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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.2

                              U.S. AGENCY AGREEMENT

July 17, 2002

Golden Star Resources Ltd.
10579 Bradford Road
Suite 103
Littleton, Colorado
80127-4247

ATTENTION: MR. PETER J. BRADFORD, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Dear Sir:

         Golden Star Resources Ltd. (the "CORPORATION" ), proposes to issue, at
the Time of Closing (as hereinafter defined), 6,916,000 units (collectively, the
"UNITS" and individually, a "UNIT") of the Corporation (the "OFFERED SECURITIES"
or the "SECURITIES"), each Unit consisting of one (1) common share (a "COMMON
SHARE") of the Corporation and one-half ( 1/2) common share purchase warrant,
each whole warrant exercisable at a price per Common Share of Cdn. $2.28 until
July 24, 2004 (each whole warrant, a "WARRANT") at an offering price of Cdn.
$1.90 per Unit for aggregate gross proceeds of Cdn. $13,140,400. Based upon and
subject to the terms and conditions set out below, Canaccord Capital Corporation
(USA) Inc. (the "U.S. LEAD MANAGER") and BMO Nesbitt Burns Corp. (collectively
the "U.S. AGENTS" and, individually, a "U.S. AGENT") hereby propose to offer the
Offered Securities for sale, as agents of the Corporation, on a best efforts
basis with no minimum or dollar amount requirement, in the manner contemplated
in this Agreement. The offering of the Offered Securities by the Corporation
pursuant to this U.S. Agreement is hereinafter referred to as the "OFFERING".

         It is understood and agreed to by all parties that the Corporation is
concurrently entering into an agreement (the "CANADIAN UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT")
providing for the sale by the Corporation of 14,000,000 Units in Canada, through
arrangements with Canaccord Capital Corporation and BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.
(together, the " CANADIAN UNDERWRITERS"). Anything herein or therein to the
contrary notwithstanding, the closing under this Agreement is expressly
conditional on the closing under the Canadian Underwriting Agreement. Two forms
of prospectus are to be used in connection with the offering and sale of the
Securities contemplated by the foregoing, one relating to the Securities offered
hereunder and the other related to the Securities offered by the Canadian
Underwriters. The latter form of prospectus will be identical to the former
except for the addition of certain pages in respect of Canadian Securities Laws
requirements as included in the U.S. Registration Statement and amendments
thereto.

         The Corporation shall pay to the U.S. Lead Manager, on behalf of the
U.S. Agents, a fee (the "AGENTS' FEE") at the Time of Closing equal to Cdn.
$0.1045 per Offered Security sold

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pursuant to the terms of this U.S. Agreement (being 5.5% of the issue price per
Offered Security) in consideration of the services to be rendered by the U.S.
Agents in connection with the Offering. Such services shall include, without
limitation: (i) acting as financial advisors to the Corporation in the
preparation of documentation relating to the sale of the Securities; (ii)
forming and managing banking, selling and other groups for the sale of the
Securities; (iii) distributing the Securities to the public both directly and
through other registered dealers and brokers; (iv) assisting the Corporation in
connection with the preparation and finalization of the U.S. Preliminary
Prospectus, the U.S. Prospectus (each as hereinafter defined) and the Canadian
forms of such prospectuses, qualifying the distribution of, or registering, as
the case may be, the Securities; (v) performing administrative work in
connection with these matters; and (vi) all other services arising out of the
agreement resulting from the Corporation's acceptance of this offer.

         The U.S. Agents and the Corporation acknowledge that Schedule A,
Schedule B and Schedule C form a part of this U.S. Agreement.

         The following in addition to the above preamble are the terms and
conditions of the agreement between the Corporation and the U.S. Agents:

SECTION 1 DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

(1)      In this U.S. Agreement:

         "BUSINESS DAY" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or statutory
         or civic holiday in the City of Toronto, Ontario and the City of New
         York, New York;

         "CANADIAN SECURITIES LAWS" means, collectively, all applicable
         securities laws of each of the Qualifying Provinces and the respective
         rules and regulations under such laws, together with applicable
         published policy statements, notices and orders of the securities
         regulatory authorities in the Qualifying Provinces;

         "EXCHANGES" means the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") and the American
         Stock Exchange ("AMEX");

         "INTER-DEALER AGREEMENT" means that certain inter-dealer agreement,
         dated the date hereof, between the Canadian Underwriters and the U.S.
         Agents;

         "MATERIAL SUBSIDIARIES" means the entities set out in Schedule A in
         which the Corporation holds the types and percentages of securities or
         other ownership interests therein set forth;

         "MATERIAL RESOURCE PROPERTIES" has the meaning ascribed thereto in
         Section 6(1)(j) hereof;

         "QUALIFYING PROVINCES" means the provinces of Canada in which the
         Corporation has filed a Canadian preliminary short form prospectus and
         a (final) short form prospectus in respect to the Securities to be sold
         by the Canadian Underwriters in Canada;

         "RESOURCE PROPERTIES" has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
         6(1)(j) hereof;

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         "SEC" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission;

         "STOCK OPTION PLANS" means the stock option plans of the Corporation as
         approved by the shareholders of the Corporation, as constituted on the
         date hereof;

         "TIME OF CLOSING" has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 10(1)
         hereof;

         "UNITED STATES" means the United States of America, its territories and
         possessions, any state of the United States, the District of Columbia,
         and the areas subject to the jurisdiction of the United States of
         America;

         "U.S. EXCHANGE ACT" means the United States Securities Exchange Act of
         1934, as amended;

         "U.S. SECURITIES ACT" means the United States Securities Act of 1933,
         as amended;

         "U.S. SECURITIES LAWS" means the applicable blue sky or securities
         legislation in the United States, together with the U.S. Exchange Act
         and the U.S. Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC
         and the applicable state securities regulatory authorities thereunder;
         and

         "WARRANT INDENTURE" means the warrant indenture to be entered into
         between the Corporation and CIBC Mellon Trust Company, as warrant
         agent, providing for the creation and issue of the Warrants.

(2)      The division of this Agreement into sections, subsections, paragraphs
         and other subdivisions and the insertion of headings are for
         convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or
         interpretation of this Agreement. Unless something in the subject
         matter or context is inconsistent therewith, references herein to
         sections, subsections, paragraphs and other subdivisions are to
         sections, subsections, paragraphs and other subdivisions of this U.S.
         Agreement.

(3)      Except as otherwise indicated, all amounts expressed herein in terms of
         money refer to lawful currency of the United States and all payments to
         be made hereunder shall be made in such currency.

SECTION 2 COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITIES LAWS

         The Corporation represents and warrants to, and covenants and agrees
with, each of the U.S. Agents that:

(1)      A registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-91666) (the "INITIAL
         REGISTRATION STATEMENT"), including the exhibits thereto, and including
         the Incorporated Documents (as defined below) in respect of the
         Securities has been filed with the SEC in compliance with the U.S.
         Securities Act and all applicable rules and regulations thereunder.

(2)      The Initial Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment
         thereto, each in the form heretofore delivered by the Corporation, and,
         excluding exhibits thereto but including all documents incorporated by
         reference in the form of prospectus, to be used

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         in the United States by the U.S. Agents to market the Securities
         contained therein, delivered by the Corporation, has been declared
         effective by the SEC in such form; and no stop order suspending the
         effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement has been issued and
         no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the
         SEC (any form of preliminary prospectus, to be used in the United
         States by the U.S. Agents to market the Securities included in the
         Initial Registration Statement is hereinafter called a "U.S.
         PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS" and any form of preliminary prospectus to be
         used in Canada by the Canadian Underwriters to market the Securities is
         hereafter called a "CANADIAN PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS"); the various
         parts of the Initial Registration Statement, including all exhibits
         thereto and including (A) the information contained in the forms of
         final prospectuses timely filed with the SEC pursuant to 424(b) under
         the U.S. Securities Act and deemed by virtue of Rule 430A under the
         U.S. Securities Act to be part of the Initial Registration Statement at
         the time it was declared effective, and (B) the documents incorporated
         by reference in the form of prospectuses contained in the Initial
         Registration Statement at the time such part of the Initial
         Registration Statement became effective, as amended at the time such
         part of the Initial Registration Statement became effective, are
         hereinafter collectively referred to as the "U.S. REGISTRATION
         STATEMENT"; such final prospectus, to be used in the United States by
         the U.S. Agents to market the Securities is hereinafter called the
         "U.S. PROSPECTUS" and any form of final prospectus to be used in Canada
         by the Canadian Underwriters to market the Securities is hereinafter
         called a "CANADIAN PROSPECTUS"; any reference herein to any U.S.
         Preliminary Prospectus or the U.S. Prospectus shall be deemed to refer
         to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant
         to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the U.S. Securities Act (the "INCORPORATED
         DOCUMENTS"), as of the date of such U.S. Preliminary Prospectus or the
         U.S. Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents
         filed after the date of such U.S. Preliminary Prospectus or U.S.
         Prospectus, as the case may be, under the U.S. Exchange Act, and
         incorporated by reference in such U.S. Preliminary Prospectus or U.S.
         Prospectus, as the case may be.

(3)      No order preventing or suspending the use of any U.S. Preliminary
         Prospectus or Canadian Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the
         SEC or an applicable Canadian securities regulatory authority in any of
         the Qualifying Provinces, and each U.S. Preliminary Prospectus and
         Canadian Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof,
         conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the U.S.
         Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, and
         the Canadian Securities Laws, respectively, and did not contain an
         untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
         required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
         therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
         misleading.

(4)      The documents incorporated by reference in the U.S. Prospectus, when
         they became effective or were filed with the SEC, as the case may be,
         conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the U.S.
         Securities Act or the U.S. Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules
         and regulations of the SEC thereunder, and none of such documents
         contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
         material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
         statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
         made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and
         incorporated by reference in the U.S. Prospectus or any further

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         amendment or supplement thereto, when such documents became effective
         or are filed with the SEC, as the case may be, will conform in all
         material respects to the requirements of the U.S. Securities Act or the
         U.S. Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the
         SEC thereunder, and will not contain an untrue statement of a material
         fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
         necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
         under which they were made, not misleading.

(5)      The U.S. Registration Statement and any U.S. Preliminary Prospectus, at
         the time each was filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
         U.S. Securities Act and when delivered to the U.S. Agents for their use
         in marketing the Securities conform, and the U.S. Prospectus at the
         time it is filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the U.S.
         Securities Act, when delivered to the U.S. Agents for their use in
         making confirmations of sales of the Securities, and at the Closing
         Date (as defined herein) do not and will not contain an untrue
         statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required
         to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
         misleading and any further amendments or supplements to the U.S.
         Registration Statement or the U.S. Prospectus will conform, in all
         material respects to the requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and
         the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder and do not and will
         not, as of the applicable effective date as to the U.S. Registration
         Statement and any amendment thereto and as of the applicable filing
         date as to the U.S. Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto,
         contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
         material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
         statements therein not misleading.

(6)      The Canadian Preliminary Prospectus, at the time it was filed with the
         SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the U.S. Securities Act and when
         delivered to the Canadian Underwriters for their use in marketing the
         Securities conforms, and the Canadian Prospectus at the time it is
         filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) under U.S. Securities Act,
         when delivered to the Canadian Underwriters for their use in making
         confirmations of sales of the Securities, and at the Closing Date (as
         defined herein) will not and any further amendments or supplements to
         the Canadian Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the
         requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and the rules and regulations
         of the SEC thereunder and do not and will not, as of the applicable
         filing date, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
         state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
         make the statements therein not misleading.

(7)      The U.S. Prospectus and the Canadian Prospectus, and any supplements
         thereto, shall each have been filed with the SEC within the time period
         prescribed for such filing by Rule 424(b) under the U.S. Securities
         Act; and all requests for additional information on the part of the SEC
         in connection with the U.S. Registration Statement shall have been
         complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the U.S. Agents.

SECTION 3 DUE DILIGENCE

         Prior to the Time of Closing, and, if applicable, prior to the filing
of any amendment to the U.S. Prospectus, including on any intervening weekends,
the Corporation shall allow the U.S. Agents to participate fully in the
preparation of such documents and shall allow the U.S.

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Agents to conduct all due diligence that the U.S. Agents may require to conduct
in order to fulfil their obligations as agents and in order to enable the U.S.
Agents responsibly to execute any certificate required to be executed by them,
provided, however, that this Section 3 is not intended to operate as a condition
of the Offering.

SECTION 4 CONDITIONS OF THE OFFERING

         The U.S. Agents' obligations under this Agreement are conditional upon
and subject to:

(1)      the U.S. Agents receiving at the Time of Closing favourable legal
         opinions to be delivered to the U.S. Agents by Field Atkinson Perraton
         LLP, Canadian counsel to the Corporation and Stoel Rives LLP, the
         Corporation's U.S. counsel (who may rely, to the extent appropriate in
         the circumstances, on the opinions of local counsel acceptable to
         counsel to the Corporation as to the qualification or the registration
         of the Securities for sale to the public in Canada and the United
         States and as to other matters governed by the laws of the Qualifying
         Provinces other than the provinces in which they are qualified to
         practice and may rely, to the extent appropriate in the circumstances,
         as to matters of fact on certificates of officers, of public officials
         and Exchange officials or of the auditors or transfer agent of the
         Corporation) dated the Closing Date, addressed to the U.S. Agents and
         their counsel, as to those matters set forth in Schedule B hereto,
         dated the Closing Date, and in form and substance satisfactory to the
         U.S. Agents and their counsel;

(2)      the U.S. Agents having received the comfort letter referred to in
         Section 9(1)(a);

(3)      the U.S. Agents having received a comfort letter, dated the Closing
         Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the U.S. Agents, acting
         reasonably, bringing forward to a date not more than two business days
         prior to the Closing Date the information contained in the comfort
         letter referred to in Section 9(1)(a);

(4)      the U.S. Agents receiving at the Time of Closing a legal opinion (or
         opinions), dated the Closing Date in form and substance satisfactory to
         the U.S. Agents and their counsel, addressed to the U.S. Agents and
         their counsel, from local counsel to the Corporation, as to mining
         title matters with respect to each of the Material Resource Properties;

(5)      the U.S. Agents receiving at the Time of Closing a legal opinion (or
         opinions) dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to
         the U.S. Agents and their counsel, addressed to the U.S. Agents and
         their counsel, from local counsel to the Corporation, stating that each
         of Caystar Holdings, Bogoso Holdings, Bogoso Gold Limited and Wasford
         Holdings has been duly created and is validly existing under the laws
         of the jurisdiction in which it was incorporated, amalgamated or
         continued, and that the Corporation or a Material Subsidiary owns all
         of the issued and outstanding share capital of each such corporation,
         except as set out in Schedule A, in each case addressed to the U.S.
         Agents and their counsel, dated the Closing Date, and in form and
         substance satisfactory to the U.S. Agents and their counsel;

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(6)      at the Time of Closing, there having been no material adverse change in
         the business, affairs, operations, assets, liabilities or financial
         condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis since the date
         hereof;

(7)      at the Time of Closing, CIBC Mellon Trust Company, at its principal
         office in Vancouver, having been duly appointed as the transfer agent
         and registrar for the Common Shares and warrant trustee for the
         Warrants and the Warrant Indenture relating to the Warrants having been
         executed by the Corporation and CIBC Mellon Trust Company; and

(8)      the Canadian Underwriting Agreement having been executed by the
         Corporation and the Canadian Underwriters, and none of the Canadian
         Underwriters shall have relied upon any rights of termination in the
         Canadian Underwriting Agreement to terminate the offering of the
         Securities in Canada and all conditions to the Canadian Underwriters
         obligations thereunder having been waived or satisfied;

(9)      the Corporation delivering a certificate signed on behalf of the
         Corporation by the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and the
         Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation, addressed to the U.S.
         Agents and dated the Closing Date, in a form satisfactory to the U.S.
         Agents and their counsel, certifying for and on behalf of the
         Corporation and not in their personal capacities that, to the actual
         know ledge of the persons signing such certificate, after having made
         due inquiry:

         (a)      the Corporation has complied in all respects with all
                  covenants and satisfied all terms and conditions of this U.S.
                  Agreement on its part to be complied with and satisfied at or
                  prior to the Time of Closing on the Closing Date;

         (b)      no order, ruling or determination having the effect of ceasing
                  or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation or
                  prohibiting the sale of the Securities or any of the
                  Corporation's issued securities has been issued and no
                  proceeding for such purpose is pending or, to the knowledge of
                  such officers, threatened; and

         (c)      all of the representations and warranties made by the
                  Corporation in this U.S. Agreement are true and correct as of
                  the Time of Closing with the same force and effect as if made
                  at and as of the Time of Closing after giving effect to the
                  transactions contemplated hereby;

(10)     the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD") has
         confirmed that it has not raised any objection with respect to the
         fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements
         related to the offering;

(11)     the U.S. Agents shall have received favourable opinions of Stikeman
         Elliott and Dorsey & Whitney LLP, their Canadian and U.S. counsel,
         respectively, as to such matters as the U.S. Agents shall reasonably
         request; and

(12)     the U.S. Agents receiving at the Time of Closing such further
         certificates, opinions of counsel and other documentation from the
         Corporation as are consistent with the transactions contemplated
         herein.

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SECTION 5 COVENANTS OF THE U.S. AGENTS

         The U.S. Agents:

         (a)      shall offer or arrange the offer of the Securities for sale to
                  the public, directly and through other investment dealers and
                  brokers (the U.S. Agents, together with such other investment
                  dealers and brokers, are referred to herein as the "SELLING
                  FIRMS"), only as permitted by and in compliance with all
                  relevant laws and regulatory requirements (including under the
                  U.S. Securities Act), upon the terms and conditions set forth
                  in the U.S. Prospectus and in this U.S. Agreement and will
                  require each Selling Firm to so agree;

         (b)      shall not solicit offers to purchase or sell the Securities so
                  as to require registration thereof or the filing of a
                  prospectus or similar document with respect thereto under the
                  laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States, and
                  will require each Selling Firm to agree with the U.S. Agents
                  not to so solicit or sell. In this connection, the U.S. Agents
                  agree that they will not offer or sell any of the Securities
                  constituting a part of their allotment within Canada except,
                  if applicable, through the Canadian Underwriters on the terms
                  and conditions set forth in the Canadian Underwriting
                  Agreement and the Inter-Dealer Agreement and in compliance
                  with the Canadian Securities Laws;

         (c)      agree that if they offer to sell or sell any Securities in
                  jurisdictions other than the United States and Canada (which
                  may include Europe), such offers and sales shall be effected
                  in accordance and compliance with the applicable laws of such
                  jurisdictions and shall be effected in such manner so as not
                  to: (i) require registration of the Securities, or the filing
                  of a prospectus or other document with respect thereto; or
                  (ii) subject the Corporation to any continuous disclosure or
                  similar reporting requirements under the laws of any
                  jurisdiction outside the provinces of Canada or the United
                  States;

         (d)      shall use all reasonable efforts to complete and to cause the
                  other Selling Firms to complete the distribution of the
                  Securities as soon as practicable;

         (e)      shall notify the Corporation when, in their opinion, the U.S.
                  Agents and the other Selling Firms have ceased distribution of
                  the Securities; and

         (f)      shall comply with all U.S. Securities Laws with respect to the
                  use of "green sheets" and other marketing materials.

(2)      Notwithstanding the foregoing, no U.S. Agent shall be liable to the
         Corporation with respect to any other U.S. Agent under this Section 5.

SECTION 6 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CORPORATION

(1)      The Corporation hereby represents and warrants to the U.S. Agents,
         intending that the same may be relied upon by the U.S. Agents, that:

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         (a)      each of the Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries has been
                  duly incorporated, continued or amalgamated and organized and
                  is validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
                  incorporation, continuance or amalgamation, has all requisite
                  corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now
                  conducted and as contemplated by the U.S. Prospectus, and to
                  own, lease and operate its properties and assets, and the
                  Corporation has all requisite power and authority to carry out
                  its obligations under this U.S. Agreement;

         (b)      the only major operating subsidiaries of the Corporation are
                  listed in Schedule A;

         (c)      the Corporation or one of its Material Subsidiaries owns the
                  issued and outstanding shares of each of the Material
                  Subsidiaries as set out in Schedule A, in each case free and
                  clear of any pledge, lien, security interest, charge, claim or
                  encumbrance;

         (d)      upon completion of the acquisition of the Wassa Transactions
                  (as defined below) as described in the U.S. Preliminary
                  Prospectus and the U.S. Prospectus, Wasford Holdings will own
                  90% of the issued and outstanding shares of Wexford Goldfields
                  Limited, free and clear of any pledge, lien, security
                  interest, charge, claim or encumbrance, other than as is held
                  for the benefit of Bayerische Hypo-und Vereinsbank AG,
                  Dresdner Bank AG, Fortis Bank (Nederland) N.V. and Standard
                  Bank London Limited (the "SECURED BANKS"), which banks are
                  providing funding in respect of the acquisition;

         (e)      the Corporation meets the requirements for the use of Form S-3
                  under the U.S. Securities Act;

         (f)      no order, ruling or determination having the effect of
                  ceasing, suspending or restricting trading in any securities
                  of the Corporation or the sale of the Common Shares or
                  Warrants comprised in the Securities has been issued and no
                  proceedings, investigations or inquiries for such purpose are
                  pending or, to the Corporation's knowledge, threatened;

         (g)      the Corporation's Common Shares are posted and listed for
                  trading on the Exchanges and the Corporation is not in default
                  in any material respect of any of the listing requirements of
                  the Exchanges;

         (h)      other than options under the Corporation's Stock Option Plans,
                  the Corporation is not a party to and has not entered into any
                  agreement, warrant, option, right or privilege reasonably
                  capable of becoming an agreement, for the purchase,
                  subscription or issuance of any Common Shares or securities
                  convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares other than
                  as set out in Schedule C;

         (i)      as at the date hereof, the authorized share capital of the
                  Corporation consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares
                  and an unlimited number of First Preferred shares, of which
                  67,000,703 Common Shares and no First Preferred shares are
                  issued and outstanding;

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         (j)      the Corporation and each of the Material Subsidiaries have
                  conducted and are conducting their respective businesses in
                  compliance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations,
                  tariffs, orders and directives, including without limitation,
                  all laws, regulations and statutes relating to mining and to
                  mining claims, concessions or leases, and environmental,
                  health and safety laws, rules, regulations, or policies or
                  other lawful requirements of any governmental or regulatory
                  bodies having jurisdiction over the Corporation and the
                  Material Subsidiaries in each jurisdiction in which the
                  Corporation or the Material Subsidiaries carries on their
                  respective businesses, other than those in respect of which
                  the failure to comply would not individually or in the
                  aggregate be material, and each of the Corporation and the
                  Material Subsidiaries holds all certificates, authorities,
                  permits, licenses, registrations and qualifications
                  (collectively, the "AUTHORITIES") in all jurisdictions in
                  which each carries on its business and which are material for
                  and necessary or desirable to carry on their respective
                  businesses as now conducted and to the best of the
                  Corporation's knowledge, information and belief all the
                  Authorities are valid and existing and in good standing and
                  none of the Authorities contain any burdensome term,
                  provision, condition or limitation which has or is likely to
                  have any material adverse effect on the business of the
                  Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries (taken as a whole)
                  as now conducted or as proposed to be conducted, and neither
                  the Corporation nor any of the Material Subsidiaries has
                  received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation
                  or modification of any of the Authorities which, singly or in
                  the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavourable decision,
                  ruling or finding, would materially adversely affect the
                  business, operations, financial condition, or income of the
                  Corporation or the Material Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) or
                  any notice of the revocation or cancellation of, or any
                  intention to revoke or cancel, any of the mining claims,
                  concessions or leases comprising:

                  (i)      the Bogoso property;

                  (ii)     the Prestea property;

                  (iii)    the Paul Isnard property;

                  (iv)     the Yaou and Dorlin properties; and

                  (v)      the St. Elie property;

                  (each as described in the Form 10-K of the Corporation dated
                  March 25, 2002, collectively referred to herein as the
                  "RESOURCE PROPERTIES", and the Bogoso property and the Prestea
                  property collectively being referred to herein as the "
                  MATERIAL RESOURCE PROPERTIES");

         (k)      neither the Corporation nor any of the Material Subsidiaries
                  has received any notice of the revocation or cancellation of,
                  or any intention to revoke or cancel, any of the material
                  mining claims, concessions or leases comprising the Wassa
                  property;

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         (l)      the Corporation and each of its Material Subsidiaries have
                  good and marketable title to all assets owned by them free and
                  clear of all liens, charges and encumbrances, other than as
                  will be held for the benefit of the Secured Banks, which banks
                  are providing funding in respect of the acquisition of Wexford
                  Goldfields Limited, upon completion of such acquisition, and
                  other than such liens, charges and encumbrances that are not
                  individually or in the aggregate material to the Corporation
                  or the Material Subsidiaries;

         (m)      all interests in the Resource Properties are owned, leased or
                  held by the Corporation or its Material Subsidiaries as owner
                  or lessee thereof, are so owned with good and marketable title
                  or are so leased with good and valid title, are in good
                  standing, are valid and enforceable, are free and clear of any
                  liens, charges or encumbrances and no royalty is payable in
                  respect of any of them, except as set out in the U.S.
                  Prospectus or the Incorporated Documents or as are not
                  individually or in the aggregate material to the Corporation
                  or the Material Subsidiaries, or other than as would not have
                  a material effect on the value of such interests; no other
                  material property rights are necessary for the conduct or
                  intended conduct of the Corporation's or the Material
                  Subsidiaries' business and there are no restrictions on the
                  ability of the Corporation or the Material Subsidiaries to
                  use, transfer or otherwise exploit any such property rights,
                  except as set out in the U.S. Prospectus or the Incorporated
                  Documents;

         (n)      the Corporation is in the process of acquiring, through its
                  wholly-owned subsidiary Wasford Holdings, 90% of the equity of
                  Wexford Goldfields Limited, which is in the process of
                  acquiring all interests in the Wassa gold property in Ghana`
                  (the "Wassa Transactions"). The Wassa property and the current
                  terms of the Wassa Transactions are as described in the U.S.
                  Preliminary Prospectus and the U.S. Prospectus. The
                  Corporation expects that the Wassa Transactions will close by
                  September 1, 2002. The Corporation knows of no fact, event,
                  occurrence, announcement or any other thing that would, or
                  might reasonably be expected to, materially increase the costs
                  of the closing of the Wassa Transactions, or materially delay
                  the closing of the Wassa Transactions;

         (o)      (A) the Corporation and its Material Subsidiaries are in
                  compliance with all material terms and provisions of all
                  contracts, agreements, indentures, leases, instruments and
                  licences material to the conduct of its business and (B) all
                  such contracts, agreements, indentures, leases, policies,
                  instruments and licences are valid and binding in accordance
                  with their terms and in full force and effect;

         (p)      to the best of the Corporation's knowledge, information and
                  belief none of the real property (and the buildings
                  constructed thereon) in which the Corporation or any of the
                  Material Subsidiaries has a direct or indirect interest,
                  whether leasehold or fee simple or otherwise (the "REAL
                  PROPERTY"), or upon or within which it has operations, is
                  subject to any judicial or administrative proceeding alleging
                  the violation of any federal, provincial, state or municipal
                  environmental, health or safety statute or regulation,
                  domestic or foreign, or is subject to any investigation
                  concerning whether any remedial action is needed to

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                  respond to a release of any Hazardous Material (as defined
                  below) into the environment. Neither the Corporation nor any
                  Material Subsidiary nor, to the Corporation's knowledge, any
                  occupier of the Real Property, has filed any notice under any
                  federal, provincial, state or municipal law, domestic or
                  foreign, indicating past or present treatment, storage or
                  disposal of a Hazardous Material. Except in compliance with
                  applicable environmental laws, none of the Real Property has
                  at any time been used by the Corporation or a Material
                  Subsidiary or, to the best of the Corporation's knowledge,
                  information and belief by any other occupier, as a waste
                  storage or waste disposal site. The Corporation, on a
                  consolidated basis, has no contingent liability of which it
                  has knowledge in connection with any release of any Hazardous
                  Material on or into the environment from any of the Real
                  Property or operations thereon. Neither the Corporation nor
                  any Material Subsidiary nor, to the best of the Corporation's
                  knowledge, any occupier of the Real Property, generates,
                  transports, treats, processes, stores or disposes of any waste
                  on any of the Real Property in contravention of applicable
                  federal, provincial, state or municipal laws or regulations
                  enacted for the protection of the natural environment
                  (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water,
                  ground water, land surface or subsurface strata) or human
                  health or wildlife. To the Corporation's knowledge, no
                  underground storage tanks or surface impoundments containing a
                  petroleum product or Hazardous Material are located on any of
                  the Real Property in contravention of applicable federal,
                  provincial, state or municipal laws or regulations, domestic
                  or foreign, enacted for the protection of the natural
                  environment (including, without limitation, ambient air,
                  surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface
                  strata), human health or wildlife. For the purposes of this
                  Section 6(1)(p), "HAZARDOUS MATERIAL" means any contaminant,
                  chemical, pollutant, subject waste, hazardous waste,
                  deleterious substance, industrial waste, toxic matter or any
                  other substance that when released into the natural
                  environment (including, without limitation, ambient air,
                  surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface
                  strata) is likely to cause, at some immediate or future time,
                  harm or degradation to the natural environment (including,
                  without limitation, ambient air, surface water, ground water,
                  land surface or subsurface strata) or risk to human health
                  and, without restricting the generality of the foregoing,
                  includes any contaminant, chemical, pollutant, subject waste,
                  deleterious substance, industrial waste, toxic matter or
                  hazardous waste as defined by applicable federal, provincial,
                  state or municipal laws or regulations enacted for the
                  protection of the natural environment (including, without
                  limitation, ambient air, surface water, ground water, land
                  surface or subsurface strata), or human health or wildlife;

         (q)      except as disclosed in the U.S. Prospectus or the Incorporated
                  Documents, the Corporation and each of its Material
                  Subsidiaries maintain appropriate insurance against loss of,
                  or damage to, their assets for all insurable risks on a
                  repair, reinstatement or replacement cost basis, and all of
                  the policies in respect of such insurance coverage are in good
                  standing in all respects and not in default;

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         (r)      the consolidated audited financial statements of the
                  Corporation for its fiscal years ended December 31, 1999,
                  December 31, 2000 and December 31, 2001 and the unaudited
                  interim financial statements of the Corporation for the
                  quarter ended March 31, 2002 (collectively the "CORPORATION'S
                  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS"), copies of which are incorporated by
                  reference in the U.S. Preliminary Prospectus and the U.S.
                  Prospectus, including any reconciliation of financial
                  statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted
                  accounting principles in Canada with generally accepted
                  accounting principles in the United States, are true and
                  correct in every material respect and present fairly and
                  accurately the financial position and results of the
                  operations of the Corporation on a consolidated basis for the
                  periods then ended and the Corporation's Financial Statements
                  have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted
                  accounting principles in Canada applied on a consistent basis,
                  and comply as to form in all material respects with the
                  applicable accounting requirements of the U.S. Securities Act
                  and the U.S. Exchange Act, as applicable, and the related
                  published rules and regulations thereunder;

         (s)      the execution and delivery of and the performance by the
                  Corporation of this U.S. Agreement and the Canadian
                  Underwriting Agreement and the consummation of the
                  transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the
                  issuance and sale of the Common Shares comprised in the
                  Securities, the creation, issuance and sale of the Warrants
                  comprised in the Securities and the creation and issuance of
                  the Underwriters' Warrants (as defined in the Canadian
                  Underwriting Agreement) have been authorized by all necessary
                  action on the part of the Corporation;

         (t)      this U.S. Agreement and the Canadian Underwriting Agreement
                  have been duly executed and delivered by the Corporation and
                  each such agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation
                  of, and is enforceable against, the Corporation in accordance
                  with its terms (subject to bankruptcy, insolvency or other
                  laws affecting the rights of creditors generally, the
                  availability of equitable remedies and the qualification that
                  rights to indemnity and waiver of contribution may be contrary
                  to public policy);

         (u)      except as disclosed in the U.S. Prospectus or the Incorporated
                  Documents, since March 31, 2002: (A) there has been no
                  material change in the business, affairs, operations, assets,
                  liabilities or financial condition of the Corporation on a
                  consolidated basis; (B) no current reports or other documents
                  have been filed on a confidential basis with the SEC; (C)
                  there has been no transaction entered into by the Corporation
                  and not disclosed which is material to the Corporation; (D)
                  the Corporation and its Material Subsidiaries, on a
                  consolidated basis, have not incurred any material liability
                  or obligation, indirect, direct or contingent, not in the
                  ordinary course of business, nor entered into any material
                  transaction or agreement not in the ordinary course of
                  business; and (E) there has been no dividend or distribution
                  of any kind declared, paid or made by the Corporation or,
                  except for dividends paid to the Corporation or its Material
                  Subsidiaries, any of its Material Subsidiaries, on any class
                  of capital stock or repurchase or

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                  redemption by the Corporation or any of its Material
                  Subsidiaries of any class of capital stock;

         (v)      the directors and officers of the Corporation and their
                  compensation arrangements with the Corporation, whether as
                  directors, officers or employees of the Corporation, are as
                  disclosed in the U.S. Prospectus or in the Incorporated
                  Documents if required to be so disclosed;

         (w)      all of the material contracts and agreements of the
                  Corporation and of its Material Subsidiaries not made in the
                  ordinary course of business (collectively the "MATERIAL
                  CONTRACTS") have been disclosed in the Incorporated Documents;

         (x)      all tax returns, reports, elections, remittances and payments
                  of the Corporation and of its Material Subsidiaries required
                  by law to have been filed or made in any applicable
                  jurisdiction, have been filed (or are in the process of being
                  prepared for filing, which delayed filing will not have an
                  adverse effect on the Corporation or any of its Material
                  Subsidiaries) or made (as the case may be), other than for
                  taxes being contested in good faith, or with respect to which
                  the failure to file or make would not have a material adverse
                  effect, either individually or in the aggregate, to the
                  Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries, and, to the
                  knowledge of the Corporation, are substantially true, complete
                  and correct and all taxes of the Corporation and of its
                  Material Subsidiaries, in respect of which payment or accrual
                  is required under applicable law, other than taxes being
                  contested in good faith, have been so paid or accrued in the
                  Corporation's Financial Statements;

         (y)      the Corporation is not and, after giving effect to the
                  offering and sale of the Securities, will not be an
                  "investment company" or an entity "controlled" by an
                  "investment company" within the meaning of the United States
                  Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;

         (z)      there is no material action, suit, proceeding, investigation
                  or judgment pending, or to the Corporation's knowledge,
                  threatened or outstanding against or affecting the Corporation
                  or any Material Subsidiary (or their respective officers and
                  directors) at law or in equity or before or by any federal,
                  provincial, state, municipal or other governmental department,
                  commission, board or agency, domestic or foreign, which in any
                  way materially adversely affects or may materially adversely
                  affect the business, operations or condition of the
                  Corporation or any Material Subsidiary (financial or
                  otherwise) or its property or assets or which questions or may
                  question the validity of the creation, issuance or sale, of
                  the Securities or any action taken or to be taken by the
                  Corporation or any Material Subsidiary pursuant to or in
                  connection with this U.S. Agreement or any other material
                  contract to which the Corporation or any Material Subsidiary
                  is a party, as the case may be;

         (aa)     except as have been made or obtained prior to Closing, under
                  the laws of the Qualifying Provinces and the United States, no
                  consent, approval, authorization, order, filing, registration
                  or qualification of or with any court, governmental

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                  agency or body or regulatory authority is required for the
                  creation, issue, sale and delivery (as the case may be) of the
                  Securities or the Underwriters' Warrants or the consummation
                  by the Corporation of the transactions contemplated in this
                  Agreement and the Canadian Underwriting Agreement;

         (bb)     all necessary corporate action has been taken or will have
                  been taken prior to the Time of Closing by the Corporation so
                  as to validly issue and sell the Common Shares comprised in
                  the Securities, to validly create and issue the Underwriters'
                  Warrants to the Canadian Underwriters and to validly create,
                  issue and sell the Warrants comprised in the Securities and
                  upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price as
                  consideration for the issue of the Securities, the Common
                  Shares comprised in the Securities will be validly issued and
                  outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable shares of the
                  Corporation;

         (cc)     the attributes of the Securities conform in all material
                  respects with the description thereof contained in the U.S.
                  Registration Statement;

         (dd)     (i) neither the Corporation nor any of its Material
                  Subsidiaries nor, any employee or agent of the Corporation or
                  any Material Subsidiary, has made any unlawful contribution or
                  other payment to any official of, or candidate for, any
                  federal, state, provincial or foreign office, or failed to
                  disclose fully any contribution, in violation of any law, or
                  (ii) made any payment to any foreign, United States or state
                  governmental officer or official, or other person charged with
                  similar public or quasi-public duties, other than payments
                  required or permitted by the laws of the United States;

         (ee)     the Corporation and each of its Material Subsidiaries
                  maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient
                  to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are
                  executed in accordance with management's general or specific
                  authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to
                  permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with
                  generally accepted accounting principles in Canada and to
                  maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is
                  permitted only in accordance with management's general or
                  specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability
                  for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable
                  intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
                  differences;

         (ff)     neither the Corporation nor any of the Company's officers,
                  directors or affiliates has taken, and at the Closing Date
                  will have taken, directly or indirectly, any action which has
                  constituted, or might reasonably be expected to constitute,
                  the stabilization or manipulation of the price of sale or
                  resale of the Securities;

         (gg)     the Corporation has timely and properly filed (i) with the SEC
                  all reports and other documents required to have been filed by
                  it with the SEC pursuant to the U.S. Securities Act and the
                  rules and regulations, and (b) all reports or other documents
                  required to have been filed by it with the securities
                  commission or similar regulatory body of each province in
                  Canada, the Toronto Stock Exchange or any other applicable
                  Canadian governmental authorities. True and complete

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                  copies of all such reports and other documents have been
                  delivered to the U.S. Agents;

         (hh)     neither the Corporation nor any Material Subsidiary (x) was a
                  personal holding company within the meaning of Section 542 of
                  the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "CODE") (a
                  "PHC"), a foreign personal holding company with the meaning of
                  Section 542 of the Code (an "FPHC"), or a controlled foreign
                  corporation with the meaning of Section 957 of the Code (a
                  "CFC") for its taxable year ended December 31, 1995 or for any
                  previous taxable year, or (y) expects that it will constitute
                  a PHC, a FPHC or a CFC for its current taxable year ending
                  December 31, 2001;

         (ii)     the Corporation (x) was not a passive foreign investment
                  company (a "PFIC") within the meaning of section 1296 of the
                  Code for its taxable year ended December 31, 2001 or for any
                  previous taxable year and (y) expects that it will not
                  constitute a PFIC for its current taxable year ending December
                  31, 2002;

         (jj)     CIBC Mellon Trust Company, at its principal office in
                  Vancouver, has been duly appointed as the transfer agent and
                  registrar for the Common Shares; and

         (kk)     the forms of the certificate representing the Warrants have
                  been duly approved by the Corporation and comply with the
                  provisions of the Canada Business Corporations Act and of the
                  TSX.

(2)      The representations and warranties made by the Corporation to the
         Canadian Underwriters in the Canadian Underwriting Agreement are hereby
         incorporated by reference, and shall have the same effect as though
         they were made to the U.S. Agents under this U.S. Agreement.

SECTION 7 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE U.S. AGENTS

Each U.S. Agent hereby severally, and not jointly, represents and warrants that:

         (a)      it is, and will remain so, until the completion of the
                  Offering, appropriately registered under applicable U.S.
                  Securities Laws so as to permit it to lawfully fulfil its
                  obligations hereunder and it is, and will remain so, until the
                  completion of the Offering, a member in good standing of the
                  National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.; and

         (b)      it has good and sufficient right and authority to enter into
                  this U.S. Agreement and complete its transactions contemplated
                  under this U.S. Agreement on the terms and conditions set
                  forth herein.

SECTION 8 COVENANTS OF THE CORPORATION

(1)      The Corporation covenants with the U.S. Agents that:

         (a)      during the period from the date hereof to the completion of
                  the distribution of the Securities, the Corporation will
                  promptly advise the U.S. Agents in writing of the full
                  particulars of any material change in the business, affairs,
                  operations,

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                  assets, liabilities or financial condition of the Corporation,
                  on a consolidated basis, or any material change in any
                  statement contained in the U.S. Prospectus or the Canadian
                  Prospectus, as such documents exist immediately prior to such
                  change, which change is, or may be, of such nature as would
                  result in any of such documents, as they exist immediately
                  prior to such change, containing an untrue statement of a
                  material fact or an omission to state therein a material fact
                  that is required to be stated or that is necessary to make the
                  statements therein not misleading in light of the
                  circumstances in which they were made or which would result in
                  any of such documents, as they exist immediately prior to such
                  change not complying with the U.S. Securities Act. The
                  Corporation will promptly prepare and file with the SEC an
                  amendment to the U.S. Registration Statement or supplement to
                  the U.S. Prospectus and/or the Canadian Prospectus which in
                  the opinion of the U.S. Agents, acting reasonably, may be
                  necessary or advisable to correct such untrue or misleading
                  statement or omission. The Corporation shall in good faith
                  discuss with the U.S. Agents any change in circumstances
                  (actual, anticipated, contemplated or threatened) which is of
                  such a nature that there may be a reasonable doubt as to
                  whether written notice need be given to the U.S. Agents under
                  the provisions of this Section 8(1)(a);

         (b)      the Corporation will deliver without charge to the U.S.
                  Agents, as soon as practicable, and in any event no later than
                  July 18, 2002 in the case of the U.S. Prospectus and the
                  Canadian Prospectus, and thereafter from time to time during
                  the distribution of the Securities, in such cities as the U.S.
                  Agents shall notify the Corporation, as many commercial copies
                  of each of the U.S. Preliminary Prospectus, the Canadian
                  Preliminary Prospectus, the U.S. Prospectus and the Canadian
                  Prospectus, respectively (and in the case of an amendment or
                  supplement, such amendment or supplement), as the U.S. Agents
                  may reasonably request for the purposes contemplated by the
                  U.S. Securities Laws and the Canadian Securities Laws and such
                  delivery shall constitute consent by the Corporation to the
                  use by the U.S. Agents, the Canadian Underwriters and the
                  Selling Firms of such documents in connection with the
                  Offering in the United States and Canada, subject to the
                  provisions of applicable U.S. Securities Laws and Canadian
                  Securities Laws;

         (c)      the Corporation shall use its best efforts to arrange that the
                  Common Shares comprised in the Securities are listed and
                  posted for trading on the TSX and the AMEX on the Closing
                  Date, and that the Warrants comprised in the Securities are
                  listed and posted for trading on the TSX on the Closing Date
                  subject only to the documentary filing requirements of each
                  such exchange;

         (d)      it will not: (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell any
                  option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or
                  contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to
                  purchase, or otherwise lend, transfer or dispose of, directly
                  or indirectly, any Common Shares or securities convertible
                  into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Shares; or (ii)
                  enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers, in
                  whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of
                  ownership of Common Shares or such other securities, whether

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                  any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is
                  to be settled by delivery of Common Shares or such other
                  securities, in cash or otherwise (other than the Securities
                  and other than in connection with the grant or exercise of
                  options, issuances under the Corporation's existing Stock
                  Option Plans or employee share purchase plan or any other
                  existing rights of conversion or securities issued as
                  consideration for an acquisition of assets or shares), for a
                  period ending 90 days after the closing of the Offering
                  without the prior written consent of the U.S. Lead Manager,
                  such consent not to be unreasonably withheld;

         (e)      it will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities
                  as set forth under "Use of Proceeds" in the U.S. Prospectus;

         (f)      it will use its reasonable best efforts to make all necessary
                  arrangements with the Alternative Investment Market of the
                  London Stock Exchange in order that the Common Shares are
                  listed on that exchange within 6 months of the Closing Date;
                  and

         (g)      to make generally available to its securityholders as soon as
                  practicable, but in any event, not later than eighteen months
                  after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as
                  defined in Rule 158(c) under the U.S. Securities Act), an
                  earnings statement of the Corporation and its subsidiaries
                  (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of
                  the U.S. Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the
                  SEC thereunder (including at the option of the Corporation,
                  Rule 158).

SECTION 9 ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS UPON FILING OF U.S. PROSPECTUS

(1)      The U.S. Agents' obligations under this U.S. Agreement are conditional
         upon the receipt by the U.S. Agents concurrently with the filing of the
         U.S. Prospectus, of:

         (a)      a "long form" comfort letter dated the date of U.S. Prospectus
                  from the auditors of the Corporation, addressed to the U.S.
                  Agents and Canadian Underwriters, in form and substance
                  reasonably satisfactory to the U.S. Agents, relating to the
                  verification of the financial information and accounting data
                  and other numerical data of a financial nature contained in
                  the U.S. Prospectus and matters involving changes or
                  developments since the respective dates as of which specified
                  financial information is given in the U.S. Prospectus to a
                  date not more than two business days prior to the date of such
                  letter. Such letter shall further state that such auditors are
                  independent public accountants within the meaning of the U.S.
                  Securities Act and the appropriate rules and regulations
                  thereof, and that

                  (i)      in their opinion the Corporation's financial
                           statements examined by them and included or
                           incorporated by reference in the U.S. Prospectus
                           comply in all material respects with the applicable
                           accounting requirements of the U.S. Securities Act
                           and the U.S. Exchange Act and the related published
                           rules and regulations;

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                  (ii)     In their opinion any unaudited pro forma financial
                           statements included or incorporated by reference in
                           the U.S. Registration Statement comply as to form in
                           all material respects with the requirements of the
                           U.S. Securities Act and the U.S. Exchange Act and the
                           related published rules and regulations, and all pro
                           forma adjustments have been properly applied to the
                           historical amounts in the compilation of those
                           statements;

                  (iii)    they have performed the procedures specified by the
                           American Institute of Certified Accountants for a
                           review of interim financial information described in
                           Statement of Auditing Standards No. 71, on the
                           unaudited financial statements included or
                           incorporated by reference in the U.S. Registration
                           Statement;

                  (iv)     on the basis of the review referred to above nothing
                           came to their attention that caused them to believe
                           that the unaudited financial statements included or
                           incorporated by reference in the U.S. Registration
                           Statement, including any reconciliation of financial
                           statements prepared in accordance with generally
                           accepted accounting principles in Canada with
                           generally accepted accounting principles in the
                           United States, do not comply as to form in all
                           material respects with the requirements of the U.S.
                           Securities Act and the U.S. Exchange Act and the
                           related published rules and regulations, or that any
                           material modification should be made to such
                           unaudited financial statements for them to be in
                           conformity with generally accepted accounting
                           principals;

                  (v)      they have compared specified United States and
                           Canadian dollar amounts (or percentages derived from
                           such United States and Canadian dollar amounts) and
                           other financial information contained in the U.S.
                           Prospectus (in each case to the extent that such
                           dollar amounts, percentages and other financial
                           information are derived from the general accounting
                           records of the Corporation and its subsidiaries
                           subject to the internal controls of the Corporation's
                           accounting system or are derived from such records by
                           analysis or computation) with the results obtained
                           from inquiries, a reading of such general accounting
                           records and other procedures specified in such letter
                           and have found such United States and Canadian dollar
                           amounts, percentages and other financial information
                           to be in agreement with such results, except as
                           otherwise specified in such letter;

                  (vi)     they compared at the date of the latest available
                           balance sheet read by such auditors, or at a
                           subsequent specified date not more than two business
                           days prior to the date of the U.S. Prospectus, there
                           was any material change in the capital or any
                           increase in short term indebtedness or long-term debt
                           of the Corporation and its Material Subsidiaries
                           consolidated or, at the date of the latest available
                           balance sheet read by such auditors, there was any
                           material decrease in consolidated net current assets
                           or net assets as compared with amounts shown on the

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                           latest balance sheet included or incorporated by
                           reference in the U.S. Prospectus; and

                  (vii)    they compared for the period from the date of the
                           latest income statement included in the U.S.
                           Prospectus to the date of the latest available income
                           statement read by such auditors or at a subsequent
                           specified date not more than two business days prior
                           to the date of the U.S. Prospectus, there were any
                           material decreases as compared with the corresponding
                           period of the previous year and with the period of
                           corresponding length ended the date of the latest
                           income statement included in the U.S. Prospectus, in
                           the consolidated revenue, net operating income, or
                           total or per share amounts of net income;

         (b)      true hand-signed copies of the U.S. Registration Statement and
                  all amendments thereto as required by U.S. Securities Laws;
                  and

         (c)      a copy of any other document required to be filed by the
                  Corporation with SEC under U.S. Securities Laws.

(2)      The comfort letter referred to in Section 9(1)(a) shall be in addition
         to any comfort letters required by the terms of the Canadian
         Underwriting Agreement to be delivered to the Canadian Underwriters.

(3)      Similar documents and comfort letters shall be delivered to the U.S.
         Agents with respect to any amendment to the U.S. Prospectus (provided,
         in the case of comfort letters, that the amendment to the U.S.
         Prospectus contains financial, accounting or other numerical data of a
         financial nature), or as required by the terms of the Canadian
         Underwriting Agreement to be delivered to Canadian Underwriters.

SECTION 10 CLOSING

(1)      The Offering will be completed at the offices of Stikeman Elliott in
         Toronto at 8:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on July 24, 2002 (the "TIME OF
         CLOSING" and the "CLOSING DATE", respectively) or at such other time
         and/or on such other date as the U.S. Agents and the Corporation may
         agree upon, but in any event no later than August 7, 2002.

(2)      At the Time of Closing, subject to the terms and conditions contained
         in this U.S. Agreement, the Corporation shall deliver to the U.S.
         Agents a certificate or certificates representing the Offered
         Securities against payment of the purchase price by certified cheque,
         bank draft or wire transfer, dated the Closing Date, payable to the
         Corporation. The Corporation will, at the Time of Closing and upon such
         payment of the purchase price to the Corporation, make payment in full
         of the Underwriting Fee.

SECTION 11

         The U.S. Agents shall have the right to sell Additional Units (as such
term is defined in the Canadian Underwriting Agreement) to the public upon the
terms and conditions for the sale of such securities specified in the Canadian
Underwriting Agreement and the Inter-Dealer Agreement.

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SECTION 12 TERMINATION RIGHTS

(1)      All terms and conditions set out herein shall be construed as
         conditions and any breach or failure by the Corporation to comply with
         any such conditions in favour of the U.S. Agents shall entitle the U.S.
         Agents to terminate their obligations under this U.S. Agreement by
         written notice to that effect given to the Corporation prior to the
         Time of Closing on the Closing Date. The Corporation shall use its
         reasonable best efforts to cause all conditions in this U.S. Agreement
         to be satisfied. It is understood that the U.S. Agents may waive in
         whole or in part, or extend the time for compliance with, any of such
         terms and conditions without prejudice to their rights in respect of
         any subsequent breach or non-compliance, provided that to be binding on
         the U.S. Agents, any such waiver or extension must be in writing.

(2)      In addition to any other remedies that may be available to the U.S.
         Agents, the U.S. Agents shall each be entitled, at their option, to
         terminate and cancel, without any liability on the U.S. Agents' part,
         their obligations under this U.S. Agreement, by giving written notice
         to the Corporation at any time at or prior to the Time of Closing on
         the Closing Date:

         (a)      if there should occur any suspension or limitation of trading
                  in securities generally on the TSX or AMEX, or if a general
                  moratorium on commercial banking activities in Toronto or New
                  York should be declared by the relevant authorities, or if, in
                  relation to the Corporation, any inquiry, investigation or
                  other proceeding (whether formal or informal) is commenced,
                  threatened or announced or any order or ruling is issued by
                  any officer of such exchange or market, or by the SEC, or any
                  other regulatory authority in Canada or the United States, or
                  if any law or regulation under or pursuant to any statute of
                  Canada or of any province thereof or of the United States or
                  any state or territory thereof is promulgated or changed
                  which, in the reasonable opinion of the U.S. Agents (or any of
                  them) operates to prevent or materially restrict trading the
                  Common Shares or the distribution of the Securities or could
                  reasonably be expected to have a significant adverse effect on
                  the market price of the Common Shares or the Securities;

         (b)      if, after the date hereof and prior to the Time of Closing,
                  the state of financial markets in Canada or the United States
                  is such that, in the reasonable opinion of the U.S. Agents (or
                  either of them), the Securities cannot be marketed profitably,
                  either U.S. Agent shall be entitled, at its option, to
                  terminate its obligations under this Agreement by notice to
                  that effect given to the Corporation at or prior to the Time
                  of Closing;

         (c)      if any inquiry, investigation or other proceeding is commenced
                  or any other order is issued under or pursuant to any statute
                  of the United States or any state thereof (other than an
                  inquiry, investigation or other proceeding order based solely
                  upon the activities or alleged activities of any U.S. Agent or
                  Selling Firm) or Canada or any province thereof or there is
                  any change of law or the interpretation or administration
                  thereof by a securities regulator or other public authority,
                  which in the reasonable opinion of the U.S. Agent, operates to
                  prevent

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                  or materially restrict the trading of the Common Shares or the
                  distribution of the Securities;

         (d)      if there shall occur any material change in the business,
                  affairs, operations, assets, liabilities or financial
                  condition of the Corporation on a consolidated basis or other
                  change in a material fact relating to the Corporation on a
                  consolidated basis which in the U.S. Agents' reasonable
                  opinion would be expected to have a significant adverse effect
                  on the market price or value of any of the Securities or the
                  Common Shares; or

         (e)      if there should develop, occur or come into effect or
                  existence any event, action, state, condition or major
                  financial occurrence of national or international consequence,
                  including without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
                  any military conflict, civil insurrection, or any terrorist
                  action, including, without limitation, military insurrection
                  (whether or not in connection with such conflict or
                  insurrection), or any law or regulation, which, in the U.S.
                  Agents' reasonable opinion, seriously adversely affects or
                  involves, or will seriously adversely affect or involve, the
                  Canadian or United States financial markets or the business,
                  operations or affairs of the Corporation on a consolidated
                  basis and/or prevents or materially restricts the trading of
                  the Common Shares or the distribution of the Securities.

(3)      The U.S. Agents shall make reasonable best efforts to give notice to
         the Corporation (in writing or by other means) of the occurrence of any
         of the events referred to in Section 12(2), provided that neither the
         giving nor the failure to give such notice shall in any way affect the
         entitlement of the U.S. Agents to exercise this right at any time prior
         to or at the Time of Closing.

(4)      The rights of termination contained in this Section 12 as may be
         exercised by the U.S. Agents are in addition to any other rights or
         remedies the U.S. Agents may have in respect of any default, act or
         failure to act or non-compliance by the Corporation in respect of any
         of the matters contemplated by this U.S. Agreement.

(5)      If the obligations of the U.S. Agents are terminated under this U.S.
         Agreement pursuant to these termination rights, the Corporation's
         liabilities to the U.S. Agents shall be limited to the Corporation's
         obligations under Section 13, Section 14 and Section 15.

SECTION 13 INDEMNITY

(1)      The Corporation agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each U.S. Agent,
         and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents, and
         each person, if any, who controls any U.S. Agent within the meaning of
         Section 15 of the U.S. Securities Act or Section 20 of the U.S.
         Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages and
         liabilities, joint or several (including any investigation, legal and
         other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with, and any amount
         paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claim
         asserted), to which they, or any of them, may become subject under the
         U.S. Securities Act, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such
         losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of or are based upon
         (i) any breach of

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         a representation or warranty of the Corporation contained herein or the
         failure of the Corporation to comply with any of its obligations
         hereunder, or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of
         a material fact contained in the U.S. Preliminary Prospectus, the
         Canadian Preliminary Prospectus, the U.S. Prospectus, the Canadian
         Prospectus or the U.S. Registration Statement, or any amendment or
         supplement thereto, or the omission or alleged omission to state
         therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
         make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as any such
         untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission
         was made in such U.S. Preliminary Prospectus, the Canadian Preliminary
         Prospectus, the U.S. Prospectus, the Canadian Prospectus or U.S.
         Registration Statement, or such amendment or supplement, in reliance
         upon and in conformity, with information furnished in writing to the
         Corporation by or on behalf of any U.S. Agent or Canadian Underwriter
         expressly for use in the preparation thereof; provided, however, that
         the foregoing indemnity against losses, claims, damages or liabilities
         is subject to the condition that, insofar as it relates to any untrue
         statement or alleged untrue statement, omission or alleged omission
         made in the U.S. Registration Statement, the U.S. Preliminary
         Prospectus and the Canadian Preliminary Prospectus but eliminated or
         remedied in the U.S. Prospectus and the Canadian Prospectus, such
         indemnity shall not inure to the benefit of any U.S. Agent from whom
         the person asserting any loss, claim, damage or liability purchased the
         Securities which are the subject thereof (or to the benefit of any
         person who controls such U.S. Agent) if such U.S. Agent failed to send
         or give a copy of the U.S. Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
         thereto) to such person at or prior to the time such action is required
         by the U.S. Securities Act.

(2)      Each U.S. Agent agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Corporation,
         each person, if any, who controls the Corporation within the meaning of
         Section 15 of the U.S. Securities Act or Section 20 of the U.S.
         Exchange Act, each director of the Corporation and each officer of the
         Corporation, against any and all losses, claims, damages and
         liabilities, joint or several (including any investigation, legal and
         other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with, and any amount
         paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claim
         asserted), to which they, or any of them, may become subject under the
         U.S. Securities Act, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such
         losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of or are based upon
         any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
         contained in the U.S. Preliminary Prospectus, the Canadian Preliminary
         Prospectus, the U.S. Prospectus, the Canadian Prospectus or the U.S.
         Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or the
         omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required
         to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
         misleading, but only insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
         liabilities arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or
         omission or alleged untrue statement or omission which was made in the
         U.S. Preliminary Prospectus, the Canadian Preliminary Prospectus, the
         U.S. Prospectus, or the Canadian Prospectus, or any amendment or
         supplement thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity with information
         furnished in writing to the Corporation by such U.S. Agent with respect
         to the U.S. Agents expressly for use in the preparation thereof.

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(3)      Any party which proposes to assert the right to be indemnified under
         this Section 13 will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement
         of any action, suit or proceeding against such party in respect of
         which a claim is to be made against an indemnified party under this
         Section 13, notify each such indemnifying party of the commencement of
         such action, suit or proceeding, enclosing a copy of all papers served,
         but the omission so to notify such indemnifying party of any such
         action, suit or proceeding shall not relieve it from any liability
         which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this
         Section 13. In case any such action, suit or proceeding shall be
         brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the
         indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party
         shall be entitled to participate in, and, to the extent that it shall
         wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to
         assume the defence thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such
         indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such
         indemnified party of its election so to assume the defence thereof, the
         indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party for
         any legal or other expenses, other than reasonable costs of
         investigation subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in
         connection with the defence thereof. The indemnified party shall have
         the right to employ its counsel in any such action, but the fees and
         expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified
         party unless (i) the employment of counsel by such indemnified party
         has been authorized by the indemnifying parties, (ii) the indemnified
         party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of
         interest between the indemnifying parties and the indemnified party in
         the conduct of the defence of such action (in which case the
         indemnifying parties shall not have the right to direct the defence of
         such action on behalf of the indemnified party) or (iii) the
         indemnifying parties shall not in fact have employed counsel to assume
         the defence of such action. An indemnifying party shall not be liable
         for any settlement of any action or claim effected without its consent.
         For the purposes of clause (ii) of the preceding sentence only, any
         indemnified party or parties shall be represented by one counsel whom
         they may select with the approval, which shall not be unreasonably
         withheld, of the indemnifying parties.

SECTION 14 CONTRIBUTION

         In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in
circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in Section 13 hereof is
applicable but for any reason, other than as specified in Section 13, is held to
be unavailable from the indemnifying party, then each indemnifying party shall,
in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, contribute to the aggregate
losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including any investigation, legal and
other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in
settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claims asserted), in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Corporation on the one hand and the U.S. Agents on the other from the offering
of the Securities. If however, the allocation provided by the immediately
preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law, then each indemnifying
party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party
in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits
but also the relative fault of the Corporation on the one hand and the U.S.
Agents on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which
resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative
benefits received by the Corporation on the one hand and the U.S. Agents on the
other shall be deemed

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to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering of the
Securities (before deducting expenses) received by the Corporation bear to the
total Underwriting Fees received by the U.S. Agents, in each case as set forth
in the U.S. Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to,
among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by the Corporation on the one hand or the U.S. Agents on
the other and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Corporation
and the U.S. Agents agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contributions pursuant to this Section 14 were determined by pro rata allocation
(even if the U.S. Agents were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any
other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable
considerations referred to above in this Section 14. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Section 14, (i) in no case shall any U.S. Agent be
responsible for any amount in excess of the sum of the Underwriting Fee
applicable to the Securities purchased by such U.S. Agent hereunder, and (ii) no
person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person
who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this
Section 14, each person, if any, who controls a U.S. Agent within the meaning of
the U.S. Securities Act and the U.S. Exchange Act, and each director, officer,
employee and agent of a U.S. Agent shall have the same rights to contribution as
such U.S. Agent, and each person, if any, who controls the Corporation within
the meaning of the U.S. Securities Act and the U.S. Exchange Act, and each
director of the Corporation shall have the same rights to contribution as the
Corporation, subject in each case to clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 14.
Any party entitled to contribution will, promptly after receipt of notice of
commencement of any action, suit or proceeding against such party in respect of
which a claim for contribution may be made against another party or parties
under this Section 14, notify such party or parties from whom contribution may
be sought, but the omission so to notify such party or parties from whom
contribution may he sought shall not relieve the party or parties from whom
contribution may be sought from any other obligation it or they may have
hereunder or otherwise than under this Section 14. No party shall be liable for
contribution with respect to any action or claim settled without its written
consent. The U.S. Agents' obligations in this section to contribute are several
in proportion to their respective obligations and not joint.

SECTION 15 EXPENSES

         Whether or not the transactions provided for herein (including the
Offering) are completed, the Corporation shall pay all costs, fees and expenses
of or incidental to the performance of its obligations under this U.S. Agreement
including, without limitation: (i) the costs of the Corporation's professional
advisors (including, without limitation, the Corporation's auditors, counsel and
any local counsel), (ii) the cost of printing the U.S. Preliminary Prospectus,
the U.S. Prospectus, the Canadian forms of such prospectuses, and any amendments
and supplements thereto, and certificates for the Securities, (iii) the
preparation of any Blue Sky survey regarding the offers and sales of the
Securities in the various states, and (iv) all applicable costs related to the
review by the NASD of the terms of the sale of the Offered Securities (which
NASD-related costs are to include, in addition to any filing fees, legal fees
and related G.S.T.). The fees and disbursements of any counsel (whether Canadian
or U.S.) to the U.S. Agents and the Canadian Underwriters up to an aggregate
amount of Cdn $[170,000] and out-of-pocket expenses of the U.S. Agents shall be
borne by the Corporation; provided that,

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notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the sale and purchase of the
Securities is not completed in accordance with the terms hereof (other than as a
result of a breach by the U.S. Agents of any of its obligations hereunder), the
Corporation shall assume and pay, in addition to the out-of-pocket expenses of
the U.S. Agents and any other expenses required to be paid by it hereunder, all
fees and disbursements of counsel (whether Canadian or U.S.) to the U.S. Agents
or the Canadian Underwriters.

SECTION 16 ACTION BY U.S. AGENTS

         All steps which must or may be taken by the U.S. Agents in connection
with this Agreement, with the exception of the matters relating to termination
contemplated by Section 12 hereof, may be taken by the U.S. Lead Manager on
behalf of itself and the other U.S. Agent and the acceptance of this offer by
the Corporation shall constitute the Corporation's authority for accepting
notification of any such steps from, and for delivering the definitive documents
constituting the Securities to or to the order of the U.S. Lead Manager.

SECTION 17 GOVERNING LAW; TIME OF ESSENCE

         This U.S. Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York and the federal laws of the United States
of America applicable therein and time shall be of the essence hereof.

SECTION 18 SURVIVAL OF WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS, COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS

         All warranties, representations, covenants and agreements of the
Corporation and the U.S. Agents herein contained or contained in documents
submitted or required to be submitted pursuant to this U.S. Agreement shall
survive the purchase by the U.S. Agents of the Securities and shall continue in
full force and effect, regardless of the closing of the sale of the Securities
and regardless of any investigation which may be carried on by the U.S. Agents,
or on their behalf, for a period of four years following the Closing Date.
Without limitation of the foregoing, the provisions contained in this U.S.
Agreement in any way related to the indemnification or the contribution
obligations herein shall survive and continue in full force and effect,
indefinitely.

SECTION 19 PRESS RELEASES

         The Corporation shall provide the U.S. Agents and their counsel with a
copy of all press releases to be issued by the Corporation concerning the
Offering contemplated hereby prior to the issuance thereof, and shall give the
U.S. Agents and their counsel a reasonable opportunity to provide comments on
any press release.

SECTION 20 NOTICES

         All notices or other communications by the terms hereof required or
permitted to be given by one party to another shall be given in writing by
personal delivery or by facsimile delivered or facsimile to such other party as
follows:

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(a)      to the Corporation at:

         Golden Star Resources Ltd.
         10579 Bradford Road
         Suite 103
         Littleton, Colorado
         U.S.A.  80127-4247

         Attention:       Peter Bradford
         Facsimile No.:   (303) 830-9094

         with a copy to:

         Field Atkinson Perraton LLP
         1900, 350-7th Avenue S.W.
         Calgary, Alberta
         T2P 3N9

         Attention:       Bonnie Kuhn
         Facsimile No.:   (403) 264-7084

         and to:

         Stoel Rives LLP
         900 S.W. 5th Avenue
         Portland, Oregon
         U.S.A. 97204-1268

         Attention:       John Halle
         Facsimile No.:   (503) 220-2480

(b)      to the U.S. Agents at:

         Canaccord Capital Corporation (USA) Inc.
         c/o Canaccord Capital Corporation
         320 Bay Street
         Suite 1210
         Toronto, Ontario

         Attention:       Peter Marrone
         Facsimile No.:   (416) 869-3876

         and

         BMO Nesbitt Burns Corp.
         c/o BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.
         1 First Canadian Place
         Toronto, Ontario
         M5X 1H3

         Attention:       Egizio Bianchini
         Facsimile No.:   (416) 359-4459

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         with a copy to:

         Stikeman Elliott
         5300 Commerce Court West
         199 Bay Street
         Toronto, Ontario
         M5L 1B9

         Attention:       Jay C. Kellerman
         Facsimile No.:   (416) 947-0866

         and to:

         Dorsey & Whitney LLP
         BCE Place
         161 Bay Street, Suite 4310
         Toronto, Ontario
         Canada M5J 2S1

         Attention:            Christopher Barry
         Facsimile No.:        (416) 367-7371

or at such other address or facsimile number as may be given by either of them
to the other in writing from time to time and such notices or other
communications shall be deemed to have been received when delivered or, if
facsimile, on the next business day after such notice or other communication has
been facsimile (with receipt confirmed).

SECTION 21 JUDGMENT CURRENCY

         In respect of any judgment or order given or made for any amount due
hereunder that is expressed and paid in a currency (the "JUDGMENT CURRENCY")
other than United States dollars, the Corporation shall indemnify each U.S.
Agent against any loss incurred by such U.S. Agent as a result of any variation
as between (i) the rate of exchange at which the United States dollar amount is
converted into the judgment currency for the purpose of such judgment or order
and (ii) the rate of exchange at which a U.S. Agent is able to purchase United
States dollars with the amount of the judgment currency actually received by
such U.S. Agent. The term "rate of exchange" shall include any premiums and
costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of or conversion into
United States dollars.

SECTION 22 COUNTERPART SIGNATURE

         This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts (including
counterparts by facsimile) which, together, shall constitute an original copy
hereof as of the date first noted above.

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SECTION 23 ENTIRE AGREEMENT

         This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the U.S. Agents
and the Corporation relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all
prior agreements between the U.S. Agents and the Corporation.

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SECTION 24 ACCEPTANCE

         If this offer accurately reflects the terms of the transaction which we
are to enter into and if such terms are agreed to by the Corporation, please
communicate your acceptance by executing where indicated below and returning by
facsimile one copy and returning by courier one originally executed copy to
Canaccord Capital Corporation (USA) Inc. (Attention: Peter Marrone).

                                            Yours very truly,

                                            CANACCORD CAPITAL
                                            CORPORATION (USA) INC.

                                            By:  "Diane Shore"
                                                 -------------------------------
                                                 Authorized Signing Officer

                                            BMO NESBITT BURNS CORP.

                                            By:  "Norman S. Skaffer"
                                                 -------------------------------
                                                 Authorized Signing Officer

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         The foregoing accurately reflects the terms of the transaction that we
are to enter into and such terms are agreed to.

         ACCEPTED at Littleton, Colorado as of this 17th day of July, 2002.

                                             GOLDEN STAR RESOURCES LTD.

                                             By:  "Allan J. Marter"
                                                  ------------------------------
                                                  Authorized Signing Officer

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                                   SCHEDULE A

                              MATERIAL SUBSIDIARIES

<Table>
<Caption>

        NAME                       TYPE OF OWNERSHIP                             PERCENTAGE
        ----                       -----------------                             ----------
<S>                                <C>                                           <C>

Caystar Holdings (Cayman                 Shares                                      100%
Islands)

Bogoso Holdings (Cayman                  Shares                                      100%
Islands)

Bogoso Gold Limited                      Shares                                       90%
(Ghana)

Guyanor Ressources S.A.                  Shares                                       73%
(France)

Societe de Traveux Publics et            Shares                                      100%
de Mines Auriferes en
Guyane S.A.R.L. (France)

Societe des Mines de Yaou &              Shares                                      100%
Dorlin (France)

Societe de Mines de Saint-               Shares                                      100%
Elie S.A.R.L. (France)

Pan African Resources                    Shares                                      99.9%
Corporation (Yukon
Territory)

Pan African Resources                    Shares                                      100%
Corporation (Barbados)

PARC Cote d'Ivoire S.A.                  Shares                                      100%
(Ivory Coast)

Wasford Holdings (Cayman                 Shares                                      100%
Islands)
</Table>

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                                   SCHEDULE B

Unless the context otherwise dictates, all capitalized terms herein have the
meaning ascribed to thereto in the U.S. Agency Agreement to which this Schedule
B is attached

         Canadian counsel's opinions:

         As set out in Section 4(1) of the Canadian Underwriting Agreement.

         U.S. counsel's opinions:

         1. No authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to,
consent of, order of, or filing with, any United States Federal or state
governmental authority or regulatory body is required for the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by the U.S. Agency Agreement, the Canadian
Underwriting Agreement or the Warrant Indenture, except such as have been
obtained under the U.S. Securities Act and such as may be required under the
blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and
distribution of the Securities by the U.S. Agents.

         2. To such counsel's knowledge and other than as set forth in the U.S.
Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the
Corporation or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of
the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries is bound that would, individually or
in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the current consolidated
financial position, shareholders' equity or results of operation of the
Corporation and its subsidiaries; and to such counsel's knowledge, no such
proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or
threatened by others;

         3. Neither the issue and sa le of the Securities as described in the
U.S. Prospectus and Canadian Prospectus, nor the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the U.S. Agency Agreement and the Canadian
Underwriting Agreement and the performance of the terms of the U.S. Agency
Agreement and the Canadian Underwriting Agreement, including the issuance of the
Underwriters' Warrants (as such term is defined in the Canadian Underwriting
Agreement), (i) will result in a breach of or constitute a default under any
agreement or instrument that is listed as an exhibit to the U.S. Registration
Statement or any document incorporated by reference to the U.S. Prospectus and
to which the Corporation or any of its Material Subsidiaries is a party or
bound, (ii) will contravene any law, rule or regulation of the United States of
America or the State of Oregon or any law, rule or regulation of any other state
known by such counsel to be applicable to the Corporation or (iii) based solely
on a certificate signed by an officer of the Corporation, on the date hereof,
will contravene any order or decree of any court or government agency or
instrumentality any state or the Federal government of the United States of
America known to such counsel.

         4. The statements made in the U.S. Prospectus and the Canadian
Prospectus under the caption "Plan of Distribution", insofar as they purport to
summarize the material terms of the U.S. Agency Agreement and the Canadian
Underwriting Agreement, and

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under the caption "U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations", insofar as they
purport to describe the material tax consequences under U.S. Federal Income Tax
laws of an investment in the Securities, fairly summarize the matters therein
described.

         5. The Corporation is not an "investment company" or an entity
"controlled" by an "investment company", as such terms are defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

         6. The U.S. Registration Statement has become effective under the U.S.
Securities Act, any required filing of a preliminary prospectus or prospectus,
and any supplement thereto pursuant to Rule 424 under the U.S. Securities Act
has been made in the manner and within the time required by Rule 424 and to such
counsel's knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the U.S.
Registration Statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has
been instituted, threatened or contemplated by the SEC.

         7. The documents incorporated by reference in the U.S. Prospectus or
any further amendment or supplement thereto made by the Corporation prior to the
date of this opinion (other than the financial statements and related schedules
therein or other financial data derived from accounting records, as to which
counsel is not expressing an opinion), when they became effective or were filed
with the SEC, as the case may be, complied as to form in all material respects
with the requirements of the U.S. Securities Act or the U.S. Exchange Act, as
applicable, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder; and such
counsel has no reason to believe that any of such documents (other than the
financial statements and related schedules therein or other financial data
derived from accounting records, as to which such counsel is not expressing an
opinion), when such documents became effective or were so filed, as the case may
be, contained, in the case of a registration statement which became effective
under the U.S. Securities Act, an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, or in the case of documents which were filed
under the U.S. Exchange Act with the SEC (other than the financial statements
and related schedules therein or other financial data derived from accounting
records, as to which such counsel is not expressing an opinion), an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made when such documents were filed, not misleading.

         8. The U.S. Registration Statement as of its effective date and each of
the U.S. Prospectus and the Canadian Prospectus at the time each such prospectus
was filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the U.S. Securities Act and
any further amendments and supplements thereto made by the Corporation prior to
the date hereof (other than the financial statements and related schedules
therein or other financial data derived from accounting records, as to which
such counsel is not expressing an opinion) comply as to form in all material
respects with the requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder.

         9. During the course of the Corporation's preparation of the U.S.
Registration Statement, such counsel participated in conferences with officers
and other representatives of the Corporation, the Corporation's independent
public accountants, the U.S. Agents and

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                                      - 4 -

the Canadian Underwriters and their counsel, at which the contents of the U.S.
Registration Statement and the U.S. Prospectus and the Canadian Prospectus were
discussed, and while they have not independently verified and are not passing
upon the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements made in the U.S.
Registration Statement, the U.S. Prospectus or the Canadian Prospectus except as
explicitly set forth in paragraphs 4 and 12 hereof, no facts have come to such
counsel's attention that lead such counsel to believe that the U.S. Registration
Statement (other than the financial statements, financial and related
statistical data and supporting schedules as to which we make no statement), as
of its effective date or as of the date hereof, contained or contains any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading; or that the U.S. Prospectus or the Canadian Prospectus, as of their
issue date or as of the date hereof, contained or contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading.

         10. Such counsel does not know of any amendment to the U.S.
Registration Statement required to be filed at or prior to the date hereof which
has not been filed as required.

         11. Such counsel does not know of any legal or governmental proceeding
or any franchise, contract or other document required to be described in, or
filed as an exhibit to, the U.S. Registration Statement or required to be
described or incorporated by reference in the U.S. Prospectus or required to be
described in the Canadian Prospectus which has not been described, filed or
incorporated by reference as required.

         12. The statements included or incorporated by reference in the U.S.
Registration Statement and the U.S. Prospectus and the statements included in
the Canadian Prospectus describing contracts or other agreements to which the
Corporation or any of its Material Subsidiaries is a party or is bound or any
United States federal statutes or legal or other governmental proceedings under
United States federal law or Oregon state law are accurate in all material
respects and fairly summarize such matters

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                                   - 5 -

                                   SCHEDULE C

                       OUTSTANDING CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES

<Table>
<Caption>

                                   NUMBER OF
                                 COMMON SHARES
SECURITY                        EXERCISABLE INTO             EXERCISE OR CONVERSION PRICE
--------                        ----------------             ----------------------------
<S>                             <C>                          <C>

Options                             4,550,944                    (Cdn$0.60 to Cdn$1.80)

Warrants                            6,602,333                    ($0.70 to $1.75)

Debentures                          1,804,286                    ($0.70)

TOTAL                              12,957,563
</Table><PAGE>
                                                                   EXHIBIT 4.6.1

                                SECOND AMENDMENT
                                       TO
                  SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

         THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
(herein called this "Amendment") made as of June 4, 2002 by and among Chesapeake
Exploration Limited Partnership, an Oklahoma limited partnership ("Borrower"),
Chesapeake Energy Corporation, an Oklahoma corporation ("Company"), Bear Stearns
Corporate Lending Inc., as syndication agent ("Syndication Agent"), Union Bank
of California, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent
("Administrative Agent"), and the several banks and other financial institutions
or entities parties hereto ("Lenders").

                                  WITNESSETH:

         WHEREAS, Borrower, Company, Syndication Agent, Administrative Agent and
Lenders entered into that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
dated as of June 11, 2001 (as amended, supplemented, or restated to the date
hereof, the "Original Agreement"), for the purpose and consideration therein
expressed, whereby Lenders became obligated to make loans to Borrower as therein
provided; and

         WHEREAS, Borrower, Company, Syndication Agent, Administrative Agent and
Lenders desire to amend the Original Agreement as set forth herein;

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
covenants and agreements contained herein and in the Original Agreement, in
consideration of the loans which may hereafter be made by Lenders to Borrower,
and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:

                                   ARTICLE I.

                           Definitions and References

         Section 1.1. Terms Defined in the Original Agreement. Unless the
context otherwise requires or unless otherwise expressly defined herein, the
terms defined in the Original Agreement shall have the same meanings whenever
used in this Amendment.

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         Section 1.2. Other Defined Terms. Unless the context otherwise
requires, the following terms when used in this Amendment shall have the
meanings assigned to them in this Section 1.2.

                  "Amendment" means this Second Amendment to Second Amended and
         Restated Credit Agreement.

                  "Credit Agreement" means the Original Agreement as amended
         hereby.

                                   ARTICLE II.

                             Amendments and Waivers

         Section 2.1. Defined Terms. Section 1.1 of the Original Agreement is
hereby amended to add the following definitions of Pari Passu Lender Hedging
Obligations and Lender Hedging Obligations:

         "'Pari Passu Lender Hedging Obligations' means any Lender Hedging
Obligations up to a maximum aggregate amount of $30,000,000 to the extent
arising under a Hedge Agreement that explicitly states that such obligations are
intended to be Pari Passu Lender Hedging Obligations under this Agreement."

         "'Lender Hedging Obligations' means all obligations arising from time
to time under Hedge Agreements entered into from time to time between the
Company or the Borrower and a Lender or an affiliate of a Lender which are
within the definition of secured indebtedness under the Mortgage."

         Section 2.2. Pro Rata Treatment and Payments. Paragraph (f) of Section
3.8 of the Original Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

         "(f) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.8 or in any of the Loan
Documents to the contrary, in the event that the Revolving Loans shall have
become due and payable, and the Revolving Commitments shall have been
terminated, pursuant to Section 8, any amounts received by the Administrative
Agent from the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries or from the Collateral in
respect of the Borrower's Obligations shall be applied in the following order of
priority:

                  (i) First, to reimburse the Administrative Agent for its fees,
         costs and expenses pursuant to the Loan Documents;

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                  (ii) Second, to pay unpaid interest accrued on the Revolving
         Loans;

                  (iii) Third, (A) to pay all other outstanding Obligations
         (whether or not contingent) under, out of, or in connection with any of
         the Loan Documents or Letters of Credit, including the outstanding
         principal of the Revolving Loans and, after the payment of the
         outstanding principal of the Revolving Loans, to cash collateralize
         outstanding Letters of Credit (as contemplated pursuant to Section 8)
         and (B) to pay Pari Passu Lender Hedging Obligations (applied ratable
         to (A) and to (B) based upon the total outstanding Obligations under
         (A) and the lesser of the total outstanding Pari Passu Lender Hedging
         Obligations under (B) or $30,000,000); and

                  (iv) Fourth, once all of the foregoing Obligations (whether or
         not contingent) and Pari Passu Lender Hedging Obligations have been
         indefeasibly paid in full and all Letters of Credit have been
         terminated or cash collateralized (as contemplated pursuant to Section
         8), to the Borrower.

Agent shall have no responsibility to determine the existence or amount of Pari
Passu Lender Hedging Obligations or other Lender Hedging Obligations and may
reserve from the application of amounts under this paragraph (f) amounts
distributable in respect of Pari Passu Lender Hedging Obligations until it has
received evidence satisfactory to it of the existence and amount of such Pari
Passu Lender Hedging Obligations."

         Section 2.3. Investments. Paragraph (i) of Section 7.7 of the Original
Agreement is hereby amended by deleting from the proviso "$50,000,000" and
inserting in place thereof "$100,000,000."

         Section 2.4. Releases of Guarantees and Liens; Designation of
Subsidiaries. Section 10.14 of the Original Agreement is hereby amended by
amending paragraph (a) in its entirety to read as follows and adding the
following paragraph (c):

         "(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in
any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent is hereby irrevocably
authorized by each Lender (without requirement of notice to or consent of any
Lender except as expressly required by Section 10.1) to take any action
requested by the Borrower having the effect of releasing any Collateral or
guarantee obligations (i) to the extent necessary to permit consummation of any
transaction not prohibited by any Loan Document or that has been consented to in
accordance with Section 10.1

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(ii) to release Collateral to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this
Section 10.14, or (iii) at such time as the Revolving Loans, the Reimbursement
Obligations and the other obligations under the Loan Documents (other than
obligations under or in respect of Hedge Agreements) shall have been paid in
full, the Revolving Commitments have been terminated and no Letters of Credit
shall be outstanding, the Collateral shall be released from the Liens created by
the Security Documents, and the Security Documents and all obligations (other
than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of the Administrative
Agent and each Loan Party under the Security Documents shall terminate, all
without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any Person."

                                      * * *

         "(c) The Administrative Agent may release a portion of the Collateral
from time to time without notice to or consent of any Lender so long as no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no Borrowing Base
Deficiency shall exist and the aggregate value of the Collateral released
between Determination Dates pursuant to this paragraph (c) does not exceed
$500,000, such value based upon the valuation of such Collateral at the time of
the most recent Determination Date. The Administrative Agent shall release
Collateral pursuant to this paragraph (c) only upon, and shall be protected in
relying upon, a certificate of Borrower to the effect that the conditions of the
preceding sentence exist with respect to the requested release of Collateral."

         Section 2.5. Partial Release of Collateral. Borrower and Majority
Lenders hereby agree that Administrative Agent may release from the Liens under
the Loan Documents the properties listed on Schedule I hereto.

         Section 2.6. Redetermination of the Borrowing Base and Collateral
Value. Borrower, Administrative Agent and Majority Lenders hereby agree that,
after giving effect to the partial release of Collateral described in Section
2.5, from the date hereof:

         (a) until the next date hereafter as of which the Borrowing Base is
redetermined, the Borrowing Base shall be $225,000,000; and

         (b) until the next date hereafter as of which the Collateral Value is
redetermined, the Collateral Value shall be $450,466,200.

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                                  ARTICLE III.

                           Conditions of Effectiveness

         Section 3.1. Effective Date. This Amendment shall become effective as
of the date first above written when and only when:

         (a) Administrative Agent shall have received, at Administrative Agent's
office, duly executed and delivered and in form and substance satisfactory to
Administrative Agent, all of the following:

                  (i) this Amendment;

                  (ii) an "Omnibus Certificate" of the Secretary and of the
         Chairman of the Board or President of the general partner of Borrower,
         which shall contain the names and signatures of the officers of the
         general partner of Borrower authorized to execute Loan Documents and
         which shall certify to the truth, correctness and completeness of the
         following exhibits attached thereto: (1) a copy of resolutions attached
         thereto duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the general partner
         of Borrower and in full force and effect at the time this Amendment is
         entered into, authorizing the execution of this Amendment and the other
         Loan Documents delivered or to be delivered in connection herewith and
         the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and therein,
         (2) a copy of the charter documents of Borrower and of the general
         partner of Borrower and all amendments thereto, certified by the
         appropriate official of the Borrower's state and general partner's
         state of organization, and (3) a copy of any bylaws of the general
         partner of Borrower previously delivered to Agent and Lenders in
         connection with the Original Agreement (which may, with respect to any
         such charter documents or bylaws, reference documents previously
         delivered in connection with the Original Agreement);

                  (iii) a "Compliance Certificate" of the Chairman of the Board
         or President and of the chief financial officer of the Company, which
         shall contain (1) a certification by such officers as to the
         satisfaction of the conditions set out in subsections (a), (b), and (c)
         of Section 5.2 of the Original Agreement and (2) the calculations
         required to determine the Senior Debt Limit (along with the supporting
         documentation described in Section 5.2(c) of the Original Agreement);

                  (iv) documents similar to those specified in subsection (ii)
         of this Section with respect to each Subsidiary Guarantor (which may,
         with respect to charter documents or bylaws, reference documents
         previously delivered in connection with the Original Agreement); and

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                  (v) such other supporting documents as Administrative Agent
         may reasonably request.

         (b) Borrower shall have paid, in connection with such Loan Documents,
all recording, handling, amendment and other fees required to be paid to
Administrative Agent pursuant to any Loan Documents.

         (c) Borrower shall have paid, in connection with such Loan Documents,
all other fees and reimbursements to be paid to Administrative Agent pursuant to
any Loan Documents, or otherwise due Administrative Agent and including fees and
disbursements of Administrative Agent's attorneys.

                                  ARTICLE IV.

                         Representations and Warranties

         Section 4.1. Representations and Warranties of Borrower. In order to
induce each Lender to enter into this Amendment, Borrower represents and
warrants to each Lender that:

         (a) The representations and warranties contained in Section 4 of the
Original Agreement are true and correct at and as of the time of the
effectiveness hereof, except to the extent that the facts on which such
representations and warranties are based have been changed by the extension of
credit under the Credit Agreement.

         (b) The Company and Borrower are duly authorized to execute and deliver
this Amendment and are and will continue to be duly authorized to borrow monies
and to perform their respective obligations under the Credit Agreement. The
Company and Borrower have duly taken all corporate or partnership action
necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Amendment and to
authorize the performance of the obligations of the Company and Borrower
hereunder.

         (c) The execution and delivery by the Company and Borrower of this
Amendment, the performance by the Company and Borrower of its obligations
hereunder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not
and will not conflict with any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation or
of the certificate of incorporation, bylaws, or agreement of limited partnership
of the Company or Borrower (as applicable), or of any material agreement,
judgment, license, order or permit applicable to or binding upon the Company or
Borrower, or result in the creation of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any
assets or properties of the Company or Borrower. Except for those which have
been obtained, no

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consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental authority
or third party is required in connection with the execution and delivery by the
Company and Borrower of this Amendment or to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby.

         (d) When duly executed and delivered, each of this Amendment and the
Credit Agreement will be a legal and binding obligation of the Company and
Borrower, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws of general application relating to the
enforcement of creditors' rights and by equitable principles of general
application.

         (e) The audited annual consolidated financial statements of the Company
dated as of December 31, 2001 and the unaudited quarterly consolidated financial
statements of the Company dated as of March 31, 2002 fairly present the
consolidated financial position at such dates and the consolidated statement of
operations and the changes in consolidated financial position for the periods
ending on such dates for the Company. Copies of such financial statements have
heretofore been delivered to each Lender. Since such dates no material adverse
change has occurred in the financial condition or businesses or in the
consolidated financial condition or businesses of the Company.

                                   ARTICLE V.

                                  Miscellaneous

         Section 5.1. Ratification of Agreements. The Original Agreement as
hereby amended is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects. Any reference
to the Credit Agreement in any Loan Document shall be deemed to be a reference
to the Original Agreement as hereby amended. The execution, delivery and
effectiveness of this Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein,
operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of Lenders under the Credit
Agreement, the Notes, or any other Loan Document nor constitute a waiver of any
provision of the Credit Agreement, the Notes or any other Loan Document.

         Section 5.2. Survival of Agreements. All representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements of Borrower herein shall survive the execution and
delivery of this Amendment and the performance hereof, including without
limitation the making or granting of the Loans, and shall further survive until
all of the Obligations are paid in full. All statements and agreements contained
in any certificate or instrument delivered by the Company, Borrower or any
Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder or under the Credit Agreement to any Lender shall
be deemed to constitute

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representations and warranties by, and/or agreements and covenants of, such Loan
Party under this Amendment and under the Credit Agreement.

         Section 5.3. Loan Documents. This Amendment is a Loan Document, and all
provisions in the Credit Agreement pertaining to Loan Documents apply hereto.

         Section 5.4. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by and
construed in accordance the laws of the State of New York and any applicable
laws of the United States of America in all respects, including construction,
validity and performance.

         Section 5.5. Counterparts; Fax. This Amendment may be separately
executed in counterparts and by the different parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to constitute one
and the same Amendment. This Amendment may be validly executed by facsimile or
other electronic transmission.

         THIS AMENDMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR,
CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO
UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES.

         [THE REMAINDER OF THIS PAGE HAS BEEN INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK.]

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment is executed as of the date first
above written.

                            CHESAPEAKE EXPLORATION LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                            By: Chesapeake Operating, Inc., its general partner

                            By: /s/ MARTHA A. BURGER
                                ---------------------------------
                                Name:  Martha A. Burger
                                Title: Treasurer

                            CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION

                            By: /s/ MARTHA A. BURGER
                                ---------------------------------
                                Name:  Martha A. Burger
                                Title: Treasurer & Sr. Vice President
                                       Human Resources

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                            UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.
                            Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent,
                            Issuing Lender and Lender

                            By: /s/ RANDALL OSTERBERG
                                -------------------------------
                                Name:  Randall Osterberg
                                Title: Senior Vice President

                            By: /s/ SEAN MURPHY
                                --------------------------------
                                Name:  Sean Murphy
                                Title: Assistant Vice President

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                            BANK OF OKLAHOMA, N.A.

                            By: /s/ JOHN N. HUFF
                                ---------------------------------
                                Name:  John N. Huff
                                Title: Vice President

                            BANK OF SCOTLAND

                            By: /s/ JOSEPH FRATUS
                               -----------------------------------
                               Name:  Joseph Fratus
                               Title: Vice President

                            BEAR STEARNS CORPORATE LENDING INC.

                            By: /s/ VICTOR BULZACCHELLI
                                ---------------------------------
                                Name:  Victor Bulzacchelli
                                Title: Authorized Agent

                            BNP PARIBAS

                            By: /s/ DAVID DODD   /s/ POLLY SCHOTT
                                ---------------------------------
                                Name:  David Dodd    Polly Schott
                                Title: Director      Vice President

                            COMERICA BANK - TEXAS

                            By:
                                ---------------------------------
                                Name:
                                Title:

                            COMPASS BANK

                            By: /s/ KATHLEEN J. BOWEN
                                ---------------------------------
                                Name:  Kathleen J. Bowen
                                Title: Vice President

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<PAGE>

                            CREDIT AGRICOLE INDOSUEZ

                            By:
                                ---------------------------------
                                Name:
                                Title:

                            NATEXIS BANQUES POPULAIRES

                            By: /s/ DONOVAN C. BROUSSARD
                                ---------------------------------
                                Name:  Donovan c. Broussard
                                Title: Vice President

                            /s/ LOUIS P. LAVILLE, III
                            -------------------------------------
                            Louis P. Laville, III
                            Vice President and Group Manager

                            PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

                            By: /s/ DOUG CLARK
                                ---------------------------------
                                Name:  Doug Clark
                                Title: Vice President

                            RZB FINANCE LLC

                            By: /s/ FRANK J. YAUTZ
                                ---------------------------------
                                Name:  Frank J. Yautz
                                Title: First Vice President

                            By: /s/ PEARL GEFFERS
                                ---------------------------------
                                Name:  Pearl Geffers
                                Title: First Vice President

                            SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION

                            By:
                                ---------------------------------
                                Name:
                                Title:

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<PAGE>

                            TORONTO DOMINION (TEXAS), INC.

                            By: /s/ DEBBIE A. GREENE
                                ---------------------------------
                                Name:  Debbie A. Greene
                                Title: Vice President

                            U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

                            By:
                                ---------------------------------
                                Name:
                                Title:

                            WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA

                            By: /s/ MARK ISENSEE
                                ---------------------------------
                                Name:  Mark Isensee
                                Title: Vice President

                            CREDIT LYONNAIS NEW YORK BRANCH

                            By: /s/ BERNARD WEYMULLER
                                ---------------------------------
                                Name:  Bernard Weymuller
                                Title: Senior Vice President

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<PAGE>

Second Amendment

                              CONSENT AND AGREEMENT

By its execution below, each Guarantor hereby (i) consents to the provisions of
this Amendment and the transactions contemplated herein, (ii) ratifies and
confirms the Guarantee Agreement dated as of June 11, 2001 made by it for the
benefit of Administrative Agent and Lenders and the other Loan Documents
executed pursuant to the Credit Agreement (Carmen Acquisition Corp. and Sap
Acquisition Corp. having become parties thereto by execution and delivery of
that certain Assumption Agreement of even date herewith), (iii) agrees that all
of its respective obligations and covenants thereunder shall remain unimpaired
by the execution and delivery of this Amendment and the other documents and
instruments executed in connection herewith, and (iv) agrees that the Guarantee
Agreement and such other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect.

CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION

By: /s/ MARTHA A. BURGER
    ---------------------------------
    Name:  Martha A. Burger
    Title: Treasurer & Sr. Vice President Human Resources

THE AMES COMPANY, INC.

By: /s/ MARTHA A. BURGER
    ---------------------------------
    Name:  Martha A. Burger
    Title: Treasurer

CHESAPEAKE ACQUISITION CORPORATION

By: /s/ MARTHA A. BURGER
    ---------------------------------
    Name:  Martha A. Burger
    Title: Treasurer

CHESAPEAKE ENERGY LOUISIANA CORPORATION

By: /s/ MARTHA A. BURGER
    ---------------------------------
    Name:  Martha A. Burger
    Title:  Treasurer

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CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.

By: /s/ MARTHA A. BURGER
    ---------------------------------
    Name:  Martha A. Burger
    Title:  Treasurer & Sr. Vice President Human Resources

CHESAPEAKE PANHANDLE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

By: CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC., its General Partner

By: /s/ MARTHA A. BURGER
    ---------------------------------
    Name:  Martha A. Burger
    Title:  Treasurer & Sr. Vice President Human Resources

CHESAPEAKE ROYALTY COMPANY

By: /s/ MARTHA A. BURGER
    ---------------------------------
    Name:  Martha A. Burger
    Title:  Treasurer

CHESAPEAKE-STAGHORN ACQUISITION L .P.
By: CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC., its General Partner

By: /s/ MARTHA A. BURGER
    ---------------------------------
    Name:  Martha A. Burger
    Title:  Treasurer & Sr. Vice President Human Resources

CHESAPEAKE LOUISIANA, L.P.
By: CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC., its General Partner

By: /s/ MARTHA A. BURGER
    ---------------------------------
    Name:  Martha A. Burger
    Title: Treasurer & Sr. Vice President Human Resources

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<PAGE>

GOTHIC ENERGY CORPORATION

By: /s/ MARTHA A. BURGER
    ---------------------------------
    Name:  Martha A. Burger
    Title: Treasurer

GOTHIC PRODUCTION CORPORATION

By: /s/ MARTHA A. BURGER
    ---------------------------------
    Name:  Martha A. Burger
    Title: Treasurer

NOMAC DRILLING CORPORATION

By: /s/ MARTHA A. BURGER
    ---------------------------------
    Name:  Martha A. Burger
    Title: Treasurer

CARMEN ACQUISITION CORP.

By: /s/ MARTHA A. BURGER
    ---------------------------------
    Name:  Martha A. Burger
    Title: Treasurer

SAP ACQUISITION CORP.

By: /s/ MARTHA A. BURGER
    ---------------------------------
    Name:  Martha A. Burger
    Title: Treasurer

CHESAPEAKE MOUNTAIN FRONT CORP.

By: /s/ MARTHA A. BURGER
    ---------------------------------
    Name:  Martha A. Burger
    Title: Treasurer

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