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THUNDER MOUNTAIN GOLD, INC.
Phone: 775-738-9826
Fax: 775- 738-3582
1239 PARKVIEW DRIVE, ELKO, NEVADA 89801
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THUNDER MOUNTAIN GOLD, INC.
1239 PARKVIEW DRIVE
ELKO, NEVADA 89801
(775)-738-9826
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD JANUARY 25, 2008
To the shareholders of THUNDER MOUNTAIN GOLD, INC.:
A Special Meeting of Stockholders of Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. (the “Company”), a Nevada Corporation, will be held at the Holiday Inn, 3300 Vista Avenue, Boise, Idaho on Friday, January 25, 2008 at 1:00: p.m. Mountain Time for the following purposes:
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To approve a change of the state of incorporation from Idaho to Nevada.
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To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting and any postponement(s) or adjournment(s) thereof.
Only Stockholders of record at the close of business on December 21, 2007 are entitled to notice of and to attend and to vote at the meeting. A telephone conference call-in number for the meeting has been made available at 1-800-391-1709 (Bridge Number 515931). Interested parties are encouraged to visit the Company’s website at www.thundermountaingold.com for additional information. Information on our website does not form any part of the material for solicitation of proxies.
By order of the Board of Directors,
THUNDER MOUNTAIN GOLD, INC.
/s/ E. JAMES COLLORD
E. James Collord, President & Principal Executive Officer
January 10 2008 / Approximate Date of mailing to Stockholders
IMPORTANT: Whether or not you plan to attend the meeting, please execute and return the enclosed proxy. A return envelope is enclosed for your convenience. Prompt return of the proxy will assure a quorum and save the Company unnecessary expense. A complete and certified record of the stockholders of the Company entitled to vote at such meeting, or any adjournment thereof, is enclosed for your inspection and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting. During the meeting referred to above, the list of stockholders of record shall be subject to the inspection of any shareholder for the purposes of the meeting.
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THUNDER MOUNTAIN GOLD, INC.
1239 PARKVIEW DRIVE
ELKO, NEVADA 89801
775-738-9826
PROXY STATEMENT
relating to
SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
to be held on Friday, January 25, 2008
INTRODUCTION
This Proxy Statement is being furnished by the Board of Directors of Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), to holders of shares of the Company’s Common Stock ("Common Stock") in connection with the solicitation by the Board of Directors of proxies to be voted at the Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Company to be held on Friday, January 25, 2008 and any adjournment or adjournments thereof (the "Special Meeting") for the purposes set forth in the accompanying Notice of the Special Meeting. This Proxy Statement is first being mailed to shareholders on or about January 10, 2008.
PURPOSES OF SPECIAL MEETING
Reincorporation of Company
At the Special Meeting, shareholders entitled to vote (see "Voting at Special Meeting") will be asked to consider and take action on the reincorporation of the Company from Idaho to Nevada. See "Proposal 1: Approval of the Reincorporation of the Company into the State of Nevada.
Other Business
To transact other matters as may properly come before the Special meeting, postponement(s) or any adjournment(s) thereof. See "Other Matters".
VOTING AT SPECIAL MEETING
General
The close of business on the Record Date of December 21, 2007 has been fixed as the record date for determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Special Meeting (the "Record Date"). As of the Record Date, there were issued and outstanding 11,863,125 shares of Common Stock entitled to vote. A majority of such shares will constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at the Special Meeting. The holders of record on the Record Date of the shares entitled to be voted at the Special Meeting are entitled to cast one vote per share on each matter submitted to a vote at the Special Meeting. All action proposed herein may be taken upon a favorable vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding Common Stock, present at the meeting in person or by proxy.
Proxies
Shares of Common Stock which are entitled to be voted at the Special Meeting and which are represented by properly executed proxies will be voted in accordance with the instructions indicated in such proxies. If no instructions are indicated, such shares will be voted: (1)FOR reincorporation of the Company, (2)FORAT the discretion of the proxy holder, any other matters which may properly come before the Special Meeting. A shareholder who has executed and returned a proxy may revoke it at any time before it is voted at the Special Meeting by executing and returning a proxy bearing a later date, by giving written notice of revocation to the Secretary of the Company, or by attending the Special Meeting and voting in person or delivering instruction to the Company via email and with written confirmation. A proxy is not revoked by the death or incompetence of the maker unless, before the authority granted thereunder is exercised, written notice of such d eath or incompetence is
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received by the Company from the executor or administrator of the estate or from a fiduciary having control of the shares represented by such proxy.
The indication of an abstention on a proxy or the failure to vote either by proxy or in person will be treated as neither a vote "for" nor "against" the election of any director. Each of the other matters must be approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote. Abstention from voting will have the practical effect of voting against these matters since it is one less vote for approval. Broker non-votes, shares held by brokers or nominees for the accounts of others as to which voting instructions have not been given, will be treated as shares that are present for determining a quorum, but will not be counted for purposes of determining the number of votes cast with respect to a proposal. Brokers and nominees, under applicable law, may vote shares for which no instructions have been given in their discretion in the election of directors.
The Company will bear all the costs and expenses relating to the solicitation of proxies, including the costs of preparing, printing and mailing this Proxy Statement and accompanying material to shareholders. In addition to the solicitation of proxies by use of the mails, the directors, officers, and employees of the Company, without additional compensation, may solicit proxies personally or by telephone or telegram.
PROPOSAL 1: APPROVAL OF THE REINCORPORATION OF THE COMPANY
INTO THE STATE OF NEVADA.
Introduction
The Company's Board of Directors (the "Board of Directors” or the "Board") unanimously believes it to be in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders for the Company to change its state of incorporation from Idaho to Nevada. The Company proposes to accomplish the reincorporation in Nevada by merging the Company into a newly formed wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company that is incorporated in Nevada (the “reincorporation merger”). The name of the Nevada corporation, which will be the successor to the Company in the reincorporation merger, is Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. This proxy statement refers to Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc., the Idaho corporation, as “Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc.”, “Thunder Mountain Gold Idaho” or the “Company” and to Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc., the Nevada corporation, as “Thunder Mountain Gold Nevada” or the “surviving corporation.”
Thunder Mountain Gold Nevada was incorporated under Nevada law on December 10, 2007, under the name “Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc.” As of the date and time immediately prior to the effective date of the reincorporation merger, if the reincorporation merger is effected, Thunder Mountain Gold Nevada will not have any material assets or liabilities and will not have carried on any material business.
In the reincorporation all outstanding shares of common Stock of the Company, a Nevada corporation, will be automatically converted, on a share-for-share basis, into comparable shares of a new Nevada corporation already formed.
The proposed reincorporation will result in several important changes in the rights of shareholders.
As discussed in “Principal Reasons for the Reincorporation Proposal,” Management believes that reincorporation in Nevada is beneficial to the Company because Nevada corporate law is more comprehensive, widely used and extensively interpreted and more flexible than other state corporate laws, including Idaho corporate law. Further, management believes that Nevada law is better suited than Idaho law to protect stockholders’ interests in the event of an unsolicited takeover attempt. The Company, however, is not aware that any person is currently attempting to acquire control of the Company, to obtain representation on the Board of Directors of the Company or take any action that would materially affect the governance of the Company.
The Reincorporation Merger
The reincorporation merger would be effected pursuant to the merger agreement in substantially the form attached as Exhibit A. Upon completion of the reincorporation merger, the Company would cease to exist as a corporate entity and Thunder Mountain Gold Nevada, which would be the surviving corporation, would continue to operate
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the business of the Company under the name Thunder Mountain Gold The discussion of the reincorporation merger set forth below is qualified in its entirety by reference to the attached merger agreement.
Pursuant to the merger agreement, each outstanding share of common stock, par value $0.05 per share, of Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. would be converted automatically into one share of common stock, par value $0.00l per share, of Thunder Mountain Gold Nevada upon the effective date of the reincorporation merger. Each stock certificate representing issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. would continue to represent the same number of shares of common stock of Thunder Mountain Gold Nevada. If Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. and Thunder Mountain Gold Nevada effect the reincorporation merger, stockholders of Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. would not need to exchange their existing stock certificates of Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. for stock certificates of Thunder Mountain Gold Nevada. Stockholders may, however, exchange their certificates if they choose to do so at their sole expense. Assuming that Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. and Thunder Mountain Gol d Nevada effect the reincorporation merger, the surviving corporation may decide to issue substitute stock certificates in the future to replace the current certificates that are outstanding, If the surviving corporation were to decide to issue substitute stock certificates, the surviving corporation would notify its stockholders.
Pursuant to the merger agreement, Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. and Thunder Mountain Gold Nevada agree to take all actions that Nevada law and Idaho law require for Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. and Thunder Mountain Gold Nevada to effect the reincorporation merger. Thunder Mountain Gold Nevada also agrees, if required, to qualify to do business as a foreign corporation in the states in which Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. is qualified to do business before Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. and Thunder Mountain Gold Nevada effect the reincorporation merger.
The merger agreement provides that the respective obligations of Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. and Thunder Mountain Gold Nevada under the merger agreement are subject to the following conditions:
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The stockholders of Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. have approved, the merger agreement; and
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No court or governmental authority, whether by statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling, injunction or other order, has prohibited, restrained, enjoined or restricted the consummation of the reincorporation merger.
As soon as reasonably practicable after the reincorporation merger, Thunder Mountain Gold Nevada will seek to cause the OTC Bulletin Board® as regulated by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) to quote the common stock of the surviving corporation under the symbol “THMG”, which is the same symbol as OTC BB currently lists Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc.’s common stock.
If Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. and Thunder Mountain Gold Nevada effect the reincorporation merger, all stock option and other equity-based plans (if any) of Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. would be continued by the surviving corporation, and each stock option and other equity-based award issued and outstanding pursuant to such plans would be converted automatically into a stock option or other equity-based award with respect to the same number of shares of common stock of the surviving corporation, upon the same terms and subject to the same conditions as set forth in the applicable plan under which the award was granted and in the agreement reflecting the award.
If the stockholders of Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. approve the reincorporation merger, the Company and Thunder Mountain Gold Nevada plan to effect the reincorporation merger as soon as practicable after the Special Meeting. The merger agreement provides that the Board of Directors of either Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. or Thunder Mountain Gold Nevada may abandon the reincorporation merger for any reason, notwithstanding shareholder approval. If the stockholders do not approve the reincorporation merger, Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. and Thunder Mountain Gold Nevada would not consummate the merger and Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. would continue to operate as an Idaho corporation.
Under Idaho law, stockholders of Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. will not have appraisal rights with respect to the reincorporation proposal. See “Dissenters’ or Appraisal Rights” below.
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Vote Required for the Reincorporation Proposal
Idaho law requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of common stock of Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. to approve the merger agreement pursuant to which Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. and Thunder Mountain Gold Nevada would effect the reincorporation merger. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have the same effect as votes against the reincorporation proposal. A vote in favor of the reincorporation proposal is a vote to approve the merger agreement and therefore the reincorporation merger. A vote in favor of the reincorporation proposal is also effectively a vote in favor of the Certificate of Incorporation of Thunder Mountain Gold Nevada and the Bylaws of Thunder Mountain Gold Nevada. If the stockholders approve the merger agreement and the reincorporation merger becomes effective, the Certificate of Incorporation of Thunder Mountain Gold Nevada (“Nevada Certificate”) and the Bylaws of Thunder Mountain Gold ;Nevada (“Nevada Bylaws”) in effect immediately prior to the effective date of the reincorporation merger would respectively become the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the surviving corporation. The forms of the Nevada Certificate and the Nevada Bylaws are attached as Exhibits B and C, respectively.
Principal Reasons for the Reincorporation Proposal
The Company was originally incorporated in Idaho on November 9, 1935. The incorporators chose to incorporate in the State of Idaho because the laws of Idaho were suitable for the Company’s operations at the time. For many years, Nevada has followed a policy of encouraging incorporation in Nevada and, in furtherance of that policy, has been the leader in adopting, construing and implementing comprehensive, flexible corporate laws that are responsive to the legal and business needs of the corporations organized under Nevada law. Unlike most states, including Idaho, Nevada has established progressive principles of corporate governance that the Company could draw upon when making business and legal decisions. In addition, any direct benefit that Nevada law provides to corporations indirectly benefits the stockholders, who are the owners of the corporations. Because Nevada law is responsive to the needs of stockholders, Nevada law also directly benefits stockholders. For t hese reasons, the Company has determined that Nevada law would better suit the current needs of the Company and its stockholders than Idaho law does.
To take advantage of Nevada’s flexible and responsive corporate laws, many corporations choose to incorporate initially in Nevada or choose to reincorporate in Nevada, as Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. proposes to do. In general, the Company believes that Nevada provides a more appropriate and flexible corporate and legal environment in which to operate than currently exists in the State of Idaho and that the Company and its stockholders would benefit from such an environment. The Board of Directors of the Company has considered the following benefits available to Nevada corporations in deciding to propose reincorporation in Nevada:
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The General Corporation Law of the State of Nevada, which is one of the most advanced and flexible corporate statute in the country;
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The responsiveness and efficiency of the Office of the Secretary of State of Nevada, which uses modern computer technology;
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The Nevada Legislature, which considers and adopts statutory amendments that the Corporation Law Section of the Nevada State Bar Association proposes in an effort to ensure that the corporate statute continues to be responsive to the changing needs of businesses;
Additionally, management believes that, as a Nevada corporation, the Company would be better able to continue to attract and retain qualified directors and officers than it would be able to as an Idaho corporation, in part, because Nevada law provides more predictability with respect to the issue of liability of directors and officers than Idaho law does. The increasing frequency of claims against directors and officers that are litigated has greatly expanded the risks to directors and officers of exercising their respective duties. The amount of time and money required to respond to and litigate such claims can be substantial. Although Idaho law and Nevada law both permit a corporation to include a provision in the corporation’s articles or certificate, as the case may be, of incorporation that in certain circumstances reduces or limits the monetary liability of directors for breaches of their fiduciary duty of care, Nevada law, as stated above, provides to directors and officers more predictability than Idaho does and, therefore, provides directors and officers of a Nevada corporation a greater degree of comfort as to their risk of liability than that afforded under Idaho law.
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Idaho Statutory Provisions
We are subject to the Idaho Control Share Acquisition Law, which is designed to protect minority shareholders in the event that a person acquires or proposes to acquire, directly or indirectly, by tender offer or otherwise, shares giving it at least 20%, at least 33 1/3% or more than50%of the voting power in the election of directors. This law applies to a publicly held Idaho corporation which has at least 50 shareholders unless a provision in the corporation’s bylaws or articles, adopted in accordance with this law, makes an express election not to be subject to this law. We do not have any such provisions in our articles or bylaws.
Under the Idaho Control Share Acquisition Law, an acquiring person is required to deliver to the corporation an information statement disclosing, among other things, the identity of the person, the terms of the acquisition or proposed acquisition, and the financing of this acquisition. An acquiring person cannot vote those shares acquired in a control share acquisition that exceed one of the cited thresholds unless a resolution approved by 66 2/3% of the voting power of all shares entitled to vote thereon, excluding shares held by the acquirer or an officer or director, approves of such voting power. At the request of the acquiring person, such a resolution must be put forth before shareholders at a special meeting held within 55 days after receipt of the information statement, provided that the acquiring person undertakes to pay the costs of the special meeting and delivers to the corporation copies of definitive financing agreements with responsible entities for any requ ired financing of the acquisition. If an information statement has not been delivered to the corporation by the 10th day after the acquirer obtains shares in excess of one of the above thresholds, or the shareholders of the corporation have voted not to accord voting rights to the acquirer’s shares, the corporation may redeem all, but not less than all, of the acquirer’s shares at fair market value. Shares that are not accorded voting rights pursuant to this law regain their voting rights when acquired by another person in an acquisition that is not subject to this law.
We are also subject to the Idaho Business Combination Act, which prohibits a publicly held corporation from engaging in certain business combinations with an “interested shareholder” for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person became an interested shareholder unless, among other things, (i) the corporation’s articles of incorporation or bylaws include a provision, adopted in accordance with this law, that expressly provides that the corporation is not subject to the statute (we do not have any such provisions in our articles or bylaws), or (ii) a committee of the corporation’s board of directors approves of the business combination or the acquisition of the shares before the date such shares were acquired. After the three year moratorium period, the corporation may not consummate a business combination unless, among other things, it is approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the out standing shares, other than those beneficially owned by the interested shareholder or an affiliate or associate thereof~, entitled to vote or the business combination meets certain minimum price and form of payment requirements. An interested shareholder is defined to include, with certain exceptions, any person who is the beneficial owner of 10% or more of the voting power of the outstanding voting shares of the corporation. Business combinations subject to this law include certain mergers, consolidations, recapitalizations, and reverse share splits.
The application of the Idaho Control Share Acquisition Law and the Idaho Business Combination Law may have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change of control of the Company.
Anti-Takeover Implications
Nevada, like many other states, permits a corporation to include in its certificate of incorporation or bylaws or to otherwise adopt measures designed to reduce a corporation’s vulnerability to unsolicited takeover attempts. The Board of Directors of the Company, however, is not proposing the reincorporation merger to prevent a change in control of the Company and is not aware of any present attempt by any person to acquire control of the Company or to obtain representation on the Company’s Board of Directors.
With respect to implementing defensive strategies, Nevada law is preferable to Idaho law because of the judicial precedent on the legal principles applicable to defensive strategies. As an Idaho corporation or a Nevada corporation, the Company could implement some of the same defensive measures. As a Nevada corporation, however, the Company would benefit from the flexibility of Nevada law on such matters.
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No Change in the Board Members, Business, Management, or Employee Benefit Plans
The reincorporation proposal would effect only a change in the legal domicile of the Company and certain other changes of a legal nature, the most significant of which are described in this proxy statement. The proposed reincorporation merger would NOT result in any change in the business, management, fiscal year, assets or liabilities. Assuming that Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. and Thunder Mountain Gold Nevada effect the reincorporation merger, the directors and officers of Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. immediately prior to the effective date of the reincorporation merger will continue to be the directors and officers of the surviving corporation. All employee benefit plans (including any stock option and other equity-based plans) of Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. would be continued by the surviving corporation, and each stock option and other equity-based award issued and outstanding pursuant to such plans would automatically be converted into a stock option or other equity-ba sed award with respect to the same number of shares of the surviving corporation, upon the same terms and subject to the same conditions as set forth in the applicable plan under which the award was granted and in the agreement reflecting the award. Approval of the reincorporation proposal would constitute approval of the assumption of these plans by the surviving corporation.
Comparison of Shareholder Rights Before and After the Reincorporation Merger
There are significant differences between the Nevada Certificate and the Company’s Amended Articles of Incorporation (“Idaho Articles”). For example, the Nevada Certificate Articles provide for the authorization of 200,000,000 shares of common stock and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock and the Idaho Articles provide for the authorization of 12,000,000 shares of common stock and no preferred stock.
Set forth below is a description that summarizes some significant differences in the rights of the stockholders of the Company before and after the reincorporation merger is effective as a result of the differences between Idaho law, the Idaho Articles and the Idaho Bylaws, on the one hand, and Nevada law, the Nevada Certificate and the Nevada Bylaws, on the other hand. The summary of the differences is significant because if the stockholders of Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. approve the reincorporation proposal and the reincorporation merger becomes effective, the Nevada Certificate and the Nevada Bylaws in effect immediately prior to the effective date of the reincorporation merger would become the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the surviving corporation. The Nevada Certificate and the Nevada Bylaws are attached as Exhibits B and C, respectively. All statements in this proxy statement concerning such documents are qualified by reference to the complete provision s of the documents. In addition to the differences described below, the Nevada Certificate and the Nevada Bylaws include certain technical differences from the Idaho Articles and Idaho Bylaws to reflect insignificant differences between Nevada law and Idaho law. The description below is not intended to be relied upon as a complete description of the differences, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to Idaho law, Nevada law, the Idaho Articles and Idaho Bylaws, and the Nevada Certificate and Nevada Bylaws.
Removal of Directors
The Idaho Business Corporation Act (the “IBCA”) provides that the shareholders may remove one or more directors with or without cause (unless the articles of incorporation provide that the directors may be removed only for cause) at a meeting called for the purpose of removing the director where the meeting notice stated such purpose. If a director is elected by a voting group of shareholders, only the shareholders of that voting group may participate in the vote to remove. If cumulative voting is authorized, a director may not be removed if the number of votes sufficient to elect the director under cumulative voting is voted against the director’s removal. If cumulative voting is not authorized, a director may be removed only if the number of votes cast to remove the director exceeds the number of votes cast not to remove. The Idaho Articles prohibit cumulative voting.
Nevada law provides that a director may be removed with or without cause by the holders of two-thirds in voting power of the issued and outstanding stock entitled to vote, except that in the case of a corporation having cumulative voting, directors may not be removed in certain situations without satisfying certain stockholder approval requirements.
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Unlike the Idaho Bylaws, the Nevada Bylaws include a provision that allows directors to only be removed for cause and Nevada law does not provide a statutory mechanism for removing directors by judicial proceedings.
Filling Vacancies on the Board of Directors
The IBCA provides that, unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, a vacancy on the board of directors may be filled by the shareholders or by the directors remaining in office. If a vacant office was held by a director elected by a voting group of shareholders, only the shareholders of that voting group are entitled to vote to fill the vacancy if it is filled by a vote of the shareholders. The Idaho Bylaws require the board of directors to fill vacancies from among the Company’s shareholders.
The Nevada Certificate provides that the Board of Directors of Thunder Mountain Gold Nevada may fill vacancies on Thunder Mountain Gold’ Board of Directors (including vacancies resulting from an increase in the number of directors) by a majority of the remaining directors, though less than a quorum, unless it is otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation.. As required by Nevada law, the Nevada Certificate provides that if a director is elected to fill a vacancy, the director would serve a term that expires upon the next election upon the conclusion for the class for which the director is appointed.
Amendments to the Charter and Bylaws
Generally, an amendment to the articles must be adopted by the board of directors and approved by shareholders at a meeting called for the purpose in which a quorum consisting of at least a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the amendment is present. The articles or the resolution of the board adopting and recommending the amendment may require a higher threshold to pass the amendment.
Further, the IBCA provides that a corporation’s board of directors may amend or repeal the corporation’s bylaws unless: (i) the articles of incorporation reserve this power exclusively to the shareholders in whole or part; or (ii) the shareholders in amending or repealing a particular bylaw provide expressly that the board of directors may not amend or repeal that bylaw. The IBCA also provides that a corporation’s shareholders may amend or repeal the corporation’s bylaws even though the bylaws may also be amended or repealed by its board of directors.
Under Nevada law, unless the certificate of incorporation requires a greater vote, an amendment to the certificate of incorporation requires (I) the approval and recommendation of the board of directors, (2) the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding stock entitled to vote on the amendment, or (3) if there is voting by class or series, the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding stock of each class entitled to vote on the amendment as a class. Further, under Nevada law, stockholders have the power to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding stock entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders unless the certificate of incorporation or the bylaws specify another percentage.
Limitation or Elimination of Directors’ Personal Liability
The IBCA permits the articles of incorporation to provide that no director shall be personally liable to the corporation or its shareholders for money damages for any action taken, or any failure to take any action, as a director; provided, however, that the liability of a director shall not be eliminated for (i) the amount of a financial benefit received by a director to which he is not entitled, (ii) an intentional infliction of harm on the corporation or the shareholders, (iii) the approval of an unlawful distribution by the corporation under the IBCA, or (iv) an intentional violation of criminal law. A party seeking money damages must also establish that harm suffered by the corporation was proximately caused by the director’s conduct.
The Idaho Article’s provide that a director will not be personally liable to the Company or its shareholders for monetary damages for conduct as a director except: (i) acts or omissions that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (ii) conduct that violates IBCA provisions pertaining to unpermitted distributions to shareholders or loans to directors; or (iii) any transaction from which the director will personally receive a benefit in money, property or services to which the director is not legally entitled.
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The Nevada Certificate contains a provision limiting the liability of its directors in accordance with Nevada law. Under Nevada law, if a corporation’s certificate of incorporation so provides, the personal liability of a director for breach of fiduciary duty as a director may be eliminated or limited. A corporation’s certificate of incorporation, however, may not limit or eliminate a director’s personal liability (a) for any breach of the director’s fiduciary duties to the corporation or its stockholders, (b) for failing to act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably did not believe to be in the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
Shareholder Voting
Under Idaho Law, certain extraordinary corporate actions, such as sales of the corporation’s assets that would leave it without a significant continuing business activity, dissolutions, mergers, and share exchanges require the approval of a majority of shareholders voting at a meeting in which a quorum is present. A majority of shareholders entitled to vote on the matter constitutes a quorum. If any class or series of shares is entitled to vote as a separate group on a plan of merger or share exchange, that voting group’s approval is required at a meeting at which a quorum of that voting group is present. If a corporation retains a business activity that represented at least 25% of its total assets at the end of the most recently completed fiscal year, and25%of either income from continuing operations before taxes or revenues from continuing operations for that fiscal year the corporation will conclusively be deemed to have retained a significant continu ing business activity.
Under Nevada law, in the absence of a specification in the corporation’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws, once a quorum is obtained, the affirmative vote of a majority of shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the subject matter is required for shareholder action; however, under Nevada law directors are elected by a plurality of votes present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the election of directors. .
Nevada law generally requires that a merger or sale of assets be approved by a vote of a majority of the shares outstanding and entitled to vote on the transaction. Approval of stockholders is not necessary: (a) for a transfer of assets by way of mortgage, or in trust or in pledge to secure indebtedness of the corporation; or (b) to abandon the sale, lease or exchange of assets.
Dissenters’ or Appraisal Rights
Under the IBCA, appraisal rights are available in connection with the following actions in which shareholder approval is required: (a) an amendment to the articles that reduces the number of shares of a class owned by the shareholder to a fraction and the corporation has a right or obligation to repurchase the fractional share; (b) certain plans of merger or exchange; (c) a disposition of assets that would leave the corporation without a significant continuing business activity; or (d) any other amendment to the articles of incorporation, merger, share exchange or disposition of assets as provided by the corporation’s articles of incorporation, bylaws or action by the board of directors; provided, however, that Idaho law does not afford appraisal rights in connection with the actions described in clauses (a) through (c) to the holders of any class or series of shares that are (i) listed on the New York stock exchange or the American stock exchange or designated as a n ational market system security or (ii) not so listed or designated, but have at least 2,000 shareholders and the outstanding shares of such class or series have a market value of at least $20,000,000, exclusive of the value of such shares held by the corporation’s subsidiaries, senior executives, directors or beneficial shareholders owning more than 10% of such shares.
Nevada law generally affords dissenters’ rights of appraisal with respect to stock of a corporation in a merger or consolidation, pursuant to NRS § §92A.300 to NRS 92A.500, unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or the bylaws of the issuing corporation in effect
Pursuant to Section 30-1-1302 of the IBCA, the shareholders of the Company will not be entitled to appraisal rights as a result of the reincorporation merger.
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Accounting Treatment of the Reincorporation Merger
The reincorporation merger would be accounted for as a reverse merger whereby, for accounting purposes, the Company would be considered the acquirer and the surviving corporation would be treated as the successor to the historical operations of the Company. Accordingly, the historical financial statements of the Company, which the Company previously reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Forms 10-KSB and 10-QSB, among other forms, as of and for all period through the date of this proxy statement, would be treated as the financial statements of the surviving corporation.
Regulatory Approval
To the Company’s knowledge, the only required regulatory or governmental approval or filings necessary in connection with the consummation of the reincorporation merger would be the filing of articles of merger with the Secretary of State of Idaho and the filing of a certificate of merger with the Secretary of State of Nevada.
Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences
The Company believes, that, for federal income tax purposes, no gain or loss would be recognized by the holders of the common stock of Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. as a result of the consummation of the reincorporation merger and no gain or loss would be recognized by Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. or Thunder Mountain Gold Nevada. The Company believes that each former holder of common stock of Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. would have the same basis in the common stock of the surviving corporation received by such person pursuant to the reincorporation merger as such holder had in the common stock of Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. held by such person immediately prior to the consummation of the reincorporation merger, and such person’s holding period with respect to such common stock of the surviving corporation would include the period during which such holder held the corresponding common stock of Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc., provided the latter was held by such person as a c apital asset immediately prior to the consummation of the reincorporation merger.
State, local or foreign income tax consequences to stockholders may vary from the federal tax consequences described above. STOCKHOLDERS SHOULD CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISERS AS TO THE EFFECT OF THE REINCORPORATION UNDER APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL OR FOREIGN INCOME TAX LAWS.
Mechanics of Reincorporation
The proposed reincorporation will be effected by utilizing a previously formed entity known as Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc., a Nevada Corporation. Upon the effective date of the reincorporation each outstanding share of Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. Idaho Common Stock will automatically be converted into one share of Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. Nevada Common Stock. Each outstanding certificate representing shares of Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. Idaho Common Stock will continue to represent the same number of shares of Common Stock of Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc Nevada.
IT WILL NOT BE NECESSARY FOR SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY TO EXCHANGE THEIR EXISTING STOCK CERTIFICATES FOR STOCK CERTIFICATES OF THUNDER MOUNTAIN GOLD, INC. NEVADA.
In accordance with Idaho law, the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the Common Stock of Thunder Mountain Gold Idaho is required for approval of the Reincorporation and the other terms of the proposed reincorporation. The Idaho Business Corporation Act contains no provisions for dissenters' or appraisal rights on the part of the shareholders of Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. Idaho in connection with the proposed reincorporation.
No Change will be made in the Name, Business or Physical Location of the Company
The proposed reincorporation from Idaho to Nevada will effect a change in the legal domicile of the Company and other changes of a legal nature, some of which are described in this Proxy Statement. However, the reincorporation will not result in any significant change in the name, business, management, location of the principal executive office, assets, liabilities or net worth of the Company.
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Additional Information
Shareholders may wish to consult the relevant internet site of Idaho which is listed below:
Idaho internet address: http://www3.state.id.us/idstat/TOC/idstTOC.html
Shareholders may wish to consult the relevant internet site of Nevada which is listed below:
Nevada internet address: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Law1.cfm
Shareholders are cautioned that the content of the foregoing internet site may not be up-to-date with current legislation whether in the State of Idaho or the State of Nevada. The Company disclaims any obligation to and does not warrant (expressly or impliedly) any information contained on such web-site(s).
Shareholders may also wish to consult legal counsel in Idaho or Nevada as to their individual interests.
No Dissent Rights
Pursuant to Section 30-1-1302 of the IBCA, the shareholders of the Company will not be entitled to appraisal rights as a result of the reincorporation merger.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR”
PROPOSAL 2:
OTHER BUSINESS
As of the date of this Proxy Statement, the Board of Directors is not aware of any matters that will be presented for action at the Special Meeting other than those described above. Should other business properly be brought before the Special Meeting, it is intended that the accompanying Proxy will be voted thereon in the discretion of the persons named as proxies.
SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS AND OTHER MATTERS
The Company's next Annual meeting is scheduled for May, 2008. A Stockholder who desires to have a qualified proposal considered for inclusion in the Proxy Statement for that meeting must notify the Company’s Secretary of the terms and content of the proposal no later than February 29, 2008. The Company’s By-Laws outline the procedures including notice provisions, for stockholder nomination of directors and other stockholder business to be brought before stockholders at the Special Meeting..A copy of the pertinent By-Law provisions are available upon written request to Eric T. Jones, Secretary, Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc.,1239 Parkview Drive, Elko, Nevada 89801
FORM 10-KSB
Any shareholder of record may obtain a copy of the Company's Special Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 (the "Form 10-KSB"), without cost, upon written request to the Secretary of the Company. The Form 10-KSB is not part of the proxy solicitation material for the Special Meeting. Additionally, the Securities and Exchange Commission maintains a web site that contains reports and other information at the following address http://www.sec.gov.
By Order of the Board of Directors
/s/ E. JAMES COLLORD
E. James Collord, President & Principal Executive Officer
December 14, 2007
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EXHIBIT A
PLAN OF MERGER
Of
THUNDER MOUNTAIN GOLD, INC. (IDAHO)
and
THUNDER MOUNTAIN GOLD, INC. (NEVADA)
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Merger Agreement”) is entered into as of the ___ day of _________, 2008 by and between Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Surviving Corporation”), and Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc., an Idaho corporation (“Merging Corporation”). Surviving Corporation and Merging Corporation are sometimes collectively referred to hereinafter as the “Constituent Corporations.”
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Surviving Corporation is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Nevada and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Merging Corporation;
WHEREAS, Merging Corporation is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Idaho; and
WHEREAS, Surviving Corporation and Merging Corporation and their respective Boards of Directors deem it advisable and in the best interests of the corporations and their respective stockholders to merge Merging Corporation with and into Surviving Corporation pursuant to the Idaho Business Corporation Act and the Nevada General Corporate Law upon the terms and conditions set forth herein;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the mutual covenants, herein contained, and other valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree that Merging Corporation shall be merged with and into Surviving Corporation (the “Merger”) pursuant to the terms and conditions herein set forth.
AGREEMENT
1. General.
1.1 The Merger. On the Effective Date (as herein defined) of the Merger, Merging Corporation shall be merged with and into Surviving Corporation and the separate existence of Merging Corporation shall cease and Surviving Corporation shall survive such Merger. The name of Surviving Corporation shall be Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc.
1.2 Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws. The certificate of incorporation of Surviving Corporation as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date shall be the certificate of incorporation of Surviving Corporation after consummation of the Merger. The Bylaws of Surviving Corporation as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date shall be the Bylaws of Surviving Corporation after consummation of the Merger.
1.3 Directors and Officers. The directors and officers of Merging Corporation shall, from and after the Effective Date, be the directors and officers of Surviving Corporation, until the earlier of their resignation or removal or until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified.
1.4 Property and Liabilities of Constituent Corporations. On the Effective Date, the separate existence of Merging Corporation shall cease and Merging Corporation shall be merged into Surviving Corporation. Surviving Corporation, from and after the Effective Date, shall possess all the rights, privileges, powers and franchises of whatsoever nature and description, of a public as well as of a private nature, and be subject to all the restrictions, disabilities and duties of each of the Constituent Corporations; all rights, privileges, powers and franchises of each of the Constituent Corporations, and all property, real, personal and mixed, of and debts due to either of the Constituent Corporations on whatever account as well for stock subscriptions as all other things in action or belonging to each of the Constituent Corporations shall be vested in Surviving Corporation; and all property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises, and all other interests sha ll be thereafter as effectually the property of Surviving Corporation as they were of the several and respective Constituent Corporations and the title to any real estate vested by deed or otherwise in either of the Constituent Corporations shall not revert or be in any way impaired by reason of the Merger. All rights of creditors and all liens upon the property of the Constituent Corporations shall be preserved unimpaired, and all debts, liabilities and duties of the Constituent Corporations
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thenceforth shall attach to Surviving Corporation, and may be enforced against it to the same extent as if said debts, liabilities and duties had been incurred or contracted by it. Any claim existing or action or proceeding, whether civil, criminal or administrative, pending by or against either Constituent Corporation may be prosecuted to judgment or decree as if the Merger had not taken place, or Surviving Corporation may be substituted in such action or proceeding.
1.5 Further Assurances. Merging Corporation agrees that, at any time, or from time to time, as and when requested by Surviving Corporation, or by its successors and assigns, it will execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered in its name by its last acting officers, or by the corresponding officers of Surviving Corporation, all such conveyances, assignments, transfers, deeds or other instruments, and will take or cause to be taken such further or other action as Surviving Corporation, its successors or assigns may deem necessary or desirable in order to evidence the transfer, vesting or devolution of any property, right, privilege or franchise or to vest or perfect in or confirm to Surviving Corporation, its successors and assigns, title to and possession of all the property, rights, privileges, powers, franchises and interests referred to in this Section 1 herein and otherwise to carry out the intent and purposes hereof.
1.6 Effective Date. The Merger shall become effective on the later of (a) the day on which an executed copy of a Certificate of Ownership and Merger is filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada in the manner required by the Nevada General Corporation Law and (b) the day on which an executed copy of Articles of Merger are filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Idaho in the manner required by the Idaho Business Corporation Act (the “Effective Date”).
2. Conversion of Securities on Merger.
2.1 Effect of Merger on Capital Stock. Each share of Merging Corporation’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share (other than shares (“Dissenting Shares”) that are owned by shareholders (“Dissenting Shareholders”) that are entitled to and properly exercise appraisal rights pursuant to Sections 10-2B-13.01 through 10-2B-13.32 of the Idaho Business Corporation Act), issued and outstanding immediately before the Effective Date shall, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be converted into and become one (1) validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of Surviving Corporation’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Surviving Corporation Stock”). Each share of Surviving Corporation’s common stock issued and outstanding immediately before the Effective Date of the Merger shall be canceled without any consideration being i ssued or paid therefore, without any further action on the part of the holder thereof.
2.2 Effect of Merger on Options and Warrants. Each option, warrant or other security of the Merging Corporation issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date shall be (a) converted into and shall be an identical security of the Surviving Corporation subject to the same agreement and terms as then exist with respect thereto, and (b) otherwise in the case of securities to acquire common stock of the Merging Corporation, converted into the identical right to acquire the same number of shares of Surviving Corporation Stock as the number of shares of common stock of the Merging Corporation that were acquirable pursuant to such option, warrant or other security. As of the Effective Date, the number of shares of common stock issuable by the Surviving Corporation upon exercise of any such option, warrant or other security shall be deemed reserved by the Surviving Corporation solely for purposes of the exercise of options, warrants or oth er securities.
2.3 Certificates. At and after the Effective Date, all of the outstanding certificates which immediately prior thereto represented shares of Merging Corporation stock (other than Dissenting Shares), or options, warrants or other securities of the Merging Corporation, shall be deemed for all purposes to evidence ownership of and to represent the shares of Surviving Corporation Stock, or options, warrants or other securities of Surviving Corporation, as the case may be, into which the shares of Merging Corporation stock, or options, warrants or other securities of the Surviving Corporation, as the case may be, represented by such certificates have been converted as herein provided and shall be so registered on the books and records of the Surviving Corporation or its transfer agent. The registered owner of any such outstanding certificate shall, until such certificate shall have been surrendered for transfer or otherwise accounted for to the Surviving Corpor ation or its transfer agent, have and be entitled to exercise any voting and other rights with respect to, and to receive any dividends and other distributions
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upon, the shares of Surviving Corporation Stock, or options, warrants or other securities of Surviving Corporation, as the case may be, evidenced by such outstanding certificate, as above provided.
2.4 Appraisal Rights. No Dissenting Shareholder shall be entitled to shares of Surviving Corporation Stock hereunder unless and until the holder thereof shall have failed to perfect or shall have effectively withdrawn or lost such holder’s right to appraisal under the Idaho Business Corporation Act, and any Dissenting Shareholder shall be entitled to receive only the payment provided by the Idaho Business Corporation Act with respect to Dissenting Shares owned by such Dissenting Shareholder. If any person or entity who otherwise would be deemed a Dissenting Shareholder shall have failed to properly perfect or shall have effectively withdrawn or lost the right to appraisal with respect to any shares which would be Dissenting Shares but for that failure to perfect or withdrawal or loss of the right to appraisal, such Dissenting Shares shall thereupon be treated as though such Dissenting Shares had been converted into shares of Surv iving Corporation Stock.
3. Foreign Qualification. Surviving Corporation covenants and agrees, to the extent required by applicable law, to register or qualify, as applicable, to do business as a foreign corporation in those states in which Merging Corporation is qualified to do business immediately prior to the Effective Date.
4. Conditions to the Obligations of the Constituent Corporations to Effect the Merger.
4.1 Approval by Stockholders. The stockholders of Merging Corporation shall have approved the Merger and this Merger Agreement in accordance with Idaho law.
4.2 Governmental Approvals; No Restraints. No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling, injunction or other order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or enforced by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits, restrains, enjoins or restricts the consummation of the Merger.
5. Amendment. The respective Boards of Directors of the Constituent Corporations may amend this Merger Agreement at any time prior to the Effective Date, provided that an amendment made subsequent to the approval of the Merger by the stockholders of Merging Corporation shall not (a) alter or change the amount or kind of shares, securities, cash, property or rights to be received under this Merger Agreement by the shareholders of Merging Corporation; (b) alter or change any term of the Certificate of Incorporation of Surviving Corporation; or (c) alter or change any of the terms and conditions of this Merger Agreement if such alteration or change would adversely affect the shareholders of Merging Corporation.
6. Miscellaneous.
6.1 Counterparts. This Merger Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and via facsimile or other similar electronic transmission, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which taken together shall constitute one Merger Agreement.
6.2 Termination. This Merger Agreement may be terminated and the Merger abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Date, whether before or after stockholder approval of this Merger Agreement, by the consent of the Board of Directors of either of the Constituent Corporations.
6.3 Governing Law. The Merger and this Merger Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Nevada.
6.4 No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Merger Agreement is for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and is not intended to and shall not confer upon any person other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies hereunder.
6.5 Severability. If any provision of this Merger Agreement (or any portion thereof) or the application of any such provision (or any portion thereof) to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability
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shall not affect any other provision hereof (or the remaining portion thereof) or the application of such provision to any other person or circumstances.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Constituent Corporations have executed this Merger Agreement as of the date and year first above written.
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AGREEMENT BY SURVIVING CORPORATION WITH SECRETARY OF STATE
TO: Secretary of State of the State of Nevada:
The undersigned corporation, a Nevada corporation, pursuant to the provisions of Nevada Law, hereby executes the following Agreement of Merger with the Secretary of the State of Nevada:
1.
The name of the undersigned corporation is Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc.
2.
The undersigned corporation is the surviving corporation pursuant to a merger effected on January XX, 2008, with Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc., an Idaho Corporation.
3.
The undersigned corporation is to be governed by the laws of the State of Nevada.
4.
The undersigned corporation hereby agrees that it may be served with process in the State of Nevada in any proceeding for the enforcement of any obligation of any domestic corporation which is a party to this merger and in any such domestic corporation against the surviving corporation.
5.
The undersigned corporation hereby irrevocably appoints the Secretary of the State of Nevada as its agent to accept service of process in any proceeding described hereinabove in paragraph 4 of this Agreement.
6.
The undersigned corporation hereby agrees that it will promptly pay to the dissenting shareholders of any such domestic corporation the amount, if any, to which such dissenting shareholder shall be entitled under the provisions of Nevada Business Corporation Act, Chpt.NRS 92A.300 to92A.500, inclusive and the Idaho Business Corporation Act, with respect to the rights of dissenting shareholders of Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc., an Idaho corporation.
DATED this _________day of __________________, 2008.
THUNDER MOUNTAIN GOLD, INC.
By:
E. James Collord
Title:
President
STATE OF
NEVADA
)
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County of
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On this______day of January, 2008, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the State of Nevada, personally appeared E. James Collord, to me known to be the President of Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc., who executed the within and foregoing instrument and acknowledged the said instrument to be the free and voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein mentioned, and on oath states that he was authorized to execute said instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal and affixed my official seal the day and year first above written.
Notary Public in and for the State of Nevada, residing at______________.My Commission expires:
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EXHIBIT B
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
of
THUNDER MOUNTAIN GOLD, INC. (NEVADA
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