AGENCY AGREEMENT
Exhibit
10.13
December
28, 2006
Yukon
Gold Corporation, Inc.
00
Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx
X0X
0X0
Attention:
Xxxx Xxxxxx
Dear
Sirs:
The
undersigned, Northern Securities Inc. (the "Agent")
understands that the Company is prepared to issue and sell non-FT Special
warrants (the "Non-FT
Special Warrants")
at a
price of 0.90 per Non-FT Special Warrant, and flow-through Special warrants
(the
"FT
Special Warrants")
at a
price of 1.05 per FT Special Warrant, for aggregate gross proceeds of up to
$6,000,000 (the Non-FT Special Warrants and FT Special Warrants, together with
any special warrants to be issued pursuant to the Agent's Option (as defined
below), are referred to herein as the "Special
Warrants").
In
addition, the Company hereby grants to the Agent an option (the "Agent's
Option")
for
the Agent to increase the size of the offering by an additional $2,000,000
of
any combination of Non-FT Special Warrants and/or FT Special Warrants. The
Agent's Option may be exercised in whole or in part at the sole discretion
of
the Agent at any time until 48 hours prior to the Special Warrant Closing Time
by delivery to the Company by the Agent of the Option Exercise Notice (as
hereinafter defined).
Based
upon the understanding of the Agent set out above and upon the terms and subject
to the conditions contained hereinafter, upon the acceptance hereof by the
Company, the Company hereby appoints the Agent to act as agent of the Company
to
solicit, on a best efforts basis, offers to purchase the Special Warrants,
and
the Agent hereby agrees to act as such Agent. It is understood and agreed that
the Agent is under no obligation to purchase any of the Special Warrants,
although it may subscribe for and purchase Special Warrants if it so
desires.
Subject
to the approval of the TSX (as defined below) and receipt of shareholder
approval:
(i) |
each
FT Special Warrant is exercisable into one Flow-Through Share (as
defined
below) in
the capital of the Company (subject to adjustment in certain
circumstances) and
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(ii) |
each
Non-FT Special Warrant is exercisable into one unit (a "Unit")
comprised of one common share (a "Unit
Share")
in the capital of the Company (subject to adjustment in certain
circumstances) and one common share purchase warrant (a "Warrant")
with each Warrant being exercisable into one common share (a "Warrant
Share")
in the capital of the Company (subject to adjustment in certain
circumstances) at an exercise price of $1.05 at any time until the
24
month anniversary of the Special Warrant Closing Date (as defined
below)
(the Flow-Through
Shares, Unit Shares and Warrants issuable on exercise of the Special
Warrants are collectively referred to as the "Underlying
Securities"
and individually as an "Underlying
Security"),
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in
each
case, without payment of any additional consideration at any time on or before
5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the date (the "Expiry
Date")
which
is the earlier of:
(i) |
the
3rd
Business Day (as defined below) after a receipt is issued under the
Mutual
Reliance Review System for a Final Prospectus (as defined below)
qualifying the issue of Underlying Securities to be issued upon the
exercise of the Special Warrants and the Underlying Broker Securities
(as
defined below) issuable upon exercise of the Special Broker Warrants
and
FT Special Broker Warrants (each as defined below) filed in each
of the
offering jurisdictions in Canada within which purchasers of Special
Warrants are resident (the "Qualifying
Jurisdictions")
and a Registration Statement (as defined below) on Form SB-2 is declared
effective by the SEC (as hereinafter defined) in the United States
in
respect of the Special Warrants and Special Broker Warrants;
and
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(ii) |
the
first Business Day following the date which is 4 months after the
Special
Warrant Closing Date;
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and
Special Warrants not exercised prior to the Expiry Date will be automatically
exercised without any further action on the part of the holders immediately
prior to the Expiry Date. The Company shall prepare and file, in accordance
herewith, a Preliminary Prospectus (as defined below) and a Final Prospectus
(collectively, the "Prospectus")
in
order to qualify the Underlying Securities issuable on the exercise or automatic
exercise of the Special Warrants and the Underlying Broker Securities issuable
upon exercise of the Special Broker Warrants and FT Special Broker Warrants
(the
"Prospectus
Qualification"),
to
the extent permitted by law and applicable securities regulatory authorities,
for distribution in each of the Qualifying Jurisdictions. The Purchasers (as
hereinafter defined), Agent and other holders (including subsequent transferees)
of the Special Warrants (and any holders of Registrable Securities) (as
hereinafter defined) will be entitled to the benefits of the registration rights
agreement, to be dated as of the Closing Date (the "Registration
Rights Agreement"),
among
the Company and the Agent, in the form attached hereto as Schedule
"C".
In
consideration of the services to be rendered by the Agent in connection with
the
offering of the Special Warrants and all other matters in connection with the
issue and sale of the Special Warrants and the issue of the Underlying
Securities, the Company shall pay to the Agent a fee and grant the Agent,
Special Broker Warrants and FT Special Broker Warrants in accordance with the
provisions of paragraph 8.
The
offering of the Special Warrants is conditional upon and subject to the
additional terms and conditions set forth below.
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1 Interpretation
1.1 In
this
Agreement and the Schedules hereto, in addition to the terms defined above,
unless otherwise indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, the
following terms shall have the following meanings:
"Act"
means
the Income
Tax Act
(Canada),
as
amended from time to time
and all
rules and regulations made pursuant thereto;
"affiliate"
has the
meaning ascribed thereto in the Securities
Act
(Ontario);
"Agent" has
the
meaning ascribed thereto on the first page of this Agreement;
"Agent's
Option"
has the
meaning ascribed thereto on the first page of this Agreement;
"Agreement"
means
this agreement and includes the schedules hereto, as modified, amended or
supplemented from time to time;
"AIF"
means
the annual report of the Company under the Exchange Act on Form 10-KSB in
respect of its fiscal year ended April 30, 2006;
"Ancillary
Documents"
means
all agreements, indentures, certificates (including the certificates
representing the Special Warrants, Special Broker Warrants and FT Special Broker
Warrants) and other documents (including the Prospectus and any Supplementary
Material) executed and delivered, or to be executed and delivered, by the
Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and
the Subscription Agreements and includes the Subscription
Agreements;
"Broker
Shares"
has the
meaning given to it in subsection 8(b)
of this
Agreement;
"Broker
Warrants"
has the
meaning given to it in subsection 8(b)
of this
Agreement;
"Broker
Warrant Shares"
has the
meaning given to it in subsection 8(b)
of this
Agreement;
"Business
Day"
means a
day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a statutory or civic holiday, or a
day
on which commercial banks are not open for business in the City of Toronto,
Canada;
"Canadian
Exploration Expenses"
or
"CEE"
means
Canadian exploration expense described in paragraph (f) of the definition of
"Canadian exploration expense" in subsection 66.1(6) of the Act, excluding
(i)
amounts which are prescribed to constitute "Canadian exploration and development
overhead expense" under the Act, (ii) CEE to the extent of the amount of any
assistance described in paragraph 66(12.6)(a) of the Act, (iii) any expenditures
described in paragraph (b.1) of subsection 66(12.6) of the Act, and (iv) any
expenses for prepaid services or rent that do not qualify as outlays and
expenses for the period as described in the definition "expense" in subsection
66(15) of the Act;
"Claim"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in paragraph
13(c);
"Commitment
Amount"
means
the gross proceeds from the sale of the FT Special Warrants;
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"Common
Share"
means a
common share in the capital of the Company;
"Company" has
the
meaning ascribed thereto on the first page of this Agreement;
"Company's
Auditors"
means
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx;
"Disclosure
Documents"
means
all information regarding the Company that is, or becomes, publicly available
on
SEDAR and XXXXX, including the Financial Statements and the AIF;
"distribution"
means
distribution or distribution to the public, as the case may be, as those terms
are defined in Canadian Securities Laws;
"Engagement
Letter"
means
the engagement letter dated November
22,
2006
between the Company and the Agent, and any amendments thereto;
"Exchange
Act"
means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;
"Expenditure
Period"
means
the period commencing on the Special Warrant Closing Date and ending on the
earlier of:
I.
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the
date on which the Commitment Amount has been fully expended in accordance
with the terms hereof; and
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II. |
December
31, 2007;
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"Expiry
Date"
has the
meaning ascribed thereto on the second page of this Agreement;
"Final
Prospectus"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in paragraph 2.8;
"Financial
Statements"
means
the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the fiscal
year
ended April 30, 2006 and the unaudited interim financial statements of the
Company for the
six
months ended October 31, 2006,
prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles;
"Flow-Through
Mining Expenditure"
means
an expense which is a "flow-through mining expenditure" as defined in subsection
127(9) of the Act;
"Flow-Through
Shares"
means
the Common Shares issuable on the exercise or deemed exercise of FT Special
Warrants that will qualify as "flow-through shares" as such term is defined
in
subsection 66(15) of the Act and the Proposed Amendments;
"FT
Broker Share"
has the
meaning given to it in subsection 8(b)
of this
Agreement;
"FT
Broker Warrant"
has the
meaning given to it in subsection 8(b)
of this
Agreement;
"FT
Special Warrants"
has the
meaning ascribed thereto on the first page of this Agreement;
"FT
Special Broker Warrants"
has the
meaning given to it in subsection 8(b)
of this
Agreement;
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"Indemnified
Party"
and "Indemnified
Parties"
have
the meanings ascribed thereto in paragraph 13(a);
"Indemnifier" has
the
meaning ascribed thereto in paragraph
13(a);
"Investment
Company Act"
means
the United States Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
"Joint
Ventures"
means
the entities that are, or will on or before the Special Warrant Closing Time
be,
the direct and indirect joint venture interests of the Company;
"Material
Adverse Effect"
means
any change, fact, or state of being which could reasonably be expected to have
a
material and adverse effect (actual or anticipated, whether financial or
otherwise) on the business, affairs, operations, Properties, Permits, assets,
liabilities (contingent or otherwise), capital, results of operations or
condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiary, considered
as a whole;
"misrepresentation",
"material
fact",
"material
change"
and "distribution"
have
the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Securities
Act
(Ontario);
"NI
51-102" means
National Instrument 51-102 of the Canadian Securities Administrators, and
includes any replacements or modifications thereof;
"Non-FT
Special Warrants" has
the
meaning ascribed thereto on the first page of this Agreement;
"Offering"
means
the offering of Special Warrants contemplated by this Agreement;
"Option
Exercise Notice"
means
the written notice to be delivered to the Company by the Agent not less than
48
hours prior to the Special Warrant Closing Time specifying the aggregate number
of Special Warrants in respect of which the Agent wishes to exercise the Agent's
Option;
"Permits"
means
the permits set out in Schedule "B" in respect of each Property;
"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 any nature or kind whatsoever;
"Preliminary
Prospectus"
has the
meaning ascribed to it in paragraph 2.7;
"Principal-Business
Corporation"
means a
principal-business corporation as defined in subsection 66(15) of the
Act;
"Properties"
means
the material mineral properties and projects of the Company and the Subsidiary
as more particularly set out in Schedule "B" and "Property"
means
any one of them;
"Proposed
Amendments"
means
the draft legislation to amend the Act and regulations thereto announced by
the
Minister of Finance (Canada) on December 20, 2002 and November 9,
2006;
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"Prospectus"
means
the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, collectively;
"Prospectus
Qualification"
has the
meaning ascribed thereto on the second page of this Agreement;
"Purchasers"
means
the persons who as purchasers acquire Special Warrants by duly completing and
executing the Subscription Documents, and permitted assignees or transferees
of
such persons from time to time;
"Qualification
Deadline"
means
the day that is 60 days following the Special Warrant Closing Date;
"Qualifying
Date"
means
the date on which (i) the last of the receipts is issued by the securities
regulatory authorities in each of the Qualifying Jurisdictions for a Final
Prospectus qualifying the issuance of the Underlying Securities and Underlying
Broker Securities and (ii) a Registration Statement on Form SB-2 is declared
effective by the SEC in the United States in respect of the Special Warrants
and
Special Broker Warrants;
"Qualifying
Expenditures"
means
expenditures that are Canadian Exploration Expenses which qualify as
Flow-Through Mining Expenditures, and which are made or incurred after the
Special Warrant Closing Date and on or before December 31, 2007, which may
be
renounced as CEE by the Company pursuant to subsection 66(12.6) of the Act
in
accordance with subsection 66(12.66) of the Act with an effective date not
later
than December 31, 2006 and in respect of which, but for the renunciation, the
Company would be entitled to a deduction from income for income tax
purposes;
"Qualifying
Jurisdictions"
has the
meaning ascribed thereto on the second page of this Agreement;
"Registration
Rights Agreement"
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term on the second page of this
Agreement;
"Registration
Statement"
means
the registration statement of the Corporation to be filed with the SEC in order
to register, or register the resale of, the Registrable Securities, as
applicable, as such Registration Statement is amended from time to
time
"Registrable
Securities"
means
the Flow-Through Shares, Unit Shares, the Warrant Shares, the Broker Shares,
the
Broker Warrant Shares and the FT Broker Shares;
"Regulation
D"
means
Regulation D under the U.S. Securities Act;
"Regulation
S"
means
Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act;
"SEC"
means
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission;
"Securities
Laws"
means
all applicable securities laws in each of the Qualifying Jurisdictions and
the
respective rules and regulations made thereunder, together with applicable
published policy statements, instruments, orders and rulings of the securities
regulatory authorities in such provinces the applicable policy statements issued
by the securities regulators in the Qualifying Jurisdictions, the securities
laws of the United States, any applicable States and any jurisdictions outside
of Canada and the United States, the regulations and rules thereunder and the
forms prescribed thereby and the rules of any applicable stock
exchange;
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"Securities
Regulators"
means
the securities commissions or other securities regulatory authorities of the
Qualifying Jurisdictions, including the SEC, or, as the context
may require, any one or more of the Qualifying Jurisdictions;
"SEDAR"
means
the System for Electronic Document Analysis and retrieval established by
National Instrument 13-101 of the Canadian Securities
Administrators;
"Special
Warrant Certificates"
means
the certificates evidencing the Special Warrants and setting forth their terms
and conditions;
"Special
Warrants"
has the
meaning ascribed thereto on the first page of this Agreement;
"Special
Broker Warrants"
has the
meaning given to it in subsection 9(b)
of this
Agreement;
"Special
Warrant Closing"
means
the completion of the issue and sale by the Company, and the purchase by the
Purchasers, of the Special Warrants pursuant to the Subscription
Agreements;
"Special
Warrant Closing Date"
means
December 28, 2006 or such other date(s) as the Company and the Agent may agree
upon for the Special Warrant Closing;
"Special
Warrant Closing Time"
means
11:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on the Special Warrant Closing Date or such other
time
on the Special Warrant Closing Date as the Company and the Agent may
agree;
"Subscription
Agreements"
means
the subscription agreements, in the form agreed upon by the Company and the
Agent, pursuant to which Purchasers agree to subscribe for and purchase Special
Warrants;
"Subscription
Documents"
means,
with respect to a Purchaser, a Subscription Agreement duly completed by the
Purchaser together with all applicable duly completed schedules to the
Subscription Agreement in the forms attached thereto and any other forms
required under Securities Laws
or any
other applicable laws;
"Subsidiary"
means
Yukon Gold Corp.;
"Supplementary
Material"
has the
meaning ascribed thereto in paragraph 2.12;
"TSX"
means
the Toronto Stock Exchange;
"Underlying
Broker Securities" has
the
meaning given to it in subsection 9(b)
of this
Agreement;
"Underlying
Securities"
has the
meaning ascribed thereto on the second page of this Agreement;
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"Unit"
has the
meaning ascribed thereto on the second page of this Agreement;
"Unit
Broker Warrants"
has the
meaning given to it in subsection 9(b)
of this
Agreement;
"United
States"
and
"U.S."
means
the United States of America, its territories and possessions, any state of
the
United States, and the District of Columbia;
"Unit
Share"
has the
meaning ascribed thereto on the second page of this Agreement;
"U.S.
Securities Act"
means
the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended;
"Warrant"
has the
meaning ascribed thereto on the second page of this Agreement; and
"Warrant
Share"
has the
meaning ascribed thereto on the second page of this Agreement.
1.2 Business
Days.
Where
any action or step is to be taken or completed on or by a specified date, and
such date is not a Business Day in the applicable jurisdiction, then such action
or step may be taken or completed on the next following Business
Day.
1.3 Plural
and Gender.
Whenever
used in this Agreement, words importing the singular number only shall include
the plural and vice versa and words importing the masculine gender shall include
the feminine gender and neuter.
1.4 Currency.
All
references to monetary amounts in this Agreement are to lawful money of Canada
unless otherwise specified.
1.5 Schedules.
The
following schedules are attached to this Agreement and are deemed to be a part
of and incorporated into this Agreement:
Schedule
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Title
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A
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Subsidiary
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B
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Properties
and Permits
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C
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Registration
Rights Agreement
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2 Terms
and Conditions
2.1 Sale
on Exempt Basis.
The
Special Warrants will be distributed in the Qualifying Jurisdictions in
compliance with the Securities Laws and only to such Purchasers and in such
manner to reasonably ensure that, pursuant to the provisions of applicable
Securities Laws, no prospectus (as such term is defined in Canadian Securities
Laws) or other similar document need be filed or delivered in connection
therewith. The
Agent
covenants with the Company that it will: (i) obtain from each Purchaser
appropriate executed Subscription Documents; (ii) ensure that any selling agent
appointed by the Agent in connection with sales of Special Warrants agrees
with
the Agent to comply with the covenants and obligations of the Agent contained
herein; and (iii) execute and deliver to the Company, subject to the terms
and
conditions of this Agreement, any certificate required to be executed by them
under Canadian Securities Laws in connection with the Prospectus and any
Supplementary Material provided that the Agent is satisfied, acting reasonably,
that it is appropriate and responsible to do so.
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2.2 Legal
Compliance.
The
Company undertakes to file or cause to be filed, within the time periods
stipulated by Securities Laws, all forms, undertakings and other documents
required to be filed by the Company under Securities Laws in connection with
the
purchase and sale of the Special Warrants, the issue of the Agent's Option
and
the issue of the Special Broker Warrants and FT Special Broker Warrants so
that
the distribution of the Special Warrants, the Underlying Securities and the
Underlying Broker Securities may lawfully occur without the necessity of filing
a prospectus or similar document in Canada. All fees payable in connection
with
such filings shall be at the sole expense of the Company. The Company further
agrees to comply with all Securities Laws and applicable stock exchange
requirements (including those of the TSX) in connection with the distribution
of
the Special Warrants, the Agent's Option, the Underlying Securities, the Special
Broker Warrants, the FT Special Broker Warrants and the Underlying Broker
Securities.
2.3 Restrictions
on Sales Outside the Qualifying Jurisdictions.
The
Agent agrees not to distribute the Special Warrants in such manner as to require
the filing of a prospectus or any similar document under the laws of any
jurisdiction outside the Qualifying Jurisdictions other than the Registration
Statement on Form SB-2 which is contemplated herein. The Agent shall be
permitted to offer the Special Warrants
in any
jurisdiction outside of Canada and the United States as may be permitted by
applicable laws provided that no prospectus, registration statement or similar
document is required to be filed in any such jurisdiction; in each case as
the
Agent and the Company determine appropriate. Any agreements between the Agent
and the members of any selling group will contain restrictions which are
substantially the same as those contained in this paragraph 2.3.
2.4 No
Media.
Subject
to paragraph
15,
neither
the Company nor the Agent shall cause the sale of the Special Warrants to be
advertised in printed media of general and regular paid circulation, radio
or
television or telecommunications, including electronic display, such as the
Internet.
2.5 Securities
Laws.
The
Agent covenants and agrees with the Company that it shall conduct, and shall
use
commercially reasonable efforts to cause its affiliates and any person acting
on
its behalf to conduct, activities in connection with arranging for the sale
of
the Special Warrants in compliance with applicable Securities Laws.
2.6 Toronto
Stock Exchange.
The
Agent's obligation to complete the transactions contemplated herein shall be
conditional upon the TSX conditionally approving for listing the Unit Shares,
Flow-Through Shares, Warrant Shares, Broker Shares, FT Broker Shares and the
Broker Warrant Shares on the terms and conditions contemplated herein and the
Company will use its best efforts to obtain, prior to the Special Warrant
Closing Date, the necessary approvals of the TSX in respect thereof on such
conditions as are acceptable to the Agent, acting reasonably.
2.7 Preliminary
Prospectus.
The
Company shall, as soon as practicable following the Special Warrant Closing
Date
and using its commercially reasonable efforts, prepare, file under applicable
Securities Laws of each of the Qualifying Jurisdictions and obtain a receipt
for, a preliminary short form prospectus (the "Preliminary
Prospectus")
in
form and substance satisfactory to the Company and the Agent, each acting
reasonably, and shall prepare and file other related documents (including the
Registration Statement on Form SB-2) relating to the proposed distribution
and
issuance of the Underlying Securities and the Underlying Broker Securities
(excluding any warrants in the case of the Registration Statement). The Agent
shall co-operate in such filing including by signing the relevant certificate
required to be signed by them provided that they are satisfied, acting
reasonably, with their due diligence investigation of the Company and the
Subsidiary and as to disclosure requirements of applicable Securities Laws
having been fulfilled by the Company.
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2.8 Final
Prospectus.
The
Company shall, using its commercially reasonable efforts, as soon as practicable
after all comments of applicable securities regulatory authorities have been
satisfied with respect to the Preliminary Prospectus, prepare, file under
applicable Securities Laws of each of the Qualifying Jurisdictions and obtain,
prior to the Qualification Deadline, a receipt for, a (final) short form
prospectus (the "Final
Prospectus")
in
form and substance satisfactory to the Company and the Agent, each acting
reasonably, and fulfil and comply with, to the satisfaction of the Agent's
counsel, acting reasonably, all applicable Securities Laws to be fulfilled
or
complied with by the Company in order to qualify the distribution and issuance
of the Underlying Securities and the Underlying Broker Securities after the
Qualifying Date in the Qualifying Jurisdictions. Notwithstanding the foregoing
sentence of this paragraph 2.8,
if
receipts for the Final Prospectus are not issued by the securities regulatory
authorities of the Qualifying Jurisdictions (or the SEC has not cleared the
Registration Statement on Form SB2) on or before the Qualification Deadline,
the
Company will continue to use its commercially reasonable efforts to file a
Preliminary Prospectus and a Final Prospectus (as applicable) in the Qualifying
Jurisdictions (and to clear the Registration Statement on Form SB-2 with the
SEC) and to obtain such receipts (or clearance) as soon as possible thereafter.
The Agent shall co-operate in such filing including by signing the relevant
certificates required to be signed by them provided that they are satisfied,
acting reasonably, with their due diligence investigation of the Company and
its
Subsidiary and as to disclosure requirements of applicable Securities Laws
having been fulfilled by the Company.
2.9 Registration
Statement.
The
Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts, promptly following the
Special Warrant Closing Date, to prepare and file with the SEC the Registration
Statement on Form SB-2 (or, if Form SB-2 is not then available to the Company,
on such form of registration statement as is then available) to effect a
registration covering the resale of the Registrable Securities in an amount
at
least equal to the aggregate of the Registrable Securities. The Registration
Statement also shall cover, to the extent allowable under the U.S. Securities
Act and the rules promulgated thereunder (including Rule 416), such
indeterminate number of additional shares of common stock of the Company
resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions with
respect to the Registrable Securities. The Company shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective by
the
SEC as soon as practicable.
2.10 Qualification
Penalty. If
the
Qualifying Date does not occur on or before the Qualification Deadline, then
the
holders of the Special Warrants will receive upon exercise of each Special
Warrant 1.1 Underlying Securities without payment of additional
consideration.
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2.11 Deliveries
at Time of Filing.
The
Company shall deliver to the Agent contemporaneously with or prior to the filing
of the Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and the Registration
Statement (as the case may be) with the applicable securities regulatory
authority in each of the Qualifying Jurisdictions:
(a) |
a
signed copy of each of the Preliminary Prospectus, Final Prospectus
or
Registration Statement, as the case may
be;
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(b) |
signed
copies of any other document required to be filed by the Company
at such
time under the Securities Laws;
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(c) |
in
the case of the Final Prospectus, a long-form comfort letter of the
Company's Auditors, dated the date of the Final Prospectus addressed
to
the Agent, its counsel and the board of directors of the Company,
in form
and substance satisfactory to the Agent, acting reasonably, relating
to
the verification of certain financial and accounting information
relating
to the Company contained in the Final Prospectus and which shall
be based
on a review by the Company's Auditors to a date not more than two
Business
Days prior to the date of such letter and which letter shall be in
addition to the auditors' report contained in the Final Prospectus
and any
comfort letter provided to the securities regulatory authorities,
and also
to the effect that the Company's Auditors are independent of the
Company
as required by Securities Laws; and
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(d) |
in
the case of the Final Prospectus, a legal opinion from counsel to
the
Company addressed to the Agent to the effect that the Company is
valid and
subsisting under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, the
Company has the corporate power and capacity to authorize the signing
of
the Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus has been duly authorized
by the
Company and has been duly signed by the proper officers of the Company
for
and on behalf of the Company, to counsel's knowledge there are no
legal or
governmental proceedings pending or threatened to which the Company
is a
party or to which any of the Properties of the Company is subject,
and as
to such other matters as the Agent or its counsel may reasonably
request.
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2.12 Supplementary
Material.
The
Company shall also prepare, allow the Agent to participate in the preparation
of, and deliver promptly to the Agent duly signed copies of all amended or
supplementary prospectuses or supplemental statements and related documents
required to be filed by the Company under the laws of any Qualifying
Jurisdiction or Securities Laws and of any amendment to the Preliminary
Prospectus, Final Prospectus, Registration Statement or other document required
to be filed under paragraph 2.11
(collectively, the "Supplementary
Material").
The
Prospectus, Registration Statement and the Supplementary Material shall be
in
form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, acting reasonably. In connection
with the filing of any Supplementary Material, upon the request of the Agent,
the Company shall deliver to the Agent and its counsel documents substantially
similar to those contemplated in paragraph 2.11,
which
shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent (acting
reasonably).
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2.13 Deliveries.
The
Company shall cause commercial copies of the Preliminary Prospectus, the Final
Prospectus and the Registration Statement to be delivered to the Agent without
charge, in such numbers and in such cities as the Agent may reasonably request
to satisfy its reasonable requirements. Such delivery shall be effected as
soon
as practicable and, in any event, with respect to each of the Preliminary
Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, on or before the date that is two Business
Days after the filing thereof in the Qualifying Jurisdictions. The Company
shall
cause commercial copies of the Final Prospectus and any Supplementary
Materials
required
to be delivered to each of the holders of Special Warrants.
2.14 Representation
as to Prospectus, Registration Statement and Supplementary
Material.
Delivery
of the Prospectus, Registration Statement and any Supplementary Material shall
constitute a representation and warranty of the Company to the Agent that:
(i) all information and statements (except information and statements
relating solely to or provided solely by the Agent in writing) contained therein
are true and correct in all material respects at the time of delivery thereof
and contain no misrepresentation; (ii) such documents constitute full, true
and plain disclosure of all material facts relating to the Company (on a
consolidated basis), the Underlying Securities and the Underlying Broker
Securities and that no material fact has been omitted therefrom which is
required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the statements or
information contained therein not misleading in light of the circumstances
under
which they were made; (iii) such documents comply in all material respects
with the Securities Laws including, without limitation, containing the
disclosure required by, and satisfying the form requirements of, the Securities
Laws; and (iv) the Financial Statements contained therein comply with U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles and, if applicable, have been audited
in accordance with U.S. generally accepted auditing standards. Each such
delivery shall also constitute the Company's consent to the Agent to use the
Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, any Supplementary Material and
any
other public documents supplied to the Agent by the Company for and in
connection with the distribution of the Underlying Securities in the Qualifying
Jurisdictions in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement and Securities
Laws.
2.15 Reliance
on Prospectus and Registration Statement.
The
Company recognizes that it is fundamental to the Purchasers that the
distribution of the Flow-Through Shares, Unit Shares and Warrants be qualified
under the Final Prospectus and their resale be registered in the United States
under the Registration Statement so that the Flow-Through Shares, Unit Shares,
Warrants and Warrant Shares will be tradable in such Qualifying Jurisdictions
and in the United States without the necessity of the holder thereof filing
a
prospectus or effecting the trade in a manner which falls within one of the
various private placement exemptions or exemptions from registration under
applicable securities legislation or subject to any statutory or regulatory
hold
periods or trade restrictions in such Qualifying Jurisdictions and in the United
States (provided such trade is not a "control distribution" as defined by the
applicable Securities Laws, or an "affiliate" as defined in Rule 144 under
the U.S. Securities Act). The Company acknowledges that it is for this reason
that the Company has agreed to use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure
that the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus are to be filed with
the Securities Regulators and receipts are to be obtained therefore and the
Registration Statement is to be filed with the SEC in the United States within
the time periods contemplated by this Agreement.
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3 COVENANTS
OF THE COMPANY
In
addition to the covenants of the Company set out in the other paragraphs of
this
Agreement, the Company hereby covenants to and for the benefit of the Agent
and
the Purchasers that:
(a) |
for
so long as the Special Warrants remain outstanding, the Company shall
comply with its obligations under the Securities
Laws;
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(b) |
the
Company shall duly execute and deliver the Special Warrant Certificates
on
or before the Special Warrant Closing Date, and the Company shall
comply
with its covenants contained in the Special Warrant
Certificates;
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(c) |
the
Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to ensure
that
the Flow-Through Shares, Unit Shares, Warrant Shares, Broker Shares,
FT
Broker Shares and Broker Warrant Shares are or will be listed and
posted
for trading on the TSX, and the Company shall on or before the Special
Warrant Closing Time provide to the Agent a copy of the conditional
listing approval from the TSX for the same, subject only to the
fulfillment of customary listing
conditions;
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(d) |
the
Company shall use the gross proceeds of the sale of FT Special Warrants
to
incur, during the Expenditure Period, Qualifying Expenditures in
an amount
equal to the Commitment Amount and shall renounce to the Purchasers
of FT
Special Warrants in accordance with the Act, the Qualifying Expenditures,
in an amount equal to the Commitment Amount which renunciation shall
be
effective on or before December 31,
2006;
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(e) |
if
the Company does not renounce to the purchasers of FT Special Warrants,
effective on or before December 31, 2006, Qualifying Expenditures
incurred
equal to the Commitment Amount, or if the amount of such renunciation
is
reduced pursuant to subsection 66(12.6) or subsection 66(12.73) of
the
Act, as the sole recourse by the purchasers of FT Special Warrants
for
such failure, the Company agrees to indemnify such purchasers as
to, and
pay in settlement thereof, an amount equal to the amount of any taxes
payable or that may become payable under the Act (and under any
corresponding provincial legislation) by the purchasers of FT Special
Warrants as a consequence of such failure or reduction, as the case
may
be;
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(f) |
the
Company is a Principal-Business Corporation and shall maintain its
status
as a Principal-Business Corporation at all times relevant to the
valid
renunciation of Qualifying Expenditures to Purchasers of FT Special
Warrants effective on or before December 31,
2006;
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the
Company has not and will not enter into any transactions or take
deductions which would otherwise reduce its cumulative CEE to an
extent
which would preclude the renunciation of Qualifying Expenditures
in
accordance with the Subscription Agreements for FT Special Warrants
in an
amount equal to the Commitment Amount effective on or before December
31,
2006;
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the
Company shall at all times prior to the date of the Final Prospectus
allow
the Agent and its representatives to conduct all due diligence which
the
Agent may reasonably require to be conducted in order to fulfil its
obligations under Securities Laws and in order to enable the Agent
responsibly to execute any certificates required to be executed by
the
Agent in connection with the Prospectus and any Supplementary Material,
and it shall be a condition precedent to the Agent's execution of
any
certificates in the Prospectus and any Supplementary Material that
it be
satisfied, acting reasonably, with its due diligence investigation
of the
Company and the Subsidiary and as to the form and content of the
Prospectus and any Supplementary
Material;
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(i) |
the
Company shall fulfil each of the conditions set out in paragraph
9;
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(j) |
the
Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the
Qualifying Date to occur
on
or before the Qualification
Deadline;
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(k) |
the
Company agrees that, for a period of 90 days from the Special Warrant
Closing Date (the "Black-Out
Period"),
it shall not, without the prior written consent of the Agent (such
consent
not to be unreasonably withheld), directly or indirectly, issue or
announce any intention to issue any additional Common Shares or any
securities convertible or exchangeable into Common Shares, other
than
pursuant to (i) the Offering, the granting of the Agent's Option
and the
granting of the Special Broker Warrants and FT Special Broker Warrants
contemplated in this Agreement, (ii) the grant or exercise of stock
options and other similar issuances pursuant to any stock option
plan in
place at the Special Warrant Closing Time, or (iii) the issue of
Common
Shares upon the exercise of convertible securities, warrants or options
outstanding at the Special Warrant Closing Time (including the Special
Warrants, the Special Broker Warrants and the FT Special Broker
Warrants);
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the
net proceeds of the sale of Special Warrants will be used by the
Company:
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(i) |
to
develop the Company's mineral projects;
and
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for
general corporate purposes;
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(m) |
the
Company will deliver to the Agent copies of all correspondence and
other
written communications between the Company and the securities regulatory
authorities of the Qualifying Jurisdictions and other jurisdictions
and
the TSX relating to the Offering and will generally keep the Agent
apprised of the status of, including all developments relating to,
the
Offering;
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the
Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain,
to
the extent not already obtained, all consents and approvals from
the
securities regulatory authorities of the Qualifying Jurisdictions
for the
Offering on such terms as are mutually acceptable to the Company
and the
Agent, and shall make all necessary filings and give any required
notices
and use its commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain all other
necessary governmental, regulatory and other consents and approvals
required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement;
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(o) |
the
Company shall fulfil all legal requirements to permit the creation,
issue,
offering and sale of the Special Warrants, the granting of the Agent's
Option, the creation and issue of the Special Broker Warrants and
FT
Special Broker Warrants and the reservation and issue of the Underlying
Securities and the Underlying Broker Securities as contemplated in
this
Agreement including, without limitation, in compliance with the Securities
Laws to enable the Special Warrants to be offered for sale and sold
under
this Agreement and the Subscription Agreements, and the Agent's Option,
the Special Broker Warrants and the FT Special Broker Warrants to
be
issued to the Agent, and to enable the Underlying Securities and
Underlying Broker Securities to be issued, without the necessity
of filing
a prospectus in the Qualifying
Jurisdictions;
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at
all times prior to the completion of the distribution of the Underlying
Securities, the Company shall continue
to operate its business and the businesses of the Subsidiary in the
ordinary course, in compliance with all applicable laws (including
without
limitation those of the Qualifying Jurisdictions, the United States
and
the Yukon Territory) and prior to the completion of the distribution
of
the Units and Flow-Through Shares, shall notify the Agent of any
material
changes or changes of material fact in the respective businesses,
affairs,
operations, assets, Properties, Permits, prospects, financial condition,
capital or liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of the Company or
the
Subsidiary;
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(q) |
it
shall execute and file with the Securities Regulators all forms,
notices
and certificates required to be filed pursuant to the Securities
Laws in
the time required by the applicable Securities
Laws;
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(r) |
it
shall not to be or become, at any time prior to the expiration of
five
years after the Closing Time, an open-end investment company, unit
investment trust, closed-end investment company or face-amount certificate
company that is or is required to be registered under Section 8 of
the Investment Company Act;
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the
Company will comply with the U.S. Securities Act so as to permit
the
completion of the distribution of the Special Warrants and the
Flow-Through Shares, Unit Shares and Warrants contemplated hereby.
At any
time when the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, for the benefit of holders from time to time of Flow-Through
Shares, Unit Shares, Warrants and Warrant Shares, to furnish at its
expense, upon request, to holders of such securities and prospective
purchasers of any such securities information satisfying the requirements
of subsection (d)(4)(i) of Rule 144A under the U.S. Securities
Act;
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(t) |
the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendments or
supplements thereto, and the Disclosure Documents did not and will
not, as
of their respective dates, contain an untrue statement of a material
fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not
misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty
shall
not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and
in
conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by
the
Agent; and
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(u) |
the
Company will timely file such reports pursuant to the Exchange Act
as are
necessary in order to make generally available to its securityholders
as
soon as practicable an earnings statement for the purposes of, and
to
provide the Agent the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph
of
Section 11(a) of the U.S. Securities
Act.
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4 Condition
to the Agent's Certification.
The
obligation of the Agent to execute any certificates or deliver any documents
pertaining to the Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and any
Supplementary Material shall be conditional upon compliance in all material
respects by the Company up to the date of such execution or delivery with each
of the Company's covenants contained in this Agreement to be complied with
prior
to the filing of the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the
case
may be. If the Agent does not execute the certificates pertaining to the
Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and any Supplementary Material,
other than as a result or consequence of the default by or failure of the
Company to comply in all material respects with its covenants and agreements
contained herein or in any Ancillary Document or the material inaccuracy of
any
representation or warranty of the Company herein or in any Ancillary Document,
the Company shall thereafter be relieved of its filing and delivery obligations
under this Agreement in respect of the Preliminary Prospectus, the Final
Prospectus and any Supplementary Material.
5 Material
Changes During Distribution.
During
the period from the date hereof to the completion of the distribution and
issuance of all of the Units and Flow-Through Shares upon the exercise of the
Special Warrants, the Company shall
promptly
notify the Agent (and, if requested by the Agent, confirm such notification
in
writing) and provide full particulars to the Agent of:
(a) |
any
material fact or change in a material fact which has arisen and would
have
been required to have been stated in the Final Prospectus had the
fact or
change in fact arisen on, or prior to, the date of the Final Prospectus;
and
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(b) |
any
change in any material fact contained in the Preliminary Prospectus,
Final
Prospectus or any Supplementary Material or Registration Statement
or any
amendments or supplements thereto which change is, or may be, of
such a
nature as to render any material statement contained in the Preliminary
Prospectus, Final Prospectus or any Supplementary Material or Registration
Statement misleading or untrue or which results in or could result
in a
misrepresentation in the Preliminary Prospectus, Final Prospectus
or
Supplementary Material or Registration Statement or which could result
in
the Preliminary Prospectus, Final Prospectus or Supplementary Material
or
Registration Statement not complying (to the extent that such compliance
is required) with the Securities Laws or which could reasonably be
expected to have a significant affect on the market price or value
of the
Unit Shares, Warrants and/or Flow-Through
Shares.
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The
Company shall promptly, and in any event, within any applicable time limitation
periods prescribed by Securities Laws, comply with all applicable filing and
other requirements under Securities Laws as a result of such change provided
however that the Company shall not file any Supplementary Material without
first
complying with paragraph 2.12 hereof.
The Company shall in good faith discuss with the Agent any fact or change in
circumstances (actual, anticipated, contemplated or threatened, financial or
otherwise) which is of such a nature that there is reasonable doubt as to
whether notice in writing need be given to the Agent pursuant to this paragraph
5.
6 Change
in Securities Laws.
If,
during the period from the date hereof to the completion of the distribution
and
issuance of all of the Units and Flow-Through Shares upon the exercise of the
Special Warrants, there shall be any change in Securities Laws which in the
opinion of counsel to the Company or of counsel to the Agent requires the filing
of Supplementary Material, then the Company shall, to the satisfaction of its
counsel and the Agent's counsel, promptly prepare and file such Supplementary
Material with the appropriate securities regulatory authority in each of the
Qualifying Jurisdictions where such filing is required.
7 Representations
and Warranties and Additional Covenants.
The
Company represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Agent and the
Purchasers, and acknowledges that each of them is relying upon such
representations and warranties and covenants in completing the Special Warrant
Closing, that as of the Special Warrant Closing Time or as of such other time
as
is contemplated by any representation, warranty or covenant set forth
below:
(a) |
the
Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing under
the laws
of Delaware and has all requisite corporate power, capacity and authority
to (i) own, lease and operate its Properties and assets and conduct
its
business as currently conducted or proposed to be conducted and to
execute, deliver and carry out its obligations under this Agreement,
the
Subscription Agreements and all Ancillary Documents and to do all
acts and
things and execute and deliver all documents as are required hereunder
and
thereof in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, and (ii)
create,
offer, issue and sell the Special Warrants, Agent's Option, Special
Broker
Warrants, FT Special Broker Warrants and issue the Unit Shares, Warrants,
Warrant Shares, Flow-Through Shares, Underlying Broker Securities,
Broker
Shares, Broker Warrants, Broker Warrant Shares and FT Broker Shares
in
accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement;
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(b) |
the
Company is current with all filings required to be made under its
jurisdiction of incorporation and all other jurisdictions in which
it
exists or carries on any material business and has, and will upon
completion of the Offering have, all necessary licences, leases,
permits,
authorizations and other approvals necessary to permit it to conduct
its
business as currently conducted or proposed to be conducted, except
where
the absence of such power or authority or failure to make any filing
or
obtain any licence, lease, permit, authorization or other approval
would
not have a Material Adverse Effect;
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(c) |
the
Subsidiary has been duly incorporated and is validly existing under
the
laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and has all requisite corporate
power, capacity and authority to own, lease and operate, as applicable,
its Properties, Permits and assets and conduct its business as currently
conducted or proposed to be conducted, and the Subsidiary is current
with
all filings required to be made under its jurisdiction of incorporation
and all other jurisdictions in which it exists or carries on any
material
business and has, and will upon completion of the Offering have,
all
necessary licences, leases, permits, authorizations and other approvals
necessary to permit it to conduct its business as currently conducted
or
proposed to be conducted, except where the absence of such power
or
authority or failure to make any filing or obtain any licence, lease,
permit, authorization or other approval would not have a Material
Adverse
Effect;
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(d) |
the
Company has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary
Documents and to observe and perform the provisions of this Agreement
and
the Ancillary Documents in accordance with the provisions hereof
and
thereunder (including the incurring and renunciation to Purchasers
of FT
Special Warrants of Qualifying Expenditures in an amount equal to
the
Commitment Amount) including, without limitation and in the case
of the
Company, the issue of the Special Warrants, Agent's Option, Special
Broker
Warrants and FT Special Broker Warrants upon the terms and conditions
set
forth herein, and the issue of the Underlying Securities upon the
exercise
or automatic exercise of the Special Warrants and the issue of the
Underlying Broker Securities upon the exercise of the Special Broker
Warrants and FT Special Broker
Warrants;
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(e) |
neither
the Company nor the Subsidiary has committed an act of bankruptcy
or is
insolvent, has proposed a compromise or arrangement to its creditors
generally, has had a petition or a receiving order in bankruptcy
filed
against it, has made a voluntary assignment in bankruptcy, has taken
any
proceedings with respect to a compromise or arrangement, has taken
any
proceedings to have itself declared bankrupt or wound-up, has taken
any
proceedings to have a receiver appointed for any of its property
or has
had any execution or distress become enforceable or become levied
upon any
of its property;
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(f) |
the
authorized capital of the Company consists of an unlimited number
of
Common Shares, of which as of the date hereof, 20,170,538
Common Shares
were issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable
shares.
As of the date hereof, other than an aggregate of 2,134,000
options,
an aggregate of 4,905,791 common share purchase warrants and
an aggregate of 533,133
brokers' warrants to acquire an aggregate of
7,572,924 Common Shares which are issued and outstanding, and other
than
pursuant to the Special Warrants, Agent's Option, Special Broker
Warrants
and FT Special Broker Warrants and as set forth in the Disclosure
Documents, no Person will have 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 Company. Other
than the
holders of the Special Warrants there are no persons with registration
rights or other similar rights to have any securities registered
pursuant
to the Registration Statement or otherwise registered by the Company
under
the U.S. Securities Act;
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(g) |
the
issued and outstanding equity securities of the Subsidiary are as
set out
in Schedule "A" and are held directly by the Company as indicated
therein.
No Person has, or will upon completion of the Offering have, 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 or outstanding shares
or
other securities of the Subsidiary;
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(h) |
there
are no, and at the Special Warrant Closing Time, there will be no
shareholders' agreements to which the Company is a party, and to
the best
knowledge of the Company there are no, and at the Special Warrant
Closing
Time there will be no, pooling agreements, voting trusts or other
similar
agreements with respect to the ownership or voting of any of the
securities of the Company. There are no, and at the Special Warrant
Closing Time there will be no, agreement or other instrument pursuant
to
which any Person may have any right or claim in connection with any
existing or past equity interest in the
Company;
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(i) |
all
necessary corporate action has been taken by the Company to authorize
the
valid creation, issue and sale of, and the delivery of certificates
representing, the Special Warrants, and upon payment of the requisite
consideration therefor the Special Warrants will be validly created
and
issued, and upon the due exercise thereof the Unit Shares
and the Flow-Through Shares will be validly issued as fully paid
and
non-assessable shares. All necessary corporate action has been taken
by
the Company to authorize the granting of the Agent's Option. All
necessary
corporate action has been taken by the Company to authorize the granting
of the Warrants and the valid creation, issue of, and the delivery
of the
certificates representing the Warrants. Upon the exercise of the
Warrants
and payment of the requisite consideration for the Warrant Shares
in
accordance with the provisions of the Warrants, the Warrant Shares
will be
validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable shares. All necessary
corporate action has been taken by the Company to authorize the valid
creation, issue and sale of, and the delivery of certificates
representing, the Special Broker Warrants and Unit Broker Warrants
and the
Special Broker Warrants and Unit Broker Warrants will be validly
created
and issued, and upon the due exercise of the Unit Broker Warrants,
the
Broker Shares will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable
shares All necessary corporate action has been taken by the Company
to
authorize the granting of the Broker Warrants and the valid creation,
issue of, and the delivery of the certificates representing the Broker
Warrants. Upon the exercise of the Broker Warrants and payment of
the
requisite consideration for the Broker Warrant Shares in accordance
with
the provisions of the Broker Warrants, the Broker Warrant Shares
will be
validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable shares. All necessary
corporate action has been taken by the Company to authorize the granting
of the FT Special Broker Warrants and the FT Broker Warrants and
the valid
creation, issue of, and the delivery of the certificates representing
the
FT Special Broker Warrants and FT Broker Warrants. Upon the exercise
of
the FT Broker Warrants and payment of the requisite consideration
for the
FT Broker Shares in accordance with the provisions of the FT Broker
Warrants, the FT Broker Shares will be validly issued as fully paid
and
non-assessable shares;
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(j) |
none
of the offering, issuance and sale of the Special Warrants, the granting
of the Agent's Option, the granting of the Special Broker Warrants
and FT
Special Broker Warrants, the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
the
Subscription Agreements, the Ancillary Documents, the compliance
by the
Company with the provisions of this Agreement, the Subscription
Agreements, the Ancillary Documents or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated herein and therein including, without
limitation, the issue and sale of the Special Warrants, the issue
of the
Underlying Securities upon the exercise or deemed exercise of the
Special
Warrants, the issue of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the
Warrants, the issue of the Special Broker Warrants and the FT Special
Broker Warrants, the issue of the Underlying Broker Securities upon
the
exercise of the Special Broker Warrants and FT Special Broker Warrants
and
the issue of the Broker Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the Broker
Warrants 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) such as may be required under applicable Securities
Laws
and will be obtained in compliance with the requirements of Securities
Laws, or (ii) conflict with or result in any breach or violation of
any of the provisions of, or constitute a default under (whether
after
notice or lapse of time or both), any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust,
lease or other material agreement or instrument to which the Company
or
the Subsidiary is a party or by which any of them or any of the
Properties, Permits or assets thereof are bound, or the articles
or
by-laws or any other constating document of the Company or the Subsidiary
or any resolution passed by the directors (or any committee thereof)
or
shareholders of the Company or the 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 Company or the Subsidiary
or any of
the Properties, Permits or assets thereof, which would have a Material
Adverse Effect;
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(k) |
at
the Special Warrant Closing Time all necessary action will have been
taken
by the Company to duly allot and reserve for issuance the Unit Shares,
the
Warrant Shares, the Flow-Through Shares the Broker Shares, the FT
Broker
Shares and the Broker Warrant Shares and such shares will be duly
allotted
and reserved for issuance;
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(l) |
this
Agreement has been authorized, executed and delivered by
the Company and constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation
of the
Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with the terms
hereof and upon being executed and delivered the Ancillary Documents
will
constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company
enforceable against the Company in accordance with the terms thereof,
except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting
the
rights of creditors generally and except as limited by the application
of
equitable principles when equitable remedies are sought, and by the
fact
that rights to indemnity, contribution and waiver, and the ability
to
sever unenforceable terms, may be limited by applicable law and except
as
may be limited by the Limitations
Act, 2002
(Ontario);
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(m) |
the
Disclosure Documents complied in all material respects with Securities
Laws at the time they were filed. There is no material fact known
to the
Company which the Company has not disclosed to, or which the Company
has
withheld from, the Agent and which results or may reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect or which materially adversely
affects or which may reasonably be expected to
materially adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform
its
obligations under this Agreement or the Ancillary
Documents;
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(n) |
there
has not occurred any material adverse change (actual, anticipated,
contemplated or threatened, whether financial or otherwise) in the
assets,
liabilities (contingent or otherwise), Properties, Permits, capital,
affairs, business, operations or condition (financial or otherwise)
of the
Company or the Subsidiary which has not been publicly
disclosed;
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(o) |
no
order preventing, ceasing or suspending trading in any securities
of the
Company or prohibiting the issue and sale of securities by the Company
has
been issued and no proceedings for either of such purposes have been
instituted or, to the best of the knowledge of the Company, are pending,
contemplated or threatened;
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(p) |
the
Financial Statements and the notes thereto, present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of the Company and the
statements of operations, retained earnings, cash flow from operations
and
changes in financial information of the Company for the periods specified
in such Financial Statements, and have been prepared in conformity
with
U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent
basis throughout the periods involved, and there has been no material
change in accounting policies or practices of the Company since
April
30, 2006.
All disclosures in the Disclosure Documents regarding "non-GAAP financial
measures" (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of
the SEC) comply with Regulation G under the U.S. Securities Act,
to the
extent applicable;;
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(q) |
other
than as publicly disclosed by the Company, since April 30, 2006,
none
of:
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(i) |
the
Company or the Subsidiary has paid or declared any dividend or incurred
any material capital expenditure or made any commitment
therefor;
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(ii) |
the
Company or the 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;
and
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(iii) |
the
Company or the Subsidiary has entered into any material
transaction.
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(r) |
other
than as disclosed to the Agent, none of the Company or the Subsidiary
has
approved or has entered into any agreement in respect of, or has
any
knowledge of:
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(i) |
the
purchase of any Property, Permit or material assets or any interest
therein;
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(ii) |
the
sale, transfer or other disposition of any Property, Permit or material
assets or any interest therein currently owned, directly or indirectly,
by
the Company or the Subsidiary whether by asset sale, transfer of
shares or
otherwise; or
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(iii) |
the
change of control (by sale or transfer of shares or sale of all or
substantially all of the Properties, Permits and assets of the Company
or
the Subsidiary or otherwise) of the Company or the
Subsidiary.
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(s) |
each
of the Company and the Subsidiary has filed in a timely manner all
necessary tax returns and notices and has paid 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
neither
the Company nor the 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 a Material Adverse Effect 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 Company
or
the 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 Company and the 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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(t) |
each
of the Company and the 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 a material portion of its
business and possesses all material approvals, consents, certificates,
registrations, authorizations, permits (including the Permits) and
licenses issued by the appropriate provincial, state, municipal,
federal,
national or other regulatory agency or body necessary to carry on
the
business currently carried on or contemplated to be carried on by
it or as
contemplated to be conducted, is in compliance in all material respects
with the terms and conditions of all such approvals, consents,
certificates, authorizations, permits (including the Permits) and
licenses
and with all laws, regulations, tariffs, rules, orders and directives
material to the operations thereof, and none of the Company or the
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 (including
any
Permit) or license which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject
of an
unfavourable decision, order, ruling or finding, would result in
a
Material Adverse Effect. All such material approvals, consents,
certificates, registrations, authorizations, permits (including the
Permits) and licenses are and will at the Special Warrant Closing
Time be
valid, subsisting and in good
standing;
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(u) |
neither
the Company nor the Subsidiary is in violation of any term of the
articles
or by-laws or any constating document thereof. Neither the Company
nor the
Subsidiary is in violation of any term or provision of any material
agreement, indenture or other instrument applicable to it which would
result in any Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor the
Subsidiary is in default in the payment of any obligation owed which
is
now due and there are no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations
commenced, pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
which,
in the aggregate, would result in any Material Adverse Effect or
in any
material liability on the part of the Company or the Subsidiary or
which
places, or could place, in question the validity of the Offering,
or the
validity or enforceability of this Agreement, the Ancillary Documents
or
any document or instrument delivered, or to be delivered, by the
Company
pursuant hereto or thereto;
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(v) |
the
Company and the Subsidiary are the absolute legal and beneficial
owner of,
and have good and marketable title to, all of the material Properties,
Permits and assets thereof, free of all mortgages, liens, charges,
pledges, security interests, encumbrances, claims or demands whatsoever,
and no other property rights are necessary for the conduct of the
business
of the Company or the Subsidiary as currently conducted or as contemplated
to be conducted, none of the Company or the 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
neither the Company nor the 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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(w) |
a
complete and accurate list of the material mineral properties of
the
Company together with a complete and accurate list of the Permits
of the
Company that relate thereto is set forth in Schedule "B". The Company
and
the Subsidiary hold either freehold title, mining leases, mining
concessions, mining claims, exploration permits, prospecting permits
or
participating interests or other conventional property or proprietary
interests or rights, recognized in the jurisdiction in which a particular
Property is located, in respect of the ore bodies and minerals located
in
the Properties in which the Company or the Subsidiary has an interest
under valid, subsisting and enforceable title documents or other
recognized and enforceable agreements or instruments, sufficient
to permit
the Company or the applicable Subsidiary to explore the minerals
relating
thereto, all Property leases or claims and Permits in which the Company
or
the Subsidiary has an interest or right have been validly located
and
recorded in accordance with all applicable laws and are valid and
subsisting, the Company and the Subsidiary have all necessary surface
rights, access rights and other necessary rights and interests relating
to
the Properties in which the Company and the Subsidiary have an
interest,
granting the Company or the Subsidiary the right and ability to explore
for minerals, ore and metals for development purposes as are appropriate
in view of the rights and interest therein of the Company or the
Subsidiary, with only such exceptions as do not materially interfere
with
the use made by the Company or the Subsidiary of the rights or interests
so held, and each of the property interests or rights and each of
the
documents, agreements and instruments and obligations relating thereto
referred to above is currently in good standing in the name of the
Company
or the Subsidiary;
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(x) |
any
and all of the Permits, agreements and other documents and instruments
pursuant to which the Company or the Subsidiary holds an interest
in the
Properties and assets thereof (including any interest in, or right
to earn
an interest in, any Property) are valid and subsisting Permits,
agreements, documents or instruments in full force and effect, enforceable
in accordance with the terms thereof, neither the Company nor the
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, Permits and assets are in good standing
under the applicable laws of the jurisdictions in which they are
situated,
all leases, licences, Permits and claims pursuant to which the Company
or
the Subsidiary derive the interests thereof in such Properties and
assets
are in good standing and there has been no material default under
any such
lease, licence, Permit or claim and all fees and other amounts required
to
be paid with respect to such Permits, Properties and assets to the
date
hereof have been paid, other than defaults which could not result
in a
Material Adverse Effect. None
of the Properties (or any interest in, or right to earn an interest
in,
any Property) of the Company or the Subsidiary is subject to any
right of
first refusal or purchase or acquisition
right;
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(y) |
neither
the Company nor the 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 Company or the
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 would result in a Material Adverse
Effect;
|
(z) |
the
Company and the Subsidiary is in compliance with all laws and regulations
respecting employment and employment practices, terms and conditions
of
employment, pay equity and wages, except where such non-compliance
would
not result in a Material Adverse Effect, and there is no labour strike,
dispute, slowdown, stoppage, complaint or grievance pending or threatened
against the Company or the
Subsidiary;
|
(aa) |
the
Company and the Subsidiary:
|
(i) |
and
the Properties, assets and operations thereof 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, national 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), 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) |
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 Company or the
Subsidiary or any of the Properties, assets or operations thereof,
relating to, or alleging any violation of any Environmental Laws,
the
Company is not aware of any facts which could give rise to any such
claim
or judicial or administrative proceeding and neither the Company
nor the
Subsidiary nor any of the Properties, 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) |
do
not store any hazardous or toxic waste or substance on the Properties
thereof and have not disposed of any hazardous or toxic waste, in
each
case in a manner contrary to any Environmental Laws, and there are
no
Contaminants on any of the premises or Properties at which the Company
or
the Subsidiary carries on business, in each case other than in compliance
with Environmental Laws; and
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(iv) |
to
the knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor the Subsidiary
are
subject to any contingent or other liability relating to the restoration
or rehabilitation of land, water or any other part of the environment
(except for those derived from normal exploration activities) or
non-compliance with Environmental
Law.
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(bb) |
all
consents, approvals, permits, authorizations or filings as may be
required
under Securities Laws necessary to the performance by the Company
of its
obligations under this Agreement and the Subscription Agreements
will have
been obtained at the Special Warrant Closing Date or will be obtained
within the time prescribed by Securities
Laws;
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(cc) |
provided
the Agent and Purchasers comply with their obligations set forth
in this
Agreement and the Subscription Agreements (respectively), none of
the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Subscription Agreements,
the
Ancillary Documents, the Special Warrants, Agent's Option, Special
Broker
Warrants and the FT Special Broker Warrants, the performance by the
Company of its obligations hereunder and thereunder, the creation,
sale
and issuance of the Special Warrants, Agent's Option, Special Broker
Warrants and FT Special Broker Warrants hereunder and the consummation
of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the issuance
and delivery of the Underlying Securities and Underlying Broker
Securities, will conflict with or result in a breach or violation
of any
applicable Canadian federal or provincial
laws;
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(dd) |
other
than as disclosed in the Financial Statements,
no
material legal or governmental proceedings are pending to which the
Company or the Subsidiary is a party or to which any Property, or
any
Property interest, of the Company or the Subsidiary is subject, and
to the
knowledge of the Company, no such proceedings have been threatened
or are
contemplated;
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(ee) |
the
Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and the Registration
Statement will accurately summarize, in all material respects, the
attributes of the Underlying Securities and Underlying Broker Securities
to the extent required by Securities
Laws;
|
(ff) |
other
than the Agent and except as may be consented to by the Agent, there
is no
Person acting or purporting to act at the request of the Company,
who is
entitled to any brokerage or agency fee in connection with the
transactions contemplated herein;
|
(gg) |
the
Company's Auditors who reported on the annual Financial Statements
are
independent with respect to the Company within the meaning of Securities
Laws;
|
(hh) |
the
Company and the Subsidiary maintain, and will maintain, a system
of
internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance
that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management's
general
or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary
to
permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles in Canada and to maintain asset
accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance
with management's general or specific authorization, and (iv) the
recorded
accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect
to any
material differences;
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(ii) |
the
forms of the certificates representing the Special Warrants, the
Underlying Securities, the Special Broker Warrants, the FT Special
Broker
Warrants, the Underlying Broker Securities and the Broker Warrants
have
been duly approved by the Company and comply with the provisions
of
applicable law;
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(jj) |
the
Company is a reporting issuer or the equivalent thereof in Ontario
and is
not in default of any of its obligations under Securities
Laws;
|
(kk) |
the
Company has not breached any flow-through share agreement to which
it is a
party and, in particular, the Company has not failed to incur and
renounce
expenses which it covenanted to incur and renounce pursuant to such
agreements nor has the Canada Revenue Agency or the Company reduced,
pursuant to section 66(12.73) of the Act, any amount renounced by
the
Company;
|
(ll) |
the
Company is a "principal-business corporation" as defined in subsection
66(15) of the Act and will continue to be a "principal-business
corporation" at all times relevant to the valid renunciation of Qualifying
Expenditures to Purchasers of FT Special Warrants effective on or
before
December 31, 2006;
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(mm) |
upon
issuance pursuant to the provisions of the Subscription Agreement
for FT
Special Warrants, the FT Special Warrants and the Flow-Through Shares
issuable on the exercise or deemed exercise of FT Special Warrants
will be
"flow-through shares" as defined in subsection 66(15) of the Act
and will
not constitute "prescribed rights" or "prescribed shares" within
the
meaning of section 6202.1 of the regulations to the Act or the Proposed
Amendments;
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(nn) |
the
Company is in material compliance with all rules, regulations and
policies
of the TSX;
|
(oo) |
The
Disclosure Documents, when they were or are filed with the SEC, conformed
or will conform in all material respects to the applicable
requirements of the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and
regulations of the SEC thereunder and when read together did not
and will
not contain an 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 not misleading;
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(pp) |
the
currently issued and outstanding Common Shares currently trade on
the
Over-the-Counter market and are quoted in the Bulletin Board system
maintained by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
and no order ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the
Company or the trading of any of the Company’s issued securities is
currently outstanding and no proceedings for such purpose are, to
the
knowledge of the Company, pending or
threatened;
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(qq) |
other
than in connection with transferring the listing of the Common Shares
to
the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ Market, Inc. the Company
shall not take any action which would be reasonably expected to result
in
the delisting or suspension of its Common Shares on the Over-the-Counter
Bulletin Board system or from any other securities exchange, market
or
trading or quotation facility on which its Common Shares become listed
or
quoted (including the Toronto Stock Exchange) and the Company shall
comply, in all material respects, with the rules and regulations
thereof;
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(rr) |
all
information which has been prepared by the Company relating to the
Company
and the Subsidiary and their respective business, property and liabilities
and either publicly disclosed or provided to the Agent, including
all
financial, marketing, sales and operational information provided
to the
Agent and all Disclosure Documents did not and will not contain a
misrepresentation or an 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 not
misleading;
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(ss) |
other
than the notification filing on Form D required to be filed with the
SEC 15 days after the Closing Date and the filing of Form 45-106F1
within
10 days after the Closing Date, all filings required to be made by
the
Company and the Subsidiary pursuant to the Securities Laws and general
corporate law applicable to them have been made and such filings
were true
and accurate as at the respective dates thereof and the Company has
not
filed any confidential material change
reports;
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(tt) |
None
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement including, without
limitation, the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Special
Warrants
will violate or result in a violation of Section 7 of the Exchange
Act, or any regulation promulgated thereunder, including, without
limitation, Regulations G, T, U, and X of the Board of Governors
of the
Federal Reserve System;
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(uu) |
There
is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the
Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in
all material respects with any applicable provision of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection
therewith, including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302
and 906 related to certifications;
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(vv) |
Prior
to the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of its affiliates
has
taken any action which is designed to or which has constituted or
which
might have been expected to cause or result in stabilization or
manipulation of the price of any security of the Company in connection
with the offering of the Special
Warrants;
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(ww) |
The
Company is subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act;
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(xx) |
The
Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale
of the
Special Warrants, will not be an "investment company", or an entity
"controlled" by an "investment company", as such terms are defined
in the
Investment Company Act;
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(yy) |
Assuming
compliance with the terms of the Subscription Agreements, and this
Agreement, neither the Company nor any person acting on its behalf
has
offered or sold the Special Warrants (or any securities issuable
on
conversion thereof) by means of any general solicitation or general
advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) under the U.S. Securities
Act or, with respect to the Special Warrants (or any such securities)
sold
outside the United States to non-U.S. persons (as defined in Rule 902
under the U.S. Securities Act), by means of any directed selling
efforts
within the meaning of Rule 902 under the U.S. Securities Act and the
Company, any affiliate of the Company and any person acting on its
or
their behalf has complied with and will implement the offering restriction
requirements of Rule 902 under the U.S. Securities
Act;
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(zz) |
The
Company and the Subsidiary maintain a system of internal accounting
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A) transactions
are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for
assets;
(C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorization; and (D) the recorded accountability
for
assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals
and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Since
December 31, 2004, there has been (1) no material weakness in
the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not
remediated) and (2) no change in the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably
likely
to materially affect, the Company’s internal controls over financial
reporting.
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(aaa) |
The
Company has no Joint Ventures.
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8 Special
Warrant Closing.
The
purchase and sale of the Special Warrants shall be completed at the Special
Warrant Closing Time at the offices of XxxXxxx Xxxxx LLP in Toronto, Canada
or
at such other place as the Agent and the Company may agree upon. At the Special
Warrant Closing Time:
(a) |
the
Company shall deliver to the Agent certificates in definitive form
representing the Special Warrants registered in accordance with the
terms
and conditions of the Subscription Agreements, completed and executed
copies of which shall have been received by the Company at least
twenty-four (24)
hours prior to the Special Warrant Closing Time, against payment
by the
Agent to the Company of the net proceeds, net of the fee payable
to the
Agent in accordance with paragraph 8(b)
and the expenses of the Agent in accordance with paragraph
11,
in
lawful money of Canada by certified cheque or banker's draft or wire
transfer to the Company; and
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(b) |
in
full consideration for all advisory, arrangement, book running and
distribution services rendered by the Agent in connection with the
Offering, the Company shall pay to the Agent (i) a fee equal to 7%
of the
aggregate gross proceeds of Special Warrants sold, payable in lawful
money
of Canada to or to the order of the Agent (the $25,000 due diligence
fee
previously paid to the Agent will be set off against the foregoing
commission), (ii) issue to the Agent such number of warrants
(the "Special
Broker Warrants")
equal to 7% of the number of Non FT Special Warrants sold in the
Offering.
Each Special Broker Warrant will entitle the holder thereof to acquire
for
no additional consideration one unit broker warrant (a "Unit
Broker Warrant").
Each Unit Broker Warrant will entitle the holder thereof to subscribe
for
one unit comprised of one Common Share (each a "Broker
Share")
and one common share purchase warrant (each a "Broker
Warrant")
at a price of $0.941 for a period of 24 months from the Special Warrant
Closing Date. Each Broker Warrant will entitle the holder thereof
to
acquire one Common Share (each a "Broker
Warrant Share")
at a price of $1.05 for a period of 24 months from the Special Warrant
Closing Date and (iii) issue to the Agent such number of warrants
(the
"FT
Special Broker Warrants")
equal to 7% of the number of FT Special Warrants sold in the Offering.
Each FT Special Broker Warrant will entitle the holder thereof to
acquire
for no additional consideration one flow-through broker warrant (a
"FT
Broker Warrant").
Each FT Broker Warrant will entitle the holder thereof to subscribe
for
one Common Share (each an "FT
Broker Share")
at a price of $1.05 for a period of 24 months from the Special Warrant
Closing Date. Where used in this Agreement, the term "Underlying
Broker Securities"
shall mean the Unit Broker Warrants and FT Broker
Warrants.
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In
the
event that the Qualifying Date does not occur prior to the Qualification
Deadline, each Special Broker Warrant will entitle the holder thereof to receive
on exercise thereof 1.1 Unit Broker Warrants and each FT Special Broker Warrant
will entitle the holder thereof to receive on exercise thereof 1.1 FT Broker
Warrants.
9 Special
Warrant Closing Conditions.
In
addition to the deliveries contemplated by paragraph 8,
each
Purchaser's subscription to purchase the Special Warrants and the Agent's
obligations to close the purchase of Special Warrants from the Company at the
Special Warrant Closing Time shall be conditional upon the fulfilment at or
before the Special Warrant Closing Time of the following
conditions:
(a) |
the
TSX shall have accepted notice of the issuance of, and conditionally
approved the issuance and listing thereon of the Unit Shares, Warrant
Shares, Flow-Through Shares, Broker Shares, FT Broker Shares and
Broker
Warrant Shares, subject to the Company fulfilling the customary
requirements as to the filing of certain documents and the payment
of the
necessary listing fees and subject to requisite shareholder approval,
and
provided that such acceptance and approval shall be on terms satisfactory
to the Agent acting reasonably;
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the
Company shall have made and/or obtained the necessary filings, approvals,
consents and acceptances under applicable Securities Laws and the
TSX
required to be made or obtained by the Company in connection with
the
offering of Special Warrants and the grant of Special Broker Warrants
and
FT Special Broker Warrants, on terms which are acceptable to the
Agent,
acting reasonably (other than the prospectus qualification of the
Underlying Securities and Underlying Broker Securities required pursuant
to this Agreement);
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(c) |
the
Agent shall have received a certificate, dated as of the Special
Warrant
Closing Date, signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company,
or
such other senior officer as may be acceptable to the Agent, certifying
for and on behalf of the Company, to the best of the knowledge,
information and belief of the person so signing, after having made
due
enquiry, but without personal liability,
that:
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(i) |
since
April 30, 2006 (A) there has been no material change (actual, anticipated,
contemplated or threatened, whether financial or otherwise) in the
business, affairs, operations, Properties, Permits, assets, liabilities
(contingent or otherwise), financial condition or capital of the
Company
and the Subsidiary taken as a whole and (B) no transaction has been
entered into by the Company or the Subsidiary which is or would be
material to the Company or the
Subsidiary;
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(ii) |
no
order, ruling or determination having the effect of suspending or
prohibiting the sale or ceasing the trading of the Common Shares,
Special
Warrants or Underlying Securities has been issued by any applicable
regulatory authority in any of the Qualifying Jurisdictions and is
continuing in effect and no proceedings for that purpose have been
instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of such officers,
contemplated or threatened by any applicable regulatory authority
in any
of the Qualifying Jurisdictions;
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(iii) |
the
Company has duly complied in all material respects with all of its
covenants, and satisfied all of the terms and conditions, of this
Agreement on its part to be complied with or satisfied up to the
Special
Warrant Closing Time (other than those which have been waived in
writing
by the Agent); and
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(iv) |
the
representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement,
the Subscription Agreements and all Ancillary Documents are true
and
correct in all material respects as of the Special Warrant Closing
Date
with the same force and effect as if made at and as of such time
after
giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the certificate contemplated by this paragraph 9(c)
shall certify such other matters as the Agent may reasonably
request;
(d) |
the
Agent shall have received at the Special Warrant Closing Time certificates
dated the Special Warrant Closing Date, signed by appropriate officers
of
the Company addressed to the Agent and counsel to the Agent, with
respect
to the constating documents of the Company, all resolutions of the
Company's board of directors relating to this Agreement and the
consummation of the respective transactions contemplated herein and
therein, and the incumbency and specimen signatures of signing officers
and such other matters as the Agent may reasonably
request;
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(e) |
the
Company's board of directors shall have authorized and approved this
Agreement, the Subscription Agreements, the Special Warrant Certificates
and any other agreements pursuant to which the Special Warrants are
to be
issued, and the offering, issue and sale of the Special Warrants,
the
Agent's Option, the Underlying Securities, the Warrant Shares, the
Special
Broker Warrants, the FT Special Broker Warrants, the Underlying Broker
Securities, the Broker Shares, the Broker Warrants the Broker Warrant
Shares and the FT Broker Shares and all matters relating to the
foregoing;
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(f) |
the
Subscription Agreements shall have been accepted, executed and delivered
by the Company;
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(g) |
the
Agent shall have received favourable legal opinions addressed to
the
Purchasers and the Agent and its counsel, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Agent's counsel, dated the Special Warrant Closing
Date from XxxXxxx Xxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, and local counsel
to
the Qualifying Jurisdictions, as to the laws of the Qualifying
Jurisdictions in which Purchasers are resident at the Special Warrant
Closing Time, and from Kavinoky Xxxx LLP, which counsel may rely
as to
factual matters only, on certificates of Company's Auditors, the
Company's
registrar and transfer agent, public and stock exchange officials
and
officers of the Company, which opinion shall address such matters
as the
Agent may reasonably request;
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(h) |
the
Company shall have fulfilled to the satisfaction of the Agent all
covenants set forth in paragraph 3
that are required to be satisfied by it in or prior to the Special
Warrant
Closing Time;
and
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(i) |
the
Agent shall have received such other documentation from the Company
as the
Agent may reasonably request prior
to the Special Warrant Closing Time.
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10 Rights
of Termination.
(a) |
The
Agent shall be entitled, at its sole option, to terminate and cancel,
without any liability on the part of the Agent, all of its obligations
under this Agreement and the obligations of any Purchaser arranged
by it
to purchase Special Warrants, by notice in writing to that effect
delivered to the Company prior to or at the Special Warrant Closing
Time
if:
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(i) |
any
enquiry, action, suit, investigation or other proceeding whether
formal or
informal (including matters of regulatory transgression or unlawful
conduct) is instituted, announced or threatened, or any order or
ruling is
made by any federal, provincial or other governmental authority or
the TSX
or any securities regulatory authority, in relation to or against
the
Company or the Subsidiary or any directors or officers of principal
shareholders thereof;
or
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(ii) |
there
should develop, occur or come into effect any occurrence, event or
incident of any nature, including without limitation, accident, natural
disaster, act of terrorism, public protest, governmental law or
regulation, or financial occurrence of national or international
consequence, which in the sole opinion of the Agent adversely affects
or
involves, or may adversely affect or involve, the national or
international financial markets or the properties, operations, business,
affairs, prospects, financial condition or assets of the Company
or the
Subsidiary or the market price or value or marketability of the securities
of the Company;
or
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(iii) |
there
is, in the opinion of the Agent, any material change in relation
to the
Company or the Subsidiary, or if there should, whether as a result
of the
Agent's continuing due diligence or otherwise, be discovered any
previously undisclosed material fact, or if there should occur a
change in
any material fact or a new material fact should arise such as is
contemplated by paragraph 5,
which
in any case, in the opinion of the Agent, has or could reasonably
be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
or
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(iv) |
the
state of the financial markets is such that in the sole opinion of
the
Agent it would be unprofitable to offer or continue to offer for
sale the
Offered Securities;
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(v) |
the
Company is in breach of a material term, condition or covenant of
this
Agreement required to be fulfilled at or prior to the Special Warrant
Closing Time (the Company agreeing that all terms and conditions
in this
Agreement to be fulfilled at or prior to the Special Warrant Closing
Time
shall be construed as conditions and complied with so far as the
same
relate to acts to be performed or caused to be performed by it, that
it
will use its best efforts to cause such conditions to be complied
with,
and that the Agent may waive, in whole or in part, or extend the
time for
compliance with, any terms and conditions of this Agreement without
prejudice to their rights in respect of any other of such terms and
conditions or any other or subsequent breach or non-compliance, provided
that any such waiver or extension shall be binding upon the Agent
only if
the same is in writing);
or
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(vi) |
the
Company is in breach of any material term of any Ancillary Document
or if
any of the representations or warranties made by the Company in this
Agreement or in any Ancillary Document delivered by the Company in
connection with the Offering is false or has become false;
or
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(vii) |
the
Agent is not satisfied in its sole discretion with the results of
the due
diligence review and investigation, conducted by it or on its behalf,
of
the Company, the Subsidiary or
their respective Properties, businesses, operations, affairs, prospects,
liabilities (contingent or otherwise), financial condition or assets;
or
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any
order to cease trading in securities of the Company is made or threatened
by a securities regulatory authority;
or
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(ix) |
any
condition precedent set out in paragraph 9
remains outstanding and uncompleted at the Special Warrant Closing
Time.
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(b) |
The
rights of termination contained in paragraph 10(a)
may be exercised by each of the Agent and are in addition to any
other
rights or remedies the Agent may have in respect of any default,
act or
failure to act or non-compliance by the Company in respect of any
of the
matters contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise. In the event
of any
such termination, there shall be no further liability on the part
of the
Agent to the Company or on the part of the Company to the Agent except
in
respect of any liability which may have arisen or arises after such
termination under paragraphs 8,
11,
12,
13
and 14.
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(c) |
The
Agent shall make reasonable best efforts to give the notice to the
Company
as contemplated by paragraph 10(a)
of
the occurrence of any of the events or circumstances referred to
therein,
provided that neither the giving nor the failure to give such notice
shall
in any way affect the Agent's entitlement to exercise their rights
contained in paragraph 10(a)
at
any time through to the Special Warrant Closing
Time.
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11 Expenses.
Whether
or not the issuance and sale of the Special Warrants or the issuance of the
Underlying Securities shall be completed, all reasonable expenses of or
incidental to the issue and delivery of such Special Warrants and Underlying
Securities and of or incidental to all matters in connection with the
transactions herein set out shall be borne by the Company including, without
limitation, expenses in connection with the issuance and sale of the Special
Warrants all private placement fees required under Securities Laws, all filing
fees in connection with the qualification of the Underlying Securities and
Underlying Broker Securities for distribution in the Qualifying Jurisdictions,
the fees and expenses of counsel to the Company and all local counsel selected
by the Company, all costs incurred in connection with the preparation and
printing of the Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and any
Supplementary Material, all TSX and any other listing fees, all fees and
expenses of the Company's Auditors, all reasonable expenses of the Agent
(including all reasonable travel, meals and accommodation expenses in connection
with road show presentations, marketing and due diligence)
(with
such expenses in excess of $35,000 to be pre-approved by the Company
and all
disbursements, fees and expenses of legal counsel to the Agent in all
jurisdictions.
Costs
and expenses of the Agent will be payable by the Company in addition to any
other fees payable under this Agreement and will be payable at the Special
Warrant Closing or forthwith upon the Company receiving an invoice from the
Agent. In the event that the Offering is not completed for any reason
whatsoever, or the Agent has terminated this Agreement pursuant to paragraph
10,
the
Company shall be responsible for the payment of all of the expenses of the
Agent
otherwise payable by the Company under this paragraph without regard to any
limit on such expenses. All or part of any of the commission, fees and other
expenses to be paid to the Agent under this Agreement may be subject to
applicable taxes in which event a corresponding additional amount will be
payable by the Company to the Agent.
12 Survival
of Representations and Warranties.
All
warranties, representations, covenants and agreements herein contained or
contained in any documents delivered pursuant to this Agreement and in
connection with the transactions herein contemplated shall survive the issuance
and sale of the Special Warrants and the issuance of the Underlying Securities
and continue in full force and effect for the benefit of the Agent and the
Purchasers and shall not be limited or prejudiced by any investigation made
by
or on behalf of the Agent in connection with the issuance and sale of the
Special Warrants or the preparation of the Preliminary Prospectus, the Final
Prospectus or otherwise. All
warranties, representations, covenants and agreements provided herein shall
survive the Special Warrant Closing Date until two years from the Special
Warrant Closing Date.
13 Indemnity.
(a) |
The
Company (the "Indemnifier")
agrees to indemnify and save harmless each of the Agent and its
shareholders, directors, officers, employees, counsel, partners,
affiliates and agents (collectively, the "Indemnified
Parties"
and individually an "Indemnified
Party") from
and against all liabilities, claims, actions, suits, proceedings,
losses
(other than loss of profits), costs, damages and expenses (including
legal
expenses) in any way caused by, or arising directly or indirectly
from, or
in consequence of:
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(i) |
any
misrepresentation or alleged misrepresentation contained herein or
made by
the Company in connection with the issuance and sale of the Special
Warrants or the issuance of the Underlying Securities, or contained
in the
Preliminary Prospectus, Final Prospectus or in any Supplementary
Material;
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(ii) |
any
information or statement (except any information or statement relating
solely to the Agent or provided by the Agent in writing) contained
in the
Preliminary Prospectus, Final Prospectus, any Supplementary Material
or
any Ancillary Documents of the Company delivered pursuant to this
Agreement which, at the time and in light of the circumstances under
which
it was made, contains or is alleged to contain a
misrepresentation;
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(iii) |
any
order made or enquiry, investigation or proceeding commenced or threatened
by any securities regulatory authority or other competent authority,
including the TSX, based upon any untrue statement or omission or
alleged
untrue statement or alleged omission or any misrepresentation or
alleged
misrepresentation (except a statement or omission or alleged statement
or
alleged omission relating solely to the Agent or provided by the
Agent in
writing) in this Agreement, any Ancillary Document, the Preliminary
Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any Supplementary Material or
based
upon any failure to comply with Securities Laws (other than any failure
or
alleged failure to comply by the Agent) which prevents or restricts
the
trading in or the sale or distribution of the Special Warrants, Underlying
Securities or Common Shares in any of the Qualifying
Jurisdictions;
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(iv) |
the
non-compliance or alleged (by any applicable regulatory or governmental
body) non-compliance by the Company with any applicable laws (including
Securities Laws), regulatory requirements or stock exchange rules
or
policies in connection with the transactions herein contemplated
including
the Company's non-compliance with any statutory requirement to make
any
document available for inspection (other than non-compliance resulting
from a breach by the Agent of any covenant set out herein or otherwise
imposed on the Agent by law);
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(v) |
any
statement contained in the Disclosure Documents which at the time
and in
the light of the circumstances under which it was made, contained
or is
alleged to have contained a
misrepresentation;
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(vi) |
the
omission or alleged omission to state in any of the Preliminary
Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and any Supplementary Material or
in this
Agreement or any Ancillary Documents of the Company delivered hereunder
or
pursuant hereto any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make any statement therein not misleading in light of
the
circumstances under which it was made (other than omissions relating
solely to the Agent);
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(vii) |
any
misrepresentation or alleged misrepresentation (except any made by
the
Agent and for which the Agent did not rely on any information provided
by
the Company or anyone acting on its behalf) relating to the Offering,
whether oral or written and whether made during and in connection
with the
Offering, where such misrepresentation or alleged misrepresentation
may
give or gives rise to any other liability under any statute in any
jurisdiction which is in force on the date of this
Agreement;
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(viii) |
any
failure or alleged failure to make timely disclosure of a material
change
by the Company, where such failure or alleged failure occurs during
the
Offering or during the period of distribution, where such failure
relates
to the Offering of
the Special Warrants or Underlying Securities and may give or gives
rise
to any liability under any statute in any jurisdiction which is in
force
on the date of this Agreement; or
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(ix) |
any
material breach of any representation or warranty of the Company
contained
herein or the failure of the Company to comply with any of its respective
covenants or other obligations hereunder in any material
respect.
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(b) |
With
respect to this paragraph 13,
the
Indemnifier acknowledges and agrees that the Agent is contracting
on its
own behalf and as agent for the other Indemnified Parties. To the
extent
that any Indemnified Party is not a party to this Agreement, the
Agent
shall obtain and hold the right and benefit of the indemnity provisions
of
this Agreement in trust for and on behalf of such Indemnified
Party.
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(c) |
If
any matter or thing contemplated by paragraph 13(a)
(any such matter or thing being referred to as a "Claim")
is asserted against any Indemnified Party in respect of which
indemnification under this paragraph 13
is
or might reasonably be considered to be provided, such Indemnified
Party
will notify the Indemnifier as soon as practicable of the nature
of such
Claim (provided that any failure to so notify in respect of any potential
Claim shall not affect the liability of the Indemnifier hereunder
except
to the extent that the Indemnifier is prejudiced by such failure)
and the
Indemnifier shall be entitled (but not required) to assume the defence
of
any suit brought to enforce such Claim, provided, however, that the
defence shall be conducted through legal counsel acceptable to the
Indemnified Party (acting reasonably), that no settlement of any
such
Claim may be made by the Indemnifier or the Indemnified Party without
the
prior written consent of the other parties (acting reasonably) and
the
Indemnifier shall not be liable for any settlement of any such Claim
unless it has consented in writing to such
settlement.
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(d) |
In
any Claim, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain other
counsel to act on its behalf and to participate in the defence thereof,
provided that the fees and disbursements of such counsel shall be
paid by
the Indemnified Party unless: (i) the Indemnifier and the Indemnified
Party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of the other counsel;
(ii) the Indemnifier fails to assume the defence of such Claim on
behalf
of the Indemnified Party within ten days of receiving notice of such
Claim; or (iii) the named parties to any such Claim (including any
added
third or impleaded party) include both the Indemnified Party and
the
Indemnifier and the Indemnified Party shall have been advised by
counsel
that representation of the Indemnified Party by counsel for the
Indemnifier is inappropriate as a result of potential or actual
conflicting interests of those represented; in each of which cases
the
Indemnifier shall not have the right to assume the defence of such
Claim
on behalf of the Indemnified Party but the Indemnifier shall be liable
to
pay the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Indemnified
Party.
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(e) |
The
indemnity of this paragraph 13
shall not apply in respect of any particular Indemnified Party, in
the
event that a court of competent jurisdiction in a final judgment
that has
become non-appealable shall determine that such losses, expenses,
claims,
actions, damages or liabilities to which that particular Indemnified
Party
may be subject were primarily caused by the negligence, fraud or
wilful
misconduct of that particular Indemnified Party (provided that if
such
losses, expenses, claims, actions, damages or liabilities were caused
only
in part by such negligence, fraud or wilful misconduct, the indemnity
shall apply only in respect of the proportion of such losses, expenses,
claims, actions, damages or liabilities which were not so
caused).
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14 Contribution.
(a) |
In
order to provide for a just and equitable contribution in circumstances
in
which the indemnity provided in paragraph 13
would otherwise be available in accordance with its terms but is,
for any
reason, held to be unavailable to or unenforceable by the Agent or
enforceable otherwise than in accordance with its terms, the Indemnifier
and the Agent shall contribute to the aggregate of all claims, expenses,
costs, damages and liabilities and all losses (other than loss of
profits)
of a nature contemplated in this paragraph 14
in
such proportions so that the Agent is responsible for the portion
represented by the percentage that the aggregate fee payable by the
Company to the Agent pursuant to this Agreement bears to the aggregate
gross proceeds from the sale of the Special Warrants and the Indemnifier
is responsible for the balance, whether or not they have been sued
together or sued separately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Agent
shall not in any event be liable to contribute, in the aggregate,
any
amounts in excess of such aggregate fee or any portion of such fee
actually received. However, no party who has engaged in any fraud,
fraudulent misrepresentation or negligence shall be entitled to claim
contribution from any person who has not engaged in such fraud, fraudulent
misrepresentation or negligence.
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(b) |
In
the event that the Indemnifier may be held to be entitled to contribution
from the Agent under the provisions of any statute or at law, the
Indemnifier shall be limited to contribution in an amount not exceeding
the lesser of:
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(i) |
the
portion of the full amount of the loss or liability giving rise to
such
contribution for which the Agent is responsible, as determined in
paragraph 14(a)
above; and
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(ii) |
the
amount of the aggregate fee actually received by the Agent from the
Company under this Agreement.
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(c) |
The
rights to contribution provided in paragraph 14
shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other right
to
contribution which the Agent or the Indemnifier may have by statute
or
otherwise at law.
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(d) |
If
the Agent has reason to believe that a claim for contribution may
arise,
they shall give the Indemnifier notice of such claim in writing,
as soon
as reasonably possible, but failure to notify the Indemnifier shall
not
relieve the Indemnifier of any obligation which they may have to
the Agent
under this paragraph except to the extent the Indemnifier is materially
prejudiced by such failure.
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15 Advertisements.
The
Company acknowledges that the Agent shall have the right, at its own expense,
to
place such advertisement or advertisements or press releases relating to and
following the completion of the sale of the Special Warrants contemplated herein
as the Agent may consider desirable or appropriate and as may be permitted
by
applicable law. The Company and the Agent each agree that it will not make
or
publish any advertisement or press release in any media whatsoever relating
to,
or otherwise publicizing, the transaction provided for herein so as to result
in
any exemption from the prospectus and registration requirements of applicable
securities legislation in Canada or the United States, or of any province,
territory, possession, administrative district or state thereof, being
unavailable in respect of the sale of the Special Warrants and
the
issuance
of Underlying Securities to prospective purchasers. Subject to compliance with
applicable law, any press release or advertisement of the Company relating
to
the Offering will be provided in advance to the Agent and the Company will
use
its reasonable commercial efforts to agree to the form and substance thereof
with the Agent prior to the release thereof.
16 Notices.
Unless
otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, any notice or other
communication to be given under this Agreement (a "notice")
shall
be in writing addressed as follows:
If
to the
Company, at:
Yukon
Gold Corporation, Inc.
00
Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx
X0X
0X0
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Attention: President
Telecopy: (000)
000-0000
and,
in
respect of any notice given to the Company, with a copy to:
XxxXxxx
Xxxxx LLP
000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx
000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx
X0X
0X0
Attention: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Telecopy: (000)
000-0000
Kavinoky
Xxxx LLP
000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
000
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Telecopy: (000)
000-0000
If
to the
Agent, at:
Northern
Securities Inc.
000
Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
0000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx
X0X
0X0
Attention: Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Telecopy: (000)
000-0000
and,
in
respect of any notice given to the Agent, with a copy to:
Fogler,
Xxxxxxxx LLP
00
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx
0000
TD
Centre
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0
Attention: Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Telecopy: (000)
000-0000
Xxxxxx
& Xxxxxxx
Canada
Trust Tower
BCE
Place
000
Xxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxx X0X 0X0
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Attention: Xxx
Xxxxxxxx
Telecopy: (000)
000-0000
or
to
such other address as any of the parties may designate by notice given to the
others.
Each
notice shall be personally delivered to the addressee or sent by facsimile
transmission to the addressee and a notice which is personally delivered shall,
if delivered on a Business Day, be deemed to be given and received on that
day
and, in any other case, be deemed to be given and received on the first Business
Day following the day on which it is delivered; and a notice which is sent
by
facsimile transmission shall be deemed to be given and received on the first
Business Day following the day on which it is sent.
17 General
17.1 Time
of the Essence.
Time
shall, in all respects, be of the essence hereof.
17.2 Headings.
The
headings contained herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the
meaning or interpretation hereof.
17.3 Entire
Agreement.
This
Agreement constitutes the only agreement between the parties with respect to
the
subject matter hereof and shall supersede any and all prior negotiations and
understandings including the Engagement Letter.
This
Agreement may be amended or modified in any respect by written instrument
only.
17.4 Severability.
The
invalidity or unenforceability of any particular provision of this Agreement
shall not affect or limit the validity or enforceability of the remaining
provisions of this Agreement.
17.5 Successors
and Assigns.
The
terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and enure to the
benefit of the Company, the Agent and the Purchasers and their respective
successors and permitted assigns; provided that, except as provided herein
or in
the Subscription Agreements, this Agreement shall not be assignable by either
party without the prior written consent of the other.
17.6 Further
Assurances.
Each of
the parties hereto shall do or cause to be done all such acts and things and
shall execute or cause to be executed all such documents, agreements and other
instruments as may reasonably be necessary or desirable for the purpose of
carrying out the provisions and intent of this Agreement.
17.7 Effective
Date.
This
Agreement is intended to and shall take effect as of the date first set forth
above, notwithstanding its actual date of execution or delivery.
17.8 Counterparts
and Facsimile Execution.
This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, which
taken
together shall form one and the same agreement. This Agreement may be executed
by one or more of the parties by facsimile transmitted signature and all parties
agree that the reproduction of signature by way of facsimile will be treated
as
though such reproductions were executed originals.
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17.9 Governing
Law.
This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein. Any and all disputes arising
under this Agreement, whether as to interpretation, performance or otherwise,
shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province
of
Ontario and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably attorns to the
jurisdiction of the courts of such province. The parties to this Agreement,
to
the extent permitted by applicable law hereby waive, and agree not to assert,
by
way of motion, as a defense, or otherwise, in any such suit, action or
proceeding brought in the above-named court, any claim that it is not subject
personally to the jurisdiction of such court, that its property is exempt or
immune from attachment or execution, that the suit, action or proceeding is
brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue of the suit, action or
proceeding is improper or that this agreement or the subject matter hereof
may
not be enforced in or by such court. The parties to this Agreement hereby
consent to service of process by mail, at their respective addresses to which
notices are to be given to its pursuant hereto. The Company agrees that its
submission to jurisdiction and consent to service of process by mail is made
for
the express benefit of the Agent. Final judgment against either party in any
such action, suit or proceeding shall be conclusive, and may be enforced in
any
other jurisdiction (x) by suit, action or proceeding on the judgment, a
certified or true copy of which shall be conclusive evidence of the fact and
the
amount of indebtedness or liability of a party therein described or (y) in
any
other manner provided by, or pursuant to, the laws of such other
jurisdiction
[Signatures
on following page]
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If
the
Company is in agreement with the foregoing terms and conditions, please so
indicate by executing a copy of this letter where indicated below and delivering
the same to the Agent.
Yours
very truly,
NORTHERN
SECURITIES INC.
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Title:
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The
foregoing is hereby accepted on the terms and conditions herein set
forth.
DATED
as of
the ____ day of December, 2006.
YUKON
GOLD CORPORATION, INC.
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By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Title: Chief
Executive Officer
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SCHEDULE
"A"
SUBSIDIARIES
Subsidiaries
Name
of
Subsidiary
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Jurisdiction
of Incorporation
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%
of Issued and Outstanding Share Capital owned by, and entity holding
such
interest, as of the date hereof
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Yukon
Gold Corp.
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Yukon
Territory
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100%
owned by Yukon Gold Corporation,
Inc.
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SCHEDULE
"B"
PROPERTIES
AND PERMITS
Property
Name
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Permits
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Attributed
Mining Rights
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Expiry
Date(s) of Key Permits
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Size
of Property
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Marg
Property
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Class
III (LQ 00106)
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Ground
base exploration (Quartz)
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August
7, 2008
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20,000
acres
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Mt.
Xxxxxx
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Class
III (LQ 00107)
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Area
exploration (Quartz)
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October
3, 2007
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14,000
acres
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