EX-10.1 5 fsb2ex101_westexploration.txt PURCHASE AGR. BETWEEN WESTERN AND MCMICHAEL THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN: WESTERN EXPLORATION INC. 8400 E. Crescent Pkwy #600 Greenwood Village, CO USA 80111 Attention: Peter Banysch ------------------------ and BROCK MCMICHAEL 3208, 13827 - 100th Avenue Surrey, BC V3T 5L2 RE: SALE AND ACQUISITION OF MINERAL CLAIMS, SOUTHWESTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA The following terms and conditions are applicable for the sale of 36 mineral claim units near Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada by Brock McMichael (herein after referred to as "BM") to Western Exploration Inc. (herein after referred to as "WESTEX"). Both BM and WESTEX agree to the following: a) BM will transfer title to thirty-six (36) mineral claim units listed in Exhibit "A" and outlined in Exhibit "B" to WESTEX within 60 days of this agreement. These claims will be contiguous hard rock mineral claims covering almost 2,300 acres. b) BM will provide to WESTEX within 60 days of this agreement a geological report summarizing the mineral claims, particulars of recent sampling and geological investigation, copies of all records, a budget for further work and recommendations, and all other information and material relevant to a geological report requisite for filing with the regulatory bodies. Page 2 of 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- c) BM will ensure that the claims shall be maintained in good standing for up to 24 months from the date of claim recording and can provide geological consulting services for the claims. d) BM shall sell 100% (one hundred percent) interest in the claims to WESTEX subject to a 2 1/2% Net Smelter Royalty (NSR) and a 7 1/2% Gross Rock Royalty (GRR) for a total of $32,000.00. 1 1/2% of the NSR can be acquired for $1.0 million within 12 months from commencement of commercial production. Advance royalties of $25,000 shall be paid annually commencing 36 months from date of signature of this agreement. e) If WESTEX fails to make the advance royalty payments on the 36 month anniversary of the signature of this agreement, as described in (d) above, then WESTEX agrees to transfer ownership of the subject mining claims to BM within no less than a 10 day period. WESTEX shall: i) Pay $12,000 to BM on or before February 15, 2004 and a further $20,000 on or before August 15, 2005. ii) Provide the name and number of an individual or corporate Free Miner Certificate to transfer the claims into. By signature witnessed below, the undersigned hereby acknowledge that they have read and understood and agree to the aforementioned terms. Dated at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada this day of , 2004. ------------------------------------ ---------------------------------- per Western Exploration Inc. Brock McMichael Witness Witness ------------------------------------ ---------------------------------- ------------------------------------ ---------------------------------- Print Name Print Name Page 3 of 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Footnotes to Agreement 1) All dollar figures are denoted in the currency of the United States of America. 2) The total to be paid by WESTEX to BM or third parties for the claims is $32,000 inclusive of assessment. 3) To maintain claims in British Columbia annual assessment work is required of $100 (CDN) in year 1-3 per claim, followed by $200 per claim thereafter. (One metric claim unit = 25 hectares). There is a filing fee of $10 per $100 expended per claim. Therefore, if 48 units then $4,800 (CDN) of work plus $480 of filing fees in years 1-3. In year 3 and following, for 48 units, $9,600 (CDN) of work plus filing fees of $960. 4) Attached are definitions of NSR and GRR. Page 4 of 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ADVANCE ROYALTY PAYMENTS means from time to time payments to the Optionor by the Optionee before Commencement of Commercial Production of Minerals. COMMENCEMENT OF COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION, with respect to Minerals or Rock, as the case may be, means: (a) if a mill is located on the subject property, the last day of a period of forty (40) consecutive days in which, for not less than thirty (30) days, the mill processed Mineral or Rock from the Property at 60% of its rated capacity; or (b) if no Mill is located on the Property, the last day of the first period of thirty (30) consecutive days during which Mineral or Rock has been shipped from the Property on a reasonably regular basis for the purpose of earning revenues; or (c) with respect to Rock, following the 30th day of extraction for commercial use. No period of time during which ore or concentrate is shipped from the Property for testing purposes or during which milling operations are undertaken as initial tune-up will be taken into account in determining the date of Commencement of Commercial Production. GROSS ROCK REVENUE means, for any period, the gross proceeds received by the Optionee in that period from the sale of Rock produced from the Property less any treatment, beneficiation or other changes or penalties deducted by the purchase to whom such Rock is shipped, less: (a) all costs of the Optionee associated with such sales involving handling, weighing, sampling, determination of water content, insuring, packaging and transporting Rock; (b) the costs of marketing, including rebates or allowances made or given; and (c) any sales, severance, gross production, privilege or similar taxes (other than income taxes or mining taxes based on income). MINERALS means the ores or concentrates of minerals, as that term is defined in the Mineral Tenure Act (British Columbia), and the rock that is part of such ores and concentrates sold by the Optionee. Page 5 of 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NET SMELTER RETURN means, for any period the difference between: (a) the sum of: (i) the gross proceeds received by the Optionee in that period from the sale of Minerals produced from the property to a party that is arm's length to the Optionee, or that would have been received by the Optionee if the purchase of the Minerals were at arm's length to the Optionee; and (ii) in the case of the sale of Minerals that are ores that have not been processed in a Mill, the estimated cost that would have been incurred in crushing and beneficiating such Minerals in a Mill as agreed by the parties or otherwise determined by a competent mining or metallurgical engineer; and (b) the sum of: (i) all amounts paid on account of Advance Royalty Payments; (ii) any insurance costs in connection with shipping such Minerals; (iii) any costs of transport; (iv) all costs of the Optionee associated with such sales involving handling, weighing, sampling, determination of water content, insuring and packaging; (v) the costs of marketing, adjusted for rebates or allowance made or given; (vi) any sales, severance, gross production, privilege or similar taxes (other than income taxes or mining taxes based on income) assessed on or in connection with the Minerals or the value thereof; and (vii) any treatment, beneficiation or other charges or penalties deducted by any smelter or refinery to which such Minerals are shipped that have not been previously deducted in the computation of gross proceeds. Page 6 of 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NET SMELTER ROYALTY means the percentage of Net Smelter Return from time to time payable to the Optionor after Commencement of Commercial Production from the sale of Minerals. ROCK means all substances that are mined from the Property and sold by the Optionee that are not Minerals. ROCK ROYALTY means the amount of royalty from time to time payable to the Optionor after Commencement of Commercial Production from the sale of Rock pursuant to Section 11.06. Page 7 of 7 EXHIBIT A: Mineral Claims Page 8 of 8 EXHIBIT B: Claim Map