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EXHIBIT 10.2
   
SECOND AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
  
THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this "Amendment") is entered into
as of March  15, 2010 by and among Altairnano, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the
"Company"), Altair Nanotechnologies Inc., a Canadian corporation ("Parent"), and
C. Robert Pedraza, an individual ("Employee"),
  
RECITALS
A. Employee, the Company and Parent have previously entered into that certain
Employment Agreement dated as of June 16, 2008, as amended by the First
Amendment to Employment Agreement dated November 24, 2008 (the "Employment
Agreement").
 
B. Employee, the Company and Parent now desire to extend the initial term of the
Employment Agreement by six months.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of this Amendment and of the covenants and
conditions contained in this Amendment, the parties hereto agree as follows:
 
1.   Section 2 of the Employment Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following:
 
2.   Term. The term of this Agreement (the "Term") shall commence on the date
first set forth above (the "Effective Date"). The Term shall terminate upon the
earlier to occur of (i) the Expiration Date (as defined below), and (ii) the
termination of Employee's employment with all of the Consolidated Companies. The
initial Expiration Date shall be December 16, 2010. Unless the Company or
Employee provides the other with at least ninety (90) days advance written
notice prior to the initial Expiration Date (and each Expiration Date
thereafter) of its intention not to renew this term of Agreement following the
then-current Expiration Date, the Expiration Date shall automatically be changed
to the two-year anniversary of the then-current Expiration Date. Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Sections 7 and 8 shall survive
termination of this Agreement and expiration of the Term for the time periods
set forth therein, and this sentence and all provisions related to the
interpretation or enforcement of, and disputes under, this Agreement shall
survive until the expiration of the last applicable statute of limitations.
 
2.   All other provisions of the Employment Agreement are confirmed in their
entirety, provided, however, that any provision of the Employment Agreement
inconsistent with this Amendment shall be considered amended and revised to
conform to the provisions of this Amendment.
 
3.    This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, all of which
taken together shall form a single Agreement. A facsimile copy of this Agreement
or any counterpart thereto shall be valid as an original.

 
 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Employee has signed this Amendment personally, and the
Company and Parent have caused this Amendment to be executed by their duly
authorized representatives.
 
 

 
COMPANY:
 
ALTAIRNANO, INC.
a Nevada corporation
 
By: /s/ Terry Copeland
Name: Terry Copeland
Title: President and CEO
 
 
PARENT:
 
ALTAIR NANOTECHNOLOGIES INC,
a Canadian corporation
 
By: /s/ Terry Copeland
Name: Terry Copeland
Title: President and CEO
 
 
EMPLOYEE:
 
/s/ C. Robert Pedraza
C. Robert Pedraza, an individual

 

 
 
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