Re: Amending Letter Agreement to Property Purchase Agreement dated April 11, 2002

Exhibit 10.1b

October 1, 0000

Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Dear Sir:

Re:  Amending Letter Agreement to
Property Purchase Agreement dated April 11, 2002

WHEREAS the parties entered into a Property Purchase Agreement dated April 11, 2002 (the "Property Purchase Agreement") and the parties desire to amend the Property Purchase Agreement;

NOW THEREFORE IN CONSIDERATION of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereby agree to amend the Property Purchase Agreement as follows:

1.      The date of "December 31, 2003" in paragraph 7 of the Property Purchase Agreement is deleted and replaced with "December 31, 2005".

2.      The following sentence is inserted after paragraph 7 of the Property Purchase Agreement:

"The Purchaser may extend up to a maximum of two (2) additional years to the expiration date of December 31, 2005 (the "Expiry Date") and agrees to pay the Vendor US$2,000 per year (the "Extension Payments") commencing on December 31, 2003 and ending on December 31, 2006 for the right to extend the Expiry Date."

3.      The following sentence is inserted after paragraph 4 of the Property Purchase Agreement:

"The Purchaser may deduct all the Extension Payments from the Net Smelter Return Royalty payments, which are payable to the Vendor."

To acknowledge your agreement to the foregoing, please execute and return copies of this counterpart to our office as soon as possible.

Yours very truly,

Barnabus Enterprises Ltd. Per:/s/"Xxxxxxxx Xxxx''            
    Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, President WITNESSED THIS 3^RD DAY OF OCTOBER, 2002:

/s/"Xxxx Mirko"                               
Signature

of North Vancouver, BC                      

Accepted and agreed to this 3^rd day of October, 2002.

/s/"Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx"           
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