Filed #C-11759-04                                                 Page 1 Ex 3(i)
APR 30 2004
IN THE OFFICE OF
Dean Heller
DEAN HELLER SECRETARY OF STATE

                            ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                              ARMITAGE MINING CORP.


FIRST. The name of the corporation is ARMITAGE MINING CORP.

SECOND.  The  registered  office  of the  corporation  in the State of Nevada is
located at 4145 Hackamore  Drive,  Reno,  Nevada,  89509.  The  corporation  may
maintain an office, or offices,  in such other place within or without the State
of Nevada as may be from time to time  designated  by the Board of  Directors or
the By-Laws of the  corporation.  The  corporation  may conduct all  corporation
business  of every kind and nature  outside  the State of Nevada as well as with
the State of Nevada.

THIRD.  The  objects for which this  corporation  is formed are to engage in any
lawful activity.

FOURTH.  The total number of common stock  authorized  that may be issued by the
corporation is seventy five million  (75,000,000)  shares of common stock with a
par value of one  tenth of one cent  ($0.001)  per  share and no other  class of
stock shall be authorized.  The corporation may from time issued said shares for
such considerations as the Board of Directors may fix.

FIFTH. The governing board of the corporation  shall be known as directors,  and
the number of directors  may from time to time be increased or decreased in such
manner as shall be provided by the By-Laws of this  corporation,  providing that
the number of  directors  shall not be reduced to fewer than one (1).  The first
Board of  Directors  shall be three (3) in number  and the name and post  office
address of these Directors are:

Name:      Laurie Stephenson
Address:   675 West Hastings Street, Suite 200
           Vancouver, British Columbia
           Canada V6B 1N2

SIXTH.  The  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,   after  the  amount  of  the
subscription  price or par  value,  has been paid in,  shall not be  subject  to
assessment to pay the debts of the corporation.

SEVENTH.  The name and post  office  address  of the  Incorporator  signing  the
Articles of Incorporation is as follows:

Name:      Leah Finke
Address:   4145 Hackamore Drive
           Reno, Nevada 89509

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EIGHTH. The Resident Agent for this corporation shall be Leah Finke. The address
of  the  Resident  Agent  and  the  registered  or  statutory  address  of  this
corporation in the State of Nevada shall be: 4145 Hackamore Drive, Reno, Nevada,
89509.

NINTH. The corporation is to have a perpetual existence.

TENTH.   The  Board  of  Directors  shall  adopt  the  initial  By-laws  of  the
corporation. The Board of Directors shall also have the power to alter, amend or
repeal  the  By-laws,  or to adopt  new  By-laws,  except  as  otherwise  may be
specifically provided in the By-laws.

ELEVEN.  No Director or Officer of the corporation shall be personally liable to
the corporation or any of its  stockholders  for damages for breach of fiduciary
duty as a Director or Officer;  provided,  however, that the foregoing provision
shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a Director or Officer for (i) acts
or omissions which involve intentional misconduct,  fraud or a knowing violation
of law; or (ii) the payment of dividends  in violation of Section  78.300 of the
Nevada  Revised  Statutes.  Any repeal or  modification  of this  Article by the
Stockholders  of this  corporation  shall be  prospective  only,  and  shall not
adversely  affect any  limitation  on the  personal  liability  of a Director or
Officer  of the  corporation  for  acts or  omissions  prior to such  repeal  or
modification.

TWELVETH.  The corporation  reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal
any provision  contained in the Articles of Incorporation,  in the manner now or
hereafter  prescribed by statute,  or by the Articles of Incorporation,  and all
rights  conferred  upon the  Stockholders  herein  are  granted  subject to this
reservation.

I, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinbefore named for the purpose of
forming a corporation  pursuant to the General  Corporation  Law of the State of
Nevada, do make and file these Articles of  Incorporation,  hereby declaring and
certifying the facts herein stated are true, and  accordingly  have hereunto set
my hand this April 30, 2004.


                                    /s/ Leah Finke
                                    -------------------------
                                    Leah Finke
                                    Incorporator



                                                                 STATE OF NEVADA
                                                              Secretary of State
                                        I hereby certify that this is a true and
                                        complete copy of the document as filed
                                        in this office.
                                                                     MAY 03 2004
                                                                     Dean Heller
                                                                     Dean Heller
                                                                           By CC