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Exhibit 3.3
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF GR-MONTANA
DEPARTMENT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
OF THE
STATE OF MONTANA
BE IT KNOWN THAT
GOLD RESERVE MINING COMPANY
In accordance with the provisions of the laws of the State of
Montana on the thirteenth day of November A. D. 1956, caused its Articles of
Incorporation to be filed in the office of the County Clerk of Gallatin County,
State of Montana, in which county the principal business of said company is to
be transacted.
Now, therefore, I, S. C. Arnold, Secretary of State of the State of
Montana, do hereby certify that a copy of the Articles of Incorporation of
GOLD RESERVE MINING COMPANY
certified by the County Clerk of the aforesaid County, and containing the
required statement of facts prescribed by law has been filed in this office, and
that such corporation is a body politic and corporate, and is authorized to do
business in the State of Montana for a term of forty years.
WITNESS my official Signature
hereunto subscribed and the Great
Seal of the State of Montana,
hereunto affixed this sixth day of
December in the year one thousand
nine hundred and fifty-six.
S.C. Arnold
Secretary of State
By
Deputy
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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
GOLD RESERVE MINING COMPANY
A Montana Corporation
We, the undersigned, DELBROOK LICHTENBERG, WILLIAM FORAN, OLIVER
EBERT, DON B. BENNETT and H.B. LANDOE, do by these presents, pursuant to and in
conformity with Section 15-108 of the Revised Codes of Montana, 1947, associate
ourselves together to form a corporation, and do hereby certify that:
I.
The name of the Corporation is:
GOLD RESERVE MINING COMPANY
II.
The purposes for which said Corporation is formed are as follows:
A. To acquire, hold, work and operate mines and lodes bearing gold,
silver and other associate minerals and to acquire, own and use water, water
rights, system for the use, treatment and distribution of water, millsites and
mills incident to the extraction, treatment and reduction of the ores of said
minerals, and from time to time, to sell and convey such mines, mills, water
rights and ores.
B. To locate mining claims and to acquire, buy, sell and lease all
types of real estate including mining claims, agricultural lands and buildings.
C. To purchase real estate and to erect buildings and improvements
of any kind or nature whatsoever, including the laying out and platting of
subdivisions, and the locating, laying out and constructing of roads, bridges,
water mains, gas and oil mains, drifts, tunnels, power plants or any other
structure necessary or incidental to the purposes and objects of this
corporation.
D. To explore for oil and gases, and to drill, operate, own, buy and
sell oil and gas wells, oil and gas leases and royalties or any other interest
incidental to the ownership, development or operation of oil and gas wells.
E. To purchase, hold, pledge, transfer, sell or otherwise dispose of
or deal in the shares of the capital stock, bonds, debentures, notes or other
securities or assets or evidences of indebtedness of any corporation; to
receive, collect and disburse dividends, interest or other income of any such
securities held by it, and to do any and all acts and things tending to increase
the value of said corporation; to issue bonds and secure the same by pledge or
deed of trust, of or upon any part of such securities or other property owned or
held by the Corporation, and to sell or pledge such bonds for corporate
purposes, and in the promotion of its corporate business, and to purchase,
receive hold, and dispose of any securities of any person or corporation,
whether such securities be bonds, mortgages, debentures, notes, shares of
capital stock or otherwise and in respect to any such securities to exercise any
and all rights and privileges of ownership thereof and generally to act as
investment brokers, agents or principals; to borrow and lend money and negotiate
loans; to draw, accept, endorse, buy and sell promissory notes, bonds, stocks,
debentures, coupons and other securities; to issue on commission, subscribe for,
take, acquire, hold, sell, exchange and deal in shares, bonds, obligations and
securities of any government authority or company; to form, promote, subsidize
and assist companies, syndicates or partnerships of all types and to finance and
refinance the same.
In general, to carry on any other lawful business whatsoever, in
connection with the foregoing which is calculated, designed or intended to
promote the interests of the corporation, or to enhance the value of its
properties.
III.
The principal business of said corporation shall be transacted and
its principal office shall be kept at Bozeman, Montana.
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IV.
The term for which said Corporation is to exist is forty (40) years
from and after the issuance of a Certificate of Incorporation by the Secretary
of State.
V.
The number of directors who shall manage the business affairs of
said corporation shall be five, and the names and residences of the five
directors who shall manage the business and affairs of the said corporation for
the first three months and until their successors are elected and qualified are:
DELBROOK LICHTENBERG Ennis, Montana
WILLIAM FORAN Seattle, Washington
OLIVER EBERT White Sulphur Springs, Montana
DON B. BENNETT Bozeman, Montana
H. B. LANDOE Bozeman, Montana
VI.
The capital stock of said Corporation shall be $3,000,000 divided
into 30,000,000 shares with the par value of 10 cents per share.
VII.
The amount of capital stock actually subscribed is as follows:
DELBROOK LICHTENBERG 100 shares $10.00
WILLIAM FORAN 100 shares $10.00
OLIVER EBERT 100 shares $10.00
DON B. BENNETT 100 shares $10.00
H. B. LANDOE 100 shares $10.00
Witness our hands this 17th day of October, 1956.
/s/ DELBROOK LICHTENBERG
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/s/ WM. T. FORAN
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/s/ OLIVER EBERT
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/s/ DON B. BENNETT
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/s/ H.B. LANDOE
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STATE OF MONTANA )
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County of Gallatin )
On this 17th day of October, A.D., 1956, before me, JOSEPH B. GARY,
a Notary Public for the State of Montana, personally appeared DELBROOK
LICHTENBERG, WILLIAM FORAN, OLIVER EBERT, DON B. BENNETT and H. B. LANDOE, known
to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the within instrument and
acknowledged to me that they had executed the same.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
Notarial Seal the day and year first above written.
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/s/ JOSEPH B. GARY
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(NOTARIAL SEAL) Notary Public for the State of Montana
Residing at Bozeman, Montana
My commission expires June 1, 1957
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