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Recording requested by, and  |
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Summa Metals Corp.           |
28281 Crown Valley Pkwy.     |
Suite 225                    |
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677      |
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                       PLACER MINING CLAIM LOCATION NOTICE
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     PLEASE  TAKE NOTICE  that on April 1, 1998,  the  persons  named below have
located an  association  placer  mining  claim,  named "DEEP GOLD,"  situated on
public  surveyed  land,  in the south  half of  Section 11 and the south half of
Section 12,  Township 10 South,  Range 36 East,  M.D.M.,  in the County of Inyo,
State of California;  and the discovery point and the boundary of this claim are
marked by conspicuous and substantial monuments,  clearly identified,  at the at
each claim corner, as follows:

     Commencing at the NE corner ("corner No. 1"), being the location  monument,
     situated  100 feet due east of the County Road and 4,190 feet N65E from the
     SW corner of Section 12, Township 10 South, Range 26 East,  M.D.M.;  thence
     due west 1,120 feet to "corner  No. 2";  thence  N77W 2,100 feet to "corner
     No. 3"; thence S63W 2,320 feet to "corner No. 4"; thence N81W 2,380 feet to
     "corner No. 5," being the NW corner of the claim; thence due south 440 feet
     to "corner No. 6," being the SW corner of the claim; thence S81E 2,380 feet
     to "corner No. 7";  thence N63 E 2,320 feet to "corner No. 8";  thence S77E
     2,100 feet to "corner  No.  9";  thence due east 1,120 feet to "corner  No.
     10,"  being the SE corner of the  claim;  and  thence 440 feet due north to
     "corner No. 1," the point of beginning and the point of discovery.

     Each corner of this claim and the  location  are marked with  white-colored
     wooden monuments.

     This placer mining claim contains eighty (80) acres.

     The locators and owners of this placer mining claim are:

          Michael M. Chaffee, 28281 Crown Valley Parkway #225, Laguna Niguel, CA
          92677;  and Bruce  Cooper,  28281 Crown Valley  Parkway  #225,  Laguna
          Niguel, CA 92677;  Raymond Baptista,  28281 Crown Valley Parkway #225,
          Laguna  Niguel,  CA 92677;  and Bryan  Jackowitz,  28281 Crown  Valley
          Parkway #225, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677

     Attached  hereto is a map  showing a sketch of the  outline of this  placer
     mining claim.

Signed: /s/ Michael M. Chaffee                    Date: April 2, 1998
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            MICHAEL M. CHAFFEE, for himself
            and as agent for Bruce Cooper,
            Raymond Baptista and Bryan Jackowitz