Exhibit 10.1 SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT FOR COMMON
SHARES TO: Acadian Mining Corporation (the "Corporation") The
undersigned (the "Subscriber") hereby irrevocably subscribes for
and agrees to purchase the number of common shares (the "Shares")
of the Corporation for the aggregate subscription price set forth
below, representing a subscription price of $0.026 per Share, upon
and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in "Terms and
Conditions of Subscription for Common Shares of Acadian Mining
Corporation" attached hereto (the "Terms and Conditions"),
including without limitation, the representations, warranties and
covenants of the Subscriber set forth in the Terms and
Conditions.
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Shares @ $0.0262389 per Share: Golden River Resources Corporation
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print) 38,111,334
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J.I. Gutnick -------------------------------------------------
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Signature Aggregate Subscription Price: PRESIDENT & CEO
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Capacity or Title - please print) $1,000,000.00
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GUTNICK -------------------------------------------------------
(Please print name of individual whose signature appears above if
different than the name of the subscriber printed above.) LEVEL 8
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(Subscriber's Address, including postal code) 580 ST KILDA ROAD
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VICTORIA 3004
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Number) +613 8532 2860
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Address) josephg@axis.com.au
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the Shares as set forth below: Deliver the Shares as set forth
below: GOLDEN RIVER RESOURCES CORPORATION GOLDEN RIVER RESOURCES
CORPORATION -------------------------------------------------------
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(Name) -------------------------------------------------------
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Reference, if applicable) (Account Reference, if applicable) PO BOX
6315 JOSEPH GUTNICK
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including postal code) (Contact Name) ST KILDA ROAD CENTRAL +613
8532 2860 -------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------- (Telephone
Number) MELBOURNE VICTORIA 8008
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6315, ST KILDA ROAD CENTRAL
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(Address, including postal code)
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VICTORIA 8008
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ACCEPTANCE: The Corporation hereby accepts the
subscription as set forth above on the Terms and Conditions and
confirms that the representations and warranties made by the
Corporation in the Terms and Conditions are true and correct in all
material respects as of the Closing Date (as defined in Section 7
of the Terms and Conditions) and that the Subscriber is entitled to
rely thereon. ACADIAN MINING CORPORATION Per: /s/ G.W. Felderhof
------------------------------------------------------ Name: G.W.
Felderhof Title: President & CEO Date: March 31, 2009 23 TERMS
AND CONDITIONS OF SUBSCRIPTION FOR COMMON SHARES OF ACADIAN MINING
CORPORATION Subscription for Shares 1. The Subscriber hereby
confirms its irrevocable subscription for and offers to purchase
the Shares of the Corporation set out on page 1 hereof at a price
of $0.0262389 per Share (the "Subscription Price"), all on the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in these Terms and
Conditions forming part of the Subscription Agreement. Conditions
to Closing and Completion of Transactions in Tranches 2. The
Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that the completion of the
transactions contemplated hereby and the issue of the Shares to the
Subscriber is subject to and conditional on the Toronto Stock
Exchange (the "TSX") granting approval for the issuance of the
Shares and the listing of and posting for trading of such Shares.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Subscriber
acknowledges that the TSX may permit the Corporation to initially
issue to the Subscriber only that portion of the Shares
representing 9.9% of the issued and outstanding capital of the
Corporation (after giving effect to such issuance) and that the
remaining balance of the Shares may, if required by the TSX, be
issued only upon a person or persons associated with the Subscriber
having filed with the TSX personal information form(s) satisfactory
to the TSX (in order to permit the Corporation to issue to the
Subscriber the balance of the Shares representing in aggregate
19.9% of the issued and outstanding capital of the Corporation,
after giving effect to such issuance). The Subscriber agrees that
the issue of the Shares (and corresponding release of the aggregate
Subscription Price from escrow) may therefore be required to be
structured in tranches in order to comply with the terms of such
TSX approvals and policies. The parties agree that from and after
the Closing Time the Corporation will issue from time to time that
portion of the Shares that may be validly issued in compliance with
such TSX approvals and policies (against the release from escrow of
a corresponding portion of the aggregate Subscription Price) and
that if the Corporation cannot with respect to any portion of the
Shares fulfill such approvals and comply with such policies on
commercially reasonable terms, that portion of the aggregate
Subscription Price so affected will be returned to the Subscriber
without interest or deduction and the Corporation shall have no
further obligation to issue the affected Shares to the Subscriber.
Representations, Warranties and Covenants by Subscriber 3. By
executing this Subscription Agreement, the Subscriber (on its own
behalf and, if applicable, on behalf of the others for whom it is
contracting hereunder) represents and warrants to and covenants
with the Corporation (and acknowledges that the Corporation and its
counsel are relying thereon) that: (a) No Prospectus. It
understands and acknowledges that the Shares are being issued
pursuant to exemptions from the prospectus requirements under
applicable securities legislation on the basis of representations
made by the Subscriber hereunder and that no prospectus has been
filed by the Corporation with any securities commission or similar
regulatory authority in any jurisdiction, and as a result: (i) it
is restricted from using certain of the protections, rights,
remedies otherwise available under applicable securities laws,
including statutory rights of rescission or damages; 24 (ii) it may
not receive information that might otherwise be required to be
provided to the Subscriber under the applicable securities laws if
the exemptions were not being used; (iii) the Corporation is
relieved from certain obligations that would otherwise apply under
the applicable securities laws if the exemptions were not being
used; and (iv) the Subscriber hereby expressly waives any and all
rights of withdrawal or rescission to which the Subscriber might
otherwise be entitled under applicable securities legislation; (b)
No Offering Material. It has not received, nor has it requested,
nor does it have any need to receive, any prospectus, sales or
advertising literature, offering memorandum or any other document
describing the business and affairs of the Corporation which has
been prepared for delivery to, and review by, prospective
purchasers in order to assist them in making an investment decision
in respect of the purchase of the Shares and it has not become
aware of any advertisement in printed public media, radio,
television or telecommunications, including electronic display such
as the internet with respect to the distribution of the Shares; (c)
No Oral or Written Representations. It has relied solely upon
publicly available information relating to the Corporation and not
upon any oral or written representation as to fact or otherwise
made by or on behalf of the Corporation except as expressly set
forth herein and agrees that the Corporation assumes no
responsibility or liability of any nature whatsoever for the
accuracy, adequacy or completeness of any such information; (d)
Residence. It is resident in the jurisdiction set forth in the
"Subscriber's Address" on page 1 of this Subscription Agreement;
(e) Purchasing as Principal. It is purchasing the Shares as
principal for its own account, not for the benefit of any other
person, for investment only, and not with a view to the resale or
distribution of all or any of the Shares and, unless paragraph (f)
or subparagraph (h)(iv) applies, or unless the transaction
contemplated by this Agreement is exempted by an order of the
securities commission or similar regulatory authority of the
province in which it resides: (i) the Subscriber is an "accredited
investor" (as that term is as defined in National Instrument 45-106
- Prospectus and Registration Exemptions), has not been created or
used solely to purchase or hold the Shares as an accredited
investor, and has completed and executed the Certification of
Accredited Investor attached hereto as Schedule B and hereby
confirms the truth and accuracy of all statements made therein by
the Subscriber; or (ii) the Shares have an acquisition cost to the
Subscriber of not less than $150,000 which will be paid in cash on
Closing; (f) Offshore Subscribers. If it is not a Canadian
resident, nor resident in or otherwise subject to the securities
laws of the United States , the Subscriber, and any beneficial
owner on whose behalf it is acting, is subject to the securities
legislation of a jurisdiction other than Canada or the United
States and: 25 (i) the Subscriber is, and (if applicable) any
beneficial purchaser for whom it is acting is: (A) a purchaser that
is recognized as an exempt purchaser by the securities regulatory
authority in the jurisdiction in which it is and (if applicable)
any other such purchaser for whom it is acting hereunder is
resident or otherwise subject and is purchasing the Shares as
principal for its or (if applicable) each other such purchaser's
own account, and not for the benefit of any other person, for
investment only and not with a view to resale or distribution; or
(B) a purchaser which is purchasing Shares pursuant to an exemption
from any prospectus or securities registration requirements
available to the Corporation, the Subscriber and any other such
purchaser under applicable securities laws of their jurisdiction of
residence or to which the Subscriber and any other such purchaser
are otherwise subject, and the Subscriber and any other such
purchaser shall deliver to the Corporation such further particulars
of the exemption and their qualification thereunder as the
Corporation may reasonably request; (ii) the purchase of Shares by
the Subscriber, and (if applicable) any other beneficial purchaser
for whom it is acting hereunder, does not contravene any of the
applicable securities laws in such jurisdiction and does not
trigger: (i) any obligation to prepare and file a prospectus, an
offering memorandum or similar document, or any other ongoing
reporting requirements with respect to such purchase or otherwise;
or (ii) any registration or other obligation on the part of the
Corporation; and (iii) the Subscriber, and (if applicable) any
other beneficial purchaser for whom it is acting hereunder, will
not sell or otherwise dispose of any of the Shares except in
accordance with applicable securities laws, and if the Subscriber
or (if applicable) such beneficial purchaser sells or otherwise
disposes of any the Shares to a person other than a resident of
Canada, the Subscriber and (if applicable) such beneficial
purchaser will obtain from such purchaser representations,
warranties and covenants in the same form as provided in this
Subscription Agreement and shall comply with such other
requirements as the Corporation may reasonably require; (g) Shares
Not Registered Under U.S. Securities Act. It is aware and accepts
that the Shares have not been and will not be registered under the
United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S.
Securities Act"), or the securities laws of any state of the United
States and, subject to certain exceptions, may not be offered or
sold in the United States or to, or for the benefit or account of,
any person in the United States or any U.S. Person. "U.S. Person"
has the meaning set forth in Rule 902 of Regulation S promulgated
under the U.S. Securities Act; (h) U.S. Registration Exemption. The
Subscriber represents and warrants that the Subscriber either: (i)
is not, and is not purchasing the Shares for the account or benefit
of, a U.S. Person; 26 (ii) was not offered the Shares in the United
States; and (iii) did not execute or deliver this Agreement in the
United States; OR (iv) has completed and executed the Certification
of U.S. Purchaser attached hereto as Schedule C and hereby confirms
the truth and accuracy of all statements made therein by the
Subscriber. (i) Resale Restrictions. The Shares will be subject to
statutory resale restrictions under applicable Canadian securities
law and the Subscriber covenants that it will not resell the Shares
except in compliance with such laws and the Subscriber acknowledges
that it is solely responsible (and the Corporation is in no way
responsible) for such compliance. The Subscriber also acknowledges
that the certificates representing the Shares will bear a legend
substantially in the following form and with the necessary
information inserted: "UNLESS PERMITTED UNDER SECURITIES
LEGISLATION, THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY MUST NOT TRADE THE
SECURITY BEFORE [INSERT DATE THAT IS FOUR (4) MONTHS AND ONE (1)
DAY AFTER THE CLOSING DATE]" In addition, Subscribers resident in
or otherwise subject to the securities laws of the United States
acknowledge that the certificates representing the Subscriber's
Shares will be endorsed with the legend contemplated by the
Certification of U.S. Purchaser attached hereto as Schedule C. (j)
Authorization and Effectiveness. It has the legal capacity and
competence to enter into and be bound by this Subscription
Agreement and further certifies that all necessary approvals of
directors, shareholders or otherwise have been given and obtained;
(k) No Violation. The entering into of this Subscription Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereby will not result in a
violation of any of the terms and provisions of any law applicable
to it, or any of its constating documents, or of any agreement to
which the Subscriber is a party or by which it is bound; (l)
Investment Suitability. It has such knowledge in financial and
business affairs as to be capable of evaluating the merits and
risks of its investment or as a result of advice received from a
registered person other than the Corporation or any affiliates
thereof or, where it is not purchasing as principal, each
beneficial purchaser, is able to bear the economic risk of loss of
its investment; (m) Additional Financings. The Subscriber
acknowledges that the Corporation may complete additional
financings in the future in order to develop the business of the
Corporation and to fund its ongoing development; that there is no
assurance that such financings will be available and, if available,
on reasonable terms; any such future financings may have a dilutive
effect on current securityholders, including the Subscriber; that
if such future financings are not available, the Corporation may be
unable to fund its ongoing development and the lack of capital
resources may result in the failure of its business venture; (n)
Filings. If required by applicable securities legislation,
regulations, rules, instruments, policies or orders or by any
securities commission, or other regulatory authority, the
Subscriber will execute, deliver, file and otherwise assist the
Corporation in filing, such reports, undertakings and other
documents with respect to the issue of the Shares as may be
required; 27 (o) Insider or Control Person. The Subscriber is not,
with respect to the Corporation or any of its affiliates, an
insider or control person (as those terms are used in Canadian
securities laws); (p) No Illegal Activities Proceeds. None of the
funds representing the aggregate Subscription Price which will be
advanced by or on behalf of the Subscriber to the Corporation
hereunder are, to the knowledge of the Subscriber, proceeds
obtained or derived, directly or indirectly, as a result of illegal
activities. The funds being used to purchase the Shares which will
be advanced by or on behalf of the Subscriber hereunder will not
represent proceeds of crime for the purposes of the Proceeds of
Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada)
("PCMLTFA") and the Subscriber acknowledges that the Corporation
may in the future be required by law to disclose the Subscriber's
name and other information relating to this Subscription Agreement
and the Subscriber's subscription hereunder, on a confidential
basis, pursuant to the PCMLTFA. To the best of the Subscriber's
knowledge, none of the funds to be provided by the Subscriber are
being tendered on behalf of the person who has not been identified
to the Subscriber. The Subscriber covenants that it shall promptly
notify the Corporation if the Subscriber discovers that any of such
representations cease to be true and to provide the Corporation
with appropriate information in connection therewith; and The
Subscriber agrees (on its own behalf and, if applicable, on behalf
of each person on whose behalf the Subscriber is acting) that the
above representations, warranties and covenants will be true and
correct both as of the execution of this Subscription Agreement and
as of the Closing Time (as defined in Section 8 below) and will
survive the completion of the issuance of the Shares.
Representations and Warranties of the Corporation 4. The
Corporation represents and warrants to the Subscriber, and
acknowledges that it is relying upon such representations and
warranties in entering into this Subscription Agreement or
purchasing the Shares, as the case may be, that: (a) Incorporation
and Organization. The Corporation is a valid and subsisting
corporation under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and
has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its
business as now conducted or proposed to be conducted and to own or
lease and operate the properties and assets thereof; (b)
Extra-provincial Registration. The Corporation is licensed,
registered or qualified as an extra-provincial or foreign
corporation in all jurisdictions where the character of the
property or assets thereof owned or leased or the nature of the
activities conducted by it make licensing, registration or
qualification necessary and is carrying on the business thereof in
compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of each
such jurisdiction; (c) Authorized Capital. The Corporation is
authorized to issue, an unlimited number of common shares and an
unlimited number of preference shares, of which, as of March 13,
2009, 153,495,907 common shares were issued and outstanding as
fully paid and non-assessable shares, excluding any securities
issued on Closing; 28 (d) Issue of Shares. All necessary corporate
action has been taken to authorize the issue and sale of, and the
delivery of certificates representing, the Shares and, (subject to
the provisions of Section 2 hereof) upon payment of the
Subscription Price, the Shares will be issued as fully paid and
non-assessable common shares of the Corporation; (e) No Conflicts.
None of the offering and sale of the Shares, the execution and
delivery of this Subscription Agreement, compliance by the
Corporation with the provisions of this Subscription Agreement or
the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and
therein and the issue of the Shares to the Subscriber for the
consideration and upon the terms and conditions as set forth herein
do or will: (i) conflict with or result in any breach or violation
of any of the provisions of, or constitute a default under, any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease or other agreement or
instrument to which the Corporation is a party or by which it or
any of the properties or assets thereof is bound; or (ii) conflict
with or result in any breach or violation of any provisions or,
constitute a default under the articles or by-laws of the
Corporation or any resolution passed by the directors (or any
committee thereof) or shareholders of the Corporation, or (subject
to compliance with TSX policies) any statute or any judgment,
decree, order, rule, policy or regulation of any court,
governmental authority, any arbitrator, or securities regulatory
authority applicable to the Corporation or any of the properties or
assets thereof; (f) Authority and Authorization. The Corporation
has full corporate power and authority to enter into this
Subscription Agreement and to do all acts and things and execute
and deliver all documents as are required hereunder to be done,
observed, performed or executed and delivered by it in accordance
with the terms hereof and the Corporation has taken all necessary
corporate action to authorize the creation, execution, delivery and
performance of this Subscription Agreement, and to observe and
perform the provisions of this Subscription Agreement, in
accordance with the provisions hereof; (g) Validity and
Enforceability. This Subscription Agreement has been authorized,
executed and delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a valid
and legally binding obligation of the Corporation enforceable
against the Corporation in accordance with its terms; (h) Issuance
of Common Shares. Save and except as disclosed in the Company's
public disclosure, common shares to be issued to the Subscriber or
its nominee pursuant to the agreement entered into between the
Subscriber and the Corporation dated March 16, 2009, and common
shares issued under the Corporation's incentive stock option plan
or pursuant to the exercise of share purchase warrants, the
Corporation has not issued, or agreed to issue, any shares or any
securities exchangeable or exercisable for, or convertible into,
common shares of the Corporation at an effective price per share
which is less than the Subscription Price during the 60 day period
immediately preceding the date hereof; (i) Certain Securities Law
Matters. The common shares of the Corporation are listed only on
the TSX and the Frankfurt Exchange, the Corporation is a reporting
issuer or the equivalent only in the Provinces of British Columbia,
Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and
Newfoundland and Labrador ("Reporting Provinces") and is not in
default of any requirement of the securities laws of any of such
provinces; (j) Rights to Acquire Securities. No person has any
agreement, option, right or privilege (whether pre-emptive,
contractual or otherwise) capable of becoming an agreement for the
purchase, acquisition, subscription for or issue of any of the
unissued shares or other securities of the Corporation, except for
as at March 19, 2009, an aggregate of 6,855,000 common shares were
reserved for issue pursuant to outstanding options, warrants, share
incentive plans, convertible, exercisable and exchangeable
securities and other rights to acquire common shares; 29 (k) No
Pre-emptive Rights. Other than as disclosed in the Corporation's
public record, the issue of the Shares will not be subject to any
pre-emptive right or other contractual right to purchase securities
granted by the Corporation or to which the Corporation is subject;
(l) Purchased Securities. Provided that the Subscriber's represent
ations and warranties herein are accurate, the execution of this
Agreement and the issue by the Corporation to the Subscriber of the
Shares will be exempt from the registration and prospectus
requirements of applicable securities laws; (m) Capital of
Subsidiaries. All of the outstanding shares of the Corporation's
subsidiaries are issued and outstanding as fully paid and
non-assessable shares and such shares are beneficially owned by the
Corporation and no person has any agreement, option, right or
privilege (whether pre-emptive, contractual or otherwise) capable
of becoming an agreement for the purchase, acquisition,
subscription for or issue of any of the unissued shares or other
securities of any of the subsidiaries or for the purchase or
acquisition of any of the outstanding shares or other securities of
any of the subsidiaries. The Corporation owns 100% of the
outstanding shares of each of ScoZinc Limited, 6927692 Canada
Corp., Annapolis Properties Corp. and Goldenville Mining
Corporation and Annapolis Properties Corp. owns 50% of the issued
and outstanding shares of 6179053 Canada Inc. (collectively,
"Subsidiaries") and, in addition, the Corporation owns 29% of the
outstanding shares of Royal Roads Corp.; (n) Public Disclosure.
Each of the documents which contains any of the Corporation's
public record is, as of the date thereof, in compliance in all
material respects with the securities laws of the Reporting
Provinces and did not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and such
documents collectively constitute full, true and plain disclosure
of all material facts relating to the Corporation and do not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading, as of the date hereof. There is no
fact known to the Corporation which the Corporation has not
publicly disclosed which materially adversely affects, or so far as
the Corporation can reasonably foresee, will materially adversely
affect, the assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise), capital,
affairs, business, prospects, operations or condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Corporation or the ability of the Corporation to
perform its obligations under this Agreement or which would
otherwise be material to any person intending to make an equity
investment in the Corporation, it being acknowledged that the
Corporation's wholly-owned subsidiary, ScoZinc Limited, was granted
an order by the Nova Scotia Supreme Court under the Companies
Creditors' Arrangement Act and that documents filed in connection
with such proceeding form part of the Corporation's public record;
30 (o) Timely Disclosure. The Corporation is in compliance with all
timely disclosure obligations under the securities laws of the
Reporting Provinces and, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, there has not occurred any material adverse change in
the assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise), capital,
affairs, business, prospects, operations or condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Corporation or any Subsidiary which has not been
publicly disclosed and none of the documents filed by or on behalf
of the Corporation pursuant to the securities laws of the Reporting
Provinces contain a misrepresentation (as such term is defined in
the Securities Act (Nova Scotia)) at the date of the filing
thereof; (p) Accounting Controls. The Corporation now maintains a
system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide
reasonable assurance that in all material respects: (i)
transactions are completed in accordance with the general or a
specific authorization of management of the Corporation; (ii)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit the preparation of
consolidated financial statements for the Corporation in conformity
with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles and to
maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets of the
Corporation and the subsidiaries is permitted only in accordance
with the general or a specific authorization of management of the
Corporation; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets of the
Corporation and the Subsidiaries is compared with the existing
assets of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries at reasonable
intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences therein; (q) No Cease Trade Order. No order preventing,
ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation
or prohibiting the issue and sale of securities by the Corporation
has been issued and no proceedings for either of such purposes have
been instituted or, to the best of the knowledge of the
Corporation, are pending, contemplated or threatened; (r) Financial
Statements. The audited consolidated financial statements of the
Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2007, together with the
auditors' report thereon and the notes thereto, and the unaudited
interim consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for
the period ended September 30, 2008 (as amended on December 1,
2008) and the notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance with
Canadian generally accepted accounting principles applied on a
basis consistent with prior periods (except as disclosed in such
consolidated financial statements), are substantially correct in
every particular and present fairly the financial condition and
position of the Corporation on a consolidated basis as at the dates
thereof and such consolidated financial statements contain no
direct or implied statement of a material fact which is untrue on
the date of such consolidated financial statements and do not omit
to state any material fact which is required by Canadian generally
accepted accounting principles or by applicable law to be stated or
reflected therein or which is necessary to make the statements
contained therein not misleading; (s) No Contemplated Changes.
Except as disclosed in the Corporation's public documents or
pursuant to the transaction contemplated hereby, none of the
Corporation or any Subsidiary has approved, is contemplating, has
entered into any agreement in respect of, or has any knowledge of:
(i) the purchase of any property or assets or any interest therein
or the sale, transfer or other disposition of any material property
or material assets or any material interest therein currently
owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation or any Subsidiary
whether by asset sale, transfer of shares or otherwise; 31 (ii) the
change of control (by sale or transfer of shares or sale of all or
substantially all of the property and assets of the Corporation or
any Subsidiary or otherwise) of the Corporation or any Subsidiary;
or (iii) a proposed or planned disposition of shares by any
shareholder who owns, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of the
outstanding shares of the Corporation or any Subsidiary; (t)
Insurance. The assets of the Corporation and of each Subsidiary and
the business and operations thereof are insured against loss or
damage with responsible insurers on a basis consistent with
insurance obtained by reasonably prudent participants in a
comparable business in comparable circumstances, such coverage is
in full force and effect and the Corporation and each Subsidiary
has not failed to promptly give any notice or present any material
claim thereunder; (u) Taxes and Tax Returns. The Corporation and
each Subsidiary has filed in a timely manner all necessary tax
returns and notices and has paid all applicable taxes of whatsoever
nature for all tax years prior to the date hereof to the extent
that such taxes have become due or have been alleged to be due
(unless being contested in good faith) and none of the Corporation
or any Subsidiary is aware of any tax deficiencies or interest or
penalties accrued or accruing, or alleged to be accrued or
accruing, thereon where, in any of the above cases, it might
reasonably be expected to result in any material adverse change in
the condition (financial or otherwise) or in the earnings,
business, affairs or prospects of the Corporation or any
Subsidiary, and there are no agreements, waivers or other
arrangements providing for an extension of time with respect to the
filing of any tax return by any of them or the payment of any
material tax, governmental charge, penalty, interest or fine
against any of them. To the knowledge of management of the
Corporation, there are no material actions, suits, proceedings,
investigations or claims now threatened or pending against the
Corporation or any Subsidiary which could result in a material
liability in respect of taxes, charges or levies of any
governmental authority, penalties, interest, fines, assessments or
reassessments or any matters under discussion with any governmental
authority relating to taxes, governmental charges, penalties,
interest, fines, assessments or reassessments asserted by any such
authority and the Corporation and each Subsidiary has withheld
(where applicable) from each payment to each of the present and
former officers, directors, employees and consultants thereof the
amount of all taxes and other amounts, including, but not limited
to, income tax and other deductions, required to be withheld
therefrom, and has paid the same or will pay the same when due to
the proper tax or other receiving authority within the time
required under applicable tax legislation; (v) Compliance with
Laws, Licenses and Permits. The Corporation and each Subsidiary has
conducted and is conducting the business thereof in compliance in
all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations,
tariffs, orders and directives of each jurisdiction in which it
carries on business and possesses all material approvals, consents,
certificates, registrations, authorizations, permits and licenses
issued by the appropriate provincial, state, municipal, federal or
other regulatory agency or body necessary to carry on the business
currently carried on, or contemplated to be carried on, by it, is
in compliance in all material respects with the terms and
conditions of all such approvals, consents, certificates,
authorizations, permits and licenses and with all laws,
regulations, tariffs, rules, orders and directives material to the
operations thereof, and none of the Corporation or any Subsidiary
has received any notice of the modification, revocation or
cancellation of, or any intention to modify, revoke or cancel or
any proceeding relating to the modification, revocation or
cancellation of any such approval, consent, certificate,
authorization, permit or license which, singly or in the aggregate,
if the subject of an unfavourable decision, order, ruling or
finding, would materially adversely affect the conduct of the
business or operations of, or the assets, liabilities (contingent
or otherwise), condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of,
the Corporation or any Subsidiary; 32 (w) Agreements and
Actions.
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