BOUGHTON GUSTAFSON HOLDINGS LTD. And AMT INDUSTRIES CANADA INC. Amending Agreement to Property Agreement Of March 28, 2005 February 2010
Exhibit 10.2
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XXXXXXXXX
HOLDINGS LTD.
And
AMT
INDUSTRIES CANADA INC.
Amending
Agreement to Property Agreement
Of March
28, 2005
February
2010
THIS
AMENDING AGREEMENT made as of the 10th day
of February 2010
BETWEEN:
XXXXXXXXX HOLDINGS LTD., a
body corporate registered under the laws of British Columbia having its
registered office at #2800 – 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, X.X.
(“Xxxxxxxxx”)
AND:
AMT INDUSTRIES CANADA, INC., a
body corporate registered under the laws of British Columbia, having its
registered office at Xxxxx 00, 00000 00xx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX
(“AMT”)
WHEREAS
X.
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Xxxxxxxxx
and Advanced Mineral Technology Corporation (“AMTO”) are parties to a
property agreement dated March 28, 2005 (the “Property Agreement”),
attached hereto as Schedule “A”, whereby Xxxxxxxxx sold and AMTO acquired
the 100% undivided interest of Xxxxxxxxx in the Property, as defined and
described in the Property
Agreement;
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B.
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By
way of an interparty agreement of assignment among Xxxxxxxxx, AMTO and AMT
dated March 3, 2006 (the “Assignment”), attached
hereto as Schedule “B”. AMTO assigned its rights and
obligations under the Property Agreement to AMT;
and
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X.
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Xxxxxxxxx
and AMT wish to enter into this Amending Agreement to make certain
amendments to the Property Agreement, including, among other tings
clarifying the calculation and payment of the
Royalty.
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NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT
WITNESSES that in consideration of the terms and conditions xxxxx
contained, the parties agree as follows:
1. INTERPRETATION
1.1
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Interpretation
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(a)
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All
capitalized terms not defined in this Amending Agreement have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Property
Agreement.
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(b)
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Where
the context so permits the “Optionor” in the Property Agreement shall mean
AMT to the extent that the context refers to a right or obligation under
the Property Agreement conferred or imposed on the “Optionor” from the
date of the Assignment.
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1.2
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Headings
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The
headings of this Amending Agreement and the schedules are solely for convenience
of reference and do not affect the interpretation of it or define, limit or
construe the contents of any provision of this Amending Agreement.
1.3
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Number
and Gender
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Words
importing the singular number shall include the plural and vice versa, words
importing the neuter gender shall include the masculine and feminine genders,
and words importing persons shall include firms and corporations and vice
versa.
1.4
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Governing
Law
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This
Amending Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the Province of British Columbia and the federal laws of Canada
applicable herein.
1.5
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Currency
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All
references to currency in this Amending Agreement are references to Canadian
currency unless otherwise expressly stipulated to the contrary.
2. AMENDMENTS
TO SECTION 1 OF THE PROPERTY AGREEMENT
2.1
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Definitions
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The
definition “Net Smelter Returns” in paragraph 1.1(g) of the Property Agreement
is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following
“Net
Smelter Returns” means the actual proceeds received by Optionor from any mint,
smelter, refinery or other purchaser from the sale of ores, valuable minerals,
industrial minerals, aggregate, gems or precious stones, metals (including
bullion) or concentrates (collectively “Product”) produced from the
Property and sold or proceeds received from an insurer in respect of
Product, after deducting from such proceeds the following charges to the extent
that they were not deducted by the purchaser in computing payments:
(a)
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smelting
and refining charges (including assaying and sampling costs specifically
related to smelting or refining);
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(b)
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penalties,
smelter assay costs and umpire assay
costs;
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(c)
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cost
of freight and handling of ores, metals or concentrates from the
Properties to any min, smelter, refinery, or other
purchaser;
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(d)
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marketing
costs;
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(e)
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costs
of insurance in respect of Product;
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(f)
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customs
duties, severance tax, royalties, mineral taxes or the like payable in
respect of the product; and
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(g)
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sales,
use, gross receipts, severance, and other taxes, if any, payable with
respect to severance, production, removal, sale or disposition of the
Product, but excluding any taxes on net
income.
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If
smelting or refining are carried out in facilities owned or controlled, in whole
or in part, by Optionor, charges, costs and penalties for such operations means
the amount Optionor would have incurred if those operations were carried out at
facilities not owned or controlled by Optionor then offering comparable services
for comparable products on open market prevailing terms.”
3. AMENDMENTS
TO SECTION 2 OF THE PROPERTY AGREEMENT
3.1
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Payment
of Purchase Price
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Paragraph
2.4 of the Property Agreement is amended by adding the following paragraph after
the last sentence of Paragraph 2.4:
“Xxxxxxxxx
acknowledges that as of the date of this Amending Agreement, the Mining Lease,
as identified on Schedule “A” to the Property Agreement has not been
transferred, despite that Xxxxxxxxx has agreed in this paragraph 2.4 to take all
reasonable steps to process such an assignment in favour of
Optionor. Accordingly, Xxxxxxxxx agrees, within 10 days of the date
of this Amending Agreement to execute, deliver and complete all necessary
documents as may be required to validly and effectively transfer legal and
beneficial title to the Mining Lease to AMT, including all such filings with the
Mineral Titles Online system.”
3.2 Optionor’s
Rights
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Paragraph
2.6(b) of the Property Agreement is deleted in its entirety and replaced
with the following:
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“(b) Notwithstanding
Xxxxxxxxx’x rights to a Royalty under this Agreement, Optionor shall have
the right in its sole discretion to determine the manner in which to
explore and develop the Property so long as all Mining Operations
conducted by Optionor shall be in accordance with good exploration,
development and mining practice, and in compliance will all applicable
legislation PROVIDED THAT if at any time, Optionor wishes to sell,
transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of all but not less than all of its
interest in and to the Property and this Agreement, it shall be a
condition to completion of any agreement for sale, transfer, assignment or
disposition that the purchaser, grantee or transferee of any such interest
will have first delivered to Xxxxxxxxx, its agreement in writing related
to this Agreement and to the Property,
containing:
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(i)
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a
covenant with Xxxxxxxxx by such transferee to perform all the obligations
of Optionor to be performed under this Agreement in respect of the
interest to be acquired by it from Optionor, including, the Optiono’s
obligation in repect of the Royalty,
and
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(ii)
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a
provision subjecting any further sale, transfer or other disposition of
such interst in the property and this Agreement or any portion thereof to
the restrictions contained in this
paragraph.”
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4. AMENDMENTS
TO SECTION 3 OF THE PROPERTY AGREEMENT
4.1
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Royalty
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Paragraph
3.1(a) of the Property Agreement is deleted in its entirety and replaced with
the following:
“(a) Optionor
shall pay to Xxxxxxxxx as an ongoing Royalty the greater of $50,000 per calendar
year and:
(i)
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2.5%
of the Net Smelter Returns received in the calendar quarter if the Average
Grade in the calendar quarter was 0.5 ounces of gold per ton or
less;
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(ii)
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4.0%
of the Net Smelter Returns received in the calendar quarter if the Average
Grade in the calendar quarter was greater than 0.5 ounces of gold per ton
but less than 1.0 ounces of gold per
ton;
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(iii)
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5.0%
of the Net Smelter Returns received in the calendar quarter if the Average
Grade in the calendar quarter was equal to or greater than 1.0 ounces of
gold per ton.
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The
Royalty provided in this paragraph 3.1(a) shall be pre-paid by equal successive
calendar monthly instalments in advance of $4,000 on account of such Royalty
with the first of such calendar monthly instalments being payable and paid on
the 1st day
of March 2010 and thereafter on the 1st day
of each successive calendar month but so that any balance of the annual pre-paid
Royalty computed and payable as aforesaid which remains unpaid at 1st
March in each year shall be payable and paid with fourteen (14) days of written
demand therefore by Xxxxxxxxx upon Optionor and any excess of payment on account
of pre-paid Royalty paid by Optionor at 1st
March in each year shall be credited against the next succeeding calendar
monthly instalments of pre-paid Royalty payable by Optionor until Optionor
abandons all of the Property in accordance with paragraph 5.3(b). Any
Royalties not paid within 15 days following the beginning of a calendar month
shall bear interest at an annual rate equivalent to the Prime Rate charged by
Optionor’s Bank in the preceding month plus 5% from the date the Royalty payment
was due until it is paid.
5. AMENDMENTS
TO SECTION 4 OF THE PROPERTY AGREEMENT
5.1
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Default
by Optionor
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Paragraphs
4.1(a), (b) and (c) are deleted in their entirety and replaced with the
following:
“4.1 Default
in Payment of any Royalty
If the
Optionor defaults in the payment of any Royalty reserved under this Agreement,
such Royalty payments shall bear interest as set out in paragraph 3.1(a) of the
Property Agreement (as amended)”
6. AMENDMENTS
TO SCHEDULE “A” TO THE PROPERTY AGREEMENT
6.1
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Property
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The
parties acknowledge that because of changes to the recording and registration of
mining claims in British Columbia, the Property as described in Schedule “A” to
the Property Agreement has changed, such that the Property that is the subject
of the Property Agreement is as described in Schedule “C” to this Amending
Agreement. As of the date of this Amending Agreement, each of AMT and
Xxxxxxxxx further acknowledge that it has not staked or otherwise acquired
additional mineral claims within the area of interest contemplated by paragraph
3.7 of the Property Agreement.
7. GENERAL
7.1 Mutual
acknowledgements
Each of the parties acknowledge and
agree with the other that at the date hereof;
(a)
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all
other terms and conditions of the Property Agreement remain unchanged and
in full force and effect;
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(b)
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the
Assignment is valid and subsisting in all its terms and the consent and
approval of Xxxxxxxxx to such assignment from AMTO to AMT was freely
given; and
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(c)
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there
has not occurred any default by either AMTO or AMT, as contemplated by
section 4 of the Property Agreement which would entitle Xxxxxxxxx to
demand the reconveyance of AMT’s right title and interest in the
Property
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7.2 Further
Assurances
The
parties shall, without further consideration, from time to time execute and
deliver further instruments and assurances as may be reasonably required for
carrying out the full extent and meaning of this Amending
Agreement.
7.3
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Notices
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All
communications which may be or are required to be given by either party to the
other shall (in the absence of any specific provision to the contrary) be in
writing and delivered, sent by facsimile transmission or sent by prepaid courier
to the parties, at their following respective addresses and facsimile
numbers:
Xxxxxxxxx Holdings Ltd.
0000 Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx X0X
0X0
Fax: (000) 000 0000
AMT Industries Canada,
Inc.
Xx. 0 – Xxx 0000
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Fax: (000) 000 0000
And if
any payment or communication is sent by courier, it shall be conclusively deemed
to have been received on the third business day following the sending of it and,
if delivered or sent by facsimile transmission, it shall be conclusively deemed
to have been received at the time of delivery of transmission. Either
party may from time to time change its address by notice to the other in
accordance with this paragraph.
7.4 Payment to
Xxxxxxxxx
All
payments required to be made to Xxxxxxxxx under the Property Agreement, as
amended by this Amending Agreement, shall be made by AMT directly into the bank
account of Xxxxxxxxx at such bank as Xxxxxxxxx may advise Optionor in writing or
in such other commercially reasonable manner as Xxxxxxxxx may, in writing,
direct AMT from time to time.
7.5 Benefits to
Successors
This
Amending Agreement shall enure to the benefit of and be binding on the parties
and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
7.6 Execution
This
Amending Agreement may be executed in counterparts or by facsimile copy and all
such counterparts shall constitute a single original and any facsimile copy of
this Amending Agreement may be relied upon as an original provided that it
contains the original signature of one of the parties.
7.7
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Legal
Advice
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Xxxxxxxxx
represents and warrants to AMT that:
(a)
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it
has been advised to, and has had the opportunity to, consult with and
obtain independent legal advice from its won solicitors before entering
into this Amending Agreement; and
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(b)
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it
has read and fully understands and accepts this Amending
Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties
have executed this Amending Agreement as of the day and year written on the
first page.
XXXXXXXXX
HOLDINGS
LTD AMT
INDUSTRIES CANADA INC.
Per:
Xxxxxxx
Xxxx – President
Per:
Per:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx –
Secretary H.
Xxxxxx Xxxx – President/CEO
Schedule
“C”
Property
Description
Tenure
Tenure Tenure Sub Map Good
To
Number Claim
Name Owner Type Type Number Issue
Date Date StatusArea (ha)
555065 TILLICUM
1 202920
(100%) Mineral Claim 082F 2007/mar/262010/oct/31GOOD166.2137
555066 TILLICUM
2 202920
(100%) Mineral Claim 082F 2007/mar/262010/oct/31GOOD498.769
555068 TILLICUM
3 202920
(100%) Mineral Claim 082F 2007/mar/262010/oct/31GOOD498.4743
555069 TILLICUM
4 202920
(100%) Mineral Claim 082F 2007/mar/262010/oct/31GOOD457.1521
555071 TILLICUM
5 202920
(100%) Mineral Claim 082F 2007/mar/262010/oct/31GOOD498.3402
555074 TILLICUM
6 202920
(100%) Mineral Claim 082F 2007/mar/262010/oct/31GOOD415.4236
555078 TILLICUM
7 202920
(100%) Mineral Claim 082F 2007/mar/262010/oct/31GOOD269.9478
555079 TILLICUM
8 202920
(100%) Mineral Claim 082F 2007/mar/262010/oct/31GOOD20.7741
555087 TILLICUM
9 202920
(100%) Mineral Claim 082K 2007/mar/262010/oct/31GOOD207.6573
555089 TILLICUM
10 202920
(100%) Mineral Claim 082F 2007/mar/262010/oct/31GOOD20.7741
555728 TILLICUM
11 202920
(100%) Mineral Claim 082F 2007/apr/042010/oct/31GOOD498.3691
320414(1) 138164
(100%) Mineral Lease 082F 1996/jan/232011/jan/23GOOD40.30
(1)
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This
Mineral Lease is currently recorded in the name of Xxxxxxxxx; however,
pursuant to paragraph 3.1 of this Amending Agreement, Xxxxxxxxx has agreed
to take all reasonable steps to process such an assignment in favour of
Optionor.
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