Exhibit 10.1

 

FIRST AMENDMENT
TO THE
THOMPSON CREEK METALS COMPANY INC.
2010 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

 

WHEREAS, Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. (the “Company”) maintains Thompson
Creek Metals Company Inc. 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (effective July 1,
2010) (the “Plan”); and

 

WHEREAS, amendment of the Plan now is considered desirable in order to
incorporate regulatory interpretations of Section 423 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED that, pursuant to the power reserved to the Board
of Directors of the Company under Section 18 of the Plan, the Plan is hereby
amended in the following particulars, effective as of July 1, 2010:

 

1.                                       By adding a new subsection 9(b)(ii) as
follows and renumbering the existing subsections 9(b)(ii) and 9(b)(iii):

 

“(ii)                            which would permit an Employee to purchase more
than Eight Thousand (8,000) Shares in any Offering Period;”

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this amendment on behalf of the
Company, this 7th day of September, 2010.

 

 

THOMPSON CREEK METALS COMPANY INC.

 

By:

/s/ Kevin Loughrey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Its:

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

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