Exhibit 3.P

NORTHWESTERN MINERAL VENTURES
		INC.

2007 STOCK OPTION PLAN

PURPOSE

The purpose of this stock option plan (the
		Plan) is to authorize the grant to Eligible Persons
		(as such term is defined below) of Northwestern Mineral Ventures Inc. (the
		Corporation) of options to purchase common shares
		(shares) of the Corporations capital and thus
		benefit the Corporation by enabling it to attract, retain and motivate Eligible
		Persons by providing them with the opportunity, through share options, to
		acquire an increased proprietary interest in the Corporation.

ADMINISTRATION

The Plan shall be administered by the board
		of directors of the Corporation or a committee established by the board of
		directors for that purpose (the Committee). Subject to approval of the granting of options
		by the board of directors or Committee, as applicable, the Corporation shall
		grant options under the Plan.

SHARES SUBJECT TO PLAN

Subject to adjustment under the provisions
		of paragraph 12 hereof, the aggregate number of shares of the Corporation which
		may be issued and sold under the Plan will not exceed such number as is equal
		to 10% of the aggregate number of shares of the Corporation which are issued
		and outstanding from time to time. The total number of shares which may be
		reserved for issuance to any one individual under the Plan within any one year
		period shall not exceed 5% of the outstanding issue. The Corporation shall not,
		upon the exercise of any option, be required to issue or deliver any shares
		prior to (a) the admission of such shares to listing on any stock exchange on
		which the Corporations shares may then be listed, and (b) the completion
		of such registration or other qualification of such shares under any law, rules
		or regulation as the Corporation shall determine to be necessary or advisable.
		If any shares cannot be issued to any optionee for whatever reason, the
		obligation of the Corporation to issue such shares shall terminate and any
		option exercise price paid to the Corporation shall be returned to the
		optionee.

LIMITS WITH RESPECT TO
		INSIDERS

(a)
			 The maximum number of shares which
				  may be reserved for issuance to insiders under the Plan, any other employer
				  stock option plans or options for services, shall be 10% of the shares issued
				  and outstanding at the time of the grant (on a non-diluted basis).


(b)
			 The maximum number of shares which
				  may be issued to insiders under the Plan, together with any other previously
				  established or proposed share compensation arrangements, within any one year
				  period shall be 10% of the outstanding issue. The maximum number of shares
				  which may be issued to any one insider and his or her associates under the
				  Plan, together with any other previously established or proposed share
				  compensation arrangements, within a one year period shall be 5% of the shares
				  outstanding at the time of the grant (on a non-diluted basis).


ELIGIBILITY

Options shall be granted only to Eligible
		Persons, any registered savings plan established by an Eligible Person or any
		corporation wholly-owned by an Eligible Person. The term Eligible Person means:

(a)
			 a senior officer or director of the
				  Corporation or any of its subsidiaries;


(b)
			 either:


(i)
			 an individual who is considered an
				  employee under theIncome Tax
				  Act,






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(ii)
			 an individual who works full-time
				  for the Corporation providing services normally provided by an employee and who
				  is subject to the same control and direction by the Corporation over the
				  details and methods of work as an employee of the Corporation, but for whom
				  income tax deductions are not made at source, or


(iii)
			 an individual who works for the
				  Corporation on a continuing and regular basis for a minimum amount of time per
				  week (the number of hours should be disclosed in the submission) providing
				  services normally provided by an employee and who is subject to the same
				  control and direction by the Corporation over the details and methods of work
				  as an employee of the Corporation, but for whom income tax deductions are not
				  made at source,


any such individual, an
		Employee;

(c)
			 an individual employed by a
				  corporation, incorporated association or organization, body corporate,
				  partnership, trust, association or other entity other than an individual (a
				  Company) or an individual (together with a Company, a
				  Person) providing management services to the Corporation, which are
				  required for the ongoing successful operation of the business enterprise of the
				  Corporation, but excluding a Person engaged in Investor Relations Activities
				  (as hereafter defined) (a Management Company Employee);


(d)
			 an individual (or a company or
				  partnership of which the individual is an employee, shareholder or partner),
				  other than an Employee, Management Company Employee, director or senior
				  officer, who:


(i)
			 provides ongoing consulting services
				  to the Corporation or an Affiliate of the Corporation under a written
				  contract;


(ii)
			 possesses technical, business or
				  management expertise of value to the Corporation or an Affiliate of the
				  Corporation;


(iii)
			 spends a significant amount of time
				  and attention on the business and affairs of the Corporation or an Affiliate of
				  the Corporation;


(iv)
			 has a relationship with the
				  Corporation or an Affiliate of the Corporation that enables the individual to
				  be knowledgeable about the business and affairs of the Corporation; and


(v)
			 does not engage in Investor
				  Relations Activities (as hereafter defined)


any such individual, a Consultant;

(e)
			 an individual (or a company or
				  partnership of which the individual is an employee, shareholder or partner),
				  other than an Employee, Management Company Employee, director or senior
				  officer, that falls within the definition of Consultant contained in
				  subsections 5(d)(i) through (iv) which provides Investor Relations Activities
				  (an Investor Relations Consultant); or


(f)
			 a Person that falls within the
				  definition of Eligible Person contained in any of subsections 5(a), (b) or (d)
				  which provides Investor Relations Activities (an Investor Relations
				  Person).


For purposes of the foregoing, a Company is
		an Affiliate
		of another Company if: (a) one of them is the subsidiary of the other; or (b)
		each of them is controlled by the same Person.





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The term Investor Relations Activities means any activities or oral or written
		communications, by or on behalf of the Corporation or shareholder of the
		Corporation, that promote or reasonably could be expected to promote the
		purchase or sale of securities of the Corporation, but does not include:

(a) the dissemination of information
		provided, or records prepared, in the ordinary course of business of the
		Corporation

(i)
			 to promote the sale of products or
				  services of the Corporation, or


(ii)
			 to raise public awareness of the
				  Corporation,


(iii)
			 that cannot reasonably be considered
				  to promote the purchase or sale of securities of the Corporation;


(b) activities or communications necessary
		to comply with the requirements of

(i)
			 applicable securities laws, policies
				  or regulations,


(ii)
			 the rules, and regulations of the
				  TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V) or the by-laws, rules or other
				  regulatory instruments of any other self regulatory body or exchange having
				  jurisdiction over the Corporation;


(iii)
			 communications by a publisher of, or
				  writer for, a newspaper, magazine or business or financial publication, that is
				  of general and regular paid circulation, distributed only to subscribers to it
				  for value or to purchasers of it, if


(1)
			 the communication is only through
				  the newspaper, magazine or publication, and


(2)
			 the publisher or writer received no
				  commission or other consideration other than for acting in the capacity of
				  publisher or writer; or


(c) activities or communications that may be
		otherwise specified by the TSX-V.

For stock options to Employees, Consultants,
		Management Company Employees or Investor Relations Persons, the Corporation
		must represent that the optionee is abona fideEmployee, Consultant, Management Company Employee or Investor Relations Person
		as the case may be. The terms insider, controlled and
		subsidiary shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the
		Securities Act (Ontario) from time to time. Subject to the foregoing, the board
		of directors or Committee, as applicable, shall have full and final authority
		to determine the persons who are to be granted options under the Plan and the
		number of shares subject to each option.

LIMITS WITH RESPECT TO CONSULTANTS AND
		INVESTOR RELATIONS PERSONS

(a) The maximum number of stock options
		which may be granted to any one Consultant under the Plan, any other employer
		stock options plans or options for services, within any 12 month period, must
		not exceed 2% of the shares issued and outstanding at the time of the grant (on
		a non-diluted basis).

(b) The maximum number of stock options
		which may be granted to Investor Relations Persons under the Plan, any other
		employer stock options plans or options for services, within any 12 month
		period must not exceed, in the aggregate, 2% of the shares issued and
		outstanding at the time of the grant (on a non-diluted basis).





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PRICE

The purchase price (the
		Price) for the shares of the Corporation under each
		option shall be determined by the board of directors or Committee, as
		applicable, on the basis of the market price, where market price
		shall mean the prior trading day closing price of the shares of the Corporation
		on any stock exchange on which the shares are listed or last trading price on
		the prior trading day on any dealing network where the shares trade, and where
		there is no such closing price or trade on the prior trading day, market
		price shall mean the average of the daily high and low board lot
		trading prices of the shares of the Corporation on any stock exchange on which
		the shares are listed or dealing network on which the shares of the Corporation
		trade for the five (5) immediately preceding trading days. In the event the
		shares are listed on the TSX-V, the price may be the market price less any
		discounts from the market price allowed by the TSX-V, subject to a minimum
		price of $0.10. The approval of disinterested shareholders will be required for
		any reduction in the Price of a previously granted option to an insider of the
		Corporation.

PERIOD OF OPTION AND RIGHTS TO
		EXERCISE

Subject to the provisions of this paragraph
		8 and paragraphs 9, 10 and 17 below, options will be exercisable in whole or in
		part, and from time to time, during the currency thereof. Options shall not be
		granted for a term exceeding five years. The shares to be purchased upon each
		exercise of any option (the optioned shares) shall be paid for in full at the time of such
		exercise. Except as provided in paragraphs 9, 10 and 17 below, no option which
		is held by a service provider may be exercised unless the optionee is then a
		service provider for the Corporation.

CESSATION OF PROVISION OF
		SERVICES

Subject to paragraph 10 below, if any
		optionee who is a service provider shall cease to be an Eligible Person of the
		Corporation for any reason (whether or not for cause) the optionee may, but
		only within the period of ninety days (unless such period is extended by the
		board of directors or the Committee, as applicable, and approval is obtained
		from the stock exchange on which the shares of the Corporation trade), or
		thirty days if the Eligible Person is an Investor Relations Person (unless such
		period is extended by the board of directors or the Committee, as applicable,
		and approval is obtained from the stock exchange on which the shares of the
		Corporation trade), next succeeding such cessation and in no event after the
		expiry date of the optionees option, exercise the optionees option
		unless such period is extended as provided in paragraph 10 below.

DEATH OF OPTIONEE

In the event of the death of an optionee
		during the currency of the optionees option, the option theretofore
		granted to the optionee shall be exercisable within, but only within, the
		period of one year next succeeding the optionees death (unless such
		period is extended by the board of directors or the Committee, as applicable,
		and approval is obtained from the stock exchange on which the shares of the
		Corporation trade). Before expiry of an option under this paragraph 10, the
		board of directors or Committee, as applicable, shall notify the
		optionees representative in writing of such expiry.

NON-ASSIGNABILITY AND
		NON-TRANSFERABILITY OF OPTION

An option granted under the Plan shall be
		non-assignable and non-transferable by an optionee otherwise than by will or by
		the laws of descent and distribution, and such option shall be exercisable,
		during an optionees lifetime, only by the optionee.

ADJUSTMENTS IN SHARES SUBJECT TO
		PLAN

The aggregate number and kind of shares
		available under the Plan shall be appropriately adjusted in the event of a
		reorganization, recapitalization, stock split, stock dividend, combination of
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consolidation, rights offering or any other
		change in the corporate structure or shares of the Corporation. The options
		granted under the Plan may contain such provisions as the board of directors,
		or Committee, as applicable, may determine with respect to adjustments to be
		made in the number and kind of shares covered by such options and in the option
		price in the event of any such change. If there is a reduction in the exercise
		price of the options of an insider of the Corporation, the Corporation will be
		required to obtain approval from disinterested shareholders.

AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE
		PLAN

The board of directors or Committee, as
		applicable, may at any time amend or terminate the Plan, but where amended,
		such amendment is subject to regulatory approval.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE
		PLAN

The Plan becomes effective on the date of
		its approval by the shareholders of the Corporation.

EVIDENCE OF OPTIONS

Each option granted under the Plan shall be
		embodied in a written option agreement between the Corporation and the optionee
		which shall give effect to the provisions of the Plan.

EXERCISE OF OPTION

Subject to the provisions of the Plan and
		the particular option, an option may be exercised from time to time by
		delivering to the Corporation at its registered office a written notice of
		exercise specifying the number of shares with respect to which the option is
		being exercised and accompanied by payment in cash or certified cheque for the
		full amount of the purchase price of the shares then being purchased.

Upon receipt of a certificate of an
		authorized officer directing the issue of shares purchased under the Plan, the
		transfer agent is authorized and directed to issue and countersign share
		certificates for the optioned shares in the name of such optionee or the
		optionees legal personal representative or as may be directed in writing
		by the optionees legal personal representative.

VESTING RESTRICTIONS

Options issued under the Plan may vest at
		the discretion of the board of directors or Committee, as applicable, provided
		that if required by any stock exchange on which the shares of the Corporation
		trade, options issued to Investor Relations Consultants must vest in stages
		over not less than 12 months with no more than one-quarter (1/4) of the options
		vesting in any three month period.

NOTICE OF SALE OF ALL OR SUBSTANTIALLY
		ALL SHARES OR ASSETS

If at any time when an option granted under
		this Plan remains unexercised with respect to any optioned shares:

(a) the Corporation seeks approval from its
		shareholders for a transaction which, if completed, would constitute an
		Acceleration Event; or

(b) a third party makes a bona fide formal
		offer or proposal to the Corporation or its shareholders which, if accepted,
		would constitute an Acceleration Event;

the Corporation shall notify the optionee in
		writing of such transaction, offer or proposal as soon as practicable and,
		provided that the board of directors or Committee, as applicable, has
		determined that no adjustment shall be made pursuant to section 12 hereof, (i)
		the board of directors or Committee, as applicable, may permit the optionee to
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optioned shares in respect of which such
		option has not previously been exercised (regardless of any vesting
		restrictions), during the period specified in the notice (but in no event later
		than the expiry date of the option), so that the optionee may participate in
		such transaction, offer or proposal; and (ii) the board of directors or
		Committee, as applicable, may require the acceleration of the time for the
		exercise of the said option and of the time for the fulfilment of any
		conditions or restrictions on such exercise.

For these purposes, an Acceleration Event
		means:

(a) the acquisition by any
		offeror (as defined in Part XX of the Securities Act (Ontario)) of
		beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of
		the Corporation, by means of a take-over bid or otherwise;

(b) any consolidation or merger of the
		Corporation in which the Corporation is not the continuing or surviving
		corporation or pursuant to which shares of the Corporation would be converted
		into cash, securities or other property, other than a merger of the Corporation
		in which shareholders immediately prior to the merger have the same
		proportionate ownership of stock of the surviving corporation immediately after
		the merger;

(c) any sale, lease exchange or other
		transfer (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or
		substantially all of the assets of the Corporation; or

(d) the approval by the shareholders of the
		Corporation of any plan of liquidation or dissolution of the
		Corporation.

RIGHTS PRIOR TO
		EXERCISE

An optionee shall have no rights whatsoever
		as a shareholder in respect of any of the optioned shares (including any right
		to receive dividends or other distributions therefrom or thereon) other than in
		respect of optioned shares in respect of which the optionee shall have
		exercised the option to purchase hereunder and which the optionee shall have
		actually taken up and paid for.

GOVERNING LAW

This Plan shall be construed in accordance
		with and be governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and shall be deemed
		to have been made in said Province, and shall be in accordance with all
		applicable securities laws.

EXPIRY OF OPTION

On the expiry date of any option granted
		under the Plan, and subject to any extension of such expiry date permitted in
		accordance with the Plan, such option hereby granted shall forthwith expire and
		terminate and be of no further force or effect whatsoever as to such of the
		optioned shares in respect of which the option has not been exercised.





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