UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
_________________
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
 
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report: June 11, 2013
(Date of earliest event reported)
 
VISTA GOLD CORP.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
British Columbia, Canada
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
1-9025
(Commission File Number)
Not Applicable
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

7961 SHAFFER PARKWAY, SUITE 5, LITTLETON, COLORADO 80127
(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (720) 981-1185
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
o  
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
o  
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
o  
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
o  
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 
 

 
 
Item 3.01 Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders.
 
The information contained in Item 5.03 relating to the Continuation (as defined below) is incorporated by reference herein.
 
Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On June 11, 2013, Vista Gold Corp. (the “ Registrant ”) changed its jurisdiction of incorporation from the Yukon Territory, Canada to the Province of British Columbia, Canada under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) by way of a continuation (the “ Continuation ”).  The Registrant’s shareholders approved the Continuation at the Registrant’s annual general and special meeting of shareholders held on April 30, 2013.  On June 11, 2013, the Registrant completed the filing of a continuation application with the Registrar of Companies for the Province of British Columbia (the “ Registrar of Companies ”) and received a Certificate of Continuation from the Registrar of Companies.
 
As a result of the Continuation, each outstanding common share of Vista Gold Corp., a Yukon Territory corporation ("Vista Yukon"), was immediately and automatically converted into one common share of Vista Gold Corp., a British Columbia corporation ("Vista BC").  As a result, holders of Vista Yukon common shares are now holders of Vista BC common shares and their rights as holders thereof are governed by the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) , and Vista BC's notice of articles and articles are attached hereto as Exhibits 3.2 and 3.3. For a description of the differences between rights of holders of Vista Yukon and Vista BC, see "Corporate Jurisdiction and Amended Articles," in Vista Yukon's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2013, which description is hereby incorporated by reference herein.  The Continuation did not result in any change in the business, principal facilities, principal business address or the management or directors of the Registrant.  Vista BC will continue to be listed on the NYSE MKT under the symbol "VGZ".
 
Shareholders may, but will not be required to, exchange their Vista Yukon certificates for certificates of Vista BC.  Until each shareholder has exchanged its certificates, each outstanding Vista Yukon certificate will represent Vista BC shares.  All outstanding derivative securities of Vista Yukon continue to be outstanding derivative securities of Vista BC and as a result of the Continuation automatically become exercisable or convertible, as the case may be, for the same number of shares of Vista BC as they were for shares of Vista Yukon immediately prior to the Continuation, on the same terms and under the same conditions.
 
Item 8.01 Other Events.
 
In connection with the completion of the Continuation and by operation of Rule 12g-3(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), Vista BC is deemed registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and Vista BC has succeeded to Vista Yukon's attributes as the Registrant with respect thereto.

Item 9.01. Exhibits
 
3.1 Certificate of Continuation
3.2 Notice of Articles
3.3 Articles
 
 
 
 
 
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SIGNATURES
 
 
In accordance with the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
VISTA GOLD CORP.
(Registrant)
   
June 11, 2013
By: /s/John F. Engele            
 
John F. Engele
Chief Financial Officer

 
 
 
 
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EXHIBIT INDEX

 
Exhibit Description
3.1 Certificate of Continuation
3.2 Notice of Articles
3.3 Articles

 
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EXHIBIT 3.1
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
EXHIBIT 3.2
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
EXHIBIT 3.3
 

BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT
 
ARTICLES
 
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VISTA GOLD CORP.
 
Recognition Number: C0972133
 
Translated Name:  Not applicable
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 
PART 1     INTERPRETATION
     
  1.1
Definitions
  1.2 Business Corporations Act and Interpretation Act Definitions Applicable
 
 
PART 2       RESOLUTIONS AND MAJORITIES
     
  2.1
Directors’ Resolution
  2.2
Ordinary Resolution
  2.3
Special Resolution
  2.4
Special Majority
  2.5
Special Separate Majority
  2.6
Consent Resolution
   
   
PART 3     SHARE CERTIFICATES
     
  3.1
Mailing of Certificates
  3.2
Replacement of Lost or Destroyed Certificate
  3.3
Consolidation of Certificates
  3.4
Fee for Certificates
  3.5
Non-Recognition of Trusts
  3.6
Central Securities Register
   
   
PART 4      ISSUE, TRANSFER AND TRANSMISSION OF SHARES
     
  4.1
Mailing of Certificates
  4.2
Transferability and Instrument of Transfer
  4.3
Submission of Instruments of Transfer
  4.4
Authority in Instrument of Transfer
  4.5
Enquiry as to Title Not Required
  4.6
Transfer Fee
  4.7
Personal Representative Recognized
  4.8
Jointly Held Shares
 
 
PART 5      PURCHASE OF SHARES
     
  5.1
Company Authorized to Purchase its Shares
  5.2
Offer to Purchase Shares
 
 
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  5.3
Shareholder may Waive
 
 
PART 6     BORROWING POWERS
     
  6.1
Powers of Directors
  6.2
Negotiability of Debt Obligations
  6.3
Special Rights on Debt Obligations
  6.4
Execution of Debt Obligations
 
 
PART 7     GENERAL MEETINGS
     
  7.1
Location of General Meetings
  7.2
General Meeting Participation
  7.3
Notice of General Meetings
  7.4
Waiver of Notice
  7.5
Record Date for Notice
  7.6
Failure to Give Notice
  7.7
Notice of Special Business at General Meeting
 
 
PART 8       PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS
     
  8.1
Special Business
  8.2
Quorum
  8.3
Requirement of Quorum
  8.4
Lack of Quorum
  8.5
Chair
  8.6
Adjournments
  8.7
Voting
10 
  8.8
Resolution Need Not Be Seconded
10 
  8.9
Casting Vote
10 
  8.10
Manner of Taking Ballot
10 
  8.11
Splitting Votes
10 
  8.12
Demand for Ballot Not to Prevent Continuance of Meeting
10 
  8.13
Retention of Ballots and Proxies
10 

 
PART 9       VOTES OF SHAREHOLDERS
10 
     
  9.1
Number of Votes Per Share or Shareholder
10 
  9.2
Votes of Persons in Representative Capacity
11 
  9.3
Votes by Joint Holders
11 
  9.4
Representative of a corporate shareholder
11 
  9.5
Appointment of Proxy Holders
11 
  9.6
Execution of Proxy Instrument
11 
  9.7
Qualification of Proxy Holder
12 
  9.8
Deposit of Proxy
12 
  9.9
Validity of proxy vote
12 
  9.10
Form of Proxy
13 
  9.11
Revocation of Proxy
13 
  9.12
Revocation of Proxy Will Be Signed
13 
 
 
PART 10     DIRECTORS
13 
     
  10.1
General Authority
13 
   
 
 
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  10.2
Number of Directors
13 
  10.3
Directors’ Acts Valid Despite Vacancy
13 
  10.4
Qualification of Directors
14 
  10.5
Remuneration and Expenses of Directors
14 
  10.6
Right to Office and Contract with Company
14 
  10.7
Director Acting in Professional Capacity
14 
  10.8
Alternate Directors
14 
 
 
 
PART 11      ELECTION, APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS
14 
     
  11.1
Election and Appointment
14 
  11.2
Elections and Appointments at Annual General Meetings
14 
  11.3
Filling a Casual Vacancy
15 
  11.4
Power to Appoint Additional Directors
15 
  11.5
Removal of Directors
15 
  11.6 Nomination of Directors 15 
 
 
 
PART 12      PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS
18 
     
  12.1
Meetings and Quorum
18 
  12.2
Chair
18 
  12.3
Call and Notice of Meetings
18 
  12.4
Validity of Meeting Despite Failure to Give Notice
18 
  12.5
Meeting Participation
18 
  12.6
Competence of Quorum
19 
  12.7
Committees
19 
  12.8
Validity of Meeting if Directorship Deficient
19 
  12.9
Majority Rule and Casting Vote
19 
 
 
 
PART 13     OFFICERS
19 
     
  13.1
Appointment of Officers
19 
 
 
PART 14     DIVIDENDS
19 
     
  14.1
Declaration of Dividends
19 
  14.2
Dividend Bears No Interest
19 
  14.3
Payment in Specie
19 
  14.4
Fractional Interests
19 
  14.5
Payment of Dividends
20 
  14.6
Receipt by Joint Shareholders
20 
 
 
 
PART 15      ACCOUNTING RECORDS AND AUDITORS
20 
     
  15.1
Accounts to be Kept
20 
  15.2
Location of Accounts
20 
  15.3
Remuneration of Auditors
20 
 
 
PART 16      SENDING OF RECORDS
20 
     
  16.1
Manner of Sending Records
20 
  16.2
Sending to Joint Holders
21 
  16.3
Date Record Deemed Received
21 
 
 
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PART 17     NOTICES
21 
     
  17.1
Minimum Number of Days
21 
  17.2
Persons to Receive Notice
21 
 
 
PART 18      EXECUTION OF DOCUMENTS
21 
     
  18.1
Seal Optional
21 
  18.2
Official Seal
21 
  18.3
Affixing of Seal to Documents
22 

 
PART 19     INDEMNIFICATION
22 
     
  19.1
Definitions
22 
  19.2
Mandatory Indemnification of Eligible Parties
23 
  19.3
Non-Compliance with Business Corporations Act
23 
  19.4
Advance Expenses
23 
  19.5
Indemnity Restricted
23 
  19.6
Company May Purchase Insurance
23 
 
 
PART 20      RESTRICTION ON SECURITY TRANSFERS
23 
     
  20.1
Application
23 
  20.2
Directors May Decline to Approve Transfer
24 
 
 
PART 21     AUTHORIZED SHARE STRUCTURE
24 
     
  21.1
Described in Notice of Articles
24 
  21.2
Directors May Decline to Approve Transfer
24 
 
 
PART 22      RESTRICTIONS ON BUSINESS OR POWERS
24 
     
  22.1
Restrictions
24 
 
 
PART 23      SHARE RIGHTS AND RESTRICTIONS
24 
     
  23.1
Common Shares
24 
 
 
 
 
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BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT
 
ARTICLES
 
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VISTA GOLD CORP.
 
Recognition Number: ___________________________
 
Translated Name:  Not applicable
 
 
PART  1 – INTERPRETATION
 
1 . 1                        Definitions .   In these Articles, unless the context otherwise requires:
 
 
(a)
“Board of Directors” or “Board” or “the directors” means the directors or the sole director of the Company for the time being, as the case may be;
 
 
(b)
“Business Corporations Act” means the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) from time to time in force and all amendments to that Act and includes all regulations and amendments made pursuant to that Act;
 
 
(c)
“Company” means VISTA GOLD CORP. or any other name which it may from time to time change to and adopt pursuant to the Business Corporations Act;
 
 
(d)
“prescribed address” of a director means the address as recorded in the register of directors to be kept pursuant to the Business Corporations Act;
 
 
(e)
“registered address” of a shareholder means the last known address of that shareholder as recorded in the central securities register to be kept pursuant to the Business Corporations Act;
 
 
(f)
“registered owner”, when used with respect to a share of the Company, means the person registered in the central securities register as the shareholder in respect of such share.
 
1 . 2             Business Corporations Act and Interpretation Act Definitions Applicable .   The definitions in the Business Corporations Act and the definitions and rules of construction in the Interpretation Act (British Columbia), with the necessary changes and so far as applicable, and unless the context requires otherwise, apply to these Articles as if they were an enactment.  If there is a conflict between a definition in the Business Corporations Act and a definition or rule in the Interpretation Act relating to a term used in these Articles, the definition in the Business Corporations Act prevails in relation to the use of the term in these Articles.  If there is a conflict between these Articles and the Business Corporations Act, the Business Corporations Act prevails.
 
PART 2 – RESOLUTIONS AND MAJORITIES
 
2 . 1     Directors’ Resolution . Subject to the Business Corporations Act and these Articles, the Company may, by a resolution of the directors:
 
 
 
 
 
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(a)
if the class rights so authorize:
 
 
(i)
create one or more series of shares out of a class of shares, and when creating such series of shares:
 
 
(A)
determine the maximum number or determine that there is no maximum number of shares that the company is authorized to issue for such series of shares created;
 
 
(B)
create and attach special rights or restrictions to the shares of any such series of shares created; and
 
 
(C)
create an identifying name for the shares of any such series of shares created;
 
 
(ii)
for a series of shares of which there are no issued shares:
 
 
(A)
alter any determination of the number of shares of which the series shall consist;
 
 
(B)
alter the identifying name of shares of the series of shares; or
 
 
(C)
alter any special rights or restrictions attached to the shares of the series of shares;
 
 
(b)
redeem or repurchase shares;
 
 
(c)
accept a surrender of shares by way of gift or for cancellation;
 
 
(d)
convert fractional shares into whole shares on a subdivision or consolidation of shares or on a redemption, purchase or surrender of shares;
 
 
(e)
change its name;
 
 
(f)
adopt or change a translation of its name;
 
 
(g)
subdivide all or any of its unissued shares with par value into shares of smaller par value;
 
 
(h)
subdivide all or any of its unissued shares without par value;
 
 
(i)
consolidate all or any of its unissued shares with par value into shares of larger par value;
 
 
(j)
consolidate all or any of its unissued shares without par value;
 
 
(k)
eliminate any class or series of shares if none of the shares of that class or series of shares are allotted or issued;
 
 
(l)
change all or any of its unissued shares with par value into shares without par value;
 
 
(m)
change all or any of its unissued shares without par value into shares with par value; or
 
 
 
 
 
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(n)
alter the identifying name of any of its classes of shares;
 
and make any necessary alterations to its notice of articles or these Articles or both to effect the change.
 
2 . 2             Ordinary Resolution .   Subject to the Business Corporations Act, the Company may, by an ordinary resolution:
 
 
(a)
deal with all matters set out in Article 2.1;
 
 
(b)
establish a maximum number of shares that the company is authorized to issue out of any class of shares for which no maximum is established;
 
 
(c)
increase, reduce or eliminate the maximum number of shares that the company is authorized to issue out of any class of shares;
 
 
(d)
for a class of shares of which there are no issued shares, create special rights or restrictions for, and attach those special rights or restrictions to, the shares of the class of shares; or
 
 
(e)
for a class of shares of which there are no issued shares, vary or delete any special rights or restrictions attached to the shares of the class of shares;
 
and make any necessary alterations to its notice of articles or these Articles or both to effect the change.
 
2 . 3             Special Resolution .   Subject to the Business Corporations Act, the Company may, by a special resolution:
 
 
(a)
deal with all matters set out in Article 2.1 and Article 2.2;
 
 
(b)
alter its notice of articles;
 
 
(c)
alter these Articles;
 
 
(d)
create one or more classes of shares;
 
 
(e)
subdivide all or any of its fully paid issued shares with par value into shares of smaller par value;
 
 
(f)
subdivide all or any of its fully paid issued shares without par value;
 
 
(g)
consolidate all or any of its fully paid issued shares with par value into shares of larger par value;
 
 
(h)
consolidate all or any of its fully paid issued shares without par value;
 
 
(i)
if the company is authorized to issue shares of a class of shares with par value;
 
 
(i)
subject to the Business Corporations Act, decrease the par value of those shares, or
 
 
(ii)
increase the par value of those shares if none of the shares of that class of shares are allotted or issued;
 

 
 
 
 
 
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(j)
change all or any of its fully paid issued shares with par value into shares without par value;
 
 
(k)
for a class or series of shares of which there are issued shares, create special rights or restrictions for, and attach those special rights or restrictions to, the shares of the class or series of shares;
 
 
(l)
for a class or series of shares of which there are issued shares, vary or delete any special rights or restrictions attached to the shares of the class or series of shares; or
 
 
(m)
otherwise alter its authorized share structure when required or permitted to do so by the Business Corporations Act.
 
2 . 4                        Special Majority .   The majority of votes required for the Company to pass a special resolution at a general meeting is 2/3 of the votes cast on the resolution by shareholders voting shares that carry the right to vote at general meetings.
 
2 . 5                        Special Separate Majority .   The majority of votes required to pass a special separate resolution at a class meeting is 2/3 of the votes cast on the resolution by shareholders voting shares that carry the right to vote at the class meeting.
 
2 . 6                        Consent Resolution .   A consent resolution in writing, whether by signed documents, fax, e-mail or any other method of transmitting legibly recorded messages, of shareholders or directors or a committee of directors is as valid as if it had been passed at a duly called and held meeting of the shareholders, directors or committee, as the case may be.  The consent resolution may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when executed and delivered (by fax, e-mail or otherwise) is deemed to be an original, and all of which together constitute one consent resolution in writing.
 
 
PART  3 – SHARE CERTIFICATES
 
3 . 1                        Mailing of Certificates .   Any share certificate may be mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid, to the shareholder entitled to that certificate at that shareholder’s registered address and the Company is not liable for any loss occasioned to the shareholder if that share certificate is lost or stolen.  In respect of a share held jointly by several persons, mailing of a certificate for that share to one of several joint holders or to a duly authorized agent of any of the joint holders is sufficient delivery to all.
 
3 . 2                        Replacement of Lost or Destroyed Certificate .   If a share certificate:
 
 
(a)
is worn out or defaced, the directors may, upon production to them of that certificate and upon such other terms, if any, that they determine, order the certificate to be cancelled and issue a new certificate to replace the cancelled certificate;
 
 
(b)
is lost, stolen or destroyed, then upon production of proof to the satisfaction of the directors and upon provision of such indemnity and security, if any, that the directors deem adequate, a new share certificate must be issued to the person entitled to the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate.
 
3 . 3         Consolidation of Certificates . If two or more certificates are surrendered by their registered owner to the Company together with a written request that the Company issue one certificate registered in that registered owner’s name representing the aggregate of the shares represented by the
 
 
 
 
 
 
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certificates so surrendered, the Company must cancel the certificates so surrendered and issue in their place one certificate in accordance with the request.
 
3 . 4                        Fee for Certificates .   There must be paid to the Company in respect of the issue of any certificate pursuant to this Part 3 such amount, if any, as the directors may from time to time determine and which must not exceed the amount prescribed in the Business Corporations Act.
 
3 . 5                        Non-Recognition of Trusts .   Except as required by law or statute or these Articles, no person is recognized by the Company as holding any share upon any trust and the Company is not bound by or compelled in any way to recognize (even when having notice of any trust) any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any share or any interest in any fractional part of a share or (except as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction) any other rights in respect of any share except an absolute right to the entirety in the shareholder.
 
3 . 6                        Central Securities Register . As required by and subject to the Business Corporations Act, the Company must maintain in British Columbia a central securities register. The directors may, subject to the Business Corporations Act, appoint an agent to maintain the central securities register. The directors may also appoint one or more agents, including the agent which keeps the central securities register, as transfer agent for its shares or any class or series of its shares, as the case may be, and the same or another agent as registrar for its shares or such class or series of its shares, as the case may be. The directors may terminate such appointment of any agent at any time and may appoint another agent in its place.
 
 
PART  4 – ISSUE, TRANSFER AND TRANSMISSION OF SHARES
 
4 . 1                        Directors Authorized to Issue Shares .   Subject to any direction to the contrary contained in a resolution passed at a general meeting authorizing any increase of capital, the issue of shares is under the control of the directors who may issue, otherwise dispose of or grant options on shares authorized but not yet issued at any time, to any person including a director, in the manner, upon the terms and conditions and at the price or for the consideration as the directors, in their absolute discretion, may determine.
 
4 . 2                        Transferability and Instrument of Transfer .   Subject to the restrictions, if any, set forth in these Articles, any shareholder may transfer that shareholder’s shares by an instrument in writing executed by or on behalf of that shareholder and delivered to the Company or its transfer agent.  The instrument of transfer of any share of the Company must be in the form, if any, provided on the back of the Company’s form of share certificate or in any other form which the directors may approve.  If the directors so require, each instrument of transfer must be in respect of only one class of shares.
 
4 . 3                        Submission of Instruments of Transfer .   Every instrument of transfer must be executed by the transferor and provided to the Company or the office of its transfer agent or registrar for registration together with the share certificate for the shares to be transferred and such other evidence, if any, as the directors or the transfer agent or registrar may require to prove the title of the transferor or the transferor’s right to transfer the shares.  If the transfer is registered, the instrument of transfer must be retained by the Company or its transfer agent or registrar.  If the transfer is not registered, the instrument of transfer must be returned to the person depositing it together with the share certificate that accompanied it when tendered for registration.
 
4 . 4                        Authority in Instrument of Transfer .   The signature of a shareholder or of that shareholder’s duly authorized attorney on the instrument of transfer authorizes the Company to register the
 
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shares specified in the instrument of transfer in the name of the person named in that instrument of transfer as transferee or, if no person is so named, in any name designated in writing by the person depositing the share certificate and the instrument of transfer with the Company or its transfer agent or registrar.
 
4 . 5                        Enquiry as to Title Not Required .   Neither the Company nor any of its directors, officers or agents is bound to enquire into any title of the transferor of any shares to be transferred and none of them is liable to any person for registering the transfer.
 
4 . 6                        Transfer Fee .   There must be paid to the Company in respect of the registration of any transfer such amount, if any, as the directors may from time to time prescribe.
 
4 . 7                        Personal Representative Recognized .   Upon the death or bankruptcy of a shareholder, that shareholder’s legal personal representative or trustee in bankruptcy, although not a shareholder, has the same rights, privileges and obligations that attach to the shares formerly held by the deceased or bankrupt shareholder if the documents required by the Business Corporations Act have been deposited at the Company’s registered office.  This Article does not apply on the death of a shareholder with respect to shares registered in that shareholder’s name and the name of another person in joint tenancy.
 
4 . 8                        Jointly Held Shares .   If there are joint shareholders in respect of a share and in the case of the bankruptcy of one of the joint shareholders, the trustee in bankruptcy of the bankrupt shareholder and the surviving joint shareholder or shareholders are the only persons recognized by the Company as having any title to or interest in the share so held jointly.
 
 
PART  5 – PURCHASE OF SHARES
 
5 . 1                        Company Authorized to Purchase its Shares .   Subject to the provisions of this Part 5, the Business Corporations Act and the special rights and restrictions attached to any class of shares, the Company may, by a resolution of the directors:
 
 
(a)
purchase any of its shares at the price and upon the terms specified in that resolution; and
 
 
(b)
sell any of its shares so purchased but not cancelled at the price and upon the terms specified in that resolution.
 
5 . 2                        Offer to Purchase Shares .   Subject to section 5.3, before the Company purchases any of its shares, it must make an offer, to every shareholder who holds shares of the class or series of shares to be purchased, to purchase rateably from those shareholders the number of shares of that class or series of shares that the Company wishes to purchase unless:
 
 
(a)
the purchase is made through a securities exchange or a quotation and trade reporting system;
 
 
(b)
the shares are being purchased:
 
 
(i)
from an employee or former employee of the Company or of an affiliate of the Company; or
 
 
(ii)
in the case of shares beneficially owned by an employee or former employee of the Company or of an affiliate of the Company, from the registered owner of the shares;
 
 
 
 
 
 
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(c)
in respect of a specific share purchase, the Company is, for that purchase, relieved of its obligation to make an offer to purchase rateably from those shareholders holding shares of the class or series of shares from which the shares are to be purchased by a special separate resolution of those shareholders;
 
 
(d)
the purchase is one made pursuant to an order of the court upon application by a shareholder;
 
 
(e)
the purchase is of all of the notice shares of a dissenter;
 
 
(f)
the purchase is one made pursuant to an arrangement proposed by the Company with shareholders, creditors or other persons; or
 
 
(g)
the purchase is of fractional shares.
 
5 . 3                        Shareholder may Waive .    A shareholder may, in writing, waive the right to receive an offer to purchase a shareholder’s shares under this Part 5 and that waiver is effective whether given before or after the purchase by the Company of any of its shares.
 
 
PART  6 – BORROWING POWERS
 
6 . 1                        Powers of Directors .   Subject to the Business Corporations Act, the directors may from time to time at their discretion authorize the Company to:
 
 
(a)
borrow any amount of money;
 
 
(b)
guarantee the repayment of any amount of money borrowed by any person or corporation; and
 
 
(c)
guarantee the performance of any obligation of any person or corporation;
 
and may raise or secure the repayment of any amount of money so borrowed or guaranteed or any obligation so guaranteed in any manner and upon any terms and conditions as they may think fit and in particular and without limiting the generality of the foregoing by the issue of bonds, debentures or other debt obligations or by the granting of any mortgages or other security interest on the undertaking of the whole or any part of the property of the Company, both present and future.
 
6 . 2                        Negotiability of Debt Obligations .   The directors may make any bonds, debentures or other debt obligations issued by the Company by their terms assignable free from any equities between the Company and the person to whom they may be issued or any other person who lawfully acquires them by assignment, purchase or otherwise.
 
6 . 3                        Special Rights on Debt Obligations .   The directors may authorize the issue of any bonds, debentures or other debt obligations of the Company at a discount, premium or otherwise and with special or other rights or privileges as to redemption, surrender, drawings, allotment of or conversion into or exchange for shares, attending at general meetings of the Company and otherwise as the directors may determine at or before the time of issue.
 
6 . 4                        Execution of Debt Obligations .   If the directors so authorize or if any instrument under which any bonds, debentures or other debt obligations of the Company are issued so provides any bonds,
 
 
 
 
 
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debentures and other debt obligations of the Company, instead of being manually signed by the directors or officers authorized in that behalf, may have the facsimile signatures of those directors or officers printed or otherwise mechanically reproduced thereon and in either case is as valid as if signed manually and every bond, debenture or other debt obligation so bearing facsimile signatures of directors or officers of the Company must be manually signed, countersigned or certified by or on behalf of a registrar, branch registrar, transfer agent or branch transfer agent of the Company duly authorized to do so by the directors or the instrument under which such bonds, debentures or other debt obligations are issued.  Notwithstanding that any person whose facsimile signature is so used has ceased to hold the office that he or she is stated on any bond, debenture or other debt obligation to hold at the date of the actual issue of that bond, debenture or other debt obligation, the bond, debenture or other debt obligation is valid and binding on the Company.
 
 
PART  7 – GENERAL MEETINGS
 
7 . 1                        Location of General Meetings .   Every general meeting must be held at such time and location as the directors may determine.
 
7 . 2                        General Meeting Participation .   A shareholder or proxy holder who is entitled to participate in, including vote at, a meeting of shareholders may do so by video conference or telephone if all shareholders and proxy holders participating in the meeting, whether by video conference, telephone or in person, are able to communicate with each other.  If all shareholders or proxy holders who are entitled to participate in, including vote at, a meeting consent, a shareholder or proxy holder may participate in the meeting by a communications medium other than video conference or telephone if all shareholders and proxy holders participating in the meeting are able to communicate with each other.  A shareholder or proxy holder who participates in a meeting by a communications medium other than video conference or telephone is deemed to have agreed to participate by the other communications medium.  A shareholder or proxy holder who participates in a meeting by video conference, telephone or other communications medium is deemed for all purposes of the Business Corporations Act and these Articles to be present at the meeting and must be counted in the quorum for and is entitled to communicate and vote at that meeting, and the meeting is deemed to be held at the location specified in the notice of meeting.
 
7 . 3                   Notice of General Meetings .   Notice of a general meeting must specify the time and location of the meeting and, in case of special business (as described in Part 8), the general nature of that business.
 
7 . 4                        Waiver of Notice .   Any person entitled to notice of a general meeting may waive or reduce the period of notice for that meeting in writing or otherwise and may do so before, during or after the meeting.
 
7 . 5                        Record Date for Notice .   The directors may set a date as the record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders.  The record date must not precede the date on which the meeting is to be held by more than two months or, in the case of a general meeting requisitioned by shareholders under the Business Corporations Act, by more than four months.
 
7 . 6                        Failure to Give Notice .   The accidental omission to send notice of any meeting to, or the non-receipt of any notice by, any of the persons entitled to notice does not invalidate any proceedings at that meeting.
 
7 . 7                        Notice of Special Business at General Meeting .   If any special business includes the presenting, considering, approving, ratifying or authorizing the execution of any document, then the portion
 
 
 
 
 
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of any notice relating to that document is sufficient if it states that a copy of the document or proposed document is or will be available for inspection by shareholders at a place in the Province of British Columbia specified in that notice during business hours in any working day or days prior to the date of the meeting.
 
 
PART  8 – PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS
 
8 . 1                        Special Business .   All business at a general meeting is deemed to be special business except the consideration of the financial statements and the reports of the directors and auditors, the election of directors, appointment of auditors, authorization of the directors to set the remuneration of the auditors and such other business as under these Articles ought to be transacted at an annual general meeting or any business which is brought under consideration by the report of the directors.
 
8 . 2                        Quorum .   Subject to this Part 8, and subject to the special rights and restrictions attached to the shares of any class or series of shares, the quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of shareholders is two or more shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting represented in person or by proxy.
 
8 . 3                        Requirement of Quorum .   No business other than the election of a chair and the adjournment or termination of the meeting may be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum is present at the commencement of the meeting but the quorum need not be present throughout the meeting.
 
8 . 4                        Lack of Quorum .   If within 30 minutes from the time appointed for a meeting a quorum is not present, the meeting:
 
 
(a)
if convened by requisition of the shareholders, must be terminated; and
 
 
(b)
in any other case, must stand adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time and place.
 
 
 
 
 
If at the adjourned meeting a quorum is not present within 30 minutes from the time appointed, the shareholder or shareholders present in person, by proxy or by authorized representative is or are a quorum.
 
8 . 5                        Chair .   The chair of the Board, if any, or in his or her absence the President, if any, or in his or her absence the Chief Executive Officer or a Vice-President, if any, is entitled to act as chair at every general meeting.  If at any general meeting the chair of the Board, if any, and the President, if any, and the Chief Executive Officer or a Vice-President, if any, are not present within 15 minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting or if neither is willing to act as chair, the directors present must choose one of their number to act as chair.  If no director is present or if all the directors present decline to act as chair or fail to so choose, the persons present must choose one of their number to act as chair.
 
8 . 6                        Adjournments .   The chair of the meeting may, and must, if so directed by the meeting, adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place.  No business may be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.  If a meeting is adjourned for 30 days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting must be given as in the case of a general meeting.  It is otherwise not necessary to give any notice of an adjourned meeting or of the business to be transacted at any adjourned meeting.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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8 . 7                        Voting .   Every question submitted to a general meeting must be decided:
 
 
(a)
if a ballot is demanded by a shareholder or proxy holder entitled to vote at the meeting or is directed by the chair or is required by applicable laws or stock exchange requirements, by ballot; or
 
 
(b)
in any other case, by a show of hands or by any other manner that adequately discloses the intentions of the shareholders or proxy holders.
 
The chair must declare to the meeting the decision on every question in accordance with the result of the ballot, the show of hands or the other manner that adequately disclosed the intentions of the shareholders or proxy holders and that decision must be entered in the minute book of the Company.  A declaration of the chair that a resolution has been carried or carried unanimously or by a particular majority or lost or not carried by a particular majority and an entry to that effect in the minute book of the Company is conclusive evidence of the fact without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against that resolution.
 
8 . 8                        Resolution Need Not Be Seconded .   No resolution proposed at a meeting need be seconded and the chair of any meeting is entitled to move or second a resolution.
 
8 . 9                        Casting Vote .   In case of an equality of votes upon a resolution, whether on a show of hands or by ballot or any other manner, the chair does have a casting vote in addition to the vote or votes to which he or she may be entitled as a shareholder.
 
8 . 10                        Manner of Taking Ballot .   If a ballot is duly demanded it must be taken at once or in the manner the chair of the meeting directs.  A demand for a ballot may be withdrawn.  In the case of any dispute as to the admission or rejection of a vote the chair must conclusively determine whether that vote is admitted or rejected.
 
8 . 11             Splitting Votes .   On a ballot, a shareholder entitled to more than one vote need not, if that shareholder votes, use all that shareholder’s votes or cast all the votes that shareholder uses in the same way.
 
8 . 12                        Demand for Ballot Not to Prevent Continuance of Meeting .   The demand for a ballot does not prevent the continuance of a meeting for the transaction of any business other than the question on which a ballot has been demanded.
 
8 . 13                        Retention of Ballots and Proxies .   The Company must, for at least three months after a meeting of shareholders, keep each ballot cast and each proxy voted at the meeting and, during the period, make them available for inspection during statutory business hours by any shareholder or proxy holder entitled to vote at the meeting.  At the end of the three-month period, the Company may destroy such ballots and proxies.
 
 
PART  9 – VOTES OF SHAREHOLDERS
 
9 . 1                        Number of Votes Per Share or Shareholder .   Subject to any special rights or restrictions attached to any share contained in these Articles, on a show of hands every shareholder entitled to vote present in person, by proxy or by authorized representative has one vote and on a ballot every shareholder entitled to vote on that ballot has one vote for every whole share held by that shareholder and a fractional vote in proportion to any fraction of a share held by that shareholder.
 
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9 . 2                        Votes of Persons in Representative Capacity .   A person who is not a shareholder may vote at a meeting of shareholders, whether on a show of hands or on a ballot, and may appoint a proxy holder to act at the meeting if, before doing so, the person satisfies the chair of the meeting or the directors that the person is a legal personal representative or a trustee in bankruptcy for a shareholder who is entitled to vote at the meeting.
 
9 . 3                        Votes by Joint Holders .   If there are joint shareholders registered in respect of any share, any one of the joint shareholders may vote at any meeting in person, by proxy or by authorized representative in respect of the share as if that joint shareholder were solely entitled to it.  If more than one of the joint shareholders is present at any meeting in person, by proxy or by authorized representative, the joint shareholder so present whose name stands first on the central securities register in respect of the share is alone entitled to vote in respect of that share.  For the purpose of this Part 9, two or more executors or administrators of a deceased shareholder in whose sole name any share stands are deemed joint shareholders.
 
9 . 4                        Representative of a Corporate Shareholder .   If a corporation, that is not a subsidiary of the Company, is a shareholder, that corporation may appoint, by an instrument in writing, a person to act as its authorized representative at any meeting of shareholders of the Company, and:
 
 
(a)
for that purpose, the instrument appointing the authorized representative must:
 
 
(i)
be received at the registered office of the Company or at any other place specified in the notice calling the meeting for the receipt of proxies at least the number of business days specified in the notice for the receipt of proxies, or if no number of days is specified, not less than 48 hours before the time for holding the meeting; or
 
 
(ii)
be deposited with the chair of the meeting, or to a person designated by the chair of the meeting, prior to the commencement of the meeting;
 
 
(b)
if an authorized representative is appointed under this Part 9:
 
 
(i)
the authorized representative is entitled to exercise in respect of and at that meeting the same rights on behalf of the corporation that the authorized representative represents as that corporation could exercise if it were a shareholder who is an individual including, without limitation, the right to appoint a proxy holder; and
 
 
(ii)
the authorized representative, if present at the meeting, is to be counted for the purpose of forming a quorum and is deemed to be a shareholder present in person at the meeting.
 
An instrument appointing an authorized representative of a corporation must be in writing signed by a duly authorized person on behalf of that corporation and must be sent to the Company.
 
9 . 5                        Appointment of Proxy Holders .   A shareholder holding one or more shares in respect of which that shareholder is entitled to vote at a general meeting is entitled to appoint one or more proxy holders to attend, act and vote for that shareholder at the general meeting and in so doing that shareholder must specify the number of shares that each proxy holder is entitled to vote.
 
9 . 6                        Execution of Proxy Instrument .   A proxy must cast by telephone, on the internet or in writing signed by the appointor or the appointor’s attorney or, if the appointor is a corporation, by the authorized representative or a duly authorized person on behalf of that corporation.
 
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9 . 7                        Qualification of Proxy Holder .   A person who is not a shareholder may be appointed as a proxy holder.  OR  A person must not be appointed as a proxy holder unless the person is a shareholder, although a person who is not a shareholder may be appointed as a proxy holder if:
 
 
(a)
the person appointing the proxy holder is a corporation or an authorized representative of a corporation appointed under this Part 9;
 
 
(b)
the Company has at the time of the meeting for which the proxy holder is to be appointed only one shareholder entitled to vote at the meeting; or
 
 
(c)
the Company, by a resolution of the directors, permits the proxy holder to attend and vote at the meeting.
 
9 . 8                        Deposit of Proxy .   A proxy and the power of attorney or other authority, if any, under which it is signed or a notarially certified copy of such power of attorney or other authority must be deposited at the registered office of the Company or at such other place as is specified for that purpose in the notice calling the meeting not less than 48 hours before the time for holding the meeting at which the person named in the proxy proposes to vote or must be deposited with the chair of the meeting, or with a person designated by the chair of the meeting, prior to the commencement of the meeting.  In addition to any other method of depositing proxies provided for in these Articles, the directors may from time to time make regulations:
 
 
(a)
permitting the depositing of proxies at some place or places other than the place at which a meeting or adjourned meeting of shareholders is to be held;
 
 
(b)
providing for particulars of those proxies to be sent in writing or by fax, e-mail or any other method of transmitting legibly recorded messages before a meeting or an adjourned meeting to the Company or any agent of the Company for the purpose of receiving those particulars; and
 
 
(c)
providing that particulars of those proxies may be voted as though the proxies themselves were produced to the chair of the meeting or of the adjourned meeting as required by this Article.
 
Votes given in accordance with proxies and particulars of proxies so deposited are valid and counted.
 
9 . 9                        Validity of Proxy Vote .   A vote given in accordance with the terms of a proxy is valid notwithstanding the previous death, bankruptcy or incapacity of the shareholder or revocation of the proxy or of the authority under which the proxy was executed or the transfer of the share in respect of which the proxy is given, provided that prior to the meeting no notice in writing of such death, bankruptcy, incapacity, revocation or transfer has been received at the registered office of the Company or by the chair of the meeting or of the adjourned meeting at which the vote was given.
 
 
 
 
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9 . 10                        Form of Proxy .   A proxy appointing a proxy holder must be in the following form or in any other form that the directors approve:
 
( Name of Company )
 
The undersigned hereby appoints   __________________________________________  or failing him or her  _________________________________ as proxy holder for the undersigned to attend at and vote for and on behalf of the undersigned at the general meeting of the Company to be held on the ____ day of _______________, ____, and at any adjournment of that meeting.
 
Signed this ____ day of _______________, ____.
 
  ________________________________________
  (Signature of Shareholder)
 
9 . 11                        Revocation of Proxy .   Subject to this Part, every proxy may be revoked by an instrument in writing that is received at the registered office of the Company, or such other location as is specified for that purpose in the notice of meeting or in the information circular relating thereto, at any time up to and including the two business days before the day set for the holding of the meeting at which the proxy is to be used or deposited with the chair of the meeting, or with a person designated by the chair of the meeting, prior to the commencement of the meeting.
 
9 . 12                        Revocation of Proxy Will Be Signed .   An instrument to revoke a proxy must be signed as follows:
 
 
(a)
if the shareholder for whom the proxy holder is appointed is an individual, the instrument must be signed by the shareholder or his or her legal personal representative or trustee in bankruptcy;
 
 
(b)
if the shareholder for whom the proxy holder is appointed is an individual, the instrument must be signed by the shareholder or his or her legal personal representative or trustee in bankruptcy;
PART  10 – DIRECTORS
 
10 . 1                        General Authority .   Subject to these Articles, the directors may exercise all powers and do all acts and things as the Company is by the Business Corporations Act, these Articles or otherwise authorized to exercise and do and which are not by these Articles, by statute or otherwise lawfully directed or required to be exercised or done by the Company by unanimous resolution, exceptional resolution, special resolution or ordinary resolution.
 
10 . 2                        Number of Directors .   The number of directors may be determined by resolution of the Board.  If at any time the Company is a public company and the number of directors fixed pursuant to these Articles is less than three, then the number of directors is deemed to have been increased to three.
 
10 . 3                        Directors’ Acts Valid Despite Vacancy .   An act or proceeding of the directors is not invalid merely because fewer than the number of directors set or otherwise required under these Articles is in office.
 
 
 
 
 
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10 . 4                        Qualification of Directors .   A director is not required to hold a share in the capital of the Company as qualification for his or her office but must be qualified as required by the Business Corporations Act to become, act or continue to act as a director.
 
10 . 5                        Remuneration and Expenses of Directors .   The remuneration of the directors as such may from time to time be determined by the directors.  Any remuneration of a director is in addition to any salary or other remuneration paid to him or her as an officer or employee of the Company.  Every director must be repaid such reasonable expenses as he or she may incur in and about the business of the Company.  Other than remuneration for professional services described in this Part 10, if any director performs any services for the Company that in the opinion of the directors are outside the ordinary duties of a director or if he or she is specifically occupied in or about the Company’s business other than as a director, he or she may be paid a remuneration to be fixed by the directors.  The remuneration so fixed may be either in addition to or in substitution for any other remuneration that he or she may be entitled to receive and the additional remuneration may be charged as part of ordinary working expenses of the Company.  Unless otherwise determined by ordinary resolution, the directors may pay a gratuity or pension or allowance on retirement to any director who has held any salaried office or place of profit with the Company, to his or her spouse or dependants and they may also make any contributions to any fund and pay premiums for the purchase or provision of any gratuity, pension or allowance in respect of that director.
 
10 . 6                        Right to Office and Contract with Company .   A director may hold any office or place of profit in the Company, other than auditor, in conjunction with his or her office of director for the period and on such terms as the directors may determine.  Subject to compliance with the Business Corporations Act, no director or intended director is disqualified by his or her office from contracting with the Company with regard to his or her tenure of office or place of profit or as vendor, purchaser or otherwise.
 
10 . 7                 Director Acting in Professional Capacity .   Any director may act by him or herself or his or her firm in a professional capacity for the Company and he or she or his or her firm is entitled to remuneration for professional services as if he or she were not a director.
 
10 . 8                        Alternate Directors .   Any director may from time to time appoint any person who is approved by resolution of the directors to be his or her alternate director provided that approval is not required if a director is appointed alternate director for another director.  The appointee, while he or she holds office as an alternate director, is entitled to notice of meetings of the directors and, in the absence of the director for whom he or she is an alternate, to attend and vote at meetings as a director and is not entitled to be remunerated otherwise than out of the remuneration of the director appointing him or her.  Any director may make or revoke an appointment of his or her alternate director by notice in writing sent to the Company.  A person may act as an alternate for more than one director at any given time and a director may act as an alternate director for any other director.  No person may act as an alternate director unless that person qualifies under the Business Corporations Act to act as a director of the Company.  Every alternate director, if authorized by the notice appointing him or her, may sign any consent resolution in place of the director appointing him or her.
 
 
PART  11 – ELECTION, APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS
 
11 . 1                        Election and Appointment .   The shareholders may elect or appoint directors at any time and from time to time.
 
11 . 2                        Elections and Appointments at Annual General Meetings .   At each annual general meeting all the directors retire and the shareholders must elect or appoint a Board of Directors consisting of
 
 
 
 
 
 
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the number of directors for the time being fixed pursuant to Part 10.  Any retiring director is eligible for re-election or re-appointment.  If the holding of an annual general meeting of the Company is deferred or waived by a unanimous resolution of all shareholders entitled to vote at the annual general meeting, each director in office on the annual reference date selected in the unanimous resolution continues to be a director until the next annual reference date unless that director retires or is removed prior to the next annual reference date.
 
11 . 3                        Filling a Casual Vacancy .   The directors may at any time and from time to time appoint any person as a director to fill a casual vacancy among the directors or a vacancy resulting from an increase of the number of directors.
 
11 . 4                        Power to Appoint Additional Directors .   Between successive annual general meetings, the directors have the power to appoint one or more additional directors but not more than one-third the number of directors elected or appointed at the last annual general meeting at which directors were elected or appointed.  Any director so appointed may hold office only until the next following annual general meeting of the Company but is eligible for election at such meeting and, so long as he or she is an additional director, the number of directors is increased accordingly.
 
11 . 5                        Removal of Directors .   If a director is convicted of an indictable offence or ceases to be qualified to act as a director of the company and does not promptly resign, the Company may remove the director before the expiration of the director’s term of office by a resolution of the directors.  The Company may otherwise remove a director before the expiration of the director’s term of office by a special resolution of the shareholders.
 
11 . 6                        Nomination of Directors .
 
 
(a)
In this Article 11.6:
 
 
(i)
Applicable Securities Laws ” means the Securities Act and the applicable securities legislation of each province and territory of Canada, as amended, of which the Company is a reporting issuer or equivalent, from time to time, along with the rules, regulations and forms made or promulgated under any such statute and the published national instruments, multilateral instruments, policies, bulletins and notices of the related securities commission and similar regulatory authority of the applicable provinces and territories of Canada;
 
 
(ii)
Company Email Address ” means the business email address of the Company as specified on the Company’s profile on SEDAR;
 
 
(iii)
Company Fax Number ” means the fax number of the Company as specified on the Company’s profile on SEDAR;
 
 
(iv)
Head Office ” means the head office address of the Company as specified on the Company’s profile on SEDAR;
 
 
(v)
Meeting of Shareholders ” means such annual shareholders meeting or special shareholders meeting at which one or more persons are nominated for election to the Board of Directors by a Nominating Shareholder;
 
 
(vi)
Nominating Shareholder ” has the meaning set out in Article 11.6(b)(iii);
 
 
 
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(vii)
Notice Date ” has the meaning set out in Article 11.6(d)(i);
 
 
(viii)
Public Announcement ” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by a national news service in Canada, or in a document publicly filed by the Company on SEDAR;
 
 
(ix)
Securities Act ” means the British Columbia Securities Act or any successor thereto;
 
 
(x)
SEDAR ” means the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval at www.sedar.com or any successor filing service for the dissemination of public company disclosure documents in Canada; and
 
 
 (xi)
Shareholder Notice ” has the meaning set out in Article 11.6(c).
 
 
(b)
Subject only to the Business Corporations Act, only persons who are nominated in accordance with this Article 11.6 shall be eligible for election as directors of the Company. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made for any Meeting of Shareholders:
 
 
(i)
by or at the direction of the Board of Directors of the Company, including pursuant to a notice of meeting;
 
 
(ii)
by or at the direction or request of one or more shareholders pursuant to a proposal made in accordance with the provisions of the Business Corporations Act, or a requisition of the shareholders made in accordance with the provisions of the Business Corporations Act; or
 
 
 
(iii)
by any person (a “ Nominating Shareholder ”): (A) who, on the record date for notice of such meeting, is entered in the securities register as a holder of one or more shares carrying the right to vote at such meeting or who beneficially owns shares that are entitled to be voted at such meeting; and (B) who complies with the notice procedures set forth below in this Article 11.6.
 
 
(c)
In addition to any other applicable requirements, a Nominating Shareholder must give the following in order to nominate persons for election as directors timely notice of the nomination in proper written form to the chief financial officer of the Company at the Head Office in accordance with this Article 11.6 (“ Shareholder Notice ”).
 
 
(d)
To be timely, the Shareholder Notice must be given:
 
 
(i)
in the case of an annual meeting (which may also be an annual and special meeting of shareholders), not less than 30 and not more than 65 days prior to the date of the annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the annual meeting is to be held on a date that is less than 50 days after the date (the “ Notice Date ”) on which the first Public Announcement of the date of the annual meeting was made, the Shareholder Notice may be given not later than the 5:00 p.m. in the time zone of the Head Office on the tenth (10th) day following the Notice Date; and
 
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(ii)
in the case of a special meeting (which is not also an annual meeting of shareholders) called for the purpose of electing directors (whether or not called for other purposes), not later than the 5:00 p.m. in the time zone of the Head Office on the fifteenth (15th) day following the first Public Announcement of the date of the special meeting.
 
 
(e)
To be in proper written form, the Shareholder Notice must set forth:
 
 
(i)
as to each person whom the Nominating Shareholder proposes to nominate for election as a director: (B) the name, age, business address and residential address of the person; (C) the principal occupation or employment of the person; (D) the class or series and number of shares in the capital of the Company which are controlled or which are owned beneficially or of record by the person as of the record date of notice for the Meeting of Shareholders (if such date shall then have been made publicly available and shall have occurred) and as of the date of such notice; (E) a statement as to whether such person would be “independent” of the Company (within the meaning of section 1.4 and 1.5 of National Instrument 52-110 – Audit Committees of the Canadian Securities Administrators, as such provisions may be amended from time to time) if elected as a director at such meeting and the reasons and basis for such determination; and (F) any other information relating to the person that would be required to be disclosed in a dissident’s proxy circular in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to the Business Corporations Act and Applicable Securities Laws; and
 
 
(ii)
as to the Nominating Shareholder giving the Shareholder Notice, (A) any information relating to such Nominating Shareholder that would be required to be made in a dissident’s proxy circular in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to the Business Corporations Act   and Applicable Securities Laws; and (B) the class or series and number of shares in the capital of the Company which are controlled or which are owned beneficially or of record by the Nominating Shareholder as of the record date of notice for the Meeting of Shareholders (if such date shall than have been made publicly available and shall have occurred) and as of the date of such notice.
 
 
(f)
No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the Company unless nominated in accordance with the provisions of this Article 11.6; provided, however, that nothing in this Article 11.6 shall be deemed to preclude discussion by a shareholder (as distinct from the nomination of directors) at a meeting of shareholders of any matter in respect of which it would have been entitled to submit a proposal pursuant to the provisions of the Business Corporations Act.
 
 
(g)
The chair of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination was made in accordance with the procedures set forth in the foregoing provisions and, if any proposed nomination is not in compliance with such foregoing provisions, to declare that such defective nomination be disregarded.
 
 
(h)
Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles, notice or any delivery given to the chief financial officer   of the Company pursuant to this Article 11.6 may only be given by mail, personal delivery, facsimile transmission or email and shall be deemed to have been
 
 
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given and made only at the time it is sent by mail to the Head Office, served by personal delivery to the Head Office, sent by email to the Company Email Address or sent by facsimile transmission to the Company Fax Number (provided that receipt of confirmation of such transmission has been received); provided that if such delivery or electronic communication is made on a day which is a not a business day or later than 5:00 p.m. in the time zone of the Head Office on a day which is a business day, then such delivery or electronic communication shall be deemed to have been made on the subsequent day that is a business day.
 
 
(i)
This Article 11.6 only applies to the Company if and for so long as it is a public company.
 
 
(j)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors may, in their sole discretion, waive any requirement in this Article 11.6 by resolution of the Board of Directors. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of a Meeting of Shareholders or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of the Shareholder Notice.
 
PART  12 – PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS
 
12 . 1                        Meetings and Quorum .   The directors may hold meetings as they think fit for the dispatch of business and may adjourn and otherwise regulate their meetings  and proceedings as they think fit.  The directors may from time to time fix the quorum necessary for the transaction of business and unless so fixed the quorum is a majority of the Board.
 
12 . 2                        Chair .   The chair of the Board, if any, of the Company is entitled to act as chair of every meeting of the Board but if at any meeting the chair of the Board, if any, is not present within 15 minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, or if the chair of the Board is not willing to act as chair, the directors present must choose one of their number to act as chair.
 
12 . 3                        Call and Notice of Meetings .   A director may at any time call a meeting of the directors.  Notice specifying the time and place of that meeting may be personally given or sent to each director and must be given at least 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the meeting or such lesser time as may be reasonable under the circumstances.  It is not necessary to give to any director notice of a meeting of directors immediately following a general meeting at which that director has been elected or notice of a meeting of directors at which that director was appointed.
 
12 . 4                        Validity of Meeting Despite Failure to Give Notice .   The accidental omission to give notice of any meeting of directors to, or the non-receipt of any notice by, any director or alternate director does not invalidate any proceedings at that meeting.
 
12 . 5                        Meeting Participation .   A director may participate in a meeting of the directors or of any committee of the directors by video conference or telephone if all directors participating in the meeting, whether by video conference or telephone or in person, are able to communicate with each other.  If all the directors consent, a director may participate in a meeting of the directors or of any committee of the directors by a communications medium other than video conference or telephone if all directors participating in the meeting are able to communicate with each other.  A director who participates in a meeting by a communications medium other than video conference or telephone is deemed to have agreed to participate by the other communications medium.  A director who participates in a meeting by video conference, telephone or other communications medium is deemed for all purposes of the Business
 
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Corporations Act and these Articles to be present at the meeting and must be counted in the quorum for and is entitled to communicate and vote at that meeting.
 
12 . 6                        Competence of Quorum .   The directors at a meeting at which a quorum is present are competent to exercise all or any of the authorities, powers and discretions for the time being vested in or exercisable by the directors.
 
12 . 7                        Committees .   The directors may from time to time by resolution constitute, dissolve or reconstitute standing committees and other committees consisting of such persons as the directors may determine.  Every committee so constituted has the authorities, powers and discretions that may be delegated to it by the directors and must act in accordance with any regulations that the directors may impose upon it.
 
12 . 8                        Validity of Meeting if Directorship Deficient .   All acts done by any director or by any member of a committee constituted by the directors, notwithstanding that it is discovered afterwards that there was some defect in the appointment of any person so acting or that he or she was disqualified, are valid.
 
12 . 9                        Majority Rule and Casting Vote .   Questions arising at any meeting of the directors must be decided by a majority of votes.  In the case of an equality of votes, the chair does not have a casting vote .

PART  13 – OFFICERS
 
13 . 1                        Appointment of Officers .   The directors may appoint officers of the Company and may specify their duties.  Any individual may be appointed to any office of the Company.  Two or more offices of the Company may be held by the same individual.
 
 
PART  14 – DIVIDENDS
 
14 . 1                        Declaration of Dividends .   Subject to the Business Corporations Act and the rights, if any, of shareholders holding shares with special rights and restrictions, the directors may declare dividends and fix the date of record and the date for payment of any dividend.  No date of record for any dividend may precede the date of payment of that dividend by more than the maximum number of days permitted by the Business Corporations Act.  No notice need be given of the declaration of any dividend.  If no valid date of record is fixed, the date of record is deemed to be the same date as the date of payment of the dividend.
 
14 . 2                        Dividend Bears No Interest .   No dividend may bear interest against the Company.
 
14 . 3                        Payment in Specie .   The directors may direct payment of any dividend wholly or partly by the distribution of specific assets or of paid-up shares or bonds, debentures or other debt obligations of the Company or in any one or more of those ways and if any difficulty arises in regard to the distribution the directors may settle the difficulty as they think fit.  The directors may fix the value for distribution of specific assets and may vest any of those specific assets in trustees upon such trusts for the persons entitled to those specific assets as the directors think fit.
 
14 . 4                        Fractional Interests .   Notwithstanding the provisions of this Part 14, if any dividend results in any shareholder being entitled to a fraction of a share, bond, debenture or other debt obligation of the Company, the directors may pay that shareholder the cash equivalent in place of that fraction of a share, bond, debenture or other debt obligation.  The directors may arrange through a fiscal agent or otherwise for the sale, consolidation or other disposition of fractions of shares, bonds, debentures or other debt obligations of the Company on behalf of shareholders entitled to them.
 
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14 . 5                        Payment of Dividends .   Any dividend payable in cash by the Company may be paid by cheque mailed to the registered address of the shareholder or in the case of joint shareholders to the registered address of the joint shareholder first named in the central securities register or to such person or to such address as any shareholder may direct in writing.  Every cheque must be made payable to the order of the person to whom it is sent and in the case of joint shareholders to those joint shareholders.
 
14 . 6                        Receipt by Joint Shareholders .   If several persons are joint shareholders of any share, any one of them may give an effective receipt for any dividend, bonus or other money payable in respect of the share.
 
PART  15 – ACCOUNTING RECORDS AND AUDITORS
 
15 . 1                        Accounts to be Kept .   The directors must cause accounting records to be kept as necessary to properly record the financial affairs and condition of the Company and to comply with the provisions of statutes applicable to the Company.
 
15 . 2                        Location of Accounts .   The directors must determine the place at which the accounting records of the Company must be kept and those records must be open to the inspection of any director during the statutory business hours of the Company.
 
15 . 3                        Remuneration of Auditors .   The directors may set the remuneration of any auditor of the Company.
 
 
PART  16 – SENDING OF RECORDS
 
16 . 1                        Manner of Sending Records .   Unless the Business Corporations Act requires otherwise, a record may be sent:
 
 
(a)
to the Company by delivery or mail to the Company at the delivery address or mailing address of its registered office or by fax or e-mail to a fax number or e-mail address specified by the Company for that purpose;
 
 
(b)
to a director by delivery or mail to the director at the prescribed address of that director or by fax or e-mail to the fax or e-mail address specified for that purpose by the director;
 
 
(c)
to a shareholder by delivery or mail to the shareholder at the registered address of that shareholder or by fax or e-mail to the fax or e-mail address specified for that purpose by the shareholder; or
 
 
(d)
to the person entitled to a share as a result of the death, bankruptcy or incapacity of a shareholder by delivery or mail or by fax or e-mail to that person at the address specified for that purpose by the person so entitled and until that address, fax number or e-mail address has been so specified, the record may be sent in any manner in which it might have been sent if the death, bankruptcy or incapacity had not occurred.
 
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16 . 2                        Sending to Joint Holders .   A record may be sent by the Company to joint shareholders in respect of a share registered in their names by sending the record to the joint shareholder first named in the central securities register in respect of that share.
 
16 . 3                        Date Record Deemed Received .   If a record is sent by mail, postage prepaid, that record is deemed to have been received on the day, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays excepted, following the date of mailing.  If a record is sent by fax, e-mail or any other manner of transmitting visually recorded messages, that record is deemed to have been received on the day it is sent if received before or during statutory business hours that day and is deemed to have been received on the day, Saturdays and holidays excepted, following the date it is sent if received after statutory business hours or on a Saturday or holiday.
 
PART  17 – NOTICES
 
17 . 1                        Minimum Number of Days .   Notice of a general meeting must be sent to all shareholders holding shares that carry the right to vote at general meetings, except to shareholders who have otherwise indicated in the client response form completed and submitted by such shareholder pursuant to National Instrument 54-101 – Communication with Beneficial Owner of Securities of a Reporting Issuer , at least 21 days before the general meeting.  Notice of a class or series meeting must be sent to all shareholders holding shares of that class or series at least 14 days before the class or series meeting.
 
17 . 2                        Persons to Receive Notice .   Notice of every general meeting must be sent to:
 
 
(a)
every shareholder holding a share or shares carrying the right to vote at that meeting on the record date or, if no record date was established by the directors, on the date the notice is sent;
 
 
(b)
the personal representative of a deceased shareholder if entitled to notice by the Business Corporations Act;
 
 
(c)
the trustee in bankruptcy of a bankrupt shareholder if entitled to notice by the Business Corporations Act;
 
 
(d)
every director; and
 
 
(e)
the auditor, if any.
 
No other person is entitled to receive notices of general meetings.
 
 
PART  18 - EXECUTION OF DOCUMENTS
 
18 . 1                        Seal Optional .   The directors may provide a common seal for the Company and may provide for its use.  The directors have power to destroy the common seal and may provide a new common seal.
 
18 . 2                        Official Seal .   The directors may provide for use in any other province, state, territory or country an official seal that must have on its face the name of the province, state, territory or country where it is to be used.
 
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18 . 3                        Affixing of Seal to Documents .   The directors must provide for the safe custody of each of the Company’s seals, if any, which shall not be affixed to any instrument except by the authority of a resolution of the directors and by such person or persons as may be prescribed in and by that resolution and the person or persons so prescribed must sign every instrument to which the seal of the Company is affixed in his, her or their presence, provided that a resolution directing the general use of a seal, if any, may at any time be passed by the directors and applies to the use of that seal until countermanded by another resolution of the directors.  In the absence of any resolution so authorizing the use of any seal, any seal of the Company may be affixed to any document that requires the seal of the Company in the presence of all the directors.
 
PART  19 – INDEMNIFICATION
 
19 . 1                        Definitions .   In this Part 19:
 
 
(a)
“associated corporation” means a corporation or entity that
 
 
(i)
is or was an affiliate of the Company;
 
 
(ii)
is a corporation, other than the Company, for which the eligible party is or was a director, alternate director or officer, at the request of the Company, or
 
 
(iii)
is a partnership, trust, joint venture or other unincorporated entity for which the eligible party holds or held a position equivalent to that of a director or officer at the request of the Company;
 
 
(b)
“eligible party” means an individual who
 
 
(i)
is or was a director or officer of the Company,
 
 
(ii)
is or was a director or officer of another corporation,
 
 
(a)
at a time when the corporation is or was an affiliate of the Company, or
 
 
(b)
at the request of the Company, or
 
 
(iii)
at the request of the Company, is or was, or holds or held a position equivalent to that of, a director or officer of a partnership, trust, joint venture or other unincorporated entity;
 
 
(c)
“eligible penalty” means a judgment, penalty or fine awarded or imposed in, or an amount paid in settlement of, an eligible proceeding;
 
 
(d)
“eligible proceeding” means a proceeding in which an eligible party or any of the heirs and legal personal representatives of the eligible party, by reason of the eligible party being or having been a director, alternate director or officer or holding or having held a position equivalent to that of a director, alternate director or officer of the Company or an associated corporation
 
 
(i)
is or may be joined as a party, or
 
 
 
 
 
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(ii)
is or may be liable for or in respect of a judgment, penalty or fine in, or expenses related to, the proceeding;
 
 
(e)
“expenses” includes costs, charges and expenses, including legal and other fees, but does not include judgments, penalties, fines or amounts paid in settlement of a proceeding; and
 
 
(f)
“proceeding” includes any legal proceeding or investigative action, whether current, threatened, pending or completed.
 
19 . 2                        Mandatory Indemnification of Eligible Parties .   To the extent the Company is not so prohibited by the Business Corporations Act, the Company must indemnify each eligible party and the heirs and legal personal representatives of each eligible party against all eligible penalties to which each eligible party is or may be liable, and the Company must, after the final disposition of an eligible proceeding pay the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by each eligible party in respect of that proceeding.  Each eligible party is deemed to have contracted with the Company on the terms of the indemnity contained in this Part 19.
 
19 . 3                        Non-Compliance with Business Corporations Act . The failure of each eligible party to comply with the Business Corporations Act or these Articles does not invalidate any indemnity to which he or she is entitled under this Part.
 
19 . 4                        Advance Expenses .   Unless prohibited by applicable law or court order, the Company must pay, as they are incurred, in advance of the final disposition of an eligible proceeding, the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by an eligible party in respect of the eligible proceeding provided that the Company shall not make such payments unless the Company first receives from the eligible party a written undertaking that, if it is ultimately determined that the payment of expenses is prohibited by applicable law, the eligible party must repay the amounts advanced.
 
19 . 5                        Indemnity Restricted .   Despite any other provision of this Part 19, the Company is not obliged to make any payment that is prohibited by the Business Corporations Act or by court order in force at the date the payment is made.
 
19 . 6                        Company May Purchase Insurance . The Company may purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of any person (or his or her heirs or legal personal representatives) who:
 
 
(a)
is or was serving as a director, alternate director or officer of the Company;
 
 
(b)
is or was serving as a director, alternate director or officer of any associated corporation; or
 
 
(c)
at the request of the Company, holds or held a position equivalent to that of a director or officer of a partnership, trust, joint venture or other unincorporated entity against any liability incurred by him or her in such equivalent position.
 
 
PART  20 – RESTRICTION ON SECURITY TRANSFERS
 
20 . 1                        Application .   This Part does not apply to the Company if and for so long as it is a public company or a pre-existing reporting company which has the Statutory Reporting Company Provisions as part of its Articles or to which the Statutory Reporting Company Provisions apply.

 
 
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20 . 2                        Directors May Decline to Approve Transfer .   No security of the company, other than a non-convertible debt security, may be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of without the approval of the directors.  Notwithstanding anything contained in these Articles, the directors may in their absolute discretion decline to approve any sale, transfer or other disposition of a security of the company (other than non-convertible debt security) or to approve the registration of the transfer of such a security of the company in the central securities register or other registers of the Company and the directors are not required to disclose their reasons for declining approval.
 
PART  21 – AUTHORIZED SHARE STRUCTURE
 
21 . 1             Described in Notice of Articles .   The authorized share structure of the Company consists of shares of the class or classes and series, if any, described in the Notice of Articles of the Company.
 
 
PART  22 – RESTRICTIONS ON BUSINESS OR POWERS
 
22 . 1             Restrictions .   The Company is restricted from carrying on business of a railway, steamship, air transport, canal, telegraph, telephone or irrigation company.
 
 
PART  23 – SHARE RIGHTS AND RESTRICTIONS
 
23 . 1             Common Shares .   The Common shares shall confer on the holders thereof and shall be subject to the following special rights and restrictions:
 
 
(a)
Voting - The holders of the Common shares shall be entitled to receive notice of and to attend any meetings of the members of the Company and, at any meeting of the members of the Company, shall be entitled to one vote in respect of each Common share held.
 
 
(b)
Dividends - The holders of the Common shares shall, in the absolute discretion of the directors, be entitled to receive and the Company shall pay out of monies of the Company properly applicable to the payment of dividends, those dividends as may be declared from time to time in respect of the Common shares.
 
 
(c)
Capital Distribution - In the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company or other distribution of assets of the Company among its shareholders for the purpose of winding-up its affairs (whether voluntary or involuntary) or upon a reduction of capital, the holders of the Common shares shall be entitled to share, on a pro rata basis, in any further distribution of the property or assets of the Company.
 



(signed) Frederick H. Earnest                                                                            
Signature of Director

Name of Director: Frederick H. Earnest                                                                                      

DATE:  June 11, 2013
 
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