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INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

This Agreement made this 19th day of January, 2011, between Citizens & Northern Corporation, a bank holding company registered under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, and a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”) and John M. Reber, a director, officer or representative (as hereinafter defined) of the Company (the “Indemnitee”);

WHEREAS, the Company and the Indemnitee are each aware of the exposure to litigation of officers, directors and representatives of the Company as such persons exercise their duties to the Company;

WHEREAS, the Company and the Indemnitee are also aware of conditions in the insurance industry that have affected and may continue to affect the Company’s ability to obtain appropriate directors’ and officers’ liability insurance on an economically acceptable basis;

WHEREAS, the Company desires to continue to benefit from the services of highly qualified, experienced and competent persons such as the Indemnitee;

WHEREAS, the Indemnitee desires to serve or to continue to serve the Company as a director, officer or as a director, officer or trustee of another corporation, joint venture, trust or other enterprise in which the Company has a direct or indirect ownership interest, for so long as the Company continues to provide on an acceptable basis adequate and reliable indemnification against certain liabilities and expenses which may be incurred by the Indemnitee.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.           Indemnification.  Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall indemnify the Indemnitee with respect to his activities as a director or officer of the Company and/or as a person who is serving or has served on behalf of the Company (“representative”) as a director, officer, or trustee of another corporation, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, domestic or foreign, in which the Company has a direct or indirect ownership interest (an “affiliated entity”) against expenses (including,
without limitation, attorneys’  fees, judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred by him (“Expenses”) in connection with any claim against Indemnitee which is the subject of any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or otherwise and whether formal or informal (a “Proceeding”), to which Indemnitee was, is, or is threatened to be made a party by reason of facts which include Indemnitee’s being or having been such a director, officer or representative, to the extent of the highest and most advantageous to the Indemnitee, as determined by the Indemnitee, of one or any combination of the following:

	
  

	
(a)

	
The benefits provided by the Company’s Articles of Incorporation in effect on the date hereof;

	
  

	
(b)

	
The benefits provided by the Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws or their equivalent of the Company in effect at the time Expenses are incurred by Indemnitee;

	
  

	
(c)

	
The benefits allowable under Pennsylvania law in effect at the date hereof;

	
  

	
(d)

	
The benefits allowable under the law of the jurisdiction under which the Company exists at the time Expenses are incurred by the Indemnitee;

	
  

	
(e)

	
The benefits available under liability insurance obtained by the Company;

	
  

	
(f)

	
The benefits available under the $5,000,000 D&O Selectplus Insurance Policy obtained by the Company from The Fidelity and Deposit Companies in effect for 2004; and

	
  

	
(g)

	
Such other benefits as are or may be otherwise available to Indemnitee.

 

  

  

  

 

Combination of two or more of the benefits provided by (a) through (g) shall be available to the extent that the Applicable Document, as hereafter defined, does not require that the benefits provided therein be exclusive of other benefits.  The document or law providing for the benefits listed in items (a) through (g) above is called the “Applicable Document” in this Agreement.  Company hereby undertakes to use its best efforts to assist Indemnitee, in all proper legal ways, to obtain the benefits selected by Indemnitee under items (a) through (g) above.

For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans for employees of the Company or of any affiliated entity without regard to ownership of such plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on the Indemnitee with respect to any employee benefit plan; references to “serving on behalf of the company” shall include any services as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, the Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefits plan, its participants or beneficiaries; references to the singular shall
include the plural and vice versa;  and if the Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner consistent with the standards required for indemnification by the Company under the Applicable Documents.

2.           Insurance.  The Company shall maintain directors’ and officers’ liability insurance for so long as Indemnitee’s services are covered hereunder, provided and only to the extent that such insurance is available in amounts and on terms and conditions determined by the Company to be acceptable.  However, the Company agrees that the provisions hereof shall remain in effect regardless of whether liability or other insurance coverage is at any time obtained or retained by the Company; except that any payments in fact made to Indemnitee under an insurance
policy obtained or retained by the Company shall reduce the obligation of the Company to make payments hereunder by the amount of the payments made under any such insurance policy.

3.           Payment of  Expenses.  At Indemnitee’s request, the Company shall pay the Expenses as and when incurred by Indemnitee, after receipt of written notice pursuant to Section 6 hereof and an undertaking in the form of Exhibit I attached hereto by or on behalf of Indemnitee (i) to repay such amounts so paid on Indemnitee’s behalf if it shall ultimately be determined under the Applicable Document or applicable law that Indemnitee is required to repay such amounts and (ii) to reasonably cooperate with the Company concerning such Proceeding.  That
portion of Expenses which represents attorneys’ fees and other costs incurred in defending any Proceeding shall be paid by the Company within thirty (30) days of its receipt of such request, together with reasonable documentation (consistent, in the case of attorneys’ fees, with Company practice in payment of legal fees for outside counsel generally) evidencing the amount and nature of such Expenses, subject to its also having received such notice and undertaking.

It is understood and agreed before the Company pays the Expenses incurred in a Proceeding brought by a banking agency in which a final order has not been entered, the following conditions must be met:

	
  

	
(a)

	
The Board of Directors, in good faith, shall determine in writing after due investigation and consideration that the Indemnitee acted in a manner believed to be in the best interests of the Company;

	
  

	
(b)

	
The Board of Directors, in good faith, shall determine after due investigation and consideration that the payment of such Expenses will not materially or adversely affect the Company’s safety and soundness.

	
  

	
(c)

	
The Indemnitee shall agree in writing to reimburse the Company for Expenses which subsequently are deemed “prohibited indemnification payments”, as defined in 12 C.F.R. § 359.1(1).

 

  

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The Indemnitee shall not participate in any way in the Board’s discussion and approval of Expenses, provided however, that the Indemnitee may present his or her request to the Board and respond to any inquiries from the Board concerning his or her involvement in the circumstances giving rise to the banking agency Proceeding or civil action.

4.           Escrow.  The Company may dedicate such amounts as the Board of Directors of the Company may from time to time authorize, as collateral security for the funding of its obligations hereunder (and under similar agreements with other directors, officers and representatives) by depositing assets or bank letters of credit in escrow or reserving lines of credit that may be drawn down by an escrow agent in the dedicated amount (the “Escrow Reserve”).  The Company shall promptly provide Indemnitee with a true and complete copy of the agreement relating to the
establishment and operation of the Escrow Reserve, together with such additional documentation or information with respect to the escrow as Indemnitee may from time to time reasonably request.  The Company shall promptly deliver an executed copy of the Agreement to the escrow agent for the Escrow Reserve to evidence to that agent that Indemnitee is a beneficiary of that Escrow Reserve and shall deliver to Indemnitee the escrow agent’s signed receipt evidencing that delivery.

5.           Additional Rights.  The indemnification provided in this Agreement shall not be exclusive of any other indemnification or right to which Indemnitee may be entitled and shall continue after Indemnitee has ceased to occupy a position as an officer, director or representative as described in Paragraph 1 above with respect to Proceedings relating to or arising out of Indemnitee’s acts or omissions during his or her service in such position.

6.           Notice to Company.  Indemnitee shall provide to the Company prompt written notice of any Proceeding brought, threatened, asserted or commenced against Indemnitee with respect to which Indemnitee may assert a right to indemnification hereunder; provided that failure to provide such notice shall not in any way limit Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement.

7.           Cooperation in Defense and Settlement.  Indemnitee shall not make any admission or effect any settlement of any Proceeding without the Company’s written consent unless Indemnitee shall have determined to undertake his or her own defense in such matter and has waived the benefits of this Agreement.  The Company shall not settle any Proceeding to which Indemnitee is a party in any manner which would impose any Expense on Indemnitee without his written consent.  Neither Indemnitee nor the Company will unreasonably withhold consent to any proposed
settlement.  Indemnitee and the Company shall cooperate to the extent reasonably possible with each other and with the Company’s insurers, in attempts to defend and/or settle such Proceeding.

8.           Assumption of Defense.  Except as otherwise provided below, to the extent that it may wish, the Company (jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified), will be entitled to assume Indemnitee’s defense in any Proceeding, with counsel mutually satisfactory to Indemnitee and the Company.  Indemnitee shall have the right to employ counsel in such Proceeding, but the fees and expenses of such counsel incurred after notice from the Company of its assumption of the defense thereof shall be at Indemnitee’s expense unless:

	
  

	
(a)

	
the employment of counsel by Indemnitee has been authorized by the Company;

	
  

	
(b)

	
counsel employed by the Company initially is unacceptable or later becomes unacceptable to Indemnitee and such unacceptability is reasonable under then existing circumstances;

	
  

	
(c)

	
Indemnitee shall have reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of interest between Indemnitee and the Company in the conduct of the defense of such Proceeding; or

	
  

	
(d)

	
the Company shall not have employed counsel promptly to assume the defense of such Proceeding,

 

  

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in each of which case fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the Company and subject to payment pursuant to this Agreement.  The Company shall not be entitled to assume the defense of Indemnitee in any Proceeding brought on behalf of the Company or as to which Indemnitee shall have drawn either of the conclusions provided for in clauses (b) or (c) above.

9.           Enforcement.  In the event that any dispute or controversy shall arise under this Agreement between Indemnitee and the Company with respect to whether the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification in connection with any Proceeding or with respect to the amount of Expenses incurred, then with respect to each such dispute or controversy Indemnitee may seek to enforce the Agreement through legal action or, at Indemnitee’s sole option and written request, through arbitration.  If arbitration is requested, such dispute or controversy shall be submitted by the
parties to binding arbitration in the Borough of Wellsboro in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, before a single arbitrator agreeable to both parties.  If the parties cannot agree on a designated arbitrator within fifteen (15) days after arbitration is requested in writing by Indemnitee, the arbitration shall proceed in the Borough of Wellsboro in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, before an arbitrator appointed by the American Arbitration Association.  In either case, the arbitration proceeding shall commence promptly under the rules then in effect of that Association and the arbitrator agreed to by the parties or appointed by that Association shall be an attorney other than an attorney who has, or is associated with a firm having associated with it an attorney which has been retained by or performed services for the Company or Indemnitee at any time during the five
years preceding the commencement of arbitration.  The award shall be rendered in such form that judgment may be entered thereon in any court having jurisdiction thereof.  The prevailing party shall be entitled to prompt reimbursement of any costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with such legal action or arbitration; provided that Indemnitee shall not be obligated to reimburse the Company unless the arbitrator or court which resolves the dispute determines that Indemnitee acted in bad faith in bringing such action or arbitration.

10.         Exclusions.  Notwithstanding the scope of indemnification which may be available to Indemnitee from time to time under any Applicable Document, no indemnification, reimbursement or payment shall be required of the Company hereunder with respect to:

	
  

	
(a)

	
Any claim or any part thereof as to which Indemnitee shall have been determined by a court of competent jurisdiction from which no appeal is or can be taken, by clear and convincing evidence, to have acted or failed to act with deliberate intent to cause injury to the Company or with reckless disregard for the best interest of the Company;

	
  

	
(b)

	
Any claim or any part thereof arising under Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 pursuant to which Indemnitee shall be obligated to pay any penalty, fine, settlement or judgment;

	
  

	
(c)

	
Any civil money penalty or judgment resulting from any Proceeding instituted by any federal banking agency, or any other liability or legal expense with regard to any administrative proceeding or civil action by any banking agency that results in a final order or settlement pursuant to which Indemnitee:

	
  

	
(1)

	
is assessed a civil money penalty;

	
  

	
(2)

	
is removed from office or prohibited from participating in the conduct of the affairs of the Company or its affiliates;

	
  

	
(3)

	
is required to cease and desist from taking any affirmative action described under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act or other applicable banking laws with respect to the Company and its affiliates;

	
  

	
(d)

	
Any obligation of Indemnitee based upon or attributable to the Indemnitee gaining in fact any personal gain, profit or advantage to which he was not entitled;  or

 

  

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(e)

	
Any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee without the consent or authorization of the Board of Directors of the Company, provided that this exclusion shall not apply with respect to any claims brought by Indemnitee (i) to enforce his rights under this Agreement or (ii) in any Proceeding initiated by another person or entity whether or not such claims were brought by Indemnitee against a person or entity who was otherwise a party to such Proceeding.

Nothing in this Section 10 shall eliminate or diminish Company’s obligations to advance that portion of Indemnitee’s Expenses which represent attorneys’ fees and other costs incurred in defending any Proceeding pursuant to Section 3 of this Agreement; subject however to the undertaking by Indemnitee in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and incorporated by reference herein.

11.         Extraordinary Transactions.  The Company covenants and agrees that, in the event of any merger, consolidation or reorganization in which the Company is not the surviving entity, any sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any liquidation of the Company (each such event is hereinafter referred to as an “extraordinary transaction”), the Company shall:

	
  

	
(a)

	
have the obligations of the Company under this Agreement expressly assumed by the survivor, purchaser or successor, as the case may be, in such extraordinary transaction; or

	
  

	
(b)

	
otherwise adequately provide for the satisfaction of the Company’s obligations under this Agreement in a manner acceptable to Indemnitee.

12.         No Personal Liability.  Indemnitee agrees that neither the directors nor any officer, employee, representative or agent of the Company shall be personally liable for the satisfaction of the Company’s obligations under this Agreement, and Indemnitee shall look solely to the assets of the Company and the escrow the Company may establish, as referred to in Section 4 hereof, for satisfaction of any claims hereunder.

13.         Severability.  If any provision, phrase, or other portion of this Agreement should be determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, in whole or in part, and such determination should become final, such provision, phrase or other portion shall be deemed to be severed or limited, but only to the extent required to render the remaining provisions and portions of the Agreement enforceable, and the Agreement as thus amended shall be enforced to give effect to the intention of the parties insofar as that is possible.

14.         Subrogation.  In the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent thereof to all rights to indemnification or reimbursement against any insurer or other entity or person vested in the Indemnitee, who shall execute all instruments and take all other actions as shall be reasonably necessary for the Company to enforce such rights.

15.         Governing Law.  The parties hereto agree that this Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

16.         Notices.  All notices, requests, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be considered to have been duly given if delivered by hand and receipted for by the party to whom the notice, request, demand or other communication shall have been directed, or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, with postage prepaid:

	
  

	
(a)

	
If to the Company, to:

Citizens & Northern Corporation

90-92 Main Street

P.O. Box 58

Wellsboro, PA 16901

 

  

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(b)

	
If to Indemnitee, to:

John M. Reber

755 Brown Road

Wellsboro, PA   16901

or to such other or further address as shall be designated from time to time by the Indemnitee or the Company to the other.

17.         Termination.  This Agreement may be terminated by either party upon not less than sixty (60) days prior written notice delivered to the other party, but such termination shall not in any way diminish the obligations of Company hereunder with respect to the Indemnitee’s activities prior to the effective date of termination.

18.         Amendments and Binding Effect.  This Agreement and the Undertaking and the rights and duties of Indemnitee and the Company hereunder and thereunder may not be amended, modified or terminated except by written instrument signed and delivered by the parties hereto.  This Agreement is and shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefits of the parties thereto and their respective heirs, executors, administrator, successors and assigns.

In Witness Whereof, the undersigned have executed this Agreement in duplicate as of the date first above written.

 

	
INDEMNITEE

	 	
CITIZENS & NORTHERN CORPORATION

	  	 	  
	
By:

	  	 	
By:

	  
	  	
John M. Reber

	 	  	
Charles H. Updegraff, Jr.

	  	
Executive Vice President & Director of Risk Management

	 	  	
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer

 

  

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OPTION and JOINT VENTURE AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is entered into this 25th day of February, 2011.

BETWEEN:

	
  

	
SILVER RESERVE CORP. being a company incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Infrastructure Materials Corp. (a Delaware corporation), having an office at 1135 Terminal Way, Ste. 207B, Reno, Nevada, 89502

(hereinafter the "Optionor ")

OF THE FIRST PART;

AND:

INTERNATIONAL MILLENNIUM MINING INC.  being a company incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada and a wholly-owned subsidiary of International Millennium Mining Corp. (a Canadian corporation), having an office at 3rd Floor – 120 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver, British Columbia, V7M 2E8

(hereinafter the “Optionee")

OF THE SECOND PART;

WHEREAS:

	
A.

	
The Optionor is the sole recorded and beneficial owner of one hundred percent (100%) right, title and interest in and to eighteen (18) unpatented lode mineral claims, and any and all licenses and permits pertaining thereto, free and clear of any and all liens, charges or encumbrances of any kind, subject to the regulations of the United States Bureau of Land Management (the “BLM”) and applicable regulations, if any, of the State of Nevada all situated in the Silver Peak mining district of Esmeralda County, Nevada, more particularly described in Schedule “A” attached hereto and forming part of this Agreement (the “NL Property”);

	
B.

	
The Optionee is the sole recorded and beneficial owner of one hundred percent (100%) right, title and interest in and to eleven (11) unpatented lode mineral claims, and any and all licenses and permits pertaining thereto, free and clear of any and all liens, charges or encumbrances of any kind, subject to the regulations of the BLM and applicable regulations, if any, of the State of Nevada all situated in the Silver Peak mining district Esmeralda County, Nevada, more particularly described in Schedule “A” attached hereto and forming part of this Agreement (the “ IMMI Property”)

	
C.

	
The Optionor wishes to grant and the Optionee wishes to obtain, the sole and exclusive right and option to purchase an eighty-five percent (85%) interest in and to the NL Property, upon the terms and subject to the conditions herein contained;

 

  

  

  

 

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D.

	
The Optionee wishes to grant and the Optionor wishes to obtain, the sole and exclusive right and option to purchase a fifteen percent (15%) interest in and to the IMMI Property upon the terms and subject to the conditions herein contained, as more particularly described in Section 7 hereof (the “SRC Option”);

	
E.

	
Following acquisition by the Optionee of an undivided eighty-five percent (85%) interest in and to the NL Property and acquisition by the Optionor of an undivided fifteen percent (15%) interest in and to the IMMI Property the Optionee and the Optionor shall participate jointly in any further exploration, development and mining of the NL Property and the IMMI Property (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “NL and IMMI Properties”) in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of a joint venture agreement to be negotiated by the parties within ninety (90) days of the date hereof, a copy of which shall, upon completion be attached as Schedule “B” hereto and form part of this Agreement (the “Joint Venture Agreement”).

NOW THEREFORE, this Agreement witnesses that, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto covenant and agree each with the other as follows:

Currency

1.           All references related to monetary funds in this Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the currency of the United States of America.

IMMI Option

2.           The Optionor hereby grants to the Optionee the sole and exclusive right and option to purchase an eighty-five percent (85%) undivided right, title and interest in and to the NL Property, (the “IMMI Option”), by: (a) the Optionee making cash payments to the Optionor in the amount of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars (US$350,000) (the “Cash Consideration”) and (b) the issuance by Optionee’s parent corporation of one million, nine hundred and twenty-five thousand (1,925,000) fully-paid and non-assessable shares in the capital stock of International Millennium Mining Corp. (the “IMMC Shares”), the
parent company (“IMMI Parent”) and sole shareholder of the Optionee (collectively the “Share Consideration”) to the Optionor to be paid and issued as set out in Section 3.

Payment of the Cash and Issuance of the Share Consideration

3.           In order to maintain the IMMI Option in good standing and to earn an eighty-five percent (85%) interest in and to the NL Property, the Optionee shall pay the Cash Consideration and issue the Share Consideration to the Optionor, as follows:

	
  

	
(a)

	
US$5,000 upon execution of the letter of intent (which sum has been paid);

 

	
  

	
(b)

	
US$5,000 upon execution of this Agreement;

 

	
  

	
(c)

	
US$15,000 and 275,000 IMMC Shares upon receipt by the Optionee of TSX Venture Exchange (“Exchange”) acceptance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement which acceptance l shall be obtained by Optionee for filing within 14 business days of the execution of this Agreement;

 

  

  

  

 

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(d)

	
US$35,000 and 300,000 IMMC Shares on or before September 15, 2011;

 

	
  

	
(e)

	
US$50,000 and 300,000 IMMC Shares on or before September 15, 2012;

 

	
  

	
(f)

	
US$70,000 and 350,000 IMMC Shares on or before September 15, 2013;

 

	
  

	
(g)

	
US$70,000 and 350,000 IMMC Shares on or before September 15, 2014; and

 

	
  

	
(h)

	
US$100,000 and 350,000 IMMC Shares on or before September 15, 2015.

 

The Optionor acknowledges and agrees that issuance of the Share Consideration is subject to Exchange acceptance and that all IMMC Shares issued to the Optionor hereunder are, by regulation, subject to a four-month hold period from the date of issue in Canada and will not have been registered for resale or distribution in the United States of America.

In the event that Optionor desires to transfer its IMMC Shares and requires an opinion of U.S. counsel to effect such transfer, Optionee shall cooperate with such U.S. counsel in order to facilitate such opinion, if necessary.

Acquisition by IMMI of its Interest

4.           Upon payment of the Cash Consideration and upon issuance of the Share Consideration described in Section 3 above, the Optionee shall acquire an eighty-five percent (85%) undivided right, title and interest in and to the NL Property.

Transfer of Title

5.           Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, the Optionor shall execute Quit Claim Deeds covering each claim included in the NL Property in standard form acceptable for recording in the BLM and Esmeralda County, Nevada registries and prepared by Nevada counsel that is acceptable to both parties to effect, upon filing with the BLM and Esmeralda County, Nevada registries, the transfer of: i) eighty-five percent (85%) undivided right, title and interest in and to the NL Property; and ii) a further fifteen percent (15%) undivided right, title and interest in and to the NL Property to the Optionee (the “Quit Claim Deeds”), which Quite
Claim Deeds (the “Escrow Documents”) shall be deposited, together with a copy of this Agreement, with an escrow agent nominated by the Optionee and acceptable to the Optionor (the “Escrow Agent”) to be held in escrow for release or retention by the Escrow Agent as follows:

(a)           Upon acquisition by the Optionee of eighty-five percent (85%) right, title and interest in and to the NL Property as set out in Section 4, the Escrow Documents to effect the transfer of eighty-five percent (85%) undivided right, title and interest in and to the NL Property shall be delivered by the Escrow Agent to the Optionee and the Optionee shall be entitled to file with the BLM and Esmeralda County, Nevada registries, such Escrow Documents in order to transfer eighty-five percent (85%) undivided right, title and interest in and to the NL Property to the Optionee;

 

  

  

  

 

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(b)           Upon exercise of the SRC Option set out in Section 7 hereof by SRC, the Escrow Documents to effect the transfer of a further fifteen percent (15%) undivided right, title and interest in and to the NL Property shall be retained by the Escrow Agent and thereafter be subject only to terms of the Joint Venture Agreement;

(c)           In the event the SRC Option is terminated as set out in Section 7 hereof, the Escrow Documents to effect the transfer of a further fifteen percent (15%) undivided right, title and interest in and to the NL Property shall be delivered by the Escrow Agent to the Optionee and the Optionee shall be entitled to file with the BLM and Esmeralda County, Nevada registries, such Escrow Documents in order to transfer a further fifteen percent (15%) undivided right, title and interest in and to the NL Property to the Optionee; and

(d)           In the event the IMMI Option set out in Section 2 hereof is terminated pursuant to sub-section 16.1 hereof, all Escrow Documents shall be delivered by the Escrow Agent to the Optionor.

The Optionee shall bear the cost, including without limitation, all attorney’s fees and disbursements with respect to the preparation and delivery of the Escrow Documents.  The parties to enter into an escrow agreement that specifies, among other things, that the escrow agent shall be held harmless by both parties, absent willful malfeasance or gross negligence, and that the escrow agent shall act only upon written instruction from both parties.

Feasibility Study

6.           Following acquisition by the Optionee of an undivided eighty-five percent (85%) interest in the NL Property, further exploration and development of the combined NL and IMMI Properties, shall remain the responsibility of the Optionee until such time as the Optionee has completed a bankable feasibility study demonstrating the feasibility of placing the combined NL and IMMI Properties, into production and shall include, without limiting the generality of the foregoing mining industry standard criteria, the following:

	
  

	
a)

	
assessments of the size and quality of the mineable ore reserves;

	
  

	
b)

	
assessments of the amenabilities of the ores to metallurgical treatments;

	
  

	
c)

	
descriptions of preproduction work, permits, production equipment and supplies required to bring the prospective ore body into commercial production and the estimated cost thereof;

	
  

	
d)

	
basis upon which any assumptions, such as process or Products, have been made;

	
  

	
e)

	
conclusions and recommendations in respect of the economic feasibility and timing for bringing the prospective ore body into commercial production: and

	
  

	
f)

	
an estimate of the value of the reserve suitable for inclusion in financial statements meeting the requirements of U.S. GAAP.

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SRC Option

7.           Following: a) completion of the acquisition by the Optionee of an undivided eighty-five percent (85%) interest in the SRC Property pursuant to Section 4 of this Agreement; b) completion of the Feasibility Study described in Section 6 of this Agreement; and c) presentation by the Optionee to the Optionor of a one (1) year exploration plan and budget for the combined NL and IMMI Properties, accompanied by a cash-call notice to the Optionor, for an amount equal to fifteen percent (15%) of such exploration budget (the “Cash Call”), the Optionor is hereby granted the sole and exclusive right and option, for a period not to exceed one
hundred and twenty (120) days from the date of the Cash Call, to acquire a fifteen percent (15%) undivided right, title and interest in and to the IMMI Property and retain its fifteen percent (15%) undivided right, title and interest in and to the SRC Property, by paying to the Optionee the sum set out in the Cash Call (the “SRC Option”).  Except as provided below, in the event the Optionor, does not wish to or for any reason does not exercise the SRC Option as described herein, the SRC Option shall terminate and the Optionor’s participating interest in the NL and IMMI Properties shall transfer to the Optionee and the Optionor shall thereafter be entitled to a royalty equal to two percent (2%) of net smelter returns reserved for the Optionor pursuant to Section 12 hereof and more particularly described in Schedule “C” hereto (the “Royalty
Interest”).  If the foregoing Cash Call is not fully funded by the Optionee and/or IMMI Parent within three (3) months of the date that the Cash Call is delivered to the Optionor, the status of the arrangement between the Optionor and the Optionee shall revert to its original status prior to the Cash Call (ie: Optionee – 85% / Optionor 15%).  The Optionee shall be entitled to then revise its budget and make an alternative Cash Call giving the Optionor the same rights as it had pursuant to the original Cash Call.

Joint Venture

8.           Upon: a) completion of the acquisition by the Optionee of an undivided eighty-five percent (85%) interest in the SRC Property; b) completion of the Feasibility Study described in Section 6, of this Agreement; c) presentation by the Optionee to the Optionor of a one (1) year exploration plan and budget for the combined NL and IMMI Properties, accompanied by the Cash Call as described in Section 7 of this Agreement, and d) exercise by the Optionor of the SRC Option described in Section 7 of this Agreement; the Option Period shall end and the parties shall be deemed to have entered into a Joint Venture (“Commencement of the Joint
Venture”) with respect to all subsequent exploration, development and mining upon or under the NL and IMMI Properties.

Joint Venture Agreement

9.           Upon Commencement of the Joint Venture this Agreement shall terminate and the NL and IMMI Properties shall be governed by the Joint Venture Agreement, to be negotiated by the parties within ninety (90) days hereof, a copy of which shall, upon completion, be attached as Schedule “B” hereto, which Joint Venture Agreement shall thereafter govern the relationship between the parties hereto with respect to the NL and IMMI Properties and all subsequent acquisition, exploration, development and mining of the NL and IMMI Properties.

Joint Venture Committee

10.           Upon Commencement of the Joint Venture and pursuant to terms of the Joint Venture Agreement, the parties shall form a Joint Venture Committee (the “JV Committee) consisting of two (2) representatives of the Optionee and one (1) representative of the Optionor.  One of the functions of the JV Committee, as set out in the Joint Venture Agreement, shall be to review the status of the NL and IMMI Properties with a view to determining future annual exploration, development or mining programs and to approve a plan and budget for the coming year.

 

  

  

  

 

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Right of Entry, Insurance, Indemnification and Environmental Reclamation during the Option Period

11.           Right of Entry.  From the date of this Agreement, the Optionee and its employees and agents and any person duly authorized by the Optionee shall have the sole right and option, subject to the provisions of Section 14 b) to:

	
  

	
a)

	
enter upon the NL and IMMI Properties;

	
  

	
b)

	
do such prospecting, exploration, development or other mining work thereon and thereunder as the Optionee in its sole discretion may consider advisable;

	
  

	
c)

	
bring upon and erect upon the NL and IMMI Properties such equipment and mining facilities as the Optionee may consider advisable; and

	
  

	
d)

	
remove from the NL and IMMI Properties, samples for the purpose of testing (not to exceed one hundred (100) tonnes) and to sell or otherwise dispose of for its own account, mineral products derived therefrom.

Insurance.  During the term of this Agreement and prior to the commencement of any work on the NL Property, a comprehensive policy of general liability insurance naming Optionor as an additional named insured, insuring Optionee and Optionor against any liability commonly insured against and occasioned by accidents resulting from any act or omission on or about the NL Property.  Such policy is to be written by an insurance company qualified to do business in the State of Nevada and reasonably satisfactory to Optionor.  Such policy shall in no way limit the Optionor's or
Optionee’s liability to each other pursuant to this Section 11 and Sections 13 and 14 hereof.  The policy shall be with limits of not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) in respect of any one person, in respect of any one accident, and in respect of property damage and Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) in the aggregate.  Said limits shall be subject to periodic review and Optionor reserves the right to increase said coverage limits, if in the reasonable opinion of Optionor, said coverage becomes inadequate and is less than that commonly maintained by operators undertaking similar work.  At least thirty (30) days prior to the expiration or termination date of any policy, the Optionee shall deliver a renewal or replacement policy with proof of the payment of the premium therefore.

In addition to the foregoing, Optionee shall ensure that all contractors performing work on the property covered by the NL Property carry appropriate liability and workers compensation insurance.  To the extent that Optionee’s employees perform work, or are present at the site of work, Optionee shall carry workers compensation insurance.

  

  

  

 

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Indemnification.

(a)           During the term of this Agreement, the Optionee shall indemnify and save harmless Optionor and its agents from and against (a) any and all claims arising from any negligent or otherwise wrongful act or omission of Optionee or any of its employees, agents or contractors,  (b) any and all claims arising from the breach of this Agreement and  (c) all costs, expenses and liabilities incurred in or in connection with each such claim or action or proceeding brought thereon.  In case any action or proceeding be brought against Optionor by reason of any such claim, Optionee,
upon notice from Optionor, shall resist and defend such action or proceeding at Optionee’s expense.

(b)           During the term of this Agreement, the Optionor shall indemnify and save harmless Optionee and its agents from and against (a) any and all claims arising from any negligent or otherwise wrongful act or omission of Optionor or any of its employees, agents or contractors,  (b) any and all claims arising from the breach of this Agreement and  (c) all costs, expenses and liabilities incurred in or in connection with each such claim or action or proceeding brought thereon.  In case any action or proceeding be brought against Optionee by reason of any such claim, Optionor,
upon notice from Optionee, shall resist and defend such action or proceeding at Optionor’s expense.

Environmental Reclamation.

(a)           If, during the term of this Agreement, the Optionee wishes to undertake drilling programs on the NL Property, the Optionee shall acquire the appropriate approval for such drilling programs from the BLM.  The Optionee shall provide any bond (including a reclamation bond) or security required by the BLM in connection with such drilling programs.  On the date that the drilling programs are approved by the BLM and the required security and/or bonding requirements are in place, this item shall be deemed to be satisfied.  As part of such drilling programs, the Optionee shall
have the core samples obtained there-from analyzed by a qualified third party adhering to procedures for the handling, transportation and analysis of core samples required by Canadian National Instrument 43-101.  All results of such drilling programs and analysis shall be made available to the Optionor.

(b)           Optionee shall be responsible for the cost and performance of any and all environmental reclamation of the NL Property that is required by the BLM or the State of Nevada and that results from work that was performed by Optionee or its agents.

Royalty Interest

12.           In the event the Optionor elects not to exercise or for any reason does not exercise the SRC Option pursuant to Section 7 of this Agreement and does not acquire fifteen percent (15%) participating interest in the NL and IMMI Properties, or if, under terms of the Joint Venture Agreement the Optionor’s participating interest in the the NL and IMMI Properties is diluted from fifteen percent (15%) to ten percent (10%) or less and is transferred to the Optionee, the Optionor shall be entitled to receive, and the Optionee shall reserve for the Optionor, a royalty on production equal to two percent (2%) of Net Smelter Returns from the NL and IMMI
Properties to be calculated and paid as set out in Schedule “C” attached hereto (the “Royalty Interest”).

 

  

  

  

 

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Option Obligations of the Optionor

13.           During the term of the option granted hereunder and until the Optionee has acquired eighty-five percent (85%) right, title and interest in and to the NL Property, the Optionor shall:

	
  

	
a)

	
make available to the Optionee all data, information, maps and reports in their possession or control with respect to the NL Property which could be considered materially significant in determining whether or not the NL Property has potential for economic mineralization;

	
  

	
b)

	
deliver to the Optionee, immediately upon receipt thereof, copies of any and all correspondence sent or received by the Optionor with respect to the NL Property including without limitation, copies of any and all notices received by the Optionors from the State of Nevada, Esmeralda County and the BLM;

	
  

	
c)

	
save and hold harmless the Optionee from and against any loss, liability, claim, demand, damage, expense, or injury including, legal fees and the reasonable cost of investigating and defending against any threatened or actual impairment of the Optionee’s right to acquire an unencumbered eighty-five percent (85%) interest the NL Property hereunder, or against any claim for damages, arising out of or in connection with, any activities by the Optionor on or with respect to the NL Property and any dispute, question, division or litigation with a prior holder or claimant to the NL Property; and

	
  

	
d)

	
not deal, or attempt to deal with its right, title and interest in and to the NL Property in any way that would or may affect the right of the Optionee to acquire absolutely, a vested eighty-five percent (85%) interest in and to NL Property.

Option Obligations of the Optionee

14.           During the term of the option granted hereunder and until the Optionee has earned eighty-five percent (85%) right, title and interest in and to the NL Property, the Optionee shall:

	
  

	
a)

	
maintain the NL and IMMI Properties in good standing by paying all applicable taxes, and filing fees with the BLM, the State of Nevada and any county level fees, doing and filing assessment work or by making payments in lieu thereof, or by re-staking and by doing all other acts and things and by making all other payments which may be necessary in that regard to maintain the NL and IMMI Properties in good standing at all times;

	
  

	 

	
  

	
b)

	
permit the Optionor, or its representatives, at the Optionor’s own risk and expense, full access to the NL and IMMI Properties at reasonable times, and shall be permitted to examine drill cores;

	
  

	
c)

	
deliver to the Optionor copies of any and all correspondence sent or received by the Optionee with respect to the NL Property and any and all drilling results, reports, analysis of consultants and laboratories and other information and/or data regarding the NL Property;

 

  

  

  

 

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d)

	
promptly deliver to the Optionor copies of all geological or other reports received by the Optionee with respect to the NL and IMMI Properties and copies of any relevant raw data immediately upon request by the Optionor;

	
  

	
e)

	
indemnify and save harmless the Optionor in respect to any and all costs, claims, liabilities, errors and omissions and expenses arising out of any activities by the Optionee on or with respect to the NL Property;

	
  

	
f)

	
carry out any exploration, development and reclamation work on the Property in a prudent and workmanlike manner in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local environmental laws, rules, orders and regulations; and

	
  

	
g)

	
keep the NL and IMMI Properties in good standing, free and clear of all liens, charges and encumbrances arising from its activities thereon (except liens for taxes not yet due, other inchoate liens, and liens contested in good faith by it) and proceed with reasonable diligence to contest and discharge any lien that is filed.

Option Obligation of IMMI Parent

15.           During the term of the option granted hereunder and until the Optionee has earned eighty-five percent (85%) right, title and interest in and to the NL Property, IMMI Parent shall maintain the listing of its securities on the facility of the TSX Venture Exchange.

Termination of Option

16.           This Agreement shall be terminable by the parties as follows:

16.1       Prior to acquisition by the Optionee of its eighty-five percent (85%) right, title and interest in and to the NL Property:

	
  

	
a)

	
this Agreement and the option granted hereunder shall be terminable by the Optionor, by notice to that effect, in the event the Optionee should be in breach of a term or condition of Section 3 of this Agreement, following:

	
  

	
i)

	
notice in writing to the Optionee containing particulars of the term or condition breached (“Notice of Default”); and

	
  

	
ii)

	
the failure of the Optionee, within thirty (30) days after receipt of the Notice of Default, to  cure such default.,

	
  

	
b)

	
this Agreement may be terminated by Optionor if the TSX Venture Exchange has not accepted the transactions contemplated herein by the date that is fourteen (14) business days after the date of this Agreement; and

	
  

	
c)

	
this Agreement and the option granted hereunder shall be terminable by the Optionee at any time upon written notice to that effect to the Optionor.

16.2        Upon termination of this Agreement prior to completion of the acquisition of its eighty-five percent (85%) right, title and interest in and to the NL Property, the Optionee shall:

 

  

  

  

 

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a)

	
leave the NL Property in good standing free and clear of all liens, charges and encumbrances, in good standing with respect to assessment work and the payment of taxes and any other land holding costs as may be applicable;

	
  

	
b)

	
instruct the Escrow Agent to deliver the Escrow Documents to the Optionor;

	
  

	
c)

	
remove from the NL Property within one hundred and twenty (120) days following the date of termination, all facilities and equipment erected, installed or brought upon the NL Property following which any facilities or equipment remaining erected, installed or upon the NL Property shall become the property of the Optionor and the Optionee on a pro rata basis, based on their respective right, title and interest in and to the NL Property; and

	
  

	
d)

	
perform such reclamation work as is required by the BLM or any Nevada state agency having jurisdiction and maintain in place any reclamation bond that was posted in Optionee prior to termination of this Agreement until such bond may be released pursuant to applicable regulations.

Option Only

17.           This is an option only and except as specifically provided otherwise in this Agreement, nothing herein contained shall be construed as obligating the Optionee to do any acts or make any payments hereunder and any act or acts, or payment or payments as shall be made hereunder shall not be construed as obligating the Optionee to do any further act or make any further payment.  If this Agreement is terminated all payments theretofore paid by the Optionee shall be retained by the Optionor as the sole consideration for entering into this Agreement and for the rights conferred on the Optionee thereby.

Representations and Warranties of the Optionor

18.           The Optionor hereby represents and warrants to the Optionee that:

	
  

	
a)

	
it has full corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and that entering into this Agreement does not conflict with any applicable laws or with its charter documents nor does it conflict with, or result in the breach of, or accelerate the performance required by any contract or other commitment to which it is party or by which it is bound;

	
  

	
b)

	
it is a company in good standing pursuant to the laws of the State of Nevada, U.SA and it has the corporate power to carry on the business presently carried on by it;

	
  

	
c)

	
the Optionor holds one hundred percent (100%) right, title and interest in and to the NL Property free and clear of all liens, charges and encumbrances, subject to the regulations of the BLM and the State of Nevada

	
  

	
d)

	
the NL Property has been validly located and duly recorded and remains in good standing in accordance with the laws of the United States of America and of the State of Nevada with all Federal and State fees that are due or owing have been timely paid and current as of the date hereof;

 

  

  

  

 

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e)

	
its Board of Directors of Optionor has approved this Agreement and the performance of this Agreement;

	
  

	
f)

	
it is not subject to any legal proceedings or regulatory proceedings against it, including any regulatory action by the BLM;

	
  

	
g)

	
the Optionor has the exclusive right to enter into this Agreement and to receive one hundred percent (100%) of the proceeds from the sale of minerals, metals, ores or concentrates (the “Products”) properly removed from the NL Property, subject to any taxes pursuant to any applicable legislation and the regulations and requirements of the BLM and to assign to the Optionee the interest being earned by the Optionee in and to the NL Property, in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement; and

	
  

	
h)

	
the Optionor has advised and made available to the Optionee, all of the material information in its possession or control directly relating to the potential economic mineralization of the NL Property.

Representations and Warranties of the Optionee and IMMI Parent

19.           The Optionee hereby represents and warrants to the Optionor that:

	
  

	
a)

	
it has full corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and that entering into this Agreement does not conflict with any applicable laws or with its charter documents nor does it conflict with, or result in the breach of, or accelerate the performance required by any contract or other commitment to which it is party or by which it is bound;

	
  

	
b)

	
it is a company in good standing pursuant to the laws of the State of Nevada, U.S.A. and it has the corporate power to carry on the business presently carried on by it and that IMMI Parent is an Exchange Issuer and a reporting Issuer in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada;

	
  

	
c).

	
it has the corporate power, in its own name to acquire and own interests in and to the NL Property;

	
  

	
d).

	
it has no encumbrances affecting any of its property and assets;

	
  

	
e).

	
its Board of Directors has approved this Agreement and the performance of this Agreement;

	
  

	
f).

	
it is not subject to any legal proceedings or regulatory proceedings against it, including any regulatory action by the BLM; and

	
  

	
g).

	
it is wholly owned and controlled by IMMI Parent.

 

  

  

  

 

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19.1           IMMI Parent hereby represents and warrants to the Optionor that:

	
  

	
a)

	
it is a corporation in good standing pursuant to the laws of the Province of British Columbia and it has the corporate power to carry on the business presently carried on by it;

 

	
  

	
b)

	
it has full power and authority to enter into this agreement and perform the same and do all other acts which may be necessary to consummate the transaction contemplated hereby

 

	
  

	
c)

	
the IMMC Shares to be issued to Optionor in accordance with this Agreement have been fully allotted  and reserved for issuance in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement  by IMMI Parent’s Board of Directors and upon delivery to Optionor  will be validly issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable shares;

 

	
  

	
d)

	
the issuance of the IMMC Shares in accordance with this Agreement will not conflict with and do not and will not result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of its constating documents or any agreement or instrument to which IMMI Parent is a party;

 

	
  

	
e)

	
it is a reporting issuer in good standing in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada and the listing of its shares on the Exchange is in good standing; and

 

	
  

	
f)

	
the public disclosure filings of IMMI Parent are accurate in all material respects as of their respective dates.

 

19.2               IMMI Parent hereby covenants with Optionor to immediately following execution of this Agreement, make best efforts to obtain the acceptance of the Exchange for payment of the Share Consideration to the Optionor as contemplated in this Agreement and for a period of three years following September 15, 2015 (the date of the last payment pursuant to Section 3) to maintain a listing for its IMMC Shares on an exchange or automated quotation system in Canada or the United States.

Transfers by the Optionor and the Optionee

20.           With the exception of an assignment to an affiliate, as that term is defined in the Business Corporations Act of Ontario, the rights and obligations of the parties hereto in and to the NL Property and this Agreement are not assignable without the written consent of the other non-assigning party which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld and provided that, in the event of any transfer by either party hereto of all or any portion of its interest in and to the NL Property and this Agreement, the transferee of any such interest shall first deliver to the non-transferring party its agreement related to the NL Property and this Agreement
containing:

	
  

	
a)

	
a covenant by such transferee to perform all the outstanding obligations of the transferring party to be performed under this Agreement in respect of the interest to be acquired by the transferee to the same extent as if this Agreement had been originally executed by the transferring party and the transferee as joint and several obligors making joint and several covenants; and

 

  

  

  

 

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b)

	
a provision subjecting any further permitted sale, transfer, assign or other disposition of all or any portion of such interest in the NL Property and this Agreement to the restrictions contained in this Section.

No Production Obligation

21.           Notwithstanding the Royalty Interest reserved for the Optionor pursuant to Section 12 of this Agreement, the Optionee shall be under no obligation whatever to place the NL Property into production, and in the event commercial production is commenced the Optionee shall have the right at any time to curtail or suspend production as it in its absolute discretion may determine.

Area of Interest

22.           During the term of this Agreement, any interest in surface or mineral rights or mineral properties, acquired by or on behalf of either party (the “Acquiring Party”) by any means, including but not limited to, staking, purchase or assignment, (the “After Acquired Property”) situated within one (1) mile of the outside boundaries of the combined NL and IMMI Properties described in Schedule “A” attached hereto (the “Area of Interest”), shall be offered by the Acquiring Party to the other party for inclusion in the NL and IMMI Properties.  Such offer shall include a description of the
acquisition terms and a reasonable estimate of the acquisition costs and expenses to be incurred in connection with securing such After Acquired Property.  The other party shall, upon receipt of such offer, have forty-five (45) days to notify the Acquiring Party that it wishes the After Acquired Property for inclusion in the NL and IMMI Properties governed by this Agreement and to agree to reimburse the Acquiring Party, if the Optionor, eighty-five percent (85%) and if the Optionee, fifteen percent (15%) of all acquisition costs and expenses as they are incurred.  Upon such notice and agreement, the After Acquired Property shall thereafter, if the Acquiring Party is SRC or its affiliate, be deemed part of the NL Property, or if the Acquiring Party is IMMI or its affiliate, be deemed part of the IMMI Property.  Failing such notice and agreement, the
Acquiring Party shall be entitled to dispose of the After Acquired Property in any way the Acquiring Party sees fit.

Confidentiality

23.           All information with respect to this Agreement and with respect to activities and results of the Optionee’s activities on the Property shall be deemed Confidential Information for the purposes of this Agreement and shall be kept in strictest confidence.  Any Confidential Information required by law, securities regulatory authorities, mining records office or other provincial, state or federal regulatory bodies to be disclosed by either party (the “Disclosing Party”) hereunder, shall not be disclosed unless put into writing and consented to in writing by the other party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld;
and

	
  

	
a)

	
Public announcements or reports (including press releases) by the Optionor or the Optionee of any information relating to this Agreement or the Property hereunder shall be made on the basis of agreed texts only, approved in good faith in advance of issuance for release by both the Optionor and the Optionee simultaneously.  Both the Optionee and the Optionor acknowledge and agree to timely disclosure of all material information.

 

  

  

  

 

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b)

	
The proposed text of a report disclosing Confidential Information required by law, securities regulatory authorities, mining records office or other provincial, state or federal regulatory authorities having jurisdiction shall, in advance of its disclosure by the Disclosing Party, be delivered to the other party to provide opportunity for comment or revision, and any comment or revision the other party wishes to make shall be communicated to the Disclosing Party within a reasonable time after delivery of such proposed text by the Disclosing Party, having due regard to the urgency of the disclosure, but in any event, not later than forty-eight (48) hours after delivery by the Disclosing Party.

Force Majeure

24.           The obligations of the Optionee shall be suspended to the extent and for the period that performances prevented by any cause, whether foreseeable or not, beyond its reasonable control, excluding lack of financing, but including, without limitation, labour disputes (however arising and whether or not employee demands are reasonable or within the power of the Optionee to grant); acts of God; laws, regulations, orders, proclamations, instructions or requests of any government or governmental entity; judgments or orders of any court; inability to obtain on reasonably acceptable terms, any public or private license, permit or other authorization;
curtailment or suspension of activities to remedy or avoid an actual or alleged, present or prospective violation of federal, provincial or local environmental standards; acts of war or conditions arising out of or attributable to war, whether declared or undeclared, riot, civil strife, insurrection or rebellion; fire, explosion, earthquake, storm, flood, sinkholes, drought or other adverse weather conditions; delay or failure by suppliers or transporters of materials, parts, supplies, services or equipment or by contractors’; or sub-contractors’ shortage of, or inability to obtain, labour, transportation, materials, machinery, equipment, supplies, utilities or services; accidents; breakdown of equipment, machinery or facilities; or any other cause whether similar or dissimilar to the foregoing.  The Optionee shall promptly give notice to the Optionor of the
suspension of performance, stating therein the nature of the suspension, the reasons therefor, and the expected duration thereof.  The Optionee shall resume performance as soon as reasonably possible.

Notices

25.           Except as otherwise specified, any notice to be given shall be given in writing, and be delivered in person to a named party or by telecopy properly addressed to the party to whom given or by e-mail properly addressed to the party to whom given.  A notice given under this Agreement shall be deemed given only when received by the party to whom such notice is directed but any notice given by telecopy or email properly addressed to the party to whom directed shall be deemed given to and received by that party on the date on which such notice is telecopied or e-mailed.

Each party’s address for notice shall be:

	
a)

	
for the Optionor:

Silver Reserve Corp. 

1135 Terminal Way, Ste. 207B,

Reno, Nevada, 89502

Attention: Mason Douglas

Fax: (775) 322-4458

E-mail: mason.douglas@angloresources.com

 

  

  

  

 

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b)

	
for the Optionee:

International Millennium Mining Inc.

3rd Floor – 120 Lonsdale Avenue,

North Vancouver, B.C., Canada V7M 2E8

Attention: Mr. John A. Versfelt

Fax: 604-983-8056

E-mail: jav@immc.ca

until such party specifies another address by notice to the other party.

Arbitration

26.           Any controversy, default, claim or cause of action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the breach of any term or condition hereof, other than a breach of a term or condition of Section 3 hereof, or any document or instrument executed and/or delivered pursuant hereto, shall, following:

	
  

	
i)

	
notice in writing by either Party to the other containing particulars of any such controversy, default, claim or cause of action or breach of any term or condition of the Agreement, other than a breach of a term or condition of Section 3 hereof, or of any document or instrument executed and/or delivered pursuant thereto (“Notice of Arbitration”); and

	
  

	
ii)

	
the failure of the Parties within sixty (60) days following receipt of the Notice of Arbitration, to resolve, settle, cure or otherwise reach agreement with respect to the subject matter of the Notice of Arbitration;

be decided by arbitration in Reno, Nevada in accordance with the then current Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association.  Notice of a demand for arbitration hereunder by any party hereto shall be given in writing to all other parties hereto which or who shall be involved in any such controversy, claim or cause of action and to the American Arbitration Association.  Within five (5) days after any such demand for arbitration shall have been given by any party hereto, the Optionor shall select one arbitrator, and the Optionee shall select one arbitrator.  The two arbitrators so selected shall select a third arbitrator within fifteen (15) days after their
selection and such third arbitrator shall have not less than ten (10) years' experience in the practice of commercial/business law and familiarity with the exploration mining industry.  The third arbitrator shall be the arbitrator that shall hear and decide the matter (the "Arbitrator").  The Arbitrator shall be authorized to compel discovery prior to any arbitration proceeding.  The parties agree that the power of the Arbitrator to compel discovery and award damages shall be the same as the power of a judge in a civil proceeding in Nevada Supreme Court.  The decision of the Arbitrator shall be final and binding on the issue or issues submitted to arbitration.  All costs and expenses incurred in connection with the arbitration proceeding, including, without limitation, the
fees and disbursements of the arbitrators and of the attorneys of the parties participating in such arbitration proceeding shall be paid by the party or parties against whom any award of monetary damages, net of any award in favor of such party, or other judgment or order of the Arbitrator that shall have been rendered.  The agreement of the parties herein to arbitrate shall be specifically enforceable.  The award rendered by the arbitrators shall be final and binding and judgment may be entered thereon in accordance with applicable law in any State court sitting in Reno, Nevada.  For purpose of enforcing the award of the Arbitrator, each party does hereby irrevocably (a) submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of any State court sitting in Reno, Nevada, (b) waive personal service of any and all process upon it, and consent that all such service of process be
made by registered or certified mail at the address of the party set forth above, such service so made shall be deemed to be completed five (5) business days after mailing, postage prepaid, (c) waive any objection which they may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement brought in any State court sitting in Reno, Nevada, and (d) waive any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in any inconvenient forum.  The parties agree that the Arbitrator may order injunctive relief and specific performance and that such orders of the Arbitrator shall be binding upon the parties.

 

  

  

  

 

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General Provisions

27.1      Neither party may set over, transfer or assign, in whole or in part any right or obligation under this Agreement except in accordance with this Agreement.

27.2      No provision of this Agreement shall be deemed waived and no breach excused, unless such waiver or consent excusing such breach is in writing signed by the party to be charged with such waiver or consent, but any waiver or consent shall not be construed to be a waiver of, or consent to, a further breach of the same provision.

27.3      This Agreement shall be interpreted and construed in accordance with the laws in force from time to time in the State of Nevada, U.SA.

27.4      If any provision of this Agreement is in conflict or inconsistent with the applicable law, that provision shall be severed from this Agreement and shall be replaced by another valid, legal, and enforceable provision not in conflict or inconsistent with the applicable law, which reflects the original intent of the parties to the greatest extent.

27.5      Time shall be of the essence in this Agreement.

27.6      The parties hereto agree to execute all such further or other assurances, conveyances, agreements and documents and to do or cause to be done all such other acts or things necessary or which legal counsel for the parties may deem necessary in order to implement and carry out the provisions and intent and give full force and effect to this Agreement.

27.7      This Agreement supercedes and replaces all prior agreements between the parties hereto with respect to the Property, which said prior agreements shall be deemed to be null and void upon the execution hereof.

27.8      Any modification, alteration or amendment of this Agreement shall be in writing and duly executed by, and delivered to, each of the parties.

 

  

  

  

 

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27.9      The parties hereby acknowledge that this Agreement shall be subject to approval of the Board of Directors of the Optionor, and the Optionee and to acceptance by the appropriate regulatory authorities in Canada as required.

Counterparts

28.        This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.  Execution and delivery of this Agreement by exchange of facsimile copies bearing facsimile signature of a party shall constitute a valid and binding execution and delivery of this Agreement by such party.  Such facsimile copies shall constitute enforceable original documents.

IN WITNESS whereof the parties have executed and delivered this Agreement as of the date first above written.

	
Signed, sealed and delivered by

	  	
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SILVER RESERVE CORP.

	  	
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/s/ Mason Douglas

	  	
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Mason Douglas, President

	  	
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Signed, sealed and delivered by

	  	
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INTERNATIONAL MILLENNIUM

	  	
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MINING INC. (Nevada) and

	  	
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INTERNATIONAL MILLENNIUM)

	  	
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MINING CORP. (Canada)

	  	
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/s/ John A. Versfelt

	  	
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John A. Versfelt, President

	  	
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SCHEDULE “A”

To the Nivloc Property Option and Joint Venture Agreement between Silver Reserve Corp., and International Millennium Mining Inc. entered into the 25th day of February, 2011

NL PROPERTY

 

Being the following eighteen (18) Lode Claims, situated in the Red Mountain area of the Silver Peak mining district, Esmeralda County, Nevada together with any and all licenses and permits pertaining thereto including, without limitation, any environmental, mining or water use permit.

	
Claim Name

	  	
County File #

	  	
BLM NMC #

	  	
County

	
NL - 1

	  	
160018

	  	
867511

	  	
Esmeralda

	
NL - 2

	  	
168019

	  	
867512

	  	
Esmeralda

	
NL – 3

	  	
168020

	  	
867513

	  	
Esmeralda

	
NL - 4

	  	
168021

	  	
867514

	  	
Esmeralda

	
NL - 5

	  	
168022

	  	
867515

	  	
Esmeralda

	
NL – 6

	  	
168023

	  	
867516

	  	
Esmeralda

	
NL - 7

	  	
160024

	  	
867517

	  	
Esmeralda

	
NL - 8

	  	
168025

	  	
867518

	  	
Esmeralda

	
NL – 9

	  	
168026

	  	
867519

	  	
Esmeralda

	
NL - 10

	  	
168027

	  	
867520

	  	
Esmeralda

	
NL - 11

	  	
168028

	  	
867521

	  	
Esmeralda

	
NL – 12

	  	
168029

	  	
867522

	  	
Esmeralda

	
NL - 13

	  	
160030

	  	
867523

	  	
Esmeralda

	
NL - 14

	  	
168031

	  	
867524

	  	
Esmeralda

	
NL – 15

	  	
168032

	  	
867525

	  	
Esmeralda

	
NL - 16

	  	
168148

	  	
964719

	  	
Esmeralda

	
NL - 17

	  	
168149

	  	
964720

	  	
Esmeralda

	
NL – 18

	  	
168150

	  	
964721

	  	
Esmeralda

IMMI PROPERTY

 

Being the following eleven (11) Lode Claims, situated in the Red Mountain area of the Silver Peak mining district, Esmeralda County, Nevada together with any and all licenses and permits pertaining thereto including, without limitation, any environmental, mining or water use permit.

	
Claim Name

	  	
County Rcrd

	  	
 BLM NMC #

	  	
County

	
NIVLOC

	  	
Bk 209 pg 171

	  	
NMC 824583

	  	
Esmeralda

	
NIVLOC 1

	  	
Bk 209 pg 172

	  	
NMC 824584

	  	
Esmeralda

	
COLE MINER

	  	
Bk 209 pg 173

	  	
NMC 824585

	  	
Esmeralda

	
NIVLOC 2

	  	
Bk    pg

	  	
NMC 1033463

	  	
Esmeralda

	
NIVLOC 3

	  	
Bk    pg

	  	
NMC 1033464

	  	
Esmeralda

	
NAG - 1

	  	
Bk 256 pg 196

	  	
NMC 965083

	  	
Esmeralda

	
NAG - 2

	  	
Bk 278 pg 30

	  	
NMC 1008596

	  	
Esmeralda

	
NAG – 3

	  	
Bk 278 pg 31

	  	
NMC 1008597

	  	
Esmeralda

	
NAG - 4

	  	
Bk 256 pg 199

	  	
NMC 965086

	  	
Esmeralda

	
NAG - 5

	  	
Bk 256 pg 200

	  	
NMC 965087

	  	
Esmeralda

	
NAG – 6

	  	
Bk 256 pg 201

	  	
NMC 965088

	  	
Esmeralda

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SCHEDULE “B”

To the Nivloc Property Option and Joint Venture Agreement between Silver Reserve Corp., and International Millennium Mining Inc. entered into the 25th day of February, 2011

The parties agree to negotiate a joint venture agreement within ninety (90) days of the date hereof, which Joint Venture Agreement shall, upon completion, be attached here and form part of the this Agreement.

 

  

  

  

 

SCHEDULE “C”

to the Nivloc Property Option and Joint Venture Agreement between,Silver Reserve Corp. and International Millennium Mining Inc. entered into this 25th day of February.

NET SMELTER RETURN ROYALTY

Net Smelter Return Royalty means the amount in dollars calculated by multiplying the percentage royalty reserved for SRC times the Net Smelter Return.

Net Smelter Return means, for any period the difference between:

(a) the sum of:

(i) the gross proceeds received by IMMI in that period from the sale of products produced from the NL and IMMI Properties to a party that is arm’s length to IMMI, or that would have been received by IMMI if the purchaser of the products were at arm’s length to IMMI; and

(ii) in the case of the sale of products that are ores that have not been processed in a Mill, the good faith estimated cost that would have been incurred in crushing and beneficiating such products in a Mill as agreed by the parties or otherwise determined by an independent competent mining or metallurgical engineer;

and

(b) the sum of:

(i) any insurance costs in connection with shipping such products;

(ii) any costs of transport;

(iii) all costs of IMMI associated with such sales involving handling, weighing, sampling, determination of water content, insuring and packaging;

(iv) the costs of marketing, adjusted for rebates or allowance made or given;

(v) any sales, severance, gross production, privilege or similar taxes (other than income taxes or mining taxes based on income) assessed on or in connection with the products or the value thereof; and

(vi) any treatment, beneficiation or other charges or penalties deducted by any smelter or refinery to which such products are shipped that have not been previously deducted in the computation of gross proceeds.

 

  

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Payment of the Net Smelter Return Royalty shall be quarterly, on a best estimate basis, within thirty (30) days following the end of each fiscal quarter during which the NL and IMMI Properties are in commercial production.  The records relating to the calculation of the royalty payments shall be audited annually at the end of each fiscal year; and

	
  

	
a)

	
any adjustment of payments shall be made forthwith;

	
  

	
b)

	
a copy of the audited statements shall be delivered to SCR; and

	
  

	
c)

	
SRC shall have sixty (60) days after receipt of such statements to question their accuracy in writing and failing such objection the statements shall be deemed correct.

	
  

	
d)

	
Upon request of SRC, IMMI shall provide supporting documentation for its royalty calculations and make available its books and records for inspection by SRC or its designee upon prior written request and during normal business hours.

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