EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

                                     BETWEEN


                              THE TIREX CORPORATION
                            000 Xx. Xxxxxxx Xx. #000
                          Xxxxxxxx (Xx) Xxxxxx X0X 0X0

                                       and


                            XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX, PH.D.
                 5755 Blv Payer, St. Xxxxxx (Qc) Canada J3Y 1K4

                           (as of October 15th, 1997)



o        Full time position as of October 15th 1997

o        85,000$/year;

o        3 weeks paid holidays (1st year), 4 weeks 2nd and subsequent years;

o        Conference,  book +  periodical  subscription  expenses  (amounts to be
         discussed);

o        Laptop computer;

o        Possibility of being involved in TCS-1 sales (target #1: Latin America,
         terms to be discussed);

o        60 day phase-out period in order to complete `non-Tirex' projects
         currently under way;

o        90 day notification of employment termination for each party, if deemed
         unavoidable;

o        life + disability insurance (amounts, terms + potential coverage to be
         discussed, as soon as a program is implemented within the Company;

o        performance evaluation every 6 months


NOTE:    Agreed with Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, CEO, in October 1997; effective ever
         since.