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VITROTECH CORPORATION

                             2004 STOCK OPTION PLAN

      1. Purpose. The purpose of this VITROTECH CORPORATION 2004 STOCK OPTION
PLAN ("Plan") is to encourage ownership of common stock, $0.001 par value
("Common Stock"), of VITROTECH CORPORATION, a Nevada corporation (the
"Company"), by eligible key employees, consultants and directors of the Company
and its Affiliates (as defined below) and to provide increased incentive for
such employees, consultants and directors to render services and to exert
maximum effort for the business success of the Company. In addition, the Company
expects that this Plan will further strengthen the identification of employees,
consultants and directors with the shareholders. Certain options to be granted
under this Plan are intended to qualify as Incentive Stock Options ("ISOs")
pursuant to Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
("Code"), while other options granted under this Plan will be nonqualified
options which are not intended to qualify as ISOs ("Nonqualified Options"),
either or both as provided in the agreements evidencing the options as provided
in Section 6 hereof. As used in this Plan, the term "Affiliates" means any
"parent corporation" of the Company and any "subsidiary corporation" of the
Company within the meaning of Sections 424(e) and (f), respectively, of the
Code.

      2. Administration.

            2.1 Administration by the Board or the Compensation Committee. This
Plan shall be administered by the Board of Directors (the "Board") unless the
Board establishes a committee comprised of one or more of its members to carry
out such administration, in which case administration of the Plan shall be by a
Compensation Committee (the "Committee") designated by the Board of the Company,
which shall also designate the Chairman of the Committee.

            2.2 Board or Committee Action. The Board, or the Committee as
appropriate, shall hold its meetings at such times and places as it may be
determine. A majority of the members of such Board or Committee shall constitute
a quorum, and all determinations of the Board or Committee shall be made by not
less than a majority of its members. Any decision or determination reduced to
writing and signed by a majority of the members shall be fully effective as if
it had been made by a majority vote of its members at a meeting duly called and
held. The Board or Committee may designate the Secretary of the Company or other
Company employees to assist the Board or Committee in the administration of this
Plan, and may grant authority to such persons to execute award agreements or
other documents on behalf of the Board or the Committee and the Company. Any
duly constituted committee of the Board satisfying the qualifications of this
Section 2 may be appointed as the Committee.

            2.3 Expenses. All expenses and liabilities incurred by the Board or
the Committee in the administration of this Plan shall be borne by the Company.
The Board or the Committee may employ attorneys, consultants, accountants or
other persons.

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      3. Stock Reserved.

            3.1 Initial Reserve. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section
3.2 and 6.11 hereof, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be
optioned under this Plan is 14,483,333. The shares subject to this Plan shall
consist of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock and such number of
shares shall be and is hereby reserved for sale for such purpose. Any of such
shares which may remain unsold and which are not subject to outstanding options
at the termination of this Plan shall cease to be reserved for the purpose of
this Plan, but until termination of this Plan or the termination of the last of
the options granted under this Plan, whichever last occurs, the Company shall at
all times reserve a sufficient number of shares to meet the requirements of this
Plan. Should any option expire or be canceled prior to its exercise in full, the
shares theretofore subject to such option may again be made subject to an option
under this Plan.

            3.2 Additional Shares. The aggregate number of shares of Common
Stock that may be optioned under this Plan, as specified in Section 3.1, shall
be automatically increased on the first trading day of each calendar year during
the term of the Plan, beginning with calendar year 2005, to a number of shares
equal to ten percent (10%) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the
last day of the preceding calendar year.

      4. Eligibility. The persons eligible to participate in this Plan as a
recipient of options ("Optionee") shall include only key employees, consultants
and directors of the Company or its Affiliates at the time the option is
granted. An employee or consultant who has been granted an option hereunder may
be granted an additional option or options, if the Board or the Committee, as
appropriate, shall so determine.

      5. Grant of Options.

            5.1 Discretion. The Board or Committee, as appropriate, shall have
sole and absolute discretionary authority (i) to determine, authorize, and
designate those key employees, consultants and directors of the Company or its
Affiliates who are to receive options under this Plan, (ii) to determine the
number of shares of Common Stock to be covered by such options and the terms
thereof, and (iii) to determine the type of option granted: ISOs, Nonqualified
Options or a combination of ISOs and Nonqualified Options; provided that
consultants and directors who are not employees of the Company may not receive
any ISOs. The Board or Committee shall thereupon grant options in accordance
with such determination as evidenced by a written option agreement. Subject to
the express provisions of this Plan, the Board or the Committee shall have
discretionary authority to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations
relating to this Plan, to interpret this Plan, to prescribe and amend the terms
of the option agreements (which need not be identical) and to make all other
determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this
Plan.

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            5.2 Shareholder Approval. All options granted under this Plan are
subject to, and may not be exercised before, the approval of this Plan by the
shareholders prior to the first anniversary date of the Board meeting held to
approve this Plan, by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the
outstanding shares of the Company present, or represented by proxy, and entitled
to vote thereat or written consent in accordance with the laws of the State of
Nevada; provided that if such approval by the shareholders of the Company is not
forthcoming, all options previously granted under this Plan shall be void.

            5.3 Limitation on Incentive Stock Options. The aggregate fair market
value (determined in accordance with Section 6.2 of this Plan at the time the
option is granted) of the Common Stock with respect to which ISOs may be
exercisable for the first time by any Optionee during any calendar year under
all such plans of the Company and its Affiliates shall not exceed $100,000.

      6. Terms and Conditions. Each option granted under this Plan shall be
evidenced by an agreement, in a form approved by the Board or the Committee,
which shall be subject to the following express terms and conditions and to such
other terms and conditions as the Board or the Committee may deem appropriate.

            6.1 Option Period. The Board or the Committee shall promptly notify
the Optionee of the option grant and a written agreement shall promptly be
executed and delivered by and on behalf of the Company and the Optionee,
provided that the option grant shall expire if a written agreement is not signed
by said Optionee (or his agent or attorney) and returned to the Company within
60 days from date of receipt by the Optionee of such agreement. The date of
grant shall be the date the option is actually granted by the Board or the
Committee, even though the written agreement may be executed and delivered by
the Company and the Optionee after that date. Each option agreement shall
specify the period for which the option thereunder is granted (which in no event
shall exceed ten years from the date of grant in the case of an ISO) and shall
provide that the ISO shall expire at the end of such period. If the original
term of an option is less than ten years from the date of grant, the option may
be amended prior to its expiration, with the approval of the Board or the
Committee and the Optionee, to extend the term so that the term as amended is
not more than ten years from the date of grant. However, in the case of an ISO
granted to an individual who, at the time of grant, owns stock possessing more
than 10 percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of
the Company or its Affiliate ("Ten Percent Stockholder"), such 5 Stock Option
Plan (4/04) period shall not exceed five years from the date of grant.

            6.2 Exercise Price. The exercise price of each share of Common Stock
subject to each option granted pursuant to this option is granted and, in the
case of ISOs, shall not be less than 100% of the fair market value of a share of
Common Stock on the date the option is granted, as determined by the Board or
the Committee. In the case of ISOs granted to a Ten Percent Stockholder, the
exercise price shall not be less than 110% of the fair market value of a share
of Common Stock on the date the option is granted. The exercise price of each
share of Common Stock subject to a Nonqualified Option under this Plan shall be
determined by the Board or the Committee prior to granting the option. The Board
or the Committee shall set the exercise price for each share subject to a
Nonqualified Option at such price as the Board or the Committee in its sole
discretion shall determine, provided that the exercise price of each share of
Common Stock subject to a Nonqualified Option shall not be less than 85% of the
fair market value of a share of Common Stock on the date the option is granted
as determined by the Board or the Committee.

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      For all purposes under this Plan, the fair market value of a share of
Common Stock on a particular date shall be equal to the mean of the reported
high and low sales prices of the Common Stock on the principal market on which
the Common Stock is listed on that date, or if no prices are reported on that
date, on the last preceding date on which such prices of the Common Stock are so
reported. If the Common Stock is not traded on public market at the time a
determination of its fair market value is required to be made hereunder, its
fair market value shall be deemed to be equal to the average between the closing
bid and ask prices of the Common Stock on the most recent date the Common Stock
was publicly traded. In the event the Common Stock is not publicly traded at the
time a determination of its value is required to be made hereunder, the
determination of its fair market value shall be made by the Board or the
Committee in such manner as it deems appropriate.

            6.3 Exercise Period. The Board or the Committee may provide in the
option agreement that an option may be exercised immediately or over the period
of the grant and in whole or in increments. However, no portion of any option
may be exercisable by an Optionee prior to the approval of this Plan by the
shareholders of the Company.

            6.4 Procedure for Exercise. Options shall be exercised by the
delivery by the Optionee of written notice to the Secretary of the Company
setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which the
option is being exercised. The notice shall be accompanied by, at the election
of the Optionee and as permitted by the Board or the Committee in the Agreement
granting such options, (i) cash, cashier's check, bank draft, or postal or
express money order payable to the order of the Company, (ii) certificates
representing shares of Common Stock theretofore owned by the Optionee duly
endorsed for transfer to the Company, (iii) an election by the Optionee to have
the Company withhold the number of shares of Common Stock the fair market value,
less the exercise price, of which is equal to the aggregate exercise price of
the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the option, or (iv) any
combination of the preceding, equal in value to the full amount of the exercise
price. Notice may also be delivered by telecopy provided that the exercise price
of such shares is received by the Company via wire transfer on the same day the
telecopy transmission is received by the Company. The notice shall specify the
address to which the certificates for such shares are to be mailed. An option to
purchase shares of Common Stock in accordance with this Plan, shall be deemed to
have been exercised immediately prior to the close of business on the date (i)
written notice of such exercise and (ii) payment in full of the exercise price
for the number of share for which options are being exercised, are both received
by the Company and the Optionee shall be treated for all purposes as the record
holder of such shares of Common Stock as of such date.

      As promptly as practicable after receipt of such written notice and
payment, the Company shall deliver to the Optionee certificates for the number
of shares with respect to which such option has been so exercised, issued in the
Optionee's name or such other name as Optionee directs; provided, however, that
such delivery shall be deemed effected for all purposes when a stock transfer
agent of the Company shall have deposited such certificates in the United States
mail, addressed to the Optionee at the address specified pursuant to this
Section 6.4.

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            6.5 Termination of Employment. If an employee to whom an option is
granted ceases to be employed by the Company or its affiliates for any reason
other than death or disability or if a director or consultant to whom an option
is granted ceases to serve on the Board or as a consultant for any reason other
than death or disability, any option which is exercisable on the date of such
termination of employment or cessation of serving on the Board or cessation of
service as a consultant shall expire three-months from the date of such
termination or cessation but in no event may the option be exercised after its
expiration under the terms of the option agreement.

            6.6 Disability or Death. In the event the Optionee dies or is
determined under this Plan to be disabled while the Optionee is employed by the
Company or its Affiliates, acts as consultant or while serves on the Board of
the Company, the options previously granted to the Optionee may be exercised (to
the extent the Optionee would have been entitled to do so at the date of death
or the determination of disability) at any time and from time to time, within a
three-month period after such death or determination of disability, by the
Optionee, the guardian of the Optionee's estate, the executor or administrator
of the Optionee's estate or by the person or persons to whom the Optionee's
rights under the option shall pass by will or the laws of descent and
distribution, but in no event may the option be exercised after its expiration
under the terms of the option agreement. An Optionee shall be deemed to be
disabled if, in the opinion of a physician selected by the Board or the
Committee, the Optionee is incapable of performing services for the Company of
the kind the Optionee was performing at the time the disability occurred by
reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be
expected to result in death or to be of long, continued and indefinite duration.
The date of determination of disability for purposes hereof shall be the date of
such determination by such physician.

            6.7 Transferability. An option granted pursuant to this Plan shall
not be assignable or otherwise transferable by the Optionee otherwise than by
Optionee's will or by the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a
qualified domestic relations order as defined in the code or Title I of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act, as amended, or the rules thereunder.
During the lifetime of an Optionee, an option shall be exercisable only by such
Optionee. Any heir or legatee of the Optionee shall take rights granted herein
and in the option agreement subject to the terms and conditions hereof and
thereof. No such transfer of any option to heirs or legatees of the Optionee
shall be effective to bind the Company unless the Company shall have been
furnished with written notice thereof and a copy of such evidence as the Board
or the Committee may deem necessary to establish the validity of the transfer
and the acceptance by the transferee or transferees of the terms and conditions
hereof.

            6.8 Incentive Stock Options. Each option agreement may contain such
terms and provisions as the Board or the Committee may determine to be necessary
or desirable in order to qualify under the Code of option designated as an
incentive stock option.

            6.9 No Rights as Shareholder. No Optionee shall have any rights as a
shareholder with respect to shares covered by an option until the option is
exercised by written notice and accompanied by payment as provided in Section
6.4 above.

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            6.10 Extraordinary Corporate Transactions. The existence of
outstanding options shall not affect in any way the right or power of the
Company or its shareholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments,
recapitalizations, reorganizations, exchanges, or other changes in the Company's
capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of the
Company, or any issuance of Common Stock or other securities or subscription
rights thereto, or any issuance of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior
preference stock ahead of or affecting the Common Stock or the rights thereof,
or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all
or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding,
whether of a similar character or otherwise. If the Company recapitalizes or
otherwise changes its capital structure, or merges, consolidates, sells all of
its assets or dissolves (each of the forgoing a "Fundamental Change"), then
thereafter upon any exercise of an option theretofore granted the Optionee shall
be entitled to purchase under such option, in lieu of the number of shares of
Common Stock as to which option shall then be exercisable, the number and class
of shares of stock and securities to which the Optionee would have been entitled
pursuant to the terms of the Fundamental Change if, immediately prior to such
Fundamental Change, the Optionee had been the holder of record of the number of
shares of Common Stock as to which such option is then exercisable. If (i) the
Company shall not be the surviving entity in any merger or consolidation (or
survives only as a subsidiary of another entity), (ii) the Company sells all or
substantially all of its assets to any other person or entity (other than a
wholly-owned subsidiary), (iii) any person or entity (including a "group" as
contemplated by Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) acquires or gains
ownership or control of (including, without limitation, power to vote) more than
50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (iv) the Company is to be
dissolved and liquidated, or (v) as a result of or in connection with a
contested election of directors, the persons who were directors of the Company
before such election shall cease to constitute a majority of the Board (each
such event in clauses (i) through (v) above is referred to herein as a
"Corporate Change"), the committee, in its sole discretion, may accelerate the
time at which all or a portion of an Optionee's options may be exercised for a
limited period of time before or after a specified date.

            6.11 Changes in Capital Structure. If the outstanding shares of
Common Stock or other securities of the Company, or both, for which the option
is then exercisable shall at any time be changed or exchanged by declaration of
a stock dividend, stock split, combination of shares or recapitalization, the
number and kind of shares of Common Stock or other securities which are subject
to this Plan or subject to any options theretofore granted, and the exercise
prices, shall be appropriately and equitably adjusted so as to maintain the
proportionate number of shares or other securities without changing the
aggregate exercise price.

            6.12 Acceleration of Options. Except as hereinbefore expressly
provided, (i) the issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class of
securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, for cash, property,
labor or services, upon direct sale, upon the exercise of rights or warrants to
subscribe therefor, or upon conversion of shares or obligations of the Company
convertible into such shares or other securities, (ii) the payment of a dividend
in property other than Common Stock, or (iii) the occurrence of any similar
transaction, and in any case whether or not for fair value, shall not affect,
and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number of
shares of Common Stock subject to options thereto fore granted or the purchase
price per share, unless the Board or the Committee shall determine in its sole
discretion that an adjustment is necessary to provide equitable treatment to
Optionee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Plan, the
Board or the Committee may in its sole discretion accelerate the time at which
any option may be exercised, including, but not limited to, upon the occurrence
of the events specified in this Section 6.

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      7. Amendments or Termination. The Board may amend, alter or discontinue
this Plan, but no amendment or alteration shall be made which would impair the
rights of any Optionee, without his consent, under any option theretofore
granted, or which, without the approval of the shareholders, would: (i) except
as is provided in Section 6.11 of this Plan, increase the total number of shares
reserved for the purposes of this Plan, (ii) change the class of persons
eligible to participate in this Plan as provided in Section 4 of this Plan,
(iii) extend the applicable maximum option period provided for in Section 6.1 of
this Plan, (iv) extend the expiration date of this Plan set forth in Section 14
of this Plan, (v) except as provided in Section 6.11 of this Plan, decrease to
any extent the exercise price of any option granted under this Plan or (vi)
withdraw the administration of this Plan from the Board or the Committee.

      8. Compliance With Other Laws and Regulations. This Plan, the grant and
exercise of options thereunder, and the obligation of the Company to sell and
deliver shares under such options, shall be subject to all applicable federal
and state laws, rules and regulations and to such approvals by any governmental
or regulatory agency as may be required. The Company shall not be required to
issue or deliver any certificates for shares of Common Stock prior to the
completion of any registration or qualification of such shares under any federal
or state law or issuance of any ruling or regulation of any government body
which the Company shall, in its sole discretion, determine to be necessary or
advisable. Any adjustments provided for in Sections 6.10, .11 and .12 of this
Plan shall be subject to any shareholder action required by Nevada corporate
law.

      9. Purchase for Investment. Unless the options and shares of Common Stock
covered by this Plan have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or the Company has determined that such registration is unnecessary,
each person exercising an option under this Plan may be required by the Company
to give a representation in writing that such person is acquiring such shares
for his or her own account for investment and not with a view to, or for sale in
connection with, the distribution of any part thereof.

      10. Taxes.

            10.1 The Company may make such provisions as it may deem appropriate
for the withholding of any taxes which it determines is required in connection
with any options granted under this Plan.

            10.2 Notwithstanding the terms of Section 10.1, each Optionee must
pay all taxes required to be withheld by the Company or paid by the Optionee in
connection with the exercise of a Nonqualified Option.

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      11. Replacement of Options. The Board or the Committee from time to time
may permit an Optionee under this Plan to surrender for cancellation any
unexercised outstanding option and receive from the Company in exchange an
option for such number of shares of Common Stock as may be designated by the
Board or the Committee. The Board or the Committee may, with the consent of the
person entitled to exercise any outstanding option, amend such option, including
reducing the exercise price of any option to not less than the fair market value
of the Common Stock at the time of the amendment and extending the term thereof.

      12. No Right to Employment. Employees shall be considered to be in the
employment of the Company so long as they remain employees of the Company or its
Affiliates. Any questions as to whether and when there has been a termination of
such employment and the cause of such termination shall be determined by the
Board or the Committee, and its determination shall be final. Nothing contained
herein shall be construed as conferring upon the Optionee the right to continue
in the employ of the Company or its Affiliates, nor shall anything contained
herein be construed or interpreted to limit the "employment at will"
relationship between the Optionee and the Company or its Affiliates. The option
agreements may contain such provisions as the Board or the Committee may approve
with reference to the effect of approved leaves of absence.

      13. Liability of Company for Non-Issuance of Shares and Tax Consequences.
The Company and any Affiliates that are in existence or hereafter come into
existence shall not be liable to an Optionee or other persons as to:

            13.1 The non-issuance or sale of shares as to which the Company has
been unable to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority
deemed by the Company's counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale
of any shares hereunder; and

            13.2 Any tax consequence expected, but not realized, by any Optionee
or other person due to the exercise of any option granted hereunder.

      14. Effectiveness and Expiration of Plan. This Plan shall be effective on
the date of adoption by the Board. If the shareholders of the Company fail to
approve this Plan within twelve months of the date of the Board adoption, this
Plan shall terminate and all options previously granted under this Plan shall
become void and of no effect. This Plan shall expire ten years after the date of
the Board adopts this Plan and thereafter no option shall be granted pursuant to
this Plan.

      15. Non-Exclusivity of this Plan. Neither the adoption by the Board nor
the submission for approval of this Plan to the shareholders of the Company
shall be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to
adopt such other incentive arrangements as it may deem desirable, including
without limitation, the granting of restricted stock or stock options otherwise
than under this Plan, and such arrangements may be either generally applicable
or applicable only in specific cases.

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      16. Governing Law. This Plan and any agreements hereunder shall be
interpreted and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada and
applicable federal law.

      17. Cashless Exercise. The Board or the Committee also may allow cashless
exercises as permitted under the Federal Reserve Board's Regulation T, subject
to applicable securities law restrictions, or by any other means which the Board
or the Committee determines to be consistent with this Plan's purpose and
applicable law. The proceeds from such a payment shall be added to the general
funds of the Company and shall be used for general corporate purposes.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, and as conclusive evidence of the adoption of the
foregoing by directors of the Company, VitroTech Corporation has caused these
presents to be duly executed in its name and behalf by its proper officers
thereunto duly authorized as of this 7th day of April 2004.

                                            VITROTECH CORPORATION

ATTEST:

                                         By:___________________________
________________________________            Name:  Jess Rae Booth
Secretary                                    Title:    PresidentINDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT

      THIS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made and
entered into as of March 31, 2004 in Santa Ana, California, by and between
VitroCo Incorporated, a wholly owned subsidiary of VitroTech Corporation, (the
"Company") with its principal place of business located at 5 Hutton Centre
Drive, Suite 700, Santa Ana, California 92707, and Checkmate Management Co.,
LLC, a Nevada limited liability company("Contractor"), with his principal place
of business located at 673 N. Red Rock Road, St. George, UT 84790 with reference
to the following facts:

      A. The Company desires to retain Contractor on an independent contractor
basis to assist the Company in the completion of services described in Exhibit A
pertaining to the Company's products that are produced from Mineral(s) it mines
at its Mining Location(s).

      B. Contractor represents that it has the requisite skills, contacts and
experience to carry out the services to be provided to the Company. Now
therefore in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants set forth herein
and such other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

      1. Term. This Agreement is effective from the date hereof until the
earlier of (i) completion of the services described in Exhibit A of this
Agreement ("Services and Compensation"), unless otherwise provided in Exhibit A
hereto, or (ii) unless terminated in accordance with the provisions hereof.

      2. Services. Company hereby engages Contractor as an independent
contractor to perform for Company the services described on Exhibit A, which
services shall be performed by Contractor in a professional manner. The services
to be performed by Contractor hereunder shall be performed at Contractor's place
of business.

      3. Compensation. For satisfactory performance of the services described on
Exhibit A, Company shall pay to Contractor the compensation provided for in
Exhibit A hereto in accordance with the schedule and subject to any performance
criteria set forth in Exhibit A hereto. Such compensation shall be the only
compensation due Contractor for its performance of the Services hereunder.

      4. Independent Contractor Relationship. The parties hereto are entering
into this Agreement as independent contractors and no employment relationship,
partnership, joint venture or other association shall be deemed created by this
Agreement. The Company shall pay Contractor directly, without deductions of any
kind whatsoever, all monies which may become

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due and payable hereunder, as, when and to the extent those payments become
payable. Contractor will have the entire responsibility for discharging all the
obligations of an independent contractor under all federal, state or local laws,
regulations or orders now or hereafter enforced, including without limitation
those relating to taxes, unemployment compensation or insurance, social
security, workers' compensation, disability pensions, tax withholdings and
including the filing of all returns and reports required of an independent
contractor and the payment of all taxes, assessments, contributions and the
other sums required of an independent contractor. The Company and Contractor
agree that no work, act, commission or omission of Contractor, his agents,
servants, or employees, pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement
or otherwise, shall be construed to make or render Contractor, his agents,
servants or employees, an agent, servant, or employee of the Company. Company is
interested only in the results achieved by Contractor, and Contractor shall be
in control of the means by which the Contractor achieves that result.

      5. Confidentiality and Nondisclosure. The parties acknowledge that
Contractor has executed the Confidentiality and Nondisclosure Agreement attached
as Exhibit B hereto, which Agreement is incorporated herein by this reference.

      6. Termination. Company or Contractor shall be entitled to terminate this
Agreement within 30 days (and pursue all of its rights hereunder at law or in
equity) upon written notice to Contractor. No compensation shall be payable to
Contractor with respect to any Service rendered by Contractor after expiration
or termination of this Agreement for any reason.

      7. Arbitration. Any claim that Contractor may have arising out of or
relating to this Agreement, or the breach thereof, or Contractor's relationship
with Company, or the termination of Contractor's relationship with Company,
shall be settled by binding arbitration in accordance with the Commercial
Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association then in effect, and
judgment upon the award entered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court
having jurisdiction thereof. Neither Company's right to file a lawsuit seeking
an injunction nor Company's right to injunctive relief is subject to arbitration
or to the provisions of this Section 7.

      8. Miscellaneous.

            A. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in
accordance with the laws of the State of California applicable to the
construction and enforcement of agreements between parties resident in
California that are entered into and fully performed within California.

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            B. Severability. Nothing contained herein shall be construed so as
to require the commission of any act contrary to law, and wherever there is any
conflict between any provisions contained herein and any present or future
statute, law, ordinance or regulation contrary to which the parties have no
legal right to contract, the latter shall prevail; but the provision of this
Agreement which is affected shall be curtailed and limited only to the extent
necessary to bring it within the requirements of law.

            C. Further Assurances. Each of the parties hereto shall execute and
deliver any and all additional papers, documents and other assurances, and shall
do any and all acts and things reasonably necessary in connection with the
performance of their obligations hereunder to carry out the intent of the
parties hereto.

            D. Modifications or Amendments. No amendment, change or modification
of this Agreement shall be valid, unless in writing and signed by all of the
parties hereto.

            E. Assignment and Succession. Rights and duties of the parties under
this Agreement shall not be assignable by either party, except that this
Agreement and all the rights hereunder may be assigned by the Company to any
corporation or other business entity which succeeds to all or substantially all
of the business of the Company though merger, consolidation, corporate
reorganization or by acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of
the Company and which assumed the Company's obligations under this Agreement.

            F. Number and Gender. In this Agreement, the masculine, feminine or
neuter gender, and the singular or plural number, shall each be deemed to
include the others whenever the context so requires.

            G. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire
understanding and Agreement of the parties with respect to its subject matter
and any and all prior agreements, understandings or representations with respect
to its subject matter are hereby terminated and cancelled in their entirety and
are of no further force or effect.

            H. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

            I. Captions. The captions appearing at the commencement of the
section thereof are descriptive only and for convenience in reference. Should
there be any conflict between any such caption and the section at the head of
which it appears, the section and not such caption shall control and govern in
the construction of this Agreement.

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            J. Attorneys' Fees. In the event suit or other proceedings are
instituted to enforce any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement, the
prevailing party in such litigation or proceedings shall be entitled, as an
additional item of damages, to such reasonable attorneys' fees and costs or cost
of such other proceedings as may be fixed by any court of competent jurisdiction
therefore, whether or not such litigation or proceedings proceed to a final
judgment or award.

            K. Parties in Interest. Nothing in this Agreement, whether express
or implied, is intended to confer any rights or remedies under or by reason of
this Agreement on any persons other than the parties and their respective
successors and assigns, nor is anything in this Agreement intended to relieve or
discharge the obligation or liability of any third persons or any party to this
Agreement, nor shall any provision give any third person any right of
subrogation or action over or against any party to this Agreement.

            L. Not An Adhesion Contract. The language of this Agreement shall be
construed as a whole according to its fair meaning and not strictly for or
against either of the parties hereto.

            In witness whereof, this Agreement was executed as of the date first
written above.

COMPANY:                                    CONTRACTOR:

VitroCo Incorporated, a wholly owned        Checkmate Management Co., LLC,
subsidiary of VitroTech Corporation         a Nevada limited liability company

By:________________________________         By:_________________________________
         Jess Rae Booth,                                      Donald O. Steed,
         President                                                     Manager
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                                    EXHIBIT A
                            SERVICES AND COMPENSATION

1. Services. Contractor, through its manager Donald O. Steed, shall seek out
companies potentially interested in the use of Company's mineral products.
Contractor is aware that Company (through its predecessor Hi-Tech Environmental
Products, LLC) has been actively involved in the development of technology for
the use of its mineral products for many years, and has proprietary,
confidential technical information relating thereto, some of which is now
evidenced in patent applications. In addition, Company is actively involved in
the marketing of its mineral products in a variety of industries, including both
the plastics and the paints/coatings industries. As part of its sales efforts,
Company is a party to a variety of agreements with third parties, including but
not limited to distribution agreements, manufacturers representative agreements
and independent contractor agreements. As a result thereof, while Company is
interested in the contacts Contractor may have to promote Company's mineral
products, Company is only willing to accept the assistance of Contractor on the
following terms and conditions. Prior to Contractor speaking to any third party
concerning Company's mineral products, Contractor shall first clear the name of
the third party with Company. Company shall have the right to accept or reject
the name provided by Contractor in Company's sole and absolute discretion. For
instance, Company may reject the name being offered by Contractor, even thought
Company has no contact with that third party at this time. In addition, nothing
shall prevent Company from contacting the third party directly, or providing the
name of the third party to one of Company's distributors, manufacturer's
representatives or independent contractors. If, and only if, Company clears the
name of the third party for the benefit of Contractor, may Contractor contact
the third party. Then, if the third party is interested in learning more about
Company's mineral products, Company, either internally or through its outside
sales and marketing groups, shall contact the third party, and Contractor shall
have only the involvement specifically requested by Company. If the third party
is interested in purchasing Company's mineral products, and if the Company
elects to sell its mineral products to the third party, then Contractor shall be
paid a royalty mutually agreeable to both the Company and Contractor.

As part of the services being rendered by Contractor hereunder, Contractor, both
for itself, its managers and members, and Mineral Equities Trust, Hexon Trust,
and their respective Trustees and beneficiaries, hereby assigns to Company all
intellectual property now owned or owned in the future by any of the foregoing
parties in connection with Company's mineral products.

2. Term. The term of this Agreement is six (6) months from mutual execution of
this Agreement.

3. Compensation. Contractor shall be paid the sum of Sixty Thousand Dollars
($60,000.00), payable in six (6) equal monthly installments of Ten Thousand
Dollars ($10,000.00), the first of which shall be due upon mutual execution of
this Agreement. The foregoing sum shall be credited against any sums otherwise
due Contractor pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Exhibit A.

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4. Right to Mineral. Upon written notice from Contractor, Company shall mine and
make available to Contractor a total of up to Three Thousand (3,000) tons of
Mineral, in increments determined by Contractor, so long as (i) the amount
requested by Contractor does not negatively impact Company's agreements to
provide Mineral to third parties or exceed ten percent (10%) of the annual
capacity of Mineral which Company is permitted or able to mine and have removed
from the Property. The Mineral shall be mined, but not milled, by Company. The
Mineral shall be made available in roughly two and one-half (2 1/2) inch nominal
cobble. Contractor has represented that mined but not milled Mineral is
acceptable to it, and that it has the capacity to mill the Mineral in its own
facilities to whatever classification it requires. Contractor shall be
responsible for removing the Mineral from the Property. Company does not
guarantee to Contractor any particular grade of Mineral.

         In consideration of the foregoing, at the time the Mineral is removed
by Contractor, Contractor shall pay to Company a sum equal to Contractor's
prorated share of all costs (based on weight of the Mineral) incurred by Company
in the annual permitting, mining, stockpiling and reclaiming of the Mineral
(including reasonable general, administrative and overhead costs directly
related to the Property), plus five percent (5%) profit.

         Contractor shall have the right to assign its right to receive some or
all of the Mineral provided in this paragraph to a third party.

5. New Products. Contractor has represented to Company that Contractor has
created, and desires to continue to create, products which can be improved
through the addition of Company's mineral products. Contractor may, from time to
time, disclose these new products to Company. Company shall have no obligation
to accept the new products. Contractor is aware that Company is actively engaged
in the sale of its mineral products in a variety of product lines, and that any
new product which Contractor claims to have created may conflict with existing
relationships between Company and third parties. If Company desires to jointly
market Contractor's new product(s), then Company and Contractor shall enter into
a mutually acceptable financial arrangement. If Company does not elect to
jointly market Contractor's new product, then Contractor shall be entitled to do
so without Company. However, Company is under no obligation to sell any of its
mineral products to Contractor, or to any third party who purchases any of
Contractor's new products.

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                                    EXHIBIT B

                  CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT

      ("Contractor") is being engaged to perform services as an independent
contractor for VitroCo Incorporated ("Company"). In view of the nature of
Company's business, Contractor understands that it could not perform
Contractor's duties for Company without having access to certain Confidential
Information (as defined below), and that Company is unwilling to disclose any
Confidential Information except upon the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement. In order to induce Company to engage Contractor and disclose certain
Confidential Information to Contractor, Contractor agrees as follows:

      1. Contractor's Acknowledgment and Representation. Contractor acknowledges
that Company has a strict policy against using proprietary information belonging
to any other person or entity without the express permission of the owner of
that information. Contractor represents and warrants that its performance of all
the terms of this Agreement and as an independent contractor of Company does not
and will not result in a breach of any duty owed by Contractor to a third party
to keep in confidence any proprietary information, knowledge or data acquired by
Contractor in confidence or in trust prior to or during Contractor's engagement
by Company, and Contractor agrees not to disclose to Company or induce Company
to use any confidential or proprietary information belonging to any of
Contractor's previous employers or business associates.

      2. Authorization. Contractor hereby authorizes Company to provide a copy
of this Agreement to any of Contractor's present or future business associates,
and to notify such business associates that Company intends to exercise its
legal rights arising out of or in connection with this Agreement.

      3. Company's Ownership of Intangibles. All processes, methods, inventions,
patents, copyrights, trademarks and other intangible rights that may be
conceived or developed by Contractor, either alone or with others, in the course
of Contractor's engagement by Company, whether or not conceived or developed
during Contractor's working hours, and with respect to which the equipment,
supplies, facilities or trade secret information of Company were used, or that
relate to the business of Company or to Company's actual or demonstrably
anticipated research and development, or that result from any work performed by
Contractor for Company, shall be the sole property of Company. All right, title
and interest to such property shall be assigned to and become vested in Company
immediately upon the discovery or conception of such property without the
requirement of any act by Contractor or Company other than the execution of this
Agreement. Contractor shall have no right, title or interest in such property
after its assignment to Company, and shall make no use of such property without
the express, written consent of Company, except for the benefit of Company.

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         4. Contractor Loyalty.

            (a) While engaged by Company, Contractor shall devote such energies,
interests, abilities and productive time to the performance of this Agreement
and shall not, engage in any other activity that would materially interfere with
the performance of Contractor's duties under this Agreement.

            (b) While engaged by Company under this Agreement, Contractor shall
not (i) either directly or indirectly, carry on, engage in or have any interest
in any business that competes with Company or (ii) without the express written
consent of Company, accept employment with, or in any other manner agree to
provide, for compensation, services for any other person or entity which
competes, directly or indirectly, with Company or (iii) materially disrupt,
damage, impair or interfere with the business of Company, whether by way of
interfering with or soliciting its employees, disrupting its relationships with
clients, customers, agents, representatives or vendors, or otherwise, or (iv)
make any statement about Company that might harm the reputation or business of
Company or reflect unfavorably upon Company or any of its owners or employees or
their families. Past and present engagements accepted.

            (c) Contractor agrees not to attempt to locate any other properties
on which mineral similar to the Mineral may be found, not to purchase any of
such properties, not to inform any third parties of such properties or assist
such third parties in the acquisition of such properties or attempt, either
alone or with others, to develop a synthetic material which has the same or
similar properties to the Mineral. Contractor further agrees not to contact the
owners of the Mineral(s) or Mining Location(s) and/or make any offers to such
owners that might in any way interfere with the existing contractual
relationships between the Company and such owners.

      5. Nondisclosure and Nonuse of Company's Confidential Information. In the
course of Contractor's engagement by Company pursuant to this Agreement,
Contractor will have access to confidential, proprietary information relating to
the business of Company. Such confidential, proprietary information is referred
to as the "Confidential Information," and includes, without limitation, all
information relating to Company's finances, operations, services, strategic
plans, research and development activities, its costs and pricing policies, its
purchasing, merchandising and selling strategies, its clients, customers and
vendors, its methods, data, specifications, processes, hardware, software
programs, firmware, algorithms, computer source code, computer object code,
sound recordings, flowcharts, diagrams, schematics, techniques, systems,
formulas, patterns, models, designs, devices, compilations, lists of costs and
prices, lists of patients, clients, customers and vendors, and other information
that is valuable to Company by virtue of the fact that it is secret, proprietary
information neither known to nor used by Company's competitors and which could
be damaging to Company if disclosed. Contractor agrees that, except as required
in the course of Contactor's engagement by Company pursuant to this Agreement,
Contractor shall not, either directly or indirectly, for Contractor or on behalf
of any other person, disclose or use any of Company's Confidential Information.

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It is understood that Contractor shall have no obligation with respect to any
information, know-how, data or inventions which:

            (a) At the time of disclosure by Company is in the public domain as
evidenced by printed publication or otherwise; or

            (b) After disclosure by Company becomes part of the public domain by
publication or otherwise through no fault of Contractor; or

            (c) Contractor can show by reasonably convincing evidence, was in
Contractor's possession at the time of disclosure by Company and was not
previously acquired from Company by Contractor on a confidential basis.

Contractor's obligation under the terms of Paragraph 5 shall be for a period of
five (5) years after the effective date of this Agreement, provided that even
after that period no Information disclosed to Contractor by Company during that
period will be disclosed to any other party unless approved in writing by
Company.

      6. Return of Written Information. Contractor agrees that all papers,
notes, electronically maintained data, records, recordings, drawings, memoranda,
and other writings and documents that are made, created or compiled by
Contractor or which are or were available to Contractor while engaged by Company
concerning any of the Confidential Information described in Paragraph 5, shall
be the property of Company. Upon termination of Contractor's engagement by
Company, regardless of how termination may be effected, or whenever requested by
Company, Contractor shall immediately return to Company all such papers notes,
electronically maintained data, records, recordings, drawings, memoranda, and
other writings and documents, and all books, lists of costs and prices, lists of
patients, clients, customers and vendors, and any and all other documents,
objects, data or other property acquired, collected, made, created or compiled
by Contractor in the course of Contractor's employment with Company, other than
materials created by Contractor which were not accepted by Company.

      7. Company's Remedies for Breach. Contractor acknowledges (a) that its
employment duties will provide Contractor access to and/ or possession of the
Confidential Information, (b) that because of Contractor's intimate knowledge of
Company and Contractor's particular experience, its services to Company are of a
special, unique, unusual and extraordinary character which give Contractor's
services peculiar value, the loss of which cannot be reasonably or adequately
compensated in damages in an action at law, and, (c) that any activities or
employment on Contractor's part which would constitute a breach of any of
Paragraphs 3, 4, 5 or 6, above, will cause irreparable harm to Company and money
damages would be inadequate to compensate Company completely for its loss
resulting from such breach. Contractor therefore agrees that Company, in
addition to all other rights, shall have the right to file a lawsuit, in any
court of competent jurisdiction, to enjoin Contractor from engaging in such
activities and to seek any other equitable relief that may be appropriate.

      8. Miscellaneous. This Agreement shall be governed by California law
applicable to contracts between residents of California that are wholly executed
and performed in California. This Agreement contains the full and complete
understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes all prior or contemporaneous representations and understandings,
whether oral or written. In the event that any provision hereof or any
obligation or grant of rights hereunder is found invalid or unenforceable
pursuant to judicial decree or decision, any such provision, obligation or grant
of rights shall be deemed and construed to extend only to the maximum permitted
by law, and the remainder of this Agreement shall remain valid and enforceable
according to its terms. This Agreement shall be binding upon Contractor's heirs,
executors and administrators and will inure to the benefit of Company and its
successors and assigns. In the event either party institutes legal proceedings
to enforce any of the terms of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be
entitled to reasonable attorneys' fees and costs in addition to any damages that
may be awarded. This Agreement may not be amended, waived or modified except by
an instrument in writing executed by Contractor and a duly authorized
representative of Company. Contractor agrees to the above terms and acknowledges
receipt of a copy of this Agreement.

Date:  _________________                     "Contractor"

                                             CHECKMATE MANAGEMENT CO., LLC,
                                             a Nevada limited liability company

                                             Mailing address:

                                             673 N. Red Rock Road
                                             St. George, UT 84790

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