1.

Newmont Indonesia Limited, a company incorporated in the State of Delaware, USA, and having its registered office at 18th Floor, AMP Tower 535, Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3000 (hereinafter called “Newmont”).

2.

PT. Pukuafu lndah, an Indonesian judicial body incorporated by Notarial Deed Numbered 22 dated September 25, 1978 Ministerial Decree Numbered Y.A.5/365/3 dated November 27, 1978 whose address is Arthaloka Building 14th Floor, Jalan Jenderal Sudirman, Jakarta, Indonesia.

A.

All mineral resources contained in the territories of the Republic of Indonesia, including the offshore areas, are the national wealth of the Indonesian Nation, and the Government is desirous of developing the full potential of mining within its territories;

B.

The Government is desirous of advancing the economic development of the people of Indonesia and to that end desires to encourage and promote the exploration and development of the mineral resources of Indonesia and, if an ore deposit of commercial quantity is found to exist, to take all appropriate measures, consistent with the needs of the people and the requirements of the Government, to facilitate the development of such ore deposit and the operation of mining enterprises in connection therewith;

C.

The Government, through the operation of mining enterprises, is desirous of creating growth centers for regional development, creating more employment opportunities, encouraging and developing local business, and ensuring that skills, know-how and technology are transferred to Indonesian nationals, acquiring basic data regarding and related to the country’s mineral resources and preserving and rehabilitating the natural environment for further development of Indonesia;

D.

The Company through Newmont Mining Corporation Ltd a company incorporated in the State of Delaware, U.S.A. has or has access to the information, knowledge, experience and proven technical and financial capability and other resources to undertake a program of General Survey, Exploration, development, construction, mining, processing and marketing hereinafter provided for, and is ready and willing to proceed thereto under the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and

E.

The Government and the Company are willing to co-operate in developing the mineral resources on the basis of the laws and regulations of the Republic of Indonesia, specifically Law No. 11 of 1967 on the Basic Provisions of Mining (Undang Undang Pokok Pertambangan) and Law No. 1 of 1967 on Foreign Capital Investment (Undang Undang Penanaman Modal Asing) and the relevant laws and regulations pertaining thereto.

1.

“Affiliated Company” or “Affiliate” means any person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with, the person specified. “Control” (including the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with” and “controls”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the ability to influence management decisions. Without limiting the generality of the above, such influence is presumed to exist if one person holds, directly or indirectly, 25% or more of the outstanding voting shares of another person.

2.

“Subsidiary Company” or “Subsidiary” means any corporation controlled by a company through the direct or indirect ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the issued shares having power to vote.

3.

“Enterprise” means General Survey, Exploration, evaluation, development, construction, operation, treatment and sale of minerals and all other activities by the Company for the purposes of or in connection with this Agreement.

4.

“Expatriate Individuals” or “Expatriate” means individuals who are non-Indonesian nationals.

5.

“Foreign Currency” means any currency other than Rupiah.

6.

“Minerals” means all natural deposits and natural accumulations containing ores, minerals and/or basic chemical elements of all kinds, either in elemental form or in association or chemical combination with other metallic or non-metallic elements with the exception of hydrocarbon compounds, nickel, coal and radioactive minerals.

7.

“General Survey” means an investigation or a preliminary exploration carried out along certain broad features of an area for surface indications of mineralisation.

8.

“Exploration” means the search for minerals using geological, geophysical and geochemical methods and by boreholes, test pits, trenches, surface or underground headings, drifts or tunnels in order to locate the presence of economic mineral deposits and to find out their nature, shape and grade.

9.

“Mining Area” means all those territories within the Contract Area containing potentially economic mineral deposit or deposits which the Company selects for mining development and designates by latitude and longitude on maps and by description upon or before the expiration of the Feasibility Studies Period as described in Article 8 of this Agreement and in which the Company shall propose to commence Mining.

10.

“Government” means the Government of the Republic of Indonesia, its Ministers, Ministries, Departments, Agencies, Instrumentalities, Regional, Provincial or District Authorities.

11.

“Minister” or “Ministry” unless the context otherwise indicates means that member of the Government or that Government agency respectively charged with the administration of the Indonesian mining laws and regulations.

12.

“Person(s)” means any individual, partnership, corporation, wherever organised or incorporated, and all other juridically distinct entities and associations whether or not incorporated.

13.

“Rupiah” means the currency that constitutes legal tender in Indonesia.

14.

“Associated Minerals” means minerals which geologically occur together with, are inseparable from and must necessarily be mined and processed together with the principal mineral.

15.

“Mining” means recovery activities aimed at the economic exploitation of a certain ore deposit.

16.

“Processing” means treatment of the ore after it has been mined, to produce at least a marketable mineral concentrate.

17.

“Beneficial Use” means a use of the Environment or any element or segment of the Environment that is conducive to public benefit, welfare, safety or health and which requires protection from the effects of waste discharges, emissions and deposits.

18.

“Environment” means physical factors of the surroundings of human beings, including land, water, atmosphere, climate, sound, odours, tastes and biological factors of animals and plants and the social factors of aesthetics.

19.

“Pollution” means any direct or indirect alteration of the physical, thermal, chemical, biological, or radioactive properties of any part of the Environment by discharging, emitting, or depositing wastes so as materially to affect any Beneficial Use adversely, or to cause a condition which is hazardous or potentially hazardous to public health, safety or welfare, or to animals, birds, wildlife, fish or aquatic life, or to plants, and “pollute” has a corresponding meaning.

20.

“Waste” includes any matter whether liquid, solid, gaseous or radioactive, which is discharge, emitted, or deposited in the Environment in such volume, constituency, or manner as to cause an alteration of the environment.

21.

“Project Areas” means areas outside the Contract Area (as hereinafter defined) designated as such and delineated in a feasibility study report for mining development by the Company necessary for treatment and infrastructure facilities connected with such mining development.

1.

The Company is hereby appointed the sole contractor for the Government with respect to the Contract Area. The Company shall perform work and obligations imposed on it by this Agreement, including the investment of capital in Indonesia and the payment of taxes to the Government, and shall have all rights conferred on it by this Agreement and in particular the sole rights to search and explore for minerals in the Contract Area (as hereinafter defined), to develop, mine wisely any mineral deposit found in the Mining Area, to process, refine, store, and transport by any means all Minerals extracted, to market, sell or dispose of all the product inside and outside Indonesia, and to perform all other operations and activities which may be necessary or convenient in connection therewith, with due observance of this Agreement.

2.

Limited to the types of Minerals which may be exploited under this Agreement, as set forth in paragraph 1 above, the Company shall in no event deliberately search for, exploit, develop or otherwise deal in any way with radioactive minerals, hydrocarbon compounds or coal without first obtaining the approval of the Government.

3.

The Company accepts the rights and obligations to conduct operations and activities in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The Company shall conduct all such operations and activities in a good technical manner in accordance with good and acceptable international mining engineering standards and practices and in accordance with modern and accepted scientific and technical principles using appropriate modern and effective techniques, materials and methods to achieve minimum wastage and maximum safety as provided in the applicable laws and regulations of Indonesia. All operations and activities under this Agreement shall be conducted so as to avoid waste or loss of natural resources, to protect natural resources against unnecessary damage. Production shall not be restricted to the extraction of high grade ore to the neglect of low grade ore, but shall be related to the approved development plans and to economic cut-off grades throughout the Operating Period.

4.

The Company shall conduct its operations under this Agreement in such a manner as to minimise harm to the Environment and shall utilise recognised modern mining industry practices to protect natural resources against unnecessary damage, to minimise Pollution and harmful emissions into the Environment in its operations and to dispose of waste materials in a manner consistent with good waste disposal practices. The Company shall otherwise conform with the relevant environmental protection laws and regulations of Indonesia.

5.

In any event the Company shall be responsible for all damages as a result of emissions harmful to the Environment in the course of its operations, caused by the negligence of the Company. The Company shall also be responsible for reasonable preservation of the natural environment within which the Company operates and especially for taking no acts which may unnecessarily and unreasonably block or limit the further development of the resources of the area.

6.

The Company shall take all necessary measures in accordance with the laws and regulations of Indonesia to prevent and control fires and shall notify immediately the proper governmental authorities of any fire that may occur.

7.

The Company shall take measures to prevent damage to the rights and property of the Government or third parties. In the event of negligence on the part of the Company or its agents or of any sub-contractor carrying on operations or activities for the Company under this Agreement, they shall be liable for such negligence in accordance with the laws of Indonesia.

8.

The Company shall install and utilise such internationally recognised modern safety devices and shall observe such internationally recognised modern safety precautions as are provided and observed under conditions and operations comparable to those undertaken by the Company under this Agreement.

9.

The Company shall likewise observe internationally recognised modern measures for the protection of the general health and safety of its employees and of all other persons having legal access to the area covered by this Agreement. The Company shall comply with the relevant health, safety and sanitary laws and regulations of Indonesia and comply with such instructions as may be given in writing by the appropriate authorities in accordance with such laws and regulations.

10.

The Company shall have sole control and management of all of its activities under this Agreement and shall have full responsibility therefor and assume all risk thereof in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Without in any way detracting from the Company’s responsibilities and obligations hereunder the Company may engage sub-contractors, whether or not Affiliates of the Company, for the execution of such phases of its operations as the Company deems appropriate. The records of such sub-contractors relative to operations for the Company under this Agreement shall be made available to Government inspectors.

1.

The Company is a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Republic of Indonesia and shall be domiciled in Indonesia and subject to the laws and the jurisdiction of courts in Indonesia which normally have jurisdiction over corporations. The Company shall maintain in Jakarta a principal office for receipt of any notification or other official and legal communication.

2.

The Company contemplates a program for the Enterprise commencing with a General Survey of the Contract Area followed by Exploration on selected areas. The total program will be divided into five periods or stages hereinafter referred to as “General Survey Period”, “Exploration Period”, “Feasibility Studies Period”, “Construction Period” and “Operating Period”, respectively as further defined in the following Articles hereof.

3.

The Company may contract for necessary technical, management and administrative services, provided that it shall not be released from any of its obligations hereunder. In the event that such services are contracted from Affiliates, such services will be obtained only at a charge not more than a non-affiliated party with equivalent qualifications to perform such services would charge for provision of such services to equivalent standards. All such charges should be fair and reasonable and accounted for in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied. The Company shall produce on request by the Ministry evidence verifying all such charges.

4.

The Company undertakes to conduct all activities hereunder in the manner and subject to the conditions of Article 2 and to continue such activities without interruption subject to Article 19 and Article 22, during the term of this Agreement, provided that such activities may be interrupted or suspended with the concurrence of the Government. Any such interruption or suspension shall not affect the mutual rights and obligations of the Parties hereto under this Agreement.

1.

The “Contract Area” means that area as defined in Annex “A” attached to this Agreement, as changed by an extension or reduction of the area in accordance with this Agreement. For all purposes of this Agreement, the original Contract Area shall be deemed to contain 1,127,134 (one million and one hundred twenty seven thousand and one hundred twenty four) hectares.

2.

Excluded from the Contract Area are all existing

(i)

Mining Authorizations granted and mining applications being processed for Category “A” and “B” minerals by the Government, and

(ii)

Mining Authorizations granted and mining applications being processed for Category “C” minerals by the Government and Regional Government, and

(iii)

People’s Mining Activities

3.

The Company may by written application to the Ministry relinquish all or any part of the Contract Area at any time and from time to time during the term of this Agreement. Any such application shall be submitted with a relinquishment report stating all the technical and geological findings of the relinquished areas and the reasons for the relinquishment supported by field data of activities undertaken in those areas. All basic data of the relinquished areas shall be submitted to the Government and will become the property of the Government. The Company, through relinquishment, should reduce the Contract Area :

(i)

on or before the end of the General Survey Period to not more than seventy-five percent (75%) of the original Contract Area;

(ii)

on or before the second anniversary of commencement of the Exploration Period to not more than fifty percent (50%) of the original Contract Area; and

(iii)

on or before the and of the Exploration Period to not more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the original Contract Area.

4.

The Company shall conduct work after Exploration on all prospective parts of the Contract Area with the objective of delineating Mining Areas for development during the full term of this Agreement. The Company’s development plans shall include the intended capacity of each mining and processing operation and any further evaluation work required as provided in the feasibility study and other Exploration activities. Those parts of the Contract Area not included in the intended development plan for development purposes should be returned to the Government with all the basic geological, explorational, metallurgical and other data related to those parts.

5.

Any surrender of areas under this Article shall be without prejudice to any obligation or liability imposed by or incurred under this Agreement prior to the effective date of such surrender.

6.

Every three years, after the commencement of the Operating Period, the Company shall submit to the Ministry copies of studies relating to the realisation of intended plans to achieve the intended capacities and make the necessary adjustment concerning the retained area in due observance of paragraph 4 of this Article.

1.

The Company shall commence as soon as possible but not later than six months after the signing of this Agreement, a General Survey of the Contract Area to determine in what parts of the Contract Area deposits of Minerals are most likely to occur. The “General Survey Period” shall end on that date which shall be 12 (twelve) months after such commencement. The Company may apply to the Government to have any unexpired portion of the Preliminary Survey Permit (SIPP) period added to the General Survey Period. If approval is given by the Government for addition of the unexpired portion of the SIPP period to the General Survey Period then the sum of the two periods shall be called the “General Survey Period”. The Company shall spend not less than Forty Five United States Dollars (US$45.00) per square kilometre on field expenditure for the General Survey of the initial Contract Area during the General Survey Period including the SIPP period. Such expenses may include general organisational overhead and administrative expenses directly connected with field activities under this Agreement.

2.

If at the expiration of eighteen (18) months from the date of signing of this Agreement or any time thereafter it appears to the Ministry that the Company has seriously neglected its obligations with respect to minimum expenditures as provided in paragraph 1 of this Article, the Ministry may require the Company to deliver to the Ministry a guarantee in the form of a bond or banker’s guarantee to a sum which shall not exceed the total outstanding expenditure obligations remaining unfulfilled. Such guarantee may at the end of the three year period commencing on the date of signing of this Agreement be forfeited to the Government to the extent that the Company may have failed to fulfill its expenditure obligations. Except to the extent of any forfeiture as aforesaid such guarantee shall be released at the end of that three year period.

3.

In connection with the Company’s obligations under this Article, the Company shall submit to the Ministry within two (2) months from the expiration of the General Survey Period, a report setting forth the items and amounts of expenditure during the General Survey Period. The Company shall be prepared to support such report with documentation should the Government so request.

4.

The Company may at any time discontinue the General Survey in any part or parts of the Contract Area on the ground that the continuation of such General Survey is no longer a commercially feasible or practical proposition and shall apply in writing to the Ministry with due observance of Article 4 paragraph 3 for the surrender of its rights and obligations for such part of the Contract Area. The Contract Area shall thereby be reduced to the area which remains after such surrender.

5.

If at any time during the General Survey Period the Company discovers mineral deposits in any part or parts of the Contract Area and decides to proceed with the Exploration thereof it shall submit a written request and explanation to such effect to the Ministry and shall put such deposit or deposits into the succeeding stage without affecting its rights and obligations under this Agreement in respect of other areas.

1.

Upon completion of the General Survey the Company shall commence within the most promising parts of the Contract Area a program of Exploration based on the results of such General Survey. The program of Exploration shall as appropriate include detailed geology, geophysics and geochemistry as may be applicable, sampling, pitting, dredging and drilling to be undertaken during the “Exploration Period”.

2.

The Company may at any time discontinue the Exploration in any part or parts of the Contract Area on the grounds that the continuation of such Exploration is no longer a commercially feasible or practical proposition and shall apply in writing with due observance of Article 4 paragraph 3 to the Ministry for the surrender of its rights and obligations for such part of the Contract Area. The Contract Area shall thereby be reduced to the area which remains after such surrender.

3.

If at any time during the Exploration Period the Company discovers one or more deposits of minerals of apparent commercial grade and quantity in any part of parts of the Contract Area, and decides to proceed with further evaluation thereof it may submit written request to such effect to the Ministry and put such deposit or deposits into the Feasibility Studies Period without affecting its rights and obligations under this Agreement in respect of such other areas. Accordingly, the Exploration Period for each part of the Contract Area:

(i)

shall commence immediately following the end of the General Survey Period, and

(ii)

shall end 36 (thirty six) months thereafter, or at such earlier date in respect of a part of the Contract Area that with the approval of the Ministry may proceed to the Feasibility Studies Period.

4.

Prior to the end of the period allowed for investigation the Company shall give notice to the Government stating whether or not the Company desires to proceed with feasibility studies of the deposits found within the Contract Area. If the Company should give notice to the Government that it does not wish to proceed with feasibility studies, this Agreement shall thereupon terminate in the same manner and with the same result as if the Company had surrendered its rights and the Company shall turn over to the Ministry:

(i)

maps indicating all places in the Contract Area in which the Company shall have drilled holes or sunk pits,

(ii)

copies of logs of such drill holes and pits and of assay results with respect to any analysed samples recovered from them, and

(iii)

copies of any geological and/or geophysical maps of the Contract Area which shall have been prepared by the Company.

1.

The Company will keep the Government advised through the Ministry concerning the Enterprise through submission of quarterly progress reports, beginning with the first calendar quarter plus any part of a calendar quarter that remains following the date of signing of this Agreement, as to the progress and results of the Company’s Exploration and development operations and activities under this Agreement. The Company will upon request keep the Minister advised from time to time of the Company’s plans concerning the Enterprise, including the progress of any construction, operation, employment and expenditure. These progress reports should be submitted within 30 (thirty) days after the end of each calendar quarter and be in such form as the Minister may from time to time prescribe. These quarterly progress reports relating to Exploration activities shall include:

(i)

the results of geological and geophysical investigation and proving of ore deposits in the Contract Area and the sampling of such deposits;

(ii)

the results of any general reconnaissance of the various sites of proposed operations and activities under this Agreement;

(iii)

if available, information concerning the selection of routes from the Mining Areas to a suitable harbour for the export of product;

(iv)

if available, information concerning the planning of suitable permanent settlements, including information on suitable water supplies for permanent settlements and other facilities;

(v)

such other plans and information as to the progress of the Company’s activities in the Contract Area as the Ministry may from time to time reasonably require.

2.

Within one year from the time of filing the written notice provided for in paragraph 3 of Article 6 the Company will also file with the Ministry a summary of its geological and metallurgical investigations and all geological, geophysical, topographic and hydrographic data obtained from the General Survey and Exploration and a sample representative of each principal type of mineralisation encountered in its investigations.

3.

At the latest one (1) year after the expiration of the Exploration Period, the Company shall submit to the Minister a general geological map of the whole Contract Area on the scale of 1:250,000 with attendant reports based on the Company’s geological observations; such geological map need only contain the observations of rock types and their distribution and structure which have been made by the Company during the General Survey and Exploration Periods.

4.

In addition to the geological map as mentioned in paragraph 3 of this Article, the Company shall turn over to the Government:

(i)

maps indicating all places in the Contract Area in which the Company shall have drilled holes or sunk pits,

(ii)

copies of logs of such drill holes and pits and of assay results with respect to any analysed samples recovered from them,

(iii)

copies of any geophysical maps of the Contract Area which shall have been prepared by the Company, and

(iv)

all other information directly relevant to the Company’s Exploration activities under this Agreement which the Government may request and which is, or could by the exercise of reasonable efforts by the Company have been, within the Company’s control in order to appraise the Company’s investigation activities under this Agreement.

5.

The Company shall after the date of initialling the whole of this Agreement place with a bank appointed by the Government a deposit of Twenty-Five Thousand United States Dollars (US$25,000.00) less any amount already deposited on granting of the Preliminary Survey Permit (SIPP). Within 30 (thirty) days after the date of signing of this Agreement the Company shall deliver to the Government a banker’s guarantee in the amount of Seventy-Five Thousand United States Dollars (US$75,000.00). These two amounts shall hereinafter collectively be called “the Security Deposit”. If the Company has already deposited Twenty-Five Thousand United States Dollars (US$25,000.00) referred to above with a bank nominated by the Government, then no further Security Deposit shall be required if a SIPP is later granted.

(i)

the expiration of the General Survey Period;

(ii)

the submission as specified in paragraph 1 of this Article of four consecutive quarterly progress reports to the Ministry or where the General Survey Period is completed in less than one year, quarterly reports covering such lesser period, provided that where the General Survey Period has been agreed to have commenced prior to the date of signing this Agreement, report(s) covering this earlier period shall count towards satisfaction of this obligation, and

(iii)

either:

(a)

satisfactory performance (according to the Minister’s judgement) for such General Survey Period, or

(b)

the expenditure by the Company in such General Survey Period of Fifty Thousand United States Dollars (US$50,000.00) on the Contract Area.

6.

Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph 6, the Government has title to all data and reports submitted by the Company to the Ministry or the Government pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement. Such data and reports will be treated as strictly confidential by the Company to the extent that the Government shall so request; reciprocally the Government will treat as strictly confidential such data and reports to the extent that the Company shall so request provided, however, that data belonging to the public domain (because of having been published in generally accessible literature or of their mainly scientific rather than commercial value, such as geological and geophysical data) and data which has been published pursuant to laws and regulations of Indonesia or of a foreign country in which a shareholder may be domiciled (such as the yearly report of public bodies or companies) shall not be subject to the foregoing restrictions; provided further that the term “data” as used in this paragraph shall include (without limitations) any and all documents, maps, plans, worksheets and other technical data and information, as well as data and information concerning financial and commercial matters.

1.

The Feasibility Studies Period for any part of the Contract Area shall commence on the date the Company submits a written application hereinabove provided to the Ministry in relation to its decision to proceed with the evaluation and shall end upon the commencement of the Construction Period therefor as hereinafter provided.

2.

As soon as the Company has submitted written application, the Company shall commence studies to determine the feasibility of commercially developing the deposit or deposits in question. The Company will be allowed a period of 12 (twelve) months to complete such studies and to select and delineate the area in which the Company may commence operation. Such area shall constitute the “Mining Area”, provided that the Minister may, subject to paragraph 2 of Article 16, on grounds of national security or that the conduct of mining in the proposed Mining Area will disproportionately and unreasonably damage the surrounding environment or limit its further development potential or significantly disrupt the sociopolitical stability in the region, object to the area proposed as the Mining Area within three (3) months of the Company’s designation of such Area. The Government and the Company agree to consult in good faith to overcome any such objections. If after a period of three (3) months from the date of notification of such objection by the Government there has been no resolution of the matter then either Party may proceed to resolve the matter in accordance with Article 21 paragraph 1. After the completion of such feasibility studies, the Company shall submit a Feasibility Study Report in the form set out in Annex “E”, which shall contain calculations and reasons for the technical and economical feasibility of the Enterprise supported by data, as specified in Annex “E”, calculations, drawings, maps and relevant information leading toward the decision whether or not to proceed with the Enterprise. The feasibility report shall also contain information concerning matters of interest to the Government during the whole life of the Enterprise. The Government may upon request by the Company, grant an extension of twelve (12) months for the Feasibility Studies Period if the Company considers that the data required and other necessary matters are not sufficiently available to come to a final decision or the Minister raises objections to the proposed Mining Area as set out above.

3.

At any time during the Feasibility Studies Period the Company may submit a written application to the Minister that it desires to proceed with the construction of a mine and facilities to be used by the Company in its operation. The Minister shall be deemed to have approved any such application if it does not, in writing, object to same within three (3) months of receipt of such application. Upon approval of that application the Company shall commence and with reasonable diligence execute to completion the design of the facilities and subject to completion of the design of the facilities shall supply the same for the approval of the Minister, together with an estimate of the cost of such facilities and a time schedule for the construction thereof which time schedule shall, to the extent economically and practically feasible, provide for completing the construction of such facilities within thirty

six (36) months after the approval of the plans and designs and time schedule for construction of such facilities. Within three (3) months after submission the Minister shall notify the Company of his approval (which shall not be unreasonably withheld) or disapproval of the mining plan, design and time schedule for construction, subject to paragraph 2 of Article 16. In the event of disapproval, the Minister shall notify the Company of the cause for disapproval and the Government and the Company shall consult in a good faith attempt to remove the cause for such disapproval. If after a period of three (3) months from the notification of such disapproval there has been no resolution of the matter then either party may proceed to resolve the matter in accordance with Article 21 paragraph 1.

4.

The Feasibility Study Report as described in Annex “E” shall include physical impact studies into the effects of the operation of the Enterprise on the Environment and shall be prepared in accordance with the terms of reference set out in Article 26. Such studies may be carried out in consultation with appropriately qualified independent consultants retained by the Company and approved by the Government which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.

5.

The Company shall collaborate with and keep the Government informed by regular reports as to the progress and results of and costs incurred in respect of the investigations and studies and shall as and when the Government may reasonably require furnish the Government with the investigations and studies referred to in paragraph 4 above and with copies of all relevant findings made and reports prepared by the Company.

6.

The Company shall at the completion of all the investigations and studies submit to the Government a final report stating the results of and the cost incurred in respect of the investigations and studies and the Company’s analysis of and its conclusions and projections in respect of those results, and such other information relating to the Enterprise or the Mining Area which is in the possession of the Company and which the Government may reasonably request.

7.

Subject always to the provisions of paragraph 6 of Article 7, all reports and information supplied to the Government under this Article shall be treated as confidential, with the exception of those required for use by the Government for the national interest, provided that (and subject as aforesaid) if this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Article 22 hereof the reports and information shall become the property of the Government and may be used by the Government in such manner as it thinks fit.

1.

As soon as approval is received from the Minister with respect to the design and time schedule provided for in paragraph 3 of Article 8, the Company shall commence construction of the facilities and execute the same to completion in accordance with the time schedule referred to in the said paragraph 3. If this time schedule proves unworkable the Company may seek the Minister’s approval for a revised time schedule.

2.

The Company may make use of any facilities belonging to other companies whether or not affiliated with the Company and in the event of the Company making use of any such facilities as aforesaid it shall come to such arrangement as it shall think fit regarding payment, ownership or otherwise of such facilities, provided, however, that the Minister may make known to the Company objections based on grounds of national security, public interest or foreign policy of the Government.

1.

Upon completion of the construction of the facilities provided for in the Article 9, the Company shall commence operation of the Mining Area or part thereof for which such facilities have been constructed.

2.

The Company shall conduct mining operations and any activity of the Enterprise with respect to a Mining Area, for the duration of the Operating Period of such Mining Area. The Operating Period for each Mining Area shall be deemed to commence on the first day of the calendar month following the first calendar month during which the average daily throughput is at least seventy percent (70%) of the design capacity of the facilities constructed for the purpose of Mining and Processing the deposit in such Mining Area, but not later than the date falling six (6) months after the date of completion of such facilities. The Operating Period for each Mining Area shall continue for 30 (thirty) years begining at the commencement of the first mining operation, or such longer period as the Ministry, on the written application of the Company, may approve. The commencement of the Operating Period shall not occur more than eight (8) ye