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Exhibit 10.25    
    

Advanced
Medicine 

June 30,
2000
 Revised offer

David
Brinkley

62 Giggleswick Way

Edison, NJ 08820 

Dear
David: 

Advanced
Medicine, Inc. ("AMI" or the "Company") is pleased to offer you the exempt position of Senior Vice President Business Development, reporting to Marty Glick. Your salary on an
annualized basis will be $230,000. You will also be eligible to participate in Advanced Medicine's Management Incentive Bonus up to 30% of your base salary. In addition, you will be paid an employment
bonus of $50,000, grossed up and payable in your first paycheck. If you choose to leave AMI within the first year of your employment this bonus will be fully repayable to Advanced Medicine. Please see
page three for relocation and additional details of your offer of employment. 

Pursuant
to your Consulting Agreement dated June 17, 2000, you have been granted an option to purchase 200,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company. After your employment start date, you will
continue to vest in such option shares pursuant to the terms of the Stock Option Agreement and the Company's Stock Option Plan. Your employment start date will be September 1st,
2000. 

AMI
provides a comprehensive company-paid benefits package that begins on your first day of employment. Your benefits are provided by AMI at no cost to you. Dependent coverage is also
provided at minimal cost. Included are medical, vision and dental coverage, life insurance, long-term disability insurance and a flexible spending plan. Additionally, we offer a 401(k)
plan, which provides you with the opportunity for pre-tax long-term savings by deferring 1-15% of your annual salary. You will also receive 3 weeks of paid vacation
per year. Additional information will be provided at New Employee Orientation shortly after you begin employment. 

You
will abide by AMI's strict company policy that prohibits any new employee from using or bringing with them from any prior employer any confidential information, trade secrets, proprietary
materials or processes of such former employers. As a consideration of employment, you will be required to sign our Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement. In addition, you will be required
to present the documents establishing your legal right to work in the United States as required by the government's Form I-9. 

While
we hope that your employment with the Company will be mutually satisfactory, employment with AMI is for no specific period of time. As a result; either you or the Company are free to terminate
your employment relationship at any time for any reason, with or without cause. This is the full and complete agreement between us on this term. Although your job duties, title, compensation and
benefits, as well as the Company's personnel policies and procedures, may change from time-to-time, the "at-will" nature of your employment may only be changed in
an express writing signed by you and a Senior Officer of the Company. 

Relocation
Assistance

For

David Brinkley 

	•
	AMI
will provide you with a $230,000 loan. The terms of this loan will be as follows: This loan will be forgiven on your 5th year anniversary of employment.
This loan will be provided to you as an interest free loan during the course of your employment. Since AMI will be providing this loan to you interest free, the Internal Revenue Service requires that
AMI treat the interest portion of this loan as income to you. In order to meet this requirement, your year end W-2 income will reflect an interest rate of prime, plus 2%, as income to you.
You should consult your tax advisor regarding the 

 

deductibility
of this interest income on your tax return. This loan will be full-recourse and secured by a second deed of trust on your residence. If your employment with AMI terminates
for any reason, the amount outstanding under the loan will be completely repayable 90 days after your last date of employment. 

	•
	We
will also provide you with a forgivable loan to assist you with the purchase of your new hire stock option. This loan will be forgiven on your 5th year
anniversary of employment.

	•
	We
will provide you with 90 days of temporary living expenses. Our intention is to assist you in a transition which minimizes disruption and minimize our cost.

	•
	We
will provide you with one trip per month to New Jersey for purposes of visiting with your family and finalizing the sale of your home. This provision will be effective
for three months. 

There
are two copies of this letter enclosed; if all of the foregoing is satisfactory, please sign and date each copy, and return one copy to me in the enclosed envelope marked confidential, saving
the other copy for yourself. 

We
are very excited about you joining our team, and we look forward to working with you in our innovative young company! We look forward to your being an important member of the AMI team and
determining a mutually convenient start date as soon as possible. 

If
you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me at 650-808-6181. 

Sincerely, 

/s/  YVONNE GEHRING      

Yvonne
Gehring

Manager, Human Resources 

Foregoing
terms and conditions hereby accepted: 

	

Signed:	

/s/  DAVID L. BRINKLEY      
	
 	

 
	

Date:	

7/7/00
	
 	

 

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Exhibit 10.25MINERAL PROPERTY OPTION AGREEMENT

MINERAL PROPERTY PURCHASE AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT dated for reference June 26, 2004.

BETWEEN:

DAVID HEYMAN, of 6964A 224th Street, Langley, B.C., V2Y 2K5; and

(the "Vendor")

OF THE FIRST PART

AND:

SHEER VENTURES, INC., a body corporate, duly incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada and having an office at 1030 - 475 Howe Street, Vancouver, B.C., V6C 2B3;

(the "Purchaser")

OF THE SECOND PART

W H E R E A S:

A.

The Vendor is the owner of certain mineral claims located in the Alberni Mining Division, British Columbia, which claims are more particularly described in Schedule "A" attached hereto which forms a material part hereof (collectively, the "Claims");

B.

The Vendor has agreed to sell and the Purchaser has agreed to purchase a 100% right, interest and title in and to the Claims upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;

NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH that in consideration of the mutual covenants and provisos herein contained, THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

1.

VENDOR’S REPRESENTATIONS

1.1

The Vendor represents and warrants to the Purchaser that:

(a)

The Vendor is the registered and beneficial owner of the Claims and holds the right to transfer title to the Claims and to explore and develop the Claims;

(b)

The Vendor holds the Claims free and clear of all liens, charges and claims of others, and the Vendor has a free and unimpeded right of access to the Claims and has use of the Claims surface for the herein purposes;

(c)

The Claims have been duly and validly located and recorded in a good and miner-like manner pursuant to the laws of British Columbia and are in good standing in British Columbia as of the date of this Agreement;

(d)

There are no adverse claims or challenges against or to the Vendor’s ownership of or title to any of the Claims nor to the knowledge of the Vendor is there any basis therefor, and there are no outstanding agreements or options to acquire or purchase the Claims or any portion thereof;

(e)

The Vendor has the full right, authority and capacity to enter into this Agreement without first obtaining the consent of any other person or body corporate and the consummation of the transaction herein contemplated will not conflict with or result in any breach of any covenants or agreements contained in, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation of any encumbrance under the provisions of any indenture, agreement or other instrument whatsoever to which the Vendor is a party or by which he is bound or to which he is subject; and

(f)

No proceedings are pending for, and the Vendor is unaware of any basis for, the institution of any proceedings which could lead to the placing of either Vendor in bankruptcy, or in any position similar to bankruptcy.

1.2

The representations and warranties of the Vendor set out in paragraph 1.1 above form a part of this Agreement and are conditions upon which the Purchaser has relied in entering into this Agreement and shall survive the acquisition of any interest in the Claims by the Purchaser.

2.

THE PURCHASER'S REPRESENTATIONS

The Purchaser warrants and represents to the Vendor that it is a body corporate, duly incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada with full power and absolute capacity to enter into this Agreement and that the terms of this Agreement have been authorized by all necessary corporate acts and deeds in order to give effect to the terms hereof.

3.

SALE OF CLAIMS

The Vendor hereby sells, grants and devises to the Purchaser a 100% undivided right, title and interest in and to the Claims in consideration of the Purchaser paying $6,500 to the Vendor upon the closing of this Agreement.

4.

CLOSING

The sale and purchase of the interest in the Claims shall be closed concurrently with the execution of this Agreement at 5:30 P.M. on June 26, 2004 at the offices of the Purchaser, or such other place and time acceptable to both parties.

5.

FORCE MAJEURE

If the Purchaser is prevented from or delayed in complying with any provisions of this Agreement by reason of strikes, labour disputes, lockouts, labour shortages, power shortages, fires, wars, acts of God, governmental regulations restricting normal operations or any other reason or reasons beyond the control of the Purchaser, the time limited for the performance of the various provisions of this Agreement as set out above shall be extended by a period of time equal in length to the period of such prevention and delay, and the Purchaser, insofar as is possible, shall promptly give written notice to the Vendor of the particulars of the reasons for any prevention or delay under this section, and shall take all reasonable steps to remove the cause of such prevention or delay and shall give written notice to the Vendor as soon as such cause ceases to exist.

6.

ENTIRE AGREEMENT

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement to date between the parties hereto and supersedes every previous agreement, communication, expectation, negotiation, representation or understanding, whether oral or written, express or implied, statutory or otherwise, between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.

7.

NOTICE

7.1

Any notice required to be given under this Agreement shall be deemed to be well and sufficiently given if delivered to the other party at its respective address first noted above, and any notice given as aforesaid shall be deemed to have been given, if delivered, when delivered, or if mailed, on the fourth business day after the date of mailing thereof.

7.2

Either party may from time to time by notice in writing change its address for the purpose of this paragraph.

8.

RELATIONSHIP OF PARTIES

Nothing contained in this Agreement shall, except to the extent specifically authorized hereunder, be deemed to constitute either party a partner, agent or legal representative of the other party.

9.

FURTHER ASSURANCES

The parties hereto agree to do or cause to be done all acts or things necessary to implement and carry into effect the provisions and intent of this Agreement.

10.

TIME OF ESSENCE

Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement.

11.

TITLES

The titles to the respective sections hereof shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement but shall be regarded as having been used for convenience only.

12.

CURRENCY

All funds referred to under the terms of this Agreement shall be funds designated in the lawful currency of the United States of America.

13.

NONSEVERABILITY

This Agreement shall be considered and construed as a single instrument and the failure to perform any of the terms and conditions in this Agreement shall constitute a violation or breach of the entire instrument or Agreement and shall constitute the basis for cancellation or termination.

14.

APPLICABLE LAW

The situs of the Agreement is Vancouver, British Columbia, and for all purposes this Agreement will be governed exclusively by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws prevailing in the Province of British Columbia.

15.

ENUREMENT

This Agreement shall enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF this Agreement has been executed as of the day and year first above written.

SHEER VENTURES, INC.

/s/ David Heyman

per:  /s/ Doug Berry

______________________________

______________________________

David Heyman

Doug Berry, President

SCHEDULE "A"

The Claims consist in the aggregate of two mineral claims located in the Alberni Mining Division, British Columbia with the following claim numbers:

Name of Claim

Tenure Number

 

     Eliza 1

     411691

     Eliza 2

     411692

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