Effective as from September
18 th
, 2008
by and
between
TEMASEK INVESTMENTS
INC.
as Optionor
and
AMAZON GOLDSANDS
LTD.
as Optionee
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MINERAL RIGHT OPTION
AGREEMENT
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MINERAL RIGHT OPTION
AGREEMENT
THIS MINERAL
RIGHT OPTION AGREEMENT (hereinafter the “Agreement”)
made effective as of the 18th day of September, 2008 (hereinafter
the “Effective Date”) is executed by and
between:
TEMASEK
INVESTMENTS INC. , a
company duly incorporated and organized under the laws of Panama
with address for delivery and notice located at Suite 1-A, #5,
Calle Eusebio A. Morales, El Cangrejo, Panama City, Panama
(hereinafter the "Optionor" or “TEMASEK”) of the first
part; and
AMAZON
GOLDSANDS LTD. , a
company organized under the laws of Nevada, United States of
America, with address for delivery and notice located at 200 South
Virginia Street, 8 th floor, Reno, Nevada, United States of America
(hereinafter the “Optionee” or “AMAZON”),
of the second part.
Optionor and
Optionee collectively referred to as the Parties, and individually
and indistinctively referred to as the Party.
WHEREAS
(i) Both
Parties are mining exploration and development companies with
experience in the identification and development of mining
projects, particularly in the region of South America.
(ii) AMAZON
is interested in acquiring the ownership and title of certain claim
applications, claims, and assorted mining rights, including all
obligations arisen therefrom, with respect to certain areas located
in Peru as detailed in Annex I hereto (hereinafter the
“Mineral Rights”) that are of the property and title of
Río Santiago Minerales S.A.C., a company duly incorporated and
organized under the laws of Peru (hereinafter “RIO
SANTIAGO”).
(iii) TEMASEK
is the indirect beneficial owner of 100% interest in the Mineral
Rights through the direct and indirect control of different wholly
owned subsidiaries, as detailed below.
(iii) The
ownership of TEMASEK in the Mineral Rights is evidenced through (a)
the direct ownership of 1 share of the shareholding of RIO
SANTIAGO, and (b) the direct ownership of 100% of the outstanding
shareholding in Beardmore Holdings Inc., a company duly
incorporated and organized under the laws of Panama, with address
for delivery and notice located at Suite 1-A, #5, Calle Eusebio A.
Morales, El Cangrejo, Panama City, Panama (hereinafter
“BEARDMORE”), being BEARDMORE the registered owner of
999 shares in RIO SANTIAGO. BEARDMORE and TEMASEK are the
registered owners of 100% of the outstanding shareholding in RIO
SANTIAGO represented in 1,000 shares.
(iv) The
Optionor has agreed to grant four exclusive options (hereinafter,
collectively referred to as the “Options”, and each
individually and indistinctively referred to as the
“Option”) to the Optionee, and the Optionee has agreed
to receive the Options, each such Options entitling the Optionor to
acquire a twenty-five percent (25%) undivided interest in and to
the Mineral Rights in the manner hereto below described, for an
aggregate interest of a one hundred percent (100%) undivided
interest if all four Options are exercised, as detailed
herein.
NOW
THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES that in consideration of the covenants and
agreements hereinafter set forth the parties agree that:
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND
COVENANTS
1.1 The
Optionor represents, warrants and covenants (representation,
warrants and covenants that are extensive, when applicable, to the
situation of its subsidiaries BEARDMORE and RIO SANTIAGO) to and
with the Optionee that:
a) it has been
duly incorporated and validly exists as a corporation in good
standing under its laws of origin;
b) it is
qualified to do business in those jurisdictions where it is
necessary to fulfil its obligations under this Agreement, and it
has the full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and
any agreement or instrument referred to or contemplated by this
Agreement;
c) it has the
requisite power, authority and capacity to fulfil its obligations
under this Agreement;
d) the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the agreements
contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary
action on its part;
e) prior to the
Effective Date, it has obtained all authorizations, approvals,
including regulatory approval, or waivers that may be necessary or
desirable in connection with the transactions contemplated in this
Agreement;
f) there are no
other consents, approvals or conditions precedent to the
performance of this Agreement which have not been
obtained;
g) it is not in
breach of any laws, ordinances, statutes, regulations, by-laws,
orders or decrees to which is subject or which apply to
it;
h) the making
of this Agreement and the completion of the transactions
contemplated hereby and the performance of and compliance with the
terms hereof does not and will not conflict with or result in a
breach of or violate any of the terms, conditions or provisions of
any law, judgment, order, injunction, decree, regulation or ruling
of any court or governmental authority, domestic or foreign, to
which the Optionor is subject;
i) it is now,
and will also be thereafter at the time of legal transfer of
interests in the Mineral Rights when any of the Options are
exercised, the registered and beneficial owner of the Mineral
Rights free and clear of all liens, charges and claims of others
and no taxes, royalties or lease payments or like amounts are due
in respect of any of the mineral claims that comprised the Mineral
Rights;
j) there is no
adverse claim or challenge against or to the ownership of or title
to the interest it has on BEARDMORE and RIO SANTIAGO and on the
Mineral Rights, nor to its knowledge is there any basis therefore,
and there are no outstanding agreements or options to acquire or
purchase any shares in BEARDMORE and RIO SANTIAGO and on the
Mineral Rights or any portion thereof, and no person other than the
Optionor pursuant to the provisions hereof, has any interest
whatsoever in BEARDMORE and RIO SANTIAGO and in the production from
any of the mineral claims comprising the Mineral Rights;
k) the Mineral
Rights have been duly and validly located and recorded in a good
and minerlike manner pursuant to applicable mining laws in
Peru;
l) all permits
and licenses covering the Mineral Rights as they currently stand
have been duly and validly issued pursuant to applicable mining
laws in Peru and are in good standing by the proper doing and
filing of assessment work and the payment of all fees, taxes and
rentals in accordance with the requirements of applicable mining
laws in Peru and the performance of all other actions necessary in
that regard; and
m) it requires
no third party consent of any kind to enter into this Agreement and
grant the Options contemplated hereby.
1.2 The
Optionee represents, warrants and covenants to and with the
Optionor that:
a) it has been duly incorporated and validly
exists as a corporation in good standing under its laws of
origin;
b) neither the execution and delivery of this
Agreement by the Optionee nor the performance by the Optionee of
its obligations hereunder conflicts with the Optionee’s
constating documents or any agreement to which it is
bound;
c) the execution, delivery and performance by
the Optionee of this Agreement and any other agreement or
instrument to be executed and delivered by it hereunder and the
consummation by it of all the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby have been duly authorised by all necessary corporate action
on the part of the Optionee; and
d) excepting only as otherwise disclosed herein,
the Optionee is not subject to, or a party to, any charter or
by-law restriction, any law, any claim, any encumbrance or any
other restriction of any kind or character which would prevent the
execution of its obligations as hereof or the consummation of the
transaction contemplated by this Agreement or any other agreement
or instrument to be executed and delivered by the Optionee
hereunder.
The
representations and warranties contained hereof are provided for
the exclusive benefit of the other Party and a breach of any one or
more thereof may be waived by the non-breaching Party 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.
GRANT AND EXERCISE OF
OPTIONS
2.1 The
Optionor hereby grants to the Optionee the sole and exclusive right
and option to acquire a one hundred percent (100%) undivided
interest in the Mineral Rights, such 100% interest to be free and
clear of all liens, charges, encumbrances, security interests and
adverse claims.
2.2 The
Parties agreed that the Optionee may exercise the Options in four
separate twenty-five percent (25%) increments, as described below,
each such increment being its own Option.
The Optionee
may exercise the initial twenty-five percent (25%) option to
acquire a 25% interest in the Mineral Rights in accordance with the
terms set out below (hereinafter, the “25%
Option”).
In order to
exercise the 25% Option the Optionee shall:
(i) pay, on
signing of this Agreement, a non-refundable amount of $ 250,000
(United States Dollars Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand) to the order
and the direction of the Optionor; and
(ii) issue,
within 5 business days as from the Effective Date, 2,500,000
Optionee Shares to the order and the direction of the Optionor, or
whoever persons the Optionor indicates; and
(iii) pay,
within 90 days as from the Effective Date, further $ 250,000
(United States Dollars Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand) to the order
and the direction of the Optionor.
For the
purposes of this Agreement the Optionee is deemed to have fully
exercised the 25% Option only once all three obligations described
above in points (i), (ii) and (iii) have been completed.
Upon exercise
of the 25% Option by the Optionee, the Optionor will immediately
proceed to transfer to Optionee, or to the person the Optionee
indicates, 25% of all the outstanding shareholding in
BEARDMORE.
Subject to the
prior and due and complete exercise by the Optionee of the 25%
Option in accordance with the paragraph before, the Optionee may
exercise the second twenty-five percent (25%) option to acquire an
additional 25% interest in the Mineral Rights, in accordance with
the terms set out below (hereinafter, the “50%
Option”).
In order to
exercise the 50% Option the Optionee, within 6 months as from the
Effective Date, shall:
(i) have
exercised and completed the 25% Option; and
(ii) pay $
750,000 (United States Dollars Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand) to
the order and the direction of the Optionor; and
(iii) issue
3,500,000 Optionee Shares to the order and the direction of the
Optionor, or whoever persons the Optionor indicates.
For the
purposes of this Agreement the Optionee is deemed to have fully
exercised the 50% Option only once all three obligations described
above in points (i), (ii) and (iii) have been completed.
Upon exercise
of the 50% Option by the Optionee, the Optionor will immediately
proceed to transfer to Optionee, or to the person the Optionee
indicates, an additional 25% of all the outstanding shareholding in
BEARDMORE.
Subject to the
prior and due and complete exercise by the Optionee of the 50%
Option in accordance with the paragraph before, the Optionee may
exercise the third twenty-five percent (25%) option to acquire an
additional 25% interest in the Mineral Rights, in accordance with
the terms set out below (hereinafter, the “75%
Option”).
In order to
exercise the 75% Option the Optionee, within 12 months as from the
Effective Date, shall:
(i) have
exercised and completed the 50% Option; and
(ii) pay $
1,250,000 (United States Dollars One Million Two Hundred and Fifty
Thousand) to the order and the direction of the Optionor;
and
(iii) issue
4,500,000 Optionee Shares to the order and the direction of the
Optionor, or whoever persons the Optionor indicates.
For the
purposes of this Agreement the Optionee is deemed to have fully
exercised the 75% Option only once all three obligations described
above in p