Articles of Organization
                            Limited-Liability Company
                              (Pursuant to NRS 86)
                                 STATE OF NEVADA
                               Secretary of State


(For Office Use Only)
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    IMPORTANT: Read Instructions on reverse side before completing this form.
                         TYPE OR PRINT (BLACK INK ONLY)

1.   Name of Limited Liability Company: The Plum Mining Co., LLC
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2.   Dissolution Date (latest date upon which the company is to be dissolved):
                                                                       50 years
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3.   Resident Agent: (designated resident agent and the STREET ADDRESS in Nevada
     where process may be served:

     Name of Resident Address:  W. Hughes Brockbank
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     Street Address:  1721 E.       5th Street      Carson City, NV      89701
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                     Street No.     Street Name         City              Zip
     Mailing Address (if different):  Same
4.   Right of remaining members of the company to continue the business on the
     death, retirement, resignation, expulsion, bankruptcy or dissolution of a
     member or occurrence of any other event which terminates the continued
     membership of a member in the company:
     X      Yes           No
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5.   Management: the Company shall be managed by X manager(s) OR members Names
     and addresses of manager(s) or members: (attach additional pages if
     necessary)
     1.   W. Hughes Brockbank 1721 E. 5th Street Carson City, NV 89701
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     2.
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     If managed by members, members may contract debts on behalf of the company
     X      Yes           No
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6.   Other Matters: This form includes the minimal statutory requirements to
     organize under NRS 86. Please attach any other information deemed
     appropriate. Number of pages attached:
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7.   Signature of organizer(s) The name(s) and address(s) of the organizer(s)
     executing the articles:
(Signatures must be notarized)                 (Attach additional pages of there
                                                are more than two organizers)

W. Hughes Brockbank
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Name (print)                               Name (print)

1721 E. 5th Street Carson City, NV  89701
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Adddress                                   Address

/s/  W. Hughes Brockbank          11/1/96
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Signature                           Date   Signature                        Date


This instrument was acknoledged before    This instrument was acknoledged before
me on                                     me on

November 1st, 1996  By                                               , 19  , by
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/s/ M. Edsall
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          Name of Person                              Name of Person

as organizer                               as organizer
of  THE PLUM MINIG CO., LLC                of
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(name of party on behalf of whom           (name of party on behalf of whom
 instrument was executed)                   instrument was executed)

/s/  M. Edsall
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      Notary Public Signature                   Notary Public Signature

   (affix notary stamp or seal)                (affix notary stamp or seal)

8.   Certificate of accepatance of approintment of resident agent: I, W. Hughes
     Brockbank hereby accept appointment as resident agent for the above named
     limited-liability company.


/s/  W. Hughes Brockbank                          November 1st, 1996
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Signature of resident agent                           Date