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EXPENSES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'&gt;Included within expenses are the following:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style='border-collapse:collapse'&gt; &lt;tr align="left"&gt; &lt;td width="320" valign="top" style='width:240.2pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'&gt; &lt;p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'&gt;Consulting expense&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="137" valign="top" style='width:102.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'&gt; &lt;p align="right" style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right;line-height:normal'&gt;$&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160; 1,807,727&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr align="left"&gt; &lt;td width="320" valign="top" style='width:240.2pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'&gt; &lt;p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'&gt;Value of warrants issued for services&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="137" valign="top" style='width:102.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'&gt; &lt;p align="right" style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right;line-height:normal'&gt;1,004,550&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr align="left"&gt; &lt;td width="320" valign="top" style='width:240.2pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'&gt; &lt;p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'&gt;Value of option awards to directors&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="137" valign="top" style='width:102.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'&gt; &lt;p align="right" style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right;line-height:normal'&gt;495,000&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr align="left"&gt; &lt;td width="320" valign="top" style='width:240.2pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'&gt; &lt;p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'&gt;Director awards&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="137" valign="top" style='width:102.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'&gt; &lt;p align="right" style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right;line-height:normal'&gt;120,000&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr align="left"&gt; &lt;td width="320" valign="top" style='width:240.2pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'&gt; &lt;p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal'&gt;Value of shares issued for mining claim not acquired&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="137" valign="top" style='width:102.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'&gt; &lt;p align="right" style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right;line-height:normal'&gt;300,000&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr align="left"&gt; &lt;td width="320" valign="top" style='width:240.2pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'&gt; &lt;p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'&gt;Geology expenses&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="137" valign="top" style='width:102.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'&gt; &lt;p align="right" style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right;line-height:normal'&gt;78,655&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr align="left"&gt; &lt;td width="320" valign="top" style='width:240.2pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'&gt; &lt;p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'&gt;Mine option expense&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="137" valign="top" style='width:102.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'&gt; &lt;p align="right" style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right;line-height:normal'&gt;48,000&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr align="left"&gt; &lt;td width="320" valign="top" style='width:240.2pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'&gt; &lt;p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'&gt;Executive compensation&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="137" valign="top" style='width:102.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'&gt; &lt;p align="right" style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right;line-height:normal'&gt;40,000&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr align="left"&gt; &lt;td width="320" valign="top" style='width:240.2pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'&gt; &lt;p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'&gt;Assessments for unpatented claims&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="137" valign="top" style='width:102.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'&gt; &lt;p align="right" style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right;line-height:normal'&gt;30,105&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr align="left"&gt; &lt;td width="320" valign="top" style='width:240.2pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'&gt; &lt;p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'&gt;Depreciation expense&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="137" valign="top" style='width:102.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'&gt; &lt;p align="right" style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right;line-height:normal'&gt;43,642&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr align="left"&gt; &lt;td width="320" valign="top" style='width:240.2pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'&gt; &lt;p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'&gt;Equipment relocation&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="137" valign="top" style='width:102.4pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'&gt; &lt;p align="right" style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right;line-height:normal'&gt;54,056&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr align="left"&gt; &lt;td width="320" valign="top" style='width:240.2pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'&gt; &lt;p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'&gt;Subtotal&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="137" valign="top" style='width:102.4pt;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'&gt; &lt;p align="right" style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right;line-height:normal'&gt;4,021,735&lt;/p&gt; 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