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                    RIGHT TO REDEEM AND RE-ACOUIRE AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT made of the 20th day of July, 2000,

BETWEEN:

                  AARDVARK AGENCIES INC., a Washington corporation having a
                  business office at 1001 4tb A venue Plaza, Suite 3300,
                  Seattle, Washington 98154

                  ("Aardvark")

                                                               OF THE FIRST PART

AND:

                  CALAIS RESOURCES COLORADO, INC., a Nevada corporation having
                  an office for delivery located at Unit 5, 9375 Mary St.,
                  Chilliwack, British Columbia V2P 4G9

                  ("Calais")

                                                              OF THE SECOND PART

         WHEREAS:

         A. Calais has transferred to Aardvark an undivided one hundred percent
(100%) interest in and to those certain mineral and land interests which are
more particularly described in Schedule " A " attached hereto and forming a
material part of this Agreement (the "Property"); and

         B. Aardvark wishes to grant to Calais the right to redeem the Property
and re-acquire the Property on the terms and subject to the conditions as are
more particularly set forth herein.

         NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES that in consideration of the
mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter contained the parties hereto agree
as follows:

         1.    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

         1.1   Each party represents and warrants to the other party hereto
               that:

               (a)   The parties have full power and authority to enter into
                     this Agreement and any agreement or instrument referred to
                     or contemplated by this Agreement;

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               (b)   Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor
                     any of the agreements contemplated hereby, nor the
                     consummation of the transactions hereby contemplated,
                     conflict with, or result in the breach of, or accelerate
                     the performance required by any agreement to which they are
                     a party; and

               (c)   The parties will diligently and in good faith perform their
                     duties and obligations of this Agreement in the event of a
                     party conducting or supervising exploration and development
                     then it shall conduct or supervise the same in a careful,
                     diligent, efficient and professional manner and shall keep
                     the Property in good standing.

         1.2   Aardvark represents and warrants to Calais that:

               (a)   It is the legal owner of all of the land and mineral
                     interests comprising the Property, free and clear of all
                     liens, charges and claims of others, and, except as
                     disclosed herein, no taxes or rentals are due in respect of
                     any thereof, Aardvark has free and unimpeded right of
                     access to the Property and Aardvark has use of the Property
                     surface for the herein purposes; and

               (b)   The mineral and land interests comprised in the Property
                     have been duly and validly recorded pursuant to the laws of
                     the jurisdiction in which the Property is situate and the
                     Property is in good standing with the Boulder County Clerk
                     and Recorder, on the date of this Agreement.

         2.       GRANT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE RIGHT

         2.1   Aardvark hereby gives and grants to Calais the right to redeem
the Property in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement (the
"Right") and to re-acquire title hereto.

         2.2   In order to redeem the Property, Calais shall pay to Aardvark the
amount paid to Calais by Aardvark at the time the Property was transferred from
Calais to Aardvark, and such payment shall be made within a period of ten (10)
years from the date of execution of this Agreement. The amount of the payment
shall be $3.5 million (U.S.), less the amount of any note and deed of trust upon
which an amount is still owing by Aardvark to Calais by reason of the original
purchase which debt shall be offset at closing.

         2.3   During the currency of this Agreement, Calais shall keep the
Property in good standing, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances
resulting from its activities on the Property, and shall maintain adequate
insurance coverage protecting the parties to this Agreement from third party
claims. During the currency of the Agreement, Calais shall pay any property or
ad valorem taxes which may fall as due from time to time.

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         3.    ACQUISITION OF INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY

         3.1   At such time as Calais has made the required payment in
accordance with Paragraph 2.2 above, within the time period specified, Aardvark
shall give to Calais a general warranty deed for the property, whereupon Calais
shall become the owner of the Property.

         4.    RIGHT OF ENTRY

         4.1   Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, throughout the
term of this Agreement, Calais and its servants, agents and independent
contractors, shall have the right in respect of the Property to:

               (a)   Enter in, under and upon the Property;

               (b)   Have quiet possession of the Property;

               (c)   Do such prospecting, exploration, development and/or other
                     mining work thereon and thereunder as it in its sole
                     discretion may determine advisable;

               (d)   Bring upon and erect upon the Property buildings, plants,
                     machinery and equipment as Calais may deem advisable; and

               (e)   Remove from the Property and dispose of ores, minerals and
                     metals.

         5.    RESTRICTIONS ON ALIENATION

         5.1   Aardvark shall not transfer, convey, assign, mortgage or grant an
option in respect of or grant a right to purchase or in any way transfer,
encumber or alienate all or any portion of its interest in the Property .

         6.    REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER OF PROPERTY INTERESTS

         6.1   Upon the request of Calais, Aardvark shall assist, when required,
Calais to record this Agreement with the appropriate recording offices, and
Aardvark shall further provide Calais with such recordable transfers as Calais
and its counsel shall require to record their due interests in respect of the
Property.

         7.    Obligations of Calais During the Period

         7.1   During the period of this Agreement Calais shall:

               (a)   Maintain in good standing the Property by the doing and
                     filing of assessment work or the making of payments in lieu
                     thereof, by the payment of property taxes and rentals and
                     the performance of all other actions which may be
                     necessary. in that regard and in order to keep the Property
                     free and clear of all liens and other charges arising from
                     Calais'

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                     activities thereon except those at the time contested in
                     good faith by Calais; and

               (b)   Do all work on the Property in a good and minerlike fashion
                     and in accordance with all applicable laws, regulations,
                     orders and ordinances of any governmental authority.

         8. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

         8.1 No information furnished by Calais to Aardvark hereunder in respect
of the activities carried out on the Property by Calais, or related to the sale
of product derived from the Property, shall be published by Aardvark without the
prior written consent of Calais, but such consent in respect of the reporting of
factual data shall not be unreasonably withheld, and shall not be withheld in
respect of information required to be publicly disclosed pursuant to applicable
securities or corporation laws .

         9. NOTICE

         9.1 Each notice, demand or other communication required or permitted to
be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be sent by prepaid
registered mail deposited in a Post Office in Canada or the United States of
America addressed to the party entitled to receive the same, or delivered to
such party , at the address for such party specified above. The date of receipt
of such notice, demand or other communication shall be the date of delivery
thereof if delivered, or, if given by registered mail as aforesaid, shall be
deemed conclusively to be the third day after the same shall have been so
mailed, except in the case of interruption of postal services for any reason
whatsoever, in which case the date of receipt shall be the date on which the
notice, demand or other communication is actually received by the addressee.

         9.2 Either party may at any time and from time to time notify the other
party in writing of a change of address and the new address to which notice
shall be given to it thereafter until further change.

         10. GENERAL

         10.1 This Agreement shall supersede and replace any other agreement or
arrangement, whether oral or written, heretofore existing between the parties in
respect of the subject matter of this Agreement.

         10.2 The parties have not created a partnership and nothing contained
in this Agreement shall in any manner whatsoever constitute any party the
partner, agent or legal representative of any other party , nor create any
fiduciary relationship between them for any purpose whatsoever. No party shall
have any authority to act for, or to assume any obligations or responsibility on
behalf of, any other party except as may be, from time to time, agreed upon in
writing between the parties or as otherwise expressly provided.

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         10.3 No consent or waiver expressed or implied by either party in
respect of any breach or default by the other in the performance by such other
of its obligations hereunder shall be deemed or construed to be a consent to or
a waiver of any other breach or default.

         10.4 Words used herein importing the singular number shall include the
plural, and vice versa, and words importing the masculine gender shall include
the feminine and neuter genders and vice versa, and work importing persons shall
include firms, partnerships and corporations.

         10.5 Time is of the essence of this Agreement.

         10.6 The parties shall promptly execute or cause to be executed all
documents, deeds, conveyances and other instruments of further assurance which
may be reasonably necessary or a4visable to carry out fully the intent of this
Agreement or to record wherever appropriate the respective interests from time
to time of the parties in the Property .

         10.7 This Agreement is subject to regulatory approval and the parties
agree to make any reasonable amendments hereto as may be required by any
regulatory authorities.

         10.8 This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws in
force from time to time in the Province of British Columbia.

         10.9 This Agreement shall enure to the benefit of and be binding upon
the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the corporate seal of Calais and Aardvark has been hereunto
affixed in the presence of its duly authorized officers in that behalf as of the
day and year first above written.

THE CORPORATE SEAL of                        )
AARDVARK AGENCIES, INC.                      )
Was hereunto affixed in the presence of:     )
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Authorized Signatory                         )
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Authorized Signatory

                                                      ATTEST:

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                                                      Secretary to

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THE CORPORATE SEAL of                        )
CALAIS RESOURCES COLORADO,                   )
INC.                                         )
Was hereunto affixed in the presence of:     )
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Authorized Signatory                         )
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Authorized Signatory

                                                      ATTEST:

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                                                      Secretary to

PROVINCE OF B.C.                    )
                                    )ss.
CITY OF CHILLIWACK                  )

         The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 20th day of
July 2000 by Judy Ann Harvey and _____ for Aardvark Agencies, Inc.

         Witness my hand and seal.

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                                                 Notary Public

My commission expires:
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STATE OF COLORADO                   )
                                    )ss.
COUNTY OF BOULDER                   )

         The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 15th day of
April 1999 by Thomas S. Hendricks Calais Resources Colorado, Inc.

         Witness my hand and seal.

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                                                 Notary Public

My commission expires:
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                                 SCHEDULE " A "

THIS IS SCHEDULE " A " to the Right to Redeem and Re-Acquire Agreement dated the
15th day of April, 1999, between Aardvark Agencies, Inc., and Calais Resources
Colorado, Inc.

                             (SEE ATTACHED PP. 1-5)

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                            GRANT OF ROYALTY INTEREST
                                FOR FIXED TERM BY
                       CALAIS RESOURCES COLORADO, INC. AND
                             AARDVARK AGENCIES, INC.

         This Grant of Royalty Interest for Fixed Term, Modification of Prior
Royalty Grants and Assignment of Royalty Buyout Rights Under Prior Grants (the
"Grant") is executed this 20th day of July, 2000, by Calais Resources Colorado,
Inc., Worthy Down, Suite 1001, Graeme Hall, Christ Church, Barbados, West Indies
("CRCI"), and Aardvark Agencies, Inc., a Washington corporation, 1001 Fourth
Avenue Plaza, Suite 3300, Seattle, Washington 98134 ("AAI") in favor of:

                             Mr. Thomas S. Hendricks
                                  P. O. Box 653
                            Nederland, CO 80466-0653

                              Marjorie J. Hendricks
                              715 North 30th Street
                           Colorado Springs, CO 80904

                                John R. Henderson
                             1151 W. Enclave Circle
                              Louisville, CO 80027

(the "Royalty Holders"), and with the consent of Hendricks Mining Co. a/k/a
Hendricks Mining Company, a Colorado Corporation, P. O. Box 653, Nederland, CO
80466 ("Hendricks Mining Co." or "Hendricks").

         WHEREAS, Hendricks and Royalty Holders have previously been parties to
the following named instruments recorded in the records of Boulder County,
Colorado:

                  Grant of Royalty Interest for Fixed Term dated January 28,
                  1993 and recorded on February 2, 1993 at Film 1796, R.N.
                  1262619 (attached as Exhibit B hereto);

                  Grant of Royalty Interest for Fixed Term dated October 21,
                  1993 and recorded on November 18, 1993 at Film 1904, R.N.
                  1363246 (attached as Exhibit C hereto); and

                  First Modification of Grant of Royalty Interest for Fixed Term
                  dated October 21, 1993 and recorded on March 28, 1994 at Film
                  1955, R.N. 1409545 (attached as Exhibit D hereto);

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(together known as the "Prior Grants"); and

         WHEREAS CRCI and Royalty Holders executed a certain document entitled
Grant of Royalty Interest for Fixed Term, Modification of Prior Royalty Grants
and Assignment of Royalty Buyout Rights Under Prior Grants, recorded April 8,
1998 at R.N. 1789669, records of Boulder County (hereafter known as the
"Additional Prior Grant"); and

         WHEREAS, CRCI and AAI have acquired additional properties as to which
Royalty Holders are to acquire a Royalty grant on the terms herein provided;

         1.       Grant of Royalty.

         NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual promises and
covenants herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt of which is hereby acknowledged and confirmed by CRCI and AAI, CRCI and
AAI do, for themselves, and their heirs, successors and assigns, hereby grant to
the Royalty Holders (in the percentage interests set forth below) a 2% Net
Smelter Return Royalty Interest (the "Royalty") applicable to ores and minerals
mined from the properties listed on Exhibit A attached hereto (the
"Properties"), on the following terms:

         The Royalty shall be two percent (2.0%) of Net Smelter Returns from the
ores, minerals, concentrates or dore ("Material") mined from the Properties and
sold or distributed.

         The Royalty shall be distributed in the following percentages, or
otherwise as the Royalty Holders shall direct:

                  Thomas S. Hendricks                85.354% of 2.0%
                  Marjorie J. Hendricks              10.101% of 2.0%
                  John R. Henderson                   4.545% of 2.0%

         2.       Term of Royalty Grants.

         The term of the Royalty Interest shall be twenty (20) years from the
date contained on the first page hereof, and shall apply to Material mined from
the Properties (whether or not sold or distributed) on or prior to the
termination date.

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         3.       Definitions.

         "Net Smelter Returns" as used herein shall mean the gross revenues
received by CRCI for all Material produced and sold from the Properties less
only the actual costs of sale, insurance, smelting or refining and the cost of
transportation to the smelter or refinery or other arms length purchaser. For
the purpose of this section, "actual costs of smelting or refining" shall be
defined as excluding the costs of mining, milling, heap or other leaching and/or
in-situ processing.

         If CRCI or AAI elect to forward sell gold and/or silver, the Royalty
shall not be determined by the forward sale price. Instead, the Royalty shall be
determined based upon the actual arm's length sale price of gold and silver or
in the case of delivery of metal pursuant to a forward sale contract, by Imputed
Gross Revenues. "Imputed Gross Revenues" received by CRCI or AAI for such gold
and/or silver shall be deemed to be the spot price as quoted by the London PM
fixing for gold and the Handy and Harman, New York price for and silver on the
date the gold and silver is delivered ("Other Delivery") by CRCI or AAI under a
forward sale contract or the date upon which CRCI or AAI makes a distribution.
The Royalty will be calculated by deducting the allowable deductible costs set
forth above from the Imputed Gross Revenues deemed to have been received by CRCI
or AAI.

         4.       Time for Payment of Royalty.

         The Interest herein granted shall be paid to the Royalty Holders during
the next calendar month succeeding the calendar month in which sales proceeds
are realized or in which distribution to working or other interest holders, or
Other Delivery, is made, such payment to be accompanied by a detailed smelter or
other sale settlement sheet together with a copy in suitable detail of the
calculation used in determining the royalty payment. If Material is distributed
(a "Distribution") rather than sold to an arm's length purchaser, the Royalty
shall be calculated and paid by CRCI or AAI to the Royalty Holders as though
Materials produced and sold from the Properties had been sold to a smelter,
refinery or other purchaser by CRCI or AAI in an arm's length transaction,
meaning that CRCI or AAI shall determine what its Imputed Gross Revenues would
have been had the Material been sold in an arm's length transaction. CRCI or AAI
then shall deduct from the Imputed Gross Revenue figure the costs and charges
referred to in Section 3. All royalty payments made to the Royalty Holders
pursuant to this Section 4 shall be accompanied by a statement showing how the
royalty interest payment was calculated. If the parties disagree, the matter
shall be resolved in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the
American Arbitration Association in Denver, Colorado.

         5.       Tax Matters.

         The Royalty Holders, by accepting the Grant, hereby agree to pay any
tax, including any metalliferous production tax or severance tax (now existing
or enacted in the future) applicable to their two percent (2.0%) Royalty as the
same is defined herein. Each party shall be

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individually responsible for payment of its own taxes upon income, whether
State, Federal or local in nature.

         6.       Intent of Parties.

         In addition to the Grant evidenced by this Agreement, this Grant shall
also constitute:

                  a.       A contract between CRCI, AAI and the Royalty Holders,
                           their respective successors and assigns, to pay the
                           Royalty Interest as and when due; and

                  b.       A mutual covenant running with the Properties
                           expiring upon the termination date provided inss.2
                           above.

         In the event that any court of competent jurisdiction should find,
after any period for appeal has expired, that the Royalty granted herein is,
instead, a grant of an undivided two percent (2.0%) interest in the Properties
(which the parties do not intend), then and only then such interest shall be
deemed to be leased to CRCI or AAI, as the case may be, for the twenty (20) year
term, at a lease royalty rate equivalent to one hundred percent (100%) of gross
revenues attributable to the two percent (2%) interest, less an equivalent
percentage of deductible costs as defined above, to be paid in the manner
provided herein as and when due.

         Such lease would terminate on the twenty (20) year anniversary date
hereof subject only to accounting for ores previously severed, and title to
CRCI's or AAI's interest in the Properties would be deemed to revest in CRCI or
AAI, as the case may be, or their successor in title to the Properties.

         7.       Place of Payment.

         Unless directed otherwise in writing by the Royalty Holders, CRCI's or
AAI's payment obligations hereunder shall be deemed satisfied by making such
payments as are required hereunder to any bank account which may be jointly
designated by the Royalty Holders, or by making payment to their last known
address, which Royalty Holders shall supply to CRCI and AAI as the same may
change. With each royalty payment, CRCI and AAI shall supply the Royalty Holders
with originals or copies of originals of the settlement documentation.

         8.       Right of First Refusal to CRCI.

         If the Royalty Holders receive a bona fide offer which they are willing
to accept for the Royalty or any part thereof or negotiates the sale of their
Royalty or any part thereof within its term, the Royalty Holders shall
immediately give written notice thereof to CRCI. The notice shall include a
disclosure of the prospective purchaser's identity, address and telephone
numbers and shall specify the price of the interest being sold or disposed of
and all other terms and conditions of the offer, including a description of any
non-cash consideration and its estimated

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cash value. If the parties disagree as to the cash value of any such non-cash
consideration, the matter shall be resolved in accordance with the Commercial
Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association in Denver, Colorado.
For a period of thirty (30) days following receipt of such notice or the
determination of arbitration of the cash value of any non-cash consideration
included in the notice, whichever is later, CRCI shall have the first right or
option to acquire the Royalty or the part thereof being sold or disposed of by
the Royalty Holders upon the terms stated in the notice. The first right or
option of CRCI to acquire the Royalty or interest therein being sold or disposed
of by the Royalty Holders shall be exercised by written notice to the Royalty
Holder within thirty (30) days from the effective date of the original notice to
CRCI or from an arbitrator's decision on the cash value of any non-cash
consideration included in the offer or such first right or option shall
terminate. If CRCI exercises its option, closing of the acquisition shall take
place within ten (10) days following the date of the exercise of the option
which shall be the date that written notice of exercise is delivered to Royalty
Holders. The Royalty Holders shall execute an assignment of the Royalty or part
thereof being sold or disposed of by the Royalty Holders to CRCI which shall
contain a special warranty that the interest being assigned is free and clear of
all liens, claims, clouds and encumbrances arising by, through or under the
Royalty Holders. At closing, CRCI shall deliver to the Royalty Holders the cash
consideration (including the estimated value of any non-cash consideration) for
the interest being acquired by CRCI by cashier's check or certified funds.

         If CRCI fails to exercise its option as herein provided, the Royalty
Holders may accept the bona fide offer extended to them or close the transaction
they negotiated for the disposal of their Royalty or part thereof subject to
being sold or disposed of; provided, however, that the Royalty Holders may not
dispose of their interest for a consideration less favorable to them than the
terms specified in the original notice given to CRCI hereunder and provided,
further, that if the Royalty Holders have not completed the sale of their
interest, or the portion thereof set forth in the notice, within sixty (60) days
following the expiration of the thirty (30) day refusal period provided above,
the provisions of this right of refusal shall again become effective.

         9.       Partial Buyout Option to CRCI.

         In conjunction with and as a part of the buyout option granted to CRCI
as part of the Additional Prior Grant (and with no increase in the buyout
price), CRCI shall have the right and option to elect to purchase one-half (1/2)
of the Royalty (or a maximum 1% Net Smelter Return Royalty out of the 2% Royalty
granted) from the Royalty Holders at any time during its term for the option
price of Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars U.S. in cash ($750,000.00)
("Buyout Option"). The remaining 1% Net Smelter Return Royalty is subject to
buyout only upon further written agreement of all parties. Upon CRCI's informing
the Royalty Holders of its written election to purchase, there shall be created
an agreement for the Royalty Holders to sell, and for CRCI to purchase, the
Royalty.

         Closing shall be held at 1720 14th Street, Suite 200, in Boulder,
Colorado or at such other location within Boulder, Colorado, as may be
designated by Royalty Holders, on the 15th

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business day following the date of receipt of the written notice. The transfer
shall be by Bargain and Sale Deed.

         The parties agree that the value of the Royalty is highly speculative;
Royalty Holders, for their part, agree that the grant of the Buyout Option is
absolute, and that the Buyout Option may be exercised at any time during its
term, including in the event that minerals in commercial quantities are
discovered on the Properties. For the purposes of clarity, the giving of notice
of exercise of the Buyout Option shall be the cutoff date for accounting for
Material upon which payment to the Royalty Holders of the Royalty may be due and
owing as of the date of Closing, being all Material which has been sold or
distributed as of that date.

         10.      Modification of Prior Grants.

         CRCI, Hendricks and the Royalty Holders hereby jointly agree to the
following modifications to the Prior Grants and the Additional Prior Grant:

                  a.       The Buyout Option contained in Section 9, above,
                           shall, without any increase in the purchase price,
                           apply to the royalty interests granted to the Royalty
                           Holders in the Prior Grants and the Additional Prior
                           Grant. The Purchase Price for the Buyout Option
                           contained in this grant, the Prior Grants, the
                           Additional Prior Grants and any future grants
                           pursuant to this instrument, shall henceforth be U.S.
                           $750,000.00 for one-half of the Net Smelter Return
                           Royalty, being a maximum 1.0% out of the 2.0% grant.
                           The buyout right to purchase the Royalty Interest in
                           its entirety is hereby eliminated from the Prior
                           Grants, absent the further signed, written agreement
                           of the parties. The Prior Grants are hereby modified
                           to eliminate the right or option to purchase, without
                           the Royalty Holders' further written consent, the
                           entire Royalty.

                  b.       Exhibit B to the Grant of Royalty Interest for Fixed
                           Term recorded at Film 1796, R.N. 1262619 was
                           stricken, and is of no further force and effect. The
                           obligation of CRCI or AAI to make future royalty
                           grants based upon acquisitions within the area of
                           interest established in Section 11, below, shall be
                           determined solely by the terms of Sections 10 and 11
                           herein. The parties hereto state that it is not, and
                           was not, their intent to claim any right, title or
                           interest in and to properties to which Hendricks or
                           CRCI or AAI do not, or did not, actually acquire
                           record title.

                  c.       The obligation to make further or future royalty
                           grants based upon an acquisition by CRCI or AAI
                           within the area of interest shall be limited as
                           follows:

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                                    To the extent that any acquired property is
                           already burdened (by grant, reservation, or
                           otherwise) with an existing royalty interest, the
                           Royalty Holders shall be entitled to receive a
                           royalty grant only to the extent that the existing
                           royalty interest is less than 2.0% of Net Smelter
                           Returns, and then only as to the difference between
                           the existing royalty and 2.0%. To the extent that the
                           existing royalty interest in an acquired property
                           equals or exceeds 2.0% of Net Smelter Returns, the
                           Royalty Holders shall receive no further Royalty as
                           to that property, claim or group of claims. In the
                           event that the underlying royalties are terminated by
                           their terms, reduced or otherwise merged or
                           extinguished, Royalty Holders shall receive their
                           royalty share to the extent that the total of
                           royalties then applicable does not exceed 2.0% of Net
                           Smelter Returns.

                  d.       To the extent that CRCI acquires an interest in any
                           property which is less than the whole or undivided
                           mineral estate, the total amount of royalty payable
                           from production from such a fractional interest shall
                           be obtained by multiplying the royalty interest
                           (i.e., 2.0% of Net Smelter Returns) by the ----
                           fractional interest acquired (for example only, 50.0%
                           or1/2, being the interest acquired) to obtain the
                           percentage of Net Smelter Returns payable from the
                           entirety. The parties agree to apply this manner of
                           calculation to any fractional or undivided interest
                           contained or listed in the Prior Grants.

         11.      Covenant to Execute Future Royalty Grants as to Certain
                  Acquired Properties.

         CRCI and AAI covenant to execute additional royalty grants upon any
properties which they or their subsidiaries or affiliates may 3acquire within
the five (5) years following April 6, 1998 (including properties acquired by
location, deed, lease or under any mining law which may in the future become
applicable to the public lands of the United States), which properties lie in
whole or part within a two mile radius of survey corner number 4 of the Cross
Mill Site Claim, Mineral Survey 20681 B, located in Section 9, Township 1 South,
Range 73 West, 6th P.M., Boulder County, Colorado. Such grant shall be in the
amount of two percent (2.0%) of Net Smelter Returns from Materials mined from
the acquired properties and sold or distributed from the date of acquisition to
the date 20 years after the date of acquisition, at which point the royalty
shall re-vest in CRCI, or AAI, as the title may be held, or their successor in
title.

         The additional royalty grant (and the covenant to make additional
grants) shall be subject to the Buyout Option provided for above with no
increase in the stated purchase price. This covenant shall further constitute a
contract to pay the stated royalty to the Royalty Holders in the stated amount
from the date of acquisition through the 20 year period; CRCI and AAI covenant
to inform any future purchaser of the CRCI or AAI properties, as title may be
held, of the

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existence of this Grant and Agreement, and to cause such purchaser to agree to
abide by its terms.

         CRCI and AAI, as may be applicable, shall notify the Royalty Holders in
writing within thirty (30) days after their acquisition of a property as to
which the Royalty Holders are eligible for a further royalty grant pursuant to
the terms of Section 11 herein.

         12.      Binding Effect of Royalty Grant.

         When executed, this Grant shall inure to the benefit of, and shall be
binding upon, the parties hereto, their heirs, successors and assigns, and in
the case of CRCI and AAI, to their successors in title to the Properties.

         14.      Continued Application of Grant.

         This Grant shall continue to apply to any amendment, relocation or new
location of any unpatented mining claims listed in Exhibit A or in the Prior
Grants (or, if the 1872 Mining Act be changed, to any new or successor interest
as may be established or provided for under any successor law, including, but
not limited to, a conversion or relocation of the unpatented claims) or, if
applicable, after the grant of a mineral patent or patents. In the event that a
successor interest is created, CRCI and AAI agree to evidence this grant in the
form of a new recordable writing applicable to the new or successor interest.

         Dated as of the date first above written.

                                              CALAIS RESOURCES COLORADO, INC.

                                              By________________________________
                                              Its_______________________________

                                                     AARDVARK AGENCIES, INC.

                                                     By_________________________
                                              _____
                                                     Its________________________
                                              _____

ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT AND AGREEMENT TO TERMS:

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__________________________________      ________________________________________
Thomas S. Hendricks                     Marjorie J. Hendricks

__________________________________
John R. Henderson

AGREEMENT AS TO ASSIGNMENT OF BUYOUT RIGHTS AND TO MODIFICATION OF ROYALTY
GRANTS AND CONSENT AS TO ALL TERMS HEREOF.

HENDRICKS MINING CO.

By________________________________
  Thomas S. Hendricks, President

STATE OF COLORADO                   )
                                    ) ss.
County of ___________________       )

         The foregoing document was subscribed and sworn to before me this _____
day of __________________, 1999, by ________________________, as
______________________ of Calais Resources, Colorado, Inc.

                                                     ___________________________
                                                     Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

_______________________

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STATE OF COLORADO                   )
                                    ) ss.
County of ___________________       )

         The foregoing document was subscribed and sworn to before me this _____
day of __________________, 1999, by Thomas S. Hendricks, as President of
Hendricks Mining Co.

                                                     ___________________________
                                                     Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

_____________________

STATE OF COLORADO                   )
                                    ) ss.
County of ___________________       )

         The foregoing document was subscribed and sworn to before me this _____
day of __________________, 1999, by Thomas S. Hendricks.

                                                     ___________________________
                                                     Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

_____________________

STATE OF COLORADO                   )
                                    ) ss.
County of ___________________       )

         The foregoing document was subscribed and sworn to before me this _____
day of __________________, 1999, by Marjorie J. Hendricks.

                                                     ___________________________
                                                     Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

______________________

STATE OF COLORADO                   )

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                                    ) ss.
County of ___________________       )

         The foregoing document was subscribed and sworn to before me this _____
day of __________________, 1999, by John R. Henderson.

                                                     ___________________________
                                                     Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

______________________

STATE OF COLORADO                   )
                                    ) ss.
County of ___________________       )

         The foregoing document was subscribed and sworn to before me this _____
day of __________________, 1999, by ___________________________ as
______________________ for Aardvark Agencies, Inc.

                                                     ___________________________
                                                     Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

_____________________

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                             EXHIBIT A TO PROPERTIES

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