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EXHIBIT 10.1
 

MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
 
(a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Colorado)
 
SECURED CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE
 
Date of Issue:                                May 7, 2008
 
Interest Rate:                                8.0% per annum
 
$500,000 (the “Principal Amount”)
 
Mexoro Minerals Ltd. (the “Corporation”) for value received hereby promises to
Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. (the “Holder”) of 346 Waverley Street, Suite
110, Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0W5 the outstanding Principal Amount on the Maturity
Date as hereinafter defined. The Holder is entitled, subject to such earlier
conversion as may be required hereunder, to convert the Principal Amount into
Conversion Units upon surrender of this Convertible Debenture at an office of
the Corporation. The Corporation shall pay interest on the Principal Amount
outstanding from time to time from the date of this Convertible Debenture or
from the last interest payment date to which interest has been paid on the
Convertible Debenture, whichever is later, at the rate of eight per cent (8%)
per annum. Such interest shall be calculated and payable in accordance with
Article 2 hereof and interest on overdue interest shall be calculated, and shall
be due and payable, in lawful money of the United States of America, in the same
manner and at the same time and place as aforesaid.
 
Payment and performance of the Principal Amount, together with interest thereon
and any other indebtedness, liabilities, covenants and obligations of the
Corporation to the Holder arising in respect of this Convertible Debenture shall
constitute [Obligations] for the purpose of and as defined in the Mexoro General
Security Agreement and Sunburst General Security Agreement (collectively, the
“Security Agreements”) and are secured by the Security Agreements and the
security interest granted by the Corporation and Sunburst to the Holder pursuant
to the Security Agreements.
 
ARTICLE 1
 
INTERPRETATION
 
1.1  
Definitions

 
In this Convertible Debenture, unless there is something in the subject matter
or context inconsistent therewith:
 
 “business day” means a day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or civic or
statutory holiday in Ottawa, Ontario;
 
“Capital Reorganization” has the meaning attributed thereto in Section 3.3;
 
“Common Shares” means shares of common stock in the capital of the Corporation
as such shares exist at the close of business on the date of execution and
delivery of this Convertible Debenture;
 
“Corporation’s Auditors” or “Auditors of the Corporation” means an independent
firm of chartered accountants duly appointed as auditors of the Corporation;
 
“Conversion Date” has the meaning attributed thereto in subsection 3.2(3);
 
“Conversion Price” means the price per Conversion Unit at which the Convertible
Debenture is convertible, being $0.50 per Conversion Unit;
 
“Conversion Privilege” means the right to convert the Convertible Debenture into
a Conversion Unit as provided in Article 3;
 
“Conversion Share” means Common Shares to be issued as part of the Conversion
Units in connection with the conversion of all or part of the Convertible
Debenture;
 
“Conversion Unit” means one Conversion Share and one half of a Conversion
Warrant, to be issued at the Conversion Price in connection with the conversion
of all or part of this Convertible Debenture;
 
“Conversion Warrant” means share purchase warrants of the Corporation to be
issued as part of the Conversion Units in connection with the conversion of this
Convertible Debenture, and exercisable to purchase a Warrant Share at $0.75 per
Warrant Share expiring four years after the date this Convertible Debenture is
converted into Conversion Units;
 
 
 

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“Convertible Debenture” means this 8% secured convertible debenture of the
Corporation and any debenture issued in replacement, substitution or exchange,
in whole or in part, of this 8% secured convertible debenture;
 
“Dividend Paid in the Ordinary Course” means any dividend paid by the
Corporation on the Common Shares (whether in cash, securities, property or other
assets), provided that the directors of the Corporation do not by resolution
determine that such dividend is extraordinary or otherwise out of the ordinary
course having regard to the Corporation’s dividend policy at such time, the
value of such dividend, the financial position of the Corporation, economic
conditions, business practices and such other factors as the directors of the
Corporation may in their discretion consider relevant;
 
“Event of Default” has the meaning attributed thereto in Section 5.3;
 
“Holder” means the original Holder or other permitted Holder of this Convertible
Debenture;
 
“Interest Rate” means 8% per annum;
 
“Issue Date” means the date of issue of the Convertible Debenture;
 
 “Maturity Date” means one (1) year from the Issue Date or such earlier date on
which the conversion of the Convertible Debenture shall become due and payable
pursuant to the terms provided herein in accordance with the terms of this
Convertible Debenture;
 
“Mexoro General Security Agreement” means the general security agreement dated
May 9, 2008 of the Corporation granting the Holder a security interest in all
the present and after acquired property of Mexoro;
 
“Person” means any individual, corporation or company, partnership, joint
venture, syndicate, sole proprietorship, trust, trustee, executor, administrator
or other legal representative or an unincorporated organization, government or
governmental authority or entity and pronouns have a similarly extended meaning;
 
“Sunburst” means Sunburst de Mexico S.A. de C.V., the wholly-owned subsidiary of
the Corporation;
 
“Sunburst General Security Agreement” means the general security agreement dated
May 9, 2008 of Sunburst granting the Holder a security interest in all the
present and after acquired property of Sunburst;
 
“Warrant Certificate” means the form of certificate representing the Conversion
Warrants in the form attached as Schedule B hereto; and
 
“Warrant Share” means a Common Share issued upon the exercise of a Conversion
Warrant.
 
Words importing the singular number include the plural and vice versa and words
importing gender include the neuter, feminine and masculine genders.
 
1.2  
Headings

 
The division of this Convertible Debenture into Articles, Sections, subsections
and clauses, and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only
and shall not affect the construction or interpretation hereof.
 
1.3  
Applicable Law

 
This Convertible Debenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of the Canada applicable
therein. The parties hereto submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts
in the Province of Ontario. The parties agree that any litigation between the
parties which arises pursuant to or in connection with this Convertible
Debenture, or any of its provisions, shall be referred to the courts in the
Province of Ontario and shall not be referred to the courts in any other
jurisdiction.
 
 
 

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1.4  
Business Day

 
In the event that any day on or before which any action is required to be taken
hereunder is not a business day, then such action shall be required to be taken
on or before the requisite time on the next succeeding day that is a business
day.
 
1.5  
Monetary Reference

 
Any reference in this Convertible Debenture to “Dollars”, “dollars” or “$” shall
be deemed to be a reference to lawful money of the United States of America.
 
1.6  
Invalidity of Provisions

 
Each of the provisions contained in this Convertible Debenture is distinct and
severable and a declaration of invalidity or unenforceability of any such
provision by a court of competent jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of any other provision hereof or thereof.
 
1.7  
Schedules

 
The following schedules are attached to and form part of this Convertible
Debenture:
 
Schedule
 
Schedule A                                -           Notice of Election to
Convert
 
Schedule B                                -           Form of Conversion Warrant
 
ARTICLE 2
 
INTEREST
 
2.1  
Interest

 
Interest shall accrue from the date hereof or from the last interest payment
date to which interest on the Convertible Debenture shall have been paid, on the
outstanding Principal Amount of this Convertible Debenture at the Interest Rate
payable monthly in arrears on the tenth (10th) day of each month, both before
and after demand, default, maturity and judgment and interest on overdue
interest at the rate and in the manner aforesaid. Interest shall continue to
accrue and become payable on the Principal Amount unless the Principal Amount is
fully converted prior to the Maturity Date in accordance with Articles 3 or 4
herein.
 
2.2  
Payment of Interest

 
As interest becomes due on this Convertible Debenture, the Corporation shall pay
in certified funds for such interest payable, less any applicable withholding
tax, to the then registered Holder of this Convertible Debenture and addressed
to such Holder at his last address appearing on the register. The forwarding of
such payment shall satisfy and discharge the liability for interest on this
Convertible Debenture to the extent of the sum represented thereby unless such
cheque be not paid at par on presentation at any of the places of payment above
mentioned.
 
2.3  
Cancellation of Matured Convertible Debenture

 
Upon conversion of the outstanding Principal Amount of, and payment of any
accrued but unpaid interest on the Convertible Debenture, this Convertible
Debenture shall be cancelled and destroyed by the Corporation and no Convertible
Debenture shall be issued in substitution therefor.
 
 
 

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ARTICLE 3
 
CONVERSION
 
3.1  
Conversion Privilege and Conversion Price

 
Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Article 3, the Holder
shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, at any time up to the Maturity
Date or until anytime thereafter that the Principal Amount or a portion thereof
remains outstanding, to the extent applicable, to convert the whole or from time
to time part of the Principal Amount outstanding under this Convertible
Debenture into Conversion Units at the Conversion Price. The number of
Conversion Units shall be determined by dividing the Principal Amount of the
Convertible Debenture by the Conversion Price.
 
3.2  
Manner of Exercise of Right to Convert

 
(1) In order to exercise the Conversion Privilege, the Holder shall at any
anytime, surrender such Convertible Debenture to the Corporation at an office of
the Corporation accompanied by a notice in the form substantially similar to the
“Notice of Election to Convert” attached to this Convertible Debenture, duly
signed by the Holder or the Holder’s executors, administrators or other legal
representatives or the Holder’s attorney duly appointed by an instrument in
writing in form and execution satisfactory to the Corporation stating:
 
(a)  
that the Holder elects to convert the then outstanding Principal Amount under
the Convertible Debenture or a specified portion thereof;

 
(b)  
the names (with addresses) in which the Conversion Shares and Conversion
Warrants issuable upon such conversion are to be registered; and

 
(c)  
the address or addresses to which the certificates representing the Conversion
Shares and Conversion Warrants issuable upon conversion and the cheque for any
amount payable under Section 3.6 are to be delivered.

 
(2) Upon surrender of the “Notice of Election to Convert” in accordance with
Section 3.2(1) above, the Holder or his permitted nominee shall be entitled to
be entered in the books of the Corporation as at the Conversion Date, as defined
below (or such later date as is specified in subsection 3.2(3)) as the Holder of
the number of Conversion Shares and Conversion Warrants into which this
Convertible Debenture is convertible, in accordance with the provisions of this
Article 3 upon receipt of such notice, the Corporation shall deliver to the
Holder electing to convert or, subject as aforesaid, its nominee or assignee a
certificate or certificates representing the number of Conversion Shares and
Conversion Warrants into which all or any portion of the Principal Amount hereof
has been converted and, if applicable, a cheque for any amount payable under
Section 3.6 to the address indicated in the “Notice of Election to Convert”, and
if applicable, a new Convertible Debenture representing such Principal Amount
that has not been converted.
 
(3) For the purposes of this Article 3, this Convertible Debenture shall be
deemed to be surrendered for conversion on the date (the “Conversion Date”) on
which it is so surrendered in accordance with the provisions of this Article 3
and, if surrendered by mail or other means of delivery, on the date on which it
is received by the Corporation, provided that if this Convertible Debenture is
surrendered for conversion on a day on which the register of Common Shares is
closed, the Person entitled to receive Conversion Shares shall become the Holder
of record of such Conversion Shares as at the date on which such register is
next reopened and provided that if a Convertible Debenture is surrendered for
conversion on any interest payment date such Convertible Debenture shall be
deemed to be surrendered for conversion on such interest payment date.
 
(4) If this Convertible Debenture is surrendered for conversion in accordance
with this Section 3.2, the Holder shall be entitled to receive accrued and
unpaid interest in respect of the Principal Amount converted only for the period
up to the Conversion Date, such interest to be paid at the time of delivery of
the Conversion Shares and Conversion Warrants issuable upon such conversion in
accordance with Section 2.2.
 
(5) The Conversion Shares and Conversion Warrants shall be issued without any
type of restrictive legend except as required by US securities laws.
 

 
3.3  
Capital Reorganization

 
If and whenever at any time after the date hereof, and prior to the Conversion
Date, there is a subdivision or consolidation of the Common Shares, or an
issuance of Common Shares or securities convertible into Common Shares to all or
substantially all of the holders of Common Shares by way of a stock dividend or
other distribution (other than the issue of securities to the Holder or the
issue of Common Shares or other securities to holders of Common Shares as a
Dividend Paid in the Ordinary Course), or a reclassification of the Common
Shares at any time outstanding or other change of the Common Shares into other
shares or into other securities, whether of the Corporation or of another body
corporate, or other capital reorganization, or a consolidation, amalgamation or
merger of the Corporation with or into any other corporate or other entity
(other than a consolidation, amalgamation or merger which does not result in any
reclassification of the outstanding Common Shares or a change of the Common
Shares into other shares), or a transfer of the undertaking or assets of the
Corporation as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to another
corporation or other entity in which the Holders of Common Shares are entitled
to receive shares, other securities or other property (any of such events being
called a “Capital Reorganization”), the Holder who exercises the right to
convert this Convertible Debenture pursuant to this Convertible Debenture after
the effective date of such Capital Reorganization will be entitled to receive,
and will accept for the same aggregate consideration in lieu of the number of
Conversion Shares and Conversion Warrants to which the Holder was previously
entitled upon such conversion into a Conversion Unit, the aggregate number of
Conversion Shares and Conversion Warrants, other securities or other property
which the Holder would have been entitled to receive as a result of such Capital
Reorganization if, on the effective date thereof, the Holder had been the Holder
of the number of Conversion Shares and Conversion Warrants into which such a
Conversion Unit were convertible immediately prior to such Capital
Reorganization. The Corporation will take all steps necessary to ensure that, on
a Capital Reorganization, the Holder will, if it exercises its conversion rights
hereto, receive the aggregate number of shares, other securities or other
property to which it is entitled as a result of the Capital Reorganization.
Appropriate adjustments will be made as a result of any such Capital
Reorganization in the application of the provisions set forth in this Article 3
with respect to the rights and interests thereafter of the Holder under this
Convertible Debenture to the end that the provisions set forth in this Article 3
will thereafter correspondingly be made applicable as nearly as may reasonably
be in relation to any shares, other securities or other property thereafter
deliverable upon the conversion of this Convertible Debenture.
 
 
 

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3.4  
Notice as to Adjustment

 
The Corporation shall from time to time, immediately after the occurrence of any
event which requires an adjustment or readjustment as provided in Section 3.3,
deliver a notice in writing (an “Adjustment Notice”) to the Holder specifying
the nature of the event requiring the same and the amount of the adjustment or
readjustment necessitated thereby and setting forth in reasonable detail the
method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based. Such
notice and the amount of the adjustment specified therein shall, subject to the
provisions of subsection 3.5, be conclusive and binding on all parties in
interest.
 
3.5  
Rules Regarding Calculation of Adjustment of Conversion Terms

 
If within five days of receipt of an Adjustment Notice a Holder notifies the
Corporation in writing that it disputes the content of the Adjustment Notice, or
if at any time a dispute is made by a shareholder or other creditor of the
Corporation with respect to adjustments provided for in Section 3.3, such
dispute will be determined by the accounting firm of HLB Cinnamon Jang
Willoughby in Vancouver, BC.
 
or if they are unable or unwilling to act, by such other firm of independent
chartered accountants as may be selected by the directors of the Corporation,
and any such determination will be binding upon the Corporation, the Holder and
shareholders of the Corporation; such auditors or accountants will be given
access to all necessary records of the Corporation. If any such determination is
made, the Corporation will deliver a certificate of the Corporation to the
Holder describing such determination.
 

 
3.6  
No Requirement to Issue Fractional Conversion Units

 
The Corporation shall not be required to issue fractional Conversion Units upon
the conversion of all or any part of this Convertible Debenture pursuant to this
Article 3. The number of whole Conversion Units issuable upon conversion of this
Convertible Debenture shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate Principal
Amount of the Convertible Debenture so converted. If any fractional interest in
a Conversion Unit would, except for the provisions of this Section, be
deliverable upon the conversion of any Principal Amount of the Convertible
Debenture, the Corporation may, at its sole option, in lieu of delivering any
certificate representing such fractional interest, satisfy such fractional
interest by paying to the Holder an amount in lawful money of the United States
of America equal (to the nearest amount) to the corresponding fraction of the
value of a Conversion Unit on the Conversion Date, determined by the directors
of the Corporation acting in good faith which determination shall be conclusive,
provided that the Corporation shall not be required to make any payment,
calculated as aforesaid, that is less than $10.00.
 
3.7  
Corporation to Reserve Shares

 
The Corporation shall at all times while any Principal Amount of the Convertible
Debenture remains outstanding reserve and keep available out of its authorized
but unissued Common Shares solely for the purpose of issue upon conversion of
this Convertible Debenture, as provided in this Article 3, and issue upon
exercise of the Conversion Warrants, and conditionally allot to the Holder who
may exercise its conversion rights hereunder and its exercise rights in
connection with the Conversion Warrants, such number of Conversion Shares as
shall then be issuable upon the conversion of this Convertible Debenture and
such number of Warrant Shares as shall be issuable upon exercise of the
Conversion Warrants. All Conversion Shares which shall be so issuable shall be
duly and validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares. All
Warrant Shares issued upon the exercise of the Conversion Warrants in accordance
with the terms and conditions of the Warrant Certificate, including payment of
the exercise price thereof, shall be duly and validly issued as fully paid and
non-assessable Common Shares.
 

 
3.8  
Hold Period Legends

 
The legend set forth below shall be included on (i) all certificates for
Conversion Shares issued to U.S. Persons as such term is defined in Rule 902 of
Regulation S (“U.S. Persons”) under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, (ii) any Conversion Warrants issued upon conversion of this Convertible
Debenture, and (iii) any securities issued upon exercise of Conversion Warrants
if held by a U.S. Person at the time of exercise:
 
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED
STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “U.S. SECURITIES ACT”). THE
HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THESE SECURITIES, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
CORPORATION THAT THESE SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED ONLY (A) TO THE CORPORATION, (B) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN
ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S (“REGULATION S”) UNDER THE U.S.
SECURITIES ACT, (C) WITHIN THE UNITED STATES IN ACCORDANCE WITH (1) RULE 144A
UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OR (2) RULE 144 UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT, (D)
UNDER AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE
EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT,
PROVIDED THAT IN THE CASE OF TRANSFERS PURSUANT TO (C)(2), OR (E) ABOVE, A LEGAL
OPINION ISSUED BY THE ATTORNEY FOR THE HOLDER BE PROVIDED TO THE CORPORATION.
 
 
 

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ARTICLE 4
 
DEFAULT AND ENFORCEMENT
 
4.1  
Covenants

 
Except as otherwise provided in this Convertible Debenture, the Corporation
hereby covenants and agrees that so long as any amounts remain unpaid pursuant
to this Convertible Debenture it will strictly observe and perform the following
covenants:
 
(a)  
The Corporation shall take all necessary action to adjust the Conversion Price
as provided under Section 3.3 hereof, if applicable; and

 
(b)  
The Corporation and Sunburst will not dispose of any assets out of the ordinary
course of business without the prior written consent of the Holder, such consent
not to be unreasonably withheld.

 
4.2  
Acceleration on Event of Default

 
If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the unpaid balance of the
Principal Amount, and all accrued interest and all other amounts payable under
this Convertible Debenture may be declared by the Holder on written notice to
the Corporation to be, and upon such notice shall become, immediately due and
payable. Upon the payment in full of the aftorementioned amounts, the Holder
shall promptly surrender this Convertible Debenture to or as directed by the
Corporation.
 
4.3  
Events of Default

 
Any of the following conditions or events which shall occur shall constitute
events of default (“Events of Default”) under this Convertible Debenture:
 
(a)  
if the Corporation shall default in the payment of any of the Principal Amount
at the Maturity Date;

 
(b)  
if the Corporation shall default in the payment of any interest on this
Convertible Debenture, or other amounts payable hereunder, when the same becomes
due and payable, whether at the Maturity Date or otherwise and such default
shall continue for a period of two (2) business days after a notice in writing
of such default has been given by the Holder to the Corporation;

 
(c)  
if the Corporation or Sunburst shall default in the performance of or compliance
with any term or condition or covenant contained in this Convertible Debenture
or the General Security Agreements, provided that such default is of a nature
that may be cured, and such default shall not have been remedied within a period
of ten (10) business days after such default;

 
(d)  
notwithstanding the $476,000 promissory note held by certain Swiss investors due
on March 31, 2008 to which the Corporation is currently in default, if the
Corporation or Sunburst commits any of the events of default under any operating
and/or senior debt credit facilities or arrangements with any other lender and
such default shall not have been remedied within a period of ten (10) business
days after such default;

 
(e)  
if the Corporation or Sunburst shall (i) file, or consent by answer or otherwise
to the filing against it of, a petition for relief or reorganization or
arrangement or any other petition in bankruptcy, for liquidation or otherwise
take advantage of any bankruptcy or insolvency law of any jurisdiction, (ii)
make an assignment, an arrangement or a compromise for the benefit of its
creditors, (iii) consent to the appointment of a custodian, receiver, trustee or
other officer with similar powers of itself or of any substantial part of its
property, (iv) cease to carry on business, or (v) take corporate action for the
purpose of any of the foregoing;

 
(f)  
if any representation, warranty or certification made in connection with the
execution and delivery of the Convertible Debenture or the General Security
Agreements shall prove to be at any time materially incorrect at the time it was
made and such default shall not have been remedied within a period of ten (10)
business days after Holder has noticed the Corporation of such default;

 
(g)  
if a court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction shall enter a
final order appointing, with or without the consent of the Corporation or
Sunburst, as the case may be, a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer
with similar powers with respect to it or with respect to any substantial part
of either of their property, or if a final order for relief shall be entered in
any case or proceeding for liquidation or reorganization or otherwise to take
advantage of any bankruptcy or insolvency law of any jurisdiction, or ordering
the dissolution, winding-up or liquidation of the Corporation or Sunburst, or if
any petition for any such relief shall be filed against the Corporation or
Sunburst and such petition shall not be dismissed within thirty (30) days; and

 
(h)  
the Corporation fails to: (i) include the Conversion Shares issuable upon
conversion of this Convertible Debenture, Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise
of the Conversion Warrants and any other securities due to the Holder pursuant
to this Convertible Debenture in the next registration statement to be filed by
the Corporation within sixty (60) days following the Issue Date (the
“Registration Statement”); (ii) make its best efforts to obtain effectiveness
with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the Registration Statement within
one hundred twenty (120) days following the Issue Date; or (iii) maintain the
effectiveness of such Registration Statement (or sales cannot otherwise be made
thereunder effective, whether by reason of the Corporation’s failure to amend or
supplement the prospectus included therein) for more than twenty (20)
consecutive days or thirty (30) days in any twelve month period after the
Registration Statement becomes effective or after becoming effective the
Registration Statement is not kept effective for the term of the Conversion
Warrants.

 

 
 

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4.4  
Representations and Warranties

 
The Corporation hereby represents and warrants to the Holder that:
 
(a)  
no authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with,
any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for the execution,
delivery and performance of this Convertible Debenture or the General Security
Agreements by the Corporation and Sunburst or for the grant by the Corporation
of the security interests granted pursuant to the General Security Agreements
except for authorization, approval or such filings as have been obtained, made
and are in full force and effect; and in particular, but without limiting the
foregoing, the Corporation has obtained all approvals and authorizations from
the OTC-Bulletin Board and the shareholders and directors of the Corporation as
are necessary to complete all the transactions contemplated in and provided for
in this Convertible Debenture;

 
(b)  
the Corporation and Sunburst are in compliance with the requirements of all
applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of every governmental authority,
the non-compliance with which would materially adversely affect the value or
worth of the Corporation’s and Sunburst’s property as collateral security to
this Convertible Debenture and the General Security Agreements and upon
completion of all the transactions contemplated in and provided for in this
Convertible Debenture the Corporation and Sunburst will remain in compliance
with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of
every governmental authority; and

 
(c)  
this Convertible Debenture and the General Security Agreements have been
properly authorized, duly executed and delivered by the Corporation and Sunburst
and constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Corporation and
Sunburst enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except as may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, and other laws
affecting creditors’ rights generally and except that orders for specific
performance, injunctions and other equitable remedies are discretionary remedies
which may be granted only in the discretion of the court.

 
4.5  
Indemnity

 
The Corporation covenants and agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Holder
from and against any and all damages or deficiencies resulting from any
misrepresentation, breach of warranty or non-fulfillment of any covenant on the
part of the Corporation or Sunburst under this Convertible Debenture or from any
misrepresentation in or omission from any certificate or other instrument
furnished or to be furnished by the Corporation or Sunburst to the Holder under
this Convertible Debenture or the General Security Agreements and any and all
actions, suits, proceedings, demands, assessments, judgments, costs and legal
and other expenses incident to any of the foregoing.
 
4.6  
Survival of Representations, Warranties, Indemnity and Covenants

 
Notwithstanding the completion of the transactions herein contemplated, the
representations and warranties, covenants and indemnities contained in this
Convertible Debenture shall not merge in, be prejudiced by or be superseded in
any way by the execution and completion of this Convertible Debenture and shall
survive the same for a period of two years from the date of execution of this
Convertible Debenture.
 
4.7  
Remedies

 
In case of a default hereunder by the Corporation or Sunburst, the Holder may
enforce the rights of the Holder by any remedy or proceeding authorized or
permitted by applicable law (subject in all cases to any mandatory provision of
applicable law). No remedy herein contained conferred upon the Holder shall be
intended to be exclusive and such Holder shall be entitled to seek other
remedies available under applicable laws.
 
ARTICLE 5
 
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
 
5.1  
Registration Rights

 
When the Corporation elects to file a Registration Statement, with respect to
its Common Shares pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), the
Conversion Shares, Warrant Shares and any other securities due to the Holder
under this Convertible Debenture shall be included and registered pursuant to
any such Registration Statement, at the expense of the Corporation; provided,
however, that such Registration Statement must be filed no later than the
sixtieth (60th) day following the Issue Date and the Corporation shall make its
best efforts to have such Registration Statement be declared effective no later
than the one hundred twentieth (120th) day following the Issue Date. The
Corporation must notify the Holder in writing of its intention to file the
Registration Statement at least twenty (20) days prior to the filing of the
Registration Statement, and provide the Holder with drafts of such Registration
Statement for review and comment by the Holder upon Holder’s request.
 
 
 

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ARTICLE 6
 
MISCELLANEOUS
 
6.1  
Notice

 
Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder
shall be in writing and shall be given by facsimile or other means of electronic
communication or by delivery as hereafter provided. Any such notice other
communication, if sent by facsimile or other means of electronic communication,
shall be deemed to have been received on the business day following the sending,
or, if delivered by hand, shall be deemed to have been received at the time it
is delivered to the applicable address noted below either to the individual
designated below or to an individual at such address having apparent authority
to accept deliveries on behalf of the addressee. Notice of change of address
shall also be governed by this Section. Notices and other communications shall
be addressed as follows:
 
(a)  
if to the Corporation:

 
Mexoro Minerals Ltd.
 
C. General Retana, #706
 
Col. San Felipe
 
Chihuahua, Mexico
 
Attention:                                Mario Ayub
 
Facsimile:
 
(b)  
if to the Holder:

 
To the Holder whose name and address appears on the front page of this
Convertible Debenture.
 
6.2  
Replacement of Certificates

 
(1) In case this Convertible Debenture shall become mutilated or be lost,
destroyed or stolen, the Corporation shall issue, and thereupon deliver, a new
Convertible Debenture of like tenor as the one mutilated, lost, destroyed or
stolen in exchange for and upon surrender and cancellation of such mutilated
Certificate or in lieu of and in substitution for such lost, destroyed or stolen
Convertible Debenture.
 
6.3  
Amendment, Waiver

 
No amendment or waiver of this Convertible Debenture will be binding unless such
amendment or waiver is agreed to in writing by the Corporation and the Holder.
No waiver of any provision of this Convertible Debenture will constitute a
waiver of any other provision nor will any waiver of any provision of this
Convertible Debenture constitute a continuing waiver unless otherwise expressly
provided.
 

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF MEXORO MINERALS LTD. has caused this Convertible Debenture to
be signed by its authorized signatory as of the 9th day of May, 2008.
 

 
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
         
Name:
Title:

 
 

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SCHEDULE A
 
NOTICE OF ELECTION TO CONVERT
 
TO:
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
Principal Amount to be converted
$
       

The undersigned registered Holder of the within Convertible Debenture hereby
irrevocably elects to convert the above noted Principal Amount of such
Convertible Debenture into Conversion Units of Mexoro Minerals Ltd. in
accordance with the provisions of the within mentioned Convertible Debenture and
hereby delivers this Convertible Debenture to the Corporation for such purpose
and directs that the certificates for the Conversion Shares and Conversion
Warrants be registered and delivered as follows:
 
Name in Full
Address
Address for Delivery
Number of Conversion Shares and Conversion Warrants
                                       

(Please print full name in which share and warrant certificates are to be
issued.)
 
The registered Holder hereof may exercise the Holder’s right to subscribe for
Conversion Units of MEXORO MINERALS LTD. by completing this Notice of Election
to Convert it to the Corporation at its office.
 
If applicable, please deliver a new Convertible Debenture in respect of the
balance of the principal amount of the attached Convertible Debenture
Certificate that has not been converted, redeemed or repaid, to the undersigned.
 
Dated:
                   
(Signature of Holder)
               
(Print Name of Holder)

 
SCHEDULE B
 
FORM OF TRANSFER
 
SCHEDULE A
 
TO:           MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
 
SUBSCRIPTION FORM
 
The undersigned hereby subscribes for _______________ shares of common stock
(“Common Shares”) in the capital of Mexoro Minerals Ltd. (the “Corporation”) (or
such other number of common shares or other securities to which such
subscription entitles the undersigned in lieu thereof or in addition thereto
pursuant to the provisions of the warrant certificate (the “Warrant
Certificate”) dated the   day of , 20 issued by the Corporation) at the purchase
price of U.S.$0.75 per Common Share (or at such other purchase price as may be
in effect under the provisions of the Warrant Certificate) and on and subject to
the other terms and conditions specified in the Warrant Certificate and
hereunder and encloses herewith a certified cheque, bank draft or money order in
lawful money of the United States of America payable to the Corporation or has
transmitted same day funds in lawful money of United States of America by wire
to such account as the Corporation directed the undersigned in payment of the
subscription price.
 
The undersigned is an “accredited investor” Is defined in Regulation D
promulgated under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”) or is a not U.S. Person or a person within the United States
and that the Common Shares are not being subscribed for on behalf of a U.S.
Person (as such term is defined for the purposes of the Securities Act.
 
The undersigned hereby directs that the Common Shares subscribed for be
registered and delivered as follows:
 
Name in Full
Address
Number of Common Shares
                             

DATED this ________ day
of                                                                                     ,
20_____.
 

       
By:
   

 
 

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SCHEDULE B
 
FORM OF TRANSFER
 
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
______________________________________________________________________________(include
name and address of the transferee) Warrants exercisable for shares in the
common stock (“Common Shares”) in the capital stock of Mexoro Minerals Ltd. (the
“Corporation”) registered in the name of the undersigned on the register of the
Corporation maintained therefor, and hereby irrevocably appoints
_____________________________________________ the attorney of the undersigned to
transfer the said securities on the books maintained by the Corporation with
full power of substitution.
 
DATED this _________ day of _______________, 20________ .
 

 

   
Signature of Transferor
                                       
Address of Transferor
     

 

 
 

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SCHEDULE C
 

 
NOTICE OF EXERCISE
 
(If Registration Statement Not Effective)
 
TO: MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
 
The undersigned holder of the within Warrant Certificate, hereby exercises
certain Warrants (the “Exercised Warrants”) evidenced thereby and hereby
subscribes for a number of Common Shares of Mexoro Minerals Ltd. (the
“Corporation”) equal to such number of Common Shares or number or amount of
other securities or property, or combination thereof, to which such exercise
entitles him under the provisions of the Warrant at an aggregate price equal to
the product of the Exercise Price and the number of Exercised Warrants, and on
the terms specified in such Warrant Certificate, and in payment therefor,
delivers herewith a bank draft, certified cheque or money order payable to
Mexoro Minerals Ltd. Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the
definitions set forth in the Warrant Certificate.
 
The undersigned represents that it (A) has had access to such current public
information concerning the Corporation as it considered necessary in connection
with its investment decision and (B) understands that the securities issuable
upon exercise hereof have not been registered under the United States Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”).
 
The undersigned represents and warrants that it: [CHECK ONE ONLY]
 
____ A. is not a U.S. Purchaser and it (1) is not in the United States; (2) is
not a U.S. Person and is not exercising the Warrants for, or on behalf or
benefit of, a U.S. Person or person in the United States; (3) did not execute or
deliver the Subscription Form in the United States; (4) agrees not to engage in
hedging transactions with regard to the Common Shares prior to the expiration of
the one-year distribution compliance period set forth in Rule 903(b)(3) of
Regulation S; (5) acknowledges that the Common Shares issuable upon exercise of
the Warrants are “restricted securities” as defined in Rule 144 of the 1933 Act
and upon the issuance thereof, and until such time as the same is no longer
required under the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act or applicable U.S.
state laws and regulations, the certificates representing the Common Shares will
bear a restrictive legend; and (6) acknowledges that the Corporation shall
refuse to register any transfer of the Common Shares not made in accordance with
the provisions of Regulation S, pursuant to registration under the 1933 Act, or
pursuant to an available exemption from registration under the 1933 Act; and (B)
it holder has not engaged in any “directed selling efforts” (as defined in
Regulation S) in the United States.
 
____B. the undersigned is delivering a written opinion of United States counsel
or a written confirmation from the Corporation to the effect that the Common
Shares to be delivered upon exercise hereof have been registered under the 1933
Act or are exempt from registration thereunder.
 
The undersigned holder understands that the certificate representing the
Corporation’s Common Shares is issued upon exercise of this Warrant will bear a
legend restricting the transfer without registration under the 1933 Act and
applicable state securities laws substantially the form set forth in Section
1(3) of the Warrant Certificate.
 
Name:
 
Please print or type name and address (including postal code)
 
Address:
 
Number of Warrants being Exercised:
 
DATED this______ day of_______ ,_________
 
Signature guaranteed by:
 
Name of registered holder (please print)
 
Signature of or on behalf of registered
holder
     
Office, Title or other Authorization (if holder not an individual)
       

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