EXHIBIT 10.15

          FIRST AMENDING AGREEMENT TO THE MOUNTAIN VIEW LEASE AGREEMENT

THIS FIRST AMENDING AGREEMENT made as of and effective from the twentieth day of
January, 2004.

BETWEEN:
          WILLIAM G. MOUAT, individually and as Trustee, LAURENNE SUE O'DORISIO
          President of FORT STOCKTON INVESTMENTS, INC., and MOUAT NICKEL MINES,
          INC., LOIS DELANNOY (a/k/a LOIS E. deLANNOY), individually and as
          Trustee of the 1985 DELANNOY FAMILY TRUST, SHIRLEY M. MOUAT, JOHN C.
          MOUAT, DONALD D. MOUAT, ELLEN A. LANGSTON, DONNA DUBA, HAROLD C.
          NELSON, ANNE FUJIWARA, WILLARD FERCH (a/k/a WILLARD A. FERCH), IVER J.
          HJELVIK, DONNA F. HJELVIK, ROBERT MOUAT, DAVID MOUAT and ELLEN L.
          SCHOEMER,

          (collectively, "Lessors")
                                                               OF THE FIRST PART
AND:
          AURORA METALS (BVI) LIMITED, a company incorporated pursuant to the
          laws of the British Virgin Islands, and having an office at Suite
          1505, 1060 Alberni Street, , Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6E
          4K2.

(the "Lessee")
                                                              OF THE SECOND PART
WHEREAS:

A.   By Mountain View Lease Agreement to be dated February 1, 2004 made between
     Lessors and Lessee (the "Mountain View Lease Agreement"), Lessors leased to
     the Company certain patented and unpatented mining claims and tunnel sites
     located in Stillwater County, Montana upon the terms and conditions set
     forth in said Mountain View Lease Agreement; and

B.   Lessors and Lessee have further agreed as herein set forth.

NOW THEREFORE THIS FIRST AMENDING AGREEMENT WITNESSETH that in consideration of
the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, Lessors and Lessee agree as
follows:


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1.   ARTICLE IV - PRODUCTION ROYALTIES, Section D Federal Royalty of the
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     Mountain View Lease Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the words
     "fifty percent (50%) of any Federal Royalty payment may be offset against
     and deducted from any Production Royalties payable to Lessors hereunder"
     and inserting the words "such Federal Royalty shall not be offset against,
     nor deducted from, any Production Royalties payable to Lessors hereunder".

2.   Save as expressly amended herein, the covenants and agreements contained in
     the Mountain View Lease Agreement shall remain in force and full effect.

This First Amending Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which shall constitute
one and the same instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this First Amending
Agreement as of and from the date first written above.

LESSORS:

MOUAT  NICKEL  MINES,  INC.

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LAURENNE  SUE  O'DORISIO,  President

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WILLIAM  G.  MOUAT,  individually  and  as  trustee

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SHIRLEY  M.  MOUAT,  individually


FORT  STOCKTON  INVESTMENTS,  INC.

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LAURENNE SUE O'DORISIO, President

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LOIS E. deLANNOY, individually and as Trustee of the
1985 deLANNOY FAMILY TRUST

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JOHN C. MOUAT

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DONALD D. MOUAT


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ELLEN A. LANGSTON

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DONNA DUBA

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HAROLD C. NELSON

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ANNE FUJIWARA

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WILLARD FERCH

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IVER J. HJELVIK

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DONNA F. HJELVIK

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ROBERT MOUAT

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DAVID MOUAT

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ELLEN L. SCHOEMER


LESSEE:

AURORA  METALS  (BVI)  LIMITED

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JOHN A. A. JAMES, President


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