RUBICON MINERALS CORPORATION SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (UNITS) THE SECURITIES BEING OFFERED FOR SALE MAY ONLY BE PURCHASED BY RESIDENTS OF THE PROVINCES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, ALBERTA, AND ONTARIO AND OFF-SHORE RESIDENTS AND RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES...
RUBICON
MINERALS CORPORATION
(UNITS)
THE
SECURITIES BEING OFFERED FOR SALE MAY ONLY BE
PURCHASED
BY RESIDENTS OF THE PROVINCES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, ALBERTA, AND ONTARIO AND
OFF-SHORE RESIDENTS AND RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN EACH CASE
PURSUANT TO AVAILABLE EXEMPTIONS UNDER
APPLICABLE
SECURITIES LEGISLATION
INSTRUCTIONS
All
Subscribers:
1. Complete
and sign the Execution Pages of the Subscription Agreement.
2. Complete
and sign schedule B attached to the Subscription Agreement.
Canadian
Subscribers only:
Also
complete and sign schedule C attached to the Subscription Agreement, if
applicable, and, if you are, or your disclosed principal is, an "accredited
investor", appendix A attached thereto (this
schedule does not have to be completed and signed by subscribers who are not
Canadian or subscribers purchasing for at least $150,000).
U.S.
Subscribers only:
Also
complete and sign schedule D attached to the Subscription
Agreement.
Delivery
of Subscription Agreement
A
completed and originally executed copy of, and the other documents required
to
be delivered with, this subscription agreement must be delivered, by no later
than 6:00 p.m. (Vancouver time) on March 9, 2007, to XxXxxx
Capital Corporation
at
0xx
Xxxxx,
00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, X0X 0X0, Attention: Xxx X. Xxxx
(Tel: 000-000-0000, Fax: 000-000-0000).
Payment
Instructions (please initial or place a check-xxxx beside the appropriate
payment option):
Payment
of the purchase price must be made in Canadian dollars as follows:
(a)
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by
certified cheque or bank draft payable to “Fraser
Xxxxxx Casgrain LLP, in trust”
or by wire transfer in Canadian funds to Fraser Xxxxxx Casgrain LLP,
in
trust, at:
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Bank:
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Bank
of Montreal, International Banking H.O., Montreal, Quebec
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Bank
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001
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Swift
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XXXXXXX0
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Account
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00021000309
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Beneficiary:
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Fraser
Xxxxxx Casgrain Trust
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Reference:
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Rubicon
Minerals Corporation -
(Your Name)
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and
must be received by Fraser Xxxxxx Casgrain LLP by no later than
March
9, 2007.
__________________________________________
Rubicon
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Sub Agt Dft#4.DOC
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TO: Purchasers
of Units
of
Rubicon Minerals Corporation
Dear
Sirs/Mesdames:
Re: Sale
of Units
This
subscription agreement is to confirm your agreement to purchase from Rubicon
Minerals Corporation (the "Corporation"), subject to the terms and conditions
set forth herein, that number of Units (as
hereinafter defined) set out above your name on the execution pages hereof
(the
"Purchased Securities") at the price of $0.70 per Unit (the "Purchase Price").
Each Unit is comprised of one Unit Share (as hereinafter defined) and one-half
of one transferable warrant
of the Corporation, each whole Warrant (as hereinafter defined) being
exercisable to acquire one Warrant Share (as hereinafter defined) at an exercise
price of $1.50 for a period of 24 months after the Closing Date (as hereinafter
defined).
The
Purchased Securities form part of a larger sale of an aggregate of up to
21,428,572 Units of the Corporation and acquisitions by the Corporation of
mineral properties in Alaska from Evanchan Limited (“Evanchan”) and in Nevada
from Lexam Explorations Inc. (“Lexam”), all of which are the subject of a letter
agreement dated February 24, 2007 (the “Letter Agreement”) among the
Corporation, Evanchan, Lexam, and XxXxxx Capital Corporation (“XxXxxx Capital”).
A term sheet with respect to the offering of the Offered Securities is attached
hereto as schedule A.
1. |
Definitions
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(a) |
Definitions:
In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise
requires:
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(i) |
"1933
Act" means the United States Securities
Act of 1933,
as amended;
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(ii) |
"Agreement"
means this subscription agreement as the same may be amended, supplemented
or restated from time to time;
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(iii) |
"Business
Day" means a day on which Canadian chartered banks are open for the
transaction of regular business in the City of Toronto, Ontario and
the
City of Vancouver, British Columbia;
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(iv) |
"Closing"
means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Offered
Securities;
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(v) |
"Closing
Date" means May 11, 2007 or such other date as the Corporation and
the
Subscriber may
mutually agree upon;
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(vi) |
"Common
Shares" means the common shares of the Corporation as constituted on
the
date hereof;
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(vii) |
"Corporation"
means Rubicon Minerals Corporation, a corporation existing under the
Business
Corporations Act
(British Columbia) and includes any successor corporation
thereto;
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(viii) |
"Dollar"
or "$" means a dollar of lawful money of
Canada;
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(ix) |
"Information"
means all information regarding the Corporation which has been publicly
filed by the Corporation on the System for Electronic
Document
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(x) |
Analysis
or Retrieval in Canada or the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis,
and
Retrieval system in the United States, together with all information
prepared by the Corporation and provided to the Subscriber or to potential
purchasers of the Offered Securities, if any, and includes but is not
limited to, all press releases, material change reports and financial
statements of the Corporation;
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(xi) |
"NI
45-106" means National Instrument 45-106 - Prospectus
and Registration Exemptions of
the Canadian Securities Administrators;
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(xii) |
"Offered
Securities" means up to 21,428,572 Units
of the Corporation offered for sale by the
Corporation;
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(xiii) |
"Offering"
means the offering of the Offered Securities on a private placement
basis;
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(xiv) |
"Offering
Jurisdictions" means the Provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba
and Ontario, the United States and the states and territories thereof
and
such other provinces and territories of Canada and such other
jurisdictions where the Offered Securities are offered to prospective
purchasers, as the context permits or requires,
collectively;
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(xv) |
"Person"
means an individual, a firm, a corporation, a syndicate, a partnership,
a
trust, an association, an unincorporated organization, a joint venture,
an
investment club, a government or an agency or political subdivision
thereof and every other form of legal or business entity of whatsoever
nature or kind;
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(xvi) |
“Property
Acquisitions” means acquisitions by the Corporation of mineral properties
in the State of Alaska from Evanchan Limited and in the State of Nevada
from Lexam Explorations Inc.;
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(xvii) |
"Purchase
Price" means $0.70 per Offered Security;
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(xviii) |
"Purchased
Securities" means the Offered Securities purchased by the
Subscriber;
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(xix) |
"Regulation
D" means Regulation D under the 1933 Act;
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(xx) |
"Regulation
S" means Regulation S under the 1933 Act;
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(xxi) |
"Reporting
Provinces" means the Provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario
and
Quebec collectively;
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(xxii) |
"Securities
Laws" means the securities legislation and regulations of, and the
instruments, policies, rules, orders, codes, notices and interpretation
notes of the applicable securities regulatory authority or applicable
securities regulatory authorities of, the applicable jurisdiction or
jurisdictions collectively;
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(xxiii) |
"Stock
Exchanges" means the Toronto Stock Exchange and the American Stock
Exchange collectively;
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(xxiv) |
"Subject
Shares" means the Unit Shares and the Warrant Shares
collectively;
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(xxv) |
"Subscriber"
means the Person purchasing the Purchased Securities and whose name
appears on the first execution page hereof and who has signed this
Agreement or, if
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(xxvi) |
the
Person whose name appears on the first execution page hereof has signed
this Agreement as agent for, or on behalf of, a beneficial purchaser
and
is not a trust company, trust corporation or portfolio manager deemed
to
be purchasing the Purchased Securities as principal under NI 45-106,
the
Person who is the beneficial purchaser of the Purchased Securities
as
disclosed on the execution pages hereof;
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"Subsidiaries"
means 0691403 B.C. Ltd. and 1304850 Ontario Inc. and “Subsidiary” means
any one of them;
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"United
States" means the United States as that term is defined in Regulation
S;
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(xxix) |
"U.S.
Accredited Investor" means an accredited investor as defined in Rule
501(a) of Regulation D;
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(xxx) |
"U.S.
Person" means a U.S. Person as that term is defined in Regulation
S;
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(xxxi) |
"Units"
means the units of the Corporation being offered for sale by the
Corporation, each Unit being comprised of one Common Share and one-half
of
one Warrant;
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(xxxii) |
"Unit
Shares" means the Common Shares comprising part of the
Units;
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(xxxiii) |
"Warrant
Certificates" means the certificates representing the Warrants;
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(xxxiv) |
"Warrant
Shares" means the Common Shares issuable upon the exercise of the
Warrants; and
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(xxxv) |
"Warrants"
means the transferable warrants of the Corporation comprising part
of the
Units, each whole Warrant entitling the holder thereof to acquire one
Warrant Share at any time from the date of issue of the Warrants until
4:00 p.m. (Vancouver time) on the date which is 24 months after the
Closing Date, at an exercise price of $1.50 per Warrant Share, subject
to
adjustment.
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2. |
Conditions
of Purchase
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In
connection with your purchase of the Purchased Securities, the following
documents are attached hereto which you are requested to complete and sign
as
indicated and return together with an executed copy of this Agreement as soon
as
possible and in any event no later than 6:00 p.m. (Vancouver time) on March
16,
2007:
(a) |
schedule
B, with respect to registration and delivery
instructions;
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(b) |
if
you are, or, if applicable, the beneficial purchaser for whom you are
contracting hereunder is, a resident of, or otherwise subject to the
Securities Laws of, the Province of British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba
or
Ontario, schedule C, being, among other things, the British Columbia,
Alberta, Manitoba or Ontario "accredited investor" certification, as
applicable.
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(c) |
if
you are, or, if applicable, the beneficial purchaser for whom you are
contracting hereunder is, a U.S. Person, schedule D, being the U.S.
Accredited Investor certification.
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The
obligation of the Corporation to sell the Purchased Securities to the Subscriber
is subject to, among other things, the conditions that:
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you
execute and return all documents required by the Securities Laws of the Offering
Jurisdictions and the policies of the Stock Exchanges for delivery on your
behalf, including the forms set out in schedules B to D attached hereto, as
applicable, to the Corporation as the sale of the Purchased Securities by the
Corporation to the Subscriber will not be qualified by a prospectus;
(d) |
the
representations and warranties made by you and, if applicable, any
beneficial purchaser for whom you are contracting hereunder (including
representations and warranties made in any schedule attached hereto,
as
applicable), herein are true and correct when made and are true and
correct on the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if they
had
been made on and as of such date;
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(e) |
all
covenants, agreements and conditions contained in this Agreement to
be
performed by you and, if applicable, any beneficial purchaser for whom
you
are contracting hereunder, on or prior to the Closing Date shall have
been
performed or complied with in all material respects;
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(f) |
the
conditions precedent set out in the Letter Agreement being satisfied,
namely:
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(i) |
each
of the parties to the Letter Agreement are satisfied with due diligence
results obtained in connection with the Offering and the Property
Acquisitions;
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(ii) |
a
definitive agreement in respect of the Property Acquisitions being
entered
into among the Corporation, Evanchan, Lexam and XxXxxx Capital on or
before March 31, 2007 or such other date as may be mutually agreed
among
the parties to the Letter Agreement;
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(iii) |
the
Offering, the Property Acquisitions and any other matters required
pursuant to the Securities Laws on the policies of the Stock Exchange
are
approved by the directors and the shareholders of the Corporation;
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(iv) |
if
required, the shareholders of the Corporation having approved the waiver
of the shareholder rights plan of the Corporation so as to permit the
completion of the Property Acquisitions and the
Offering;
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(v) |
the
sale to the Corporation of the Nevada mineral property is approved
by the
directors of Lexam and, if required, the shareholders of Lexam; and
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(vi) |
regulatory
approvals are obtained as required for the Offering, the Property
Acquisitions and all related matters.
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(g) |
all
necessary regulatory approvals being obtained prior to the Closing
Date.
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By
returning this Agreement you consent and, if applicable, any beneficial
purchaser for whom you are contracting hereunder consents, to the filing by
the
Corporation of all documents and personal information concerning the Subscriber
provided in this Agreement required by the Securities Laws of the Offering
Jurisdictions and the policies of the Stock Exchanges.
If
you
are not subscribing for the Purchased Securities for your own account and you
are not a trust company, trust corporation or portfolio manager deemed to be
purchasing as principal under NI 45-106, each beneficial purchaser for whom
you
are contracting hereunder must be purchasing the Purchased Securities as
principal and (unless you are an authorized agent with power to sign on behalf
of the beneficial purchaser and such beneficial purchaser is disclosed on the
second execution page hereof) must execute all documents required
by
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the
Securities Laws of the Offering Jurisdictions and the policies of the Stock
Exchanges with respect to the Purchased Securities being acquired by each such
beneficial purchaser as principal. If you are signing this Agreement as agent
or
pursuant to a power of attorney for the Subscriber, you represent and warrant
that you have authority to bind the Subscriber.
You
agree, and you agree to cause any beneficial purchaser for whom you are
contracting hereunder, to comply with all Securities Laws of the Offering
Jurisdictions and with the policies of the Stock Exchanges concerning the
purchase of, the holding of, and the resale restrictions applicable to, the
Purchased Securities.
You
acknowledge and, if applicable, any beneficial purchaser for whom you are
contracting hereunder acknowledges, that the Corporation has the right to close
the subscription books at any time without notice and to accept or reject any
subscription in its sole discretion.
3. |
The
Closing
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Delivery
and payment for the Purchased Securities will be completed at the closing of
the
purchase and sale of the Offered Securities at the offices of Xxxxx &
Company LLP, Suite 2800 Park Place, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx at 8:00 a.m., Vancouver time, on the Closing Date.
Payment
of the Purchase Price must be made in Canadian dollars by certified cheque
or
bank draft payable to “Fraser
Xxxxxx Casgrain LLP, in trust”
or
by
wire transfer in Canadian funds to Fraser Xxxxxx Casgrain LLP, in trust,
at:
Bank:
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Bank
of Montreal, International Banking H.O., Montreal, Quebec
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Bank
#:
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001
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Swift
#:
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XXXXXXX0
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Account
#:
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00021000309
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Beneficiary:
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Fraser
Xxxxxx Casgrain Trust
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Reference:
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Rubicon
Minerals Corporation - (Your
Name)
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and
must
be received by Fraser Xxxxxx Casgrain LLP by no later than March
9, 2007.
You
hereby authorize Fraser Xxxxxx Casgrain LLP to release the Purchase Price for
the Purchased Securities to the Corporation at the Closing. If the Closing
is
not completed, the amount of the Purchase Price for the Purchased Securities,
together with any interest accrued thereon, will be returned to you by regular
mail within five Business Days after receipt by Fraser Xxxxxx Casgrain LLP
of
written confirmation from the Corporation that the Closing will not be
completed.
4. |
Prospectus
Exemptions
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The
sale
of the Purchased Securities by the Corporation to the Subscriber is conditional
upon such sale being exempt from the requirements as to the filing of a
prospectus and as to the preparation of an offering memorandum or similar
document contained in any statute, regulation, instrument, rule or policy
applicable to the sale of the Purchased Securities or upon the issue of such
orders, consents or approvals as may be required to permit such sale without
the
requirement of filing a prospectus or delivering an offering memorandum or
similar document.
You
acknowledge and agree that:
(a) |
you,
and, if applicable, others for whom you are contracting hereunder,
have
been independently advised as to or are aware of the restrictions with
respect to trading in, and the restricted period or statutory hold
period
applicable to, the Unit Shares, the Warrants and
the
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(b) |
Warrant
Shares imposed by the Securities Laws of the jurisdiction in which
you
reside or to which you are subject and by the policies of the Stock
Exchanges, that a suitable legend or legends will be placed on the
certificates representing the Unit Shares, the Warrants and, if necessary,
the Warrant Shares to reflect the applicable restricted period and
statutory hold period to which the Unit Shares, the Warrants and, if
applicable, the Warrant Shares are subject;
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(c) |
you,
and, if applicable, others for whom you are contracting hereunder,
have
not received or been provided with a prospectus, offering memorandum
(within the meaning of the Securities Laws of the Offering Jurisdictions)
or any document purporting to describe the business and affairs of
the
Corporation which has been prepared for review by prospective purchasers
to assist in making an investment decision in respect of the Offered
Securities; and that your decision, or, if applicable, the decision
of
others for whom you are contracting hereunder, to enter into this
Agreement and to purchase the Purchased Securities from the Corporation
is
based entirely upon publicly available Information concerning the
Corporation (other than the representations and warranties made by
the
Corporation in this Agreement), and not upon any other verbal or written
representation as to fact or otherwise made by or on behalf of the
Corporation;
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(d) |
there
are risks associated with the purchase of the Purchased Securities,
including the risk factors described on pages 14 to 18 inclusive of
the
annual report of the Corporation on Form 20-F filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission of the United States on April 3,
2006;
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(e) |
the
Subscriber is solely responsible for obtaining such tax, investment,
legal
and other professional advice as it considers appropriate in connection
with the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement
and
the transactions contemplated hereunder (including the resale and transfer
restrictions referred to herein), and, without limiting the generality
of
the foregoing, the Corporation's counsel are acting solely as counsel
to
the Corporation and not as counsel to the
Subscriber;
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(f) |
as
a consequence of the sale being exempt from the prospectus requirements
of
the Securities Laws of the Offering
Jurisdictions
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(i) |
certain
protections, rights and remedies provided by the Securities Laws of
the
Offering Jurisdictions, including statutory rights of rescission and
certain statutory remedies against an issuer, underwriters, auditors,
directors and officers that are available to investors who acquire
securities offered by a prospectus, will not be available to you, or,
if
applicable, others for whom you are contracting
hereunder,
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(ii) |
the
common law may not provide investors with an adequate remedy in the
event
that they suffer investment losses in connection with securities acquired
in a private placement,
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(iii) |
you,
or, if applicable, others for whom you are contracting hereunder, may
not
receive information that would otherwise be required to be given under
the
Securities Laws of the Offering Jurisdictions,
and
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(iv) |
the
Corporation is relieved from certain obligations that would otherwise
apply under the Securities Laws of the Offering Jurisdictions;
and
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(g) |
no
Person has made any written or oral
representation
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(h) |
that
any Person will resell or repurchase the Purchased
Securities,
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(i) |
that
any Person will refund the Purchase Price;
or
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(ii) |
as
to the future price or value of the Common
Shares.
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By
your
acceptance of this Agreement, you, and, if applicable, any others for whom
you
are contracting hereunder represent and warrant to the Corporation (which
representations and warranties shall be true and correct both as of the date
of
execution of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date and shall survive the
Closing) that:
A. |
General:
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(a) |
You
are and any beneficial purchaser for whom you are contracting hereunder
is
resident, or if not an individual, has the head office, in the
jurisdiction set out under the heading "residential address, including
postal code" above your signature or under the heading "residential
address of beneficial purchaser" below your signature, as applicable,
set
forth on the execution pages of this Agreement which address is your
residence or place of business, or the residence or place of business
of
any beneficial purchaser for whom you are contracting hereunder, as
applicable, and such address was not obtained or used solely for the
purpose of acquiring the Purchased
Securities.
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(b) |
If
you are an individual, you have attained the age of majority in the
jurisdiction in which you are resident and have the legal capacity
and
competence to enter into and be bound by this Agreement and to perform
the
covenants and obligations herein.
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(c) |
If
you are not an individual (i) you have the legal capacity to authorize,
execute and deliver this Agreement, and (ii) the individual signing
this
Agreement has been duly authorized to execute and deliver this
Agreement.
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(d) |
You
are and any beneficial purchaser for whom you are contracting hereunder
is
at arm's-length, within the meaning of the Securities Laws of the Offering
Jurisdictions and the policies of the Stock Exchanges, with the
Corporation.
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(e) |
Legal
counsel retained by the Corporation is acting as counsel to the
Corporation and not as counsel to the Subscriber and the Subscriber
may
not rely upon such counsel in any respect. The Subscriber should obtain
independent legal advice with respect to the investment in the Purchased
Securities.
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(f) |
If
you are, and, if applicable, any beneficial purchaser for whom you
are
contracting hereunder is, a resident of a province or territory of
Canada
and cannot otherwise satisfy any of the requirements set forth in this
section 4, you are, or, if applicable, any beneficial purchaser for
whom
you are contracting hereunder is, acquiring the Purchased Securities
pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the prospectus
requirements of the Securities Laws of the jurisdiction of residence
and
will provide the Corporation, on request, whether before or after the
Closing Date, with evidence of such
compliance.
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(g) |
If
you are, or, if applicable, any beneficial purchaser for whom you are
contracting hereunder is, a resident of a jurisdiction other than a
jurisdiction in Canada or the United States, you, and, if applicable,
any
beneficial purchaser for whom you are contracting hereunder (i) have
knowledge of or have been independently advised as to and will comply
with
the requirements of all the Securities Laws of the jurisdiction of
your
residence or the residence of any beneficial purchaser for whom you
are
contracting hereunder, as the case may be,
(ii)
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confirm
that the requirements of the Securities Laws in the jurisdiction of
your
residence or the residence of any beneficial purchaser for whom you
are
contracting hereunder, as the case may be, does not (A) require the
Corporation to make any filings or seek any approvals of any kind
whatsoever from any regulatory authority of any kind or nature whatsoever,
and (B) require the Corporation to prepare and file a prospectus or
similar document or to register the Common Shares, and (iii) will provide
such evidence of compliance with all such matters as the Corporation
may
request.
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(i) |
You
are, and, if applicable, any beneficial purchaser for whom you are
contracting hereunder is capable of assessing the proposed investment
in
the Purchased Securities as a result of financial or investment experience
or as a result of advice received from a registered person other than
the
Corporation or an affiliate thereof and you are or, if applicable,
any
beneficial purchaser for whom you are contracting hereunder is, as
the
case may be, able to bear the economic loss of the investment in the
Purchased Securities.
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(j) |
Unless
you have, or, if applicable, any beneficial purchaser for whom you
are
contracting hereunder has, made the representations set forth below
in
subsection 4C hereof
(United States) and have completed schedule D attached
hereto:
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you
are not a U.S. Person and you are not acquiring the Purchased Securities
on behalf of any U.S. Person or Person in the United
States;
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(ii) |
the
Purchased Securities were not offered in the United States;
and
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(iii) |
at
the time the buy order for the Purchased Securities was originated,
you
were, and, if applicable, any beneficial purchaser for whom you are
contracting hereunder was, outside the United States and this Agreement
was not executed or delivered in the United
States.
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(k) |
The
Purchased Securities to be issued hereunder are not being purchased
with
knowledge of any material fact about the Corporation that has not been
generally disclosed.
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(l) |
You
acknowledge and, if applicable, any beneficial purchaser for whom you
are
contracting hereunder acknowledges, that:
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(i) |
no
securities commission or similar regulatory authority has reviewed
or
passed on the merits of the Offered
Securities,
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(ii) |
there
is no government or other insurance covering the Offered
Securities,
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(iii) |
there
are risks associated with the purchase of the Purchased
Securities,
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(iv) |
there
are restrictions on the ability of the Subscriber to resell the Purchased
Securities and it is the responsibility of the Subscriber to find out
what
those restrictions are and to comply with them before selling any
Purchased Securities, and
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(v) |
the
Corporation has advised the Subscriber that the Corporation is relying
on
an exemption from the requirements to provide the Subscriber with a
prospectus and to sell securities through a person registered to sell
securities under the Securities
Act
(British Columbia) and, as a consequence of acquiring securities pursuant
to this exemption, certain protections, rights and remedies provided
by
the
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(vi) |
Securities
Act
(British Columbia), including statutory rights of rescission or damages,
will not be available to the Subscriber.
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(m) |
This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered and, when accepted by
the
Corporation, will constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation
enforceable against you and, if you are signing this Agreement on behalf
of a beneficial purchaser, also against such beneficial purchaser,
in each
case in accordance with the terms hereof.
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(n) |
If
you are contracting hereunder as trustee or agent (including, for greater
certainty, a portfolio manager or comparable adviser) for one or more
beneficial purchasers, you are authorized to execute and deliver this
Agreement and all other necessary documentation in connection with
the
subscription made on behalf of such beneficial purchaser or beneficial
purchasers and this Agreement has been authorized, executed and delivered
on behalf of such beneficial purchaser or beneficial purchasers, and
you
acknowledge that the Corporation may be required by law to disclose
the
identity of each beneficial purchaser for whom you are contracting
hereunder.
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(o) |
The
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the performance and compliance
with the terms hereof, the purchase of the Purchased Securities and
the
completion of the transactions described herein by you will not result
in
any material breach of, or be in conflict with or constitute a material
default under, or create a state of facts which, after notice or lapse
of
time, or both, would, if you are not or any beneficial purchaser for
whom
you are contracting hereunder is not an individual, constitute a material
default under any term or provision of your constating documents, by-laws
or resolutions or the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions
of any
beneficial purchaser for whom you are contracting hereunder, as the
case
may be, the Securities Laws or any other laws applicable to you or
any
beneficial purchaser for whom you are contracting hereunder, any agreement
to which you are or any beneficial purchaser for whom you are contracting
hereunder is a party, or any judgment, decree, order, statute, rule
or
regulation applicable to you or any beneficial purchaser for whom you
are
contracting hereunder.
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(p) |
The
funds representing the aggregate Purchase Price in respect of the
Purchased Securities which will be advanced by the Subscriber to the
Corporation hereunder will not represent proceeds of crime for the
purposes of the Proceeds
of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act
(Canada) (for the purposes of this paragraph the "PCMLTFA") and you
acknowledge that the Corporation may in the future be required by law
to
disclose the name of the Subscriber and other information relating
to this
Subscription Agreement and the subscription hereunder, on a confidential
basis, pursuant to the PCMLTFA. To the best of your knowledge (a) none
of
the subscription funds provided by the Subscriber (i) have been or
will be
derived directly or indirectly from or related to any activity that
is
deemed criminal under the laws of Canada, the United States of America,
or
any other jurisdiction, or (ii) are being tendered on behalf of a person
or entity who has not been identified to you and, (b) you will promptly
notify the Corporation if you discover that any of such representations
cease to be true, and to provide the Corporation with appropriate
information in connection therewith.
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(q) |
You,
on your own behalf and, if applicable, on behalf of each beneficial
purchaser for whom you are contracting hereunder, acknowledge and consent
to the fact that the Corporation is collecting your personal information
(as that term is defined under applicable privacy legislation, including,
without limitation, the Personal
Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
(Canada) and any other applicable similar, replacement or supplemental
provincial or federal legislation or laws in effect from time to time),
and, if applicable, that of each beneficial purchaser for whom you
are
contracting hereunder, for the purpose of completing this Agreement.
You,
on your own behalf and, if applicable, on behalf of
each
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(r) |
beneficial
purchaser for whom you are contracting hereunder, acknowledge and consent
to the Corporation retaining such personal information for as long
as
permitted or required by law or business practices. You, on your own
behalf and, if applicable, on behalf of each beneficial purchaser for
whom
you are contracting hereunder, further acknowledge and consent to the
fact
that the Corporation may be required by the Securities Laws of the
Offering Jurisdictions, the rules and policies of any stock exchange
or
the rules of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada to provide
regulatory authorities with any personal information provided under
this
Agreement. You represent and warrant, as applicable, that you have
the
authority to provide the consents and acknowledgements set out in this
paragraph on behalf of each beneficial purchaser for whom you are
contracting hereunder. In addition to the foregoing, you agree and
acknowledge that the Corporation, as the case may be, may use and disclose
your personal information, or that of each beneficial purchaser for
whom
you are contracting hereunder, as
follows:
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(i) |
for
internal use with respect to managing the relationships between and
contractual obligations of the Corporation, and you or any beneficial
purchaser for whom you are contracting
hereunder;
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(ii) |
for
use and disclosure for income tax related purposes, including without
limitation, where required by law, disclosure to Canada Revenue Agency;
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(iii) |
for
disclosure to securities regulatory authorities and other regulatory
bodies with jurisdiction with respect to reports of trades and similar
regulatory filings;
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(iv) |
for
disclosure to a governmental or other authority to which the disclosure
is
required by court order or subpoena compelling such disclosure and
where
there is no reasonable alternative to such
disclosure;
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(v) |
for
disclosure to professional advisers of the Corporation in connection
with
the performance of their professional
services;
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(vi) |
for
disclosure to any person where such disclosure is necessary for legitimate
business reasons and is made with your prior written consent;
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(vii) |
for
disclosure to a court determining the rights of the parties under this
Agreement; or
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(viii) |
for
use and disclosure as otherwise required or permitted by
law.
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(s) |
If
you are, or the beneficial purchaser for whom you are contracting
hereunder is, a resident of the Province of Ontario, you authorize
the
indirect collection of personal information (as defined in the Securities
Laws of the Province of Ontario) by the Ontario Securities Commission
and
confirm that you have been notified by the
Corporation:
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(i) |
that
the Corporation will be delivering such personal information to the
Ontario Securities Commission;
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(ii) |
that
such personal information is being collected indirectly by the Ontario
Securities Commission under the authority granted to it in the Securities
Laws of the Province of Ontario;
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(iii) |
that
such personal information is being collected for the purpose of the
administration and enforcement of the Securities Laws of the Province
of
Ontario; and
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(iv) |
that
the title, business address and business telephone number of the public
official in the Province of Ontario who can answer questions about
the
Ontario Securities Commission's indirect collection of personal
information is as follows:
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Administrative
Assistant to the Director of Corporate Finance
Ontario
Securities Commission
Xxxxx
0000, Xxx 00, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0
Telephone: 000-000-0000
(t) |
You
understand and agree that the Warrants may not be exercised in the
United
States or by, or on behalf of, a U.S. Person unless the Corporation
has been provided with an opinion of counsel to the effect that the
exercise of the Warrants by the holder is not subject to registration
under the U.S. Securities Act or the securities laws of any state of
the United States; provided,
however,
that a person that purchased Warrants directly from the Corporation
and
made the representations set forth in subsection 4C hereof (United
States)
and has completed schedule D attached hereto, and is exercising such
Warrants for the person’s own account when such person and any such
beneficial purchaser remains a U.S. Accredited Investor, need not provide
an opinion of counsel unless requested by the
Corporation.
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B. |
Canadian
Purchasers:
If
you are resident in, or are otherwise subject to the Securities Laws
of,
the Province of British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba or Ontario, then
one
or more of paragraphs 4(a),
4B(b),
4B(c),
4B(d)
or
4B(e)
applies to you:
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(a) |
Accredited
Investors (applicable
to all Canadian Purchasers):
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(i) |
you
are either purchasing the Purchased
Securities:
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A. |
as
principal and not for the benefit of any other Person, or you are deemed
under NI 45-106 to be purchasing the Purchased Securities as principal
and
you are an "accredited investor" within the meaning of NI 45-106;
or
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B. |
as
agent for a beneficial purchaser disclosed on the execution pages of
this
Agreement, and you are an agent or trustee with proper authority to
execute all documents required in connection with the purchase of the
Purchased Securities on behalf of such disclosed beneficial purchaser
and
such disclosed beneficial purchaser for whom you are contracting hereunder
is purchasing as principal and not for the benefit of any other Person,
or
is deemed under NI 45-106 to be purchasing the Purchased Securities
as
principal and such disclosed beneficial purchaser is an "accredited
investor" within the meaning of NI
45-106;
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(ii) |
if
you are, or the beneficial purchaser for whom you are contracting
hereunder is, as the case may be, a Person, other than an individual
or
investment fund, that has net assets of at least $5,000,000, you were
not,
or the beneficial purchaser for whom you are contracting hereunder
was
not, as the case may be, created or used solely to purchase or hold
securities as an accredited investor; and
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(iii) |
you
have concurrently executed and delivered a certificate in the form
attached as schedule C hereto.
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(b) |
Minimum
Amount Investment (applicable
to all Canadian Purchasers):
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(i) |
you
are either purchasing the Purchased
Securities:
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A. |
as
principal and not for the benefit of any other Person and your aggregate
acquisition cost, payable by you in cash at the Closing, for the Purchased
Securities is not less than $150,000; or
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B. |
as
agent for a beneficial purchaser disclosed on the second execution
page of
this Agreement, and you are an agent or trustee with proper authority
to
execute all documents required in connection with the purchase of the
Purchased Securities on behalf of such disclosed beneficial purchaser
and
such disclosed beneficial purchaser for whom you are contracting hereunder
is purchasing as principal and not for the benefit of any other Person
and
the aggregate acquisition cost of such disclosed beneficial purchaser,
payable by such disclosed beneficial purchaser in cash at the Closing,
for
the Purchased Securities is not less than $150,000;
and
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(ii) |
you
were not, or the beneficial purchaser for whom you are contracting
hereunder was not, as the case may be, created or used solely to purchase
or hold securities in reliance on this exemption from the prospectus
requirement.
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(c) |
Affiliates
(applicable
to all Canadian Purchasers):
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(i) |
you
are either purchasing the Purchased
Securities:
|
A. |
as
principal and not for the benefit of any other Person and you are an
"affiliate" within the meaning of NI 45-106 of the Corporation;
or
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B. |
as
agent for a beneficial purchaser disclosed on the execution pages of
this
Agreement, and you are an agent or trustee with proper authority to
execute all documents required in connection with the purchase of the
Purchased Securities on behalf of such disclosed beneficial purchaser
and
such disclosed beneficial purchaser for whom you are contracting hereunder
is purchasing as principal and not for the benefit of any other Person
and
is an "affiliate" within the meaning of NI 45-106 of the Corporation;
and
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(ii) |
you
have concurrently executed and delivered a certificate in the form
attached as schedule C attached hereto.
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(d) |
Family,
Friends and Business Associates (applicable
to all Canadian Purchasers other than Ontario):
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(i) |
You
are purchasing the Purchased Securities as principal and not for the
benefit of any other Person and no other Person will have a beneficial
interest in the Purchased Securities and you are one or more
of:
|
A. |
a
"director", "executive officer" or "control person" of the Corporation,
or
of an "affiliate" of the Corporation (as such terms are defined in
NI
45-106);
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B. |
a
"spouse" (within the meaning of NI 45-106), parent, grandparent, brother,
sister or child of a "director", "executive officer" or "control person"
(as such terms are defined in NI 45-106) of the Corporation, or of
an
affiliate of the Corporation;
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C. |
a
parent, grandparent, brother, sister or child of the spouse of a director,
executive officer or control person of the Corporation, or of an affiliate
of the Corporation;
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D. |
a
close personal friend (by reason of the fact that you have directly
known
such individual well enough and for a sufficient period of time and
in a
sufficiently close relationship (where such relationship is direct
and
extends beyond being a relative or a member of the same organization,
association or religious group or a client, customer or former client
or
customer or being a close personal friend of a close personal friend
of
such individual) to be in a position to assess the capabilities and
the
trustworthiness of such individual) of a director, executive officer
or
control person of the Corporation, or of an affiliate of the
Corporation;
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E. |
a
close business associate (by reason of the fact that you have had direct
sufficient prior business dealings with such individual (where such
relationship is direct and extends beyond being a client, customer
or
former client or customer or being a close business associate of a
close
business associate of such individual) to be in a position to assess
the
capabilities and trustworthiness of such individual) of a director,
executive officer or control person of the Corporation, or of an affiliate
of the Corporation;
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F. |
a
"founder" (within the meaning NI 45-106) of the Corporation or a spouse,
parent, grandparent, brother, sister or child of a founder of the
Corporation;
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G. |
a
close personal friend (by reason of the fact that you have directly
known
such individual well enough and for a sufficient period of time and
in a
sufficiently close relationship (where such relationship is direct
and
extends beyond being a relative or a member of the same organization,
association or religious group or a client, customer or former client
or
customer or being a close personal friend of a close personal friend
of
such individual) to be in a position to assess the capabilities and
the
trustworthiness of such individual) or close business associate (by
reason
of the fact that you have had direct sufficient prior business dealings
with such individual (where such relationship is direct and extends
beyond
being a client, customer or former client or customer or being a close
business associate of a close business associate of such individual)
to be
in a position to assess the capabilities and trustworthiness of such
individual) of a founder of the
Corporation;
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H. |
a
parent, grandparent, brother, sister or child of the spouse of a founder
of the Corporation;
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I. |
a
person of which a majority of the voting securities are beneficially
owned
by, or a majority of the directors are, persons described in clauses
4B(d)(i)(A) to 4B(d)(i)(H) above; or
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J. |
a
trust or estate of which all of the beneficiaries or a majority of
the
trustees or executors are persons or companies described in clauses
4B(d)(i)(A) to 4B(d)(i)(H) above; and
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(ii) |
you
have concurrently executed and delivered a certificate in the form
attached as schedule C attached hereto.
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(e) |
Founder,
Control Person and Family (applicable
only in Ontario):
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(i) |
You
are purchasing the Purchased Securities as principal and not for the
benefit of any other Person and no other Person will have a beneficial
interest in the Purchased Securities and you are one or more
of:
|
A. |
a
"founder" (within the meaning of NI 45-106) of the
Corporation;
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B. |
an
"affiliate" (within the meaning of NI 45-106) of a founder of the
Corporation;
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C. |
a
"spouse" (within the meaning of NI 45-106), parent, brother, sister,
grandparent or child of a "director", "executive officer" or "founder"
(as
such terms are defined in NI 45-106) of the Corporation;
or
|
D. |
a
"person" that is a "control person" (as such terms are defined in NI
45-106) of the Corporation; and
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(ii) |
you
have concurrently executed and delivered a certificate in the form
attached as schedule C attached hereto.
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C. |
United
States:
If you are a U.S. Person, are in the United States or are purchasing
the
Purchased Securities for the account or for the benefit of a U.S. Person
or a Person in the United States or are otherwise subject to the
Securities Laws of the United States,
then:
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(a) |
You
understand, recognize and acknowledge that the Subject Shares and the
Warrants have not and will not be registered under the 1933 Act or
the
Securities Laws of any state of the United States in which you are
resident and that the sale contemplated hereby is being made in reliance
on a private placement exemption to U.S. Accredited Investors pursuant
to
Rule 506 of Regulation D.
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(b) |
You
have had access to such information, if any, concerning the Corporation
as
you considered necessary in connection with your investment decision
to
invest in the Offered Securities, including receiving satisfactory
answers
to any questions you have asked any of the officers of the
Corporation.
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(c) |
You
have no contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any Person
to
sell, transfer or pledge to such Person, or anyone else, the Purchased
Securities, or any part thereof, or any interest therein, and you have
no
present plans to enter into any such contract, undertaking, agreement
or
arrangement.
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(d) |
You
agree that if you decide to offer, sell or otherwise transfer any of
the
Subject Shares or the Warrants, you will not offer, sell or otherwise
transfer any of such securities, directly or indirectly,
unless:
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(i) |
the
sale is to the Corporation;
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(ii) |
the
sale is made outside the United States in a transaction meeting the
requirements of Rule 904 of Regulation S (or such rule or regulation
promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission as is then in
effect) and in compliance with applicable local laws and regulations;
or
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(iii) |
the
sale is made in a transaction that does not require registration under
the
1933 Act or any applicable securities laws and regulations governing
the
offer and sale of securities of any state of the United
States;
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and,
with
respect to an offer, sale or transfer made under subparagraph (iii) above you
have, prior to such sale, furnished to the Corporation an opinion of counsel
of
recognized standing reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation confirming the
compliance of such sale with the 1933 Act and applicable state Securities
Laws.
(e) |
You
acknowledge and agree that the Subject Shares and the Warrants will
be
"restricted securities" as defined in Rule 144(a) of the 1933
Act.
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(f) |
You
will not exercise the Warrants unless at the time of such exercise
you are
able to make the representation with respect to the Warrant Shares
set
forth in paragraph 4(C)(h) below.
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(g) |
You
understand and acknowledge that upon the issue of the Subject Shares,
the
Warrants and the Warrant Shares, each certificate representing such
securities, and all certificates issued in exchange therefor or in
substitution thereof, will bear, in addition to the legends set out
in
section (m)
hereof, the following legend:
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"THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUED UPON THE EXERCISE HEREOF
HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE "1933 ACT") OR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A) TO
THE
CORPORATION, (B) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 OF
REGULATION S UNDER THE 1933 ACT, (C) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION
UNDER THE 1933 ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 OR 144A UNDER THE 1933 ACT, IF
APPLICABLE, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE U.S. STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR
(D)
WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CORPORATION (WHICH WILL BE DELIVERED
PROMPTLY AND WILL NOT BE UNREASONABLY WITHHELD, BUT WHICH MAY BE CONDITIONAL
ON
DELIVERY OF A LEGAL OPINION IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE
CORPORATION), PURSUANT TO ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE 1933
ACT
AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
THE
PRESENCE OF THIS LEGEND MAY IMPAIR THE ABILITY OF THE HOLDER HEREOF TO EFFECT
"GOOD DELIVERY" OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY ON A CANADIAN STOCK
EXCHANGE."
provided
that if such securities are being sold outside the United States in compliance
with the requirements of Rule 904 of Regulation S and provided that the
Corporation is a "foreign
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issuer"
within the meaning of Regulation S at the time of such sale, such legend may
be
removed by providing a declaration signed by you to the Corporation and to
Computershare Investor Services Inc., as registrar and transfer agent, to the
effect set forth in schedule E attached hereto (or as the Corporation may
prescribe from time to time). The Corporation shall use the reasonable best
efforts thereof to cause the registrar and transfer agent of the Corporation
to
deliver a certificate without the foregoing legend within five Business Days
after the date of receipt of such a written declaration. The above legend will
be in addition to the legends prescribed by section (m)
of this
Agreement.
(h) |
You
understand and acknowledge that upon the issue thereof, and unless
and
until such time as the same is no longer required under the applicable
requirements of the 1933 Act or applicable United States state securities
laws and regulations, the certificates representing any of the Warrants
(and all certificates issued in exchange therefor or in substitution
thereof) shall bear, in addition to the legends set out in section
(m)
hereof, as applicable, the following
legend:
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“THIS
WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES DELIVERED UPON EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN
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. THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE EXERCISED BY OR ON BEHALF OF A U.S. PERSON
OR A PERSON IN THE UNITED STATES UNLESS THE UNDERLYING SECURITIES ISSUABLE
UPON
EXERCISE THEREOF HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT AND THE
APPLICABLE SECURITIES LEGISLATION OF ANY SUCH STATE OR AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS IS AVAILABLE. “UNITED STATES” AND “U.S. PERSON” ARE AS
DEFINED BY REGULATION S UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES
ACT.”
(i) |
You
consent to the Corporation making a notation on its records or giving
instructions to any transfer agent of the Corporation in order to
implement the restrictions on transfer set forth
herein.
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(j) |
You
acknowledge that the Corporation has no obligation or present intention
to
file a registration statement under the 1933 Act in respect of the
Unit
Shares, the Warrants or the Warrant Shares and, accordingly, you
acknowledge that there are substantial restrictions on the transferability
of the Purchased Securities and that it will not be possible to readily
liquidate your investment in, the Unit Shares, the Warrants and the
Warrant Shares in case of any emergency and you have not been supplied
with any of the information that would be found in the applicable
registration statement if the Unit Shares, the Warrants or the Warrant
Shares were registered under the 1933
Act.
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(k) |
You
are a U.S. Accredited Investor and acknowledge that you are acquiring
the
Purchased Securities as an investment for your own account or for the
account of a U.S. Accredited Investor as to which you exercise sole
investment discretion and not with a view to any resale, distribution
or
other disposition of the Purchased Securities in violation of the
securities laws of the United States and you have concurrently executed
and delivered a certificate in the form attached as schedule D
hereto.
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(l) |
You
understand and agree that the financial statements of the Corporation
have
been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
of Canada, which differ in some respects from generally accepted
accounting principles of the United States, and therefore may not be
comparable to financial statements of United States
companies.
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(m) |
Legends
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You
acknowledge that the certificates representing the Purchased Securities and,
if
necessary, the certificates representing the Warrant Shares, will bear the
following legends:
"UNLESS
PERMITTED UNDER SECURITIES LEGISLATION, THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY MUST NOT
TRADE THE SECURITY BEFORE [the
date which is four months and one day after the Closing Date will be
inserted]."
and
"THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE LISTED ON THE TORONTO STOCK
EXCHANGE (“TSX”), HOWEVER, THE SAID SECURITIES MAY NOT BE TRADED THROUGH THE
FACILITIES OF SUCH EXCHANGE SINCE THEY ARE NOT FREELY TRANSFERABLE, AND
CONSEQUENTLY ANY CERTIFICATE REPRESENTING SUCH SECURITIES IS NOT 'GOOD DELIVERY'
IN SETTLEMENT OF TRANSACTIONS ON THE TSX";
provided
that subsequent to the date which is four months and one day after the Closing
Date the certificates representing the Purchased Securities or, if applicable,
the certificate representing the Warrant Shares, may be exchanged for
certificates bearing no such legends.
5. |
Representations
and Warranties of the
Corporation
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The
Corporation hereby represents and warrants to the Subscriber as follows and
acknowledges and confirms that the Subscriber is relying upon each of such
representations and warranties in entering into this Agreement and completing
the transactions contemplated herein:
(a) |
Incorporation
and Organization:
The Corporation and each Subsidiary has been continued and
organized and is a valid and subsisting corporation under the laws
of its
jurisdiction of incorporation or continuance 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 property
and
assets thereof and the Corporation has all requisite corporate power
and
authority to enter into, execute and deliver this Agreement and the
Warrant Certificates and to carry out the obligations thereof hereunder
and thereunder.
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(b) |
Extra-provincial
Registration:
The Corporation and each Subsidiary 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.
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(c) |
Authorized
Capital:
The Corporation is authorized to issue, among other things, an unlimited
number of Common Shares, of which, as of February 27, 2007, 76,860,525
Common Shares were issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable
shares.
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(d) |
Listing:
The Common Shares are, and at the time of issue of the Purchased
Securities will be, listed on the Stock Exchanges and the Subject Shares
will, at the time of issue of the Offered Securities, have been
conditionally listed on the Stock Exchanges.
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(e) |
Certain
Securities Law Matters:
The Common Shares are listed only on the Stock Exchanges, the Corporation
is a reporting issuer or the equivalent only in the Reporting Provinces
and is not in default of any requirement of the Securities Laws of
any of
such provinces and the
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(f) |
Common
Shares are registered under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
(United States), as amended.
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(g) |
Resale
of Securities:
Neither the Unit Shares nor the Warrant Shares will be subject to a
restricted period or statutory hold period under the Securities Laws
of
the Province of British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba or Ontario or to
any
resale restriction under the policies of the Stock Exchanges which
extends
beyond four months and one day after the Closing
Date.
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(h) |
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, as
at
February 28, 2007, for an aggregate of a maximum of 7,454,254 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.
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(i) |
Rights
Plan:
The Corporation has adopted a shareholder rights
plan.
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(j) |
No
Pre-emptive Rights:
The issue of the Offered Securities 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.
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(k) |
Purchased
Securities:
The execution of this Agreement and the issue by the Corporation to
the
Subscriber of the Purchased Securities will be exempt from the
registration and prospectus requirements of the Securities Laws of
the
Offering Jurisdictions.
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(l) |
Subsidiaries:
The Subsidiaries are the only material subsidiaries of the
Corporation.
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(m) |
Capital
of Subsidiaries:
All of the outstanding shares of the Subsidiaries are issued and
outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable shares and are legally
and
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.
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(n) |
Issue
of Offered Securities:
All necessary corporate action has been or will be taken to authorize
the
issue and sale of, and the delivery of certificates representing, the
Offered Securities and, upon payment of the requisite consideration
therefor, the Unit
Shares will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable
shares,
and
the Warrants will be validly issued and, upon the issue thereof, the
Warrant Shares will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable
shares.
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(o) |
Consents,
Approvals and Conflicts:
None of the offering and sale of the Offered Securities, the execution
and
delivery of this Agreement or of the Warrant Certificates, the compliance
by the Corporation with the provisions of this Agreement and the Warrant
Certificates or the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein
and therein including, without limitation, the issue of the Purchased
Securities to the Subscriber for the consideration and upon the terms
and
conditions as set forth herein and the issue of the Warrant Shares
for the
consideration and upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Warrant
Certificates, do or will (i) require the consent, approval, or
authorization, order or agreement of, or registration or qualification
with, any governmental agency, body or authority, court, stock exchange,
securities regulatory authority or other Person, except (A) such as
have
been obtained, or (B)
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such
as may be required under the Securities Laws of the Offering Jurisdictions
and the policies of the Stock Exchanges and will be obtained by the
Closing Date, or (ii) 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 or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any of them
or
any of the properties or assets thereof is bound, or the articles or
by-laws of the Corporation or any Subsidiary or any resolution passed
by
the directors (or any committee thereof) or shareholders of the
Corporation or any Subsidiary, or any statute or any judgment, decree,
order, rule, policy or regulation of any court, governmental authority,
arbitrator, stock exchange or securities regulatory authority applicable
to the Corporation or any Subsidiary or any of the properties or assets
thereof which could have a material adverse effect on the condition
(financial or otherwise), business, properties or results of operations
of
the Corporation or any Subsidiary.
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(q) |
Authority
and Authorization:
The Corporation has full corporate power and authority to enter into
this
Agreement and the Warrant Certificates and to do all acts and things
and
execute and deliver all documents as are required hereunder and thereunder
to be done, observed, performed or executed and delivered by it in
accordance with the terms hereof and thereof and the Corporation has
taken
all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery
and
performance of this Agreement and the Warrant Certificates and to observe
and perform the provisions of this Agreement and the Warrant Certificates
in accordance with the provisions hereof and thereof including, without
limitation, the issue of the Purchased Securities to the Subscriber
for
the consideration and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein
and
the issue of the Warrant Shares for the consideration and upon the
terms
and conditions set forth in the Warrant
Certificates.
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(r) |
Validity
and Enforceability:
This Agreement has been authorized, executed and delivered by the
Corporation and constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation
of the
Corporation and upon being executed and delivered the Warrant Certificates
will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the
Corporation.
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(s) |
Public
Disclosure:
Each of the documents comprised in the Information 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 the Warrant Certificates
or which would otherwise be material to any Person intending to make
an
equity investment in the Corporation.
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(t) |
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
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(u) |
Securities
Laws of the Reporting Provinces contain a misrepresentation (as such
term
is defined in the Securities
Act
(Ontario)) at the date of the filing
thereof.
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(v) |
Accounting
Controls:
The Corporation maintains a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (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.
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(w) |
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.
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(x) |
Financial
Statements:
The audited consolidated financial statements of the Corporation for
the
year ended December 31, 2005, together with the auditors' report thereon
and the notes thereto, and the unaudited financial statements dated
September 30, 2006 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.
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(y) |
Changes
in Financial Position:
Since September 30, 2006 none of:
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(i) |
the
Corporation or any Subsidiary has paid or declared any dividend or
incurred any material capital expenditure or made any commitment
therefore;
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(ii) |
the
Corporation or any Subsidiary has incurred any obligation or liability,
direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, except in the ordinary
course
of business and which is not, and which in the aggregate are not,
material;
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except
in
each case as disclosed in the Information.
(z) |
Insolvency:
Neither the Corporation nor any of the Subsidiaries has committed an
act
of bankruptcy or sought protection from the creditors thereof before
any
court or pursuant to any legislation, proposed a compromise or arrangement
to the creditors thereof generally, taken any proceeding with respect
to a
compromise or arrangement, taken any proceeding to be declared bankrupt
or
wound up, taken any proceeding to have a receiver appointed of any
of the
assets thereof, had any Person holding any encumbrance, lien, charge,
hypothec, pledge, mortgage, title retention agreement or other security
interest or receiver take possession of any of the property thereof,
had an
execution or distress become
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enforceable
or levied upon any portion of the property thereof or had any petition
for
a receiving order in bankruptcy filed against it.
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(bb) |
Taxes
and Tax Returns:
The Corporation and each Subsidiary has filed or will file all necessary
tax returns and notices and has paid or will pay 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 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. 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.
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(cc) |
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.
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(dd) |
Agreements
and Actions:
Neither the Corporation nor any Subsidiary is in violation of any term
of
the articles or by-laws or any constating document thereof. Neither
the
Corporation nor any Subsidiary is in violation of any term or provision
of
any agreement, indenture or other instrument applicable to it which
would,
or could, result in any material adverse effect on the business, condition
(financial or otherwise), capital, affairs or operations of the
Corporation or any Subsidiary, neither the Corporation nor any Subsidiary
is in default in the payment of any material obligation owed which
is now
due and there is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation commenced,
pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation after due inquiry,
threatened which, either in any case or in the aggregate, might result
in
any
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(ee) |
material
adverse effect on the business, condition (financial or otherwise),
capital, affairs, prospects or operations of the Corporation or any
Subsidiary or in any of the material properties or assets thereof or
in
any material liability on the part of the Corporation or any Subsidiary
or
which places, or could place, in question the validity or enforceability
of this Agreement,
the
Warrant Certificates or any document or instrument delivered, or to
be
delivered, by the Corporation pursuant hereto or
thereto.
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(ff) |
Owner
of Property:
The Corporation and the Subsidiaries are the absolute legal and beneficial
owner of, and have good and marketable title to, all of the material
property or assets thereof as described in the Information, free of
all
mortgages, liens, charges, pledges, security interests, encumbrances,
claims or demands whatsoever, other than those described in the
Information, and no other property rights are necessary for the conduct
of
the business of the Corporation or any Subsidiary as currently conducted
or contemplated to be conducted, none of the Corporation or any Subsidiary
knows of any claim or the basis for any claim that might or could
adversely affect the right thereof to use, transfer or otherwise exploit
such property rights and, except as disclosed in the Information, none
of
the Corporation or any Subsidiary has any responsibility or obligation
to
pay any commission, royalty, licence fee or similar payment to any
Person
with respect to the property rights
thereof.
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(gg) |
Mineral
Rights:
The Corporation and the Subsidiaries hold either freehold title, mining
leases, mining claims or other conventional property, proprietary or
contractual interests or rights, recognized in the jurisdiction in
which a
particular property is located, in respect of the ore bodies and minerals
located in properties in which the Corporation and the Subsidiaries
have
an interest as described in the Information under valid, subsisting
and
enforceable title documents or other recognized and enforceable agreements
or instruments, sufficient to permit the Corporation or applicable
Subsidiary to explore the minerals relating thereto, all such property,
leases or claims and all property, leases or claims in which the
Corporation or any Subsidiary has an interest or right have been validly
located and recorded in accordance with all applicable laws and are
valid
and subsisting.
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(hh) |
Property
Agreements:
Any and all of the agreements and other documents and instruments pursuant
to which the Corporation or any Subsidiary holds the property and assets
thereof (including any interest in, or right to earn an interest in,
any
property) are valid and subsisting agreements, documents or instruments
in
full force and effect, none of the Corporation or any Subsidiary is
in
default of any of the material provisions of any such agreements,
documents or instruments nor has any such default been alleged, and
such
properties and assets are in good standing under the applicable statutes
and regulations of the jurisdictions in which they are situated, all
leases, licences and claims pursuant to which the Corporation or any
Subsidiary derive the interests thereof in such property and assets
are in
good standing and there has been no material default under any such
lease,
licence or claim and all taxes required to be paid with respect to
such
properties and assets to the date hereof have been paid. None of the
properties (or any interest in, or right to earn an interest in, any
property) of the Corporation or any Subsidiary is subject to any right
of
first refusal or purchase or acquisition right which is not disclosed
in
the Information.
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(ii) |
No
Defaults:
None of the Corporation or any Subsidiary is in default of any material
term, covenant or condition under or in respect of any judgement, order,
agreement or instrument to which it is a party or to which it or any
of
the property or assets thereof are or may be subject, and no event
has
occurred and is continuing, and no circumstance exists which has not
been
waived, which constitutes a default in respect of any commitment,
agreement, document or other instrument to which the Corporation or
any
Subsidiary is a party or by which it is otherwise bound entitling any
other party thereto to accelerate the maturity of any amount owing
thereunder or which could have a material adverse effect upon the
condition (financial
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or
otherwise), capital, property, assets, operations or business of the
Corporation or any Subsidiary.
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(kk) |
Accruals:
All material accruals for unpaid vacation pay, premiums for unemployment
insurance, health premiums, federal or provincial pension plan premiums,
accrued wages, salaries and commissions and payments for any plan for
any
officer, director, employee or consultant of the Corporation or any
Subsidiary have been accurately reflected in the books and records
of the
Corporation.
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(ll) |
Work
Stoppage:
There has not been, and there is not currently, any labour trouble
which
is adversely effecting or could adversely effect, in a material manner,
the conduct of the business of the Corporation or any
Subsidiary.
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(mm) |
Environmental
Compliance:
Except as disclosed in the Information:
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(i) |
to
the knowledge of the Corporation, the property, assets and operations
of
the Corporation and the Subsidiaries comply in all material respects
with
all applicable Environmental Laws (which term means and includes, without
limitation, any and all applicable international, federal, provincial,
state, municipal or local laws, statutes, regulations, treaties, orders,
judgments, decrees, ordinances, official directives and all authorizations
relating to the environment, occupational health and safety, or any
Environmental Activity (which term means and includes, without limitation,
any past, present or future activity, event or circumstance in respect
of
a Contaminant (which term means and includes, without limitation, any
pollutants, dangerous substances, liquid wastes, hazardous wastes,
hazardous materials, hazardous substances or contaminants or any other
matter including any of the foregoing, as defined or described as such
pursuant to any Environmental Law), including, without limitation,
the
storage, use, holding, collection, purchase, accumulation, assessment,
generation, manufacture, construction, processing, treatment,
stabilization, disposition, handling or transportation thereof, or
the
release, escape, leaching, dispersal or migration thereof into the
natural
environment, including the movement through or in the air, soil, surface
water or groundwater));
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(ii) |
the
Corporation and the Subsidiaries do not have any knowledge of, and
have
not received any notice of, any material claim, judicial or administrative
proceeding, pending or threatened against, or which may affect, either
the
Corporation or any Subsidiary or any of the property, assets or operations
thereof, relating to, or alleging any violation of any Environmental
Laws,
the Corporation is not aware of any facts which could give rise to
any
such claim or judicial or administrative proceeding and neither the
Corporation nor any Subsidiary nor any of the property, assets or
operations thereof is the subject of any investigation, evaluation,
audit
or review by any Governmental Authority (which term means and includes,
without limitation, any national, federal government, province, state,
municipality or other political subdivision of any of the foregoing,
any
entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or
administrative functions of or pertaining to government and any
corporation or other entity owned or controlled (through stock or capital
ownership or otherwise) by any of the foregoing) to determine whether
any
violation of any Environmental Laws has occurred or is occurring or
whether any remedial action is needed in connection with a release
of any
Contaminant into the environment, except for compliance investigations
conducted in the normal course by any Governmental
Authority;
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(iii) |
the
Corporation and the Subsidiaries have not given or filed any notice
under
any federal, state, provincial or local law with respect to any
Environmental Activity, the Corporation and the Subsidiaries do not
have
any liability (whether contingent or otherwise) in connection with
any
Environmental Activity and the Corporation is not aware of any notice
being given under any federal, state, provincial or local law or of
any
liability (whether contingent or otherwise) with respect to any
Environmental Activity relating to or affecting the Corporation or
any
Subsidiary or the property, assets, business or operations thereof;
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(iv) |
the
Corporation and the Subsidiaries do not store any hazardous or toxic
waste
or substance on the property thereof and have not disposed of any
hazardous or toxic waste, in each case in a manner contrary to any
Environmental Laws, and to the knowledge of the Corporation, there
are no
Contaminants on any of the premises at which the Corporation or any
Subsidiary carries on business, in each case other than in compliance
with
Environmental Laws; and
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(v) |
the
Corporation and the Subsidiaries are not subject to any contingent
or
other liability relating to the restoration or rehabilitation of land,
water or any other part of the environment or non-compliance with
Environmental Law.
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(nn) |
No
Litigation:
There are no actions, suits, proceedings, inquiries or investigations
existing or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, pending or threatened
against or which adversely affect the Corporation or, to any Subsidiary
or
to which any of the property or assets thereof is subject, at law or
equity, or before or by any court, federal, provincial, state, municipal
or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency
or
instrumentality, domestic or foreign, which may in any way materially
adversely affect the condition (financial or otherwise), capital,
property, assets, operations or business of the Corporation or any
Subsidiary or the ability of any of them to perform the obligations
thereof and none of the Corporation or any Subsidiary is subject to
any
judgement, order, writ, injunction, decree, award, rule, policy or
regulation of any Governmental Authority, which, either separately
or in
the aggregate, may result in a material adverse effect on the condition
(financial or otherwise), capital, property, assets, operations or
business of the Corporation or any Subsidiary or the ability of the
Corporation to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the
Warrant
Certificates.
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(oo) |
Non-Arm's
Length Transactions:
Except as disclosed in the Information, neither the Corporation nor
any
Subsidiary owes any amount to, nor has the Corporation or any Subsidiary
or borrowed any amount from or is otherwise indebted to, any officer,
director, employee or securityholder of any of them or any Person not
dealing at "arm's length" (as such term is defined in the Income
Tax Act
(Canada)) with any of them except for usual employee reimbursements
and
compensation paid in the ordinary and normal course of the business
of the
Corporation or Subsidiary. Except usual employee or consulting
arrangements made in the ordinary and normal course of business, neither
the Corporation nor any Subsidiary is a party to any contract, agreement
or understanding with any officer, director, employee or securityholder
of
any of them or any other Person not dealing at arm's length with the
Corporation and the Subsidiaries. No officer, director or employee
of the
Corporation or any Subsidiary and no Person which is an affiliate or
associate of any of the foregoing Persons, owns, directly or indirectly,
any interest (except for shares representing less than 5% of the
outstanding shares of any class or series of any publicly traded company)
in, or is an officer, director, employee or consultant of, any Person
which is, or is engaged in, a business competitive with the business
of
the Corporation or any Subsidiary which could materially adversely
impact
on the ability to properly perform the services to be performed by
such
Person for the Corporation or any Subsidiary. No officer, director,
employee or
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securityholder
of the Corporation or any Subsidiary has any cause of action or other
claim whatsoever against, or owes any amount to, the Corporation or
any
Subsidiary except for claims in the ordinary and normal course of the
business of the Corporation or any Subsidiary such as for accrued vacation
pay or other amounts or matters which would not be material to the
Corporation.
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(qq) |
Directed
Selling Efforts and General Advertising:
The Corporation has not engaged in any "directed selling efforts" as
defined in Regulation S or any "general advertising" as defined in
Regulation D.
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(rr) |
Foreign
Issuer:
The Corporation is a "foreign issuer" which does not have a "substantial
U.S. market interest" (as such terms are defined in Regulation S).
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6. |
Covenants
|
The
Corporation hereby covenants and agrees with the Subscriber as
follows:
(a) |
Reporting
Issuer:
The Corporation shall use reasonable best efforts to maintain its status
as a "reporting issuer" in, not in default of any requirement of the
Securities Laws of, the Reporting Provinces for a period of at least
12
months after the Closing Date.
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(b) |
Break
Fee:
If the shareholders of the Corporation do not approve the Offering
and the
Property Acquisitions, the Corporation shall pay to the Subscriber
an
amount equal to 3% of the Purchase Price of the Purchased Securities,
such
amount to be payable in cash or Common
Shares.
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(c) |
Corporate
Status:
the Corporation shall use reasonable best efforts to remain, for a
period
of a least 12 months after the Closing Date, a corporation validly
subsisting under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or
continuance, licensed, registered or qualified as an extra-provincial
or
foreign corporation in all jurisdictions where the character of its
properties owned or leased or the nature of the activities conducted
by it
make such licensing, registration or qualification necessary and shall
carry on its business in the ordinary course and in compliance in all
material respects with all applicable laws, rules and regulations of
each
such jurisdiction.
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(d) |
Listing
on Stock Exchanges:
The Corporation shall use reasonable best efforts to maintain the listing
on the Stock Exchanges of the class of shares of which the Subject
Shares
form a part for a period of at least 18 months after the Closing Date.
The
Corporation shall obtain from the Stock Exchanges not later than the
Closing Date, approval to issue the Purchased Securities. Except for
Common Shares issued upon the exchange, exercise or conversion of
securities outstanding on the date hereof and pursuant to the Property
Acquisitions and any other pre-existing property agreements requiring
the
issuance of the Corporation’s shares, the Corporation shall not issue, or
agree to issue, any Common Shares or any securities exchangeable for,
or
convertible into, Common Shares at an effective price per Common Share
which is less than the Purchase Price during the 60 day period immediately
following the Closing Date.
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(e) |
Securities
Filings:
Forthwith after the Closing the Corporation shall file such forms and
documents as may be required under the Securities Laws of the Offering
Jurisdictions relating to the offering of the Purchased Securities
which,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall include a Form
45-106F1 as prescribed by NI 45-106.
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(f) |
Performance
of Acts:
The Corporation shall perform and carry out all of the acts and things
to
be completed by it as provided in this
Agreement.
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(g) |
Directed
Selling Efforts and General Advertising:
Prior to the completion of the offering of the Offered Securities,
the
Corporation will not engage in any "directed selling efforts" as defined
in Regulation S or any "general advertising" as defined in Regulation
D.
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(h) |
Use
of Proceeds Amount:
The Corporation shall use the proceeds of the Offered Securities for
the
exploration and/or development activities of the Corporation located
in
the Province of Ontario, the State of Alaska, the State of Nevada and
for
providing general working capital purposes.
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7. |
General
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(a) |
Headings:
The division of this Agreement into articles and sections and the
insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and shall
not
affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. The terms
"this Agreement," "hereof," "hereunder", "herein" and similar expressions
refer to this Agreement and not to any particular article, section
or
other portion hereof and include any agreement supplemental thereto
and
any exhibits attached hereto. Unless something in the subject matter
or
context is inconsistent therewith, reference herein to articles, sections
and paragraphs are to articles, sections, subsections and paragraphs
of
this Agreement.
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(b) |
Number
and Gender:
Words importing the singular number only shall include the plural and
vice
versa,
words importing the masculine gender shall include the feminine gender
and
neuter and vice
versa.
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Severability:
If one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall
be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable
law,
the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions
hereof shall not be affected or impaired thereby. Each of the provisions
of this Agreement is hereby declared to be separate and
distinct.
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Notices:
All notices or other communications to be given hereunder shall be
delivered by hand or by telecopier, and if delivered by hand, shall
be
deemed to have been given on the date of delivery or, if sent by
telecopier, on the date of transmission if sent before 2:00 p.m.
(Vancouver time) and such day is a Business Day or, if not, on the
first
Business Day following the date of
transmission.
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(e) |
Notices
to the Corporation shall be addressed to:
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Minerals Corporation
000
Xxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx X0X 0X0
Attention: Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, President
and
Chief
Executive Officer
Telecopier: (000)
000-0000
Notices
to the Subscriber shall be addressed to the address of the Subscriber set out
on
the execution pages hereof.
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Either
the Corporation or the Subscriber may change its address for service aforesaid
by notice in writing to the other party hereto specifying its new address for
service hereunder.
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Further
Assurances:
Each party hereto shall from time to time at the request of the other
party hereto do such further acts and execute and deliver such further
instruments, deeds and documents as shall be reasonably required in
order
to fully perform and carry out the provisions of this Agreement. The
parties hereto agree to act honestly and in good faith in the performance
of their respective obligations
hereunder.
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Successors
and Assigns:
Except as otherwise provided, this Agreement shall enure to the benefit
of
and shall be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective
successors and permitted assigns.
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Entire
Agreement:
The terms of this Agreement express and constitute the entire agreement
between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof
and
no implied term or liability of any kind is created or shall arise
by
reason of anything in this Agreement.
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(i) |
Time
of Essence:
Time is of the essence of this Agreement.
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(j) |
Amendments:
The provisions of this Agreement may only be amended with the written
consent of all of the parties hereto.
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(k) |
Survival:
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the
representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities of or by the
Corporation contained herein or in any certificate, document or instrument
delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the completion of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
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Language:
The parties hereto acknowledge and confirm that they have requested
that
this Agreement as well as all notices and other documents contemplated
hereby be drawn up in the English language. Les parties aux présentes
reconnaissent et confirment qu'elles ont convenu que la présente
convention ainsi que tous xxx xxxx et documents qui s'y rattachent
soient
rédigés en langue anglaise.
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Governing
Law:
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the
laws of the Province of British Columbia and the laws of Canada applicable
therein and the parties hereto irrevocably attorn to the jurisdiction
of
the courts of the Province of British
Columbia.
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(n) |
Counterparts:
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts which when
taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery
of
counterparts may be effected by facsimile transmission
thereof.
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Facsimile
Copies:
The Corporation and the Subscriber shall be entitled to rely on a
facsimile copy of an executed subscription agreement and acceptance
by the
Corporation of such facsimile subscription shall be legally effective
to
create a valid and binding agreement between the Subscriber and the
Corporation in accordance with the terms
thereof.
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If
the
foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return
this
Agreement together with the other required documents signifying your agreement
to purchase the Purchased Securities.
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UNITS
TO: RUBICON
MINERALS CORPORATION
The
undersigned hereby accepts the foregoing and agrees to be bound by the terms
set
forth herein and, without limitation, agrees that you may rely upon the
covenants, representations and warranties of the undersigned contained
herein.
DATED
as
of this
day of
________________, 2007.
Number
of Offered Securities to be purchased at $0.70 each:
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Aggregate
Purchase Price:
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Name
(full legal name of Subscriber) and Residential Address of
Subscriber:
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(residential
address, including postal code)
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(telephone
number)
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(facsimile
number)
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(email
address)
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By:
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(signature)
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(please
print name)
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(official
capacity)
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If
you
are signing this Agreement as agent for a beneficial purchaser and are not
a
trust company, trust corporation or portfolio manager deemed to be purchasing
as
principal under NI 45-106, please provide the following information for each
beneficial purchaser:
(name
of beneficial purchaser)
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(residential
address and telephone number of beneficial purchaser)
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The
above-mentioned subscription is hereby accepted by Rubicon Minerals
Corporation.
DATED
as
of this ____________ day of ______________________, 2007.
RUBICON
MINERALS CORPORATION
By:
_______________________________________
Authorized
Signing Officer
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A
RUBICON
MINERALS CORPORATION
PRIVATE
PLACEMENT OF UNITS
Issuer:
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Rubicon
Minerals Corporation (the "Corporation").
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Issue:
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Private
placement of 21,428,572 units of the Corporation ("Units"), with
each Unit
being comprised of one common share of the Corporation and one-half
of one
transferable warrant, with each warrant being exercisable for one
common
share of the Corporation at an exercise price of $1.50 per common
share
for a period of 24 months after the Closing Date (as hereinafter
defined)
on a best-efforts basis (the "Offering").
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Issue
Price:
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$0.70
per Unit.
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Use
of Proceeds:
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The
Corporation will use the proceeds of the Offered Securities for the
exploration and/or development activities of the Corporation located
in
the Province of Ontario, the State of Alaska, the State of Nevada
and for
providing general working capital purposes.
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Listing:
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The
common shares of the Corporation are listed on Toronto Stock Exchange
under the symbol RMX and on the American Stock Exchange under the
symbol
RBY.
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Closing
Date:
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On
or about May 11, 2007, or such other date as is agreed to between
the
Corporation and the Subscriber (the "Closing Date").
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Conditions:
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Execution
and delivery of subscription agreements containing normal representations
and warranties, covenants, conditions and compliance with all applicable
legal and regulatory requirements.
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Minimum
Subscription:
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A minimum
subscription of $25,000.
The
Units will be sold in the United States in accordance with Rule 506
of
Regulation D or Section 4(2) under the United States Securities
Act of 1933,
as amended.
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Reporting
Issuer and Resale:
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The
Corporation is a reporting issuer under the securities legislation
of the
Provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec. The common
shares of the Corporation comprising part of the Units sold under
the
Offering, the warrants comprising part of the Units sold under the
Offering and the common shares of the Corporation issuable upon the
exercise of the warrants comprising part of the Units sold under
the
Offering will not be subject to any restricted period or statutory
hold
period which extends beyond four months and one day after the Closing
Date.
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Press
Releases:
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Shall
comply with Rule 135c.
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B
ALL
SUBSCRIBERS
REGISTRATION
AND DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS
1.
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Delivery:
Please deliver the certificates representing the Purchased Securities
to:
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Name
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Account
reference, if applicable
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Contact
name
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Address,
including postal code
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Telephone
number
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2.
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Registration:
The certificates representing the Purchased Securities which are
to be
delivered at Closing should be registered as follows:
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Name
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Account
reference, if applicable
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Address,
including postal code
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Words
and
terms herein with the initial letter or letters thereof capitalized and defined
in the Agreement shall have the meanings given to such capitalized words and
terms in the Agreement.
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C
ALL
CANADIAN SUBSCRIBERS
IF
YOUR SUBSCRIPTION PRICE EXCEEDS $150,000 AND SUBSECTION 4B(b) OF THIS AGREEMENT
APPLIES TO YOU, YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO COMPLETE AND SIGN THIS
CERTIFICATE.
TO: RUBICON
MINERALS CORPORATION
CERTIFICATE
In
connection with the purchase of units (the "Purchased Securities") of Rubicon
Minerals Corporation (the "Corporation"), the undersigned hereby represents,
warrants and certifies that:
I. ALL
SUBSCRIBERS PURCHASING UNDER THE "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" EXEMPTION
OR THE
"AFFILIATE" EXEMPTION
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1.
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the
Purchaser (the undersigned or, if the undersigned is purchasing the
Purchased Securities as agent on behalf of a disclosed beneficial
purchaser, such beneficial purchaser being referred to herein as
the
"Purchaser") is resident in the Province of British Columbia, Alberta,
Manitoba or Ontario or is subject to the securities laws of the Province
of British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba or Ontario;
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2.
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the
Purchaser is purchasing the Purchased Securities as principal or
is deemed
under National Instrument 45-106 - Prospectus
and Registration Exemptions of
the Canadian Securities Administrators ("NI 45-106") to be purchasing
the
Purchased Securities as principal; and
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3.
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the
Purchaser is (please initial or place a check-xxxx on the appropriate
line
below):
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(a)
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_________
an "accredited investor" within the meaning of NI 45-106, by virtue
of
satisfying the indicated criterion as set out in appendix "A" to
this
certificate (YOU
MUST ALSO INITIAL OR PLACE A CHECK-XXXX ON THE APPROPRIATE LINE IN
APPENDIX A ATTACHED TO THIS CERTIFICATE);
or
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(b)
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_________
an "affiliate" within the meaning of NI 45-106 of the Corporation
(see
Appendix A to Schedule C for definition of “affiliate”); or
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II. BRITISH
COLUMBIA, ALBERTA AND MANITOBA SUBSCRIBERS PURCHASING UNDER THE "FAMILY,
FRIENDS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATES" EXEMPTION
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4.
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the
Purchaser is resident in the Province of British Columbia, Alberta,
Manitoba or Ontario or is subject to the securities laws of the Province
of British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba or Ontario;
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5.
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the
Purchaser is purchasing the Purchased securities as principal;
and
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6.
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the
Purchaser is (please initial or place a check-xxxx on the appropriate
line
below):
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(a)
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_________
a "director", "executive officer" or "control person" of the Corporation,
or of an "affiliate" of the Corporation;
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(b)
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_________
a "spouse", parent, grandparent, brother, sister or child of
(name of person) a director, executive officer or control person
of the
Corporation, or of an affiliate of the Corporation;
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(c)
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_________
a parent, grandparent, brother, sister or child of the spouse
of (name
of person) a director, executive officer or control person of the
Corporation, or of an affiliate of the Corporation;
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(d)
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_________
a close personal friend (by reason of the fact that you have directly
known such individual well enough and for a sufficient period of
time and
in a sufficiently close relationship (where such relationship is
direct
and extends beyond being a relative or a member of the same organization,
association or religious group or a client, customer or former client
or
customer or being a close personal friend of a close personal friend
of
such individual) to be in a position to assess the capabilities and
the
trustworthiness of such individual) of (name
of person) a director, executive officer or control person of the
Corporation, or of an affiliate of the Corporation;
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_________
a close business associate (by reason of the fact that you have had
direct
sufficient prior business dealings with such individual (where such
relationship is direct and extends beyond being a client, customer
or
former client or customer or being a close business associate of
a close
business associate of such individual) to be in a position to assess
the
capabilities and trustworthiness of such individual) of
(name of person) a director, executive officer or control person
of the
Corporation, or of an affiliate of the Corporation;
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(f)
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_________
a "founder" of the Corporation or a spouse, parent, grandparent,
brother,
sister, child, close personal friend (by reason of the fact that
you have
directly known such individual well enough and for a sufficient period
of
time and in a sufficiently close relationship (where such relationship
is
direct and extends beyond being a relative or a member of the same
organization, association or religious group or a client, customer
or
former client or customer or being a close personal friend of a close
personal friend of such individual) to be in a position to assess
the
capabilities and the trustworthiness of such individual) or close
business
associate (by reason of the fact that you have had direct sufficient
prior
business dealings with such individual (where such relationship is
direct
and extends beyond being a client, customer or former client or customer
or being a close business associate of a close business associate
of such
individual) to be in a position to assess the capabilities and
trustworthiness of such individual) of
(name of person) a founder of the Corporation;
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(g)
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_________
a parent, grandparent, brother, sister or child of the spouse of
(name
of person) a founder of the Corporation;
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(h)
|
_________
a person or company of which a majority of the voting securities
are
beneficially owned by, or a majority of the directors are, persons
or
companies described in subsections 4(a) to 4(g) above; or
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(i)
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_________
a trust or estate of which all of the beneficiaries or a majority
of the
trustees or executors are persons or companies described in subsections
4(a) to 4(g) above; or
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(the
terms in quotation marks in items (a), (b) and (f) above have the
meanings
set out in appendix A attached to this schedule).
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III. ONTARIO
SUBSCRIBERS PURCHASING UNDER THE "FOUNDER, CONTROL PERSON AND FAMILY"
EXEMPTION
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7.
|
the
Purchaser is resident in the Province of Ontario or is subject to
the
securities laws of the Province of Ontario;
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8.
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the
Purchaser is purchasing the Purchased Securities as
principal;
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9.
|
the
Purchaser is (please initial or place a check-xxxx on the appropriate
line
below):
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(a)
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_________
a "founder" of the Corporation;
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(b)
|
_________
an "affiliate" of
(name of person) a founder of the Corporation;
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(c)
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_________
a "spouse", parent, brother, sister, grandparent or child of
(name of person) a director, "executive officer" or "founder" of
the
Corporation; or
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(d)
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_________
a person that is a "control person" of the Corporation.
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(the
terms in quotation marks in items (a), (b), (c) and (d) above have
the
meanings set out in appendix A attached to this schedule).
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The
above representations and warranties will be true and correct both
as of
the execution of this certificate and as of the closing time of the
purchase and sale of the Purchased Securities and acknowledges that
they
will survive the completion of the issue of the Purchased
Securities.
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The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing representations and warranties
are made by the undersigned with the intent that they be relied upon
in
determining the suitability of the Purchaser as a purchaser of the
Purchased Securities and that this certificate is incorporated into
and
forms part of the Subscription Agreement and the undersigned undertakes
to
immediately notify the Corporation of any change in any statement
or other
information relating to the Purchaser set forth herein which takes
place
prior to the closing time of the purchase and sale of the Purchased
Securities.
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Dated:
________________________, 2007.
Print
name of Purchaser (or person signing as agent)
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Signature
Title
(please
print name of individual whose signature appears above, if different from name
of Purchaser or agent printed above)
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Appendix
A to Schedule C
Accredited
Investor
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(defined in NI 45-106) means:
(a)
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a
Canadian
financial institution or
an authorized foreign bank named in Schedule III of the Bank
Act (Canada),
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(b)
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the
Business Development Bank of Canada incorporated under the Business
Development Bank of Canada Act
(Canada),
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(c)
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a
subsidiary
of
any person
referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), if the person owns all of the
voting
securities of the subsidiary, except the voting securities required
by law
to be owned by directors of that subsidiary,
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(d)
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a
person registered under the securities legislation of a jurisdiction
of
Canada as an adviser or dealer, other than a person registered solely
as a
limited market dealer under one or both of the Securities
Act
(Ontario) or the Securities
Act (Newfoundland
and Labrador),
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(e)
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an
individual registered or formerly registered under the securities
legislation of a jurisdiction of Canada as a representative of a
person
referred to in paragraph (d),
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(f)
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the
Government of Canada or a jurisdiction of Canada, or any crown
corporation, agency or wholly-owned entity of the Government of Canada
or
a jurisdiction of Canada,
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(g)
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a
municipality, public board or commission in Canada and a metropolitan
community, school board, the Comité de gestion de la taxe scolaire de
l' le de Montréal or an intermunicipal management board in
Quebec,
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(h)
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any
national, federal, state, provincial, territorial or municipal government
of or in any foreign jurisdiction, or any agency of that
government,
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(i)
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a
pension fund that is regulated by either the Office of the Superintendent
of Financial Institutions (Canada) or a pension commission or similar
regulatory authority of a jurisdiction of Canada,
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(j)
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an
individual who, either alone or with a spouse, beneficially owns,
directly
or indirectly, financial
assets having
an aggregate realizable value that before taxes, but net of any
related
liabilities,
exceeds $1,000,000,
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(k)
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an
individual whose net income before taxes exceeded $200,000 in each
of the
two most recent calendar years or whose net income before taxes combined
with that of a spouse exceeded $300,000 in each of the two most recent
calendar years and who, in either case, reasonably expects to exceed
that
net income level in the current calendar year,
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(l)
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an
individual who, either alone or with a spouse, has net assets of
at least
$5,000,000,
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(m)
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a
person, other than an individual or investment
fund,
that has net assets of at least $5,000,000 as shown on its most recently
prepared financial statements,
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(n)
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an
investment fund that distributes or has distributed its securities
only
to
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(i)
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a
person that is or was an accredited investor at the time of the
distribution,
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(ii)
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a
person that acquires or acquired securities in the circumstances
referred
to in sections 2.10 [Minimum
amount investment]
and 2.19 [Additional
investment in investment funds]
of
NI 45-106, or
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a
person described in paragraph (i) or (ii) immediately above that
acquires
or acquired securities under section 2.18 [Investment
fund reinvestment]
of
NI 45-106,
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(o)
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an investment
fund that distributes or has distributed securities under a prospectus
in
a jurisdiction of Canada for which the regulator or, in Quebec, the
securities regulatory authority, has issued a receipt,
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(p)
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a
trust company or trust corporation registered or authorized to carry
on
business under the Trust
and Loan Companies Act (Canada)
or under comparable legislation in a jurisdiction of Canada or a
foreign
jurisdiction, acting on behalf of a fully
managed account
managed by the trust company or trust corporation, as the case may
be,
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(q)
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a
person acting on behalf of a fully managed account managed by that
person,
if that person
|
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(i)
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is
registered or authorized to carry on business as an adviser or the
equivalent under the securities legislation of a jurisdiction of
Canada or
a foreign jurisdiction, and
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(ii)
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In
Ontario, is purchasing a security that is not a security of an investment
fund,
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(r)
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a
registered charity under the Income
Tax Act (Canada)
that, in regard to the trade, has obtained advice from an eligibility
adviser
or
an adviser registered under the securities legislation of the jurisdiction
of the registered charity to give advice on the securities being
traded,
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(s)
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an
entity organized in a foreign jurisdiction that is analogous to any
of the
entities referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d) or paragraph (i) in
form and
function,
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(t)
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a
person in respect of which all of the owners of interests, direct,
indirect or beneficial, except the voting securities required by
law to be
owned by directors, are persons that are accredited
investors,
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(u)
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an
investment fund that is advised by a person registered as an adviser
or a
person that is exempt from registration as an adviser, or
|
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(v)
|
a
person that is recognized or designated by the securities regulatory
authority or, except in Ontario and Quebec, the regulator as
|
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(i)
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an
accredited investor, or
|
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(ii)
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an
exempt purchaser in British Columbia or Alberta.
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NOTE:
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The
investor must initial or place a check-xxxx beside the portion of
the
above definition applicable to the
investor.
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For
the purposes hereof:
(w)
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"Canadian
financial institution"
means
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(i)
|
an
association governed by the Cooperative
Credit Associations Act (Canada)
or a central cooperative credit society for which an order has been
made
under section 473(1) of the Cooperative
Credit Associations Act (Canada),
or
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(ii)
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a
bank, loan corporation, trust company, trust corporation, insurance
company, treasury branch, credit union, caisse populaire, financial
services cooperative, or league that, in each case, is authorized
by an
enactment of Canada or a jurisdiction of Canada to carry on business
in
Canada or a jurisdiction of Canada;
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(x)
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"control
person" has
the meaning ascribed to that term in securities legislation except
in
Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador,
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Island, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut where "control
person" means any person that holds or is one of a combination of
persons
that hold
|
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(i)
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a
sufficient number of any of the securities of an issuer so as to
affect
materially the control of the issuer, or
|
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(ii)
|
more
than 20% of the outstanding voting securities of an issuer except
where
there is evidence showing that the holding of those securities does
not
affect materially the control of that issuer;
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(y)
|
"eligibility
adviser" means
|
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(i)
|
a
person that is registered as an investment dealer or in an equivalent
category of registration under the securities legislation of the
jurisdiction of a purchaser and authorized to give advice with respect
to
the type of security being distributed, and
|
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(ii)
|
in
Saskatchewan or Manitoba, also means a lawyer who is a practising
member
in good standing with a law society of a jurisdiction of Canada or
a
public accountant who is a member in good standing of an institute
or
association of chartered accountants, certified general accountants
or
certified management accountants in a jurisdiction of Canada provided
that
the lawyer or public accountant must not:
|
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(A)
|
have
a professional, business or personal relationship with the issuer,
or any
of its directors, executive officers, founders or control persons,
and
|
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(B)
|
have
acted for or been retained personally or otherwise as an employee,
executive officer, director, associate or partner of a person that
has
acted for or been retained by the issuer or any of its directors,
executive officers, founders or control persons within the previous
12
months;
|
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(z)
|
"executive
officer" means,
for an issuer, an individual who is
|
||
(i)
|
a
chair, vice-chair or president,
|
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(ii)
|
a
vice-president in charge of a principal business unit, division or
function including sales, finance or production,
|
||
(iii)
|
an
officer of the issuer or any of its subsidiaries and who performs
a
policy-making function in respect of the issuer, or
|
||
(iv)
|
performing
a policy-making function in respect of the issuer;
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(aa)
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"financial
assets" means
(i) cash, (ii) securities or (iii) a contract of insurance, a deposit
or
an evidence of a deposit that is not a security for the purposes
of
securities legislation;
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(bb)
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"founder"
means,
in
respect of an issuer, a person who,
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(i)
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acting
alone, in conjunction or in concert with one or more persons, directly
or
indirectly, takes the initiative in founding, organizing or substantially
reorganizing the business of the issuer, and
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(ii)
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at
the time of the trade is actively involved in the business of the
issuer;
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(cc)
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"fully
managed account" means
an account of a client for which a person makes the investment decisions
if that person has full discretion to trade in securities for the
account
without requiring the client's express consent to a
transaction;
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(dd)
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"investment
fund" has
the meaning ascribed thereto in National Instrument 81-106 - Investment
Fund Continuous Disclosure;
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(ee)
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"person" includes
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(i)
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an
individual,
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(ii)
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a
corporation,
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(iii)
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a
partnership, trust, fund and an association, syndicate, organization
or
other organized group of persons, whether incorporated or not,
and
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(iv)
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an
individual or other person in that person's capacity as a trustee,
executor, administrator or personal or other legal representative;
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(ff)
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"related
liabilities" means
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(i)
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liabilities
incurred or assumed for the purpose of financing the acquisition
or
ownership of financial assets, or
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(ii)
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liabilities
that are secured by financial assets.
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(gg)
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"spouse" means,
an individual who,
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(i)
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is
married to another individual and is not living separate and apart
within
the meaning of the Divorce
Act
(Canada), from the other individual,
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(ii)
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is
living with another individual in a marriage-like relationship, including
a marriage-like relationship between individuals of the same gender,
or
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(iii)
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in
Alberta, is an individual referred to in paragraph (i) or (ii) immediately
above or is an adult interdependent partner within the meaning of
the
Adult
Interdependent Relationships Act (Alberta);
and
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(hh)
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"subsidiary"
means an issuer that is controlled directly or indirectly by another
issuer and includes a subsidiary of that subsidiary;
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Affiliated
Entities and Control
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1. An
issuer is considered to be an affiliate of another issuer if one
of them
is the subsidiary of the other, or if each of them is controlled
by the
same person.
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2. A
person (first person) is considered to control another person (second
person) if
(a) the
first person, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns or exercises
control or direction over securities of the second person carrying
votes
which, if exercised, would entitle the first person to elect a majority
of
the directors of the second person, unless the first person holds
the
voting securities only to secure an obligation,
(b) the
second person is a partnership, other than a limited partnership,
and the
first person holds more than 50% of the interests in the partnership,
or
(c) the
second person is a limited partnership and the general partner of
the
limited partnership is the first
person.
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monetary references are in Canadian Dollars
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D
U.S.
SUBSCRIBERS
TO: RUBICON
MINERALS CORPORATION
CERTIFICATE
In
connection with the purchase of units (the "Purchased Securities") of Rubicon
Minerals Corporation (the "Corporation") by the undersigned as principal for its
own account or as agent on behalf of a disclosed beneficial purchaser who is
purchasing the Purchased Securities as principal for its own account (the
undersigned or, if the undersigned is purchasing the Purchased Securities as
agent on behalf of a disclosed beneficial purchaser who is purchasing the
Purchased Securities as principal for its own account, such beneficial purchaser
being referred to herein as the "Purchaser"), the undersigned hereby represents,
warrants and certifies that the Purchaser is a U.S. Person and satisfies one
or
more of the categories indicated below (please
initial the appropriate line below):
(a)
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an
organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the United States
Internal
Revenue Code, a corporation, a Massachusetts or similar business
trust or
partnership, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the
Offered
Securities, with total assets in excess of US$5,000,000;
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(b)
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a
natural person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with
that
person's spouse, at the time of the purchase of the Purchased Securities
exceeds US$1,000,000;
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(c)
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a
natural person who had an individual income in excess of US$200,000
in
each of the two most recent years or joint income with that person's
spouse in excess of US$300,000 in each of those years and has a reasonable
expectation of reaching the same income level in the current
year;
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(d)
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a
trust that (a) has total assets in excess of US$5,000,000, (b) was
not
formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Offered Securities,
and
(c) is directed in its purchase of Offered Securities by a person
who has
such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that
he/she is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment
in
Offered Securities;
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(e)
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an
investment company registered under the Investment
Company Act of 1940
(United States) or a business development company as defined in section
2(a)(48) of that Act;
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(f)
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a
Small Business Investment Company licensed by the U.S. Small Business
Administration under section 301(c) or (d) of the Small
Business Investment Act of 0000
(Xxxxxx Xxxxxx);
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(g)
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private
business development company as defined in section 202(a)(22) of
the
Investment
Advisers Acts of 1940
(United States); or
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(h)
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an
entity in which all of the equity owners satisfy the requirements
of one
or more of the foregoing categories.
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Dated:
___________________________, 2007.
Print
name of Purchaser
By:
Signature
Title
(please
print name of individual whose signature appears above, if different from name
of purchaser printed above)
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E
FORM
OF DECLARATION FOR REMOVAL OF U.S. LEGEND
TO: RUBICON
MINERALS CORPORATION
AND
TO: COMPUTERSHARE
INVESTOR SERVICES INC.
DECLARATION
The
undersigned (A) represents and warrants that the sale of the securities of
Rubicon Minerals Corporation (the "Corporation") to which this declaration
relates is being made in compliance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the
United States Securities
Act of 1933,
as
amended (the "1933 Act"), and (B) certifies that (1) the undersigned is not
an
affiliate of the Corporation as that term is defined in the 1933 Act, (2) the
offer of such securities was not made to a person in the United States and
either (A) at the time the buy order was originated, the buyer was outside
the
United States, or the undersigned and any person acting on its behalf reasonably
believed that the buyer was outside the United States or (B) the transaction
was
executed in, on or through the facilities of the Toronto Stock Exchange and
neither the undersigned nor any person acting on behalf thereof knows or has
any
reason to believe that the transaction has been prearranged with a buyer in
the
United States, (3) neither the seller nor any affiliate of the seller nor any
person acting on any of their behalf has engaged or will engage in any directed
selling (as such term is defined in Regulation S under the 0000 Xxx) efforts
in
the United States in connection with the offer and sale of such securities,
(4)
the sale is bona fide and not for the purpose of "washing off" the resale
restrictions imposed because the securities are "restricted securities" (as
such
term is defined in Rule 144(a)(3) under the 1933 Act), (5) the seller does
not
intend to replace the securities sold in reliance on Rule 904 of the 1933 Act
with fungible unrestricted securities and (6) the contemplated sale is not
a
transaction, or part of a series of transactions which, although in technical
compliance with Regulation S under the 1933 Act, is part of a plan or scheme
to
evade the registration provisions of the 1933 Act. Terms used herein have the
meanings given to them by Regulation S under the 1933 Act.
Dated:
____________________ ________________________
Name
of
Seller
By:
_____________________
Name:
Title: