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EXHIBIT 10.5

PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA  Ministry of Energy Mines and Petroleum
                              Resources

            RECORD OF 2 POST CLAIM - MINERAL TENURE ACT
                            (Section 24)
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Mining Division                         Tenure No.
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Gold Commissioner                       Date of Record
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                APPLICATION TO RECORD A 4 POST CLAIM

     I, Gerard Gallissant, Name of Locator, 783 MacCleave Avenue,
Penticton, British Columbia V2A 3C4, (604) 492-2959, Client No. 109141,
Agent for Hugh Grenfal, 3337 West 30th Avenue, Vancouver, British
Columbia V6S 1W3, Client No. 110359, hereby apply for record of a 4
Post Claim for the location as outlined on the attached copy of mineral
titles reference map No. 82E/4E, in the Osoyoos Mining Division.

                               ACCESS

     Describe how you gained access to the location; include references
to roads, trails, topographic features, permanent landmarks and a
description of the legal post location.

     From Osoyoos, travel west on highway 3 for 11km.  Turn at the Mt.
Kobau forestry road, turn north and travel for 20km to the radio tower.
The legal post is located 1600 metres west and 400 metres south of Mt.
Kobau.

GPS co-ordinates taken of posts: Yes [ ] No [x] If yes, complete
information on reverse.

                          TAG INFORMATION

     I have affixed the portion of the metal identification tag
embossed "INITIAL POST (No. 1) to the initial post and impressed this
information on the tag:

TAG NO. 681267 M INITIAL POST (No. 1)

CLAIM NAME          MAK 5
LOCATOR             Gerard Gallissant
AGENT FOR           HUGH GRENFAL
DATE COMMENCED      AUGUST 28, 1999
TIME                14:51
DIR. TO F.P.        240 degrees
METRES TO RIGHT     ___________
METRES TO LEFT      500


"Direction" means a bearing measured between 0 degrees and 360 degrees,
where 0 degrees is the bearing of true north.

     I have securely affixed the portion of the metal identification
tag embossed "FINAL POST (No. 2)" to the final post (or the witness
post") and impressed this information on the tag:






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CLAIM NAME          MAK 5
LOCATOR             Gerard Gallissant
AGENT FOR           HUGH GRENFAL
DIST. FROM I.P.     500 metres
DATE COMPLETED      AUGUST 28, 1999
TIME COMPLETED      15:43

If a witness post was placed for final post: Bearing and distance from
witness post to the true position of the final corner post, exactly as
written on the witness post: _____ degrees, _____ metres.


                           ACKNOWLEDGMENT

     I have complied with all of the terms and conditions of the
Mineral Tenure Act and Regulation pertaining to the location of 2 post
claims and have attached a plan of the location on which the positions
of the initial and final post (and witness post if applicable) are
indicated.  The tag information supplied above is the identical
information that I impressed upon the respective tags affixed to the
applicable post when I located this claim, and this information is true
and correct.

/s/ Gerard Gallissant
Signature of Locator

SEAL

RECEIVED
GOVERNMENT AGENT
PENTICTON
SEP - 7 1999
Not an Official Receipt
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