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    EXHIBIT 10.10

    
 

    THIRD
AMENDMENT TO THE ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC.

    INCENTIVE
COMPENSATION PLAN FOR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

    

     

    WHEREAS, ESCO Technologies
Inc. (“Company”) adopted the ESCO Technologies Inc. Incentive Compensation Plan
for Executive Officers (“Plan”); and

     

    WHEREAS, pursuant to Section
IX, the Plan may be amended by action of the Human Resources and Compensation
Committee (“Committee”) of the Board of Directors of the Company;
and

     

    WHEREAS, the Committee desires
to amend the Plan in accordance with the Compensation Recovery Policy adopted by
the Committee;

     

    NOW, THEREFORE, effective as
of February 4, 2010, the Plan is amended by adding the following new Sections
XII and XIII at the end thereof:

     

    XII.           RESTRICTIONS.

     

    In the event a Participant, during the
period commencing with the payment of any Incentive Compensation Award and
ending two (2) years after the Participant’s termination of employment, as an
individual or as a partner, employee, agent, advisor, consultant or in any other
capacity of or to any person, firm, corporation or other entity, directly or
indirectly, other than as a 2% or less shareholder of a publicly traded
corporation, does any of the following:

    

    (a)           carries
on any business or becomes involved in any business activity, which is (i)
competitive with the business of the Company (or a subsidiary or joint venture
of the Company), as presently conducted and as said business may evolve in the
ordinary course, and (ii) a business or business activity in which the
Participant is engaged in the course of the Participant’s employment with the
Company (or a subsidiary or joint venture of the Company);

    

    (b)           recruits,
solicits or hires, or assists anyone else in recruiting, soliciting or hiring,
any employee of the Company (or any subsidiary or joint venture of the Company),
for employment with any competitor of the Company;

    

    (c)           induces
or attempts to induce, or assists anyone else to induce or attempt to induce,
any customer of the Company (or any subsidiary or joint venture of the Company),
to discontinue its business with the Company (or with any subsidiary or joint
venture of the Company), or disclose to anyone else any confidential information
relating to the identities, preferences, and/or requirements of any such
customer; or

    

    (d)           engages
in any other conduct inimical, contrary or harmful to the interests of the
Company (or any subsidiary or joint venture of the Company), including, but not
limited to, conduct related to your employment, or violation of any Company
policy;

    

    the
Company shall be entitled to recover from the Participant any
Incentive  Compensation Awards paid to the Participant during the
three-year period preceding such breach.  The Company shall also be
entitled to recover from the Participant any expenses incurred by the Company in
exercising its right of recovery hereunder.  The Committee shall have
sole discretion in determining the amount that shall be recovered from the
Participant under this Section XII.

     

    XIII.           COMPENSATION RECOVERY
POLICY.

     

    In addition to, and not in limitation
of, the Company’s rights under Section XII, in the event of any intentional
misconduct on the Participant’s part (as determined by the Committee in its sole
discretion pursuant to applicable law and the Compensation Recovery Policy
adopted by the Committee, including, but not limited to, embezzlement, fraud,
and breach of fiduciary duty) which results in, or substantially contributes to,
the need to restate the Company’s financial statements, the Company shall be
entitled to recover from the Participant an amount equal to the excess
of:

    

    (a)           any
Incentive  Compensation Awards paid to the Participant for any period
for which restatement of the Company’s financial statements is required (but, if
such period is longer than three years, not to exceed the three most recent
years thereof); over

    

    (b)           the
amount of any Incentive Compensation Awards to which the Participant would have
been entitled for such period, if any, as determined on the basis of the
Company’s restated financial statements.

    

    Any such
amount recovered by the Company may also be adjusted for interest, as determined
by the Committee.  The Company shall also be entitled to recover from
the participant any fines, penalties, and other expenses incurred by the Company
as a result of the Participant’s misconduct, including expenses incurred by the
Company in exercising its right of recovery hereunder.  The Committee
shall have sole discretion in determining the amount of Recoverable Compensation
that shall be recovered from the Participant under this Section
XIII.

    

    IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the foregoing Amendment was adopted on the 4th day of February,
2010.EXHIBIT 10.1

        AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO

        OPTION AGREEMENT

        DATED AUGUST 5, 2008

         

        This Amendment No. 1(“Amendment No. 1”) to the Option Agreement, dated August 5, 2008 (the “Option Agreement”), by and among Gryphon Gold Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), Gerald
        Baughman, an individual, and Fabiola Baughman, an individual, and together with Gerald Baughman, husband and wife (jointly, the “Debtholders”) and Nevada Eagle Resources LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, as guarantor (“Nevada Eagle”), is entered into effective as of February 5, 2010 (the “Effective
        Date”). 

        WHEREAS, the Company issued the Debtholders a 5% Convertible Note, due March 30, 2010, dated August 21, 2009 (Certificate No. CN2007-001), in the principal amount of five million dollars and no cents ($5,000,000) (the “Convertible Note”) as partial consideration in connection with the purchase of
        all of the outstanding common limited liability company interests of Nevada Eagle under the terms of a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement dated July 4, 2007; and

        WHEREAS, the Convertible Note is currently convertible into shares of common stock of the Company at $1.00 per share, escalating to $1.25 per share after the first anniversary, escalating to $1.50 after the second anniversary and escalating to $1.75 if converted on March 30, 2010 (the “Current Conversion
        Price”); and

        WHEREAS, on August 5, 2008, the Company, the Debtholders and Nevada Eagle entered into the Option Agreement which granted the Company the option, exercisable for an initial term of one year (extendable for an additional six months) (the “Option”) to amend the terms of the Convertible Note to (a)
        convert two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) of principal of Convertible Note as follows: (i) five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) paid in cash (the “Option Exercise Price”); and (ii) two million dollars ($2,000,000) paid by issuing 4,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company at a deemed value of $0.50 per share (the “Option Shares”);
        and (b) amend the Convertible Note with the remaining principal amount of two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) as follows: (i) extend the due date to March 30, 2012; (ii) amend Section 3.2 of the Convertible Note so that the Convertible Note is convertible at $0.70 per share through the first anniversary after the Option is exercised (the “Option Exercise”), escalating to $0.80 per share after the first
        anniversary of the Option Exercise, escalating to $0.90 per share after the second anniversary of the Option Exercise, and escalating to $1.00 per share after the third anniversary of the Option Exercise through March 30, 2012 (“Option Conversion Price”); (iii) amend the Convertible Note to provide for mandatory conversion of the 100% principal amount of Convertible Note upon satisfaction of certain stock price and volume
        criteria as detailed in the Option Agreement; (iv) facilitate the resale of the Option Shares and shares issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Note; (v) amend Section 2.1(f) of the Convertible Note; and (vi) have Nevada Eagle guarantee the obligations under the Convertible Note and grant a first priority security interest in the properties set forth on Schedule A to the Option Agreement (the “Secured Properties”); and
        

         

        
            

        

        WHEREAS, the Option Exercise was conditioned on the satisfaction of several conditions as set forth in the Option Agreement (the “Option Exercise Conditions”); and 

        WHEREAS, the Company has paid to the Debtholders the initial payment of $35,000 in consideration for entering into the Option Agreement and the Company has paid to the Debtholders the additional payment of $35,000 necessary to extend the expiration date of the Option Agreement an additional six months, until February 5, 2010; and 

        WHEREAS, the Company, Nevada Eagle and the Debtholders have determined that it is in the best interest of the Company, its shareholders, Nevada Eagle and the Debtholders to amend the Option Agreement to waive the Option Exercise Conditions, permit the Company to pay the Option Exercise Price through the issuance of a 14 day promissory note (the
        “Promissory Note”) of the Company and amend Schedule A to reflect changes in the Secured Properties; and

        WHEREAS, the Company and the Debtholders concurrently herewith are entering into a separate agreement relating to additional consideration to the Debtholders for entering into this Amendment No. 1 to the Option Agreement (the “Option Consideration Agreement”).

        NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the covenants set forth in the Option Agreement, the Option Consideration Agreement and this Amendment No. 1, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:

        
            	
                         

                    	
                        1.

                    	
                        Section 1.2, subsection (a)(i) of the Option Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

                    

        

        “five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) paid (i) in cash, if the Company has received the net proceeds from the private placement of the Company announced on January 22, 2010 (the “Private Placement”) by February 5, 2010; or (ii) by issuance of a $500,000 promissory note to the Debtholders, payable on the earlier of (A)
        14 days or (B) from any proceeds of the Private Placement and secured only by the proceeds of the Private Placement (“Option Note”); provided however, that the Company agrees that all proceeds from the Private Placement shall be first used to satisfy the obligations under the Option Note and that if aggregate proceeds of the Private Placement are not available in the amount
        of $500,000 on or before February 19, 2010, the Option Note will expire, the Option will extinguish, as if unexercised, and the Convertible Note will revert to its original terms, as if the Option had never been exercised.”

        
            	
                         

                    	
                        2.

                    	
                        Section 1.3 of the Option Agreement is hereby deleted, in full, and the Debtholders hereby waive any and all conditions to the exercise of the Option by the Company, except for the Option expiration date of February 5, 2010, which remains in full force and effect.

                    

        

        
            	
                         

                    	
                        3.

                    	
                        Schedule A to the Option Agreement is hereby amended and replaced, in full, by Schedule A hereto.

                    

        

         

        
            

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                        3. 

                    	
                        Capitalized terms not defined herein have the meaning ascribed to them in the Option Agreement. 

                    

        

        
            	
                         

                    	
                        4. 

                    	
                        All other provisions of the Option Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. 

                    

        

        
            	
                         

                    	
                        5. 

                    	
                        This Amendment No. 1 may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. 

                    

        

        [Signatures on Following Page]

         

        
            

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                    IN WITNESS THEREOF, Gryphon, Nevada Eagle and the Debtholders have executed this Agreement as of the Effective Date.

        GRYPHON GOLD CORPORATION

         

        By: _/s/ R. William Wilson___________________     

        
            	
                         

                    	
                        Name:

                        Title: 

                    	
                        R. William Wilson

                        Chief Financial Officer

                    

        

         

         

        NEVADA EAGLE RESOURCES LLC

         

        By: _/s/ John L. Key__________________________

        Name: 

        Title: 

         

         

        __/s/ Gerald W. Baughman_____________________

        Gerald W. Baughman

         

        __/s/ Fabiola Baughman_______________________

        Fabiola Baughman

         

        
            

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        SCHEDULE A

         

        List of Properties

         

         

        
            	
                         

                    	
                        Property:

                    
	
                        1.

                    	
                        Velvet

                    
	
                        2.

                    	
                        Troy

                    
	
                        3.

                    	
                        Regent

                    
	
                        4.

                    	
                        Golden Arrow

                    
	
                        5.

                    	
                        Gold Spring

                    
	
                        6.

                    	
                        Blue Sphinx

                    
	
                        7.

                    	
                        Suitcase

                    
	
                        8.

                    	
                        Easter

                    
	
                        9.

                    	
                        Rosebud

                    
	
                        10.

                    	
                        Monte Cristo

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