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Exhibit 10.36

|TO:   | PAUL N. ZYLA(Zyla)                               
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|FROM: | XTRA-GOLD RESOURCES CORP.(Xtra-Gold)             
|      |                                                    
|RE:   | STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT DATED JANUARY
      25, 2010
|      | (the Option Agreement)                           

AMENDMENT TO OPTION AGREEMENT

WHEREASin
accordance with section 8 of the Option Agreement, 3,000 stock options (the
Options) are to vest on a monthly basis commencing from February 1,
2010 to and including January 1, 2013;

ANDWHEREASon May 31, 2010, the board of directors of
Xtra-Gold approved an amendment to the Option Agreement whereby the number of
Options to vest on a monthly basis shall be increased to 4,500 effective June 1,
2010 until fully vested (the Amendment);

UPONEXECUTION
OF THISAGREEMENT,the Amendment shall be accepted by
the Parties hereto and be in full force and effect;

THEPARTIESHERETOFURTHERAGREEas follows:

| | 1. | All other terms and conditions of the Option Agreement will remain in
      full force and effect.                                                                                                                                                                
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| | 2. | This Agreement, together with the Option Agreement, shall constitute
      the entire agreement between Zyla and Xtra-Gold and there shall be no
      further amendments other than as may be made pursuant to a written
      agreement executed by the Parties.
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| |    | DATEDthis 1stday of June, 2010.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

|SIGNED, SEALED ANDDELIVERED | ) | **XTRA-GOLD
      RESOURCES CORP.**
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|                            | ) |                                    
|in the presence of          | ) |                                    
|                            | ) |                                    
|                            | ) | Per: /s/ Peter
      Minuk         
|/s/ Kevin
      Coombes     | ) | Peter
      Minuk Secretary        
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|Signature of Witness        | ) |                                    
|                            | ) |                                    
|Kevin
      Coombes         | ) | /s/ Paul N.
      Zyla             
|Print Name of Witness       | ) | PAUL
      N. ZYLA                 

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