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                                                                   Exhibit 10.1

                             BUSINESS LOAN AGREEMENT

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  PRINCIPAL        LOAN DATE        MATURITY        LOAN NO.       CALL     COLLATERAL     ACCOUNT      OFFICER      INITIALS
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$6,647,500.00      12-31-1999      01-05-2020      360000183                                               JB1       [Illegible]
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BORROWER:  JORE CORPORATION (TIN: 61-0485293)        LENDER:  MOUNTAIN WEST BANK, N.A.
           45000 HIGHWAY 93 SOUTH                             MISSOULA BRANCH
           RONAN, MT 59864                                    301 E. BROADWAY
                                                              PO BOX 5990
                                                              MISSOULA, MT 59606-5990
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THIS BUSINESS LOAN AGREEMENT DATED DECEMBER 31, 1999, IS MADE AND EXECUTED
BETWEEN JORE CORPORATION ("BORROWER") AND MOUNTAIN WEST BANK, N.A. ("LENDER")
ON THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS. BORROWER HAS RECEIVED PRIOR COMMERCIAL
LOANS FROM LENDER OR HAS APPLIED TO LENDER FOR A COMMERCIAL LOAN OR LOANS OR
OTHER FINANCIAL ACCOMMODATIONS, INCLUDING THOSE WHICH MAY BE DESCRIBED ON ANY
EXHIBIT OR SCHEDULE ATTACHED TO THIS AGREEMENT ("LOAN"). BORROWER UNDERSTANDS
AND AGREES THAT: (A) IN GRANTING, RENEWING, OR EXTENDING ANY LOAN, LENDER IS
RELYING UPON BORROWER'S REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, AND AGREEMENTS AS SET
FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, AND (B) ALL SUCH LOANS SHALL BE AND REMAIN SUBJECT
TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT.

TERM. This Agreement shall be effective as of December 31, 1999, and shall
continue in full force and effect until such time as all of Borrower's Loans
in favor of Lender have been paid in full, in principal, interest, costs,
expenses, attorneys' fees, and other fees and charges, or until January 5,
2020.

      COLLATERAL RECORDS. Borrower does now, and at all times hereafter
      shall, keep correct and accurate records of the Collateral, all of
      which records shall be available to Lender or Lender's representative
      upon demand for inspection and copying at any reasonable time. The
      above is an accurate and complete list of all locations at which
      Borrower keeps or maintains business records concerning Borrower's
      collateral.

      COLLATERAL SCHEDULES. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of
      this Agreement, Borrower shall execute and deliver to Lender schedules
      of in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender. Thereafter
      supplemental schedules shall be delivered according to the following
      schedule:

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EACH ADVANCE.  Lender's obligation to make the
initial Advance and each subsequent Advance under this Agreement shall be
subject to the fulfillment to Lender's satisfaction of all of the conditions
set forth in this Agreement and in the Related Documents.

      LOAN DOCUMENTS.  Borrower shall provide to Lender the following
      documents for the Loan: (1) the Note; (2) Security Agreements granting
      to Lender security interests in the Collateral; (3) financing
      statements perfecting Lender's Security interests; (4) evidence of
      insurance as required below; (5) assignments of life insurance;
      (6) guaranties; (7) together with all such Related Documents as Lender
      may require for the Loan; all in form and substance satisfactory to
      Lender and Lender's counsel.

      BORROWER'S AUTHORIZATION.  Borrower shall have provided in form and
      substance satisfactory to Lender properly certified resolutions, duly
      authorizing the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Note and
      the Related Documents. In addition, Borrower shall have provided such
      other resolutions, authorizations, documents and instruments as Lender
      or its counsel, may require.

      PAYMENT OF FEES AND EXPENSES.  Borrower shall have paid to Lender all
      fees, charges, and other expenses which are then due and payable as
      specified in this Agreement or any Related Document.

      REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.  The representations and warranties set
      forth in this Agreement, in the Related Documents, and in any document
      or certificate delivered to Lender under this Agreement are true and
      correct.

      NO EVENT OF DEFAULT.  There shall not exist at the time of any Advance
      a condition which would constitute an Event of Default under this
      Agreement or under any Related Document.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.  Borrower represents and warrants to Lender,
as of the date of this Agreement, as of the date of each disbursement of loan
proceeds, as of the date of any renewal, extension or modification of any
Loan, and at all times any indebtedness exists:

      ORGANIZATION. Borrower is a corporation for profit which is, and at all
      times shall be, duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing
      under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Montana. Borrower is
      duly authorized to transact business in all other states in which
      Borrower is doing business, having obtained all necessary filings,
      governmental licenses and approvals for each state in which Borrower is
      doing business. Specifically, Borrower is, and at all times shall be,
      duly qualified as a foreign corporation in all states in which the
      failure to so qualify would have a material adverse effect on its
      business or financial condition. Borrower has the full power and
      authority to own its properties and to transact the business in which
      it is presently engaged or presently proposes to engage. Borrower
      maintains an office at 45000 Highway 93 South, Ronan, MT 59864. Unless
      Borrower has designated otherwise in writing, the principal office is
      the office at which Borrower keeps its books and records including its
      records concerning the Collateral. Borrower will notify Lender of any
      change in the location of Borrower's principal office. Borrower shall
      do all things necessary to preserve and to keep in full force and
      effect its existence, rights and privileges, and shall comply with all
      regulations, rules, ordinances, statutes, orders and decrees of any
      governmental or quasi-governmental authority or court applicable to
      Borrower and Borrower's business activities.

      ASSUMED BUSINESS NAMES. Borrower has filed or recorded all documents or
      filings required by law relating to all assumed business names used by
      Borrower. Excluding the name of Borrower, the following is a complete
      list of all assumed business names under which Borrower does business:
      NONE.

      AUTHORIZATION. Borrower's execution, delivery, and performance of this
      Agreement and all the Related Documents have been duly authorized by
      all necessary action by Borrower and do not conflict with, result in a
      violation of, or constitute a default under (1) any provision of
      Borrower's articles of incorporation or organization, or bylaws, or any
      agreement or other instrument binding upon Borrower or (2) any law,
      governmental regulation, court decree, or order applicable to Borrower
      or to Borrower's properties.

      FINANCIAL INFORMATION. Each of Borrower's financial statements supplied
      to Lender truly and completely disclosed Borrower's financial condition
      as of the date of the statement, and there has been no material adverse
      change in Borrower's financial condition subsequent to the date of the
      most recent financial statement supplied to Lender. Borrower has no
      material contingent obligations except as disclosed in such financial
      statements.

      LEGAL EFFECT. This Agreement constitutes, and any instrument or
      agreement Borrower is required to give under this Agreement when
      delivered will constitute, legal, valid, and binding obligations of
      Borrower enforceable against Borrower in accordance with their
      respective terms.

      HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES. Except as disclosed to and acknowledged by Lender
      in writing, Borrower represents and warrants that: (1) During the period
      of Borrower's ownership of Borrower's Collateral, there has been no use,
      generation, manufacture, storage, treatment, disposal, release or
      threatened release of any Hazardous Substance by any person on, under,
      about or from any of the Collateral. (2) Borrower has no knowledge of,
      or reason to believe that those has been (a) any breach or violation of
      any Environmental Laws; (b) any use, generation, manufacture, storage,

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      treatment; disposal, release or threatened release of any Hazardous
      Substance on, under, about or from the Collateral by any prior owners
      or occupants of any of the Collateral; or (c) any actual or threatened
      litigation or claims of any kind by any person relating to such matters.
      (3) Neither Borrower nor any tenant, contractor, agent or other
      authorized user of any of the Collateral shall use, generate,
      manufacture, store, treat, dispose of or release any Hazardous
      Substance on, under, about or from any of the Collateral; and any such
      activity shall be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal,
      state, and local laws, regulations, and ordinances, including without
      limitation all Environmental Laws. Borrower authorizes Lender and its
      agents to enter upon the Collateral to make such inspections and tests
      as Lender may deem appropriate to determine compliance of the Collateral
      with this section of the Agreement. Any inspections or tests made by
      Lender shall be at Borrower's expense and for Lender's purposes only
      and shall not be construed to create any responsibility or liability on
      the part of Lender to Borrower or to any other person. The
      representations and warranties contained herein are based on Borrower's
      due diligence in investigating the Collateral for hazardous waste and
      hazardous substances. Borrower hereby (1) releases and waives any
      future claims against Lender for indemnity or contribution in the
      event Borrower becomes liable for cleanup or other costs under any
      such laws, and (2) agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Lender against
      any and all claims, losses, liabilities, damages, penalties, and
      expenses which Lender may directly or indirectly sustain or suffer
      resulting from a breach of this section of the Agreement or as a
      consequence of any use, generation, manufacture, storage, disposal,
      release or threatened release of a hazardous waste or substance on the
      properties. The provisions of this section of the Agreement, including
      the obligation to indemnify, shall survive the payment of the
      indebtedness and the termination, expiration or satisfaction of this
      Agreement and shall not be affected by Lender's acquisition of any
      interest in any of the Collateral, whether by foreclosure or otherwise.

      LITIGATION AND CLAIMS. No litigation, claim, investigation,
      administrative proceeding or similar action (including those for unpaid
      taxes) against Borrower is pending or threatened, and no other event
      has occurred which may materially adversely affect Borrower's financial
      condition or properties, other than litigation, claims, or other events,
      if any, that have been disclosed to Lender in writing.

      TAXES. To the best of Borrower's knowledge, all of Borrower's tax
      returns and reports that are or were required to be filed, have been
      filed, and all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges have
      been paid in full, except those presently being or to be contested by
      Borrower in good faith in the ordinary course of business and for which
      adequate reserves have been provided.

      INFORMATION. All information heretofore or contemporaneously herewith
      furnished by Borrower to Lender for the purposes of or in connection
      with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby is, and all
      information hereafter furnished by or on behalf of Borrower to Lender
      will be, true and accurate in every material respect on the date as of
      which such information is dated or certified; and none of such
      information is or will be incomplete by omitting to state any material
      fact necessary to make such information not misleading.

      LIEN PRIORITY. Unless otherwise previously disclosed to Lender in
      writing, Borrower has not entered into or granted any Security
      Agreements, or permitted the filing or attachment of any Security
      Interests on or affecting any of the Collateral directly or indirectly
      securing repayment of Borrower's Loan and Note, that would be prior or
      that may in any way be superior to Lender's Security Interests and
      rights in and to such Collateral.

      BINDING EFFECT. This Agreement, the Note, all Security Agreements (if
      any), and all Related Documents are binding upon the signers thereof,
      as well as upon their successors, representatives and assigns, and are
      legally enforceable in accordance with their respective terms.

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS. Borrower covenants and agrees with Lender that, so
long as this Agreement remains in effect, Borrower will:

      NOTICES OF CLAIMS AND LITIGATION. Promptly inform Lender in writing of
      (1) all material adverse changes in Borrower's financial condition,
      and (2) all existing and all threatened litigation, claims,
      investigations, administrative proceedings or similar actions affecting
      Borrower or any Guarantor which could materially affect the financial
      condition of Borrower or the financial condition of any Guarantor.

      FINANCIAL RECORDS. Maintain its books and records in accordance with
      GAAP, applied on a consistent basis, and permit Lender to examine
      and audit Borrower's books and records at all reasonable times.

      FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. Furnish Lender with the following:

          (1) ANNUAL STATEMENTS. As soon as available, but in no event
          later than one hundred-twenty (120) days after the end of each fiscal
          year, Borrower's balance sheet and income statement for the year
          ended, audited by a certified public accountant satisfactory to
          Lender.

      All financial reports required to be provided under this Agreement
      shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP, applied on a consistent
      basis, and certified by Borrower as being true and correct.

      ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. Furnish such additional information and
      statements, as Lender may request from time to time.

      FINANCIAL COVENANTS AND RATIOS. Comply with the following covenants and
      ratios:

          WORKING CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS. Borrower shall comply with the
          following working capital ratio requirements:

              CURRENT RATIO. Maintain a Current Ratio in excess of 0.850 to
              1.000. The term "Current Ratio" means Borrower's total Current
              Assets divided by Borrower's total Current Liabilities. This
              liquidity ratio will be evaluated as of year-end.

          TANGIBLE NET WORTH REQUIREMENTS. Borrower shall comply with the
          following net worth ratio requirements:

              DEBT/WORTH RATIO. Maintain a ratio of Debt/Worth less than
              5.000 to 1.000. The ratio "Debt/Worth" means Borrower's Total
              Liabilities divided by Borrower's Tangible Net Worth. This
              leverage ratio will be evaluated as of year-end.

          Except as provided above, all computations made to determine
          compliance with the requirements contained in this paragraph shall
          be made in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
          applied on a consistent basis, and certified by Borrower as being
          true and correct.

      INSURANCE. Maintain fire and other risk insurance, public liability
      insurance, and such other insurance as Lender may require with respect
      to Borrower's properties and operations, in form, amounts, coverages and
      with insurance companies acceptable to Lender. Borrower, upon request of
      Lender, will deliver to Lender from time to time the policies or
      certificates of insurance in form satisfactory to Lender, including
      stipulations that coverages will not be cancelled or diminished without
      at least ten (10) days prior written notice to Lender. Each insurance
      policy also shall include an endorsement providing that coverage in
      favor of Lender will not be impaired in any way by any act, omission or
      default of Borrower or any other person. In connection with all policies
      covering assets in which Lender holds or is offered a security interest
      for the Loans, Borrower will provide Lender with such lender's loss
      payable or other endorsements as Lender may require.

      INSURANCE REPORTS. Furnish to Lender, upon request of Lender, reports
      on each existing insurance policy showing such information as Lender
      may reasonably request, including without limitation the following:
      (1) the name of the insurer; (2) the risks insured; (3) the amount of
      the policy; (4) the properties insured; (5) the then current property
      values on the basis of which insurance has been obtained, and the
      manner of determining those values; and (6) the expiration date of the
      policy. In addition, upon request of Lender (however not more often
      than annually), Borrower will have an independent appraiser
      satisfactory to Lender determine, as applicable, the actual cash value
      or replacement cost of any Collateral. The cost of such appraisal shall
      be paid by Borrower.

      LIFE INSURANCE. As soon as practical, obtain and maintain life
      insurance in form and with insurance companies acceptable to Lender
      on the

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      following individual in the amount indicated below and, at Lender's
      option, cause such insurance coverage to be pledged, made payable to,
      or assigned to Lender on Lender's forms. Lender, at its discretion,
      may apply the proceeds of any insurance policy to the unpaid balances
      of any Loan:

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                      Matthew B. Jore               $4,300,000.00
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      OTHER AGREEMENTS. Comply with all terms and conditions of all other
      agreements, whether now or hereafter existing, between Borrower and
      any other party and notify Lender immediately in writing of any default
      in connection with any other such agreements.

      LOAN PROCEEDS. Use all Loan proceeds solely for Borrower's business
      operations, unless specifically consented to the contrary by Lender in
      writing.

      TAXES, CHARGES AND LIENS. Pay and discharge when due all of its
      indebtedness and obligations, including without limitation all
      assessments, taxes, governmental charges, levies and liens, of every
      kind and nature, imposed upon Borrower or its properties, income, or
      profits, prior to the date on which penalties would attach, and all
      lawful claims that, if unpaid, might become a lien or charge upon any
      of Borrower's properties, income, or profits.

      PERFORMANCE. Perform and comply, in a timely manner, with all terms,
      conditions, and provisions set forth in this Agreement, in the Related
      Documents, and in all other instruments and agreements between Borrower
      and Lender. Borrower shall notify Lender immediately in writing of any
      default in connection with any agreement.

      OPERATIONS. Maintain executive and management personnel with substantially
      the same qualifications and experience as the present executive and
      management personnel; provide written notice to Lender of any change
      in executive and management personnel; conduct its business affairs in
      a reasonable and prudent manner.

      COMPLIANCE WITH GOVERNMENTAL REQUIREMENTS. Comply with all laws,
      ordinances, and regulations, now or hereafter in effect, of all
      governmental authorities applicable to the conduct of Borrower's
      properties, business and operations, and to the use or occupancy of the
      Collateral, including without limitation, the Americans With Disabilities
      Act. Borrower may contest in good faith any such law, ordinance, or
      regulation and withhold compliance during any proceeding, including
      appropriate appeals, so long as Borrower has notified Lender in writing
      prior to doing so and so long as, in Lender's sole opinion, Lender's
      interests in the Collateral are not jeopardized. Lender may require
      Borrower to post adequate security or a surety bond, reasonably
      satisfactory to Lender, to protect Lender's interest.

      INSPECTION. Permit employees or agents of Lender at any reasonable time
      to inspect any and all Collateral for the Loan or Loans and Borrower's
      other properties and to examine or audit Borrower's books, accounts, and
      records and to make copies and memoranda of Borrower's books, accounts,
      and records. If Borrower now or at any time hereafter maintains any
      records (including without limitation computer generated records and
      computer software programs for the generation of such records) in the
      possession of a third party, Borrower, upon request of Lender, shall
      notify such party to permit Lender free access to such records at all
      reasonable times and to provide Lender with copies of any records it
      may request, all at Borrower's expense.

      COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES. Unless waived in writing by Lender, provide
      Lender at least annually and at the time of each disbursement of Loan
      proceeds, with a certificate executed by Borrower's chief financial
      officer, or other officer or person acceptable to Lender, certifying
      that the representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement are
      true and correct as of the date of the certificate and further
      certifying that, as of the date of the certificate, no Event of Default
      exists under this Agreement.

      ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND REPORTS. Borrower shall comply in all
      respects with any and all Environmental Laws; not cause or permit to
      exist, as a result of an intentional or unintentional action or
      omission on Borrower's part or on the part of any third party, on
      property owned and/or occupied by Borrower, any environmental activity
      where damage may result to the environment, unless such environmental
      activity is pursuant to and in compliance with the conditions of a permit
      issued by the appropriate federal, state or local governmental
      authorities; shall furnish to Borrower promptly and in any event within
      thirty (30) days after receipt thereof a copy of any notice, summons,
      lien, citation, directive, letter or other communication from any
      governmental agency or instrumentality concerning any intentional or
      unintentional action or omission on Borrower's part in connection with
      any environmental activity whether or not there is damage to the
      environment and/or other natural resources.

      ADDITIONAL ASSURANCES. Make, execute and deliver to Lender such
      promissory notes, mortgages, deeds of trust, security agreements,
      assignments, financing statements, instruments, documents and other
      agreements as Lender or his attorneys may reasonably request to
      evidence and secure the Loans and to perfect all Security interests.

LENDER'S EXPENDITURES. If any action or proceeding is commenced that would
materially affect Lender's Interest in the Collateral or if Borrower fails to
comply with any provision of the Agreement or any Related Documents,
including but not limited to Borrower's failure to discharge or pay when due
any amounts Borrower is required to discharge or pay under this Agreement or
any Related Documents, Lender on Borrower's behalf may (but shall not be
obligated to) take any action that Lender deems appropriate, including but
not limited to discharging or paying all taxes, liens, security interests,
encumbrances and other claims, at any time levied or placed on any Collateral
and paying all costs for insuring, maintaining and preserving any Collateral.
All such expenditures incurred or paid by Lender for such purposes will then
bear interest at the rate charged under the Note from the date incurred or
paid by Lender to the date of repayment by Borrower. All such expenses will
become a part of the Indebtedness and, at Lender's option, will (A) be
payable on demand; (B) be added to the balance of the Note and be apportioned
among and be payable with any installment payments to become due during
either (1) the term of any applicable insurance policy; or (2) the remaining
term of the Note; or (C) be treated as a balloon payment which will be due
and payable at the Note's maturity. Any Collateral also will secure payment
of these amounts. Such right shall be in addition to all other rights and
remedies to which Lender may be entitled upon Default.

NEGATIVE COVENANTS. Borrower covenants and agrees with Lender that while this
Agreement is in effect, Borrower shall not, without the prior written consent
of Lender:

      CAPITAL EXPENDITURES. Make or contract to make capital expenditures,
      including leasehold improvements, in any fiscal year in excess of
      $23,000,000.00 or incur liability for rentals of property (including
      both real and personal property) in an amount which, together with
      capital expenditures, shall in any fiscal year exceed such sum.

      TRANSFER AND LIENS. Fail to continue to own all of Borrower's assets,
      except for routine transfers, use or depletion in the ordinary course
      of Borrower's business. Borrower agrees not to create or grant to any
      person, except Lender, any lien, security interest, encumbrance, cloud
      on title, mortgage, pledge or similar interest in any of Borrower's
      property, even in the ordinary course of Borrower's business. Borrower
      agrees not to sell, convey, grant, lease, give, contribute, assign, or
      otherwise transfer any of Borrower's assets, except for sales of
      inventory or leases of goods in the ordinary course of Borrower's
      business.

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      CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS. (1) Engage in any business activities
      substantially different than those in which Borrower is presently
      engaged, (2) cease operations, liquidate, merge, transfer, acquire or
      consolidate with any other entity, change its name, dissolve or
      transfer or sell Collateral out of the ordinary course of business, or
      (3) pay any dividends on Borrower's stock (other than dividends payable
      in its stock), provided, however that notwithstanding the foregoing,
      but only so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
      or would result from the payment of dividends. If Borrower is a
      "Subchapter S Corporation" (as defined in the Internal Revenue Code of
      1986, as amended), Borrower may pay cash dividends on its stock to its
      shareholders from time to time in amounts necessary to enable the
      shareholders to pay income taxes and make estimated income tax payments
      to satisfy their liabilities under federal and state law which arise
      solely from their status as Shareholders of a Subchapter S Corporation
      because of their ownership of shares of Borrower's stock, or purchase or
      retire any of Borrower's outstanding shares or alter or amend Borrower's
      capital structure.

      LOANS, ACQUISITIONS AND GUARANTIES. (1) Loan, invest in or advance
      money or assets, (2) purchase, create or acquire any interest in any
      other enterprise or entity, or (3) incur any obligation as surety or
      guarantor other than in the ordinary course of business.

      CESSATION OF ADVANCES. If Lender has made any commitment to make any
      Loan to Borrower, whether under this Agreement or under any other
      agreement, Lender shall have no obligation to make Loan Advances or to
      disburse Loan proceeds if: (1) Borrower or any Guarantor is in default
      under the terms of this Agreement or any of the Related Documents or
      any other agreement that Borrower or any Guarantor has with Lender;
      (2) Borrower or any Guarantor dies, becomes incompetent or becomes
      insolvent, files a petition in bankruptcy or similar proceedings, or
      is adjudged a bankrupt; (3) there occurs a material adverse change in
      Borrower's financial condition, in the financial condition of any
      Guarantor, or in the value of any Collateral securing any Loan; or (4)
      any Guarantor seeks, claims or otherwise attempts to limit, modify or
      revoke such Guarantor's guaranty of the Loan or any other loan with
      Lender; or (5) Lender in good faith deems itself insecure, even though no
      Event of Default shall have occurred.

RIGHT OF SETOFF. Borrower grants to Lender a contractual security interest in
all Borrower's accounts with Lender (whether checking, savings, or some other
account). This includes all accounts Borrower holds jointly with someone else
and all accounts Borrower may open in the future. However, this does not
include any IRA or Keogh accounts, or any trust accounts for which the grant
of a security interest would be prohibited by law. Borrower authorizes
Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable law, to charge or setoff all
sums owing on the indebtedness against any and all such accounts, and, at
Lender's option, to administratively freeze all such accounts to allow Lender
to protect Lender's charge and setoff rights provided in this paragraph.

DEFAULT. Each of the following shall constitute an Event of Default under
this Agreement:

      PAYMENT DEFAULT. Borrower fails to make any payment when due under the
      Loan.

      OTHER DEFAULTS. Borrower fails to comply with or to perform any other
      term, obligation, covenant or condition contained in this Agreement or
      in any of the Related Documents or to comply with or to perform any
      term, obligation, covenant or condition contained in any other
      agreement between Lender and Borrower.

      FALSE STATEMENTS. Any warranty, representation or statement made or
      furnished to Lender by Borrower or on Borrower's behalf under this
      Agreement, the Note, or the Related Documents is false or misleading in
      any material respect, either now or at the time made or furnished or
      becomes false or misleading at any time thereafter.

      INSOLVENCY. The dissolution or termination of Borrower's existence as a
      going business, the insolvency of Borrower, the appointment of a
      receiver for any part of Borrower's property, any assignment for the
      benefit of creditors, any type of creditor workout, or the commencement
      of any proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency laws by or against
      Borrower.

      DEFECTIVE COLLATERALIZATION. This Agreement or any of the Related
      Documents ceases to be in full force and effect (including failure of
      any collateral document to create a valid and perfected security
      interest or lien) at any time and for any reason.

      CREDITOR OR FORFEITURE PROCEEDINGS. Commencement of foreclosure or
      forfeiture proceedings, whether by judicial proceeding, self-help,
      repossession or any other method, by any creditor of Borrower or by any
      governmental agency against any collateral securing the Loan. This
      includes a garnishment of any of Borrower's accounts, including deposit
      accounts, with Lender. However, this Event of Default shall not apply
      if there is a good faith dispute by Borrower as to the validity or
      reasonableness of the claim which is the basis of the creditor or
      forfeiture proceeding and if Borrower gives Lender written notice of the
      creditor or forfeiture proceeding and deposits with Lender monies or a
      surety bond for the creditor or forfeiture proceeding, in an amount
      determined by Lender, in its sole discretion, as being an adequate
      reserve or bond for the dispute.

      EVENTS AFFECTING GUARANTOR. Any of the preceding events occurs with
      respect to any Guarantor of any of the indebtedness or any Guarantor
      dies or becomes incompetent, or revokes or disputes the validity of,
      or liability under, any Guaranty of the indebtedness.

      CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP. Any change in ownership of twenty-five percent
      (25%) or more of the common stock of Borrower, not including change in
      ownership in the shares that are publicly traded.

      ADVERSE CHANGE. A material adverse change occurs in Borrower's
      financial condition, or Lender believes the prospect of payment or
      performance of the Loan is impaired.

      INSECURITY. Lender in good faith believes itself insecure.

EFFECT OF AN EVENT OF DEFAULT. If any Event of Default shall occur, except
where otherwise provided in this Agreement or the Related Documents, all
commitments and obligations of Lender under this Agreement or the Related
Documents or any other agreement immediately will terminate (including any
obligation to make further Loan Advances or disbursements), and, at Lender's
option, all indebtedness immediately will become due and payable, all without
notice of any kind to Borrower, except that in the case of an Event of
Default of the type described in the "Insolvency" subsection above, such
acceleration shall be automatic and not optional. In addition, Borrower shall
have all the rights and remedies provided in the Related Documents or
available at law, in equity, or otherwise. Except as may be prohibited by
applicable law, all of Lender's rights and remedies shall be cumulative and
may be exercised singularly or concurrently. Election by Lender to pursue any
remedy shall not exclude pursuit of any other remedy, and an election to make
expenditures or to take action to perform an obligation of Borrower or of any
Grantor shall not affect Lender's right to declare a default and to exercise
its rights and remedies. A Default, except "Insolvency", may be cured within
thirty (30) days from the written notice of Default.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. The following miscellaneous provisions are a part
of this Agreement:

      AMENDMENTS. This Agreement, together with any Related Documents,
      constitutes the entire understanding and agreement of the parties as to
      the matters set forth in this Agreement. No alteration of or amendment
      to this Agreement shall be effective unless given in writing and signed
      by the party or parties sought to be charged or bound by the alteration
      or amendment.

      ATTORNEYS' FEES; EXPENSES. Borrower agrees to pay upon demand all of
      Lender's costs and expenses, including Lender's attorneys' fees and
      Lender's legal expenses, incurred in connection with the enforcement of
      this Agreement. Lender may hire or pay someone else to help enforce this
      Agreement, and Borrower shall pay the costs and expenses of such
      enforcement. Costs and expenses include Lender's attorneys' fees and
      legal expenses whether or not there is a lawsuit, including attorneys'
      fees and legal expenses for bankruptcy proceedings (including efforts
      to modify or vacate any automatic stay or injunction), appeals, and any
      anticipated post-judgment collection services. Borrower also shall pay
      all court costs and such additional fees as may be directed by the
      court.

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                            BUSINESS LOAN AGREEMENT
                                   (CONTINUED)

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      CAPTION HEADINGS. Caption headings in this Agreement are for convenience
      purposes only and are not to be used to interpret or define the
      provisions of this Agreement.

      CONSENT TO LOAN PARTICIPATION. Borrower agrees and consents to Lender's
      sale or transfer, whether now or later, of one or more participation
      interests in the Loan to one or more purchasers, whether related or
      unrelated to Lender. Lender may provide, without any limitation
      whatsoever, to any one or more purchasers, or potential purchasers, any
      information or knowledge Lender may have about Borrower or about any
      other matter relating to the Loan, and Borrower hereby waives any
      rights to privacy Borrower may have with respect to such matters.
      Borrower additionally waives any and all notices of sale of
      participation interests, as well as all notices of any repurchase of such
      participation interests. Borrower also agrees that the purchasers
      of any such participation interests will be considered as the absolute
      owners of such interests in the Loan and will have all the rights
      granted under the participation agreement or agreements governing
      the sale of such participation interests. Borrower further waives all
      rights of offset or counterclaim that it may have now or later against
      Lender or against any purchaser of such a participation interest and
      unconditionally agrees that either Lender or such purchaser may
      enforce Borrower's obligation under the Loan irrespective of the
      failure or insolvency of any holder of any interest in the Loan.
      Borrower further agrees that the purchaser of any such participation
      interests may enforce its interests irrespective of any personal claims
      or defenses that Borrower may have against Lender.

      GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY, CONSTRUED AND
      ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL LAW AND THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
      MONTANA. THIS AGREEMENT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BY LENDER IN THE STATE OF
      MONTANA.

      NO WAIVER BY LENDER. Lender shall not be deemed to have waived any
      rights under this Agreement unless such waiver is given in writing and
      signed by Lender. No delay or omission on the part of Lender in
      exercising any right shall operate as a waiver of such right or any
      other right. A waiver by Lender of a provision of this Agreement shall
      not prejudice or constitute a waiver of Lender's right otherwise to
      demand strict compliance with that provision or any other provision of
      this Agreement. No prior waiver by Lender, nor any course of dealing
      between Lender and Borrower, or between Lender and any Grantor, shall
      constitute a waiver of any of Lender's rights or of any of Borrower's or
      any Grantor's obligations as to any future transactions. Whenever the
      consent of Lender is required under this Agreement, the granting of
      such consent by Lender in any instance shall not constitute continuing
      consent to subsequent instances where such consent is required and in all
      cases such consent may be granted or withheld in the sole discretion of
      Lender.

      NOTICES. Any notice required to be given under this Agreement shall be
      given in writing, and shall be effective when actually delivered, when
      actually received by telefacsimile (unless otherwise required by law),
      when deposited with a nationally recognized overnight courier, or, if
      mailed, when deposited in the United States mail, as first class,
      certified or registered mail postage prepaid, directed to the addresses
      shown near the beginning of this Agreement. Any party may change its
      address for notices under this Agreement by giving formal written
      notice to the other parties, specifying that the purpose of the notice
      is to change the party's address. For notice purposes, Borrower agrees
      to keep Lender informed at all times of Borrower's current address.
      Unless otherwise provided or required by law, if there is more than one
      Borrower, any notice given by Lender to any Borrower is deemed to be
      notice given to all Borrowers.

      SEVERABILITY. If a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision
      of this Agreement to be illegal, invalid, or unenforceable as to any
      circumstance, that finding shall not make the offending provision
      illegal, invalid, or unenforceable as to any other circumstance. If
      feasible, the offering provision shall be considered modified so that
      it becomes legal, valid and enforceable. If the offending provision
      cannot be so modified, it shall be considered deleted from this
      Agreement. Unless otherwise required by law, the illegality,
      invalidity, or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement
      shall not affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any other
      provision of this Agreement.

      SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES OF BORROWER. To the extent the context of
      any provisions of this Agreement makes it appropriate, including
      without limitation any representation, warranty or covenant, the word
      "Borrower" as used in this Agreement shall include all of Borrower's
      subsidiaries and affiliates. Notwithstanding the foregoing however,
      under no circumstances shall this Agreement be construed to require
      Lender to make any Loan or other financial accommodation to any of
      Borrower's subsidiaries or affiliates.

      SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. All covenants and agreements contained by or on
      behalf of Borrower shall bind Borrower's successors and assigns and
      shall inure to the benefit of Lender, its successors and assigns.
      Borrower shall not, however, have the right to assign Borrower's rights
      under this Agreement or any interest therein, without the prior written
      consent of Lender.

      SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Borrower understands and
      agrees that in making the Loan, Lender is relying on all
      representations, warranties, and covenants made by Borrower in this
      Agreement or in any certificate or other instrument delivered by
      Borrower to Lender under this Agreement or the Related Documents.
      Borrower further agrees that regardless of any investigation made by
      Lender, all such representations, warranties and covenants will survive
      the making of the Loan and delivery to Lender of the Related
      Documents, shall be continuing in nature, and shall remain in full
      force and effect until such time as Borrower's indebtedness shall be
      paid in full, or until this Agreement shall be terminated in the manner
      provided above, whichever is the last to occur.

      TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. Time is of the essence in the performance of
      this Agreement.

DEFINITIONS. The following capitalized words and terms shall have the
following meanings when used in this Agreement. Unless specifically stated
to the contrary, all references to dollar amounts shall mean amounts in
lawful money of the United States of America. Words and terms used in the
singular shall include the plural, and the plural shall include the singular,
as the context may require. Words and terms not otherwise defined in this
Agreement shall have the meanings attributed to such terms in the Uniform
Commercial Code. Accounting words and terms not otherwise defined in this
Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles as in effect on the date of this
Agreement.

      ADVANCE. The word "Advance" means a disbursement of Loan funds made, or
      to be made, to Borrower or on Borrower's behalf on a line of credit or
      multiple advance basis under the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

      AGREEMENT. The word "Agreement" means this Business Loan Agreement, as
      this Business Loan Agreement may be amended or modified from time to
      time, together with all exhibits and schedules attached to this
      Business Loan Agreement from time to time.

      BORROWER. The word "Borrower" means Jore Corporation, and all other
      persons and entities signing the Note in whatever capacity.

      COLLATERAL. The word "Collateral" means all property and assets granted
      as collateral security for a Loan, whether real or personal property,
      whether granted directly or indirectly, whether granted now or in the
      future, and whether granted in the form of a security interest,
      mortgage, collateral mortgage, deed of trust, assignment, pledge,
      chattel mortgage, crop pledge, chattel mortgage, collateral chattel
      mortgage, chattel trust, factor's lien, equipment trust, conditional
      sale, trust receipt, lien, charge, lien or title retention contract,
      lease or consignment intended as a security device, or any other security
      or lien interest whatsoever, whether created by law, contract, or
      otherwise.

      DEFAULT. The word "Default" means the Default set forth in this
      Agreement in the section titled "Default".

      ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS. The words "Environmental Laws" mean any and all
      state, federal and local statutes, regulations and ordinances relating
      to the protection of human health or the environment, including without
      limitation the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
      Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Section 9601, et seq.
      ("CERCLA"), the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986,
      Pub. L. No. 99-499 ("SARA"), the Hazardous Materials Transportation
      Act, 49 U.S.C. Section 1801, et seq., the Resource Conservation and
      Recovery

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                            BUSINESS LOAN AGREEMENT
                                   (CONTINUED)

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      Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 6901, et seq., or other applicable state or
      federal laws, rules, or regulations adopted pursuant thereto.

      EVENT OF DEFAULT. The words "Event of Default" mean any of the Events
      of Default set forth in this Agreement in the Default section of this
      Agreement.

      GAAP. The word "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles.

      GRANTOR. The word "Grantor" means each and all of the persons or
      entities granting a Security Interest in any Collateral for the Loan,
      including without limitation all Borrowers granting such a Security
      Interest.

      GUARANTOR. The word "Guarantor" means any guarantor, surety, or
      accommodation party of any or all of the Loan.

      GUARANTY. The word "Guaranty" means the guaranty from Guarantor to
      Lender, including without limitation a guaranty of all or part of the
      Note.

      INDEBTEDNESS. The word "Indebtedness" means the indebtedness evidenced
      by the Note or Related Documents, including all principal and interest
      together with all other indebtedness and costs and expenses for which
      Borrower is responsible under this Agreement or under any of the
      Related Documents.

      LENDER. The word "Lender" means Mountain West Bank, N.A., its
      successors and assigns.

      LOAN. The word "Loan" means any and all loans and financial
      accommodations from Lender to Borrower whether now or hereafter
      existing, and however evidenced, including without limitation those
      loans and financial accommodations described herein or described on any
      exhibit or schedule attached to this Agreement from time to time.

      NOTE. The word "Note" means the Note executed by Borrower in the
      principal amount of $8,641,500.00 dated December 31, 1999, together
      with all renewals of, extensions of, modifications of, refinancings of,
      consolidations of, and substitutions for the note or credit agreement.

      PERMITTED LIENS. The words "Permitted Liens" mean (1) liens and
      security interests securing indebtedness owed by Borrower to Lender;
      (2) liens for taxes, assessments, or similar charges either not yet due
      or being contested in good faith; (3) liens of materialmen, mechanics,
      warehousemen, or carriers, or other like liens arising in the ordinary
      course of business and securing obligations which are not yet
      delinquent; (4) purchase money liens or purchase money security
      interests upon or in any property acquired or held by Borrower in the
      ordinary course of business to secure indebtedness outstanding on the
      date of this Agreement or permitted to be incurred under the paragraph
      of this Agreement titled "Indebtedness and Liens"; (5) liens and
      security interests which, as of the date of this Agreement, have been
      disclosed to and approved by the Lender in writing; and (6) those liens
      and security interests which in the aggregate constitute an immaterial
      and insignificant monetary amount with respect to the net value of
      Borrower's assets.

      RELATED DOCUMENTS. The words "Related Documents" mean all promissory
      notes, credit agreements, loan agreements, environmental agreements,
      guaranties, security agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust, security
      deeds, collateral mortgages, and all other instruments, agreements and
      documents, whether now or hereafter existing, executed in connection
      with the Loan.

      SECURITY AGREEMENT. The words "Security Agreement" mean and include
      without limitation any agreements, promises, covenants, arrangements,
      understandings or other agreements, whether created by law, contract,
      or otherwise, evidencing, governing, representing, or creating a
      Security Interest.

      SECURITY INTEREST. The words "Security Interest" mean, without
      limitation, any and all types of collateral security, present and
      future, whether in the form of a lien, charge, encumbrance, mortgage,
      deed of trust, security deed, assignment, pledge, crop pledge, chattel
      mortgage, collateral chattel mortgage, chattel trust, factor's lien,
      equipment trust, conditional sale, trust receipt, lien or title
      retention contract, lease or consignment intended as a security device,
      or any other security or lien interest whatsoever whether created by
      law, contract, or otherwise.

      TANGIBLE NET WORTH. The words "Tangible Net Worth" mean Borrower's
      total assets excluding all intangible assets (i.e., goodwill,
      trademarks, patents, copyrights, organizational expenses, and similar
      intangible items, but including leaseholds and leasehold improvements)
      less total debt.

BORROWER ACKNOWLEDGES HAVING READ ALL THE PROVISIONS OF THIS BUSINESS LOAN
AGREEMENT AND BORROWER AGREES TO ITS TERMS. THIS BUSINESS LOAN AGREEMENT IS
DATED DECEMBER 31, 1999.

BORROWER:

JORE CORPORATION

By: /s/ Matthew B. Jore
   -----------------------------------------------
   Matthew B. Jore, President of Jore Corporation

LENDER:

MOUNTAIN WEST BANK, N.A.

x   /s/ Jack Byrnes, VP
   -----------------------------------------------
    Authorized Signer<PAGE>

                                CREDIT AGREEMENT

                                      AMONG

                                JORE CORPORATION

                                       AND

                             THE BANKS NAMED HEREIN

                                       AND

                       FIRST SECURITY BANK, N.A., AS AGENT

                                      DATED

                                  JULY 25, 2000

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         TABLE OF CONTENTS

<TABLE>
<S>                                                                         <C>
ARTICLE 1 - DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS                                  1

ARTICLE 2 - LOANS AND TERMS OF PAYMENT                                       11
         2.1      REVOLVING CREDIT                                           11
                  2.1.1    NOTICE AND MANNER OF BORROWING                    11
                  2.1.2    INTEREST                                          12
                  2.1.3    REVOLVING NOTES                                   14
                  2.1.4    REPAYMENT                                         14
                  2.1.5    USE OF PROCEEDS OF REVOLVING LOANS                15
                  2.1.6    NON-RECEIPT OF FUNDS BY AGENT                     15

         2.2      ADDITIONAL INTEREST RATE PROVISIONS                        16
         2.3      LIBOR LOAN EXTENSIONS AND CONVERSIONS                      17
         2.4      FUNDING LOSS INDEMNIFICATION                               17
         2.5      REDUCTION OF COMMITMENT AMOUNT                             18
         2.6      COMMITMENT FEE                                             18
         2.7      DOCUMENTATION FEE                                          18
         2.8      AGENCY FEE                                                 18
         2.9      TAXES ON PAYMENTS                                          18
         2.10     GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST                                 19
         2.11     FINANCING STATEMENTS                                       19

ARTICLE 3 - CONDITIONS PRECEDENT                                             20
         3.1      INITIAL ADVANCE.                                           20
                  3.1.1    REVOLVING NOTE                                    20
                  3.1.2    SECURITY AGREEMENT                                20
                  3.1.3    EVIDENCE OF INSURANCE                             20
                  3.1.4    OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR BORROWER                   20
                  3.1.5    EVIDENCE OF ALL CORPORATE ACTION BY BORROWER      20
                  3.1.6    CERTIFICATES OF EXISTENCE FOR BORROWER            20
                  3.1.7    ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS OF BORROWER  21
                  3.1.8    CERTIFICATES OF ASSUMED BUSINESS NAME             21
                  3.1.9    LETTER TO ACCOUNTANTS                             21
                  3.1.10   PUBLIC RECORD SEARCHES                            21
                  3.1.11   PAYMENT OF DOCUMENTATION AND AGENCY FEES.         21
                  3.1.12   ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS                              21

ARTICLE 4 - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES                                   22
         4.1      ORGANIZATION, GOOD STANDING, AND DUE QUALIFICATION         22
         4.2      POWER AND AUTHORITY                                        22
         4.3      LEGALLY ENFORCEABLE AGREEMENT                              23
         4.4      FINANCIAL STATEMENTS                                       23
         4.5      LABOR DISPUTES AND CASUALTIES                              23
         4.6      OTHER AGREEMENTS                                           23

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         4.7      NO LITIGATION                                              23
         4.8      NO DEFAULTS ON OUTSTANDING JUDGMENTS OR ORDERS             24
         4.9      OWNERSHIP AND LIENS                                        24
         4.10     EMPLOYEE BENEFITS                                          24
         4.11     OPERATION OF BUSINESS                                      24
         4.12     TAXES                                                      25
         4.13     DEBT.                                                      25
         4.14     ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS                                      25
         4.15     INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT                                     26
         4.16     PERFECTION OF SECURITY INTEREST                            26
         4.17     SUBSIDIARIES                                               26

ARTICLE 5 - AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS                                            26
         5.1      MAINTENANCE OF EXISTENCE                                   26
         5.2      MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS                                     26
         5.3      MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES                                  26
         5.4      CONDUCT OF BUSINESS                                        27
         5.5      MAINTENANCE OF INSURANCE                                   27
         5.6      COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS                                       27
         5.7      RIGHT OF INSPECTION                                        27
         5.8      REPORTING REQUIREMENTS                                     28
                  5.8.1    MONTHLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS                      28
                  5.8.2    QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS                    28
                  5.8.3    ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS                       28
                  5.8.4    BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE.                       28
                  5.8.5    MANAGEMENT LETTERS.                               28
                  5.8.6    NOTICE OF LITIGATION                              28
                  5.8.7    NOTICE OF DEFAULTS AND EVENTS OF DEFAULT          29
                  5.8.8    ERISA REPORTS.                                    29
                  5.8.9    COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE.                           29
                  5.8.10   ANNUAL FORECASTS                                  29
                  5.8.11   GENERAL INFORMATION                               29
         5.9      ENVIRONMENT                                                29
         5.11     BANK ACCOUNTS                                              30

ARTICLE 6 - NEGATIVE COVENANTS                                               30
         6.1      LIENS                                                      30
         6.2      DEBT                                                       31
         6.3      MERGERS OR REORGANIZATION                                  32
         6.4      LEASES                                                     32
         6.5      SALE AND LEASEBACK                                         32
         6.6      DIVIDENDS                                                  32
         6.7      SALE OF ASSETS                                             33
         6.8      INVESTMENTS                                                33
         6.9      GUARANTIES                                                 33
         6.10     ERISA PLANS                                                33

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         6.11     TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES                               33
         6.12     CHANGE OF NAME                                             34
         6.13     CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT                                       34
         6.14     ACCOUNTING                                                 34
         6.15     LOCATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE                         34
         6.16     BRANDED INVENTORY                                          34

ARTICLE 7 - FINANCIAL COVENANTS                                              34
         7.1      CAPITAL EXPENDITURE                                        34
         7.2      CURRENT RATIO                                              35
         7.3      LEVERAGE RATIO                                             35
         7.4      FUNDED DEBT/EBITDA RATIO                                   35

ARTICLE 8 - EVENTS OF DEFAULT                                                35
         8.1      EVENTS OF DEFAULT                                          35
         8.2      CURE OF EVENT OF DEFAULT                                   38
         8.3      AUTOMATIC EVENT OF DEFAULT                                 38

ARTICLE 9 - BANK'S RIGHTS AND REMEDIES                                       38
         9.1      SPECIFIC REMEDIES                                          38
         9.2      BANKRUPTCY REMEDIES.                                       38
         9.33     SET OFF                                                    39
         9.4      CUMULATIVE REMEDIES.                                       39

ARTICLE 10 - AGENCY PROVISIONS                                               39
         10.1     AUTHORIZATION AND ACTION                                   39
         10.2     LIABILITY OF AGENT                                         39
         10.3     RIGHTS OF AGENT AS A BANK                                  40
         10.4     INDEPENDENT CREDIT DECISIONS                               40
         10.5     INDEMNIFICATION                                            41
         10.6     SUCCESSOR AGENT                                            41
         10.7     SHARING OF PAYMENTS, ETC.                                  41

ARTICLE 11 - MISCELLANEOUS                                                   42
         11.1.  AMENDMENTS, ETC                                              42
         11.2.  NOTICES, ETC                                                 42
         11.3.  NO WAIVER                                                    43
         11.4.  SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS                                       43
         11.5.  INTEGRATION                                                  43
         11.6.  APPLICATION OF PAYMENTS                                      43
         11.7.  CONTINUING WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS         44
         11.8.  INDEMNITY                                                    44
         11.9.  CHOICE OF LAW AND VENUE                                      44
         11.10.  SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS                                  44
         11.11.  HEADINGS                                                    44
         11.12.  JURY TRIAL WAIVER                                           45

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         11.13.  DESTRUCTION OF BORROWER'S DOCUMENTS                         45
         11.14    PARTICIPATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS                             45
                  11.14.1  PARTICIPATIONS                                    45
                  11.14.2  ASSIGNMENTS                                       45
         11.15.  EFFECTIVE DATE                                              46
         11.16.  COUNTERPARTS                                                47
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                          EXHIBITS TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
EXHIBIT NO.                EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION
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<S>                        <C>
2.1.1.1                    AUTHORIZED PERSONS
2.1.1.2                    LIBOR LOAN REQUEST FORM
2.1.3                      FORM OF REVOLVING NOTE
3.1.4                      FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR BORROWER
3.1.9                      FORM OF LETTER TO ACCOUNTANTS
4.13                       DEBT
4.17                       SUBSIDIARIES
5.8.4                      FORM OF BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE
6.1                        LIENS
6.10                       ERISA PLANS
11.14.2                    FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
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                                CREDIT AGREEMENT

                  THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT is entered into as of the 25th day of
July, 2000, among JORE CORPORATION, a Montana corporation ("Borrower"), each of
the financial institutions from time to time listed in Schedule A, as amended
from time to time (collectively, the "Banks"), and FIRST SECURITY BANK, N.A.
("Agent") as agent for the Banks.

                  The parties agree as follows:

                                    AGREEMENT

                  ARTICLE 1 - DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

                  1.1      DEFINED TERMS.

                  As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following definitions (terms defined in the singular to have the same meaning
when used in the plural and vice versa):

                  "ACCOUNT" means a trade account, account receivable, or other
right to payment for goods sold or leased or for services rendered (whether or
not it has been earned by performance) owing to Borrower.

                  "ACCOUNT DEBTOR" means the person or entity obligated on an
Account.

                  "ADJUSTED LIBOR INTEREST RATE" means the rate per annum equal
to the quotient of (i) the London Interbank Offered Rate divided by (ii) one (1)
minus the Eurocurrency Reserve Requirement for the applicable Interest Period,
rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest one-sixteenth of one percent.
"Eurocurrency Reserve Requirement" means, for any LIBOR Loan for any Interest
Period therefor, the daily average of the stated maximum rate (expressed as a
decimal) at which reserves (including any marginal, supplemental, or emergency
reserves) are required to be maintained by Bank during such Interest Period
under Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as
amended or supplemented from time to time, against "Eurocurrency Liabilities"
(as such term is used in Regulation D) but without benefit or credit of
proration, exemptions, or offsets that might otherwise be available to Bank from
time to time under Regulation D. Without limiting the effect of the foregoing,
the Eurocurrency Reserve Requirement shall reflect any other reserves required
to be maintained by Bank against (i) any category of liabilities that includes
deposits by reference to which the Adjusted LIBOR Interest Rate for LIBOR Loans
is to be determined; or (ii) any category of extension of credit or other assets
that include LIBOR Loans.

                  "AFFILIATE" means any Person (1) who directly or indirectly
controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with the Borrower; (2)
who directly or indirectly beneficially owns or holds five percent (5%) or more
of any class of voting stock of the Borrower; or (3) five percent (5%) or more
of the voting stock of which is directly or indirectly

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beneficially owned or held by the Borrower. The term "control" means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.

                  "AGENT" means First Security Bank, N.A., its successors and
assigns, in its capacity as agent for the Banks.

                  "AGREEMENT" means this Credit Agreement, as amended,
supplemented, or modified from time to time.

                  "BANK'S COMMITMENT" means, with respect to any Bank at any
time, such Bank's Proportionate Share at such time of the Commitment Amount.

                  "BANKS" means the financial institutions from time to time
listed in SCHEDULE A, as amended by Banks from time to time (referred to
individually as a "Bank").

                  "BORROWER" means Jore Corporation, a Montana corporation.

                  "BORROWING BASE" means, at any time the same is to be
determined, the sum of:

                  (a) 85% of the then outstanding unpaid amount of Eligible
Accounts; plus

                  (b) 65% of the sum of the value (computed at the lower of cost
or market based on the specific identification method of inventory valuation
applied by the Borrower in accordance with GAAP) of Eligible Inventory MINUS,
the then applicable Adjusted Inventory Reserve, MINUS the then applicable
Inventory Adjustments; plus

                  (c) the lesser of (i) $3,000,000 and (ii) 30% of the book
value (computed in accordance with GAAP) of Eligible Equipment, provided
however, that if the Borrower maintains a Funded Debt/EBITDA Ratio greater than
2.5 to 1, then this paragraph (c) shall be equal to -0-;

PROVIDED that the Borrowing Base shall be computed only as against and on so
much of the Collateral as is included on the certificates to be furnished
pursuant to Section 5.8.4 and, if required by the Agent or the Majority Banks
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any security agreement, as verified
by such other evidence required to be furnished to the Agent pursuant to any
such Security Agreement.

                  "Adjusted Inventory Reserve" means, the following:
<TABLE>
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    FUNDED DEBT/EBITDA RATIO FOR TWO                       ADJUSTED INVENTORY RESERVE
         CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS
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<S>                                                        <C>
at or above 3.5 to 1                                       8% of Eligible Inventory

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at or above 2.5 to 1, but less than 3.5 to 1               5% of Eligible Inventory

Below 2.5 to 1                                             None -0-
</TABLE>

                  After the close of every two consecutive quarter-annual
accounting periods of the Borrower (the close of every two consecutive
quarter-annual accounting periods being hereinafter referred to as the "Testing
Time"), the Agent shall (i) confirm the Funded Debt/EBIDTA Ratio required in the
chart above as of the Testing Time based upon the financial statement therefore
furnished to it as required under this Agreement, and (ii) notify the Borrower
and the Banks of such determination and of any change to the Adjusted Inventory
Reserve resulting therefrom. Any change in the Adjusted Inventory Reserve shall
be effective on the 5th Business Day after the Agent's receipt of the Borrower's
most recent financial statements from the fiscal quarter then ended (commencing
with the financial statements for fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2000),
pursuant to Section 5.8.2 hereof and with such new Adjusted Inventory Reserve to
continue in effect until the effectiveness of the next redetermination thereof.
If the Borrower has not delivered its financial statements by the date such
financial statements are required to be delivered under Section 5.8.2, until
such financial statements are delivered, the Adjusted Inventory Reserve shall be
the highest Adjusted Inventory Reserve (i.e., the Funded Debt/EBITDA Ratio shall
be deemed to be at or above 3.5 to 1.0). Any determination by the Agent of the
Adjusted Inventory Reserve shall be conclusive and binding upon the Borrower and
the Banks provided that it has been made in good faith and absent manifest
error.

                  "Inventory Adjustments" means the following:

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  FUNDED DEBT/EBITDA RATIO FOR TWO                             INVENTORY ADJUSTMENTS
       CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS
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<S>                                               <C>
at or above 3.5 to 1                              The value of Eligible Inventory consisting of any of the following:
                                                  (i) Inventory owned by Borrower more than 180 days;
                                                  (ii) Inventory held by Borrower on consignment;
                                                  (iii) Finished goods packaging;
                                                  (iv) All labels and packaging bearing the Stanley brand mark ,
                                                  whether such labels and packaging is affixed to or part of
                                                  work-in-progress inventory or finished goods inventory; and
                                                  (v) Inventory that contains or bears a Stanley brand mark, and such
                                                  brand mark can not be removed in such a way as to make the inventory
                                                  unidentifiable as specific Stanley brand inventory within 30 days of
                                                  a request for removal by the Banks

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or above 2.5 to 1, but less than 3.5 to 1         The value of Eligible Inventory consisting of any of the following:
                                                  (i) Inventory owned by Borrower more than 180 days;
                                                  (ii) Inventory on consignment;
                                                  (iii) Finished goods packaging;
                                                  (iv) All labels and packaging bearing the Stanley brand mark ,
                                                  whether such labels and packaging is affixed to or part of
                                                  work-in-progress inventory or finished goods inventory; and
                                                  (v) Inventory that contains or bears a Stanley brand mark, and such
                                                  brand mark can not be removed in such a way as to make the inventory
                                                  unidentifiable as specific Stanley brand inventory within 30 days of
                                                  a request for removal by the Banks
Below 2.5.1                                       The value of Eligible Inventory consisting of any of the following:
                                                  (i) Inventory owned by Borrower more than 180 days;
                                                  (ii) Inventory on consignment;
                                                  (iii) All labels and packaging bearing the Stanley brand mark ,
                                                  whether such labels and packaging is affixed to or part of
                                                  work-in-progress inventory or finished goods inventory; and
                                                  (iv) Inventory that contains or bears a Stanley brand mark, and such
                                                  brand mark can not be removed in such a way as to make the inventory
                                                  unidentifiable as specific Stanley brand inventory within 30 days of
                                                  a request for removal by the Banks
</TABLE>

                  "BUSINESS DAY" means a day other than Saturday or Sunday and a
day on which commercial banks are required to be open for business in Boise,
Idaho, under the laws of the state of Idaho, and, if the applicable day relates
to a LIBOR Loan, Interest Period, or notice with respect to a LIBOR Loan, a day
on which dealings in Dollar deposits are also carried on in the London Interbank
market and banks are open for business in London.

                  "CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time, and the regulations and published interpretations thereof.

                  "COLLATERAL" means and includes, without limitation, all
property and assets granted as collateral security for an Obligation, whether
real or personal property, whether granted directly or indirectly, whether
granted now or in the future, and whether granted in the form of a security
interest, mortgage, deed of trust, assignment, pledge, chattel mortgage, chattel
trust, factor's lien, equipment trust, conditional sale, trust receipt, lien,
charge, lien or title retention contract, lease or consignment intended as a
security device, or any other security or lien interest whatsoever, whether
created by law, contract, or otherwise. The Collateral includes, without
limitation, all of Borrower's now owned or hereafter acquired Accounts,
Inventory, chattel paper, equipment, patents, trademarks, and general
intangibles.

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                  "COMMITMENT AMOUNT" means Thirty-five Million Dollars
($35,000,000).

                  "COMMONLY CONTROLLED ENTITY" means an entity, whether or not
incorporated, that is under common control with a Borrower within the meaning of
Section 414(b) or 414(c) of the Code.

                  "ELIGIBLE ACCOUNT" means an Account, excluding all of the
following:

                           (a)      Accounts that remain uncollected more than
ninety (90) days from the original invoice date ("Delinquent Accounts").

                           (b)      Accounts due from an Account Debtor that has
suffered a business failure or the termination of its existence, or as to which
a dissolution, insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding has been commenced, any
assignment for the benefit of creditors has been made, or a trustee, receiver or
conservator has been appointed for all or any part of the property of such
Account Debtor.

                           (c)      Accounts due from an Account Debtor
affiliated with Borrower in any manner, including, without limitation, as
stockholder, owner, officer, director, agent or employee.

                           (d)      Accounts with respect to which payment is
or may be conditional.

                           (e)      Accounts due from an Account Debtor who is
not a resident or citizen of, located in, or subject to service of process in,
the United States of America, except to the extent such Accounts are supported
by insurance, bonds or other assurances satisfactory to Bank.

                           (f)      Accounts with respect to which goods are
placed on consignment, guaranteed sale, or other terms by reason of which the
payment by the Account Debtor may be conditional.

                           (g)      Accounts due from an Account Debtor that is
any national, federal or state government, including, without limitation, any
instrumentality, division, agency, body or department thereof, except where such
Account Debtor has agreed to make payment directly to the Agent on behalf of the
Banks.

                           (h)      Accounts commonly known as "bill and hold"
or similar arrangement.

                           (i)      Accounts due from an Account Debtor as to
which twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the aggregate dollar amount of all
outstanding accounts owing from such Account Debtor are Delinquent Accounts.

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                           (j)      That portion of Accounts due from an Account
Debtor (other than Sears or Home Depot) that is in excess of 50% of Borrower's
aggregate dollar amount of all outstanding accounts.

                           (k)      Accounts as to which Borrower is or may
become liable to the Account Debtor for any reason.

                           (l)      Accounts that are not free of all liens,
encumbrances, charges, rights and interest of any kind, except in favor of
Lender.

                           (m)      Accounts that are supported or represented
by chattel paper or an instrument, unless such instrument or chattel paper is
endorsed and actually delivered to Agent and Majority Banks shall have
specifically agreed to include the current payment due under the instrument or
chattel paper as an Eligible Account.

                           (n)      Accounts with respect to which the Account
Debtor is located for purposes of collection of the Account in any state denying
creditors access to its courts in the absence of a Notice of Business Activities
Report or other similar filing, unless Borrower has either qualified as a
foreign corporation authorized to transact business in such state or has filed a
Notice of Business Activities Report or similar filing with the applicable state
agency for the then current year.

                           (o)      Accounts with respect to which the Account
Debtor has not received and accepted the goods sold or leased or the services
rendered, as applicable.

                  "ELIGIBLE EQUIPMENT" means all of the following property of
Borrower in which Banks, through Agent, have a first, perfected security
interest and that is not subject to a Lien in favor of any other Person: all of
Borrower's equipment and machinery in all of its forms, wherever located, now or
hereafter existing, all fixtures, and all parts thereof and all accessions
thereto.

                  "ELIGIBLE INVENTORY" means Inventory held by Borrower for sale
or lease in the ordinary course of Borrower's business that is: (a) new and
unused finished goods ready for sale; (b) Inventory in which Banks, through
Agent, have a first, perfected security interest; (c) not subject to a Lien in
favor of any other person; (d) of good and merchantable quality free from
defects; (e) not owned by Borrower for more than 180 days; (f) acceptable to
Bank in its reasonable sole discretion; (g) if stored with a bailee,
warehouseman or similar party, such party has issued and delivered to Agent, in
form and substance acceptable to Agent, warehouse receipts therefor in Agent's
name; and (h) located at a place disclosed to Agent in accordance with the
Security Agreement.

                  "ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS" shall mean and include, without
limitation, the Resource Conversation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA), 42 USC
Sections 6901 et. seq., the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) 42 USC Sections 9601-9657, as amended by the
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), the Hazardous
Materials Transportation Authorization Act of 1994, 49 USC Sections 5101 et.
seq., the

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Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 USC Sections 1251 et. seq., the Clean
Air Act, 42 USC Sections 741 et. seq., the Clean Water Act, 33 USC ss. 7401,
the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 USC Sections 2601-2629, the Safe
Drinking Water Act, 42 USC Sections 300f-300j, and all amendments thereto,
and rules, regulations, orders, and decrees promulgated thereunder, and any
other local, state and/or federal laws, rules, regulations and ordinances,
whether currently in existence or hereafter enacted, that govern, to the
extent applicable to Borrower's businesses, properties and assets: (a) the
existence, cleanup and/or remedy of contamination on property; (b) the
protection of the environment from soil, air or water pollution, or from
spilled, deposited or otherwise emplaced contamination; (c) the emission or
discharge of Hazardous Substances into the environment; (d) the control of
Hazardous Substances; or (e) the use, generation, transport, treatment,
removal or recovery of Hazardous Substances.

                  "ERISA" means the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, including
any regulations issued in connection therewith.

                  "EVENT OF DEFAULT" means the occurrence of any of the events
set forth in Article 8 of this Agreement.

                  "FUNDED DEBT/EBITDA RATIO" shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 7.4 of this Agreement.

                  "GAAP" means the generally accepted accounting principles set
forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board that are applicable
to the circumstances as of the date of determination consistently applied.

                  "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE" means (a) any oil, petroleum products,
flammable substance, explosives, radioactive materials, hazardous wastes or
substances, toxic wastes or substances or any other wastes, materials or
pollutants that (i) pose a hazard to Borrower's owned or leased real property or
to persons on or about such real property or (ii) cause Borrower's owned or
leased real property to be in violation of any Environmental Laws; (b) asbestos
in any form that is or could become friable, urea formaldehyde foam insulation,
transformers or other equipment that contain dielectric fluid containing levels
of polychlorinated biphenyls, or radon gas; (c) any chemical, material or
substance defined as or included in the definition of "waste," "hazardous
substances," "hazardous wastes," "hazardous materials," "extremely hazardous
waste," "restricted hazardous waste," or "toxic substances" or words of similar
import under any Environmental Laws; (d) any other chemical, material or
substance, exposure to which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any
governmental authority or agency or may or could pose a hazard to the health and
safety of the occupants of Borrower's owned or leased real property or the
owners and/or occupants of property adjacent to or surrounding such real
property or any other person coming upon such real property or adjacent
property; and (e) any other chemical, materials or substance that may or could
pose a hazard to the environment and are or become subject to regulation by any
Environmental Laws.

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                  "INTEREST PERIOD" means with respect to any LIBOR Loan, the
period commencing on the date such loan is made and ending, as the Borrower may
select, pursuant to this Agreement, on the numerically corresponding day in the
first, second, or third calendar month thereafter, except that each such
Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or
on any day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the
appropriate subsequent calendar month) shall end on the last Business Day of the
appropriate subsequent calendar month; provided that if an Interest Period would
end on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended
to the next Business Day unless such Business Day would fall in the next
calendar month, in which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately
preceding Business Day.

                  "INVENTORY" means all of Borrower's raw materials, work in
process, finished goods, merchandise, parts and supplies, of every kind and
description, and goods held for sale or lease or furnished under contracts of
service in which Borrower now has or hereafter acquires any right, whether held
by Borrower or others, and all documents of title, warehouse receipts, bills of
lading, and all other documents of every type covering all or any part of the
foregoing. Inventory includes Inventory temporarily out of Borrower's custody or
possession and all returns on Accounts.

                  "LENDER EXPENSES" means all costs and expenses incurred by
Agent in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery,
filing, and administration of the Loan Documents, and of any amendment,
modification, extension, renewal or supplement to the Loan Documents, including,
without limitation, the fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel for Agent,
incurred in connection with advising Agent as to its rights and responsibilities
hereunder and structuring, drafting, reviewing, amending, or otherwise involving
the Loan Documents, and all costs and expenses, including court costs, incurred
by Agent and/or Banks in connection with enforcement of the Loan Documents, or
any amendment, modification, or supplement thereto, whether by negotiation,
legal proceedings, or otherwise.

                  "LIBOR LOAN" means any loan under this Agreement bearing
interest at a rate based upon Adjusted LIBOR Interest Rate.

                  "LIEN" means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, security
interest, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien
(statutory or other), or preference, priority, or other security agreement or
preferential arrangement, charge, or encumbrance of any kind or nature
whatsoever (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same economic
effect as any of the foregoing, and the filing of any financing statement under
the Uniform Commercial Code or comparable law of any jurisdiction to evidence
any of the foregoing).

                  "LOAN" means a Revolving Loan.

                  "LOAN DOCUMENTS" means collectively this Agreement, the
Security Agreement, any note executed by Borrower to the order of a Bank and any
other agreements or documents, whether now or hereafter existing, executed or
delivered in connection with this Agreement or

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any amendment thereto, and any amendments, supplements, modifications,
renewals, extensions, or refundings of any of the foregoing documents.

                  "LONDON INTERBANK OFFERED RATE" means for any Interest Period
for a LIBOR Loan the lowest rate per annum quoted by Barclay's, Lloyd's, Chase,
and Bank of America (or such other banks as may be agreed upon by Agent and
Borrower in writing from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time
appearing on the Reuters LIBOR page screen two Business Days prior to the first
day of such Interest Period for the offering to leading banks in the London
interbank market of dollar deposits for a period and an amount comparable to the
Interest Period and principal amount of the LIBOR Loan that shall be made by
Bank and outstanding during the Interest Period.

                  "MAJORITY BANKS" means at any time the Banks holding at least
sixty-six percent (66%) of the then aggregate unpaid principal amount of the
Revolving Notes held by the Banks, or, if no such principal amount is then
outstanding, Banks having an aggregate Bank's Commitment of at least sixty-six
percent (66%) of the Commitment Amount.

                  "MATURITY DATE" means July 25, 2002, or such other date as
Bank and Borrower may agree upon in writing from time to time.

                  "MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN" means a Plan described in Section
4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

                  "OBLIGATIONS" means any and all loans, lines of credit,
advances, letter of credit obligations, debts, overdrafts, liabilities,
indebtedness, lease payments, guaranties, covenants, and duties owing by
Borrower to Bank of any kind and description (whether advanced pursuant to or
evidenced by the Loan Documents or any other instrument or agreement between
Bank and Borrower), any debt, liability, or obligation owing by Borrower to
others that Bank may have obtained by assignment or otherwise, any interest not
paid when due, all Lender Expenses, and all renewals, extensions, and
modifications of the foregoing, or any part thereof, whether any of the
foregoing is direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due,
now existing or hereafter arising.

                  "PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any
entity succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.

                  "PERMITTED LIENS" shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in Section 6.1 of this Agreement.

                  "PERMITTED LIENS" shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in Section 6.1 of this Agreement.

                  "PERSON" means an individual, partnership, corporation,
business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint
venture, governmental authority, or other entity of whatever nature.

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                  "PLAN" means any pension plan that is covered by Title IV of
ERISA and in respect of which any Borrower or a Commonly Controlled Entity is an
"employer" as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

                  "PRIME LOAN" means any loan under this Agreement bearing
interest at a rate based upon the Prime Rate.

                  "PRIME RATE" means the Agent's announced rate of interest
referred to as its prime rate used as a reference point from which the cost of
credit to customers may be calculated. The Prime Rate is subject to change from
time to time. Agent may make loans to other Persons bearing interest at, above,
or below the Prime Rate.

                  "PROHIBITED TRANSACTION" means any transaction set forth in
Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.

                  "PROPORTIONATE SHARE" means, with respect to each Bank, the
percentage set forth under the caption "Proportionate Share" opposite such
Bank's name in Schedule A.

                  "REPORTABLE EVENT" means any of the events set forth in
Section 4043 of ERISA.

                  "REVOLVING LOANS" shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in Section 2.1 of this Agreement.

                  "REVOLVING NOTE" means a promissory note described in
Subsection 2.1.5.

                  "SECURITY AGREEMENT" means the Security Agreement to be
delivered to Bank by the Borrower pursuant to Subsection 3.1.2 of this
Agreement.

                  1.2      ACCOUNTING TERMS.

                  All accounting terms not specifically defined in this
Agreement shall be construed in accordance with GAAP consistent with those
applied in the preparation of the financial statements referred to in Section
4.4, and all financial data submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be
prepared in accordance with GAAP.

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                     ARTICLE 2 - LOANS AND TERMS OF PAYMENT

                  2.1      REVOLVING CREDIT.

                  Upon the request of Borrower, made at any time and from
time to time from the date hereof until the Maturity Date, and so long as no
Event of Default has occurred, each Bank shall make loans to Borrower (the
"Revolving Loans") in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed at any time
outstanding such Bank's Commitment, and the aggregate principal amount of all
Revolving Loans made by all Banks shall not exceed at any time outstanding
the lesser of (i) the Borrowing Base and (ii) the Commitment Amount. All
Loans shall be made on a pro rata basis by the Banks in accordance with their
respective Proportionate Shares with each borrowing to be comprised of a
Revolving Loan by each Bank equal to such Bank's Proportionate Share of such
borrowing. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Borrower may borrow,
prepay, and reborrow under this Section. If at any time and for any reason
the amount of advances made pursuant to this Section exceed the above
limitation, then Borrower, upon Agent's election and demand, shall
immediately pay to Agent in cash the amount of such excess. The failure of
any Bank to make any Revolving Loan to be made by it on the date specified
for such Revolving Loan shall not relieve any other Bank of its obligation,
if any, to make its Revolving Loan on such date, but no Bank shall be
responsible for the failure of any other Bank to make such Revolving Loans to
be made by such other Bank.

                           2.1.1    NOTICE AND MANNER OF BORROWING.

                                    2.1.1.1  PRIME LOANS.

                                    Except for Sweep Loans described below,
Banks are authorized to make Prime Loans upon written or, at the discretion
of Agent, facsimile notice requesting a Loan received by Agent no later than
11:00 a.m. (Boise, Idaho time) at least one (1) Business Day prior to the
requested date of the loan from any person purporting to be a person
identified on EXHIBIT 2.1.1.1 attached hereto or such other persons as
Borrower may from time to time designate in writing to Agent. The Agent shall
promptly notify each Bank of the notice. Not later than 12:00 noon (Boise,
Idaho time) on the date of the Prime Loan, each Bank shall wire transfer to
the Agent the Bank's Proportionate Share of the Loan in immediately available
funds. After the Agent receives such funds, and if no Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, Agent shall make the Prime Loans to Borrower by
crediting the amount thereof to the Borrower's account with Agent. If an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Agent shall promptly return
the funds to the Banks.

                                    2.1.1.2  LIBOR LOANS.

                                    For any Loan that is to be a LIBOR Loan, the
Borrower shall request such a Loan by delivering a LIBOR Loan Request to Agent
no later than 11:00 a.m. (Boise, Idaho time) at least two and one half (2 1/2)
Business days prior to the requested date of the Loan. A LIBOR Loan Request
shall specify (a) the date of the requested Loan, (b) the amount of such Loan,
and (c) the requested duration of the Interest Period for the Loan, and shall be
in substantially the form of the attached EXHIBIT 2.1.1.2 executed by any person
purporting to

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be a person identified in Exhibit 2.1.1.1 or such other persons as Borrower
may from time to time designate in writing to Agent. A LIBOR Loan Request is
irrevocable by Borrower once it is delivered to Agent. If Agent determines
that the requested Loan is available and will comply with this Agreement,
Agent shall promptly notify each Bank of the LIBOR Loan Request. Not later
than 12:00 noon (Boise, Idaho time) on the date of the LIBOR Loan, each Bank
shall wire transfer to the Agent the Bank's Proportionate Share of the Loan
in immediately available funds. After the Agent receives such funds, and if
no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Agent shall make the
LIBOR Loan to Borrower by crediting the amount thereof to the Borrower's
account with Agent. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
Agent shall promptly return the funds to the Banks.

                                    2.1.1.3 SWEEP LOANS.

                                    Agent, at its sole and absolute discretion,
and subject to the terms hereof, may make Prime Loans to Borrower in an amount
equal to the amount by which the amount of checks clearing any designated
disbursement bank account that Borrower may now or hereafter have with Agent
exceeds the amount of collected funds in the disbursement account's related
depository bank account that Borrower may now or hereafter have with Agent
("Sweep Loans"). The existence of such an excess of clearing checks shall be
deemed to be a request by Borrower for any such Loan. Agent shall provide Banks,
on the last Business Day of each calendar week, a summary statement of the Sweep
Loans. If a Bank's Proportionate Share of the principal balance of the Sweep
Loans, as shown on the summary statement, is more than the Bank's Proportionate
Share of the principal balance of the Sweep Loans as of the last summary
statement, the Bank shall forthwith remit to Agent the amount of the increase.
On the other hand, if Bank's Proportionate Share of the principal balance of the
Sweep Loans, as shown on the summary statement, is less than the Bank's
Proportionate Share of the principal balance of the Sweep Loans as of the last
summary statement, Agent shall forthwith remit to the Bank the amount of the
decrease. Bank shall remit any excess within one (1) Business Day following
receipt of the summary statement from Agent, and Agent shall remit any decrease
contemporaneously with the delivery of the summary statement to the Bank. All
remittances shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds.

                                    2.1.1.4 MINIMUM LIBOR LOAN REQUIREMENTS.

                                    Each LIBOR Loan shall be in a minimum
amount of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000). No part of the Revolving Line of
Credit shall be made as, extended as, or converted into, a LIBOR Loan with an
Interest Period that ends after the Maturity Date. No more than six (6) LIBOR
Loans from a single Bank shall be outstanding at one time.

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                           2.1.2    INTEREST.

                           Each Loan shall be a Prime Loan or a LIBOR Loan, as
selected by Borrower in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

                                    2.1.2.1  That portion of the Revolving Line
of Credit that is a Prime Loan shall bear interest at a fluctuating per annum
rate equal to the Prime Rate increased by the applicable Prime Margin set forth
below. Agent's Prime Rate may change from time to time, and the interest payable
will continue to fluctuate at the rate as stated herein. Any changes to the
Prime Rate shall become effective without prior notice to Borrower on the date
on which the Prime Rate changes.

                                    2.1.2.2  That portion of the Revolving Line
of Credit that is a LIBOR Loan shall bear interest at a fluctuating per annum
rate equal to the Adjusted LIBOR Interest Rate for the applicable Interest
Period, as quotes are available, increased by the applicable LIBOR Margin set
forth below. Any changes to the LIBOR Margin shall not apply to LIBOR Loans
outstanding or requested on the date the LIBOR Margin is adjusted.

                                    2.1.2.3  The actual interest to be charged
on the Revolving Line of Credit shall be calculated daily on the outstanding
balance for the actual number of days elapsed on the basis of a year consisting
of 360 days for LIBOR Loans and 365/366 days for Prime Loans. Should the rate of
interest exceed that allowed by law, the applicable rate of interest will be the
maximum rate of interest lawfully allowed. The principal amount outstanding on
which the interest rate(s) shall be charged shall be determined from the Bank's
records, which shall at all times be conclusive, absent manifest error.

                                    2.1.2.4 The Prime Margins and the LIBOR
Margins are as follows:

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         Funded Debt/
         EBITDA Ratio                     Prime Margin        LIBOR Margin
         ------------                     ------------        ------------
<S>                                       <C>                 <C>
         greater than 5.0                     0.75%             2.75%

         greater than or equal to
         4.00:1.00 but less than
         5.0:1.00                             0.50%             2.50%

         greater than or equal to
         2.5:1.00 but less than
         4.00:1.00                            0.25%             2.25%

         less than 2.50:1.00                  0.00%             2.00%
</TABLE>
                                    2.1.2.5  The Prime Margin and LIBOR Margin
shall be based upon the Borrower's Funded Debt/EBITDA Ratio (as defined in
Section 7.4) determined monthly on a

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rolling twelve months basis from the Borrower's monthly financial statements
delivered to Agent in accordance with Subsection 5.8.1 and adjusted, if
necessary, on the first day of the month after Bank's receipt of monthly
financial statements that show an adjustment is necessary.

                           2.1.3    REVOLVING NOTES.

                           All loans made by each Bank under this Agreement
shall be evidenced by a single promissory note of the Borrower in the stated
principal amount of the Bank's Commitment executed by Borrower substantially
in the form of EXHIBIT 2.1.3 (the "Revolving Notes").

                           2.1.4    REPAYMENT.

                           Interest accrued on that portion of the
outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loans that is a Prime Loan
shall be paid on or before the tenth day of each month in an amount equal to
the interest accrued as of the last day of the immediately preceding month.
Interest accrued on that portion of the outstanding principal balance of the
Revolving Loans that is a LIBOR Loan shall be paid on the last day of the
Interest Period with respect thereto and, in the case of an Interest Period
greater than one month, at monthly intervals after the first day of such
Interest Period. All outstanding principal and accrued interest of the
Revolving Loans shall be paid in full on the Maturity Date.

                                    2.1.4.1 PREPAYMENTS.

                                    The Borrower may prepay any or all of the
Revolving Loans that is a Prime Loan without penalty or premium. LIBOR Loans may
not prepaid in whole or in part, unless Borrower pays to Agent the prepayment
funding loss indemnification pursuant to subsection 2.1.8.

                                    2.1.4.2 METHOD OF PAYMENT.

                                    All payments on the Revolving Loans shall be
made to Agent at its Idaho Corporate Banking office in Boise, Idaho in lawful
money of the United States in immediately available funds. No checks, drafts, or
other instruments received by Agent purportedly in satisfaction of any of the
Obligations shall constitute payment thereof unless and until such instruments
have actually been collected. All payments received after 11:00 a.m. Boise,
Idaho time shall be considered to have been received the next Business Day. In
case the due date of any payment falls on a day that is not a Business Day, such
payment shall instead be due the next succeeding Business Day, and interest
shall continue to accrue. Agent may note the date, amount and interest rate (and
Interest Period with respect to LIBOR Loans) of each Loan and each payment of
principal and interest with respect hereto in Agent's books and records (either
manually or by electronic entry), which notation shall be conclusive evidence of
the information noted, absent manifest error. Upon receipt of any payment, the
Agent will promptly thereafter cause to be distributed such payments to the
Banks pro rata according to each Bank's Proportionate Share from the date upon
which the Bank became a Bank hereunder. Borrower shall hold all proceeds of
collections on Borrower's Accounts and of any other Collateral in trust

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for Banks and such proceeds shall be deposited into a depository account with
Agent, either through a lockbox or electronically (ACH/wire transfer), and
all such collected funds from such proceeds in the account shall be applied
to the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loans on a daily basis,
subject to the prepayment restriction on LIBOR Loans.

                                    2.1.4.3 LATE CHARGES AND DEFAULT INTEREST.

                                    If Agent has not received the full amount
of any payment by the end of fifteen (15) calendar days after the date due,
including the balance due at maturity, Borrower shall pay a late charge to
Agent in the amount of five percent (5%) of the overdue payment of principal
and interest. Borrower shall pay the late charge promptly, but only once on
each late payment. Upon receipt of any late charge payments, the Agent will
promptly thereafter cause to be distributed such payments to the Banks pro
rata according to each Bank's Proportionate Share from the date upon which
the Bank became a Bank hereunder. In addition to any late charges that may be
assessed as herein provided, the outstanding balance of the Revolving Line of
Credit after the occurrence of an Event of Default shall accrue interest from
the date of the Event of Default at the rate equal to four (4) percentage
points per annum in excess of the interest rate that would otherwise be
charged if no Event of Default existed. If Banks shall waive in writing or
Borrower shall cure such Event of Default, the interest rate shall revert to
the non-default rate from and after such waiver or completion of such cure,
until another such Event of Default.

                           2.1.5 USE OF PROCEEDS OF REVOLVING LOANS.

                           The proceeds of the Revolving Loans shall be used
by the Borrower for working capital, capital expenditures, and general
corporate purposes. The Borrower shall not, directly or indirectly, use any
part of such proceeds for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin
stock within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System or to extend credit to any person for the purpose of
purchasing or carrying any such margin stock, or for any purpose that
violates, or is inconsistent with, Regulation X of such Board of Governors.

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                           2.1.6    NON-RECEIPT OF FUNDS BY AGENT.

                                    2.1.6.1  Unless the Agent shall have
received notice from a Bank prior to the date on which such Bank is to
provide funds to the Agent for a Loan to be made by such Bank that such Bank
will not make available to the Agent such funds, the Agent may assume that
such Bank has made such funds available to the Agent on the date of such Loan
and the Agent in its sole discretion may, but shall not be obligated to, in
reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower on such date a
corresponding amount. If and to the extent such Bank shall not have so made
such funds available to the Agent, such Bank shall repay to the Agent on
demand such corresponding amount together with interest thereon, for each day
from the date such amount is made available to the Borrower until the date
such amount is repaid to the Agent, at the customary rate set by the Agent
for the correction of errors among banks for three Business Days and
thereafter at the Prime Rate. If such Bank shall repay to the Agent such
corresponding amount, such amount so repaid shall constitute such Bank's Loan
for purposes of this Agreement. If such Bank does not pay such corresponding
amount upon the Agent's demand therefor, the Agent shall promptly notify the
Borrower, and the Borrower shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to
the Agent with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is
made available to the Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to the
Agent, at the rate of interest applicable at the time to such Loan.

                                    2.1.6.2  Unless the Agent shall have
received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is
due to the Banks hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment in
full, the Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment in full to
the Agent on such date and the Agent in its sole discretion may, but shall
not be obligated to, in reliance upon such assumption, cause to be
distributed to each Bank on such due date an amount equal to the amount then
due such Bank. If and to the extent the Borrower shall not have so made such
payment in full to the Agent, each Bank shall repay to the Agent forthwith on
demand such amount distributed to such Bank together with interest thereon,
for each day from the date such amount is distributed to such Bank until the
date such Bank repays such amount to the Agent, at the customary rate set by
the Agent for the correction of errors among banks for three Business Days
and thereafter at the Prime Rate.

                  2.2      ADDITIONAL INTEREST RATE PROVISIONS.

                           2.2.1    If Agent shall have determined (which
determination shall be conclusive and binding) that for any reason adequate
and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBOR
Interest Rate for any or all Interest Periods, Agent shall give notice of
such determination to the Borrower. If such notice is given, and until such
notice has been withdrawn by Agent, no additional LIBOR Loans for such
Interest Periods shall be made and no additional conversions of Loans to
LIBOR Loans for such Interest Periods shall be permitted, and at the end of
the Interest Period relating to any outstanding LIBOR Loans for such interest
period such Loans shall become Prime Loans.

                           2.2.2    Notwithstanding any other provisions
herein, if any law, treaty, rule or regulation, or determination of a court
or other governmental authority, or any change therein or in the
interpretation or application thereof, shall make it unlawful for Banks to
make or maintain LIBOR Loans as contemplated by this Agreement, the
obligation of Banks hereunder to

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make LIBOR Loans shall forthwith be canceled, and, if required, each LIBOR Loan
then outstanding shall immediately become a Prime Loan.

                           2.2.3    In the event that any adoption or
modification of any law, treaty, rule, or regulation, or determination of a
court or other governmental authority, or that any change in the interpretation
or application thereof, which adoption, modification or change becomes effective
after the date hereof, or in the event that compliance by Banks with and request
or directive issued after the date hereof (whether or not having the force of
law) from any governmental authority:

                                            (A)      does or shall subject any
Bank or any of its foreign offices to any tax of any kind whatsoever with
respect to the Loan Documents, or changes the basis of taxation of payments to
the Bank of principal, interest, fees, or any other amount payable hereunder
(except for changes in the rate of tax on the overall net income of the Bank);
or

                                            (B)      does or shall impose,
modify, or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, FDIC
insurance, or similar requirement against assets held by, deposits or other
liabilities in or for the account of, advances or loans by, other credit
extended by or any other acquisition of funds by any office of the Bank (other
than to the extent previously taken into account in determining the Prime Rate
or statutory reserves); or

                                            (C)      does or shall impose on the
Bank any other condition; and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase
the cost to the Bank of making, renewing, or maintaining the loans hereunder, or
to reduce any amount receivable thereunder or under any of the Loan Documents;
then, in any such case, the Borrower shall promptly pay to the Bank, upon
demand, such amount or amounts as may be necessary to compensate the Bank for
any additional cost or reduced amount received. Each Bank shall deliver to the
Borrower a written statement of the losses or expenses sustained or incurred,
and any reasonable allocation made by the Bank of such losses and expenses shall
be conclusive, absent manifest error. Each Bank shall promptly notify the
Borrower of any event of which it has knowledge, occurring after the Closing
Date, which event will entitle the Bank to compensation under this Section.

                  2.3      LIBOR LOAN EXTENSIONS AND CONVERSIONS.

                  So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may
extend a LIBOR Loan beyond its current Interest Period by giving Agent a
LIBOR Loan Request for the extension in accordance with paragraph 2.1.1.2.
The Borrower may also convert any Prime Loan into a LIBOR Loan by giving
Agent a LIBOR Loan Request for the conversion in accordance with paragraph
2.1.1.2. Unless Agent receives notice of a proposed extension or conversion
as and when required hereunder, then at the end of an Interest Period for a
LIBOR Loan such Loan shall automatically convert to a Prime Loan. Agent shall
promptly notify each Bank of each extension or conversion LIBOR Loan Request
received by Agent.

                  2.4      FUNDING LOSS INDEMNIFICATION.

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                  The Borrower shall indemnify and hold each Bank free and
harmless from any loss or expense (including without limitation any loss or
expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or redeployment of deposits or
other funds acquired by the Bank to fund or maintain any LIBOR Loan) that the
Bank may incur as a result of (i) the Borrower's failure to make a borrowing,
conversion, or extension with respect to a LIBOR Loan after making a request
therefor; (ii) a prepayment (whether optional or mandatory) of a LIBOR Loan
prior to the expiration of a related Interest Period, and (iii) the conversion
of a LIBOR Loan as a result of any of the events indicated in paragraph 2.1.6.2.
At the election of the Bank such losses shall be conclusively deemed to consist
of an amount equal to:

                           (i)      The interest that would have been received
from the Borrower on the amounts during the Interest Period (or remaining
portion thereof in question) had the Borrower not prepaid, repaid, or failed to
borrow, convert, or extend, such funds, as the case may be, minus

                           (ii)     The return that the Bank could have obtained
had it placed such funds on deposit in the interbank dollar market selected by
Bank in its sole discretion on the date of such prepayment, repayment or failure
to borrow, convert, or extend as the case may be, and such funds had remained on
deposit until the end of the applicable Interest period.

                  2.5      REDUCTION OF COMMITMENT AMOUNT.

                  The Borrower shall have the right, upon at least ten (10)
Business Days' notice to the Agent, to terminate in whole or reduce in part
the unused portion of the Commitment Amount, provided that each partial
reduction shall be in the amount of at least One Million Dollars
($1,000,000), and provided further that no reduction shall be permitted if,
after giving effect thereto, and to any prepayment made therewith, the
outstanding and unpaid principal amount of the Loans shall exceed the
Commitment Amount. Any reduction in part of the unused portion of each Bank's
Commitment shall be made pro rata according to each Bank's Proportionate
Share. The Commitment Amount, once reduced or terminated, may not be
reinstated.

                  2.6      COMMITMENT FEE.

                  The Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the account of each
Bank a commitment fee on the average daily unused portion of such Bank's
Commitment (the Bank's Proportionate Share of the Commitment Amount less the
outstanding principal balance of the Loans) from the date of this Agreement
until the Maturity Date at the per annum rate of one quarter percent (0.25%),
payable in arrears on the tenth day of each month during the term of such
Bank's Commitment, commencing August 10, 2000, and ending on the Maturity
Date. Upon receipt of any commitment fees, the Agent will promptly thereafter
cause to be distributed such payments to the Banks pro rata according to each
Bank's Proportionate Share from the date upon which the Bank became a Bank
hereunder.

                  2.7      DOCUMENTATION FEE.

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                  Borrower shall pay Agent a documentation fee in the amount
of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000). The documentation fee shall be paid on the
date of this Agreement and shall represent an unconditional payment to Agent
in consideration of Agent's agreement to document the financial
accommodations to Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.

                  2.8      AGENCY FEE.

                  Borrower shall pay Agent an agency fee in the amount of
Seventeen Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($17,500). The documentation fee
shall be paid on the date of this Agreement and shall represent an
unconditional payment to Agent in consideration of Agent's agreement to act
as Agent for the Banks.

                  2.9      TAXES ON PAYMENTS.

                  All payments made by Borrower under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction
or withholding for or on account of, any present or future income, stamp or
other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or
withholdings ("Taxes"), now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld
or assessed by any governmental authority (except net income taxes and
franchise taxes in lieu of net income taxes imposed on Agent or Bank as a
result of a present or former connection between the jurisdiction of the
governmental authority imposing such tax on Agent or such Bank, excluding a
connection arising solely from Agent or such Bank having executed, delivered,
or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents). If any Taxes are required to be
withheld from any amounts payable to Agent or any Bank or Issuing Bank under
any Loan Document, the amounts so payable to Agent or such Bank shall be
increased to the extent necessary to yield to Agent or such Bank (after
payment of all Taxes) interest or any such other amounts payable hereunder at
the rates or in the amounts specified in this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.

                  2.10     GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST.

                  Borrower grants to Agent on behalf of the Banks a
continuing security interest in the Collateral, including all proceeds and
products thereof, in order to secure prompt repayment of the Obligations and
prompt performance by Borrower of each and all of its covenants and
obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Agent's's
security interest in the Collateral shall be further evidenced by the
Security Agreement and such other security documents as Agent or the Majority
Banks may at any time require.

                  2.11     FINANCING STATEMENTS.

                  The Borrower shall from time to time, at the expense of
Borrower, promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents,
and take all further action, that may be necessary or desirable, or that
Agent or Majority Banks may reasonably request, in order to perfect and
protect any pledge, assignment or security interest granted or purported to
be granted by any Loan Document or to enable Agent to exercise and enforce
its rights and remedies under any Loan Document with respect to any
Collateral. Without limiting the generality of the

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foregoing, the Borrower shall execute and file such financing or continuation
statements, or amendments thereto, and such other instruments or notices, as
may be necessary or desirable, or as Agent or Majority Banks may request, in
order to perfect and preserve the pledge assignment, and security interest
granted or purported to be granted by any Loan Document. Borrower irrevocably
makes, constitutes, and appoints Agent (and any of Bank's officers,
employees, or agents designated by Agent) as Borrower's true and lawful
attorney with power, upon Borrower's failure or refusal to comply with their
undertakings contained in this paragraph, to sign the name of Borrower on any
of the above-described documents or on any other similar documents that need
to be executed, recorded, and/or filed in order to perfect or continue the
Bank's perfected security interest in the Collateral or Agent on behalf of
the Banks.

                        ARTICLE 3 - CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

                  3.1      INITIAL ADVANCE.

                  The obligation of Banks to make the initial Loan to the
Borrower under this Agreement is subject to the conditions precedent that Agent
shall have received on or before the day of such loan each of the following, in
form and substance satisfactory to Agent and its legal counsel:

                           3.1.1 REVOLVING NOTE.

                           The Revolving Note for each Bank executed by the
Borrower.

                           3.1.2    SECURITY AGREEMENT.

                           The Security Agreement executed by Borrower,
together with all UCC-1 financing statements desirable in the opinion of
Agent to perfect the security interest created by the Security Agreement.

                           3.1.3    EVIDENCE OF INSURANCE.

                           Evidence of the insurance Borrower must maintain
in accordance with the Loan Documents.

                           3.1.4    OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR BORROWER.

                           A favorable opinion of counsel for Borrower, in
substantially the form of EXHIBIT 3.1.4 and as to such other matters as Bank
may reasonably request.

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                           3.1.5 EVIDENCE OF ALL CORPORATE ACTION BY BORROWER .

                           Certified copies of all corporate action taken by
Borrower authorizing its execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and each
other document to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement and its performance of
its agreements thereunder.

                           3.1.6    CERTIFICATES OF EXISTENCE FOR BORROWER .

                           Certificates of existence or good standing dated a
reasonable date before the effective date of this Agreement showing that the
Borrower is in good standing under the laws of the state of its incorporation
and all other states in which it is doing business.

                           3.1.7 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS OF
BORROWER .

                           Copies of the articles of incorporation and bylaws of
Borrower certified by an officer of Borrower to be true and correct.

                           3.1.8    CERTIFICATES OF ASSUMED BUSINESS NAME .

                           Copies of all certificates of assumed business name,
if any, filed by Borrower.

                           3.1.9    LETTER TO ACCOUNTANTS .

                           A letter in the form of EXHIBIT 3.1.9 to Borrower's
outside auditors (which letter Borrower shall also deliver to any subsequent
outside auditors hired by Borrower, all of which shall be independent certified
public accountants acceptable to Agent): (1) instructing such auditors to send
to Agent copies of all financial statements (whether preliminary or final) and
reports that are prepared as a result of any audit or other review of Borrower's
operations, finances, or internal controls, including any reports dealing with
improper accounting practices, defalcations, financial reporting errors, or
misstatements or fraud; (2) instructing such auditors to, upon Agent's request,
meet with Agent to discuss said financial statements and any questions regarding
same; and (3) advising such auditors that one of the principal purposes of the
audited financial statements which they may be asked to prepare is to provide
Agent with information regarding Borrower's financial condition.

                           3.1.10   PUBLIC RECORD SEARCHES .

                           Uniform Commercial Code financing statement searches,
federal and state income tax lien searches, judgment searches, or other similar
searches on Borrower and any other Persons that Agent may require and in such
form as Agent may require.

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                           3.1.11   PAYMENT OF DOCUMENTATION AND AGENCY FEES.

                           Payment of the documentation and agency fees as
required by Section 2.7 and 2.8 of this Agreement.

                           3.1.12   ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS .

                           Such additional approvals, opinions, or documents as
Agent may reasonably request.

                  3.2      ALL ADVANCES.

                  The obligation of Banks to make each Loan under this Agreement
shall be subject to the following conditions precedent:

                           3.2.1    The following statements shall be true on
the date of each loan, and, if requested by Agent, Borrower shall have delivered
to Agent a certificate signed by a duly authorized officer of the Borrower,
certifying to Agent the truth of the following statements:

                                    (a)     The representations and warranties
of Borrower in this Agreement and in the Loan Documents are correct on and as of
the date of such loan as though made on and as of such date.

                                    (b)     No Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, or would result from such loan.

                           3.2.2    Agent shall have received such other
approvals, opinions, or documents as Majority Banks may reasonably request.

                   ARTICLE 4 - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

                  In order to induce the Agent and Banks to enter into this
Agreement and to make the loans as provided in this Agreement, the Borrower
makes the following representations and warranties to the Agent and Banks, which
shall survive execution of this Agreement:

                  4.1      ORGANIZATION, GOOD STANDING, AND DUE QUALIFICATION .

                  Borrower was organized under the Montana Business Corporation
Act and exists in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
organization with power under the Montana Business Corporation Act to own or
lease its assets and to transact the business in which it is now engaged or
proposed to be engaged. Borrower is qualified to transact business as a foreign
corporation in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which
such qualification is required.

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                  4.2      POWER AND AUTHORITY .

                  Borrower has authorized the execution and delivery of the Loan
Documents and the performance of its agreements thereunder by all necessary
corporate action under the Montana [Idaho Business Corporation Act. The
execution and delivery of the Loan Documents by Borrower and the performance of
its obligations thereunder will not (1) require any consent or approval of the
shareholders of Borrower that has not been obtained; (2) contravene Borrower's
articles of incorporation or bylaws; (3) violate any provision of any law, rule,
regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination, or award
presently in effect having applicability to Borrower; (4) result in a breach of
or constitute a default under any indenture or loan or credit agreement or any
other agreement, lease, or instrument to which Borrower is a party or by which
it or its properties may be bound or affected; or (5) cause Borrower to violate
any such law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree,
determination, or award or be in default under any such indenture, agreement,
lease, or instrument.

                  4.3      LEGALLY ENFORCEABLE AGREEMENT .

                  This Agreement is, and each of the other Loan Documents other
than the Guaranties when delivered under this Agreement will be, legal, valid,
and binding obligations of the Borrower, enforceable against the Borrower, in
accordance with their respective terms, except to the extent that such
enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, and other
similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally.

                  4.4      FINANCIAL STATEMENTS .

                  All financial statements and information relating to Borrower
and any affiliate of Borrower that have been delivered by Borrower to Agent or
any Bank are complete and correctly and fairly present the financial condition
of the Borrower of the affiliate of Borrower, as applicable, as of the date of
such statements and information and the results of the operations of the
Borrower and the affiliates of Borrower for the periods covered by such
statements, all in accordance with GAAP (subject to year-end adjustments in the
case of the interim financial statements). There has been no material adverse
change in the financial condition of Borrower of an affiliate of Borrower since
the date of the most recent of such applicable financial statements submitted to
Agent. There are no liabilities of Borrower or an affiliate of Borrower, fixed
or contingent, that are material but are not reflected in the financial
statements or in the notes thereto, other than liabilities arising in the
ordinary course of business since the date of the most recent of such applicable
financial statements submitted to Agent. No information, exhibit, or report
furnished by the Borrower to the Agent or any Bank in connection with the
negotiation of this Agreement contained any material misstatement of fact or
omitted to state a material fact or any fact necessary to make the statement
contained therein not materially misleading.

                  4.5      LABOR DISPUTES AND CASUALTIES .

                  Neither the businesses nor the properties of the Borrower are
affected by any fire, explosion, accident, strike, lockout, or other labor
dispute, drought, storm, hail, earthquake,

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embargo, act of God, or other casualty (whether or not covered by insurance),
materially and adversely affecting such businesses or properties or the
operation of the Borrower.

                  4.6      OTHER AGREEMENTS .

                  No event has occurred and is continuing that constitutes or
that, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, could constitute,
an event of default or a default under any agreement or guaranty to which the
Borrower is a party, and no such event will occur upon the making of the loans
hereunder.

                  4.7      NO LITIGATION .

                  There is no pending or threatened action or proceeding against
or affecting the Borrower before any court, governmental agency, or arbitrator,
that may, in any one case or in the aggregate, materially adversely affect the
financial condition, operations, properties, or business of the Borrower or the
ability of the Borrower to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents.

                  4.8      NO DEFAULTS ON OUTSTANDING JUDGMENTS OR ORDERS .

                  The Borrower has satisfied all judgments against it, and the
Borrower is not in default with respect to any judgment, writ, injunction,
decree, rule, or regulation of any court, arbitrator, or federal, state,
municipal, or other governmental authority, commission, board, bureau, agency,
or instrumentality, domestic or foreign.

                  4.9      OWNERSHIP AND LIENS .

                  The Borrower has title to, or valid leasehold interests in,
all of its properties and assets, real and personal, including, without
limitation, the Collateral, and none of such properties and assets owned by the
Borrower and none of its leasehold interests are subject to any Lien, except
Permitted Liens.

                  4.10     EMPLOYEE BENEFITS .

                  The Borrower is in compliance in all material respects with
all applicable provisions of ERISA. Neither a Reportable Event nor a Prohibited
Transaction has occurred and is continuing with respect to any Plan; no notice
of intent to terminate a Plan has been filed nor has any Plan been terminated;
no circumstances exist that constitute grounds entitling the PBGC to institute
proceedings to terminate, or appoint a trustee to administer, a Plan, nor has
the PBGC instituted any such proceedings; neither Borrower nor any Commonly
Controlled Entity has completely or partially withdrawn from a Multiemployer
Plan; the Borrower and each Commonly Controlled Entity have met their minimum
funding requirements under ERISA with respect to all of their Plans and the
present value of all vested benefits under each Plan does not exceed the fair
market value of all Plan assets allocable to such benefits, as determined on the
most recent valuation date of the Plan and in accordance with the provisions of
ERISA; and

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neither the Borrower nor any Commonly Controlled Entity has incurred any
liability to the PBGC under ERISA.

                  4.11     OPERATION OF BUSINESS .

                  Borrower possesses all licenses, permits, franchises, patents,
copyrights, trademarks, and trade names, or rights thereto, to conduct its
businesses substantially as now conducted and as presently proposed to be
conducted, and the Borrower is not in violation of any valid rights of others
with respect to any of the foregoing. Borrower has filed, and will file in the
future, with the appropriate governmental entities all assumed business name
certificates necessary or required to conduct its businesses.

                  4.12     TAXES .

                  The Borrower has filed all tax returns (federal, state, and
local) required to be filed and has paid all taxes, assessments, and
governmental charges and levies thereon to be due, including interest and
penalties, except those presently being or to be contested by Borrower in good
faith in the ordinary course of business and for which adequate reserves have
been provided in Bank's reasonable judgment.

                  4.13     DEBT.

                  EXHIBIT 4.13 is a complete and correct list of all credit
agreements, indentures, purchase agreements, guaranties, capital leases, and
other investments, agreements, and arrangements presently in effect providing
for or relating to extensions of credit (including agreements and arrangements
for the issuance of letters of credit or for acceptance financing) in respect of
which the Borrower is in any manner directly or contingently obligated; and the
maximum principal or face amounts of the credit in question, which are
outstanding and which can be outstanding, are correctly stated, and all Liens of
any nature given or agreed to be given as security therefor are correctly
described or indicated in such Exhibit.

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                  4.14     ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS .

                  To the best of its knowledge, the Borrower has complied with,
and its businesses, operations, assets, equipment, property, leaseholds or other
facilities are in compliance with, the provisions of the Environmental Laws and
all other federal, state, and local environmental, health and safety laws, codes
and ordinances, and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The
Borrower has been issued and will maintain all required federal, state, and
local permits, licenses, certificates, and approvals relating to (1) air
emissions; (2) discharges to surface water or groundwater; (3) noise emissions;
(4) solid or liquid waste disposal; (5) the use, generation, storage,
transportation, or disposal of Hazardous Substances; or (6) other environmental,
health, or safety matters. Borrower has not received notice of, nor knows of, or
suspects facts that might constitute any violations of an Environmental Law or
any other federal, state, or local environmental, health, or safety laws, codes,
or ordinances and any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder with respect
to its businesses, operations, assets, equipment, property, leaseholds, or other
facilities. To the best of Borrower's knowledge, except in accordance with a
valid governmental permit, license, certificate, or approval, there has been no
emission, spill, release, or discharge into or upon (1) the air; (2) soils, or
any improvements located thereon; (3) surface water or groundwater; or (4) the
sewer, septic system or waste treatment, storage, or disposal system servicing
the premises of any Hazardous Substances or from the premises; and accordingly,
except for inventory of raw materials, supplies, work in progress, and finished
goods that are to be used or sold in the ordinary course of business, the
premises of Borrower is free of all such Hazardous Substances. To the best of
Borrower's knowledge, there has been no complaint, order, directive, claim,
citation, or notice by any governmental authority or any person or entity with
respect to (1) air emissions; (2) spills, releases, or discharges to soils or
improvements located thereon, surface water, groundwater or the sewer, septic
system, or waste treatment, storage or disposal systems servicing the premises;
(3) noise emissions; (4) solid or liquid waste disposal; (5) the use,
generation, storage, transportation, or disposal of Hazardous Substances; or (6)
other environmental, health, or safety matters affecting the Borrower or its
businesses, operations, assets, equipment, property, leaseholds, or other
facilities. Borrower has no indebtedness, obligation, or liability, absolute or
contingent, matured or not matured, with respect to the storage, treatment,
cleanup, or disposal of any Hazardous Substances.

                  4.15     INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT .

                  Borrower is not an "investment company" or a company
"controlled" by an "investment company", within the meaning of the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended.

                  4.16     PERFECTION OF SECURITY INTEREST .

                  The Security Agreement and the pledge of the Collateral
pursuant thereto creates a valid and perfected first priority security interest
in the Collateral (except for Permitted Liens), securing the payment of the
obligations, and all filings and other actions necessary or desirable to perfect
and protect such security interest have been taken.

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                  4.17     SUBSIDIARIES .

                  Except as set forth in EXHIBIT 4.17, Borrower has no
subsidiaries.

                        ARTICLE 5 - AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

                  The Borrower covenants and agrees that so long as any
Obligation is outstanding it shall comply with the following provisions:

                  5.1      MAINTENANCE OF EXISTENCE .

                  Borrower shall preserve and maintain its existence and good
standing in the jurisdiction of its organization, and qualify and remain
qualified, as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is required.

                  5.2      MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS .

                  Borrower shall 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 Borrower.

                  5.3      MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES .

                  Borrower shall maintain, keep, and preserve all of its
properties (tangible and intangible) necessary or useful in the proper conduct
of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear
excepted.

                  5.4      CONDUCT OF BUSINESS .

                  Borrower shall continue to engage in an efficient and
economical manner in businesses of the same general type as conducted by it on
the date of this Agreement.

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                  5.5      MAINTENANCE OF INSURANCE .

                  Borrower shall, at its expense, maintain insurance with
financially sound and reputable insurance companies or associations in such
amounts, covering such risks, and in such form as shall be consistent with the
industry practices and satisfactory to Agent. Without limiting the forgoing
sentence, Borrower shall procure and maintain all risks insurance, including
without limitation fire, theft, and liability coverage together with such other
insurance as Agent may require with respect to the Collateral, in form, amounts
coverages and basis consistent with industry practices and reasonably acceptable
to Agent and issued by a company or companies reasonably acceptable to Agent.
Borrower, upon request of Agent, shall deliver to Agent from time to time the
policies or certificates of insurance in form satisfactory to Agent, including
stipulations that coverages will not be canceled or diminished without at least
thirty (30) days' prior written notice to Agent and not including any disclaimer
of the insurer's liability for failure to give such a notice. In connection with
all policies covering the Collateral, Borrower shall provide Agent with such
lender loss payable or other endorsements as Agent may require. If Borrower at
any time fails to obtain or maintain any insurance required under the Loan
Documents, Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, obtain such insurance as
Agent deems appropriate, including if it so chooses, "single interest insurance"
that will cover only Banks' interest in the Collateral.

                  5.6      COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS .

                  Borrower shall comply in all material respects with all
applicable laws, rules, regulations, and orders, such compliance to include,
without limitation, paying before the same become delinquent all taxes,
assessments, and governmental charges imposed upon it or upon its property,
except for such taxes, assessments or charges that are contested by Borrower in
good faith in the ordinary course of business and for which adequate reserves
have been provided in the reasonable judgment of Majority Banks.

                  5.7      RIGHT OF INSPECTION .

                  Borrower shall, at any reasonable time and from time to time,
permit the Agent or any Bank or any agent or representative thereof to inspect
the Collateral, examine and make copies of and abstracts from the records and
books of account of, and visit the properties of, the Borrower, and to discuss
the affairs, finances, and accounts of the Borrower with any of its employees,
officers, and directors and the Borrower's independent accountants. Without
limiting the foregoing, at least once every year, and more often if Agent
reasonably deems it necessary, Agent's auditors may audit and examine Borrower's
books and records. Borrower shall reimburse Agent at the rate of Three Hundred
Fifty Dollars ($350) per day for each auditor plus travel expenses.

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                  5.8      REPORTING REQUIREMENTS .

                           5.8.1    MONTHLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS .  Borrower
shall furnish to Agent as soon as available and in any event within thirty (30)
days after the end of each month, balance sheets of the Borrower as of the end
of such month, statements of income and retained earnings of the Borrower for
the period commencing at the end of the previous fiscal year and ending with the
end of such month, all in reasonable detail and stating in comparative form the
respective figures for the corresponding date and period in the previous fiscal
year and all prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied and certified
by an authorized financial officer of the Borrower (subject to year-end
adjustments).

                           5.8.2    QUARTERLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS .  Borrower
shall furnish to Agent as soon as available and in any event within thirty (30)
days after the end of fiscal quarter statements of cash flows of the Borrower
for the portion of the fiscal year ended with the last day of such quarter, in
reasonable detail and stating in comparative form the respective figures for the
corresponding date and period in the previous fiscal year and all prepared in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied and certified by an authorized
financial officer of the Borrower (subject to year-end adjustments).

                           5.8.3    ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS .  Borrower
shall furnish to Agent within one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of
each fiscal year of the Borrower, balance sheets of the Borrower as of the end
of such fiscal year, and statements of income and retained earnings of the
Borrower for such fiscal year, and statements of cash flows of the Borrower for
such fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and stating in comparative form the
respective figures for the corresponding date and period in the prior fiscal
year and all prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied and audited
by independent certified public accountants selected by the Borrower and
acceptable to the Agent.

                           5.8.4    BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE.   Borrower shall
furnish to Agent within five days after the 1st and 15th day of each month
reporting as of the end of the last Business Day on or before the 1st or 15th
day of each month, as applicable, statements of inventory summary and accounts
receivable aging and a certificate setting forth information with respect to the
Borrowing Base, executed and certified as accurate by an authorized officer of
Borrower. The certificate shall be in substantially the form attached as EXHIBIT
5.8.4 or such other form as Borrower and Agent may agree upon in writing.

                           5.8.5    MANAGEMENT LETTERS.   Borrower shall furnish
to Agent promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of any reports submitted to the
Borrower by independent certified public accountants in connection with
examination of the financial statements of the Borrower made by such
accountants.

                           5.8.6    NOTICE OF LITIGATION .  Borrower shall
furnish to Agent promptly after the commencement thereof, notice of all actions,
suits, and proceedings before any court or governmental department, commission,
board, bureau, agency, or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, affecting the
Borrower that, if determined adversely to the Borrower, could have a material
adverse effect on the financial condition, properties, or operations of the
Borrower.

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                           5.8.7    NOTICE OF DEFAULTS AND EVENTS OF DEFAULT .
Borrower shall furnish to Agent as soon as possible and in any event within five
Business Days after the occurrence of each Event of Default, a written notice
setting forth the details of such Event of Default and the action that is
proposed to be taken by the Borrower with respect thereto.

                           5.8.8    ERISA REPORTS.   Borrower shall furnish to
Agent as soon as possible, and in any event within thirty (30) days after the
Borrower knows or has reason to know that any circumstances exist that
constitute grounds entitling the PBGC to institute proceedings to terminate a
Plan subject to ERISA with respect to the Borrower or any Commonly Controlled
Entity, and promptly but in any event within ten (10) Business Days of receipt
by the Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity of notice that the PBGC
intends to terminate a Plan or appoint a trustee to administer the same, and
promptly but in any event within ten (10) Business Days of the receipt of notice
concerning the imposition of withdrawal liability with respect to the Borrower
or any Commonly Controlled Entity, a certificate of an authorized officer of the
Borrower setting forth all relevant details and the action that the Borrower
proposes to take with respect thereto.

                           5.8.9    COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE.   BORROWER SHALL
FURNISH AGENT WITH EACH MONTHLY AND YEAR-END FINANCIAL REPORT A CERTIFICATE OF
THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OR THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OR OTHER OFFICER
APPROVED BY AGENT IN WRITING STATING THAT HE OR SHE HAS INDIVIDUALLY REVIEWED
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT REVIEW OF THE ACTIVITIES OF BORROWER
DURING SUCH MONTHLY AND YEARLY PERIOD, AS THE CASE MAY BE, HAS BEEN MADE BY HIM
OR HER OR UNDER HIS OR HER SUPERVISION, WITH A VIEW TO DETERMINING WHETHER
BORROWER HAD FULFILLED ALL ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, AND THAT
BORROWER HAS OBSERVED AND PERFORMED EACH UNDERTAKING CONTAINED IN THE LOAN
DOCUMENTS AND IS NOT IN DEFAULT IN THE OBSERVANCE OR PERFORMANCE OF ANY OF THE
PROVISIONS OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR, IF BORROWER SHALL BE SO IN DEFAULT,
SPECIFYING ALL SUCH DEFAULTS AND EVENTS OF WHICH HE OR SHE MAY HAVE KNOWLEDGE.

                           5.8.10   ANNUAL FORECASTS .  No later than fifteen
(15) days before the beginning of each fiscal year, Borrower shall furnish to
Agent financial forecasts for the next three (3) fiscal years prepared by
Borrower's management in form and substance acceptable to Agent.

                           5.8.11   GENERAL INFORMATION .  Borrower shall
furnish to Agent such other information respecting the condition or operations,
financial or otherwise, of the Borrower as the Agent may from time to time
reasonably request.

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                  5.9      ENVIRONMENT .

                  Borrower shall (i) be and remain in compliance with
Environmental Laws and with the provisions of all other federal, state, and
local environmental, health, and safety laws, codes, and ordinances, and all
rules and regulations issued thereunder; (ii) notify the Agent immediately of
any notice of a hazardous discharge or environmental complaint received from any
governmental agency or other party; (iii) notify the Agent immediately of any
hazardous discharge from or affecting its premises; (iv) immediately contain and
remove the same, in compliance with all applicable laws; (v) promptly pay any
fine or penalty assessed in connection therewith; (vi) permit the Agent to
inspect the premises, to conduct tests thereon, and to inspect all books,
correspondence, and records pertaining thereto; and (vii) at the Agent's
request, and at the Borrower's expense, provide a report of a qualified
environmental engineer, satisfactory in scope, form, and content to the Agent,
and such other and further assurances reasonably satisfactory to the Agent that
the condition has been corrected.

                  5.10     REIMBURSEMENT OF LENDER EXPENSES.

                  Borrower shall promptly on demand reimburse Agent for sums
expended by Agent that constitute Lender Expenses, and Borrower authorizes and
approves all advances and payments by Agent for items constituting Lender
Expenses. In addition, the Borrower shall pay any and all stamp and other taxes
and fees payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution,
delivery, filing, and recording of any of the Loan Documents and the other
documents to be delivered under any such Loan Documents, and agrees to hold the
Agent harmless from and against any and all liabilities with respect to or
resulting from any delay in paying or omission to pay such taxes and fees. This
provision shall survive termination of this Agreement.

                  5.11     BANK ACCOUNTS .

                  Borrower shall use Agent as Borrower's primary depository and
transaction bank.

                         ARTICLE 6 - NEGATIVE COVENANTS

                  The Borrower covenants and agrees that so long as any
Obligation is outstanding it will comply with the following provisions:

                  6.1      LIENS .

                  Without Agent's prior written consent, Borrower shall not
create, incur, assume, or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property or
assets, now owned or hereafter acquired, except for the following ("Permitted
Liens"):

                           (i) Liens (if any) granted to Agent on behalf of the
Banks to secure the Obligations;

                           (ii) Liens described in the attached EXHIBIT 6.1;

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                           (iii) pledges or deposits made to secure payment of
worker's compensation insurance (or to participate in any fund in connection
with worker's compensation insurance), unemployment insurance, pensions, or
social security programs;

                           (iv) Liens imposed by mandatory provisions of law
such as for materialmen, mechanics, warehousemen, and other like Liens arising
in the ordinary course of business, securing indebtedness whose payment is not
yet due, or that is being contested by Borrower in good faith and for which
adequate reserves have been provided;

                           (v) Liens for taxes, assessments, and governmental
charges or levies imposed upon a person or upon such person's income or profits
or property, if the same are not yet due and payable or if the same are being
contested in good faith and as to which adequate cash reserves have been
provided;

                           (vi) Liens arising from good faith deposits in
connection with tenders, leases, real estate bids, or contracts (other than
contracts involving the borrowing of money), pledges or deposits to secure
public or statutory obligations and deposits to secure (or in lieu of) surety,
stay, appeal, or customs bonds and deposits to secure the payment of taxes,
assessments, customs duties, or other similar charges;

                           (vii) encumbrances consisting of zoning restrictions,
easements, or other restrictions on the use of real property, provided that such
items do not impair the use of such property for the purposes intended, and none
of which is violated by existing or proposed structures or land use; or

                           (viii) purchase-money Liens on any property hereafter
acquired or the assumption of any Lien on property existing at the time of such
acquisition (and not created in contemplation of such acquisition), or a Lien
incurred in connection with any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement or a capital lease, provided that (a) any property subject to any of
the foregoing is acquired by the Borrower in the ordinary course of its business
and the Lien on any such property attaches to such asset concurrently or within
ninety (90) days after the acquisition thereof; (b) the obligation secured by
any Lien so created, assumed, or existing shall not exceed the lesser of the
cost or the fair market value as of the time of acquisition of the property
covered thereby to the Borrower, (c) each such Lien shall attach only to the
property so acquired, (d) the debt secured by all such Liens shall not exceed
One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) at any time outstanding in the
aggregate, and (e) the debt secured by such Lien will not cause a breach of
Section 6.2, and the related expenditure will not cause a breach of Section 7.1.

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                  6.2      DEBT .

                  Without Agent's prior written consent, Borrower shall not
incur, assume, or suffer to exist, any debt other than (i) the Obligations; (ii)
indebtedness and liabilities of Borrower identified in EXHIBIT 4.13; (iii)
indebtedness and liabilities of Borrower that have been subordinated to the
Obligations by written agreement in form and substance acceptable to Agent and
Majority Banks; (iv) accounts payable to trade creditors for goods or services
that are not aged more than ninety (90) days from the billing date and current
operating liabilities (other than for borrowed money) that are not more than
ninety (90) days past due, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of
business, as presently conducted, and paid within the specified time, unless
contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings; and (vi) debt of the
Borrower secured by purchase-money liens that are Permitted Liens.

                  6.3      MERGERS OR REORGANIZATION .

                  Borrower shall not, without Majority Bank's prior written
consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, wind up, liquidate or
dissolve itself, reorganize, merge or consolidate with or into, or convey, sell,
assign, transfer, lease, or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transactions or
in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now
owned or hereafter acquired) to any Person, or acquire all or substantially all
of the assets or the business of any Person.

                  6.4      LEASES .

                  Without Agent's prior written consent, Borrower shall not
create, incur, assume, or suffer to exist any obligation as lessee for the
rental or hire of any real or personal property, except: (1) leases existing on
the date of this Agreement and any extensions or renewals thereof; (2) leases
with any Bank or an affiliate of such Bank; and (3) leases (other than capital
leases) that do not in the aggregate require the Borrower to make payments
(including taxes, insurance, maintenance, and similar expenses that the Borrower
is required to pay under the terms of any lease) in any fiscal year of the
Borrower in excess of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000), which amount
shall be included in the $100,000 limitation of 6.1(viii)(d) above.

                  6.5      SALE AND LEASEBACK .

                  Without Agent's prior written consent, Borrower shall not
sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property to any
Person and thereafter directly or indirectly lease back the same or similar
property if such expenditures will cause a breach of Section7.1..

                  6.6      DIVIDENDS .

                  Without Majority Bank's Prior written consent, Borrower shall
not declare or pay any dividends; or purchase, redeem, retire, or otherwise
acquire for value any of its capital stock now or hereafter outstanding; or make
any distribution of assets to its shareholders as such whether in cash, assets,
or in obligations of the Borrower; or allocate or otherwise set apart any

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sum for the payment of any dividend or distribution on, or for the purchase,
redemption, or retirement of any shares of its capital stock; or make any
other distribution by reduction of capital or otherwise in respect of any
shares of its capital stock, except that the Borrower (1) may declare and
deliver dividends and make distributions payable solely in common stock of
the Borrower; and (2) may purchase or otherwise acquire shares of its capital
stock by exchange for or out of the proceeds received from a substantially
concurrent issue of new shares of its capital stock.

                  6.7      SALE OF ASSETS .

                  Without Majority Bank's prior written consent, Borrower shall
not sell, lease, assign, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any of its now owned
or hereafter acquired assets (including, without limitation, receivables and
leasehold interests), except: (1) inventory disposed of in the ordinary course
of business; (2) the sale or other disposition of assets no longer used or
useful in the conduct of its business; and (3) assets with an aggregate value
not in excess of $500,000 during any fiscal year.

                  6.8      INVESTMENTS .

                  Without Majority Bank's prior written consent, Borrower shall
not make any loan or advance to any Person, or purchase or otherwise acquire any
capital stock, assets, obligations, or other securities of, make any capital
contribution to, or otherwise invest in or acquire any interest in any Person,
or participate as a partner or joint venturer with any other Person, except: (1)
direct obligations of the United States or any agency thereof with maturities of
one year or less from the date of acquisition; (2) commercial paper of a
domestic issuer rated at least "A-1" by Standard & Poor's Corporation or "P-1"
by Moody's Investors Service, Inc.; (3) certificates of deposit with maturities
of one year or less from the date of acquisition; (4) stock, obligations, or
securities received in settlement of debts (created in the ordinary course of
business) owing to the Borrower; (5) investments made through Agent or one of
its affiliates; and investments of a strategic nature with an aggregate
investment value not in excess of $500,000 at any time.

                  6.9      GUARANTIES .

                  Without Agent's prior written consent, Borrower shall not
assume, guarantee, endorse, or otherwise be or become directly or contingently
responsible or liable (including, but not limited to, an agreement to purchase
any obligation, stock, assets, goods, or services, or to supply or advance any
funds, assets, goods, or services, or an agreement to maintain or cause such
Person to maintain a minimum working capital or net worth, or to otherwise
assure the creditors of any Person against loss) for obligations of any Person,
except guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or
collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business.

                  6.10     ERISA PLANS .

                  Borrower shall not, without the Agent's prior written consent,
enter into, contribute to, or become a party to any Plan, other than those Plans
listed in EXHIBIT 6.10.

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                  6.11     TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES .

                  Enter into any transaction, including, without limitation, the
purchase, sale, or exchange of property or the rendering of any service, with
any Affiliate except in the ordinary course of and pursuant to the reasonable
requirements of the Borrower's business and upon fair and reasonable terms no
less favorable to the Borrower than would obtain in a comparable arm's-length
transaction with a Person not an Affiliate.

                  6.12     CHANGE OF NAME .

                  Borrower shall not, without Agent's prior written consent,
change the Borrower's name, business structure, or identity, or add any new
assumed business name.

                  6.13     CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT .

                  Borrower shall not materially and adversely alter its senior
management without giving Agent written notice of such alteration at least sixty
(60) days prior to the date of such alteration in management.

                  6.14     ACCOUNTING .

                  Borrower shall not (i) modify or change its method of
accounting without advising Agent and each Bank of such change, or (ii) enter
into, modify, or terminate any agreement presently existing or at any time
hereafter entered into with any third party accounting firm and/or service
bureau for the preparation and/or storage of Borrower's accounting records
without Borrower instructing said accounting firm and/or service bureau to
provide to Agent on behalf of each Bank information regarding the Collateral and
Borrower's financial condition.

                  6.15     LOCATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE .

                  Borrower shall not relocate its chief executive office from
Ronan, Montana without thirty (30) days prior written notice to Agent. Agent
shall promptly provide a copy of such notice to each Bank.

                  6.16     BRANDED INVENTORY .

                  Without each Bank's prior written consent, Borrower shall
neither produce, nor enter into any agreement to produce, any Inventory that
contains or bears any brand mark that Agent and the Banks are not authorized to
use in connection with such Inventory upon the occurrence of an Event of
Default, other than brand marks that Borrower is authorized to use as of the
date of this Agreement.

                         ARTICLE 7 - FINANCIAL COVENANTS

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                  So long as any Obligation is outstanding or any Bank shall
have any commitment under this Agreement, Borrower shall maintain the following
financial covenants:

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                  7.1      CAPITAL EXPENDITURE s.

                  Borrower shall not make any expenditures for fixed or capital
assets if, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate of all such expenditures
made by Borrower would exceed Twenty-five Million Dollars ($25,000,000) during
Borrower's fiscal year 2000 and Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000) during any
fiscal year of Borrower thereafter.

                  7.2      CURRENT RATIO .

                  Borrower shall maintain at all times a Ratio of current assets
to current liabilities of at least 1.0 to 1.0.

                  7.3      LEVERAGE RATIO .

                  Borrower shall maintain at all times a Ratio of Borrower's
total liabilities to Borrower's total stockholder equity of not greater than 2.5
to 1.00.

                  7.4      FUNDED DEBT/EBITDA RATIO .

                  Borrower shall maintain, on a rolling four-quarters basis as
measured at the end of each fiscal quarter of Borrower, a Ratio of Funded Debt
to EBITDA of not more than 5.5 to 1.00 through September 30, 2000, not more than
4.25 to 1.00 through September 30, 2001, and not more than 3.25 to 1.00
thereafter.

                           7.4.1    "EBITDA" shall mean, for any period, as
applied to Borrower, the sum of Borrower's earnings before (a) interest expense,
consisting of (i) the aggregate amount of all interest accrued during such
period on Borrower's debt, (ii) amortization of debt discount and expense during
such period, and (iii) all fees and commissions payable with respect to any
letters of credit during such period, (b) depreciation, (c) amortization, (d)
dividends, (e) taxes, and (f) extraordinary expenses incurred by Borrower during
its 1999 fiscal year.

                           7.4.2    "Funded Debt" shall mean, as of the date of
determination as applied to Borrower, the sum of (i) all indebtedness of
Borrower owing to third parties for money borrowed, including capitalized leases
of Borrower having a final maturity of one (1) year or more from the date of
creation (including that portion of the principal of such indebtedness due
within one (1) year from the date of such determination), (ii) any indebtedness
of the Borrower having a final maturity within one (1) year from such date which
may be renewed or extended at the option of the Borrower for more than one (1)
year from such date, and (iii) the outstanding balance of the Revolving Loans,
less the amount of Borrower's short term investments as of the date of
determination.

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                          ARTICLE 8 - EVENTS OF DEFAULT

                  8.1      EVENTS OF DEFAULT .

                  Each of the following events, at the option of Agent or
Majority Banks (subject to Section 8.3), shall constitute an event of default
(each an "Event of Default"):

                           8.1.1 The Borrower shall fail to pay the principal
of, or interest on, the Revolving Note, or any Obligation within fifteen (15)
days of when due and payable.

                           8.1.2    Any representation or warranty made or
deemed made by Borrower in this Agreement, the Security Agreement, or other Loan
Document or that is contained in any certificate, document, opinion, or
financial or other statement furnished at any time under or in connection with
any Loan Document shall prove to have been incorrect, incomplete, or misleading
in any material respect on or as of the date made or deemed made.

                           8.1.3    Borrower shall fail to perform or observe
any term, covenant, or agreement contained in this Agreement or other Loan
Document, or Borrower shall be in default under any other agreement with any
Bank or an affiliate of Agent.

                           8.1.4    Borrower shall (a) fail to pay any
indebtedness for borrowed money (other than the Loans) of the Borrower in excess
of an aggregate principal amount of $100,000, or any interest or premium
thereon, when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment,
acceleration, demand, or otherwise); or (b) fail to perform or observe any term,
covenant, or condition on its part to be performed or observed under any
agreement or instrument relating to any such indebtedness, when required to be
performed or observed, if the effect of such failure to perform or observe is to
accelerate, or to permit the acceleration of after the giving of notice or
passage of time, or both, the maturity of such indebtedness, whether or not such
failure to perform or observe shall be waived by the holder of such
indebtedness, or any such indebtedness shall be declared to be due and payable,
or required to be prepaid (other than by a regularly scheduled required
prepayment), prior to the stated maturity thereof.

                           8.1.5    Borrower (a) shall generally not pay, or
shall be unable to pay, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts
as such debts become due; or (b) shall make an assignment for the benefit of
creditors, or petition or apply to any tribunal for the appointment of a
custodian, receiver, or trustee for it or a substantial part of its assets; or
(c) shall commence any proceeding under any bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, readjustment of debt, dissolution, or liquidation law or statute of
any jurisdiction, whether now or hereafter in effect; or (d) shall have had any
such petition or application filed or any such proceeding commenced against it
in which an order for relief is entered or an adjudication or appointment is
made, and that remains undismissed for a period of sixty (60) days or more; or
(e) shall take any corporate action indicating its consent to, approval of, or
acquiescence in any such petition, application, proceeding, or order for relief
or the appointment of a custodian, receiver, or trustee for all or any
substantial part of its properties; or (f) shall suffer any such custodianship,
receivership, or trusteeship to continue undischarged for a period of sixty (60)
days or more.

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                           8.1.6    One or more judgments, decrees, or orders
for the payment of money in excess of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) in
the aggregate shall be rendered against the Borrower, and such judgments,
decrees, or orders shall continue unsatisfied and in effect for a period of
sixty (60) consecutive days without being vacated, discharged, satisfied, or
stayed or bonded pending appeal.

                           8.1.7    The Security Agreement shall at any time
after its execution and delivery and for any reason cease (a) to create a valid
and perfected first priority security interest in and to the property purported
to be subject to such Security Agreement; or (b) to be in full force and effect
or shall be declared null and void, or the validity or enforceability thereof
shall be contested by the Borrower, or the Borrower shall deny it has any
further liability or obligation under the Security Agreement, or the Borrower
shall fail to perform any of its obligations under the Security Agreement.

                           8.1.8    Any of the following events shall occur or
exist with respect to Borrower and any Commonly Controlled Entity under ERISA:
any Reportable Event shall occur; complete or partial withdrawal from any
Multiemployer Plan shall take place; any Prohibited transaction shall occur; a
notice of intent to terminate a Plan shall be filed, or a Plan shall be
terminated; or circumstances shall exist that constitute grounds entitling the
PBGC to institute proceedings to terminate a Plan, or the PBGC shall institute
such proceedings; and in each case above, such event or condition, together with
all other events or conditions, if any, could subject the Borrower to any tax,
penalty, or other liability that in the aggregate may exceed One Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($100,000).

                           8.1.9    If any federal, state, or local agency
asserts or creates a Lien upon any or all of the assets, equipment, property,
leaseholds, or other facilities of Borrower by reason of the occurrence of a
hazardous discharge or an environmental complaint; or if any federal, state, or
local agency asserts a claim against the Borrower and/or its assets, equipment,
property, leaseholds or other facilities for damages or cleanup costs relating
to a hazardous discharge or an environmental complaint; provided, however, that
such claim shall not constitute a default if, within ten (10) Business Days of
the occurrence giving rise to the claim, (a) the Borrower can prove to the
Agent's satisfaction that the Borrower has commenced and is diligently pursuing
an investigation of the claim to be followed promptly by either: (i) a cure or
correction of the event that constitutes the basis for the claim, and continues
diligently to pursue such cure or correction to completion, or (ii) proceedings
for an injunction, a restraining order, or other appropriate emergent relief
preventing such agency or agencies from asserting such claim, that relief is
granted within ten (10) Business Days of the occurrence giving rise to the claim
and the injunction, order, or emergent relief is not thereafter resolved or
reversed on appeal; and (b) in either of the foregoing events, the Borrower has
posted a bond, letter of credit, or other security satisfactory in form,
substance and amount to both the Agent and the agency or entity asserting the
claim to secure the proper and complete cure or correction of the event that
constitutes the basis for the claim.

                           8.1.10   Any material misrepresentation exists now
or hereafter in any warranty or representation made to Agent or any Bank by any
officer or director of Borrower, or if any such warranty or representation is
withdrawn by any officer or director.

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                           8.1.11   This Agreement shall at any time after its
execution and delivery and for any reason cease to be in full force and effect
or shall be declared null and void, or the validity or enforceability thereof
shall be contested by Borrower, or Borrower shall deny it has any further
liability or obligation under this Agreement.

                  8.2      CURE OF EVENT OF DEFAULT .

                  If any Event of Default, other than a payment default or an
Event of Default described in Subsection 8.1.5, is curable and if Borrower has
not been given a notice of a similar default within the preceding twelve (12)
months, it may be cured (and no Event of Default will have occurred) if
Borrower, after receiving written notice from Agent or a Bank demanding cure of
such default: (a) cures the default within fifteen (15) days; or (b) if the cure
requires more than fifteen (15) days, immediately initiates steps that Agent or
the Bank deems in Agent's or Bank's sole discretion to be sufficient to cure the
default and thereafter continues and completes all reasonable and necessary
steps sufficient to produce compliance as soon as reasonably practical. Majority
Banks at their sole discretion may elect to give Borrower additional cure
opportunities.

                  8.3      AUTOMATIC EVENT OF DEFAULT .

                  An Event of Default will have occurred immediately and without
notice upon the occurrence or existence of an event described in Subsection
8.1.5.

                     ARTICLE 9 - BANK'S RIGHTS AND REMEDIES

                  9.1      SPECIFIC REMEDIES .

                  Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default by Borrower under
this Agreement, Agent shall at the request of, or may, with the consent of, the
Majority Banks, without notice of its election and without demand, do any one or
more of the following, all of which are authorized by Borrower:

                           9.1.1 Terminate the obligation of the Banks to make
Loans.

                           9.1.2    Declare all Obligations, whether evidenced
by this Agreement or the Loan Documents, due and payable immediately.

                           9.1.3    Terminate this Agreement and any of the
other Loan Documents as to any future liability or obligation of Banks, but
without affecting Banks' rights and security interest in the Collateral and
without affecting the Obligations.

                  9.2      BANKRUPTCY REMEDIES.

                  When any Event of Default described in Subsection 8.1.5 has
occurred and is continuing, then the Revolving Note, including both principal
and interest, and all other

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Obligations payable under the Loan Documents, shall immediately become due
and payable without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, and
the obligation of the Banks to extend further credit pursuant to any of the
terms hereof shall immediately terminate. In addition, the Agent may exercise
any and all remedies available to it under the Loan Documents or applicable
law.

                  9.33     SET OFF .

                  Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of
Default, each Bank is authorized at any time and from time to time, without
notice to the Borrower (any such notice being expressly waived by the Borrower),
to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand,
provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing
by the Bank to or for the credit or the account of Borrower against any and all
of the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this
Agreement or the Bank's Revolving Note or any other Loan Document, irrespective
of whether or not the Bank shall have made any demand under this Agreement or
its Revolving Note or such other Loan Document and although such obligations may
be unmatured. Each Bank shall promptly notify the Borrower (with a copy to the
Agent) after any such setoff and application, provided that the failure to give
such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application. The
rights of each Bank under this Section are in addition to other rights and
remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of setoff) that each such
Bank may have.

                  9.4      CUMULATIVE REMEDIES.

                  The rights and remedies provided herein are cumulative, and
are not exclusive of any other rights, powers, privileges, or remedies, now or
hereafter existing, at law or in equity or otherwise.

                         ARTICLE 10 - AGENCY PROVISIONS

                  10.1     AUTHORIZATION AND ACTION .

                  Each Bank hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Agent
to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under
this Agreement as are delegated to the Agent by the terms hereof, together with
such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The duties of the Agent shall
be mechanical and administrative in nature and the Agent shall not by reason of
this Agreement be a trustee or fiduciary for any Bank. The Agent shall have no
duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth herein. As to any
matters not expressly provided for by this Agreement (including, without
limitation, enforcement or collection of the Revolving Notes), the Agent shall
not be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be
required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so
acting or so refraining from acting) upon the instructions of the Majority
Banks, and such instructions shall be binding upon all Banks and all holders of
the Revolving Notes; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Agent shall not be required to
take any action which exposes the Agent to personal liability or which is
contrary to this Agreement or applicable law.

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                  10.2     LIABILITY OF AGENT .

                  Neither the Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents
or employees shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it
or them under or in connection with this Agreement in the absence of its or
their own gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without limitation to the
generality of the foregoing, the Agent (1) may treat the payee of any Revolving
Note as the holder thereof until the Agent receives written notice of the
assignment or transfer thereof signed by such payee and in form satisfactory to
the Agent; (2) may consult with legal counsel (including counsel for the
Borrower), independent public accountants and other experts selected by it and
shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by
it in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants, or experts; (3)
makes no warranty or representation to any Bank and shall not be responsible to
any Bank for any statements, warranties, or representations made in or in
connection with this Agreement; (4) shall not have any duty to ascertain or to
inquire as to the performance or observation of any of the terms, covenants, or
conditions of this Agreement on the part of the Borrower, or to inspect the
property (including the books and records) of the Borrower; (5) shall not be
responsible to any Bank for the due execution, legality, validity,
enforceability, genuineness, perfection, sufficiency, or value of this Agreement
or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto; and (6) shall
incur no liability under or in respect of this Agreement by acting upon any
notice, consent, certificate, or other instrument or writing (which may be sent
by telegram, telex, or facsimile transmission) believed by it to be genuine and
signed or sent by the proper party or parties.

                  10.3     RIGHTS OF AGENT AS A BANK .

                  With respect to its Bank's Commitment, the Loans made by it
and the Revolving Note issued to it, the Agent shall have the same rights and
powers under this Agreement as any other Bank and may exercise the same as
though it were not the Agent; and the term "Bank" or "Banks" shall, unless
otherwise expressly indicated, include the Agent in its individual capacity. The
Agent and its affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as trustee
under indentures of, and generally engage in any kind of business with, the
Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries and any Person who may do business with or own
securities of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, all as if the Agent were not the
Agent and without any duty to account therefor to the Banks.

                  10.4     INDEPENDENT CREDIT DECISIONS .

                  Each Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without
reliance upon the Agent or any other Bank and based on such documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and
decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Bank also acknowledges that it will,
independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Bank and based on
such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time,
continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under
this Agreement. Except for notices, reports and other documents and information
expressly required to be furnished to the Banks by the Agent hereunder, the
Agent shall have no duty or responsibility to provide any Bank with any credit
or other information concerning the affairs, financial condition

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or business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (or any of their
affiliates) which may come into the possession of the Agent or any of its
affiliates.

                  10.5     INDEMNIFICATION .

                  The Banks agree to indemnify the Agent (to the extent not
reimbursed by the Borrower), ratably according to the respective amounts of
their Commitments, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations,
losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or
disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred
by, or asserted against the Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this
Agreement or any action taken or omitted by the Agent under this Agreement,
provided that no Bank shall be liable for any portion of any of the foregoing
resulting from the Agent's gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without
limitation of the foregoing, each Bank agrees to reimburse the Agent (to the
extent not reimbursed by the Borrower) promptly upon demand for its ratable
share of any out-of-pocket expenses (including counsel fees) incurred by the
Agent in connection with the preparation, administration, or enforcement of, or
legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement.

                  10.6     SUCCESSOR AGENT .

                  The Agent may resign at any time by giving at least 60 days'
prior written notice thereof to the Banks and the Borrower and may be removed at
any time with cause by the Majority Banks with written approval of Borrower.
Upon any such resignation or removal, the Majority Banks shall have the right to
appoint a successor Agent with Borrower's written approval. If no successor
Agent shall have been so appointed by the Majority Banks, approved by Borrower,
and shall have accepted such appointment, within 30 days after the retiring
Agents' giving of notice of resignation or the Majority Banks' removal of the
retiring Agent, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Banks, appoint a
successor Agent, which shall be a commercial bank organized under the laws of
the United States of America or of any State thereof and having a combined
capital and surplus of at least Seven Hundred Fifty Million Dollars
($750,000,000). Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Agent hereunder by a
successor Agent, such successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become
vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent,
and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under
this Agreement. After any retiring Agent's resignation or removal hereunder as
Agent, the provisions of this Article 10 shall inure to its benefit as to any
actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent under this
Agreement.

                  10.7     SHARING OF PAYMENTS, ETC.

                  If any Bank shall obtain any payment (whether voluntary,
involuntary, through the exercise of any right of setoff, or otherwise) on
account of the Revolving Note or other Obligations held by it in excess of its
ratable share of payments on account of the Revolving Notes or other Obligations
obtained by all the Banks, such Bank shall purchase from the other Banks such
participations in the Revolving Notes held by them as shall be necessary to
cause such purchasing Bank to share the excess payment ratably with each of the
other Banks,

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provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment is
thereafter recovered from such purchasing Bank, such purchase from each Bank
shall be rescinded and each Bank shall repay to the purchasing Bank the
purchase price to the extent of such recovery together with an amount equal
to such Bank's ratable share (according to the proportion of (1) the amount
of such Bank's required payment to (2) the total amount so recovered from the
purchasing Bank) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the
purchasing Bank in respect of the total amount so recovered. The Borrower
agrees that any Bank so purchasing a participation from another Bank pursuant
to this Section may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its
rights of payment (including the right of setoff) with respect to such
participation as fully as if such Bank were the direct creditor of the
Borrower in the amount of such participation.

                           ARTICLE 11 - MISCELLANEOUS

                  11.1. AMENDMENTS, ETC . No amendment, modification,
termination, or waiver of any provision of any Loan Document to which the
Borrower is a party, nor consent to any departure by the Borrower from any Loan
Document to which it is a party, shall in any event be effective unless the same
shall be in writing and signed by Majority Banks, and then such waiver or
consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific
purpose for which given. No amendment, waiver, or consent shall do any of the
following, however, unless in writing and signed by all the Banks: (i) waive any
of the conditions precedent specified in Article 3, (ii) increase the Commitment
Amount or subject the Banks to any additional obligations, (iii) reduce the
principal of, or interest on, the Revolving Notes or any fees hereunder, (iv)
postpone any date fixed for any payment of principal of, or interest on, the
Notes or any fees hereunder, (v) change the percentage of the Commitments or of
the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Revolving Notes or the number of
Banks that shall be required for the Banks or any of them to take action
hereunder, (vi) terminate the Security Agreement or otherwise release any
Collateral other than in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, (vii)
amend, modify, or waive any provision of Section 5.8 or Article 7, (viii) amend
or modify the definition of Majority Banks, or (ix) amend, modify, or waive any
provision of this Section. No amendment, waiver, or consent shall, unless in
writing and signed by Agent in addition to the Banks required to take such
action, affect the rights or duties of the Agent under any of the Loan
Documents.

                  11.2. NOTICES, ETC . Unless otherwise provided in this
Agreement, All notices and other communications provided for under this
Agreement and under the other Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party
shall be in writing and either personally served or sent by facsimile
transmission, overnight delivery service, or regular United States mail, postage
prepaid, to any Bank at the address specified beneath the heading "Address for
Notices" under the name of such Bank in Schedule A, or to Borrower or to Agent,
as the case may be, at the addresses set forth below:

                  If to Borrower:           Jore Corporation
                                            45000 Highway 93 South
                                            Ronan, Montana  59864
                                            Attention:  Monte Giese, Chief
                                               Financial Officer
                                            Fax:  (406) 676-4901

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                  With a copy to:           Jore Corporation
                                            45000 Highway 93 South
                                            Ronan, Montana  59864
                                            Attention:  David Bjornson, General
                                               Counsel
                                            Fax:  (406) 676-4901

                  If to Agent:              First Security Bank, N.A.
                                            Post Office Box 7069
                                            Boise, Idaho  83730
                                            Attention: Corporate Banking
                                            Fax: 208/393-2472

                  With a copy to:           Moffatt, Thomas, Barrett, Rock &
                                               Fields, Chartered
                                            101 S. Capitol Blvd., 10th Floor
                                            P.O. Box 829
                                            Boise, Idaho  83701-0829
                                            Attention: David S. Jensen
                                            Fax: 208/385-5384

The parties may change the address at which they are to receive notices and
other communications hereunder by notice in writing in the foregoing manner
given to the other. All notices or demands sent in accordance with this Section
shall be deemed received on the earlier of the date of confirmed actual receipt
or three (3) Business Days after the deposit thereof in the mail.

                  11.3. NO WAIVER . No failure or delay on the part of the Agent
or any Bank in exercising any right, power, or remedy hereunder shall operate as
a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right,
power, or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise
of any other right, power, or remedy hereunder.

                  11.4. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS . This Agreement and the other
Loan Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower,
the Agent, and the Banks and their respective successors and assigns, except
that the Borrower may not assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations
under any Loan Document to which the Borrower is a party without the prior
written consent of the Agent and Banks.

                  11.5. INTEGRATION . This Agreement and the other Loan
Documents contain the entire agreement between the parties relating to the
subject matter hereof and supersede all oral statements and prior writings with
respect thereto.

                  11.6. APPLICATION OF PAYMENTS . Borrower waives the right to
direct the application of any and all payments at any time or times hereafter
received by any Bank on account of the Obligations, and Borrower agrees that
each Bank shall have the continuing exclusive right to apply and reapply such
payments to the Obligations in any manner as the Bank may deem advisable,
notwithstanding any entry by the Bank upon its books.

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                  11.7. CONTINUING WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS .
Each warranty, representation, and covenant contained in this Agreement shall
continue until the Agreement is terminated and all Obligations have been paid or
satisfied in full and shall be conclusively presumed to have been relied upon by
Agent and Banks regardless of any investigation made or information possessed by
Agent or Banks. The warranties, representations, and covenants set forth herein
shall be cumulative and in addition to any and all other warranties,
representations, and covenants that Borrower shall give or cause to be given to
Agent and Banks, either now or hereafter.

                  11.8. INDEMNITY . The Borrower shall defend, indemnify, and
hold the Agent and the Banks harmless from and against any and all claims,
damages, judgments, penalties, costs, and expenses (including attorney fees and
court costs now or hereafter arising from the aforesaid enforcement of this
clause) arising directly or indirectly from the activities of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries, its predecessors in interest, or third parties with whom it
has a contractual relationship, or arising directly or indirectly from the
violation of any environmental protection, health, or safety law, whether such
claims are asserted by any governmental agency or any other person. This
indemnity shall survive termination of this Agreement.

                  11.9. CHOICE OF LAW AND VENUE . This Agreement is made in the
state of Idaho, which state the parties agree has a substantial relationship to
the parties and to the underlying transaction embodied hereby. Accordingly, in
all respects, this Agreement and the Loan Documents and the obligations arising
hereunder and thereunder shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with,
the laws of the state of Idaho applicable to contracts made and performed in
such state and any applicable law of the United States of America. Each party
hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted
by law, any claim to assert that the law of any jurisdiction other than the
state of Idaho governs this Agreement. All disputes, controversies, or claims
arising out of, or in connection with, this Agreement or any Loan Document shall
be litigated in any court of competent jurisdiction within the state of Idaho.
Each party hereby accepts jurisdiction of such state and agrees to accept
service of process as if it were personally served within such state. Each party
irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that
the party may now or hereafter have to the jurisdiction of the courts of such
state and any claim that any such litigation brought in any such court has been
brought in an inconvenient forum.

                  11.10. SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS . Any provision of any Loan
Document that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to
such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions of such Loan
Document or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any
other jurisdiction.

                  11.11. HEADINGS . Article and Section headings in the Loan
Documents are included in such Loan Documents for the convenience of reference
only and shall not constitute a part of the applicable Loan Documents for any
other purpose.

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                  11.12. JURY TRIAL WAIVER . THE AGENT, THE BANKS, AND THE
BORROWER HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING, CLAIM, OR
COUNTERCLAIM, WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT, AT LAW OR IN EQUITY, ARISING OUT OF
OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE LOAN DOCUMENTS.

                  11.13. DESTRUCTION OF BORROWER'S DOCUMENTS . After notice to
Borrower, any documents, schedules, invoices, or other papers delivered to any
Bank may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of by the Bank at any time six (6)
months after they are delivered to or received by the Bank, unless Borrower
requests in writing the return of the said documents, schedules, invoices, or
other papers and makes arrangements at Borrower's expense for their return.

                  11.14 PARTICIPATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS .

                           11.14.1  PARTICIPATIONS .  Any Bank may at any time,
in the ordinary course of its commercial banking business and in accordance with
applicable law, sell to one or more banks or other financial institutions
("Participants") participating interests in any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation
or Term Reimbursement Obligation owing to such Bank, any Revolving Note held by
such Bank, or any other interest of such Bank under this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, provided, however, that no Bank may sell such a participating
interest without the prior written consent of Agent and Borrower. In the event
of any such sale of a participating interest to a Participant, the selling
Bank's obligations under the Loan Documents to the other parties to this
Agreement shall remain unchanged, such Bank shall remain solely responsible for
the performance thereof, and Borrower and Agent shall continue to deal solely
and directly with such Bank in connection with such Bank's rights and
obligations under this Agreement, unless otherwise agreed upon by Agent and
Borrower. No agreement pursuant to which any Bank sells a participating interest
to a Participant other than a Bank may permit the Participant to transfer,
pledge, assign, sell participations in, or otherwise encumber its participating
interest.

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                           11.14.2  ASSIGNMENTS .  Any Bank may at any time with
the written consent of Agent and Borrower, in the ordinary course of its
commercial banking business and in accordance with applicable law, sell and
assign to any Bank, any affiliate of a Bank or any other bank or financial
institution (individually, an "Assignee Bank") all, or a portion of all, its
rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (such a
sale and assignment to be referred to as an "Assignment") pursuant to an
assignment and assumption agreement in the form of EXHIBIT 11.14.2 (an
"Assignment and Assumption Agreement"), executed by each Assignee Bank and such
transferor Bank (an "Assignor Bank") and delivered to Agent and Borrower for
their acceptance and approval. Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance, and
recording of each Assignment and Assumption Agreement, from and after the
Assignment Effective Date determined pursuant to such Assignment and Assumption
Agreement, (i) each Assignee Bank thereunder shall be a Bank hereunder with a
Proportionate Share as set forth in Schedule A to such Assignment and Assumption
Agreement and shall have the rights, duties, and obligations of such a Bank
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (ii) the Assignor Bank
thereunder shall be a Bank with a Proportionate Shares as set forth in Schedule
A to such Assignment and Assumption Agreement, or, if the Proportionate Share of
the Assignor Bank has been reduced to 0%, the Assignor Bank shall cease to be a
Bank, provided, however, that each Assignor Bank shall nevertheless be entitled
to the indemnification rights contained in Section 11.8 for any events, acts or
omissions occurring before the Assignment Effective Date. Each Assignment and
Assumption Agreement shall be deemed to amend Schedule A hereof to the extent,
and only to the extent, necessary to reflect the addition of each Assignee Bank,
the deletion of each Assignor Bank that reduces its Proportionate Share to 0%
and the resulting adjustment of Proportionate Shares arising from the purchase
by each Assignee Bank of all, or a portion of all, the rights and obligations of
an Assignor Bank under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. On or prior
to the Assignment Effective Date determined pursuant to each Assignment and
Assumption Agreement, Borrower, at Assignee Bank's expense, shall execute and
deliver to Agent, in exchange for the surrendered Revolving Loan Note of the
Assignor Bank thereunder, a new Revolving Loan Note to the order of each
Assignee Bank thereunder and Assignor Bank, if applicable, (with each new
Revolving Loan Note to be in an amount equal to the Bank's Commitment assumed by
such Assignee Bank or retained by Assignor Bank, if any). The Revolving Note
surrendered by the Assignor Bank shall be returned by Agent to Borrower marked
"canceled."

                                    11.14.2.1 Agent shall maintain a copy of
each Assignment and Assumption Agreement delivered to it and a register for the
recordation of the names and addresses of the Banks and the Proportionate Shares
of each Bank from time to time. The entries in the register shall be conclusive
in the absence of manifest error, and Borrower, Agent, and the Banks, may treat
each Person whose name is recorded in the register as the owner of the Loans
recorded therein for all purposes of this Agreement. The register shall be
available for inspection by Borrower or any Bank at any reasonable time and from
time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

                                    11.14.2.2 Upon its receipt of an Assignment
and Assumption Agreement executed by an Assignor Bank and an Assignee Bank (and,
in the case of an Assignee Bank that is not then a Bank, by Borrower and Agent)
together with payment to Agent by Assignor Bank of a registration and processing
fee of $2,000, Agent shall (i) promptly accept

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such Assignment and Assumption Agreement, (ii) on the Assignment Effective
Date determined pursuant thereto, record the information contained therein in
the register referred to above and give notice of such acceptance and
recordation to the Banks and Borrower, and (iii) prepare and deliver to the
Banks and Borrower a revised Schedule A reflecting the names, addresses and
respective Proportionate Shares of all Banks then parties to this Agreement.

                                    11.14.2.3 If one or more Banks reorganizes,
merges, or consolidates with or into another Bank, Borrower may require all but
one of such Banks to assign all of their rights and obligations under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents if Borrower finds one or more Assignee
Banks to purchase such interest and such Assignee Banks otherwise satisfy the
requirements of this Section.

                  11.15. EFFECTIVE DATE . This Agreement shall be binding and
deemed effective as of the date first written above when executed by Borrower
and accepted and executed by Agent and the Banks.

                  11.16. COUNTERPARTS . This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts and delivered by facsimile transmission. Each counterpart
when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same Agreement.

                            [Signature Page Follows]

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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Borrower has executed this Agreement.

                           Borrower:   JORE CORPORATION

                                       By
                                          -------------------------------------
                                          Matthew B. Jore,
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer

                  ACCEPTED AND EFFECTIVE as of the 25th day of July, 2000, in
the state of Idaho.

                           Agent:      FIRST SECURITY BANK, N.A.

                                       By
                                          -------------------------------------
                                          Mary G. Monroe, Vice President

                           Banks:      FIRST SECURITY BANK, N.A.

                                       By
                                          -------------------------------------
                                          Mary G. Monroe, Vice President

                                       HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK

                                       By
                                          -------------------------------------
                                          David J. Konrad, Vice President

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                                   SCHEDULE A

                                     BANKS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
         BANK                                                 PROPORTIONATE SHARE
<S>                                                           <C>
A.       First Security Bank, N.A.                                     4/7

         Address for Notices:

                  119 North 9th Street (83702)
                  Post Office Box 7069
                  Boise, Idaho 83730
                  Attention: Corporate Banking
                  Fax: (208) 393-2472

B.       Harris Trust and Savings Bank                                 3/7

         Address for Notices:

                  111 W. Monroe St.
                  Chicago, Illinois 60603
                  Attention:   David J. Konrad, Vice President, Financial Institutions Division
                  Fax: (312) 765-8353
</TABLE>

<PAGE>

                                 EXHIBIT 2.1.1.1

                               AUTHORIZED PERSONS

Bank shall make the Revolving Loans (except Sweep Loans) upon written or, at the
discretion of Bank, telephonic instructions received from any one of the
following:

        1.       Matthew B. Jore, President and Chief Executive Officer
        2.       Mike Jore, Vice President
        3.       Monte Giese, Chief Financial Officer
        4.       Kelly D. Grove, Controller

<PAGE>

                                 EXHIBIT 2.1.1.2

                             LIBOR LOAN REQUEST FORM

                                     [DATE]

First Security Bank, N.A.
P.O. Box 7069
Boise, ID   83830

Attention:   Commercial Banking Division

Ladies & Gentlemen:

We refer to the Credit Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated July 25, 2000, between
First Security Bank, N.A., as agent ("Agent"), the Banks Named therein
("Banks"), and Jore Corporation ("Borrower"). Borrower requests that Bank make a
LIBOR Loan pursuant to the Agreement and specifies as follows:

    1.   The date of the requested Loan is to be _________________________.

    2.   The amount of the requested Loan is to be $______________________.

    3.   The requested Interest Period for the Loan is ___________________.

Borrower certifies to Agent and Banks as of the date of this letter, that the
warranties and representations set forth in the Agreement and the other Loan
Documents are true and correct, and that no Event of Default, as defined in the
Agreement, has occurred and is continuing or would result from the requested
Loan.

                                Very truly yours,

                                JORE CORPORATION

                                By
                                   -------------------------------
                                     Title

<PAGE>

                                  EXHIBIT 2.1.3

                             FORM OF REVOLVING NOTE

                  See attached.

<PAGE>

                                 REVOLVING NOTE

BORROWER:         JORE CORPORATION JULY ___, 2000
                                                                    BOISE, IDAHO
ADDRESS:          45000 HIGHWAY 93 SOUTH
                  RONAN, MONTANA 59864

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: ________________ DOLLARS ($___________)

                  FOR VALUE RECEIVED, JORE CORPORATION, a Montana corporation
("Borrower"), promises to pay to the order of _________________________ ("Bank")
the total principal amount outstanding on this note (the "Note") together with
interest thereon as stated below, in lawful money of the United States of
America.

                  This Note is executed pursuant to and is a Revolving Note
referred to in that certain Credit Agreement, dated July 25, 2000, among
Borrower, First Security Bank, N.A., as Agent, and the Banks named therein (as
amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time, the "Credit Agreement").
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Note shall have the same
definitions as are ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement. This Note is
governed by the provisions of the Credit Agreement.

         This Note is a revolving promissory note and evidences a revolving line
of credit not to exceed the maximum principal amount stated above at any one
time. The amount outstanding on this Note at any specific time shall be the
total amount advanced by Bank less the amount of principal payments made from
time to time, plus any interest due and payable.

         Borrower agrees that any and all advances made hereunder shall be for
Borrower's benefit, whether or not said advances are deposited to Borrower's
account. Advances may be made at the request of those persons so identified in
the Credit Agreement and such persons are hereby authorized to request advances
and to direct the disposition of any such advances in the manner provided in the
Credit Agreement until written notice of revocation of this authority is
received by Bank from Borrower.

         The outstanding unpaid balance of this Note shall bear interest at a
fluctuating per annum rate as set forth in the Credit Agreement. This Note shall
be repaid in the manner set forth in the Credit Agreement.

         This Note is secured by a Security Agreement covering equipment,
inventory, accounts, general intangibles and other collateral as provided
therein and in the Credit Agreement.

         This Note is made in the state of Idaho, which state the parties agree
has a substantial relationship to the parties and to the underlying transaction
embodied hereby. Accordingly, in all respects, this Note and the obligations
arising hereunder shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the
laws of the state of Idaho applicable to contracts made and performed in such
state and any applicable law of the United States of America. Each party hereby

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unconditionally and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
any claim to assert that the law of any jurisdiction other than the state of
Idaho governs this Note. All disputes, controversies, or claims arising out of,
or in connection with, this Note shall be litigated in any court of competent
jurisdiction within the state of Idaho. Each party hereby accepts jurisdiction
of such state and agrees to accept service of process as if it were personally
served within such state. Each party irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, any objection that the party may now or hereafter have to the
jurisdiction of the courts of such state and any claim that any such litigation
brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

         Except as expressly provided in the Credit Agreement, the makers,
sureties, guarantors and endorsers of this Note jointly and severally waive
presentment for payment, protest, notice of protest and notice of nonpayment of
this Note, and consent that this Note or any payment due under this Note may be
extended or renewed without demand or notice, and further consent to the release
of any collateral or part thereof, with or without substitution.

                                JORE CORPORATION

                                By
                                   -----------------------------------
                                   Matthew Jore, President

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                                  EXHIBIT 3.1.4

                     FORM OF OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR BORROWER

                  See attached.

<PAGE>

                                  EXHIBIT 3.1.9

                          FORM OF LETTER TO ACCOUNTANTS

                            [LETTERHEAD OF BORROWER]

[name and address of accountants]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We instruct you to send to First Security Bank, N.A. ("Bank") all financial
statements (whether preliminary or final), and all reports that are prepared as
a result of any audit or other review of our operations, finances or internal
controls, specifically including any reports dealing with improper accounting
practices, defalcations, financial reporting errors or misstatements or fraud
perpetrated on us or by any of our employees or agents. We further instruct you
to meet with Bank, upon Bank's request, to discuss such financial statements and
any questions regarding the same.

All of the foregoing must be sent to Bank prior to or contemporaneously with
such reports being sent to us.

One of the principal purposes of the audited financial statements that you may
be asked to prepare is to provide Bank with information regarding our financial
condition.

These instructions may only be revoked by a writing signed by an officer of
Bank.

Thank you.

JORE CORPORATION

By
  ---------------------------------------
    Its
       ----------------------------------

<PAGE>

                                  EXHIBIT 4.13

                                      DEBT
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
              Lender Name                                     Description                               Date
  ------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------- --------------
<S>                                    <C>                                                            <C>
  KeyCorp                              Interim Funding Note #10                                       08/04/99

  KeyCorp                              Interim Funding Note #11                                       08/24/99

  Charter Wentworth                    Revision to original loan #4                                   10/15/99

  Charter Wentworth                    Revision to original loan #1                                   10/25/99

  Toyota Motor Credit                  New lease for 2 ea. Forklifts #028590 & 28313                  11/15/99

  KeyCorp                              Interim Funding Note #12                                       11/29/99

  KeyCorp                              Interim Funding Note #13                                       12/07/99

  Toyota Motor Credit                  Change due date to the 1st of the month                        01/01/00

  Mountain West Bank, N.A.             Refinance existing note                                        01/06/00

  Whitefish Credit Union               Refinance existing note: payoff of Ronan State Bank note       01/26/00

  G.E. Capital/Phoenixcor              Additional payment due - difference in payment amounts         02/04/00

  First Security Bank, N.A.            LIBOR Loan ($15M) as part of $25M LOC                          02/15/00

  KeyCorp                              New Schedule created - Schedule #14                            03/28/00

  Treasure State                       Private Placement Loan                                         04/03/00

  KeyCorp                              New Schedule created - Schedule #15                            04/03/00

  KeyCorp                              New Schedule created - Schedule #16                            04/03/00

  KeyCorp                              New Schedule created - Schedule #17                            04/03/00

  First Security Bank, N.A.            LIBOR Loan ($17M) as part of $25M LOC                          04/17/00

  KeyCorp                              New Schedule created - Schedule #18                            06/27/00

  KeyCorp                              New Schedule created - Schedule #19                            06/27/00

</TABLE>

<PAGE>

                                  EXHIBIT 4.17

                                  SUBSIDIARIES

         None.

<PAGE>

                                  EXHIBIT 5.8.4

                       FORM OF BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE

         See attached.

<PAGE>

                           BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE
                                JORE CORPORATION

<TABLE>
<S><C>
I.  CALCULATION OF ELIGIBLE ACCOUNTS AS OF _______________.

    Open Accounts:                                            _______

    Less Ineligible Accounts Reported in Schedule 1:          _______

    Total Eligible Accounts:                                  _______

         85 Percent of Eligible Accounts:                               _______

II.  CALCULATION OF ELIGIBLE INVENTORY AS OF _____________

         Total Inventory:                                     _______

         Less Ineligible Inventory:                           _______

         Total Eligible Inventory:                            _______

         65 Percent of Eligible Inventory:                              _______

III.  TOTAL BORROWING BASE (I + II):                                           ______

V.  LESS OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL BALANCE UNDER REVOLVING LINE OF CREDIT:                       ______

VI.  TOTAL AVAILABILITY:                                                                     ______

</TABLE>
                                  CERTIFICATION

                                       1
<PAGE>

                  Pursuant to the Credit Agreement dated as of July ___, 2000,
among Jore Corporation ("Borrower") First Security Bank, N.A., as Agent, and the
Banks named therein ("Banks"), Borrower certifies to Agent and Banks that the
information in this Borrowing Base Certificate is correct and accurate in all
material respects, and that the principal amount of the Revolving Loans
outstanding under the Credit Agreement is not in excess of the Commitment Amount
(as defined in the Credit Agreement). Borrower represents and warrants to Agent
and Banks that Banks have been granted a security interest in the above accounts
and inventory and the Eligible Accounts and Eligible Inventory conform to the
requirements therefor under the Credit Agreement. Borrower further represents
and warrants to Agent and Banks, to the best of Borrower's knowledge, that
Borrower is in compliance with the Credit Agreement and no Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing thereunder.

                  Dated: ________________

                                Jore Corporation

                                By________________________________
                                     Name___________________________
                                     Title____________________________

                                       2
<PAGE>

                    SCHEDULE 1 TO BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE

Ineligible Accounts:

90 days past due:
Bankruptcy/Collection:
Affiliated Parties:
Conditional Payment:
Foreign Accounts:
Consignments:
Government Accounts:
Bill and Hold Arrangements:
Account Debtors with over 25% Delinquent Accounts:
Over 50% of Total Accounts:
Accounts for which Borrower liable to Account Debtor:
Encumbered Accounts:
Chattel Paper or Instrument Accounts:
Account Debtors in Unqualified States:

         Total Exclusions:

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT 6.1

                                 PERMITTED LIENS

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SECURED PARTY                                               MONTANA FINANCING STATEMENT NO.
<S>                                                         <C>
Hoogovens Aluminum Corp. USA                                517171

Charter Financial, Inc./Wentworth Capital                   542862

International Software Finance Corp.                        544162

The CIT Group/Equipment Financing, Inc.                     545818

NBD Equipment Finance, Inc.                                 548102

NBD Equipment Finance, Inc.                                 548103

KeyCorp Leasing                                             548891

KeyCorp Leasing                                             551169

KeyCorp Leasing                                             551175

KeyCorp Leasing                                             559959

KeyCorp Leasing                                             560504

KeyCorp Leasing                                             562689

KeyCorp Leasing                                             562690

KeyCorp Leasing                                             562691

KeyCorp Leasing                                             563296

Milacron Marketing Company                                  563488

KeyCorp Leasing                                             565776

Big Sky Lift Truck, Inc.                                    518910

Big Sky Lift Truck, Inc.                                    537121

Big Sky Lift Truck, Inc.                                    552351

Charter Financial, Inc./Wentworth Capital                   537013

Charter Financial, Inc./Wentworth Capital                   537014

Charter Financial, Inc./Wentworth Capital                   537015

Charter Financial, Inc./Wentworth Capital                   537016

Phoenixcor, Inc.                                            550894

International Software Finance Corp.                        554699

The CIT Group/Equipment Financing Inc.                      437927

Phoenixcor, Inc.                                            484156

<PAGE>

Phoenixcor, Inc.                                            484157

Rogers Machinery Co.                                        488035

Phoenixcor, Inc.                                            535085

</TABLE>

<PAGE>

                                  EXHIBIT 6.10

                             EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

         1.       Jore Corporation 401K Plan
         2.       Jore Corporation Flexible Benefits Plan
         3.       Jore Corporation Cafeteria Plan that includes:
                        Health Insurance
                        Dental Insurance
                        Voluntary Life Insurance
                        Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
         4.       Amended and Restated 1997 Jore Corporation Stock Plan
         5.       1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

<PAGE>

                                 EXHIBIT 11.14.2

                   FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT

                  See attached.

<PAGE>

                       ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT

                  THIS ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is
made as of ________________, ______ between _______________________ ("Assignor")
and ______________________ ("Assignee").

                                 R E C I T A L S

                  A. Assignor is a Bank under that certain Credit Agreement
dated as of July 25, 2000 (as amended, supplemented or restated from time to
time, the "Credit Agreement) among JORE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
("Borrower"), the financial institutions from time to time parties thereto
(collectively, the "Banks"), and FIRST SECURITY BANK, N.A., as agent for the
Banks (in such capacity, "Agent").

                  B. Assignor desires to assign to Assignee [all] [a portion] of
its rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, and be released from such assigned obligations.

                  C. Assignee desires to assume such assigned obligations.

                  NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above recitals and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

                  1.       DEFINITIONS.

                  Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Agreement shall
have the meaning set forth in the Credit Agreement.

                  2.       ASSIGNMENT.

                  Effective on the Assignment Effective Date (as defined in
Section 4 below), Assignor, without recourse and without representation or
warranty (except as expressly provided in Section 7 below), assigns to Assignee
the Assigned Rights and Obligations (as defined below).

                           [2.1     The "Assigned Rights and Obligations" means
all of Assignor's rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement on the
Assignment Effective Date, including without limitation those relating to its
Bank's Commitment and any outstanding Loans.]

                           [2.2     The "Assigned Rights and Obligations" means
(a) [$___________] [ ___%] of Assignor's $ Bank's Commitment on the
Assignment Effective Date, (b) the portion of Loans by Assignor outstanding on
the Assignment Effective Date that is attributable to the above portion of
Assignor's Bank's Commitment, and (c) all of Assignor's other rights and
obligations under the Credit Agreement that are attributable to the above
portion of Assignor's Bank's Commitment.]

                           2.3      After the Assignment Effective Date, the
Proportionate Share of Assignee shall be ____% and the Proportionate Share of
Assignor shall be ___%.

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<PAGE>

                  3.       ASSUMPTION.

                  Effective on the Assignment Effective Date, Assignee accepts
the foregoing assignments of, and assumes from Assignor, the Assigned Rights and
Obligations.

                  4.       EFFECTIVENESS.

                  The Agreement shall become effective on a date (the
"Assignment Effective Date") selected by Assignor, which shall be on or as soon
as practicable after the execution and delivery of counterparts of this
Agreement by Assignor, Assignee, Agent, and Borrower. Assignor shall promptly
notify Assignee, Agent, and Borrower in writing of the Assignment Effective
Date.

                  5.       PAYMENTS ON ASSIGNMENT EFFECTIVE DATE.

                  On the Assignment Effective Date, Assignee shall pay to
Assignor the principal amount of all Loans made by Assignor pursuant to the
Credit Agreement that are attributable to the Assigned Rights and Obligations
and outstanding on the Assignment Effective Date. Each of Assignor and Assignee
shall pay to the other such amounts (if any) as are specified in any written
agreement or exchange of letters between them. Assignee (or Assignor if so
agreed in writing by Assignor) shall pay to Agent an assignment registration and
processing fee of $2,000.

                  6.       ALLOCATION AND PAYMENT OF INTEREST AND FEES.

                           6.1      Agent shall pay to Assignee all interest,
commitment fees and other amounts not constituting principal that are paid by or
on behalf of Borrower pursuant to the Loan Documents and are attributable to the
Assigned Rights and Obligations ("Borrower Amounts"), that accrue on and after
the Assignment Effective Date. If Assignor receives or collects any such
Borrower Amounts, Assignor shall promptly pay them to Assignee.

                           6.2      Agent shall pay to Assignor all Borrower
Amounts that accrue before the Assignment Effective Date. If Assignee receives
or collects any such Borrower Amounts, Assignee shall promptly pay them to
Assignor.

                  7.       REPRESENTATION AND WARRANTIES.

                           7.1      Each of Assignor and Assignee represents and
warrants to the other as follows:

                                    (i)     It has full power and authority, and
has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Agreement and to
fulfill its obligations under, and to consummate the transactions contemplated
by, this Agreement.

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<PAGE>

                                    (ii)    The making and performance of this
Agreement and all documents required to be executed and delivered by it
hereunder do not and will not violate any law or regulation applicable to it.

                                    (iii)   This Agreement has been duly
executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding
obligation, enforceable in accordance with its terms.

                                    (iv)    All approvals, authorizations or
other actions by, or filings with, any governmental authority necessary for the
validity or enforceability of its obligations under this Agreement have been
made or obtained.

                           7.2      Assignor represents and warrants to Assignee
that Assignor owns the Assigned Rights and Obligations, free and clear of any
Lien or other encumbrance.

                           7.3      Assignee represents and warrants to Assignor
 as follows:

                                    (i)     Assignee has made and shall continue
to make its own independent investigation of the financial condition, affairs
and creditworthiness of Borrower and any other Person obligated under the Loan
Documents (collectively, "Credit Parties"), and the value of any collateral now
or hereafter securing any of the obligations, indebtedness, liabilities or
undertakings under the Loan Documents ("Collateral"), in connection with its
assumption of the Assigned Rights and Obligations.

                                    (ii)    Assignee has received a copy of the
Loan Documents and such other documents, financial statements and information as
it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter
into this Agreement.

                  8.       NO ASSIGNOR RESPONSIBILITY.

                           8.1      Assignor makes no representations or
warranty and assumes no responsibility to Assignee for any or all of the
following:

                                    (a)     the execution (by any party other
than Assignor), effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability,
collectibility or sufficiency of the Loan Documents or for any representations,
warranties, recitals or statements made in the Loan Documents or in any
financial or other written or oral statement, instrument, report, certificate or
any other document made or furnished or made available by Assignor or Assignee
or by or on behalf of any Credit Party to Assignor or Assignee in connection
with the Loan Documents and the transaction contemplated thereby;

                                    (b)     the performance or observance of any
of the terms, conditions, provisions, covenants or agreements contained in any
of the Loan Documents or as to the existence or possible existence of any Event
of Default under the Loan Documents; or

                                    (c)     the accuracy or completeness of any
information provided to Assignee, whether by Assignor or by or on behalf of any
Credit Party.

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<PAGE>

                           8.2      Assignor shall have no initial or continuing
duty or responsibility to make any investigation of the financial condition,
affairs or creditworthiness of any of the Credit Parties, or the value of any
Collateral, in connection with the assignment of the Assigned Rights and
Obligations or to provide Assignee with any credit or other information with
respect thereto, whether coming into its possession before the date hereof or at
any time or times thereafter.

                  9.       ASSIGNEE BOUND BY CREDIT AGREEMENT.

                           Effective on the Assignment Effective Date,  Assignee
(a) shall be deemed to be a party to the Credit Agreement, (b) agrees to be
bound by the Credit Agreement as it would have been if it had been an original
Bank party thereto, and agrees to perform in accordance with their terms all of
the obligations that are required under the Loan Documents to be performed by it
as a Bank. Assignee appoints and authorizes Agent to take such actions as agent
on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Loan Documents as are
delegated to Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are
reasonably incidental thereto.

                  10.      ASSIGNEE RELEASED FROM CREDIT AGREEMENT.

                           Effective on the Assignment Effective Date, Assignor
shall be released from the Assigned Rights and Obligations; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that Assignor shall retain all of its rights to indemnification under Section
11.8 of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents for any events, acts
or omissions occurring before the Assignment Effective Date.

                  11.      GENERAL.

                           11.1     This Agreement constitutes the entire
understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes all prior and current understandings and agreements, whether written
or oral (other than with respect to any fees payable as provided in Section 5
hereof).

                           11.2     No term or provision of this Agreement may
be amended, waived or terminated orally, but only by an instrument signed by the
parties hereto.

                           11.3     This Agreement may be executed in one or
more counterparts. Each set of executed counterparts shall be an original.
Executed counterparts may be delivered by facsimile transmission.

                           11.4     Assignor may at any time and from time to
time grant to others pursuant to and as permitted by the Loan Documents
assignments of or participations in all or part of Assignor's Bank's Commitment,
but not with respect to the Assigned Rights and Obligations.

                           11.5     This Agreement shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns. Neither Assignor nor Assignee

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<PAGE>

may assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement
without the prior written consent of the other. The preceding sentence shall
not limit the right of Assignee to grant to others assignments of or
participations in all or part of the Assigned Rights and Obligations to the
extent permitted by the terms of the Loan Documents.

                           11.6     All payments to Assignor or Assignee
hereunder shall, unless otherwise specified by the party entitled thereto, be
made in United States Dollars, in immediately available funds, and to the
address or account specified on the signature pages of this Agreement. The
address of Assignee for notice purposes under the Credit Agreement shall be as
specified on the signature pages of this Agreement.

                           11.7     If any provision of this Agreement is held
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions hereof will not be
affected or impaired in any way.

                           11.8     Each party shall bear its own expenses in
connection with the preparation and execution of this Agreement.

                           11.9     This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the state of Idaho.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this
Agreement as of the date first above written.

                  ASSIGNOR:
                                 ---------------------------------------
                                 By:
                                    ------------------------------------
                                 Printed Name:
                                              --------------------------
                                 Title:
                                       ---------------------------------

                                 ASSIGNOR'S NOTICE INSTRUCTIONS:

                                 ---------------------------------------
                                 ---------------------------------------
                                 ---------------------------------------
                                 Attention:
                                           -----------------------------
                                 Reference:
                                           -----------------------------
                                 Telephone: (      )
                                           -----------------------------
                                 Facsimile:  (      )
                                           -----------------------------
                  ASSIGNEE:
                                 ---------------------------------------
                                 By:
                                    ------------------------------------
                                 Printed Name:
                                              --------------------------

                                       5
<PAGE>

                                 Title:
                                       ---------------------------------

                                 ASSIGNOR'S NOTICE INSTRUCTIONS:

                                 ---------------------------------------
                                 ---------------------------------------
                                 ---------------------------------------
                                 Attention:
                                           -----------------------------
                                 Reference:
                                           -----------------------------
                                 Telephone: (      )
                                           -----------------------------
                                 Facsimile:  (      )
                                           -----------------------------

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*ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED:

               BORROWER:         JORE CORPORATION

                                 By:
                                    ------------------------------------
                                 Printed Name:
                                              --------------------------
                                 Title:
                                       ---------------------------------

               AGENT:            FIRST SECURITY BANK, N.A., as Agent

                                 By:
                                    ------------------------------------
                                 Printed Name:
                                              --------------------------
                                 Title:
                                       ---------------------------------

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     *Delete if Assignee is an existing Bank or an Affiliate thereof.

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