Document:

Guyana

                County of
Demerara

EXPLORATION AND MINING AGREEMENT

                BY THIS AGREEMENT  made and entered into at Georgetown, Demerara, Republic of Guyana, this 2nd day of November, 2004, BY:- NORTH AMERICAN RESOURCES INCORPORATED LIMITED, of 88 C&D Barrack Street, Kingston, Georgetown, aforesaid (“the Permittee” which term
shall wheresoever the context so admits include its successors) of the one part;

And

AMR GOLD (GUYANA) INC., of North Road and King Street, Georgetown, aforesaid (“the Company” which term shall wheresoever
the context so admits include its successors) of the other part.

	 

	 	WHEREAS  the Permittee has been granted sole and exclusive licences to enter upon the Mining Claims and
Mining Blocks covered by the Prospecting Permits more fully described and set out in the Schedule
hereto (“the permitted areas”) by the property-holders GARFIELD POLLARD and EDWARD HOPKINSON respectively. 
		 
	 	AND WHEREAS   the Company wishes to enter upon the permitted areas and to carry out prospecting and/or
mining activities thereon as a sub-licensee of the Permittee.

	

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	 	AND WHEREAS  the Permittee agrees to the Company carrying on exploration and/or mining operations upon the
permitted areas as a sub-licensee of the Permittee upon the terms and conditions herein reserved.
		 
	 	  NOW THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH AS FOLLOWS:-

	 
	
Interpretation

	 

	 	Any reference to any body, arm, agency or functionary of the State of Guyana shall include a reference
to any body, arm, agency or functionary, which replaces it from time to time.
		 
	 	References to the singular shall wheresoever possible include references to the plural and vice versa.
		 
	 	“Blocks” shall mean all or any of the 3 (three) Mining Blocks (Medium Scale) held by EDWARD HOPKINSON situate at Konawaruk within the Potaro Mining District (No. 3) and more fully described and set out
in the Schedule hereto.
		 
	 	“Board” means the Guyana Gold Board.
		 
	 	“Claims” shall mean all or any of the 5 (five) mining claims held in the name of GARFIELD POLLARD and more fully set out and described in the Schedule hereto.
		 
	 	“GGMC” shall include a reference to any arm, body agency or functionary of the State of Guyana, charged
with the responsibility of regulating mining within Guyana.

	

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	 	“Permitted Areas” shall mean the lands comprising the claims and the blocks. 
		 
	 	“PPMS’” shall mean Prospecting Permits (Medium Scale) issued by the GGMC. 
		 

		 	“Mining operations” shall bear the same meaning as in the Mining Act, 1989. 

	 
	
Licence

	 

		1.	The Permittee hereby grants onto the Company a non-exclusive right to enter upon the claims and blocks or any part thereof situate at Konawaruk, within the Potaro
Mining District (No. 3) (the permitted areas) and to carry on prospecting and/or mining operations
thereon, and/or do or perform anything incidental thereto, upon the terms and conditions herein reserved.
The License hereby granted shall not constitute the Company the agent of the Permittee in any manner
or for any reason whatsoever. The Permittee and Company hereby agree that the licence granted hereby
shall apply to all deposits of gold and diamonds upon or within the permitted areas or any part thereof. 

	 
	
Duration of Agreement

	 

		2.	This Agreement shall subsist for a period of 10 (ten) consecutive calendar years from the date hereof.

	

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Consideration

	 

		3.	The Company shall pay to the Permittee, as consideration for this Agreement 10% (ten) percentum of
the gross value of all gold and diamonds produced and/or recovered from the permitted areas or any
part thereof. “Gross value” shall mean the market value of the said gold or diamonds less
and taxes or royalty due to the State of Guyana in respect of the said gold and diamonds. 

	 
	
Renewal/maintenance of PPMS’s/Claim Licences

	 

		4.	The Company shall keep all or any PPMS’s and/or Claim Licences current and valid at all times
and shall renew the PPMS’s and Claim Licences promptly as the times for renewal shall arise.
The Company shall have sole responsibility for the maintenance of the permitted areas or any part
thereof, at its sole expense. The Company shall pay all acreage and other like fees due to the State
of Guyana for the renewal of the PPMS’s and/or Claim Licences.

	 
	
Responsibility for markings

	 

		5.	The Company shall have sole responsibility for ensuring that all lines, markings boards, or other demarcations
of whatsoever type or description lawfully required to be kept or maintained from time to time by
the GGMC under the Laws of Guyana, shall be kept or maintained in good condition at its expense for
the duration of the License hereby created.

	

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Observance of laws

	 

		6.	The Company hereby represents, warrants and undertakes to carry out all or any prospecting and/or mining
operations upon the permitted areas or any part thereof in strict accordance with and observance
of the Laws of Guyana, including the Mining Act and the Regulations made pursuant thereto, the Geology and Mines Act and the Regulations made pursuant thereto, and the Environmental Protection Act and the Regulations made pursuant thereto.

	 
	
Force majeure

	 

		7.	Neither party to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in breach of performance of any obligation due
hereunder where performance of the said obligation is not possible due to any cause or circumstance
beyond that party’s control including outbreak of war, hostilities, civil commotion, riot, fire,
flood, earthquake, landslide, hurricane or other natural disaster. Should any of the aforesaid circumstances
occur, performance of the affected obligation shall be suspended until the circumstance no longer
exists. 

	 
	
Permittee not liable for acts of Company

	 

		8.	Nothing in this Agreement shall render the Permittee liable to any person for any act or omission of
the Company, its servants and/or agents, upon the permitted areas or any part thereof AND the Company hereby agrees to indemnify in full and hold the Permittee harmless from any liability
howsoever arising caused by the Company’s acts or omissions. 

	

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Ownership of equipment

	 

		9.	The Permittee hereby acknowledges and confirms that all or any plant, machinery and/or prospecting
and/or mining equipment upon the permitted areas is the sole and exclusive property of the Company
at all times. 

	 
	
Sole right to control Company’s 

  operations upon permitted areas

	 

		10.	The Company shall have the sole right to manage and to direct how its prospecting and/or mining operations
shall be carried on upon the permitted areas or any part thereof. Nothing in this Agreement shall
be construed as entitling the Permittee to direct how the Company’s prospecting and/or mining
operations shall be carried on upon the permitted areas or any part thereof, in any manner whatsoever.
			 
		11.	All persons upon the permitted areas shall be the servants, agents and/or assigns of the Company, and
nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as constituting any such person the servant, agent or
assign of the Permittee or any third party.

	

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Ownership/sale of gold and diamonds

	 

		12.	All or any gold and diamonds recovered by the Company upon the permitted areas or any part thereof
from the date hereof shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company, save and except for
the 10% (ten percentum) payment reserved by paragraph 2 hereof which shall be the sole property of
the Permittee. Where required by law, all gold production should be sold to the Guyana Gold Board
or its duly authorised agents. Diamonds and/or other precious stones may be sold by the Licensees
to any such merchant it may see fit provided always that it shall obtain fair market value therefor.
In the event of any dispute between the parties as to what constitutes fair market value, the opinion of KAY’S DIAMOND ENTERPRISE (or should this company no longer exist, any other person, firm or company which is the pre-eminent
diamond merchant operating within Georgetown) shall be conclusive.

	 
	
Operations not to interfere with Permittees’

	 

		13.	The Company shall ensure that its prospecting and/or mining activities do not interfere with those
of the Permittee, its servants, agents, or licensees, in any manner whatsoever. The Company shall
ensure that its operations are carried out no less than 1⁄4 (one quarter) of a linear mile from
those of the Permittee, its servants, agents, or licensees. 

	

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Appointment of Ranger/Verification

	 

		14.	During the mining phase, the Permittee shall have the right to appoint a person as its agent (the Ranger) and to station him upon the permitted areas for the purpose of verification of all or any matters
the subject of this Agreement.
			 
		15.	The Company shall be obliged to make reasonable provision upon the permitted areas for the board and
lodging of the Ranger for as long as the Permittee shall require him to be present upon the permitted
areas as aforesaid, at the Company’s sole expense.
			 
		16.	The Ranger shall be present at all or any clean-ups by the Company, its servants and/or agents, to
verify the amounts of any gold, precious metals, minerals and/or things of value recovered by the
Company during the said clean-ups.
			 
		17.	The Company shall take all steps as are reasonable to ensure that the Production Record required to
be kept by the GGMC is duly and faithfully kept, and the Ranger shall be entitled to inspect it from
time to time at reasonable times within the daylight hours, for the purposes of verification of any
matter the subject of this Agreement. 

	 
	
Confidentiality

	 

		18.	Neither the Permittee nor the Company shall either during the subsistence of this Agreement or after
its termination, disclose to any person save where required by law, any information relating to the
affairs or business of each other the Permittee or Company which that party has acquired as a result
of entering into this Agreement SAVE AND EXCEPT where required to by law.

	

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Termination

	 

		19.	In the event of a material breach by the Company, the Permittee shall issue the Company with notice
in writing of such breach. The Company shall remedy its breach within 21 (twenty-one) days of the
receipt of notice as aforesaid. Should the Company fail to remedy the breach within 21 (twenty-one)
of receipt of notice of breach as aforesaid, the Permittee shall have the right to terminate this
Agreement immediately.
			 
		20.	Such termination shall be without prejudice to any right or remedy possessed by either or both of the
parties against the other existing prior to the date of termination

	 
	
Arbitration

	 

		21.	Any dispute between the Permittee and the Company arising out of this Agreement which has not been
resolved between the parties themselves may after 14 (fourteen) days of the arising of the dispute
be referred to arbitration by either party.
			 
		22.	The arbitration shall be conducted by a single arbitrator appointed by the parties, or where they are
unable to agree upon an arbitrator after 14 (fourteen) days of the matter being referred to arbitration
as aforesaid, the arbitrator shall be appointed by the Commissioner of the GGMC. 

	

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		23.	The findings of the arbitrator and his award shall be final and binding upon both the Permittee and
the Company. 
			 
		24.	All expenses of the arbitration shall be borne equally by the Permittee and the Company.

	 
	
Amendment/variation

	 

		25.	Any amendment or variation of this Agreement or any part thereof, shall only be valid if it is in writing,
and is notarially executed and duly witnessed by the parties hereto. 

	 
	
Waiver

	 

		26.	The partial exercise or any failure to exercise any right conferred by this Agreement, by a party hereto,
shall not constitute a waiver of such right. No waiver or forbearance of any breach by a party shall
be binding on the waiving party unless it is express and in writing.
			 
		27.	Should any part or provision of this Agreement be deemed to be null, void, or unenforceable by any
court of competent jurisdiction within the Republic of Guyana, the remainder of this Agreement shall
be deemed valid, and of full force and effect according to law.

	 
	
Notices

	 

		28.	Any notice required to be given to one party by the other pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing
and shall be delivered personally, or by registered post, or e-mail transmission, to the below-stated
addresses of the party which is to receive it, or such other address as the recipient shall specify
in writing from time to time:-

	

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	 	                The Permittee
	 	                88 C&D
Barrack Street,
	 	                Kingston,
	 	                Georgetown.
	 	                naril@networksgy.com
	 	 
	 	                The Company
	 	                North Road
& King Street,
	 	                Georgetown.
	 	                ramjatan@guyana.net.gy.com

	 
	                IN WITNESS WHEREOF  the parties hereto have hereunder set their hands and delivered this as their act and deed on the date first above written in the presence of the subscribing witnesses hereto.
	 	 
	 	       s/
	 	————————
	 	The Permittee
	 	 
	 	 	       s/
	 	————————
	 	The Company
	 	 
	AS WITNESSES:-
	 
	1.            s/
	      ————————
	  
	2.            s/
	      ————————

	

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AND IN MY PRESENCE

QUOD ATTESTOR

 

	s/

	————————

	 
	NOTARY PUBLIC

	

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SCHEDULE “A”

(The Claims/Mining Blocks/ Permitted Areas)

All of the lands comprising 5 (five) Mining Claims and 3 (three) Mining Blocks covered by the Claims
and Prospecting Permits Medium Scale listed below:- 

	Type of property:	Location:	Property-holder:
	
	 	
	 	
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Claim: Bad	 	Konawaruk	 	Garfield Pollard.	 
	Claim: Again	 	Konawaruk	 	Garfield Pollard.	 
	Claim: Again#1	 	Konawaruk	 	Garfield Pollard.	 
	Claim: Again#2	 	Konawaruk	 	Garfield Pollard.	 
	Claim: Again#3	 	Konawaruk	 	Garfield Pollard.	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	PPMS/909/03	 	Konawaruk	 	Edward Hopkinson.	 
	PPMS/910/03	 	Konawaruk	 	Edward Hopkinson.	 
	PPMS/911/03	 	Konawaruk	 	Edward Hopkinson.	 

	

13AMENDMENT 2002-1

Exhibit 10.1

FIRST AMENDMENT

TO

INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT

 

This First Amendment to Independent Contractor Agreement (the "Amendment") is entered into effective as of January 1, 2005 by and between Internet Capital Group Operations, Inc. (the "Company"), Wayne Strategy Consultants, Inc. ("Wayne Strategy") and Dr. Michael Zisman, the sole shareholder of Wayne Strategy ("Dr. Zisman" and, together with Wayne Strategy, "Contractor").

WHEREAS, the Company and Contractor entered into the Independent Contractor Agreement dated as of August 17, 2004 (the "Agreement"); and

WHEREAS, the Company and Contractor desire to amend the Agreement in accordance with the terms of this Amendment.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and promises contained in this Agreement, the Company and Contractor hereby agree as follows:

Section 3 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following language:

Scope of Work and Compensation.  From January 1, 2005 until the Termination Date, it is anticipated that Dr. Zisman will devote approximately 90% of his full business time and effort providing services to the Company.  As compensation for Contractor's performance of services under this Agreement and as consideration for the restrictive covenants contained in this Agreement, the Company shall pay Contractor $360,000 per annum (pro rated for any partial calendar years).  Additionally, Contractor shall be eligible to participate in the Company's incentive bonus plan.  Contractor's target bonus will initially be $360,000 (pro rated for any partial calendar year).  Determination of the amount of any bonus for Consultant shall take into account the overall percentage of target bonus declared by the Company's Board of Directors or Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.   The Company shall continue to provide Contractor with a blackberry, office space and administrative support.  The Company shall reimburse Contractor for direct business expenses that are properly documented.  Additionally, management will recommend to the Compensation Committee of the Company's Board of Directors that (a) Consultant be awarded 48,000 shares of restricted stock that vest in a manner similar to the vesting schedule for employee restricted stock grants made in July, 2004 and (b) Consultant be awarded additional equity grants in the future similar to those to be awarded to the managing directors of ICG.  Consultant agrees that this obligation of the Company shall be lieu of any prior obligation on the part of the Company to make a recommendation regarding restricted stock.  Consultant acknowledges that the Company's ability to award shares of restricted stock is currently limited based on the current availability of shares for grant under the Company's existing equity compensation plan.  

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound, have duly executed this Amendment as of January 18, 2005.

	 
	 	

INTERNET CAPITAL GROUP OPERATIONS, INC.
	 
	 
	
	
	

By:  
	

/s/ Anthony P. Dolanski______

	
	
	

Name:
	

Anthony P. Dolanski

	

 
	 	

Title:
	

Chief Financial Officer

	 
	

        

	 	

WAYNE STRATEGY CONSULTANTS, INC.
	 
	 
	

	 	

By:  
	

/s/ Michael D. Zisman______

	
	
	

Name:
	

Michael D. Zisman

	

 
	 	

Title:
	

President

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