March 1, 2004
RJ 1 PROPERTY OPTION
AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
4763 NWT LTD.
AND
NORTH AMERICAN GENERAL RESOURCES
CORPORATION
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
RJ 1
PROPERTY OPTION AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made the 1st
day of March, 2004.
BETWEEN:
4763 NWT
LTD. , a company
incorporated under the laws of the Northwest Territories
(hereinafter called the
“Optionor”)
AND:
NORTH AMERICAN GENERAL RESOURCES
CORP. , a
Company incorporated under the laws of British Columbia
(hereinafter called “
NAGR ”)
THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES that in
consideration of the sum of $10 now paid by NAGR to the
Optionor (the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged) and the covenants and agreements hereinafter set
forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:
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1.
DEFINITIONS
1.1
“Affiliate” means a corporation which directly or
indirectly controls, or is controlled by or is under common control
with, a party. The term “control” as used herein means
the rights to the exercise of, directly or indirectly, more than
50% of the voting rights attributable to the shares of the
controlled company.
1.2
“Expenditures” means without duplication all direct and
indirect expenses of or incidental to Operations after March 1,
2004 together with any and all costs, fees and expenses which may
be paid to obtain feasibility, engineering or other studies or
reports on or with respect to the Property or any part of it. For
greater certainty, the costs, fees and expenses of recording work
for assessment credit under applicable legislation are included in
Expenditures. There shall be added to and included in
“Expenditures” reasonable charges by NAGR for
services provided in connection with Operations by geologists or
others in the employment of NAGR and reasonable charges for
machinery, tools, equipment and camp facilities owned by
NAGR and used or employed in Operations. There shall be
added to and included in “Expenditures” a charge for
NAGR ’s
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administrative expenses equal to
10% of all direct and indirect expenses and charges.
1.3
“Force Majeure” means any cause beyond NAGR
’s reasonable control, including law or regulation, action or
inaction of civil or military authority, interference by Natives,
Native rights groups, environmentalists or other activists,
inability to obtain any licence, permit or other authorization that
may be required, unusually severe weather, fire, explosion, flood,
insurrection, riot, labour dispute, inability after diligent effort
to obtain workmen or material, delay in transportation and acts of
God, but not including lack of funds.
1.4
“GOR” or Gross Overriding Royalty” means the
royalty in favour of the Optionor described in Section 4.1, in the
form attached hereto as Schedule B.
1.5
“Operations” includes any and every kind of work which
NAGR in its sole discretion elects to do or to have done on
or in respect of the Property or the products derived therefrom and
all expenditures in respect of or incidental to such
work.
1.6
“Property” means the mining claims described in
Schedule A to this Agreement, and all rights, licences and permits
incidental or ancillary thereto and any substitutions or
replacements therefor including any mining leases that may replace
such mining claims, all of which are located in the District of
Mackenzie, Northwest Territories, Canada.
1.7
“$” means Canadian dollars.
1.8
Attached to and forming part of this Agreement are the following
Schedules:
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Schedule A
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Property
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Schedule B
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Gross
Overriding Royalty
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Schedule C
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Joint Venture
Agreement
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2.
OPTION
2.1
The Optionor hereby grants to NAGR the sole and exclusive
right and option (the “Option”) exercisable in the
manner described in Section 8, to acquire a 70% undivided interest
in the Property, free and clear of all liens, charges,
encumbrances, security interests and adverse claims except for the
GOR, and any Aboriginal rights or interests, all of which shall be
borne by the Optionor and NAGR in proportion to their
respective Participating Interests from time to time under the
Joint Venture Agreement.
2.2
The Optionor hereby grants to NAGR , its
servants, agents and independent contractors, the sole and
exclusive right and option to:
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2.2.1
enter upon and have immediate possession of the
Property;
2.2.2
carry out Operations on the Property as NAGR may in its sole
discretion determine;
2.2.3
bring and install on the Property and remove from time to time such
buildings, plant, machinery, equipment, tools, appliances and
supplies as NAGR may deem necessary; and
2.2.4
remove from the Property reasonable quantities of rocks, ores,
minerals and metals and to transport the same for the purpose of
sampling, testing and assaying.
2.2.5
NAGR will be the exclusive operator of the Property as
provided in this Agreement; and
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2.3
Any diamonds and samples from the Property may be used by
NAGR for exploration, development and valuation purposes. If
NAGR does not exercise the Option, any diamonds taken from
samples from the Property that have not been destroyed by
processing or testing will be returned to the Optionor.
3.
TITLE
3.1
The Optionor shall hold the Property in trust for the parties in
accordance with their respective interests therein and subject to
the terms of this Agreement.
3.2 If
the Optionor’s title to the Property is now or at any time
hereafter deficient, defective or encumbered in any way other than
as provided by Section 2.1 then, without limiting NAGR
’s rights and remedies provided hereunder or by law, such
deficiency, defect or encumbrance may be remedied or removed by
NAGR in which event the cost and related expenses thereof
may at NAGR ’s option be deducted from any amounts or
payments which may be or become due or payable to the Optionor
hereunder or may be credited against the Expenditures contemplated
by Section 5.1.
3.3
NAGR may at any time and from time to time during the
currency of the Option abandon, surrender, allow to lapse, reduce
the area of or otherwise deal with any part or parts of the
Property as it may determine, provided that NAGR shall give
to the Optionor not less than 90 days’ notice of its
intention to do so and shall ensure that the mining claims then
comprised in the Property shall be in good standing for 180 days at
a minimum, commencing at the expiry of the 90 day notice period. If
requested by the Optionor by notice to NAGR within that
period of time, NAGR shall deliver forthwith to the Optionor duly
executed transfers of the part or parts of the Property so intended
to be dealt with. Any part or parts of the Property so dealt with
shall cease to be included in the Property and shall cease to be
subject to this Agreement for all purposes.
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3.4.1
record for assessment credit under the Canada Mining Regulations
sufficient work to maintain the Property in good standing until at
least 180 days subsequent to notice of termination of the Option as
provided in Section 9 of this Agreement; and
3.4.2
subject to section 3.3 keep the Property free of all liens and
encumbrances arising out of Operations on the Property.
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4.
GROSS OVERRIDING
ROYALTY
4.1 In
addition to the consideration provided in Section 5.1, the Optionor
reserves for itself and shall be entitled to receive a gross
overriding royalty equal to 2.5% of all products mined and removed
from the Property, to be calculated and paid in accordance with
Schedule B to this Agreement. At the discretion of NAGR, it may buy
down 1% of the Gross Overriding Royalty for $2.5 million, leaving a
1.5% Gross Overriding Royalty to the Optionor.
5.
EARN-IN
OBLIGATIONS
5.1
NWT, in consideration of the sum of $10, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, hereby grants to the
Optionors the exclusive right and option (the Option") to acquire a
70% undivided interest in and to the Property in consideration
of:
5.2 In
order to exercise the Option as to an undivided 70% interest in
consideration of exploration and mining rights to the Property
NAGR must:
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5.2.1
pay the sum of $2000.00 to the Optionor on or before March 1
2004;
5.2.2
pay the sum of $3,000.00 to the Optionor on or before April 30,
2004;
5.2.3
incur, as operator, Expenditures on the Property totalling $4000.00
per year for four years after the date of this Agreement;
and
5.2.4
issue to the Optionor 20,000 common shares of NAGR on
signing of this Agreement; all such shares to be subject to such
restrictions as to their transferability by the Optionor as may be
applicable.
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6.
ACCELERATION, FORCE MAJEURE
6.1
NAGR may accelerate any or all of the activities,
Expenditures or share issuances contemplated by Sections 5.2.
NAGR may at any time from time to time pay to the Optionor
money in lieu of conducting activities, issuing shares or incurring
Expenditures under Section 5.2 in which event NAGR shall be
deemed to have incurred additional Expenditures in the same amount
as the amount of any such activity or payment and in satisfaction
of such of the provisions of Section 5.2 as indicated by
NAGR at the time of the making of such payment. Any excess
payments or Expenditures made or incurred in any period will be
carried forward and applied as a credit against the payment or
Expenditures, as the case may be, to be made in the next succeeding
period or periods.
6.2 If
from time to time NAGR is prevented by Force Majeure from
conducting activities or incurring Expenditures in the amounts and
times provided in Section 5.1 then NAGR shall have such
additional time as is reasonable in the circumstances to conduct
activities, issue shares or incur Expenditures in such amounts and
times, the amount of such additional time not to exceed the
duration of the Force Majeure.
7.
PERFORMANCE OF WORK
7.1 In
exercising its rights under Section 2.2 NAGR shall comply
with all applicable laws, rules and regulations and shall carry out
Operations in a good and workmanlike manner in accordance with
generally accepted mining practice.
7.2
NAGR shall indemnify and save harmless the Optionor and its
officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives from and
against any and all claims, debts, demands, suits, actions and
causes of action whatsoever which may be brought or made against
the Optionor and its officers, directors, employees, agents and
representatives by any person, firm or corporation and all loss,
cost, damages, expenses and liabilities which may be suffered or
incurred by the Optionor and its officers, directors, employees,
agents and representatives arising out of or in connection with or
in any way referable to, whether directly or indirectly, the entry
on, presence on, or activities on the Property or the approaches
thereto by NAGR or its servants or agents including without
limitation bodily injuries or death at any time resulting therefrom
or damage to property, unless and to the extent due to the acts or
omissions of the Optionor or its servants, agents or
representatives.
7.3
The Optionor shall at all reasonable times have access to the
Property on reasonable notice to NAGR , provided that the
Optionor shall not interfere with NAGR ’s operations
hereunder and that NAGR shall be under no liability to the
Optionor for any personal injuries including death or for any
damage to the property of the Optionor unless such injury or damage
is due to the gross
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negligence or wilful default of
NAGR , its servants, agents or representatives. The Optionor
shall have access to all technical data pertaining to the
property.
7.4
NAGR will provide to the Optionor quarterly reports showing
in reasonable detail the work performed in connection with the
Property, the results obtained and the Expenditures incurred.
NAGR will provide a summary report of all such activities
annually within 60 days of the conclusion of each program of work.
NAGR will not be required to disclose or report information
or data that pertains to mining claims that do not form part of the
Property.
8.
VESTING OF INTEREST
8.1
Upon NAGR satisfying the conditions in Section 5.2 and
giving notice to the Optionor, NAGR shall without any
further payment or action be deemed to have exercised the Option
and it will thereupon acquire and be deemed to have acquired and be
vested with a 70% undivided right, title and interest in the
Property free and clear of all liens, charges, encumbrances,
security interests and adverse claims, except as provided in
Section 2.1.
8.2
Upon receipt of notice from NAGR stating that NAGR has incurred
Exploration Expenditures required per section 5.2.2 of this
agreement and delivering the shares to NWT as required by article
5.2.3 their future relationship shall be governed by a Joint
Venture Agreement among the parties, as attached hereto as Schedule
“C”, which shall come into effect without it having
been executed by any party. The joint venture shall be determined
mutually by both parties at a future date. A principal element of
the Joint Venture Agreement will be that once the Joint Venture is
achieved then the parties will participate in future expenditures
on the property proportional to each party’s
interest.
8.3
Once the Joint Venture is in effect, if 4763 NWT Ltd chooses
not to participate in proposed programs under the Joint Venture
Agreement, they will dilute and once diluted to 10% or less they
will revert to a 2.5% G.O.R.
8.4
The dilution formula in the Joint Venture Agreement, to be detailed
in Schedule “C”, will be based on the expenditure of
approximately $16,000.00.
9.
TERMINATION
9.1
The parties acknowledge and agree that NAGR has the right
and option but not the obligation to conduct the activity and incur
the Expenditures referred to in Section 5.2 and neither anything
which NAGR might do nor any payment which it makes or
Expenditure which it incurs will obligate it to do anything more or
to incur any further Expenditures.
9.2
Subject to Section 9.1, NAGR may at any time let the Option
lapse by notice to the Optionor or by not satisfying any of the
conditions referred to in
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Section 5.1 whereupon this
Agreement except Sections 3.3 and 9.3 shall terminate.
9.3 If
this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9.2 before
NAGR has exercised the Option as described in Section 5.2,
NAGR shall:
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9.3.1
within 180 days remove from the Property any machinery, buildings,
structures, facilities, equipment and all other property of every
nature and description erected, placed or situated thereon by
NAGR ; any property not so removed at the end of the 180 day
period shall at the option of the Optionor become the property of
the Optionor; and
9.3.2
within the said 180 days leave the working and camp site in a clean
and environmentally acceptable condition.
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9.4 If
NAGR is prevented from or delayed in performing its
obligations in Subsections 9.3.1or 9.3.2 by Force Majeure, the
relevant period of 180 days referred to therein shall be extended
by the period of F
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