Document:

Exhibit 10.1

INITIAL PURCHASE AGREEMENT

October 21, 2016

	
AMONG:

	 
	 	 
	
MX GOLD CORP.

	
(“MX Gold”)

	
900-570 Granville St.

	 
	
Vancouver, B.C., V6C 3P1

	 
	 	 
	
AND:

	 
	 	 
	
GRACEPOINT MINING CORP.

	
(“GP”)

	
2162 Acorn Court

	 
	
Wheaton, Illinois, USA

	 
	
60189

	 
	 	 
	
AND:

	 
	 	 
	
AMERICAN METAL MINING, S.A. de C.V.

	
(“AMM”)

	
BLVD. Antonio Ortiz Mena #2807 Int. 22

	 
	
Quintas del Sol

	 
	
Chihuahua, Chihuahua

	 
	
CP 31214

	 
	 	 
	
AND:

	 
	 	 
	
PROYECTO MAGISTRAL, S. de R.L. de C.V.

	
(the “Owner”)

	
Paseo de la Reforma #2360

	 
	
Lomas de Reforma

	 
	
Del. Miguel Hidalgo  C.P. 11930

	 
	
Mexico, D.F.

	 

	RE:	Initial Purchase Agreement (IPA) among MX Gold, GP, AMM and the Owner with respect to the Magistral Project (the “Project”)

This binding letter agreement (the “Agreement”) is intended to set out the initial terms of a proposed joint venture between MX Gold and GP, through its wholly-owned subsidiary AMM, for the purposes of developing the Project, to be effective upon completion of the payments set out in Section 2.  These terms are not intended to be comprehensive and final and additional terms, including customary representations and warranties, will be incorporated into a formal joint venture agreement (the “Definitive Agreement”) which will be negotiated in good faith within 30 days of this Agreement among the parties hereto.

	
1.

	
Project

A description of the Project, and all material assets related thereto, are set out in full in Appendix D attached hereto.

 

 

	
2.

	
Earnable Interest

2.1          MX Gold may earn a 50% participating ownership interest and a 45% Net Profit Participating Interest in the Project by paying GP a total of $2,500,000 (the “Purchase Price”) as follows:

 

		(a)	$250,000 upon signing this Agreement;

		(b)	$750,000 on or before 30 days from the signing of this Agreement;

		(c)	$750,000 on or before 60 days from the signing of this Agreement; and

	 	
(d)

	
$750,000 on or before 90 days from the signing of this Agreement.

 

The payment set out in Section 2.1(a) will be retained by GP for its own purposes and GP will direct MX Gold to advance the payments set out in Sections 2.1(b) to (d) directly to the Owner for development of the Project.  After the first payment of $250,000 to GP, the remaining payments will be deposited in to a project account that will be overseen by the Management Committee (as defined below), and will be used to remove any project encumbrances and plant refurbishment and start-up, with all remaining pre and future negotiated payables coming out of future cash flow.

 

2.2          If MX Gold does not proceed with any further payments after the payment set out in Section 2.1(a) (the “Funds”), this Agreement will terminate, and MX Gold can elect to have the Funds credited against the consideration payable by MX Gold to earn its interest with respect to the Don Roman Project or the Picacho Project (together, the “Additional Projects”).  If MX Gold does not proceed with entering into any binding agreements with respect to the Additional Projects and does not elect to make any additional payment other than set out in Section 2.1(a), the Funds will be applied to the Project and MX Gold will retain a carried 5% Net Profit Participation Interest in the Project.  Under such circumstances, the Owner will not, and GP will not cause the Owner to, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of all or any portion of its right, title or interest in and to this Agreement, its rights hereunder, or the Project to any third party without first causing the third party to deliver to MX Gold, or any successor or permitted assign thereof (in either case, the “Seller Affiliate”), an agreement between the third party and the Seller Affiliate, in a form satisfactory to the Seller Affiliate, under which the third party acknowledges the 5% Net Profit Participation Interest in the Project on the same terms and conditions as under this Agreement.

	
3.

	
Joint Venture

Upon the date that the final payment of the Purchase Price is made (the “Effective Date”), a joint venture shall be deemed to be formed (the “Joint Venture”) to be governed by the terms and conditions of this Agreement until entry into the Definitive Agreement.  Upon formation of the Joint Venture, MX Gold will have an initial participating ownership interest of 50% of the Project and GP will indirectly through AMM be deemed to have an initial participating ownership interest of 50% of the Project and each of them will have initial and deemed expenditures as follows:

	 	
(a)

	
MX Gold: $2,500,000

	 	
(b)

	
GP through AMM: $2,500,000

Additionally, and upon formation of the Joint Venture, the following parties will have the following Net Profit Participating Interests in the Project:

	 	
(a)

	
MX Gold: 45%

	 	
(b)

	
GP through AMM: 45%

	 	
(c)

	
Atlas Minerals Holdings, LLC: 10%

 

 

	
4.

	
Joint Venture Interest

The parties currently anticipate that legal title to the Project will be held in the name of the Owner in trust for the benefit of the Joint Venture, and each of MX Gold and GP (through AMM) will hold such percentage of shares of the Owner that is equal to their respective participating ownership interest in the Project.  Similarly, board and management positions of the Owner will be revised to reflect an equal number of positions of each as between MX Gold and GP (through AMM).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, and although the parties currently anticipate that the Project will be held by the Owner, the parties each agree to use their commercially reasonable efforts to formulate a structure for the Joint Venture which is acceptable to each of MX Gold and GP and which is formulated to comply with all necessary legal and regulatory requirements, minimize or eliminate any adverse tax consequences and be as cost effective as possible.

	
5.

	
Management of the Project

Upon the entry into this Agreement, a management committee (the “Management Committee”) will be created to supervise and coordinate the development of the Project, to allocate and pay the Funds set out in Sections 2.1(b) to (d), and to consider and approve Operations Plans.  For the purposes of this Agreement, an “Operations Plan” means a five year plan for operations, or such other period of time as the Management Committee may approve (feasibility and production stage).

	
6.

	
Management Committee

MX Gold, on the one hand, and GP (through AMM), on the other hand, will each, upon notice to the other party, appoint two representatives to the Management Committee.  Each party may change its representatives and any alternate representatives at any time with written notice.  There will be a Management Committee meeting at least once every quarter and, in any event, within 21 days of being requested in writing to do so by a representative of any party.  Meetings may be held in person, telephone or video conferencing.  The Operator will cause notices of Management Committee meetings to be given to all representatives at least 14 days before the time appointed for the meeting, specifying the time and place of, and the agenda for, each meeting.  A quorum for any Management Committee meeting will be present if one representative of each party is present or participating by telephone.  If a quorum is present at the meeting, the Management Committee will be competent to exercise all of the authorities, powers and discretions granted upon it under this Agreement.  The Management Committee will decide every matter submitted to it by simple majority (including election of its chairman) with the representative or representatives of each party being entitled to cast collectively that number of votes which is equal to its interest.

	
7.

	
Operator

The Management Committee will appoint someone to act as Operator of the Project.  The Operator will conduct the day-to-day management and supervision of operations of the Project and carry out all things necessary or advisable to carry out any Operations Plans approved by and other directions of the Management Committee.  The duties and obligations of the Operator include preparing and submitting Operations Plans for the approval of the Management Committee.  From time to time as circumstances dictate, the Operator will submit a new Operations Plan for consideration by the Management Committee to replace the Operations Plan then in effect.  The term of an Operations Plan will not exceed five years unless unanimously approved by the Management Committee.

 

 

	
8.

	
Inspections and Reporting

At all times during the effectiveness of this Agreement, those persons who have been authorized by a party, by prior notice to the Operator, will, at that party’s sole risk and expense and at reasonable intervals and times, have access to such portions of the Project (for greater certainty, including such technical records and other factual engineering data and information relating to the Project in the possession of the Operator) as the party may have authorized.  The Operator will furnish each party with quarterly progress reports on operations and with a final report on conclusion of each Operations Plan.  Each quarterly report will be supported with such technical and other data, information and reports as are appropriate to reflect the operations for the period.  Each quarterly and final report will include a presentation comparing costs incurred to those planned according to the approved Operations Plan.  The final report will show all the operations conducted or performed during the operating year and any revenues and costs experienced, and will be accompanied by the Operator’s discussion and analysis of the results of operations and the financial condition of the Joint Venture.

 

	
9.

	
Confidentiality

 

The parties will keep confidential all data and information respecting this Agreement and the Project and will refrain from using it other than for the activities contemplated hereunder or publicly disclosing unless required by law or by the rules and regulations of any regulatory authority or stock exchange having jurisdiction, or with the written consent of the other party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.  The provisions of this section do not apply to information which is or becomes part of the public domain other than through a breach of the terms hereof.  Where a request is made for permission to disclose confidential information hereunder, a reply thereto will be made within 3 business days after receipt of such request, failing which the party requesting will be entitled to disclose such information in the limited circumstances specified in such request as if such consent had been given.  The parties will consult with each other prior to issuing any press release or other public statement regarding the project or the activities of the respective party with respect thereto.  In addition, and unless required by law or by the rules and regulations of any regulatory authority or stock exchange having jurisdiction, each party will obtain prior approval from the other party before issuing any press release or public statement using the other party’s name or the names of any of the other party’s assignees or of any of the officers, directors or employees of the other party or of its assignees.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, each of MX Gold and GP will undertake commercially reasonable efforts to agree on a template form of news release that will refer to the parties, the Joint Venture and the Project which shall form the basis for all subsequent news releases that are disseminated by either party from the date of this Agreement until the termination of the Joint Venture.

 

	
10.

	
ROFR

 

Except for an assignment of a party’s entire interest in the Joint Venture and this Agreement to an Affiliate (as defined in the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) which shall be permitted to effect a bona fide internal restructuring of such party, none of the parties will pledge, grant security over, sell, assign, or in any other manner dispose of or attempt to dispose of all, or any portion, of its interest (in each case, a “Transfer”) except as provided in this section.  A party is prohibited from disposing of any of its interest or any of its rights under this Agreement except if such disposition:

 

	 	
(a)

	
includes its entire interest together with its entire interest in this Agreement; and

 

		(b)	occurs when such party is not in default of any of its covenants and agreements herein contained (which for greater certainty means a party in default of its obligations hereunder is not permitted to Transfer under any circumstances).

 

 

 

Upon a party or a third party acquiring the disposing party’s interest, the party or the third party will be deemed to have contributed the costs contributed to the date of the acquisition by the disposing party.  Unless the prior written approval of the party other than the disposing party has been given to the sale or other disposition to an affiliate of the disposing party (which approval will not be unreasonably withheld), the disposing party remains liable for its obligations hereunder notwithstanding such disposition.  If a party (in this section the “Transferring Party”) wishes to Transfer any of its interest in the Project or any of its rights under this Agreement (in this section, the “Holdings”), then it must prior to any such transfer first offer to Transfer the Holdings to the other party for a cash consideration and upon such other terms and conditions as the Transferring Party deems fit (in this section, the “Offer”).  If the other party accepts the Offer within the 30-day period following its receipt, then the Transfer will be concluded no later than 30 days after such acceptance.  If the other party does not accept the Offer within such 30-day period, then the Transferring Party will be free to Transfer the Holdings to a third party at any time after the expiry of such 30-day period and prior to the expiry of the succeeding 90-day period, but only for a cash consideration equal to or greater than the cash consideration stated in the Offer and upon other terms and conditions no less favourable to the Transferring Party than those contained in the Offer.

 

	
11.

	
Definitive Agreement

 

Upon execution of this binding Agreement, MX Gold will arrange for the preparation of a draft of the Definitive Agreement for review by Parent and GP.  The Definitive Agreement may require further negotiation and may contain matters not contemplated in this binding Agreement.  Following the Acquisition, each of the parties will act honestly, diligently and in good faith in their respective endeavors to enter into the Definitive Agreement on or prior to 30 days of this Agreement.

 

	
12.

	
Binding Agreement; Assignment

 

This Agreement creates a binding contract between the parties, enforceable according to its terms upon the parties and their permitted assigns. Except as permitted in Section 10, this Agreement shall not be assigned by any party hereto without the expressed written consent of all other parties.

 

	
13.

	
Proper Law

 

This Agreement will be exclusively governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada, and the parties hereby attorn to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of competent jurisdiction of the State of Nevada in any proceeding hereunder.

 

	
14.

	
Entire Agreement

 

The provisions herein contained constitute the entire agreement between the parties and supersede all previous communications, representations, and agreements, whether oral or written, between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, there being no representations, warranties, terms, conditions, undertakings, or collateral agreements (express, implied, or statutory), between the parties other than as expressly set forth in this Agreement.

 

	
15.

	
Counterparts and Electronic Means

 

This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original and all of which will together constitute one and the same instrument.  Delivery to us of an executed copy of this Agreement by electronic facsimile transmission or other means of electronic communication capable of producing a printed copy will be deemed to be execution and delivery of this Agreement.

 

 

	
16.

	
Time

 

Time is of the essence of this Agreement.

 

	
17.

	
Currency

 

All dollar figures referred herein mean the lawful currency of the United States.

 

	
18.

	
Meaning of Net Profit

NET PROFIT calculation shall be the monthly Earnings at the Project that is used to determine the “Earnings Participation.” the Owner shall prepare accounting records in accordance with US GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles). Net profit is defined as all Project revenues earned, less all Project expenses and related taxes incurred in the normal course of business, plus reasonable and customary administrative expenses incurred in the running of the Project.

	
19.

	
Mutual Representations and Warranties

Each party represents and warrants to the other parties hereto the matters set out in Appendix E attached hereto.

	
20.

	
Representations by the Owner, AMM and GP to MX Gold

Each of the Owner, AMM and GP represents and warrants to MX Gold the matters set out in Appendix F attached hereto.

	
21.

	
Representations by MX Gold to the Owner, AMM and GP

MX Gold represents to the Owner, AMM and GP and that:

		a)	MX Gold is a reporting issuer in British Columbia and Alberta and its common shares are listed for trading on the TSX Venture Exchange.

		b)	MX Gold is in good standing with the TSX Venture Exchange and all regulatory authorities.

By signing below, as at the date first above mentioned, the Parties agree to the terms and conditions enclosed in this IPA for the Project.

	
MX GOLD CORP.

	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	
Per: Authorized Signatory

	 
	
Dan Omeniuk

	 

 

	
GRACEPOINT MINING CORP.

	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	
Per: Authorized Signatory

	 
	 	 
	 	 
	
AMERICAN METAL MINING, S.A. de C.V.

	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	
Per: Authorized Signatory

	 
	 	 
	 	 
	
PROYECTO MAGISTRAL, S. de R.L. de C.V.

	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	
Per: Authorized Signatory

	 

 

 

Appendix A

 Material Contracts

Material Contracts of the Project consist of the following:

		1.	Purchase Agreement dated February 17, 2016 between the Owner and Ejido Magistral, whereby Owner is entitled to rights of the contract, based on its terms.  In summary and for the following consideration of $25,000 down payment, and 196,000 pesos per month, as a pre-payment for tonnage used, until production is started, then with no minimum payments.  Upon production, the Owner is required to pay based on dry tonnage throughput at $3.00 per dry tonne, based upon $1,100 per oz gold.  The price paid per tonne increases or decreases by the same percentage that the gold price increases or decreases from the base price of $1,100 per oz.

		2.	Kappes Cassidy Report dated March 2012.

		3.	Report by Robert Garcia dated April 2016.

		4.	Loan Agreement between Magistral and Sistema Globalizador de Actividades de Mexico, SA de CV.  Involves a minority shareholder that used his line of credit for the benefit of the Project, and is included in the list of liabilities set out in Appendix B.

 

 

Appendix B

 Liabilities, Encumbrances and Permitted Encumbrances

Liabilities of Owner and Project

Except for minor Liabilities made in the normal course of operations that individually due not exceed $7,000 and $35,000 in the aggregate, Liabilities of the Owner and the Project as of the date of the Agreement consist of the following:

	      	
1)

	
Social Security

	
= 314,000 pesos accounts leaned now

	 	
2)

	
Employee taxes

	
= 174,000 pesos accounts leaned now

	 	
3)

	
Housing taxes

	
= 117,000 pesos accounts leaned now

	 	
4)

	
Accounts payable

	
= 10,053,698 pesos, inc. a note referenced in Magistral purchase contract

	 	
5)

	
Deviation Project

	
= 375,000 U.S.

	 	
6)

	
Miss Santos

	
 = 87,500 U.S.

	 	
7)

	
Prosalit

	
= 125,000 U.S.

	 	
8)

	
Aldo Martinez

	
= 70,000 U.S.

	 	
9)

	
Ejido

	
= 70,000 U.S.

	 	
10)

	
GPM – back employees   

	
= 50,500 U.S

	 	
11)

	
Employee Severance

	
= 30,000 U.S.

	 	
12)   

	
6 Agitation systems pledge 

		a.	Component parts have been pledged as collateral. There will be a full release upon the full funding and fulfilment of the terms of this Agreement

Encumbrances of Owner and Project

There are no Encumbrances other than the Permitted Encumbrances of the Owner and the Project.

Permitted Encumbrances of Owner and Project

The Permitted Encumbrances of the Owner and the Project consist of the items set out above in this Appendix B.

For the purposes of this Agreement, the term “Encumbrance” means any mortgage, charge, pledge, hypothecation, security interest, assignment, lien (statutory or otherwise), charge, title retention agreement or arrangement, royalty, restrictive covenant or other encumbrance of any nature.

 

 

Appendix C

 Use of Proceeds of the Funds

Use of Proceeds:

The general use of $2,500,000 proceeds:

	1)	$250,000 to GP for down payment and discretionary to GP

	2)	To pay 2 partners off totaling approximately $190,000 U.S. so that GP will eliminate the potential liability against the current 100% ownership of Proyecto Magistral S de RL de C.V

	3)	Project deal and environmental consultant, Miss Santo’s, for $87,500 U.S.

	4)	Down Payment of $175,000 to Deviation Project, estimated with remaining balance coming out of cash flow

	5)	605,000 pesos for Social Security, Employee taxes, and Housing taxes

	6)	$70,000 for Ejido Payment

	7)	$50,500 for loans given by GP to pay back employee salaries

	8)	Subject to the Management Committee, the remaining amount will go towards reengineering of plant and start-up capital and project operating expenses in accordance with an Operations Plan.

In addition to the items listed, there are some payables that came with the acquisition of the Project and were pre-negotiated to come out of project cash flow.  These pre-negotiated amounts can change, regarding when they are due.  Specifically, this relates to accounts payable  and approximately $200,000 in connection with the balance remaining to finance the Diversion (both listed above in Appendix A), which would be part of Project expenses and would be paid from total Project cash flow.

 

Appendix D

 Project Description and List of Assets

Project Description:

The Project sits on approximately 28 Hectares of leased land or approximately 69 acres and is located 392 Km. South West of Chihuahua City, in route to Parral 220 km, from there due South on Durango Highway for 120 km to Santa Maria Del Oro interception, turn West to Santa Maria Del Oro for 48km, continue East for 3.5 km, then turn South for .5 km to the Magistral Del Oro Project. All paved road except for the last 0.5 kilometer. The lease is a 10 year, renewable for another 10 years.

• 25° 55 minutes 60 N Latitude

• 105° 22 minutes 01 W longitude

• Elevation 5875 feet

The Owner has provided some photographs of the plant and equipment that sits on the MAGISTRAL site (Appendix A). It is agreed that these pictorial records along with videos taken by Brennen Mathues during the month of June, 2016 (Appendix B) may be used, as a reference.

List of Assets:

		·	Mill located on the Project with the coordinates set out above, including all buildings, structures, fixtures and other improvements located on or otherwise affixed or appurtenant to the mill.

 

		·	All permits necessary to operate a gold recovery operation with respect to the Project, including access to and from the Project (including the mill and tailings pile), processing the tailings pile through the mill and the extraction of gold therefrom, and storing the resulting waste material back on the property.  The current list of permits obtained include the following:

	 	
1.

	
change of use of land (zoning),

	 	
2.

	
plant construction,

	 	
3.

	
Environmental Impact Manifest (MIA) SEMARNAT,

	 	
4,

	
water use and disposal from CONAGUA,

	 	
5.

	
Construction for tailings pond,

	 	
6.

	
tailings pond permit,

		7.	approved engineering documents by CONAGUA for construction permit on deviation project,

		8.	all Ejido contracts for use of land, and

		9.	The CONAGUA approved construction permit for the deviation project was issued on May 22, 2015 expiring on May 21, 2016.  Extension/re-application for the permit consists of resubmitting original engineering documentation and a new construction permit will be issued within 10 working days (per CONAGUA director).

		·	All information relating to the Project.

		·	All material contracts relating to the Project, including those set out in Appendix A.

 

 

		·	The following equipment:

 

		1.	80 TON Ore bin

		2.	24” x 40 ́ conveyer belt

		3.	Degregation Tank 1- DIAMETER 3.5m, HEIGHT 4.5m, VOLUME 43.295m3

		4.	Lyme and Cyanide mixing system

		5.	4” transfer mud pump

		6.	2- Cyanide solution storage tanks

		7.	1- Cyanide solution prep. Tank

		8.	Cyanide Tank - DIAMETER  7.64m,  HEIGHT 9.14m    VOLUME 419.m3

		9.	5- C.I.P Tanks each DIAMETER 3.5m, HEIGHT 4.5m, VOLUME 43.295m3

		10.	5 –reverse circulation diaphragm pumps installed on CIP tanks

		11.	1- 500CFM electric compressor

		12.	1- automatic solution head assay sampler

		13.	1- automatic solution tails assay sampler

		14.	Emergency field showers

		15.	Tailings transfer mud pump

		16.	Electrical control room with all control panels

		17.	500 KVA ground transformer

		18.	Chain link fence enclosure

		19.	Materials Warehouse

		20.	Small tools Warehouse

		21.	Multi use small storage building

		22.	Nurse ́s station

		23.	2- small offices

		24.	Laboratory and recuperation bunker room

		25.	Assay Laboratory consisting of:

		a.	Fire assay furnaces

		b.	Chemical assay

		c.	Chemical storage

		d.	Assay preparation

		e.	Assay weight scales

		26.	Desorption area smelter consisting of:

		a.	Secured coded entrances

		b.	Steel bullet proof entrance door

		c.	Steel bullet proof delivery drum with bullet proof glass

		d.	External Secured entry Steel bullet proof (access to deliver drum)

		e.	2 – Electrolytic desorption units consisting of:

		i.	1- 500 Kg Carbon towers

		ii.	Heater and transfer tanks

		iii.	500 gal. solution tank

		iv.	24” x 60” electrolytic fiberglass cell

		v.	25 – electrolytic cell plates

2- small air press filters

 

 

Appendix E

 Mutual Reps and Warranties

 

Mutual Representations and Warranties

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

 

		a)	it is a body corporate duly incorporated or continued and duly organized and validly subsisting under the laws of its organizational jurisdiction;

 

		b)	it has full power and authority to carry on its business and to enter into this Agreement;

 

		c)	neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions hereby contemplated conflict with, result in the breach of or accelerate the performance required by any agreement to which it is a party;

 

		d)	the execution and delivery of this Agreement do not violate or result in the breach of the laws of any jurisdiction applicable to a party or pertaining thereto or of its organizational documents;

 

		e)	all corporate authorizations have been obtained for the execution of this Agreement and for the performance of its obligations hereunder; and

 

		f)	this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the party enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to the usual exceptions as to bankruptcy and the availability of equitable remedies.

 

Appendix F

 Owner and Parent Reps and Warranties

Each of the Owner, AMM and GP represents and warrants to MX Gold the following:

		a)	AMM is a wholly-owned subsidiary of GP, with the exception of a minority interest of 1% or less of AMM’s share capital held by a Mexican resident to comply with the laws of Mexico;

		b)	the Owner is a wholly-owned subsidiary of AMM;

		c)	other than the Permitted Encumbrances, there are no outstanding agreements or options to acquire or purchase any of the assets that comprise the Project, no person has any royalty or other interest whatsoever in production therefrom, and there is no adverse claim or challenge (including, without limitation, any aboriginal land claim) against or to the ownership of or title to any of the assets, nor to the best of its knowledge is there any basis therefor;

		d)	there are no rights of first refusal, back in rights, bump up rights, abandonment rights or other rights, options or elections under the any instrument or agreement which would affect MX Gold’s right, title and interest in and to the Project assuming creation of the Joint Venture

		e)	none of the Owner, AMM and GP has received notice and no such party has any knowledge of any proposal to terminate or vary the terms of or rights attaching to any of the assets from any government, other regulatory authority, or third party;

		f)	other than as set out in (j) below, there are no orders or directions relating to environmental matters requiring any work, repairs, construction or capital expenditures with respect to the Project or the conduct of the business related thereto, nor to the best of the knowledge of the Owner, AMM and GP have any activities on the Project been in violation of any environmental law, regulations or regulatory prohibition or order, and to the best knowledge of the Owner, AMM and GP, conditions on and relating to the Project are in compliance with such laws, regulations, prohibitions and orders and third party contracts;

		g)	all material contracts with respect to the Project are set out in Appendix A attached hereto, each of which is in good standing;

		h)	the Owner is the sole registered and beneficial owner of the Project and the assets as set out in Appendix D;

		i)	except as disclosed in Appendix B, there are no other debts, liens, liabilities, Encumbrances owed by the Owner or any other parties relating to the Project and ownership of the Project will be free and clear title, debt and liability free, except for the commitment to pay Atlas Mineral Holdings 10% of the Net Cash Flow in the Project;

		j)	Appendix B sets out all liabilities and Encumbrances of the Owner and the Project; and

		k)	except to the best knowledge of the Owner, AMM and GP and other than as disclosed herein, there are no environmental liabilities with respect to the Project other than the environmental issue GP has disclosed to MX Gold in connection with extreme rain in the Project area that caused overflow which caused overspill into a creek for approximately 250 meters which CONAGUA, (Mexican Water Commission) is overseeing.Exhibit

EXHIBIT 10.1

GOVERNMENT PROPERTIES INCOME TRUST
Share Award Agreement
This Share Award Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made as of «DATE», 2016, between «NAME» (the “Recipient”) and Government Properties Income Trust (the “Company”).
In consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1.    Grant of Shares.  Subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth and the terms and conditions of the Government Properties Income Trust 2009 Incentive Share Award Plan, as it may be amended from time to time (the “Plan”), the Company hereby grants to the Recipient, effective as of the date of this Agreement, «NUMBER» of its common shares of beneficial interest, par value $.01 per share (the “Common Shares”).  The shares so granted are hereinafter referred to as the “Shares,” which term shall also include any shares of the Company issued to the Recipient by virtue of his or her ownership of the Shares, by share dividend, share split or combination, recapitalization or otherwise.
2.    Vesting; Repurchase of Shares.
(a)    Subject to Sections 2(b) and 2(c) hereof, the Shares shall vest one-fifth of the total number of Shares as of the date hereof and as to a further one-fifth of such total number of Shares on each anniversary of the date hereof for the next four calendar years.  Any Shares not vested as of any date are herein referred to as “Unvested Shares.”
(b)    Subject to Section 2(c) hereof, at the option of the Company, in the event the Recipient ceases to render significant services, whether as an employee or otherwise, to (i) the Company, (ii) the entity which is the manager or shared services provider to the Company or an entity controlled by, under common control with or controlling such entity (collectively, the “Manager”), or (iii) an affiliate of the Company (which shall be deemed for such purpose to include any other entity to which the Manager is the manager or shared services provider), all or any portion of the Unvested Shares shall be forfeited by the Recipient as of the date the Recipient ceases to render all such services.  The Company may exercise such option by delivering or mailing to the Recipient (or his or her estate), at any time after the Recipient has ceased to render such services, a written notice of exercise of such option.  Such notice shall specify the number of Unvested Shares to be forfeited.
(c)    Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, immediately upon the occurrence of an Acceleration Event (as defined below), all of the Unvested Shares shall vest and any forfeiture or other rights of the Company described in Section 2(b) shall lapse in their entirety, and such vesting and lapse of forfeiture or other Company rights shall also immediately apply to each other Common Share previously granted to the Recipient which then remains subject to comparable restrictions and rights.  For 

purposes of this Section 2(c), an Acceleration Event shall be deemed to occur immediately upon the occurrence of any of the following events: a Change in Control, a Termination Event (as each such term is defined in Exhibit A hereto) or the death of the Recipient.
3.    Legends.  Vested and Unvested Shares granted under this Agreement may bear or contain, as applicable, such legends and notations as may be required by the Plan or the Company’s declaration of trust, any applicable supplement thereto or bylaws, each as in effect from time to time, or as the Company may otherwise determine appropriate.
Promptly following the request of the Recipient with respect to any Shares (or any other Common Shares previously granted to the Recipient), the Company shall take, at its sole cost and expense, all such actions as may be required to permit the Recipient to sell such shares including, as applicable and without limitation, providing to the Company’s transfer agent certificates of officers of the Company, and opinions of counsel and/or filing an appropriate registration statement, and taking all such other actions as may be required to remove the legends set forth above with respect to transfer and vesting restrictions from the certificates evidencing such shares and, if applicable, from the share books and records of the Company.  The Company shall reimburse the Recipient, promptly upon the receipt of a request for payment, for all expenses (including legal expenses) reasonably incurred by the Recipient in connection with the enforcement of the Recipient’s rights under this paragraph.  
4.    Tax Withholding.  To the extent required by law, the Company or the Manager shall withhold or cause to be withheld income and other taxes incurred by the Recipient by reason of a grant of Shares, and the Recipient agrees that he or she shall, upon the request of the Company or the Manager, pay to the Company or to the Manager an amount sufficient to satisfy his or her tax withholding obligations from time to time (including as Shares become vested).
5.    Miscellaneous.
(a)    Amendments.  Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be changed or modified except by an agreement in writing executed by the Recipient and the Company; provided, however, that any change or modification that does not adversely affect the rights hereunder of the Recipient, as they may exist immediately prior to the effective date of such change or modification, may be adopted by the Company without an agreement in writing executed by the Recipient, and the Company shall give the Recipient written notice of such change or modification reasonably promptly following the adoption of such change or modification.
(b)    Binding Effect of the Agreement.  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon , the Company, the Recipient and their respective estates, heirs, executors, transferees, successors, assigns and legal representatives.
(c)    Provisions Separable.  In the event that any of the terms of this Agreement shall be or become or is declared to be illegal or unenforceable by any court or other authority of competent jurisdiction, such terms shall be null and void and shall be deemed deleted from this Agreement, and all the remaining terms of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

(d)    Notices.  Any notice in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to have been properly delivered if it is in writing and is delivered by hand or by facsimile or sent by registered certified mail, postage prepaid, to the party addressed as follows, unless another address has been substituted by notice so given:
		
	To the Recipient:
	To the Recipient’s address as set forth on the signature page hereof.

To the Company:    Government Properties Income Trust
Two Newton Place
255 Washington Street, Suite 300
Newton, MA  02458
Attn: Secretary
(e)    Construction.  The headings and subheadings of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience only, and shall not affect the construction of the provisions hereof.  All references to sections of this Agreement shall be deemed to refer as well to all subsections which form a part of such section.
(f)    Employment Agreement.  This Agreement shall not be construed as an agreement by the Company, the Manager or any affiliate of the Company or the Manager to employ the Recipient, nor is the Company, the Manager or any affiliate of the Company or the Manager obligated to continue employing the Recipient by reason of this Agreement or the grant of the Shares to the Recipient hereunder.
(g)    Applicable Law.  This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law of such state.
(h)    Binding Arbitration.  Any disputes regarding this Agreement, the granting or vesting of any shares of the Company and/or any related matters shall be settled by binding arbitration in accordance with any Mutual Agreement to Resolve Disputes and Arbitrate Claims between the Recipient and the Manager.  In the absence of such an agreement, any such claims or disputes shall be resolved through binding arbitration before one arbitrator conducted under the rules of JAMS in Boston, Massachusetts.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement, or caused this Agreement to be executed under seal, as of the date first above written.

	
			
	 
	GOVERNMENT PROPERTIES INCOME TRUST

    
	
			
	 
	By:
	 

	 
	Name: Mark L. Kleifges

	 
	Title: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

RECIPIENT:    
    	
			
	 
	«NAME»

	 
	«ADDRESS»

	 
	«CITY», «ST» «ZIP»

Exhibit A

A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if any of the events set forth in any one of the following paragraphs shall have occurred:

(a)    any Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 50% or more of either the then outstanding common shares of beneficial interest of the Company or the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities, excluding any Person who becomes such a Beneficial Owner in connection with a transaction described in paragraph (c)(i) below;

(b)    the following individuals cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the number of Trustees then serving: individuals who, on the date of the Agreement, constitute the Board and any new Trustee (other than a Trustee whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including but not limited to a consent solicitation, relating to the election of Trustees) whose appointment or election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved or recommended by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the Trustees then in office who either were Trustees on the date of the Agreement or whose appointment, election or nomination for election was previously so approved or recommended;

(c)    there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company with any other entity, other than (i) a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or any parent thereof) at least 50% of the combined voting power of the securities of the Company or such surviving entity or any parent thereof outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (ii) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) in which no Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including in the securities Beneficially Owned by such Person any securities acquired directly from the Company or its Affiliates) representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities; or 

(d)    the shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or there is consummated an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, other than a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to an entity, at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Company immediately prior to such sale.

A “Termination Event” shall occur if The RMR Group LLC (or any entity controlled by, under common control with or controlling The RMR Group LLC) ceases to be the manager or shared services provider to the Company. 

For purposes of the definitions set forth on this Exhibit A, the following definitions shall apply, with capitalized terms used but not defined in this Exhibit A having the meaning set forth in the Plan:

“Affiliate” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.

“Agreement” shall mean the Share Award Agreement to which this Exhibit A is attached.

“Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“Person” shall have the meaning given in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act, as modified and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, except that such term shall not include (i) the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its Affiliates, (iii) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities and (iv) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of shares of the Company.

“Trustee” is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Company.

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