvals obtained by either
of the parties, either before or after the date of this Agreement,
and necessary for the development of the Property or for the
purpose of placing the Property into production or of continuing
production on the Property; and
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(i)
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"Shares" means fully paid and non-assessable common shares in the
capital of the Purchaser, issued pursuant to exemptions from
registration and prospectus requirements contained in the United
States Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, which Shares shall contain such restrictive
legends regarding applicable hold periods as required by such
securities laws.
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1.2
For the purposes of this Agreement, except as
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise
requires:
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(a)
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"this Agreement" means this mining acquisition agreement and all
Schedules attached hereto;
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(b)
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any reference in this Agreement to a designated "Section",
"Schedule", "paragraph" or other subdivision refers to the
designated section, schedule, paragraph or other subdivision of
this Agreement;
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(c)
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the words "herein" and "hereunder" and other words of similar
import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular
Section or other subdivision of this Agreement;
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(d)
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any reference to a statute includes and, unless otherwise specified
herein, is a reference to such statute and to the regulations made
pursuant thereto, with all amendments made thereto and in force
from time to time, and to any statute or regulations that may be
passed which has the effect of supplementing or superseding such
statute or such regulation;
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(e)
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any reference to "party" or "parties" means the Vendor, the
Purchaser, or both, as the context requires;
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(f)
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the headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference
only and do not affect the interpretation of this Agreement;
and
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(g)
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all references to currency refer to United States dollars.
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1.3
The following are the Schedules to this Agreement,
and are incorporated into this Agreement by reference:
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Schedule "A":
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Property-Legal Description and Location
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2.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE VENDOR AND
THE PURCHASER
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2.1
The Vendor represents and warrants to the Purchaser
that:
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(a)
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the Vendor is the beneficial owner of the Property and the Vendor
has the full right, power, capacity and authority to enter into,
execute and deliver this Agreement;
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(b)
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the Property is free and clear of, and from, all liens, charges and
encumbrances with all assessment work therein having been duly
completed through the year ended December 31, 2007;
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(c)
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the Vendor holds all permits, licences, consents and authorities
issued by any government or governmental authority which are
necessary in connection with the ownership and operation of its
business and the ownership of the Property;
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(d)
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the Property has been properly staked, located and recorded
pursuant to the applicable laws and regulations of Columbia and all
mining claims comprising the Property are in good standing;
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(e)
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there are no outstanding agreements or options to acquire the
Property or any portion thereof, and no person, firm or corporation
has any proprietary or possessor interest in the Property;
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(f)
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to the best of the Vendor's knowledge, there are no
outstanding orders or directions relating to environmental matters
requiring any work, repairs, construction or capital expenditures
with respect to the Property and the conduct of the operations
related thereto, and the Vendor has not received any notice of the
same and is not aware of any basis on which any such orders or
direction could be made;
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(g)
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there is no adverse claim or challenge against or to
the ownership of or title to any part of the Property and, to the
best of the Vendor’s knowledge there is no basis for such
adverse claim or challenge which may affect the
Property;
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(h)
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the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement does not and will not conflict with, constitute a
default under, result in a breach of, entitle any person or company
to a right of termination under, or result in the creation or
imposition of any lien, encumbrance or restriction of any nature
whatsoever upon or against the property or assets of the Vendor,
under its constating documents, any contract, agreement, indenture
or other instrument to which the Vendor is a party or by which it
is bound, any law, judgment, order, writ, injunction or decree of
any court, administrative agency or other tribunal or any
regulation of any governmental authority;
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(i)
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there are no actual or pending proceedings for, and the Vendor is
unaware of any basis for, the institution of any proceedings
leading to the placing of the Vendor in bankruptcy or subject to
any other laws governing the affairs of insolvent parties and the
Property does not represent all or substantially all of the
Vendor’s corporate undertaking;
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(j)
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reclamation and rehabilitation of those parts of the Property which
have been previously worked have been properly completed in
compliance with all applicable laws;
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(k)
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the Vendor has advised the Purchaser of all of the
material information relating to the mineral potential of the
Property of which it has knowledge; and
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(l)
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there are no mine workings or waste dumps or mine
tailings on the property.
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2.2
The representations and warranties contained in
paragraph 2.1 are provided for the exclusive benefit of the
Purchaser, and a breach of any one or more representations or
warranties may be waived by the Purchaser in whole or in part at
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time without prejudice to its rights in respect of
any other breach of the same or any other representation or
warranty, and the representations and warranties contained in
paragraph 2.1 will survive the execution and delivery of this
Agreement.
2.3
The Purchaser represents and warrants to the Vendor
that:
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(a)
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the Purchaser is a valid and subsisting corporation
duly incorporated and in good standing under the laws of the State
of Nevada;
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(b)
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the Purchaser has the full right, power, capacity and authority to
enter into, execute and deliver this Agreement and to be bound by
its terms;
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(c)
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the consummation of this Agreement will not conflict
with nor result in any breach of its constating documents or any
covenants or agreements contained in or constitute a default under
any agreement or other instrument whatever to which the Purchaser
is a party or by which the Purchaser is bound or to which the
Purchaser may be subject; and
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(d)
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no proceedings are pending for, and the Purchaser is
unaware of any basis for, the institution of any proceedings
leading to the placing of the Purchaser in bankruptcy or subject to
any other laws governing the affairs of insolvent
parties.
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2.4
The representations and warranties contained in
paragraph 2.3 are provided for the exclusive benefit of the Vendor,
and a breach of any one or more representations or warranties may
be waived by the Vendor in whole or in part at any time without
prejudice to its rights in respect of any other breach of the same
or any other representation or warranty, and the representations
and warranties contained in paragraph 2.3 will survive the
execution and delivery of this Agreement.
2.5
The Vendor and the Purchaser acknowledge that the
Vendor will maintain control of the Property, subject to this
Agreement, and subject to all appropriate local and national
governmental approvals and environmental considerations.
3.1
The Vendor hereby sells to the Purchaser an eighty
percent (80%) undivided interest in and to the Property and all
minerals on the Property, free and clear of all claims, taxes,
liens or encumbrances, on the terms and conditions set out
herein.
3.2
The consideration payable by the Purchaser to the
Vendor pursuant to this Agreement shall be:
(a)
$100,000 cash, of which $10,000 is to be provided within 5 days
of the Effective Date, $40,000 is to be provided within 60 days of
the Effective Date and the balance of $50,000 is to be provided
within 90 days of the Effective Date; and
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(b)
2,500,000 restricted Shares of common stock of the
Purchaser.
3.3
If the Purchaser identifies any material defect in
the Vendor’s title to the Property, the Purchaser shall give
the Vendor notice of such defect. If the defect has not been cured
within 60 days of receipt of such notice, the Purchaser shall be
entitled to take such curative action as is reasonably necessary,
and shall be entitled to deduct the costs and expenses incurred in
taking such action from Payments then otherwise due or accruing due
to the Vendor. If there are no such Payments, the Purchaser shall
be entitled to a refund in the amount of said costs and
expenses.
3.4
If any third pa
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