Exhibit
10.1
This Agreement
is dated effective the 1 st day of September,
2006.
BETWEEN:
CASCADE ENERGY INC.
(the
“Contractor”)
AND:
FAISAL SALEH , accountant
(the
“Sub-Contractor”)
WHEREAS:
A. The Contractor is engaged in
the business of resource exploration (“the Contractor’s
Business”), and the Sub-Contractor is engaged in the business
of providing services related to the Contractor’s Business as
more particularly described and set out in the attached Schedule
“A”;
B. The Contractor desires to
enter into this Agreement with the Sub-Contractor, providing, among
other things, for Sub-Contractor's services to the Contractor;
and
C. The Sub-Contractor desires to
enter into this Agreement with respect to its services to the
Contractor, upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set
forth.
NOW
THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES that in consideration of the
premises, covenants and mutual provisos set forth herein, the
parties agree as follows:
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The Contractor shall retain
the Sub-Contractor and the Sub-Contractor shall assist the
Contractor upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set
forth.
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The term of this Agreement
shall commence on the 1 st day of September, 2006, and
terminate on the 1 st day of September, 2007 (the
“Term”) unless renewed or terminated prior to that date
as set out hereinafter. This Agreement and the Term will
automatically renew for additional one (1) year terms unless the
Contractor notifies the Sub-Contractor in writing not less than
thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the initial term or any
renewal term that it does not wish to renew the
Agreement.
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During the Term, the
Sub-Contractor shall have the full and complete obligation and
responsibility for the performance of the duties and/or work
described in the attached Schedule "A" for the Contractor and the
Sub-Contractor shall be obligated to the Contractor for the
performance of all such duties and/or work. During the period
hereof, the Sub-Contractor shall assist the Contractor and shall
perform any and all services required or requested in connection
with the Contractor's business. Within the limitations herein
provided, the Sub-Contractor will render such services of an
advisory nature as may be requested from time to time by the
Contractor.
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During the term of this
Agreement, the Sub-Contractor and its Nominee shall devote 30%of
his time to the performance of its duties hereunder and shall
periodically, or at any time, upon the request of the Contractor,
submit data as to the time requirements of work performed and to be
performed by him for the Contractor in connection with this
Agreement.
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The Contractor shall pay the
Sub-Contractor a fee in accordance with the attached Schedule
"B.
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The Sub-Contractor shall, each
month during the Term provide to the Contractor an invoice for
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Sub-Contractor in
performing the duties outlined in Schedule
“A”.
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The Sub-Contractor is retained
by the Contractor only for the purposes and to the extent set forth
in this Agreement and the Sub-Contractor's relationship to the
Contractor shall, during the term of this Agreement, be that of an
Independent Contractor. The Contractor shall not withhold, from
sums becoming payable to the Sub-Contractor hereunder, any amounts
for Income Tax, employment insurance premiums, Canada pension plan
premiums, or other withholding amounts, during the term of this
Agreement. The Sub-Contractor shall not be considered as having an
employee status or as being entitled to participate in any plans,
arrangements or distributions by the Contractor pertaining to or in
connection with any pension, stock, bonus, profit sharing or other
benefit (including any group health, dental or life insurance
plans) extended to the Contractor's employees.
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Nothing in this Agreement
shall be construed to interfere with or otherwise affect the
rendering of services by the Sub-Contractor in accordance with its
independent and professional judgment.
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The Sub-Contractor shall
perform its services substantially in accordance with generally
accepted practices and principles of its trade. This Agreement
shall be subject to the rules and regulations of any and all
organizations and associations to which the Sub-Contractor may from
time to time belong and to the laws and regulations governing the
practice of the Sub-Contractor's trade.
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This Agreement may be
terminated at any time, with cause, by either party upon ninety
(90) days written notice.
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Either party will have the
right to terminate this Agreement immediately upon written notice
at any time if:
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(a)
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The other party is in material
breach of any warranty, term, condition or covenant of this
Agreement and fails to cure that breach within thirty (30) days
after written notice of that breach and of the first party's
intention to terminate;
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The other party: (i) becomes
insolvent; (ii) fails to pay its debts or perform its obligations
in the ordinary course of business as they mature; (iii) admits in
writing its insolvency or inability to pay its debts or perform its
obligations as they mature; or (iv) becomes the subject of any
voluntary or involuntary proceeding in bankruptcy, liquidation,
dissolution, receivership, attachment or composition or general
assignment for the benefit of creditors that is not dismissed with
prejudice within thirty (30) days after the institution of such
proceeding.
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Termination under subsection
(a) above will become effective automatically upon expiration of
the cure period in the absence of a cure. Termination under
subsection (b) will become effective immediately upon written
notice of termination at any time after t
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