Note Purchase Agreement with Tangiers Investors, LP, dated July 1, 2013 (*, 14)

 

2.1. PLACE OF CLOSING AND PROCEDURE AT CLOSING. The closing of the issuance of the Note to the Purchaser (the "Closing") shall take place, simultaneously with and upon the satisfaction of the following conditions:

 

The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser as follows:

 

3.1. ORGANIZATION.  The Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada and is qualified to conduct its business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction where the failure to be so qualified would have a material adverse effect on the Company.

 

 

The Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows:

 

4.1. AUTHORIZATION OF THE DOCUMENTS.  Purchaser has all requisite power and authority (corporate or otherwise) to execute, deliver and perform the Financing Documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated thereby, and the execution, delivery and performance by such Purchaser of the Financing Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized by all requisite action by such Purchaser and each such Financing Document, when executed and delivered by the Purchaser, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against such Purchaser in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors' rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity).

(a)

The Purchaser is an accredited investor (as that term is defined in Rule 501(a)(1) of Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”);

(b)

The Purchaser is sophisticated and experienced in acquiring the securities of small public companies;

(c)

The Purchaser has reviewed the Company’s most recent financial reports made available on Otcmarkets.com;

(d)

The Purchaser has had sufficient opportunity to review and evaluate the risks and uncertainties associated with the purchase of the Company’s securities;

(e)

The Purchaser is acquiring the Note from the Company for investment purposes only and not with a view to a distribution.

 

4.3 RESTRICTED SECURITY. Purchaser understands and acknowledges that the Note has not been, and when issued will not be, registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Purchaser warrants and represents that it has fully reviewed the restricted securities legend and the terms thereof with its financial, legal, investment, and business advisors and that it has not relied upon the Company or any other person for any advice in connection with the purchase of the Note, this Agreement, or both of them.

 

4.4 LEGAL COUNSEL. Purchaser has consulted with its own independent legal, tax, investment, and other advisors of its own choosing prior to entering into this Agreement.

4.5 ABSENCE OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS. Purchaser understands and agrees that it is not acquiring and has not been granted any registration rights with respect to the Note.  The Note is a restricted security and the Purchaser understands that there is no trading market for the Note and no such market will likely ever develop.

The Company shall not be obligated to pay any commission, brokerage fee or finder's fee based on any alleged agreement or understanding between the Purchaser and a third person in respect of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Purchaser hereby agrees to indemnify the Company against any claim by any third person for any commission, brokerage or finder's fee or other payment with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby based on any alleged agreement or understanding between the Purchaser and such third person, whether express or implied from the actions of the Purchaser.

This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the Company, the Purchaser and their respective successors and assigns.

This Agreement and the other writings and agreements referred to in this Agreement or delivered pursuant to this Agreement contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings among the parties with respect thereto.

All notices, demands and requests of any kind to be delivered to any party in connection with this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered or if sent by an internationally-recognized overnight courier or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested and postage prepaid to the address of each party listed on the first page of this Agreement or to such other address as the party to whom notice is to be given may have furnished to the other parties to this Agreement in writing in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Any such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been received (i) in the case of personal delivery, on the date of such delivery, (ii) in the case of an internationally-recognized overnight courier, on the next business day after the date when sent and (iii) in the case of mailing, on the third business day following that on which the piece of mail containing such communication is posted.

This Agreement may not be modified or amended, or any of the provisions of this Agreement waived, except by written agreement of the Company and the Purchaser.

In the event of a dispute between the parties concerning the enforcement or interpretation of this Agreement, the prevailing party in such dispute, whether by legal proceedings or otherwise, shall be reimbursed immediately for the reasonably incurred attorneys' fees and other costs and expenses by the other parties to the dispute.

(A) ll questions concerning the construction, interpretation and validity of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the domestic laws of the State of California without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether in the State of California or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of California. In furtherance of the foregoing, the internal law of the State of California will control the interpretation and construction of this Agreement, even if under such jurisdiction's choice of law or conflict of law analysis, the substantive law of some other jurisdiction would ordinarily or necessarily apply.

The captions by which the sections and subsections of this Agreement are identified are for convenience only, and shall have no effect whatsoever upon its interpretation. Exhibit A is attached hereto and each of the attachments listed in Exhibit A are each with Exhibit A incorporated by reference herein.

If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be deemed to be severed and deleted; and neither such provision, nor its severance and deletion, shall affect the validity of the remaining provisions.

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and each such counterpart of this Agreement shall be deemed to be an original instrument, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one agreement. Facsimile counterpart signatures to this Agreement shall be acceptable and binding.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has duly executed this Note Purchase Agreement as of the date first written above.

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