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These Securities Have Not Been Registered For Offer or Sale Under The Securities Act Of 1933, As Amended, Or Any State securities laws.  They May Not Be Sold Or Offered For Sale Except Pursuant To An Effective Registration Statement Under Said Act And Any Applicable State Securities Law Or An Applicable Exemption From Such Registration Requirements.

 

                      SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) dated as of ________________, 2010 between Coastal Pacific Mining Corp., an Alberta corporation (the “Company”), and each person or entity listed as a Purchaser on Exhibit D attached to this Agreement (collectively and individually, the “Purchaser”).  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Note.

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

Whereas, the Company desires to sell and issue to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser wishes to purchase from the Company, the 10% Convertible Promissory Notes in the principal amount of no less than One Million United States Dollars ($1,000,000) (“Minimum Amount”) and up to Two Million United States Dollars ($2,000,000) (“Maximum Amount”) substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (each a “Note” and collectively, the “Notes”) and Class A Warrants and Class B Warrants (collectively, the “Warrants”; together with the Notes, the “Securities”) to purchase shares (“Common Shares”) of the Company’s common stock no par value (the “Common Stock”), on the terms and conditions set forth herein;

 

Whereas, pursuant to the terms of the Note, the Purchaser will have registration rights with respect to the Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants pursuant to the terms of that certain Registration Rights Agreement to be entered into between the Company and the Purchaser substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto (“Registration Rights Agreement” and, together with the Agreement, the Note and the Warrants, (the “Transaction Documents”))

 

Now, Therefore, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Article I.

 

Purchase and Sale of Note

 

Section 1.1 Issuance of Note.  Upon the following terms and conditions, the Company shall issue and sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser shall purchase from the Company, the Notes.

 

Section 1.2 Purchase Price.  The purchase price for the Notes to be acquired by the Purchaser shall be no less than the Minimum Amount and no more than the Maximum Amount (the “Purchase Price”).  The Conversion Price of the Notes shall be $0.35 per common share.

 

Section 1.3 The Closing.  Subject to the fulfillment or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article V hereof, the initial purchase and sale of the Notes shall take place at a closing of no less than the Minimum Amount (the “Initial Closing”), on or about the date hereof or such other date

 

  

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Section 1.4 as the Purchaser and the Company may agree upon (the “Initial Closing Date”); provided that the Initial Closing Date shall be no later than November 15, 2010. Following the Initial Closing, there may be multiple closings (together with the Initial Closing, each, a “Closing”) hereunder on such other date or dates as the Purchaser and the Company may agree (together with the Initial Closing Date, each, a “Closing Date”);  provided that the final Closing Date shall be no later than December 31, 2010.  On the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to the Purchaser the Securities purchased hereunder, registered in the name of each Purchaser or its nominee.  On or prior to the Closing Date the Purchaser shall deliver the Purchase Price by certified check made payable to the order of Coastal Pacific Mining Corp. or by wire transfer of immediately available funds as directed by the Company:

 

In addition, each party shall deliver all documents, instruments and writings required to be delivered by such party pursuant to this Agreement at or prior to the Closing.  The Securities will be fully owned and paid for by the Purchaser as of the Closing Date.

 

Section 1.5   Warrant.  In addition to the Note, at the Closing, the Company will execute and deliver to each Purchaser two (2) Classes of Warrants, substantially in the forms attached hereto as Exhibit C.  The number of Class A Warrants shall be fifty percent  (50%) of the shares which may be issued under the Notes, if converted. The exercise price of the Class A Warrants shall be $0.40 per share.    The number of Class B Warrants shall be one hundred percent (100%) of the shares which may be issued under the Notes if converted. The exercise price of the Class B Warrants shall be $0.50 per share.  The Warrants shall have a five (5) year term.  The Warrants shall be exercisable no sooner than six (6) months after the final Closing Date (“Restricted Period”).  After the Restricted Period, the Purchaser may exercise up to an aggregate of twenty-five percent (25%) of their Warrants in the six (6) month period following the Restricted Period and shall be allowed to exercise the balance of their Warrants thereafter.  The shares of Common Stock that are issuable pursuant to the Warrants are hereafter referred to as the “Warrant Shares”.  The exercise provisions of the Warrants contained herein may be amended at the election of the Company.

 

 

Article II.

 

Representations and Warranties

 

Section 2.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company.  The Company hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the Purchaser as of the date hereof and the Closing Date:

 

(a) Organization and Qualification; Material Adverse Effect.  The Company is a corporation duly incorporated and existing in good standing under the laws of the Province of Alberta and has the requisite corporate power to own its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted.  The Company does not currently have any subsidiaries (“Subsidiaries”).  Except where specifically indicated to the contrary, all references in this Agreement to subsidiaries shall be deemed to refer to all direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company.  Each Subsidiary, if any, has been duly incorporated and is in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation.  The Company and each Subsidiary, if any, is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property

 

  

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owned by it makes such qualification necessary other than those in which the failure so to qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect.  “Material Adverse Effect” means any adverse effect on the business, operations, properties, prospects or financial condition of the Company and its subsidiaries, if any, and which is (either alone or together with all other adverse effects) material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, taken as a whole, and any material adverse effect on the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents.

 

(b) Authorization; Enforcement.  (i)  The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents and to issue the Notes and Warrants in accordance with the terms hereof, (ii) the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance of the Notes and Warrants, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and no further consent or authorization of the Company or its Board of Directors (or any committee or subcommittee thereof) or stockholders is required, (iii) the Transaction Documents have been duly executed and delivered by the Company, (iv) the Transaction Documents constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company, except (A) as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of creditors' rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application, and (B) to the extent the indemnification provisions contained in this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement may be limited by applicable federal or state securities laws and (v) the Notes and the Warrants, and the Common Shares and Warrant Shares issuable upon the conversion and/or exercise thereof, have been duly authorized and, upon issuance thereof and payment therefor in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of any and all liens, claims and encumbrances.

 

(c) Capitalization.  As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of an unlimited number of shares of Common Stock, of which as of the date hereof, 224,776,985 shares are issued and outstanding, unlimited shares of preferred stock, of which as of the date hereof, no shares of preferred stock are issued and outstanding and 11,000,000 shares are issuable and reserved for issuance pursuant to the Company’s stock option plans and certain outstanding contracts, or securities exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, shares of Common Stock.  All of such outstanding shares have been, or upon issuance will be, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.  As of the date hereof, except as disclosed in Exhibit E, (i) no shares of the Company’s capital stock are subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights or any liens or encumbrances suffered or permitted by the Company, (ii) there are no outstanding debt securities, and (iii) there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue additional shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

  

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(d) Issuance and Ownership of Securities.  Upon issuance in accordance with this Agreement and the terms of the Notes and the Warrants, the Notes, the Common Shares and the Warrant Shares and the common shares underlying the Warrants issued to the Purchaser will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof.

 

(e) No Conflicts.  The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and issuance of the Notes and Warrants, and the Common Shares and Warrant Shares underlying any of the foregoing will not (i) result in a violation of its Certificate of Incorporation, any certificate of designations, preferences and rights of any outstanding series of preferred stock of the Company or its By-laws; (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, or (iii) to the Company’s knowledge result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including United States federal and state securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations of the OTC Bulletin Board (“Principal Market”) or other principal securities exchange or trading market on which the Common Stock is traded or listed) applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the Company is bound or affected, except in the case of clause (ii), such conflicts that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(f) SEC Documents.  Since the filing of its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2009, the Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”) (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all exhibits included therein and financial statements and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein being hereinafter referred to as the “SEC Documents”).  To the Company’s knowledge, as of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to the SEC Documents. Since the date of the respective filings, the Company has not incurred any liabilities except in the ordinary course of business or as reflected in the SEC Documents.

 

(g) Absence of Litigation.  There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, the Common Stock or any of the Company’s officers or directors in their capacities as such, except as set forth in SEC Documents which were filed at least 10 days before the date hereof.

 

(h) No Integrated Offering.   Neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Securities to the Purchaser to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“1933 Act” or

 

  

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 “Securities Act”) or any applicable stockholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of the Principal Market or other Approved Market, nor will the Company take any action or steps that would cause the offering of the Securities to be integrated with other offerings.

 

(i)  Employee Relations.  The Company is not involved in any labor dispute nor, to the knowledge of the Company, is any such dispute threatened, the effect of which would be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  The Company is not a party to a collective bargaining agreement.

 

(j) Intellectual Property Rights.  The Company owns or possesses adequate rights or licenses to use all trademarks, trade names, service marks, service mark registrations, service names, patents, patent rights, copyrights, inventions, licenses, approvals, governmental authorizations, trade secrets and rights necessary to conduct their respective businesses as now conducted.  The Company does not have any knowledge of any infringement by the Company of trademark, trade name rights, patents, patent rights, copyrights, inventions, licenses, service names, service marks, service mark registrations, trade secret or other similar rights of others, or of any such development of similar or identical trade secrets or technical information by others and there is no claim, action or proceeding being made or brought against, or to the Company’s knowledge, being threatened against, the Company regarding trademarks, trade name rights, patents, patent rights, inventions, copyrights, licenses, service names, service marks, service mark registrations, trade secrets or other infringement.  The Company has no knowledge of any pending or threatened infringement of its intellectual property rights.

 

(k)  Compliance with Law.  The business of the Company has been and is presently being conducted so as to comply with all applicable material federal, state and local governmental laws, rules, regulations and ordinances.

 

(l) Environmental Laws.  The Company (i) is to the Company’s knowledge in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”), (ii) has received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) is in com­pliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval where such noncompliance or failure to receive permits, licenses or approvals referred to in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above could have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(m) Disclosure. No representation or warranty by the Company in this Agreement, nor in any certificate, schedule, document, exhibit or other instrument delivered or to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, contains or will contain any untrue statement of material fact or omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading or necessary to in order fully and fairly to provide the information required to be provided in any such certificate, schedule, document, exhibit or other instrument.  To the knowledge of the Company at the time of the execution of this Agreement, there is no information concerning the Company or their respective businesses which has not heretofore been disclosed to the Purchaser (or disclosed in the Company's filings made with the SEC under the 1934 Act) that would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  

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(n) Title.  The Company has good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them which is material to the business of the Company, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects or such as do not materially and adversely affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company.  Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company.

 

(o) Insurance.  The Company will be insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as management of the Company believes to be prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company is engaged.

 

(p)  Permits.  The Company owns, holds, possesses, or lawfully uses in its business all material approvals, authorizations, certifications, franchises, licenses, permits, and similar authorities (“Permits”) that are necessary for the conduct of its business as currently conducted or the ownership and use of its assets or properties, in compliance with all Laws.    The Company is not in default under, or has received any notice of any claim of default in respect of, any such Permits.  To the Company’s knowledge, after due inquiry, all such Permits are renewable by their respective terms in the ordinary course of business without the need to comply with any special qualification procedures or to pay any amounts other than routine filing fees.

 

(q) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.  To the Company’s knowledge, neither the Company, nor any director, officer, agent, employee or other person acting on behalf of the Company has, in the course of acting for, or on behalf of, the Company, directly or indirectly used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; directly or indirectly made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any similar treaties of the United States; or directly or indirectly made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government or party official or employee.

 

(r) Tax Status.  The Company has made or is in the process of filing all income and all other tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject and all such returns, reports and declarations are true, correct and accurate in all material respects.  The Company has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested in good faith, for which adequate reserves have been established, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”).

 

 

 

 

  

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(s) Issuance of Common Shares and/or Warrant Shares.  The Common Shares and Warrant Shares are duly authorized and reserved for issuance and, upon conversion of the Notes and/or exercise of the Warrants, as applicable, in accordance with the terms thereof, such Common Shares and/or Warrant Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of any and all liens, claims and encumbrances, and entitled to be traded on the Principal Market or the New York Stock Exchange, or the American Stock Exchange (collectively with the Principal Market, the “Approved Markets”), and the holders of such Common Shares and/or Warrant Shares shall be entitled to all rights and preferences accorded to a holder of Common Stock.  As of the date of this Agreement, the outstanding shares of Common Stock are currently listed on the Principal Market.

 

(t) Financial Statements.  The financial statements of the Company included in the Form 20-F of the Company have been prepared from the books and records of the Company, in accordance with GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Company, as at their respective dates, and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods covered thereby.

 

(u) Internal Accounting and Disclosure Controls.  The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls and procedures that are sufficient to provide reasonable assurance (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company has established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in 1934 Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the Company is made known to the certifying officers by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which the Company’s Form 20-F is being prepared. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s controls and procedures in accordance with the 1934 Act for the Company’s most recently ended fiscal year-end (such date, the “ Evaluation Date ”). The Company presented in its most recently filed Form 20-F the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no significant changes in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in 34 Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15(d)-15(f)).

 

(v)  Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements.  There is no transaction, arrangement, or other relationship between the Company and an unconsolidated or other off balance sheet entity that is required to be disclosed by the Company in its 1934 Act filings and is not so disclosed or that otherwise would be reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect.

 

(w) No Stabilization.  The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the shares of Common Stock.

 

  

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(y) Investment Company Status.  The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and the application of the proceeds as described in the Transaction Documents, will not be, an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

(z) Sarbanes-Oxley Act.  There has been no failure of the Company or any of its directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any applicable provisions of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “Sarbanes Oxley Act”).

 

(aa) Application of Takeover Protections. The Company has taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (or similar charter documents) or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or could become applicable to the Purchaser as a result of the Purchaser and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents.

 

(bb) General Solicitation.  The Company has not undertaken any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding the sale of the Securities and has not published such sale in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio or presented at any seminar or any other general solicitation or general advertisement.

 

(cc) Brokers or Finders. The Company has not dealt with any broker or finder in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the Company has not incurred, and shall not incur, directly or indirectly, any liability for any brokerage or finders' fees or agents commissions or any similar charges in connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby.

 

(dd) Non-Public Information. The Company covenants and agrees that neither it nor any other person acting on its behalf will provide the Purchaser or their agents or counsel with any information that the Company believes constitutes material non-public information, unless prior thereto such Purchaser shall have executed a written agreement regarding the confidentiality and use of such information. The Company understands and confirms that each Purchaser shall be relying on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.

 

(ee) No Additional Agreements. The Company does not have any agreement or understanding with any Purchaser with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, other than as specified in this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Warrants.

 

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

  

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(gg) Independent Nature of Purchaser. The Company acknowledges that the obligations of each Purchaser under the Transaction Documents are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under the Transaction Documents. The Company acknowledges that the decision of each Purchaser to purchase securities pursuant to this Agreement has been made by such Purchaser independently of any other purchase and independently of any information, materials, statements or opinions as to the business, affairs, operations, assets, properties, liabilities, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company which may have made or given by any other Purchaser or by any agent or employee of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser or any of its agents or employees shall have any liability to any Purchaser (or any other person) relating to or arising from any such information, materials, statements or opinions. The Company acknowledges that nothing contained herein, or in any Transaction Document, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchaser as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchaser are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Company acknowledges that each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation, the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. The Company acknowledges that for reasons of administrative convenience only, the Transaction Documents have been prepared by the Company and the Purchaser have been advised to retain their own individual counsel with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company acknowledges that it has elected to provide all Purchaser with the same terms and Transaction Documents for the convenience of the Company and not because it was required or requested to do so by the Purchaser.

 

Section 2.2 Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser.  The Purchaser hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the Company as of the date hereof and the Closing Date:

 

(a) Accredited Investor Status; Sophisticated Purchaser.  The Purchaser is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the 1933 Act.  The Purchaser has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the purchase of the Note, the Warrant, the Common Shares and the Warrant Shares.  The Purchaser is not registered as a broker or dealer under Section 15(a) of the 1934 Act, affiliated with any broker or dealer registered under Section 15(a) of the 1934 Act, or a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

 

(b) Information.  The Purchaser and its advisors, if any, have been furnished with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company which have been requested and materials relating to the offer and sale of the Note, the Warrant, the Common Shares and the Warrant Shares which have been requested by the Purchaser.  The Purchaser and its advisors, if any, have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the 

  

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Company.  In determining whether to enter into this Agreement and purchase the Securities, the Purchaser has relied solely on the written information supplied by Company employees in response to the written due diligence information request provided by Purchaser to the Company, and the Purchaser has not received nor relied upon any oral representation or warranty relating to the Company, this Agreement, the Securities, or any of the transactions or relationships contemplated thereby.  The Purchaser understands that its purchase of the Securities and Common Shares, and if applicable, the Warrant Shares involves a high degree of risk.  The Purchaser has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to its acquisition of the Note and Common Shares, and if applicable, the Warrant Shares.

 

(c) No Governmental Review.  The Purchaser understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Note, the Warrant, the Common Shares and Warrant Shares or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Note, the Warrant, the Common Shares and Warrant Shares nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits thereof.

 

(d) Legends. The Company shall issue the Note, and certificates for the Common Shares, and if applicable, the Warrant Shares, to the Purchaser without any legend except as described in Article V below.  The Purchaser covenants that, in connection with any transfer of Common Shares or Warrant Shares by the Purchaser pursuant to the registration statement contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, it will comply with the applicable prospectus delivery requirements of the 1933 Act, provided that copies of a current prospectus relating to such effective registration statement are or have been supplied to the Purchaser.

 

(e) Authorization; Enforcement.  Each of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement have been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of the Purchaser and is a valid and binding agreement of the Purchaser enforceable against the Purchaser in accordance with their terms, subject as to enforceability to general principles of equity and to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation and other similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies.  The Purchaser has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and each other agreement entered into by the parties hereto in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(f) No Conflicts.  The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement by the Purchaser and the consummation by the Purchaser of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) result in a violation of the certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other documents of organization of the Purchaser, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Purchaser is bound, or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation or decree applicable to the Purchaser.

 

  

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(g) Investment Representation.  The Purchaser is purchasing the Securities for its own account for investment and not with a view to distribution or sale in violation of the 1933 Act or any state securities laws or rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.  The Purchaser has been advised and understands that neither the Note, the Warrants, nor the Common Shares or Warrant Shares issuable upon conversion or exercise thereof have been registered under the 1933 Act or under the “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction and may be resold only if registered pursuant to the provisions of the 1933 Act or if an exemption from registration is available, except under circumstances where neither such registration nor such an exemption is required by law.  The Purchaser has been advised and understands that the Company, in issuing the Note and the Warrants, is relying upon, among other things, the representations and warranties of the Purchaser contained in this Section 2.2 in concluding that such issuance is a “private offering” and is exempt from the registration provisions of the 1933 Act.

 

(h) Rule 144.  The Purchaser understands that there is no public trading market for the Notes or Warrants, that none is expected to develop, and that the Notes and Warrant must be held indefinitely unless and until such Notes and the Warrant, or if applicable, the Common Shares or Warrant Shares received upon conversion or exercise thereof are registered under the 1933 Act or an exemption from registration is available.  The Purchaser has been advised or is aware of the provisions of Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act.

 

(i) Brokers.  The Purchaser has taken no action which would give rise to any claim by any person for brokerage commissions, finder's fees or similar payments by the Company or the Purchaser relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(j) Reliance by the Company.  The Purchaser understands that the Note and the Warrants are being offered and sold in reliance on a transactional exemption from the registration requirements of Federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of the Purchaser set forth herein in order to determine the applicability of such exemptions and the suitability of the Purchaser to acquire the Note and the Warrants, and the Common Shares and Warrant Shares issuable upon conversion or exercise thereof.

 

Article III.

 

Covenants

 

Section 3.1 Registration and Listing; Effective Registration.  Until such time as six months following the date the Note is no longer outstanding and the Warrants either have been exercised or have expired, the Company will cause any stock registered under a Registration Statement to continue at all times to be registered under Sections 12(b) or (g) of the 1934 Act, will comply in all material respects with its reporting and filing obligations under the 1934 Act, and will not take any action or file any document (whether or not permitted by the 1934 Act or the rules thereunder) to terminate or suspend such reporting and filing obligations.  Until such time as the Notes and Warrants are no longer outstanding, the Company shall use its best efforts to continue the listing or trading of the Common Stock on the Principal Market or one of the other Approved Markets and shall comply in all material respects with the Company's 

  

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reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of the Approved Market on which the Common Stock is listed.

 

Section 3.2 Certificates on Conversion.  Upon any conversion by the Purchaser (or then holder of the Note) of the Note pursuant to the terms thereof, the Company shall issue and deliver to the Purchaser (or holder) within three (3) Trading Days of the conversion date certificates for the Securities into which the Note is convertible and, if applicable, a new Note or Notes for the aggregate principal amount which the Purchaser (or holder) has not yet elected to convert but which are evidenced in part by the Notes submitted to the Company in connection with such conversion (with the denominations of such new Note(s) designated by the Purchaser or holder).

 

Section 3.3 Replacement Notes.  The Note held by the Purchaser (or then holder) may be exchanged by the Purchaser (or such holder) at any time and from time to time for Note(s) with different denominations representing an equal aggregate principal amount of Note(s), as requested by the Purchaser (or such holder) upon surrendering the same.  No service charge will be made for such registration or transfer or exchange.

 

Section 3.4 Securities Compliance. The Company shall notify the SEC and the Principal Market, in accordance with their requirements, of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Note, the Warrants, and the Registration Rights Agreement, and shall take all other necessary action and proceedings as may be required and permitted by applicable law, rule and regulation, for the legal and valid issuance of the Notes and Warrants hereunder and the Common Shares and Warrant Shares issuable upon conversion or exercise thereof.

 

Section 3.5 Reservation of Shares; Stock Issuable Upon Conversion.  Subject to Section 2.1(c) of this Agreement, the Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Note and exercise of the Warrants, such number of its shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of the Note, the exercise of the Warrants issued to the Purchaser, the payment of any interest that may be due on the Notes and the payment for any damages that may become due to the Purchaser due to the Company’s failure to register the Securities.

 

Section 3.6 Prohibition on Short Sales.  From and including the date of this Agreement and for so long as the Purchaser holds any outstanding Notes or Warrants, the Purchaser agrees that it will neither sell the Company’s stock short nor direct, instruct or otherwise influence any of its affiliates, principals or advisors to sell the Company’s stock short.  Further, the Purchaser agrees not to pledge, hypothecate, loan or enter into other hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the Company’s Common Stock,   provided however, that the Purchaser shall have the right to pledge the Company’s Common Stock pursuant to a bona fide margin account or lending arrangement entered into in compliance with law, including applicable securities laws, in such a manner that will not result, or be equivalent to, a short sale of the Company’s Common Stock.

 

  

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Section 3.7 Material Changes.  On or before the Closing Date, the Company shall forthwith notify the Purchaser of any material change affecting any of its representations, warranties, undertakings and indemnity at any time prior to payment being made to the Company on the Closing Date.

 

Section 3.8 Use of Proceeds.  The Company shall use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder for general corporate purposed including exploration programs on the Company’s mineral properties, working capital and other growth initiatives consistent with the current business of the Company.

 

Section 3.9 Right of First Offer.  For any debt, equity or equity linked private financing consummated within twelve (12) months after the final Closing Date, the Purchaser shall have a pro-rata right to purchase all or part of the private financing on the same terms and conditions hitherto offered by the Company. Upon notification of such financing, the Purchaser will be precluded from converting its Notes or exercising its Warrants (either Class A or Class B warrants) issued hereunder until the Purchaser has either agreed to match the terms of the said financing within the time referred to in this Section or five (5) days after the rejection by the Purchaser, whichever shall occur later. The Purchaser shall have five (5) trading days to respond to a signed and accepted term sheet by the Company.  This right of first refusal granted to the Purchaser hereunder shall not apply to issuances of stock for situations involving strategic partnerships, acquisition candidates and public offerings.

 

Section 3.10 Press Release.                                 As soon as practicable upon the execution of this Agreement, the Company shall issue a press release disclosing the transaction contemplated herein.  The Company shall also file a Form 6-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) within the time prescribed under current SEC rules and regulations.

 

Section 3.11 Most Favored Nations Exchange. In the event that the Company closes any debt or equity financing (an “Other Financing”) during the time that the Note remains outstanding, the Purchaser shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to tender all of the outstanding principal balance plus accrued and unpaid interest on this Note (in lieu of cash) together with the Warrants in connection herewith as consideration to purchase the securities issued by the Company in such Other Financing.

 

Article IV.

 

Conditions to Closings

 

Section 4.1 Conditions Precedent to the Obligation of the Company to Sell.  The obligation hereunder of the Company to issue and/or sell the Securities to the Purchaser at the applicable Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the applicable Closing, of each of the applicable conditions set forth below.  These conditions are for the Company's sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion.

 

(a) Accuracy of the Purchaser’ Representations and Warranties.  The representations and warranties of each Purchaser will be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date, as though made at that time.

  

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(b) Performance by the Purchaser.  The Purchaser shall have performed all agreements and satisfied all conditions required to be performed or satisfied by the Purchaser at or prior to the Closing, including full payment of the Purchase Price to the Company as provided herein.

 

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

 

(d) Minimum Closing and Maximum Offering.  The Escrow Account shall have a minimum of $1,000,000 in Escrowed Funds prior to the Initial Closing. The maximum aggregate offering amount for all Notes issued hereunder shall not exceed $2,000,000.

 

Section 4.2 Conditions Precedent to the Obligation of the Purchaser to Purchase.  The obligation hereunder of the Purchaser to acquire and pay for the Securities at the applicable Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the applicable Closing, of each of the applicable conditions set forth below.  These conditions are for the Purchaser’ benefit and may be waived by the Purchaser at any time.

 

(a) Accuracy of the Company's Representations and Warranties.  The representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties as of an earlier date, which shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date).

 

(b) No Injunction.  No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Notes or the Warrant.  The Principal Market shall not have objected or indicated that it may object to the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(c) Purchaser Registration Rights Agreement.  The Company and the Purchaser shall have executed and delivered the Registration Rights Agreement in the form and substance of Exhibit B attached hereto.

 

(d) Officer's Certificates.  The Company shall have delivered to the Purchaser a certificate in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchaser and the Purchaser’ counsel, executed by an officer of the Company, certifying as to satisfaction of closing conditions, incumbency of signing officers, and the true, correct and complete nature of the Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws, good standing and authorizing resolutions of the Company.

 

(e) Warrants.  The Company shall have executed and delivered the Warrants to the Purchaser in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.

 

  

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(f) No Material Adverse Change.  There shall not have occurred any event prior to the Closing which, singly or taken together with any other event, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(g) Transfer Agent Instructions.  The Company shall issue irrevocable instructions to its transfer agent requesting the transfer agent to issue one or more share certificates to the Purchaser representing Common Stock as soon as practicable after receiving notice of the conversion of the Notes or the exercise of the Warrants.

 

Article V.

 

Legend and Stock

 

Upon payment therefor as provided in this Agreement, the Company will issue the Note in the name each Purchaser or its designees and in such denominations to be specified by such Purchaser prior to (or from time to time subsequent to) Closing.  The Securities and any certificate representing Common Shares or Warrant Shares issued upon conversion or exercise thereof, prior to such Common Shares or Warrant Shares being registered under the 1933 Act for resale or available for resale under Rule 144 under the 1933 Act, shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:

 

These Securities Have Not Been Registered For Offer or Sale Under The Securities Act Of 1933, As Amended, Or Any State securities laws.  They May Not Be Sold Or Offered For Sale Except Pursuant To An Effective Registration Statement Under Said Act And Any Applicable State Securities Law Or An Applicable Exemption From Such Registration Requirements.

 

The Company agrees to reissue the Note, Common Shares and Warrant Shares issuable upon conversion or exercise of the foregoing, without the legend set forth above, at such time as (i) the holder thereof is permitted to dispose of such Notes, Common Shares and Warrant Shares issuable upon conversion or exercise of the foregoing pursuant to Rule 144 under the 1933 Act, or (ii) such securities are sold to a purchaser or Purchaser who (in the opinion of counsel to the seller or such purchaser(s), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company and its counsel) are able to dispose of such shares publicly without registration under the 1933 Act, or (iii) such securities have been registered under the 1933 Act.  If a Purchaser shall make a sale or transfer of Common Stock or Warrant Shares either (x) pursuant to Rule 144 or (y) pursuant to a registration statement under the 1933 Act and in each case shall have delivered to the Company or the Company’s transfer agent the certificate representing Common Stock or Warrant Shares containing a restrictive legend which are the subject of such sale or transfer (the date of such sale or transfer and Share or Warrant Share, as the case may be, delivery being the “ Share Delivery Date ”) and (1) the Company shall fail to deliver or cause to be delivered (any such delivery shall include crediting the Purchaser’s balance account with DTC) to such Purchaser a certificate representing such Common Stock or Warrant Shares that is free from all restrictive or other legends by the third Trading Day following the Share Delivery Date and (2) following such third Trading Day after the Share Delivery Date and prior to the time such Common Stock or Warrant Shares are received free from restrictive legends, the Purchaser, or any third party on behalf of such Purchaser, 

  

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purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Purchaser of such Common Stock or Warrant Shares (a " Buy-In "), then the Company shall pay in cash to the Purchaser (for costs incurred either directly by such Purchaser or on behalf of a third party) the amount by which the total purchase price paid for Common Stock as a result of the Buy-In (including brokerage commissions, if any) exceed the proceeds received by such Purchaser as a result of the sale to which such Buy-In relates. The Purchaser shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Purchaser in respect of the Buy-In. The Company may not make any notation on its records or give instructions to any transfer agent of the Company that enlarge the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section.

 

Prior to the Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) being declared effective, any Warrant Shares issued pursuant to exercise of the Warrant shall bear a legend in the same form as the legend indicated above; provided that such legend shall be removed from such shares and the Company shall issue new certificates without such legend if (i) the holder has sold or disposed of such shares pursuant to Rule 144 under the 1933 Act, or the holder is permitted to dispose of such shares pursuant to Rule 144 under the 1933 Act, (ii) such shares are registered for resale under the 1933 Act, or (iii) such shares are sold to a purchaser or Purchaser who (in the opinion of counsel to the seller or such purchaser(s), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company and its counsel) are able to dispose of such shares publicly without registration under the 1933 Act.  Upon such Registration Statement becoming effective, the Company agrees to promptly issue new certificates representing such shares without such legend.  Any Warrant Shares issued after the Registration Statement has become effective shall be free and clear of any legends, transfer restrictions and stop orders.  Notwithstanding the removal of such legend, the Purchaser agree to sell the Warrant Shares represented by the new certificates in accordance with the applicable prospectus delivery requirements (if copies of a current prospectus are provided to such Purchaser by the Company) or in accordance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act.

 

Nothing herein shall limit the right of any holder to pledge these securities pursuant to a bona fide margin account or lending arrangement entered into in compliance with law, including applicable securities laws.

 

The Company claims an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) for the private placement of these securities pursuant to the exemption from the registration requirements found in Regulation S promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.  The offer and sale to the purchasers was made in an offshore transaction as defined by Rule 902(h). No directed selling efforts were made in the U.S. as defined in Rule 902(c).  The offer and sale to the purchasers was not made to a U.S. person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. person. The following conditions were present in the offer and sale:  a) The purchaser of the securities certified that it is not a U.S. person and did not acquire the shares for the account or benefit of any U.S. person; b) The purchaser has agreed to resell the securities only in compliance with Regulation S pursuant to a registration under the Securities Act, or pursuant to an applicable exemption from registration; and has agreed not to engage in hedging transactions with regard to the securities unless in compliance with the Securities Act; c) The purchaser has acknowledged and agreed with the Company that the Company shall refuse registration of any transfer of the securities unless made in accordance with 

  

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Regulation S, pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act, or pursuant to an applicable exemption from registration; and d) The purchaser has represented that it is acquiring the shares for its own account, for investment purposes only and not with a view to any resale, distribution or other disposition of the shares in violation of the United States federal securities laws. Neither the Company nor any person acting on its behalf offered or sold these securities by any form of general solicitation or general advertising.  The shares sold are restricted securities and the certificates representing these shares have been affixed with a standard restrictive legend, which states that the securities cannot be sold without registration under the Securities Act of 1933 or an exemption therefrom.

 

Article VI.

 

Termination

 

Section 6.1 Termination by Mutual Consent.  This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing by the mutual written consent of the Company and the Purchaser.

 

Section 6.2 Other Termination.  This Agreement may be terminated by action of the Board of Directors of the Company or by the Purchaser at any time if the Closing shall not have been consummated on the Closing Date; provided, however, that the party (or parties) prepared to close shall retain its (or their) right to sue for any breach by the other party (or parties).

 

Article VII.

 

Indemnification

 

In consideration of the Purchaser’ execution and delivery of the this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement and acquiring the Note hereunder and in addition to all of the Company’s other obligations under the Transaction Documents, the Company shall defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser and all of its partners, officers, directors, employees, members and direct or indirect investors and any of the foregoing person’s agents or other representatives (including, without limitation, those retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) (collectively, the “Purchaser Indemnitees”) from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, claims, losses, costs, penalties, fees, liabilities and damages, and expenses in connection therewith (irrespective of whether any such Purchaser Indemnitee is a party to the action for which indemnification hereunder is sought), and including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements (the “Purchaser Indemnified Liabilities”), incurred by any Purchaser Indemnitee as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to (a) any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by the Company in the Transaction Documents or any other certificate or document contemplated hereby or thereby, (b) any breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of the Company contained in the Transaction Documents or any other certificate or document contemplated hereby or thereby.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Purchaser Indemnified Liabilities shall not include any liability of any Purchaser Indemnitee arising out of such Purchaser Indemnitee’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.  To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Company may be unenforceable for any reason, the Company shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Purchaser Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible under applicable law.  Except as otherwise set forth herein, the mechanics and procedures with

 

  

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respect to the rights and obligations under this Article VII shall be the same as those set forth in Section 6 (other than Section 6(b)) of the Registration Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, those procedures with respect to the settlement of claims and Company’s right to assume the defense of claims.

 

Article VIII.

 

Governing Law; Miscellaneous

 

Section 8.1 Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Alberta applicable to contracts to be wholly performed within such province and without regard to conflicts of laws provisions.  Any legal action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement and/or the Transaction Documents may be instituted in the courts of the Province of Alberta sitting in Calgary, and the parties hereto irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of each such court in any action or proceeding.  Subscriber hereby irrevocably waives and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense, or otherwise, in every suit, action or other proceeding arising out of or based on this Agreement and/or the Transaction Documents and brought in any such court, any claim that Subscriber is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of the above named courts, that Subscriber’s property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper.

 

Section 8.2 Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed by facsimile and in any number of counterparts, and each such counterpart hereof shall be deemed to be an original instrument, but all such counterparts together shall constitute one agreement.  Execution and delivery of this Agreement by facsimile transmission (including delivery of documents in Adobe PDF format) shall constitute execution and delivery of this Agreement for all purposes, with the same force and effect as execution and delivery of an original manually signed copy hereof.

 

Section 8.3 Headings.  The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement.

 

Section 8.4 Severability.  If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or the validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction.

 

Section 8.5 Costs and Expenses.  All reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Purchaser with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be paid by the Company at the Closing.  Nevertheless, in the event that any dispute between the parties should result in litigation or arbitration, the prevailing party in such dispute shall be entitled to recover from the non-prevailing party in such dispute all reasonable fees, costs and expenses of enforcing any right of the prevailing party, including without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses, all of which shall be deemed to have accrued upon the commencement of such action and shall be paid whether or not such action is prosecuted to judgment.

 

  

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Section 8.6 Entire Agreement; Amendments; Waivers.

 

(a) This Agreement supersedes all other prior oral or written agreements between the Purchaser, the Company, their affiliates and persons acting on their behalf with respect to the matters discussed herein, and this Agreement and the instruments referenced herein (including the other Transaction Documents) contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the matters covered herein and therein and, except as specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the Company nor any Purchaser makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such matters.  No provision of this Agreement may be amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and the Purchaser, and no provision hereof may be waived other than by an instrument in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought.

 

(b) The Purchaser may at any time elect, by notice to the Company, to waive (whether permanently or temporarily, and subject to such conditions, if any, as the Purchaser may specify in such notice) any of Purchaser’ rights under any of the Transaction Documents to acquire shares of Common Stock from the Company, in which event such waiver shall be binding against the Purchaser in accordance with its terms; provided, however, that the voluntary waiver contemplated by this sentence may not reduce the Purchaser’ obligations to the Company under the Transaction Documents.

 

Section 8.7 Notices.  Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing, must be delivered by (i) courier, mail or hand delivery or (ii) facsimile, and will be deemed to have been delivered upon receipt. The addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications shall be:

 

If to the Company:

 

927 Drury Ave. N.E.

Calgary, Alberta T2E 0M3

Attention: Joseph Bucci

Facsimile: 403.313.5449

 

With a copy to:

 

Gersten Savage, LLP

600 Lexington Avenue, 9th Floor

New York, New York 10022

Telephone:  (212) 752-9700

Facsimile:   (212)  813-9768

Attention: Peter J. Gennuso, Esq.

 

If to the Purchaser, to the addresses listed on Exhibit D hereto:

 

Each party shall provide five (5) days prior written notice to the other party of any change in address, telephone number or facsimile number.  Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically or electronically generated by the sender’s facsimile machine containing the time, date, recipient

  

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facsimile number and an image of the first page of such transmission or (C) provided by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from a nationally recognized overnight delivery service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.

 

Section 8.8 Successors and Assigns.  Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns, including any Permitted Assignee (as defined below).  The Purchaser may assign some or all of its rights hereunder to any assignee of the Note, the Common Shares, or Warrant Shares (in each case, a “Permitted Assignee”); provided, however, that any such assignment shall not release the Purchaser from its obligations hereunder unless such obligations are assumed by such assignee and the Company has consented to such assignment and assumption.

 

Section 8.9 No Third Party Beneficiaries.  This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other person.

 

Section 8.10 Survival.  The representations, warranties, rights to indemnification and agreements of the Company and the Purchaser contained in the Agreement shall survive the delivery of the Notes.

 

Section 8.11 Further Assurances.  Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as the other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Section 8.12 No Strict Construction.  The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.

 

Section 8.13 Days.  Unless the context refers to “business days” or “Trading Days”, all references herein to “days” shall mean calendar days.

 

Section 8.14 Placement Agent.  The Purchaser and the Company each acknowledges and warrants that it has not engaged any placement agent in connection with the sale of the Securities, and the Company and Purchaser shall indemnify and hold the other harmless against any liability, loss, or expense (including without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising from any breach of said warranty.

 

  

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed as of the date and year first above written.

 

	
COMPANY:

	
PURCHASER(S):

	
COASTAL PACIFIC MINING CORP.

 

By:_______________________________

Name:

Title:

 

 

	
PURCHASER

 

By:_______________________________

Name:

Title:

 

  

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EXHIBIT A

 

 

Form of Note

 

 

  

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EXHIBIT B

 

 

Form of Registration Rights Agreement

 

  

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 EXHIBIT C

 

 

Warrants

 

  

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EXHIBIT D

 

	
Purchaser

	
Jurisdiction of Organization

	
Principal Amount of Notes

	
 

Purchase Price

	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  
	  	  	  	  

  

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EXHIBIT E

 

None

  

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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This Registration Rights Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into as of     , 2010, between Coastal Pacific Mining Corp.,  an Alberta corporation (the “Company”) and each of the parties listed under “Holders” hereto (each, a “Holder”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated on or about the date hereof, by and between the Company and each Holder (the “Purchase Agreement”) of the 10% Convertible Promissory Notes (the “Notes”) issued by the Company, the Company has agreed to issue to the Holders, and the Holders have agreed to acquire from the Company, (i) Notes in the aggregate principal amount of up to $2,000,000 and (ii) Class A Warrants and Class B Warrants (collectively, the “Warrants”) to purchase shares of the Company’s Common Stock,  no par value per share (the “Common Stock”), subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein; and

 

WHEREAS, the Notes will be convertible into shares of Common Stock and the Warrants will be exercisable for shares of Common Stock (collectively, the “Shares”) pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth therein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, representations, warranties, covenants and conditions set forth in the Notes, the Purchase Agreement, the Warrants and this Agreement, the Company and each Holder agree as follows:

 

1. Certain Definitions.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Purchase Agreement or the Note.  As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

 

“Closing” and “Closing Date” shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.

 

“Commission” or “SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act.

 

“Holder” and “Holders” shall include each holder, and any permitted transferee or transferees of Registrable Securities (as defined below), the Notes and/or Warrants which have not been sold to the public to whom the registration rights conferred by this Agreement have been transferred in compliance with this Agreement and/or the Purchase Agreement.

 

“Permitted Free Writing Prospectus” means a free writing prospectus authorized for use by the Company in connection with any offering of Registrable Securities that has been filed with the SEC in accordance with Rule 433 under the Act.

 

The terms “register,” “registered” and “registration” shall refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement in compliance with the Securities Act and applicable rules and regulations thereunder, and the declaration or ordering of the effectiveness of such registration statement.

  

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     “Registrable Securities” shall mean:  (i) the shares or other securities issued or issuable to each Holder or its permitted transferee or designee (a) upon exercise of the Warrants, or (b) upon any distribution with respect to, any exchange for or any replacement of a Warrant, or (c) upon any conversion, exercise or exchange of any securities issued in connection with any such distribution, exchange or replacement; (ii) securities issued or issuable in respect of the foregoing upon any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or similar event; and (iii) any other security issued as a dividend or other distribution with respect to, in exchange for or in replacement of the securities referred to in the preceding clauses; provided that all such shares shall cease to be Registrable Securities at such time as they have been sold under a Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or otherwise or at such time as they are eligible to be sold without volume limitation pursuant to Rule 144.

 

“Registration Expenses” shall mean all expenses to be incurred in connection with each Holder’s registration rights under this Agreement not included in Selling Expenses, including, without limitation, all registration and filing fees, printing expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and one counsel for the Holders, blue sky fees and expenses, and the expense of any special audits incident to or required by any such registration (but excluding the compensation of regular employees of the Company, which shall be paid in any event by the Company).

 

“Registration Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) herein.

 

“Regulation S” shall mean Regulation S as promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, and as subsequently amended.

 

“Securities Act” or “Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

“Selling Expenses” shall mean all underwriting discounts and selling commissions applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities or Demand Registration Securities, as the case may be.

 

“Time of Sale Information” means any preliminary prospectus together with each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, if any, used in connection with any offering of Registrable Securities.

 

2. Registration Requirements.  Upon request from Holders owning no less than 50% of the Notes,  (the “Request for Registration”) the Company shall use its best efforts to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities (including, without limitation, the execution of an undertaking to file post-effective amendments, appropriate qualification under applicable blue sky or other state securities laws and appropriate compliance with applicable regulations issued under the Securities Act) as would permit or facilitate the sale or distribution of all the Registrable Securities in the manner (including manner of sale) and in all states reasonably requested by the Holders.  Such best efforts by the Company shall include, without limitation, the following:

 

  

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(a) The Company shall, as expeditiously as possible after the Closing Date:

 

(i) But in any event no later than ninety (90) days after the Request for Registration Date (the “Required Filing Date”) or such other date specified in the last sentence of this Section 2(a)(i) for such initial filing, prepare and file a registration statement with the Commission pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (“Rule 415”) on Form F-1 under the Securities Act (or in the event that the Company is ineligible to use such form, such other form as the Company is eligible to use under the Securities Act covering resales by the Holders as selling stockholders (not underwriters) of the Registrable Securities (a “Registration Statement”), which Registration Statement, to the extent allowable under the Securities Act and the rules promulgated thereunder (including Rule 416), shall state that such Registration Statement also covers such indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock as may become issuable upon conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants pursuant to the issuance of Common Stock to pay interest on the Notes or pursuant to the applicable anti-dilution provisions or other adjustment provisions of the Notes and the Warrants.  The number of shares of Common Stock initially included in such Registration Statement shall be no less than 120% of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock which may be included in a Registration Statement without exceeding registration limitations imposed by the SEC pursuant to Rule 415 (the “Rule 415 Amount”) in a comment letter addressed to the Company; provided that the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to contest such limitation, but in any event not less than approximately 20,000,000 shares of Common Stock.  Thereafter, the Company shall use its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement and other filings to be declared effective, as soon as possible (the “Required Effective Date”).  The Company shall use its best efforts to ensure that each subsequent Registration Statement is filed as soon as possible, but in no event sooner than six (6) months from the effectiveness of a previously filed Registration Statement. In the event that less than all of the Registrable Securities are included in a Registration Statement as a result of the limitations described in this paragraph, then the Company will (i) reduce on a proportionate basis the number of Registrable Securities of each Holder included in such Registration Statement and (ii) file additional Registration Statements, each registering the Rule 415 Amount, seriatim, until all of the Registrable Securities have been registered. The Required Filing Date and the Required Effective Date of each such additional Registration Statement shall be within a reasonable time after the first day such Registration Statement may be filed without objection by the SEC based on Rule 415.  Without limiting the foregoing, the Company will promptly respond to all SEC comments, inquiries and requests, and shall request acceleration of effectiveness at the earliest possible date.

 

(ii) If at any time the staff of the Commission takes the position that the offering of some or all of the Registrable Securities in a Registration Statement is not eligible to be made on a delayed or continuous basis under the provisions of Rule 415 under the Securities Act or requires any Holder to be named as an “underwriter” (an “SEC Objection”), the Company shall promptly notify the

 

  

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Holders of such SEC Objection and if the Holder shall request, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to persuade the staff of the Commission that the offering contemplated by the Registration Statement is a valid secondary offering and not an offering “by or on behalf of the issuer” as defined in Rule 415 and that the Holder is not an “underwriter” (a “Rule 415 Response Effort”).  The Holder shall have the right to participate or have its counsel participate in any meetings or discussions with the staff of the Commission regarding the Rule 415 Response Effort and to comment or have its counsel comment on any written submission made to the staff of the Commission with respect to the Rule 415 Response Effort, and to have such comments relayed to the staff of the Commission with the consent of the Company, not to be unreasonably withheld.  No such Rule 415 Response Effort shall be made to the staff of the Commission to which the Holder’s counsel reasonably objects.  In the event that, despite the Company’s commercially reasonable efforts and compliance with the terms of this Section 2(a)(ii), the staff of the Commission refuses to alter its position, the Company shall (i) remove from the Registration Statement such portion of the Registrable Securities (the “Cut Back Shares”) and/or (ii) agree to such restrictions and limitations on the registration and resale of the Registrable Securities as the staff of the Commission may require to assure the Company’s compliance with the requirements of Rule 415; provided, however, that the Company shall not agree to name any Holder as an “underwriter” in such Registration Statement without the prior written consent of such Holder (collectively, the “SEC Restrictions”).  To eliminate any ambiguity, delay caused by a refusal by a Holder to be named as an underwriter shall be deemed to be part of a Rule 415 Response Effort.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, no liquidated damages shall accrue pursuant to Section 2(c) during the period of any Rule 415 Response Effort or (ii) on or as to any Cut Back Shares until such time as the Company is able, using commercially reasonable efforts, to cause such additional Registration Statement or Registration Statements to become effective  with respect to the Cut Back Shares in accordance with any SEC Restrictions (such date, the “Restriction Termination Date”).

 

(iii) Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection with such Registration Statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement and notify the Holders of the filing and effectiveness of such Registration Statement and any amendments or supplements.

 

(iv) Furnish to each Holder that has Registrable Securities included in a Registration Statement such numbers of copies of a current prospectus conforming with the requirements of the Securities Act, copies of such Registration Statement, any amendment or supplement thereto and any documents incorporated by reference therein and such other documents as such Holder may reasonably require in order to facilitate the disposition of Registrable Securities owned by such Holder.

 

  

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(v) Register and qualify the securities covered by such Registration Statement under the securities or “Blue Sky” laws of all domestic jurisdictions; provided that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do business or to file a general consent to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions.

 

(vi) Notify promptly each Holder that has Registrable Securities  included in a Registration Statement of the happening of any event (but not the substance or details of any such event) of which the Company has knowledge as a result of which the prospectus (including any supplements thereto or thereof) included in such Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing (each an “Event”), and use its best efforts to promptly update and/or correct such prospectus. Each Holder will hold in confidence and will not make any disclosure of any such Event and any related information disclosed by the Company.

 

(vii) Notify each Holder of the issuance by the Commission or any state securities commission or agency of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or the threat or initiation of any proceedings for that purpose.  The Company shall use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order and, if any stop order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible time.

 

(viii) List the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement with all securities exchange(s) and/or markets on which the Common Stock is then listed and prepare and file any required filings with any exchange or market where the Common Shares are traded.

 

(ix) Take all steps reasonably necessary to enable Holders to avail themselves of the prospectus delivery mechanism set forth in Rule 153 (or successor thereto) under the Act.

 

(x) Take all steps reasonably necessary to keep public information available as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act.

 

(b) Notwithstanding the obligations under Section 2(a)(vii) or any provision of this Agreement, if (i) in the good faith judgment of the Company, following consultation with legal counsel, it would be detrimental to the Company and its stockholders for resales of Registrable Securities to be made pursuant to a Registration Statement due to the existence of a material development or potential material development involving the Company that the Company would be obligated to disclose in the Registration Statement, which disclosure would be premature or otherwise inadvisable at such time or would have a material adverse effect upon the Company and its stockholders, or (ii) 

  

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in the good faith judgment of the Company, it would adversely affect or require premature disclosure of the filing of a Company-initiated registration of any class of its equity securities, then the Company will have the right to suspend the use of the Registration Statement for one period of not more than 10 calendar days in any 12 month period, but only if the Company reasonably concludes, after consultation with outside legal counsel, that the failure to suspend the use of the Registration Statement as such would create a material liability or violation under applicable securities laws or regulations.

 

(c) Effect of Late Filing. In the event that (i) any Registration Statement has not been filed by the Required Filing Date, the Company fails to cause to be declared effective a Registration Statement within ten (10) days following receipt of a “no review” letter from the SEC, or the Company fails to respond to any SEC comment letter within thirty (30) days of receipt other than by reason of the operation of Section 2(b); or (ii) the Company fails to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement during the registration period and the Purchaser cannot otherwise effectuate a resale of the Registrable Securities under Rule 144, then the Company will make a payment to each Holder as liquidated damages for such delay (each a “Late Registration Payment”). Each Late Registration Payment will be paid in cash and shall be equal to 1.0% of the face amount of the Notes for every thirty (30) day period, or portion thereof that the Registration Statement is not filed or the Company fails to respond to SEC comments.  The Late Registration Payments will be prorated on a daily basis during the 30-day period and will be paid to the Holders within ten business days following the end of each 30-day period as to which payment is due hereunder.  The Holders may make a claim for additional damages as a remedy for the Company’s failure to comply with the timelines set forth in this Section, but acknowledgement of such right in this Agreement shall not constitute an admission by the Company that any such damages exist or may exist.  Nothing contained in the preceding sentence shall be read to limit the ability of the Holders to seek specific performance of this Agreement.

 

(d) During the registration period, the Company will make available, upon reasonable advance notice during normal business hours, for inspection by any Holder whose Registrable Securities are being sold pursuant to a Registration Statement, all pertinent financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company (collectively, the “Records”) as reasonably necessary to enable each such Holder to exercise its due diligence responsibility in connection with or related to the contemplated offering. The Company will cause its officers, directors and employees to supply all information that any Holder may reasonably request for purposes of performing such due diligence.

 

(e) Each Holder will hold in confidence, use only in connection with the contemplated offering and not make any disclosure of all Records and other information that the Company determines in good faith to be confidential, and of which determination the Holders are so notified, unless (i) the disclosure of such Records is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration Statement, (ii) the release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other order from a court or government body of competent jurisdiction, (iii) the information in such Records has been made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of this or any other agreement (to the knowledge of the relevant Holder), (iv) the Records or other information were developed independently by the Holder without breach of this Agreement, (v) the information was known to the Holder before receipt of such information from the Company, or (vi) the information was disclosed to the Holder by a third party not under an obligation of confidentiality. However, a Holder may make

 

  

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disclosure of such Records and other information to any attorney, adviser, or other third party retained by it that needs to know the information as determined in good faith by the Holder (the “Holder Representative”), if the Holder advises the Holder Representative of the confidentiality provisions of this Section 2(e), but the Holder will be liable for any act or omission of any of its Holder Representatives relative to such information as if the act or omission was that of the Holder. The Company is not required to disclose any confidential information in the Records to any Holder unless and until such Holder has entered into a confidentiality agreement (in form and substance satisfactory to the Company) with the Company with respect thereto, substantially to the effect of this Section 2(e). Unless legally prohibited from so doing, each Holder will, upon learning that disclosure of Records containing confidential information is sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt notice to the Company and allow the Company, at the Company’s expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, the Records deemed confidential. Nothing herein will be deemed to limit the Holder’s ability to sell Registrable Securities in a manner that is otherwise consistent with applicable laws and regulations.

 

(f) The Company shall file a Registration Statement with respect to any newly authorized and/or reserved Registrable Securities consisting of Shares described in clause (i) of the definition of Registrable Securities within ten (10) business days of any stockholders’ meeting authorizing same and shall use its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective within ninety (90) days of the second Closing Date.  If the Holders become entitled, pursuant to an event described in clause (ii) and (iii) of the definition of Registrable Securities, to receive any securities in respect of Registrable Securities that were already included in a Registration Statement, subsequent to the date such Registration Statement is declared effective, and the Company is unable under the securities laws to add such securities to the then effective Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly file, in accordance with the procedures set forth herein, an additional Registration Statement with respect to such newly Registrable Securities.  The Company shall use its best efforts to (i) cause any such additional Registration Statement, when filed, to become effective within 30 days of that date that the need to file the Registration Statement arose.  All of the registration rights and remedies under this Agreement shall apply to the registration of such newly reserved shares and such new Registrable Securities.

 

3. Expenses of Registration.                                           All Registration Expenses in connection with any registration, qualification or compliance with registration pursuant to this Agreement shall be borne by the Company, and all Selling Expenses of a Holder shall be borne by such Holder.

 

4. No Senior Registration Rights.  Without the prior written consent of all Holders who hold Registrable Securities under the Notes, the Company will not grant any registration rights which are senior to the registration rights granted hereby.

 

5. Registration Period.  In the case of the registration effected by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall keep such registration effective and current until the earlier of (a) the date on which all the Holders have completed the sales or distribution described in the Registration Statement relating thereto or, if earlier until such Registrable Securities may be sold by the Holders under Rule 144 (provided that the Company’s transfer agent has 

 

  

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accepted an instruction from the Company to such effect) and (b) the second (2nd) anniversary of the Closing Date.

 

6. Indemnification.

 

(a) Company Indemnity.  The Company will indemnify each Holder, each of its officers, directors, agents and partners, and each person controlling each of the foregoing, within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to which registration, qualification or compliance has been effected pursuant to this Agreement, and each underwriter, if any, and each person who controls, within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, any underwriter, against all claims, losses, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any Time of Sale Information, final prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company files any amendment or supplement thereto with the SEC), Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement or any post-effective amendment thereof or based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made, or any violation by the Company of the Securities Act or any state securities law or in either case, any rule or regulation thereunder applicable to the Company and relating to action or inaction required of the Company in connection with any such registration, qualification or compliance, and will reimburse each Holder, each of its officers, directors, agents and partners, and each person controlling each of the foregoing, for any reasonable legal fees of a single counsel and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating and defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action, provided that the Company will not be liable in any such case to a Holder to the extent that any such claim, loss, damage, liability or expense arises out of or is based on (i) any untrue statement or omission based upon written information furnished to the Company by such Holder or underwriter (if any) therefor and stated to be specifically for use therein, (ii) any failure by any Holder to comply with prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act (other than a failure resulting from an act or omission on the part of the Company) or any other law or legal requirement applicable to them or any covenant or agreement contained in the Purchase Agreement or this Agreement or (iii) an offer or sale of Registrable Securities or Demand Registrable Securities occurring during a period in which sales under a Registration Statement are suspended as permitted by this Agreement; provided that notice has been properly provided to the Holder.  The indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6(a) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Company (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld).

 

(b) Holder Indemnity.  Each Holder will, severally but not jointly, if Registrable Securities or Demand Registrable Securities held by it are included in the securities as to which such registration, qualification or compliance is being effected, indemnify the Company, each of its directors, officers, agents and partners, and any other stockholder selling securities pursuant to the Registration Statement and any of its directors, officers, agents, partners, and any person who controls such stockholder within the meaning of the Securities Act or Exchange Act and each underwriter, if any, of the Company’s securities covered by such a Registration Statement, each person who 

  

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controls the Company or such underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, each other Holder (if any), and each of their officers, directors and partners, and each person controlling such other Holder(s) against all claims, losses, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arising out of or based on (i) any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any such, Time of Sale Information, final prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company files any amendment or supplement thereto with the SEC), Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement or any post-effective amendment thereof or based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statement therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made or (ii) failure by such Holder to comply with prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act (other than a failure resulting from an act or omission on the part of the Company or any other law or legal requirement applicable to them or any covenant or agreement contained in the Purchase Agreement or this Agreement, and will reimburse the Company and such other Holder(s) and their directors, officers and partners, underwriters or control persons for any reasonable legal fees or any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating and defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) or omission (or alleged omission) is made in such Time of Sale Information, final prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company files any amendment or supplement thereto with the SEC), Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement or any post-effective amendment thereof  in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Holder and stated to be specifically for use therein, and provided that the maximum amount for which such Holder shall be liable under this indemnity shall not exceed the net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of the Registrable Securities or Demand Registrable Securities, as the case may be, pursuant to the registration statement in question.  The indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6(b) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such claims, losses, damages or liabilities if such settlement is effected without the consent of such Holder (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld).

 

(c) Procedure.  Each party entitled to indemnification under this Section 6 (the “Indemnified Party”) shall give notice to the party required to provide indemnification (the “Indemnifying Party”) promptly after such Indemnified Party has actual knowledge of any claim as to which indemnity may be sought, and shall permit the Indemnifying Party to assume the defense of any such claim in any litigation resulting therefrom, provided that counsel for the Indemnifying Party, who shall conduct the defense of such claim or any litigation resulting therefrom, shall be approved by the Indemnified Party (whose approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), and the Indemnified Party may participate in such defense at its own expense, and provided further that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this Section 6 except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party is materially and adversely affected by such failure to provide notice.  No Indemnifying Party, in the defense of any such claim or litigation, shall, except with the consent of each Indemnified Party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation.  Each Indemnified Party shall furnish such non-privileged information regarding itself or the claim in question as an Indemnifying Party may reasonably request in writing and as shall be reasonably required in connection with the defense of such claim and litigation resulting therefrom.

  

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7. Contribution.  If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 herein is unavailable to the Indemnified Parties in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to herein (other than by reason of the exceptions provided therein), then each such Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities as between the Company on the one hand and any Holder(s) on the other, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Company and of such Holder(s) in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.  The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of any Holder(s) on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by such Holder(s).

 

In no event shall the obligation of any Indemnifying Party to contribute under this Section 7 exceed the amount that such Indemnifying Party would have been obligated to pay by way of indemnification if the indemnification provided for under Section 6(a) or 6(b) hereof had been available under the circumstances.

 

The Company and the Holders agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraphs.  The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding paragraphs shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, no Holder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which in the case of any Holder, the net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to the registration statement in question.  No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

8. Survival.  The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in Sections 6 and 7 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement or the Placement Agreement and (ii) the consummation of the sale or successive resales of the Registrable Securities.

 

9. Information by Holders.  As a condition to the obligations of the Company to complete any registration pursuant to this Agreement with respect to the Registrable Securities of each Holder, such Holder will furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it and the intended methods of disposition of the Registrable Securities held by it as is reasonably required by the Company to effect the registration of the 

  

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Registrable Securities. At least five business days prior to the first anticipated filing date of a Registration Statement for any registration under this Agreement, the Company will notify each Holder of the information the Company requires from that Holder whether or not such Holder has elected to have any of its Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement. If the Company has not received the requested information from a Holder by the business day prior to the anticipated filing date, then the Company may file the Registration Statement without including Registrable Securities of that Holder.

 

10. Further Assurances. Each Holder will cooperate with the Company, as reasonably requested by the Company, in connection with the preparation and filing of any Registration Statement hereunder, unless such Holder has notified the Company in writing of such Holder’s irrevocable election to exclude all of such Holder’s Registrable Securities from such Registration Statement.

 

11. Suspension of Sales. Upon receipt of any notice from the Company under Section 2(a)(v) or 2(b), each Holder will immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities until (i) it receives copies of a supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Sections 2(a)(v) or (ii) the Company advises the Holder that a suspension of sales under Section 2(b) has terminated. If so directed by the Company, each Holder will deliver to the Company (at the expense of the Company) or destroy all copies in the Holder’ s possession (other than a limited number of file copies) of the prospectus covering such Registrable Securities that is current at the time of receipt of such notice.

 

12. Replacement Certificates.  The certificate(s) representing the Registrable Securities held by the Holder may be exchanged by the Holder at any time and from time to time for certificates with different denominations representing an equal aggregate number of Registrable Securities of the same tenor, as reasonably requested by such Holder upon surrendering the same.  No service charge will be made for such registration or transfer or exchange.  Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of certificates evidencing any Registrable Securities, and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it, or upon surrender and cancellation of such certificate if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation at no charge to the holder.

 

13. Transfer or Assignment.  Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns.  The rights granted to the Holder by the Company under this Agreement to cause the Company to register Registrable Securities may be transferred or assigned (in whole or in part) to a transferee or assignee of the Note, Warrant or Registrable Securities, and all other rights granted to the Holder by the Company hereunder may be transferred or assigned to any transferee or assignee of the Note, Warrant or Registrable Securities; provided in each case that (i) the Company is given written notice by the Holder at the time of or within a reasonable time after such transfer or assignment, stating the name and address of said transferee or assignee and identifying the securities with respect to which such registration rights are being transferred or assigned; and provided further that the transferee or assignee of such rights agrees in writing to be bound by the registration provisions of this Agreement, (ii) such transfer or assignment is not made under the Registration Statement or Rule 144, (iii) such transfer is made according to the applicable requirements of the Purchase Agreement, and (iv) the transferee has provided to the Company an investor questionnaire (or equivalent document) evidencing that the transferee is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act or an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1),(2),(3), or (7) of Regulation D.

 

  

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14. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) Remedies.  The Company and the Holders acknowledge and agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached.  It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent or cure breaches of the provisions of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, this being in addition to any other remedy to which any of them may be entitled by law or equity.

 

(b) Jurisdiction.  The Company and each Holder (i) hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Alberta  and sitting in the City of Calgaryfor the purposes of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement and (ii) hereby waives, and agrees not to assert in any such suit action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such court, that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper.  The Company and the Holder consent to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof.  Nothing in this paragraph shall affect or limit any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

(c) Notices.  Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing by facsimile, mail or personal delivery and shall be effective upon actual receipt of such notice.  The addresses for such communications shall be:

 

If to the Company:

 

927 Drury Ave. N.E.

Calgary, Alberta T2E 0M3

Attention: Joseph Bucci

Facsimile: 403.313.5449

 

With a copy to:

 

Gersten Savage, LLP

600 Lexington Avenue, 9th Floor

New York, New York 10022

Telephone:  (212) 752-9700

Facsimile:   (212) 813-9768

Attention: Peter J. Gennuso, Esq.

 

  

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If to the Holders, to the addresses listed on Schedule A hereto:

 

Any party hereto may from time to time change its address for notices by giving at least five days’ written notice of such changed address to the other parties hereto.

 

(d) Waivers.  No waiver by any party of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right accruing to it thereafter.  The representations and warranties and the agreements and covenants of the Company and each Holder contained herein shall survive the Closing.

 

(e) Execution in Counterpart.  This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement, it being understood that all parties need not sign the same counterpart.

 

(f) Signatures.  Facsimile signatures shall be valid and binding on each party submitting the same.

 

(g) Entire Agreement; Amendment.  This Agreement, together with the Purchase Agreement, the Notes, the Warrants, and the agreements and documents contemplated hereby and thereby, contains the entire understanding and agreement of the parties, and may not be amended, modified or terminated except by a written agreement signed by the Company plus a majority of the Holders of the Registrable Securities.

 

(h) Governing Law.  This Agreement and the validity and performance of the terms hereof shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Alberta applicable to contracts executed and to be performed entirely within such province.

 

(i) Jury Trial.  EACH PARTY HERETO WAIVES THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY.

 

(j) Titles.  The titles used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.

 

(k) No Strict Construction.  The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any party.

 

(l) Attorneys’ Fees.  In the event any dispute arises out of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to receive from the other party all costs, including attorneys’ fees, incurred in connection with such dispute.

 

(m) Severability.  If any provision of this Agreement shall be held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, such illegality, invalidity or unenforceability shall attach only to such provision and shall not in any manner affect or render illegal, invalid or unenforceable any other provision of this Agreement, and this Agreement shall be carried out as if any such illegal,  invalid or unenforceable provision were not contained herein.

 

  

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.

COMPANY:

COASTAL PACIFIC MINING CORP.

By:__________________________________________

     Name:

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COUNTERPART SIGNATURE PAGE

TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT,

DATED __________________, 2010,

AMONG COASTAL PACIFIC MINING CORP. AND

THE “HOLDERS” IDENTIFIED THEREIN

The undersigned hereby executes and delivers the Registration Rights Agreement to which this Signature Page is attached, which, together with all counterparts of the Registration Rights Agreement and Signature Pages of the Company and other “Holders” under the Registration Rights Agreement, shall constitute one and the same document in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement.

HOLDER:                                                                           

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Name:

Title:

  

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SCHEDULE A

	
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Principal Amount of Notes

	  	  	  
	  	  	  
	  	  	  
	  	  	  
	  	  	  
	  	  	  
	  	  	  
	  	  	  

  

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