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|  EXECUTIVE   EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT (the "Agreement") dated  effective as of January 1, 2016 (the "Effective Date") |
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|  | (i) | Indemnity including defraying of Expenses in any Proceedings which the Executive or any heirs or other personal representatives of the Executive may be joined by reason of being or having been an officer or director of the Corporation or of an affiliate of the Corporation."Proceedings" shall include any legal proceeding or investigative action or proceeding whether  current, threatened, pending or completed. "Indemnity" shall include indemnity for any judgement, penalty or fine awarded or imposed in, and amount paid in settlement of, a Proceeding.   "Expenses" shall include costs, charges and expenses, including legal and other fees; |
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|  | (ii) | participation in any health or other benefit plans that the Corporation now or hereafter may acquire and maintain that is comparable to those provided by the Corporation to other senior executives of the Corporation and the right to participate in any share option plan, compensation, share purchase plan, retirement or other similar plan offered by the Corporation from time to time to its senior executives and to the extent authorized by the board of directors of the Corporation; and |
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|  | (iii) | reimbursement  for  all  expenses  reasonably  incurred  by the Executive, including entertainment, travel and other expenses incidental to the performance by the Executive of duties pursuant to the  provisions of this Agreement subject always to the  Executive providing to the Corporation documentation authenticating such expenses as may from time to time be reasonably required by the Corporation. |
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|  | (a) | devote reasonable time, attention and best efforts during normal business hours to the business and affairs of the Corporation; and |
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|  | (b) | perform those duties that may reasonably be assigned to the Executive diligently, faithfully and to the best of the Executive's abilities and in the best interests of the Corporation; without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Executive shall assume the responsibilities and duties  described in Schedule "A". |
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|  | (a) | voluntary, upon at least three (3) months prior written notice of termination by the Executive to the Corporation; or |
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|  | (b) | without Cause, as hereinafter defined in Section 9, upon at least three (3) months prior written notice of termination by the Corporation to the Executive; or |
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|  | (a) | the repeated and demonstrated failure by the Executive to perform the Executive's material duties under this Agreement, after demand for substantial performance is delivered by the Corporation to the Executive that specifically identifies the manner in which the Corporation believes the Executive has not substantially performed the Executive's duties under this Agreement; or |
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|  | (b) | the willful engagement by the Executive in misconduct which is materially injurious to the Corporation, monetarily or otherwise; or |
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|  | (c) | any other willful violation by the Executive of the provisions of this  Agreement; or |
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|  | (d) | the  Executive is convicted of a criminal offence involving fraud or dishonesty. |
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|  | (a) | For purposes of this Agreement, a Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred if: |
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|  | (i) | any person or any person and such person's associates or affiliates, as such terms are defined in the Securities Act (British Columbia) (the "Act"), makes a tender, take-over or exchange offer, circulates a proxy to shareholders or takes other steps to effect a takeover of the control of the Corporation, whether by way of a reverse take- over, take over bid, causing  the election or appointment of a majority of directors of the Corporation or otherwise in any manner whatsoever; or |
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|  | (ii) | during  any period of eighteen (18) consecutive months (not including any period prior to the Effective Date), individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board of Directors and any new directors, whose appointment by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Corporation's shareholders was approved by a vote of at least three quarters (3/4) of the Board of Directors then still in  office who either were directors at the beginning of the  period or whose appointment or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors; or |
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|  | (iii) | the acquisition by any person or by any person and such person's affiliates or associates, as such terms are defined in the Act, and whether directly or indirectly, of common shares of the Corporation at the time held by such person and such person's affiliates and associates, totals for the first time, twenty percent (20%) or more of the outstanding common shares of the Corporation. |
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|  | (b) | Notwithstanding  any  other  provisions  in  this  Agreement  regarding termination, if any of the events described above constituting a Change in Control shall have occurred during the Term or an Extended Term, upon the termination of the Executive's employment (unless such termination is because  of the Executive's Death or Disability, by the Corporation for Cause or by the Executive other than for "Good Reason", as defined below) the Executive shall be entitled to and will receive no later than the fifteenth (15th) day following the date of termination a lump sum severance payment equal to three (3)  times the Executive's then current Base Salary. In addition, all benefits then applicable to the Executive shall be continued for a period of eighteen (18) months after the date of termination. |
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|  | (c) | For purposes of this Agreement, "Good Reason" shall mean, without the Executive's express written consent, any of the following: |
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|  | (i) | the assignment to the Executive of any duties inconsistent with the status or authority of the Executive's office, or the Executive's removal from such position, or a substantial alteration in the nature or status of the Executive's authorities or responsibilities from those in  effect immediately prior to the Change in Control; |
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|  | (ii) | a reduction by the Corporation in the Executive's Base Salary as in effect on the date hereof or as the same may have been increased from time to time, or a failure by the Corporation to  increase the Executive's Base Salary as provided for herein or at a rate commensurate with that of other key executives of the Corporation; |
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|  | (iii) | the relocation of the office of the Corporation where the Executive is employed at the time of the Change in Control (the "CIC Location") to a location more than fifty (50) miles away from the CIC Location, or the Corporation's requiring the Executive to be based more than fifty (50) miles away from the CIC Location (except for requiring travel on the Corporation's business to an extent substantially consistent with the Executive's business travel obligations prior to  the Change in Control); |
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|  | (iv) | the failure by the Corporation to continue to provide the  Executive with benefits at least as favourable as those enjoyed by the Executive prior to the Change in Control, the taking of any action by the Corporation which would directly or indirectly materially reduce any of such benefits or deprive the Executive of any material fringe benefit enjoyed by the Executive at the time of the Change in Control, or the failure by the Corporation to provide the Executive with the number of entitled vacation days as provided in Section 5 hereof; or |
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|  | (v) | the failure of the Corporation to obtain a satisfactory agreement from any successor to assume and agree to perform this Agreement or, if the business of the Corporation for which the Executive's services are principally performed is sold within two (2) years after a Change in Control, the purchaser of such business shall fail to agree to provide the Executive with the same or a comparable position, duties, salary and benefits as provided to the Executive by the Corporation immediately prior to the Change in Control. |
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|  | (d) | In the event the Executive is entitled to a severance payment under this Agreement, then in addition to such severance payment, the Executive shall be entitled to employment search assistance to secure other comparable employment for a period not  to exceed one (1) year or until such comparable employment is found, whichever is the sooner, with fees for such assistance to be paid by the Corporation. |
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|  | (a) | Any notice, direction or other instrument required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing  and shall be delivered either by personal delivery or registered mail and addressed; |
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|  | (b) | Any such notice, direction or other instrument will be deemed to have been given and received, if personally delivered, on the day it was delivered, and if by registered mail, on the third business day following the date of mailing, except in the event of disruption of the postal service in which event notice will be deemed to have been received only when actually received. |
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|   | **Witness   **                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | **Duane Poliquin**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |

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|  | 4. | Supervise the  Corporation's  computer system  including the  selection   and negotiation of equipment purchase or leasing of equipment, and the maintenance and operation of the Corporation's filing and technical record keeping. |
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