AGENCY AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT
1.2
February
23, 2007
Apollo
Gold Corporation
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X.
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
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Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
X.X.X.
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Attention:
R. Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, CEO
Dear
Sirs:
In
furtherance of an agreement among Apollo Gold Corporation (the "Corporation")
and
Shoreline Pacific LLC ("Shoreline
Pacific"
or the
"Agent")
dated
September 15, 2006 (the "Engagement Letter"),
the
Agent hereby agrees to act as agent for sale by way of a private placement,
on a
best efforts basis, of up to US$4,290,000 in principal amount of unsecured
convertible debentures (the "Debentures")
where
each
US$1,000 of Debentures will convert, at the option of the holder at any time
before Maturity (hereinafter defined), into 2,000 common shares, and each
US$1,000 of Debentures will be accompanied by 2,000 common share purchase
warrants (the
"Debenture
Warrants")
of
the
Corporation (the
"Offering").
The
Debentures and the Debenture Warrants (the "Offered
Securities")
will,
subject to certain provisions described herein, have the following general
characteristics:
(a)
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The
Debentures will have a term of two (2) years from Closing ("Maturity"),
and will bear interest at 1%
per month (or part thereof) in the first 12 months from Closing,
increasing to 1.5% per month (or part thereof) for the remaining
12 months
until Maturity. Interest is calculated on a simple basis (not compounded),
and will be payable annually on each anniversary date of the Closing,
unless the Debentures have been converted.
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(b)
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The
Debentures are convertible at the option of the holder at any time
before
Maturity into the common shares ("Debenture
Common Shares")
of the Corporation at the rate of US$0.50 per each Debenture Common
Share
(meaning each
US$1,000 of Debentures will convert into 2,000 Debenture Common
Shares).
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(c)
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The
Debenture Warrants each entitle the holder to purchase one common
share of
the Corporation ("Debenture
Warrant Shares")
at a price of US$0.50 for a period of two (2) years from
Closing.
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(d)
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At
Maturity, each holder of a Debenture will have the option to receive
payment in full, with applicable interest, or to convert the principal
amount of the Debenture into Debenture Common Shares at the rate
of
US$0.50 (meaning each
US$1,000 of
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Debentures
will convert into 2,000 Debenture Common Shares), and receive the applicable
interest to the date of conversion.
(e)
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The
Corporation will have the option to force conversion of the Debentures
("Forced
Conversion")
at any time after September 24, 2007 and prior to Maturity in the
event
that the 20 day weighted average trading price of the Corporation’s shares
on AMEX, or such other principal trading market on which the Corporation's
shares are trading, equals or exceeds US$0.90; provided, however,
in no
event may the Corporation force conversion of the Debenture if any
holder
would beneficially own more than 9.99% of the Corporation's Common
Shares
on the date of such conversion. For the purposes of this section,
beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section
13(d)
and the rules promulgated thereunder of the Securities Exchange Act
of
1934, as amended. In the event that the Corporation forces conversion
prior to the one year anniversary date of the Closing, the Corporation
will be required to pay a total of twelve (12) months of interest
payments. If the Corporation forces conversion after the one year
anniversary date of Closing, there will be no additional penalty
beyond
the accrued and unpaid interest amount outstanding up to the date
of
forced conversion.
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(f)
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In
order to initiate a Forced Conversion, the Corporation must provide
the
holders of Debentures with written notice (the "Forced
Conversion Notice")
60 days prior to the effective date (the "Forced
Conversion Date").
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(g)
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If
paragraph (e) above prohibits the Corporation from initiating a Forced
Conversion that would otherwise be allowed, the Corporation shall
be
allowed to initiate on the Forced Conversion Date a Forced Conversion
of
an amount of the Debenture such that the holder will not own more
than
9.99% of the total issued and outstanding voting securities of the
Corporation upon completion of the Forced Conversion, and the interest
on
that portion of the Debenture outstanding shall be reduced to 0.5%
per
month (simple interest not compounded) commencing on the date of
the
Forced Conversion Date.
For the purposes of this section, beneficial ownership shall be calculated
in accordance with Section 13(d) and the rules promulgated thereunder
of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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(h)
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Holders
will also be forced to convert the Debentures into the Debenture
Common
Shares on the terms outlined herein in the event of a Change of Control
of
the Corporation.
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It
is
understood that Shoreline Pacific will only offer the Offered Securities (i)
in
the United States (the "Offering Jurisdiction")
and,
(ii) in other jurisdictions as may be agreed to by the Corporation, provided
that the Corporation is not required to file a prospectus or other disclosure
document or become subject to continuing obligations in such other
jurisdictions, in each case in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement.
Subject
to the Registration Rights Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the Corporation
agrees it will use its commercially reasonable best efforts (i) to file a Form
S-1 or Form S-3 registration
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statement
(the "Registration
Statement")
for
the resale by the Purchasers (as hereinafter defined), as selling shareholders
and not as underwriters, and Shoreline Pacific in the United States of the
Debenture Common Shares, the Debenture Warrant Shares, and the Compensation
Shares (collectively, the "Underlying
Shares"),
no
later than 40-days after the Closing Date and (ii) to have the Registration
Statement declared effective by the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC")
no
later than 120-days after the Closing Date. The
Corporation’s obligation with respect to registration with the SEC will be set
forth
in
Schedule B -
Registration Rights Agreement (the "Registration
Rights Agreement")
to the
subscription agreements (the "Subscription
Agreements")
for
the Debentures and the Debenture Warrants to which each of the Purchasers and
the Corporation is a party, which Registration Rights Agreement is attached
hereto as Schedule
"G",
as well
as a separate registration rights agreement, in a similar form, with the Agent,
as attached hereto as Schedule
"H".
The
Corporation agrees to obtain prior to Closing the conditional listing of the
Underlying Shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the American Stock
Exchange.
INTERPRETATION
Unless
expressly provided otherwise, where used in this Agreement or any schedule
hereto, the following terms shall have the following meanings,
respectively:
"Affiliates"
shall
have the meaning in Subsection 1(2) of the Securities
Act
(Ontario);
"Agent"
shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in the first paragraph on the first page
of
this Agreement;
"Agent's
Personnel"
has the
meaning ascribed thereto in Section
10
of this
Agreement;
"Agent
Fees"
shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in subsection
2(a)
of this
Agreement;
"Agreement"
means
this agreement resulting from the acceptance hereof by the
Corporation;
"AMEX"
means
the American Stock Exchange;
"Applicable
Securities Laws"
means,
collectively, the applicable securities laws of the Offering Jurisdictions,
the
regulations, rules, rulings and orders made thereunder, the applicable published
policy statements issued by the Securities Commissions thereunder and the
securities legislation and published policies of such other jurisdiction, the
securities laws of which are applicable to the sale of the Offered Securities
on
the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement;
"Business
Day"
shall
mean any day except Saturday, Sunday or a statutory holiday in Xxx Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx and Denver, Colorado;
"Change
of Control of the Corporation"
means
where any person, including a group acting jointly or in concert, acquires
or
becomes the beneficial owner of, or a combination of persons acting jointly
or
in concert acquire or become the beneficial owner of, either directly or
indirectly, more than fifty (50) percent of the voting securities of the
Corporation, whether through the acquisition of previously issued and
outstanding voting securities, or voting
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securities
that have not been previously issued, or any combination thereof, or any other
transaction having a similar effect;
"Closing"
means
the completion of the issue and sale by the Corporation of the Offered
Securities pursuant to this Agreement and the Subscription
Agreements;
"Closing
Date"
means
the date of the Closing, namely February 23, 2007, or such other date as the
Agent and the Corporation may agree;
"Common
Shares"
means
the common shares in the capital of the Corporation;
"Compensation
Shares" means
the
common shares of the Corporation issuable upon the exercise of the Compensation
Warrants;
"Compensation
Warrants"
shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in subsection
2(c)
of this
Agreement;
"Corporation"
means
Apollo Gold Corporation;
"Debentures"
has the
meaning given on Page 1 hereof;
"Debenture
Common Shares"
has the
meaning given on Page 1 hereof;
"Debenture
Warrants"
has the
meaning given on Page 1 hereof;
"Debenture
Warrant Shares"
has the
meaning given on Page 1 hereof;
"Disclosure
Documents"
means,
collectively, all of the documentation which has been filed by or on behalf
of
the Corporation or any predecessor thereto since December 31, 2003 with the
relevant securities regulatory authorities pursuant to the requirements of
Applicable Securities Laws, including all press releases and financial
statements filed on SEDAR and all filings with the SEC;
"Engagement
Letter"
shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in the first paragraph of this
Agreement;
"Exchange"
means
the Toronto Stock Exchange;
"Financial
Statements" shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in subsection
4(aa) of
this
Agreement;
"Forced
Conversion"
has the
meaning given on Page 2 hereof;
"Forced
Conversion Date"
has the
meaning given on Page 2 hereof;
"Forced
Conversion Notice"
has the
meaning given on Page 2 hereof;
"Gross
Proceeds"
means
the gross proceeds raised from the sale of the Offered Securities;
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"Hazardous
Substances"
shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in subsection
4(gg)
of this
Agreement;
"Indemnified
Party"
shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
10
of this
Agreement;
"Material
Agreement"
shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in subsection
4(m) of
this
Agreement;
"material
change"
means a
material change for the purposes of the Applicable Securities Laws or any of
them or where undefined under the Applicable Securities Laws of a jurisdiction
means a change in the business, operations or capital of the Corporation that
would reasonably be expected to have a significant effect on the market price
or
value of any of the Corporation's securities and includes a decision to
implement such a change made by the Corporation's board of directors or by
senior management of the Corporation who believe that confirmation of the
decision by the board of directors is probable;
"material
fact"
means a
material fact for the purposes of the Applicable Securities Laws or any of
them
or where undefined under the Applicable Securities Laws of a jurisdiction means
a fact that significantly affects, or would reasonably be expected to have
a
significant effect on, the market price or value of the Corporation's
securities;
"Maturity"
has the
meaning given on page 1 hereof;
"misrepresentation"
means a
misrepresentation for the purposes of the Applicable Securities Laws or any
of
them or where undefined under the Applicable Securities Laws of a jurisdiction
means (i) an untrue statement of a material fact, or (ii) an omission to state
a
material fact that is required to be stated or that is necessary to make a
statement that is not misleading in light of the circumstances in which it
was
made;
"Offered
Securities"
has the
meaning given on Page 1 hereof;
"Offering"
has the
meaning given on Page 1 hereof;
"Offering
Jurisdictions"
means
the United States and any other jurisdiction in which Offered Securities are
sold;
"person"
includes any individual, corporation, limited partnership, general partnership,
joint stock company or association, joint venture association, company, trust,
bank, trust company, land trust, investment trust, society or other entity,
organization, syndicate, whether incorporated or not, trustee, executor or
other
legal personal representative, and governments and agencies and political
subdivisions thereof;
"Purchasers"
means,
collectively or individually, those persons or companies who are purchasing
the
Offered Securities as contemplated herein;
"Registration
Statement"
has the
meaning given on Page 2 hereof;
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"Regulation
D"
means
Regulation D promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the U.S. Securities
Act;
"Regulation
S"
means
Regulation S promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the U.S. Securities
Act;
"SEC"
means
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission;
"Securities
Commissions"
means
the applicable securities regulatory authorities in the Offering
Jurisdictions;
"Significant
Interest Companies" means
those companies in which the Corporation holds 10% or more of the outstanding
voting securities;
"Subscription
Agreements"
means
the subscription agreements to be entered into between the respective Purchasers
and the Corporation in respect of the Offering;
"Subsidiaries"
means,
collectively, the subsidiaries of the Corporation the particulars of which
are
set out in subsection
4(c)
hereof
and "Subsidiary"
means
any one of them;
"Time
of Closing"
means
10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on the Closing Date or such other time on the Closing
Date as the Corporation and the Agent may agree;
"Transfer
Agent"
means
CIBC Mellon Trust Company;
"Underlying
Securities"
has the
meaning given on Page 2 hereof;
"United
States"
means
the United States of America, its territories and possessions, any state of
the
United States, and the District of Columbia;
"U.S.
Person"
has the
meaning set forth in Regulation S; and
"U.S.
Securities Act"
means
the United
States Securities Act
of 1933,
as amended.
The
division of this Agreement into sections, subsections, paragraphs and other
subdivisions and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference
only
and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
Unless something in the subject matter or context is inconsistent therewith,
references herein to sections, subsections, paragraphs and other subdivisions
are to sections, subsections, paragraphs and other subdivisions of this
Agreement. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all amounts expressed herein
in
terms of money refer to lawful currency of the United States and all payments
to
be made hereunder shall be made in such currency.
If
any
provision of this Agreement shall be adjudged by a competent authority to be
invalid or for any reason unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability
shall not affect the validity, enforceability or operation of any other
provision herein.
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The
following are the schedules attached to this Agreement, which schedules are
deemed to be a part hereof and are hereby incorporated by reference
herein:
Schedule
"A"
- Procedures
for United States Offers and Sales
Schedule
"B"
- List
of
Options, Warrants and Other Convertible Securities
Schedule
"C"
- List
of
Subsidiaries
Schedule
"D"
- Exceptions
to Representations and Warranties of the Corporation
Schedule
"E"
- Interest
of Insiders in Material Transactions
Schedule
"F"
-
[Intentionally Deleted]
Schedule
"G"
-
Registration Rights Agreement
Schedule
"H"
-
Shoreline Registration Rights Agreement
1.
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Nature
of Transaction
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(a)
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Any
offer and sale of Offered Securities in the United States or to,
or for
the account or benefit of, any U.S. Person shall be made in accordance
with the terms and conditions set out in Schedule
"A"
to
this Agreement. The Corporation and the Agent shall to comply with
the
terms and conditions set out
herein.
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(b)
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It
is understood and agreed that the Agent may arrange for Purchasers
of the
Offered Securities in jurisdictions other than the United States,
on a
private placement basis, provided that the sale of such Offered Securities
in such other jurisdiction does not contravene the Applicable Securities
Laws of such other jurisdiction or of the United States and Canada
and
provided that such sale does not trigger (i) any obligation to prepare
and
file a prospectus or similar disclosure document, or any other report
with
respect to such purchase in such other jurisdiction, or (ii) any
registration or other obligation on the part of the Corporation in
such
other jurisdictions including but not limited to any continuing obligation
in such other jurisdictions.
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(c)
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It
is understood and agreed that pursuant to the Securities Purchase
Agreement dated October 30, 2006 between the Corporation and the
purchasers listed on the signatures pages thereto (the "Shoreline
Purchasers"),
the Shoreline Purchasers have the right to purchase up to 50% of
the
Offered Securities. Accordingly, the Shoreline Purchasers may purchase
up
to 50% of the Offered Securities in the Offering and Shoreline Pacific,
LLC shall receive a commission and warrants in respect of any
subscriptions by Shoreline
Purchasers.
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(d)
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Pursuant
to Multilateral Instrument 45-102 - Resale
of Securities
and as each Offered Security is a "security" being sold by a "domestic
issuer" pursuant to Regulation S or is being sold in the United States
pursuant to Regulation D, the
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certificates
representing the Debentures, the Debenture Warrants, the Debenture Warrant
Shares, the Compensation Warrants and the Compensation Shares delivered at
Closing or thereafter issued by the Corporation or its agents shall contain
legends in substantially the form and in all respects materially similar to
the
following:
"UNLESS
PERMITTED UNDER SECURITIES LEGISLATION, THE HOLDER OF THESE SECURITIES SHALL
NOT
TRADE THE SECURITIES BEFORE JUNE *, 2007."
"THIS
SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF
1933,
AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD
EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE
HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR (AS DEFINED IN
REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OR (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS
ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION
S ADOPTED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT RESELL OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OR THE COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE
UPON CONVERSION OF SUCH SECURITY, EXCEPT (A) TO THE ISSUER OR A SUBSIDIARY
THEREOF; (B) TO PERSONS OTHER THAN U.S. PERSONS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN
COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; (C) PURSUANT TO THE
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 ADOPTED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OR ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE);
OR
(D) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,
AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL, PRIOR TO ANY TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY, FURNISH
TO
THE ISSUER SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS MAY
BE
REQUIRED TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION
FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF
THE
SECURITIES ACT. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS ‘‘OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,’’ ‘‘UNITED
STATES’’ AND ‘‘U.S. PERSON’’ HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. IN ANY CASE, THE HOLDER HEREOF WILL NOT, DIRECTLY
OR
INDIRECTLY, ENGAGE IN ANY HEDGING TRANSACTION WITH REGARD TO THIS SECURITY
OR
ANY COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF SUCH SECURITY, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED
BY THE SECURITIES ACT."
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The
Agent acknowledges that, in addition to the other legends required
by this
Agreement, the Debentures, Debenture Warrants and the Compensation
Warrants shall contain the following
legend:
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"THIS
SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES
ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE ‘‘SECURITIES ACT’’), AND ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE
OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY
ITS
ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS AN ACCREDITED
INVESTOR (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OR
(B) IT
IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE
TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S ADOPTED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT; (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE
SECURITY
EVIDENCED, EXCEPT (A) TO THE ISSUER OR A SUBSIDIARY THEREOF; (B)
TO
PERSONS OTHER THAN U.S. PERSONS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN COMPLIANCE
WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; (C) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION
FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 ADOPTED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OR
ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE);
OR
(D) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT, AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL, PRIOR TO ANY TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY,
FURNISH TO THE ISSUER SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER
INFORMATION AS MAY BE REQUIRED TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING
MADE
PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO,
THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. AS USED HEREIN,
THE TERMS
‘‘OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,’’ ‘‘UNITED STATES’’ AND ‘‘U.S. PERSON’’ HAVE THE
MEANING GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. IN
ANY
CASE, THE HOLDER HEREOF WILL NOT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ENGAGE
IN ANY
HEDGING TRANSACTION WITH REGARD TO THIS, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY THE
SECURITIES ACT."
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(f)
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The
Agent acknowledges that the certificates representing the Debenture
Common
Shares, the Debenture Warrant Shares, and all certificates issued
in
exchange or substitution thereof, will bear a legend in substantially
the
following form as long as the legend referred to in Subsection
1(c)
above remains on such certificate:
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"THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE LISTED ON THE TORONTO STOCK
EXCHANGE; HOWEVER, THE SAID SECURITIES CAN NOT BE TRADED THROUGH
THE
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FACILITIES
OF SUCH EXCHANGE SINCE THEY ARE NOT FREELY TRANSFERABLE, AND CONSEQUENTLY ANY
CERTIFICATE REPRESENTING SUCH SECURITIES IS NOT "GOOD DELIVERY" IN SETTLEMENT
OF
TRANSACTIONS ON THE TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE."
(g)
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The
Agent acknowledges that the certificates representing the Compensation
Shares and all certificates issued in exchange or substitution thereof,
will bear a legend in substantially the following form as long as
the
legend referred to in Subsection
1(c)
above remains on such certificate:
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"THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE LISTED ON THE TORONTO STOCK
EXCHANGE; HOWEVER, THE SAID SECURITIES CAN NOT BE TRADED THROUGH THE FACILITIES
OF SUCH EXCHANGE SINCE THEY ARE NOT FREELY TRANSFERABLE, AND CONSEQUENTLY ANY
CERTIFICATE REPRESENTING SUCH SECURITIES IS NOT "GOOD DELIVERY" IN SETTLEMENT
OF
TRANSACTIONS ON THE TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE."
2.
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Agent's
Compensation
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(a)
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In
consideration for the performance of its obligations hereunder, the
Corporation shall, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, pay
to the
Agent an agent fee (the "Agent
Fees")
equal to 7.0% of the Gross Proceeds of Securities purchased by any
United
States investors who participated in the November 2006 equity financing
through Shoreline Pacific ("Shoreline
Subscriptions").
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(b)
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The
Agent may retain one or more registered securities brokers or investment
dealers to act as selling agent in connection with the sale of the
Offered
Securities but the compensation payable to such selling agents shall
be
the sole responsibility of the Agent, and only as permitted by and
in
compliance with all Applicable Securities Laws, upon the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement and will require each such
selling
agent to so agree.
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(c)
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As
additional consideration for the performance of their obligations
hereunder, the Corporation shall, at the Time of Closing, issue to
the
Agent, (in such name or names as the Agent may direct in writing)
compensation warrants (the "Compensation Warrants")
exercisable for a two year period into that number of Compensation
Shares
equal to 7.0% of the Gross Proceeds raised by the Agent from the
sale of
the Debentures (excluding the Shoreline Subscriptions) divided by
US$0.50 per
share. Each Compensation Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase
one
common share of the Corporation at US$0.50 per share for a two year
period
from the date of issue.
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3.
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Covenants
and Certification of the
Agent
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The
Agent
covenants with the Corporation that it:
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(a) |
will
conduct activities and shall cause the selling agents to conduct
their
activities in connection with arranging for purchasers of the Offered
Securities in compliance with the Applicable Securities Laws and
will
indemnify the Corporation from all losses incurred by it as a result
of a
violation by the Agent or any selling agent retained by it of such
Applicable Securities Laws;
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(b)
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will
not deliver to any prospective Purchaser any document or material
which
constitutes an offering memorandum under Applicable Securities
Laws;
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(c)
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will
not solicit offers to purchase or sell the Offered Securities so
as to
require registration thereof or filing of a prospectus with respect
thereto or continuing obligations on the part of the Corporation
under the
laws of any jurisdiction including, without limitation, the United
States
or any state thereof, and not solicit offers to purchase or sell
the
Offered Securities in any jurisdiction outside of Canada and the
United
States where the solicitation or sale of the Offered Securities would
result in any statutory ongoing disclosure requirements in such
jurisdiction or any registration requirements in such jurisdiction
on the
part of the Corporation except for the filing of a notice or report
of the
solicitation or sale;
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(d)
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will
obtain from each Purchaser an executed Subscription Agreement in
a form
reasonably acceptable to the Corporation and to the Agent relating
to the
transactions herein contemplated, together with all documentation
as may
be necessary in connection with subscriptions for Offered
Securities;
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(e)
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will
refrain from any form of general advertising or any form of general
solicitation in connection with the Offering including in (A) printed
media of general and regular circulation or any similar medium, (B)
radio,
(C) television, or (D) electronic media or conduct any seminar or
meeting
concerning the offer and sale of the Offered Securities whose attendees
have been invited by any form of general solicitation or general
advertising, and not make use of any green sheet or other internal
marketing document without the consent of the Corporation, such consent
to
be promptly considered and not to be unreasonably withheld;
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(f)
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will
comply with, and ensure that it and its selling agents and it and
its
respective directors, officers, employees and affiliates comply with
all
Applicable Securities Laws and the terms and conditions set forth
in this
Agreement; and
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(g)
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will
not engage in hedging transactions with regard to the Offered Securities
unless in compliance with the U.S. Securities
Act.
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4.
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Representations
and Warranties of the
Corporation
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The
Corporation hereby represents and warrants to and with the Agent (on its own
behalf and on behalf of each of the Purchasers) that as at the date hereof,
other than as set forth in the Disclosure Documents:
(a)
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the
Corporation and each Subsidiary has been duly organized and is validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction
of
organization and
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has
all
requisite power and authority necessary to, and is qualified to, carry on its
business as now conducted, and to own or lease its properties and assets in
all
jurisdictions in which it currently carries on business and/or owns or leases
its properties and assets; and the Corporation has all required corporate power
and authority to create, issue and sell the Offered Securities and the
Compensation Warrants, to enter into this Agreement and the Subscription
Agreements and to carry out the provisions of each of such
agreements;
(b)
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the
authorized capital of the Corporation consists of an unlimited number
of
Common Shares of which, as of February 21, 2007, 142,302,285 Common
Shares
are issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable shares
in the
capital of the Corporation;
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(c)
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the
Corporation has no subsidiaries other than the Subsidiaries listed
in
Schedule
"C"
and the Corporation beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, the
percentage indicated of all the issued and outstanding shares in
the
capital of each Subsidiary free and clear of all mortgages, liens,
charges, pledges, security interests, encumbrances, claims or demands
of
any kind whatsoever, all of such shares have been duly authorized
and
validly issued and are outstanding as fully-paid and non-assessable
shares
and no person has any right, agreement or option, present or future,
contingent or absolute, or any right capable of becoming a right,
agreement or option, for the purchase from the Corporation of any
interest
in any of such shares or for the issue or allotment of any unissued
shares
in the capital of any Subsidiary or any other security convertible
into or
exchangeable for any such shares;
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(d)
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the
Corporation does not have any Significant Interest Companies other
than
the Subsidiaries;
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(e)
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no
order prohibiting the sale of the Offered Securities or the issuance
of
the Compensation Warrants has been issued and no proceedings for
such
purpose are pending or, to the knowledge of the Corporation,
threatened;
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(f)
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no
person, firm or corporation, as of the date hereof, has any agreement
or
option, or any right or privilege (whether pre-emptive or contractual)
capable of becoming an agreement or option, for the purchase, subscription
or issuance of any securities of the Corporation, other than as set
out in
Schedule
"D";
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(g)
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other
than as disclosed in Schedule
"D",
each of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries has conducted and is
conducting its business in compliance in all material respects with
all
applicable laws and regulations of each jurisdiction in which it
carries
on business (including, without limitation, all applicable Canadian
federal, provincial, municipal and local environmental, anti-pollution
and
licensing laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any
governmental or regulatory body, including, but not limited to relevant
exploration and exploitation permits and concessions) and has not
received
a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds
to
know of, any facts that
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could
give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or
permits which would have a material adverse effect on the Corporation or the
Subsidiaries;
(h)
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the
Corporation or a Subsidiary is the beneficial owner of the properties,
business and assets or the interests in the properties, business
or assets
referred to as owned by it in the Disclosure Documents, all agreements
under which the Corporation or a Subsidiary holds an interest in
a
property, business or asset are in good standing according to their
terms
except where the failure to be in such good standing does not and
will not
have a material adverse effect on the Corporation (on a consolidated
basis) or its properties, business or assets, and the Disclosure
Documents
were as at the respective dates thereof true and correct in all material
respects concerning the Corporation and the Subsidiaries, and contained
no
material misrepresentations;
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(i)
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all
information which has been prepared by the Corporation relating to
the
Corporation and the Subsidiaries and their business, property and
liabilities and either publicly disclosed or provided to the Agent,
including all financial, marketing and operational information provided
to
the Agent is, as of the date of such information, true and correct
in all
material respects, and no fact or facts have been omitted therefrom
which
would make such information materially
misleading;
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(j)
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the
Corporation has, and to the best of the Corporation's knowledge the
directors and officers of the Corporation have, answered every question
or
inquiry of the Agent and their counsel in connection with the Agent's
due
diligence investigations fully and
truthfully;
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(k)
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the
Corporation is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation
(published by a legislative body), which it anticipates will materially
and adversely affect the business, affairs, operations, assets or
liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of the Corporation and the
Subsidiaries, considered as a whole;
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(l)
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the
Corporation and each Subsidiary has obtained all certificates,
authorizations, permits or licences necessary to conduct the business
now
owned or operated by it and the Corporation has not received any
notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any material
certificate, authority, permit or license necessary which, if the
subject
of an unfavourable decision, ruling or finding would materially and
adversely affect the conduct of the business, operations, financial
condition or income of the Corporation (on a consolidated
basis);
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(m)
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the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Subscription Agreements
and the performance of the transactions contemplated thereunder does
not
and will not:
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(i)
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require
the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification
of or
with any governmental authority, stock exchange, securities
regulatory
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authority
or other third party, except: (i) such as have been obtained; or (ii) such
as
may be required under the applicable by-laws, policies, regulations and
prescribed forms of the Exchange and the AMEX;
(ii)
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result
in a breach of or default under, nor create a state of facts which,
after
notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a breach of or default
under, nor conflict with:
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(A)
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any
of the terms, conditions or provisions of the constating documents
or
resolutions of the shareholders, directors or any committee of directors
of the Corporation or any Subsidiary or any material indenture, agreement
or instrument to which the Corporation or any Subsidiary is a party
or by
which it or they are contractually bound;
or
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(B)
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any
statute, rule, regulation or law applicable to the Corporation, or
the
Subsidiaries including, without limitation, the Applicable Securities Laws
of the Offering Jurisdictions, or any judgment, order or decree of
any
governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the
Corporation or the Subsidiaries; or
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(C)
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any
material mortgage, note, indenture, contract, agreement (written
or oral),
instrument, lease or other document to which the Corporation or any
Subsidiary is a party or by which the Corporation or any Subsidiary
or a
material portion of the assets of the Corporation or any Subsidiary
are
bound (a "Material
Agreement"),
or any judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or regulation applicable
to
any of them; and
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(iii)
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except
as encumbered hereby, only, give rise to any lien, charge or claim
in or
with respect to the properties or assets now owned or hereafter acquired
by the Corporation or any Subsidiary or the acceleration of or the
maturity of any debt under any indenture, mortgage, lease, agreement
or
instrument binding or affecting any of them or any of their
properties;
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(n)
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the
auditors of the Corporation are independent public accountants as
required
by the Applicable Securities Laws and there has never been any reportable
disagreement (within the meaning of National Instrument 51-102 -
Continuous
Disclosure)
with the present or any former auditor of the
Corporation;
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(o)
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the
Corporation and each Subsidiary has filed all federal, provincial,
territorial, state, local and foreign tax returns that are required
to be
filed or have requested extensions thereof (except in any case in
which
the failure so to file would not have a material adverse effect on
the
assets and properties, business, results of operations or financial
condition of the Corporation) on a consolidated basis and has paid
all
taxes required to be paid by it and any other assessment, fine or
penalty
levied against it, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due
and
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payable,
except for any such assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being
contested in good faith;
(p)
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the
Corporation and each Subsidiary has established on its books and
records
reserves that are adequate for the payment of all taxes not yet due
and
payable and there are no liens for taxes on the assets of the Corporation
or any Subsidiary and there are no audits known by the Corporation's
management to be pending of the tax returns of the Corporation or
any
Subsidiary (whether federal, state, provincial, territorial, local
or
foreign) and there are no claims which have been or may be asserted
relating to any such tax returns, which audits and claims, if determined
adversely, would result in the assertion by any governmental agency
of any
deficiency that would have a material adverse effect on the assets
or
properties, business, results of operations or financial condition
of the
Corporation (on a consolidated
basis);
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(q)
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no
domestic or foreign taxation authority has asserted or, to the best
of the
Corporation's knowledge, threatened to assert any assessment, claim
or
liability for taxes due or to become due in connection with any review
or
examination of the tax returns of the Corporation or each Subsidiary
(including, without limitation, any predecessor companies) filed
for any
year which would have a material adverse effect on the assets or
properties, business, results of operations or financial condition
of the
Corporation (on a consolidated
basis);
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(r)
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the
Corporation and each Subsidiary maintains 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 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
differences;
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(s)
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neither
the Corporation nor, to the best of the Corporation's knowledge,
any other
party is in material default in the observance or performance of
any term
or obligation to be performed by it under any of the Material Agreements
and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time or both
would
constitute such a default, in any such case which default or event
would
have a material adverse effect on the assets or properties, business,
results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the
Corporation (on a consolidated basis);
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(t)
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at
the Time of Closing on the Closing Date, the Corporation will have
filed
all documents, taken all proceedings and obtained all regulatory
consents
necessary as a precondition to the sale of the Offered Securities
and the
issuance of the Compensation Warrants
hereunder;
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(u)
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this
Agreement, the Subscription Agreements and the Compensation Warrants
shall
be, by the Time of Closing, duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the
Corporation and shall be legal, valid and binding obligations of
the
Corporation, enforceable in accordance with their terms (except as
the
enforceability thereof may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency,
moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally,
(ii)
general equitable principles or (iii) limitations under applicable
law in
respect of rights of indemnity, contribution and waiver of
contribution);
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(v)
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the
attributes of the Debenture Warrants will conform in all material
respects
with the description thereof contained in the Subscription
Agreements;
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(w)
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at
the Time of Closing: (i) the creation and issuance of the Offered
Securities will have been validly authorized and issued; (ii) the
creation
and issuance of the Compensation Warrants will have been validly
authorized and issued; (iii) upon the conversion of the Debentures,
in
accordance with the provisions thereof, the Debenture Common Shares
will
have been validly authorized and issued by the Corporation as fully
paid
and non-assessable Common Shares of the Corporation, and will not
have
been issued in violation of or subject to any pre-emptive rights
or other
contractual rights to purchase securities issued by the Corporation;
(iv)
upon the exercise of the Debenture Warrants in accordance with the
provisions thereof, the Debenture Shares will have been validly authorized
and issued by the Corporation as fully paid and non-assessable Common
Shares of the Corporation, and will not have been issued in violation
of
or subject to any pre-emptive rights or other contractual rights
to
purchase securities issued by the Corporation; and (v) upon the exercise
of the Compensation Warrants in accordance with the provisions thereof,
the Compensation Shares will have been validly authorized and issued
by
the Corporation as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares of
the
Corporation, and will not have been issued in violation of or subject
to
any pre-emptive rights or other contractual rights to purchase securities
issued by the Corporation;
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(x)
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other
than the Agent and Shoreline Pacific, LLC in respect of the Shoreline
Subscriptions, there is no person acting or purporting to act at
the
request of the Corporation, who is entitled to any brokerage or agency
fee
in connection with the transactions contemplated herein and in the
event
any person acting or purporting to act for the Corporation establishes
a
claim for any such fee from the Agent, the Corporation covenants
to
indemnify and hold harmless the Agent with respect thereto and with
respect to all costs reasonably incurred in the defence
thereof;
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(y)
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the
minute books and corporate records of the Corporation and each Subsidiary
made available to the Agent in connection with their due diligence
investigations of the Corporation for the periods from December 31,
2003
to the date of examination thereof contain all material proceedings
(or
certified copies thereof) of the shareholders, the board of directors
and
all committees of the board of directors of the Corporation or such
Subsidiary, as the case may be, and there have been no other meetings,
resolutions or proceedings of the
shareholders,
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board
of
directors or any committee of the board of directors of the Corporation or
such
Subsidiary, as the case may be, to the date of review of such corporate records
and minute books not reflected in such minute books and other
records;
(z)
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there
is not, in the constating documents or by-laws of the Corporation
or any
Subsidiary or in any agreement, mortgage, note, debenture, indenture
or
other instrument or document to which the Corporation or any Subsidiary
is
a party, any restriction upon or impediment to the declaration or
payment
of dividends by the directors of the Corporation or the payment of
dividends by the Corporation to the holders of its Common
Shares;
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(aa)
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the
audited annual financial statements of the Corporation (the "Financial
Statements")
(i) have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in Canada consistently applied throughout the period referred
to therein, (ii) present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
position (including the assets and liabilities, whether absolute,
contingent or otherwise) of the Corporation as at such dates and
results
of operations of the Corporation for the periods then ended, and
(iii)
contain and reflect adequate provision or allowance for all reasonably
anticipated liabilities, expenses and losses of the Corporation and
there
has been no change in accounting policies or practices of the Corporation
since the dates of such Financial
Statements;
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(bb)
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there
are no actions, suits, proceedings or inquiries pending or to the
Corporation's knowledge threatened against or affecting the Corporation
or
any Subsidiary at law or in equity or before or by any federal,
provincial, municipal or other governmental department, commission,
board,
bureau, agency or instrumentality which in any way materially adversely
affect the business, operations or financial condition of the Corporation
(on a consolidated basis) or its properties or assets or which affects
or
may affect the distribution of the Offered Securities, the Compensation
Warrants or the Common Shares issuable upon the exercise of the securities
underlying the Offered Securities or upon the exercise of the Compensation
Warrants;
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(cc)
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there
are no judgments against the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries,
if
any, which are unsatisfied, nor are there any consent decrees or
injunctions to which the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries is
subject;
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(dd)
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except
as set out in Schedule
"E",
none of the directors or officers of the Corporation, any holder
of more
than ten per cent (10%) of any class of shares of the Corporation,
or any
associate or affiliate of any of the foregoing persons or companies
(as
such terms are defined in the U.S.
Securities Act),
has any material interest, direct or indirect, in any material transaction
within the previous two years or any proposed material transaction
which,
as the case may be, materially affected, is material to or will materially
affect the Corporation (on a consolidated
basis);
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(ee)
|
there
are approximately [#] employees of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries
and each of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries is in compliance
in all
material respects with all laws respecting employment and employment
practices;
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(ff)
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except
where the failure to have full and proper title or a valid contractual
interest would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a material
adverse effect on the Corporation (on a consolidated basis) or as
set out
in Schedule
"D",
the Corporation and/or its Subsidiaries has full and proper title,
or a
valid contractual interest in, free and clear of all defects of title
and
liens to the mineral licences, concessions and properties in connection
with all of its properties and/or projects, including, but not limited
to,
the Black Fox Project in Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, the Huizopa Project
in
Sonora, Mexico, and the Montana Tunnels Project in Montana, United
States;
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(gg)
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except
as set out in Schedule
"D",
the Corporation and the Subsidiaries are not in violation of, or
in
default in any material respect under, the applicable statutes,
ordinances, rules, regulations, orders or decrees of any governmental
entities, regulatory agencies or bodies having, asserting or claiming
jurisdiction over it or over any part of its respective operations
or
assets, including, but not limited to, the Black Fox Project in Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, the Huizopa Project in Sonora, Mexico, and the Montana
Tunnels Project in Montana, United
States;
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(hh)
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other
than in compliance with applicable law or as disclosed in Schedule
"D",
neither the Corporation nor any Subsidiary has used any of its property
or
facilities to generate, manufacture, process, distribute, use, treat,
store, dispose of, transport or handle any pollutants, contaminants,
chemicals or industrial toxic or hazardous waste or substances
("Hazardous
Substances");
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(ii)
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other
than as disclosed in Schedule
"D",
neither the Corporation nor any Subsidiary has caused or permitted
the
release, in any manner whatsoever, of any Hazardous Substances on
or from
any of its properties or assets or any such release on or from a
facility
owned or operated by third parties but with respect to which the
Corporation or any Subsidiary is or may reasonably be alleged to
have
material liability or has received any notice that it is potentially
responsible for a federal, provincial, municipal or local clean-up
site or
corrective action under any applicable laws, statutes, ordinances,
by-laws, regulations or any orders, directions or decisions rendered
by
any ministry, department or administrative regulatory agency relating
to
the protection of the environment, occupational health and safety
or
otherwise relating to dealing with Hazardous Substances;
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(jj)
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the
Corporation and its Subsidiaries maintains insurance in such amount
and of
such types as is customary in the business in which it is engaged.
All
policies of insurance insuring the Corporation or any of the Subsidiaries
or any of their respective businesses, assets, employees, officers
and
directors are in full force and effect, and each of the Corporation
and
its Subsidiaries is in compliance with the terms of such policies
in all
material respects. There are no claims by the Corporation or any
of the
Subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as
to
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which
any
insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of
rights clause;
(kk)
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subject
to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers
and the Agent, the offer, sale and issuance of the Offered Securities
as
contemplated by this Agreement are exempt from the registration
requirements of the U.S. Securities Act, from the registration or
qualifications requirements of the state securities or "blue sky"
laws and
regulations of any applicable state or other applicable jurisdiction
and
all other Applicable Securities Laws;
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(ll)
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the
Corporation's shares of common stock are quoted for trading on AMEX
and
the Exchange;
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(mm)
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no
order ceasing, halting or suspending trading in securities of the
Corporation nor prohibiting the sale of such securities has been
issued to
and is outstanding against the Corporation or its directors, officers
or
promoters, and, to the best of the Corporation's knowledge, no
investigations or proceedings for such purposes are pending or
threatened;
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(nn)
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neither
the Corporation nor any subsidiary thereof will have taken any action
which would be reasonably expected to result in the delisting or
suspension of quotation of the Corporation's shares of common stock
on or
from the AMEX or the Exchange and the Corporation will have complied,
in
all material respects, with the rules and regulations of eligibility
on
AMEX and the Exchange;
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(oo)
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the
Corporation is a “reporting issuer”, within the meaning of the
Securities
Act (Ontario),
in each of the provinces of Canada, except Quebec (the "Canadian
Reporting Jurisdictions"),
and is not in material default of any of the requirements of the
relevant
securities act or any of the administrative policies or notices of
the
regulatory authorities in any of the Canadian Reporting
Jurisdictions;
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(pp)
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the
Corporation is a "reporting issuer" under section 12 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934
Act")
and is not in default in any material respects of any of the requirements
of the 1934 Act;
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(qq)
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as
of their respective filing dates, each report, schedule, registration
statement and proxy filed by the Corporation with the SEC (each,
an
"SEC
Report"
and collectively, the "SEC
Reports")
(and if any SEC Report filed prior to the date of this Agreement
was
amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement,
then also on the date of filing of such amendment or superseding
filing),
(i) where required, were prepared in all material respects in accordance
with the requirements of the U.S. Securities Act, or the 1934 Act,
as the
case may be, and the rules and regulations promulgated under such
Acts
applicable to such SEC Reports, (ii) did not contain any untrue statements
of a material fact and did not omit to state a material fact necessary
to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which
they were made, not misleading and (iii) are
all
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the
forms, reports and documents required to be filed by the Corporation with the
SEC since the Corporation commenced filing reports with the SEC. The
Corporation’s subsidiaries are not required to file any reports or other
documents with the SEC. Each set of audited consolidated financial statements
and unaudited interim financial statements of the Corporation (including any
notes thereto) included in the SEC Reports (i) complies as to form in all
material respects with the published rules and regulations of the SEC with
respect thereto, and (ii) has been prepared in accordance with Canadian
generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis (except
as may be indicated therein or in the notes thereto) and fairly present, in
all
material respects, the financial position of the Corporation as of the dates
thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then
ended subject, in the case of the unaudited interim financial statements, to
normal year-end adjustments which were not or are not expected to be material
in
amount. To the Corporation’s knowledge, no events or other factual matters exist
which would require the Corporation to file any amendments or modifications
to
any SEC Reports which have not yet been filed with the SEC but which are
required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the U.S. Securities Act or the
1934 Act; and
(rr)
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each
SEC Report containing financial statements that has been filed with
or
submitted to the SEC since July 31, 2002, was accompanied by the
certifications required to be filed or submitted by the Corporation’s
chief executive officer and chief financial officer pursuant to the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 (the "Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act");
at the time of filing or submission of each such certification, such
certification was true and accurate and complied with the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; such
certifications contain no qualifications or exceptions to the matters
certified therein and have not been modified or withdrawn; and neither
the
Corporation nor any of its officers has received notice from any
governmental entity questioning or challenging the accuracy, completeness,
form or manner of filing or submission of such
certification.
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The
Corporation acknowledges that the Agent and each of the Purchasers are relying
upon such representations and warranties.
5.
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Covenants
of the Corporation
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The
Corporation hereby covenants to and with the Agent (on the Agent's behalf and
on
behalf of the Purchasers) that:
(a)
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the
Corporation will use all commercially reasonable efforts to maintain
its
status as a reporting issuer not in default in each of the Offering
Jurisdictions in which it is a reporting issuer or equivalent as
of the
date hereof for a period of six-years from the Closing
Date;
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(b)
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the
Corporation will use all commercially reasonable efforts to maintain
the
listing of the Common Shares on the Exchange and AMEX to the date
which
is
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six-years
following the Closing Date and (i) will use all reasonable commercial efforts
so
that the Debenture Common Shares will be listed and posted for trading on the
Exchange and AMEX upon their issue; (ii) will use all reasonable commercial
efforts so that the Compensation Shares will be listed and posted for trading
on
the Exchange and AMEX upon their issue; and (iii) will use all reasonable
commercial efforts so that the Debenture Warrant Shares will be listed and
posted for trading on the Exchange and AMEX upon their issue;
(c)
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other
than as contemplated herein, the Corporation will not, directly or
indirectly, without the prior written consent of the Agent, which
consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld, issue, sell or grant any securities
of
the Corporation for a period commencing on the date hereof and ending
three-months thereafter nor shall the Corporation publicly announce
during
such period the intention to do so, except for (i) the issuance of
Common
Shares in connection with the exercise of any currently outstanding
stock
options, warrants, debentures or other convertible securities, (ii)
the
issuance of Common Shares pursuant to the exercise of any Debenture
Warrants or Compensation Warrants, (iii) the issuance of stock options
in
the normal course pursuant to the Corporation's stock option plan,
(iv)
the issuance of flow through shares, (v) the issuance of Common Shares
to
Wahgoshig First Nation, (vi) the issuance of Common Shares to Xxxxxx,
(vi)
the issuance of Common Shares pursuant to acquisitions or other strategic
transactions, (vii) the issuance of Common Shares as compensation
for
services, or (viii) the issuance of Common Shares in connection with
the
severance of any employee; and
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(d)
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the
Corporation shall, as soon as practicable, use all reasonable efforts
to
receive all necessary consents to the transactions contemplated
herein.
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6.
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Conditions
to Closing
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The
following are conditions to the closing of the transactions involving the
issuance and sale of the Offered Securities contemplated hereby, which
conditions the Corporation covenants to exercise its reasonable best efforts
to
have fulfilled on or prior to the Time of Closing and which conditions may
be
waived in writing in whole or in part by the Agent:
(a)
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the
Corporation will have made and/or obtained the necessary filings,
approvals, consents and acceptances of the appropriate regulatory
authorities required to be made or obtained by the Corporation in
connection with the sale of the Offered Securities to the Purchasers
prior
to the Time of Closing as herein contemplated, it being understood
that
the Agent shall do all that is reasonably required to assist the
Corporation to fulfil this
condition;
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(b)
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the
Corporation's board of directors shall have authorized and approved
the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the acceptance of the
Subscription Agreements, the allotment, issuance and delivery of
the
Offered Securities, the creation and issuance of the Compensation
Warrants, the creation and issuance of the Debenture Common Shares
upon
the conversion of the Debentures,
the
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allotment,
issuance and delivery of the Debenture Warrant Shares upon the exercise of
the
Debenture Warrants, the creation and issuance of the Compensation Warrants,
the
allotment, issuance and delivery of the Compensation Shares issuable upon the
exercise of the Compensation Warrants, and all matters relating
thereto;
(c)
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the
Corporation shall have accepted one or more Subscription Agreements
with
the Purchasers;
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(d)
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the
Agent shall have received an opinion, dated the Closing Date, of
the
Corporation's counsel (it being understood that such counsel may
rely to
the extent appropriate in the circumstances, (i) as to matters of
fact, on
certificates of the Corporation executed on its behalf by a senior
officer
of the Corporation and on certificates of the Transfer Agent, as
to the
issued capital of the Corporation; and (ii) as to matters of fact
not
independently established, on certificates of the Corporation's auditors
or a public official) with respect to the following
matters:
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(i)
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as
to the incorporation and subsistence of the Corporation and each
Subsidiary under the laws of its governing jurisdiction and as to
the
corporate power of the Corporation to carry out its obligations under
this
Agreement and the Subscription Agreements, and to issue the Offered
Securities, the Debenture Common Shares, the Debenture Warrants,
Debenture
Common Shares the Compensation Warrants, and the Compensation
Shares;
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(ii)
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as
to the authorized and issued capital of the
Corporation;
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(iii)
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that
the Corporation is the registered holder of the percentage of the
outstanding shares of each Subsidiary referred to in subsection
4(c)
hereof;
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(iv)
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that
the Corporation has all requisite corporate power and authority under
the
laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation to carry on its business
as
presently carried on and to own its
properties;
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(v)
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that
none of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Subscription
Agreements, the performance by the Corporation of its obligations
hereunder and thereunder, or the sale or issuance of the Offered
Securities, the Debenture Common Shares, the Debenture Warrants,
Debenture
Common Shares the Compensation Warrants, and the Compensation Shares
will
conflict with or result in any breach of the constating documents
or
by-laws of the Corporation;
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(vi)
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that
each of this Agreement and the Subscription Agreements, have been
duly
authorized and executed and delivered by the Corporation, and constitute
a
valid and legally binding obligation of the Corporation enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof
may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, reorganization,
moratorium or similar laws affecting the rights of
creditors
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generally
and except as limited by the application of equitable principles when equitable
remedies are sought, and the qualification that the enforceability of rights
of
indemnity and contribution may be limited by applicable law;
(vii)
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that
the Offered Securities have been validly issued by the
Corporation;
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(viii)
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that
the Compensation Warrants have been duly and validly created and
issued;
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(ix)
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that
the Compensation Shares have been authorized and allotted for issuance
upon the due exercise of the Compensation Warrants in accordance
with the
provisions thereof, will be validly issued as fully paid and
non-assessable securities in the capital of the
Corporation;
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(x)
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that
the Debenture Common Shares have been authorized and allotted for
issuance
upon the due conversion of the Debentures in accordance with the
provisions thereof and will be validly issued as fully paid and
non-assessable securities in the capital of the
Corporation;
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(xi)
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that
the Debenture Warrant Shares have been authorized and allotted for
issuance upon the due exercise of the Debenture Warrants in accordance
with the provisions thereof, and will be validly issued as fully
paid and
non-assessable securities in the capital of the
Corporation;
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(xii)
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that
the issuance and sale by the Corporation of the Offered Securities
to the
Purchasers and the issuance by the Corporation of the Compensation
Warrants to the Agent are exempt from the prospectus and registration
requirements of Applicable Securities Laws and no documents are required
to be filed (other than specified forms accompanied by requisite
filing
fees), proceedings taken or approvals, permits, consents or authorizations
obtained under the Applicable Securities Laws to permit such issuance
and
sale;
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(xiii)
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that
the issuance of the Compensation Shares, Debenture Common Shares,
and the
Debenture Warrant Shares are exempt from the prospectus and registration
requirements of Applicable Securities Laws subject to certain provisos
and
specified resale restrictions;
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(xiv)
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that
the Compensation Shares, Debenture Common Shares, and the Debenture
Warrant Shares have been conditionally approved for listing on the
Exchange; and
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(xv)
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as
to such other matters as the Agent's legal counsel may reasonably
request
prior to the Time of Closing;
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(e)
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the
Agent shall have received a legal opinion addressed to the Agent
from
United States counsel for the Corporation, dated as of the Closing
Date,
in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, acting reasonably,
with
respect to the initial
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sale
of
the Offered Securities by the Agent and the Corporation, the conversion of
the
Offered Securities, the exercise of the Debenture Warrants, and the status
of
the Debenture Warrant Shares when issued;
(f)
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the
Agent shall have received an incumbency certificate dated the Closing
Date
including specimen signatures of the President and Chief Executive
Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and any other officer of the
Corporation signing this Agreement or any document delivered
hereunder;
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(g)
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the
Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date,
of the
President and Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer
of
the Corporation (or such other officer or officers of the Corporation
acceptable to the Agent, acting reasonably), addressed to the Agent
and
its counsel to the effect that, to the best of their knowledge,
information and belief, after due enquiry and without personal
liability:
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(i)
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the
representations and warranties of the Corporation in this Agreement
are
true and correct in all material respects as if made at and as of
the Time
of Closing and the Corporation has performed all covenants and agreements
and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied
in
all material respects at or prior to the Time of
Closing;
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(ii)
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no
order, ruling or determination having the effect of suspending the
sale or
ceasing, suspending or restricting the trading of Common Shares in
any of
the Offering Jurisdictions has been issued or made by any stock exchange,
securities commission or regulatory authority and is continuing in
effect
and no proceedings, investigations or enquiries for that purpose
have been
instituted or are pending;
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(iii)
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the
articles and by-laws of the Corporation delivered at Closing are
full,
true and correct copies, unamended, and in effect on the date
thereof;
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(iv)
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the
minutes or other records of various proceedings and actions of the
Corporation's board of directors relating to the Offering and delivered
at
Closing are full, true and correct copies thereof and have not been
modified or rescinded as of the date
thereof;
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(v)
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since
the date of the Engagement Letter, there has been no material adverse
change in the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities
or
capital of the Corporation and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
and
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(vi)
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none
of the documents filed with applicable securities regulatory authorities
since December 31, 2003 contained a material misrepresentation as
at the
time the relevant document was filed that has not since been corrected.
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(h)
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the
Debenture Common Shares, the Debenture Warrant Shares and the Compensation
Shares shall have been approved for listing on the
Exchange,
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subject
only to the official notices of issuance and fulfilment of such other conditions
of the Exchange as set out in the conditional listing letter; and
(i)
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the
Agent shall have conducted all due diligence inquiries and investigations
and not identified any material adverse changes or misrepresentations
or
any items materially adversely affecting the Corporation's affairs
which
exist as of the date hereof but which have not been widely disseminated
to
the public.
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It
is
understood that the Agent may waive in whole or in part or extend the time
for
compliance with any of such terms and conditions without prejudice to its rights
in respect of any other of the foregoing terms and conditions or any subsequent
breach or non-compliance, provided that to be binding on the Agent any such
waiver or extension must be in writing and signed by it.
The
Corporation agrees that the aforesaid legal opinions and certificates to be
delivered at the Time of Closing will also be addressed to the Purchasers and
that the Agent may deliver copies thereof to such persons and to any persons
who
purchase Offered Securities.
7.
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Termination
of Obligations
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If
at any
time before the Time of Closing:
(a)
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there
shall have occurred any adverse material change or any event that
would
reasonably be likely to result in an adverse material change or the
Agent
shall have discovered any previously undisclosed adverse material
fact in
relation to the Corporation or the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
which
prevents or restricts trading in or the distribution of the Offered
Securities or materially adversely affects or would reasonably be
expected
to materially adversely affect the market price or value of the Common
Shares;
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(b)
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there
shall have occurred any change in the applicable securities laws
of any
province of Canada or any inquiry, investigation or other proceeding
is
made or any order is issued under or pursuant to any statute of Canada
or
any province thereof or any statute of the United States or any state
thereof or any stock exchange in relation to the Corporation or any
of its
securities (except for any inquiry, investigation or other proceeding
based upon activities of the Agent and not upon activities of the
Corporation) which, in the opinion of the Agent, prevents or restricts
trading in or the distribution of the Offered Securities or adversely
affects or would reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect
the
market price or value of the Common
Shares;
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(c)
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if
there should develop, occur or come into effect or existence any
event,
action, state, condition or major financial occurrence or catastrophe,
war
or act of terrorism of national or international consequence or any
law or
regulation which, in the reasonable opinion of the Agent, materially
adversely affects or involves, or will materially adversely affect
or
involve, the financial markets or the business, operations or affairs
of
the Corporation and the Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole;
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(d)
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a
cease trading order is made by any Securities Commission or other
competent authority by reason of the fault of the Corporation or
its
respective directors, officers and agents and such cease trading
order is
not rescinded within 48-hours; or
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(e)
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if
the Corporation fails to obtain the approval of the Exchange for
the
conditional listing of any Underlying
Shares,
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the
obligations of the Agent contained in this Agreement may be terminated by the
Agent in their sole discretion.
Any
termination pursuant to the foregoing provisions shall be effected by notice
in
writing delivered by the Agent to the Corporation at its address as herein
set
out. Notwithstanding the giving of any notice of termination hereunder, the
expenses agreed to be paid by the Corporation shall be paid by the Corporation
as herein provided and the obligations of the Corporation under Sections
9, 10 and 11
hereof
shall survive.
In
the
event of a termination pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions hereof
and notice having been given, as aforesaid, there will be no further liability
on the part of the Agent under this Agreement. The rights of the Agent to
terminate their obligations hereunder are in addition to, and without prejudice
to, any other remedies they may have.
8.
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Closing
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The
Closing will be completed at the offices of the Corporation's counsel, Fogler,
Xxxxxxxx LLP Barristers & Solicitors, Suite 1200, 95 Wellington Street West,
Toronto-Dominion Centre, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2Z9, or such other place or places
as may be agreed upon by the Corporation and the Agent, at the Time of Closing,
provided that if the Corporation has not been able to comply with any of the
conditions set forth under Section
6
"Conditions to Closing" prior to the Time of Closing, the Closing Date may
be
extended by mutual agreement of the Corporation and the Agent, failing which,
the respective obligations of the parties will terminate without further
liability or obligation except as set out under Sections
9, 10 and 11
hereof.
Shoreline Pacific will assist with the closing of the Offering (the “Closing”),
which will occur through an escrow agent designated by Shoreline Pacific
and reasonably acceptable to the Company.
At
the
Time of Closing, the Corporation shall deliver to the Agent:
(a)
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certificates,
duly registered as the Agent may direct, representing the Offered
Securities purchased;
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(b)
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the
requisite legal opinions and certificates as contemplated in Section
6
hereof;
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(c)
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a
direction addressed to the Agent directing the Agent to pay the Gross
Proceeds less the Agent Fees, and the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
of
the Agent including the fees and disbursements of counsel to the
Agent
(not to exceed US$30,000), respectively, along with all applicable
GST;
and
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(d)
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such
further documentation as may be contemplated
herein,
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against
payment of the purchase price for the Offered Securities by certified cheque,
bank draft or other acceptable electronic means, to the Corporation as
contemplated herein.
All
representations and warranties contained herein and all of the covenants and
agreements of the Corporation herein, to the extent that they are required
to be
performed on or before Closing, shall be construed as conditions and any breach
or failure to comply with any thereof shall entitle the Agent, at its option,
in
addition to and not in lieu of any other remedies the Agent has in respect
thereof, to terminate and cancel their obligations hereunder by written notice
to that effect given to the Corporation prior to the Time of Closing on the
Closing Date. It is understood that the Agent may waive in whole or in part
or
extend the time for compliance with any such terms and conditions without
prejudice to their rights in respect of any other terms and conditions or any
other or subsequent breach or non-compliance, provided that to be binding on
the
Agent any such waiver or extension must be in writing and signed by the
Agent.
9.
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Expenses
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Whether
or not Closing occurs, the Corporation shall pay all costs and expenses of,
or
incidental to, the Offering, including, without limitation, the costs and filing
fees with respect to the private placement of the Offered Securities, the
listing of the Underlying Shares on the Exchange, the cost of printing the
certificates representing the Offered Securities, the cost of registration
and
delivery of such certificates, and the reasonable fees and expenses of each
of
the Corporation's auditors, legal counsel and local legal counsel in connection
with the Offering. The reasonable fees and disbursements of the Agent's legal
counsel (not to exceed US$30,000) and the Agent's reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses shall be paid at Closing by the Corporation to the Agent upon written
advice from the Agent as to such costs and expenses in a form acceptable to
the
Corporation, acting reasonably.
In
the
event the Corporation withdraws from or terminates the Offering as the result
of
entering into an alternative financing arrangement or a proposed or contemplated
merger, amalgamation, reorganization, plan of arrangement, take-over bid or
other similar transaction involving the Corporation or a sale of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Corporation (collectively, an
"Alternative
Transaction"),
the
Corporation will pay to the Agent the commission outlined above in Section
2
that
would be otherwise payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement if the
offering were for US$8,580,000.
10.
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Indemnity
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The
Corporation covenants and agrees to indemnify and save harmless the Agent and/or
any of its affiliates and directors, officers, employees, shareholders and
agents (collectively with the Agent's affiliates, "Agent's
Personnel"),
against any actions or claims (collectively, "Claims"),
including actions by shareholders, and all related damages, liabilities and
losses, other than lost profits or remuneration or other costs of personnel,
and
including any reasonable amount paid with the consent of the Corporation, not
to
be unreasonably withheld, to settle a Claim, related to or arising out of such
engagement or such Agent's role in connection therewith, and will reimburse
the
Agent and any other party entitled to be indemnified hereunder for all
expenses
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(other
than remuneration or other cost of personnel, or expenses in the nature of
overhead but including the fees of counsel to the Agent on a solicitor and
client basis as set forth below) reasonably incurred by it or any such other
indemnified party in connection with investigating, preparing or defending
any
such Claim, whether or not in connection with pending or threatened litigation
to which it is a party. The Corporation will not be responsible for any Claims
or expenses associated therewith which are finally judicially determined to
have
resulted from the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of any
indemnified party hereunder. The Corporation also agrees that neither the Agent
nor any of their affiliates, nor any officer, director, employee or agent of
the
Agent or any of its affiliates, nor any person controlling such Agent nor any
of
its affiliates, shall have any liability to the Corporation for or in connection
with such engagement except as a result of such Agent's willful misconduct,
bad
faith or gross negligence. The foregoing agreement shall be in addition to
any
rights that the Agent or any indemnified party may have at common law or
otherwise in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby including,
without limitation, the following:
(a)
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any
statement (other than a statement contained in and included in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Corporation by the Agent relating to the Agent specifically for use
therein) in any document filed by the Corporation or any predecessor
thereto with the relevant securities regulatory authorities in the
United
States since December 31, 2003 including all press releases filed
with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, which at the time and in the
light of
the circumstances under which it was made contains or is alleged
to
contain a misrepresentation;
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(b)
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the
omission or alleged omission to state in any certificate of the
Corporation or of any officers of the Corporation delivered hereunder
or
pursuant hereto any material fact (other than a material fact omitted
in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished
to the
Corporation by the Agent relating to the Agent specifically for use
therein) required to be stated therein where such omission or alleged
omission constitutes or is alleged to constitute a
misrepresentation;
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(c)
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any
order made or any inquiry, investigation or proceeding commenced
or
threatened by any securities regulatory authority, stock exchange
or by
any other competent authority based upon any failure or alleged failure
to
comply with applicable securities laws (other than any failure or
alleged
failure to comply by the Agent) preventing and restricting the trading
in
or the sale of the Offered Securities in the provinces of Canada
or in the
United States or any state thereof;
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(d)
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the
non-compliance or alleged non-compliance by the Corporation with
any
requirement of Applicable Securities Laws, including the Corporation's
non-compliance with any statutory requirement to make any document
available for inspection; or
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(e)
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any
breach of any representation, warranty or covenant of the Corporation
contained herein or the failure of the Corporation to comply with
any of
its obligations hereunder,
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and
will
reimburse the Agent promptly upon demand for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending any
such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions in respect thereof, as
incurred.
The
Corporation shall not pursuant to this indemnity be obliged in any event to
pay,
as regards any particular Claim or series of related Claims, the fees and
disbursements of more than one counsel in addition to those of its own
counsel.
The
Agent
covenants and agrees that it shall use its reasonable efforts to co-operate
fully with the Corporation in the investigation and defence of any Claim or
potential Claim and to cause any other Indemnified Party to so
cooperate.
Promptly
after receipt by the Agent or any other indemnified party of notice of or the
communication of any Claim or of any fact which reasonably might give rise
to
any Claim, the Agent or such other party shall notify the Corporation in writing
of such Claim or facts and the Corporation shall assume the investigation and
defence or contestation thereof and shall employ counsel satisfactory to the
Agent, acting reasonably, and neither the Agent nor such other party shall
incur
any expense as regards such Claim or facts, including any investigation for
which the Corporation would be liable to indemnify without the Corporation's
prior written consent which shall not be unreasonably withheld. Notwithstanding
the preceding sentence the Agent will be entitled to employ counsel separate
from counsel to the Corporation or to any other party in such action if the
Agent, acting reasonably, determines that a conflict of interest exists which
makes representations by counsel chosen by the Corporation not advisable or
that
it is likely that such a conflict of interest will develop.
The
Corporation shall not, without the prior written consent of the Agent, which
shall not be unreasonably withheld, settle or compromise or consent to the
entry
of any judgment in any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding
in respect of which indemnification may be sought hereunder (whether or not
the
Agent or any Agent's Personnel are a party to such claim, action, suit or
proceeding), unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an
unconditional release of the Agent and all Agent's Personnel from all liability
arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, an indemnifying party shall not be liable for the settlement
of
any claim or action in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder
effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
If
any
matter or thing contemplated by this section shall be asserted against any
person in respect of which indemnification is or might reasonably be considered
to be provided, such person (the "Indemnified
Party")
will
notify the Corporation as soon as possible and in any event on a timely basis,
of the nature of such claim and the Corporation 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 through legal counsel acceptable
to
the Indemnified Party, acting reasonably, and that no settlement may be made
by
the Corporation or the Indemnified Party without the prior written consent
of
the other.
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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
hereunder in trust for and on behalf of such Indemnified Party.
11.
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Contribution
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In
the
event that the indemnity provided for above is, for any reason, illegal or
unenforceable as being contrary to public policy or for any other reason, each
of the Agent and the Corporation shall contribute to the aggregate of all
losses, claims, costs, damages, expenses or liabilities (including any legal
or
other expenses reasonably incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with
investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this
section but excluding loss of profits or consequential damages) of the nature
provided for above such that the Agent shall be responsible for that portion
represented by the percentage that the Agent Fees paid by the Corporation to
the
Agent bears to the Gross Proceeds realized from the sale of the Offered
Securities and the Corporation shall be responsible for the balance, whether
or
not it has been sued, provided that, in no event, shall an Agent be responsible
for any amount in excess of the amount of the Agent Fees actually received
by
it. In the event that the Corporation may be held to be entitled to contribution
from the Agent under the provisions of any statute or law, the Corporation
shall
be limited to contribution in an amount not exceeding the lesser of: (i) the
portion of the full amount of losses, claims, costs, damages, expenses and
liabilities, giving rise to such contribution for which the Agent is
responsible, as determined above, and (ii) the amount of the Agent Fees actually
received by the Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a party guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation shall not be entitled to contribution from the
other party. Any party entitled to contribution will, promptly after receiving
notice of commencement of any claim, action, suit or proceeding against such
party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be made against the
other
party under this section, notify such party from whom contribution may be
sought. In no case shall such party from whom contribution may be sought be
liable under this Agreement unless such notice has been provided, but the
omission to so notify such party shall not relieve the party from whom
contribution may be sought from any other obligation it may have otherwise
than
under this section.
The
rights to indemnity and contribution provided in this Agreement shall be in
addition and not in derogation of any other right to indemnity or contribution
which the Agent or the Corporation may have by statute or otherwise by
law.
12.
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Notice
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Any
notice or other communication to be given by delivery or by facsimile hereunder
shall, in the case of notice to the Corporation, be addressed to the Corporation
at the address appearing on page 1 of this Agreement, Attention: R. Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Chief Executive Officer, Facsimile No.(000) 000-0000, and in the case
of notice to the Agent:
Shoreline
Pacific LLC
000
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx. 0000
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, CEO
Facsimile
No.: 000-000-0000
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and
if so
given, shall be deemed to have been given and received upon receipt by the
addressee or a responsible officer of the addressee if delivered, or one hour
after being telecopied and receipt confirmed during normal business hours,
as
the case may be. Any party may, at any time, give notice in writing to the
others in the manner provided for above of any change of address or facsimile
number.
13.
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Time
of the Essence
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Time
shall be of the essence of this Agreement and every part hereof.
14.
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Further
Assurances
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Each
of
the parties hereto shall cause to be done all such acts and things or execute
or
cause to be executed all such documents, agreements and other instruments as
may
reasonably be necessary or desirable for the purposes of carrying out the
provisions and intent of this Agreement.
15.
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Assignment
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Except
as
contemplated herein, no party hereto may assign this Agreement or any part
hereof without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto. Subject
to
the foregoing, this agreement shall enure to the benefit of, and shall be
binding upon, the Corporation and the Agent and its respective successors and
legal representatives, and nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement
is
intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement, or any provisions
contained in this Agreement, this Agreement and all conditions and provisions
of
this Agreement being intended to be and being for the sole and exclusive benefit
of such persons and for the benefit of no other person except that the covenants
and indemnities of the Corporation set out under the heading "Indemnity" shall
also be for the benefit of the Agent's Personnel.
16.
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Counterpart
Provision
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This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when
delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall
constitute one and the same document.
17.
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Entire
Agreement
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The
provisions herein contained constitute the entire agreement between the parties
relating to the Offering and supersede all previous communications,
representations, understandings and agreements between the parties including,
but not limited to, the Letter Agreement, with respect to the subject matter
hereof whether verbal or written.
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Governing
Law
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This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the
State of California and the federal laws of the United States applicable
therein.
19.
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Survival
of Warranties, Representations, Covenants and
Agreements
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All
warranties, representations, covenants, indemnities and agreements of the
Corporation herein contained or contained in documents submitted or required
to
be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the purchase by the
Purchasers of the Offered Securities and shall continue in full force and effect
for the benefit of the Agent for a period of two-years.
20.
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Language
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The
parties hereto confirm their express wish that this Agreement and all documents
and agreements directly or indirectly relating thereto be drawn up in the
English language.
21.
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Facsimile
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The
Corporation and the Agent shall be entitled to rely on delivery by facsimile
of
an executed copy of this Agreement and acceptance by the Corporation and the
Agent of that delivery shall be legally effective to create a valid and binding
agreement between the Corporation and the Agent in accordance with the terms
of
this Agreement.
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Acceptance
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If
this
letter accurately reflects the terms of the transaction which we are to enter
into and if such terms are agreed to by the Corporation, please communicate
acceptance by executing where indicated below and returning a signed copy of
this Agreement to the Agent.
Yours
very truly,
SHORELINE
PACIFIC LLC
By:
___________________________________
Name:Xxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxx
Title:CEO
The
foregoing accurately reflects the terms of the transaction which we are to
enter
into and such terms are agreed to with effect as of the date provided at the
top
of the first page of this Agreement.
APOLLO
GOLD CORPORATION
Per:__________________________________
Name:
Title:
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SCHEDULE
"A"
AGENT'S
CERTIFICATE
In
consideration with the private placement in the United States of the Offered
Securities (the "Offered
Securities")
of
Apollo Gold Corporation (the "Corporation")
pursuant to the Agency Agreement dated February *, 2007 (the "Agency
Agreement")
between the Corporation and Shoreline Pacific LLC, the
undersigned does hereby certify as follows:
(a)
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It
is a duly registered broker or dealer with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "SEC")
and the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD")
and is a member of, is in good standing with the NASD and the SEC
on the
date hereof;
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(b)
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immediately
prior to offering Offered Securities to such offerees, we had reasonable
grounds to believe and did believe that each offeree was an "accredited
investor" (as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D (an "
Accredited Investor")
under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S.
Securities Act"))
and, on the date hereof, we continue to believe that each U.S. person
purchasing Offered Securities through or from us is an Accredited
Investor;
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(c)
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no
form of general solicitation or general advertising (as those terms
are
used in Regulation D under the U.S. Securities Act) was used by us,
including advertisements, articles, notices or other communications
published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast
over
radio or television, or any seminar or meeting whose attendees had
been
invited by general solicitation or general advertising, in connection
with
the offer or sale of the Offered Securities in the United States
or to
U.S. persons;
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all
offers and sales of Offered Securities in the United States have been effected
in accordance with all applicable U.S. broker dealer requirements;
all
offers and sales of the Offered Securities in the United States were made to
Accredited Investors by the U.S. Agent;
no
written material was used in connection with the offer or sale of the Offered
Securities in the United States other than the Subscription Agreements for
the
Offered Securities and the schedules and annexes thereto;
(d)
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the
offering of the Offered Securities in the United States has been
conducted
by us in accordance with the Agency Agreement;
and
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(e)
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prior
to any sale of Offered Securities in the United States, we caused
each
U.S. purchaser to execute a Subscription Agreement which includes
a term
sheet and contains representations, warranties and agreements
substantially similar to Subscription Agreements approved by the
Corporation and the Agent and Appendix IV
thereof.
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Terms
used in this certificate have the meanings given to them in the Agency Agreement
unless defined herein.
DATED
this __ day
of
February, 2007.
SHORELINE
PACIFIC LLC
By:
Authorized
Signing Officer
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SCHEDULE
"B"
REGISTRATION
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
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