1 CONRAD C. LYSIAK Attorney and Counselor at Law 601 West First Avenue Suite 503 Spokane, Washington 99204 (509) 624-1478 FAX (509) 747-1770 October 23, 1997 Securities and Exchange Commission 450 Fifth Avenue N.W. Washington, D. C. 20549 RE: Maxam Gold Corporation Gentlemen: Please be advised that, I have reached the following conclusions regarding the above offering: 1. Maxam Gold Corporation (the "Company") is a duly and legally organized and exiting Utah state corporation, with its registered office located in Salt Lake City, Utah and its principal place of business located in East Peoria, Illinois. The Articles of Incorporation and corporate registration fees were submitted to the Utah Secretary of State's office and filed with the office on August 7, 1974. The Company's existence and form is valid and legal pursuant to the representation above. 2. The Company is a fully and duly incorporated Utah corporate entity. The Company has one class of Common Stock at this time. Neither the Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, and amendments thereto, nor subsequent resolutions change the non-assessable characteristics of the Company's common shares of stock. The Common Stock previously issued by the Company is in legal form and in compliance with the laws of the state of Utah, and when such stock was issued it was fully paid for and non-assessable. The warrants and/or common stock to be sold under this Form SB-2 Registration Statement are likewise legal under the laws of the state of Utah, and the common stock to be issued upon the exercise of the warrants common stock, when exercised, will be legally issued, fully paid for and non-assessable. 2 Securities and Exchange Commission RE: Maxam Gold Corporation October 23, 1997 3. To my knowledge, the Company is not a party to any legal proceedings nor are there any judgments against the Company, nor are there any actions or suits filed or threatened against it or its officers and directors, in their capacities as such, other than as set forth in the registration statement. I know of no disputes involving the Company and the Company has no claims, actions or inquires from any federal, state or other governmental agency, other than as set forth in the registration statement. I know of no claims against the Company or any reputed claims against it at this time, other than as set forth in the registration statement. 4. The Company's outstanding shares are all common shares. There are no liquidation preference rights held by any of the shareholders upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation of the Company. 5. The directors and officers of the Company are indemnified against all costs, expenses, judgments and liabilities, including attorney's fees, reasonably incurred by or imposed upon them or any of them in connection with or resulting from any action, suit or proceedings, civil or general, in which the officer or director is or may be made a party by reason of his being or having been such a director or officer. This indemnification is not exclusive of other rights to which such director or officer may be entitled as a matter of law. 6. All tax benefits to be derived from the Company's operations shall inure to the benefit of the Company. Shareholders will receive no tax benefits from their stock ownership, however, this must be reviewed in light of the Tax Reform Act of 1986. 7. By director's resolution, the Company is authorized the issuance of up to 9,109,172 Warrants to purchase 9,109,172 shares of Common Stock and 9,109,172 shares of Common Stock. The Company's Articles of Incorporation presently provide the authority to the Company to issue 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.00001 par value. Therefore, a Board of Directors' Resolution which authorized the issuance for sale of up to 9,109,172 Warrants to purchase 9,109,172 shares of Common Stock thereunder, would be within the authority of the Company's directors and would result in the legal issuance of said shares. Yours truly, /s/ Conrad C. Lysiak