MINERAL PROPERTY PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT dated for reference December 22, 2003.
BETWEEN:
EDWARD MCCROSSAN, of 1225 Barclay Street, Suite 204,
Vancouver, British Columbia, V6E 1H5; and
(the "Vendor")
OF THE FIRST PART
AND:
MONDIAL VENTURES, INC., a body corporate, duly incorporated
under the laws of the State of Nevada and having an office at
8416 Angus Drive, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6P 5L3;
(the "Purchaser")
OF THE SECOND PART
W H E R E A S :
A. The Vendor is the owner of four mineral claims located
approximately 20 kilometres west of Port Alice, British Columbia are more
particularly described in Schedule "A" attached hereto which forms a material
part hereof (collectively, the "Claims");
B. The Vendor has agreed to sell and The Purchaser has agreed to
purchase a 100% right, interest and title in and to the Claims, subject to a 2%
net smelter returns royalty,upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;
NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH that in consideration
of the mutual covenants and provisos herein contained, THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE
AS FOLLOWS:
1. VENDOR'S REPRESENTATIONS
1.1 The Vendor represents and warrants to the Purchaser that:
(a) The Vendor is the registered and beneficial owner of the
Claims and holds the right to transfer title to the Claims
and to explore and develop the Claims;
(b) The Vendor holds the Claims free and clear of all liens,
charges and claims of others, and the Vendor has a free and
unimpeded right of access to the Claims and has use of the
Claims surface for the herein purposes;
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(c) The Claims have been duly and validly located and
recorded in a good and miner-like manner pursuant to the laws
of British Columbia and are in good standing in British
Columbia as of the date of this Agreement;
(d) There are no adverse claims or challenges against or to
the Vendor's ownership of or title to any of the Claims nor to
the knowledge of the Vendor is there any basis therefor, and
there are no outstanding agreements or options to acquire or
purchase the Claims or any portion thereof;
(e) The Vendor has the full right, authority and capacity
to enter into this Agreement without first obtaining the
consent of any other person or body corporate and the
consummation of the transaction herein contemplated will not
conflict with or result in any breach of any covenants or
agreements contained in, or constitute a default under, or
result in the creation of any encumbrance under the provisions
of any indenture, agreement or other instrument whatsoever to
which the Vendor is a party or by which he is bound or to
which he is subject; and
(f) No proceedings are pending for, and the Vendor is
unaware of any basis for, the institution of any proceedings
which could lead to the placing of either Vendor in
bankruptcy, or in any position similar to bankruptcy.
1.2 The representations and warranties of the Vendor set out in
paragraph 1.1 above form a part of this Agreement and are conditions upon which
the Purchaser has relied in entering into this Agreement and shall survive the
acquisition of any interest in the Claims by the Purchaser.
2. THE PURCHASER'S REPRESENTATIONS
The Purchaser warrants and represents to the Vendor that it is
a body corporate, duly incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada with
full power and absolute capacity to enter into this Agreement and that the terms
of this Agreement have been authorized by all necessary corporate acts and deeds
in order to give effect to the terms hereof.
3. SALE OF CLAIMS
The Vendor hereby sells, grants and devises to the Purchaser a
100% undivided right, title and interest in and to the Claims, subject to a 2%
net smelter returns royalty, in consideration of th Purchaser paying $6,000 to
the Vendor upon the closing of this Agreement.
4. CLOSING
The sale and purchase of the interest in the Claims shall be
closed at 10:00 A.M. on January 5, 2004 at the offices of the Purchaser, or such
other place and time acceptable to both parties.
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5. COVENANTS OF THE PURCHASER
The Purchaser shall perform all work on the Claims in a
miner-like manner and shall comply with all laws, regulations and permitting
requirements of Canada and the Province of British Columbia including compliance
with all:
(a) environmental statutes, guidelines and regulations;
(b) work permit conditions for lakes and streams; and
(c) work restrictions relating to forest fire hazards.
6. FORCE MAJEURE
If the Purchaser is prevented from or delayed in complying
with any provisions of this Agreement by reason of strikes, labour disputes,
lockouts, labour shortages, power shortages, fires, wars, acts of God,
governmental regulations restricting normal operations or any other reason or
reasons beyond the control of the Purchaser, the time limited for the
performance of the various provisions of this Agreement as set out above shall
be extended by a period of time equal in length to the period of such prevention
and delay, and the Purchaser, insofar as is possible, shall promptly give
written notice to the Vendor of the particulars of the reasons for any
prevention or delay under this section, and shall take all reasonable steps to
remove the cause of such prevention or delay and shall give written notice to
the Vendor as soon as such cause ceases to exist.
7. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement to date
between the parties hereto and supersedes every previous agreement,
communication, expectation, negotiation, representation or understanding,
whether oral or written, express or implied, statutory or otherwise, between the
parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.
8. NOTICE
8.1 Any notice required to be given under this Agreement shall
be deemed to be well and sufficiently given if delivered to the other party at
its respective address first noted above, and any notice given as aforesaid
shall be deemed to have been given, if delivered, when delivered, or if mailed,
on the fourth business day after the date of mailing thereof.
8.2 Either party may from time to time by notice in writing change
its address for the purpose of this paragraph.
9. RELATIONSHIP OF PARTIES
Nothing contained in this Agreement shall, except to the
extent specifically authorized hereunder, be deemed to constitute either party a
partner, agent or legal representative of the other party.
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10. FURTHER ASSURANCES
The parties hereto agree to do or cause to be done all acts or
things necessary to implement and carry into effect the provisions and intent of
this Agreement.
11. TIME OF ESSENCE
Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement.
12. TITLES
The titles to the respective sections hereof shall not be
deemed a part of this Agreement but shall be regarded as having been used for
convenience only.
13. CURRENCY
All funds referred to under the terms of this Agreement shall
be funds designated in the lawful currency of the United States of America.
14. NONSEVERABILITY
This Agreement shall be considered and construed as a single
instrument and the failure to perform any of the terms and conditions in this
Agreement shall constitute a violation or breach of the entire instrument or
Agreement and shall constitute the basis for cancellation or termination.
15. APPLICABLE LAW
The situs of the Agreement is Vancouver, British Columbia, and
for all purposes this Agreement will be governed exclusively by and construed
and enforced in accordance with the laws prevailing in the Province of British
Columbia.
16. ENUREMENT
This Agreement shall enure to the benefit of and be binding
upon the Parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF this Agreement has been executed as of the
day and year first above written.
MONDIAL VENTURES, INC.
/s/ Edward McCrossan per: /s/ Scott Taylor
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Edward McCrossan Scott Taylor, President
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SCHEDULE "A"
The Claims consist in the aggregate of four mineral claims located in the
Nanaimo Mining Division, British Columbia with the following tenure numbers:
Name of Claim Tenure Number
Q2 381595
Q3 381596
Q4 381597
Q5 381598