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Exhibit 4.1

 

FORM
OF CERTIFICATE FOR SHARES OF 6.75%
SERIES G CUMULATIVE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK

 

			
	 
	Number *1*
	 	Shares [     ]

	 	 	 
	 

	 	SEE REVERSE FOR IMPORTANT

NOTICE ON TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS

AND OTHER INFORMATION
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	CUSIP: 902653401

UDR, INC.

a Corporation Formed Under the Laws of the State of Maryland

THIS CERTIFIES THAT [     ] is the owner of [          ] ([     ]) fully paid and nonassessable
shares of 6.75% Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, no par value, of

UDR, Inc.

(the “Corporation”) transferable on the books of the Corporation by the holder hereof in person or
by its duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. This
Certificate and the shares represented hereby are issued and shall be held subject to all of the
provisions of the Charter of the Corporation and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation
and any amendments thereto. This Certificate is not valid unless countersigned and registered by
the Transfer Agent and Registrar.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate to be executed on its behalf by its
duly authorized officers.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	DATED
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Countersigned and Registered: 

Transfer Agent and Registrar

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	 	 	 	 	 	(SEAL)
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 

President
	 	 
	 
	By:
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 
	 	 	 	 
	 Authorized Signature	 	 	 	Secretary

 

 

IMPORTANT NOTICE

The shares of 6.75% Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, no par value, represented
by this certificate are subject to restrictions on transfer for the purpose of the Corporation’s
maintenance of its status as a real estate investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the “Code”). No person may (1) Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of
Equity Stock in excess of 9.9% of the value of the outstanding Equity Stock of the Corporation; or
(2) Beneficially Own Equity Stock that would result in the Corporation’s being “closely held” under
Section 856(h) of the Code. Any Person who attempts to Beneficially Own or Constructively Own
shares of Equity Stock in excess of the above limitations must immediately notify the Corporation.
All capitalized terms in this legend have the meanings defined in the Charter, as the same may be
further amended from time to time, a copy of which, including the restrictions on transfer, will be
sent without charge to each stockholder who so requests. If the restrictions on transfer are
violated, the shares of Equity Stock represented hereby will be automatically exchanged for shares
of Excess Stock which will be held in trust by the Corporation.

The Corporation will furnish to any stockholder, on request and without charge, a full statement of
the information required by Section 2-211(b) of the Maryland General Corporation Law with respect
to the designations and any preferences, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends
and other distributions, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption of the stock of
each class which the Corporation has authority to issue and, if the Corporation is authorized to
issue any preferred or special class in series, (i) the differences in the relative rights and
preferences between the shares of each series to the extent set, and (ii) the authority of the
Board of Directors to set such rights and preferences of subsequent series. The foregoing summary
does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the
Charter of the Corporation, a copy of which will be sent without charge to each stockholder who so
requests. Such request must be made to the Secretary of the Corporation at its principal office or
to the Transfer Agent.

     The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate,
shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or
regulations:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	TEN COM
	 	-
	 	as tenants in common
	 	UNIF GIFT MIN 

ACT                              
	 	Custodian                     
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	TEN ENT
	 	-
	 	as tenants by the entireties
	 	                         (Custodian)
	 	(Minor)
	 	 	JT TEN	 	-	 	as joint tenants with right of

survivorship and not as tenants in common	 	under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act 

of                                                                                 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	(State)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

FOR VALUE RECEIVED,                      HEREBY SELLS, ASSIGNS AND TRANSFERS UNTO

 

 

(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE AND SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER, OF ASSIGNEE)

                                         (                    ) shares of 6.75% Series G Cumulative Redeemable
Preferred Stock, no par value, of the Corporation represented by this Certificate and do hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint                                          attorney to transfer the said
shares of 6.75% Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, no par value, on the books of the
Corporation, with full power of substitution in the premises.

NOTICE: The signature to this Assignment must correspond with the name as written
upon the face of the Certificate in every particular, without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatsoever.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	Datedexv10w1

 

Exhibit 10.1

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

FOR

CANYON RESOURCES CORPORATION

     Canyon Resources Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and
            
           
           
       (“Investor”), in consideration of the mutual promises contained in this
Subscription Agreement (this “Agreement”) and the performance and payment described in this
Agreement, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, mutually agree as follows:

     1. Subscription. Investor hereby subscribes for and offers to purchase           shares
(the “Shares”) of common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company at a
purchase price of $0.561 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $           (the “Purchase
Price”). In addition, as part of the subscription (and for no additional consideration), Investor
shall be issued            Series A warrants, at an exercise price of $0.64 per share and exercisable
for one (1) year from the effective date of the Initial Registration Statement (as defined in
Section 5(b) hereof) commencing on the date that is six (6) months from the date of issuance (the
“Series A Warrants”); and (B)            Series B warrants, at an exercise price of $0.704 per share and
exercisable for four (4) years from the date of issuance commencing on the date that is six (6)
months from the date of issuance (the “Series B Warrants” and together with Series A Warrants, the
“Warrants”). Each whole Series A Warrant and Series B Warrant will be exercisable into one (1)
share of Common Stock (the “Warrant Shares” and collectively with the Shares and the Warrants, the
“Securities”).

     2. Representations and Warranties of Investor. Investor hereby represents and
warrants as follows:

     (a) Investor is experienced in evaluating and investing in mining companies such as the
Company. Investor has substantial knowledge regarding, and experience in, financial and business
matters, including knowledge and experience in investing in and evaluating private placement
transactions of securities in companies similar to the Company. Investor is capable of evaluating
the risks and merits of its investment in the Company and has the capacity to protect his, her or
its own interests. Investor has been furnished all information necessary to enable it to evaluate
the merits and risks of an investment in the Company.

     (b) Investor is acquiring the Securities for investment for his, her or its own account and
not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, any distribution thereof, except in
compliance with applicable securities laws, and Investor has no present intention of selling or
distributing the Securities, and will not sell or distribute such Securities; provided,
however, that by making the representations herein, Investor does not agree to hold the
Securities for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to dispose of the
Securities at any time in accordance with Federal and state securities laws applicable to such
disposition. Investor understands that as of the date of this Agreement the Securities have not
been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”). Investor understands
that Investor has neither the right to require the Company or any underwriter to register the
Securities under the Act or state securities laws at any time nor the right to join in any future
registration of shares of capital stock by the Company except as set forth herein.

 

 

     (c) Investor acknowledges that, because the Securities have not been registered under the Act,
the Securities that Investor receives at the closing of its investment must be held indefinitely
unless subsequently registered under the Act or an exemption from such registration is available.
Investor is aware of the provisions of Rule 144 promulgated under the Act that permits limited
resale of securities purchased in a private placement subject to the satisfaction of certain
conditions, including, among other things, the resale occurring not less than one year after a
party has purchased and paid for the security to be sold. Investor understands that at the present
time Rule 144 is not applicable with respect to the Securities and may not be applicable in the
future.

     (d) Investor has read, understood, and is familiar with the Company’s public filings available
at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “Commission”) website and has had an opportunity
to discuss in detail the Company’s business, management and financial affairs with, and to ask
questions of, the Company’s executive officers with regard to the Company, its businesses and other
information relevant to Investor, and has reviewed all documents and records of the Company which
the Company has provided in response to Investor’s request and has had an opportunity to request
and review all documents necessary to fully evaluate the investment decision.

     (e) Investor is financially able to bear the economic risk of investment in the Securities,
including a total loss of investment. Investor has adequate means of providing for its current
needs and has no need for liquidity in its investment in the Securities and has no reason to
anticipate any material change in its financial condition in the foreseeable future. Investor
understands that the acquisition of the Securities is an investment involving a risk of loss and
there is no guarantee that Investor will realize any gain from such investment, and that he, she or
it could lose the total amount of such investment. Investor understands that neither the
Commission nor any other U.S. federal or state agency has reviewed the proposed offering of
Securities or made any finding or determination of fairness of the offering of Securities or any
recommendation or endorsement of such investment.

     (f) No representations or warranties have been made to Investor by the Company or any of its
agents, managers, employees or affiliates, and in entering into the present transaction Investor is
not relying on any information, other than from the results of independent investigation by
Investor. Investor understands that the Securities are being offered to him, her or it in reliance
on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of U.S. federal and state securities laws
and that the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of the representations, warranties,
agreements, acknowledgements and understandings of Investor set forth herein in order to determine
the applicability of such exemptions and the suitability of Investor to acquire the Securities.

     (g) Investor has not been organized for the specific purpose of acquiring Securities.

     (h) Investor has its principal residence in the state or jurisdiction set forth on the
signature page to this Agreement, and the address and social security number or federal tax
identification number, if any, set forth below is the true and correct address and social security
number or federal tax identification number of Investor. Investor has no present intention of
becoming a resident of another state or jurisdiction.

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     (i) The information set forth in this Agreement is true, complete and correct, and Investor is
aware that the Company and its counsel will rely on the information, representations and warranties
set forth in this Agreement in accepting or rejecting Investor’s offer to purchase the Securities.
Investor has accurately and fully completed the Accredited Investor Certification attached as
Exhibit A to this Agreement, which is incorporated in this Agreement by this reference.
Investor represents that the information contained in Exhibit A to this Agreement is
complete and accurate and may be relied upon by the Company and its officers, directors, and
control persons. Investor hereby covenants to notify the Company immediately of any material
change in any of the information contained in Exhibit A prior to the acceptance by the
Company of his, her or its subscription.

     (j) Investor acknowledges that no general solicitation or general advertising (including
communications published in any newspaper, magazine or other broadcast) has been received by him,
her or it and that no public solicitation or advertisement with respect to the offering of the
Securities has been made to him, her or it.

     (k) Investor understands that his, her or its subscription for the Securities is subject to
acceptance by the Company, in whole or in part, and understands that his, her or its subscription
offer may not be withdrawn.

     (l) Investor has not made an overall commitment to investments that are not readily marketable
that is disproportionate to his, her or its net worth, and his, her or its investment in the
Securities will not cause such overall commitment to become excessive.

     (m) Investor is an “accredited investor,” as such term is defined under Rule 501 of Regulation
D promulgated under the Act. Investor is not required to be registered as a broker-dealer under
Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and Investor is
not a broker-dealer.

     (n) During the period from the day Investor was initially contacted by Kuhn Brothers, Inc.
(“Kuhn Brothers”) regarding a potential investment in the Company until the date hereof, neither
Investor nor, to any Investor’s knowledge, any affiliate of such Investor that (i) has or had
knowledge of the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) has or shares discretion relating to such
Investor’s investments or trading or information concerning such Investor’s investments, including
in respect of the Securities, or (iii) is subject to such Investor’s review or input concerning
such affiliate’s investments or trading (collectively, “Trading Affiliates”) has, directly or
indirectly, effected or agreed to effect any transactions in the securities of the Company,
including any short sale, whether or not against the box, established any “put equivalent position”
(as defined in Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act) with respect to the Common Stock, granted any
other right (including, without limitation, any put or call option) with respect to the Common
Stock or with respect to any security that includes, relates to or derived any significant part of
its value from the Common Stock (each, a “Prohibited Transaction”). Such Investor shall not, and
shall cause its Trading Affiliates not to, engage, directly or indirectly, in a Prohibited
Transaction during the period from the date hereof until the earlier of (A) such time as the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement are closed and publicly announced and (B) this
Agreement is terminated.

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     3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents and
warrants to Investor (except as set forth in the Commission Documents (as defined in Section 3(f))
or on the Schedule of Exceptions attached hereto with each numbered Schedule corresponding to the
section number herein), as follows:

     (a) Organization, Good Standing and Power. The Company is a corporation duly
incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has
the requisite corporate power to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to conduct
its business as it is now being conducted. The Company does not have any Subsidiaries (as defined
in Section 3(g)) or own securities of any kind in any other entity. The Company and each such
Subsidiary is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to do business and is in good standing in
every jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such
qualification necessary except for any jurisdiction(s) (alone or in the aggregate) in which the
failure to be so qualified will not have a Material Adverse Effect. For the purposes of this
Agreement, “Material Adverse Effect” means any effect on the business, results of operations,
assets or financial condition of the Company that is material and adverse to the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole and/or any condition, circumstance, or situation that would prohibit
or otherwise materially interfere with the ability of the Company from entering into and performing
any of its obligations under this Agreement and the Warrants in any material respect.

     (b) Authorization; Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate power and
authority to enter into and perform this Agreement and the Warrants and to issue and sell the
Securities in accordance with the terms hereof. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated thereby have
been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and no further consent or
authorization of the Company, its Board of Directors or stockholders is required. When executed
and delivered by the Company, each of this Agreement and the Warrants shall constitute a valid and
binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium,
liquidation, conservatorship, receivership or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the
enforcement of, creditor’s rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general
application.

     (c) Capitalization. The authorized capital stock of the Company as of May 15, 2007 is
set forth on Schedule 3(c) hereto. All of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock and
any other outstanding security of the Company have been duly and validly authorized. Except as set
forth in this Agreement, no shares of Common Stock or any other security of the Company are
entitled to preemptive rights or registration rights and there are no outstanding options,
warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, call or commitments of any character whatsoever relating
to, or securities or rights convertible into, any shares of capital stock of the Company.
Furthermore, except as set forth in this Agreement, there are no contracts, commitments,
understandings, or arrangements by which the Company is or may become bound to issue additional
shares of the capital stock of the Company or options, securities or rights convertible into shares
of capital stock of the Company. Except for customary transfer restrictions contained in
agreements entered into by the Company in order to sell restricted securities, the Company is not a
party to or bound by any agreement or understanding granting registration or anti-dilution rights
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person with respect to any of its equity or debt securities. The Company is not a party to,
and it has no knowledge of, any agreement or understanding restricting the voting or transfer of
any shares of the capital stock of the Company.

     (d) Issuance of Securities. The Shares and the Warrants have been duly authorized by
all necessary corporate action and, when paid for and issued in accordance with the terms hereof
and the Warrants, respectively, the Shares and the Warrant Shares will be validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable and free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and rights of refusal of any
kind and the holders shall be entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Common Stock.

     (e) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
Warrants by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby do not and will not (i) violate any provision of the Company’s Certificate of
Incorporation (the “Certificate”) or Bylaws (the “Bylaws”), each as amended to date, or any
Subsidiary’s comparable charter documents, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event
which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any
rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any Material Agreement (as
defined in Section 3(t)) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries’ respective properties or assets are bound, or (iii) result in a
violation of any federal, state, local or foreign statute, rule, regulation, order, judgment or
decree (including federal and state securities laws and regulations) applicable to the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
are bound or affected, except, in all cases, other than violations pursuant to clauses (i) or (iii)
(with respect to federal and state securities laws) above, for such conflicts, defaults,
terminations, amendments, acceleration, cancellations and violations as would not, individually or
in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
is required under federal, state, foreign or local law, rule or regulation to obtain any consent,
authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court or governmental
agency in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under this Agreement
or the Warrants or issue and sell the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof (other than
any filings, consents and approvals which may be required to be made by the Company under
applicable state and federal securities laws, rules or regulations, the American Stock Exchange
prior to or subsequent to the Closing, or any registration provisions provided in this Agreement).

     (f) Commission Documents, Financial Statements. The Common Stock of the Company is
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has timely filed
all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the
Commission pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act (all of the foregoing
including filings incorporated by reference therein being referred to herein as the “Commission
Documents”) within the past 12 calendar months. At the times of their respective filings, the Form
10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2007, September 30, 2006 and June 30, 2006
(collectively, the “Form 10-Q”) and the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2006 (the “Form 10-K”) complied in all material respects with the requirements of the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder and other
federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations applicable to such documents, and the Form
10-Q and Form 10-K, did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to

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state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. As
of their respective dates, the financial statements of the Company included in the Commission
Documents complied as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and
the published rules and regulations of the Commission or other applicable rules and regulations
with respect thereto. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved
(except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the Notes thereto or (ii)
in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may not include footnotes or may be
condensed or summary statements), and fairly present in all material respects the financial
position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the results of operations
and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal
year-end audit adjustments).

     (g) Subsidiaries. Schedule 3(g) hereto sets forth each Subsidiary of the
Company, showing the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization and showing the percentage
of each person’s ownership of the outstanding stock or other interests of such Subsidiary. For the
purposes of this Agreement, “Subsidiary” shall mean any corporation or other entity of
which at least a majority of the securities or other ownership interest having ordinary voting
power (absolutely or contingently) for the election of directors or other persons performing
similar functions are at the time owned directly or indirectly by the Company and/or any of its
other Subsidiaries. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary have been
duly authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid and nonassessable. There are no outstanding
preemptive, conversion or other rights, options, warrants or agreements granted or issued by or
binding upon any Subsidiary for the purchase or acquisition of any shares of capital stock of any
Subsidiary or any other securities convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing the rights to
subscribe for any shares of such capital stock. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is subject
to any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to repurchase or otherwise acquire or retire any shares
of the capital stock of any Subsidiary or any convertible securities, rights, warrants or options
of the type described in the preceding sentence. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is party
to, nor has any knowledge of, any agreement restricting the voting or transfer of any shares of the
capital stock of any Subsidiary.

     (h) No Material Adverse Change. Since March 31, 2007, the Company has not experienced
or suffered any Material Adverse Effect.

     (i) No Undisclosed Liabilities. Since March 31, 2007, neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries has incurred any liabilities, obligations, claims or losses (whether liquidated or
unliquidated, secured or unsecured, absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) other than those
incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries respective businesses or
which, individually or in the aggregate, are not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect.

     (j) No Undisclosed Events or Circumstances. Since March 31, 2007, no event or
circumstance has occurred or exists with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their
respective businesses, properties, operations or financial condition, which, under applicable law,
rule or regulation, requires public disclosure or announcement by the Company but which has
not been so publicly announced or disclosed.

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     (k) Indebtedness. Schedule 3(k) hereto sets forth as of March 31, 2007 all
outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, or for which the
Company or any Subsidiary has commitments. For the purposes of this Agreement, “Indebtedness”
shall mean (a) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $100,000 (other than
trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (b) all guaranties,
endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of Indebtedness of others in excess of
$100,000, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the Company’s balance sheet (or the
notes thereto), except guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or
collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (c) the present value of
any lease payments in excess of $25,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance
with GAAP. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to any Indebtedness,
except for any such default that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (l) Title to Assets. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has good and valid
title to all of its real and personal property reflected in the Commission Documents, free and
clear of any mortgages, pledges, charges, liens, security interests or other encumbrances, except
for the paramount title of the United States with respect to unpatented mining claims and those
that, individually or in the aggregate, do not cause a Material Adverse Effect. All such leases of
the Company and each of its Subsidiaries, to the knowledge of the Company, are valid and subsisting
and in full force and effect.

     (m) Actions Pending. There is no action, suit, claim, investigation, arbitration,
alternate dispute resolution proceeding or other proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary which questions the validity of this
Agreement or the Warrants or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action
taken or to be taken pursuant hereto or thereto. There is no action, suit, claim, investigation,
arbitration, alternate dispute resolution proceeding or other proceeding pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened against or involving the Company, any Subsidiary or any of
their respective properties or assets, which individually or in the aggregate, would have a
Material Adverse Effect. There are no outstanding orders, judgments, injunctions, awards or
decrees of any court, arbitrator or governmental or regulatory body against the Company or any
Subsidiary or any officers or directors of the Company or Subsidiary in their capacities as such,
which individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (n) Compliance with Law. The business of the Company and the Subsidiaries has been
and is presently being conducted in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local
governmental laws, rules, regulations and ordinances, except for such noncompliance that,
individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and each of
its Subsidiaries have all franchises, permits, licenses, consents and other governmental or
regulatory authorizations and approvals necessary for the conduct of its business as now being
conducted by it unless the failure to possess such franchises, permits, licenses, consents and
other governmental or regulatory authorizations and approvals, individually or in the aggregate,
would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

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     (o) Taxes. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries has accurately prepared and filed
all federal, state and other tax returns required by law to be filed by it, has paid or made
provisions for the payment of all taxes shown to be due and all additional assessments, and
adequate provisions have been and are reflected in the financial statements of the Company and the
Subsidiaries for all current taxes and other charges to which the Company or any Subsidiary is
subject and which are not currently due and payable, except to the extent being disputed in good
faith or would not have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the federal income tax returns of the
Company or any Subsidiary have been audited by the Internal Revenue Service. The Company has no
knowledge of any additional assessments, adjustments or contingent tax liability (whether federal
or state) of any nature whatsoever, whether pending or threatened against the Company or any
Subsidiary for any period, nor of any basis for any such assessment, adjustment or contingency.

     (p) Certain Fees. Except for placement agent fees to be paid to Kuhn Brothers to the
terms of that letter agreement, effective April 26, 2007, by and between the Company and Kuhn
Brothers, the Company has not employed any broker or finder or incurred any liability for any
brokerage or investment banking fees, commissions, finders’ structuring fees, financial advisory
fees or other similar fees in connection with this Agreement.

     (q) Disclosure. Neither this Agreement or the Schedules hereto nor any other
documents, certificates or instruments furnished to Investor by or on behalf of the Company or any
Subsidiary in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements made herein or therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made
herein or therein, not misleading.

     (r) Operation of Business. The Company and each of the Subsidiaries owns or possesses
the rights to all patents, trademarks, domain names (whether or not registered) and any patentable
improvements or copyrightable derivative works thereof, websites and intellectual property rights
relating thereto, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and authorizations which are
necessary for the conduct of its business as now conducted without any conflict with the rights of
others, the failure of which will not have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (s) Books and Records; Internal Accounting Controls. The records and documents of the
Company and its Subsidiaries accurately reflect in all material respects the information relating
to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, the location and collection of their assets,
and the nature of all transactions giving rise to the obligations or accounts receivable of the
Company or any Subsidiary. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal
accounting controls sufficient, in the judgment of the Company’s management, to provide reasonable
assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset
accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the
existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate actions are taken with respect to any
differences.

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     (t) Material Agreements. Except for this Agreement and the Warrants (with respect to
clause (i) only), or as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries have performed all obligations required to be performed by them to date under any
written or oral contract, instrument, agreement, commitment, obligation, plan or arrangement, filed
or required to be filed with the Commission (the “Material Agreements”), (ii) neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice of default under any Material Agreement and,
(iii) to the Company’s knowledge, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default
under any Material Agreement now in effect.

     (u) Transactions with Affiliates. There are no loans, leases, agreements, contracts,
royalty agreements, management contracts or arrangements or other continuing transactions between
(i) the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective customers or suppliers on the one hand,
and (ii) on the other hand, any officer, employee, consultant or director of the Company, or any of
its Subsidiaries, or any person owning any capital stock of the Company or any Subsidiary or any
member of the immediate family of such officer, employee, consultant, director or stockholder or
any corporation or other entity controlled by such officer, employee, consultant, director or
stockholder, or a member of the immediate family of such officer, employee, consultant, director or
stockholder which, in each case, is required to be disclosed in the Commission Documents, that is
not so disclosed in the Commission Documents.

     (v) Securities Act of 1933. Based in material part upon the representations herein of
Investor, the Company has complied with all applicable federal and state securities laws in
connection with the offer, issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder. Neither the Company nor,
to the Company’s knowledge, anyone acting on its behalf, directly or indirectly, has sold, offered
to sell or solicited offers to buy any of the Securities or similar securities to, or solicited
offers with respect thereto from, or entered into any negotiations relating thereto with, any
person, or has taken any action so as to bring the issuance and sale of any of the Securities under
the registration provisions of the Act and applicable state securities laws, and neither the
Company nor any of its affiliates, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any person acting on its or
their behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the
meaning of Regulation D under the Act) in connection with the offer or sale of any of the
Securities.

     (w) Employees. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any collective bargaining
arrangements or agreements covering any of its employees. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary
has any employment contract, non-competition agreement an/or non-solicitation agreement,
confidentiality agreement, or any other similar contract or restrictive covenant, relating to the
right of any officer, employee or consultant to be employed or engaged by the Company or such
Subsidiary required to be disclosed in the Commission Documents that is not so disclosed. Since
March 31, 2007, no officer, consultant or key employee of the Company or any Subsidiary, to the
knowledge of the Company, has any present intention of terminating his or her employment or
engagement with the Company or any Subsidiary, whose termination, either individually or in the
aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (x) Public Utility Holding Company Act and Investment Company Act Status. The Company
is not a “holding company” or a “public utility company” as such terms are defined in the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended. The Company is not, and as a result of and immediately upon the closing will not be, an “investment company” or a company
“controlled” by an “investment company,” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended.

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     (y) Delisting Notification. The Company has not received notice (written or oral)
from the American Stock Exchange to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the
listing or maintenance requirements of such market.

     (z) No Integrated Offering. Neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor, to
the Company’s knowledge, any person acting on its or their behalf, has directly or indirectly made
any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security under circumstances
that would cause the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement to be integrated with
prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the Act that would prevent the Company from selling
the Securities pursuant to Regulation D and Rule 506 thereof under the Act, or any applicable
exchange-related stockholder approval provisions, nor will the Company or any of its affiliates or
subsidiaries take any action or steps that would cause the offering of the Securities to be
integrated with other offerings that would violate Regulation D and Rule 506 thereof under the Act.
The Company does not have any registration statement pending before the Commission or currently
under the Commission’s review, and since June 2, 2006, the Company has not offered or sold any of
its equity securities or debt securities convertible into shares of Common Stock.

     (aa) Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Company is in material compliance with the applicable
provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, that are effective and intends to comply with other applicable
provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, upon
the effectiveness of such provisions.

     (bb) Transfer Agent. The name, address, telephone number, fax number, contact person
and email address of the Company’s transfer agent is set forth on Schedule 3(bb) hereto.
The transfer agent is eligible to transfer shares of Common Stock through The Depository Trust
Company.

     (cc) Independent Nature of the Investor. The Company acknowledges that the obligations
of the Investor under this Agreement are several and not joint with the obligations of any third
party investor of the Company’s securities, and the Investor shall not be responsible in any way
for the performance of the obligations of any third party investor of the Company’s securities.
The Company acknowledges that the decision of the Investor to purchase Securities pursuant to this
Agreement has been made by the Investor independently of any third party investor of the Company’s
securities. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement of any such third party investor,
and no action taken by the Investor pursuant to this Agreement or any such third party investor
pursuant thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Investor and any third party investor of the
Company’s securities as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity
or group, or create a presumption that the Investor and any such third party investor of the
Company’s securities are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to any matters.
The Investor acknowledges that no third party investor of the Company’s securities has acted as
agent for the Investor in connection with making its investment hereunder

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and that no third party investor of the Company’s securities will be acting as agent of the
Investor in connection with monitoring its investment in the Securities or enforcing its rights
under this Agreement. The Company acknowledges that the Investor shall be entitled to
independently protect and enforce its rights. To the extent that any such third party investors
purchase the same or similar securities as the Investor hereunder or on the same or similar terms
and conditions or pursuant to the same or similar documents, all such matters are solely in the
control of the Company, not the action or decision of the Investor, and would be solely for the
convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by the Investor or
any such third party investor. For clarification purposes only and without implication that the
contrary would otherwise be true, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement include only the
transaction between the Company and the Investor and do not include any other transaction between
the Company and any other third party investor of the Company’s securities. The Investor
acknowledges that it has retained its own individual counsel with respect to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.

     4. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants with Investor as follows, which
covenants are for the benefit of Investor and its permitted assignees.

     (a) Securities Compliance. The Company shall notify the Commission in accordance with
its rules and regulations, of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and shall take all
other necessary action and proceedings as may be required and permitted by applicable law, rule and
regulation, for the legal and valid issuance of the Securities to Investor, or its subsequent
holders.

     (b) Registration and Listing. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable
efforts (i) to cause its Common Stock to continue to be registered under Sections 12(b) or 12(g) of
the Exchange Act, (ii) to comply in all respects with its reporting and filing obligations under
the Exchange Act, (iii) to comply with all requirements related to any registration statement filed
pursuant to this Agreement, and (iv) to not take any action or file any document (whether or not
permitted by the Act or the rules promulgated thereunder) to terminate or suspend such registration
or to terminate or suspend its reporting and filing obligations under the Exchange Act or Act,
except as permitted herein. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to continue
the listing or trading of its Common Stock on the American Stock Exchange or any successor market.
The Company shall promptly file an “Additional Listing Application” for, or in connection with, the
issuance and delivery of the Shares and the Warrant Shares with the American Stock Exchange.

     (c) Inspection Rights. The Company shall permit, during normal business hours and
upon reasonable request and reasonable notice, Investor or any employees, agents or representatives
thereof, so long as Investor shall be obligated hereunder to purchase the Shares or shall
beneficially own any Shares or Warrant Shares and any requested information is not publicly
available on EDGAR or the Company’s website, for purposes reasonably related to Investor’s
interests as a stockholder to examine and make reasonable copies of the records and books of
account of, and visit and inspect the properties, assets, operations and business of the Company
and any Subsidiary, and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company and any
Subsidiary with any of its officers, consultants, directors, and key employees. Notwithstanding
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Investor, or any advisors or representatives or underwriters, any material nonpublic
information. The Company shall not disclose material nonpublic information to Investor, or to
advisors to or representatives of Investor, unless prior to disclosure of such information the
Company identifies such information as being material nonpublic information and provides Investor,
such advisors and representatives with the opportunity to accept or refuse to accept such material
nonpublic information for review and if Investor wishes to obtain such information it shall enter
into an appropriate confidentiality agreement with the Company with respect thereto.

     (d) Compliance with Laws. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts
to comply, and cause each Subsidiary to comply, with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and
orders, except where such noncompliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (e) Keeping of Records and Books of Account. The Company shall keep and cause each
Subsidiary to keep adequate records and books of account, in which complete entries will be made in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied, reflecting all financial transactions of the Company and
its Subsidiaries, and in which, for each fiscal year, all proper reserves for depreciation,
depletion, obsolescence, amortization, taxes, bad debts and other purposes in connection with its
business shall be made.

     (f) Reporting Requirements. If the Company ceases to file its periodic reports with
the Commission, or if the Commission ceases making these periodic reports available via the
Internet without charge, or if the Company ceases making these periodic reports available via its
website without charge, then the Company shall furnish the following to Investor so long as
Investor shall be obligated hereunder to purchase the Securities or shall beneficially own
Securities:

          (i) Quarterly Reports filed with the Commission on Form 10-Q as soon as practical after the
document is filed with the Commission, and in any event within five (5) days after the document is
filed with the Commission;

          (ii) Annual Reports filed with the Commission on Form 10-K as soon as practical after the
document is filed with the Commission, and in any event within five (5) days after the document is
filed with the Commission; and

          (iii) Copies of all notices, information and proxy statements in connection with any meetings,
that are, in each case, provided to holders of shares of Common Stock, contemporaneously with the
delivery of such notices or information to such holders of Common Stock.

     (g) Other Agreements. The Company shall not enter into any agreement in which the
terms of such agreement would restrict or impair the right or ability of the Company or any
Subsidiary to perform under this Agreement or the Warrants.

     (h) Use of Proceeds. The proceeds from the sale of the Shares will be used by the
Company for (1) underground test mining and exploration at the Company’s Briggs Mine, (2) ongoing
permitting and feasibility work at the Company’s Reward Project and (3) general corporate purposes and not to redeem any Common Stock or securities convertible, exercisable
or exchangeable into Common Stock or to settle any outstanding litigation.

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     (i) Reporting Status. So long as Investor beneficially owns any of the Securities,
the Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer required to file reports under the Exchange
Act even if the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would permit such termination.

     (j) Disclosure of Transaction. The Company shall issue a press release describing the
material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby (the “Press Release”) on the day of the
initial closing hereunder but in no event later than 9:00 A.M. Eastern Time on the first Trading
Day (as defined below) following the Closing Date (as defined in Section 5(a)(i)). The Company
shall also file with the Commission a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Form 8-K”) describing the
material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby (and attaching as exhibits thereto this
Agreement, the form of each series of Warrant and the Press Release) as soon as practicable
following the Closing Date under this Agreement but in no event more than two (2) Trading Days
following the Closing Date, which Press Release shall be subject to prior review and comment by
counsel to Investor. “Trading Day” means any day during which the principal exchange on which the
Common Stock is traded shall be open for trading.

     (k) Disclosure of Material Information. The Company covenants and agrees that neither
it nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any other person acting on its behalf has provided or will
provide Investor or its agents or counsel with any information that the Company believes
constitutes material nonpublic information, unless prior thereto Investor shall have executed a
written agreement regarding the confidentiality and use of such information. The Company
understands and confirms that Investor shall be relying on the foregoing representations in
effecting transactions in securities of the Company.

     (l) Pledge of Securities. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Securities may
be pledged by Investor in connection with a bona fide margin agreement or other
loan or financing arrangement that is secured by the Common Stock. The pledge of Common Stock
shall not be deemed to be a transfer, sale or assignment of the Common Stock hereunder, and no
Investor effecting a pledge of Common Stock shall be required to provide the Company with any
notice thereof or otherwise make any delivery to the Company pursuant to this Agreement; provided
that Investor and its pledgee shall be required to comply all applicable securities laws in order
to effect a sale, transfer or assignment of Common Stock to such pledgee. At Investor’s expense,
the Company hereby agrees to execute and deliver such documentation as a pledgee of the Common
Stock may reasonably request in connection with a pledge of the Common Stock to such pledgee by
Investor.

     5. Registration Rights.

     (a) Definitions. As used in this Section 5, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:

     (i) “Closing Date” means as soon as practicable and as agreed by the parties hereto
within three business days following the execution of this Agreement, or such later

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time and date as may be agreed by the parties, but in no event prior to the date the
Company’s Additional Listing Application related to this offering is approved by the
American Stock Exchange.

     (ii) “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability
company, joint stock company, association, trust, unincorporated organization, or
governmental agency or political subdivision thereof.

     (iii) “Registrable Shares” means (A) the Shares, (B) the Warrant Shares, and (C) any
other securities issued or issuable with respect to or in exchange for Registrable
Securities; provided, however, that a Share or Warrant Share shall cease to
be a Registrable Share for purposes of this Section 5 when it no longer is a Restricted
Share.

     (iv) “Restricted Share” means any Share or Warrant Share except any that (A) have been
registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Act and sold in a
manner contemplated by the prospectus included in such registration statement, (B) have been
transferred in compliance with the resale provisions of Rule 144 under the Act (or any
successor provision thereto) or is transferable pursuant to paragraph (k) of Rule 144 under
the Act (or any successor provision thereto), or (C) otherwise have been transferred and a
new share of Common Stock not subject to transfer restrictions under the Act has been
delivered by or on behalf of the Company.

     (b) Registration Statements; Expenses. The Company shall:

     (i) file in a timely manner a Form D relating to the sale of the Shares and the
Warrants under this Agreement, pursuant to Regulation D as promulgated by the Commission;

     (ii) as soon as practicable after the Closing Date, but in no event later than the 45th
day following the Closing Date (subject to receipt of necessary information from Investors),
prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement on Form S-3 (or, if the
Company is not eligible to use Form S-3, then on Form S-1) relating to the sale of the
Registrable Shares by Investor from time to time on the American Stock Exchange (or the
facilities of any national securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the
Company’s Common Stock are then traded or quoted) or in privately negotiated transactions
(the “Initial Registration Statement”); provided, however, to the extent the
Commission does not permit the entire amount of Registrable Shares to be registered on the
Initial Registration Statement due to Rule 415 limitations, the Company shall exclude some
or all of the Warrant Shares underlying the Series B Warrants (the “Holdback Shares”) from
the Initial Registration Statement and file an additional registration statement (the
“Additional Registration Statement” and together with the Initial Registration Statement,
the “Registration Statements”) covering such Holdback Shares upon the six (6) month
anniversary of the Initial Registration Statement going effective;

     (iii) provide to Investors any information required to permit the sale of the Company’s
Common Stock under Rule 144 of the Act;

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     (iv) subject to receipt of necessary information from Investors, use its commercially
reasonable efforts to cause (A) the Initial Registration Statement to be declared effective
under the Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but in any event prior to
the 120th day following the Closing Date, and (B) the Additional Registration Statement
declared effective under the Act prior to the 90th day following the six (6) month
anniversary of the Initial Registration Statement being declared effective;

     (v) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to the
Registration Statements and the prospectuses and take such other action, if any, as may be
necessary to keep the Registration Statements effective until the earlier of (A) the date on
which the Registrable Shares may be resold without registration and without regard to any
volume limitations by reason of Rule 144(k) under the Act or any other rule of similar
effect or (B) all of the Registrable Shares have been sold pursuant to the Registration
Statements or Rule 144 under the Act or any other rule of similar effect (the “Effectiveness
Period”);

     (vi) (A) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to the Registration Statements as may be necessary to keep the Registration
Statements continuously effective as to the applicable Registrable Shares for the
Effectiveness Period; (B) cause the related prospectuses to be amended or supplemented by
any required prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented or amended to be filed pursuant
to Rule 424 (or any similar provisions then in force) promulgated under the Act; (C) file
the final prospectuses pursuant to Rule 424 of the Act no later than the effective time of
the Registration Statements; and (D) comply in all material respects with the provisions of
the Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Shares
covered by the Registration Statements during the Effectiveness Period in accordance with
the intended methods of disposition by the Investor set forth in the Registration Statements
as so amended or in such prospectuses as so supplemented. The Company shall request that
the effective time of the Registration Statements to be either 9:00 a.m. or 4:00 p.m.
Eastern Time on the effective date;

     (vii) notify the Investor as promptly as possible (and, in the case of (C) below, on
the same day of receipt by the Company of such notice from the Commission) and (if requested
by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than one (1) business day
following the day (A) (x) when the Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a
“review” of any of the Registration Statements and whenever the Commission comments in
writing on such Registration Statement and (y) with respect to such Registration Statement
or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective; (B) of any request by
the Commission or any other Federal or state governmental authority for amendments or
supplements to the Registration Statements or prospectuses or for additional information;
(C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of
either or both Registration Statements covering any or all of the Registrable Shares or the
initiation or threatening of any proceedings for that purpose; (D) of the receipt by the
Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption
from qualification of any of the Registrable Shares for sale in any jurisdiction, or the
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such purpose; and (E) of the occurrence of any event that makes any statement made in the
Registration Statements or prospectuses or any document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires any
revisions to the Registration Statements, prospectuses or other documents so that, in the
case of the Registration Statements or the prospectuses, as the case may be, they will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

     (viii) promptly furnish to Investor with respect to the Registrable Shares registered
under the Registration Statements such reasonable number of copies of the prospectuses,
including any supplements to or amendments of the prospectus, in order to facilitate the
public sale or other disposition of all or any of the Registrable Shares by Investors, but
only in the event such prospectuses (and any supplements or amendments) are not filed with
the Commission;

     (ix) during the period when copies of the prospectus(es) are required to be delivered
under the Act or the Exchange Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the
Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15 of the Exchange Act within the time periods
required by the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and

     (x) bear all expenses in connection with the procedures in paragraphs (i) through (ix)
of this Section 5(b) and the registration of the Registrable Shares pursuant to the
Registration Statements.

     (c) Failure to File Registration Statements and Other Events. The Company and
Investor agree that Investor will suffer damages if (i) the Initial Registration Statement is not
filed on or prior to the 45th day following the Closing Date or not declared effective by the
Commission on or prior to the 120th day following the Closing Date or maintained in the manner
contemplated herein during the Effectiveness Period, or (ii) the Additional Registration Statement
is not filed on or prior to the six (6) month anniversary of the Initial Registration Statement
being declared effective or not declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the 90th day
following the six (6) month anniversary of the Initial Registration Statement being declared
effective or maintained in the manner contemplated herein during the Effectiveness Period. The
Company and Investor further agree that it would not be feasible to ascertain the extent of such
damages with precision. Accordingly, if (A) the Initial Registration Statement is not filed on or
prior to the 45th day following the Closing Date or the Additional Registration Statement is not
filed on or prior to the six (6) month anniversary of the Initial Registration Statement being
declared effective, or (B) the Initial Registration Statement is not declared effective by the
Commission on or prior to the 150th day following the Closing Date or the Additional Registration
Statement is not declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the 120th day following the
six (6) month anniversary of the Initial Registration Statement being declared effective, or (C)
the Company fails to file with the Commission a request for acceleration in accordance with Rule
461 promulgated under the Securities Act within three (3) business days of the date that the
Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission that the Initial
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Statement will not be “reviewed,” or not subject to further review, or (D) the Registration
Statements are filed with and declared effective by the Commission but thereafter ceases to be
effective as to all Registrable Shares at any time prior to the expiration of the Effectiveness
Period, without being succeeded immediately by a subsequent registration statement filed with and
declared effective by the Commission, or (E) trading in the Common Stock shall be suspended or if
the Common Stock is delisted from the American Stock Exchange (or other principal exchange on which
the Common Stock is traded) for any reason for more than three (3) business days in the aggregate
(any such failure or breach being referred to as an “Event,” and for purposes of clauses (A) and
(B) the date on which such Event occurs, or for purposes of clause (D) after more than twenty (20)
consecutive days or for a total of not more than forty-five (45) days in any twelve (12) month
period, or for purposes of clause (E) the date on which such three (3) business day period is
exceeded, being referred to as “Event Date”), the Company shall pay an amount as liquidated damages
to Investor equal to 2.0% of the Purchase Price for the first 30-day period or portion thereof and
shall pay to Investor liquidated damages equal to 1.0% of the Purchase Price for each subsequent
30-day period or portion thereof from the Event Date until the applicable Event is cured, provided
that, (x) the failure to file the Additional Registration Statement or have it declared effective
as described in clauses (A) and (B) shall result in liquidated damages equal to 1.0% of the
Purchase Price for the first 30-day period or portion thereof and 0.5% of the Purchase Price for
each subsequent 30-day period or portion thereof from the Event Date until the applicable Event is
cured, and (y) with respect to the Events described in clause (B), the “30-day period” shall be
deemed to commence on the 30th day prior to the applicable Event Date; provided,
however, that in no event shall the amount of liquidated damages payable at any time and
from time to time to any Investor pursuant to this Section 5(c) exceed an aggregate of ten percent
(10%) of the Purchase Price. The penalties shall not be imposed for a violation of the terms of
clause (B) provided that the Company responds to any comments by the Commission within ten (10)
days upon receipt, and will communicate any above stated comments with Investor within the same ten
(10) day period. Liquidated damages payable by the Company pursuant to this Section 5(c) shall be
payable on the first (1st) business day of each thirty (30) day period following the
Event Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in no event shall any
liquidated damages be payable with respect to the Warrants or the Warrant Shares.

     (d) Removal of Legends. Certificates evidencing the Shares and the Warrant Shares
shall not contain any legend required under Section 6 hereof if issued in connection with any sale
of Registrable Shares with respect to which an Investor has sold or entered into a contact for sale
during (i) the Effectiveness Period or (ii) if such legend is not required under applicable
requirements of the Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the Staff
of the Commission). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion or instruction
letter to the Company’s transfer agent promptly after the date on which each of the Registration
Statements is declared effective (the “Effective Date”) if such legal opinion or instruction letter
is required by the Company’s transfer agent to effect the removal of the legend hereunder. The
Company agrees that following the Effective Date or at such time as such legend is no longer
required under this Section 5(d), it will, no later than the three (3) business days following the
delivery by Investor to the Company’s transfer agent of a certificate representing the Shares or
the Warrant Shares or an affidavit or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the
loss or destruction of such certificate or warrant, as the case may be, issued with
a restrictive legend, deliver or cause to be delivered to such Investor a certificate representing
such Shares or Warrant Shares, as the case may be, that is free from all restrictive and other
legends.

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     (e) Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Certificates. In addition to
any other rights available to Investor, if the Company fails to cause its transfer agent to
transmit to Investor a certificate or certificates representing the Shares or Warrant Shares on or
before three (3) business days after delivered to such transfer agent, and if after such date
Investor is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares
of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by Investor of the Shares or Warrant Shares,
as applicable, which Investor anticipated receiving after delivery (a “Buy-In”), then the Company
shall (1) pay in cash to Investor the amount by which (x) Investor’s total purchase price
(including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y)
the amount obtained by multiplying (A) the number of shares of Common Stock that the Company was
required to deliver to Investor times (B) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such
purchase obligation was executed, or (2) deliver to Investor the number of shares of Common Stock
that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its delivery obligations
hereunder. For example, if Investor purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of
$11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to transfer of certificates with an aggregate sale price
giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (1) of the immediately preceding
sentence the Company shall be required to pay Investor $1,000. Investor shall provide the Company
written notice indicating the amounts payable to Investor in respect of the Buy-In, together with
applicable confirmations and other evidence reasonably requested by the Company. Nothing herein
shall limit an Investor’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or
in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief
with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common
Stock upon presentation for transfer as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

     (f) Indemnification Relating to Registration Statements.

     (i) Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall, notwithstanding any
termination of this Agreement, indemnify and hold harmless the Investor, the officers,
directors, managers, partners, members, shareholders, agents, brokers, investment advisors
and employees of the Investor, each Person who controls the Investor (within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, agents
and employees of each such controlling Person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including,
without limitation, costs of preparation and attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively,
“Losses”), as incurred, arising out of or relating to any violation of securities
laws or untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration
Statements, any prospectuses or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement
thereto or in any preliminary prospectus in which such Investor is participating, or arising
out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any prospectus or
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thereto, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading,
except to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statements or omissions are
based solely upon information regarding the Investor or such other indemnified party
furnished in writing to the Company by Investor expressly for use therein. The Company
shall notify the Investor promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any proceeding
of which the Company is aware in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.

     (ii) Indemnification by Investor. The Investor shall indemnify and hold
harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, each Person who
controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act and Section 20 of the
Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents and employees of such controlling
Persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses, as
incurred, arising solely out of or based solely upon any untrue statement of a material fact
contained in the Registration Statements, any prospectuses, or any form of prospectus, or
arising solely out of or based solely upon any omission of a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any prospectus or
form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made) not misleading, to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement
or omission is contained in any information so furnished in writing by the Investor or other
indemnifying party to the Company specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement
or such prospectus. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Investor
shall be liable under this Section 5(f)(ii) for only that amount as does not exceed the net
proceeds to the Investor as a result of the sale of Registrable Shares pursuant to the
Registration Statements.

     6. Stock Certificate Restrictions. All certificates representing Securities subject
to this Agreement shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

“THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”),
OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND CANNOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED AT ANY TIME WHATSOEVER, EXCEPT UPON DELIVERY
TO THE COMPANY OF EVIDENCE SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY AND ITS
COUNSEL (INCLUDING, AT THE COMPANY’S OPTION, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL)
THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED FOR SUCH OFFER OR TRANSFER AND
THAT SUCH OFFER OR TRANSFER IS EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND REGULATIONS
PROMULGATED THEREUNDER. THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE
HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED BY THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF FOR INVESTMENT AND
NOT WITH A VIEW TO OR FOR

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SALE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY DISTRIBUTION THEREOF IN VIOLATION OF THE
SECURITIES ACT. THE SHARES MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED
EXCEPT IN A TRANSACTION WHICH IS EXEMPT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR PURSUANT
TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR IN A TRANSACTION OTHERWISE
IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.”

     7. Indemnification. (a) Investor acknowledges that he, she or it understands the
meaning and legal consequences of the representations and warranties of this Agreement and that the
Company has relied upon such representations and warranties, and he, she or it hereby agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its officers, directors, affiliates, shareholders,
controlling persons, agents and employees from and against any and all loss, damage or liability
due to or arising out of a breach or the inaccuracy of any such representation, warranty or
covenant. All representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Agreement, and the
indemnification contained in this Section 7(a), shall survive the acceptance of this subscription
and will continue in full force without limitation and effect. Investor’s indemnification
obligations pursuant to this Section 7 shall not exceed the Purchase Price.

     (b) Company acknowledges that it understands the meaning and legal consequences of the
representations and warranties of this Agreement and that Investor has relied upon such
representations and warranties, and it hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Investor and
its officers, directors, affiliates, shareholders, controlling persons, agents and employees from
and against any and all loss, damage or liability due to or arising out of a breach or the
inaccuracy of any such representation, warranty or covenant. All representations, warranties and
covenants contained in this Agreement, and the indemnification contained in this Section 7(b),
shall survive the acceptance of this subscription and will continue in full force without
limitation and effect.

     8. Further Agreement of Investor. Investor recognizes and agrees that the Company
shall have the right to accept or reject Investor’s subscription, in whole or in part, for any
reason whatsoever.

     9. Escrow Account. The Company has entered into an Escrow Agreement with a
Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (“Escrow Agent”). The terms of the Escrow Agreement, which the
Company hereby agrees to make its commercially reasonable efforts to enforce, are as follows:

     (a) All funds received by the Company from Investor (“Investor Funds” and together with all
other funds received by the Company for the Securities, “Investors Funds”) pursuant to subscription
agreements will be deposited with or wired to Escrow Agent within ten (10) days following the day
upon which proceeds are received by the Company.

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     (b) From time to time upon the Company’s request, and at the end of the third business day
following the Termination Date (as defined below), Escrow Agent shall notify the Company of the
amount of Investors Funds received hereunder. If the following requirements are met: (i) Investors
Funds totaling $1,500,000 (the “Minimum Amount”) or more are received by Escrow Agent at any time
prior to the Termination Date and (ii) the Company has delivered to the Escrow Agent a written
notice (“Notice”) signed by an authorized officer of the Company stating that the Company has
received and accepted subscription agreements for the Securities totaling or exceeding the Minimum
Amount (i and ii together are the “Requirements”), then Escrow Agent shall pay out the escrowed
funds and all earnings thereon when and as directed by such written Notice.

     (c) If the Requirements are not met prior to the Termination Date, Escrow Agent shall refund
to each of Investors at such person’s address stated on the list of Investors provided by the
Company, or at such other address as shall be furnished to Escrow Agent by the Company in writing,
all Investor Funds received by the Escrow Agent for such Investor as stated on the list of
Investors.

     (d) If the Company does not accept an investor subscription, the Company will send a written
notice to Escrow Agent to return such person’s funds without interest. Such notice shall include
the name and address of the payee and the amount to be paid to the payee.

     (e) The “Termination Date” shall be the earlier of June 29, 2007 or the date Escrow Agent
receives written notice from the Company that it is abandoning or closing the sale of the
Securities and that Escrow Agent is instructed to pay Investor Funds to Investors.

     10. Conditions Precedent to the Obligation of the Company to Close and to Sell the
Securities. The obligation hereunder of the Company to close and issue and sell the Securities
to the Investors at the Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction or waiver, at or before the
Closing of the conditions set forth below. These conditions are for the Company’s sole benefit and
may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion.

     (a) Accuracy of the Investors’ Representations and Warranties. The representations
and warranties of the Investor shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date when made
and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time, except for representations and warranties
that are expressly made as of a particular date, which shall be true and correct in all respects as
of such date.

     (b) Performance by the Investors. The Investor shall have performed, satisfied and
complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this
Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Investor at or prior to the Closing
Date.

     (c) No Injunction. No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or
injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental
authority of competent jurisdiction which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.

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     (d) Delivery of Purchase Price. The Investor shall have delivered to the Company the
Purchase Price for the Shares to be purchased by each Investor.

     (e) Delivery of Transaction Documents. This Agreement, together with all applicable
exhibits, shall have been duly executed and delivered by the Investors and, with respect to the
Escrow Agreement, the escrow agent, to the Company.

     11. Conditions Precedent to the Obligation of the Investor to Close and to Purchase the
Securities. The obligation hereunder of the Investor to purchase the Securities and consummate
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction or waiver, at or
before the Closing Date, of each of the conditions set forth below. These conditions are for the
Investor’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Investor at any time in its sole discretion.

     (a) Accuracy of the Company’s Representations and Warranties. Each of the
representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all
respects as of the Closing Date, except for representations and warranties that speak as of a
particular date, which shall be true and correct in all respects as of such date.

     (b) Performance by the Company. The Company shall have performed, satisfied and
complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this
Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing
Date.

     (c) No Suspension, Etc. Trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by
the Commission or the American Stock Exchange (except for any suspension of trading of limited
duration agreed to by the Company, which suspension shall be terminated prior to the Closing), and,
at any time prior to the Closing Date, trading in securities generally as reported by Bloomberg
Financial Markets (“Bloomberg”) shall not have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall
not have been established on securities whose trades are reported by Bloomberg, or on the New York
Stock Exchange, nor shall a banking moratorium have been declared either by the United States or
New York State authorities.

     (d) No Injunction. No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or
injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental
authority of competent jurisdiction which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.

     (e) No Proceedings or Litigation. No action, suit or proceeding before any arbitrator
or any governmental authority shall have been commenced, and no investigation by any governmental
authority shall have been threatened, against the Company or any Subsidiary, or any of the
officers, directors or affiliates of the Company or any Subsidiary seeking to restrain, prevent or
change the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or seeking damages in connection with such
transactions.

     (f) Shares and Warrants. Within three (3) Trading Days following the Closing Date,
the Company shall have delivered to the Investors certificates representing the Shares (in such
denominations as each Investor may request) and the Warrants (in such denominations as each
Investor may request) duly executed by the Company, in each case, being acquired by the
Investors at the Closing.

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     (g) Secretary’s Certificate. The Company shall have delivered to the Investors a
secretary’s certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, as to (i) the resolutions adopted by the
Board of Directors approving the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) the Company’s certificate
of incorporation, (iii) the Company’s bylaws, each as in effect at the Closing, and (iv) the
authority and incumbency of the officers of the Company executing the Transaction Documents and any
other documents required to be executed or delivered in connection therewith.

     (h) Officer’s Certificate. On the Closing Date, the Company shall have delivered to
the Investors a certificate signed by an executive officer on behalf of the Company, dated as of
the Closing Date, confirming the accuracy of the Company’s representations, warranties and its
compliance with covenants as of the Closing Date and confirming the compliance by the Company with
the conditions precedent set forth in this Section.

     12. Headings. Paragraph headings are not to be considered as part of this Agreement,
are included solely for convenience, and are not intended to be full or accurate descriptions of
the contents thereof.

     13. Construction. Unless the context requires otherwise, words denoting the singular
may be construed as denoting the plural, and words of one gender may be construed as denoting such
other gender as is appropriate. The word including (and variations thereof) is used in an
illustrative sense rather than a limiting sense.

     14. Succession and Assignment. All of the terms and provisions of this Agreement
shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns. Neither party may assign this Agreement or any of their rights, interests
or obligations in this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other party.

     15. Notices. Any notices to be sent to the Company, including, without limitation
those required by Section 2(i) of this Agreement shall be sent to the following address:

Canyon Resources Corporation

Attn: James K. B. Hesketh

14142 Denver West Parkway, Suite 250

Golden, Colorado 80401

Telephone: (303) 278-8464

Facsimile: (303) 279-3772

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With a copy to:

Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

One Tabor Center, Suite 1500

1200 Seventeenth Street

Denver, CO 80202

Attn: Richard J. Mattera

Telephone: (303) 454-2471

Facsimile: (303) 899-7333

If to Investor:

to the address set forth on the Signature Page hereto.

     16. Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Colorado, without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws.

     17. Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Agreement will be
interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law. However, if for any
reason any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement are held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any respect, such action will not affect any other provision of this Agreement.
In such event, this Agreement will be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable
provision had never been contained in it.

     18. Amendments and Waivers. No amendment of any provision of this Agreement will be
valid unless it is in writing and is signed by the parties. No waiver by any party of any default,
misrepresentation or breach of warranty or covenant under this Agreement, whether intentional or
not, will be deemed to extend to any prior or subsequent default, misrepresentation or breach of
warranty or covenant under this Agreement or will affect in any way any rights arising by virtue of
any prior or subsequent such occurrence, and no waiver will be effective unless set forth in
writing and signed by the party against whom such waiver is asserted.

     19. Fees and Expenses. Each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisors,
counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses, incurred by such party
incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement;
provided, however, that the Company shall pay all actual attorneys’ fees and
expenses (including disbursements and out-of-pocket expenses) incurred by Investor in connection
with (i) the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated thereunder, and (ii) any amendments, modifications or waivers of this Agreement, which
payment shall be made at the initial closing hereunder and shall not exceed an aggregate of
$20,000, of which $10,000 has been previously paid, for all investors who participate in this
offering and execute a subscription agreement similar to this Agreement on or about the date
hereof. In the event that legal proceedings are commenced by any party to this Agreement against
another party to this Agreement in connection with this Agreement or the Warrants, the party or
parties which do not prevail in such proceedings shall severally, but not jointly, pay their
pro rata share of the reasonable attorneys’ fees and other reasonable out-of-pocket costs and
expenses incurred by the prevailing party in such proceedings.

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     20. Entire Agreement. This Agreement including Exhibit A which is
incorporated in and constitutes a part of this Agreement, contains the entire agreement of the
parties and supersedes all prior oral or written agreements and understandings with respect to the
subject matter.

     21. Termination. All representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained
in this Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force and effect upon the first anniversary
of the Closing Date; provided, however, that the provisions contained in
Sections 4 and 5 hereof shall terminate and be of no further force and effect upon
the expiration of the Effectiveness Period.

[Signature page follows]

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SIGNATURE PAGE TO SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

	1.	 	Date: May           , 2007
	 
	2.	 	Consideration: $       
           
          
             in cash.

Investor represents that:

	(a)	 	the information contained in this Subscription Agreement is complete and
accurate and may be relied upon by the Company, and

	(b)	 	Investor will notify the Company immediately of any change in any of such
information occurring prior to acceptance of Investor’s subscription.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Agreement and executed the Accredited
Investor Certification attached hereto as Exhibit A on this            day of May, 2007.

	 	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	Signature of Investor

	 	Taxpayer Identification or
	 

	 	Social Security Number
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	Name and Residence Address

	 	Mailing Address if Different
	(Post Office Address Not Acceptable)

	 	from Residence Address
	 

	 	(Post Office Address is Acceptable)

Type of Ownership (check one):

	 	 	 
	 
 

	 	Individual Ownership 
	 
	 	 
	 
 

	 	Community Property (each spouse must sign) 
	 
	 	 
	 
 

	 	Joint Tenants with Right of Survivorship (all sign) 
	 
	 	 
	 
 

	 	Tenants in Common (all sign) 

 

	 	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 
 

	 	Trust 
	 
	 	 
	 
 

	 	Corporation 
	 
	 	 
	 
 

	 	S Corporation 
	 
	 	 
	 
 

	 	C Corporation 
	 
	 	 
	 
 

	 	Company 
	 
	 	 
	 
 

	 	Other (please specify type of entity      
              
              
             ) 

ACCEPTANCE

     
This Subscription Agreement between   
           
           
            
     and Canyon Resources Corporation is
hereby accepted as of May      , 2007.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Canyon Resources Corporation

a Delaware corporation

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	Name: James K. B. Hesketh 	 
	 	Title: President and CEO 	 
	 

 

EXHIBIT A

Accredited Investor Certification

     The undersigned prospective investor (“Investor”) hereby represents and warrants to Canyon
Resources Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with Investor’s
proposed equity investment in the Company pursuant to the Subscription Agreement to which this
Certification is Exhibit A (the “Agreement”), that one or more of the conditions below, as
marked applies to Investor (please initial the appropriate space):

          Net Worth. The undersigned natural person’s present individual net
worth,1 or joint net worth with the undersigned’s spouse, exceeds $1,000,000.

          Individual Income. The undersigned natural person had individual income2
in excess of $200,000 in each of the last two years and reasonably expects such income to be in
excess of $200,000 in the current year.

          Joint Income. The undersigned natural person, together with the undersigned’s
spouse, had joint income in excess of $300,000 for each of the last two years and reasonably
expects to have joint income in excess of $300,000 in the current year.

          Trust. The undersigned is a trust with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, not
formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities of the Company, whose purchase is
directed by a person with such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that he
or she is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the securities of the
Company.

          Institutional Investors. The undersigned is (i) a bank (as defined in Section
3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)) or any savings and loan
association or other institution (as defined in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Securities Act) whether
acting in its individual or fiduciary capacity; (ii) an insurance Partnership (as defined in
Section 2(13) of the Securities Act); (iii) an investment Partnership registered under the
Investment

 

			
	1	 	For purposes of this Accredited Investor Certification,
“net worth” means the excess of total assets at fair market value,
including home and personal property, over total liabilities, including
mortgages and income taxes on unrealized appreciation of assets.
	 
	2	 	For purposes of this Accredited Investor Certification,
“individual income” means “adjusted gross income” as
reported for Federal income tax purposes, less any income attributable to a
spouse or to property owned by a spouse and increased by the following amounts
(but not including any amount attributable to a spouse or to property owned by
spouse): (i) the amount of any interest income received which is tax-exempt
under Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
“Code”); (ii) the amount of losses claimed as a limited partner in
a limited partnership (as reported on Schedule E of Form 1040); and (iii) any
deduction claimed for depletion under Section 611 et seq. of the Code.

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Partnership Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Partnership Act”), or a business
development Partnership as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of the Investment Partnership Act; (iv) a
Small Business Investment Partnership licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration under
Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as amended; (v) a plan
established and maintained by a state, its political subdivision, or any agency or instrumentality
of a state or its political subdivisions of and for the benefit of its employees, if such plan has
total assets in excess of $5,000,000; (vi) an employee benefit plan within the meaning of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, if the investment decision is made by
a plan fiduciary, as defined in Section 3(21) of such Act, which is either a bank, savings and loan
association, insurance Partnership, or registered investment adviser, or if such employee benefit
plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000, or if a self-directed plan, with investment
decisions made solely by Accredited Investors; or (vii) any broker-dealer registered pursuant to
Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

          Private Business Development Company. The undersigned is a private business
development company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

          Entity With Assets in Excess of $5,000,000. The undersigned is an organization
described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended (tax exempt organization),
corporation, Massachusetts or similar business trust, or partnership, not formed for the specific
purpose of acquiring the securities of the Company, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000.

          Principal of Canyon Resources Corporation The undersigned is a director or
executive officer of the Company.

          Entity in Which All Owners Are Accredited Investors. Investor is an entity in
which all of the equity owners are accredited investors pursuant to one of the preceding paragraphs
or pursuant to some other provision of Regulation D promulgated by the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to the Securities Act.

[Signature page follows]

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     THE UNDERSIGNED ACKNOWLEDGES AND UNDERSTANDS THAT THE COMPANY IS RELYING ON HIS, HER OR ITS
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES SET FORTH ABOVE IN DETERMINING WHETHER INVESTOR WILL BE PERMITTED TO
INVEST IN THE COMPANY PURSUANT TO THE AGREEMENT.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has/have executed and made effective this Accredited
Investor Certification on this                      day of May, 2007.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	ACCREDITED INVESTOR:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	If an entity:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	 

	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	If an individual or individuals:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	(Signature)
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	(Print Name)
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	(Signature)
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	(Print Name)
	 	 

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Schedule of Subscription Agreements

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Number of Series A	 	Number of Series B
	 	 	 	 	Number of Shares	 	Warrants	 	Warrants
	Name	 	Date Entered Into	 	Subscribed For	 	Subscribed For	 	Subscribed For
	Crescent
International Ltd.
	 	May 25, 2007	 	 	713,012	 	 	 	178,253	 	 	 	534,759	 
	Xodarap Partners,
LLC
	 	May 25, 2007	 	 	445,633	 	 	 	111,408	 	 	 	334,225	 
	CGM C/F Ronald I
Heller IRA
	 	May 25, 2007	 	 	445,633	 	 	 	111,408	 	 	 	334,225	 
	Heller Capital
Investments, LLC
	 	May 25, 2007	 	 	891,266	 	 	 	222,817	 	 	 	668,450	 
	Iroquois Master
Fund Ltd.
	 	May 25, 2007	 	 	891,266	 	 	 	222,817	 	 	 	668,450	 
	Robert Kalman
	 	May 25, 2007	 	 	44,563	 	 	 	11,141	 	 	 	33,422	 
	Hedgehog Capital LLC
	 	May 25, 2007	 	 	1,782,531	 	 	 	445,633	 	 	 	1,336,898	 
	Lloyd I. Miller
Trust A4
	 	May 25, 2007	 	 	1,359,180	 	 	 	339,795	 	 	 	1,019,385	 
	MilFam I, L.P.
	 	May 25, 2007	 	 	1,359,180	 	 	 	339,795	 	 	 	1,019,385	 
	Otago Partners, LLC
	 	May 25, 2007	 	 	356,506	 	 	 	89,127	 	 	 	267,380	 
	Rudolf J. Mueller
	 	May 25, 2007	 	 	534,759	 	 	 	133,690	 	 	 	401,069	 
	Kuhns Brothers, Inc.
	 	May 25, 2007	 	 	—	 	 	 	132,353	 	 	 	397,059	 
	Gregory C. Dryer
	 	May 25, 2007	 	 	—	 	 	 	198,529	 	 	 	595,588	 
	Total
	 	—	 	 	8,823,529	 	 	 	2,536,766	 	 	 	7,610,295	 

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