OPTION AGREEMENT made among STRONGBOW RESOURCES INC. and ULSTER MINERALS LIMITED and TOURNIGAN GOLD CORPORATION [Date: February 5, 2003] Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Barristers & Solicitors Vancouver, B.C. V6E 3G2

Exhibit 4b1

OPTION AGREEMENT

made among

STRONGBOW RESOURCES INC.

and

ULSTER MINERALS LIMITED

and

TOURNIGAN GOLD CORPORATION

[Date: February 5, 2003]

Fasken Xxxxxxxxx XxXxxxxx LLP

Barristers & Solicitors

0000 - 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx

Xxxxxxxxx, X.X.

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Curraghinalt

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLE 1

INTERPRETATION

1.1 Definitions............................................................2

1.2 Included Words.........................................................5

1.3 Headings...............................................................5

1.4 References.............................................................5

1.5 Currency...............................................................6

1.6 Knowledge..............................................................6

1.7 Schedules..............................................................6

1.8 Governing Law..........................................................6

1.9 Severability...........................................................6

ARTICLE 2

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

2.1 Mutual Representations and Warranties..................................7

2.2 Optionor's Representations and Warranties..............................7

2.3 Survival of Representations and Warranties.............................9

ARTICLE 3

OPTION

3.1 Grant of Initial Option................................................9

3.2 First Stage Earn In....................................................9

3.3 Activation of Second Stage of Initial Option..........................10

3.4 Second Stage Earn In..................................................10

3.5 Activation of Third Stage of Initial Option...........................10

3.6 Third Stage Earn In...................................................11

3.7 Payment in Lieu of Expenditures.......................................11

3.8 Grant of Further Option...............................................11

3.9 Optionee's Election to Terminate......................................11

3.10 Termination with No Interest..........................................11

3.11 Termination with 51% Interest.........................................12

3.12 Termination with 60% Interest.........................................13

3.13 Optionor's Election...................................................13

3.14 Expenditure Statement and Audit.......................................14

3.15 Option Only...........................................................15

ARTICLE 4

OPTION PERIOD RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS

4.1 Optionee's Right of Entry.............................................15

4.2 Optionee's Obligations................................................15

4.3 Emergency Expenditures................................................16

4.4 Registered Title......................................................17

4.5 Abandonment of Properties.............................................17

ARTICLE 5

FORMATION OF JOINT VENTURE

5.1 Formation of Joint Venture............................................18

5.2 Initial Interests.....................................................19

5.3 Initial Expenditures..................................................19

5.4 Joint Venture Operator................................................19

ARTICLE 6

TRANSFERS

6.1 Limitations on Transfers..............................................19

6.2 Prohibited Dispositions...............................................20

6.3 Right of First Offer..................................................20

6.4 Exceptions............................................................20

6.5 Conditions of Transfers...............................................21

ARTICLE 7

FORCE MAJEURE

7.1 Events................................................................21

7.2 Effect of Force Majeure...............................................21

7.3 Obligation to Remove Force Majeure....................................21

7.4 Giving Notice.........................................................22

ARTICLE 8

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

8.1 Confidential Information..............................................22

8.2 Information in Public Domain..........................................22

8.3 Request to Disclose...................................................22

8.4 News Release..........................................................22

ARTICLE 9

ARBITRATION

9.1 Single Arbitrator.....................................................23

9.2 Prior Notice..........................................................23

9.3 No Agreement..........................................................23

9.4 Conduct of Arbitration................................................23

ARTICLE 10

AREA OF INTEREST

10.1 Limitation on Acquisitions............................................23

10.2 Acquisition of Additional Property....................................24

10.3 Notice of Rejection...................................................24

10.4 Title to Additional Property..........................................24

10.5 Further Assurance.....................................................24

10.6 Non-Compliance Constitutes Default....................................25

ARTICLE 11

NOTICE

11.1 Method................................................................25

11.2 Amending Addresses....................................................25

ARTICLE 12

GENERAL

12.1 Other Activities and Interests........................................25

12.2 Entire Agreement......................................................26

12.3 No Waiver.............................................................26

12.4 Further Assurances....................................................26

12.5 Manner of Payment.....................................................26

12.6 Enurement.............................................................26

12.7 Special Remedies......................................................26

12.8 Time of the Essence...................................................27

12.9 Counterparts and Fax Execution........................................27

SCHEDULE A - Properties Description

Part I - Mineral Properties

Part II - Lands

Part III - Encumbrances

Part IV - Map

SCHEDULE B - Terms for Joint Venture Agreement

Curraghinalt

OPTION AGREEMENT

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THIS AGREEMENT made as of the ____ day of February, 2003.

BETWEEN:

STRONGBOW RESOURCES INC., a corporation organized

under the laws of British Columbia ("Strongbow"),

and ULSTER MINERALS LIMITED, a corporation

organized under the laws of Northern Ireland

("UML"), each having an office at 0000-000

Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, X0X

0X0, fax (000)000-0000,

(Strongbow and UML together, the "Optionor")

OF THE FIRST PART

AND:

TOURNIGAN GOLD CORPORATION, a corporation

organized under the laws of British Columbia and

having an office at 480 - 000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,

Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, X0X 0X0, fax

(000)000-0000,

(the "Optionee")

OF THE SECOND PART

WHEREAS:

(A) The Optionor has interests in certain exploration licences and

leasehold interests in relation to lands located in Northern Ireland, known as

the Curraghinalt project, all as more particularly described in Schedule A;

(B) The Optionee wishes to explore the property comprised in the

Curraghinalt project for minerals and to acquire an option to earn an interest

therein;

NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES that for and in consideration of the

sum of $10 now paid by the Optionee to the Optionor, the receipt of which is

hereby acknowledged by the Optionor, and for other good and valuable

consideration, the receipt and sufficiency whereof is hereby acknowledged by the

Optionor, the Parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

INTERPRETATION

1.1 Definitions

For the purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise defined herein, the

following capitalized words and phrases when used herein have the following

meanings:

Additional Property means any Mineral Rights or Surface Rights acquired

within the Area of Interest and which become a part of the Properties as

contemplated in Article 10.

Affiliate means any person, partnership, joint venture, corporation or

other form of enterprise which directly or indirectly controls, is

controlled by, or is under common control with, a Party. For purposes of

the preceding sentence, "control" means possession, directly or indirectly,

of the power to direct or cause direction of management and policies

through ownership of voting securities, contract, voting trust or

otherwise.

Anniversary Date means an anniversary date of the Effective Date.

Area of Interest means the area within the grid references provided by Part

I of Schedule "A" to this Agreement.

Business Day means a day on which commercial banks are open for business in

Vancouver, British Columbia.

Effective Date means the effective date of this Agreement, as set forth at

the top of the first page of this Agreement.

Encumbrance means any mortgage, charge, pledge, hypothecation, security

interest, assignment, lien (statutory or otherwise), charge, title

retention agreement or arrangement, royalty, restrictive covenant or other

encumbrance of any nature.

Expenditures means all costs and expenses of whatever kind or nature spent

or incurred by or on behalf of the Optionee from the date hereof in the

conduct of exploration and development activities on or in relation to the

Properties including, without limitation:

(a) in holding the Properties in good standing (including any monies

expended as required to comply with applicable laws and regulations,

such as for the completion and submission of assessment work and

filings required in connection therewith), in curing title defects and

in acquiring and maintaining surface and other ancillary rights;

(b) in preparing for and in the application for and acquisition of

environmental and other permits necessary or desirable to commence and

complete exploration and development activities on the Properties;

metallurgical testing, including costs of assays, metallurgical

testing and other tests and analyses to determine the quantity and

quality of Minerals, water and other materials or substances;

(d) in the preparation of work programs and reporting as to the results

thereof including any pre-feasibility or feasibility study or other

evaluation of the Properties;

(e) in acquiring facilities or the use thereof and for all parts, supplies

and consumables;

(f) for salaries, wages and fringe benefits (whether or not required by

law), including actual labour overhead expenses, for employees to the

extent that they are assigned to exploration and development

activities on the Properties;

(g) travelling expenses of all persons engaged in work with respect to and

for the benefit of the Properties including for their food, lodging

and other reasonable needs;

(h) payments to contractors or consultants for work done, services

rendered or materials supplied;

(i) all taxes levied against or in respect of the Properties or activities

thereon and the cost of insurance premiums and performance bonds or

other security; and

(j) a charge equal to 10% of all Expenditures referred to in clauses (a)

to (i) above for unallocable overhead and head office expenses of the

Optionee (but limited to 5% on any single third party contract in

excess of $50,000) and all other expenses relating to supervision and

management of all work done with respect to and for the benefit of the

Properties.

Feasibility Study means a study prepared or confirmed by a recognized and

independent firm of mining engineering consultants which contains a

detailed examination of the feasibility of bringing a deposit of Minerals

on the Properties into commercial production by establishment of a mine,

and which includes reviews of all relevant issues, a statement of the ore

reserves, a description of the nature and scale of any proposed operation,

an estimate of the construction and other costs necessary to bring the

Properties into commercial production and of the operating costs after the

commencement thereof, and which is a bankable document, that is to say, a

document in form appropriate for presentation to a reputable bank or other

financial institution from which a party might wish to secure financing.

Force Majeure means any cause beyond a Party's control (except those caused

by its own lack of funds) including, but not limited to: acts of God, fire,

flood, explosion, strikes, lockouts or other industrial disturbances; any

terrorist act; any military or paramilitary act or order; laws, rules and

regulations or orders of any duly constituted court or governmental

authority; or non-availability of materials or transportation; or protests,

demonstrations or other events causing work stoppages by environmental

activists or others.

Further Option means the option that may be granted to the Optionee under

the Joint Venture Agreement to acquire the remainder of the Optionor's

Interest, as contemplated in Section 3.8.

Initial Interest means the Interest acquired by the Optionee upon exercise

of the Initial Option pursuant to the terms hereof.

Initial Option means the option granted to the Optionee as provided in

Section 3.1.

Interest means an undivided right, title and interest in and to the

Properties and the Other Assets held through shares in Newco.

Joint Venture means the joint venture formed pursuant to Section 5.1(a).

Joint Venture Agreement means the joint venture or other form of agreement

executed and delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(b).

Lands means the Surface Rights described in Part II of Schedule A, and

after the date of this Agreement includes the Surface Rights comprised in

any Additional Property, together with any renewal of any of such Surface

Rights and any other form of successor or substitute title therefore.

Minerals means any and all ores, and concentrates or metals derived

therefrom, containing precious, base and industrial minerals and which are

found in, on or under the Properties and may lawfully be explored for,

mined and sold pursuant to the Mineral Right, Surface Rights and other

instruments of title under which the Properties are held.

Mineral Properties means the Mineral Rights described in Part I of Schedule

A and after the date of this Agreement includes the Mineral Rights

comprised in any Additional Property, together with any renewal or re-issue

of any of such Mineral Rights and any other form of successor or substitute

title therefore.

Mineral Rights means the prospecting licences, mining leases, mineral

concessions and other forms of tenure or other rights to minerals, or to

work upon lands for the purpose of searching for, developing or extracting

minerals under any forms of mineral title recognized under the laws of

Northern Ireland or any subdivision thereof, whether contractual, statutory

or otherwise, or any interest therein.

Newco means the new subsidiary to be formed by UML as contemplated in

section 5.1 hereof.

Option Period means the period during which the Initial Option or Further

Option remains in effect under this Agreement.

Other Assets means maps, drill core, assays, geological and other technical

reports, studies, designs, plans and financial or other records related to

the Project, together with exploration tools, supplies and equipment

located on or near the Lands and owned by UML for Project purposes.

Participating Interest means an undivided beneficial interest in the

Properties and the other assets of the Joint Venture, or shares in a

jointly owned company, in either case under the Joint Venture Agreement and

expressed as a percentage of the entire interest or total issued shares, as

the case may be.

Party means the Optionor or the Optionee.

Project means the project for the development and exploitation of the

Properties to produce Minerals.

Properties means the Lands and the Mineral Properties.

Surface Rights means any interest in any real property, whether freehold,

leasehold, license, right of way, easement or any other surface or other

right in relation to real property.

1.2 Included Words

This Agreement will be read with such changes in gender or number as the

context requires.

1.3 Headings

The headings to the articles, sections, subsections or clauses of this

Agreement are inserted for convenience only and are not intended to affect the

construction hereof.

1.4 References

Unless otherwise stated, a reference herein to a numbered or lettered

article, section, subsection, clause or schedule refers to the article, section,

subsection, clause or schedule bearing that number or letter in this Agreement.

A reference to "this Agreement", "the Option Agreement", "hereof", "hereunder",

"herein" or words of similar meaning, means this Agreement including the

schedules hereto, together with any amendments thereof.

1.5 Currency

All dollar amounts expressed herein, unless otherwise specified, refer to

lawful currency of Canada.

1.6 Knowledge

Where any representation or warranty contained in this Agreement is

expressly qualified by reference to the knowledge of the Optionor, the Optionor

confirms that it has made due and diligent inquiry of such persons (including

appropriate officers of the Optionor) as are reasonably necessary as to the

matters that are the subject of the representations and warranties.

1.7 Schedules

The following schedules are attached to and incorporated in this Agreement

by this reference:

A Properties Description

Part I - Mineral Properties

Part II - Lands

Part III - Encumbrances

Part IV - Map

B Terms of Joint Venture Agreement

1.8 Governing Law

This Agreement will be construed according to and governed by the laws in

force in the Province of British Columbia and, except where matters are

expressed herein to be subject to arbitration, the courts of such Province will

have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine all disputes arising

hereunder. Nothing contained in this Section 1.8 is intended to affect the

rights of a Party to enforce a judgement or award outside of British Columbia.

1.9 Severability

If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes illegal, invalid or

unenforceable, in whole or in part, the remaining provisions will nevertheless

be and remain valid and subsisting and the said remaining provisions will be

construed as if this Agreement had been executed without the illegal, invalid or

unenforceable portion.

ARTICLE 2

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

2.1 Mutual Representations and Warranties

Each party represents and warrants to the other party hereto that:

(a) it is a body corporate duly incorporated or continued and duly

organized and validly subsisting under the laws of its organizational

jurisdiction;

(b) it has full power and authority to carry on its business and to enter

into this Agreement;

consummation of the transactions hereby contemplated conflict with,

result in the breach of or accelerate the performance required by any

agreement to which it is a party;

(d) the execution and delivery of this Agreement do not violate or result

in the breach of the laws of any jurisdiction applicable to a party or

pertaining thereto or of its organizational documents;

(e) all corporate authorizations have been obtained for the execution of

this Agreement and for the performance of its obligations hereunder;

and

(f) this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of

the party enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.

2.2 Optionor's Representations and Warranties

Each of Strongbow and UML, jointly and severally, represents and warrants

to the Optionee that:

(a) each of the Mineral Properties

(i) is fully and accurately described in Part I of Schedule A,

including any Encumbrances in relation thereto is fully and

accurately described in Part III of Schedule A, and neither of

them nor any of their Affiliates has an interest in any other

Mineral Rights which are located wholly or in part within the

Area of Interest;

(ii) is in good standing under the applicable laws, including the

incurring of expenditures and the payment of surface taxes or

other monies to the expiry dates as indicated in Part I of

Schedule A, each of such Mineral Properties are in the process of

being re-issued by the relevant issuing authority, and neither of

them are aware of any basis upon which the re-issuance of any of

such Mineral Properties could be denied;

(iii) have been duly and validly staked or otherwise properly and

legally acquired, and

(iv) are wholly owned by and recorded or registered in the name of

UML, free and clear of all Encumbrances except those specifically

identified in Part III of Schedule A, and the Optionor is in

exclusive possession of such Mineral Properties;

(b) each of the Lands is fully and accurately described in Part II of

Schedule A, including any Encumbrances in relation hereto, have been

properly and legally acquired, are wholly owned by and recorded or

registered in the name of UML, free and clear of all Encumbrances

except those specifically identified in Part III of Schedule A, and

the Optionor is in exclusive possession of such Lands;

under the terms of the lease, all rent, taxes and other amounts due

and payable pursuant to the lease have been paid, and neither party

thereunder has given notice of default thereunder or breach thereof

nor, to their knowledge, is there any basis for such notice to be

given;

(d) there are no outstanding agreements or options to acquire or purchase

any of the Properties, no person other than Summit Exploration Ltd.

(who hold a 2% net smelter returns royalty under a purchase agreement

dated 15/09/99) has any royalty or other interest whatsoever in

production therefrom, and there is no adverse claim or challenge

against or to the ownership of or title to any of the Properties, nor

to the best of its knowledge is there any basis therefor, other than

any royalty that may eventually be payable to the Government of

Northern Ireland or the Crown Estate;

(e) the Optionor has received no notice and has no knowledge of any

proposal to terminate or vary the terms of or rights previously

comprised in any of the Mineral Properties from any government or

other regulatory authority;

(f) no proceedings are pending for and the Optionor is not aware of any

basis for the institution of any proceedings leading to the

dissolution or winding-up of either of them or the placing of either

of them into bankruptcy or subject to any other laws governing the

affairs of insolvent persons;

(g) there are no orders or directions relating to environmental matters

requiring any work, repairs, construction or capital expenditures with

respect to any of the Lands or the conduct of the business related

thereto, nor to the best of its knowledge have any activities on or in

relation to the any of the Properties been in violation of any

environmental law, regulations or regulatory prohibition or order, and

to the best of their knowledge, conditions on and relating to the

Properties are in compliance with such laws, regulations, prohibitions

and orders;

(h) UML owns and holds the Other Assets, free and clear of all

Encumbrances; and

(i) to the best of their knowledge there is no fact or circumstance known

to either of them which has not been disclosed to the Optionee which

would render any of the foregoing representations and warranties

untrue, incomplete or otherwise misleading.

2.3 Survival of Representations and Warranties

The representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Agreement

are conditions on which the parties have relied in entering into this Agreement

and will survive the execution hereof and the acquisition of any Interest by the

Optionee hereunder. Each Party will indemnify and save the other harmless from

all loss, damage, costs, actions and suits arising out of or in connection with

any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or condition

made by them and contained in this Agreement. A Party may waive any of such

representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or conditions in whole or in

part at any time without prejudice of its right in respect of any other breach

of the same or any other representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or

condition.

ARTICLE 3

OPTION

3.1 Grant of Initial Option

The Optionor hereby grants to the Optionee the sole and exclusive right and

option, in accordance with the other provisions of this Article 3, to acquire in

three stages an Initial Interest of up to 75%, free and clear of all

Encumbrances except for those described in Schedule A.

3.2 First Stage Earn In

If the Optionee wishes to exercise the first stage of the Initial Option

and acquire an Interest of 51%, the Optionee must incur the following

Expenditures by each of the dates specified (or such longer times as may be

permitted by Article 7) and notify the Optionor thereof:

Deadline Date Expenditure Amount Cumulative Amount

------------- ------------------ -----------------

First Anniversary Date $250,000 $250,000

Second Anniversary Date $500,000 $750,000

Third Anniversary Date $1,250,000 $2,000,000

Provided that the Optionee must also complete at least 1000 meters of

drilling on the Properties within six months of the Effective Date in order to

exercise the first stage of the Initial Option. This obligation would be part

of, not in addition to, the Optionee's obligation to incur Expenditures under

this Section 3.2.

Upon the exercise of the first stage of the Option the Optionee will have

an Initial Interest of 51%, which may be increased by the exercise of the second

and third stages of the Initial Option, subject to section 3.13.

3.3 Activation of Second Stage of Initial Option

If the Optionee exercises the first stage of the Initial Option, the

Optionee will have the right to activate the second stage of the Initial Option

within 90 days after the Optionee has given notice of the exercise of the first

stage of the Initial Option by notifying the Optionor.

If the second stage of the Initial Option is activated, then the Initial

Option will remain in effect and so long as it so remains the formation of the

Joint Venture will be postponed.

3.4 Second Stage Earn In

Under the second stage of the Initial Option the Optionee will have the

right to acquire an additional 9% Interest and thereby increase its Interest to

60%. The Optionee may exercise the second stage of the Initial Option by

incurring an additional $2,000,000 in Expenditures (for cumulative Expenditures

of $4,000,000) on the Properties by the Fifth Anniversary Date (or such longer

times as may be permitted by Article 7). Upon the exercise of the second stage

of the Initial Option the Optionee will have an Initial Interest of 60%, which

may be increased by the exercise of the third stage of the Initial Option.

3.5 Activation of Third Stage of Initial Option

If the Optionee exercises the second stage of the Initial Option, the

Optionee will have the right to activate the third stage of the Initial Option

within 90 days after the Optionee has given notice of the exercise of the second

stage of the Initial Option by notifying the Optionor.

If the third stage of the Initial Option is activated, then the Initial

Option will remain in effect and so long as it so remains the formation of the

Joint Venture will be postponed.

3.6 Third Stage Earn In

Under the third stage of the Initial Option the Optionee will have the

right to acquire an additional 15% Interest and thereby increase its Interest to

75%. The Optionee may exercise the third stage of the Initial Option by

delivering a Feasibility Study by the Seventh Anniversary Date (or such longer

times as may be permitted by Article 7). Upon its exercise of the third stage of

the Initial Option, the Optionee will acquire an Initial Interest of 75% and the

Joint Venture will be formed in accordance with section 5.1.

3.7 Payment in Lieu of Expenditures

If the Optionee has not incurred the full amount of the Expenditures which

are required by the Anniversary Date specified under Section 3.2 or Section 3.4

(or such longer time as may be permitted by Article 7), then the Optionee may

pay to the Optionor on or before that date which is 30 days after the relevant

Anniversary Date an amount equal to the shortfall in Expenditures, and such

amount will thereupon be deemed to have been Expenditures incurred by the

Optionee by such Anniversary Date.

3.8 Grant of Further Option

After the formation of the Joint Venture, the Optionee will have the

Further Option to acquire the remainder of the Optionor's Interest in those

circumstances and on those terms that will be contained in the Joint Venture

Agreement.

3.9 Optionee's Election to Terminate

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article 3, the Optionee may

elect at any time to terminate the Initial Option by delivering notice to the

Optionor.

3.10 Termination with No Interest

The Initial Option granted pursuant to Section 3.1 will be of no further

force and effect and will terminate, and the Optionee will acquire no Initial

Interest and will have no obligation to incur further Expenditures hereunder, on

the earliest of:

(a) six (6) months from the Effective Date, if the Optionee has failed to

drill the amount specified pursuant to Section 3.2;

(b) an Anniversary Date specified in Section 3.2, if the Optionee has

failed to complete Expenditures in the amount specified in Section 3.2

by such Anniversary Date (or failed to make the necessary payment to

the Optionor in lieu thereof within 30 days thereafter as contemplated

in Section 3.7);

and

(d) if the Optionee is in breach of any of its obligations under Section

4.2 of this Agreement, but only if:

(i) the Optionor has first given to the Optionee written notice of

the breach containing particulars of such breach; and

(ii) the Optionee has not, within 60 days following delivery of the

Optionor's notice, given notice to the Optionor that it has cured

such failure, or, if such breach cannot be cured within such 60

day period, is taking action to commence such cure and is

pursuing such action in a timely manner.

Upon termination of this Agreement under this Section 3.10 the Optionee

shall deliver to the Optionor, within 60 days of the effective date of

termination, copies of all drill logs, maps, reports assay results and other

data and documentation (in paper or electronic format) relating to its

operations on the Property and all samples and drill core and removed from the

Property and in the Optionee's possession.

3.11 Termination with 51% Interest

Once the Optionee has acquired a 51% Interest, then the Initial Option

granted pursuant to Section 3.1 continues, but will be of no further force and

effect and will terminate, and the Optionee will acquire an Initial Interest of

no more than 51%, and will have no obligation to incur further Expenditures

hereunder, on the earliest of:

(a) that date which is 90 days after the exercise of the first stage of

the Initial Option, if the Optionee has not activated the second stage

of the Initial Option pursuant to Section 3.3 by such date;

(b) the Fifth Anniversary Date, if by that date the Optionee has failed to

incur Expenditures of an additional $2,000,000 as contemplated in

Section 3.4 (or failed to make the necessary payment to the Optionor

in lieu thereof within 30 days thereafter as contemplated in Section

3.7);

4.2 of this Agreement, but only if:

(i) the Optionor has first given to the Optionee written notice of

the breach containing particulars of such breach; and

(ii) (ii) the Optionee has not, within 60 days following delivery of

the Optionor's notice, given notice to the Optionor that it has

cured such failure or, if such breach cannot be cured within such

60 day period, is taking action to commence such cure and is

pursuing such action in a timely manner;

(d) the effective date of the Optionee's termination under Section

3.9; and

(e) the effective date of the Optionor's election pursuant to

Sections 3.13.

3.12 Termination with 60% Interest

Once the Optionee has acquired a 60% Interest, then the Initial Option

granted pursuant to Section 3.1 continues, but will be of no further force and

effect and will terminate, and the Optionee will acquire no more than an Initial

Interest of 60%, and will have no obligation to incur further Expenditures

hereunder, on the earliest of:

(a) that date which is 90 days after the exercise of the second stage of

the Initial Option, if the Optionee has not activated the third stage

of the Option pursuant to Section 3.5 by such date;

(b) the Seventh Anniversary Date, if by that date the Optionee has failed

to deliver a Feasibility Study;

4.2 of this Agreement, but only if:

(i) the Optionor has first given to the Optionee written notice of

the breach containing particulars of such breach; and

(ii) the Optionee has not, within 60 days following delivery of the

Optionor's notice, given notice to the Optionor that it has cured

such failure or, if such breach cannot be cured within such 60

day period, is taking action to commence such cure and is

pursuing such action in a timely manner;

(d) the effective date of the Optionee's termination under Section 3.9;

and

(e) the effective date of the Optionor's election pursuant to Sections

3.13.

3.13 Optionor's Election

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article 3, upon the Optionor

receiving notice of the completion of the Expenditures incurred pursuant to

Section 3.2, the Optionor will have a 60 day period from the date of such notice

during which it may elect to terminate the Initial Option and trigger the

formation of the Joint Venture in accordance with Article 5.

3.14 Expenditure Statement and Audit

An itemized statement of Expenditures incurred in any period certified to

be correct by an officer of the Optionee shall be conclusive evidence of the

making of such Expenditures unless within 30 days of receipt of such statement

the Optionor delivers a notice to the Optionee detailing its objections to the

statement. If the Optionor delivers an objection within such 30 day period, then

the Optionor shall be entitled to request that the auditors of the Optionee

audit the Expenditures provided for in the statement of Expenditures that is the

subject of the objection notice, and

(a) if the auditors determine that the statement of Expenditures was

accurate within five (5%) percent of actual Expenditures or that

actual Expenditures incurred exceed the statement of Expenditures by

more than five (5%) percent of those stated, then the costs of the

audit will be borne by the Optionor, and if the excess Expenditures

(i) relate to the exercise of the first stage of the Initial Option,

then they will be credited towards Expenditures required to

exercise the second stage of the Initial Option, unless the

Optionor has elected to form the Joint Venture under section

3.13;

(ii) relate to the exercise of the second stage of the Initial Option

or the Optionor has elected to form the Joint Venture under

section 3.13, then they will be credited towards the

contributions required to be made by the Optionee under the Joint

Venture Agreement;

(b) if the auditors determine that the statement of Expenditures

overstated Expenditures actually made by greater than a five (5%)

percent margin, then the costs of the audit will be borne by the

Optionee and whatever the overstatement only the actual Expenditures

so determined will constitute Expenditures for the purposes of Section

3.2 or Section 3.3, as applicable.

If any such determination results in a deficiency in the amount of

Expenditures required to be incurred by an Anniversary Date under Section 3.2 or

Section 3.4 in order to exercise the first or second stage of the Initial

Option, then the Optionee may pay to the Optionor with 30 days after such

determination the amount equal to the deficiency, and such payment will be

deemed to be a payment of cash in lieu of Expenditures made under Section 3.7 as

of the relevant Anniversary Date.

The auditors' determination of Expenditures will be final and determinative

of the amounts stated in the statement in question, and will not be subject to

arbitration hereunder.

3.15 Option Only

For greater certainty, under this Agreement the Optionee has acquired an

option only and all Expenditures and the delivery of a Feasibility Study are

entirely at the discretion of the Optionee.

ARTICLE 4

OPTION PERIOD RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS

4.1 Optionee's Right of Entry

The Optionor hereby grants to the Optionee and its employees, agents and

independent contractors the exclusive right in respect of the Properties,

exercisable throughout the Option Period, to:

(a) enter thereon;

(b) have exclusive and quiet possession thereof;

including, without limitation, the removal of Minerals, provided that

the removal of minerals shall be for sampling purposes only and any

proceeds from the sale of such samples shall be the property of the

Optionor; and

(d) bring upon and erect upon the Lands such structures and other

facilities as may be necessary or advisable to carry out exploration,

development and evaluation activities.

The Optionee's rights pursuant to this Section 4.1 will at all times be subject

to any restrictions that may be required by applicable laws in Northern Ireland

or by regulatory authority and to rights of entry and access reserved to the

Optionor hereunder.

4.2 Optionee's Obligations

The Optionee is obligated during the Option Period:

(a) to keep the Properties in good standing by the doing and filing of all

necessary work and by the doing of all other acts and things and

making all other payments which may be necessary in that regard

including compliance with the terms of any lease;

(b) to conduct all work on or with respect to the Properties, in a manner

consistent with good mining practice and in compliance with the

applicable laws of Northern Ireland.

its operations hereunder (except liens for taxes not yet due, other

inchoate liens and liens contested in good faith by the Optionee) and

will proceed with all diligence to contest and discharge any such lien

that is filed;

(d) to permit the directors, officers, employees and designated

consultants and agents of the Optionor, at their own risk, access to

the Properties at all reasonable times, provided that the Optionor

will indemnify the Optionee against and save it harmless from all

costs, claims, liabilities and expenses that the Optionee may incur or

suffer as a result of any injury (including injury causing death) to

any director, officer, employee, designated consultant or agent of the

Optionor while on the Lands except to the extent that any such costs,

claims, liabilities or expenses result from the Optionee's gross

negligence or wilful misconduct;

(e) indemnify and hold the Optionor harmless from any and all liabilities,

costs, damages or charges arising from the failure of the Optionee to

comply with the covenants contained in this article or otherwise

arising from its operations on the Property;

(f) allow the Optionor access at all reasonable times and intervals to all

maps, reports, assay results and other factual technical data (whether

in paper or electronic form) prepared or obtained by the Optionee in

connection with its operations on the Property;

(g) to deliver to the Optionor semi-annual reports indicating the status

of work being conducted on the Properties and an estimate of the

Expenditures incurred during the previous six months, provided that

such reports will not be required for those periods in which there is

no work being conducted on the Properties;

(h) to deliver to the Optionor annual (calendar year) reports disclosing

any significant technical data learned or obtained in connection with

work in respect of the Properties, as well as a breakdown of

Expenditures incurred in carrying out such work, on or before the 31st

day of March of the year following the calendar year to which such

report relates; and

(i) to maintain true and correct books, accounts and records of

Expenditures.

4.3 Emergency Expenditures

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Optionee will be

entitled to incur as Expenditures all costs and expenses necessary to preserve

or protect life, limb, property or the environment in respect of the Properties

or otherwise in the course of exploration or development activities.

4.4 Registered Title

During the Option Period:

(a) The Optionor will remain the registered holder of the Properties as

they exist on the date hereof and, forthwith following the execution

of this Agreement, the Optionor will deliver to the Optionee's

solicitors duly executed and registrable transfers of such Properties,

in form and substance sufficient, in the reasonable opinion of the

Optionee's solicitors, to transfer them to Newco, free and clear of

Encumbrances except for those described in Schedule A.

(b) The Optionor will be entitled to be the registered holder of the

Mineral Properties and the Surface Rights comprised in any Additional

Property and, as a condition of its registration in the Optionor's

name, the Optionor will deliver to the Optionee, duly executed and

registrable transfers of such Additional Property, in form and

substance sufficient, in the reasonable opinion of the Optionee's

solicitors, to transfer it to Newco free and clear of Encumbrances,

except for those described in Schedule A, if applicable.

Upon the Optionee acquiring an Interest it will be entitled to request that

its solicitors register such transfers such that Newco becomes the recorded

holder of the Properties.

The Optionor or the Optionee, to the extent that it is the recorded holder

of any of the Properties, will hold title to such Properties subject to this

Agreement.

4.5 Abandonment of Properties

The Optionee may surrender or abandon any of the Properties, provided that

notice of such proposed abandonment is given to the Optionor, who may elect, by

notice to the Optionee within 60 days after the surrender or abandonment notice,

to have such Properties transferred to it without warranty and at its own cost.

Such Properties will be transferred and assigned to the Optionor as soon as

possible following its election. Failing such election, the Properties may be

abandoned or surrendered as proposed by the Optionee. Following a transfer or

abandonment under this section, the Properties so transferred or abandoned will

thereafter cease to form part of the Properties or the Area of Interest and will

no longer be subject to this Agreement, except with respect to any obligations

or liabilities of the Parties as have accrued to the date of such transfer or

abandonment.

ARTICLE 5

FORMATION OF JOINT VENTURE

5.1 Formation of Joint Venture

Upon the termination of the Initial Option, provided that the Optionee has

acquired its Initial Interest under Article 3 of this Agreement:

(a) the Optionee and the Optionor will be deemed to have formed a joint

venture for the purpose of carrying out all such acts which are

necessary or appropriate, directly or indirectly, to:

(i) hold the Properties and the other assets of the Joint Venture,

(ii) explore the Mineral Properties for Minerals and, if feasible,

develop a mine on the Properties,

(iii) so long as it is technically, economically and legally feasible,

operate such mine and exploit the Minerals extracted from the

Properties, and

(iv) carry out any other activity in connection with or incidental to

any of the foregoing;

(b) the Optionee and the Optionor will be deemed to have entered into a

joint venture agreement in the form of a Shareholders Agreement in

respect of the joint ownership of the Newco and substantially based on

the terms set forth in Schedule B, and each of them will negotiate in

good faith and use every commercially reasonable effort to finalize,

execute and deliver a formal agreement containing such terms and any

other terms and conditions as would be customary for a comparable

jointly owned company holding a comparable project;

Initial Interest which have been or are committed to be incurred by or

on behalf of the Optionee as Expenditures at the time of formation of

the Joint Venture will be deemed to have been approved as Joint

Venture program under the Joint Venture Agreement and each of the

Optionee and the Optionor will pay its pro rata share of such costs.

For greater certainty, if the Optionee has acquired a 51% Interest or a 60%

Interest but the Initial Option has not yet terminated under Section 3.11 or

Section 3.12, then the formation of the Joint Venture and the other provisions

of this Section 5.1 will be deferred until the Initial Option is terminated or

the Optionee acquires a 75% Interest under Section 3.6, whichever first occurs.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 5.1 UML will promptly

after the execution of this Agreement form a new subsidiary under the laws of

Northern Ireland and having constating documents that are acceptable to the

Optionee (the "Newco"). The Optionee and the Optionor will co-operate in having

all applications for the re-issue or renewal of the Mineral Properties made in

the name of Newco and shall have the Properties and Other Assets transferred to

Newco.

5.2 Initial Interests

The Optionee's initial participating interest in the Shares of Newco under

the Joint Venture Agreement will be that percentage which is equal to the

Initial Interest earned by the Optionee hereunder.

The Optionor's initial participating interest in the Shares of Newco under

the Joint Venture Agreement will be that percentage which is equal to 100% minus

the Initial Interest earned by the Optionee hereunder.

5.3 Initial Expenditures

Upon the formation of the Joint Venture, each of the Optionee and the

Optionor will have initial actual and deemed Expenditures as follows:

(a) Optionee: Cumulative Expenditures to the date of acquisition of

Initial Interest ("Optionee's amount); and

(b) Optionor: Optionee's amount divided by the Initial Interest times the

Optionor's initial participating interest under the Joint Venture

Agreement.

5.4 Joint Venture Operator

The Optionee, being the Party with the larger initial Participating

Interest, will be the initial operator under the Joint Venture Agreement.

ARTICLE 6

TRANSFERS

6.1 Limitations on Transfers

Except if permitted under and in accordance with this Agreement, no Party

will transfer, convey, assign, mortgage or grant an option in respect of or

grant a right to purchase or in any manner transfer, alienate or otherwise

dispose of (in this Article to "Transfer") any or all of its interest in the

Properties and the Other Asset or transfer or assign any of its rights under

this Agreement.

6.2 Prohibited Dispositions

A Party is prohibited from Transferring any of its interest in the

Properties or Other Asset or any of its rights under this Agreement unless:

(a) its interest in the Properties and Other Assets and in its rights

under this Agreement are Transferred together (or, if a portion, in

the same proportion);

(b) such Transfer occurs when such Party is not in default of any of its

covenants and agreements herein contained; and

its interest in the Properties and the Other Assets and in its rights

under this Agreement, has been approved by the other Party, such

approval not to be unreasonably withheld.

6.3 Right of First Offer

If a Party (in this Article the "Transferring Party") wishes to Transfer

all of its interest in the Properties and the Other Assets and in its rights

under this Agreement (in this section, the "Holdings") other than as

contemplated under Section 6.4, then it must prior to any such transfer first

offer to Transfer the Holdings to the other Party for a cash consideration and

upon such other terms and conditions as the Transferring Party deems fit (in

this section, the "Offer"). If the other Party accepts the Offer within the

30-day period following its receipt, then the Transfer will be concluded no

later than 30 days after such acceptance. If the other Party does not accept the

Offer within such 30-day period, then the Transferring Party will be free to

Transfer the Holdings to a third party at any time after the expiry of such

30-day period and prior to the expiry of the succeeding 90-day period, but only

for a cash consideration equal to or greater than the cash consideration stated

in the Offer and upon other terms and conditions no less favourable to the

Transferring Party than those contained in the Offer. If the Transferring

Party's Transfer of the Holdings to the other Party or to a third party is not

concluded prior to the expiry of such 30-day or 90-day period as aforesaid, any

subsequent Transfer by the Transferring Party will be subject to the provisions

of this Section 6.3.

6.4 Exceptions

Nothing in Section 6.3 applies to or restricts in any manner:

(a) a disposition by the Transferring Party of all or a portion of its

interest in the Properties and Other Assets and a transfer or

assignment of a proportionate interest in this Agreement to an

Affiliate of the Transferring Party, provided that such Affiliate

first assumes and agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement

and the Underlying Agreements and agrees with the other Party in

writing to retransfer such interests to the Transferring Party before

ceasing to be an Affiliate of the Transferring Party; or

(b) an amalgamation or corporate reorganization involving the Transferring

Party which has the effect in law of the amalgamated or surviving

corporation possessing all the property, rights and interests and

being subject to all the debts, liabilities and obligations of each

amalgamating or predecessor corporation; or

or encumbrance which is otherwise specifically required or permitted

under this Agreement.

6.5 Conditions of Transfers

As a condition of any Transfer other than to another party, the transferee

must covenant to and agree with the other parties to this Agreement to be bound

by this Agreement, including this Article 6, and prior to the completion of any

such Transfer, the Transferring Party must deliver to the other Party evidence

thereof in a form satisfactory to such other parties. Notwithstanding any such

Transfer, the Transferring Party will remain liable for all of its obligations

hereunder, unless the Holdings have been Transferred to a third party pursuant

to Section 6.3.

ARTICLE 7

FORCE MAJEURE

7.1 Events

Notwithstanding any other provisions contained herein, a Party will not be

liable for its failure to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement

due to a Force Majeure.

7.2 Effect of Force Majeure

All time limits imposed by this Agreement (including, without limitation,

the time within which Expenditures are to be made or Shares are to be delivered)

will be extended by a period equivalent to the period of delay resulting from a

Force Majeure described in Section 7.1.

7.3 Obligation to Remove Force Majeure

A Party relying on the provisions of this Article 7 will take all

reasonable steps to eliminate any Force Majeure and, if possible, will perform

its obligations under this Agreement as far as practical, but nothing herein

will require such Party to settle or adjust any labour dispute or to question or

to test the validity of any law, rule, regulation or order of any duly

constituted court or governmental authority or to complete its obligations under

this Agreement if a Force Majeure renders completion impossible.

7.4 Giving Notice

A Party relying on the provisions of this Article 7 will give notice to the

other Party forthwith upon the occurrence of the Force Majeure and forthwith

after the end of the period of delay when such Force Majeure has been eliminated

or rectified.

ARTICLE 8

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

8.1 Confidential Information

Except as specifically otherwise provided for herein, the parties will keep

confidential all data and information respecting this Agreement and the

Properties and other Asset, and will refrain from using it other than for the

activities contemplated hereunder or publicly disclosing unless required by law

or by the rules and regulations of any regulatory authority or stock exchange

having jurisdiction, or with the consent of the other Party, such consent not to

be unreasonably withheld.

8.2 Information in Public Domain

The provisions of this Article 8 do not apply to information which is or

becomes part of the public domain other than through a breach of the terms

hereof.

8.3 Request to Disclose

Where a request is made for permission to disclose confidential information

hereunder, a reply thereto will be made within two Business Days after receipt

of such request, failing which the Party requesting will be entitled to disclose

such information in the limited circumstances specified in such request as if

such consent had been given.

8.4 News Release

The Parties will consult with each other prior to issuing any press release

or other public statement regarding the Properties or Other Asset or the

activities of the Optionee or the Optionor with respect thereto. In addition,

each Party will obtain prior approval from the other Party, which will not

unreasonably be refused, before issuing any press release or public statement

using the other Party's name or the names of any of the other Party's assignees

or of any of the officers, directors or employees of the other Party or of its

assignees.

ARTICLE 9

ARBITRATION

9.1 Single Arbitrator

Any matter in dispute hereunder will be determined by a single arbitrator

to be appointed by the Parties.

9.2 Prior Notice

Any Party may refer any such matter to arbitration by notice to the other

Party and, within 10 Business Days after receipt of such notice, the Parties

will agree on the appointment of an arbitrator. No person will be appointed as

an arbitrator hereunder unless such person agrees in writing to act.

9.3 No Agreement

If the Parties cannot agree on a single arbitrator as provided in Section

9.2, or if the person appointed is unwilling or unable to act, either Party may

submit the matter to arbitration before a single arbitrator in accordance with

rules for conciliation and arbitration of the British Columbia International

Commercial Arbitration Centre (in this Article, the "Rules").

9.4 Conduct of Arbitration

Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Article 9, an arbitration

hereunder will be conducted in English in accordance with the Rules. The

arbitrator will fix a time and place in Vancouver for the purpose of hearing the

evidence and representations of the Parties and he or she will preside over the

arbitration and determine all questions of procedure not provided for under the

Rules or this Article 9. After hearing any evidence and representations that the

Parties may submit, the arbitrator will make an award and reduce the same to

writing and deliver one copy thereof to each of the Parties. The decision of the

arbitrator will be made within 45 days after his or her appointment, subject to

any reasonable delay due to unforeseen circumstances. The expense of the

arbitration will be paid as specified in the award. The arbitrator's award will

be final and binding upon each of the Parties.

ARTICLE 10

AREA OF INTEREST

10.1 Limitation on Acquisitions

Each of the Parties hereby covenants and agrees with the other Party that

it will not acquire, nor will it permit any Affiliate to acquire, any Mineral

Rights or Surface Rights located wholly or in part within the Area of Interest

unless such Mineral Rights or Surface Rights are made subject to the terms of

this Agreement and the acquiring Party (or, if an Affiliate of a Party has

completed the acquisition, then such Party, in either case in this Article

referred to as the "Acquiring Party") complies with the provisions of this

Article.

10.2 Acquisition of Additional Property

Forthwith upon completing an acquisition of Mineral Rights or Surface

Rights located wholly or in part within the Area of Interest, the Acquiring

Party will give notice thereof to the other Party, setting out the location of

the Mineral Rights or Surface Rights and all information known to the Acquiring

Party and its Affiliates about such Mineral Rights or Surface Rights, the costs

of acquisition and all other pertinent details relating thereto.

Upon receipt of such notice, the notified Party will have a period of 15

days to elect, by notice to the Acquiring Party, to include such Mineral Rights

or Surface Rights in the Properties and make them subject to the terms of this

Agreement. Upon such election such Mineral Rights or Surface Rights will

constitute Additional Property for inclusion in the Properties thereafter for

all purposes of this Agreement.

If the Acquiring Party is the Optionor, then the Optionee will reimburse it

for the acquisition costs that it or its Affiliate has incurred. When paid by

the Optionee in the first instance or reimbursed by the Optionee, the

acquisition costs for any Additional Property will be deemed to constitute

Expenditures hereunder.

10.3 Notice of Rejection

If, within the 15-day period referred to in paragraph 10.3, the notified

Party does not give the notice referred to in paragraph 10.4, it will be deemed

to have consented to the exclusion of the Mineral Rights or Surface Rights in

question from the Area of Interest, which may thereafter be held or dealt with

by the Acquiring Party or its Affiliate free of the terms and conditions of this

Agreement.

10.4 Title to Additional Property

If the Acquiring Party is the Optionee or an Affiliate of the Optionee, the

Mineral Rights or Surface Rights comprised in the Additional Property acquired

will be forthwith registered in the name of or transferred to the Optionor.

Forthwith upon such registration or upon the acquisition of any Additional

Property by the Optionor or an Affiliate of the Optionor, the Optionor will

deliver executed and registrable transfers thereof as contemplated in Section

4.4.

10.5 Further Assurance

Each of the Parties will execute and deliver or cause to be executed and

delivered such further documents and instruments and give such further

assurances as the other may reasonably require to evidence and give effect to

any acquisition, registration or transfer of Mineral Rights or Surface Rights

contemplated in this Article 10.

10.6 Non-Compliance Constitutes Default

Non-compliance with the provisions of this Article 10 by an Affiliate of a

Party will constitute a default under this Agreement by such Party unless such

Party can satisfy the other Party that the Affiliate was acting independently

and at arm's length, without information from or direction by the affiliated

Party and that such affiliated Party could not reasonably have enforced

compliance with the terms hereof by its Affiliate in the circumstances.

ARTICLE 11

NOTICE

11.1 Method

Each notice, consent, demand or other communication (in this Article the

"Notice") required or permitted to be given under this Agreement will be in

writing and may be personally delivered or sent by facsimile to the address or

fax number as set forth in the recitals to this Agreement. A Notice, if so

personally delivered, will be deemed to have been given and received on the date

of actual delivery and, if so given by facsimile, will be deemed to have been

given and received on the date sent, if sent during normal business hours of the

recipient on a Business Day and otherwise on the next Business Day.

11.2 Amending Addresses

Either Party may at any time and from time to time notify the other Party

in accordance with this Article 11 of a change of address or fax number, to

which all Notices will be given to it thereafter until further notice in

accordance with this Section 11.

ARTICLE 12

GENERAL

12.1 Other Activities and Interests

This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the Parties hereunder are

strictly limited to the Properties and the Area of Interest. Each Party will

have the free and unrestricted right to enter into, conduct and benefit from

business ventures of any kind whatsoever, whether or not competitive with the

activities undertaken pursuant hereto, without disclosing such activities to the

other Party or inviting or allowing the other to participate including, without

limitation, involving Mineral Rights or Surface Rights adjoining the Area of

Interest or which previously formed a part of the Properties.

12.2 Entire Agreement

This Agreement and the schedules hereto constitute the entire agreement

between the Parties and supersedes and replaces any preliminary or other

agreement or arrangement, whether oral or written, express or implied, statutory

or otherwise heretofore existing between the Parties in respect of the subject

matter of this Agreement including, without limitation, the letter from the

Optionee to the Optionor dated November 7, 2002. This Agreement may not be

amended or modified except by an instrument in writing signed by each of the

Parties.

12.3 No Waiver

No consent hereunder or waiver of or with respect to any term or condition

of this Agreement will be effective unless it is in writing and signed by the

consenting or waiving Party. No consent or waiver expressed or implied by either

Party in respect of any breach or default by the other in the performance by

such other of its obligations hereunder will be deemed or construed to be a

consent to or a waiver of any other breach or default.

12.4 Further Assurances

The Parties will promptly execute or cause to be executed all documents,

deeds, conveyances and other instruments of further assurance which may be

reasonably necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of this

Agreement or to record wherever appropriate the respective interests from time

to time of the Parties in the Properties.

12.5 Manner of Payment

All payments to be made to any Party may be made by cheque or draft mailed

or delivered to such Party at its address for notice purposes as provided

herein, or for the account of such Party at such bank in Canada as the Party may

designate from time to time by notice to the other Party. Such bank or banks

will be deemed the agent of the designating Party for the purposes of receiving,

collecting and receipting such payment.

12.6 Enurement

This Agreement will enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Parties

and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

12.7 Special Remedies

Each of the Parties agrees that its failure to comply with the covenants

and restrictions set out in Section 4.5, Article 6, Article 8, or Article 10

would constitute an injury and cause damage to the other Party impossible to

measure monetarily. Therefore, in the event of any such failure, the other Party

will, in addition and without prejudice to any other rights and remedies that it

may have at law or in equity, be entitled to injunctive relief restraining,

enjoining or specifically enforcing the provisions of Section 4.5, Article 6,

Article 8, or Article 10 as the case may be, and any Party intending to breach

or which breaches the provisions of Section 4.5, Article 6, Article 8, or

Article 10 hereby waives any defence it may have at law or in equity to such

injunctive or equitable relief.

12.8 Time of the Essence

Time is of the essence in the performance of each obligation under this

Agreement.

12.9 Counterparts and Fax Execution

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and all such

counterparts, taken together, shall be deemed to constitute one and the same

instrument. This Agreement may be signed and accepted by facsimile.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF this Agreement has been executed as of the date first above

given.

The Corporate Seal of STRONGBOW

RESOURCES INC. was affixed )

in the presence of: )

)

/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx )

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Authorized Signatory )

) C/S

/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx )

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Authorized Signatory )

)

The Corporate Seal of ULSTER MINERALS

LIMITED was affixed in )

the presence of: )

)

/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx )

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Authorized Signatory )

) C/S

/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx )

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Authorized Signatory )

)

The Corporate Seal of TOURNIGAN

GOLD CORPORATION was )

affixed in the presence of: )

)

/s/ X. Xxxxxxxx )

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Authorized Signatory )

) C/S

/s/ X. Xxxxxx )

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Authorized Signatory )

)

SCHEDULE A

to the Agreement dated February ____, 2003 among Strongbow Resources Inc.,

Ulster Minerals Limited and Tournigan Gold Corporation.

PROPERTIES DESCRIPTION

Part I: Mineral Properties

o That portion of the following exploration licence interests contained

within grid references of northern boundary at 387000mN, eastern boundary

at 260000mE, southern boundary at 384000mN, and western boundary at

255000mE :

Crown Licence 174/96018 as renewed for a period of two years commencing

January 2, 2002 and which is subject to the re-issue of the Prospecting

Licence; and

an application for, and any licence interests arising from, the re-issue of

former Prospecting Licence UM 11/96 which has now expired.

Part II: Lands

o Leasehold Interest Folio #TY6105L

Part III: Encumbrances

o An NSR Interest of 2% owed to Summit Exploration Limited in respect of the

Mineral Properties pursuant to an Agreement for the sale and purchase of

the entire issued share capital of Ulster Minerals Limited made between

Summit Exploration and Nickelodeon Menreals Inc. and dated September 15,

1999.

o Leasehold payments of(pound)3,500 annually to the Estate of F. Keanan.

Part IV: Map

For illustrative purposes only, please refer to the map ("Map") attached hereto

and identified as Schedule A that shows the boundary of the Mineral Properties

in relation to the surrounding Xxxxxx project area. In the event of a conflict

between the apparent boundary of the Mineral Properties as indicated on the Map

and the grid references noted above, the grid references noted above shall

prevail.

SCHEDULE B

To the Agreement dated February ___, 2003 among Strongbow Resources Inc., Ulster

Minerals Limited and Tournigan Gold Corporation

JOINT VENTURE TERMS

1. Joint Venture Formation and Scope

As set forth in article 5 of the Option Agreement.

2. Participating Interests

(a) Initial interests and initial investments will be as set forth in

article 5 of the Option Agreement, subject to adjustment if a

participant elects not to participate (by simple dilution of

interest--see item 6 below) or, having elected to participate,

defaults in paying its cost share (by double dilution of interest--see

item 6 below).

(b) Provided that a bankable feasibility study has been delivered,

Tournigan will have the option to acquire the remaining participating

interest of Strongbow free and clear of encumbrances at any time that

Strongbow's participating interest has been diluted to 25% (the

"Dilution Date"). The option is exercisable by notice to Strongbow

within 90 days after the Dilution Date and the purchase price will be

paid by the delivery to Strongbow of common shares in Tournigan on the

following basis:

(i) Tournigan shares will be valued at a price per share equal to the

average trading price for Tournigan shares on the TSX for each

trading day during the 90 day period immediately preceding the

date on which the Feasibility Study is delivered to Strongbow;

and

(ii) Strongbow's 25% participating interest will be valued at that

amount which equals 25% of the net present value of the Project

which, for this purpose, means the aggregate estimated net cash

flow from the Project over the life of the mine, assuming the

highest potential cash flow according to the Feasibility Study

and a gold price in US dollars equal to the average of the London

Bullion Market Afternoon Fix for each day on which such quotation

is given during the 180 day period immediately preceding the date

on which the Feasibility Study is delivered to Strongbow.

3. Management Committee

The joint venture will be under the management of a management committee

with representation according to participants' interests, and

decision-making on the basis of a majority vote.

4. Operator

(a) Tournigan will be the first operator and remain so unless its interest

is reduced below 50% or it resigns or is removed for default. Upon

Tournigan ceasing as operator, the participant other than Tounigan

with the highest interest shall be the operator.

(b) The non-operator may refer question of operator default to arbitration

if it is outvoted on a management committee motion to remove the

operator for default.

encumbrances, comply with laws, and maintain proper books and accounts

and adequate insurance.

(d) The operator must conduct joint venture activities according to

approved programs and budgets, with sole responsibility for

non-approved overruns exceeding 20% on exploration programs and 15% on

development and other programs, and otherwise in accordance with good

mining practices.

(e) The operator will have the right to cash call in advance to cover

anticipated approved program expenditures, including a reasonable

amount of working capital.

(f) The operator's charges for overheads will be: 10% of exploration

costs, reduced to 5% on any single third party contract exceeding

50,000; 12% of construction costs; and 3% of operating costs. This

charge is intended as a reimbursement of the costs of the time

incurred by head office management and support functions in respect of

approved programs on the project, which is not otherwise billed as a

cost. The charge has been established as an estimate of anticipated

administrative costs and on the basis that the party acting as

Operator shall not profit nor suffer loss by virtue of providing these

services.

(g) The operator will have a lien on the non-operator's interest to secure

the non-operator's cost share of expenditures, and the right to

advance the cost share of a party in default.

5. Programs

(a) Prior to a production decision, the operator will submit annual

exploration programs for management committee approval, and will

report on results on a quarterly basis.

(b) Unless a bankable feasibility was delivered prior to the formation of

the joint venture, the operator may propose a program for a bankable

feasibility study at any time.

approved bankable feasibility study.

(d) Management committee approval of a development program will constitute

a production decision.

(e) Each party must finance its own cost share of development costs, with

the right to pledge its interest for such purpose.

(f) After commencement of commercial production, operator will submit

annual operating programs for management committee approval.

6. Dilution

(a) Participants will have an election as to whether to participate in any

approved exploration program or approved development program

(b) Electing to participate in an approved program will make a participant

liable for its cost share of all expenditures for that program.

straight-line dilution of interest, i.e. the non-contributing party's

interest will be, subject to sub-paragraph (d) below,:

amount contributed and deemed to have been contributed to date by

non-contributing party

amount contributed to date by all parties

and the contributing party's interest will be correspondingly

increased.

(d) A participant's failure to pay its cost share of an approved program

after electing to participate will constitute default and result in

double dilution of interest, i.e. the non-contributing party's

interest will be:

amount contributed prior to default to date by non-contributing party

amount contributed prior to default by all parties + 2x defaulted

amount

and the contributing party's interest will be correspondingly

increased.

(e) Dilution to 10% will effect a deemed surrender of rights to appoint

persons to the management committee or vote on any decisions of the

joint venture, but participants shall continue to have the right to

contribute to, and benefit, from programs based on their interest or

suffer further dilution in accordance with the Joint Venture Agreement

(with forfeiture once diluted to 1%).

(f) There will be no election as to participation in an approved operating

program.

7. Disposition of Production

(a) Each participant will have the right and obligation to take production

in kind, but is free to make separate arrangements with operator to

market its share.

(b) The operator will be free to sell the share of production of any

participant who fails to take its share in kind or make arrangements

for sale, deducting its costs and expenses from the proceeds

8. Transfers of Interests

(a) Transfer provisions on the same terms as article 6 of the Option

Agreement.

(b) No encumbrances of any interest will be permitted except for financing

of development and then subject to the joint venture agreement and the

operator's lien

9. Withdrawal and Winding Up

No withdrawal by a party or winding up of the joint venture will be

permitted without adequate payment of or security for reclamation and

closure costs.

10. Dispute Resolution

Arbitration administered by the British Columbia International Commercial

Arbitration Centre.

11. Other

(a) Area of interest on the same terms as article 10 of the Option

Agreement

(b) Force majeure

(d) British Columbia law.

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OPTION AGREEMENT made among STRONGBOW RESOURCES INC. and ULSTER MINERALS LIMITED and TOURNIGAN GOLD CORPORATION [Date: February 5, 2003] Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Barristers & Solicitors Vancouver, B.C. V6E 3G2

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