UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549



FORM 20-F



__   REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



OR



_XANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE

ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004.



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:  0-31218



Candente Resource Corp.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)



Canada

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)



#200  905 West Pender Street Vancouver B.C. V6C 1L6

(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



N/A                                  N/A



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



Common Stock, No Par Value

(Title of Class)



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



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

36,268,954



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.   _X_  Yes     ___  No



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

_X_ Item 17    ___ Item 18



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Index to Exhibits on Page 115

CANDENTE RESOURCE CORP.

Form 20-F Annual Report



Table of Contents



|          | Part I                                                                       | Page
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|Item 1.   | Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisors                        | 7   
|Item 2.   | Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable                                      | 7   
|Item 3.   | Key Information                                                              | 8   
|Item 4.   | Information on the Company                                                   | 14  
|Item 5.   | Operating and Financial Review and Prospects                                 | 80  
|Item 6.   | Directors, Senior Management and Employees                                   | 85  
|Item 7.   | Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions                            | 90  
|Item 8.   | Financial Information                                                        | 92  
|Item 9.   | The Offer and Listing                                                        | 92  
|Item 10.  | Additional Information                                                       | 97  
|Item 11.  | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk                   | 111 
|Item 12.  | Description of Other Securities Other Than Equity Securities                 | 112 
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|          | PART II                                                                      |     
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|Item 13.  | Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies                              | 112 
|Item 14.  | Material Modifications to the Rights of Security
Holders and Use of Proceeds | 112 
|Item 15.  | Controls and Procedures                                                      | 112 
|Item 16.  | Reserved                                                                     | 112 
|Item 16A. | Audit Committee Financial Expert                                             | 112 
|Item 16B. | Code of Ethics                                                               | 113 
|Item 16C. | Principal Accountant Fees and Services                                       | 113 
|Item 16D. | Exemptions from Listing Standards for Audit
Committees                       | 113 
|Item 16E. | Purchase of Equity Securities by the Issuer and
Affiliated Purchasers        | 113 
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|          | Part III                                                                     |     
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|Item 17.  | Financial Statements                                                         | 114 
|Item 18.  | Financial Statements                                                         | 114 
|Item 19.  | Exhibits                                                                     | 114 















Glossary of Terms



Alteration any change in the mineral composition of a rock brought about by physical or chemical means.



Andesite - A dark-colored, fine-grained extrusive rock that, when porphyritic, contains phenocrysts composed primarily of zoned sodic plagioclase and one or more of the mafic minerals.



Anomaly - Any difference from the normal background which may indicate the presence of mineralization in the underlying bedrock.



Argillic - Pertaining to clay or clay minerals; Argillic Alteration is when certain minerals of a rock are converted to minerals of the clay group.



Arsenopyrite - the most common arsenic mineral and principal ore of arsenic; occurs in many sulfide ore deposits, particularly those containing lead, silver, and gold.



Assaying- laboratory examination that determines the content or proportion of a specific metal (ie:silver) contained within a sample.  Technique usually involves firing/smelting.



Breccia - A rock in which angular fragments are surrounded by a mass of fine-grained minerals.



Caldera - A large, basin-shaped volcanic depression, more or less circular, the diameter of which is many times greater than that of the included vent or vents.



Chalcocite One of the most important ore minerals for copper; it is easily leachable.



Chalcopyrite - A sulphide mineral of copper and iron.



Clastic - Fragments of minerals and rocks that have been moved individually from their places of origin.



Dacite - A fine-grained extrusive rock with the same general composition as andesite, but having with more quartz.



Diamond Drilling  a type of rotary drilling in which diamond bits are used as the rock-cutting tool to produce a recoverable drill core sample of rock for observation and analysis.



Diorite - An intrusive igneous rock.



Disseminated  where minerals occur as scattered particles in the rock.



Enrichment - A mineral deposition process in which near-surface oxidation produces acidic solutions that leach metals, carry them downward, and reprecipitate them, thus enriching sulfide minerals already present.



Epithermal  low temperature hydrothermal process or product.



Fault  a fracture or break in rock along which there has been movement.



Feldspar - A group of crystalline minerals consisting of aluminum silicates and other elements

that include microcline, orthoclase, plagioclase and others. Constituting 60% of the Earth's crust, feldspar occurs in all rock types and decomposes to form much of the clay in soil



Felsic an adjective describing an igneous rock having mostly light colored minerals and rich in silica, potassium and sodium.



Gabbro  a coarse-grained, crystalline, dark igneous rock.



Galena - Lead sulphide, the most common ore mineral of lead.



Geochemistry - The study of the chemical properties of rocks.



Geological Modeling  The study of the properties of the geology of a specific property or mineral deposit. The model may be descriptive, using known attributes, or theoretical, designed to explain a possible concept which can then be tested by exploration methods.



Geophysical Survey - A scientific method of prospecting that measures the physical properties of rock formations. Common properties investigated include magnetism, specific gravity, electrical conductivity and radioactivity.



Granite - any holocrystalline, quartz-bearing plutonic rock.



Granitic - Pertaining to or composed of granite.



Granodioritic - A group of coarse-grained plutonic rocks intermediate in composition between quartz diorite and quartz monzonite, containing quartz, plagioclase and potassium feldspar.



Grid - A network composed of two sets of uniformly spaced parallel lines, usually intersecting at right angles and forming squares, superimposed on a map, chart, or aerial photograph, to permit identification of ground locations by means of a system of coordinates and to facilitate computation of direction and distance.



Hydrothermal  the products or the actions of heated waters in a rock mass such as a mineral deposit precipitating from a hot solution.



Igneous a primary type of rock formed by the cooling of molten material.



Ignimbrite - The rock formed by the widespread deposition and consolidation of ash flows.



Induced Polarization (IP) - A method of ground geophysical surveying employing an electrical current to determine indications of mineralization.



Intrusion; Intrusive molten rock that is intruded (injected) into spaces that are created by a combination of melting and displacement.



Leaching - The extraction of soluble metals or salts from an ore by means of slowly percolating solutions, such as the separation of gold by treatment with a cyanide solution. If an ore is amenable to leaching, it is considered leachable



Line Cutting  Clearing straight lines through the bush to permit sightings for geophysical and other surveys.



Logging - The process of recording geological observations of drill core either on paper or into a computer.



Mafic - Igneous rocks composed mostly of dark, iron-and magnesium-rich minerals.



Magnetite - Black, magnetic iron ore; an iron oxide.



Manto - A flat-lying, bedded deposit; either a sedimentary bed or a replacement strata-bound orebody.



Mineralization  The later introduction of minerals, which may have an economic value.



Mesothermal a hydrothermal mineral deposit formed at considerable depth and in the temperature range of 200 to 300 degrees C (Celsius).



Metallurgical Tests- are scientific examinations of rock/material to determine the optimum extraction of metal contained.  Core samples from diamond drill holes are used as representative samples of the mineralization for this test work.



Mineral a naturally formed chemical element or compound having a definitive chemical composition and, usually a characteristic crystal form.



Mineralization a natural concentration in rocks or soil of one or more metalliferous minerals.



Muscovite  A rock of the mica group that is a common rock-forming mineral in silicic plutonic rocks. It is also a hydrothermal and weathering product of feldspar.



Mylonite - A compact rock without cleavage, but with a streaky or banded structure, produced by the extreme granulation and shearing of rocks that have been pulverized and rolled during overthrusting or intense dynamic metamorphism.



Net Smelter Return Royalty/ NSR Royalty A phrase used to describe a royalty payment made by a producer of metals based on gross metal production from the property, less deduction of certain limited costs including smelting, refining, transportation and insurance costs.



Outcrop - The part of a rock formation that appears at the surface of the ground.



Plagioclase: Any of a group of feldspars containing a mixture of sodium and calcium feldspars.



Porphyry - Any igneous rock in which relatively large crystals, are set in a fine-grained groundmass.



Porphyry copper-gold - A deposit of disseminated copper and/or gold minerals in or around a large body of intrusive rock.



Pyrite- an iron sulphide mineral (FeS2), the most common naturally occurring sulphide mineral.



Quartz  crystalline silica; often forming veins in fractures and faults within older rocks.



Replacement -Change in composition of a mineral or mineral aggregate, presumably accomplished by mineral solutions taking the place of some other, different substance



Resource  a concentration of mineral material in such form and amount that economic extraction of a commodity from the concentration is currently or potentially feasible.  Locations, grade, quality or quantity are estimated from specific geologic evidence.



Schist - A foliated metamorphic rock the grains of which have a roughly parallel arrangement; generally developed by shearing.



Scree  loose rocks or fragments of rock, usually piled against a hillside or slope.



Sedimentary rocks - Secondary rocks formed from material derived from other rocks and laid down under water. Examples are limestone, shale and sandstone.



Sediments -Solid fragmental material that originates from weathering of rocks and is transported or deposited by air, water, or ice, or that accumulates by other natural agents, such as chemical precipitation from solution or secretion by organisms, and that forms in layers on the Earth's surface at ordinary temperatures in a loose, unconsolidated form; e.g., sand, gravel, silt, mud, alluvium.



Shale - Sedimentary rock formed by the consolidation of mud or silt.



Showing - Surface occurrence of mineral.



Silicification  the in situ alteration of a rock, which involves an increase in the proportion of silica minerals.



Siltstone - An indurated silt having the texture and composition of shale but lacking its fine lamination or fissility; a massive mudstone in which the silt predominates over clay.



Staking The term for acquiring a previously unclaimed mining claim by going onto the land and driving metal stakes along the boundary of the proposed claim before registering the claim with governmental authorities.



Stibnite  a sulphide of antimony, the mineral may also contain gold and silver.



Stockwork - A mineral deposit consisting of a three-dimensional network of planar to irregular veinlets closely enough spaced that the whole mass can potentially be mined.



Thrust - An overriding movement of one crustal unit over another. A Thrust Belt is a region where thrusting has occurred.



Trenching - the process of exploration by which till is removed from a trench cut from the earths surface.



Tuff -A general term for all consolidated pyroclastic rocks.



Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)  A method of mapping the earths surface using 1000 meter grid lines that divide the earth into even grids.



Vein a thin, sheet-like, crosscutting body of hydrothermal mineralization, principally quartz.



Vigencia Fee - The annual fee levied by the Peruvian Government on mining claims. Currently, the Fee is US$3.00 per claim.



Volcanics those originally molten rocks, generally fine grained, that have reached or nearly reached the Earths surface before solidifying.



Vug - A small cavity in a rock, usually lined with crystals of a different mineral composition than the enclosing rock.



Part I

Item 1.  Identity of Officers and Directors



Table No. 1

Company Directors and Officers



|Name                               | Position                                        | Business Address                                               
|---------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------
|Joanne Constance Freeze            | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director | 200-905 West Pender Street
Vancouver, B.C.
Canada V6C 1L6      
|                                   |                                                 |                                                                
|Ing. Fredy Jose Huanqui Guerra     | VP Exploration Latin America
and Director       | Calle Teruel 186
Miraflores
Lima 18, Peru                      
|                                   |                                                 |                                                                
|Peter Johan Adrian de Visser, C.A. | Chief Financial Officer and Director            | Suite 401-905 West Pender Street
Vancouver, B.C.
Canada V6C 1L6
|                                   |                                                 |                                                                
|Larry Kornze                       | Director of Business Development
and Director   | 290 S. Cooksom Place
Eagle, Idaho
U.S.A. 83616                 
|                                   |                                                 |                                                                
|Michael Casselman, P. Geo          | General Manager Exploration and Director        | 200-905 West Pender Street
Vancouver, B.C.
Canada V6C 1L6      
|                                   |                                                 |                                                                
|James Alexander Currie             | Director                                        | 2077 Essex Drive
Abbotsford, B.C.
Canada V2S 7R8               
|                                   |                                                 |                                                                
|Peter Megaw                        | Director                                        | 5800 N. Camino Escalante
Tucson, Arizona
U.S.A.  85718         
|                                   |                                                 |                                                                
|Maria Eugenia Montagne             | Corporate Secretary/Treasurer                   | 200-905 West Pender Street
Vancouver, B.C.
Canada V6C 1L6      



The Companys auditor from inception to 2003 had been Beauchamp and Company, Chartered Accountants, #205  788 Beatty Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B 2M1.  The Companys current auditor is Staley, Okada & Partners, Chartered Accountants, 3rd Floor, 10190 152 A St., Surrey, British Columbia, V3R 1J7.



The Companys legal advisor is Boughton Peterson Yang Anderson Law Corporation (Boughton Law Corporation as of April 1, 2005), Suite 1000, 595 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V7X 1S8.



Item 2.  Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable



Not Applicable



Item 3.  Key Information



SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA



The selected financial data of the Company for Fiscal 2004, 2003, and 2002, was derived from the financial statements of the Company which were audited by Staley, Okada & Partners, Chartered Accountants in 2004 and by Beauchamp & Company, Chartered Accountants in 2003 and 2002, independent auditors, as indicated in their report which is included elsewhere in this Annual Report.



The information in Table No. 2 was extracted from the more detailed financial statements and related notes included herein and should be read in conjunction with such financial statements and with the information appearing under the heading ITEM 9, MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.



Reference is made to Note 10 of the financial statements of the Company included herein for a discussion of the differences, in the case of the Company, between Canadian GAAP and US GAAP, and their effect on the Companys financial statements.



To date, the Company has not generated sufficient cash flow from operations to fund ongoing operational requirements and cash commitments.  The Company has financed its operations principally through the sale of its equity securities.  While the Company believes it has sufficient capital and liquidity to finance current operations, nevertheless, its ability to continue operations is dependent on the ability of the Company to obtain additional financing.  Refer to ITEM 1, PLAN OF OPERATIONS and see ITEM 9, MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.



Table No. 2 is derived from the financial statements of the Company, which have been prepared in accordance with Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), the application of which, in the case of the Company, conforms in all material respects for the periods presented with US GAAP, except as disclosed in footnotes to the financial statements.



Table No. 2

Selected Financial Data

(US$ in 000, except per share data)



|                                  | Year Ended
12/31/04 | Year Ended
12/31/03 | Year Ended
12/31/02 | Year Ended
12/31/01 | Year Ended 12/31/00
|--------------------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------- | -------------------
|                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                    
|Interest Income                   | $51                 | $26                 | $11                 | $0.8                | $8.1               
|Net Income(Loss)Cdn. GAAP         | ($1,557)            | ($1,601)            | ($437)              | ($448)              | ($160.7)           
|Earnings(Loss) Per Share Cdn GAAP | ($0.04)             | ($0.06)             | ($0.02)             | ($0.05)             | ($0.03)            
|                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                    
|Net Income(Loss)US GAAP           | ($3,650)            | ($2,528)            | ($1,715)            | ($503)              | ($420.2)           
|Earnings (Loss) Per Share US GAAP | ($0.10)             | ($0.09)             | ($0.10)             | ($0.07)             | ($0.08)            
|                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                    
|Dividends Per Share Cdn GAAP      | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                  
|Dividends Per Share US GAAP       | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                   | 0                  
|Wtd.Avg.No.Shares US GAAP         | 35,764              | 27,638              | 16,831              | 7,678               | 5,427              
|Wtd.Avg.No.Shares Cdn GAAP        | 35,764              | 28,013              | 17,581              | 9,210               | 6,177              
|                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                    
|Working Capital                   | $823                | $3,755              | $677                | $267                | $89.8              
|Mineral Properties  Cdn GAAP      | $4,978              | $3,108              | $2,180              | $902                | $848               
|Mineral Properties US GAAP        | $0                  | $0                  | $0                  | $0                  | $0                 
|Long Term Debt Cdn GAAP           | $0                  | $0                  | $0                  | $0                  | $0                 
|                                  |                     |                     |                     |                     |                    
|Shareholders Equity (Cdn GAAP)   | $6,202              | $7,033              | $2,891              | $1,173              | $942.3             
|Shareholders Equity US GAAP      |                     | $3,925              | $710                | ($143)              | ($689.8)           
|Total Assets (Cdn GAAP)           | $6,622              | $7,094              | $2,984              | $$1,193             | $979.4             
|Total Assets (US GAAP)            | $1,644              | $3,986              | $803                | $290                | $131.4             



In this Annual Report, unless otherwise specified, all dollar amounts are expressed in United States Dollars.  References in this document to $ and US$ refer to US dollars, unless otherwise specified; references to CDN$ refer to Canadian dollars.



The Government of Canada permits a floating exchange rate to determine the value of the Canadian Dollar against the US Dollar (US$).



Table No. 3 sets forth the rate of exchange for the Canadian Dollar at the end of the six most recent fiscal periods ended December 31, 2004;the average rates for the periods; and the range of high and low rates for the periods.



For purposes of this table, the rate of exchange means the noon buying rate in New York City for cable transfers in foreign currencies as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.  The table sets forth the number of Canadian Dollars required under that formula to buy one US Dollar. The average rate means the average of the exchange rates on the last day of each month during the period.

Table No. 3

Canadian Dollar/US Dollar



|                    | Average | High  | Low   | Close
|------------------- | ------- | ----- | ----- | -----
|                    |         |       |       |      
|Year Ended 12/31/04 | $1.30   | $1.40 | $1.18 | $1.20
|Year Ended 12/31/03 | $1.39   | $1.58 | $1.29 | $1.29
|Year Ended 12/31/02 | $1.57   | $1.61 | $1.51 | $1.52
|Year Ended 12/31/01 | $1.55   | $1.60 | $1.49 | $1.59
|Year Ended 12/31/00 | $1.48   | $1.56 | $1.44 | $1.50
|Year Ended 12/31/99 | $1.48   | $1.53 | $1.44 | $1.44
|                    |         |       |       |      



Forward-looking Statements



This Annual Report contains forward-looking statements.  Words such as "anticipate",  "believe",  "expect",  "future", "may", "will", "should", "plan", "will likely result",  "intend",  "are expected to",  "will continue",  " is anticipated",  "estimate",  "project or projected", and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements.  Accordingly, such statements are qualified in their entirety by reference to and are accompanied by the following discussion of certain important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements. These statements are based on the Company's beliefs and the assurances made using information currently available to the Company. Because these statements reflect its current views concerning future events, these statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Actual results could differ materially from the results discussed in the forward- looking statements. Some, but not all, of the factors that may cause these differences include those discussed in the risk factors. The Company has addressed all material risks, but a reader should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. A reader should also remember that these statements are made only as of the date of this Annual Report and future events may cause them to be less likely to prove to be true.



The risks identified here are not inclusive. Furthermore, reference is also made to other sections of this Annual Report that include additional factors that could adversely impact the Company's business and financial performance. Also, the Company operates in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment.  New risk factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible for management to predict all such risk factors, not can it access the impact of all such risk factors on the Company's business or the extent to which any factor or combination of factors may cause actual results to differ significantly   from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as a prediction of actual results.





Statement of Capitalization and Indebtedness



Table No. 4

Statement of Capitalization and Indebtedness





|Designation of
Security     | Amount
Authorized           | Amount Outstanding
As of  April 21, 2005 | Amount Outstanding
As of May 20, 2005
|--------------------------- | --------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------
|                            |                             |                                          |                                      
|Common Shares, no par value | Unlimited without par value | 36,268,954                               | 43,718,954                           
|                            |                             |                                          |                                      
|Preferred Shares            | None                        | None                                     | None                                 
|                            |                             |                                          |                                      
|Common Share Options        |                             | 4,071,250 Options                        | 4,071,250  Options                   
|                            |                             |                                          |                                      
|Common Share Warrants       |                             | 2,437,500 Warrants                       | 2,437,500 Warrants                   
|                            |                             |                                          |                                      
|Long Term Debt              |                             | None                                     | None                                 



NOTE:  2,000,000 SERIES 2003C/12 WARRANTS EXERCISABLE @ $1.50 WILL EXPIRE JUNE 10, 2005



Risk Factors



Cumulative Unsuccessful Exploration Efforts By Candente Personnel Could Result In the Company Having to Cease Operations:

The expenditures to be made by Candente in the exploration of its properties as described herein may not result in discoveries of mineralized material in commercial quantities.  Most exploration projects do not result in the discovery of commercially mineable ore deposits and this occurrence could ultimately result in Candente having to cease operations.



Candente Has No Reserves on the Properties in Which It Has an Interest and If Reserves Are Not Defined the Issuer Could Have to Cease Operations:

The properties in which Candente has an interest or the concessions in which it has the right to earn an interest are in the exploratory stage only and are without a known body of ore. If Candente does not ultimately find a body of ore, it would have to cease operations.



Mineral Prices May Not Support Corporate Profit for Candente:

The resource exploration industry is intensely competitive and even if commercial quantities of mineral resources are developed (which is not guaranteed), a profitable market may not exist for the sale of same. If a profitable market does not exist, Candente could have to cease operations.



Candente Has Minimal Positive Cash Flow and No Recent History of Significant Earnings and Is Dependent Upon Public and Private Distributions of Equity to Obtain
Capital in Order to Sustain Operations. Public distributions of capital result in dilution to existing shareholders:

None of the Issuers properties have advanced to the commercial production stage and the Issuer has no history of earnings or positive cash flow from operations. The cumulative loss since the Issuers inception of the development stage to the end of the latest fiscal year, according to U.S. Gaap, is ($9,686,713). The Issuer does not know if it will ever generate material revenue from mining operations or if it will ever achieve self-sustaining commercial mining operations. Historically, the only source of funds available to the Issuer has been through the sale of its common shares. Any future additional equity financing would cause dilution to current stockholders.



Candente currently
 has
4 ,
071 ,250 share purchase options outstanding and
2 ,
437 ,500
 share purchase warrants outstanding. If all of the share purchase warrants and share purchase options were exercised, the number of common shares issued and outstanding would increase from
43,718,954 (as of
May 20 , 200
5 ) to
 50,227,704.   This represents an increase of
15 % in the number of shares issued and outstanding and would result in significant dilution to current shareholders.



The Amount of Capital Necessary to Meet All Environmental Regulations Associated with the Exploration Programs of the Issuer Could Be In An Amount Great Enough to Force Candente to Cease Operations:

The current and anticipated future operations of the Issuer, including further exploration activities require permits from various U.S. and Peruvian federal and state governmental authorities.   Such operations are subject to various laws governing land use, the protection of the environment, production, exports, taxes, labor standards, occupational health, waste disposal, toxic substances, mine safety and other matters. Unfavorable amendments to current laws, regulations and permits governing operations and activities of resource exploration companies, or more stringent implementation thereof, could have a materially adverse impact on the Issuer and cause increases in capital expenditures which could result in a cessation of operations by the Issuer.



Failure to comply with applicable laws, regulations and permitting requirements may result in enforcement actions there under, including orders issued by regulatory or judicial authorities causing operations to cease or be curtailed, and may include corrective measures requiring capital expenditures, installation of additional equipment or remedial actions. Parties engaged in resource exploration may be required to compensate those suffering loss or damage by reason of the mining activities and may have civil or criminal fines or penalties imposed for violation of applicable laws or regulations.



Large increases in capital expenditures resulting from any of the above factors could force Candente to cease operations.



Operating Hazards and Risks Associated with the Mining Industry Could Result in Candente Having to Cease Operations:

Resource exploration activities generally involve a high degree of risk.  Hazards such as unusual or unexpected formations and other conditions are involved.  Operations in which the Issuer has a direct or indirect interest will be subject to all the hazards and risks normally incidental to exploration, development and production of precious and base metals, any of which could result in work stoppages, damage to or destruction of exploration facilities, damage to life and property, environmental damage and legal liability for any or all damage.  Candente may become subject to liability for cave-ins and other hazards for which it cannot insure or against which it may elect not to insure where premium costs are disproportionate to the Issuers perception of the relevant risks.  The payment of such insurance premiums and of such liabilities would reduce the funds available for exploration activities and could force Candente to cease operations.



The Risks Associated with Penny Stock Classification Could Affect the Marketability of the Common Stock of Candente and Shareholders Could Find It Difficult to Sell Their Stock:

The Issuers stock is subject to penny stock rules as defined in 1934 Securities and Exchange Act rule 3a51-1.  The Commission has adopted rules that regulate broker-dealer practices in connection with transactions in penny stocks.  The Issuers common shares are subject to these penny stock rules. Transaction costs associated with purchases and sales of penny stocks are likely to be higher than those for other securities.  Penny stocks generally are equity securities with a price of less than U.S. $5.00 (other than securities registered on certain national securities exchanges or quoted on the NASDAQ system, provided that current price and volume information with respect to transactions in such securities is provided by the exchange or system).



The penny stock rules require a broker-dealer, prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from the rules, to deliver a standardized risk disclosure document that provides information about penny stocks and the nature and level of risks in the penny stock market.  The broker-dealer also must provide the customer with current bid and offer quotations for the penny stock, the compensation of the broker-dealer and its salesperson in the transaction, and monthly account statements showing the market value of each penny stock held in the customers account.  The bid and offer quotations, and the broker-dealer and salesperson compensation information, must be given to the customer orally or in writing prior to effecting the transaction and must be given to the customer in writing before or with the customers confirmation.



In addition, the penny stock rules require that prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from such rules, the broker-dealer must make a special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser and receive the purchasers written agreement to the transaction.  These disclosure requirements may have the effect of reducing the level of trading activity in the secondary market for the Companys common shares in the United States and shareholders may find it more difficult to sell their shares.





























































































Political Instability in Peru:



Certain of the Companys current exploration properties are located in the country of Peru. Peru has a history of some political instability and may be considered a country with potential political risk. Future government actions concerning the economy or the operations and regulations of nationally important facilities such as mines could have a significant effect on the Corporation. The Company does not have, nor does it plan to purchase, any type of political risk insurance. Additionally, these factors could pose serious potential problems associated with the Companys ability to raise additional capital which will be required to continue exploration activities.



The Company Has a Dependence on Certain Key Personnel:

The Company strongly depends on the business and technical expertise of its management and key personnel, particularly that of its President & CEO, Joanne Freeze, its VP Exploration Latin America, Ing. Fredy Jose Huanqui Guerra, and its GM Exploration, Michael Casselman.  There is little possibility that this dependence will decrease in the near term. The Company maintains no management agreement with any of its personnel, nor does the Company carry Key Man life insurance.  The loss of any of its management would have a negative effect on the Companys operations.



Dilution Through Employee/Director/Consultant Options Could Adversely Affect Candentes Stockholders

Because the success of Candente is highly dependent upon its respective employees, the Issuer has granted to some or all of its key employees, Directors and consultants options to purchase common shares as non-cash incentives.  To the extent that significant numbers of such options may be granted and exercised, the interests of the other stockholders of the Company may be diluted. There are currently
4 ,
07 1,250 share purchase options outstanding, which, if exercised, would result in an additional
4 ,
071 ,
250 common shares being issued and outstanding. (For a breakdown of dilution, refer to the risk factor entitled: Candente Has Minimal Positive Cash Flow and No Recent History of Significant Earnings and Is Dependent Upon Public and Private Distributions of Equity to Obtain Capital in Order to Sustain Operations. Public distributions of capital result in dilution to existing



U.S. Investors May Not Be Able to Enforce Their Civil Liabilities Against Us or Our Directors, Controlling Persons and Officers

It may be difficult to bring and enforce suits against Candente.  The Issuer is a corporation incorporated in the province of British Columbia under the British Columbia
Corporations Act .  A majority of the Company's directors must be residents of Canada, and all or substantial portions of their assets are located outside of the United States, predominately in Canada
 or Peru .  As a result, it may be difficult for U.S. holders of our common shares to effect service of process on these persons within the United States or to realize in the United States upon judgments rendered against them.  In addition, a shareholder should not assume that the courts of Canada (i) would enforce judgments of U.S. courts obtained in actions against us or such persons predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the U.S. federal securities laws or other laws of the United States, or (ii) would enforce, in original actions, liabilities against us or such persons predicated upon the U.S. federal securities laws or other laws of the United States.



However, U.S. laws would generally be enforced by a Canadian court provided that those laws are not contrary to Canadian public policy, are not foreign penal laws or laws that deal with taxation or the taking of property by a foreign government and provided that they are in compliance with applicable Canadian legislation regarding the limitation of actions.  Also, a Canadian court would generally recognize a judgment obtained in a U.S. Court except, for example:

a)

where the U.S. court where the judgment was rendered had no jurisdiction according to applicable Canadian law;

b)

the judgment was subject to ordinary remedy (appeal, judicial review and any other judicial proceeding which renders the judgment not final, conclusive or enforceable under the laws of the applicable state) or not final, conclusive or enforceable under the laws of the applicable state;

c)

the judgment was obtained by fraud or in any manner contrary to natural justice or rendered in contravention of fundamental principles of procedure;

d) a dispute between the same parties, based on the same subject matter has given rise to a judgment rendered in a Canadian court or has been decided in a third country and the judgment meets the necessary conditions for recognition in a Canadian court;

e)

the outcome of the judgment of the U.S. court was inconsistent with Canadian public policy;

f)

the judgment enforces obligations arising from foreign penal laws or laws that deal with taxation or the taking of property by a foreign government; or

g)

there has not been compliance with applicable Canadian law dealing with the limitation of actions.



As a "foreign private issuer, Candente is exempt from the Section 14 proxy rules and Section 16 of the 1934 Securities Act May Result in Shareholders Having Less Complete and Timely Data

The submission of proxy and annual meeting of shareholder information (prepared to Canadian standards) on Form 6-K may result in shareholders having less complete and timely data.  The exemption from Section 16 rules regarding sales of common shares by insiders may result in shareholders having less data.



Item 4.  Information on the Company



DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS



Introduction



Candente Resource Corp. (hereinafter also referred to as the "Registrant" or the "Company") is a Canadian mineral resources exploration company.  The Company currently has interests in mineral exploration properties in Peru and Newfoundland, Canada.



Presently, the Company is in the exploration stage and there is no assurance that a commercially viable ore deposit (a reserve) exists in any of its properties until further exploration work is done and a comprehensive economic evaluation based upon that work is concluded.  An independent, preliminary inferred mineral resource estimate was completed on the Cañariaco Norte zone of the Cañariaco property.  Contained metal in the resource equals 1,035 million pounds of copper and 243,000 ounces of gold. The surface expression of the preliminary resource is approximately 14 hectares, or less than 15% of the surface expression of known copper mineralization in the Norte Zone.



The Companys head office is located at #200-905 West Pender Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6C 1L6. Candentes registered and records office is located at 1000-595 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V7X 1S8. The telephone number is (604) 687-6789 and the facsimile number is (604) 683-5317. The Company also maintains a website at www.candente.com. The Companys contact person is Joanne Freeze, President.



The Company has an unlimited number of shares without par value. All shares of the Company rank equally as to voting, and there are no special preference, conversion or redemption rights attached to any of the shares of the Company.  As of 12/31/04, the end of the Companys most recent fiscal year, there were 36,212,704 shares of common stock outstanding.



The Company's common stock trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "DNT".



Corporate Background



Incorporation Data



The Company was incorporated under the laws of British Columbia, Canada on May 1, 1997. The Company conducted it Initial Public Offering in Canada only and shares of the Company began trading on the Canadian Venture Exchange (now the TSX Venture Exchange) on May 15, 2000.  On September 27, 2002, the Company continued into the federal jurisdiction of Canada under the Canada Business Corporations Act.  On November 18, 2004 the Company was listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.



The Company has five wholly owned subsidiaries:

a.

Candente Resource (BVI) Corp., incorporated in the British Virgin Islands on July 18, 1997. All of the shares are beneficially owned by the Company.

b.

Compania Minera Ono Candente S.A. (Peru), incorporated in the Republic of Peru on May 15, 1997. All of the shares are beneficially owned by the Company.

c.

Cañariaco Copper (BVI) Corp., incorporated in the British Virgin Island on August 9, 2001. All of the shares are beneficially owned by the Company.

d.

Exploraciones Milenio S.A. (Peru), incorporated in the Republic of Peru on August 18, 1999 All of the shares are indirectly owned by the Company through Candente Copper (BVI) Corp.

e.

Candente Vinland Inc., incorporated in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, on July 12, 2002.



Historical Corporate Development



Since incorporation, the Company has been involved in the exploration of natural resource properties.



The Corporation was incorporated under the laws of the Province of British Columbia on May 1, 1997 under the name of 542074 B.C. Ltd., pursuant to the Company Act of British Columbia. On June 5, 1997, the Corporation converted from a specially limited company and changed its name to Candente Resource Corp. On September 27, 2002, the Company continued under the Canadian Business Corporation Act.



Between June of 1997 and June of 1999, the Company acquired approximately 44,425 hectares of mineral claims in the Republic of Peru by direct application (staking).  During the same period the Company complete geochemical and geological surveys on several of the claims and determined that some of the claims did not warrant further work.  Certain claims (17,800 hectares) were abandoned on June 30, 1999.  On June 29, 1999 the Company entered into an agreement with Britannia Gold Corp and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Minera Britannia Gold S.A. whereby the Company acquired an option to acquire a 50% interest in the Las Sorpresas, El Tigre and Lunahuana properties.



In May 2000, the Company completed its initial public offering through the Canadian Venture Exchange. The Company sold 2,068,000 units (consisting of one common share and two transferable share purchase warrants) at Cdn$0.45 per unit for net proceeds of Cdn$780,427.



During Fiscal Year 2000, the Company staked a further 1000 hectares of mineral claims in Peru. During the year, the Company recorded mineral property acquisition costs of $29,122 and $199,547 of property exploration costs. After review of its properties, the Company wrote-off $27,355 of mineral properties.



The Corporation raised additional capital in March of 2001 through Private Placement by issuing 600,000 common shares at Cdn$0.25 per share for gross proceeds of Cdn$150,000.



In April 2001, the Corporation acquired a 100% interest in a disseminated and potentially leachable copper target for US$75,880 from Minero Peru.



In June 2001, the Company completed the private placement of 1,265,700 units consisting of one common share and one-half share purchase warrant for Cdn$0.20 per unit. The Warrants were exercisable at $0.25 until October 22, 2002. Net proceeds to the Company totaled Cdn$253,140.



During Fiscal 2001, the remaining claims underlying the Yanamay Property expired, and the Company wrote-off the remaining $90,707 in accumulated exploration costs related to the property. The Company also abandoned several other Peruvian claims it had staked and wrote-off accumulated acquisition and exploration expenses of $18,400 related to those claims.



In February 2002, the Company completed the private placement of 4,869,002 units consisting of one common share and one common share purchase warrant for Cdn$0.15 per unit. The Warrants were exercisable at Cdn$0.20 until January 31, 2003 and at Cdn$0.25 from February 1, 2003 until January 31, 2004. An additional 75,167 warrants were issued to the placement agents. Net proceeds from the placement was Cdn$730,350.



In April 2002, the Company agreed to an option to purchase the Linear Property in Newfoundland, Canada. The Company can acquire a 100% interest in the property, subject to a 2.5% NSR, by making cash payments of Cdn$171,000, issuing 300,000 common shares and spending Cdn$1,000,000 in exploration expenditures, all over five years from the agreement date.



In May 2002, the Company closed the private placement of 2,850,000 units at Cnd$0.35 per unit, with each unit consisting of one common share and one-half of a common share purchase warrant. Each full warrant was exercisable into a common share at a price of Cdn$0.44 until May 16, 2003 and at Cdn$0.49 from May 17, 2003 until May 16, 2004. 2,330,000 of the units were flow through units. The Company also issued 43,000 common shares at a deemed price of Cdn$0.34 and 25,000 warrants as a finders fee. Total proceeds to the Company were $636,490.



Also in May 2002, the Company announced the acquisition of 10 additional exploration properties, comprising 734 claims, in Newfoundland. The properties were staked on behalf of the Company by A.S.K. Prospecting, which as consideration received 200,000 common shares and a 0.75% NSR on each property, as well as additional shares of the Company depending upon the achievement of certain exploration benchmarks by the Company. An additional 6 properties, comprising a total of 612 claims, were later acquired under the same agreement.



In June 2002, the Company entered into an agreement with Hecla Mining regarding the Alto Dorado property in Peru. The Company earned a 100% interest in the property, subject to a 2.5% NSR, by applying for and funding all related exploration and development fees and issuing 100,000 common shares to Hecla.  The Transfer of Rights agreement was signed in July 2003.



In June 2002, the Company entered into an option to purchase a 100% interest in the Eastern Pond Property in Newfoundland. The Company could earn a 100% interest, subject to a 2.5% NSR, by making cash payments totaling Cdn$139,240, issuing a total of 228,000 common shares and making Cdn$756,600 in exploration expenditures, all over a five year period.  Due to the results not warranting further work, the agreement has been terminated.



In July 2002, the Company reached an agreement with Cornerstone Resources to acquire interests in two properties in Newfoundland. The Company could earn an initial 51% interest in the Island Pond property by paying Cornerstone Cdn$115,000 in cash, issuing 115,000 shares and spending $1,500,000 on exploration, all over 4 years. The Company could increase its interest in the property to 61% by funding a bankable feasibility study and to 75% by arranging mine financing. For the Pauls Pond property, the Company could earn an initial 51% interest by paying Cornerstone $90,000, issuing 90,000 common shares and spending $1,000,000 on exploration, all over 4 years. The Company could increase its interest to 61% by funding a bankable feasibility study and to 75% by arranging mine financing.  Due to the results not warranting further work, the agreement has been terminated.



In August 2002, the Company completed two private placements of common shares. In the first, the Company issued 650,000 units at $0.45 per unit. Each unit consisted of one common share and one-half of a common share warrant. Each full warrant is exercisable into a common share at a price of Cdn$0.55 until August 19, 2003 and at Cdn$0.60 from August 20, 2003 until August 19, 2004. 470,000 of the units were flow-through units. The second private placement consisted of 2,000,000 common shares at a price of Cdn$0.60 per share. The company received net proceeds of $292,500 from the first placement and net proceeds of $1,200,000 from the second.



Also in October, the Company was declared the winning bidder by the Government of Peru in an auction for four claim blocks in Peru. The first two blocks are known as the Toril Zone, an area which is adjacent to, and was originally part of, the Alto Dorado property as explored by Hecla and which, under agreement, has been added to the Alto Dorado property agreement with Hecla. The Company paid the Peruvian Government US$50,227 for a 100% interest, subject to the agreement with Hecla, in the Toril Zone. The second two blocks (Areas C and E) are known as the Millo property in Southern Peru which the Company paid the Government of Peru $56,388 for a 100% interest. In November, the Company sold Area C to Geologix Explorations for US$28,333 and retains a 1% NSR.



In September 2002, the Company entered into an agreement to earn a 100% interest in the Jacksons Arm property, subject to a 2.5% NSR, by making cash payments of Cdn$97,360, issuing 232,000 common shares and spending $756,000 in exploration, all over 5.3 years.  Due to the results not warranting further work, the agreement has been terminated.



In December 2002, the Company entered into several agreements covering additional exploration properties in Newfoundland. The Company entered into an agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the Staghorn property (formerly known as the Flamingo and Woods Lake properties) by making cash payments of Cdn$100,920, issuing 120,000 common shares and spending Cdn$500,000 on exploration, all over 4 years. For the Weirs Pond and Radio Range properties, the Company can earn a 100% interest by making payments of Cdn$55,000, issuing 100,000 common shares and expending Cdn$200,000, for each property separately over 4.5 years. Both Weirs Pond and Radio Range are subject to a 2.5% NSR and due to the results not warranting further work, the agreements on Weirs Pond and Radio Range have been terminated.



During Fiscal Year 2002, the claims underlying the Companys Huaypian property expired and the Company wrote off the $77,288 in property acquisition and capitalized exploration costs. The Company also allowed the claims underlying the Paracas property to lapse and wrote-off the remaining $50,000 in accumulated costs.



In February 2003, the Company completed a private placement with Goldcorp by issuing 1,700,000 units at Cdn$0.60 per unit. Each unit consisted of one common share and one-half of a common stock purchase warrant, with each full warrant exercisable into one common share at a price of Cdn$0.90 until February 21, 2004 and at a price of Cdn$1.10 from February 22, 2004 until February 21, 2005. Net proceeds to the Company from the placement was Cdn$1,020,000.



In May 2003, the Company reached an agreement with Apex Silver to transfer its interest in the El Alamo property in Peru to ADC Peru LDC for a 2% NSR on all copper, lead, zinc, silver and gold produced. The Company and ADC Peru are in further discussions concerning the possible transfer of additional base metal properties held by Candente in Peru to ADC Peru.



In October 2003, the Company completed the private placement of 625,000 units at a price of Cdn$0.80 per unit for gross proceeds of Cdn$500,000. Each unit consisted of one share and one-half of a share purchase warrant, with each full warrant exercisable at a price of Cdn$1.00 per share until October 21, 2005.



In December 2003, the Company completed a private placement of 3,333,333 units at a price of Cdn$1.05 for gross proceeds of Cdn$3,500,000. Each unit consisted of one common share and one-half of a share purchase warrant, with each full warrant exercisable for a common share at a price of Cdn$1.50 per share until June 10, 2005. As agent for the placement, Octagon Capital Corporation received a 7% cash commission and options to purchase 333,334 common shares at a price of Cdn$1.05 until June 10, 2005.



In January 2004, the Company completed the private placement of 250,000 flow-through common units at a price of Cdn$1.20 for gross proceeds of Cdn$300,000. Each unit consisted of one flow-through common share and one-half of a warrant, with each full warrant exercisable for one flow-through common share at a price of Cdn$1.65 until June 30, 2005.



In March 2004, the Company entered into a partnership agreement with Goldcorp regarding the Companys properties in Newfoundland. Under the agreement, Goldcorp can earn up to a 70% interest in either (or both) the Linear and Staghorn properties by assuming all of Candentes expenditure obligations and completing bankable feasibility studies by January 2010. The agreement also granted Goldcorp a right of first offer on other properties currently held by Candente, as well as those that may be acquired in the future, in Newfoundland. The agreement is subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.



Also in March 2004, the Company entered into two option agreements with Orex Ventures, an arms-length public company traded on the TSX Venture Exchange, where Orex can earn a 51% interest in two of the Companys properties El Tigre and Las Sorpresas in Peru by incurring exploration expenditures totaling US$2.5 million over 3.5 years on each property as well as paying Candente US$15,000 cash and issuing 250,000 common shares with respect to each property by January 31, 2008. The agreements are subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.



During March 2004 Candente, thru its Peruvian subsidiary, Exploraciones Milenio S.A. was engaged in the bulk sampling of copper mineralization on the Canariaco property, in Northern Peru. Leachable copper (chalcocite) was identified in outcrop at several locations over a lateral extent of approximately 600 metres.



Mapping, prospecting, bulk sampling and geophysical surveys continued on the Canariaco property by Exploraciones Milenio S.A. and five bulk samples collected from outcrop were submitted to Kappes, Cassiday & Associatesof Reno Nevada for assay, and for leaching, metallurgical and petrographic studies.



In April 2004 a new gold-silver target was identified by mapping and rock chip sampling within Candentes Alto Dorado property. The new target identified mineralization in an extensive siliceous quartz stockwork zone.



In June 2004, Candente announced that it had entered into an option agreement to acquire the Duder Lake property located in Newfoundland.



Diamond drilling began on the Alto Dorado property in July of 2004. The drilling was carried out by Kluane Drilling located in Vancouver, B.C. Kluane Drilling used a portable drill rig that required no road building and resulted in minimal site disturbance. Eleven drill targets were delineated prior to this time by geological mapping, rock chip sampling, trenching and geophysical surveys.  Phase One of this work was completed in August 2004 with the drilling of nine holes covering 1050 meters. Results of this drilling were obtain in September 2004 and gold and copper mineralization was found in a porphyry body in the Ana-Olla zone.



Also in July 2004, Candente received approval and funding from its partner on the Staghorn property, Goldcorp Inc., to carry out a Phase I drilling program on this property in Newfoundland.



Exploration work continued throughout Fiscal 2004 at Candentes Canariaco property and in September 2004 the Company reported excellent copper recovery results from the leach testing of bulk samples and the commencement of drilling at Canariaco Norte.  In November and December 2004, Candente reported the results from the twelve drill holes at Canariaco all of which indicated copper mineralization and prompted the Company to begin preparing a preliminary resource estimate for this property.



Exploration work began on the Las Sorpresas gold property in October 2004.  This work initially consisted of ground magnetics and Induced Polarization (IP) geophysical surveys. The geophysical surveys were part of a Phase I exploration program, which Orex (Candentes partner on this property as disclosed above) is funding as part of their option to earn a 51% interest in the property from Candente. The Phase I program was planned to delineate drill targets by carrying out Mag and IP geophysical surveys, geological mapping, rock chip and soil sampling for a total estimated budget of US$250,000. Geophysical surveys and interpretations were being carried out by Quantec Geoscience of Santiago, Chile, and SJ Geophysics of Vancouver, B.C. The survey began adjacent to the Yanacocha property boundary and over previously mapped alteration zones and was expanded to cover the remainder of the property.



On November 18, 2004 the common shares of Candente began trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange.



During the first three months of Fiscal 2005, Candente continued exploration work on its properties in Newfoundland and Peru and completed an independent preliminary inferred resource estimate at Cañariaco Norte.



DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY



Corporate Offices



The Company's executive offices are located in rented premises of approximately 3,600 square feet located at 200 and 210 - 905 West Pender Street, Vancouver B.C. V6C 1L6. The lease on both offices is through to June 2005. Monthly rent and taxes for the main suite of offices is CDN$2,624.62 per month, while the additional office is CDN$2306.39 per month. The space is considered adequate for the Companys current and anticipated future needs.



In Lima Peru, the Company maintains an office in rental space of approximately 2594 square feet (241 square meters) located at Calle Teruel 186, Miraflores, Lima 18, Peru.  Rental costs, including taxes, are approximately US$1,800 per month.



The Company is currently exploring mineral properties in Peru and Newfoundland, Canada.



A General Discussion of the Political, Economic and Regulatory Climate in Peru



Peru is located in Western South America and is bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the west, Ecuador and Colombia on the north, Brazil and Bolivia on the east and Chile on the south. Land area totals 496,200 square miles, an area slightly smaller than the State of Alaska. Perus unit of currency is the Nuevo (New) Sol, which at current rates stands at about 3.25 per US$. Mining is one of the largest industries in Peru, with copper, gold and silver particularly important.



Peru is a Republican Constitutional Democracy with three branches of government: Legislative, Executive and Judicial. The Legislature is a Constitutional Congress; the Senate having been abolished by an act of Congress on December 31, 1993. Elections for Presidency and Congress are held every five years with the next election scheduled for 2005. Members of the Supreme Court are appointed by the President. Peru has 24 Departments and one Constitutional Province. The Departments are administered by Prefects who are appointed by the President.



During the 1990s, President Alberto Fujimori applied strict measures aimed at eliminating hyperinflation, restoring fiscal order, eliminating terrorism, privatizing the economy and reestablishing Perus international credit standing. During the Fujimori Presidency, inflation was reduced to single digits, the active elements of the terrorist groups were imprisoned and privatization of the economy was largely done. A program of legal reforms and incentives instituted by the Fujimori Government has removed many of the obstacles to foreign investment in Peru. Laws to promote and protect foreign capital were enacted by Congress. In July 2001, Dr. Alejandro Toledo Manrique became Perus new President. Dr. Toledo is a US trained economist whose polices have remained very similar to Mr. Fujimoris.



Peru signed a Constitutive Agreement of the World Bank's Multilateral Investment Guaranty Agency, which was ratified by the Peruvian Congress on April 2, 1991. Peru has also signed the World Bank's International Covenant on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States. Furthermore, Peru has signed a Covenant with the United States Overseas Private Investment Corporation, which was ratified by the Peruvian Congress on May 14, 1993.



Under the terms of the Foreign Investment Promotion Law, foreign investors have the same rights as Peruvian Nationals and enjoy equal status with these and the state, except in one situation. The one limitation is that, for reasons of national security, foreign investors (natural or legal persons) are restricted from acquiring properties within 50 kilometers from Perus borders, unless they have express authorization from the council of Ministers (Executive Power - Ministers and President of the Republic). Foreign investors may acquire shares or property rights from Nationals. Investors of more than US $2 million are guaranteed a fixed tax regime for 10 years. Legislative Decree 708, which applies to mining companies, provides for tax, administrative and free exchange stability. Foreign companies have the right to export concentrates or refined products. There are no royalties or taxes on exportation of these products. Capital, dividends and profits are also freely exportable.



Under Peruvian Law, up to 20% of the employees of a corporation may be Foreign Nationals. Peruvian law provides for a minimum monthly wage of 325 Peruvian Nuevos Soles per month (US$93.33). Other employee benefits are also payable by law. Income tax is payable by persons or companies domiciled in Peru, regardless of the source of this income. Non-domiciled persons or companies are also liable for income taxes on their Peruvian-based income. Personal income over US $50,000.00 per year is taxed at a rate of 30%. Personal income tax under this amount is taxable at a rate of 15%. Businesses are taxed at a rate of 30%. A separate corporate tax does not exist in Peru.



Dividends are not considered income in Peru and are not subject to tax. Capital gains from the trading of stock, as well as interest from deposit accounts and bonds are also not taxable.



Companies that do not realize profits are subject to a minimum income tax amounting to 0.5% on the value of their net assets. Mining companies are exempt from this tax.



In Peru, the General Tax on Sales ("I.G.V.") is a levy paid on all sales of goods and services at the rate of 18% of the value of the sale and is paid by the recipient of the goods and services at the time of each transaction. This tax may be refunded as a fiscal credit against taxes payable on sales or provisions of services. Acquisitions and investments incurred by a mining company prior to the sale of minerals or properties, in the exploration stage may be accumulated as pre-operative expenses and deducted from taxes due once income is generated by operations. A company may only receive this fiscal credit in advance if it can be established with the government, a commitment of future sales and a minimum investment over US$2,000,000. The credit is personal and non-transferable other than in the case of a company's reorganization.



No exchange controls exist in Peru. No government authorization is required to carry out exchange operations. There is no fee charged for possession and receipt of foreign currency. Individuals or corporations may remit foreign currency abroad, or retain it in the country. Exporters are no longer required to exchange foreign currency they receive for local currency.



Mineral deposits are considered to be owned by the government but made available to the private sector. The initial claim request is called a Petitorio en Tramite (Petition) and once granted is called a Concesion (Concession). The application is carried out by a paper procedure that specifies the UTM co-ordinates of the claim corners. Individual claims can be as small as 100 hectares and as large as 1,000 hectares. Claim boundaries must now be oriented north-south and east-west. Before 1992, claims were described by direction and distance from various geographical points and could be oriented in any direction. The Oficina de Catastro Minero (claim registration office) is in the process of tying all the old-style claims to UTM co-ordinates and claims that cannot be properly located are being cancelled. At the time of applying for a Petitorio a payment of US$4.00 per hectare and a set fee of 300 Nuevo Soles (3.5 Nuevo Soles/$US) per Petitorio must be made. The granting process can take up to six months, depending on the volume of claim applications at the time. The process involves several stages which include acceptance of the application by the claim registration office; verification that the area is free to be claimed; notification to the various parties involved if there is any superposition of pre-existing claims; an announcement in local and national newspapers (at a cost of approximately US$250.00 per claim); a technical review; awarding of title; and finally granting of the concession. Generally, the first application submitted has priority over subsequent applications. However if the application relates to an area which has become open for staking due to an older concession lapsing, all parties staking on the first day are considered equal. Should two or more applicants apply for identical ground on the same day, the conflict can be resolved privately by those applicants, or failing that, the contested ground will be auctioned (Remate) and will be awarded to the highest bidder among the applicants.



Concessions are available to foreign companies on an equal basis provided that they have formed a Peruvian mining company. A fee must be paid annually to keep claims in good standing. Until 1999 the annual maintenance fee (pago de derecho de Vigencia) was US$2.00 per hectare per year. In the year 2000, the fee was increased to US$5.00 per hectare per year. Subsequently, on April 9 2001, Legislative Decree No. 913 reduced the annual fee to US$4.00 for the year 2001 and to US$3.00 per hectare for payments for the year 2002.



Although the fee is based on the January to December calendar year, the fee is not due until June 30 of the following year. This rate is static for a total of seven years; after which time, if the property is not in production, the annual fee doubles to US $6.00 per hectare. After 14 years without production, the fees increase to US $20.00 per hectare. At this time there are no annual claim-related exploration requirements in Peru; however, the government is presently reviewing this policy. Lack of payment of the annual maintenance fees for two consecutive years shall be a cause for the mining concession to expire.



Within a Concession, there is an obligation to compensate landowners for the destruction or disturbance of their land. Mining Concession title gives one the right to exploit minerals within the Concession boundaries, although Exploration Concessions do not have to be converted to Mining Concessions before exploitation. To date, the Company has not caused any destruction of land.  Minor crop disturbances have not been compensated as the majority of the Companys mineral exploration projects in Peru are not currently owned by individual landowners.  However, the Company has agreements with landowners regarding exploration at the Alto Dorado and Cañariaco Projects. The agreements call for a fixed payment for the use of the properties over a one year period and additional payments are made for occasional crop disturbances.  All expected costs are a component of the total estimated cost of the exploration program on the project.



The approval of an environmental evaluation of an exploration program by the Ministry of Energy and Mines of Peru is required if the disturbed area covers more than 10 hectares or when drilling will be conducted at more than 20 drill sites. Each environmental proposal shall include:



1.

Description of the area before commencing operations

2.

Details of the work to be carried out

3.

Measures to be taken during and after exploration work to mitigate environmental contamination and/or changes.



Mineral Exploration Projects



The following is a description of the Companys mineral properties in Peru and Canada and its interest in such properties. Candente intends to remain an exploration company and will likely sell and/or joint-venture any of its advanced projects to a potential operator for further development.



Currently, the Company considers the Cañariaco and Alto Dorado properties as its highest priority projects.



Peruvian Properties

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Cañariaco Project



The Canariaco Project is without known reserves and the work being done by the Issuer is exploratory in nature. The Issuers interest in the Canariaco Project stemmed from earlier exploration work, as described below, that was done in the area.



Cañariaco is a 5,500 hectare porphyry copper project located in the Cajamarca District of northern Peru. The Property does not represent a producing property and the Companys current operations consist of an exploratory search for mineable deposits of minerals.



The Company has had no revenue from mining operations on the Cañariaco Property to date. The Company has a 100% interest in the property.



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How Acquired



The Company acquired the property through an auction process from Minero Peru in April, 2001. The government of Peru auctioned the right to explore the property under Public Auction (Bid) PRI-51-2000, Private Investment Promotion  Mining Prospects. The auction was held in Lima on February 14, 2001 and Candente was the sole bidder. Consideration was a one-time payment of $75,880.



To maintain the property in good standing, annual property payments of $17,500 commenced in June, 2002.



Location and Access



The property lies in the Canares District of Ferrenafe Province in Northern Peru about 100 km NE of the city of Chiclayo and 700 km NNW of Lima.



Access to the property is from Chiclayo along a paved road to Batan Grande and then via gravel road. Travel time to the property from Chiclayo averages 6 hours by four-wheel drive vehicle.  There is also a paved highway 12 km north of the property that could be connected to in future to provide better access the property.



The area is sparsely populated; however, a local labour force is readily available and favourable to exploration and development.  Elevations range from 2500 to 3200m above sea level.



Regional and Property Geology



The Cañariaco system lies within a belt of porphyry copper deposits which extend 350 km from Cajamarca North by Northwest to the Ecuadorian border. The mineralized systems known in this belt comprise two types, porphyry Copper-Molybdenum and porphyry Copper-Gold deposits. Although no economic deposit has yet to be developed, the mineralized systems tend to be of a large size. Recent deposits of lavas and ignimbrites of the Upper Tertiary Calipuy Formation are younger than the porphyry copper systems which could be covering yet to be discovered systems.



Cañariaco is located on the Western Cordillera at elevations that range from 2500-3500 meters. The topography features steep slopes cut by streams and rivers. Above 3000 meters the vegetation is mostly short grass and pastures while below 3000 meters lies dense native forest.



Mineralization at Cañariaco is associated with a quartz-feldspar porphyry stock with a well developed fine to medium grained quartz-sulphide stockwork. 3 separate porphyry systems have been identified on the property. At Cañariaco Norte, mineralization has been identified in an area of 1000 by 600 meters and to a depth of about 200 meters. Mineralization occurs in 2 zones of distinct composition defined as primary and enriched copper mineralization.







History and Previous Work



Copper mineralization was first discovered at Cañariaco by the British Geological Survey in 1970 through a stream sediment sampling program. In 1973, Ingemmet drilled 5 holes into the Cañariaco Norte area of the property. 4 of the 5 holes returned copper intersections. Placer Dome optioned the property in 1994. They conducted additional surface sampling and drilled 3 new diamond drill holes at Cañariaco Norte. All 3 holes returned copper intersections. Placer withdrew from their property option in January 1997.



In 1998, Minero Peru solicited for joint venture partners on the property. Billiton was selected and signed an option agreement in February 1999. Billiton conducted a detailed exploration of the property assisted by the construction of a new access road and camp site at the property. Billiton conducted detailed geological mapping of Cañariaco Norte, Cañariaco Sur and a third porphyry system they discovered and named Quebrada Verde. Billiton also conducted soil and rock chip sampling as well as IP and ground magnetic surveys over all 3 systems and re-logged all previous drill holes.



At the conclusion of the preliminary work, Billiton drilled 7 holes of 1128.20 meters in total. 3 of the new holes were drilled at Cañariaco Norte, 3 at Cañariaco Sur and 1 hole at Quebrada Verde. The Cañariaco North program extended the area of known mineralization 500m further south than previously defined. Although the new Cañariaco Norte holes returned only near-economic grades of copper mineralization, Billiton did proceed with metallurgical test work, including diagnostic leach tests on 12 samples of core conducted by SGS in Santiago, Chile. The tests determined copper recoveries of 85-90% of material with a head grade of 0.78%. Billiton concluded the resource was potentially leachable.



At Cañariaco Sur, 2 of the 3 holes returned copper mineralization. The single drill hole at Quebrada Verde did not return significant copper assays.



Billiton dropped the property option during a period of low mineral prices where they decided to focus on larger and more advanced properties.



In March 2001, Candente engaged engineering consultants Knight Piesold Ltd. to evaluate the Cañariaco property for the necessary infrastructure for developing a SX-EW mine. Knight Piesold identified several suitable sites for heap leach pads and waste stockpiles within relative proximity to the Cañariaco Norte zone.



Due to the rise in copper prices, the Company resumed work on the project during the first quarter of 2004.  Initial exploration comprised geological mapping, rock chip and bulk sampling, and a magnetics (geophysical) survey.  This exploration helped to delineate drill targets and from September to November 2004, 2648m of core was drilled in 12 holes which averaged 0.67% copper over 167m in the Norte Zone.



An independent preliminary inferred mineral resource estimate was completed on March 23rd, 2005 on the Cañariaco Norte Zone of the Cañariaco property.  This estimate is considered to be very preliminary as this resource makes up less than 15% of the volume of known mineralization.  The report estimates an inferred resource of 76.5 million tonnes grading 0.614% copper and 0.099 grams per tonne (gpt) gold at a cut-off grade of 0.30% copper.  Contained metal in the resource equals 1,035 million pounds of copper and 243,000 ounces of gold.



The surface expression of the preliminary resource is approximately 14 hectares, which is less than 15% of the surface expression of known copper mineralization (114 hectares) in the Norte Zone, as currently defined by 23 drill holes and surface copper showings.  This zone extends over a minimum length of 1.2 kilometres (km) and a minimum width of 1 km and remains open laterally.  In addition, several drill holes to date have ended in copper grades of 0.55% to 1.00% indicating that the deposit is also open to depth.



PRELIMINARY INFERRED RESOURCE



|Cut-off Grade
(% Cu) | Tonnes
(Million) | Copper Grade
(% Cu) | Gold Grade
gpt | Contained Copper
(Million lbs) | Contained Gold
(Ounces)
|-------------------- | ---------------- | ------------------- | -------------- | ------------------------------ | -----------------------
|0.5                  | 58.5             | 0.672               | 0.104          | 866                            | 195,000                
|0.4                  | 71.0             | 0.634               | 0.101          | 992                            | 230,000                
|0.3                  | 76.5             | 0.614               | 0.099          | 1,035                          | 243,000                



Total silver content has not been estimated yet as analyses were not available for all of the holes.  The seven holes analysed to date show an average of 2.5 gpt silver.



The mineral resource estimate is based on assay results from 2891.4 metres of drill core from a total of 3451.4 drilled in 15 holes of which 12 were drilled by Candente in 2004 and 3 were drilled in 1973 and 1995 by Ingemmet and Placer Dome.  The Candente holes were drilled at 100 metre spacings.  The estimations for the preliminary resource were capped at a copper grade of 2.0% and a gold grade of 0.3 gpt.  Independent geologist James A. McCrea, P.Geo., and a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument (NI) 43-101, was responsible for the mineral resource estimate dated March 23rd, 2005   The resource estimate is classified as an Inferred Mineral Resource, consistent with the CIM definitions referred to in NI 43-101.  Mineral resources, which are not mineral reserves, have not demonstrated economic viability.  Candente is not aware of any environmental, permitting, legal, title, taxation, socio-political, marketing or other issues which may materially affect its estimate of mineral resources.



The NQ-size core from the 2004 drill program was cut in half with a diamond saw and sampled at two metre intervals on the property.  One half of the split core was collected by Candente's Peruvian geologists in accordance with industry standards and submitted to Actlabs in Lima, Peru for copper. Copper was analyzed by a four acid leach process on a 50 g split to give values for total copper, acid soluble copper, cyanide soluble copper and residual sulphide copper.  Pulps from some of the same samples were sent to Actlabs laboratory in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada and analysed for an additional 36 elements (including silver) using Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP).  Gold analyses on all the holes were carried out by Actlabs, Lima using Fire Assay Fusion and Atomic Absorption method on a 50g split.  Five percent of all core samples were also sent to a second laboratory for check assays of total copper and total gold.  Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC), including the use of sample standards, blanks and duplicates as well as chain of custody was monitored by Candente.



The core from the 1973 drill program was collected along 2 metre lengths and analysed for copper and molybdenum.  The core sizes were NCD to 50 m depth, NXWL to 170 m depth and BXWL for the remainder of the hole.  A total of 66 composite geological samples were analysed for total copper, molybdenum, silver and gold.  The frio de la dithizina-benceno assay method (colorimetric analysis) was used.  Analyses were carried out by Plenge Laboratory in Lima and the laboratory of INGEMMET.  Candente cannot comment on the reliability of the sampling and analyses carried out, however, the fact that this INGEMMET hole (73-001) was twinned by Candentes 04-008 hole and the results are very similar indicate that the data is reliable.



The core from Placer Domes 1995 drill program was sent to and analysed by SGS-XRAL labs in Lima for copper, gold and molybdenum. No specific information on how they handled the core is available, however data from professional geologists of large companies is considered to be of high quality.  In addition, Joanne Freeze has direct experience working with Placer Dome and believes that they would have had detailed QA/QC programs in place at Cañariaco.  These would have included the use of blanks, standards, and check assays.



Planned Work Program



The Company will continue with drilling in 2005.  The 2005 drill program, planned to commence in early May, will focus on expanding the resource at Cañariaco Norte.  The first target area will be the central to southern portion of the known deposit where chalcocite (leachable copper) dominates the copper mineralization.  Two other copper-gold porphyry targets on the property will also be investigated.  Environmental permitting is in progress, which will allow an additional 78 holes to be drilled on the property.



Alto Dorado Project



The Alto Dorado Project is without known reserves and the work being done by the Issuer is exploratory in nature. The Issuers interest in the Alto Dorado Project stemmed from earlier exploration work, as described below, that was done in the area.



Alto Dorado is 5,900 hectare exploration stage gold project located in the Department of La Libertad in northern Peru. The Property does not represent a producing property and the Companys current operations consist of an exploratory search for mineable deposits of minerals.



The Company has had no revenue from mining operations on the Alto Dorado Property to date. The Company has earned a 100% interest in the property.



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How Acquired



The property consists of 14 contiguous claim blocks totaling approximately 6,700 hectares. The details of each claim are as follows:



|Claim
Name     | Registration
Date | Date of
Grant | Claim Size
|-------------- | ----------------- | ------------- | ----------
|               |                   |               |           
|Ana de Chuco   | 09/29/97          | 02/27/98      | 1000      
|Ana de Chuco 3 | 01/11/00          | 04/17/00      | 400       
|Luis           | 11/06/97          | 02/23/98      | 100       
|Carlos II      | 09/29/97          | 12/30/97      | 1000      
|Toril I        | 09/02/02          | 04/29/03      | 800       
|Toril II       | 09/02/02          | 01/19/04      | 200       
|Toril III      | 09/18/02          | 03/11/04      | 300       
|Toril IV       | 09/18/02          | 04/21/03      | 200       
|Toril V        | 01/23/03          | 01/19/04      | 300       
|Toril VI       | 05/03/04          | 08/13/04      | 1000      
|Toril VII      | 06/05/03          | 10/27/04      | 600       
|Toril VIII     | 01/13/04          | 04/28/04      | 300       
|Toril IX       | 08/01/03          | 12/11/03      | 300       
|Toril X        | 08/01/03          | 12/11/03      | 200       



The Company entered into an option agreement with Hecla on June 1, 2002 under which the Company can earn a 100% interest in the original property, including the Ana de Chuco, Ana de Chuco 3, Luis and Carlos II claims, subject to a 2.5% NSR to Hecla, by making cash payments and issuing common shares to Hecla under the following formula:



|Date          | Number of Shares | Amount of Cash
|------------- | ---------------- | --------------
|              |                  |               
|Approval Date | 25,000           | $10,000       
|June 1, 2003  | 25,000           | None          
|June 1, 2004  | 25,000           | None          
|Closing       | 25,000           | None          



All shares have been issued and the property has been transferred to Candente.



Hecla retains a 2.5% NSR on the property. Candente may purchase 1.5% of the NSR (thus reducing Heclas NSR to 1.0%) by paying Hecla $1,500,000 at any time.



Candente must pay the annual vigencia fees of $10,000, and if the Company options the property to a 3rd party, it must share any option/joint venture payments received with Hecla on a sliding scale. Hecla would receive 25% in the first year, 20% in the second, 15% in the third, and 10% in the fourth. All payments would be applied to the NSR buyout referenced above.



As part of the option agreement, the two companies agreed upon an Area of Mutual Interest (AMI) which extends 3 kilometers from the exterior boundaries of the claims. If either party acquires additional land within the AMI, it will become subject to the option agreement. In October, 2002, the Company was the successful bidder on the Toril zone under an auction conducted by the Government of Peru. For a one-time payment of $50,277, the Company acquired the 1,500 acres adjacent to the Alto Dorado property which was originally explored by Hecla as part of the original Alto Dorado property. In 2003, the Company staked a further 1,900 hectares adjacent to the property. Both groups of claims fall within the AMI and have been added to the Alto Dorado property.



Location and Access



The property is located in northern Peru approximately 40 kilometers south of the town of Santiago de Chuco. Access to the property is from Lima via air (1 hour). By road, access is on the Pan-American highway from Lima to the city of Trujillo for 565 kilometers, then via gravel road to the town of Santiago de Chuco for 152 kilometers. From Santiago de Chuco, a 33 kilometer gravel road leads to the edge of the property. Total travel time from Lima by road is approximately 16.5 hours.



Regional and Property Geology



The region is contained within a belt of Tertiary-age volcanic rock, with andesite to dacite tuffs overlying Mesozoic sedimentary rocks intruded by composite diorite-granodiorite stocks. Alteration is hosted within the volcanic and intrusive rocks.



Alteration and mineralization on the property is controlled by northwesterly and northeasterly striking faults. Vuggy and massive silica with hydrothermal breccias are found on the property. Gold mineralization is hosted in both high sulphidation epithrmal and gold-copper porphyries in three distinct zones called the Toril, Ann and Olla zones.



History and Previous Work



Hecla acquired the property in the late 1990s and conducted an exploration program which included geochemical sampling and geological mapping, followed by thirteen reverse circulation drill holes totaling 1,585.5 meters. Heclas program broadly defined the three mineralized zones currently known on the property.



Current and Planned Exploration



Since its acquisition of the property, the Companys exploration program has focused on confirming Heclas data and identifying additional mineralization. This exploration has included mapping, rock sampling, pitting and trenching. To date, Candentes work has confirmed and extended the area of the three identified mineralized zones. The Toril Zone is a high sulphidation gold target and lies in the northeastern portion of the property covering an area of 3.0 kilometers by 1.8 kilometers. The Ana Zone is also a high sulphidation gold zone and lies 3 kilometers northwest of the Toril Zone. Trenching has to date defined the zone in an area of 2.7 kilometers by 1 kilometer. The Olla Zone is a porphyry zone which lies approximately 700 meters south of the Ana Zone. Both the Ana and Olla Zone occur within an extensive alteration zone known as the Western Zone which measures approximately 8 kilometers by 2.5 kilometers and trends north-south. The Toril Zone trends northeasterly and may be connected to the Western Zone.



During 2003, the Company engaged AK Drilling International to carry out a short hole overburden drill program in conjunction with additional sampling, geochemical and geophysical testing. A series of short holes were drilled through the overburden to an average depth of 15 meters to the bedrock below. Assays from the program were similar to those obtained by previous operator Hecla and confirmed previously identified mineralized zones as well as further extending the mineralization.



During July and August 2004, the Company completed a Phase I drill program on the property consisting of 9 holes totaling 1,050 meters. 8 holes were drilled in the Toril high-sulphidation zone and 1 hole in the Ana-Olla porphyry gold-copper zone.  In the Toril Zone, gold grades ranging from 0.1 to 2.3 gpt were intersected in zones from 4m to 18m wide in vuggy silica and quartz-alunite alteration.  In the Ana-Olla Zone, alteration and mineralization typical of gold-copper porphyry deposits over a depth of 189m was intersected.  Gold (Au) and copper (Cu) levels ranging from 0.1 gpt to 1.2 gpt Au and 0.1% to 0.69% Cu occur in 100 of the 130 samples collected.  Following the completion of drilling on the Canariaco property, drilling will resume at Alto Dorado.



El Tigre Property



The El Tigre Property is without known reserves and the work being done by the Issuer is exploratory in nature. The Issuers interest in the El Tigre Property stemmed from earlier exploration work, as described below, that was done in the area.



El Tigre is an epithermal gold/silver exploration project located in Northern Peru. The Property does not represent a producing property and the Companys current operations consist of an exploratory search for mineable deposits of minerals.



The Company has had no revenue from mining operations on the El Tigre Property to date. The Company currently holds a 100% ownership interest in the project, although it has recently entered into an option agreement with Orex Ventures Inc. whereupon Orex may earn a 51% interest in the property.



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How acquired



The Property was originally staked by Britannia Gold. It currently consists of 4 claim blocks totaling approximately 3200 hectares. The details of each claim are below:



|Claim
Name | Registration
Date | Date of
Grant | Hectares
Staked | Final
Claim Size
|---------- | ----------------- | ------------- | --------------- | ----------------
|           |                   |               |                 |                 
|El Tigre 1 | 06/01/94          | 11/28/94      | 700             | 700             
|El Tigre 2 | 06/01/94          | 11/28/94      | 500             | 500             
|El Tigre 4 | 06/01/94          | 11/28/94      | 1000            | 1000            
|El Tigre 5 | 06/01/94          | 11/28/94      | 1000            | 1000            



On June 29, 1999, the Company entered into an option agreement with Britannia to earn a 50% interest in the Las Sorpresas, Columbia and El Tigre properties in exchange for the Company paying the surface taxes due on the three properties in the amount of $19,200. The Company and Britannia would share exploration expenditures equally; if a partner failed to contribute its share in any specific property, that partner would suffer dilution of their interest by the amount of the exploration expenditures withheld. Due to Britannias non-contribution of some exploration expenditures, the Companys ownership interest in the El Tigre property increased to 51%. On January 31, 2001, the Company and Britannia signed a new agreement whereupon Britannia agreed to transfer their remaining interest in the three properties to the Company in exchange for the payment of 500,000 shares. The agreement with Britannia was completed on February 20, 2002.



In March 2004, the Company announced that it had entered into an option agreement with Orex Ventures Inc. for the property. Orex may earn a 51% interest in the project by incurring exploration expenditures of US$2.5 million over 3.5 years as well as paying Candente US$15,000 in cash and issuing 250,000 common shares to Candente by January 31, 2008. Orex is required to spend US$250,000 on the project by June 30, 2004 which will be used to delineate drill targets. The agreement has been approved by the TSX Venture Exchange.



Location and Access



The property is located in Northern Peru approximately 30 km east of the city of Chiclayo. The property lies adjacent to a paved road. Travel time from Chiclayo is about 30 minutes.



Regional and Property Geology



El Tigre is located in Perus coastal zone above the valley of a large river. The mineralization of this area is often controlled by northwesterly trending regional faults and intersecting structures. Since the mid-1980s, disseminated epithermal gold mineralization has been discovered in Early Tertiary Calipuy Formation volcaniclastic rocks. Both high and low sulphidation epithermal deposits have been documented in Peru.

El Tigre contains both porphyry style copper occurrences and low-sulphidation epithermal gold veins in stockwork systems and breccias. Previous sampling defined a 2 km long gold anomaly defined as the Sorpresa zone and an area of copper mineralization called the Fortaleza zone. Samples from other areas of the property have also returned results which make them suitable for further exploration, but at this time the Company is focusing its exploration efforts on the gold mineralization at Sorpresa.



3 large gold anomalies have been defined at Sorpresa to date. Each is identified with their location as the Northwest, Northeast and Southeast anomalies. Sampling has determined that most gold occurs within several types of quartz veins and the weakly silicified wall rocks contain little to no gold.



History and Previous Work



Britannia Gold originally staked the property in 1994 and conducted limited early-stage exploration. In 1996 the property was optioned to Solitario Resources who completed geological mapping of the property and collected over 1500 rock chip and detrital material samples. Solitario conducted both diamond and reverse circulation drill programs on the property. In total, Solitario drilled 23 holes of which 16 (13 reverse circulation and 3 diamond) were conducted in the Sorpresa Zone. The drilling identified areas of anomalous gold which could be interpreted as possibly peripheral to a larger gold deposit. Many of the higher grade mineralization was determined to come from brecciated fragments which are abundant and occur over several kilometers of strike length, suggesting the possibility of a larger hydrothermal system. Due to low gold prices, Solitario dropped the project and terminated its work commitments in 1998.



In late 2000, Candente conducted a limited exploration program intended to further understand the propertys geology. Work included a preliminary mapping of the Northwest anomaly of the Sorpresa zone and selective rock sampling of several of the rock types in all 3 of the identified Sorpresa anomalies designed to confirm the Solitario results. 45 rock samples were taken and all of elevated anomalous gold values obtained in the program are from samples rich in vein material.



Planned Work Program



Under the option agreement with Orex Ventures, Candente will carry out additional geophysical surveys, geological mapping and rock chip sampling to delineate drill targets on the project. There are currently no dates set for this work.



The Pamel Property



The Pamel Property is without known reserves and the work being done by the Issuer is exploratory in nature. The Issuers interest in the Pamel Property stemmed from earlier exploration work, as described below, that was done in the area.



The Pamel property covers approximately 4500 hectares in the Western Cordillera of the Peruvian Andes. Pamel is considered an epithermal gold/silver project. The Property does not represent a producing property and the Companys current operations consist of an exploratory search for mineable deposits of minerals.



The Company has had no revenue from mining operations on the Pamel Property to date. The Company holds a 100% interest in the property except for the Pamel 2 claim in which the Company holds a 50% interest with Savage Exploration as explained below.



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How acquired



The Pamel property consists of 7 claims of approximately 4,259 hectares which were acquired by staking. The details of each claim are listed below.



|Claim
Name | Registration
Date | Date of
Grant | Hectares
Staked | Final Claim
Size
|---------- | ----------------- | ------------- | --------------- | ----------------
|Suro       | 09/10/97          | 02/06/98      | 800             | 800             
|Pamel 1    | 05/04/98          | 10/06/99      | 700             | 590             
|Pamel 2    | 05/04/98          | 05/28/99      | 1000            | 953             
|Pamel 3    | 05/04/98          | 09/07/99      | 525             | 525             
|Pamel 4    | 05/04/98          | 10/06/99      | 1000            | 641             
|Pamel 6    | 05/03/99          | 03/30/01      | 650             | 650             
|Pamel 7    | 03/03/03          | 12/03/04      | 100             | 100             

The final claim size of certain claims has been reduced due to the overlap with prior existing claims. The Company originally staked several additional claims, but after preliminary exploration, certain claims were dropped.



The Company also entered into 2 agreements with arms-length parties regarding the staking of the Pamel Property. The first was signed with Ing. Diego Ruby Alcocer Rojas in June 1998. In exchange for transferring his interesting in a competing claim over a portion of the property and agreeing not to take any actions to interfere with Candentes property staking at both Pamel and at the Yanamay property, the Company paid Mr. Alcocer $2500 and issued him 30,000 common shares. The Company also agreed to issue Mr. Alcocer additional shares if certain milestones are met. These milestones and share issuances are: 30,000 common shares upon completion of an initial drilling program on the Pamel property and 50,000 common shares upon commencement of commercial production on the property.



In July 1998, the Company reached an agreement with Savage Exploration del Peru regarding an overlapping claim on the Pamel 2 portion of the property. In exchange for relinquishing its claim to that portion of the property, Candente agreed to share the disputed area through a joint-venture agreement with each company holding a 50-50 participating interest. Savage is at arms-length to the Company.



In January 2003, the Company signed an agreement with Anglogold which granted Anglogold the right of first refusal over certain properties in Peru, including Pamel. Under the agreement, Anglogold had 6 months to conduct exploration on any of the properties included in the agreement. Within the six-month period, if Candente wished to sell all or part of its interest in any of the properties, Anglogold has 30 days to match the offer and acquire an interest. In July 2003, the RFR expired with no properties sold under the agreement and Candente retains its entire interest in the Pamel property.









Location and Access



The property is located in the Western Cordillera of the Andes approximately 200 km north-northeast of Lima. Most of the property lies at an altitude of between 4000 and 4500 meters. There is little to no vegetation on the property.



The property is accessible by unpaved road from both the north through Cajatambo and Oyon and from the south through Churin.



Regional and Property Geology



The property is situated within a regional northwest-trending belt of Tertiary epithermal gold deposits. Calipuy Formation volcanic rocks underlie most of the property. High-sulphidation style epithermal alteration occurs on the property within the Calipuy Formation in a 2 km by 4 km area. The property is divided into 2 structural blocks separated by the Ayarmachay Fault.



History and Previous Work



The Company acquired the property beginning in 1997 through staking. The Company is not aware of any systematic exploration conducted on the property before its staking. Since the acquisition, the Company and its previous joint venture partners have conducted only limited exploration. In 1999, the Company and several consultants conducted geological mapping of property which included rock chip sampling and the excavation and sampling of 3 trenches in the area of rock outcrops near the Ayarmachay fault. The samples returned anomalous levels of gold and other minerals consistent with a hydrothermal alteration zone.



Planned Work Program



There is currently no work planned for this property as the Company has decided to concentrate its efforts on its other properties. A decision will be made as to any future work in the latter part of Fiscal 2005.



Lunahuana (Columbia) Property



The Lunahuana (Columbia) Property is without known reserves and the work being done by the Issuer is exploratory in nature. The Issuers interest in the Lanahuana (Columbia) Property stemmed from earlier exploration work, as described below, that was done in the area.



Lunahuana (formerly known as Columbia) is a 5,333 hectare disseminated copper/gold exploration project located in Central Peru. The Property does not represent a producing property and the Companys current operations consist of an exploratory search for mineable deposits of minerals.



The Company has had no revenue from mining operations on the Lunahuana Property to date. The Company currently holds a 100% ownership interest in all claims which make up the property except the Viky claim, where the Company has an option to buy 100% of the claim by making cash payments over 5 years.

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How acquired



The property currently consists of 11 claim blocks totaling 5,333 as follows:



|Claim
Name  | Registration
Date | Date of
Grant | Hectares
Staked | Final Claim
Size
|----------- | ----------------- | ------------- | --------------- | ----------------
|            |                   |               |                 |                 
|Columbia 5  | 06/28/96          | 12/06/96      | 1000            | 979             
|Columbia 6  | 06/28/96          | 12/27/96      | 400             | 264             
|Columbia 7  | 06/28/96          | 12/06/96      | 1000            | 1000            
|Columbia 8  | 06/28/96          | 12/27/96      | 1000            | 1000            
|Columbia 9  | 11/09/01          | 04/30/02      | 400             | 400             
|Columbia 10 | 11/09/01          | 04/30/02      | 100             | 100             
|Luna 3      | 11/13/01          | 03/13/02      | 390             | 390             
|Luna 4      | 05/02/02          | 11/21/02      | 300             | 300             
|Luna 5      | 15/03/04          | 08/18/04      | 500             | 500             
|Luna 6      | 03/03/03          | 07/25/04      | 200             | 200             



On June 29, 1999, the Company entered into an option agreement with Britannia Gold to earn a 50% interest in the Las Sorpresas, Lunahuana and El Tigre properties in exchange for the Company paying the surface taxes due on the three properties in the amount of $19,200. The Company and Britannia would share exploration expenditures equally; If a partner failed to contribute its share in any specific property, that partner would suffer dilution of their interest on a straight-line basis. Due to Britannias non-contribution of some exploration expenditures, the Companys ownership interest in the Lunahuana property increased to 51%. On January 31, 2001, the Company and Britannia signed a new agreement whereupon Britannia agreed to transfer their remaining interest in the three properties to the Company in exchange for the payment of 500,000 shares. The agreement was completed on February 20, 2002.



The original property as acquired from Britannia Gold consisted of 4 claims blocks of 3400 hectares staked by Britannia. In 2001/2002, the Company staked an additional 4 claim blocks totaling 1190 hectares. During 2002, the Company reached a joint-venture agreement with S.M.R.L. Viky, a private company, on the 200 hectare Viky claim. The Company can earn an initial 51% interest in the Viky claim by making equal payments to S.M.R.L. totaling $52,000 over 5 years. At the end of the 5 years, the Company can earn the remaining 49% interest in the claim by paying an additional $97,000 to S.M.R.L. To date, the Company has made 2 payments to S.M.R.L and is current under the option agreement.



Location and Access



The property is located in the Coastal Plutonic Belt of Central Peru in the Lunahuana area approximately 120 km south-southeast of Lima. Elevation of the claims is up to 2700 meters above sea level and the climate is hot and dry with little precipitation throughout the year. Access to the property from Lima is via the paved Pan-American highway and a series of unpaved roads.



Regional and Property Geology



The Lunahuana area occurs within the Pacific Drainage Basin, which hosts vein, pipe and replacement manto style mineralization as well as typical porphyry copper disseminated mineralization. These deposits occur in sedimentary, volcanic and plutonic rocks.



Several types of mineralization have been found on the property. These include structurally controlled sheeted quartz-magnetite veins, stockwork and local brecciation, as well as volcanic-sedimentary units. Exploration on the property has defined several high priority targets.



The Western target was defined by gold values in soil samples and coincides with an intense Induced Polarization anomaly. Sampling has defined an area of about 1 square km which is interpreted to be a sulphide-mineralized volcanic sedimentary unit. The Company considers the Western target to be the highest priority for a future drill program.



The Santa Rosa Zone lies about 500 east of the Western target. Previous exploration including trenching and rock chip sampling shows copper and gold mineralization with widths varying from 10 to 300 meters along a 1 km strike length.



The Central IP anomaly lies 500 meters east of Santa Rosa. Limited geochemical sampling has found some anomalous copper and gold values.



The Eastern IP anomaly lies 1 km north-east of Santa Rosa. Samples taken from the overlying scree-soils show anomalous copper and gold values.



Soil sampling has also found numerous gold anomalies in an area of 2.5 km by 3 km approximately 1 km east of the Santa Rosa zone. This area lies beyond most of the IP coverage on the property and has not yet been subjected to trenching or other intrusive exploration methods.



History and Previous Work



Britannia Gold staked the first claim on the property in 1996. Britannia carried out approximately $500,000 of exploration on the property, including stream sediment sampling, geological mapping, soil and rock chip sampling, IP and magnetometer surveys, and about 2.5 km of trenching. Britannias exploration defined the targets discussed above.



Since acquiring the property, Candente has conducted limited work on the property. Company consultants visited the property in 1999 and reviewed the work conducted by Britannia in order to formulate future exploration plans. This work included data compilation, re-interpretation of the geophysical data, mapping, and limited sampling, trenching and road construction. In May 2002, the Company collected samples from known mineralized zones from outcrop as well as newly dug pits and trenches. The results returned anomalous metal values, including gold, silver, copper, zinc, and lead.





Planned Work Program



There is currently no work planned for this property as the Company has decided to concentrate its efforts on its other properties. A decision will be made as to any future work in the latter part of Fiscal 2005.



Las Brujas Property



The Brujas Property is without known reserves and the work being done by the Issuer is exploratory in nature. The Issuers interest in the Brujas Property stemmed from earlier exploration work, as described below, that was done in the area.



The Las Brujas Property is an epithermal gold exploration project located in the Yanacocha area of the Western Andes Mountains. The Property does not represent a producing property and the Companys current operations consist of an exploratory search for mineable deposits of minerals.



The Company has had no revenue from mining operations on the Las Brujas Property to date. The Company has a 100% interest in the property.



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How acquired



The Property currently consists of a single claim of 1000 hectares, staked by the Company. The claim was registered on July 6, 2000 and final approval was granted on February 9, 2001.



Location and Access



The property is located approximately 70 km to the northwest of the town of Cajamarca in northern Peru. The town of Tongod lies just northwest of the property boundary.



Access to the property is by a series of paved and unpaved roads from Cajamarca, approximately 3 hours away. The Companys Picota exploration project adjoins the property to the northwest.



Regional and Property Geology



Las Brujas lies along the western flank of the Andes Mountains in northern Peru. The Calipuy Formation underlies much of the area which is within the volcanic region known as the Yanacocha External Caldera System.



The property is underlain by volcanic and intrusive rocks with the dominant type being plagioclase porphyry. There are at least 4 types of mineralized breccias present, including stockwork veins and several types of volcanic breccias.



The property lies at an elevation of 2600 to 3000 meters above sea level. The terrain is gently to moderately rolling with vegetation varying from open grassland to small patches of forest around watercourses. Due to the cover of the vegetation, the level of rock exposure on the property varies from light to moderate.



History and Previous Work



The property was staked by the Company in 2000. Management believes there has never been any systematic exploration of the property prior to Candentes acquisition.



Since acquiring the property, the Company has conducted a limited amount of exploration including general geologic mapping and geochemical sampling. Assays of the samples returned anomalous levels of gold, including an area of 1.3 km by 1 km which includes quartz stockwork, veining and some brecciation. The results of the work conducted to date is consistent with an epithermal precious metals system.



Planned Work Program



Due to its current focus on other properties in its portfolio, the Company has no plans to conduct additional exploration at Las Brujas during the current fiscal year. Any additional exploration is dependent upon future financings and the level of development of the Companys other properties.





Las Sorpresas Property



The Las Sorpresas Property is without known reserves and the work being done by the Issuer is exploratory in nature. The Issuers interest in the Las Sorpresas Property stemmed from earlier exploration work, as described below, that was done in the area.



Las Sorpresas is an exploration stage epithermal gold/silver project located southeast of the Yanacocha district in Northern Peru.  The Property does not represent a producing property and the Companys current operations consist of an exploratory search for mineable deposits of minerals.



The Company has had no revenue from mining operations on the Las Sorpresas Property to date. The Company has 100% interest in the property, although it has recently entered into an option agreement with Orex Ventures Inc. whereupon Orex may earn a 51% interest in the property.



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How acquired



The Property was originally staked by Britannia Gold. It currently consists of 5 claim blocks totaling approximately 2827 hectares. The details of those claims are below:



|Claim
Name      | Registration
Date | Date of
Grant | Hectares
Staked | Final Claim
Size
|--------------- | ----------------- | ------------- | --------------- | ----------------
|                |                   |               |                 |                 
|Las Sorpresas 1 | 03/07/94          | 01/20/98      | 1000            | 974             
|Las Sorpresas 3 | 03/07/94          | 11/23/94      | 900             | 900             
|Las Sorpresas 4 | 03/07/94          | 11/23/94      | 300             | 300             
|Las Sorpresas 5 | 03/07/94          | 04/03/95      | 300             | 190             
|Las Sorpresas 6 | 03/07/94          | 12/27/96      | 500             | 463             



On June 29, 1999, the Company entered into an option agreement with Britannia to earn a 50% interest in the Las Sorpresas, Columbia and El Tigre properties in exchange for the Company paying the surface taxes due on the three properties in the amount of $19,200. The Company and Britannia would share exploration expenditures equally; If a partner failed to contribute its share in any specific property, that partner would suffer dilution of their interest on a straight-line basis. Due to Britannias non-contribution of some exploration expenditures, the Companys ownership interest in the Las Sorpresas property increased to 54%. On January 31, 2001, the Company and Britannia signed a new agreement whereupon Britannia agreed to transfer their remaining interest in the three properties to the Company in exchange for the payment of 500,000 shares. The agreement was completed on February 20, 2002.



In March 2004, the Company announced that it had entered into an option agreement with Orex Ventures Inc. for the property. Orex may earn a 51% interest in the project by incurring exploration expenditures of US$2.5 million over 3.5 years as well as paying Candente US$15,000 in cash and issuing 250,000 common shares to Candente by January 31, 2008. Orex is required to spend US$250,000 on the project by June 30, 2004 which will be used to delineate drill targets. The agreement has been approvedby the TSX Venture Exchange.



Location and Access



The property is located in the Andes of Northern Peru. It lies about 600 km north of Lima and about 40 km north of the city of Cajamarca. Access is by road through Cajamarca. Due to the mining operations elsewhere in the district, the area features well developed infrastructure and access.



Regional and Property Geology



Las Sorpresas lies along the western flank of the Andes Mountains in northern Peru. The Calipuy Formation underlies much of the area which is within the volcanic region known as the Yanacocha External Caldera System.



The claims are underlain by the Calipuy Formation volcanics. Northeasterly structures crosscut the property. Several circular and semi-circular features have been identified on the property. Argillic alteration at the northwestern end of the property may be an extension of the system that hosts the Cerro Quilich gold deposit at Yanachocha. Brecciated feldspar porphyry on the property is consistent with epithermal systems.



History and Previous Work



After originally staking the claims, Britannia Gold conducted limited amounts of field work on the property. This included reconnaissance geological mapping and a preliminary stream sediment sampling survey as well as limited rock sampling. Assay results from the rock samples taken from the argillic alteration in the northwestern end returned strongly anomalous values of mercury and weakly anomalous values of copper.



Current and Planned Work



Geophysics is currently underway to assist in the delineation of buried targets.  The property remains largely unexplored and the company has a very limited understanding of the propertys geology. Additional field work, including mapping and sampling, will be necessary in order to more fully understand the propertys geology and its potential to host epithermal deposits.  Under the option agreement with Orex Ventures, Candente will conduct exploration on the project.



Picota Property



The Picota Property is without known reserves and the work being done by the Issuer is exploratory in nature. The Issuers interest in the Picota Property stemmed from earlier exploration work, as described below, that was done in the area.



The Picota Property is located in the western Andes Mountains of Peru. It is a disseminated copper/gold exploration target. The Property does not represent a producing property and the Companys current operations consist of an exploratory search for mineable deposits of minerals.



The Company has had no revenue from mining operations on the Picota Property to date. The Company holds a 100% interest in the Property, but it is subject to a 0.75 Net Smelter Royalty (NSR) and Memorandum of Understanding with Cominco.



How Acquired



It consists of four claims currently totaling 3,151 hectares, which were acquired by the Company through staking. The details of each claim are given below:



|Claim
Name | Registration
Date | Date of
Grant | Hectares
Staked | Final Claim Size
|---------- | ----------------- | ------------- | --------------- | ----------------
|           |                   |               |                 |                 
|Picota 1   | 08/02/99          | 02/11/00      | 1000            | 1000            
|Picota 2   | 08/02/99          | 01/05/00      | 1000            | 1000            
|Picota 3   | 08/02/99          | 01/05/00      | 400             | 400             
|Picota 4   | 02/05/00          | 11/09/00      | 800             | 751             
|Picota 5   | 05/03/04          | 08/10/04      | 1000            | 1000            
|Picota 6   | 05/03/04          | 08/13/04      | 200             | 200             



In September 1999, the Company paid a finders fee of 20,000 common shares in consideration for recommending the property and introducing the Company to Cominco.



Cominco Agreement



Prior to staking the property, the Company reviewed Comincos information on the Picota property, including their proprietary data and exploration results. In consideration, Candente and Cominco entered into a Memorandum of Understanding covering the Picota property and an Area of Interest which covers any surrounding properties which may be staked or acquired by Candente prior to December 31, 2000.



Under the agreement, Candente granted Cominco a 0.75% NSR on any minerals produced from the properties covered by the Agreement. Candente also granted Cominco a right of first refusal for all the properties. If Candente decides to dispose of all or a portion of its interest in a property, Cominco has 30 days to accept the offer upon the terms established by Candente. If Cominco does not accept those terms, Candente has 180 days to dispose of that interest for an equal or greater price and on terms no more favorable to the third party.



If Cominco decides to acquire an interest in any of the properties covered by the agreement, Candente and Cominco will form a joint-venture to explore and/or develop that property. The JV will be bound by certain terms which include a right of first offer.



Candente full possession of the properties and the right to work and explore the properties. However, Cominco will have reasonable access to the properties and Candente will provide Cominco with regular progress reports summarizing exploration results.



Location and Access



The property is located approximately 70 km northwest of the city of Cajamarca in northern Peru. Access to the property is via paved and unpaved roads from Cajamarca. Travel to the property from Cajamarca takes approximately 3 hours by vehicle. The Companys Las Brujas exploration project adjoins the property to the southeast.



Regional and Property Geology



The Picota property lies along the western flank of the Andes in northern Peru. Regional structures are dominated by thin-skinned fold and thrust belts. Steeply dipping regional faults occur with various strike orientations. The Hualgayoc Fault strikes northeasterly just to the north of the property. The area lies within a volcanic regime known as the Yanacocha External Caldera System. The area is underlain by the Calipuy Formation.



The property is underlain by several distinct volcanic and intrusive rock units. Due to vegetative and soil cover, surface exposure of these units is poor, and strong alteration makes effective geological surface mapping and interpretation difficult. However, trenching has exposed distinguishable units, including several types of porphyry structures. Several areas of mineralization have been identified by prior exploration work.



The property lies at an elevation of 2200 to 3250 meters. Terrain is gently rolling open grassland with small forested patches around watercourses and in drainages.



History and Previous Work



Cominco originally staked an area which includes the Picota property in 1994. Cominco obtained interest in the area from Landsat images which identified color anomalies. From 1994 to 1996, Cominco conducted drainage sampling and reconnaissance geological mapping. This program identified several zones of mineralization but Cominco only tested 3 zones via trenching. These zones are known as Gloria, Madeleine and Consuelo. In total, 1.5 km of trenches were completed over the 3 zones and 349 channel samples were taken. The highest grades were found in the Madeleine and Consuelo zones. In total, Cominco analyzed 1,181 samples from the property, including the channel samples referenced above. Besides gold, many of the samples recorded highly anomalous copper, molybdenum, lead, zinc and arsenic values which is consistent with an epithermal system.



Candente staked the property beginning in 1999. Company geologists have conducted only limited exploration work consisting of mapping and additional sampling, including rock chip samples. This additional work, including a review of stream sediment results, has uncovered two new mineralized zones and increases the known extent of the mineralized zone to approximately 5 kilometers.



Planned Work Program



Only a small portion of the Picota property has been explored to date. Several mineralized zones and anomalies have been identified but have seen little to no follow up work. Recent work suggests that the area between the Madeleine and Consuelo zones is prospective for hidden mineralized structures which would require additional sampling and/or trenching. The Madeleine zone sampling program should be resumed in order to define the limits of mineralization and obtain possible drill targets.



The Company plans a no exploration at Picota during the current year. Further exploration is dependent upon future financings and the exploration results of the Companys other properties.



Other Peruvian Properties



The Company holds several additional properties in Peru.  All of them arewithout known reserves and the work being done by the Issuer is exploratory in nature. The Issuers interest in these properties stemmed from earlier exploration work, as described below, that was done in the specific areas.

Nine of the properties were subject (along with Pamel) to the Right of First Refusal (RFR) Agreement with Anglogold. The RFR expired unexercised in July 2003, and Candente retains its interests in all of the properties.  Details of those properties is given below:



NORTHERN PERU

|Property
Name | Claim
Name                                                                               | Registration
Date                                     | Concession
Granted                                    | Hectares
Staked          
|------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------
|              |                                                                                          |                                                       |                                                       |                          
|Delicias      | Delicias I
Delicias II
Delicias III                                                      | 09/02/02
09/02/02
10/10/02                            | 04/14/03
03/28/03
03/04/03                            | 600
900
500              
|              |                                                                                          |                                                       |                                                       |                          
|Oro Chicama   | Oro Chicama
Oro Chicama II                                                               | 05/03/04
05/10/04                                     | 08/13/04
08/18/04                                     | 800
500                  
|              |                                                                                          |                                                       |                                                       |                          
|San Antonio   | San Antonio I
San Antonio II
San Antonio III
San Antonio IV
San Antonio V
San Antonio VI | 06/14/02
06/14/02
06/14/02
07/22/02
06/18/02
06/18/02 | 11/11/02
03/20/03
11/12/02
03/20/03
10/21/02
10/21/02 | 300
1000
500
200
1000
700
|              |                                                                                          |                                                       |                                                       |                          
|Toril         | Toril XI
Toril XII
Toril XIII
Toril XIV
Toril XV                                         | 01/13/04
05/10/04
05/10/04
06/01/04
08/13/04          | 08/13/04
01/26/05
01/19/05
09/10/04
01/10/05          | 200
400
300
300
200      
|              |                                                                                          |                                                       |                                                       |                          
|Totoras       | Totoras I
Tororas II                                                                     | 05/03/04
05/03/04                                     | 08/04/04
08/10/04                                     | 500
400                  
|              |                                                                                          |                                                       |                                                       |                          
|Cerro Blanco  | Cerro Blanco                                                                             | 06/01/04                                              | Pending                                               | 400                      



CENTRAL PERU

|Property
Name  | Claim
Name                                                                                                                                        | Registration
Date                                                       | Concession
Granted                                                     | Hectares
Staked                 
|-------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------
|               |                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                         |                                                                        |                                 
|El Alamo *     | El Alamo I
El Alamo                                                                                                                               | 04/29/98
03/03/03                                                       | 08/11/98
12/11/03                                                      | 200
600                         
|               |                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                         |                                                                        |                                 
|Uchumachay     | Uchumachay
Uchumachay I
Uchumachay 2                                                                                                              | 09/02/02
05/03/04
05/03/04                                              | 03/28/03
08/26/04
08/24/04                                             | 400
300
600                     
|               |                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                         |                                                                        |                                 
|Oro Queropalca | Oro Queropalca I
Oro Queropalca II
Oro Queropalca III
Oro Queropalca IV
Oro Queropalca V
Oro Queropalca VI
Oro Queropalca VII
Oro Queropalca VIII | 05/03/04
03/03/03
03/03/03
03/31/03
03/31/03
05/03/04
07/18/03
05/10/04 | 12/03/04
07/17/03
07/17/03
11/03/03
10/28/04
08/04/04
Pending
08/23/04 | 1000
700
600
100
100
400
300
800
|               |                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                         |                                                                        |                                 
|Chaupiloma     | Chaupiloma                                                                                                                                        | 09/16/04                                                                | Pending                                                                | 200                             



* This El Alamo property is separate from the property transferred to ADC Peru LDC under an agreement signed in May 2003.



The Company has conducted either limited or no exploration on its other Peruvian properties to date.



SOUTHERN PERU



|Property
Name | Claim
Name                                                                               | Registration
Date                                                       | Concession
Granted                                                      | Hectares
Staked                 
|------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------
|              |                                                                                          |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                 
|Dylan         | Dylan I
Dylan II
Dylan III                                                               | 07/02/02
07/02/02
07/02/02                                              | 12/12/02
12/12/02
12/12/02                                              | 700
900
900                     
|              |                                                                                          |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                 
|El Volcan     | El Volcan                                                                                | 05/03/04                                                                | 08/10/04                                                                | 1000                            
|              |                                                                                          |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                 
|Fredito       | Fredito III
Fredito IV
Fredito V
Fredito VI
Fredito VII
Fredity VIII                     | 07/22/02
07/22/02
08/01/02
05/03/04
11/03/04
11/03/04                   | 04/22/03
03/17/03
12/12/02
08/13/04
Pending
Pending                     | 700
1000
1000
200
100
200       
|              |                                                                                          |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                 
|Isabelita     | Isabelita
Isabelita I
Isabelita II                                                       | 10/01/02
10/29/02
05/03/04                                              | 03/04/03
04/29/03
10/21/04                                              | 500
600
400                     
|              |                                                                                          |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                 
|Millo *       | Millo II
Millo IV                                                                        | 09/02/02
11/03/03                                                       | 07/25/04
02/20/04                                                       | 800
200                         
|              |                                                                                          |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                 
|Samantha      | Samantha I
Samantha II
Samantha III
Samantha IV
Samantha V                               | 06/20/02
06/20/02
06/20/02
06/20/02
06/20/02                            | 10/21/02
10/21/02
10/21/02
10/21/02
10/21/02                            | 600
900
600
1000
1000           
|              |                                                                                          |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                 
|San Francisco | San Francisco                                                                            | 10/29/02                                                                | 10/24/04                                                                | 800                             
|              |                                                                                          |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                 
|Sharito       | Sharito
Sharito III
Sharito IV
Sharito V
Sharito VI
Sharito VII
Sharito VIII
Sharito IX  | 05/03/04
10/20/03
10/20/03
12/05/04
12/05/03
12/05/03
05/10/04
05/10/04 | 10/20/04
03/03/04
03/04/04
03/15/04
03/24/04
03/15/04
08/10/04
08/13/04 | 600
600
300
500
300
600
600
1000
|              |                                                                                          |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                 
|Tres Marias   | Tres Marias I
Tres Marias II
Tres Marias III
Tres Marias IV
Tres Marias V
Tres Marias VI | 07/22/02
07/22/02
07/22/02
10/28/04
10/28/04
10/28/04                   | 03/24/03
11/26/02
12/12/04
02/21/05
03/07/05
Pending                    | 1000
300
100
500
1000
1000      
|              |                                                                                          |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                 
|Linda Pata    | Linda Pata
Linda Pata II                                                                 | 03/30/04
01/13/04                                                       | 08/23/04
05/07/04                                                       | 999
400                         
|              |                                                                                          |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                 
|Cara Cara     | Cara Cara
Cara Cara I
Cara Cara II                                                       | 01/13/04
01/20/04
06/01/04                                              | 05/05/04
04/20/04
11/15/04                                              | 400
200
1000                    
|              |                                                                                          |                                                                         |                                                                         |                                 
|Rocoso        | Rocoso
Rocoso I
Rocoso II                                                                | 12/10/03
12/10/03
12/10/03                                              | 03/16/04
03/16/04
03/16/04                                              | 1000
200
400                    



*The Millo property consists of two-400 hectare blocks know as Areas C and E. The Company sold Area C to Geologix Explorations and retains Area E. Geologix authorized the Company to negotiate with Anglogold on its behalf, and the final agreement covered both blocks.



The properties above were acquired via staking except for Millo which was acquired through auction from the Government of Peru.





Newfoundland Properties



During 2002, the Company began to acquire gold exploration properties located in the Botwood Basin area of central Newfoundland, Canada. These properties are located in an area where recent exploration results published by other exploration companies suggests that the basin has certain similarities to the Carlin gold trend in Nevada. The Company intends to explore its Botwood properties for bulk tonnage (sediment and intrusive hosted) gold mineralization.



Originally, the Company had 1,919 claims totaling 47,975 hectares which the Company had grouped into several properties by location. The Companys interest in these claims had been acquired through several methods, including staking, purchase and option agreements.  Several claims have been dropped and the Company now has 440 claims totaling 23,575 hectares.



The Company had originally entered into 6 Option to Purchase and Royalty Agreements, which provided for the Company to earn a 100% interest in 7 properties. This has to date been reduced to 2 Option to Purchase and Royalty Agreements.  The Company had also entered into a Purchase and Royalty Agreement with Kevin Keats of Newfoundland by which the Company had earned a 100% interest in 1,346 mining claims.  These mining claims have also been reduced to 593 claims. The Company entered into two Option and Purchase Agreements with Cornerstone Resource Inc. to earn up to a 75% interest in the Island Pond and Pauls Pond Properties.



All of the Companys Newfoundland property interests were acquired from Arms-length parties.



Acquisition details and descriptions of the Companys major Newfoundland exploration projects are described below.



Linear Property



The Linear Property is without known reserves and the work being done by the Issuer is exploratory in nature. The Issuers interest in the Linear Property stemmed from earlier exploration work, as described below, that was done in the area.



The Linear Property is a gold exploration property of 1250 hectares located in the Botwood Basin of central Newfoundland, Canada. The Property does not represent a producing property and the Companys current operations consist of an exploratory search for mineable deposits of minerals.



The Company has had no revenue from mining operations on the Linear Property to date. The Company has an option to earn a 100% interest in the property, subject to a 2.5% NSR. In March 2004, the Company announced an agreement with Goldcorp whereupon Goldcorp can earn a 70% interest in the project by assuming all of Candentes expenditure obligations and completing a bankable feasibility study by January 2010.

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How acquired



Under an agreement dated April 9, 2002, the Company reached an agreement with the KriASK Syndicate and its owners Kevin Keats, Allan Keats and Peter Dimmell. Under the option agreement, Candente can earn a 100% interest in the property, subject to a 2.5% NSR, by paying KriASK $171,000, issuing 300,000 common shares and incurring an aggregate of $1,000,000 in exploration expenditures over 5 years by the following schedules:



Cash Payment Schedule:

|Date of Payment                | Amount       |       
|------------------------------ | ------------ | ------
|Effective Date of Agreement    | $      6,000 | (Paid)
|On or before June 30, 2002     | 6,000        | (Paid)
|On or before June 30, 2003     | 21,000       | (Paid)
|On or before June 30, 2004     | 25,500       | (Paid)
|On or before June 30, 2005     | 30,000       |       
|On or before June 30, 2006     | 36,000       |       
|On or before December 30, 2006 | 46,500       |       
|Total                          | $  171,000   |       



Common Share Issuance Schedule:



|Date of Issuance               | Amount of Shares |         
|------------------------------ | ---------------- | --------
|                               |                  |         
|On the Approval Date           | 15,000           | (Issued)
|On or before June 30, 2002     | 15,000           | (Issued)
|On or before December 30, 2002 | 15,000           | (Issued)
|On or before December 30, 2003 | 30,000           | (Issued)
|On or before December 30, 2004 | 60,000           | (Issued)
|On or before December 30, 2005 | 75,000           |         
|On or before December 30, 2006 | 90,000           |         
|Total *                        | 300,000          |         



* If Candente incurs an aggregate of $1,000,000 in exploration expenditures on the claims prior to November 30, 2006, any shares not yet issued will become issuable to the KriASK Syndicate on or before December 30 of the year in which Candente incurred an aggregate of $1,000,000 in exploration on the claims.



Minimum Property Expenditure Schedule:



|Date of Required Expenditures  | Exploration Amount |                 
|------------------------------ | ------------------ | ----------------
|On or before November 30, 2002 | $       50,000     |                 
|On or before November 30, 2003 | $     150,000      | in the aggregate
|On or before November 30, 2004 | $     300,000      | in the aggregate
|On or before November 30, 2005 | $     550,000      | in the aggregate
|On or before November 30, 2006 | $  1,000,000       | in the aggregate



In March 2004, the Company announced an agreement with Goldcorp on the Linear property. Goldcorp can earn a 70% interest in the property by assuming all of Candentes expenditure obligations and completing a bankable feasibility study by January 2010. The option may be extended beyond the six-year period if expenditures have reached a minimum of $1 million per year by 2009. The agreement is subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.



Location and Access



The Linear property consists of 50 claims 15 kilometers west of the city of Gander, Newfoundland. Access is from the Trans-Canada Highway which borders the property to the South.



Regional and Property Geology



The island of Newfoundland is the Northeast terminus of the Appalachian Orogen, a late Precambrian to early Paleozoic mountain belt. The property covers a portion of the Appleton Linear, a fault related zone that is approximately 20+ kilometers long. The shoreline of Gander Lake, along the outflow, and that of the Gander River to the north reflect the Appleton Linear.

Mineralization appears to have high mesothermal to epithermal characteristics. Strong silicification and clay are noted, and associated minerals include pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena andstibnite. Several gold zones containing gold-bearing veins have been identified on the property, both to the east and west of the Appleton Linear.



History and Previous Work



Noranda conducted regional prospecting in the area during the 1980s. Noranda completed a reconnaissance grid over the property but little follow-up work was done. Noranda dropped the property in 1992. No exploration was conducted on the property until 1998 when the KriASK syndicate staked the property. In 1999, United Carina Corporation optioned the property from the KriASK syndicate and conducted line cutting, soil geochemistry, ground geophysics and trenching. United Carina followed up this program in October 1999 with diamond drilling of 23 holes totaling 1,897 meters and with 15 additional holes totaling 1750 meters in February, 2000. Although Carina discovered several zones of gold mineralization both through trenching and drilling, the Company dropped its option on the property in 2001.



Based upon exploration results obtained and published by other exploration companies active in the area, Candente acquired its option on the property in April, 2002. The Companys geological team identified the property as a possible host for sediment hosted Carlin-style gold mineralization. Shortly after signing the option agreement, the Company began a program to better understand the geology of the property and the mineralizing controls. This program included detailed geological mapping, logging of historical drill core and petrographic studies. From the results of this program, the Companys geologists designed a drill program.  The program commenced in early 2003 and was suspended in March 2003. Of the originally planned 8 diamond drill holes totaling 1600, severe weather and poor ground conditions resulted in the completion of only 5 holes totaling 665 meters. 3 of the 5 holes intersected gold mineralization, as summarized below:



DDH LG-2003-03  Cokes Showing

|From
Meters (m) | To
(m) | Interval
(m) | Gold
(g/t)
|--------------- | ------ | ------------ | ----------
|10.4            | 14.3   | 3.9          | 3.36      
|35.7            | 38.4   | 2.7          | 0.68      
|51.8            | 53.7   | 1.9          | 1.98      
|85.9            | 87.5   | 1.6          | 1.15      
|91.2            | 91.5   | 0.3          | 0.35      
|91.7            | 92.7   | 1.0          | 0.79      
|94.1            | 94.4   | 0.3          | 0.49      
|95.3            | 95.9   | 0.6          | 0.38      
|98.9            | 99.7   | 0.8          | 1.36      
|112.5           | 113.9  | 1.4          | 4.45      
|114.6           | 115.2  | 0.6          | 1.15      
|117.7           | 119.6  | 2.0          | 0.63      
|122.0           | 124.7  | 2.7          | 0.18      
|125.5           | 128.1  | 2.6          | 0.24      
|147.8           | 148.9  | 1.1          | 0.70      



*DDH LG-2003-04  Cokes Showing

|From
Meters (m) | To
(m) | Interval
(m) | Gold
(g/t)
|--------------- | ------ | ------------ | ----------
|8.1             | 11.9   | 3.8          | 0.77      
|14.2            | 16.0   | 2.2          | 2.85      
|21.5            | 22.3   | 0.8          | 1.92      
|25.4            | 27.7   | 2.3          | 1.30      
|31.0            | 38.4   | 7.4          | 2.89      
|45.4            | 50.6   | 5.2          | 0.17      



*Hole LG-003-04 was drilled from the same collar as Hole LG-2003-03 but at a steeper angle to obtain better core recovery in the top 50 meters which was not recovered in Hole LG-2003-03.



DDH LG-2003-05  Keats Showing

|From
Meters (m) | To
(m) | Interval
(m) | Gold
(g/t)
|--------------- | ------ | ------------ | ----------
|36.2            | 38.2   | 2.0          | 2.60      
|52.1            | 55.1   | 3.0          | 0.53      
|73.2            | 75.8   | 2.6          | 0.77      
|92.4            | 96.5   | 4.1          | 0.69      
|98.9            | 101.7  | 2.8          | 0.41      
|105.3           | 106.0  | 0.7          | 0.72      
|110.0           | 11.6   | 1.6          | 0.93      
|111.6           | 116.8  | 5.2          | 0.48      
|117.8           | 125.3  | 7.5          | 0.65      
|126.0           | 131.0  | 5.0          | 0.48      
|132.8           | 134.9  | 2.1          | 0.39      
|136.2           | 136.6  | 0.4          | 7.20      
|138.0           | 139.3  | 1.3          | 0.35      
|141.0           | 142.4  | 2.4          | 0.54      
|150.6           | 150.9  | 0.3          | 0.41      



All of the zones intersected in the current drilling are located south of all areas previously drilled on the property. The Company believes that the zones targeted in the two holes that intersected no gold mineralization were displaced by faulting.



Planned Work Program



The Company is encouraged by the results obtained on the Linear property to date. The Company intends to continue exploration at the property in order to advance the project for further drilling and to follow up the results obtained in 2003.  There is currently no definite exploration schedule in place. The Company intends to make a decision as to this schedule in mid Fiscal 2005.



Staghorn (formerly Flamingo and Woods Lake) Property



The Staghorn Property is without known reserves and the work being done by the Issuer is exploratory in nature. The Issuers interest in the Staghorn Property stemmed from earlier exploration work, as described below, that was done in the area.





The Staghorn Property is a 4,650 hectare, 186 claim gold exploration property located in the western Newfoundland. The Property does not represent a producing property and the Companys current operations consist of an exploratory search for mineable deposits of minerals.



The Company has had no revenue from mining operations on the Staghorn Property to date. The Company has an option to earn a 100% interest in the property, subject to a 2.5% NSR. In March 2004, the Company announced an agreement with Goldcorp whereupon Goldcorp can earn a 70% interest in the project by assuming all of Candentes expenditure obligations and completing a bankable feasibility study by January 2010.



How Acquired



Under an agreement dated December 20, 2002 between the Company and Gilbert Lushman and Edwin Northcott ( known collectively as the Lushcott Group), the Company can acquire a 100% interest in the property, subject to a 2.5% NSR, by making cash payments totaling$100,920, issuing 120,000 common shares and incurring aggregate exploration expenditures of $500,000 under the following schedule:



Cash Payment Schedule:

|Date of Payment                | Amount       |                                                                                                                                       
|------------------------------ | ------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Effective Date of Agreement    | $      5,000 | (Paid)                                                                                                                                
|On or before December 25, 2002 | 10,400       | (Paid)                                                                                                                                
|On or before July 30, 2003     | 5,520        | (Paid)                                                                                                                                
|On or before December 30, 2003 | 25,000       | (Paid)                                                                                                                                
|On or before December 30, 2004 | 27,000       | (Paid subsequent to December 2004 in 56,250 Common Shares @ $0.48 issued on March 8, 2005.  The $27,000.00 was received from Goldcorp)
|On or before December 30, 2005 | 28,000       |                                                                                                                                       
|Total                          | $  100,920   |                                                                                                                                       



Common Share Issuance Schedule

|Date of Issuance               | Amount of Shares |         
|------------------------------ | ---------------- | --------
|On the Approval Date           | 20,000           | (Issued)
|On or before December 30, 2003 | 30,000           | (Issued)
|On or before December 30, 2004 | 30,000           | (Issued)
|On or before December 30, 2005 | 40,000           |         
|Total                          | 120,000          |         



Minimum Property Expenditure Schedule:

|Date of Required Expenditures  | Exploration Amount |                 
|------------------------------ | ------------------ | ----------------
|On or before November 30, 2003 | $       40,000     |                 
|On or before November 30, 2004 | $     120,000      | in the aggregate
|On or before November 30, 2005 | $     270,000      | in the aggregate
|On or before November 30, 2006 | $     500,000      | in the aggregate



The Lushcott Group also retains a 2.5% NSR on the property. The Company may at any time purchase 1 percentage point (thus reducing the NSR to 1.5%) of the royalty by paying the Lushcott Group $1,000,000. If Candente exercises the royalty purchase right, and upon completion of a bankable feasibility study, the Lushcott Group has the right to require Candente to purchase a further 1 percentage point (thus reducing the NSR to 0.5%) for a price determined by a fixed dollar amount per ounce of gold multiplied by the number of ounces of gold in the mineable reserve as computed in the mineable feasibility study. The fixed dollar amount per ounce of gold shall be determined by the following table:



|Trading Price of Gold | Fixed Dollar Amount Per Ounce
|--------------------- | -----------------------------
|Up to US $349         | US$1.00                      
|US$350  US$449       | US$1.25                      
|US$450 - US$524       | US$1.50                      
|US$525  US$599       | US$1.75                      
|US$600 or above       | US$2.00                      



If Candente sells, assigns, options or otherwise disposes of any interest in the claims to a third party and receives consideration for the disposition, 10% of the total cash or shares received by Candente will be due to the Lushcott Group. The cash equivalent value of the consideration paid will be deemed to be part of the $1,000,000 required for the purchase of the first 1 percentage point of the NSR.



In March 2004, the Company announced an agreement with Goldcorp on the Staghorn property. Goldcorp can earn a 70% interest in the property by assuming all of Candentes expenditure obligations and completing a bankable feasibility study by January 2010. The option may be extended beyond the six-year period if expenditures have reached a minimum of $1 million per year by 2009. The agreement is subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.



Location and Access



The property is located approximately 5 hours west of the city of Gander via paved highway and gravel road.



Geological Information



The property is located within the SW Dunnage Zone. The northern portion of the property is underlain by mafic volcanic and related intrusive rocks, while the southern portion is dominated by granodioritic rocks of the Bay Du Nord Group. These rocks are intruded by a mylonitic pink granite that occurs as two separate northeast-trending bodies.  On the property, muscovite schist blocks occur strewn throughout the property coincident with granite outcrop.







Previous Exploration



The area has seen only limited exploration with the majority of the exploration searching for base metal mineralization. From 1952-1960, Asarco explored the area for base metals. In 1981, Hudson Bay Oil and Gas conducted geological mapping, geophysical surveys and diamond drilling in the area in its search for base metals. In 1987-1988, BP-Selco conducted base metal and gold exploration and found anomalous gold in soils on the property and excavated 5 trenches.



Prior to optioning the property, the Companys geologists visited the property and sampled previously identified gold bearing mineralization from an area measuring 400 square meters. Those samples tested several types of rock, including quartz-cemented breccia, quartz veins, and felsic intrusive rocks and confirmed the previous exploration results.



Planned Work Program



During 2003, the Company conducted an exploration program at Staghorn which included geological mapping and sampling of several trenches and previously identified mineralized areas as well as the review of a 1981 airborne magnetic/EM survey for structure, geology and magnetic anomalies. As a result of the work, gold mineralization was extended to 3 kilometers, and three magnetic features in close proximity to the known gold mineralization were identified.



During the first quarter of 2004, the Company carried out a lake sediment survey as well as an IP/Magnetic survey. This work identified several high-chargeability zones over a 3.2 kilometer length.  Drilling has recently started and is being carried out by Petro Drilling Company Limited of Newfoundland.  The drilling will test the 3.2 kilometre (km) structural trend where gold mineralization has been found as well as several high chargeability zones that often coincide with the gold-bearing sulphide mineralization found on the property.  Under the agreement announced in March 2004, Goldcorp is funding the drill program.



Island Pond Property



The Island Pond Property is without known reserves and the work being done by the Issuer is exploratory in nature. The Issuers interest in the Island Pond Property stemmed from earlier exploration work, as described below, that was done in the area.



The Island Pond Property is a gold exploration property of 950 hectares located in the Botwood Basin of central Newfoundland, Canada. The Property does not represent a producing property and the Companys current operations consist of an exploratory search for mineable deposits of minerals.



The Company has had no revenue from mining operations on the Island Pond Property to date. The Company has an option to earn up to an initial 51% interest, but can increase its interest in the property to 75%, from Cornerstone Capital, an arms length public company.

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How Acquired



Under an agreement with Cornerstone Capital dated July 15, 2003, Candente can earn an initial 51% interest in the property by spending $1.5 million on exploration, issuing to Cornerstone 115,000 common shares and paying Cornerstone $115,000 over 4 years. Candente can increase its interest in the property to 61% by financing a bankable feasibility study and can further increase its interest to 75% by arranging and securing all the mine financing required as outlined in the development plan in the bankable feasibility study. Cornerstone will be operator of all exploration until Candente has earned its initial 51% interest. The Company is current with all required payments and expenditures required under the agreement.



Location and Access



The property is located in the Botwood Basin of Central Newfoundland and straddles Highway 360, approximately 5 kilometers south of Highway 360s intersection with the Trans-Canada highway and Southeast of the town of Bishops Falls.



Regional and Property Geology



The property lies within the Dunnage tectonostratigraphic zone and is underlain by sedimentary and volcanic rocks of the Botwood Group, including the Wigwam and Laurenceton formation that are intruded by younger mafic dykes. Glacial till covers the region, and outcrop is rare.



The property has northwest trending structures consistent with epithermal-style alteration. quartz/sulphosalt and quartz breccia boulders have been found at surface.



Previous Exploration



The region had limited gold exploration until the release of a Newfoundland government survey in 1988 which indicated gold in the area. In 2001, Cornerstone completed geochemical and magnetic surveys which successfully delineated several zones of coincidental magnetic and geochemical soil anomalies In early 2002, Cornerstone completed additional geophysical work on the property which detected northwest trending conductors. Upon finalizing the option agreement, Candente and Cornerstone initiated an 8-hole, 809 meter Phase I diamond drilling program designed to test the mineralized structures identified by Cornerstones exploration. 4 of the 8 holes successfully intersected low-sulphidation epithermal-style mineralization. The best gold intersection was 0.215 g/t over 7.6 meters.



Current and Future Exploration



Although the Winter 2002/2003 drill program did not intersect economic mineralization, the program did determine that the Companies targeted low-sulphidation epithermal-style mineralization is present on the property. The style and geochemical signature of the mineralization is similar to that found within close proximity to known gold bearing structures occurring on other properties in the area.  Further exploration on the property has been unsuccessful in delineating significant exploration targets and the property has therefore been dropped.



Pauls Pond Property



The Pauls Pond Property is without known reserves and the work being done by the Issuer is exploratory in nature. The Issuers interest in the Pauls Pond Property stemmed from earlier exploration work, as described below, that was done in the area.



The Pauls Pond Property is a 750 hectare gold exploration project located in south-central Newfoundland. The Property does not represent a producing property and the Companys current operations consist of an exploratory search for mineable deposits of minerals.



The Company has had no revenue from mining operations on the Pauls Pond Property to date. The Company has an option to earn an initial 51% interest in the property but may increase its interest to 75%.



How Acquired



Under an agreement with Cornerstone dated July 15, 2002, the Company has the right to earn a 51% interest in the property by paying Cornerstone $90,000, issuing 90,000 common shares and expending $1,000,000 on exploration over a 4 year period. Candente can increase its interest in the property to 61% by financing a bankable feasibility study and can further increase its interest to 75% by arranging and securing all the mine financing required as outlined in the development plan in the bankable feasibility study. Candente will be the Operator of all exploration. The Company is current with all the required payments and expenditures required under the agreement.



Candente will be the operator of the property, and as such will be allowed to charge for management, supervision and administrative services at the rate of 5% for all expenditures and costs made or incurred by Candente with a third party, and at the rate of 10% for all internal expenditures or costs.



Location and Access



The property is located in north-central Newfoundland between the Northwest and Southwest Gander Rivers. Access is south along a good 38 kilometer long gravel road that begins at the Trans-Canada Highway at the town of Glenwood.



Regional and Property Geology



The area lies at the eastern margin of the Dunnage zone, within the Exploits subzone. The property is underlain by sedimentary units of the Davidsville Group which is in contact with the Botwood Group in the northwest corner of the property. The Davidsville Group is predominately laminated grey-green siltstone, while the Botwood Group is siltstones and shales. Both groups are intruded by granite and gabbro dikes and sills.



Previous Exploration History



The area of the property has had only limited exploration. Noranda conducted regional evaluation and exploration from 1986 to 1989 and identified several zones of gold mineralization on the property. The most significant to date is the Goose Zone which consists of disseminated arsenopyrite and has returned gold values from trench sampling and through 4 short drill holes over a strike length of 100 meters. The Goose Zone remains open in all directions.



Current Work Program



An IP survey has recently outlined several zones of high chargeability, while geochemical soil sampling has located a gold-in-soil anomaly directly along strike one kilometer northwest of the Goose Zone.  A diamond drilling program was carried out to test targets delineated by the recent geophysics and geochemistry.  The results from this program do not warrant further exploration and the property has therefore been dropped.



Virgin Arm Property



The Virgin Arm Property is without known reserves and the work being done by the Issuer is exploratory in nature. The Issuers interest in the Virgin Arm Property stemmed from earlier exploration work, as described below, that was done in the area.



The Virgin Arm property is a 2,300 hectare gold exploration project located in the Botwood Basin of central Newfoundland. The Property does not represent a producing property and the Companys current operations consist of an exploratory search for mineable deposits of minerals.



The Company has had no revenue from mining operations on the Virgin Arm Property to date. The Company has a 100% interest in the property.

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How Acquired



The Company originally staked 89 claims on April 5, 2002. On September 26, 2002, the Company staked an additional 3 claims along the northern part of the original property.



Location and Access



The property lies just north of the town of Summerford, approximately 80 kilometers north of the City of Gander. Access is by Provincial Highway from Gander to Summerford.



Regional and Property Geology



The area is within the Newfoundland Dunnage Zone, which is divided into the Notre Dame and Exploits Subzones. The Virgin Arm property lies in the Exploits Subzone at the boundary with the Notre Dame Subzone. The rocks in the area are dominantly oceanic sedimentary rocks with intercalated volcanic rocks overlain by black shales. Gold has been identified on the property within 5 separate showings, which are primarily associated with NNE and WNW trending faults.





Previous Exploration History



During the 1980s, the Geological Survey of Canada conducted regional lake bottom sampling. Based upon these results, Noranda Exploration Company Limited staked a series of claims in the area which included the current boundaries of the Virgin Arm property. From 1989 to 1996, Noranda conducted an exploration program consisting of prospecting and reconnaissance geochemistry sampling over portions of the property. In 2002, Candente followed up the Noranda results with prospecting, silt and rock sampling, coarse gold panning, linecutting, soil sampling and grid geological mapping. 5 new gold showings have been identified to date.



Current and Planned Exploration



The Company anticipates a two step exploration program on the property. The first would include soil and rock chip sampling in target areas previously identified through prospecting. The second would include pitting and trenching to test bedrock beneath areas of encouraging gold results in soil and/or rock samples taken during step one.



During 2003, the Company conducted mapping, sampling and trenching on the property. During 2004, the Company reviewed the results and further exploration on the project is anticipated; however, no definite schedule is currently in place. The Company plans to make a decision on this matter in mid Fiscal 2005.



Other Central Newfoundland Properties



The Other Central Newfoundland Properties are without known reserves and the work being done by the Issuer is exploratory in nature. The Issuers interest in the Other Central Newfoundland Properties stemmed from earlier work, as described below, that was done in the area.



Under the Botwood Basin Agreement dated May 20, 2002 between the Company and ASK (Kevin Keats), the Company acquired by staking additional properties located north and south of the City of Gander, within the Botwood Basin near the north shore of Central Newfoundland. These properties include Burnt Arm, Michaels Harbor, Eastern Pond, Lobster Claw and Regs Pond. The Company also has staked additional property along Gander Lake, including the Gander, Careless Cove and Bowater properties. Several of these properties have since been dropped.  The one remaining is Michaels Harbor, which is an early-stage gold exploration property and is 100% owned by the Company. To date, the Company has conducted limited exploration on this property.



By paying the staking costs of $60 per claim in cash and issuing 200,000 common shares upon finalization of the agreement, the Company acquired 100% of the right, title and interest in the mining claims. Additionally, if the Company is to conduct exploration drilling on any property contained in the NF-B group under the agreement, Candente will issue an additional 25,000 common shares for each property drilled. For each property in the NF-B group from which Candente produces 50,000 ounces of gold in a particular calendar year, Candente will issue an additional 100,000 common shares as a one time issuance.

ASK retains a 0.75% NSR on each property under the agreement. The Company may purchase 2/3 of the royalty (thus reducing ASKs royalty to a 0.25% NSR) on any particular property for $250,000 for each 0.25% NSR percentage point.



In March 2004, the Company signed an agreement with Roland Quinlan and Quest Inc. (The Vendors) which granted the Company an option to acquire a 100% interest in the Duder Lake property of 84 mining claims in Newfoundland. Consideration is cash payments of $105,000 and the issuance of 130,000 common shares in tranches until January 15, 2008; and a total of $625,000 in property exploration expenditures in annual commitments on or before December 13, 2007. The first years exploration commitment of $25,000 has been met. The property is subject to a 2.5% NSR in favor of the vendors which the Company may reduce to a 1.5% NSR by way of a $1,000,000 payment. Previous operators on the property have identified gold mineralization in several trenches and shallow drill holes over 2.5 kilometers of a north-northeast trending shear system. The Company identified high-chargeability zones during an IP survey over the property and from these results conducted a drill program.  The results do not warrant further work and the property has been dropped.



Item 5.  Operating and Financial Review and Prospects





Overview



The Company's financial statements are stated in United States Dollars (US$) and are prepared in accordance with Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), the application of which, in the case of the Company, conforms in all material respects for the periods presented with United States GAAP except as noted in footnotes to the financial statements.  The value of the U.S. Dollar in relationship to the Canadian Dollar was 1.22 as of March 28, 2005.



The Company has since inception financed its activities through the distribution of equity capital.  The timing of such distributions was dependent on the requirements of the Company and the economic climate.  The Company anticipates having to raise additional funds by equity issuance in the next several years, as the Company does not expect to generate material revenue from mining operations or to achieve self-sustaining commercial mining operations for several years.



Results of Operations



Year Ended December 31, 2004 vs. the Year Ended December 31, 2003



The Net Loss for the year totaled ($1,556,932), or ($0.04) per share, compared to a loss of ($1,601,498), or ($0.06) per share, in the prior year. The main difference between the two years was a large foreign exchange gain in 2004 arising from the translation of monetary assets held in Canadian dollars. Other large changes occurred in International Security expense of ($30,837) compared to  ($12,386) as the Company took extra protection measures for its personnel in Peru; Legal, audit and accounting of ($94,612) versus ($55,851) due to higher legal expenses related to potential joint-venture agreements; Management and Office salaries of ($115,167) versus ($71,226) and Office, rent and miscellaneous of ($109,995) compared to ($62,068) due to additional personnel and additional office space rented in Vancouver; Promotion, Travel, and Entertainment, which rose to ($156,742) from ($132,752) as management attended several additional industry conferences during the period as well as traveling to Peru to review new exploration programs; and Write off of deferred costs on its mineral exploration properties of ($728,750) compared to ($222,444) as the Company wrote-off all of its deferred exploration in Newfoundland, Canada except for the Staghorn, Linear, Micheals Harbour, and Virgin Arm Properties. . These expenses were partially offset by higher interest income of $51,577 compared to $26,500 due to higher average cash balances, reduced stock-based compensation expense of ($222,686) compared to ($911,014) in 2003, and the Foreign Exchange gain of $222,216 in 2004 compared to $25,141 in 2003, which was due to favorable exchange rates for the Canadian dollar against the US Dollar.



Year Ended December 31, 2003 vs. the Year Ended December 31, 2002



The Net Loss for the year totaled ($1,601,498), or ($0.06) per share, compared to a loss of ($437,665), or ($0.02) per share, in the prior year. The larger loss in 2003 was largely due to the Stock-based compensation expense of ($911,014) compared to zero in the prior year. Other large changes occurred in International Security expense of ($12,326) compared to zero as the Company took extra protection measures for its personnel in Peru; Investor Relations expense of ($59,943) compared to ($38,532) as the Company retained a full time investor relations employee; Legal, audit and accounting of ($55,851) versus ($36,650) due to higher legal expenses related to potential joint-venture agreements; Management and Office salaries of ($71,226) versus ($53,789) and Office, rent and miscellaneous of ($62,068) compared to ($36,219) due to additional personnel and additional office space rented in Vancouver; Promotion, Travel, and Entertainment, which rose to ($132,752) from ($80,714) as management attended several additional industry conferences during the period as well as traveling to Peru to review new exploration programs; and Write off of deferred costs on its mineral exploration properties of ($232,444) compared to ($127,288) as the Company wrote-off its deferred exploration on the Radio Range, Weirs Pond and Jacksons Arm property, all of which were dropped during the year. These expenses were partially offset by higher interest income of $26,500 compared to $11,146 due to higher average cash balances, and Foreign Exchange gain of ($25,141) compared to a loss of $4,898 which was due to favorable exchange rates for the Canadian dollar against the Peruvian New Sole.



During 2003, the Company completed several private placements totaling 5,908,333 for net proceeds of $3,638,105. This included the private placement of 1,700,000 units with Goldcorp at Cdn$0.60 per unit. Each unit consisted of one common share and one-half of a common stock purchase warrant, with each full warrant exercisable into one common share at a price of Cdn$0.90 until February 21, 2004 and at a price of Cdn$1.10 from February 22, 2004 until February 21, 2005. Net proceeds to the Company from the placement was $687,330 were used for exploration on its Newfoundland exploration programs. The Company also issued 266,000 common shares at a deemed value of $150,057 for Mineral Property Payments; issued 976,566 common shares pursuant to the exercise of stock options for proceeds of $166,286; and issued 3,902,752 common shares pursuant to the exercise of common stock warrants for proceeds of $774,533.





LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES



The Company's primary source of funds since incorporation has been through the issue of its common stock and the proceeds from the exercise of common stock options and share purchase warrants.  The Company has no revenue from mining operations to date.



During Fiscal 2005 the Company anticipates continuing to conduct exploration on several of its properties in Peru and limited exploration on 4 of its properties in Newfoundland, including drilling programs on the Alto Dorado, Canariaco and Staghorn projects.  The Company believes that it has sufficient capital to cover corporate expenses for the remainder of 2005, however, additional funds will be necessary for future periods, and management anticipates funding ongoing operations with the additional placement of common stock, as well as the exercise of outstanding options and warrants. The timing and amount of such stock placements is largely dependent upon favourable market conditions. If the Company is unable to raise additional funds, exploration activities will be curtailed and available funds will be used on the most advanced properties. The priority ranking of each property for available funds is impossible to determine at this time as ongoing exploration results will determine which properties in the Companys portfolio should receive additional exploration.



The Company does not know of any trends, demands, commitments, events or uncertainties that will result in, or that are reasonably likely to result in, the Company's liquidity either materially increasing or decreasing at present or in the foreseeable future.  Material increases or decreases in the Company's liquidity are substantially determined by the success or failure of the Company's exploration programs or the future acquisition of projects.



Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004



The Companys working capital at the end of the year totaled $823,488 compared to working capital of $3,754,748 at the close of the prior year. The Company cash position decreased to $1,045,641 from $3,672,704. Liabilities totaled ($420,070) compared to ($60,533), with all amounts classified as current.



The Net Loss for the year was ($1,556,932). Operating Activities used cash of ($560,127), with the Net Loss partially offset by non-cash charges of Stock-based compensation of $222,686 and the Write-off of deferred costs related to mineral properties of $728,751. Investing Activities used cash of ($3,349,988), with Deferred exploration costs on its mineral properties using cash of ($2,784,293), Deferred acquisition costs of its mineral properties using cash of ($288,915), and Acquisition of Equipment using cash of ($102,999). Financing Activities provided cash of $1,283,052. The issuance of common shares provided cash of $454,124 and option payments and exploration funds received provided cash of $769,896.



The Companys cash position at the close of the year was $1,045,641.









Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2003



The Companys working capital at the end of the year totaled $3,754,748 compared to working capital of $677,567 at the close of the prior year. The Company cash position rose to $3,672,704 from $681,706. Liabilities totaled ($60,533) compared to ($93,190), with all amounts classified as current.



The Net Loss for the year was ($1,601,498). Operating Activities used cash of ($532,584), with the Net Loss partially offset by non-cash charges of Stock-based compensation of $911,014 and the Write-off of deferred costs related to mineral properties of $232,444. Investing Activities used cash of ($1,100,021), with Deferred exploration costs on its mineral properties using cash of ($904,463), Deferred acquisition costs of its mineral properties using cash of ($105,388), and Acquisition of Equipment using cash of ($90,170). Financing Activities provided cash of $4,623,603. The issuance of common shares provided cash of $4,915,936, while Share issue costs used cash of ($233,301).



The Companys cash position at the close of the year was $3,672,704.



Variation in Operating Results



The Company is presently exploring its properties for sufficient reserves to justify production.  None of the properties are yet in production and consequently, do not produce any revenue.  As a result there is little variation expected in operating results from year to year and little is to be expected until such time, if any, as a production decision is made on one of its properties.



The Company derives interest income on its bank deposits, which depend on the Company's ability to raise funds.



Management periodically through the exploration process, reviews results both internally and externally through mining related professionals.  Decisions to abandon, reduce or expand exploration efforts is based upon many factors including general and specific assessments of mineral deposits, the likelihood of increasing or decreasing those deposits, land costs, estimates of future mineral prices, potential extraction methods and costs, the likelihood of positive or negative changes to the environment, permitting, taxation, labor and capital costs.  There cannot be a pre-determined hold period for any property as geological or economic circumstances render each property unique.



The Company's financial statements are stated in United States Dollars (US$) and are prepared in accordance with Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), the application of which, in the case of the Company, conforms in all material respects for the periods presented with United States GAAP except as noted in Footnote 14 to the financial statements.



US GAAP Reconciliation with Canadian GAAP



Under Canadian GAAP applicable to mining exploration companies, exploration expenditures may be deferred on prospective claims until such time as it is determined that further exploration is not warranted, at which time the claim costs are written-off. Under US GAAP, all exploration expenditures must be expensed until an independent feasibility study has determined that the property is capable of economic commercial production. Under US GAAP, exploration expenditures are disclosed in the statements of cash flows under Operating Activities while under Canadian GAAP they are disclosed as Investing Activities. Therefore, under US GAAP, the Company has expensed all of its deferred property costs which was ($4,978,944) as of December 31, 2004. For 2004, the Companys net loss of ($1,556,932) under Canadian GAAP was increased under US GAAP by ($2,599,695) for FY 2004s Deferred Property Expenditures. After deducting the Claim Costs written off under Canadian GAAP and the foreign exchange gain which is included in other comprehensive income under US GAAP, the FY 2004 Net Loss under US GAAP totaled ($3,650,092).



Under Canadian GAAP, shares held in escrow are included in the calculation of loss per share. Under US GAAP, shares held in escrow are excluded from the weighted-average number of shares outstanding until such shares are released from trading or until all contingencies upon which the release of the shares relies have been met. At December 31, 2004, the contingency for release of escrowed shares had been met, therefore there is no difference.



Under Canadian GAAP, foreign exchange gains and losses involving integrated foreign operations are included in current operations. Under US GAAP, gains and losses arising from foreign currency transactions are included in current operations, while such items arising from the translations of non-US dollar-denominated balances are separately disclosed on a current basis and are included on a cumulative basis as a separate component of Stockholders Equity.



Under US GAAP, the investments held by the Company are considered to be available for sale securities and are required to be reported at fair value, with any unrealized holding gains and losses included in current other comprehensive income.



Under US GAAP, the Accumulated other comprehensive income related to these two items as of December 31, 2004 is $244,183.



Due to these requirements under US GAAP, the Accumulated Deficit under US GAAP as of December 31, 2003 is ($9,686,713).



Variation in Operating Results



The Company derives interest income on its bank deposits, which depend on the Company's ability to raise funds.



Management periodically, through the exploration process, reviews results both internally and externally through mining related professionals.  Decisions to abandon, reduce or expand exploration efforts is based upon many factors including general and specific assessments of mineral deposits, the likelihood of increasing or decreasing those deposits, land costs, estimates of future mineral prices, potential extraction methods and costs, the likelihood of positive or negative changes to the environment, permitting, taxation, labor and capital costs.  There cannot be a pre-determined hold period for any property as geological or economic circumstances render each property unique.



The Company's financial statements are stated in Canadian Dollars (CAD$) and are prepared in accordance with Canadian GAAP, the application of which, in the case of the Company, conforms in all material respects for the years presented with US GAAP, except as noted in Note 14 to the financial statements.  The value of the Canadian Dollar in relationship to the US Dollar was 1.22 as of December 31, 2004.



Research and Development



The Company conducts no Research and Development activities, nor is it dependent upon any patents or licenses.



Trend Information



The Company knows of no trends, uncertainties, demands, commitments or events that are reasonably likely to have a material effect on the Companys operations or financial condition.



Item 6.  Directors, Senior Management and Employees





Table No. 5 lists as of 03/28/05 the names of the Directors of the Company.  The Directors have served in their respective capacities since their election and/or appointment and will serve until the next Annual General Meeting or until a successor is duly elected, unless the office is vacated in accordance with the Articles/By-Laws of the Company. All Directors are residents and citizens of Canada, except Ing. Fredy Jose Huanqui Guerra, who is a resident and citizen of Peru and Larry Kornze and Peter Megaw  who are residents of the United States.



Table No. 5

Directors



|Name                           | Age | Date First Elected/Appointed
|------------------------------ | --- | ----------------------------
|                               |     |                             
|Joanne C. Freeze               | 47  | July 1997                   
|Ing. Fredy Jose Huanqui Guerra | 53  | April 1999                  
|Peter de Visser                | 55  | May 1997                    
|Larry Kornze                   | 57  | October 2002                
|Michael Casselman              | 59  | July 2004                   
|James Currie                   | 51  | October 2004                
|Peter Megaw                    | 52  | October 2004                





Table No. 6 lists, as of 03/28/05, the names of the Executive Officers of the Company.  The Executive Officers serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.  All Executive Officers are citizens and residents of Canada, except Ing. Fredy Jose Huanqui Guerra, who is a resident and citizen of Peru.







Table No. 6

Executive Officers



|Name                           | Age | Position                      | Date of Appointment
|------------------------------ | --- | ----------------------------- | -------------------
|Joanne C. Freeze               | 47  | President and CEO             | July 1997          
|Ing. Fredy Jose Huanqui Guerra | 53  | VP Exploration Latin America  | April 1999         
|Peter de Visser                | 55  | Chief Financial Officer       | May 1997           
|Maria Eugenia Montagne         | 40  | Corporate Secretary/Treasurer | July 2002          
|Michael Casselman              | 59  | General Manager, Exploration  | February 2004      



Joanne Freeze is the President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Company. Ms. Freeze is a Professional Geoscientist having received a B.A. from the University of Western Ontario in 1978 and a B.Sc. from the University of British Columbia in 1981. Since 1985 she has been a principal of Stillwater Enterprises Ltd., a private British Columbia company providing geological consulting services. She devotes 100% of her time to the Company.



Ing. Fredy J. Huanqui Guerra is a Director and Manager of Exploration of Candente. Mr. Huanqui is a Professional Geologist and Engineer and earned his Geologist-Engineer degree from the University of Arequipa in 1973. Since 1974, Mr. Huanqui has worked as a geologist in Peru, including as an Exploration Geologist with Arequipa Resources, a junior gold exploration company, from 1993 to 1996 and with American Barrick Corporation, a gold mining company, from 1996 to 1997. He devotes 100% of his time to the Company.



Peter de Visser is Candentes Chief Financial Officer and a Director. Mr. de Visser is a Chartered Accountant and has been a principal of De Visser Gray, a Chartered Accountant company located in Vancouver B.C. since 1987. He obtained his B.Comm. from the University of British Columbia in 1973 and has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia since 1976. Mr. de Visser has extensive experience with public companies and is currently a director of Leisure Canada, a developer of vacation resorts, and Vinson Biotech, a Capital Pool Corporation without a current business, both public companies traded on the Canadian Venture Exchange. He devotes approximately 10% of his time to the Company.



Maria Eugenia (Lola) Montagne is the Corporate Secretary. Ms. Montagne joined the company on May 15, 2000 as an Executive Assistant and was appointed Corporate Secretary on July 2nd, 2002. From 1994 to 1998, Ms. Montagne was an executive assistant with Manhattan Minerals, a mineral exploration company.Ms. Montagne worked for Candente on a contract basis beginning in 1998 before joining the Company full-time.



Larry Kornze was named to the Companys Board of Directors in October, 2002. Mr. Kornze is a professional engineer who first joined Candente as an advisor in October 2001. Prior to joining Candente, he served in various positions with Barrick Gold, including as the general manager for exploration for Mexico and Central America and international evaluations as well as general manager for United States exploration, from 1985 until his retirement in 2001. Before joining Barrick, Mr. Kornze held various positions with mining companies Newmont and Getty Mining.



Mr. Casselman is the Manager of Exploration and a Director. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of British Columbia in 1969 and a Masters of Science degree from Carleton University in 1977. He has over 35 years of Canadian and International mineral industry experience, including managerial, technical, logistical, operational, environmental and community relations knowledge. He started with Cominco in 1969, and his 30-year tenure with the Company included supervising exploration at the Highland Copper Mine in British Columbia as well as working on feasibility and production. In the mid-1990s Mr. Casselman relocated to Chile and led extensive copper exploration programs before relocating to Vancouver and becoming Comincos Administration Manager of International Exploration. He retired from Cominco in 1999, and since that time has been involved in mineral exploration for several Vancouver-based companies.



James Currie was named to the Companys Board of Directors in October 2004.  Mr. Currie brings to the Candente team more than 25 years of experience as a mining engineer. He is currently President of Luzon Minerals Ltd. and prior to that was responsible for Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.s (heap-leach SX-EW) copper operations in Myanmar including the 25,000 tonne per annum (tpa) S & K Mine, and the proposed 125,000 tpa Letpadaung Development Project.   Mr. Currie has also worked for senior mining companies such as Placer-Dome, Noranda and Fording Coal and has held senior level positions for a number of junior exploration and development companies including: All-North Resources Ltd., Queenstake Resources Ltd. and Cornucopia Resources Ltd.



Peter Megaw was named to the Board in October 2004.  Mr Megaw is a Certified Professional Geologist by the American Institute of Professional Geologists and Arizona Registered Geologists.  He is well-known professional in the mining industry and is one of four founding principals of IMDEX Inc./Minera Cascabel, S.A. de C.V., the largest geotechnical consulting firm operating in Mexico.  Dr. Megaw has been instrumental in the discovery of several million ounces of silver including new orebodies in existing mines, Excellon Resources Platosa Mine and MAG Silver's Fresnillo, Batopilas and Santa Eulalia Properties.  Peter is the author of numerous scientific publications on ore deposits and is a frequent speaker at international exploration conferences.



No Director and/or Executive Officer has been the subject of any order, judgment, or decree of any governmental agency or administrator or of any court of competent jurisdiction, revoking or suspending for cause any license, permit or other authority of such person or of any corporation of which he/she is a Director and/or Executive Officer, to engage in the securities business or in the sale of a particular security or temporarily or permanently restraining or enjoining any such person or any corporation of which he /she is an officer or director from engaging in or continuing any conduct, practice, or employment in connection with the purchase or sale of securities, or convicting such person of any felony or misdemeanor involving a security or any aspect of the securities business or of theft or of any felony other than that described in the next paragraph.



There are no family relationships between any two or more Directors or Executive Officers. There are no material arrangements or understandings between any two or more Directors or Executive Officers.





COMPENSATION



The Executive Officers and Directors of the Company received compensation in the amounts shown in the following table during the last 3 fiscal years:



Table Number 7

Compensation of Officers and Directors





Annual Compensation



|Name and
Principal
Position                                           | Fiscal
Year         | Salary                          | Bonus           | Other Annual
Compensation (1)   | Stock Options
Granted      
|--------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------------------- | --------------- | ------------------------------- | ---------------------------
|                                                                      |                     |                                 |                 |                                 |                            
|Joanne Freeze
President, Chairman and CEO, Director                   | 2004
2003
2002
2001 | Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil                 | Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil | $76,800
$63,600
$58,400
$42,000 | None
250,000
350,000
90,000
|Ing. Fredy Jose Huanqui Guerra
VP Exploration Latin Anerica, Director | 2004
2003
2002
2001 | Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil                 | Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil | $76,800
$63,600
$42,000
$42,000 | None
250,000
200,000
80,000
|Peter de Visser
CFO, Director                                         | 2004
2003
2002
2001 | Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil                 | Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil | $21,303
$7,675
$665
$629        | None
145,000
106,250
47,000
|Larry Kornze
Director of Business Development, Director               | 2004
2003
2002      | Nil
Nil
Nil                     | Nil
Nil
Nil     | Nil
Nil
Nil                     | None
200,000
265,000       
|Michael Casselman
General Manager Exploration, Director               | 2004                | Nil                             | Nil             | Nil                             | 400,000                    
|James Currie
Director                                                 | 2004                | Nil                             | Nil             | $15,669.77                      | 250,000                    
|Peter Megaw
Director                                                  | 2004                | Nil                             | Nil             | Nil                             | 150,000                    
|Maria Eugenia Montagne
Corporate Secretar/Treasurery                  | 2004
2003
2002
2001 | $55,200
$50,000
$50,000
$50,000 | Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil | Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil                 | None
150,000
110,000
80,000



(1) For additional information regarding Other Compensation, See Item 7, Interest of Management in Certain Transactions.



The Company may grant stock options to Executive Officers and employees; refer to Item #10 "Options to Purchase Securities from Registrant or Subsidiaries".



During Fiscal 2004, ended 12/31/04 no Director and/or Executive Officer received and/or accrued compensation (cash or otherwise) in excess of US$60,000 except as listed above.



No funds were set aside or accrued by the Company during Fiscal 2004 to provide pension, retirement or similar benefits for Directors or Executive Officers.



The Company has no plans or arrangements in respect of remuneration received or that may be received by Executive Officers of the Company for Fiscal 2004 to compensate such officers in the event of termination of employment (as a result of resignation, retirement, change of control) or a change of responsibilities following a change of control, where the value of such compensation exceeds US$60,000 per Executive Officer.



Staffing



As of 03/28/05, the Company had 4 full time employees and 2 full time Officers in Canada and 10 full time employees and 1 full time officer in Peru. None of the Companys employees are covered by a collective bargaining agreement.



Share Ownership



The Registrant is a publicly-owned Canadian corporation, the shares of which are owned by Canadian residents, US residents, and residents of other countries. The Registrant is not controlled directly or indirectly by another corporation or any foreign government, except as described below.





Table No. 8 lists, as of 03/28/05, Directors and Executive Officers who beneficially own the Registrant's voting securities and the amount of the Registrant's voting securities owned by the Directors and Executive Officers as a group.



Table No. 8

Shareholdings of Directors and Executive Officers



|Title
Of
Class | Name of Beneficial Owner           | Amount and Nature
Of Beneficial
Ownership | Percent
Of
Class
|-------------- | ---------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- | ----------------
|Common         | Joanne C. Freeze (1)               | 1,846,000                                 | 5.1%            
|Common         | Ing. Fredy Jose Huanqui Guerra (2) | 1,775,500                                 | 4.9%            
|Common         | Peter de Visser (3)                | 1,138,251                                 | 3.1%            
|Common         | Larry Kornze (4)                   | 555,000                                   | 1.5%            
|Common         | Maria Eugenia Montagne (5)         | 301,500                                   | 0.8%            
|Common         | Michael Casselman (6)              | 400,000                                   | 1.1%            
|Common         | James Currie (7)                   | 250,000                                   | 0.7%            
|Common         | Peter Megaw (8)                    | 260,000                                   | 0.7%            
|               | Total Directors/Officers           | 6,526,251                                 | 18%             



(1)

500,000 of these shares represent currently exercisable share purchase options; 296,000 of these shares are held indirectly through Stillwater Enterprises, a private company owned 50% by Joanne Freeze and which she is deemed to have voting control.

(2)

500,000 of these shares represent currently exercisable share purchase options; 32,500 of these shares represent currently exercisable share purchase warrants;

(3)

256,250 of these shares represent currently exercisable share purchase options; 150,000 of these shares represent currently exercisable share purchase warrants; 197,001 of these shares are held indirectly in the name of Matkat Holdings, Ltd., a private company which is controlled by Peter de Visser.

(4)

365,000 of these shares represent currently exercisable share purchase options.

(5)

260,000 of these shares represent currently exercisable share purchase options.

(6)

326,500 of these shares represent currently exercisable share purchase options;

(7)

250,000 of these shares represent currently exercisable share purchase options; and

(8)

250,000 of these shares represent currently exercisable share purchase options.



# Based on 36,268,954 shares of common stock outstanding as of 03/28/05 and currently exercisable stock options and escrow shares held by each beneficial holder.



Item 7.  Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions



The Registrant is a publicly-owned corporation, the shares of which are owned by Canadian residents, US residents, and residents of other countries.  The Registrant is not controlled directly or indirectly by another corporation or any foreign government, except as described below.



Table No. 9 lists persons and/or companies holding 5% or more beneficial interest in the Registrant's outstanding common stock.



Table No. 9

5% or Greater Shareholders



|Title
of
Class | Name and Address
Of Owner                                                    | Amount and Nature
of Beneficial
Ownership
As of 06/30/04 | Percent
Of
Class
As of 06/30/04 | Amount and Nature
of Beneficial
Ownership
As of 05/20/05 | Percent
Of
Class
As of 05/20/05
|-------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------
|               |                                                                              |                                                          |                                 |                                                          |                                
|Common         | Prudent Bear Fund                                                            | 3,493,550                                                | 9.7%                            | 0                                                        | 0%                             
|Common         | Goldcorp (2)                                                                 | 2,550,000                                                | 7.1%                            | 2,550,000                                                | 5.8%                           
|Common         | Passport Master Funds (1) (3)                                                | 1,935,000                                                | 5.4%                            | 1,935,000                                                | 4.4%                           
|Common         | Dynamic Fund Canadian Precious Metal Fund
Dynamic Global Precious Metal Fund | 2,000,000                                                | 5.5%                            | 1,908,000                                                | 4.4%                           
|Common         | RAB Special Situations Master Fund Limited                                   | 570,000                                                  | 1.6%                            | 4,570,000                                                | 10.5%                          



•

Based on 36,062,704 shares issued and outstanding as of 06/30/04 and 43,718,954 as of 05/20/05 and each individuals share purchase options, warrants and escrow shares.



(1)

The Prudent Bear Fund and Passport Master Funds are United States based investors. Units were sold to the funds in private placements under Regulation D, Section 4(6) and/or Uniform Limited Offering Exemption, Rule 506.

(2)

850,000 of these shares represent currently exercisable share purchase warrants.

(3)

645,000 of these shares represent currently exercisable share purchase warrants.



The Companys major shareholders have no different voting rights than any other shareholders.



INTEREST OF MANAGEMENT IN CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS



The Company regularly engages members of management and/or outside companies in which officers and directors have an interest for purposes of management, geological consulting and accounting services.



The Company pays Joanne Freeze, President, Management Fees through Stillwater Enterprises Ltd., a company owned by Joanne Freeze and husband Arthur Freeze. In FY 2004, the Company paid her $13,860 (2003 - $13,860; 2002 - $16,400) for management services.



The Company has engaged Fredy J. Huanqui, Director, and Stillwater Enterprises Ltd., a company owned by Joanne Freeze and her husband Arthur Freeze, to conduct geological work on its mineral exploration properties. In FY 2004, the Company paid Fredy Huanqui $63,600 (2003 - $63,600; 2002 - $50,200) and Stillwater Enterprises $49,740 (2003 - $49,740; 2002  $50,200) for Geological Consulting Services.



The Company has engaged De Visser Gray for accounting services. Peter de Visser, CFO and Director, is a principal of De Visser Gray. In FY 2004, the Company paid $21,303 (2003 - $7,675; 2002 - $665) in Accounting Fees.



From time to time, the members of Management and Directors listed above have elected to defer the fees incurred into future periods. The debt is non-interest bearing and non-secured. As of December 31, 2004 the date of the most recent audited financial statements the Company owed $Nil (2003 - $14,967) in fees which have been incurred but not yet paid.



On June 25 1999, Fredy J. Huanqui, Director, loaned the Company $25,000. Terms of the loan was interest at the prime rate of the Hong Kong Bank of Canada plus 1%, calculated monthly. On November 16 1999, Mr. Huanqui loaned the Company a further $77,283.40. In FY 2000, the Company repaid $103,943 and extinguished the loan in full.



On June 7, 1998, the Company entered into an agreement with Ing. Diego Ruby Alcocer Rojas, an arms-length party, regarding the staking of the Pamel (Perlita) and Yanamay prospects. The Company paid Mr. Alcocer $2500 and issued him 30,000 common shares with agreements to issue up to 80,000 additional shares for Pamel and 90,000 for Yanamay if certain exploration and production milestones are met. These milestones are: 30,000 common shares for each of the Pamel and Yanamay properties upon completion of an initial drill program on each property; 50,000 common shares upon commencement of commercial production from the Pamel property; and 60,000 common shares upon commencement of commercial production from the Yanamay property. The common shares issued by Candente under the above agreement are subject to a separate personal and private agreement between Mr. Rojas and Arthur Freeze, husband of Candente President and Director Joanne Freeze. Mr. Freeze agreed to purchase from Mr. Rojas all of the shares issued to Mr. Rojas by Candente at Cdn$0.12 per share. The Company agreed to issue any shares due to Mr. Rojas directly to Mr. Freeze once he has made the payments to Mr. Rojas as outlined in the agreement. Under the agreement between Candente and Mr. Rojas, the Company has issued 30,000 which were issued to Mr. Freeze subsequent to his payment of Cdn$3600 to Mr. Rojas. Candente has dropped the Yanamay prospect which has nullified that segment of the agreements. However, the original agreement covering the Pamel (Perlita) property remains in effect. Candente will issue to Mr. Rojas 30,000 shares of common stock upon the completion of a drill program at Pamel and 50,000 shares of common stock upon commencement of commercial production of minerals from the property. Mr. Freeze has an agreement to purchase those additional shares from Mr. Rojas if and when they are issued at Cdn$0.12 per share.



During 2004, Fredy J. Huanqui, Director, was loaned $40,000. This loan is secured, non-interest bearing, and payable on demand.



Item 8.  Financial Information



The financial statements as required under ITEM 17 are attached hereto and found immediately following the text of this Annual Report. The Auditors Report of Staley Okada & Partners, Chartered Accountants,  for the audited financial statements is included herein immediately preceding the audited financial statements.



Item 9.  Offer and Listing of Securities





NATURE OF TRADING MARKET



The Company's common shares trade on the Canadian Venture Exchange ("TSX-V") in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada under the trading symbol "DNT" and CUSIP #92293110C.  The Company's common shares commenced trading on the TSX-V May 15, 2000. The closing price of the Companys common stock was $0.60 on December 31, 2004.



Table No. 10 lists the volume of trading and high, low and closing sales prices on the TSX-V for shares of the Company's common stock for the last six fiscal quarters.



Table No. 10

Canadian Venture Exchange Stock and Toronto Stock Exchange Trading Activity

(in Canadian dollars)



|Period
Ended            | Average Daily
Volume | High | Low  | Close
|----------------------- | -------------------- | ---- | ---- | -----
|                        |                      |      |      |      
|December 2004           | 56,667               | 0.74 | 0.48 | 0.60 
|November 2004           | 59,982               | 0.80 | 0.60 | 0.72 
|October 2004            | 65,815               | 0.72 | 0.51 | 0.66 
|September 2004          | 59,405               | 0.59 | 0.42 | 0.55 
|August 2004             | 52,152               | 0.60 | 0.47 | 0.53 
|July 2004               | 38,785               | 0.67 | 0.49 | 0.54 
|June 2004               | 29,509               | 0.88 | 0.63 | 0.63 
|May 2004                | 54,150               | 0.93 | 0.55 | 0.90 
|April 2004              | 102,385              | 1.02 | 0.62 | 0.70 
|March 2004              | 40,491               | 1.02 | 0.86 | 0.92 
|February 2004           | 112,619              | 1.17 | 0.83 | 0.93 
|January 2004            | 66,580               | 1.05 | 0.84 | 0.96 
|                        |                      |      |      |      
|Quarter ended 12/31/04  | 60,729               | 0.80 | 0.48 | 0.60 
|Quarter ended 9/30/04   | 49,013               | 0.67 | 0.42 | 0.55 
|Quarter ended   6/30/04 | 62,014               | 1.02 | 0.55 | 0.63 
|Quarter ended   3/31/04 | 75,216               | 1.17 | 0.83 | 0.92 
|                        |                      |      |      |      
|Quarter ended 12/31/03  | 111,929              | 1.39 | 0.82 | 1.02 
|Quarter ended   9/30/03 | 71,173               | 0.98 | 0.65 | 0.88 
|Quarter ended   6/30/03 | 78,802               | 0.85 | 0.45 | 0.55 
|Quarter ended   3/31/03 | 56,587               | 0.91 | 0.52 | 0.77 
|                        |                      |      |      |      
|Quarter ended 12/31/02  | 34,286               | 0.65 | 0.30 | 0.61 
|Quarter ended   9/30/02 | 24,838               | 0.62 | 0.26 | 0.40 
|Quarter ended   6/30/02 | 65,916               | 0.65 | 0.28 | 0.50 
|Quarter ended   3/31/02 | 28,661               | 0.32 | 0.15 | 0.28 
|                        |                      |      |      |      
|Quarter ended 12/31/01  | 21,610               | 0.17 | 0.20 | 0.14 
|Quarter ended   9/30/01 | 8,449                | 0.23 | 0.12 | 0.13 
|Quarter ended   6/30/01 | 6,319                | 0.34 | 0.14 | 0.15 
|Quarter ended   3/31/01 | 7,740                | 0.35 | 0.15 | 0.18 
|                        |                      |      |      |      
|Year ended 12/31/04     | 60,290               | 1.17 | 0.42 | 0.60 
|Year ended 12/31/03     | 79,623               | 1.39 | 0.45 | 1.02 
|Year ended 12/31/02     | 38,425               | 0.65 | 0.15 | 0.61 
|Year ended 12/31/01     | 11,029               | 0.35 | 0.12 | 0.14 
|Year ended 12/31/00     | 25,800               | 0.50 | 0.16 | 0.22 



Table No. 11 lists, as of 3/30/05, share purchase warrants outstanding, the date the share purchase warrants were issued, the exercise price, and the expiration date of the share purchase warrants.



Table 11

Share Purchase Warrants Outstanding



|Number of Share
Purchase Warrants
Remaining
Outstanding | Exercise
Price | Expiration Date of
Share Purchase
Warrants
|------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- | ------------------------------------------
|                                                        |                |                                           
|312,500                                                 | $1.00          | October 21, 2005                          
|2,000,000                                               | $1.50          | June 10, 2005                             
|125,000                                                 | $1.65          | June 30, 2005                             
|                                                        |                |                                           
|2,437,500                                               | Total          |                                           



Debt Securities to be Registered.  Not applicable.

American Depository Receipts.  Not applicable.

Other Securities to be Registered. Not applicable



The TSX Venture Exchange



The TSX Venture Exchange  (TSX-V) is a result of the acquisition of the Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX) by the Toronto Stock Exchange.



The Canadian Venture Exchange was a result of the merger between the Vancouver Stock Exchange and the Alberta Stock Exchange which took place on November 29, 1999. On August 1, 2001, the Toronto Stock Exchange completed its purchase of the Canadian Venture Exchange from its member firms and renamed the Exchange the TSX Venture Exchange. The TSX-V currently operates as a complementary but independent exchange from its parent.



The initial roster of theTSX-V was made up of venture companies previously listed on the Vancouver Stock Exchange or the Alberta Stock Exchange and later incorporated junior listings from the Toronto, Montreal and Winnipeg Stock Exchanges. The TSX-V is a venture market as compared to the Toronto Stock Exchange which is Canadas senior market and the Montreal Exchange which is Canadas market for derivatives products.



The TSX-V currently has five service centers: Calgary, Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg and Montreal.  These service centers provide corporate finance, surveillance and marketing expertise.  The corporate office for the TSX-V is located in Calgary and the operations office is located in Vancouver.



The TSX-V is a self-regulating organization owned and operated by the TSX Group.  It is governed by representatives of its member firms and the public.



The TSX Group acts as a business link between TSX Venture Exchange members, listed companies and investors. TSX-V policies and procedures are designed to accommodate companies still in their formative stages and recognize those that are more established. Listings are predominately small and medium sized companies.



Regulation of the TSX Venture Exchange, its member firms and its listed companies is the responsibility of Market Regulation Services Inc. (RS) which was created as a joint initiative of The Toronto Stock Exchange Inc. and the Investment Dealers Association of Canada.



RS is recognized as a self-regulatory entity in the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec. As a Regulation Service Provider, RS provides independent regulation services to marketplaces (existing exchanges, quotation and trade reporting systems (QTRSs) and alternative trading systems (ATSs) and their participants in Canada that contract with RS Inc. for the provision of regulation services. As a national regulator for the Canadian marketplace, it is the first independent regulator of its kind for the Canadian securities market.



RS administers, oversees and enforces the Universal Market Integrity Rules (UMIR). To ensure compliance with UMIR, RS monitors real-time trading operations and market-related activities of marketplaces and participants. RS also enforces compliance with UMIR by investigating alleged rule violations and administering any settlements and hearings that may arise in respect of such violations.



RS's areas of responsibility include Market Surveillance; Operations and General Counsel (Market Policy); and Investigations and Enforcement.



The Market Surveillance division monitors all securities trading for compliance with the Universal Market Integrity Rules and marketplace specific rules. Market Surveillance also investigates irregularities and complaints relating to trading on marketplaces for which RS acts as regulation services provider to ensure a fair and orderly marketplace for all participants. This division is responsible for market supervision, which includes monitoring trading activity and timely disclosure, as well as preliminary investigations and trade desk compliance.



The market surveillance department issues TSX-V notices to inform the public of halts, suspensions, delistings, and other enforcement actions.  All TSX-V notices can be found on the TSE/TSX website at www.tse.com.  In the public interest, trading halts or suspensions are maintained until the surveillance department is satisfied that there is adequate disclosure of the companys affairs and a level playing field for investors. By Exchange policy, the department also reviews and approves certain types of transactions for all TSX listed companies. These types of transactions includes option grants, private placements and other share issuances, mergers and acquisitions, property-asset acquisitions and dispositions, loans, bonuses and finders fees, changes of business, name changes, stock splits, and related party transactions. If the Exchanges review of such transactions finds them to be contrary to the public interest or is in violation of policy, approval for the transaction will be denied and any action taken by the company towards the completion of the transaction must be reversed.



The Operations and General Counsel division is responsible for the development and  implementation UMIR as well as providing interpretations of, or exemptions from, UMIR with the goal of promoting market integrity. This division also coordinates all operational activities of RS including strategic planning and overall organizational matters. Finally, the General Counsel's office of this division is responsible for all legal services and matters relating to RS's Board of Directors.



The Investigation and Enforcement division is responsible for conducting investigations and prosecutions of violations of the UMIR and Policies and market integrity and market quality rules specific to the TSX Venture Exchange. Functions of this division include Investigations, Enforcement and Investigative Research.



a) Investigations

Investigations focus on activities that may be in breach of the UMIR and/or the rules of the TSX Venture Exchange. The types of violations frequently investigated include high closings, market manipulation, client priority trading violations, unapproved trading, trading in restricted securities and conduct inconsistent with the just and equitable principles of trade.



Requests for investigations come primarily from the Market Surveillance division of RS. Other sources include the provincial securities commissions, the Operations and General Counsel division, marketplaces, and in some instances, the general public. Investigators also lend assistance to investigations conducted by provincial securities commissions.



b) Enforcement

Once an investigation is complete and a decision has been made to proceed with a prosecution a statement of allegations is served upon the concerned party which references the rule or rules alleged to have been in violation. An Offer of Settlement is also presented to the concerned party, who can either accept or reject the Offer of Settlement. If accepted, the Offer of Settlement must be approved by a hearing panel of RS. The hearing panel may accept the Offer of Settlement or reject it. If the Offer of Settlement is rejected by either the concerned party or by a settlement hearing panel, a Notice of Hearing is issued and served upon the concerned party and the matter proceeds to a hearing before a hearing panel. If the hearing panel determines that an applicable requirement has been violated, it may impose a range of penalties, including a reprimand, a fine, or the restriction, suspension or revocation of access to a marketplace. After all hearings, there is an official public notification concerning the outcome of the hearing and the penalty or remedy imposed.



c) Investigative Research

The Investigative Research Division performs in-depth corporate research relating to officers, directors, and significant shareholders of organizations applying to list securities on the TSX Venture Exchange, or applying to obtain access to the marketplace's trading systems. Due diligence is a major function of the Enforcement division. The overall goal is to improve communication and to raise the standards of compliance in the securities trading industry.



Investors in Canada are protected by the Canadian Investor Protection Fund (CIPF). The CIPF is a private trust fund established to protect customers in the event of the insolvency of a member of any of the following Self-Regulatory Organizations: the TSX Venture Exchange, the Montreal Exchange, the Toronto Stock Exchange, the Toronto Futures Exchange and the Investment Dealers Association of Canada.



Shareholder Information



The Registrant's common stock is issued in registered form and the following information is from the Registrant's registrar and transfer agent, Pacific Corporate Trust Company in Vancouver, British Columbia.



On 03/289/2004, the shareholders' list for the Company's common shares showed 47 registered shareholders and 36,268,954 shares issued and outstanding. Of this total, 17 registered common shareholders holding 5,490,550 shares, or 15.14%% or the total shares outstanding, were resident in the United States.



The Registrant has researched the indirect holdings by depositories and other financial institutions and believes it has in excess of 250 shareholders of its common stock.



On 03/28/05, the Company was aware of 38 holders of its Share Purchase Warrants, 7 of which are located in the United States.  These warrants were issued in conjunction with private placements and are non-transferable.



The Registrant has not declared any dividends since inception and does not anticipate that it will do so in the foreseeable future.  The present policy of the Registrant is to retain future earnings for use in its operations and the expansion of its business.



The Registrant is unaware of any active market in the United States for its common shares.  The Registrant's common shares are not registered to trade in the United States in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADR's) or similar certificates.



LEGAL PROCEEDINGS



The Company knows of no material, active or pending, legal proceedings against them; nor is the Company involved as a plaintiff in any material proceeding or pending litigation.



The Company knows of no active or pending proceedings against anyone that might materially adversely affect an interest of the Company.



Item 10.  Additional Information



A. Share Capital



The authorized capital of the Company is 100,000,000 common shares and an unlimited number of special shares.  As of 12/31/04, the end of the Company's most recently available fiscal year, 36,212,704 common shares were outstanding.



The Company has financed its activities through the sale of equity capital.  The timing of such sales was dependent on the requirements of the Company and the economic climate.  The Company anticipates having to raise additional funds by equity issuance in the next several years, as the Company does not expect to generate material revenue from mining operations or to achieve self-sustaining commercial mining operations for several years.



The most recent financings are described in the following paragraphs.



In January 2004, the Company completed the private placement of 250,000 flow-through common units at a price of Cdn$1.20 for gross proceeds of Cdn$300,000. Each unit consisted of one flow-through common share and one-half of a warrant, with each full warrant exercisable for one flow-through common share at a price of Cdn$1.65 until June 30, 2005.



In December 2003, the Company completed a private placement of 3,333,333 units at a price of Cdn$1.05 for gross proceeds of Cdn$3,500,000. Each unit consisted of one common share and one-half of a share purchase warrant, with each full warrant exercisable for a common share at a price of Cdn$1.50 per share until June 10, 2005. As agent for the placement, Octagon Capital Corporation received a 7% cash commission and options to purchase 333,334 common shares at a price of Cdn$1.05 until June 10, 2005.



In October 2003, the Company completed the private placement of 625,000 units at a price of Cdn$0.80 per unit for gross proceeds of Cdn$500,000. Each unit consisted of one share and one-half of a share purchase warrant, with each full warrant exercisable at a price of Cdn$1.00 per share until October 21, 2005.



In February 2003, the Company completed a private placement with Goldcorp by issuing 1,700,000 units at Cdn$0.60 per unit. Each unit consisted of one common share and one-half of a common stock purchase warrant, with each full warrant exercisable into one common share at a price of Cdn$0.90 until February 21, 2004 and at a price of Cdn$1.10 from February 22, 2004 until February 21, 2005. Net proceeds to the Company from the placement was $687,330.



In August 2002, the Company completed two private placements of common shares. In the first, the Company issued 650,000 units at $0.45 per unit. Each unit consisted of one common shareand one-half of a common share warrant. Each full warrant is exercisable into a common share at a price of Cdn$0.55 until August 19, 2003 and at Cdn$0.60 from August 20, 2003 until August 19, 2004. 470,000 of the units were flow-through units. The second private placement consisted of 2,000,000 common shares at a price of Cdn$0.60 per share. The company received net proceeds of $187,650 from the first placement and net proceeds of $769,820 from the second.



In May 2002, the Company closed the private placement of 2,850,000 units at Cnd$0.35 per unit, with each unit consisting of one common share and one-half of a common share purchase warrant. Each full warrant is exercisable into a common share at a price of Cdn$0.44 until May 16, 2003 and at Cdn$0.49 from May 17, 2003 until May 16, 2004. 2,330,000 of the units were flow through units. The Company also issued 43,000 common shares at a deemed price of Cdn$0.34 as a finders fee. Total proceeds to the Company were $636,490.



In February 2002, the Company completed the private placement of 4,869,002 units consisting of one common share and one common share purchase warrant for Cdn$0.15 per unit. The Warrants are exercisable at Cdn$0.20 until January 31, 2003 and at Cdn$0.25 from February 1, 2003 until January 31, 2004. Net proceeds from the placement was Cdn$441,700.



In June 2001, the Company completed the sale of 1,265,700 Units at a price of Cdn$0.20 per Unit. Each Unit consisted of one common share and one-half of a Share Purchase Warrant. One full Warrant is exercisable for one common share at a price of Cdn$0.25 until October 22, 2002. Total proceeds to the Company totaled $253,140 after the payment of a Corporate Finance Fee of Cdn$21,657.



In February 2001, The Company sold 600,000 Units at a price of Cdn$0.25 per Unit. Each Unit consisted of one common share and one-half of a Share Purchase Warrant. One full Warrant is exercisable at a price of Cdn$0.35 until September 15, 2002. Proceeds to the Company totaled Cdn$150,000 as no finance fees were due.



The Company completed its Initial Public Offering in May 2000 by selling 2,068,000 Units at a price of Cdn$0.45 per Unit. Each Unit consisted of one common share and two Share Purchase Warrants. Two Warrants were exercisable into one common share at a price of Cdn$0.45 per share for the first nine months and at a price of Cdn$0.60 per share for an additional nine months. The warrants expired on November 15, 2001. Net proceeds to the Company after Finance Fees and costs of the offering totaled Cdn$505,095.



Stock Options



Incentive Stock Options to purchase securities from Registrant are granted to Directors and Employees of the Company on terms and conditions acceptable to the regulatory authorities in Canada, notably the Canadian Venture Exchange.



Under the stock option program, incentive stock options for up to 10% of the number of issued and outstanding shares of common stock may be granted from time to time, provided that incentive stock options in favor of any one individual may not exceed 5% of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock.  No incentive stock option granted under the stock option program is transferable by the optionee other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and each incentive stock option is exercisable during the lifetime of the optionee only by such optionee.



The exercise price of all incentive stock options granted under the stock option program must be at least equal to the fair market value of such shares of common stock on the date of grant, and the maximum term of each incentive stock option may not exceed five years.

The names and titles of the Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant to whom outstanding stock options have been granted and the number of common shares subject to such options are set forth in Table No. 12 as of 03/28/05, as well as the number of options granted to Directors and all employees as a group.  The exercise price of the options is stated in Canadian Dollars.

Table No. 12

Stock Options Outstanding

|                                                                       |                                           |                                |                                                      
|---------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- | ------------------------------ | -----------------------------------------------------
|Name                                                                   | Number of
Shares of
Common Stock          | Exercise
Price                 | Expiration
Date                                      
|                                                                       |                                           |                                |                                                      
|Joanne Freeze
President & CEO, Director                                | 100,000
100,000
50,000
100,000
150,000    | $0.33
0.48
0.48
0.80
0.70      | 09/06/07
01/17/08
02/04/08
10/31/08
01/06/10         
|                                                                       |                                           |                                |                                                      
|Ing. Fredy Jose  Huanqui Guerra
VP Exploration Latin America, Director | 100,000
100,000
50,000
100,000
150,000    | $0.33
0.48
0.48
0.80
0.70      | 09/06/07
01/17/08
02/04/08
10/31/08
01/06/10         
|                                                                       |                                           |                                |                                                      
|Larry Kornze
Director                                                  | 165,000
50,000
50,000
100,000             | $0.33
0.48
0.48
0.80           | 04/23/07
01/17/08
02/04/08
10/31/08                  
|                                                                       |                                           |                                |                                                      
|Peter de Visser
CFO, Director                                          | 61,250
75,000
50,000
20,000
50,000        | $0.33
0.48
0.48
0.80
0.70      | 09/06/07
01/17/08
02/04/08
10/31/08
01/06/10         
|                                                                       |                                           |                                |                                                      
|Maria Eugenia Montagne,
Corporate Secretary/Treasurer                  | 16,250
53,750
50,000
50,000
50,000
40,000 | $0.23
0.33
0.48
0.48
0.80
0.70 | 04/04/07
09/06/07
01/17/08
02/04/08
10/31/08
01/06/10
|                                                                       |                                           |                                |                                                      
|Michael Casselman
Manager of Exploration, Director                     | 326,500
73,500                            | $0.80
0.70                     | 02/03/09
07/06/09                                    
|                                                                       |                                           |                                |                                                      
|James Currie
Director                                                  | 250,000                                   | $0.70                          | 10/07/09                                             
|                                                                       |                                           |                                |                                                      
|Peter Megaw
Director                                                   | 100,000
50,000
100,000                    | $0.70
0.70
0.70                | 08/19/09
10/07/09
01/06/10                           
|Total Officers/Directors
(8 persons)                                   | 2,781,250                                 |                                |                                                      
|                                                                       |                                           |                                |                                                      
|Total Employees/Consultants
(33 persons)                               | 1,290,000                                 |                                |                                                      
|Total Officers/Directors/
Employees/Consultants                        | 4,071,250                                 |                                |                                                      
|                                                                       |                                           |                                |                                                      



Memorandum and Articles of Association



The Company was originally incorporated in the Province of British Columbia. Under a resolution passed by the Shareholders at the Annual General Meeting on June 14, 2002, the Shareholders of the Company approved the continuation of the Company under the Canada Business Corporations Act. (Corporations Act).



On November 18, 2004 the Company was listed in the Toronto Stock Exchange.



There are no restrictions on the business the company may carry on in the Articles of Incorporation.



Under the Companys articles of association and bylaws a director is not allowed to vote on a proposal, arrangement, contract or transaction in which the director is materially interested.



The Companys articles of association and bylaws do not allow directors, in the absence of an independent quorum, to vote compensation to themselves or any members of their body.



Part 4 of the Companys bylaws address the borrowing powers of the directors. The borrowing powers are summarized as follows:



The Directors may, from time to time on behalf of the Company:



a.

borrow money in such manner and amount, on such security from such sources and upon such terms and conditions as they think fit;

b.

issue bonds or other debt instruments outright or as security for any liability or obligation for either the Company or any other person;

c.

mortgage any part or the whole of any property or assets of the Company;



There are no age limit requirements pertaining to the retirement or non-retirement of directors.



A director need not be a shareholder of the Company.



The rights, preferences and restrictions attaching to each class of the Companys shares are as follows:



Common Shares



All of the authorized shares of common stock of the Company are of the same class and, once issued, rank equally as to dividends, voting powers, and participation in assets.  Holders of common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all matters to be acted upon by the shareholders.  Holders of common stock are entitled to receive such dividends as may be declared from time to time by the Board of Directors, in its discretion, out of funds legally available therefore.



Upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, holders of common stock are entitled to receive pro rata the assets of Company, if any, remaining after payments of all debts and liabilities.  No shares have been issued subject to call or assessment.  There are no pre-emptive or conversion rights and no provisions for redemption or purchase for cancellation, surrender, or sinking or purchase funds.



The Company may by ordinary resolution filed with the Registrar amend its Memorandum to increase the authorized capital of the Company by:



a.

creating shares with par value or shares without par value

b.

increasing the number of shares with par value or without par value

c.

increasing the par value of a class of shares with par value, if no shares of that class are issued.



The Company may by special resolution alter its Memorandum to subdivide, consolidate or change the designation of any or all of its shares in such manner and with such consents of members holding a class of shares as the Company Act provides.



The Company may alter its Memorandum or these Articles:



a.

by special resolution, to create, define and attach special rights and restrictions to any shares, and

b.

by special resolution to vary or abrogate any special rights and restrictions attached to any shares



but no right attached to any issued shares shall be prejudiced or interfered with unless all members holding shares of each class whose right is so affected has given consent in writing, or unless a resolution consenting is passed by three-fourths of such holders at a separate class meeting of the holders.



Redemption Provisions



The Company may, by a resolution of the Directors and in compliance with the Corporation Act, purchase any of its shares at the price and at the terms specified in the resolution. No purchase will be made if, at the time, the Company is insolvent or the purchase would render the Company insolvent. Unless the shares are to purchased through a stock exchange or the Company is purchasing the shares from an employee or former employee, or if the Company is purchasing the shares from an affiliate or dissenting members, the Company shall make its offer to purchase pro rata to every member who holds shares of the class or kind. If the Company proposes to redeem some but not all of the shares of any class, the Directors may decide the manner in which the shares to be redeemed shall be selected.



There are no provisions discriminating against any existing or prospective holder of securities as a result of such shareholder owning a substantial number of shares.

The conditions governing the manner in which annual general meetings and extraordinary general meetings of shareholders are convoked, including conditions of admission are described in Part 7 of the Companys bylaws.  These conditions are summarized as follows:



Annual Meeting. An annual general meeting shall be held once in every calendar year at such time and place as determined by the Directors, but not more than 15 months after the holding of the last preceding annual general meeting.



Extraordinary General Meetings. The Board, the Chairman of the Board, the Managing Director or the President may convene an extraordinary general meeting whenever they see fit. Others who wish to convene a meeting may requisition to do so through the process provided under the Corporations Act.



Every member who is present in person shall have one vote and every member shall have one vote for which he is the registered holder either in person or by proxy. A member holding more than one share in respect of which he is entitled to vote shall be entitled to appoint one or more, but not more than five, proxyholders to attend, act and vote for him.



There are no limitations on the rights to own securities.



There are no provisions of the Companys articles of association, charter or bylaws 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.



EXCHANGE CONTROLS AND OTHER LIMITATIONS AFFECTING SECURITY HOLDERS



There are no governmental laws, decrees or regulations in Canada relating restrictions on the export or import of capital, or affecting the remittance of interest, dividends or other payments to non-resident holders of the Companys common shares.  Any remittance of dividends to United States residents are; however, subject to a 15% withholding tax (10% if the shareholder is a corporation owning at least 10% of the common shares of the Company) pursuant to Article X of the reciprocal treaty between Canada and the United States.



Except as provided in the Investment Canada Act, there are no limitations under the laws of Canada, the Province of Ontario or in the Articles of Incorporation of the Company on the right of foreigners to hold or vote the common shares of the Company.



The Investment Canada Act (the "ICA"), which became effective on 6/30/85, regulates the acquisition by non-Canadians of control of a Canadian business enterprise.  In effect, the ICA required review by Investment Canada, the agency which administers the ICA, and approval by the Canadian government in the case of an acquisition of control of a Canadian business by a non-Canadian where: (i) in the case of acquisition (for example, through a share purchase or asset purchase), the assets of the business are $5 million or more in value; or (ii) in the case of an indirect acquisition (for example, the acquisition of the foreign parent of the Canadian business) where the Canadian business has assets of $50 million or more in value or if the Canadian business represents more than 50% of the assets of the original group and the Canadian business has assets of $5 million or more in value.  Review and approval are also required for the acquisition or establishment of a new business in areas concerning "Canada's cultural heritage or national identity" such as book publishing, film production and distribution, television and radio, production and distribution of music, and the oil and natural gas industry, regardless of the size of the investment.



In the context of the Company, in essence, three methods of acquiring control of a Canadian business are regulated by the ICA: (i) the acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets used in carrying on the Canadian business; (ii) the acquisition, directly or indirectly, of voting shares of a Canadian corporation carrying on the Canadian business; (iii) the acquisition of voting of an entity which controls, directly or indirectly, another entity carrying on a Canadian business. An acquisition of a majority of the voting interests of an entity, including a corporation, is deemed to be an acquisition of control under the ICA.  An acquisition of less than one- third of the voting shares of a corporation is deemed not to be an acquisition of control.  An 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 unless it can be established that on the acquisition the corporation is not, in fact, controlled by the acquirer through the ownership of voting shares.  For partnerships, trusts, joint ventures or other unincorporated entities, an acquisition of less than a majority of the voting interests is deemed not to be an acquisition of control.



In 1988, the ICA was amended pursuant to the Free Trade Agreement dated 1/2/88 between Canada and the United States to relax the restriction of the ICA.  As a result of these amendments, except where the Canadian business is in the cultural, oil and gas, uranium, financial services or transportation sectors, the threshold for direct acquisition of control by U.S. investors and other foreign investors acquiring control of a Canadian business from U.S. investors has been raised from $5 million to $150 million of gross assets, and indirect acquisitions are not reviewable.



In addition to the foregoing, the ICA requires that all other acquisitions of control of Canadian businesses by non-Canadians are subject to formal notification to the Canadian government. These provisions require a foreign investor to give notice in the required form, which notices are for information, as opposed to review, purposes.



TAXATION



The following summary of the material Canadian federal income tax consequences generally applicable in respect of the common stock reflects the Companys opinion.  The tax consequences to any particular holder of common stock will vary according to the status of that holder as an individual, trust, corporation or member of a partnership, the jurisdiction in which that holder is subject to taxation, the place where that holder is resident and, generally, according to that holders particular circumstances.  This summary is applicable only to holders who are resident in the United States, have never been resident in Canada, deal at arms length with the Company, hold their common stock as capital property and who will not use or hold the common stock in carrying on business in Canada.  Special rules, which are not discussed in this summary, may apply to a United States holder that is an issuer that carries on business in Canada and elsewhere.



This summary is based upon the provisions of the Income Tax Act of Canada and the regulations thereunder (collectively, the "Tax Act" or ITA)and the Canada-United States Tax Convention (the Tax Convention) as at the date of the Annual Report and the current administrative practices of Revenue Canada, Taxation.  This summary does not take into account provincial income tax consequences.



The Company encourages each holder to consult with his own tax advisor with respect to the income tax consequences applicable to him in his own particular circumstances.



CANADIAN INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES

Disposition of Common Stock.



If a non-resident were to dispose of common stock of the Company to another Canadian corporation which deals or is deemed to deal on a non-arms length basis with the non-resident and which, immediately after the disposition, is connected with the Company (i.e., which holds shares representing more than 10% of the voting power and more than 10% of the market value of all issued and outstanding shares of the Company), the amount by which the fair market value of any consideration (other than any shares of the purchaser corporation) exceeds the paid-up capital of the common stock sold will be deemed to be taxable as a dividend paid by the purchasing corporation, either immediately or eventually by means of a deduction in computing the paid-up capital of the purchasing corporation, and subject to withholding taxes as described below.



Under the Tax Act, a gain from the sales of common stock by a non-resident will not be subject to Canadian tax, provided the shareholder (and/or persons who do not deal at arms length with the shareholder) have not held a substantial interest in the Company (25% or more of the shares of any class of the Companys stock) at any time in the five years preceding the disposition.  Generally, the Tax Convention will exempt from Canadian taxation any capital gain realized by the resident of the United States, provided that the value of the common stock is not derived principally from real property situated in Canada.



Dividend.  In the case of any dividends paid to non-residents, the Canadian tax is withheld by the Company, which remits only the net amount to the shareholder.  By virtue of Article X of the Tax Convention, the rate of tax on dividends paid to residents of the United States is generally limited to 15% of the gross dividend (or 10% in the case of certain corporate shareholders owning at least 10% of the Companys voting shares).  In the absence of the treaty provisions, the rate of Canadian withholding tax imposed on non-residents is 25% of the gross dividend.  Stock dividends received by non-residents from the Company are taxable by Canada as ordinary dividends.



Where a holder disposes of common stock to the Company (unless the Company acquired the common stock in the open market in the manner in which shares would normally be purchased by any member of the public) will result in a deemed dividend to the U.S. holder equal to the amount by which the consideration paid by the Company exceeds the paid-up capital of such stock, the amount of such dividend will be subject to withholding tax as described above.



Capital Gains



A non-resident of Canada is not subject to tax under the ITA in respect of a capital gain realized upon the disposition of a share of a class that is listed on a prescribed stock exchange unless the share represents taxable Canadian property to the holder thereof.  A common share of the Company will be taxable Canadian property to a non-resident holder if, at any time during the period of five years immediately preceding the disposition, the non-resident holder, persons with whom the non-resident holder did not deal at arms length, or the non-resident holder and persons with whom he/she did not deal at arms length owned 25% or more of the issued shares of any class or series of the Company.  In the case of a non-resident holder to whom shares of the Company represent taxable Canadian property and who is resident in the United States, no Canadian tax will be payable on a capital gain realized on such shares by reason of the Canada-United States Income Tax Convention 1980) (the Treaty) unless the value of such shares is derived principally from real property situated in Canada or the non-resident holder previously held the shares while resident in Canada.  However, in such a case, certain transitional relief under the Treaty may be available.



UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES



The following is a discussion of material United States Federal income tax consequences, under the law, generally applicable to a U.S. Holder (as defined below) of common shares of the Company. This discussion does not cover any state, local or foreign tax consequences.



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, possible on a retroactive basis, at any time.  In addition, the discussion does not consider the potential effects, both adverse and beneficial, or recently proposed legislation which, if enacted, could be applied, possibly on a retroactive basis, at any time. The Company encourages holders and prospective holders of common shares to consult with 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) includes a holder of common shares of the Company who is a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or of any political subdivision thereof and any other person or entity whose ownership of common shares of the Company is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States.  A U.S. Holder does not include persons subject to special provisions of Federal income tax law, such as tax-exempt organizations, qualified retirement plans, financial institutions, insurance companies, real estate investment trusts, regulated investment companies, broker-dealers, non-resident alien individuals or foreign corporations whose ownership of common shares of the Company is not effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States and shareholders who acquired their stock through the exercise of employee stock options or otherwise as compensation.



Distribution on Common Shares of the Company



U.S. Holders receiving dividend distributions (including constructive dividends) with respect to common shares of the Company are required to include in gross income for United States Federal income tax purposes the gross amount of such distributions to the extent that the Company has current or accumulated earnings and profits, 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 United States Federal Income tax liability or, alternatively, may be deducted in computing the U.S. Holders United States 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.



Dividends paid on the common shares of the Company will not generally be eligible for the dividends received deduction provided to corporations.  A U.S. Holder which is a corporation may, under certain circumstances, be entitled to a 70% 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 shares representing at least 10% 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.



Foreign Tax Credit



A U.S. Holder who pays (or has withheld from 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 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 income taxes (or taxes in lieu of income tax) paid by (or withheld from) the U.S. Holder during the year.  There are significant and complex limitations which apply to the credit, among which is the general limitation that the credit cannot exceed the proportionate share of the U.S. Holders United States income tax liability that the U.S. Holders foreign source income bears to his/her or its application of this limitation. The various items of income and deduction must be classified into foreign and domestic sources. Complex rules govern this classification process.  There are further limitations on the foreign tax credit for certain types of income such as passive income, high withholding tax interest, financial services income, shipping income, and certain other classifications of income.  The availability of the foreign tax credit and the application of the limitations on the credit are fact specific; therefore, the Company encourages holders and prospective holders of common shares of the Company to consult with 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.  This gain or loss will be capital gain or loss if the common shares are capital assets in the hands of the U.S. Holder, which will be a short-term or long-term capital gain or loss depending upon the holding period of the U.S. Holder.  Gains and losses are netted and combined according to special rules in arriving at the overall capital gain or loss for a particular tax year.  Deductions for net capital losses are subject to significant limitations.  For U.S. Holders which are individuals, any unused portion of such net capital loss may be carried over to be used in later tax years until such net capital loss is thereby exhausted.  For U.S. Holders which are corporations (other than corporations subject to Subchapter S of the Code), an unused net capital loss may be carried back three years from the loss year and carried forward five years from the loss year to be offset against capital gains until such net capital loss is thereby exhausted.



Other Considerations



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



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 shares is owned, actually or constructively, by five or fewer individuals who are citizens or residents of the United States and 60% 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 would be treated as a foreign personal holding company.  In that event, U.S. Holders that hold common shares of the Company would be required to include in gross income for such year their allowable portions of such passive income to the extent the Company does not actually distribute such income.  The Company does not believe that it currently has the status of a foreign personal holding company.



Foreign Investment Company



If 50% or more of the combined voting power or total value of the Companys outstanding shares are held, actually or constructively, 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)(31), 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 might be treated as a foreign investment company as defined in Section 1246 of the Code, causing all or part of any gain realized by a U.S. Holder selling or exchanging common shares of the Company to be treated as ordinary income rather than capital gains.



Passive Foreign Investment Company



As a foreign corporation with U.S. Holders, the Company could potentially be treated as a passive foreign investment company (PFIC), as defined in Section 1296 of the Code, depending upon the percentage of the Companys assets which is held for the purpose of producing passive income.



Certain United States income tax legislation contains rules governing PFICs which can have significant tax effects on U.S. Shareholders of foreign corporations.  These rules do not apply to non-U.S. shareholders.  Section 1296 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 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.



A U.S. shareholder who holds stock in a foreign corporation during any year in which such corporation qualifies as a PFIC is subject to U.S. Federal income taxation under one of two alternative tax regimes at the election of each such U.S. shareholder.  The following is a discussion of such two alternative tax regimes applied to such U.S. shareholders of the Company.



A U.S. shareholder who elects in a timely manner to treat the Company as a Qualified Electing Fund (QEF), as defined in the Code (an Electing U.S. Shareholder), 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. Shareholder 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. Shareholder, 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. Shareholder to (i) generally treat any gain realized on the disposition of his Common Shares (or deemed to be realized on the pledge of his Common Shares) as capital, (ii) treat his 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 on the deferred taxes.  If the Electing U.S. Shareholder is not a corporation, such an interest charge would be treated generally as personal interest that can be deducted only when it is paid or accrued an is only 10% deductible in taxable years beginning in 1990 and not deductible at all in taxable years beginning after 1990.



The procedures a U.S. Shareholder 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. Shareholders holding period in which the Company is a PFIC.  If the U.S. Shareholder makes a QEF election in such first year, i.e. a timely QEF election, then the U.S. Shareholder may make the QEF election by simply filing the appropriate documentation at the time the U.S. Shareholder files its tax return for such first year.  If, however, the Company qualified as a PFIC in a prior year during such shareholders holding period, then in addition to filing documents, the U.S. Shareholder must elect to recognize (i) (under the rules of Section 1291 discussed below), any gain that he would otherwise recognize if the U.S. Shareholder sold his stock on the application date or (ii) if the Company is a controlled foreign corporation, and such shareholder so elects, his/her allocable portion of the Companys post-1986 earnings and profits.



When a timely QEF election is made, if the Company no longer qualifies as a PFIC in a subsequent year, normal code rules will apply.  It is unclear whether a new QEF election is necessary if the Company thereafter re-qualifies as a PFIC.  U.S. Shareholders should seriously consider making a new QEF election under those circumstances.



If a U.S. Shareholder does not make a timely QEF election in the year in which it holds (or is deemed to have held) the shares in question and the Company is a PFIC (a Non-resident U.S. shareholder), then special taxation rules under Section 1291 of the Code will apply to (i) gains realized on disposition (or deemed to be realized by reason by of a pledge) of his/her common shares and (ii) certain excess contributions, as specially defined, by the Company.



Non-electing U.S. shareholders generally would be required to pro-rata all gains realized on the disposition of his/her common shares and all excess distributions over the entire holding period for the common shares.  All gains or excess distributions allocated to prior years of the U.S. shareholder (other than years prior to the first taxable year of the Company during such U.S. Shareholder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. Shareholder also would be liable for interest on the foregoing tax liability for each such prior year calculated as if such tax liability had been due with respect to each such prior year.  A Non-electing U.S. Shareholder that is not a corporation must treat this interest charge as personal interest which, as discussed above, is partially or wholly non-deductible.  The balance of the gain or 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. Shareholder holds common shares, then the Company will continue to be treated as a PFIC with respect to such common shares, even if it is no longer definitionally a PFIC.  A Non-electing U.S. Shareholder 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. Shareholders) as if such 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 Department of the Treasury has issued proposed regulations that would treat as taxable certain transfers of PFIC stock by Non-electing U.S. Shareholders that are generally not otherwise taxed, such as gifts, exchanges pursuant to corporate reorganizations, and transfers at death.



Certain special, generally adverse, rules will apply with respect to the common shares while the Company is a PFIC whether or not it is treated as a QEF.  For example under Section 1297(b)(6) of the Code, a U.S. shareholder who uses PFIC stock as 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 stock.



The foregoing discussion is based on existing provisions of the Code, existing and proposed regulations thereunder, and current administrative ruling and court decisions, all of which are subject to change.  Any such change could affect the validity of this discussion. In addition, the implementation of certain aspects of the PFIC rules requires the issuance of regulations which in many instances have not been promulgated and which may have retroactive effect. There can be no assurance  any of these proposed regulations will be enacted or promulgated, and if so, the form they will take or the effect that they may have on this discussion. Accordingly, and due to the complexity of the PFIC rules, U.S. persons who are shareholders of the Company are strongly urged to consult their own tax advisors concerning the impact of these rules on their investment in the Company.



Based on the formentioned discussion, management does not believe that Candente Resource Corporation is a passive foreign investment company.



Controlled Foreign Corporation



If more than 50% of the voting power of all classes of stock or the total value of the stock 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 stock of the Company or the total value of the stock of (United States Shareholder) the Company, could be treated as a controlled foreign corporation under Subpart F of the Code.  This classification would effect many complex results including the required inclusion by such United States shareholders in income of their pro rata shares of Subpart F income (as specially defined by the Code) of the Company and the Companys earnings invested in U.S. property and earnings invested excess passive assets (as specifically defined by the Code).  In addition, under Section 1248 of the Code, gain from the sale or exchange of common shares of the Company by a U.S. person who is or was a United States shareholder (as defined in the Code) at any time during the five year period ending with the sale or exchange is treated as ordinary dividend income to the extent of earnings and profits of the company attributable to the stock sold or exchanged.  Because of the complexity of Subpart F., and because it is not clear that the Company is a controlled foreign corporation, a more detailed review of these rules is outside of the scope of this discussion.



Item 11.  Disclosures about Market Risk



Not Applicable



Item 12.  Description of Other Securities



Not Applicable







Part II



Item 13.  Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies



Not Applicable



Item 14.  Modifications of Rights of Securities Holders and Use of Proceeds



Not Applicable



Item 15.  Controls and Procedures



Within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, the Company, under the supervision and with the participation of the Companys management, including the Companys Chief Executive Officer Joanne Freeze and Chief Financial Officer Peter de Visser, has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-14(c)under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of the Evaluation Date, the Companys disclosure controls and procedures were effective in timely alerting them to the material information relating to the Company (or the Companys consolidated subsidiaries) required to be included in this Form 20-F Annual Report.



The Company's disclosure controls and procedures operate such that important information flows to appropriate collection and disclosure points in a timely manner and are effective to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company's management, and made known to the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, including the period when this Annual Report on Form 20-F was prepared, as appropriate to allow timely decision regarding the required disclosure.



There were no significant changes made in the Companys internal controls or, to the Companys knowledge, in other factors that could significantly affect these controls subsequent to the date of their evaluation.



Item 16A.  Audit Committee Financial Experts



The Company considers Peter de Visser to be its Audit Committee Financial Expert. Mr. de Visser is a Chartered Accountant and has been a principal of De Visser Gray, a Chartered Accountant company located in Vancouver B.C., since 1987. De Visser Gray is currently registered with both the Canadian Public Accountability Board and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board of the United States. He has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia since 1976.



Item 16B.  Code of Ethics



The Company does not currently have a Code of Ethics. Management is currently drafting a Code of Ethics which is intended to be in place for fiscal 2005.



Item 16C.  Principal Accountant Fees and Services



The following table details the fees paid by the Company to Beauchamp & Company for professional services provided to the Company.



|                        | Fiscal Year Ended
December 31
|----------------------- | -----------------------------
|                        | 2004                         
|Audit Fees:             |                              
|Audit Fees: (1)         | $    20,000                  
|Audit Related Fees: (2) | -                            
|Tax Fees                | -                            
|Other Fees              | Nil                          
|                        |                              
|Total Fees:             | $20,000                      



(1)  Fees related to the audit of the Companys financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 and review of the Companys responses to comments presented by securities regulators.



(2)    Includes fees related to the review of the Companys interim financial statements and review of filings for the British Columbia Securities Commission.





Item 16D.  Exemptions from the Listing Standards for Audit Committees



Not Applicable





Item 16E.  Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers



Not Applicable





Part III



Item 17.  Financial Statements



The Company's financial statements are stated in Canadian Dollars (CDN$) and are prepared in accordance with Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), the application of which, in the case of the Company, conforms in all material respects for the periods presented with United States GAAP, except as discussed in footnotes to the financial statements.



The financial statements as required under ITEM #17 are attached hereto and found immediately following the text of this Annual Report.  The audit report of Staley Okada & Partners, independent Chartered Accountants, is included herein immediately preceding the financial statements and schedules.



Audited Financial Statements for Fiscal 2004, Fiscal 2003 and Fiscal 2002



Item 18.  Financial Statements



The Company has elected to provide financial statements pursuant to ITEM #17.



Item 19.  Exhibits



(A1)  The financial statements thereto as required under ITEM 17 are attached hereto and found immediately following the text of this Annual Report.  The report of Staley, Okada & Partners, Chartered Accountants, for the audited financial statements are included herein immediately preceding the audited financial statements.



Audited Financial Statements



Auditor's Report, dated March 4, 2005



Balance Sheets at December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003



Consolidated Statements of Operations and Deficitfor the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 and Cumulative, inception to December 31, 2004.



Consolidated Statements of Cash Flowsfor the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 and Cumulative, inception to December 31, 2004.



Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements











ITEM 19. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS (CONT.)





Exhibits:



|1. Certificate of Incorporation, Certificates of Name Change Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws . . . . . . Incorporated by reference to Form 20-F and Form 6-K                                                                                     | 
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|2. Instruments defining the rights of holders of the securities being registered                                                                                                                                                                       | 
|***See Exhibit Number 1***                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 
|3. Voting Trust Agreements  N/A                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 
|A.
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|5. List of Foreign Patents  N/A                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 
|6. Calculation of earnings per share  N/A                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 
|7. Explanation of calculation of ratios  N/A                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 
|8. List of subsidiaries                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | 
|9. Statement pursuant to the instructions to Item 8.A.4, regarding the financial statements filed in registration statements for initial public offerings of securities  N/A
10. Other Documents: Incorporated by reference to Form 20-F and Form 6-K | 
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CANDENTE RESOURCE CORP.

Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2004
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

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AUDITORS REPORT

To the Shareholders of Candente Resource Corp.:



We have audited the consolidated balance sheet of Candente Resource Corp. (the Company) as at December 31, 2004 and the consolidated statements of operations, shareholders equity and cash flows for the year then ended. 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. Those standards require that we plan and perform an 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.

In our opinion, these consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as at December 31, 2004 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles.



The prior year figures, as at December 31, 2003 and for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002, which are presented for comparative purposes, were audited by another firm of Chartered Accountants, who issued an unqualified opinion dated May 17, 2004.

On March 4, 2005, we reported separately to the shareholders of Candente Resource Corp. on our audit of the financial statements for the same period, conducted in accordance with the Standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and containing a reconciliation of Canadian and United States generally accepted accounting principles.

Staley, Okada & Partners

Vancouver, B.C.

STALEY, OKADA & PARTNERS

March 4, 2005

CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS

Staley, Okada & Partners is member of MSI, a network of Independent professional firms ^ A member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia
A partnership of Incorporated professionals; L.M. Okada, Ltd., K.A. Scott, Ltd., J.M. Bhagirath, Ltd., L.W.D. Vickars, Ltd., G.S. Traher, Inc., D. Larocque, Ltd.







CANDENTE RESOURCE CORP.Consolidated Balance Sheets
December 31,
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

|                                            | 2004           | 2003            
|------------------------------------------- | -------------- | ----------------
|A S S E T S                                 |               
|Current assets                              |                |                 
|Cash and cash equivalents (Notes 2 and 3)   | $    1,045,641 | $    3,672,704  
|Amounts receivable                          | 61,755         | 39,000          
|Marketable securities (Notes 2 and 7)       | 20,799         | -               
|Subscriptions receivable (Note 12)          | -              | 59,032          
|Due from related party (Note 8)             | 47,316         | -               
|Prepaid expenses and deposits               | 68,047         | 44,545          
|                                            | 1,243,558      | 3,815,281       
|                                            |                |                 
|Value added tax receivable (Peru) (note 13) | 252,245        | 78,464          
|Mineral properties (Notes 2 and 4)          | 4,978,944      | 3,108,000       
|Equipment (Notes 2 and 5)                   | 147,469        | 92,266          
|                                            | $   6,622,216  | $    7,094,011  
|                                            |                |                 
|L I A B I L I T I E S                       |               
|Current liabilities                         |                |                 
|Accounts payable and accrued liabilities    | $      122,140 | $         45,566
|Due to related parties (Note 8)             | 29,538         | 14,967          
|Exploration funds (Notes 3 and 4h)          | 268,392        | -               
|                                            | 420,070        | 60,533          
|                                            |                |                 
|S H A R E H O L D E R S  E Q U I T Y       |               
|Share capital (Note 6)                      | 9,455,852      | 8,933,796       
|Contributed surplus (Note 6)                | 1,218,269      | 1,014,725       
|Deficit                                     | (4,471,975)    | (2,915,043)     
|                                            | 6,202,146      | 7,033,478       
|                                            | $   6,622,216  | $    7,094,011  





Approved on behalf of the Board of Directors:

Joanne Freeze

Peter de Visser

Director

Director

CANDENTE RESOURCE CORP.Consolidated Statements of Operations and Deficit
For the years ended December 31,
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

|                                              | 2004                | 2003              
|--------------------------------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------
|Expenses
Amortization of equipment            | $          47,796   | $      31,071     
|Bank charges and interest                     | 8,479               | 4,434             
|Corporate development                         | 139,297             | 39,615            
|Gain on foreign exchange                      | (222,216)           | (25,141)          
|Interest income                               | (51,577)            | (26,500)          
|International security                        | 30,837              | 12,326            
|Investor relations                            | 57,336              | 59,943            
|Legal, audit and accounting                   | 94,612              | 55,851            
|Management and office salaries                | 115,167             | 71,226            
|Office, rent and miscellaneous                | 109,995             | 62,068            
|Promotion and travel                          | 156,743             | 132,752           
|Regulatory and filing fees                    | 45,161              | 27,762            
|Shareholder communications                    | 73,865              | 12,631            
|Stock-based compensation expense (Note 6c)    | 222,686             | 911,014           
|Write-off of mineral properties               | 728,751             | 232,444           
|Loss for the year                             | (1,556,932)         | (1,601,498)       
|Deficit, beginning of year                    | (2,915,043)         | (1,313,545)       
|Deficit, end of year                          | $    (4,471,975)    | $   (2,915,043)   
|Loss per share (Note 9)                       | $            (0.04) | $           (0.06)
|Weighted average number of shares outstanding | 35,763,716          | 28,013,160        





CANDENTE RESOURCE CORP.Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
For the years ended December 31,
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

|                                                                           | 2004                | 2003            
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------- | ----------------
|Cash provided by (used for):
Operating activities                          |                     |                 
|Loss for the per year
Adjustment for items not involving cash:             | $     (1,556,932)   | $    (1,601,498)
|Amortization of equipment                                                  | 47,796              | 31,071          
|Stock based compensation                                                   | 222,686             | 911,014         
|Write-off of mineral properties
Changes in non-cash working capital items: | 728,751             | 232,444         
|Amounts receivable                                                         | (22,755)            | (2,497)         
|Promissory notes receivable                                                | -                   | 39,300          
|Prepaid expenses and deposits                                              | (23,502)            | (31,297)        
|Accounts payable and accrued liabilities                                   | 76,574              | (37,559)        
|Due from related parties                                                   | (47,316)            | -               
|Due to related parties                                                     | 14,571              | 4,902           
|Funds used for operating activities                                        | (560,127)           | (454,120)       
|Investing activities                                                       |                     |                 
|Acquisition of capital assets                                              | (102,999)           | (90,170)        
|Mineral property exploration costs                                         | (2,784,293)         | (904,463)       
|Mineral property acquisition costs                                         | (288,915)           | (105,388)       
|Value added tax receivable                                                 | (173,781)           | (78,464)        
|Funds used for investing activities                                        | (3,349,988)         | (1,178,485)     
|Financing activities                                                       |                     |                 
|Option payments and exploration funds received                             | 769,896             | -               
|Common shares issued for cash                                              | 454,124             | 4,915,936       
|Share issue costs                                                          | -                   | (233,301)       
|Subscriptions receivable                                                   | 59,032              | (59,032)        
|Funds provided by financing activities                                     | 1,283,052           | 4,623,603       
|Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents                       | (2,627,063)         | 2,990,998       
|Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year                               | 3,672,704           | 681,706         
|Cash and cash equivalents, end of year                                     | $         1,045,641 | $    3,672,704  

Supplemental Disclosure of Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities:



During 2004, the Company issued 110,000 common shares valued at $48,790 and received marketable securities valued at $20,799 in option payments pursuant to mineral property agreements.



During 2003, the Company issued 266,000 common shares valued at $150,057 pursuant to mineral property agreements





CANDENTE RESOURCE CORP.Consolidated Statements of Accumulated Mineral Property Costs
For the years ended December 31,
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

|                                         | Balance
Net
December 31,
Expenditures
2002
(w/o or recovery) | Balance
December 31,
2003 | Expenditures | Write off or
Recovery | Balance
December 31,
2004
|---------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------- | ------------ | --------------------- | -------------------------
|PERU                                     | $
$                                                          |                           | $            | $                     | $                        
|El Tigre Property
Acquisition costs      | 57,100                                                       | 9,600                     | 66,700       | 11,376                | (29,111)                 
|Deferred exploration costs:
Assays       | 2,967                                                        | -                         | 2,967        | 292                   | -                        
|Equipment maintenance and rental         | -                                                            | 396                       | 396          | 1,454                 | -                        
|Field supplies and travel expenses       | 12,935                                                       | 1,371                     | 14,306       | 14,994                | -                        
|Field office and personnel               | 24,430                                                       | 4,825                     | 29,255       | 56,749                | -                        
|Geological and geophysical               | 56,604                                                       | -                         | 56,604       | 30,191                | (52,158)                 
|Maps and publications                    | 8,578                                                        | -                         | 8,578        | 215                   | -                        
|Exploration recovery                     | -                                                            | -                         | -            | -                     | (100,000)                
|                                         | 162,614                                                      | 16,192                    | 178,806      | 115,271               | (181,269)                
|Lunahuana Property
Acquisition costs     | 59,100                                                       | 12,395                    | 71,495       | 16,687                | -                        
|Deferred exploration costs:
Assays       | 8,284                                                        | 116                       | 8,400        | 681                   | -                        
|Equipment maintenance and rental         | -                                                            | 2,717                     | 2,717        | 193                   |                          
|Field supplies and travel expenses       | 22,040                                                       | 1,130                     | 23,170       | 983                   | -                        
|Field office and personnel               | 33,443                                                       | 10,123                    | 43,566       | 5,630                 | -                        
|Geological and geophysical               | 99,773                                                       | 2,549                     | 102,322      | 3,579                 | -                        
|Maps and publications                    | 5,368                                                        | -                         | 5,368        | 218                   | -                        
|                                         | 228,008                                                      | 29,030                    | 257,038      | 27,971                | -                        
|Las Sorpresas Property
Acquisition costs | 54,465                                                       | 8,474                     | 62,939       | 9,538                 | (29,111)                 
|Deferred exploration costs:
Assays       | 4,371                                                        | -                         | 4,371        | 887                   | -                        
|Equipment maintenance and rental         | -                                                            | -                         | -            | 2,365                 | -                        
|Field supplies and travel expenses       | -                                                            | 199                       | 199          | 15,909                | -                        
|Field office and personnel               | 17,024                                                       | 3,728                     | 20,752       | 67,019                | -                        
|Geological and geophysical               | 9,744                                                        | 278                       | 10,022       | 65,502                | -                        
|Maps and publications                    | -                                                            | -                         | -            | 389                   | -                        
|Exploration recovery                     | -                                                            | -                         | -            | -                     | (100,000)                
|                                         | 85,604                                                       | 12,679                    | 98,283       | 161,609               | (129,111)                





CANDENTE RESOURCE CORP.Consolidated Statements of Accumulated Mineral Property Costs
For the years ended December 31,
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

|                                      | $
$       |        | $
$       | $        | $        
|------------------------------------- | --------- | ------ | --------- | -------- | ---------
|Picota Property
Acquisition costs     | 30,506    | 9,450  | 39,956    | 13,234
- | 53,190   
|Deferred exploration costs:
Assays    | 4,714     | -      | 4,714     | 53
-     | 4,767    
|Equipment maintenance and rental      | 3,528     | 2,858  | 6,386     | 37
-     | 6,423    
|Field supplies and travel expenses    | 11,570    | -      | 11,570    | 314
-    | 11,884   
|Field office and personnel            | 13,709    | 5,102  | 18,811    | 2,124
-  | 20,935   
|Geological and geophysical            | 38,527    | -      | 38,527    | 952
-    | 39,479   
|Maps and publications                 | 2,616     | -      | 2,616     | 490
-    | 3,106    
|                                      | 105,170   | 17,410 | 122,580   | 17,204
- | 139,784  
|Pamel Property
Acquisition costs      | 58,240    | 14,114 | 72,354    | 13,514
- | 85,868   
|Deferred exploration costs:
Assays    | 26,037    | -      | 26,037    | 111
-    | 26,148   
|Equipment maintenance and rental      | 42,782    | -      | 42,782    | 2,104
-  | 44,886   
|Field supplies and travel expenses    | 23,639    | -      | 23,639    | 2,647
-  | 26,286   
|Field office and personnel            | 93,950    | 5,906  | 99,856    | 7,278
-  | 107,134  
|Geological and geophysical            | 114,936   | -      | 114,936   | 11,208
- | 126,144  
|Maps and publications                 | 9,754     | 136    | 9,890     | 263
-    | 10,153   
|Options payments received             | (145,000) | -      | (145,000) | -
-      | (145,000)
|                                      | 224,338   | 20,156 | 244,494   | 37,125
- | 281,619  
|Las Brujas Property
Acquisition costs | 10,801    | 3,000  | 13,801    | 3,000
-  | 16,801   
|Deferred exploration costs:
Assays    | 2,570     | -      | 2,570     | 36
-     | 2,606    
|Equipment maintenance and rental      | -         | -      | -         | 25
-     | 25       
|Field supplies and travel expenses    | 6,137     | 352    | 6,489     | 1,116
-  | 7,605    
|Field office and personnel            | 12,783    | 5,074  | 17,857    | 6,830
-  | 24,687   
|Geological and geophysical            | 13,647    | 562    | 14,209    | 647
-    | 14,856   
|Maps and publications                 | 2,277     | -      | 2,277     | 37
-     | 2,314    
|                                      | 48,215    | 8,988  | 57,203    | 11,691
- | 68,894   





CANDENTE RESOURCE CORP.Consolidated Statements of Accumulated Mineral Property Costs
For the years ended December 31,
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

|                                              | Balance
Net
December 31,
Expenditures
2002
(w/o or recovery) | Balance
December 31,
2003 | Expenditures | Write off or
Recovery | Balance
December 31,
2004
|--------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------- | ------------ | --------------------- | -------------------------
|                                              | $
$                                                          |                           | $            | $                     | $                        
|Canariaco Property
Acquisition costs          | 89,750                                                       | 10,768                    | 100,518      | 19,915                | -                        
|Deferred exploration costs:
Assays            | -                                                            | 355                       | 355          | 21,001                | -                        
|Drilling                                      | -                                                            | -                         | -            | 245,911               | -                        
|Equipment maintenance and rental              | -                                                            | 756                       | 756          | 41,568                | -                        
|Field supplies and travel expenses            | 4,207                                                        | 1,440                     | 5,647        | 81,719                | -                        
|Field office and personnel                    | 21,843                                                       | 32,165                    | 54,008       | 149,205               | -                        
|Geological and geophysical                    | 55,644                                                       | 660                       | 56,304       | 176,560               | -                        
|Maps and publications                         | 3,114                                                        | 7                         | 3,121        | 3,777                 | -                        
|Site security                                 | -                                                            | -                         | -            | 11,334                | -                        
|                                              | 174,558                                                      | 46,151                    | 220,709      | 750,990               | -                        
|Alto Dorado/Toril Property
Acquisition costs  | 66,077                                                       | 16,400                    | 82,477       | 26,962                | -                        
|Deferred exploration costs:
Assays            | 3,497                                                        | 12,670                    | 16,167       | 27,617                | -                        
|Drilling                                      | -                                                            | -                         | -            | 146,010               | -                        
|Equipment maintenance and rental              | 1,546                                                        | 25,968                    | 27,514       | 73,456                | -                        
|Field supplies, camp and travel               | 2,089                                                        | 34,382                    | 36,471       | 108,678               | -                        
|Field office and personnel                    | 5,108                                                        | 145,580                   | 150,688      | 237,353               | -                        
|Geological and geophysical                    | 23,506                                                       | 45,262                    | 68,768       | 429,675               | -                        
|Maps and publications                         | 3,908                                                        | 10,515                    | 14,423       | 18,042                | -                        
|Site security                                 | -                                                            | -                         | -            | 15,430                | -                        
|                                              | 105,731                                                      | 290,777                   | 396,508      | 1,083,223             | -                        
|Other Properties
Acquisition costs            | 102,263                                                      | 23,635                    | 125,898      | 121,829               | -                        
|Deferred exploration costs:
Assays            | 17,239                                                       | 25,338                    | 42,577       | 4,196                 | -                        
|Equipment maintenance and rental              | 18,573                                                       | 8,921                     | 27,494       | 3,568                 | -                        
|Field supplies and travel expenses            | 42,139                                                       | 16,119                    | 58,258       | 13,908                | -                        
|Field office and personnel                    | 66,880                                                       | 63,735                    | 130,615      | 55,983                | -                        
|Geological and geophysical                    | 101,316                                                      | 25,115                    | 126,431      | 72,861                | -                        
|Maps and publications                         | 17,032                                                       | 11,073                    | 28,105       | 6,855                 | -                        
|Option payments received                      | (10,000)                                                     | -                         | (10,000)     | -                     | -                        
|Write-down for impairment of
properties value | (25,000)                                                     | -                         | (25,000)     | -                     | -                        
|                                              | 330,442                                                      | 173,936                   | 504,378      | 279,200               | -                        
|Peru - Total                                  | 1,464,680                                                    | 615,319                   | 2,079,999    | 2,484,284             | (310,380)                



CANDENTE RESOURCE CORP.Consolidated Statements of Accumulated Mineral Property Costs
For the years ended December 31,
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

|                                                        |         |         |         |       
|------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------- | ------- | ------
|                                                        | $
$     |         | $
$     |       
|CANADA (NEWFOUNDLAND)
Linear Property
Acquisition costs | 20,345  | 40,293  | 60,638  | 48,215
|Deferred exploration costs:
Assays                      | 10,903  | (6,574) | 4,329   | 299   
|Drilling                                                | -       | 50,281  | 50,281  | -     
|Equipment maintenance and rental                        | 4,608   | 2,372   | 6,980   | 954   
|Field supplies and travel expenses                      | 22,001  | 23,290  | 45,291  | 2,927 
|Field office and personnel                              | 24,668  | 2,591   | 27,259  | 2,239 
|Geological and geophysical                              | 73,389  | 69,214  | 142,603 | 5,359 
|Maps and publications                                   | 1,228   | 354     | 1,582   | 8     
|Telecommunications                                      | 555     | 1,356   | 1,911   | 228   
|                                                        | 157,697 | 183,177 | 340,874 | 60,229
|Island Pond Property
Acquisition costs                  | 14,250  | 16,575  | 30,825  | -     
|Deferred exploration costs:                             | 271     | 14      | 285     | -     
|Assays                                                 
|Drilling                                                | 69,011  | 1,264   | 70,275  | -     
|Equipment maintenance and rental                        | 925     | 113     | 1,038   | 85    
|Field supplies and travel expenses                      | 1,663   | (1,441) | 222     | 154   
|Field office and personnel                              | 197     | 115     | 312     | 141   
|Geological and geophysical                              | 6,942   | 3,043   | 9,985   | 8,212 
|Maps and publications                                   | 331     | 74      | 405     | -     
|Telecommunications                                      | -       | 50      | 50      | 26    
|                                                        | 93,590  | 19,807  | 113,397 | 8,618 





CANDENTE RESOURCE CORP.Consolidated Statements of Accumulated Mineral Property Costs
For the years ended December 31,
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

|$                                     | $      |         | $       | $       | $         | $      
|------------------------------------- | ------ | ------- | ------- | ------- | --------- | -------
|Virgin Arm Property
Acquisition costs | 3,400  | (3,284) | 116     | -       | -         | 116    
|Deferred exploration costs:
Assays    | 2,610  | 1,143   | 3,753   | 8       | -         | 3,761  
|Equipment maintenance and rental      | 2,806  | 944     | 3,750   | 86      | -         | 3,836  
|Field supplies and travel expenses    | 6,571  | 4,438   | 11,009  | 57      | -         | 11,066 
|Field office and personnel            | 14,255 | 1,572   | 15,827  | 180     | -         | 16,007 
|Geological and geophysical            | 51,704 | 20,958  | 72,662  | 1,239   | -         | 73,901 
|Maps and publications                 | 72     | 30      | 102     | -       | -         | 102    
|Telecommunications                    | 378    | 365     | 743     | 9       | -         | 752    
|                                      | 81,796 | 26,166  | 107,962 | 1,579   | -         | 109,541
|Staghorn Property
Acquisition costs   | 12,736 | 62,345  | 75,081  | 27,828  | (26,146)  | 76,763 
|Exploration bonds                     | -      | -       | -       | 10,603  | -         | 10,603 
|Deferred exploration costs:           | 813    | 2,556   | 3,369   | 3,217   | (980)     | 5,606  
|Assays                               
|Equipment maintenance and rental      | -      | 2,108   | 2,108   | 8,706   | (2,306)   | 8,508  
|Field supplies and travel expenses    | 1,072  | 9,411   | 10,483  | 14,720  | (6,785)   | 18,418 
|Field office and personnel            | -      | 2,696   | 2,696   | 12,128  | (2,635)   | 12,189 
|Geological and geophysical            | 6,482  | 42,461  | 48,943  | 104,876 | (75,524)  | 78,295 
|Maps and publications                 | -      | 260     | 260     | 60      | (29)      | 291    
|Telecommunications                    | -      | 838     | 838     | 897     | (398)     | 1,337  
|                                      | 21,103 | 122,675 | 143,778 | 183,035 | (114,803) | 212,010
|Duder Property
Acquisition costs      | -      | -       | -       | 13,398  | (13,398)  | -      
|Exploration bonds                     | -      | -       | -       | 13,865  | (13,865)  | -      
|Deferred exploration costs:
Assays    | -      | 1,999   | 1,999   | 2,653   | (4,652)   | -      
|Drilling                              | -      | -       | -       | 51,861  | (51,861)  | -      
|Equipment maintenance and rental      | -      | 883     | 883     | 2,431   | (3,314)   | -      
|Field supplies and travel expenses    | -      | 2,947   | 2,947   | 8,107   | (11,054)  | -      
|Field office and personnel            | -      | 896     | 896     | 4,070   | (4,966)   | -      
|Geological and geophysical            | -      | 29,934  | 29,934  | 48,606  | (78,540)  | -      
|Maps and publications                 | -      | 2       | 2       | 123     | (125)     | -      
|Telecommunications                    | -      | 390     | 390     | 632     | (1,022)   | -      
|                                      | -      | 37,051  | 37,051  | 145,746 | (182,797) | -      







CANDENTE RESOURCE CORP.Consolidated Statements of Accumulated Mineral Property Costs
For the years ended December 31,
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

|                                        | Balance
December 31,
2002 | Net
Expenditures
(w/o or
recovery) | Balance
December 31,
2003 | Expenditures | Write off or
Recovery | Balance
December 31,
2004
|--------------------------------------- | ------------------------- | ---------------------------------- | ------------------------- | ------------ | --------------------- | -------------------------
|                                        | $                         | $                                  | $                         | $            | $                     | $                        
|Pauls Pond Property
Acquisition costs  | 6,368                     | 29,479                             | 35,847                    | 12,209       | (48,056)              | -                        
|Deferred exploration costs:
Assays      | 612                       | 361                                | 973                       | 3,804        | (4,777)               | -                        
|Drilling                                | -                         | -                                  | -                         | 50,409       | (50,409)              | -                        
|Equipment maintenance and rental        | -                         | 343                                | 343                       | 2,050        | (2,393)               | -                        
|Field supplies and travel expenses      | 419                       | 1,269                              | 1,688                     | 6,406        | (8,094)               | -                        
|Field office and personnel              | -                         | 419                                | 419                       | 3,516        | (3,935)               | -                        
|Geological and geophysical              | -                         | 32,138                             | 32,138                    | 38,537       | (70,675)              | -                        
|Maps and publications                   | -                         | 17                                 | 17                        | 15           | (32)                  | -                        
|Telecommunications                      | -                         | 151                                | 151                       | 542          | (693)                 | -                        
|                                        | 7,399                     | 64,177                             | 71,576                    | 117,488      | (189,064)             | -                        
|Eastern Pond Property
Acquisition costs | 16,040                    | (16,040)                           | -                         | -            | -                     | -                        
|Exploration bonds                       | -                         | -                                  | -                         | 14,548       | (14,548)              | -                        
|Deferred exploration costs:
Assays      | 638                       | (638)                              | -                         | 1,254        | (1,254)               | -                        
|Equipment maintenance and rental        | 1,674                     | (1,674)                            | -                         | 2,238        | (2,238)               | -                        
|Field supplies and travel expenses      | 2,362                     | (2,362)                            | -                         | 3,421        | (3,421)               | -                        
|Field office and personnel              | -                         | -                                  | -                         | 2,407        | (2,407)               | -                        
|Geological and geophysical              | 11,347                    | (11,347)                           | -                         | 23,902       | (23,902)              | -                        
|Telecommunications                      | 146                       | (146)                              | -                         | 307          | (307)                 | -                        
|                                        | 32,207                    | (32,207)                           | -                         | 48,077       | (48,077)              | -                        
|Other Properties
Acquisition costs      | 111,396                   | (39,759)                           | 71,637                    | -            | (71,637)              | -                        
|Exploration bonds                       | -                         | -                                  | -                         | 25,624       | (17,159)              | 8,465                    
|Deferred exploration costs:
Assays      | 18,402                    | (10,002)                           | 8,400                     | 5,076        | (10,889)              | 2,587                    
|Equipment maintenance and rental        | 12,957                    | (5,069)                            | 7,888                     | -            | (7,464)               | 424                      
|Field supplies and travel expenses      | 29,568                    | (289)                              | 29,279                    | 3,664        | (31,555)              | 1,388                    
|Field office and personnel              | 30,755                    | (15,420)                           | 15,335                    | -            | (13,760)              | 1,575                    
|Geological and geophysical              | 103,867                   | (25,658)                           | 78,209                    | 38,164       | (108,953)             | 7,420                    
|Maps and publications                   | 954                       | (94)                               | 860                       | 3            | (862)                 | 1                        
|Telecommunications                      | 14,165                    | (12,410)                           | 1,755                     | 411          | (2,046)               | 120                      
|                                        | 322,064                   | (108,701)                          | 213,363                   | 72,942       | (264,325)             | 21,980                   
|Canada Total                            | 715,856                   | 312,145                            | 1,028,001                 | 637,714      | (940,674)             | 725,041                  
|Mineral Properties                      | 2,180,536                 | 927,464                            | 3,108,000                 | 3,121,998    | (1,251,054)           | 4,978,944                







CANDENTE RESOURCE CORP.Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2004
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

1.

NATURE OF OPERATIONS



The Company is an exploration stage company incorporated in British Columbia, Canada and its activity is the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties in Peru and Newfoundland, Canada. The recoverability of amounts shown for mineral properties is dependent upon the discovery of economically recoverable reserves , the ability of the Company to complete the exploration and development of the properties, and upon future profitable production or proceeds from the disposition thereof. If future financing is unavailable, the Company may not be able to meet its ongoing obligations, in which case the realizable values of its assets may decline materially from current estimates.



Although the Company has taken steps to verify title to mineral properties in which it has an interest in accordance with industry standards for the current stage of exploration of such properties, these procedures do not guarantee the Companys title.





2.

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Principles of Consolidation



These consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in Canada. References to the Company included herein are inclusive of the Canadian parent company and its British Virgin Islands subsidiaries, Candente Resource (BVI) Corp. and Canariaco Copper (BVI) Corp., and its Peruvian subsidiaries, Compania Minera Oro Candente S.A. and Exploraciones Milenio S.A.



Mineral Properties



The cost of mineral properties and their related exploration costs are deferred and amortized over their estimated useful lives following the commencement of production or written-off if the properties are sold or abandoned. Cost includes the cash consideration and the fair market value of shares issued on the acquisition of mineral properties. The proceeds from option payments received are credited against the costs of the relevant mineral property and any excess is recognized in income. The recorded costs of mineral claims and deferred exploration costs represent costs incurred and are not intended to reflect present or future values.



The Company reviews capitalized costs on its mineral properties on a periodic basis, and will recognize an impairment in value based upon current exploration results if any, and upon managements assessment of the probability of future profitable revenues from the property or from the sale of the property. Managements assessment of the propertys estimated current fair market value is also based upon its review of other property transactions in the same geographic area.



Equipment



Equipment is recorded at cost and amortized over its estimated useful economic lives on a declining balance basis as follows, with half of the normal amount being taken in the year of acquisition.

|Item                           | Rate
|------------------------------ | ----
|Computer equipment             | 30% 
|Computer software              | 100%
|Exploration equipment (Peru)   | 20% 
|Office furniture and equipment | 20% 
|Truck                          | 30% 





2.

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES(continued)

Foreign Currency Translation



The Company conducts exploration activities in Peru and incurs exploration expenditures in both Peruvian new soles and U.S. dollars and maintains an administrative office in Canada where expenses are incurred in Canadian dollars.



The Company translates its foreign operations into U.S. dollars on the following basis: monetary assets and liabilities are translated at the rate of exchange in effect at the balance sheet date and non-monetary assets and liabilities are translated at their historical rates. Expenses are translated at rates prevailing at the date of the transaction except for amortization of equipment which is translated at historical rates.

Foreign exchange gains and losses from translation of foreign operations are recognized in the current period.

Use of Estimates



The preparation of financial statements in conformity with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of any contingent assets and liabilities as at the date of the financial statements, as well as the reported amounts of expenses incurred during the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.



Share Capital



Common shares issued for non-monetary consideration are recorded at their fair market value based upon the lower of the trading price of the Companys shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange on the date of the agreement to issue the shares and the date of share issuance. Flow-through shares are common shares which are issued under an agreement that, as provided for in the Canadian Income Tax Act, the Company transfers to the purchaser of the shares the benefits of the exploration expenditures that are financed by the proceeds of the share issue.



Fair Value of Financial Instruments



The carrying amount of cash, amounts receivable, subscriptions receivable, promissory notes receivable, and accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate their aggregate fair value due to the short term nature of their component balances.



Stock-Based Compensation



The Company records compensation expense associated with stock options granted using a fair value method and records the expense as the options vest with the recipients. The adoption of this accounting policy has been applied prospectively to all stock options granted subsequent to January 1, 2003. During 2002, the Company followed the policy of disclosing on a pro-forma basis the effect of accounting for stock options granted to employees and directors on a fair value basis.



The proceeds received by the Company on the exercise of options are credited to share capital.

Income Taxes



The Company accounts for the tax consequences of the differences in carrying amounts of tax assets and liabilities and their tax bases, using tax rates expected to apply when these temporary differences are expected to be settled. When the future realization of income tax assets does not meet the test of being more likely than not to occur, a valuation allowance in the amount of the potential future benefit is taken and no future tax asset is recognized. The Company has taken a valuation allowance against all such potential tax assets.



Cash Equivalents



Cash equivalents consist of 9,638 grams of gold bullion acquired for $150,000 in 2003, temporary investments in commercial paper and money market deposits that are highly liquid and readily convertible to known amounts of cash, although in some cases their maturity dates extend beyond one year from the date of the financial statements. All cash equivalents are carried at their current market values, with any adjustments from cost recorded with interest income. Cash equivalents are inclusive of accrued interest as receipt of these amounts is also considered to be certain and measurable.

2.

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES(continued)

Asset Retirement Obligations



The fair value of a liability for an asset retirement obligation is recognized on an undiscounted cash flow basis when a reasonable estimate of the fair value of the obligations can be made. The asset retirement obligation is recorded as a liability with a corresponding increase to the carrying amount of the long-lived asset. Subsequently, the asset retirement cost is allocated to expense using a systematic and rational method is adjusted to reflect period-to-period changes in the liability resulting from the passage of time and from revisions to either expected payment dates or the amounts comprising the original estimate of the obligations. The Company does not currently have any asset retirement obligations reflected in its financial statements.



Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

Long-lived assets are assessed for impairment when events and circumstances warrant. The carrying value of a long-lived asset is impaired when the carrying amount exceeds the estimated undiscounted net cash flow from use and fair value. In that event, the amount by which the carrying value of an impaired long-lived asset exceeds its fair value is charged to earnings.



Marketable Securities



Marketable securities are recorded at cost and are subject to adjustment, to the lower of cost and market value at the end of each reporting period.



Comparative Figures



Certain 2003 comparative figures have been reclassified to conform with the financial statement presentation in 2004.





3.

COMMITMENTS



During 2004 the Company raised Cdn$291,000 from the exercise of flow-through warrants (2003 - Cdn$605,720 from the private placement of flow-through shares and the exercise of flow-through warrants). These funds are to be used for exploration of Canadian mineral properties. As of December 31, 2004, the unspent balance of these commitments was Cdn$Nil (2003 - Cdn$300,000).



Included in the December 31, 2004 cash balance is Cdn$268,392 of exploration advances from Goldcorp, which must be spent on the Staghorn Property in Newfoundland.





4.

MINERAL PROPERTIES



PERU



a)

El Tigre, Lunahuana and Las Sorpresas Properties

Northern Peru



The Company has a 100% interest in the El Tigre, Lunahuana and Las Sorpresas mineral properties, all located in Northern Peru. The balance of the interest to 100% (approximately 50%) was acquired in 2002 by the issue of 500,000 shares valued at Cdn$120,000.



During 2004 the Company entered into two separate option agreements with Orex Ventures Inc. (Orex), whereby Orex can earn a 51% interest in each of the El Tigre and Las Sorpresas gold properties in Peru by spending US$2,500,000 on each property over 3.5 years and issuing to the Company 250,000 shares by January 31, 2008. The Company remains the operator of the exploration programs for the period of the agreements and US$30,000 in option payments, 100,000 common shares of Orex and US$250,000 in exploration advances were received during the year.



b)

Picota Property

Northern Peru



The Company owns mineral claims comprising approximately 3,200 hectares in Northern Peru which had been acquired by staking.

4.

Mineral Properties(continued)

Peru(continued)





c)

Pamel Property

Central Peru



The Company owns mineral claims comprising approximately 5,800 hectares in the Western Andes which had been acquired by staking and acquired other claims by the issue of 30,000 shares and the commitment to issue 30,000 shares upon the completion of an initial drilling program and a further 50,000 shares upon commencement of commercial production.



d)

Las Brujas Property

Northern Peru



The Company owns mineral claims comprising approximately 1,000 hectares in Northern Peru which had been acquired by staking and the payment of a finders fee of 20,000 shares.



e)

Canariaco Property

Northern Peru



The Company acquired by auction a 100% interest in the Canariaco mineral property located in Northern Peru for $75,000.



f)

Alto Dorado/Toril Property

Central Peru



The Company entered into an option agreement in June 2002 to acquire a 100% interest in the Alto Dorado mineral property by the payment of $10,000 (paid), the issuance of 100,000 common shares in stages of 25,000 shares (25,000 shares issued at Cdn$0.36 per share). The Company paid $50,277 to the Peruvian goverment to acquire a 100% interest in the Toril claims. The Alto Dorado property is subject to a 2.5% net smelter royalty, which may be reduced to 1.0% by the Company paying $1,500,000.



g)

Other Peruvian Properties



The Company owns other mineral claims in Peru comprising 17 properties totalling approximately 26,200 hectares which were acquired by staking.



Newfoundland, Canada



h)

Linear and Staghorn Properties



The Company has an option to acquire a 100% interest in 50 mineral claims located in the Botwood Basin known as the Linear property by the payment of Cdn$171,000 ($59,750 paid), the issuance of 300,000 common shares (135,000 shares issued) and the completion of Cdn$1,000,000 in exploration expenditures by November 30, 2006. The property is subject to a 2.5% net smelter royalty, which may be reduced to 0.5% by the Company paying Cdn$1,000,000.



Under a separate agreement, the Company has an option to acquire a 100% interest in 186 claims in Southwestern Newfoundland known as the Staghorn property by the payment of Cdn$105,520 (Cdn$30,520 paid), the issuance of 120,000 common shares (100,000 issued) and the completion of Cdn$500,000 in exploration expenditures by November 30, 2006. The property is subject to a 2.5% net smelter royalty, which may be reduced to 1.5% by the Company paying Cdn$1,000,000.



During 2004 the Company entered into a Strategic Partnership agreement with Goldcorp Inc. to conduct exploration in Newfoundland. Goldcorp Inc. can earn up to a 70% interest in the Companys Staghorn and Linear gold properties by paying all costs up to and including a bankable feasability study, and also has a right of first offer on all other properties in Newfoundland. During the year, the Company received US$355,050 in exploration advances of which US$268,392 was left unspent at December 31, 2004 (refer to note 3).



(i)

Virgin Arm Property



The Company has staked 92 claims located in the Botwood Basin.

|5.                             | EQUIPMENT             |                          |                |        | 
|------------------------------ | --------------------- | ------------------------ | -------------- | ------ | 
|                               | Cost                  | Accumulated
Amortization | Net Book Value
|2004                           | 2003                 
|Office furniture and equipment | $              23,233 | 10,137                   | 13,096         | 12,931
|Computer equipment             | 34,085                | 18,765                   | 15,320         | 18,314
|Security equipment             | 13,410                | 2,235                    | 11,175         | -     
|Truck                          | 27,685                | 11,316                   | 16,369         | 7,300 
|Canada subtotal                | 98,413                | 42,453                   | 55,960         | 38,545
|Exploration equipment (Peru)   | 134,305               | 42,796                   | 91,509         | 53,721
|                               | 232,718               | 85,249                   | 147,469        | 92,266

6.

SHARE CAPITAL

|a)
b)                      | Authorized:
Unlimited number of common shares without par value. |                   |                  |              
|-------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | ---------------- | -------------
|Issued:                    |                                                                  |                  
|                           | December 31, 2004                                                | December 31, 2003
|                           | Number of
Shares                                                 | Amount            | Number of
Shares | Amount       
|Balance, beginning of year | 34,387,454                                                       | $  8,933,796      | 23,333,803       | $   4,204,815
|Private Placements         | -                                                                | -                 | 5,908,333(2)     | 3,638,105(1) 
|Stock options              | 280,500                                                          | 51,721            | 976,566          | 166,286      
|Warrants                   | 1,434,750                                                        | 402,403(4)        | 3,902,752(3)     | 774,533      
|Mineral Properties         | 110,000                                                          | 48,790            | 266,000          | 150,057      
|Stock-based compensation   | -                                                                | 19,142(5)         | -                | -            
|Balance, end of year       | 36,212,704                                                       | $  9,455,852      | 34,387,454       | $   8,933,796

(1)

net of share issue costs of $233,301 and agents options valued at $103,711. Refer to note 6c.

(2)

250,000 shares for Cdn$300,000 were issued as flow through shares.

(3)

660,250 shares for Cdn$305,720 were issued on the exercise of flow through warrants.

(4)

550,000 shares for Cdn$291,000 were issued on the exercise of flow through warrants

(5)

Portion of stock based compensation previously recorded attributed to options exercised in the year.

|c)                                               | At December 31, 2004, 375,000 common shares are held in escrow (2003 - 375,000).
Stock options
|------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|                                                 | Options                                                                                       
|Outstanding and exercisable at
December 31, 2003 | 3,296,250                                                                                     
|Granted                                          | 1,171,000                                                                                     
|Cancelled                                        | (865,500)                                                                                     
|Exercised                                        | (280,500)                                                                                     
|Outstanding and exercisable at
December 31, 2004 | 3,321,250                                                                                     

At December 31, 2004, the weighted average remaining life of the outstanding options is 3.54 years.



6.

SHARE CAPITAL(continued)



During the current year, the Company recorded stock-based compensation expense of US$222,686 (2003 - US$911,014) and share issue costs for agents options of US$Nil (2003 - US$103,711).

The fair value of options in 2004 and 2003 has been estimated using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model based on the following assumptions: a risk-free interest rate of 3.5-4.1% (2003 - 3.2% to 4.3%); an expected life of 5 years (2002 - 5 years); an expected volatility of 95% to 106% (2003 - 112% to 125%); and no expectation for the payment of dividends.

Option pricing models require the input of highly subjective assumptions, particularly as to the expected price volatility of the stock and expected life of the option. Changes in these assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate and therefore it is managements view that the existing models do not necessarily provide a single reliable measure of the fair value of the Companys stock option grants.



d)Share Purchase Warrants Outstanding

|Number of
Warrants | Exercise Price
($Cdn)                    | Expiry Date
|------------------ | ---------------------------------------- | -----------
|850,000            | 1.10                                     | (1)(2)     
|312,500            | 1.00                                     | (1)        
|2,000,000          | 1.50                                     | (1)        
|125,000            | 1.65                                     | (1)        
|3,287,500          | Weighted average exercise price Cdn$1.35

(1)

Refer to note 14.

(2)

Subsequently expired unexercised.

7.

MARKETABLE SECURITIES

At December 31, 2004, the Company held marketable securities with a book value of US$20,799 and a market value of US$29,118.

8.

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

At December 31, 2004:



o

The Company is owed US$40,000 for a loan and $7,316 for expense advance made to a direct or during the year. This amount is secured, non-interest bearing, and payable on demand.



o

The Company owed US$29,538 to two companies controlled by directors for administration, geological consulting fees, and accounting fees.





9.

LOSS PER SHARE



Loss per share has been calculated using the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the year. Fully-diluted loss per share has not been disclosed as it is anti-dilutive.





10.

SEGMENTED INFORMATION

December 31,

December 31,

2004

2003

Assets by geographic segment:

Canada

$          1,983,045

$      4,757,688

Peru

4,639,171

2,336,323

$           6,622,216

$       7,094,011

11.

INCOME TAXES



The Company operates in several tax jurisdictions and is subject to varying rates of taxation. In addition, the Company has various non-capital tax losses and deferred exploration expenditures that are available for carry-forward to reduce taxable income of the current and future years. Details of income tax expense for the years ended December 31 are as follows:

|                                                                   | 2004                   | 2003              
|------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------- | ------------------
|Income (loss) before income taxes for accounting purposes          | $    (1,556,932)       | $      (1,601,498)
|Adjustments for differences between accounting and taxable income: |                        |                   
|Amortization                                                       | 47,796                 | 31,071            
|Stock-based compensation                                           | 222,686                | 911,014           
|Resource property costs written-off                                | 728,751                | 232,444           
|Unrealized foreign exchange (gains) losses                         | (222,216)              | (25,141)          
|Consolidated income (loss) for tax purposes                        | (779,915)              | (452,110)         
|Tax rate                                                           | 39%                    | 39%               
|Expected tax expense (recovery) for the year                       | (304,167)              | (176,323)         
|Reductions in tax (recovery) due to:                               | 304,167                | 176,823           
|Valuation allowance                                               
|Tax expense (recovery) for the year                                | $                    - | $               - 



Future income taxes reflect the net effects of temporary differences between the carrying amount of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. The significant components of the Companys future tax assets as at December 31, 2004 are as follows:



|                                           | 2004                  | 2003                   
|------------------------------------------ | --------------------- | -----------------------
|Non-capital loss carry-forwards            | $       934,090       | $         639,923      
|Resource property exploration expenditures | 524,080               | 455,546                
|Capital assets                             | 35,018                | 18,363                 
|                                           | 1,493,188             | 1,103,832              
|Valuation allowance                        | (1,493,188)           | (1,103,832)            
|                                           | $                   - | $                     -

The Companys Canadian non-capital loss carry-forwards expire between 2005 and 2012 while the Canadian exploration expenditures may be carried-forward indefinitely. The losses available to the Company in Peru expire four years after the attainment of profitable commercial operations in Peru.





12.

SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVABLE



The Company arranged for the exercise and sale of stock options, primarily for employees in Peru, and received the proceeds after the statement date.



13.

VALUE ADDED TAX RECEIVABLE



The Company has an agreement with Peruvian taxation authorities for the refund to it of a portion of the IVA tax paid, subject to audit. Any amounts not recovered will be added to mineral property costs.

14.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS



In addition to items mentioned elsewhere in the notes, the following occurred subsequent to December 31, 2004:

•

56,250 common shares valued at Cdn$27,000 were issued for the Staghorn mineral property interest.



•

All outstanding warrants were temporarily repriced to $0.55 for a two-week period ending February 21, 2005. None of the warrants were exercised at the reduced price and returned to their original price or expired.



•

650,000 stock options exercisable at $0.70 for a five year period were granted to employees and consultants.

























Signature Page



Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and has duly caused this Annual Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.





Candente Resource Corp.

Registrant





|Dated: May 20, 2005 | Signed: /s/ Joanne Freeze                 
|------------------- | ------------------------------------------
|                    | Joanne Freeze,
President, CEO and Director















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