UNITED
STATES

SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington
D.C. 20549



FORM
20-F



(Mark
One)





REGISTRATION
 STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION  12 (b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

X

ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003

OR



TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For
the transition period from

to





Commission
file number

0-24096





Queenstake
Resources Ltd.

(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Yukon,
Canada

(Jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)



999
18th Street, Suite 2940, Denver, Colorado  80202

(Address
of principal executive offices)

Securities
registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act.



Title
of each class

Name
of each exchange on which registered

None

Not
Applicable



Securities
registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:



Common
Shares Without Par Value

(Title
of Class)

Securities
for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act:



None

(Title
of Class)







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Indicate
the number of outstanding shares of each of the Company's classes of capital or
common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report.



360,312,493



Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be
filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required
to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for
the past 90 days.



Yes
 X

No





Indicate
by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to
follow.



Item
17 X

Item
18





(APPLICABLE
ONLY TO COMPANIES INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS)



Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports
required to be filed by Sections 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a
court.



Yes

No

Not
Applicable  XThe
number of outstanding shares of the issuer's Common Shares, no par value, as
of December 31, 2003 was 360,312,493.

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GLOSSARY
OF TERMS

Following
is a glossary of terms used in this Form 20-F:

"Company"
or

"Queenstake"

Queenstake
Resources Ltd., including, unless the context otherwise requires, the Company's
subsidiaries.



"carbonaceous"

Containing
carbon or coal or other rock containing small particles of carbon distributed
throughout the whole mass.

"deposit"

A
mineralized body which has been physically delineated by sufficient drilling,
trenching, and/or underground work, and found to contain a sufficient average
grade of metal or metals to warrant further exploration and/or development
expenditures; such a deposit does not qualify as a commercially mineable ore
body or as containing ore reserves, until final legal, technical, and economic
factors have been resolved.

"development"

Driving
openings to access the mineral reserve.

"diamond
drill"

A
type of rotary drill in which the cutting is done by abrasion rather than
percussion.  The cutting bit is set with diamonds and is attached to the
end of the long hollow rods through which water is pumped to the cutting face.
 The drill cuts a core of rock which is recovered in long cylindrical
sections, an inch or more in diameter.

"feasibility
study"

A
detailed report showing the feasibility of placing a prospective ore body or
deposit of the minerals within a mineral property into production, which report
typically includes, inter alia, the specific portion or portions of the property
that should be included in a development block, conclusions and recommendations
regarding any adjustments that should be made to the boundaries of a development
block, a description of the work to be performed in order to develop the mineral
resources within the development block and to construct a mine or mines and
related facilities on the development block, the estimated capital and operation
costs thereof, a proposed schedule for the timing of development and mine
construction, and an assessment of the impact of the operation and the
information obtained and evaluations made in respect thereof.

"indicated
mineral

resource"
(1)

That
part of a mineral resource for which quantity, grade or quality, densities,
shape and physical characteristics can be estimated with a level of confidence
sufficient to allow the appropriate application of technical and economic
parameters, to support mine planning and evaluation of the economic viability of
the deposit.  The estimate is based on detailed and reliable exploration
and testing information gathered through appropriate techniques from locations
such as outcrops, trenches, pits, workings and drill holes that are spaced
closely enough for geological and grade continuity to be reasonably assumed.

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"inferred
mineral



resource"
(1)

That
part of a mineral resource for which quantity and grade or quality can be
estimated on the basis of geological evidence and limited sampling and
reasonably assumed, but not verified, geological and grade continuity.  The
estimate is based on limited information and sampling gathered through
appropriate techniques from locations such as outcrops, trenches, pits, workings
and drill holes.



"measured
mineral

resource"
(1)

That
part of a mineral resource for which quantity, grade or quality, densities,
shape and physical characteristics are so well established that they can be
estimated with confidence sufficient to allow the appropriate application of
technical and economic parameters to support production planning and evaluation
of the economic viability of the deposit.  The estimate is based on
detailed and reliable exploration, sampling and testing information gathered
through appropriate techniques from locations such as outcrops, trenches, pits,
workings and drill holes that are spaced closely enough to confirm both
geological and grade continuity.



|"mineral
      reserve"
      (1) | The
      economically mineable part of a measured or indicated mineral resource
      demonstrated by at least a preliminary feasibility study.  This study
      must include adequate information on mining, processing, metallurgical,
      economic and other relevant factors that demonstrate, at the time of
      reporting, that economic extraction can be justified.  A mineral
      reserve includes diluting materials and allowances for losses that may
      occur when the material is mined and processed.
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|"mineral
      resource" "mineral resource"
      (1) | A
      concentration or occurrence of natural, solid, inorganic or fossilized
      organic material in or on the Earth's crust in such form and quantity
      and of such a grade or quality that it has reasonable prospects for
      economic extraction.  The location, quantity, grade, geological
      characteristics and continuity of a mineral resource are known, estimated
      or interpreted from specific geological evidence and knowledge.  The
      term "mineral resource" covers mineralization and natural material of
      intrinsic economic interest which has been identified and estimated
      through exploration and sampling and within which mineral reserves may
      subsequently be defined by the consideration and application of technical,
      economic, legal,  environmental, socioeconomic and governmental
      factors.  The phrase "reasonable prospects for economic extraction"
      implies a judgment by the Qualified Person in respect of the technical and
      economic factors likely to influence the prospect of economic extraction.
       A mineral resource is an inventory of mineralization that under
      realistically assumed and justifiable technical and economic conditions,
      might become economically extractable.
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"mineralization"

Mineral-bearing
rock; the minerals may have been either a part of the original rock unit or
injected at a later time.

"mineralized"

Metallic
mineral-bearing; the minerals may have been either a part of the original rock
unit or injected at a later time.

"net
smelter return

royalty/NSR
royalty"

A
payment made by a producer of metals based on the value of the gross metal
production from the property, less deduction of certain limited costs including
smelting, refining, transportation and insurance costs.



|"net
      proceeds
      interest" | The
      right to receive a portion of the net proceeds, based on gross revenues
      less all operating, capital and similar
      expenses from the production and sale of metal from the property.
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"ounces"

Troy
ounces.

"probable
mineral

reserve"
(1)

The
economically mineable part of an indicated, and in some circumstances a measured
mineral resource demonstrated by at least a preliminary feasibility study.
 This study must include adequate information on mining, processing,
metallurgical, economic and other relevant factors that demonstrate, at the time
of reporting, that economic extraction can be justified.



"proven
mineral

reserve"
(1)

The
economically mineable part of a measured mineral resource demonstrated by at
least a preliminary feasibility study.  This study must include adequate
information on mining, processing, metallurgical,

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economic
and other relevant factors that demonstrate, at the time of reporting, that
economic extraction is justified.



"Qualified
Person"

An
individual who, in accordance with Canadian National Instrument 43-101:

(a)

is
an engineer or geoscientist with at least five years of experience in mineral
exploration, mine development or operation or mineral project assessment, or any
combination of these;

(b)

has
experience relevant to the subject matter of the mineral project and the
technical report; and

(c)

is
a member in good standing of a recognized professional association.

"ramp"

An
inclined underground tunnel that provides access to an ore body for exploration,
ventilation and/or mining purposes in an underground mine.

"refractory"

Mineralized
material in which gold is not amenable to recovery by conventional cyanide
methods due to either encapsulation by other minerals or the presence of
elemental carbon.

"roast"

The
treatment of ore by heat in order to oxidize those elements causing the ore to
be refractory.

"share"

A
common share without par value of the Company.  Historical references to
numbers of Shares have been adjusted to reflect the share exchange ratio of
0.4993 to one used in the July 19, 1999 amalgamation with Santa Cruz Gold Inc.

"tailings"

Waste
material from a mineral processing mill after the metals and minerals of a
commercial nature have been extracted.

"ton"
or "t"

A
short ton (2,000 pounds).

(1)

Please
refer to "Use of Mineral Reserve and Resource Terminology" on page 5 of this
document.

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Forward-Looking
Statements

This
Form 20-F contains certain statements which may constitute "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Forward-looking statements include, but are
not limited to, statements with respect to anticipated commencement dates of
mining or metal production operations, projected quantities of future metal
production and anticipated production rates, operating efficiencies, and costs
and expenditures.  In certain cases, forward-looking statements can be
identified by the use of words such as "could", "expect", "believe", "will", "estimate",
"anticipate", "project" and similar
expressions and statements relating to matters that are not historical facts.
 Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and
uncertainties and other factors, including those described under the heading "Item
3. Key Information-D Risk Factors", which may cause the actual results,
performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any
future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements.  These factors include, among others, gold
price volatility; volatility of commodity prices; mining industry operational
hazards and environment concerns; uncertainty of estimates of mineral deposits;
government regulation and requirements for permits and licenses; and
competition. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors
that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from
those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that
cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or
intended.  There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will
prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ
materially from those anticipated in such statements.  Accordingly, readers
should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.  The Company
undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Use
of Mineral Reserve and Resource Terminology

The
Company is organized under the laws of the Yukon Territory in Canada. The
mineral reserves and resources described in this Form 20-F are estimates and
have been prepared in compliance with National Instrument 43-101 of the Canadian
Securities Administrators. The definitions of proven and probable reserves used
in National Instrument 43-101 differ from the definitions in SEC Industry Guide
7. In addition, the terms "mineral resource", "measured mineral resource", "indicated mineral resource" and
"inferred mineral resource" are defined
in and required to be disclosed by National Instrument 43-101; however, these
terms are not defined terms under SEC Industry Guide 7 and normally are not
permitted to be used in reports and registration statements filed with the SEC.
Accordingly, information contained in this Form 20-F containing descriptions of
the Company's mineral deposits may not be comparable to similar information
made public by U. S. companies subject to the reporting and disclosure
requirements under the United States federal securities laws and the rules and
regulations thereunder.

Cautionary
Note to U.S. Investors concerning estimates of Measured and Indicated Resources:
This document uses the terms "measured and indicated resources". The Company
advises U.S. investors that while these terms are recognized and required by
Canadian regulations, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission does not
recognize them. U.S. investors are cautioned not to assume that any part or
all of mineral deposits in these categories will ever be converted into
reserves.

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Cautionary
Note to U.S. Investors concerning estimates of Inferred Resources: This
document uses the term "inferred resources". The Company advises U.S.
investors that while this term is recognized and required by Canadian
regulations, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission does not recognize it. "Inferred resources" have a great amount of uncertainty as to their
existence, and great uncertainty as to their economic and legal feasibility. It
cannot be assumed that all or any part of inferred mineral resources will ever
be upgraded to a higher category. Under Canadian rules, estimates of inferred
mineral resources may not form the basis of a feasibility or other economic
study. U.S. investors are cautioned not to assume that any part or all of an
inferred resource exists or is economically or legally minable.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

|         |                                                                  | Page | 
|-------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ---- | 
|         |                                                                  |      | 
|PART I   |                                                                  |      | 
|         |                                                                  |      | 
|ITEM 1   | Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisors            | 10   | 
|ITEM 2   | Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable                          | 10   | 
|ITEM 3   | Key Information                                                  | 10   | 
|ITEM 4   | Information on the Company                                       | 16   | 
|ITEM 5   | Operating and Financial Review and Prospects                     | 36   | 
|ITEM 6   | Directors, Senior Management and Employees                       | 52   | 
|ITEM 7   | Major Shareholder and Related Party Transactions                 | 62   | 
|ITEM 8   | Financial Information                                            | 64   | 
|ITEM 9   | The Offer and Listing                                            | 64   | 
|ITEM 10  | Additional Information                                           | 66   | 
|ITEM 11  | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk       | 83   | 
|ITEM 12  | Description of Securities Other than Equity Securities           | 84   | 
|         |                                                                  |      | 
|PART II  |                                                                  |      | 
|         |                                                                  |      | 
|ITEM 13  | Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies                  | 84   | 
|ITEM 14  | Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use | 84   | 
|         | of Proceeds                                                      |      | 
|ITEM 15  | Controls and Procedures                                          | 85   | 
|ITEM 16A | Audit Committee Financial Expert                                 | 85   | 
|ITEM 16B | Code of Ethics                                                   | 85   | 
|ITEM 16C | Principal Accountant Fees and Services                           | 85   | 
|ITEM 16D | Exemptions from the Listing Standards for Audit Committees       | 86   | 
|ITEM 16E | Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated      | 87   | 
|         | Purchasers                                                       |      | 
|         |                                                                  |      | 
|PART III |                                                                  |      | 
|         |                                                                  |      | 
|ITEM 17  | Financial Statements                                             | 87   | 
|ITEM 18  | Financial Statements                                             | 87   | 
|ITEM 19  | Exhibits                                                         | 87   | 
|         | Consolidated Financial Statements                                | F-1  | 
|         | Signatures                                                       | 89   | 



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ITEM
1 IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISORS

This
Form 20-F is being filed as an Annual Report under the Exchange Act and, as
such, there is no requirement to provide any information under this Item.

ITEM
2 OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE

This
Form 20-F is being filed as an Annual Report under the Exchange Act and, as
such, there is no requirement to provide any information under this Item.

ITEM
3 KEY INFORMATION

A)

Selected
Financial Data

The
following financial information has been extracted from the Company's
consolidated financial statements for the periods indicated and is expressed in
U.S. dollars. The information should be read in conjunction with "Item 5.
Operating and Financial Review and Prospects - A. Results of Operations" and "B. Liquidity and Capital Resources," and the consolidated financial
statements of the Company filed herewith.



The
consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Canadian
generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), which differ in certain
respects from those principles that the Company would have followed had its
consolidated financial statements been prepared in accordance with United States
GAAP. For information about significant differences between Canadian and United
States GAAP as applicable to the Company's financial statements, see Note 22
to the consolidated financial statements.

Had
the Company followed United States GAAP, certain items in the statements of loss
and balance sheets would have been reported as follows:

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B)

Capitalization
and Indebtedness

This
Form 20-F is being filed as an Annual Report under the Exchange Act and, as
such, there is no requirement to provide any information under this Item.

C)

Reasons
for the Offer and Use of Proceeds

This
Form 20-F is being filed as an Annual Report under the Exchange Act and, as
such, there is no requirement to provide any information under this Item.

D)

Risk
Factors

The
operation of the Company are speculative due to the high-risk nature of its
business which is the acquisition, financing, exploration, development and
operation of mining properties.  The risks below are not the only ones
facing the Company. Additional risks not currently known to the Company, or that
the Company currently deems immaterial may also impair the Company's operations.
 The order in which the following risk factors appear does not necessarily
reflect management's opinion of their order or priority.

Gold
Price Volatility

The
Company's business is affected by the world market price of gold. Gold prices
are subject to volatile price movements over short periods of time and are
affected by numerous factors, all of which are beyond the Company's control.
These include industry factors such as: industrial and jewellery demand; the
level of demand for gold as an investment; central bank lending, sales and
purchases of gold; speculative trading; and costs of and levels of global gold
production by producers of gold. Gold prices may also be affected by
macroeconomic factors, including: expectations of the future rate of inflation;
the strength of, and confidence in, the US dollar, the currency in which the
price of gold is generally quoted, and other currencies; interest rates; and
global or regional, political or economic uncertainties. The profitability of
the Company's operations is directly related to the price of gold. If the world
market price of gold were to drop and the prices realized by the Company on gold
sales were to decrease significantly and remain at such a level for any
substantial period, this would materially and adversely affect production and
the Company's profitability and cash flow would be negatively affected.

A
decline in the market price of gold may also require the Company to write-down
its mineral reserves which would have a material and adverse effect on its
earnings and financial position. Should any significant writedown in reserves be
required, material writedowns of the Company's

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investment
in the affected mining properties plus increased amortization and asset
retirement obligation charges may be required. Further, if revenue from gold
sales declines, the Company may experience liquidity difficulties This may
reduce its ability to invest in exploration and development which would
materially and adversely affect future production earnings and the Company's
financial position.

Price
Volatility of Other Commodities

The
Company's profitability is also affected to a lesser extent by the market prices
of commodities which are consumed or otherwise used in connection with
operations, such as diesel fuel, natural gas and electricity. Prices of such
commodities are also subject to volatile price movements over short periods of
time and are affected by factors that are beyond the Company's control.

Mining
Risks and insurance Risks

The
operations of the Company are subject to significant risks and hazards,
incidental to the exploration, development and production of gold including
environmental hazards, industrial accidents, unusual or unexpected rock
formations, pressures, cave-ins, flooding and gold bullion losses, some of which
are beyond the Company's control. These risks and hazards could result in:
damage to, or destruction of, mineral properties or producing facilities;
personal injury or death; environmental damage; delays in mining; and monetary
losses and possible legal liability for such damage. Although the Company
maintains and intends to continue to maintain insurance which it considers
adequate to cover some of these risks and hazards to the extent available and
consistent with the industry practice, no assurance can be given that such
insurance will continue to be available, or that it will be available at
economically feasible premiums.  The Company's property, business
interruption and liability insurance may not provide sufficient coverage for
losses related to these or other risks or hazards. In addition, the Company may
become subject to liability for hazards which it cannot insure against or which
it may elect not to insure against because of premium costs or other reasons.

Mineral
Reserves and Resources

The
Company's mineral reserves and mineral resources are estimates, and no assurance
can be given that the indicated level of gold will be able to be mined and
processed. Fluctuations in the price of gold may render mineral reserves
containing relatively lower grades of gold mineralization uneconomic. Moreover,
short-term operating factors relating to the mineral reserves, such as the need
for orderly development of ore bodies or the processing of new or different ore
grades, may cause mineral reserves to be reduced or the Company  to be
unprofitable in any particular accounting period.  Estimated reserves may
have to be recalculated based on actual production experience. Market price
fluctuations of gold, as well as increased production costs or reduced recovery
rates, may render the present proven and probable reserves unprofitable to
develop at a mine or mines. This could cause the Company to reduce its reserves,
which could have a negative impact on its operations and financial results.
Failure to obtain necessary permits or government approvals could also cause the
Company to reduce its reserves.

Mineral
resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic
viability.  Due to the uncertainty of inferred mineral resources, these
mineral resources may never be upgraded to proven and probable mineral reserves.

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There
is no assurance that the Company will obtain the estimated levels of recovery of
gold or the prices assumed in determining gold reserves.

Mine
Development

The
Company's ability to sustain or increase its present levels of gold production
is dependent upon the successful development of new producing mines and/or
identification of additional reserves at existing mining operations. If the
Company is unable to develop new ore bodies, it will not be able to sustain
present production levels. Reduced production could have a material and adverse
impact on future cash flows, results of operations and financial conditions.

Production
and Cost Estimates

The
Company prepares estimates of future production and cash costs of production for
its operations. No assurance can be given that such estimates will be achieved.
The failure of the Company to achieve production or cost estimates could have an
adverse impact on any or all of the Company's future cash flows, results of
operations and financial condition.  The Company's actual production may
vary from estimates for a variety of reasons, including: actual ore mined
varying from estimates of grade, tonnage, dilution and metallurgical and other
characteristics; short-term operating factors relating to the ore reserves, such
as the need for sequential development of ore bodies and the processing of new
or different ore grades; risks and hazards associated with mining; natural
phenomena, such as inclement weather conditions, floods, and earthquakes; and
unexpected labour shortages. Cash costs of production may be affected by a
variety of factors, including: ore grade, metallurgy, labour costs, the cost of
supplies and services. Such occurrences could result in damage to mineral
properties, interruptions in production, injury or death to persons, damage to
property of the Company or others, monetary losses and legal liabilities. These
factors may cause a mineral deposit that has been mined profitably in the past
to become unprofitable, forcing the Company to cease production.

Exploration

Gold
exploration is highly speculative in nature.  The Company's exploration
work involves many risks and may be unsuccessful.  Substantial expenditures
are required to establish proven and probable reserves and to complete the
related mine development.  It may take several years from the initial
phases of drilling until production is possible. As a result of these
uncertainties, there is no assurance that current or future exploration programs
will be successful and result in the expansion or replacement of current
production with new reserves or result in the discovery of new ore bodies.

Environmental,
Health and Safety Regulations

The
Company's mining operations and exploration activities are subject to extensive
laws and regulations governing the protection of the environment, waste
disposal, worker safety, mine development and protection of endangered and
protected species. Environmental legislation is evolving in a manner that may
require stricter standards and enforcement, increased fines and penalties for
non-compliance, more stringent environmental assessments of proposed projects
and a heightened degree of responsibility for companies and their officers,
directors and employees. There is no assurance that existing or future
environmental regulation will not materially adversely affect the Company's
business, financial condition and results of operations. Environmental hazards
may exist on the properties on which the Company holds interests that are
unknown to the Company at present and that have been caused by previous existing
owners or operators of the properties. There may be costs and production delays
associated with compliance

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with
these laws and regulations. Bonds or other forms of financial assurances are
required for security for these reclamation activities.  The unknown nature
of possible future additional regulatory requirements creates uncertainties
related to future environmental, health and safety costs. The Company has set
aside all of the cash required to reclaim the Jerritt Canyon mine based on
current assessments and has purchased insurance against unexpected reclamation
costs beyond the current estimated amounts. There can be no assurance, however,
that actual environmental and reclamation obligations will not exceed such
provisions.



Bills
proposing major changes to the mining laws of the United States have been
considered by Congress. If these Bills, which may include royalty fees or net
profits interests, are enacted in the future, they could have a significant
effect on the ownership and operation of patented and unpatented mining claims
in the United States, including claims that the Company owns or holds.  Any
amendment to current laws and regulations governing operations and activities of
mining companies, or more stringent implementation thereof, could have a
material adverse impact on the Company's financial condition and results of
operations.

Employee
Relations

The
Company's ability to achieve its future goals and objectives is dependent, in
part, on maintaining good relations with its employees. Although the Jerritt
Canyon mine employees are not unionized, production at its mining operations is
dependent upon the efforts of the Company's employees, and a prolonged labour
disruption at Jerritt Canyon could have a material adverse impact on the
Company's operations as a whole.

In
addition, relations between the Company and its employees may be affected by
changes in the scheme of labour relations that may be introduced by the relevant
government authorities in whose jurisdictions the Company carries on business.
 Changes in such legislation or in the relationship between the Company and
its employees may have a material adverse effect on the Company's business,
results of operations and financial condition.

Title
to Properties

The
validity of mining claims, which constitute most of the Company's property
holdings, can be uncertain and may be contested. Although the Company has
attempted to acquire satisfactory title to its properties, some risk exists that
some titles, particularly title to undeveloped properties, may be subject to
prior unregistered agreements or transfer or native land claims and title may be
affected by other undetected defects and may be defective.

Competition

The
mineral exploration and mining business is competitive in all of its phases.
 The Company competes with other mining companies and individuals,
including competitors with greater financial, technical and other resources than
the Company for mining claims and leases on exploration properties, acquisition
of gold mining assets, capital and qualified employees.  The Company cannot
assure that it will continue to be able to compete successfully with its
competitors in acquiring such properties, capital and employees or terms it
considers acceptable, if at all.

Dependence
on Management

The
success of the operations and activities of the Company is dependent to a
significant extent on the efforts and abilities of its management, a small group
of individuals.  Investors must be willing to rely to a significant extent
on management's discretion and judgment.  The Company

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does
not have in place formal programs for the succession of management and training
of management.  The Company does not maintain any key man insurance on any
of its employees.  The loss of any one member of the management group could
have a material adverse effect on the Company's business.

Conflicts
of Interest

Certain
of the directors and officers of Company are also directors and/or officers of
other natural resource companies.  Such associations may give rise to
conflicts of interest from time to time.  The Company's directors are
required by law to act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best
interests of the Company and to disclose any interest, which they may have in
any project or opportunity of the Company.  If a conflict of interest
arises at a meeting of the board of directors, any director in a conflict must
disclose his interest and abstain from voting on such matter in accordance with
applicable corporate laws.

Dilution

The
Company frequently issues common shares to finance asset acquisitions and
working capital, to settle liabilities, to acquire services and to compensate
employees.  As at June 8, 2004, approximately 369.3 million common shares
were outstanding; approximately 19.0 million common shares were issuable upon
the exercise of warrants and approximately 6.6 million common shares were
issuable upon the exercise of stock options. If all of the current warrants and
options are exercised, the number of outstanding shares would increase by
approximately 6.9%to approximately 394.9 million.  It is possible
that the Company will enter into more agreements to issue common shares and
warrants and options to purchase common shares.  The impact of the issuance
of a significant amount of common shares from these warrant and option exercises
could place downward pressure on the market price of the Company's common
shares.

Future
Capital Requirements

As
of December 31, 2003, the Company had cash equivalents of approximately $9.5
million. The Company intends to use these funds together with future cash flow
from operations to fund its other planned exploration and development work and
for general corporate purposes. The Company estimates that planned capital
expenditures and funds for exploration in 2004 will total approximately $24
million. The Company does not currently have sufficient funds to carry out all
its planned capital and exploration expenditures, but expects that operations
will generate sufficient cash flow to fund capital expenditures and exploration.



The
Company may have other additional capital or exploration funding requirements to
the extent it decides to develop other properties or makes additional
acquisitions. The Company may also encounter significant unanticipated
liabilities or expenses. The Company's ability to continue its planned
exploration and development activities depends in part on its ability to
generate free cash flow from its operating mine, which is subject to certain
risks and uncertainties. The Company may be required to obtain additional
financing in the future to fund exploration and development activities or
acquisitions of additional projects. The Company has historically raised capital
primarily through equity financing and in the future may raise capital through
equity or debt financing, joint ventures or other means. There can be no
assurance that the Company will be able to obtain the necessary financing in a
timely manner, on acceptable terms or at all.



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Payment
Obligations

The
Company is, or may in the future become, a party to certain contractual
agreements pursuant to which the Company is or may become subject to payments
and comply with other obligations.  If such obligations are not complied
with when due, in addition to any other remedies which may be available to other
parties, this could result in dilution or forfeiture of interests held by the
Company.  The Company may not have, or be able to obtain, financing for all
such obligations as they arise.

The
Company's senior debt facility, the Amaranth Loan described under "Item 4.
Information on the Company-D) Property, Plant and Equipment-Jerritt Canyon
Acquisition", is secured by a first security interest on all of the
Company's assets, including the Jerritt Canyon Mine.  In the event of a
default that cannot be cured, Amaranth may declare the outstanding balance of
the facility due and payable and realize upon any portion of the collateral.

Dividends

No
dividends on the common shares of the Company have been paid to date. The
Company anticipates that it will retain all future earnings and other cash
resources for the future operation and development of its business. The Company
does not intend to declare or pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.
 Payment of any future dividends will be at the discretion of the Company's
board of directors, after taking into account many factors, including the
Company's operating results, financial condition and current and anticipated
cash needs.



ITEM
4 INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY

A)
History and Development of the Company

Queenstake
Resources Ltd. (the "Company") was incorporated under the laws of British
Columbia on May 3, 1977 under the name "Queenstake Resources Ltd." by
registration of its Memorandum and Articles with the British Columbia Registrar
of Companies.  To facilitate a business combination of the Company and
Santa Cruz Gold Inc. ("Santa Cruz") on June 24, 1999, the Company continued
its corporate jurisdiction from British Columbia to the Yukon Territory under
the Business Corporations Act (Yukon), as amended (the "YBCA").
  Effective July 19, 1999, the Company merged with Santa Cruz through
an amalgamation by way of statutory plan of arrangement under the YBCA to form
one continuing company with the name "Queenstake Resources Ltd."

The
registered office of the Company is located at Suite 200, 204 Lambert Street,
Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 3T2.  The corporate office address of the Company is 
999 Eighteenth Street, Suite 2940, Denver, Colorado U.S.A. 80202.

Effective
with the Santa Cruz business combination in July 1999, the Company acquired
Santa Cruz's 100% interest in the Magistral gold deposit located in Sinaloa,
Mexico.  The Company's activities in 2000 and 2001 concentrated on
studying the feasibility of the Magistral project, performing additional
exploration drilling on the project and evaluating financing alternatives.
 In 2001, the project was partially financed through the formation of a
joint venture known as the Magistral Joint Venture ("MJV") with Midwest
Mining Inc. ("Midwest").  Terms of the joint venture financing included
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from
voting on certain matters concerning the MJV, until the preferential loan
amounts were repaid. The Magistral mine was constructed through 2002 and began
small-scale commercial production on January 1, 2003.

On
June 30, 2003, the Company acquired 100% of the operating Jerritt Canyon gold
mine, 50 miles north of Elko, Nevada, and thus transformed itself into a
significant gold producer. The Jerritt Canyon Mine is a large-scale underground
gold mining operation with significant exploration potential.  Full details
of this acquisition and related financing transactions are discussed under "-D) Property, Plant and Equipment-Jerritt Canyon Acquisition," below.

In
September 2003, based on an upward trend in costs at the Magistral mine and the
apparent need for significant additional capital, the Company wrote off its
investment in the MJV. In November 2003, based on a decision to focus its
resources on the recently acquired Jerritt Canyon Mine, the Company determined
that it would no longer participate in the MJV.  Accordingly, the Company
committed to a plan to sell its interest in the MJV.  In order to
facilitate this sale, the Company recognized the need to eliminate the MJV
preferential loan payback to Midwest, and to consolidate ownership of the MJV.
 On December 15, 2003, the Company acquired Midwest's entire interest in
the MJV. As part of the transaction, Midwest agreed to eliminate the
preferential loan repayment obligations to Midwest.  On December 19, 2003,
the Company agreed to arm's length terms proposed by Nevada Pacific Gold Ltd.
("NPG") to sell Pangea Resources Inc. ("Pangea"), the Company's 100%
owned subsidiary that owned the Magistral mine, to NPG. On February 2, 2004, the
sale of Pangea and all related assets including the Magistral mine to NPG was
completed.  Full details of these transactions are discussed under "-D)
Property, Plant and Equipment-Magistral Mine" below.

Principal
Capital Expenditures/Divestitures Over the Last Three Fiscal Years

Burkina
Faso Property Interests

On
February 26, 2001 the Company acquired various interests in six exploration
permits and two diamond prospecting permits in Burkina Faso, West Africa through
the acquisition of 100% of Incanore Gold Mines Ltd. ("Incanore Gold") a
private Canadian company, in consideration for 7,600,000 Shares of the Company.
 Incanore Gold's most significant asset was its 18.5% joint venture
interest in the Taparko project in Burkina Faso. During the year 2001, the
Company either disposed of or returned to the Burkina Faso Government all of its
interests in the properties acquired in the Incanore Gold acquisition except for
its interest in the Taparko property. The joint venture majority partner, High
River Gold Mines Ltd. ("High River"), had an option to purchase the Company's
interest in the Taparko project for $1.4 million until February 26,
2004.  On July 15, 2002, the Company accepted a discounted price of
$1.2 million and sold all interest in the Taparko project to High River.



Sale
of Intercontinental Resources Subsidiary

On
June 30, 2001 the Company sold all of the issued and outstanding share
capital of its subsidiary, Intercontinental Resources Inc. ("IRI"), to
Monterrico Metals PLC ("Monterrico") for the following consideration:
 300,000 shares of Monterrico, valued at $30,000 at the time and $3,750 in
cash received in 2001 and $8,750 received in 2002.  The Company also
retained a 1% net smelter return royalty on certain Monterrico properties in
Peru. The Company sold all of its Monterrico shares in 2003 for $0.5 million.

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Jerritt
Canyon Mine

In
June 2003, pursuant to a purchase and sale agreement with subsidiaries of
AngloGold Limited ("AngloGold") and Meridian Gold Inc., (collectively the "Sellers") the Company acquired the Sellers' respective 70% and 30%
interests in the assets comprising the Jerritt Canyon gold mine in Nevada.

The
Jerritt Canyon acquisition was completed at arm's-length.  Under the
terms of the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Company paid to the Sellers:
$1.5 million and issued 32 million common shares of the Company with a fair
value of $4.1 million.  In addition, $6.0 million is payable to the
Sellers in quarterly instalments of $1.0 million, commencing on the earlier of
repayment of the Company's term loan (see Note 11 of the consolidated
financial statements), including any restructuring or refinancing thereof, or
June 30, 2005.  The fair value of this series of payments was
estimated at $4.5 million at the time of the acquisition.  A net smelter
return royalty on the Jerritt Canyon mine production, based on a sliding scale
ranging from 2% to 4% at gold prices above $320 per ounce, is also payable to
the Sellers commencing on the earlier of the repayment of the term loan,
including restructuring or refinancing thereof, or June 30, 2005.  The
royalty is capped at an aggregate of $4.0 million, at which time the
royalty will convert to a 1% net profits interest royalty, payable only to
AngloGold. Subsequent to the acquisition the Company invested an additional $5.9
million in the Jerritt Canyon Mine, principally for the underground mine
development and reserve expansion programs.

The
Company also assumed certain of the Sellers' liabilities associated with the
Jerritt Canyon mine and all of the Sellers' Jerritt Canyon related reclamation
and environmental liabilities.  These liabilities are reported on a fair
value basis and are more fully discussed in Note 8 and Note 14 of the
consolidated financial statements.

The
fair value of the reclamation liability was independently estimated at $25.8
million as at June 30, 2003 by American Insurance Group Environmental ("AIG"),
a division of American International Companies. This amount has been fully
funded through an environmental risk transfer program (the "ERTP")
underwritten by AIG.

The
Jerritt Canyon acquisition related costs and the ERTP were funded by issuing
equity (see Note 15 of the consolidated financial statements) and by way of a
term loan (see Note 11 of the consolidated financial statements).

Magistral
Mine

The
Magistral Joint Venture (the "MJV") was formed in 2001 to facilitate
financing for the construction of the Magistral mine in Sinaloa, Mexico.
 Terms of the financing included preferential loan payback to the funding
joint venture partner, Midwest Mining Inc. ("Midwest") and precluded the
Company from voting on certain matters concerning the MJV, until the
preferential loan amounts were repaid.  The Magistral mine was constructed
through 2002, and began small-scale commercial production on January 1, 2003.
 Because it had no significant influence over the operation of the MJV, the
Company's interest in the MJV was accounted for on the cost basis, as a
long-term investment, until September 2003. The accounts of the MJV were
therefore not consolidated in the Company's financial statements.
 Similarly, the Company did not report gold production from the MJV.

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The
whole of 2002 was considered to be the construction period for accounting
purposes and the resulting $1.5 million of production revenues were treated
as a credit to construction costs, for net development costs of
$10 million. The difference in cost between the $6.6 million provided
by Midwest and the final cost was provided by the Operating Loans made equally
between Midwest and the Company through the MJV.  The loans bear interest
at a rate of 18% per annum and have first priority in distribution of cash flows
from the operation.

In
September 2003, an upward trend in repair costs for the mining equipment at the
Magistral mine became evident together with a decreasing trend in gold
production, mainly as a result of low equipment availability.  After
considering the resulting operating deficits, the apparent need for significant
additional capital, and the preferential nature of the repayment of loans made
by Midwest to the joint venture, the Company concluded that its long-term
investment in the MJV was impaired and took a charge of $6.2 million to earnings
(see Note 9 of the consolidated financial statements).

In
November 2003, based on a decision to focus its resources on the recently
acquired Jerritt Canyon mine, the Company determined that it would no longer
participate nor provide additional capital to the MJV.  Accordingly, the
Company committed to a plan to sell its interest in the MJV.  In order to
facilitate this sale, the Company recognized the need to consolidate ownership
in Pangea and its related assets including the Magistral mine, and to eliminate
the MJV debt, including the preferential loan payback.

On
December 15, 2003, the Company issued to Midwest 11,200,000 common shares of the
Company with an estimated fair value of $6.1 million and 2,000,000 two-year
warrants to acquire common shares of the Company at Cdn $1.00 each, and paid
Midwest $0.9 million, all as consideration for Midwest's interest in the MJV
and its 15% equity interest in Pangea Resources Inc. ("Pangea"), the Company's
85% owned subsidiary, which held the Company's interest in the MJV. As part of
the transaction, Midwest agreed to eliminate the preferential loan repayment
obligations to Midwest.

On
December 19, 2003, the Company agreed to arm's length terms proposed by Nevada
Pacific Gold Ltd. ("NPG") to sell 100% of Pangea and all its related assets
including the Magistral mine to NPG for a total of $7.0 million in cash and
2,000,000 common shares of NPG.  This transaction was completed in February
2004.  Please see "-D) Property, Plant and Equipment -Magistral Mine"
for further detail concerning the terms of the acquisition and funding of the
acquisition-related costs.



Current
and Planned Capital Expenditures/Divestitures

Jerritt
Canyon Mine

The
Company plans to spend approximately $14.9 million for development access, stope
preparation, ventilation raises, definition drilling, and related activities to
access and convert current resource blocks to reserves in 2004. Included in the
$14.9 million is $3.3 million that is also included in the planned $8 million
exploration expenditures for 2004. Please see "Item 5. Operating and Financial
Review and Prospects-A) Operating Results-Jerritt Canyon Outlook-Exploration",
for further discussion concerning exploration. In addition, sustaining

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capital
costs during this period are estimated at $3.4 million.  The Jerritt Canyon
operation is expected to generate cash in excess of these planned capital
expenditures.  In addition, the Company is studying opportunities to
develop and exploit new mining areas which may require additional capital.

Public
Takeover Offers

During
the current year and previous fiscal year, the Company has not received any
public takeover offers from third parties nor has the Company made any such
takeover offers.

B)
 Business Overview

The
Company engages in the production and sale of gold, including related activities
such as mining, processing, development and exploration. The Company's
principal asset and only current source of gold production is the 100% owned
Jerritt Canyon gold mine in Nevada, acquired on June 30, 2003.  The Jerritt
Canyon Mine acquisition effectively transformed the Company from an emerging
small-scale gold producer to a mid-tier gold producer with projected annual gold
production in the range of 280,000 to 320,000 ounces.  In addition, the
approximately 100 square miles that comprise the Jerritt Canyon property offer a
significant number of advanced, early stage and district-scale exploration
targets, and solid potential to expand the currently defined reserves and
resources proximal to the producing mines.

Gold
Mining Industry

Uses
of Gold

Product
fabrication and bullion investment are the two principal uses of gold. Within
the fabrication category there are a wide variety of end uses, the largest of
which is the manufacture of jewellery. Other fabrication purposes include
official coins, electronics, miscellaneous industrial and decorative uses,
dentistry, medals and medallions.

Sales
and Refining

Gold
can be readily sold on numerous markets throughout the world and it is not
difficult to ascertain its market price at any particular time. Since there are
a large number of available gold purchasers, the Company is not dependent upon
the sale of gold to any one customer.

The
Company's gold production is currently refined to market delivery standards by
Johnson Matthey Inc., at its refinery in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Company
believes that because of the availability of alternative refiners, no material
adverse effect would result if the Company lost the services of Johnson Matthey
Inc.

Applicable
Government Regulation

For
a discussion of government regulations relating to the Company's only
operating property, the Jerritt Canyon Mine, please see "Operating Property-Jerritt
Canyon Mine, Government Regulation", and "-Environmental Laws" below in
Item 4.D.

C)

Organizational
Structure



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The
following chart illustrates the inter-corporate relationships of the Company and
its active subsidiaries and their jurisdictions of incorporation.







D)
 Property, Plant and Equipment

The
Company's only producing asset is its 100% interest in the Jerritt Canyon
Mine, Elko, Nevada.

On
June 30, 2003, the Company acquired the Jerritt Canyon Mine, in Nevada. See "Jerritt
Canyon Acquisition", below. Jerritt Canyon Mine is an operating gold property
with four producing underground mines and significant ore stockpiles, currently
feeding ore to a 1.5 million ton per year capacity processing plant.
 Transition of the mine to Queenstake was effected without interruption to
mining operations, and as a result the Company was not exposed to any start-up
or project completion risks.

As
a result of the Jerritt Canyon acquisition, the Company controls a large and
historically prolific gold producing district that has produced over seven
million ounces of gold over the past twenty-three years. The Company believes
that the Jerritt Canyon property has significant exploration and reserve
expansion potential.  Based on historical trends and recent exploration
results, the Company believes that Jerritt Canyon will sustain gold production
in the range of 280,000 to 320,000 ounces per year for the next three years and
possibly longer. Related environmental and reclamation costs have been funded
and insured.

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Jerritt
Canyon Acquisition

On
May 30, 2003, the Company entered into a definitive asset purchase and sale
agreement (the "Purchase and Sale Agreement") with subsidiaries of AngloGold
Limited ("AngloGold") and Meridian Gold Inc., (collectively the "Sellers")
pursuant to which the Company agreed to acquire the Sellers' respective 70%
and 30% interests in the assets comprising the Jerritt Canyon gold mine ("Jerritt
Canyon"), located in the Independence Mountain Range, 50 miles north of Elko,
Nevada.

The
Jerritt Canyon acquisition was an arm's-length transaction, completed on June
30, 2003. Under the terms of the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Company paid
to the Sellers $250,000 at the completion of the letter of intent and $1.25
million on closing of the acquisition, together with the issuance of 32 million
common shares of the Company with an estimated fair value of $4.1 million.
 In addition, $6.0 million is payable to the Sellers in quarterly
installments of $1.0 million commencing on the earlier of repayment of the
Company's senior project debt, more fully described below, or June 30, 2005.
 A net smelter return royalty on the Jerritt Canyon Mine production, based
on a sliding scale ranging from 2% to 4% at gold prices above $320 per ounce, is
also payable to the Sellers commencing on the earlier of repayment of the senior
project debt or June 30, 2005.  Aggregate royalty payments are capped at
$4.0 million at which point the royalty will convert to a 1% net proceeds
interest royalty payable only to AngloGold.

Under
the terms of the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Company also assumed $4.2
million of the Sellers' operating liabilities and all of the Sellers'
Jerritt Canyon Mine related reclamation and environmental liabilities.
 Fair value of the Jerritt Canyon Mine reclamation and environmental
liabilities, at the time of acquisition, has been independently estimated at
$25.8 million, and this amount has already been funded through an environmental
risk transfer program (the "ERTP") underwritten by American Insurance Group
Environmental ("AIG"), a division of American International Companies. Under
the terms of the ERTP, the Company deposited into an interest-bearing account
with AIG $25.8 million (the "Commutation Account").  The Commutation
Account principal plus interest earned will be used to pay for the currently
existing mine closure and reclamation liabilities. The ERTP also includes a
closure cost cap insurance policy which will serve to fund reclamation and
post-closure site management by the Company.  The insurance component
provides insurance coverage for reclamation costs if they exceed those provided
for by the Commutation Account.  If the ultimate reclamation costs are less
than the amount in the Commutation Account, the Company would be refunded the
excess cash.  If the reclamation cost related to the currently existing
disturbance, is more than the Commutation Account balance, the insurance portion
of the ERTP is activated and AIG would pay the excess costs up to a defined
maximum.The ERTP also includes a pollution legal liability insurance
coverage for third-party damage claims against the Company for both pre-existing
pollution conditions and new pollution conditions.  In addition to
reclamation insurance, AIG has posted a total of $33.5 million in surety bonds
with the U.S. Forest Service and the Nevada Division of Environment Protection.
 For these services, the Company paid AIG premiums totalling $5.6 million
in addition to establishing the Commutation Account.  Management believes
that the ERTP effectively limits the Company's Jerritt Canyon reclamation and
mine closure liabilities.

The
Company engaged Pincock, Allen & Holt (PAH), an independent consulting firm
to review the reserve and resource estimates of the Jerritt Canyon Mine and to
prepare a Technical Report

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in
conformance with Canadian National Instrument 43-101, which was filed on SEDAR
on June 11, 2003.

The
Jerritt Canyon acquisition was funded with a combination of equity and senior
debt financing.  On June 12, 2003 the Company issued 6,500,000 common
shares and 6,500,000 common share purchase warrants for gross proceeds of $0.9
million.  Each common share purchase warrant entitles the holder to
purchase one common share at an exercise price of Cdn $0.22 at any time until
December 11, 2004. The Company paid a cash brokers' fee of $52,000 and issued
390,000 brokers' share purchase warrants entitling the holder to purchase one
common share at an exercise price of Cdn $0.22 at any time until June 11, 2004.

On
June 25, 2003 the Company sold 105,000,000 subscription receipts for gross
proceeds of $15.7 million ($14.7 million net of 6% cash commission and listing
fees). On July 2, 2003, following completion of the Jerritt Canyon acquisition,
the subscription receipts were exercised for no additional consideration and the
Company issued 105,000,000 common shares and 52,500,000 warrants.  Each
whole warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one common share at an
exercise price of Cdn $0.25 until June 25, 2005. In addition to cash
commissions, the Company issued 6,300,000 brokers' share purchase warrants
entitling the holder to purchase one common share at an exercise price of Cdn
$0.22 at any time until June 25, 2004.

On
July 4, 2003 the Company issued 25,000,000 units at Cdn $0.20 each on a private
placement basis for gross proceeds of $3.7 million ($3.5 million net of 6%
commission).  Each unit comprised one common share and one half a common
share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant will entitle the holder to purchase
one common share at an exercise price of Cdn $0.25 until June 25, 2005.  In
addition to cash commissions, the Company issued 1,500,000 brokers' share
purchase warrants entitling the holder to purchase one common share at an
exercise price of Cdn $0.22 at any time until July 3, 2004.

On
July 3, 2003, the Company completed a $20 million senior debt facility for the
Jerritt Canyon project, bearing interest at the U.S. prime interest rate plus
7%, with Amaranth LLC as lender.  On July 8, 2003 the Company drew down the
entire senior debt financing.  The debt is fully secured by all of the
Jerritt Canyon assets and is also guaranteed by the Company and secured by its
assets.  The loan is to be repaid by June 27, 2005, with minimum quarterly
payments of $2.5 million, starting September 30, 2003.  Loan covenants are
consistent with similar senior debt facilities within the mining sector. The
lender was paid a 3% set up fee in cash ($600,000) and was issued 37,000,000
share purchase warrants with a five year term and a nominal exercise price of
Cdn $0.01 per share and 2,000,000 share purchase warrants at an exercise price
of Cdn $0.25 expiring on July 7, 2005.  The lender also guaranteed
approximately 75% of the premiums related to the Company's purchase of
approximately 400,000 ounces of gold put options with a strike price of $330 per
ounce.  Purchase of the put options was required by the terms of the senior
debt facility in order to assure a minimum gold price for a substantial portion
of the gold production through the term loan period.

On
March 26, 2004, the Company received a conditional commitment for a term loan
facility of $10 million with Standard Bank London Limited. The loan will be used
to refinance the approximately $6 million term loan balance at March 26, 2004
(i.e. the term loan balance prior to the March 31, 2004 scheduled $2.5 million
repayment); to repay the approximately $1 million Oxygen plant note owed to
AngloGold, a liability assumed as part of the consideration for the Jerritt
Canyon Mine acquisition; and approximately $3 million of the facility will be
used to guarantee the payment of the deferred gold put option premiums currently
guaranteed by the term

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loan
lender, Amaranth. The loan remains subject to a number of conditions including
completion of definitive documentation and will be subject to standard industry
covenants for a loan of this size. It will be secured by the assets of
Queenstake Resources U.S.A. Inc., the Company's wholly owned subsidiary that
owns the Jerritt Canyon Mine, together with a restricted cash deposit of $1.4
million. The Company will guarantee the facility and provide as additional
security an assignment of the 2,000,000 common shares of NPG and the $3.0
million note from NPG received as consideration for the sale to NPG of Pangea
and all its assets including the Magistral mine. The interest rate will be LIBOR
plus 4.5%, a currently effective rate of approximately 6.0%.  The
amortization period expires June 30, 2005, with minimum quarterly principal
payments of approximately $1.4 million and additional quarterly payments equal
to 50% of Queenstake Resources U.S.A. Inc.'s cash available after debt
service.

Recent
Operations

Following
closing of the acquisition on June 30, 2003, the Company integrated the Jerritt
Canyon Mine without interruption to the mine operations.  The skilled work
force and mine management team at Jerritt Canyon, which the Company hired
immediately following the acquisition, provided the Company with operating
depth.

Gold
production during the three months ended September 30, 2003, the Company's
first quarter of operations, was consistent with production levels achieved by
the former owners.

In
December 2003, an unusually early and severe onset of winter conditions at the
site negatively affected mill processing and unit costs in the fourth quarter.
 Despite these conditions, Jerritt Canyon produced 150,001 ounces of gold
during the last six months of the year, essentially meeting the Company's
production target established at the time of acquisition.

Table
4.1, below, summarizes certain Jerritt Canyon production information for the
year 2003 under the Company's ownership.



Table
4.1



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During
the few years prior to the Company's acquisition of Jerritt Canyon, known
reserves were not aggressively expanded and advanced stage targets were not
aggressively followed up. Underground mine development had been severely
curtailed for several years and through the first half of 2003 by the former
owners, based on their plans to close the mine at the end of 2004, a decision
made at a time when gold prices were significantly lower.

Immediately
following the Jerritt Canyon Mine acquisition, the Company began to pursue two
principal priorities: (1) to expand the underground development at Jerritt
Canyon to provide the mines with more operating flexibility; and (2) to begin
exploration focused on resource to reserve conversion and resource expansion and
on district-wide target generation and follow-up on the approximately 100
square-mile Jerritt Canyon property.

During
the latter half of 2003, the Company invested approximately $3.2 million in
underground mine development to expand the inventory of resources and reserves,
commensurate with the Company's planned scale of on-going operations.

Through
the latter six months of 2003, the Company invested approximately $1.6 million
in exploration, which consisted mainly of underground drilling proximal to
current workings, and was focused on expanding resources and graduating measured
and indicated resources to proven and probable reserves. Some surface drilling
focused on extensions to known ore bodies was also completed. In addition to
drilling, extensive mine planning was performed in order to bring into the
reserve category that portion of resources that had sufficient drill data to
meet reserve criteria, but lacked only a mine plan.

As
a result of these initiatives, at December 31, 2003, proven and probable gold
reserve estimates and the measured and indicated resource estimate at Jerritt
Canyon had increased significantly, as detailed in Tables 4.2 and 4.3,
respectively, below. The December 31, 2003 proven and probable reserves, were
double the estimated June 30, 2003 reserves, net of depletion.

The
Company plans to spend approximately $8 million on exploration programs,
including approximately 350,000 feet of exploration drilling, through 2004.
 The Company expects to fund these programs with cash generated by
operations.

The
Company engaged Pincock, Allen & Holt, an independent consulting firm, to
review the Company's reserve and resource estimates, and to prepare a
technical report in conformance with Canadian National Instrument 43-101, which
was completed in February 2004.

Property
Description and Location

The
Jerritt Canyon Mine is located in Elko County, Nevada within the Independence
Mountain Range, approximately 50 miles north of the City of Elko, Nevada.
 Elko has a population of 34,000 and is serviced by regular scheduled air
service from Reno, Nevada and Salt Lake City, Utah.  All services required
by the operation are readily available in the surrounding area.  Access to
the property is by means of State Road 225, a paved road, to the main entrance
road to the mine where the administrative offices are located.

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Jerritt
Canyon operations are conducted on a combination of public and private lands,
with the mines and mining related surface facilities located primarily on public
lands and the process plant administrative facilities and tailings impoundment
located on private lands.  Jerritt Canyon property interests cover an area
of approximately 100 square miles, containing a total of 2,896 owned and leased
mineral claims, 12,433 acres of fee surface lands, 1,011 acres of patented
mineral claims and 10,351 acres of leased fee land with mineral rights.

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The
climate is characterized by winters with temperatures between 0 and 40 degrees
Fahrenheit and summer temperatures between 35 and 85 degrees Fahrenheit.
 Average annual precipitation at the tailings impoundment area is estimated
at 14 inches per year with an estimated annual average evaporation of 43 inches.
 A significant amount of the total precipitation falls as snow and
increases with elevation to the mining areas.  The administration offices,
process plant and tailings impoundment are located at an elevation of
approximately 6,400 feet; the mines are located at elevations up to 7,500 feet.

Government
Regulation

Mining
operations and exploration activities are subject to various federal and state
laws and regulations in the United States which govern prospecting,
development, mining, production, exports, taxes, labor standards, occupational
health, waste disposal, protection of the environment, mine safety, hazardous
substances and other matters. The Company has obtained those licenses, permits or other authorizations currently
required to conduct its exploration and other programs. The Company believes
that it is in compliance in all material respects with applicable mining,
health, safety and environmental statutes and the regulations passed thereunder
in jurisdictions in which the Company operates. There are no current orders or
directions relating to the Company with respect to the foregoing laws and
regulations.

Environmental
Laws



U.S. Federal
Laws



The
U.S. Forest Service requires that mining operations on lands subject to its
regulation obtain an approved plan of operations subject to environmental impact
evaluation under the National Environmental Policy Act. Any significant
modifications to the plan of operations may require the completion of an
environmental assessment or Environmental Impact Statement prior to approval.
Mining companies must post a bond or other surety to guarantee the cost of
post-mining reclamation. These requirements could add significant additional
cost and delays to any mining project undertaken by the Company.



Under
the U.S. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, mining companies
may incur costs for generating, transporting, treating, storing, or disposing of
hazardous waste, as well as for closure and post-closure maintenance once they
have completed mining activities on a property. The Company's mining operations
may produce air emissions, including fugitive dust and other air pollutants,
from stationary equipment, storage facilities, and the use of mobile sources
such as trucks and heavy construction equipment which are subject to review,
monitoring and/or control requirements under the Federal Clean Air Act and state
air quality laws. Permitting rules may impose limitations on the Company's
production levels or create additional capital expenditures for pollution
control in order to comply with the rules.



The
U.S. Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act
of 1980, as amended, ("CERCLA") imposes strict joint and several
liability on parties associated with releases or threats of releases of
hazardous substances. Those liable groups include, among others, the current
owners and operators of facilities which release hazardous substances into the
environment and past owners and operators of properties who owned such
properties at the time the disposal of the hazardous substances occurred. This
liability could include the cost of removal or remediation of the release and
damages for injury to the surrounding property. The Company cannot predict the
potential for future CERCLA liability with respect to its Nevada property or
surrounding areas.

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Nevada
Laws



At
the state level, mining operations in Nevada are also regulated by the Nevada
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Division of Environmental
Protection. Nevada state law requires the Jerritt Canyon Mine to hold Nevada
Water Pollution Control Permits, which dictate operating controls and closure
and post-closure requirements directed at protecting surface and ground water.
In addition, the Company is required to hold Nevada Reclamation Permits required
under NRS 519A.010 through 519A.170. These permits mandate concurrent and
post-mining reclamation of mines and require the posting of reclamation bonds
sufficient to guarantee the cost of mine reclamation. Other Nevada regulations
govern operating and design standards for the construction and operation of any
source of air contamination and landfill operations. Any changes to these laws
and regulations could have an adverse impact on the Company's financial
performance and results of operations by, for example, required changes to
operating constraints, technical criteria, fees or surety requirements.

As
is common for mining operations in Nevada, there are numerous environmental
obligations associated with Jerritt Canyon that are related to ongoing
operations as well as mine closure and reclamation.  Environmental
management systems are in place and there are qualified environmental staff
onsite at Jerritt Canyon.  Various mitigation programs are in place as
required under the various plans of operations that have been filed and approved
for the project.  No unusual costs associated with any of these programs
have been identified.  Approved reclamation plans are in place and Jerritt
Canyon is progressing with concurrent reclamation in an orderly manner.
 Final reclamation obligations for the project include closure of the
tailings impoundment and waste rock dumps, reclamation of pits by partially
backfilling the pits with mine waste from underground operations, sealing of
underground portals and dismantling of buildings and structures.  Current
geochemical characterization of the waste rock produced from mining operations
has been demonstrated to be generally non-acid generating.

An
integral element of the Jerritt Canyon Mine acquisition was the Environmental
Risk Transfer Program (the "ERTP"), an innovative insurance/assurance
product purchased from American Insurance Group ("AIG").  The Company
believes the ERTP effectively limits environmental and reclamation liabilities
and risks associated with the Jerritt Canyon Mine.  The fair value of the
total reclamation liability at Jerritt Canyon was independently estimated by AIG
at $25.8 million as at June 30, 2003. This amount has been fully funded by the
Company by means of a cash Commutation Account deposited with AIG. The cash plus
interest earned in the Commutation Account will be used only to pay for Jerritt
Canyon's currently existing reclamation and mine closure liabilities. In
addition, the ERTP provides to government regulators the surety bonds, totalling
$33.5 million, which allow the Company to operate the Jerritt Canyon Mine under
the existing operating permits. The ERTP also includes a reclamation and mine
closure cost cap insurance policy which will serve to fund reclamation and
post-closure site management by the Company.  This cost cap insurance
provides coverage for future reclamation costs if they exceed those provided for
by the Commutation Account.  If the ultimate reclamation costs are less
than the amount in the Commutation Account, the Company would be refunded the
excess cash.  If the reclamation cost is more than the Commutation Account
balance, the cost cap insurance, provided by AIG, will pay the excess costs up
to a defined maximum.  The Company does not currently anticipate
reclamation costs in excess of the defined maximum. The cost of the
ERTP, in addition to the $25.8 million of Commutation Account funding, was $5.9
million, comprised of premiums paid to AIG and Nevada state taxes on the ERTP
transaction.

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History

In
1972, FMC Gold (renamed Meridian Gold Inc. in 1996) discovered a disseminated
gold deposit in the Jerritt Canyon area.  In 1976, FMC Gold formed a joint
venture with Freeport McMoRan Inc., to explore and develop the area, and mining
at Jerritt Canyon commenced in 1981.  In 1990, Freeport McMoRan Inc. sold
its interest in Jerritt Canyon to a predecessor of AngloGold. Since inception,
mining has continued uninterrupted at Jerritt Canyon, producing over 7 million
ounces of gold to date.  Open pit mining occurred from 1981 through 1999;
underground mining started in 1993. Annual production has historically averaged
between 300,000 and 350,000 ounces of gold, at historical cash operating costs
ranging from $245 to $270 per ounce.  The previous owners of the Jerritt
Canyon Mine had planned to shut the operation down by the end of 2004.

Under
the Company's ownership, operational objectives at the Jerritt Canyon Mine
have changed significantly; the Company anticipates that, subject to expected
resource conversion and other reserve expansion, Jerritt Canyon will be in
operation for the next three years and possibly longer.

Geology

The
Jerritt Canyon district deposits are hosted by a Paleozoic sedimentary sequence
that underlies the Independence Mountain range and consists of four distinct
assemblages:  (1) the western facies (upper plate of the Roberts Mountain
thrust fault), (2) the eastern facies (lower plate of the Roberts Mountain
thrust fault), (3) the Schoonover sequence, and (4) the Antler overlap sequence.
The western facies consists of chert, argillite, siltstone, shale, quartzite,
and limestone-greenstone complex and is considered to be a deep-water sequence.
 The eastern sequence is a Cambrian to Silurian continental shelf carbonate
sequence that includes the Hanson Creek Formation, and the Roberts Mountains
Formation, which are the main hosts to the gold mineralization in the district.

Within
the Jerritt Canyon area, gold can locally occur within all sedimentary
formations, but is preferentially hosted by the Roberts Mountains and Hanson
Creek Formations of the eastern facies.  The Roberts Mountains Formation
consists of calcareous to dolomitic siltstones and silty limestones.  The
Hanson Creek Formation is divided into five members and consists of
medium-grained limestone, dolomitic limestone, carbonaceous micrites, and chert
beds.

Gold
mineralization at Jerritt Canyon is preferentially found within the base of the
Roberts Mountains Formation and the Upper Hanson Creek Formation.  Gold
mineralization is structurally controlled by high angle northwest and northeast
trending structures that acted as conduits for mineralizing fluids.  Much
of the higher grade, more continuous gold mineralization occurs where two sets
of high angle structures intersect and cut the favourable stratigraphic
intervals that contain high proportions of clay-sized materials.  The
deposits are considered to be Carlin-type, sediment-hosted, replacement
fine-grained gold in carbonaceous sediments.  Gold occurs as very
fine-grained micron size particles deposited in carbonates and fine-grained,
calcareous, clastic sedimentary rocks.

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Mineral
Reserve and Resource Estimates

The
Company calculates and reports resources and reserves in accordance with
Canadian National Instrument 43-101.  In the United States, Industry Guide
7 (under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as interpreted by the staff
of the Securities and Exchange Commission) applies different standards in order
to classify mineralization as a reserve.  Accordingly, for U.S. reporting
purposes, mineralization that is not included in proven and probable reserves,
would be classified as mineralized material rather than a resource.

On
January 19, 2004, the Company completed an internal estimate of gold reserves
and resources at Jerritt Canyon. Reserves were calculated on the basis of a $350
gold price. The resource and reserve estimates were supervised by Mr. Donald
Colli, Superintendent of Geology, and Mr. Mark Odell, Mining Manager, both of
whom are Qualified Persons as defined by Canadian National Instrument 43-101.  The
Company engaged Pincock, Allen & Holt, an independent consulting firm, to
review the Company's reserve and resource estimates, and to prepare a
technical report in conformance with Canadian National Instrument 43-101, which
was completed in February 2004.

Table
4.2, below, summarizes estimated proven and probable reserves at December 31,
2003.   Reserves are calculated using cut-off grades as follows:
Murray - 0.260 opt; MCE - 0.300 opt; SSX, including Steer - 0.200 opt;
Smith, including Mahala - 0.190 opt; Wright Window - 0.100 opt, Stockpiles - 0.090 opt.  See also
"Mining" below.



Table
4.2

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(1)Based on a gold price of $350 per ounce.

(2)
Contained metal is subject to recovery losses.

Table
4.3, below summarizes the estimated measured, indicated and inferred resources,
calculated in accordance with Canadian NI 43-101.  Gold reserves, see Table
4.2 above, are included in measured and indicated resources.  Underground
resources are calculated using a cut-off grade of 0.150 opt; open pittable
resources are calculated using a cut-off grade of 0.070 opt.

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Table
4.3





(1)

Contained
metal is subject to recovery losses.

The
net change in reserves relative to the previously estimated reserves at June 30,
2003 is comprised of depletion due to production, additions due to increased
definition drilling and inclusion of some blocks of resource which previously
met reserve drill density criteria but which were not included in the June 30,
2003 reserve estimate because they were not included in the mine plan.

The
rate of reserve depletion was lower than that of the production amount as some
resource material and some material that was neither resource nor reserve was
mined during the period.  Historically, some 20% or more of gold production
at Jerritt Canyon comes from mineralization that has never been formally
classified as proven or probable reserve.  This is because it is discovered
by underground drilling and frequently developed and mined before being included
in annual reserve recalculations.

Except
for ore stockpiles, substantially all the current reserves at Jerritt Canyon are
contained in deposits being developed, or to be developed, and mined by
underground methods.  Once the mineralized envelopes and gold grades are
estimated the mine geologists draw grade envelopes (based on cutoff grade),
using the block model values, the status of the mine workings and the cutoff
grades provided by engineers for each mine.  In order to determine the
portion of the measured and indicated resource that would qualify for proven and
probable mineable ore reserve status, it is necessary to configure the measured
and indicated resource into mineable shapes for the selected mining method, and
then apply tests for economic viability and include factors for mining dilution
and recovery.

Resources
at Jerritt Canyon have been developed from the extensive drilling data, using
geology-constrained standard kriging and polygonal methods using the MineSight
modeling and planning package.  Mineral resources are contained in 16
mineral deposits in the Jerritt Canyon area.  The operation employs block
modeling techniques supported by relatively small block sizes.

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All
assaying at Jerritt Canyon follows accepted industry standards using industry
practices at recognized laboratories.  Samples from surface drilling are
sent to an outside laboratory for assaying. Blanks or standards are routinely
submitted with these samples.  Underground drill samples are sent to the
Jerritt Canyon laboratory on site. The laboratory has all the usual sample
preparation equipment and facilities.  Several programs are followed to
track assay quality including internal checks, check samples sent in by the mine
department, weekly dispatch of samples to other laboratories, and participation
in a round robin program with other mining laboratories in the area where random
samples are sent out and others received.  Blanks, standards and/or pulps
are routinely submitted with the sample stream.  Check samples of core
holes (pulps and rejects) are sent to an outside laboratory for analysis.

Although
the Company has carefully prepared and verified the mineral resource and reserve
figures above (and elsewhere in this document), such figures are estimates, and
there can be no assurance given that the indicated amount of gold will actually
be mined and processed.  See also "Item 3. Key Information-D. Risk
Factors-Mineral reserves and resources".

Mining

The
Jerritt Canyon Mine currently consists of four operating underground mines, MCE,
SSX, Murray and Smith, and a new mine under development, Steer, all located
several miles west of an ore processing plant and administration complex.
 The safety record at all mines is excellent. Access to all underground
mines is by inclined ramp. Typical openings underground are 15 feet x 15 feet in
cross-section, with ramps of 12% to 15% inclination. All openings underground
must be supported with rockbolts and wire mesh, and shotcrete where conditions
are more severe, or where traffic is concentrated. Generally, the mines are
relatively dry, except for the Smith mine which has underground water inflows of
about 850 gallons per minute (gpm). A dewatering system with the capacity to
handle 1,500 gpm has been installed and the water table is being lowered.
Interior development includes haulage levels, stope access ramps, crosscutting,
and drifting alongside the ore. Ventilation boreholes connect the underground
mine workings with the surface.

Mechanized,
trackless underground mining is employed together with cemented backfill for
ground control and to increase ore recovery.  Almost half the ore is mined
by long-hole benching, the remainder is mined by drift-and-fill methods.
 Underground trucks deliver ore to windrows on the surface at each mine
portal, where the ore is sampled before being delivered by 150 ton haul trucks
to the processing plant.  Good, wide, haul roads connect the individual
mines to the processing plants and to the administration area next to the plant.
All of the mines feed the same processing plant, with the four mines typically
producing and trucking about 3,200 tons per day to the plant.

Mine
drilling, mucking, and hauling equipment maintenance is typically performed in
small surface shops located at each mine, or at the central shop located
adjacent to the processing plant.

Processing

The
ore processing facility at Jerritt Canyon, as originally built, processed oxide
and mildly refractory ores by conventional cyanide leaching in conjunction with
chlorine-gas pre-oxidation of the mildly refractory fraction.  This process
continued to operate until 1997.  With ores

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becoming
more carbonaceous and refractory, and with the introduction of higher-grade ore
from underground operations, a dry mill with dual ore roasting circuits was
added in 1989 and is currently in operation.  Mill feed is subjected to
primary and secondary crushing before being dried, milled and roasted to prepare
the refractory ores for gold recovery in a carbon-in-leach circuit.  Gold
is recovered using a Merrill-Crowe process, is smelted on site and shipped to
the refinery as high quality dore bars. The plant has a processing capacity of
1.5 million tons per year.

Underground
ore production is supplemented with lower grade stockpiled ore from previous
open pit operations. Although this has the effect of reducing the average grade
processed, treatment of the stockpile is commercially viable and has
advantageous effects on the metallurgical performance of the mill.

Capital
Costs

The
level of capital expenditures made by the former owners at Jerritt Canyon in the
immediate period prior to the sale of the mine reflected that the mines were
scheduled to shut down at the end of 2004.  Underground development and
reserve expansion drilling, critical to the long-term sustainability of the
operation, had been curtailed.  Consequently, the Company has begun, and
will continue, an aggressive underground development and reserve and resource
expansion program.  Drilling and mine development into highly prospective
resource areas has been given highest priority.  Primary targets for
conversion of resources to reserves include areas immediately adjacent to
current operations primarily at the SSX, Smith and Murray mines.

The
Company plans to spend approximately $14.9 million for development access, stope
preparation, ventilation raises, definition drilling, and related activities to
access and convert current resource blocks to reserves in 2004. Included in the
$14.9 million is $3.3 million that is also included in the planned $8 million
exploration expenditures for 2004. Please see "Item 5. Operating and Financial
Review and Prospects-A) Operating Results-Jerritt Canyon Outlook-Exploration",
for further discussion concerning exploration. In addition, sustaining capital
costs during this period are estimated at $3.4 million.  The Jerritt Canyon
operation is expected to generate cash in excess of these planned capital
expenditures.  In addition, the Company is studying opportunities to
develop and exploit new mining areas which may require additional capital.

Prior
to the end of 2003, in situ reserves were limited to the immediate vicinity of
existing workings at each of the four Jerritt Canyon underground mines known as
SSX, Murray, Smith and MCE. The new reserve estimate, completed in January 2004,
includes mineralization at of the SSX and Smith mines that constitute separately
mineable zones of mineralization.  In each case, the newly estimated
reserve lies within a greater zone of measured and indicated resources.
 The newly estimated reserve near SSX is known as the Steer reserve, and it
is expected to support a new mine, to be accessed from the Steer open pit.
 In the Smith mine area, two new zones of mineralization, known as Mahala
and East Dash were brought to the reserve category.  These are both
accessible from the existing underground workings at Smith by means of new
development drifts.

At
Steer, the reserve lies some 800 feet from and slightly below the portal site
and development to the reserve, complete with a ventilation and emergency egress
raise, is expected to be completed in early 2005, after which definition
drilling will be completed to finalize mine plans.

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Stoping,
or mining the ore, is expected to begin by mid-2005.  The Steer portal was
commenced in April 2004.

At
Smith, development toward Mahala, a distance of about 1,500 feet, is in
progress.  An average advance rate of about 200 feet per month is expected,
allowing definition and resource conversion drilling to start in late 2004.
 At the end of April 2004, the development had advanced over 500 feet.
 Development toward East Dash is currently expected to start in 2005.

Capital
costs for Steer and Mahala development are currently estimated to total $7.7
million over the next two years, approximately $5.7 of which is expected to be
incurred in 2004.  East Dash development is estimated to cost $6.0 million
over a period from 2005 to 2007.  The Company currently expects to finance
this development with cash flow generated from operations.

Production
outlook

Over
the past few years, the operating practice at Jerritt Canyon has been to blend
ore mined from underground, at a typical average grade of 0.280 opt, with ore
stockpiled from earlier open pit operations at a typical average grade of 0.080
opt.  The resulting mill feed has averaged 1.5 million tons per year at a
typical average grade of 0.220 opt.  The development of new reserves,
discussed above, is expected to allow underground mined production to be
increased to approximately 1.5 million tons per year, thus displacing the lower
grade stockpile material with higher grade underground ore.  The resulting
average mill feed grade is therefore expected to increase to approximately 0.280
opt.  This is expected to result in an increase in gold production by some
15% to 20% by mid-2005, with no addition to the mill plant or increase in mill
operating costs.

Exploration

The
Company intends to expand its mineral resources and reserves at Jerritt Canyon
through focused exploration on its 100 square mile Jerritt Canyon district
landholdings.  The Company believes much of the exploration work done in
past years was in search of either shallow open pit targets or multi-million
ounce underground targets.  Known reserves were not aggressively expanded;
and advanced stage targets were not systematically followed-up.  Through
the latter six months of 2003, the Company's exploration consisted mainly of
underground drilling proximal to current workings, focused on expanding
resources and graduating resources to proven and probable reserves. Some surface
drilling focused on extensions to known ore bodies has also been completed.
 Drilling results to date include significant grade and width intercepts
that are outside the current reserve and resource envelope, but proximal to
current workings and thus indicative of additional mineral inventory that
management believes can be converted to reserves and/or mined during 2004.
 Once proven, management believes that new reserves can be developed
quickly and profitably given the existing infrastructure at Jerritt Canyon.

The
Company has essentially only begun the district-wide evaluation and exploration
process using current target concepts and geologic understanding. Based on a
preliminary review of the Jerritt Canyon geologic data base, the objective of
which was to identify and prioritize targets for follow-up drilling, over 30
distinct targets have been identified.  These targets broadly fall into 3
categories:

1.

Targets
in the southern part of the district, where drilling by prior owners identified
continuous mineralization which not only remains open, but which may be
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vertical
structures that have yet to be tested by angle holes. Some of these targets are
Starvation Canyon, Waterpipe Canyon, and Pie Creek.

2.

Numerous
areas where one or more drill holes by previous owners have identified
mineralization in favorable geologic settings, such as Winters Creek Window and
Mahala Creek, where there is potential to establish both continuity and
extension by further drilling. These targets are on structural trends from
orebodies that are currently in production or have previously been mined.

3.

Numerous
areas where surface geochemical anomalies coincide with favorable geology, or
extrapolation of favorable geology. In some cases, some additional work is
required to define specific drilling targets.

The
Company plans to spend approximately $8 million on exploration programs,
including approximately 350,000 feet of exploration drilling, through 2004.
 The Company expects to fund these programs with cash flow generated from
operations.

Magistral
Mine

The
Magistral Joint Venture (the "MJV") was formed in 2001 to facilitate
financing for the construction of the Magistral mine in Sinaloa, Mexico. Terms
of the financing included preferential loan payback to the funding joint venture
partner, Midwest Mining Inc. ("Midwest") and precluded the Company from
voting on certain matters concerning the MJV, until the preferential loan
amounts were repaid.  The Magistral mine was constructed through 2002, and
began small-scale commercial production on January 1, 2003.  Because it had
no significant influence over the operation of the MJV, the Company's interest
in the MJV was accounted for on the cost basis, as a long-term investment, until
September 2003. The accounts of the MJV were therefore not consolidated in the
Company's financial statements.  Similarly, the Company did not report
gold production from the MJV.

In
September 2003, an upward trend in repair costs for the mining equipment at the
Magistral mine became evident together with a decreasing trend in gold
production, mainly as a result of low equipment availability.  After
considering the resulting operating deficits, the apparent need for significant
additional capital, and the required preferential loan payback to Midwest, the
Company concluded that its long-term investment in the MJV was impaired and took
a charge of $6.2 million to earnings.

In
November 2003, based on a decision to focus its resources on the recently
acquired Jerritt Canyon Mine, the Company determined that it would no longer
participate in the MJV nor provide additional capital.  Accordingly, the
Company committed to a plan to sell its interest in the MJV.  In order to
facilitate this sale, the Company recognized the need to eliminate the MJV debt,
including the preferential loan payback to Midwest, and to consolidate ownership
of the MJV.

On
December 15, 2003, the Company issued to Midwest 11,200,000 common shares of the
Company, with an estimated fair value of $6.1 million, and 2,000,000 two-year
warrants to acquire common shares of the Company at Cdn $1.00 each, and paid
Midwest $0.9 million, all as consideration for Midwest's interest in the MJV
and its 15% equity interest in Pangea Resources Inc. ("Pangea"), the Company's
85% owned subsidiary, which held the Company's interest in the MJV. As part of
the transaction, Midwest agreed to eliminate the preferential loan repayment
obligations to Midwest.

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On
December 19, 2003, the Company agreed to arm's length terms proposed by Nevada
Pacific Gold Ltd. ("NPG") to sell 100% of Pangea and all its related assets
including the Magistral mine to NPG for a total of $7.0 million in cash and
2,000,000 common shares of NPG.

On
February 2, 2004, the sale of Pangea and all related assets to NPG was completed
at which time the Company received from NPG $4.0 million in cash, 2,000,000
common shares of NPG, subject to a mandatory four month hold period, and a $3.0
million note payable on August 2, 2004, secured by a general security agreement
over all of NPG's assets.  Based on the fair value of the consideration
received in the sale of Pangea and related assets, the Company recognized a gain
of $661,000 in fiscal 2004.  The shares of NPG trade on the TSX Venture
Exchange.

ITEM
5 OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS

A)
 Operating Results

This
discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the consolidated
financial statements of the Company as at December 31, 2003 and the notes
thereto, which have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles ("GAAP") in Canada.  Differences from
United States GAAP are described in Note 22 to the consolidated financial
statements.  All dollar figures are in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise
indicated.

Overview

On
June 30, 2003, the Company acquired the Jerritt Canyon gold mine, 50 miles north
of Elko, Nevada.  With this acquisition, the Company achieved its strategic
objective of becoming a mid-tier gold producer. This was accomplished without
start-up or completion risk, while effectively containing mine reclamation and
closure liabilities through an innovative reclamation and environmental
insurance program.

These
financial statements include the effects of the Jerritt Canyon acquisition and
related acquisition financing, and six months of operation of the Jerritt Canyon
Mine, from July 1, 2003 to December 31, 2003, being the Company's first six
months of gold production from Jerritt Canyon. In addition, effective December
31, 2003, the Company changed its reporting currency from Canadian dollars to
U.S. dollars.  Consequently, the content and the format of the Company's
consolidated financial statements have changed from prior periods.

Jerritt
Canyon Mine Acquisition

On
May 30, 2003, the Company entered into a definitive asset purchase and sale
agreement (the "Purchase and Sale Agreement") with subsidiaries of AngloGold
Limited ("AngloGold") and Meridian Gold Inc., (collectively the "Sellers")
pursuant to which the Company agreed to acquire the Sellers' respective 70%
and 30% interests in the assets comprising the Jerritt Canyon gold mine ("Jerritt
Canyon"), located in the Independence Mountain Range, 50 miles north of Elko,
Nevada.  The Jerritt Canyon Mine comprises four underground mines which,
together with extensive stockpiles, feed ore to a 1.5 million ton per year
capacity ore processing plant.  The Jerritt Canyon Mine includes a highly
prospective, approximately 100 square mile land position, together with a
geological data base compiled over the past 25 years.

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The
Jerritt Canyon acquisition was completed at arm's-length.  Under the
terms of the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Company paid to the Sellers at
closing: $1.5 million and 32.0 million common shares of the Company
with a fair value of $4.1 million.  In addition, a $6.0 million
production payment is payable to the Sellers in quarterly installments of $1.0
million, commencing on the earlier of repayment of the Company's term loan,
more fully described in Note 11 of the consolidated financial statements, or
June 30, 2005.  The fair value of this series of payments was
estimated at $4.5 million at the time of the acquisition.  A net smelter
return royalty on the Jerritt Canyon Mine production, based on a sliding scale
ranging from 2% to 4% at gold prices above $320 per ounce, is also payable to
the Sellers commencing on the earlier of the repayment of the term loan or
June 30, 2005.  The royalty is capped at an aggregate of
$4.0 million, following which the royalty will convert to a 1% net profits
interest royalty, payable only to AngloGold.

The
Company also assumed certain of the Sellers' liabilities associated with the
Jerritt Canyon Mine and all of the Sellers' Jerritt Canyon related reclamation
and environmental liabilities.  These liabilities are reported on a fair
value basis and are more fully discussed in Notes 3 and 14 of the consolidated
financial statements.

The
fair value of the reclamation liability was independently estimated at $25.8
million as at June 30, 2003 by American Insurance Group Environmental ("AIG"),
a division of American International Companies. This amount has been fully
funded through an environmental risk transfer program (the "ERTP")
underwritten by AIG.

The
Company incurred $1.8 million in legal, due diligence and other costs directly
related to the Jerritt Canyon acquisition.  Allocation of the purchase
price to the acquired assets is summarized in Note 3 of the consolidated
financial statements.



The
Jerritt Canyon acquisition related costs and the ERTP were funded by issuing
equity of approximately $19.5 million, net of related issue costs, and by means
of a $20 million term loan.

Jerritt
Canyon Operations

2003
Production

The
Company integrated the Jerritt Canyon Mine without interruption to the mine
operations.  The skilled work force and mine management team at Jerritt
Canyon, which the Company hired immediately following the acquisition, provided
the Company with operating depth.

Jerritt
Canyon production data for the latter six months of 2003 are provided in the
Table 5.1, below.

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Mining
continued through the latter six months of the year at an average rate of
approximately 3,000 tons per day and an average grade of 0.288 ounces of gold
per ton (opt); ore processing continued at a average rate of approximately 4,200
tons per day at an average grade of 0.221 opt.  Ore processing included an
average of 1,200 tons per day of lower grade ore, stockpiled by the former
owners. Although processing lower grade stockpile ore has the effect of reducing
the average grade processed, treatment of the stockpile is commercially viable
and has positive effects on the metallurgical performance of the processing
plant.  Plant recoveries averaged 88.5% for the latter six months of the
year, consistent with past performance.

Total
gold production at Jerritt Canyon for calendar 2003 was 302,096 ounces, of which
152,095 ounces were to the account of the former owners and 150,001 were to the
Company's account.  Gold production since the Company acquired the
property on June 30, 2003 was 152,332 ounces, 2,331 ounces of which were for the
account of the former owners.  In 2003, the Company sold 146,823 ounces of
its gold production.

Gold
production at Jerritt Canyon was consistent with expectations for overall
annualized gold production of 300,000 ounces, established at the time Jerritt
Canyon was acquired.  The Company's 2003 gold production of 150,001
ounces was, however, approximately 6,000 ounces below recent forecasts.
 Mining, processing, operating costs and gold production were negatively
affected during December by the unusually early and severe onset of winter at
the Jerritt Canyon Mine, which reaches altitudes of over 7,500 feet. In addition
to heavy snowfall, some three times average for the month, frequent high winds
caused severe drifting at the mine portals and on the haul roads. The snow and
drifting snow affected grade control by preventing the separate stockpiling of
material at the mine portals for grade determination purposes; it also blocked
haul roads and added unwanted moisture to the ore, which must be dried in an ore
dryer before further processing.

Cash
operating costs per ounce for the year were $270.  Costs per ounce were
driven higher than the recently forecasted $250 per ounce by the lower than
forecasted production and the increased costs resulting from the severe December
weather.

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Priorities

Immediately
following the Jerritt Canyon Mine acquisition, the Company began to pursue two
principal priorities: (1) to expand the underground development at Jerritt
Canyon to provide the mines with more operating flexibility; and (2) to begin
exploration focused on reserve and resource expansion and on target generation
and follow-up on the approximately 100 square-mile Jerritt Canyon property.

Underground
mine development had been severely curtailed for several years and through the
first half of 2003 by the former owners, based on their plans to close the mine
at the end of 2004, a decision made at a time when gold prices were
significantly lower. The Company initiated a comprehensive analysis of resources
accessible for conversion to reserves, and of areas with strong potential for
extension of resources immediately after acquisition, and during the latter half
of 2003, invested approximately $3.2 million in underground mine development to
re-establish an inventory of resources and reserves, commensurate with the
Company's planned scale of on-going operations.

Much
of the exploration done throughout the Jerritt Canyon district in past years was
in search of either shallow open pit targets or multi-million ounce targets.
 During the few years prior to the Company's acquisition of Jerritt
Canyon, known reserves were not aggressively expanded and advanced stage targets
were not aggressively followed up.  Management believes that there is
potential for significant reserve and resource expansion that would essentially
represent extensions of the known ore bodies.   In addition,
management believes that the property offers potential for discovery of
significant new ore bodies that would result from systematic district scale
exploration.

Through
the latter six months of 2003, the Company invested approximately $1.6 million
in exploration, which consisted mainly of underground drilling proximal to
current workings, and was focused on expanding resources and graduating measured
and indicated resources to proven and probable reserves. Some surface drilling
focused on extensions to known ore bodies has also been completed. In addition
to drilling, extensive mine planning was performed in order to bring into the
reserve category that portion of resources that met reserve criteria, but lacked
only a mine plan.

As
a result of these initiatives, at December 31, 2003, proven and probable gold
reserve estimates at Jerritt Canyon had increased to 3,065,274 tons with an
average grade of 0.268 opt, containing 820,104 ounces of gold, an addition of
425,561 contained ounces, or more than double the depleted June 2003 reserve
estimate.  Depletion of reserves during the second half of 2003 totaled
129,625 contained ounces.  Historically, approximately 20% of Jerritt
Canyon's gold production comes from mineralization that has never been
formally classified as proven or probable reserve.  This is because it is
discovered during underground mine development and simply mined before being
included in periodic reserve recalculations.

At
December 31, 2003, the newly calculated measured and indicated resource
estimate, which includes the proven and probable reserve estimate, totaled
9,496,930 tons, with an average grade of 0.242 opt, containing 2,295,303 ounces
of gold, which increased from 1,952,590 contained ounces estimated at June 30,
2003. The newly calculated inferred resource estimate totalled

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5,415,417
tons with an average grade of 0.191 opt, containing 1,034,044 ounces of gold,
which increased from 818,925 contained ounces estimated at June 30, 2003.

The
Company engaged Pincock, Allen & Holt, an independent consulting firm, to
review the Company's reserve and resource estimates, and to prepare a
technical report in conformance with Canadian National Instrument 43-101, which
was filed on SEDAR on February 26, 2004.

The
Environmental Risk Transfer Program

Integral
to the Jerritt Canyon Mine acquisition is the Environmental Risk Transfer
Program (the "ERTP"), more fully described in Note 14 of the consolidated
financial statements.  The fair value of the total reclamation liability at
Jerritt Canyon was independently estimated by AIG at $25.8 million as at June
30, 2003. This amount has been fully funded by the Company by means of a
Commutation Account with AIG. The cash plus interest earned in the Commutation
Account will be used only to pay for Jerritt Canyon's currently existing
reclamation and mine closure liabilities. In addition, the ERTP provides to
government regulators the surety bonds, which allow the Company to operate the
Jerritt Canyon Mine under the existing operating permits. The ERTP also includes
a reclamation and mine closure cost cap insurance policy which will serve to
fund reclamation and post-closure site management by the Company.  The
insurance provides coverage for future reclamation costs if they exceed those
provided for by the Commutation Account.  If the ultimate reclamation costs
are less than the amount in the Commutation Account, the Company would be
refunded the excess cash.  If the reclamation cost is more than the
Commutation Account balance, the cost cap insurance, provided by AIG, will pay
the excess costs up to a defined maximum.  The Company does not currently
anticipate reclamation costs in excess of the defined maximum. The
cost of the ERTP, in addition to the $25.8 million of Commutation Account
funding, was $6.9 million, comprised of premiums paid to AIG and Nevada state
taxes on the ERTP transaction.

The
Company believes the ERTP effectively limits environmental and reclamation
liabilities and risks associated with the Jerritt Canyon Mine.

Federal,
state and local laws and regulations concerning environmental protection affect
the Company's operations.  Under current regulations, the Company is
required to meet performance standards to minimize environmental impact from
operations and to perform site restoration and other closure activities.
 The Company's provisions for future site closure and reclamation costs
are based on known requirements.  It is not currently possible to estimate
the impact on operating results, if any, of future legislative or regulatory
developments.



New
Reserve Areas

The
reserve estimate calculated at the end of 2003 is significant not only in the
degree of increased reserves but also in the location of the reserves. Prior to
the end of 2003, in situ reserves were limited in location to the immediate
vicinity of existing workings at each of the four Jerritt Canyon underground
mines known as SSX, Murray, Smith and MCE. The new reserve estimate includes
mineralization in the general vicinity of the SSX and Smith mines that
constitute separately mineable zones of mineralization. In each case, the newly
estimated reserve lies within a greater zone of measured and indicated
resources. The newly estimated reserve near SSX is known as the Steer reserve,
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Steer
open pit. In the Smith mine area, two new zones of mineralization, known as
Mahala and East Dash were brought to the reserve category. These are both
accessible from the existing underground workings at Smith by means of new
development drifts.

Production
Parameters

Over
the past few years, the operating practice at Jerritt Canyon has been to blend
ore mined from underground, at a typical average grade of 0.280 opt, with ore
stockpiled from earlier open pit operations at a typical average grade of 0.080
opt.  The resulting mill feed has averaged 1.5 million tons per year at a
typical average grade of 0.220 opt. The development of new reserves will allow
underground mined production to be increased to approximately 1.5 million tons
per year, thus displacing the lower grade stockpile material with higher grade
underground ore.  The average mill feed grade is therefore expected to
increase to approximately 0.280 opt.  This is expected to result in an
increase in gold production by some 15% to 20% by mid-2005, with no addition to
the mill plant or increase in mill operating costs.

New
Mine Production - Steer and Smith Mines

In
order to increase mine capacity to accomplish this projected 15% to 20% gold
production increase, it is necessary to open a new portal at Steer and also to
develop toward the Mahala reserve from Smith. At Steer, the reserve lies some
800 feet from and slightly below the portal site and development to the reserve,
complete with a ventilation and emergency egress raise, is expected to be
complete in early 2005, after which definition drilling will be completed to
finalize mine plans. Stoping, or mining the ore, is scheduled to begin by
mid-2005.  There is a substantial resource between the portal site and the
reserve, and the process of resource to reserve conversion is expected to
continue while development is in progress.

At
Smith, development toward Mahala, a distance of about 1500 feet, is in progress.
 An advance rate of about 200 feet per month is expected, allowing
definition and resource conversion drilling to start in late 2004. The reserve
grade at Mahala is expected to be high at 0.386 opt and this is expected to have
a positive effect on average mill grade as stoping starts in this zone later in
2005.

Capital
costs for Steer and Mahala development are estimated to total $7.7 million over
the next two years.  East Dash development is estimated to cost $6.0
million over a period from 2005 to 2007.  The Company currently expects to
finance this development with cash flow generated from operations.

Other
Mines

At
the other Jerritt Canyon mines, MCE is expected to be depleted in 2004 and will
be decommissioned, with much of the equipment being redeployed at Steer. At
Murray, the main ore body will be depleted by late 2005, but additional
resources are being developed in dikes that cross and control the mineralization,
while two new zones, West Murray and Zone 7 are being drilled from both surface
and underground with a view to converting measured and indicated resources to
reserves in these zones.

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2004
Production

The
Company expects 2004 gold production to approximate 280,000 ounces.  Mill
capacity during summer is 50% to 60% higher than in winter, largely because as a
dry mill, capacity is adversely affected by moisture in the feed, while snowfall
and icing also have a deleterious effect.  In an effort to minimize the
seasonal impacts on mining and processing, the Company plans to concentrate on
underground development during the winter months to ensure sufficient ore
availability to maximize production in the summer months.

Exploration

Underground
exploration has been and continues to be successful, and the Company anticipates
generating new measured and indicated resources and proven and probable reserves
in the immediate mine areas at a rate that will at least keep pace with mining
depletion for the foreseeable future.

Drilling
results since the completion of the December 31, 2003 reserve estimate continue
to be encouraging, with significant grade and width intercepts that are outside
the current reserve and resource envelope, but proximal to current workings and
thus indicative of additional mineral inventory that management believes can be
converted to reserves and/or mined during the next year.  In addition,
management believes that recent high grade drilling intercepts, particularly at
the Starvation Canyon target in the southwest area of the Jerritt Canyon
district, validate the concept that potentially economic gold mineralization
exists outside currently and previously mined areas of the Jerritt Canyon
district.

A
substantial exploration program, consisting of approximately 350,000 feet of
drilling and a budget of approximately $8.0 million is planned for 2004. The
Company expects to finance this exploration with cash flow generated from
operations. Exploration near the existing resources will be carried out by both
surface and underground drilling, while exploration in remote areas of the
Jerritt Canyon district will consist of mapping, geochemistry and drilling,
exploring for new resources that may become the basis of new mining operations.
 In the latter category, over 30 distinct targets have been identified.
 These targets broadly fall into 3 categories:

1.

Targets
in the southern part of the district, where drilling by previous owners
identified continuous mineralization which not only remains open, but which may
be controlled by vertical structures that have yet to be tested by angle holes.
Some of these targets are Starvation Canyon, Waterpipe Canyon, and Pie Creek.

2.

Numerous
areas where one or more drill holes by previous owners have identified
mineralization in favorable geologic settings, such as Winters Creek Window and
Mahala Creek, where there is potential to establish both continuity and
extension by further drilling. These targets are on structural trends from ore
bodies that are currently in production or have previously been mined.

3.

Numerous
areas where surface geochemical anomalies coincide with favorable geology, or
extrapolation of favorable geology. In some cases, some additional work is
required to define specific drilling targets.

Life
of Mine Plan

The
Company has begun the process of integrating the newly estimated reserves and
resources, together with its six-month's experience operating the Jerritt
Canyon Mine into a life-of-mine

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plan.
 The life-of-mine plan envisages that ore production will increase to
approximately 1.5 million tons per year from underground sources only, by mid
2005; and continue at this rate through 2007. The plan is predicated on the
continuing conversion of measured and indicated resources to proven and probable
reserves at rates achieved in the past, but does not assume additional
exploration success.  Management believes that these assumptions are
conservative.

During
this time, the SSX mine will continue to produce at a rate of 500,000 to 600,000
tons of ore per year, while Smith production, with the addition of Mahala and
eventually East Dash ore, will increase from the order of 250,000 tons of ore
per year to approximately 400,000 tons of ore per year. Steer production is
expected to be initially 150,000 tons per year, rising to approximately 300,000
to 350,000 tons of ore per year, gradually replacing Murray production which
will start to decline during 2005 from the current 250,000 tons per year. Gold
production is expected to approximate 325,000 ounces in 2005, anticipated to
increase to 350,000 ounces per year by 2006. Unit costs are expected to improve
as production rates increase.

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Magistral
Joint Venture

The
Magistral Joint Venture (the "MJV") was formed in 2001 to facilitate
financing for the construction of the Magistral mine in Sinaloa, Mexico. Terms
of the financing included preferential loan payback to the joint venture
partner, Midwest Mining Inc. ("Midwest") and precluded the Company from
voting on certain matters concerning the MJV, until the preferential loan
amounts were repaid.  The Magistral mine was constructed through 2002, and
began commercial production on January 1, 2003.  Because it had no
significant influence over the operation of the MJV, the Company's interest in
the MJV was accounted for on the cost basis, as a long-term investment, until
September 2003. The accounts of the MJV were therefore not included in the
Company's financial statements.  Similarly, the Company did not report
gold production from the MJV.

In
September 2003, an upward trend in repair costs for the mining equipment at the
Magistral mine became evident together with a decreasing trend in gold
production, mainly as a result of low equipment availability.  After
considering the resulting operating deficits, the apparent need for significant
additional capital, and the required preferential loan payback to Midwest, the
Company concluded that its long-term investment in the MJV was impaired and took
a charge of $6.2 million to earnings.

In
November 2003, based on a decision to focus its resources on the recently
acquired Jerritt Canyon Mine, the Company determined that it would no longer
participate in the MJV nor provide additional capital.  Accordingly, the
Company committed to a plan to sell its interest in the MJV.  In order to
facilitate this sale, the Company recognized the need to eliminate the MJV debt,
including the preferential loan payback to Midwest, and consolidate ownership of
the MJV.

On
December 15, 2003, the Company issued to Midwest 11,200,000 common shares of the
Company, and 2,000,000 two-year warrants to acquire common shares of the Company
at Cdn $1.00 each, and paid Midwest $900,000, all as consideration for Midwest's
interest in the MJV and its 15% equity interest in Pangea Resources Inc., the
Company's 85% owned subsidiary ("Pangea"). As part of the transaction,
Midwest agreed to eliminate the preferential loan repayment obligations to
Midwest.

On
December 19, 2003, the Company agreed to terms proposed by Nevada Pacific Gold
Ltd. ("NPG") to sell Pangea and all its related assets including the
Magistral mine to NPG for a total of $7.0 million in cash and 2,000,000 common
shares of NPG.  Subsequent to the period end, on February 2, 2004, the sale
of Pangea and all related assets to NPG was completed at which time the Company
received from NPG $4.0 million in cash, 2,000,000 common shares of NPG, subject
to a mandatory four month hold period, and a $3.0 million note payable on August
2, 2004, secured by a general security agreement over all of NPG's assets.

Because
of the Company's commitment to sell the MJV, at December 31, 2003 the Company
classified the group of assets sold to NPG as 'assets to be disposed of by
sale', a current asset.  The Company believes that the fair value of the
consideration received in the sale equals or exceeds the carrying value of its
investment as at December 31, 2003.  The December 31, 2003 carrying value
was mainly comprised of the fair value of the consideration issued to Midwest to
acquire Midwest's interest in the MJV and Pangea.

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Subsequent
to the period end, on February 2, 2004, the $4.0 million cash consideration
received from NPG at the completion of the sale of the assets to be disposed of
by sale was used to reduce the term loan incurred for the Jerritt Canyon Mine
acquisition.  Cash which may be realized from the 2,000,000 common shares
of NPG and the $3.0 million note issued by NPG, also received in the sale, will
be used to further reduce the term loan and/or to support exploration and
underground development activities at the Company's principal operation, the
Jerritt Canyon Mine.   Accordingly, the Company believes that this
disposition will have no material adverse effect on the Company's future
operating results.

Financial
Review

During
2003, the Company incurred a net loss of $7.8 million or $0.04 per share.
 The principal components of this loss are:  earnings from operations
of $3.1 million, before interest expense, unusual items and other income and
expense; a $6.2 million write-down of the Company's investment in the
Magistral Joint Venture as reported in the third quarter and $4.9 million of
interest expense.

Earnings
from operations are illustrated in Table 5.2 below.

Table
5.2

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Gold
sales

Revenue
for 2003 results from the sale of 146,823 ounces of gold, all produced at the
Jerritt Canyon Mine after June 30, 2003.  Revenue is net of $0.7 million
for gold put premiums that expired during the year.  The Company had no
commercial gold production in prior years.

The
Company sells its gold at the spot price.  The average price realized for
2003 was $377 per ounce, comprised of $365 in the 3rd quarter and
$391 in the 4th quarter.  The spot gold price at June 30, 2003,
when the Company acquired the Jerritt Canyon Mine, was $346 per ounce. Gold
prices rose through the latter six months of 2003 to a high of $416 per ounce on
December 31, 2003.  The Company has no forward sales commitments.

At
December 31, 2003, the Company had 265,014 gold put options, each with a strike
price of $330 per ounce and a maximum settlement value of $40 per ounce.
 The puts were purchased as a condition of the term loan related to the
Jerritt Canyon acquisition.  They expire monthly through June, 2005 with a
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first
six months of 2005. The cost of the puts is recognized as a reduction to sales
revenue when the puts expire or are exercised, and totaled $0.7 million in 2003.

The
Magistral mine produced 23,122 ounces of gold (100% basis) in 2003. The Company's
financing arrangement, accounting treatment, and sale of its interest in the
Magistral mine, discussed more fully above, precluded the reporting of any
portion of this gold production, or the inclusion of related revenues and
operating costs in the Company's financial statements.

Operating
costs

Operating
costs comprise Jerritt Canyon total cash costs for the latter six months of
2003. For a reconciliation of operating costs in Table 5.2 to cash operating
costs per ounce in Table 5.1, refer to Table 5.3 below.

Table
5.3









Depreciation,
depletion and amortization

Depreciation,
depletion and amortization expenses are substantially all attributed to Jerritt
Canyon property, plant and equipment. Depreciation of the processing plant and
mining equipment comprises $1.7 million of this total; amortization and
depletion expenses comprise the remaining $7.5 million.  Amortization and
depletion expenses for the fourth quarter have been reduced from those incurred
in the third quarter as a result of the increase in estimated gold reserves.
 Reference should be made to Note 3 of the consolidated financial
statements, wherein the allocation of the Jerritt Canyon acquisition cost is
discussed, and Note 2 where accounting policies for depreciation, depletion and
amortization are discussed.

The
Company had no commercial-scale gold production and consequently no gold sales,
mine operating costs or related depreciation, depletion and amortization costs
during the first six months of 2003 or in 2002 and 2001.

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General
and administrative

General
and administrative costs for the year ended December 31, 2003 were significantly
higher than in 2002, reflecting increased management, investor relations and
administrative staff and related costs associated with the transition to a
significant gold producing company. General and administrative costs in 2002 had
increased $0.4 million from 2001 reflecting the Company's evolution from an
exploration company in 2001, to an emerging producer in 2002, during which time
the Company was managing the construction of the Magistral mine for the
Magistral Joint Venture.

Interest
expense and unusual items

The
principal remaining components of the Company's net loss: interest expense,
unusual items and other income and expense,are illustrated in the Table
5.4 below.

Table
5.4

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Interest
expense for the year ended December 31, 2003, results from the $20 million term
loan used to complete the acquisition of the Jerritt Canyon Mine and the related
ERTP, as well as other notes and capital leases assumed in the Jerritt Canyon
acquisition.  The term loan bears interest at the U.S. prime interest rate
plus 7%, a current effective interest rate of approximately 11%.  Interest
expense includes $3.3 million in amortization of costs incurred in arranging the
term loan, more fully discussed in Note 6 of the consolidated financial
statements.  Imputed interest expense is recognized for capital leases and
other obligations associated with the Jerritt Canyon acquisition, for which
interest rates have not been specified. Interest expense will be reduced in
future periods as the term loan and other obligations are paid down.  Note
17 of the consolidated financial statements, provides details of interest
expense.  The Company incurred no material interest expense in 2002 and
2001.

The
Magistral Joint Venture (the "MJV") was formed in 2001 to facilitate
financing for the construction of the Magistral mine in Sinaloa, Mexico. Terms
of the financing included preferential loan payback to the joint venture
partner, Midwest Mining Inc. ("Midwest") of $6.6 million, and precluded the
Company from voting on certain matters concerning the operation of the MJV,
until the preferential amounts were repaid.  In 2001, the Company
contributed its 100% owned Magistral mine to the MJV in exchange for 50% of the
MJV, and consequently recognized a loss of $2.9 million on the dilution of its
ownership in the Magistral mine.  Because the Company had no significant
influence over the operation of the MJV, the Company's interest in the MJV was
accounted for on the cost basis, as a long-term investment. In September 2003,
an upward trend in repair costs for the mining equipment at the Magistral mine
became evident

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together
with a decreasing trend in gold production, mainly as a result of low equipment
availability.  After considering the resulting operating deficits, the
apparent need for significant additional capital, and the required preferential
loan payback to Midwest, the Company concluded that its long-term investment in
the MJV was impaired and took a charge of $6.2 million to earnings.



B)   
Liquidity and Capital Resources



During
2003, the Company realized significant asset growth from $4.6 million in 2002 to
$97.9 million at December 31, 2003, as a result of the Jerritt Canyon
acquisition and the related financings.  December 31, 2003 working capital
was $9.2 million, including $9.5 million in cash.

The
Company's cash holdings increased by $9.4 million through 2003, from $0.1
million at the end of 2002 to $9.5 million in 2003.  This increase resulted
from generating cash of $13.5 million from operations at the Jerritt Canyon Mine
and raising a net amount of $41.0 million in debt and equity financings, less
investments of $45.1 million, principally in the Jerritt Canyon Mine
acquisition, subsequent mine development and exploration at Jerritt Canyon, and
in funding the ERTP.

The
$13.5 million cash generated from operations results from the gold production
and related gold sales at the Jerritt Canyon Mine during the latter six months
of the year.  The Company had no similar operations in prior periods and
therefore comparisons to prior periods are not meaningful.

The
Company paid a total of $41.8 million to acquire the Jerritt Canyon Mine (see
Note 3 of the consolidated financial statements).  Of this amount, $3.3
million was incurred in cash ($1.5 million was paid to the Sellers and $1.8
million was incurred in acquisition related costs), and $38.5 million was
incurred in the form of non-cash consideration including liabilities assumed
from the Sellers, notes payable to the Sellers and 32 million shares issued to
the Sellers (see Note 20 of the consolidated financial statements).
 Subsequent to the acquisition the Company invested an additional $5.9
million in the Jerritt Canyon Mine, principally for underground mine development
and reserve expansion programs.

The
Company has placed $26.3 million in restricted cash deposits.
 Substantially all of this was used to fund a commutation account, a
component of the ERTP.  The commutation account is with AIG and this cash
and interest earned will be used only to pay for Jerritt Canyon's currently
existing reclamation and mine closure liabilities (see Note 8 of the
consolidated financial statements).

The
Company also invested $2.9 million in the MJV during 2003.  This investment
comprised funding operating deficits prior to September 30, 2003, payment for
past due trade accounts and notes payable, and the payment of $0.9 million, as
part of the consideration to acquire from Midwest its 50% interest in the MJV
and the remaining 15% of Pangea not owned by the Company (see Note 7 of the
consolidated financial statements).   In 2002 the Company invested
$1.2 million in the MJV to fund construction cost overruns.

The
Company raised a total of $32.3 million, net of related costs, through a series
of equity financings in 2003.  The financings, completed by way of private
placements of equity units consisting of common shares and warrants to purchase
common shares, provided $19.5 million initially, and an additional $12.5 million
from the subsequent exercise of warrants (see note 15 of

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the
consolidated financial statements).  An additional $0.3 million was raised
through the exercise of incentive stock options.  The Company raised $1.0
million in 2002 through the exercise of warrants, and raised no cash in 2001.

As
a component of the funding for the purchase of the Jerritt Canyon Mine and the
related ERTP, the Company arranged a $20.0 million term loan, the terms and
conditions of which are described in Note 11 of the consolidated financial
statements.  At December 31, 2003, the Company had repaid $10.0 million of
this amount: $5.0 million of scheduled payments, $3.0 million of voluntary
prepayments, and $2.0 million of cash sweeps, which are mandatory repayments
based on excess available cash.  The Company also used $1.3 million to meet
scheduled payments for certain of the notes and liabilities assumed in the
Jerritt Canyon acquisition. The Company had no similar financing activity in
2002 and 2001. Subsequent to the period end, on February 3, 2004, the Company
applied an additional $4.0 million to the term loan, bringing the remaining
balance to approximately $6.0 million.

Subsequent
to the period end, on March 26, 2004, the Company received a conditional
commitment for a term loan facility of $10 million with Standard Bank London
Limited. The loan will be used to refinance the current $6 million term loan,
and to repay the approximately $1 million Oxygen plant note owed to AngloGold, a
liability assumed as part of the consideration for the Jerritt Canyon Mine
acquisition; and approximately $3 million of the facility will be used to
guarantee the payment of the deferred gold put option premiums currently
guaranteed by current term loan lender, Amaranth. The loan remains subject to a
number of conditions including completion of definitive documentation and will
be subject to standard industry covenants for a loan of this size. It will be
secured by the assets of Queenstake Resources U.S.A. Inc., the Company's
wholly owned subsidiary that owns the Jerritt Canyon Mine, together with a
restricted cash deposit of $1.4 million. The Company will guarantee the facility
and provide as additional security an assignment of the 2,000,000 common shares
of Nevada Pacific Gold ("NPG") and the $3.0 million note from NPG received
as consideration for the sale to NPG of Pangea and all its assets including the
Magistral mine. The interest rate will be LIBOR plus 4.5%, a currently effective
rate of approximately 6.0%.  The amortization period expires June 30, 2005,
with minimum quarterly principal payments of approximately $1.4 million and
additional quarterly payments equal to 50% of Queenstake Resources U.S.A. Inc.'s
cash available after debt service.

The
Company plans to spend approximately $14.9 million for development access, stope
preparation, ventilation raises, definition drilling, and related activities to
access and convert current resource blocks to reserves in 2004. Included in the
$14.9 million are $3.3 million that is also included in the planned $8 million
exploration expenditures for 2004. Please see, "Item 5 Operating and Financial
Review and Prospects-A) Operating Results-Jerritt Canyon Outlook-Exploration",
for further discussion concerning exploration. In addition, sustaining capital
costs during this period are estimated at $3.4 million.  The Jerritt Canyon
operation is expected to generate cash in excess of these planned capital
expenditures.  In addition, the Company is studying opportunities to
develop and exploit new mining areas which may require additional capital.

C)             
Research
and Development, Patents and Licenses, etc.

The
Company has no research and development activities.

D)             
Trend
Information
The December 31, 2003 proven and probable reserves, were double
the estimated June 30, 2003 reserves, net of depletion.

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As
a result of aggressive exploration and mine development programs, the Company
has significantly increased the estimated proven and probable gold reserves at
the Jerritt Canyon Mine, and the Company believes that there is potential for
further significant increases.

At
the time of the Company's acquisition of the Jerritt Canyon Mine, the property
contained  estimated proven and probable reserves consisting of 2,899,175
tons, with an average grade of 0.181 ounces of gold per ton ("opt"),
containing 524,168 ounces of gold. This reserve was included within 8,068,080
tons at an average grade of 0.242 opt containing 1,952,590 ounces of gold in
estimated measured and indicated resources.

Much
of the historical exploration done throughout the Jerritt Canyon underground
district by past operators was in search of either shallow open pit targets or
multi-million ounce targets.  During the few years prior to the Company's
acquisition of Jerritt Canyon, known reserves were not aggressively expanded and
advanced stage targets were not aggressively followed up. Underground mine
development to convert gold resources to reserves at Jerritt Canyon had been
severely curtailed through the first half of 2003 because the former owners'
plans had been to close the mine at the end of 2004.  Immediately after the
acquisition, the Company initiated a comprehensive analysis of resources
accessible for conversion to reserves, and of areas with strong potential for
expansion of resources; and a program of mine development to re-establish an
inventory of reserves and resources commensurate with the Company's planned
scale of on-going operations was started.  The Company's average rate of
related underground development focused on reserve/resource expansion during the
latter half of 2003 was approximately 31% higher than during the first half of
the year by the former owners.

Through
the latter six months of 2003, the Company invested approximately $1.6 million
in exploration, which consisted mainly of underground drilling proximal to
current workings, and was focused on expanding resources and graduating measured
and indicated resources to proven and probable reserves. Some surface drilling
focused on extensions to known ore bodies was also completed. In addition to
drilling, extensive mine planning was performed in order to bring into the
reserve category that portion of resources that had sufficient drill data to
meet reserve criteria, but lacked only a mine plan.

As
a result of these initiatives, at December 31, 2003, proven and probable gold
reserve estimates and the measured and indicated resource estimate at Jerritt
Canyon had increased significantly, as detailed in Tables 4.2 and 4.3,
respectively under "Item 4. Information on the Company-D) Property, Plant
and Equipment-Mineral Reserve and Resource Estimates". The December
31,  2003 proven and probable reserves, were double the estimated June 30,
2003 reserves, net of depletion.

The
Company plans to spend approximately $8 million on exploration programs,
including approximately 350,000 feet of exploration drilling, through 2004.
 The Company expects to fund these programs with cash generated by
operations.

Gold
production and unit costs

Quarterly
production results vary cyclically with a number of factors, including the
weather, the grade available for mining, the number of working places developed
and the amenability of those areas to efficient mining.  When these factors
compound in a positive way, such as in the third quarter
of 2003 (see 4.1 above), production levels are well above average and when they
compound in a negative way, production levels for a period may be low. Unit
costs of production vary inversely with production levels.

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E)
 Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements

The
company has no off-balance sheet arrangements required to be disclosed in this
Annual Report on Form 20-F.

F)
 Tabular Disclosure of Contractual Obligations

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ITEM
6 DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES

A)
 Directors and Senior Management

The
following table sets forth the names of the directors and members of senior
management of the Company, their positions and offices with the Company and
their terms of office. Information about such persons' principal occupations
is provided in the biographical information following the table.



|Name                       | Office
      Held                                       | Office
      Held Since                      
|-------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------
|CHRISTOPHER
      DAVIE    | President,
      Chief Executive Officer and Director   | July
      19, 1999                          
|DORIAN
      (DUSTY) NICOL | Executive
      Vice President
                Director | July
      23, 2003
      July
      19, 1999

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|ROD
      McKEEN             | Corporate
      Secretary                                | May
      12, 2004     
|---------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | -----------------------
|JOHN
      ENGELE            | Vice
      President Finance and Chief Financial Officer | September
      1, 2003
|COLIN
      SMITH            | Vice
      President Operations                          | July
      1, 2003     
|JAMES
      MANCUSO(2) (3)   | Director                                                 | November
      1, 1995 
|HUGH
      MOGENSEN(1) (3)   | Director                                                 | January
      17, 1992 
|MIKE
      SMITH(1)          | Director                                                 | May
      12, 2004     
|PETER
      BOJTOS(1) (2)    | Director                                                 | June
      16, 2000    
|ROBERT
      L. ZERGA(2) (3) | Non-Executive
      Chairman, Director                   | April
      7, 2004    

(1)
Denotes a member of the Audit Committee

(2)
Denotes a member of the Corporate Governance Committee

(3)
Denotes a member of the Compensation Committee





Christopher
Davie

After
graduating from Camborne School of Mines, as a mining engineer and metallurgist,
Mr. Davie amassed over thirty years experience in the mining industry.
 While part of the Castle Group, Mr. Davie was a member of the management
team of the Emerging Markets Gold Fund. He assessed for investment numerous
exploration properties on all continents, structured investment transactions and
negotiated investment terms. He became president of Castle Exploration Inc. when
it evolved from Castle Group, responsible for the overall direction and vision
of the company, structuring and negotiating deals and raising equity financing.
 Mr. Davie became President of Santa Cruz in late 1998 prior to
restructuring it and negotiating and closing the amalgamation of Santa Cruz with
Queenstake.



John
(Jack) Engele

Mr.
Engele holds a B.Sc. in Accounting and an M.B.A., both from Regis University in
Denver, Colorado. He is a member of the Society of Manangement Accountants at
British Columbia. Prior to joining Queenstake Resources, Ltd he was Vice
President of Finance and C.F.O. of Vista Gold Corp. Prior to joining
Vista Gold Corp. in 2001 he held several senior accounting positions with Echo
Bay Mines Ltd beginning in 1986.



Dorian
(Dusty) Nicol

Mr.
Nicol holds a Masters Degree in Geology from Indiana University (1980) and a
B.Sc. in Earth Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1976). He
is fluent in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French. He is a member of the
Society of Mining Engineers, a fellow of

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the
Society of Economic Geologists and a former Trustee of the Northwest Mining
Association.  Mr. Nicol was Vice President of Castle Exploration Inc., then
Vice President of Santa Cruz in late 1998 prior to its amalgamation in July 1999
with Queenstake.



Colin
Smith

Mr.
Smith holds a B.Sc. in Mining Engineering from the Royal School of Mines (1958),
a South African Mine Manager's Certificate of Competency, and is a Registered
Professional Engineer in Colorado (USA) and Northwest Territories (Canada). He
has over 40 years of mining, engineering and project management experience in
diverse international mining and construction projects. Experience includes 12
years with Anglo American Corporation, 10 years with Murray and Roberts
International Division, 10 years with Rio Tinto, and 10 years as an Independent
Consultant working on mining projects in Southern and Central Africa, Northern
and Western Canada, Colombia, India and 12 States in the USA.



Peter
Bojtos

Mr.
Bojtos graduated from the University of Leicester, England in 1972 and is a
Professional Engineer registered in the Province of Ontario, with over 30 years
of worldwide experience in the mining industry.  Mr. Bojtos has been a Vice
Chairman, Vice
President and Director of Fischer-Watt Gold Company Inc. since 1996. He is a
Director of U.S. Gold Corp. since 2003, and also serves as an independent Director of several public mining companies.



James
Mancuso

Mr.
Mancuso completed his B.A. Geology at Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota in
1953 and his M.S. Geology and Mining Engineering at South Dakota School of
Mines, Rapid City, South Dakota in 1955. Until 1992, Mr. Mancuso was President
of the Chevron Minerals Business Unit. From 1985 to 1990, Mr. Mancuso was Vice
President, Exploration for Chevron Resources Company.  From November 1,
1995 to July 19, 1999 Mr. Mancuso was Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
 Mr. Mancuso is Chairman and Director of Monterrico Metals PLC June 2001 to
present.



Hugh
Mogensen

Mr.
Mogensen is a Professional Geologist (Alberta 1956).  Mr. Mogensen has
operated his own private natural resources investment company for the last five
years and more, and is a Director of several public natural resource companies.



Mike
Smith

Mr.
Smith holds a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics from Queen's University,
Ontario. He has been a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants
since 1971. He is a retired partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. For the past 25 years his principal clientele have been in the mining
industry.

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Robert
L. Zerga

Mr.
Zerga completed a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Seattle University in 1964
and his M.B.A. from Arizona State University in 1974. Mr. Zerga was Executive
Vice President & General Manager for Newmont Gold Company from November 1985
to November of 1989, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer for
Meridian Minerals Company from April 1989 to June 1990 and Chief Executive
Officer of Independence Mining Company & Vice President of Minorco (USA)
from July 1990 to January 1995 at which time he retired from full time
employement. Since 1995 Mr. Zerga has served as an independent Director for
several public companies.

B)
Compensation

For
purposes of this section "Named Executive Officers" or "NEO's" means
an individual who at any time during the year was the Chief Executive Officer,
the Chief Financial Officer and each of the Company's two most highly
compensated executive officers or other individual at the end of the most
recently completed financial year and whose total salary and bonus exceeds
$150,000.

There
were no other officers who earned more than $40,000 for services to the Company
or any of its subsidiaries in all capacities during each of the three years
ended December 31, 2003.

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|Summary
      Compensation Table 
|---------------------------------
|Name
      and Principal Position
|Awards                           
|Salary
      ($)                 

|Christopher
      Davie
      President
      and Chief Executive Officer                                     | 2003
      2002
      2001 | $131,668
      $120,000
      $120,000            | $40,000
      -
      - | N/A
      N/A
      N/A | 500,000
      500,000
      100,000 | N/A
      N/A
      N/A | N/A
      N/A
      N/A | N/A
      N/A
      N/A     
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------- | ----------------------- | ----------------------------------- | ----------------------- | ----------------------- | ----------------------------
|John
      (Jack) Engele Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer, since
      Sept 1, 2003         | 2003                       | $40,000                                           | $10,000                 | N/A                     | 500,000                             | N/A                     | N/A                     | US$2,250                    
|Doris
      Meyer
      Chief
      Financial Officer to Sept 1, 2003 and Corporate Secretary to May 12, 2004 | 2003
      2002
      2001 | C$100,000(5)
      C$91,797(5)
      C$100,000(5) | $90,000
      -
      - | N/A
      N/A
      N/A | 500,000
      400,000
      100,000 | N/A
      N/A
      N/A | N/A
      N/A
      N/A | N/A
      N/A
      N/A     
|Dorian
      (Dusty) Nicol
      Executive
      Vice President                                               | 2003
      2002
      2001 | $111,667
      $99,000
      $96,000              | $30,000
      -
      - | N/A
      N/A
      N/A | 500,000
      500,000
      100,000 | N/A
      N/A
      N/A | N/A
      N/A
      N/A | US$3,375
      N/A
      N/A
|Colin
      Smith
      Vice
      President Operations, since July 1, 2003                                   | 2003                       | $59,500                                           | -                       | N/A                     | 100,000                             | N/A                     | N/A                     | N/A                         

(1)

Fiscal
years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001.



(2)

Figures
represent options granted during a particular year, See"Aggregate Option/SAR
Exercises"table for the aggregate number of options outstanding at year end.

(3)

Of
the options reported for each of Mr. Davie, Mr. Nicol and Ms. Meyer, 300,000
options were subject to shareholder approval to increase the number of common
shares reserved for issuance under the Company's 1995 Stock Option Plan and
for ratification of certain grants made thereunder. This approval was obtained
at the Company's Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders, held on
May 12, 2004.

(4)

This
amount includes the Company's contributions to the executive's retirement
plan (see discussion under"Retirement Plans,"below).

(5)

Amounts
have been paid to Golden Oak Corporate Services Ltd., a private British Columbia
company 70% owned by Doris Meyer, pursuant to the terms of a contract services
agreement in Canadian dollars.  The bonus was paid to Ms. Meyer directly in
U.S. dollars. The average Canadian/U.S. dollar exchange rates for each of 2003,
2002 and 2001 were $1.3969, $1.5704 and $1.5488, respectively.

Retirement
plans

The
Company does not have any pension plans. Upon completion of the Jerritt Canyon
acquisition (Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements), the Company
assumed sponsorship,

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from
the prior owners of the Jerritt Canyon Mine, of a qualified tax-deferred savings
plan in accordance with the provisions of Section 401(k) of the U.S. Internal
Revenue Code, which is available to permanent U.S. employees. The Company makes
contributions of up to 7.5% of eligible employees' salaries. The Company's
2003 contributions since June 30, 2003, the date of assumption, were $602,702.
The Company had no similar retirement plan prior to June 30, 2003.

Long-term
incentive plan awards

The
Company has not made any long-term incentive plan awards.

Options
and SARs

The
following table sets forth information concerning grants of stock options during
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003 to the Named Executive Officers. No
stock appreciation rights ("SARs") were granted to or exercised by the Named
Executive Officers or directors during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003.





|Name                       | Securities
      Under
      Options
      Granted
      (#) | %
      of Total Options
      Granted
      to  Employees  in Financial  Year | Exercise
      Or
      Base
      Price
      ($/Security) | Market
      Value of Securities Underlying
      Options
      on the
      Date
      of Grant
      ($/Security) | Expiration
      Date                        
|-------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------
|Christopher
      Davie    | 200,000
      300,000
      (1)                              | 9%
      22%                                                                   | $0.385
      $0.385                                         | $0.385
      $0.385                                                                                                 | July
      27, 2008
      July
      27, 2008
|John
      (Jack) Engele   | 500,000                                                      | 22%                                                                            | $0.385                                                      | $0.385                                                                                                              | July
      27, 2008                          
|Doris
      Meyer          | 200,000
      300,000
      (1)                              | 9%
      22%                                                                   | $0.385
      $0.385                                         | $0.385
      $0.385                                                                                                 | July
      27, 2008
      July
      27, 2008
|Dorian
      (Dusty) Nicol | 200,000
      300,000
      (1)                              | 9%
      22%                                                                   | $0.385
      $0.385                                         | $0.385
      $0.385                                                                                                 | July
      27, 2008
      July
      27, 2008
|Colin
      Smith          | 100,000                                                      | 4%                                                                             | $0.385                                                      | $0.385                                                                                                              | July
      27, 2008                          

(1)

The
Board of Directors granted these options subject to shareholder approval which
was obtained at the Company's Annual General and Special Meeting of
Shareholders held on May 12, 2004.

(2)

In
compliance with the Yukon Business Corporations Act, the high and low trading
price of Queenstake Common Shares on the TSX for the 30 days prior to the date
of grant of the Queenstake 1995 Plan options was $0.395 and $0.245 respectively.

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The
Company does not have any SARs (stock appreciation rights) agreements.

Aggregated
Option/SAR Exercises during the Most Recently Completed Financial Year to the
Named Executive Officers and financial Year-End Options/SAR values

Options
exercised during the most recently completed financial year to the Named
Executive Officers and the monetary value of the in-the-money stock options
unexercised at the end of the most recently completed financial year are in the
following table.



|Name                       | Securities Acquired
      on Exercise
      (#)(1) | Aggregate Value
      Realized
      ($)(2) | Unexercised Options
      at Fiscal Year End
      Exercisable/Unexercisable
      (#)(3) | Value of Unexercised
      In-the-Money Options at Fiscal Year End
      Exercisable/Unexercisable
      ($)(4)
|-------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Christopher
      Davie    | 100,000                                            | $81,000                                     | 1,150,000/400,000                                                                         | $375,250/$142,000                                                                                              
|John
      (Jack) Engele   | -                                                  | -                                           | 250,000/250,000                                                                           | $88,750/$88,750                                                                                                
|Doris
      Meyer          | 150,000                                            | $108,250                                    | 950,000/400,000                                                                           | $291,750/$142,000                                                                                              
|Dorian
      (Dusty) Nicol | 200,000                                            | $134,750                                    | 1,000,000/400,000                                                                         | $313,000/$142,000                                                                                              
|Colin
      Smith          | 50,000                                             | $14,250                                     | 25,000/25,000                                                                             | $8,875/$8,875                                                                                                  

(1)

Number
of the Company's common shares acquired on the exercise of stock options.

(2)

Calculated
using the average of the high and low prices for a board lot of the Company's
common shares on the TSX.

(3)

As
freestanding SARs have not been granted, the number of shares relates solely to
stock options.

(4)

Value
of unexercised in-the-money options calculated using the closing price of the
Company's common shares on the TSX on December 31, 2003 of $0.74 per share,
less the exercise price of in-the-money stock options.

Option
and SAR Repricing



There
were no repricing of options during the year ended December 31, 2003 and the
Company has no SARs (stock appreciation rights).



Termination
of Employment, Change of Responsibilities and Employment Contracts

Christopher
Davie and Dorian Nicol have agreements with the Company in respect of their
employment with the Company.  The base salary amounts payable under these
employment agreements are reviewed annually by the Compensation Committee.

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The
employment agreement with Christopher Davie is for an indefinite term and may be
terminated by the Company without cause provided that the Company pays in cash
to Mr. Davie in a lump sum at the time of termination one and one half times his
annual salary and an amount equal to six months of Mr. Davie's group health
insurance premium.  If the agreement is terminated by either the Company or
Mr. Davie within 90 days of a change of control Mr. Davie would be entitled to
one year's salary in a lump sum within thirty days.

The
employment agreement with Dorian (Dusty) Nicol is for an indefinite term and may
be terminated by the Company without cause provided that the Company pays in
cash to Mr. Nicol in a lump sum at the time of termination one and one half
times his annual salary and an amount equal to six months of Mr. Nicol's group
health insurance premium.  If the agreement is terminated by either the
Company or Mr. Nicol within 90 days of a change of control Mr. Nicol would be
entitled to one year's salary in a lump sum within thirty days.

John
(Jack) Engele was appointed Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer
on September 2, 2003.

Compensation
of Directors

Each
Director is granted stock options of the Company commensurate with his
involvement and activity in the Company.  No director's fee or other
compensation for serving as a director was paid in the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2003.

C)
 Board practices

Each
Director of the Company is elected annually and holds office until the next
Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders unless that person ceases to be a
Director before then.

Audit
Committee

The
Company has an Audit Committee which has the functions defined in applicable
regulatory and stock exchange requirements. The Audit Committee is made up of
three outside and unrelated directors, Hugh Mogensen, Peter Bojtos and Mike
Smith. Mr. Smith, elected as a director on May 12, 2004, replaced Grant Edey,
who resigned as a director on May 12, 2004, as a member of the Audit Committee
and designated Audit Committee Financial Expert (see "Item 16A. Audit
Committee Financial Expert."). The role of the Audit Committee is to oversee
the Company's financial reporting obligations, financial systems and
disclosure and to act as a liaison between the Board and the Company's
auditors. The activities of the Audit Committee typically include reviewing
annual financial statements, ensuring that internal controls over accounting and
financial systems are maintained and that accurate financial information is
disseminated to shareholders, reviewing the results of internal and external
audits and any change in accounting procedures or policies, and evaluating the
performance of the Company's auditors.

Corporate
Governance Committee

The
Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee consists of three outside and
unrelated directors, Jim Mancuso, Peter Bojtos and Robert Zerga. The role of
this committee is to identify individuals qualified to become Board members and
select or recommend director nominees,

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develop
and recommend to the Board corporate governance principles applicable to the
Company, lead the Board in its annual review of the Board's performance and
recommend to the Board director nominees for each committee.

Compensation
Committee

The
Compensation and Management Development Committee is made up of three outside
and unrelated directors, Jim Mancuso, Hugh Mogensen and Robert Zerga. The role
of this committee is to discharge the responsibilities of the Board relating to
compensation of the Company's directors, Chief Executive Officer and other
executive officers and to produce an annual report on executive compensation for
public disclosure.

D)

Employees

The
number of employees at the end of each of the past three years, shown by
location, follows:

2003

2002

2001

Denver
office (USA)

9

4

2

Jerritt
Canyon Mine (USA)

387

-

-

Vancouver
office (Canada)

1

1

1

Mexico
office

-

-

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The
Jerritt Canyon Mine was acquired on June 30, 2003. The Company hired the
existing work force immediately after the acquisition.

None
of the Company's U.S. employees are unionized. The Company believes that labor
relations at all locations are good.

E)

Share
ownership

The
following table sets forth the share ownership of those persons listed (or whose
compensation is otherwise disclosed) in subsection 6.B above and includes
details of all options or warrants to purchase shares of the Company held by
such persons:

|Name,
      Province/State and Country of Residence | Holdings
      in Securities of the Company (4) | Beneficial
      Ownership Percentage                                                      | Exercise
      price of the Options (Cdn$) | Expiration
      Date of the Options                
|--------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------
|Christopher
      Davie(1)                          | Common
      Shares
      
      Options        | 312,481
      
      
      200,000
      50,000
      500,000
      200,000
      300,000 | (2)                                        | 0.25
      0.155
      0.315
      0.385
      0.385

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|Dorian
      (Dusty) Nicol(1) | Common
      Shares
      
      Options | 26,754
      
      
      100,000
      500,000
      200,000
      300,000           | (2) | 0.090
      0.315
      0.385
      0.385             | 12/08/06
      06/02/07
      07/27/08
      07/27/08               
|----------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --- | ----------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------
|James
      Mancuso           | Common
      Shares
      
      Options | 42,443
      
      
      67,500
      115,000                                        | (2) | 0.385
      0.385                                     | 07/27/08
      07/27/08                                             
|Peter
      Bojtos            | Common
      Shares
      
      Options | 8,000
      
      
      50,000
      50,000
      250,000
      85,000
      115,000 | (2) | 0.155
      0.090
      0.315
      0.385
      0.385 | 06/15/05
      12/18/06
      06/02/07
      07/27/08
      07/27/08
|Hugh
      Mogensen           | Common
      Shares
      
      Options | 439,944
      
      
      50,000
      200,000
      85,000
      115,000            | (2) | 0.090
      0.315
      0.385
      0.385             | 12/18/06
      06/02/07
      07/27/08
      07/27/08               
|Robert
      Zerga            | Common
      Shares
      
      Options | -
      
      
      -                                                                | (2) |                                                       |                                                                     
|Mike
      Smith              | Common
      Shares
      
      Options | -
      
      
      -                                                                | (2) |                                                       |                                                                     

(1)

Of
the options reported for each of Mr. Davie, Mr. Nicol and Ms. Meyer, 300,000
options were subject to shareholder approval to increase the number of common
shares reserved for issuance under the Company's 1995 Stock Option Plan and
for ratification of certain grants made thereunder. This approval was obtained
at the Company's Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders, held on
May 12, 2004.

(2)

Beneficial
ownership is less than 1%.

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Stock
Option Plan

The
Company has an Employees' & Directors' Share Incentive Plan (the "1995
Plan") for the purpose of enabling key personnel of the Company to participate
in the growth of the Company and to provide effective incentives to such
individuals. The Company amalgamated with Santa Cruz Gold Inc. in July 1999 and
the existing Santa Cruz Plan will remain in place until all of the existing
165,000 options are exercised, expire or are cancelled.

The
Company's 1995 Plan for directors, officers and full and part-time employees
and consultants of the Company and its associated, affiliated, controlled and
subsidiary companies was established on May 17, 1995 in accordance with The
Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX") rules.  The 1995 Plan was
amended with shareholder approval most recently on May 12, 2004 in order to
increase the number of shares reserved thereunder to the current 30,000,000
Queenstake Common Shares.

Pursuant
to the 1995 Plan, the Board may from time to time grant to directors, officers
and full and part-time employees and consultants of the Company and its
associated, affiliated, controlled and subsidiary companies, as the Board shall
designate, the option to purchase from the Company such number of its common
shares as the Board may designate.  Options may be granted on authorized
but unissued common shares of the Company under the 1995 Plan, provided that the
total number of common shares granted to any one optionee is not more than 5% of
the issued common shares of the Company at the time of grant.  The purchase
price per common share for any option granted under the 1995 Plan, as amended,
shall not be less than the closing price of the Company's shares on the TSX on
the trading day immediately preceding the date of grant.  Pursuant to the
1995 Plan, as amended, options shall be granted pursuant to an option agreement
in a form that complies with the rules and policies of the TSX, which provide as
follows:

(a)

all
options granted shall be non-assignable;

(b)

an
option must be exercisable during a period not extending beyond 5 years from the
time of grant, and will become exercisable as to 50% upon granting of the option
and 50% one year later; and

(c)

no
financial assistance will be provided with respect to the exercise of stock
options.

Any
entitlement granted prior to the Participant, as defined in the 1995 Plan,
becoming an Insider of the Company shall be excluded in determining the number
of the Company's common shares issuable to Insiders.

ITEM
7 MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS



A)
 Major Shareholders

Sprott
Asset Management Inc. owned 41,400,000 common shares at March 31, 2004,
representing 11.2% of the Company's outstanding common shares. RBC Asset
Management Inc. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Bank Holding Inc.) owned
33,000,000 common shares at March 31, 2004, representing 8.9% of the Company's
outstanding common shares. To the

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Company's knowledge, Sprott Asset Management and RBC Asset Management Inc. are the only major shareholders that beneficially own more than 5% of the Company's voting securities. Neither these nor any other shareholder has any special rights with respect to its common shares beyond those rights accorded to all shareholders of the Company's Common Shares.



Common Shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2002 were 67,984,045. This amount increased by 430% to 360,312,493 at December 31, 2003 and to 369,336,868 at June 8, 2004, primarily reflecting the following issuances:  6,589,667 shares issued in a private placement in January 2003; an aggregate 2,194,531 shares issued in February and August 2003 in settlement of a Magistral joint venture note; 6,500,000 shares issued in a private placement in June 2003; 32,000,000 shares issued to the Sellers in connection with  the Company's acquisition of the Jerritt Canyon Mine in July 2003; 105,000,000 shares issued pursuant to a private placement in July 2003; 25,000,000 shares issued in another private placement in July 2003; and 11,200,000 shares issued to Midwest Mining Inc. ("Midwest") in December 2003 as part of the consideration for the Company's acquisition of Midwest's interests in Pangea and the MJV and settlement of loans owed to Midwest. These issuances are more fully discussed in Note 15 to the consolidated financial statements. As a consequence of this increase the relative ownership position of holders of 5% or greater of the Company's common shares as of December 31, 2002 or prior thereto, has been significantly reduced to levels well below 5%.



To the best of the Company's knowledge, at June 8, 2004 there were 54,414,899 common shares held by 760 registered
holders in the U.S.



To the best the Company's knowledge, it is not controlled by another corporation, any foreign government or by any other natural or legal persons severally or jointly. The Company is not aware of any arrangements the operation of which may at a subsequent date result in a
change of control of the Company.



B)  Related Party Transactions

See
"Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees - B. Compensation - Termination of Employment, Change in Responsibilities and Employment Contracts," for information about contracts between the Company and Christopher Davie (President and Chief Executive Officer) and Dorian Nicol (Executive Vice President).

Other than as stated above, there were no material transactions that were effected within the past year (or are proposed) between the Company or any of its subsidiaries and:



(a)

enterprises that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, control or are controlled by, or are under common control with, the Company;

(b)

associates;

(c)

individuals owning, directly or indirectly, an interest in the voting power of the company that gives them significant influence over the Company, and close members of any such individual's family

(d)

key management personnel, that is, those persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing an controlling the activities of the Company, including directors and senior management of companies and close members of such individuals' families; and

(e)

enterprises in which a substantial interest in the voting power is owned, directly or indirectly, by any person described in (c) or (d) or over which such a person is able to exercise significant influence including enterprises owned by directors or
major shareholders of the Company and enterprises that have a member of key management in common with the Company.

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No officer or director of the Company, or any associate of such person, was indebted to the Company at any time during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003.



C) Interests of Experts and Counsel



This Form 20-F is being filed as an Annual Report under the Exchange Act and, as such, there is no requirement to provide any information under this section.



ITEM 8 FINANCIAL INFORMATION



A)
Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information



This Form 20-F contains the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, including an Audit Report dated March 2, 2004, except as to Notes 11 and 25, which are as at March 26,
2004 with respect to the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002; and an Audit
Report dated March 8, 2002 with respect to the year ended December 31, 2001.The following financial statements are included: Consolidated Balance Sheets as at December 31, 2003 and 2002; Consolidated Statements of Loss for the Years Ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001; Consolidated Statements of Deficit for the Years Ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001; and Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001. Also included are Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements. The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Canadian generally accepted accounting principles. Except as described in Note 22 to the consolidated financial statements, there are no material measurement differences, for the purposes of these financial statements, between accounting principles generally accepted in Canada and the United States.



Legal proceedings



There are and have been no legal proceedings that may have, or have had, significant effects on the Company's financial position or profitability.



Dividend policy



Management expects to use the Company's cash resources to expand reserves and resources, to further develop the Jerritt Canyon mine and to acquire and develop additional gold properties.  The Company does not pay dividends and does not anticipate changing this policy in the near term.



B)
Significant Changes



There have been no significant changes since the date of the audited financial statements, March 2, 2004 (except as to Notes 11 and 25, which are at March 26, 2004).



ITEM 9 THE OFFER AND LISTING



A)
Offer and Listing Details

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The Common Shares of the Company are listed and posted for trading on The Toronto Stock Exchange (the
"TSX"), under the symbol "QRL".

The following table sets out the annual high and low market prices of the Common Shares on the TSX during the last five fiscal years.

High (Cdn. $)Low (Cdn. $)2003$0.980$0.1752002$0.390$0.0902001$0.140$0.0702000$0.270$0.0601999$0.670$0.125




The following table sets out the high and low market prices of the Common
Shares on the TSX for the last two years by fiscal quarter.

High (Cdn. $)Low (Cdn. $)Fiscal 2004First Quarter$0.740$0.640Fiscal 2003Fourth Quarter$0.970$0.550Third Quarter$0.980$0.280Second Quarter$0.380$0.175First Quarter$0.480$0.250Fiscal 2002Fourth Quarter$0.330$0.180Third Quarter$0.300$0.160Second Quarter$0.390$0.220First Quarter$0.310$0.090




The following table sets out the high and low market prices of the Common Shares on the TSX for the last six months:

High (Cdn. $)Low (Cdn. $)May  2004$0.650$0.460April 2004$0.810$0.630March 2004$0.790$0.640February 2004$0.770$0.650January 2004$0.880$0.700December 2003$0.950$0.650




The closing price of the Company's Common Shares on
the
TSX on June 17, 2004 was Cdn. $0.490.

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B)  Plan of distribution

This Form 20-F is being filed as an Annual Report under the Exchange Act and, as such, there is no requirement to provide any information under this section.

C)  Markets

The Company's Common Shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The Company has recently applied to have its Common Shares traded on the American Stock Exchange.

D)  Selling Shareholders

This Form 20-F is being filed as an Annual Report under the Exchange Act and, as such, there is no requirement to provide any information under this section.

E)  Dilution

This Form 20-F is being filed as an Annual Report under the Exchange Act and, as such, there is no requirement to provide any information under this section.

F)  Expenses of the Issue

This Form 20-F is being filed as an Annual Report under the Exchange Act and, as such, there is no requirement to provide any information under this section.

ITEM 10 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

A)  Share Capital

This Form 20-F is being filed as an Annual Report under the Exchange Act and, as such, there is no requirement to provide any information under this section.

B)  Amalgamation and By-Laws



Objects and Purpose of the Company



Queenstake Resources Ltd. (the
"Company") was incorporated under the laws of British Columbia on May 3, 1977 under the name "Queenstake Resources Ltd." by registration of its Memorandum and Articles with the British Columbia Registrar of Companies. To facilitate the business combination of the Company and Santa Cruz Gold Inc. ("Santa Cruz") on June 24, 1999 the Company's shareholders passed a special resolution authorizing the continuance of the Company from the Company Act (British Columbia), R.S.B.C. 1996, as amended to Business Corporations Act (Yukon), R.S.Y. 1996, c.15, as amended (the
"YBCA").  A certificate of arrangement, corporate access number 27217, dated July 19, 1999 certified the amalgamation of 18463 Yukon Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, Santa Cruz and Queenstake, through an amalgamation by way of statutory arrangement under the YBCA as one company with the name
"Queenstake Resources Ltd.".

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Subject to the YBCA, there shall be no restrictions on the business which the Company may carry on or the powers it may exercise.

Interested Directors



With respect to directors, the By-Laws of the Company provide that a Director or Officer who is a party to, or who is a Director or Officer of or has a material interest in any person who is a party to, a material contract or proposed material contract with the Company shall disclose the nature and extent of his interest at the time and in the manner provided by the YBCA.  Any such contract or proposed contract shall be referred to the Board or Shareholders for approval even if such contract is one that in the ordinary course of the Company's business would not require approval by the Board or Shareholders, and a Director interested in a contract so referred to the Board shall not vote on any resolution to approve the same except as provided by the YBCA.



There is no requirement in the YBCA or in the Company's Articles of Amalgamation or By-Laws restricting the directors from voting compensation to themselves or any members of their body, whether in the absence of an independent quorum or otherwise.



Borrowing Powers

The By-Laws of the Company provide that, without limiting the borrowing powers of the Company as set forth in the Act, the Board of Directors is authorized from time to time:



a)

to borrow money upon the credit of the Company in such amounts and on such terms as may be deemed expedient by obtaining loans or advances or by way of overdraft or otherwise;



b)

to issue, re-issue, sell or pledge bonds, debentures, notes or other evidence of indebtedness or guarantees of the Company, whether secured or unsecured for such sums and at such prices as may be deemed expedient;



c)

subject to the YBCA, to issue guarantees on behalf of the Company to secure the performance of the obligations of any person, and;



d)

to charge, mortgage, hypothecate, pledge or otherwise create a security interest in all or any currently owned or subsequently acquired real or personal, movable or immovable, property and undertaking of the Company, including book debts, rights, powers and franchises for the purpose of securing any such bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness or guarantee or any other present or future indebtedness or liability of the Company.



There is no limit or restrictions on the borrowing of money by the Company on bills of exchange or promissory notes made, drawn, accepted or endorsed by or on behalf of the Company.



The Board may from time to time delegate to such one or more of the Directors and Officers of the Company as may be designated by the Board all or any of the powers conferred on the Board by the By-Laws to such extent and in such manner as the Board shall determine at the time of each such delegation.

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Mandatory Retirement and Share Qualification for Directors



There is no requirement in the Articles of Amalgamation or By-Laws of the Company or in the YBCA requiring retirement or non-retirement of directors under an age limit requirement nor is there any minimum shareholding required for a director's qualification.

Attributes of Common Shares



The following is a summary of the principal attributes of the Company's Common Shares (the
"Shares"):



- Voting Rights.  The holders of the Shares are entitled to receive notice of, attend and vote at any meeting of the shareholders of the Company.  The Shares carry one vote per share.  There are no cumulative voting rights, and directors do not stand for re-election at staggered intervals.
- Dividends.  The holders of Shares are entitled to receive on a pro-rata basis such dividends as may be declared by the Board, out of funds or property legally available therefore or by issuing fully paid Shares of the Company.
- Profits.  Each Share is entitled to share pro-rata in any profits of the Company to the extent they are distributed either through the declaration of dividends or otherwise distributed to shareholders on a winding up or liquidation.
- Rights on Dissolution.  In the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the holders of the Shares will be entitled to receive on a pro-rata basis all of the assets of the Company remaining after payment of all the Company's liabilities.
- Pre-Emptive, Conversion and Other Rights.  No pre-emptive, redemption, sinking fund or conversion rights are attached to the Shares, and the Shares, when fully paid, will not be liable to further call or assessment.  No other class of shares may be created without the approval of the holders of Shares.  There are no provisions discriminating against any existing or prospective holder of Shares as a result of such shareholder owning a substantial number of Shares.



Required action to change rights of holders of Shares

The rights of holders of Shares may only be changed by a special resolution of holders of two-thirds of the issued and outstanding Shares in accordance with the requirements of the Act.

Annual and Special Meetings



The annual meeting of shareholders shall be held at such time in each year and, subject to the YBCA and to Section 10.04 of the Company's By-Laws, in Vancouver, British Columbia or at such place as the Board, the Chairman of the Board, the Managing Director or the President may from time to time determine, for the purpose of considering the financial statements and reports required by the YBCA to be placed before the annual meeting, electing Directors, appointing

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auditors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.  The Board, the Chairman of the Board, the Managing Director or the President shall have power to call a Special Meeting of the shareholders at any time.  In addition, Section 144(1) of the YBCA provides that in certain circumstances the holders of not less than 5 percent of the issued shares of a corporation that carry the right to vote at a meeting sought to be held may requisition the directors to call a meeting of shareholders for the purposes stated in the requisition.



The only persons entitled to be present at a meeting of shareholders are those entitled to vote thereat, the directors and the auditor of the Company and others who, although not entitled to vote, are entitled or required under any provision of the YBCA or the Articles of Amalgamation or By-Laws of the Company to be present at the meeting.  Any other person may be admitted only on the invitation of the chairman of the meeting or with the consent of the meeting.

Limitations on the Right to Own Securities



The Investment Canada Act (the
"ICA"), enacted on June 20, 1985, requires prior notification to the Government of Canada on the
"acquisition of control" of Canadian businesses by non-Canadians, as defined in the ICA.  Certain acquisitions of control, discussed below, are reviewed by the Government of Canada.  The term
"acquisition of control" is defined as any one or more non-Canadian persons acquiring all or substantially all of the assets used in the Canadian business, or the acquisition of the voting shares of a Canadian corporation carrying on the Canadian business or the acquisition of the voting interests of an entity controlling or carrying on the Canadian business.  The acquisition of the majority of the outstanding shares is deemed to be an
"acquisition of control" of a corporation.  The acquisition of less than a majority, but one-third or more, of the voting shares of a corporation is presumed to be  an
"acquisition of control" of a corporation unless it can be established that the purchaser will not control the corporation.



Investments requiring notification and review are all direct acquisitions of Canadian businesses with assets of Cdn. $5,000,000 or more (subject to the comments below on WTO investors), and all indirect acquisitions of Canadian businesses (subject to the comments below on WTO investors) with assets of more than Cdn. $50,000,000 or with assets of between Cdn. $5,000,000 and Cdn. $50,000,000 which represent more than 50% of the value of the total international transaction.  In addition, specific acquisitions or new business in designated types of business activities related to Canada's cultural heritage or national identity could be reviewed if the Government of Canada considers that it is in the public interest to do so.



The ICA was amended with the implementation of the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization ("WTO") to provide for special review thresholds for
"WTO investors", as defined in the ICA.  "WTO investor" generally means:



(a)

an individual, other than a Canadian, who is a national of a WTO member (such as, for example, the United States), or who has the right of permanent residence in relation to that WTO member;



(b)

governments of WTO members; and



(c)

entities that are not Canadian controlled, but which are WTO investor controlled, as determined by rules specified in the ICA.

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The special review thresholds for WTO investors do not apply, and the general rules described above do apply, to the acquisition of control of certain types of businesses specified in the ICA, including a business that is a
"cultural business".  If the WTO investor rules apply, an investment in the shares of the Company by or from a WTO investor will be reviewable only if it is an investment to acquire control of the Company and the value of the assets of the Company is equal to or greater than a specified amount (the
"WTO Review Threshold").  The WTO Review Threshold is adjusted annually by a formula relating to increases in the nominal gross domestic product of Canada.  The 2004 WTO Review Threshold was $237,000,000.



If any non-Canadian, whether or not a WTO investor, acquires control of the Company by the acquisition of shares, but the transaction is not reviewable as described above, the non-Canadian is required to notify the Canadian government and to provide certain basic information relating to the investment.  A non-Canadian, whether or not a WTO investor, is also required to provide a notice to the government on the establishment of a new Canadian business.  If the business of the Company is then a prescribed type of business activity related to Canada's cultural heritage or national identity, and if the Canadian government considers it to be in the public interest to do so, then the Canadian government may give a notice in writing within 21 days requiring the investment to be reviewed.



For non-Canadians (other than WTO investors), an indirect acquisition of control, by the acquisition of voting interests of an entity that directly or indirectly controls the Company, is reviewable if the value of the assets of the Company is then Cdn. $50,000,000 or more.  If the WTO investor rules apply, then this requirement does not apply to a WTO  investor, or to a person acquiring the entity from a WTO investor.  Special rules specified in the ICA apply if the value of the assets of the Company is more than 50% of the value of the entity so acquired.  By these special rules, if the non-Canadian (whether or not a WTO investor) is acquiring control of an entity that directly or indirectly controls the Company, and the value of the assets of the Company and all other entities carrying on business in Canada, calculated in the manner provided in the ICA and the regulations under the ICA, is more than 50% of the value, calculated in the manner provided in the ICA and the regulations under the ICA, of the assets of all entities, the control of which is acquired, directly or indirectly, in the transaction of which the acquisition of control of the Company forms a part, then the thresholds for a direct acquisition of control as discussed above will apply, that is, a WTO Review Threshold of Cdn. $237,000,000 (in 2004) for a WTO investor or threshold of Cdn. $5,000,000 for a non-Canadian other than a WTO investor.  If the value exceeds that level, then the transaction must be reviewed in the same manner as a direct acquisition of control by the purchase of shares of the Company.



If an investor is reviewable, an application for review in the form prescribed by the regulations is normally required to be filed with the Director appointed under the ICA (the
"Director") prior to the investment taking place and the investment may not be consummated until the review has been completed.  There are, however, certain exceptions.  Applications concerning indirect acquisitions may be filed up to 30 days after the investment is consummated and applications concerning reviewable investments in culture-sensitive sectors are required upon receipt of a notice for review.  In addition, the Minister (a person designated as such under the ICA) may permit an investment to be consummated prior to completion of the review, if he is satisfied that delay would cause undue hardship to the acquiror or jeopardize the operations of the Canadian business that is being acquired.  The Director will submit the application to the Minister, together with any other information or written undertakings given by the acquiror and any representation submitted to the Director by a province that is likely to be significantly affected by the investment.

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The Minister will then determine whether the investment is likely to be of net benefit to Canada, taking into account the information provided and having regard to certain factors of assessment where they are relevant.  Some of the factors to be considered are:



(a)

the effect of the investment on the level and nature of economic activity in Canada, including the effect on employment, on resource processing, and on the utilization of parts, components and services produced in Canada;



(b)

the effect of the investment on exports from Canada;



(c)

the degree and significance of participation by Canadians in the Canadian business and in any industry in Canada of which it forms a part;



(d)

the effect of the investment on productivity, industrial efficiency, technological development, product innovation and product variety in Canada;



(e)

the effect of the investment on competition within any industry or industries in Canada;



(f)

the compatibility of the investment with national industrial, economical and cultural policies;



(g)

the compatibility of the investment with national industrial, economic and cultural policies taking into consideration industrial, economic and cultural objectives enunciated by the government or legislature of any province likely to be significantly affected by the investment; and



(h)

the contribution of the investment to Canada's ability to compete in world markets.



To ensure prompt review, the ICA sets certain time limits for the Director and the Minister.  Within 45 days after a completed application has been received, the Minister must notify the acquiror that he is satisfied that the investment is likely to be of net benefit to Canada, or that he is unable to complete his review, in which case he shall have 30 additional days to complete his review (unless the acquiror agrees to a longer period), or he is not satisfied that the investment is likely to be of net benefit to Canada.



Where the Minister has advised the acquiror that he is not satisfied that the investment is likely to be of net benefit to Canada, the acquiror has the right to make representations and submit undertakings within 30 days of the date of the notice (or any other further period that is agreed upon between the acquiror and the Minister).  On the expiration of the 30-day period (or the agreed extension), the Minister must quickly notify the acquiror that he is now satisfied that the investment is likely to be of net benefit to Canada or that he is not satisfied that the investment is likely to be of net benefit to Canada.  In the latter case, the acquiror may not proceed with the investment or, if the investment has already been consummated, must divest itself of control of the Canadian business.



The ICA provides civil remedies for non-compliance with any provision.  There are also criminal penalties for breach of confidentiality or providing false information.

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Except as provided in the ICA, there are no limitations under the laws of Canada, the Yukon Territory or in any constituent documents of the Company on the right of non-Canadians to hold or vote the common shares of the Company.

Changes in Control



There are no provisions in the Company's Articles of Amalgamation or By-Laws that would have an effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of the Company and that would operate only with respect to a merger, acquisition or corporate restructuring involving the Company (or any of its subsidiaries).



Disclosure of Ownership

The Company is a reporting issuer in certain Provinces and a Territory in Canada (collectively the Canadian Regulatory Authorities").  The Securities Acts of the Canadian Regulatory Authorities generally provide that a person that has direct or indirect beneficial ownership of, control or direction over, or a combination of direct or indirect beneficial ownership of, and of control or direction over, securities of the Company carrying more than 10% of the voting rights attached to all of the Company's outstanding voting securities is an
"insider" and must, within ten days of becoming an "insider", file an insider report in the required form effective the date on which the person became an insider, disclosing any direct or indirect beneficial ownership of, or control or direction over, securities of the Company. These Securities Acts also provide for the filing of an insider report by an
"insider" of a reporting issuer who acquires or transfers securities of the Company.  This insider report must be filed with the Canadian Regulatory Authorities within ten days after the change takes place.



The U.S. rules governing the ownership threshold above which shareholder ownership must be disclosed are more stringent than those under the CanadianSecurities Acts.  Section 13 of the Exchange Act imposes reporting requirements on persons who acquire beneficial ownership (as such term is defined in the Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of more than 5 per cent of a class of an equity security registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.  In general, such persons must file, within 10 days after such acquisition, a report of beneficial ownership with the Securities and Exchange Commission containing the information prescribed by the regulations under Section 13 of the Exchange Act.  This information is also required to be sent to the issuer of the securities and to each exchange where the securities are traded.



C)  Material Contracts

The Company has entered into material contracts that are other than in the ordinary course of business during the previous two years as follows:

June 30, 2003, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase and Sale Agreement (the
"Purchase and Sale Agreement") with certain subsidiaries of AngloGold Limited ("AngloGold") and Meridian Gold Inc. ("Meridian") pursuant to which Queenstake acquired their respective 70% and 30% interests in the assets comprising the operating Jerritt Canyon Mine.  The terms of the Purchase and Sale Agreement are discussed above under
"Item 4. Information on the Company-D) Property, Plant and Equipment." Assumed with the purchase of the Jerritt Canyon Mine were the following additional material contracts:

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- Equipment Lease Agreement ("Master Lease") between Senstar Capital Corporation ("Lessor") and Independence-FMC Jerritt Canyon Joint Venture, dated December 29, 1995. Currently, there are two active supplements in effect as a part of the Master Lease. The first provides for an option to purchase the seven leased underground haul trucks for $338,345.55 on September 30, 2004, with monthly payments of $46,930.67 (excluding sales tax) in effect until that time. The second supplement provides for a lease for an underground loader and drill and expires in July 2007. Current and remaining monthly payments are $12,540.50 (excluding sales tax). There is an option to purchase the equipment on June 30, 2006 for $187,574.06 or to purchase the equipment at fair market value at the end of the lease term.
- Freeport-McMoRan Inc., now Crescent Technology, Inc., pursuant to that certain Patented Technology Agreement dated March 26, 1990, and that certain Unpatented Technology Agreement dated March 26, 1990.
- Oxygen Plant note to AngloGold (Jerritt Canyon) Corp. dated July 1, 2003. The note is a promise to pay to Anglogold (Jerritt Canyon) Corp. $2,000,000 according to the following schedule:
    $250,000 on or before the last business day of each of September, October and November of 2003; $250,000 on or before the last business day of each of March, June and September of 2004; and a $500,000 payment on or before August 31, 2005.



- Production Payment and Royalty Agreement between AngloGold (Jerritt Canyon) Corp. and AngloGold Mineral Ventures Company and Meridian Jerritt Canyon Corp. A Production Payment of $6,000,000 becomes due and owing (the payment may be paid in six quarterly installments of $1,000,000 each), at the earlier of (i) June 30, 2005 or (ii) the last day of the month following the month during which the initial Amaranth Senior Debt facility is fully repaid. At the time the production payment becomes due and owing, a Net Smelter Royalty payment goes into effect. The payment is based on a percentage, determined on a sliding scale based on the selling price of gold. That percentage is applied to the results of a calculation (Net Smelter Returns) based on sales, less allowable deductions. At the point that the Net Smelter Royalty payments equal $4,000,000 the Net Smelter Royalty converts to a Net Proceeds Interest of a perpetual 1% of net proceeds.

The Company entered into the following contracts in connection with the consolidation of its interest in the Magistral Mine and subsequent sale of Pangea Resources Inc. to Nevada Pacific Gold Ltd. Further discussion of these transactions is included in
"Item 4. Information on the Company-D) Property, Plant and Equipment-Magistral Mine".

On December 15, 2003, the Company issued to Midwest Mining Inc. ("Midwest") 11,200,000 Common Shares of the Company, with an estimated fair value of $6.1 million, and 2,000,000 two-year warrants to acquire Common Shares of the Company at Cdn $1.00 each, and paid Midwest $0.9 million, all as consideration for Midwest's interest in the MJV and its 15% equity interest in Pangea Resources Inc. ("Pangea"), the Company's 85% owned subsidiary, which held the Company's interest in the MJV. As part of the transaction, Midwest agreed to eliminate the preferential loan repayment obligations to Midwest.

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On February 2, 2004, the sale of Pangea and all related assets to NPG was completed at which time the Company received from NPG $4.0 million in cash, 2,000,000 common shares of NPG, subject to a mandatory four month hold period, and a $3.0 million note payable on August 2, 2004, secured by a general security agreement over all of NPG's assets.  Based on the fair value of the consideration received in the sale of  Pangea and related assets, the Company recognized a gain of $661,000 in fiscal 2004.  The shares of NPG trade on the TSX Venture Exchange.

D)  Exchange Controls

There are not any governmental laws, decrees or regulations in Canada relating to restrictions on the import/export of capital affecting the remittance of interest, dividends or other payments to non-residential holders of the Company's Common Shares. Any such remittances to United States residents, however, are subject to a 15% withholding tax pursuant to Article X of the reciprocal tax treaty between Canada and the Untied States. See
"10E. Taxation," below.

E)  Taxation

Material Canadian Federal Income Tax Consequences

The discussion under this heading summarizes the material Canadian federal income tax consequences of acquiring, holding and disposing of Shares of the Company for a shareholder of the Company who is not resident in Canada but is resident in the United States and who will acquire and hold Shares of the Company as capital property for the purpose of the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the
"Tax Act").  This summary does not apply to a shareholder who carries on business in Canada through a
"permanent establishment" situated in Canada or performs independent personal services in Canada from a fixed base therein if the shareholder's holding in the Company is effectively connected with such permanent establishment or fixed base.  This summary is based on the provisions of the Tax Act and the regulations thereunder and on the Company's understanding of the administrative practices of Canada Revenue Agency, and takes into account all specific proposals to amend the Tax Act or regulations made by the Minister of Finance of Canada to June 01, 2004.  It has been assumed that there will be no other relevant amendment of any governing law, although no assurance can be given in this respect.  This summary does not cover any provincial, local and foreign tax consequences (see
"United States Income Tax Consequences" below).

The provisions of the Tax Act are subject to income tax treaties to which Canada is a party, including the Canada-United States Income Tax Convention (1980) (the
"Convention") as amended by the Protocols signed on June 14, 1983, March 28, 1984, March 17, 1995, and July 27, 1997.

The existing Convention between the United States and Canada essentially calls for taxation of shareholders by the shareholder's country of residence.  In those instances in which a tax may be assessed by the other country, a corresponding credit against the tax owned in the country of residence isgenerally available, subject to limitations.

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Dividends on common shares

Under the Tax Act, a non-resident of Canada is generally subject to Canadian withholding tax at the rate of 25% on dividends paid or deemed to have been paid to him by a corporation resident in Canada.  The Convention limits the rate to 15% if the shareholder is resident in the United States and the dividends are beneficially owned by and paid to him, and to 5% if the shareholder is also a corporation that beneficially owns at least 10% of the voting stock of the payor corporation.

The Convention generally exempts from Canadian income tax dividends paid to a religious, scientific, literary, educational or charitable organization or to an organization constituted and operated exclusively to administer a pension, retirement or employee benefit fund or plan, if the organization is resident in the United States and is exempt from income tax under the laws of the United States.

Disposition of Common Shares

Under the Tax Act, a taxpayer's taxable capital gain or allowable capital loss from a disposition of a common share of the Company is 50% of the amount, if any, by which his proceeds of disposition exceed (or are exceeded by, respectively) the aggregate of his adjusted cost base of the common share and reasonable expenses of disposition.  The amount by which a shareholder's allowable capital loss exceeds the taxable capital gain in a year may be deducted from a taxable capital gain realized by the shareholder in the three previous or any subsequent year, subject to certain restrictions in the case of a corporate shareholder and subject to adjustment when the capital gains inclusion rate in the year of disposition differs from the inclusion rate in the year the deduction is claimed.

A non-resident of Canada is not subject to tax under the Tax Act in respect of a capital gain realized upon the disposition of common shares unless the common shares represent
"taxable Canadian property".

Common shares of the Company will constitute taxable Canadian property of a shareholder at a particular time if the shareholder used the common shares in carrying on business in Canada, or if at any time in the five years immediately preceding the disposition 25% or more of the issued shares of any class or series in the capital stock of the Company was owned by the non-resident, persons with whom the non-resident shareholder did not deal at arm's length or the non-resident and such non arms-length persons and in certain other circumstances.

Where a United States resident realizes a capital gain on a disposition of common shares that constitutes
"taxable Canadian property", the Convention relieves the United States resident from liability for Canadian tax on such capital gains unless:

a.

the value of the common shares is derived principally from
"real property" in Canada, including the right to explore for or exploit natural resources and rights to amounts computed by reference to production,

b.

the shareholder was resident in Canada for 120 months during any period of 20 consecutive years preceding, and at any time during the 10 years immediately preceding, the disposition and the common shares were owned by him when he ceased to be resident in Canada, or

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c.

the common shares formed part of the business property of a
"permanent establishment" or pertained to a fixed based used for the purpose of performing independent personal services that the shareholder has or had in Canada within the 12 months preceding the disposition.

Material United States Federal Income Tax Consequences

The following is a general discussion of certain possible United States federal income tax consequences, under current law, generally applicable to a U.S. Holder (as hereinafter defined) of common shares of the Company.  This discussion does not address all potentially relevant federal income tax matters and it does not address consequences peculiar to persons subject to special provisions of federal income tax law, such as those described below as excluded from the definition of a U.S. Holder.  In addition, this discussion does not cover any state, local or foreign tax consequences.  (See
"Taxation - Material Canadian Federal Income Tax Consequences" above).

The following discussion is based upon the sections of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code"), Treasury Regulations, published Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") rulings, published administrative positions of the IRS and court decisions that are currently applicable, any or all of which could be materially and adversely changed, possibly on a retroactive basis, at any time.  This discussion does not consider the potential effects, both adverse and beneficial, of any recently proposed legislation which, if enacted, could be applied, possibly on a retroactive basis, at any time and this does not cover any state, local and foreign tax consequences.  This discussion is for general information only and it is not intended to be, nor should it be construed to be, legal or tax advice to any holder or prospective holder of common shares of the Company and no opinion or representation with respect to the United States federal income tax consequences to any such holder or prospective holder is made.  Accordingly, holders and prospective holders of common shares of the Company should consult their own tax advisors about the federal, state, local, and foreign tax consequences of purchasing, owning and disposing of common shares of the Company.

U.S. Holders

As used herein, a
"U.S. Holder" means a holder of common shares of the Company who is a citizen or individual resident of the United States, a corporation or partnership created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or of any political subdivision thereof or a trust whose income is taxable in the United States irrespective of source.  This summary does not address the tax consequences to, and U.S. Holder does not include, persons subject to specific provisions of federal income tax law, such as tax-exempt organizations, qualified retirement plans, individual retirement accounts and other tax deferred accounts, financial institutions, insurance companies, real estate investment trusts, regulated investment companies, broker-dealers, non-resident alien individuals, persons or entities that have a
"functional currency" other than the U.S. dollar, shareholders who hold common shares as part of a straddle, hedging or a conversion transaction, and shareholders who acquired their common shares through the exercise of employee stock options or otherwise as compensation for services.  This summary does not address the consequences to a person of the ownership, exercise or disposition of any options, warrants or other rights to acquire common shares.

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Distribution on Common Shares of the Company



To the extent that the Company has current or accumulated earnings and profits the amount of gross distributions to a U.S. Holder received with respect to common shares of the Company (including constructive receipt) will be treated as dividend and is includible in gross income of a U.S. Holder for United States federal income tax purposes in the amount equal to the U.S. dollar value of such dividend on the date of receipt (based on the exchange rate on such date) without reduction for any Canadian income tax withheld from such distributions.    Such Canadian tax withheld may be credited, subject to certain limitations, against the U.S. Holder's federal income tax liability or, alternatively, may be deducted in computing the U.S. Holder's federal taxable income by those who itemize deductions.  (See more detailed discussion at
"Foreign Tax Credit" below).  To the extent that distributions exceed current or accumulated earnings and profits of the Company, they will be treated first as a return of capital up to the U.S. Holder's adjusted basis in the common shares and thereafter as gain from the sale or exchange of the common shares.  Preferential tax rates for long-term capital gains are applicable to a U.S. Holder which is an individual, estate or trust.  There are currently no preferential tax rates for long-term capital gains for a U.S. Holder which is a corporation.

In the case of foreign currency received as a dividend that is not converted by the recipient into U.S. dollars on the date of receipt, a U.S. Holder will have a tax basis in the foreign currency equal to its U.S. dollar value on the date of receipt.  Generally any gain or loss recognized upon a subsequent sale or other disposition of the foreign currency, including the exchange for U.S. dollars, will be ordinary income or loss.  However, an individual whose realized gain does not exceed $200 will not recognize that gain, to the extent that there are no expenses associated with the transaction that meet the requirement for deductibility as a trade or business expense (other than travel expenses in connection with a business trip) or as an expense for the production of income.

Dividends paid on the common shares of the Company will not generally be eligible for the dividends received deduction provided to corporations receiving dividends from certain United States corporations.  A U.S. Holder which is a corporation may, under certain circumstances, be entitled to a 70% or 80% deduction of the United States source portion of dividends received from the Company (unless the Company qualifies as a
"foreign personal holding company" or a "passive foreign investment company", as defined below) if such U.S. Holder owns common shares representing at least 10% or 20%, respectively, of the voting power and value of the Company.  The availability of this deduction is subject to several complex limitations which are beyond the scope of this discussion.

Under current temporary Treasury Regulations, dividends paid, and the proceeds of a sale of Company's common shares, in the U.S. through a U.S. or U.S. related paying agent (including a broker) will be subject to U.S. information reporting requirements and may also be subject to the 30% U.S. backup withholding tax for payments made in 2002 and 2003 (29% in 2004 and 2005), unless the paying agent is furnished with a duly completed and signed Form W-9.  Any amounts withheld under the U.S. backup withholding tax rules will be allowed as a refund or a credit against the U.S. Holder's U.S. federal income tax liability, provided the required information is furnished to the IRS.

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Foreign Tax Credit

A U.S. Holder who pays (or has withheld form distributions) Canadian income tax with respect to the ownership of common shares of the Company may be entitled, at the option of the U.S. Holder, to either receive a deduction or a tax credit for such foreign tax paid or withheld.  Generally, it will be more advantageous to claim a credit because a credit reduces United States federal income taxes on a dollar-for-dollar basis, while a deduction merely reduces the taxpayer's income subject to tax.  This election is made on a year-by year basis and applies to all foreign taxes paid by (or withheld from) the U.S. Holder during that year.

There are significant and complex limitations which apply to the credit, among which is the general limitation that the maximum credit is roughly equal to the percentage of U.S. tax that equals the U.S. Holder's foreign source taxable income as a percentage of worldwide taxable income.    Complex rules govern classification of various items of income and deductions into foreign and domestic sources.  Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 reduced top federal tax rate for dividends received by individuals to 15% (5% for those whose incomes fall in the 10- or 15% rate brackets). As a result, U.S. Holders who are individuals must reduce foreign source taxable income and worldwide taxable income by the rate differential portion of any dividend income before calculating the proportions that make up the credit limitation. In addition, this limitation is calculated separately with respect to specific classes of income such as
"passive income," "high withholding tax interest," "financial services income," "shipping income," and certain other classifications of income.  Dividends distributed by the Company will generally constitute
"passive income" or, in the case of certain U.S. Holders, "financial services income" for these purposes.  The availability of the foreign tax credit and the application of the limitations on the credit are fact specific, and U.S. Holders of common shares of the Company should consult their own tax advisors regarding their individual circumstances.

Disposition of Common Shares of the Company

A U.S. Holder will recognize gain or loss upon the sale of common shares of the Company equal to the difference, if any, between (i) the amount of cash plus the fair market value of any property received, and (ii) the shareholder's tax basis in the common shares of the Company.  Preferential tax rates apply to long-term capital gains and loss if the common shares are a capital asset in the hands of a U.S. Holder who is an individual.  The long-term capital holding period is in excess of one year. U.S. Holders who are individuals may carry over net capital loss to be deducted in later tax years until such net capital loss is thereby exhausted.  For U.S. Holders that are corporations (other than corporations subject to Subchapter S of the Code), an unused net capital loss may be carried back three years and carried forward five years from the loss year to be offset against capital gains until such net capital loss is thereby exhausted.

Eligibility of U.S. Holders who are Individuals for the reduced federal 15% rate on Dividends

As a result of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 U.S. Holders who are individuals will pay the top federal 15% tax rate on eligible common stock dividends received from January 1, 2003, through December 31, 2008.  Eligible dividends are the dividends received during the tax year from (i) a domestic corporation, or (ii) a qualified foreign corporation (incorporated in a U.S. possession; traded on a U.S. exchange; or eligible for benefits under a comprehensive income tax treaty).  Dividends paid by foreign corporations that are (i) a foreign investment company (FIC), (ii) a passive foreign investment company (PFIC), or (iii) a foreign

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personal holding company (FPHC) (as defined below) do not qualify for the reduced 15% federal tax rate.  Also, beginning in 2009 the reduced 15% federal tax rate on dividends for individuals expires and those dividends will be taxed again at a marginal tax rate (35%).

Other Considerations

In the following circumstances, the above sections of this discussion may not describe the United States federal income tax consequences resulting from the holding and disposition of common shares:

Foreign Personal Holding Company

If at any time during a taxable year more than 50% of the total combined voting power or the total value of the Company's outstanding common shares is owned, directly or indirectly, by five or fewer individuals who are citizens or residents of the United States and 50% (60% in the first year) or more of the Company's gross income for such year was derived from certain passive sources (e.g., from dividends received from its subsidiaries), the Company may be treated as a
"foreign personal holding company."  In that event, U.S. Holders that hold common shares would be required to include in gross income for such year their allocable portions of such passive income to the extent the Company does not actually distribute such income.

Foreign Investment Company

If 50% or more of the combined voting power or total value of the Company's outstanding common shares are held, directly or indirectly by citizens or residents of the United States, United States domestic partnerships or corporations, or estates or trusts other than foreign estates or trusts (as defined by the Code Section 7701(a)(30)), and the Company is found to be engaged primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting, or trading in securities, commodities, or any interest therein, it is possible that the Company may be treated as a
"foreign investment company" as defined in Section 1246(b) of the Code, causing all or part of any gain realized by a U.S. Holder selling or exchanging common shares to be treated as ordinary income rather than capital gain.

Passive Foreign Investment Company

Certain United States income tax legislation contains rules governing "passive foreign investment companies" ("PFIC") which can have significant tax effects on U.S. Holders of foreign corporations. These rules do not apply to non-U.S. Holders. Section 1297 of the Code defines a PFIC as a corporation that is not formed in the United States and, for any taxable year, either (i) 75% or more of its gross income is "passive income", which includes interest, dividends and certain rents and royalties or (ii) the average percentage, by fair market value (or, if the Company is not publicly traded and either is a controlled foreign corporation or makes an election, by adjusted tax basis), of its assets that produce or are held for the production of "passive income" is 50% or more. The Company believes that it was not a PFIC for its fiscal years ending December 31, 1992 to 1994.  The Company believes that it was a PFIC for the fiscal years ended December 31, 1995 through to December 31, 2003.  Although it is considered unlikely, there can be no assurance that the Company's determination concerning its PFIC status will not be challenged by the IRS, or that it will be able to satisfy record keeping requirements which will be imposed on a qualified electing fund ("QEF"). Each U.S. Holder of the Company is urged to consult a tax advisor with respect to how the PFIC rules affect their tax situation.

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A U.S. Holder who holds stock in a foreign corporation during any year in which such corporation qualifies as a PFIC is subject to United States Federal income taxation under one of two alternative tax regimes at the election of each such U.S. Holder. The following is a discussion of such two alternative tax regimes applied to such U.S. Holders of the Company. In addition, special rules apply if a foreign corporation qualifies as both a PFIC and a controlled foreign corporation (as defined below) and a U.S. Holder owns, actually or constructively, 10% or more of the total combined voting power of classes of stock entitled to vote of such foreign corporation (See more detailed discussion at "Controlled Foreign Corporation" below).

A U.S. Holder who elects in a timely manner to treat the Company as a QEF (an "Electing U.S. Holder") will be subject, under Section 1293 of the Code, to current federal income tax for any taxable year in which the Company qualifies as a PFIC on his pro rata share of the Company's (i) "net capital gain" (the excess of net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss), which will be taxed as long-term capital gain to the Electing U.S. Holder and (ii) "ordinary earnings" (the excess of earnings and profits over net capital gain), which will be taxed as ordinary income to the Electing U.S. Holder, in each case, for the shareholder's taxable year in which (or with which) the Company's taxable year ends, regardless of whether such amounts are actually distributed.

The effective QEF election also allows the Electing U.S. Holder to (i) generally treat any gain realized on the disposition of his Company common shares (or deemed to be realized on the pledge of his common shares) as capital gain; (ii) treat his common share of the Company's net capital gain, if any, as long-term capital gain instead of ordinary income; and (iii) either avoid interest charges resulting from PFIC status altogether, or make an annual election, subject to certain limitations, to defer payment of current taxes on his share of the Company's annual realized net capital gain and ordinary earnings subject, however, to an interest charge.  If the Electing U.S. Holder is not a corporation, such interest charge would be treated as
"personal interest" that is not deductible.

The procedure a U.S. Holder must comply with in making an effective QEF election will depend on whether the year of the election is the first year in the U.S. Holder's holding period in which the Company is a PFIC.  If the U.S. Holder makes a QEF election in such first year, i.e., a timely QEF election, then the U.S. Holder may make the QEF election by simply filing the appropriate documents at the time the U.S. Holder files his tax return for such first year.  If, however, the Company qualified as a PFIC in a prior year, then in addition to filing documents, the U.S. Holder must elect to recognize (i) under the rules of Section 1291 of the Code (discussed below), any gain that he would otherwise recognize if the U.S. Holder sold his stock on the qualification date or (ii) if the Company is a controlled foreign corporation, the U.S. Holder's pro rata share of the Company's post-1986 earnings and profits as of the qualification date.  The qualification date is the first day of the Company's first tax year in which the Company qualified as a
"qualified electing fund" with respect to such U.S. Holder.  The elections to recognize such gain or earnings and profits can only be made if such U.S. Holder's holding period for the common shares of the Company includes the qualification date.  By electing to recognize such gain or earnings and profits, the U.S. Holder will be deemed to have made a timely QEF election.  A U.S. Holder who made elections to recognize gain or earnings and profits after May 1, 1992 and before January 27, 1997 may, under certain circumstances, elect to change such U.S. Holder's qualification date to the first day of the first QEF year.  U.S. Holders are urged to consult a tax advisor regarding the availability of and procedure for electing to recognize gain or earnings and profits under the

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foregoing rules.  In addition, special rules apply if a foreign corporation qualifies as both a PFIC and a
"controlled foreign corporation" (as defined below) and a U.S. Holder owns, directly or indirectly, ten percent (10%) or more of the total combined voting power of classes of shares of such foreign corporation (See more detailed discussion at
"Controlled Foreign Corporation" below).

If the Company no longer qualifies as a PFIC in a subsequent year, a timely QEF election will remain in effect, although not applicable, during those years that the Company is not a PFIC.  Therefore, if the Company requalifies as a PFIC, the QEF election previously made is still valid, and the U.S. Holder is required to satisfy the requirements of that election.  Furthermore, a QEF election remains in effect with respect to a U.S. Holder, although dormant, after a U.S. Holder disposes of its entire interest in the Company.  Upon the U.S. Holder's reacquisition of an interest in the Company, the QEF election will apply to the newly acquired stock of the Company.

Effective for tax years of U.S. Holders beginning after December 31, 1997, U.S. Holders who hold  (actually or constructively) marketable stock of a foreign corporation that qualifies as a PFIC, may annually elect to mark such stock to the market (a
"mark-to-market election").  If such an election is made, such U.S. Holder will not be subject to the special taxation rules of Section 1291 described below for the taxable year for which the mark-to-market election is made.  A U.S. Holder who makes such an election will include in income for the taxable year for which the election was made in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the common shares of the Company as of the close of such tax year over such U.S. Holder's adjusted basis in such common shares.  In addition, the U.S. Holder is allowed a deduction for the lesser of (i) the excess, if any, of such U.S. Holder's adjusted tax basis in the common shares over the fair market value of such common shares as of the close of the tax year, or (ii) the excess, if any, of (A) the market-to market gains for the common shares in the Company included by such U.S. Holder for prior tax years, including any amount which would have been included for any prior tax year but for Section 1291 interest on tax deferral rules discussed below with respect to non-electing U.S. Holders, over (B) the mark-to market losses for common shares that were allowed as deductions for prior tax years.  U.S. Holder's adjusted tax basis in the common shares of the Company will be increased to reflect the amount included or deducted as a result of a mark-to-market election.  A mark-to-market election only applies to the taxable year in which the election was made.  A separate election must be made by a U.S. Holder for each subsequent taxable year.  Because the Internal Revenue Service has not established procedures for making a mark-to-market election, U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisor regarding the manner of making such an election.

If a U.S. Holder does not make a timely QEF election during a year in which it holds (or is deemed to have held) the common shares in question and the Company is a PFIC (a
"non-electing U.S. Holder"), then special taxation rules under Section 1291 of the Code will apply to (i) gains realized on the disposition (or deemed to be realized by reasons of a pledge) of his Company common shares and (ii) certain
"excess distributions", as specifically defined, by the Company.

A non-electing U.S. Holder generally would be required to pro rate all gains realized on the disposition of his Company common shares and all excess distributions on his Company common shares and all excess distributions over the entire holding period for the Company 's common shares.  All gains or excess distributions allocated to prior years of the U.S. Holder (other than years prior to the first taxable year of the Company during such U.S. Holder's holding period and beginning after January 1, 1987 for which it was a PFIC) would be taxed at the highest tax rate for each such prior year applicable to ordinary income.  The non-electing U.S. Holder also would

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be liable for interest on the foregoing tax liability for each such prior year calculated as if such liability had been due with respect to each such prior year.  A non-electing U.S. Holder that is not a corporation must treat this interest charge as
"personal interest" which, as discussed above, is wholly nondeductible.  The balance of the gain of the excess distribution will be treated as ordinary income in the year of the disposition or distribution, and no interest charge will be incurred with respect to such balance.

If the Company is a PFIC for any taxable year during which a non-electing U.S. Holder holds Company common shares, then the Company will continue to be treated as a PFIC with respect to such Company common shares, even if it is not longer definitionally a PFIC.  A non-electing U.S. Holder may terminate this deemed PFIC status by electing to recognize a gain (which will be taxed under the rules discussed above for non-electing U.S. Holders) as if such Company common shares had been sold on the last day of the last taxable year for which it was a PFIC.

Under Section 1291(f) of the Code, the IRS has issued proposed regulations that, subject to certain exceptions, would treat as taxable certain transfers of PFIC stock by non-electing U.S. Holders that are generally not otherwise taxed, such as gifts, exchanges pursuant to corporate reorganizations, and transfers at death.  Generally, in such cases the basis of the Company common shares in the hands of the transferee and the basis of any property received in the exchange for those common shares would be increased by the amount of gain recognized.  An Electing U.S. Holder would not be taxed on certain transfers of PFIC stock, such as gifts, exchanges pursuant to corporate reorganizations, and transfers at death.  The transferee's basis in this case will depend on the manner of the transfer.  In a transfer at death, for example, the transferee's basis is equal to (i) the fair market value of the Electing U.S. Holder's common shares, less (ii) the excess of the fair market value of the Electing U.S. Holder's common shares reduced by the U.S. Holder's adjusted basis in these common shares at death.  The specific tax effect to the U.S. Holder and the transferee may vary based on the manner in which the common shares are transferred.  Each U.S. Holder of the Company is urged to consult a tax advisor with respect to how the PFIC rules affect their tax situation.

Certain special, generally adverse, rules will apply with respect to Company common shares while the Company is a PFIC whether or not it is treated as a QEF.  For example under Section 1298(b)(6) of the Code, a U.S. Holder who uses PFIC stock as a security for a loan (including a margin loan) will, except as may be provided in regulations, be treated as having made a taxable disposition of such common shares.

Controlled Foreign Corporation

If more than 50% of the voting power of all classes of shares or the total value of the shares of the Company is owned, directly or indirectly, by citizens or residents of the United States, United States domestic partnerships and corporations or estates or trusts other than foreign estates or trusts, each of whom own 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of shares of the Company ("United States shareholder"), the Company could be treated as a
"controlled foreign corporation" ("CFC") under Subpart F of the Code.  This classification would effect many complex results, one of which is the inclusion of certain income of the CFC which is subject to current U.S. tax.  The United States generally taxes a United States shareholder of a CFC currently on their pro rata shares of the Subpart F income of the CFC.  Such U.S. shareholders are generally treated as having received a current distribution out of the CFC's Subpart F income and are also subject to current U.S. Tax on their pro rata shares of the CFC's earnings invested in U.S. property.  The foreign tax credit described above may reduce the U.S.

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tax on these amounts.  In addition, under Section 1248 of the Code, gain from the sale or exchange of shares by a U.S. Holder of common shares of the Company who is or was a United States shareholder at any time during the five-year period ending with the sale or exchange is treated as ordinary income to the extent of earnings and profits of the Company attributable to the common shares sold or exchanged.  If a foreign corporation is both a PFIC and a CFC, the foreign corporation generally will not be treated as a PFIC with respect to United States shareholders of the CFC.  This rule generally will be effective for taxable years of United States shareholders beginning after 1997 and for taxable years of foreign corporations ending with or within such taxable years of United States shareholders.  Special rules apply to United States shareholders who are subject to the special taxation rules under Section 1291 discussed above with respect to a PFIC.  Because of the complexity of Subpart F, and because it is not clear that Subpart F would apply to U.S. Holders of common shares of the Company, a more detailed review of these rules is outside of the scope of this discussion.

F)  Dividends and paying agents

This Form 20-F is being filed as an Annual Report under the Exchange Act and, as such, there is no requirement to provide any information under this section.

G)  Statement by experts

This Form 20-F is being filed as an Annual Report under the Exchange Act and, as such, there is no requirement to provide any information under this section.

H)  Documents on display

Any documents referred to in this Annual Report may be inspected at the corporate office of the Company, 999 18th Street, Suite 2940, Denver, CO 80202.

I)  Subsidiary Information

The information referred to in this section is not required for reports filed in the United States.

ITEM 11 QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Gold Price

Changes in the market price of gold significantly affect the Company's profitability and cash flow. Gold prices can fluctuate widely due to numerous factors, such as demand; forward selling by producers; central bank sales, purchases and lending; investor sentiment; geopolitical events and global mine production levels. Based on estimates of the Company's 2004 production and expenses, a $10-per-ounce change in the gold price would result in an increase or decrease of approximately $3 million in cash flow from operations and approximately $3 million in pre-tax net income.

The Company sells its gold production at the prevailing market prices. The Company has no gold forward sales commitments.   At December 31, 2003, the Company had 265,014 gold put options, each with a strike price of $330 per ounce and a maximum settlement value of $40 per ounce.

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The put options expire monthly through June, 2005 with a total of 209,202 puts expiring through 2004 and 55,812 puts expiring in the first six months of 2005.

The put options mitigate the risk of significant decreases in the market price of gold, over the term of the put options.  At December 31, 2003, because the prevailing market price of gold was significantly higher than the strike price of the put options, the total fair value of the put options represented an unrealized loss of $2.9 million.

Foreign Currency

All the Company's revenues and substantially all of the Company's expenses are denominated in U.S. dollars.  The Company's 2003 operating results and gold reserve estimates therefore are not subject to currency exchange risk.  Similarly, the Company's expected 2004 operating results and gold reserve estimates are not subject to currency exchange risk.

Historically, the Company's principal source of equity capital was Canada, and prospectively, Canada is expected to remain an important source of future equity, together with the United States.  Potential currency fluctuations could affect the amount of U.S. dollars that can be purchased with Canadian dollars.  A $0.01 change in the Canadian/US dollar exchange rate would increase or decrease by approximately U.S. $5,000 the amount of U.S. dollars that can be purchased with Cdn. $1 million.  The Company believes that the risk of material loss as a result of an adverse prolonged change in the Canadian/U.S. dollar exchange rate is managed by its policy of rapid conversion of Canadian funds into U.S. funds, and currently does not use currency exchange contracts to fix exchange rates.

Interest Rate Risk

The Company currently has minimal debt and thus no material interest rate exposure related to debt.

ITEM 12 DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES

This Form 20-F is being filed as an Annual Report under the Exchange Act and, as such, there is no requirement to provide any information under this section.

ITEM 13 DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES

There has not been a material default in the payment of principal, interest, a sinking or purchase fund instalment, or any other material default not cured within thirty days, relating to indebtedness of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. There are no payments of dividends by the Company in arrears, nor has there been any other material delinquency relating to any class of preference shares of the Company.

ITEM 14 MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS

Neither the Company nor any persons has (i) modified materially any instrument defining the right of holders of any class of registered securities, (ii) modified materially or qualified the rights evidenced by any class of registered securities by issuing or modifying any other class of

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securities, or (iii) withdrawn or substituted a material amount of the assets securing any class of registered securities. There has been no change in the trustees or paying agents for any of the Company's securities during the previous fiscal year.

ITEM 15 CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of December 31, 2003, an evaluation was carried out by the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). Based on that evaluation, the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were adequate to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003, there were no changes in the company's internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting.

ITEM 16 [RESERVED]

ITEM 16A AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT

The Company has an Audit Committee established by the Board of Directors.  The members of the Audit Committee are Peter Bojtos, Hugh Mogensen and Mike Smith.  The Board has designated Mike Smith as the
"Audit Committee Financial Expert" as that term is defined under Section 407 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.  Mr. Smith is
"independent" as that term is defined under the rules of the American Stock Exchange.

ITEM 16B CODE OF ETHICS

In 2003, the Company adopted a Code of Conduct (the
"Code") that applies to all directors, officers and employees, including its Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and principal accounting officer.  The Company is currently revising the Code so as more expressly to conform with components of a code of ethics as defined under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.  The Company will provide to any person, without charge, upon request, a copy of the revised Code.  A person may request a copy by telephoning the Company at (303) 297-1557, or by writing to the Company at 999 - 18th Street, Suite 2940, Denver, Colorado 80202.

ITEM 16C PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

The aggregate amounts billed by Staley, Okada & Partners, Chartered Accountants ("Staley Okada") to the Company for each of the fiscal years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 for audit fees, audit-related fees, tax fees and all other fees are set forth below:

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Year Ended
December 31, 2003Year Ended
December 31, 2002Audit Fees (1)$  62,773$  52,774Audit-Related Fees (2)-0--0-Tax Fees (3)4,3943,633All Other Fees (4)-0--0-Totals$  67,167$  56,407




NOTES:

(1)  "Audit Fees" represent fees for the audit of the Company's annual financial statements, review of the Company's interim financial statements and review in connection with the Company's statutory and regulatory filings.

(2)  "Audit-Related Fees" represent fees for assurance and related services that are related to the performance of the audit, principally for consultation concerning financial accounting and reporting standards.

(3)  "Tax Fees" represent fees for tax compliance and tax advice.

(4) Except as noted above, there were no other fees billed to the Company for each of the last two fiscal years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 by Staley, Okada.

The Audit Committee has adopted procedures requiring Audit Committee review and approval in advance of all particular engagements for services provided by the Company's independent auditors.  Consistent with applicable laws, the procedures permit limited amounts of services, other than audit, review or attest services, to be approved by one or more members of the Audit Committee pursuant to authority delegated by the Audit Committee, provided the Audit Committee is informed of each particular service.  All of the engagements and fees for 2003 were approved by the Audit Committee.  The Audit Committee reviews with Staley Okada whether the non-audit services to be provided are compatible with maintaining the auditors' independence. The Board has determined that, starting in 2004, fees paid to the independent auditors for non-audit services in any year should not exceed 50% of the total Audit Fees for that year.  Permissible non-audit services will be limited to fees for tax services, accounting assistance or audits in connection with acquisitions, and other services specifically related to accounting or audit matters such as audits of employee benefit plans.

ITEM 16D EXEMPTIONS FROM THE LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES

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ITEM 16E PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS

The information referred to in this section is not required as to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003, which is the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 20-F.

ITEM 17 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The following financial statements are attached and incorporated herein:



Description of DocumentPageManagement's Report dated March 2, 2004F-1Independent Auditors' Report dated March 2, 2004 (except as to Notes 11 and 25, which are as at March 26, 2004)F-2Independent Auditor's Report dated
    March 8, 2002F-3Consolidated Balance Sheets as at December 31, 2003 and 2002.F-4Consolidated Statements of Loss for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001F-5Consolidated Statements of Deficit for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002, 2001F-5Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001F-6Notes to Consolidated Financial StatementsF-7






ITEM 18  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

See Item 17.

ITEM 19 EXHIBITS

The following exhibits are attached and incorporated herein:

*1.1

Certificate of Continuance of Queenstake Resources Ltd. to the Yukon dated June 24, 1999 as set out in the attached Articles of Continuance, under section 190 of the Business Corporations Act (Yukon)

*1.2

Certificate of Arrangement of Queenstake Resources Ltd., Santa Cruz Gold Inc. and 18463 Yukon Inc. effective June 29, 1999

*1.3

Certificate of Amalgamation of Queenstake Resources Ltd. dated July 19, 1999, Articles of Amalgamation and By-laws

4.1

Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 2, 2004, among the Company, Pangea Resources Inc. and Nevada Pacific Gold Ltd.

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4.2

Credit Agreement, dated as of July 3, 2003, between Queenstake Resources U.S.A. Inc., as Borrower, and Amaranth LLC as Lender



4.3

Asset Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2003, by and among AngloGold Meridian Jerritt Canyon Joint Venture, AngloGold (Jerritt Canyon) Corp., AngloGold Mineral Ventures Company and Meridian Jerritt Canyon Corp., as Sellers, Queenstake Resources U.S.A. Inc. as Buyer, and the Company, as Guarantor



4.4

Amended and Restated Promissory Note, dated June 30, 2003, in the principal amount of US $2,000,000. made by Queenstake Resources U.S.A. Inc. in favor of AngloGold (Jerritt Canyon) Corp.

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List of Subsidiaries

12.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended

12.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended

13.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

13.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002



*

Incorporated by reference to the exhibits to the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 1999, as filed with the Commission.

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MANAGEMENT'S REPORT

Management's Responsibility for the Consolidated Financial Statements

The accompanying consolidated financial statements of Queenstake Resources Ltd. and its subsidiaries and all information in the annual report are the responsibility of management and have been approved by the Board of Directors.  The consolidated financial statements necessarily include some amounts that are based on management's best estimates, which have been made using careful judgment.

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared by management in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles.  Financial and operating data elsewhere in the annual report are consistent with the information contained in the financial statements.

In fulfilling their responsibilities, management of Queenstake Resources Ltd. and its subsidiaries have developed and continue to maintain systems of internal accounting controls, and segregation of duties and responsibilities whenever possible.

Although no cost effective system of internal controls will prevent or detect all errors and irregularities, these systems are designed to provide reasonable assurance that assets are safeguarded from loss or unauthorized use, transactions are properly recorded and the financial records are reliable for preparing the consolidated financial statements.

The Board of Directors carries out its responsibility for the consolidated financial statements in this annual report principally through its Audit Committee, consisting of non-executive directors.  The Audit Committee meets periodically with management and with the external auditors to discuss the results of audit examinations with respect to the adequacy of internal accounting controls, and to review and discuss the consolidated financial statements and financial reporting matters.

The consolidated financial statements have been audited by Staley, Okada & Partners, Chartered Accountants, who have full access to the Audit Committee, with and without the presence of management.  Their report follows.





|/s/ Christopher Davie                 | /s/ John F. Engele                                 
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|President and Chief Executive Officer | Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer







March 2, 2004



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Report
of Independent Registered Chartered Accountants





To
the Shareholders of Queenstake Resources Ltd.:



We
have audited the consolidated balance sheets of Queenstake Resources Ltd. as at
December 31, 2003 and 2002 and the consolidated statements of loss and deficit
and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002.  These
financial statements are the responsibility of the company's management.
 Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements
based on our audit.



We
conducted our audit in accordance with Canadian and United States generally
accepted auditing standards and the standards of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States).  These standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement.  An audit includes examining,
on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the
financial statements.  An audit also includes assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.  We believe that
our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.



In
our opinion, these consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of the Company as at December 31, 2003
and 2002 and the results of the operations of the Company and its cash flows for
the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in Canada.



The
consolidated financial statements as at December 31, 2001 and for the year then
ended, prior to adjustment for the change in reporting currency as described in
Note 2, were audited by other auditors who expressed an opinion without
reservation on those statements in their report dated March 2, 2002.  We
have audited the adjustments to the 2001 financial statements and in our
opinion, such adjustments, in all material respects, are appropriate and have
been properly applied.





/s/
Staley, Okada & Partners





|Vancouver, B.C.                                                                   | STALEY, OKADA &
      PARTNERS
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|March 2, 2004, except
      as to Notes 11 and 25, which are as at March 26, 2004 | CHARTERED
      ACCOUNTANTS   







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QUEENSTAKE RESOURCES LTD.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Year ended December 31, 2001





Report of Independent Registered Chartered Accountants





To the Shareholders of

Queenstake Resources Ltd.





We have audited the consolidated statements of loss and deficit and cash flows of Queenstake Resources Ltd. for the year ended December 31, 2001.  These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.



We conducted our audit in accordance with Canadian generally accepted auditing standards and the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).  These standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.  An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.  We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.



In our opinion, these consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the results of the operations of the Company and its cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2001 in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in Canada.





(Signed) Deloitte & Touche LLP





Independent Registered Chartered Accountants

Vancouver, British Columbia

March 8, 2002



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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Tables expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)



1.   Nature of operations

Queenstake Resources Ltd. ("Queenstake" or the
"Company") engages in the production and sale of gold, including related activities such as mining, processing, developing and exploring.  The Company's principal asset and only current source of gold production is the 100% owned Jerritt Canyon gold mine in Nevada, U.S.A, acquired on June 30, 2003.  The Company also owns the Magistral gold mine in Sinaloa, Mexico, which was held for sale at December 31, 2003 and sold subsequent to the period end (Note 7).

2.Significant accounting policies and basis of presentation



Basis of presentation

The consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in Canada ("Canadian GAAP"). For the purposes of these financial statements these principles conform, in all material respects, with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, except as described in Note 22.



On June 30, 2003, the Company acquired the Jerritt Canyon gold mine in Nevada, discussed more fully in Note 3. These financial statements and the accompanying notes include the effects of this purchase and related financing, the results of operations of the Jerritt Canyon Mine since July 1, 2003, and all adjustments necessary to present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows.  The format and presentation of these financial statements have been altered from that used in previous periods to present the financial information on a basis that is consistent with the nature of operations (Note 1).  Accordingly, certain of the comparative numbers have been reclassified to conform to the current period's presentation.

Effective December 31, 2003, the Company's reporting currency was changed from Canadian dollars to U.S. dollars.  The Company's revenues are earned in U.S. dollars; substantially all of the Company's costs are incurred in U.S. dollars; and the Company's executive offices are located in the U.S.  The comparative financial statements from prior periods have been restated to reflect this change.

Basis of consolidation

These consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries (collectively, unless the context requires otherwise, referred to as the "Company").  All material intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.  The Company's active subsidiaries and percentage of ownership at December 31, 2003 are as follows:

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- Queenstake Resources U.S.A. Inc. (Delaware)
    - 100%
- Castle Exploration Inc. (Colorado)
    - 100%
- Pangea Resources Inc. ("Pangea") (Arizona)
    - 100%   (85% at December 31, 2002)



Until December 15, 2003, the Company owned 85% of Pangea, which owned 50% of the Magistral Joint Venture (the
"MJV"), which owned the Magistral mine in Sinaloa, Mexico.  Under the terms of the financing arrangement for the MJV, the Company had no significant influence over the operation of the MJV, consequently the Company's interest in the MJV was accounted for on the cost basis, as a long-term investment, and the accounts of the MJV were excluded from the Company's consolidated financial statements.  As more fully discussed in Note 7, on December 15, 2003, the Company acquired the remaining 15% of Pangea and the remaining 50% of the MJV.  On December 19, 2003, the Company agreed to the terms of a proposed sale of Pangea and its related assets including the Magistral mine in an arm's-length transaction, and the sale was completed on February 2, 2004.  Accordingly, at December 31, 2003, the Company's investment in Pangea and the Magistral mine was accounted for as assets to be disposed of by sale, valued at the lower of carrying value or fair value.

Foreign currencies

Effective December 31, 2003, the Company's reporting currency was changed from Canadian dollars to U.S. dollars.  The Company's revenues are earned in U.S. dollars; substantially all of the Company's costs and liabilities are incurred in U.S. dollars; and the Company's executive offices are located in the U.S.   The comparative financial statements from prior periods have been restated to reflect this change.

For the restatement, the Company followed the method suggested by the Emerging Issues Committee ("EIC") in release number EIC-130 dated 24 July 2002.  The consensus of the EIC was that financial statements for all prior years should be translated using the current rate method.  This method of translation results in the financial statements of prior years presented for comparison being translated as if the reporting currency used in the current year had been used for at least all periods shown.

Prospectively, the activities of Queenstake Resources Ltd., the Canadian parent company, are considered to be integrated.  Accordingly, for the conversion of the related Canadian dollar denominated accounts, the temporal rate method will be used, whereby monetary assets and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect at the balance sheet date, non-monetary assets (including depreciation) and liabilities at the exchange rates in effect at the time of acquisition or issue, and revenues and other expenses at rates approximating exchange rates in effect at the time of the transactions.  Exchange gains or losses are included in the respective statement of operations.

Revenue recognition

Revenue from the sale of gold is recognized in the accounts when title and the risks and rewards of ownership pass to the buyer.

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Inventories



Finished goods inventories are valued at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Cost valuations are based on the related three-month period's average costs.

Work-in-process inventories, including ore stockpiles, are valued at the lower of average production cost and net realizable value, after a reasonable allowance for further processing costs.

Materials and supplies inventories are valued at the lower of average cost or replacement cost, net of a provision for obsolescence.

Property, plant and equipment

Property, plant and equipment are carried at cost less accumulated depreciation and depletion.  Cost includes acquisition and related costs, exploration and development costs incurred on existing ore bodies and exploration and development costs incurred to further define reserves and resources deemed capable of commercial production.  Depletion of mine properties and intangible assets is charged on a units-of-production basis over proven and probable reserves. Depreciation of plant and equipment is calculated using the straight-line method, based on estimated useful lives, over three to six years.

Long-lived assets are evaluated for impairment at the end of each reporting period.  Estimated undiscounted future net cash flows for the Jerritt Canyon Mine are calculated using estimated production, gold sales prices, operating costs, capital costs, and reclamation and closure costs. If it is determined that the carrying value exceeds estimated undiscounted future net cash flows from an operation, then a write-down would be recorded, with a charge to operations.

Provision for reclamation and mine closure

Reclamation and mine closure obligations for the Jerritt Canyon Mine are recognized at fair value. The estimate of the fair value is based on the amount of cash exchanged in an arm's-length transaction in which these obligations have been effectively funded (Notes 3, 8 and 14). The fair value of the estimated reclamation and mine closure obligations for the Jerritt Canyon Mine were recorded as a liability on acquisition.

Use of estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with Canadian GAAP requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts of assets, liabilities, shareholders' equity, revenue and expenses reported in these financial statements.  The most significant of these estimates and assumptions are those that use estimates of proven and probable gold reserves.  Such estimates and assumptions affect the carrying value of assets, decisions as to when exploration and development costs should be capitalized or expensed, and the rate at which amortization is charged to earnings.  The Company regularly reviews its estimates and assumptions; however, actual results could differ from these estimates.

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Cash and cash equivalents



Cash and cash equivalents include cash and highly liquid money market instruments with terms to maturity of less than 90 days from the date of inception.

Loss per share

Earnings (Loss) per share is calculated by dividing the net earnings (loss) for the year by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the year. Diluted earnings per share is calculated using the treasury stock method which, for outstanding stock options and warrants, assumes that the proceeds to be received on the exercise of the stock options and warrants are applied to repurchase common shares at the average market price for the period, for purposes of determining the weighted average number of shares outstanding.  Basic and diluted loss per share are the same because inclusion of common share equivalents would be anti-dilutive.

Stock-based compensation plans

The Company has two stock-based compensation plans, which are described more fully in Note 15.  In 2002, the Company adopted the recommendations of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, CICA 3870, for the recognition, measurement and disclosure of stock-based compensation and other stock-based payments made in exchange for goods and services, using a fair value based method. As permitted under the recommendations, the Company elected to adopt the disclosure-only provisions of the standard, whereby pro-forma net income (loss) and pro-forma earnings (loss) per share are disclosed in the notes to the consolidated financial statements, for stock options granted to directors and employees, using a fair-value based method. Any consideration paid by directors, employees and non-employees on the exercise of stock options or the purchase of stock is credited to capital stock. Stock-based compensation on options granted to non-employees is recorded as an expense at the earlier of completion of performance or vesting of the options granted, using a fair value based method.  No compensation expense is recognized for these plans when stock options are issued to employees or members of the Board of Directors.  Any consideration paid by the optionees upon exercise of stock options is recorded as an increase to share capital.

Prior to January 1, 2002, no compensation expense was recorded for the Company's stock-based plans when the options or incentives were granted.  Consideration paid by directors, officers and employees on exercise of stock options was credited to share capital.

Effective January 1, 2004, the Company is adopting the amended Canadian accounting standard for stock-based compensation, which will require the use of the fair value method to measure and recognize in the accounts on a retroactive basis all stock-based compensation associated with stock options granted from January 1, 2002.

Future income taxes

The future income tax asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes is used, whereby future income tax assets and liabilities are recorded based on temporary differences between the carrying amounts of balance sheet items and their corresponding tax bases.  Future income tax assets also arise from unused tax losses, subject to a valuation allowance, to the extent that it is more likely than not that such losses ultimately will be utilized.  This method also requires that

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the future income tax assets and liabilities be measured using the enacted rates and laws that are expected to apply when these assets and liabilities are either to be realized or settled.

Non-interest-bearing notes payable

Notes payable for which no interest rate has been defined, are recorded at fair value based on the Company's estimated cost of similar debt, and periodic accretion is recorded as interest expense.

Long-lived assets to be disposed of by sale

Long-lived assets or groups of assets available for immediate sale, include assets for which the Company has an approved plan to sell; which the Company is actively marketing for sale and expects to complete a sale within one year at a price that approximates current fair value; and for which a sale within one year would be considered probable.  Such assets are classified as assets to be disposed of by sale, and are measured at the lower of carrying value or fair value, less cost to sell. No amortization is recognized for assets to be disposed of by sale.  Interest and other expenses attributable to the liabilities of the disposal group will be accrued until disposal is completed.

Warrants

Warrants issued as consideration for goods and services are recorded at fair value and classified as Convertible Securities. Fair value is transferred to common shares upon exercise of the related warrants; proceeds from the exercise of these warrants are accounted for as an increase to common shares.  The value of equity units, consisting of common shares and warrants, issued in cash financings is assumed to be substantially attributable to the value of the common shares; accordingly no portion of the cash received for the units is assigned to the warrants.

Put options

The Company uses gold put options, as required under the conditions of a term loan, to reduce the risk of falling gold prices.   Option premiums paid are deferred and netted against gold sales revenue when the options expire or are exercised (Note 13).

Other recent accounting pronouncements

The Emerging Issues Task force of the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") has as part of its agenda a review of a broad range of accounting policies relating to the mining industry.  Should this result in changes to U.S. GAAP, the move to harmonize the two GAAP's may well result in changes to Canadian GAAP.

In April 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 145,
"Rescission of FASB Statements No. 4, 44, and 64, Amendment of FASB Statement No. 13, and Technical Corrections."  Such standard requires any gain or loss on extinguishments of debt to be presented as a component of continuing operations (unless specific criteria are met) whereas SFAS No. 4 required that such gains and losses be classified as an extraordinary item in determining net income.  Upon adoption of SFAS No. 145, the Company reclassified any extraordinary gains and losses on the extinguishments of debt recorded in prior periods to continuing operations.  The adoption of SFAS 145 did not have a material effect on the Company's financial position or results of operations.

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In June 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 146,
"Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities." Such standard requires costs associated with exit or disposal activities (including restructurings) to be recognized when the costs are incurred, rather than at a date of commitment to an exit or disposal plan.  SFAS No. 146 nullifies EITF Issue No. 94-3,
"Liability Recognition for Certain Employee Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain Costs Incurred in a Restructuring)."  Under SFAS No. 146, a liability related to an exit or disposal activity is not recognized until such liability has actually been incurred whereas under EITF Issue No. 94-3 a liability was recognized at the time of a commitment to an exit or disposal plan.  The provisions of this standard are effective for exit or disposal activities initiated after December 31, 2002.  The adoption of SFAS 146 did not have a material effect on the Company's financial position or results of operations.

On December 31, 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 148,
"Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation-Transition and Disclosure."  This standard amends SFAS No. 123,
"Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation," to provide alternative methods of transition for a voluntary change to the fair value based method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation.  This standard also requires prominent disclosures in both annual and interim financial statements about the method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation and the effect of the method used on reported results.  The disclosure requirements of SFAS No. 148 are required to be included in the summary of significant accounting policies.

In May 2003, SFAS 150,
"Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity", was issued. This Statement establishes standards for how an issuer classifies and measures certain financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity.  It requires that an issuer classify a financial instrument that is within its scope as a liability (or an asset in some circumstances).  Many of those instruments were previously classified as equity. Generally, a financial instrument, whether in the form of shares or otherwise, that is mandatorily redeemable, i.e. that embodies an unconditional obligation requiring the issuer to redeem it by transferring its shares or assets at a specified or determinable date (or dates) or upon an event that is certain to occur, must be classified as a liability (or asset in some circumstances).  In some cases, a financial instrument that is conditionally redeemable may also be subject to the same treatment.  This Statement does not apply to features that are embedded in a financial instrument that is not a derivative (as defined) in its entirety.  For public entities, this Statement is effective for financial instruments entered into or modified after May 31, 2003. The adoption of SFAS 150 did not affect the Company's financial position or results of operations.

3.   Acquisition of the Jerritt Canyon Mine

On May 30, 2003, the Company entered into a definitive asset purchase and sale agreement (the
"Purchase and Sale Agreement") with subsidiaries of AngloGold Limited ("AngloGold") and Meridian Gold Inc., (collectively the
"Sellers") pursuant to which the Company agreed to acquire the Sellers' respective 70% and 30% interests in the assets comprising the Jerritt Canyon gold mine ("Jerritt Canyon"), located in the Independence Mountain Range, 50 miles north of Elko, Nevada. The acquisition closed on June 30, 2003.  The Jerritt Canyon Mine comprises four underground mines which, together with extensive stockpiles, feed ore to a 1.5 million ton per year

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capacity ore processing plant.  The Jerritt Canyon Mine includes a highly prospective, approximately 100 square mile land position, together with a geological data base compiled over the past 25 years.

The Jerritt Canyon acquisition was completed at arm's-length.  Under the terms of the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Company paid to the Sellers: $1.5 million and issued 32  million common shares of the Company with a fair value of $4.1 million.  In addition, $6.0 million is payable to the Sellers in quarterly installments of $1.0 million, commencing on the earlier of repayment of the Company's term loan (Note 11), including any restructuring or refinancing thereof, or June 30, 2005.  The fair value of this series of payments was estimated at $4.5 million at the time of the acquisition.  A net smelter return royalty on the Jerritt Canyon Mine production, based on a sliding scale ranging from 2% to 4% at gold prices above $320 per ounce, is also payable to the Sellers commencing on the earlier of the repayment of the term loan, including restructuring or refinancing thereof, or June 30, 2005.  The royalty is capped at an aggregate of $4.0 million, at which time the royalty will convert to a 1% net profits interest royalty, payable only to AngloGold.

The Company also assumed certain of the Sellers' liabilities associated with the Jerritt Canyon Mine and all of the Sellers' Jerritt Canyon related reclamation and environmental liabilities.  These liabilities are reported on a fair value basis and are more fully discussed in Notes 8 and 14.

The fair value of the reclamation liability was independently estimated at $25.8 million as at June 30, 2003 by American Insurance Group Environmental ("AIG"), a division of American International Companies. This amount has been fully funded through an environmental risk transfer program (the
"ERTP") underwritten by AIG.

The Jerritt Canyon acquisition related costs and the ERTP were funded by issuing equity (Note 15) and by way of a term loan (Note 11).  The acquisition was accounted for using the purchase method.

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Prepaid expenses

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As a condition of the Jerritt Canyon term loan (Note 11), the lender required the Company to purchase a total of 394,591 gold put options, with a series of monthly expiries from July 2003 through June 2005, inclusive.  The puts each have a strike price of $330 per ounce with a maximum settlement value of $40 per ounce.  Payment of the premium for these puts was deferred and is being settled each month based upon the respective number of puts expiring or exercised in that month (Note 13).  The term loan lender has guaranteed these payments.  As consideration for the guarantee, the lender received 2,000,000 share purchase warrants at an exercise price of Cdn $0.25 expiring on July 3, 2005 and 2,000,000 share purchase warrants with a nominal exercise price of Cdn $0.01 per share expiring on July 7, 2008. Fair value of these warrants has been estimated at$0.3 million.  This amount will be recognized as a financing cost over the term of the puts.

6.   Deferred financing costs

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Direct costs incurred in arranging the Jerritt Canyon term loan have been deferred and will be amortized with the repayment of the term loan. The Company paid its financial adviser a cash fee of 4% of the principal amount of the term loan.  In addition, the Company paid the lender's direct costs and paid the lender a cash fee of 3% together with the issue of 35,000,000 five-year share purchase warrants with a nominal exercise price of Cdn  $0.01 per share expiring on July 7, 2008. Fair value of these warrants has been estimated at $5.7 million.  At December 31, 2003, the term loan (Note 11) had been reduced by 50% from the original loan amount.

7.   Assets to be disposed of by sale

Until December 15, 2003, the Magistral gold mine ("Magistral") in Sinaloa, Mexico, was a 50/50 joint venture between Midwest Mining Inc. ("Midwest"), and the Company's 85% owned subsidiary, Pangea Resources Inc. ("Pangea").  Midwest owned the remaining 15% of Pangea.

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Midwest had provided project financing to the Magistral Joint Venture (the
"MJV") as part of its joint venture earn-in, and had retained the right to preferential loan payback of $6.625 million, plus interest, from project cash flows.  Until this amount was fully repaid to Midwest, the Company had no significant influence over the operations of the MJV.

Magistral was constructed through 2002, and began commercial production on January 1, 2003.  Although the Company was the operator of the MJV, it had no significant influence over the operation of the MJV.  Accordingly, the Company's interest in the MJV was accounted for on the cost basis, as a long-term investment. The accounts of the MJV were not included in the Company's consolidated financial statements.  Similarly, the Company did not report gold production from the MJV during 2003.

In September 2003, an upward trend in repair costs for the mining equipment at the Magistral mine became evident together with a decreasing trend in gold production, mainly as a result of low equipment availability.  After considering the resulting operating deficits, the apparent need for significant additional capital, and the preferential nature of the repayment of loans made by Midwest to the joint venture, the Company concluded that its long-term investment in the MJV was impaired and took a charge of $6.2 million to earnings (Note 9).

In November 2003, based on a decision to focus its resources on the recently acquired Jerritt Canyon Mine, the Company determined that it would no longer participate nor provide additional capital to the MJV.  Accordingly, the Company committed to a plan to sell its interest in the MJV.  In order to facilitate this sale, the Company recognized the need to consolidate ownership in Pangea and its related assets including the Magistral mine, and to eliminate the MJV debt, including the preferential loan payback.

On December 15, 2003, the Company issued to Midwest 11,200,000 common shares of the Company and 2,000,000 two-year warrants to acquire common shares of the Company for Cdn $1.00 each and paid Midwest $900,000, all in consideration for Midwest's 15% interest in Pangea, Midwest's 50% interest in the MJV, and full settlement of all of the MJV's loans and accrued interest owed to Midwest, including the preferential loan.  The fair value of the common shares has been estimated at $6.1 million; fair value of the warrants has been estimated at $0.2 million. As a result of this transaction, the Company owned 100% of Pangea and 100% of the Magistral mine, with no related project financing repayment obligations to Midwest.

In December 2003, the Company also settled or provided for all outstanding Pangea and/or Magistral mine debts to third parties.

On December 19, 2003, the Company agreed to terms proposed by Nevada Pacific Gold Ltd. ("NPG") to sell Pangea and all its related assets including the Magistral mine to NPG for a total of $7.0 million in cash and 2,000,000 common shares of NPG.  Subsequent to the period end, on February 2, 2004, the sale of Pangea and all related assets to NPG was completed at which time the Company received from NPG $4.0 million in cash, 2,000,000 common shares of NPG and a $3.0 million note payable on August 2, 2004, secured by a general security agreement over all of NPG's assets.  Accordingly, at December 31, 2003, the Company classified the group of assets sold to NPG as
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The Company believes that fair value of the consideration received and receivable from NPG equals or exceeds the carrying value of the assets to be disposed of by sale.  Carrying value of the assets to be disposed of by sale at December 31, 2003 comprises:

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Following are unaudited, condensed financial statements of the MJV, on a 100% basis, at December 31, 2002 which was the date on which Magistral mine construction and commissioning were deemed complete; and as at December 14, 2003, the day before the Company purchased Midwest's interest in the project, and classified the purchase as assets to be disposed of by sale.

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Subsequent to the period end, on February 3, 2004, the $4.0 million cash consideration received from NPG at the completion of the sale of the assets to be disposed of by sale was used to reduce the term loan incurred for the Jerritt Canyon acquisition.  Cash which may be realized from the 2,000,000 common shares of NPG and the $3.0 million note issued by NPG will be used to further reduce the term loan and/or to support exploration and underground development activities at the Company's principal operation, the Jerritt Canyon Mine.   Accordingly, the Company believes that this disposition will have no material adverse effect on the Company's future operating results.

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8.   Restricted cash

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As part of the consideration for the Jerritt Canyon Mine, the Company assumed the liability for final reclamation and closure of the mine (Notes 3 and 14).  On June 30, 2003, the Company purchased from American Insurance Group ("AIG") an environmental risk transfer program (the
"ERTP").  The total cost of the ERTP was $32.7 million. Of this $32.7 million, $25.8 million was deposited in an interest-bearing account with AIG (the
"Commutation Account").  The Commutation Account principal plus interest earned on the principal are reserved exclusively to pay the Jerritt Canyon Mine's currently existing reclamation and mine closure liabilities.

The remaining $6.9 million comprises premiums paid to AIG and Nevada state taxes on the ERTP transaction.  This remaining amount is considered a non-current asset (Note 10) and will be amortized over the life of the mine on a units-of-production basis.

9.       Investments

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In September 2003, based on operating deficits, the apparent need for significant additional capital, and the required preferential payback of the project loans made by Midwest Mining Inc., the Company concluded that its long-term investment in the Magistral Joint Venture was impaired and took a charge of $6.2 million to earnings.  See also Note 7.

On August 21, 2003 the Company sold its entire investment of 300,000 shares of Monterrico Metals PLC for net proceeds of $0.5 million, and realized a gain of $0.5 million on the sale.

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10.   Property, plant and equipment, net

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See Notes 3 and 8.

11.   Term loan

On July 8, 2003 the Company drew down a term loan of $20.0 million from Amaranth LLC ("Amaranth"), the proceeds of which were used to partially fund the Jerritt Canyon acquisition (Note 3) and related ERTP (Note 8).   The term loan bears interest at the U.S. prime interest rate plus 7%, a current effective interest rate of approximately 11%.  The repayment term is two years, expiring June 30, 2005.  Minimum required quarterly repayments are $2.5 million plus accrued interest, with additional monthly
"cash sweep" repayments equal to 85% of the cash on hand exceeding $3.5 million.  Prepayments can be made, without penalty, at any time.  The term loan is secured by all of the assets of the Company, and is subject to standard industry covenants for a loan of this size and nature.  Amaranth hasalso guaranteed the payment of the deferred put option premiums discussed in Note 5.

At December 31, 2003, the term loan balance is $9.95 million as a result of scheduled amortization, cash sweeps and voluntary prepayments.

Subsequent to the period end, on February 3, 2004, the term loan was reduced by a further amount of approximately $4.0 million, to approximately $6.0 million, as the cash proceeds received at the close of the sale of Pangea to NPG were applied to the term loan (Note 7).

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Subsequent to the period end, on March 26, 2004, the Company received a conditional commitment for a term loan facility of $10 million with Standard Bank London Limited. The loan will be used to refinance the current $6 million term loan, and to repay the approximately $1 million Oxygen plant note (Note 13); and approximately $3 million of the facility will be used to guarantee the payment of the deferred gold put option premiums currently guaranteed by current term loan lender, Amaranth (Note 5). The loan remains subject to a number of conditions including completion of definitive documentation and will be subject to standard industry covenants for a loan of this size. It will be secured by the assets of Queenstake Resources U.S.A. Inc., the Company's wholly owned subsidiary that owns the Jerritt Canyon Mine, together with a restricted cash deposit of $1.4 million. The Company will guarantee the facility and provide as additional security an assignment of the 2,000,000 common shares of NPG and the $3.0 million note from NPG received as consideration for the sale to NPG of Pangea and all its assets including the Magistral mine (Note 7). The interest rate will be LIBOR plus 4.5%, a currently effective rate of approximately 6.0%.  The amortization period expires June 30, 2005, with minimum quarterly principal payments of approximately $1.4 million and additional quarterly payments equal to 50% of Queenstake Resources U.S.A. Inc.'s cash available after debt service.

12.   Other current liabilities

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13.   Other long-term obligations

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As a condition of the Jerritt Canyon term loan (Note 11), the lender required the Company to purchase a total of 394,591 gold put options, with a series of monthly expiries from July 2003 through June 2005.  The puts each have a strike price of U.S. $330 per ounce with a maximum settlement value of $40 per ounce.  Payment of the premium for these puts was deferred and is

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being settled each month based upon the respective number of puts expiring or exercised in that month.

At December 31, 2003, the total put option premiums payable relate to 265,014 put options, maturing as follows:

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As a part of the cost of the Jerritt Canyon acquisition the Company assumed a $2.0 million interest-free note owed to AngloGold for an oxygen plant.  The terms require payments of $250,000 on each of September 30, 2003, October 31, 2003, November 30, 2003, March 31, 2004, June 30, 2004, September 30, 2004 and a final payment of $500,000 on August 31, 2005.  At December 31, 2003, $1.25 million remains to be paid. This amount has been valued at fair value, estimated at $1.1 million, applying a discount factor based on the current effective interest rate of the term loan (Note 11).  The note will be accreted by the implied interest cost over the life of the debt.

Also as a part of the cost of the Jerritt Canyon acquisition, the Company has agreed to pay the Sellers a $6.0 million production payment by way of quarterly payments of $1.0 million, to begin at the earlier of full repayment of the term loan (Note 11), including any restructuring or refinancing thereof, or June 30, 2005.  The production payment has been valued at fair value, estimated at $4.8 million at December 31, 2003, applying a discount factor based on the current effective interest rate of the term loan.  This amount will be accreted by the implied interest cost over the life of the debt.

14.   Reclamation and mine closure

Federal, state and local laws and regulations concerning environmental protection affect the Company's operations.  Under current regulations, the Company is required to meet performance standards to minimize environmental impact from operations and to perform site restoration and other closure activities.  The Company's provisions for future site closure and reclamation costs are based on known requirements.  It is not currently possible to estimate the impact on operating results, if any, of future legislative or regulatory developments.

As part of the consideration for the Jerritt Canyon Mine acquisition, the Company assumed the liability for final reclamation and closure of the mine (Notes 3 and 8).  On June 30, 2003, the Company purchased from American Insurance Group ("AIG") an environmental risk transfer program (the
"ERTP").  The ERTP includes several components: a Commutation Account, reclamation cost cap insurance, pollution liability insurance, and surety bonds.

Commutation Account

Integral to the ERTP is the commutation account discussed in Note 8, the required amount of which was independently estimated by AIG. The terms of the ERTP (discussed below) contemplate that the currently existing Jerritt Canyon reclamation liability will not exceed the Commutation Account balance plus interest earned on the Commutation Account.  Therefore, the

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reclamation liability of $25.8 million now equals, and will continue to equal, the Commutation Account balance.  This is consistent with the intent of CICA Handbook section 3110, Asset Retirement Obligations.



Reclamation cost cap insurance

The ERTP also includes a reclamation and mine closure cost cap insurance policy which will serve to fund reclamation and post-closure site management by the Company.  The insurance provides coverage for future reclamation costs if they exceed those provided for by the Commutation Account.  If the ultimate reclamation costs are less than the amount in the Commutation Account, the Company would be refunded the excess cash.  If the reclamation cost is more than the Commutation Account balance, the cost cap insurance, provided by AIG, will pay the excess costs up to a defined maximum.  The Company does not currently anticipate reclamation costs in excess of the defined maximum.

Pollution legal liability

The ERTP also includes a pollution legal liability insurance coverage for third-party damage claims against the Company for both pre-existing pollution conditions and new pollution conditions, for a period of five years.

Surety bonds

AIG has posted a total of $33.5 million in surety bonds with the U.S. Forest Service and the Nevada Division of Environment Protection, to provide these agencies assurance that the Company will meet its reclamation obligations.

15.   Share Capital

The Company is authorized to issue an unlimited number of common shares.

Common shares

During the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, changes in share capital were as follows:

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On January 16, 2003 and January 31, 2003 pursuant to a non-brokered private placement financing, the Company issued a total of 6,589,667 common shares and 6,589,667 common share purchase warrants for gross proceeds of $1.0 million.  The first tranche of 5,060,000 common share purchase warrants entitles the holder to purchase one common share at an exercise price of Cdn $0.30 at any time until January 15, 2004 and the second tranche of 1,529,667 common share purchase warrants entitles the holder to purchase one common share at an exercise price of Cdn $0.30 at any time until January 30, 2004.  The Company paid a total cash finders' fee of$94,000 and issued 506,000 finders' share purchase warrants entitling the holder to purchase one common share at an exercise price of Cdn $0.26 at any time until January 15, 2004 and 152,967 finders' share purchase warrants entitling the holder to purchase one common share at an exercise price of Cdn $0.26 at any time until January 30, 2004.

On February 14, 2003 the Company issued 1,194,531 shares of the Company to settle a Magistral Joint Venture note for $250,000, which became due on January 30, 2003.  On August 28, 2003 the Company issued 1,000,000 shares of the Company to settle its 50% share of a Magistral Joint Venture note for $600,000, which became due on August 7, 2003.  In both cases, fair value of the shares issued was equal to the note amount settled.

On June 12, 2003 the Company issued 6,500,000 common shares and 6,500,000 common share purchase warrants for gross proceeds of $0.9 million.  Each common share purchase warrant entitles the holder to purchase one common share at an exercise price of Cdn $0.22 at any time until December 11, 2004. The Company paid a cash brokers' fee of $52,000 and issued 390,000 brokers' share purchase warrants entitling the holder to purchase one common share at an exercise price of Cdn $0.22 at any time until June 11, 2004.

On July 1, 2003 the Company issued 32,000,000 common shares to the Sellers; fair value has been estimated at $4.1 million.

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On July 2, 2003, subscription receipts previously issued and sold on June 25, 2003, for gross proceeds of $15.7 million were exercised for no additional consideration, and the Company issued 105,000,000 common shares and 52,500,000 common share purchase warrants.  Each warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one common share at an exercise price of Cdn $0.25 until June 25, 2005.

On July 4, 2003 the Company issued 25,000,000 units at Cdn $0.20 each on a private placement basis for gross proceeds of$3.7 million.  Each unit comprised one common share and one half a common share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one common share at an exercise price of Cdn $0.25 until June 25, 2005.  The Agents were issued broker warrants on the two equity financings entitling them to purchase at an exercise price of Cdn $0.22 per share, 6,300,000 common shares until June 25, 2004 and 1,500,000 common shares until July 3, 2004 in addition to receiving a 6% cash commission totalling $1.2 million.

On December 15, 2003, the Company issued to Midwest Mining Inc. 11,200,000 common shares of the Company and 2,000,000 two-year warrants to acquire common shares of the Company for Cdn $1.00 each, and as part of the consideration for the Company acquiring Midwest's 15% interest in Pangea, Midwest's 50% interest in the MJV, and full settlement of all of the MJV's loans and accrued interest owing to Midwest, including the preferential loan (Note 7).  The fair value of the common shares has been estimated at $6.1 million; fair value of the warrants has been estimated at $0.2 million.

Stock option plans

At December 31, 2003 the Company had two stock option plans, the 1995 Plan and the Santa Cruz Plan.  The Santa Cruz Plan will remain in place until all existing options are exercised, expire or are cancelled. The 1995 Plan is the only active incentive stock option plan.  It was established on May 17, 1995, and amended most recently on June 5, 2003.  A maximum of 7,600,000 five-year options may be granted under the 1995 Plan at an exercise price based on market value on the day before granting.  Shareholder approval is required to increase the number of options available for grant under the 1995 Plan.  One half of any options granted are exercisable immediately and the remainder vest and become exercisable one year later.

The following table sets out the activity in Company's incentive stock option plans for the years ending December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001:

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Options outstanding at December 31, 2003 are exercisable in the following amounts and exercise prices:

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The transitional rules of CICA Handbook section 3870, Stock-based Compensation and Other Stock-based Payments ("CICA 3870"), encourages, but does not require, companies to commence recognizing and measuring compensation cost for stock-based employee compensation plans for fiscal years beginning before January 1, 2004, based on the fair value of options granted.  For fiscal 2003, the Company has elected to continue to measure stock-based compensation using the fair value method prescribed in CICA 3870 on a disclosure-only basis, and to provide such disclosures of the pro forma effects on earnings (loss) and earnings (loss) per share in the notes to the consolidated financial statements.  In the twelve months ended December 31, 2003, the Company issued 3,900,000 options to employees and directors under its Stock Option Plan.  50% of this total vested and became exercisable immediately, while the remaining 50% vest one year from the issue date.  1,360,000 of these options are subject to shareholder approval.  The following is the pro-forma effect on the Company's consolidated statement of operations, had the Company recorded compensation expense under the fair-value method for the vested portion of the options granted in 2003 together with the related compensation expense for the vested portion of options granted in 2002.

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In preparing these fair value estimates for 2003 and 2002, the Company used the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model, and assumed a risk-free rate of 4.0%, expected volatility of 50%, expected option life of two years, and no dividend payments.

Warrants

In addition to the warrants issued as described above, on March 4, 2003 the Company issued Standard Bank London ("Standard") 500,000 share purchase warrants at an exercise  price of Cdn $0.30 and expiring on March 5, 2007 and 500,000 share purchase warrants at an exercise price of Cdn $0.315 and expiry of September 26, 2007.  Standard was acting as financial advisor to Queenstake and the warrants are a part of their fee for services.  On June 11, 2003, the Company issued Westwind Partners Inc. 1,000,000 share purchase warrants at an exercise price of Cdn $0.20 and expiry of June 11, 2004.  Westwind was a financial advisor to Queenstake and the warrants are a part of their fee for services. The fair value of these warrants has been recorded as share issuance costs.

On July 8, 2003, the Company issued Amaranth, the Jerritt Canyon term loan lender, 35,000,000 five-year share purchase warrants with a nominal exercise price of Cdn $0.01 per share expiring on July 7, 2008, as a component of Amaranth's fees. Fair value of these warrants has been recorded as deferred financing cost (Note 6).  Also on July 8, 2003, the Company issued Amaranth 2,000,000 share purchase warrants at an exercise price of Cdn $0.25 expiring on July 3, 2005 and 2,000,000 share purchase warrants with a nominal exercise price of Cdn $0.01 per share expiring on July 7, 2008, as consideration for their guarantee of the Company's gold put option premiums. Fair value of these warrants has been recorded as a prepaid expense (Note 5).

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Subsequent to the year ended December 31, 2003,  6.6 million warrants have been exercised for total proceeds of $1.2 million.

Shareholder rights plan

Effective September 26, 2003 the Company adopted a Shareholder Rights Plan, subject to the ratification by the Company's shareholders at a meeting within six months.  This Shareholder Rights Plan expired March 26, 2004.

16.   Convertible securities

Warrants issued as consideration for goods and services are recorded at fair value and classified as Convertible Securities.  Fair value is transferred to common shares upon exercise of the related warrants; proceeds from the exercise of these warrants are accounted for as an increase to common shares. Warrants issued for goods and services are discussed in Notes 5, 6, 7 and 15.  The value of equity units, consisting of common shares and warrants, issued in cash financings is assumed to be substantially attributable to the value of the common shares; accordingly no portion of the cash received for the units is assigned to the warrants.

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17.   Interest expense

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18.   Income taxes

The Company's provision for income taxes differs from the amounts computed by applying the combined Canadian federal and provincial income tax rates to the net loss as a result of the following:

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The Company has income tax loss carry-forwards of approximately $16.9 million, which may be used to reduce future income taxes otherwise payable and which expire principally in the years 2005 to 2011. The tax benefit of the above noted loss carry-forwards have been offset by recognition of a valuation allowance in these financial statements.

19.   Segmented information

The Company operates only in the gold sector within two geographic segments: the Jerritt Canyon Mine in the United States and the Magistral Joint Venture, in Mexico.  Currently, revenues are earned exclusively at the Jerritt Canyon Mine.  Notes 7 and 10 provide disclosure of geographic location of assets.

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Financial instruments

The fair value of the Company's current financial assets and liabilities approximate their carrying values, due to their short-term maturities.

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Foreign currency risk management

All revenues and substantially all of the Company's expenses are incurred in U.S. dollars.  In 2003, the Company's principal source of equity capital was Canada. Potential currency fluctuations could affect the amount of U.S. dollars that can be purchased with Canadian dollars. The Company believes that the risk of material loss as a result of an adverse prolonged change in Canadian / U.S. dollar exchange rates is managed by its policy of rapid conversion of Canadian funds into U.S. funds, and currently does not use foreign currency exchange contracts to fix exchange rates.

Commodity risk management

In July 2003, as required by the term loan lender, the Company purchased gold put options to establish a minimum price which the Company would receive for a significant portion of its gold production during the amortization period of the term loan, from July 1, 2003 until June 30, 2005 (Note 5).   The Company does not use gold forward sales contracts to fix future gold prices realized.

22.   Differences between Canadian and United States generally accepted accounting principles

These consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Canadian GAAP. For the purposes of these financial statements these principles differ in certain material respects from generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("U.S. GAAP").

The adjustments to comply with U.S. GAAP, with respect to the consolidated statements of loss for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001 would be as follows:

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The adjustments to comply with U.S. GAAP, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 would be as follows:

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The adjustments to comply with U.S. GAAP, with respect to the consolidated statements of cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001 would have no material effect on net cash provided by / (used in) operations, cash used in investing activities and cash provided by / (used in) financing activities.



(a)

Under U.S. GAAP, unrealized gains and losses on investments held for re-sale are required to be shown separately in the derivation of comprehensive income.  After the investment is sold, the related gain and loss amounts in comprehensive income are reclassified to the statement of loss.

(b)

The Company has purchased gold put options (Note 13), as required by the Jerritt Canyon term loan to establish a minimum price which the Company would receive for a significant portion of its gold production during the amortization period of the term loan.  These contracts do not qualify as designated hedges under FAS 133 and FAS 137, accordingly for U.S. GAAP, changes in the fair value of the outstanding puts are recognized as a component of net loss.

Under U.S. GAAP, stock-based compensation is accounted for based on a fair value methodology, and the effects may either be disclosed in the notes to the consolidated financial statements or in the statement of operations.  The method is comparable to Canadian GAAP adopted in 2002.  However, as a result of Canadian GAAP not requiring retroactive application, details of the fair value of options granted and vested during 2001 must be disclosed for United States regulatory purposes. Consistent with the method described in SFAS No. 148, the Company would have recorded compensation stock option expense and resulting net losses as follows:

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In preparing these fair value estimates, the Company used the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model, for 2003 and 2002, the Company assumed a risk-free rate of 4.0%, expected volatility of 50%, expected option life of two years, and no dividend payments.  The 2001 assumptions were: risk-free rate of 4.0%, expected volatility of 75%, expected option life of two years, and no dividend payments.

Effective January 1, 2004, the Company is adopting the amended Canadian accounting standard for stock-based compensation, which will require the use of the fair value method to measure and recognize in the accounts on a retroactive basis all stock-based compensation associated with stock options granted from January 1, 2002.

For purposes of the reconciliation to U.S. GAAP, the Company plans to adopt SFAS No. 148, which is similar to the new amended Canadian standards, in fiscal 2004.  Accordingly, adoption of these new Canadian and U.S. standards is not expected to result in a significant difference.

23.   Commitments

The Company has obligations under operating leases for its corporate offices and office equipment.  Future minimum lease payments for non-cancelable leases with initial or remaining lease terms in excess of one year at December 31, 2003 are: 2004 - $135,000, 2005 through 2008 - $148,000 per year.

A net smelter return royalty on the Jerritt Canyon Mine production, based on a sliding scale ranging from 2% to 4% at gold prices above $320 per ounce, is payable to the Sellers commencing on the earlier of the repayment of the term loan, including any restructuring or refinancing thereof, or June 30, 2005.  The royalty is capped at an aggregate of $4.0 million, at which time the royalty will convert to a 1% net profits interest royalty, payable only to AngloGold.

24.   Retirement plans

Upon completion of the Jerritt Canyon acquisition (Note 3), the Company assumed sponsorship, from the prior owners of the Jerritt Canyon Mine, of a qualified tax-deferred savings plan in accordance with the provisions of Section 401(k) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, which is available to permanent U.S. employees. The Corporation makes contributions of up to 7.5% of eligible employees' salaries. The Company's 2003 contributions since June 30, 2003, the date of assumption, were $602,702. The Company had no similar retirement plan prior to June 30, 2003.

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On February 2, 2004, the sale of Pangea and all related assets to NPG was completed at which time the Company received from NPG $4.0 million in cash, 2,000,000 common shares of NPG and a $3.0 million note payable on August 2, 2004, secured by a general security agreement over all of NPG's assets (Note 7).

On February 3, 2004, the term loan to fund the acquisition of the Jerritt Canyon Mine was reduced by a approximately $4.0 million, to approximately $6.0 million, as the cash proceeds received at the close of the sale of Pangea and all related assets to NPG were applied to the term loan (Note 11).

On March 26, 2004, the Company received a conditional commitment for a term loan facility of $10 million with Standard Bank London Limited. The loan will be used to refinance the current $6 million term loan (Note 11), and to repay the approximately $1 million Oxygen plant note (Note 13); and approximately $3 million of the facility will be used to guarantee the payment of the deferred gold put option premiums currently guaranteed by current term loan lender, Amaranth (Note 5). The loan remains subject to a number of conditions including completion of definitive documentation and will be subject to standard industry covenants for a loan of this size. It will be secured by the assets of Queenstake Resources U.S.A. Inc., the Company's wholly owned subsidiary that owns the Jerritt Canyon Mine, together with a restricted cash deposit of $1.4 million. The Company will guarantee the facility and provide as additional security an assignment of the 2,000,000 common shares of NPG and the $3.0 million note from NPG received as consideration for the sale to NPG of Pangea and all its assets including the Magistral mine (Note 7). The interest rate will be LIBOR plus 4.5%, a currently effective rate of approximately 6.0%.  The amortization period expires June 30, 2005, with minimum quarterly principal payments of approximately $1.4 million and additional quarterly payments equal to 50% of Queenstake Resources U.S.A. Inc.'s cash available after debt service.

Subsequent to December 31, 2003, 6.6 million warrants have been exercised for total proceeds of $1.2 million (Note 15).

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SIGNATURES







The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this annual report on its behalf.





QUEENSTAKE RESOURCES LTD.

Registrant







By:

/s/ Christopher J. Davie

Name:

Christopher J. Davie

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer







Date:

June
29 , 2004

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Table of Exhibits

*1.1

Certificate of Continuance of Queenstake Resources Ltd. to the Yukon dated June 24, 1999 as set out in the attached Articles of Continuance, under section 190 of the Business Corporations Act (Yukon)

*1.2

Certificate of Arrangement of Queenstake Resources Ltd., Santa Cruz Gold Inc. and 18463 Yukon Inc. effective June 29, 1999

*1.3

Certificate of Amalgamation of Queenstake Resources Ltd. dated July 19, 1999, Articles of Amalgamation and By-laws

4.1

Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 2, 2004, among the Company, Pangea Resources Inc. and Nevada Pacific Gold Ltd.



4.2

Credit Agreement, dated as of July 3, 2003, between Queenstake Resources U.S.A. Inc., as Borrower, and Amaranth LLC as Lender



4.3

Asset Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2003, by and among AngloGold Meridian Jerritt Canyon Joint Venture, AngloGold
(Jerritt Canyon) Corp., AngloGold Mineral Ventures Company and Meridian Jerritt Canyon Corp., as Sellers, Queenstake Resources U.S.A. Inc. as Buyer, and the Company, as Guarantor



4.4

Amended and Restated Promissory Note, dated June 30, 2003, in the principal amount of US $2,000,000. made by Queenstake Resources U.S.A. Inc. in favor of AngloGold (Jerritt Canyon) Corp.

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List of Subsidiaries

12.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended

12.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended

13.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18
U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

13.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18
U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002



*

Incorporated by reference to the exhibits to the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 1999, as filed with the Commission.





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