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|                                                                          | DEAN HELLER 
        Secretary of State204 North Carson Street, Suite 1 
        Carson City, Nevada 89701-4299 
        (775) 684 5708 
        Website: secretaryofstate.biz |                   | Entity #**C635-1999**
        Document Number:**20050220933-66**
        Date Filed:
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|                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                |                   | **6/9/2005 10:00:21 AM**                                                            
|                                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                |                   | In the office of                                                                    
|**Certificate
      of Amendment****(PURSUANT TO NRS 78.385 and 78.390)** |                                                                                                                                                                                | /s/ *Dean Heller*
|                                                                          | Dean Heller                                                                                                                                                                   
|                                                                          | Secretary of State                                                                                                                                                            

|Important: Read attached
      instructions before completing form. | ABOVE SPACE IS FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
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Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation
  
  For Nevada Profit Corporations(Pursuant to NRS 78.385 and 78.390 - After Issuance of Stock)

1. Nameof corporation:

PHAGE GENOMICS, INC.

2. The articles have been amended as follows (provide article numbers, if available):

Article 1 - Name of Corporation:

SEARCHLIGHT MINERALS CORP.

3. The vote by which the stockholders holding shares in the corporation entitling them to exercise at least a majority of the voting power, or such greater proportion of the voting power as may be required in the case of a vote by classes or series,
or as may be required by the provisions of the * articles of incorporation have voted in favor of the amendment is: 13,850,002 (72.3%)

|4. Effective date of filing (optional): | June 23, 2005                                                  
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|                                        | (must not be later than 90 days after the certificate is filed)

|5. Officer Signature (required): | /s/
      *K. Ian Matheson*
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*If any proposed amendment would alter or change any preference
  or any relative or other right given to any class or series of outstanding shares,
  then the amendment must be approved by the vote, in addition to the affirmative
  vote otherwise required, of the holders of shares representing a majority of
  the voting power of each class or series affected by the amendment regardless
  of limitations or restrictions on the voting power thereof.

IMPORTANT:Failure to include any of the above information and submit the proper fees may cause this filing to be rejected.

|This form must be accompanied
      by appropriate fees. See attached fee schedule. | Nevada Secretary of State AM 78.385 Amend 2003
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