STOCK OPTION AND SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT U.S. Persons

"Common Stock" means the shares of common stock of the Company;

"Exercise Payment" means the amount of money equal to the Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Optioned Shares specified in the Notice of Exercise;

"Exercise Price" means $1.41;

"Expiry Date" means May 3, 2012;

"Notice of Exercise" means a notice in writing addressed to the Company at its address first recited (or such other address of the Company as may from time to time be notified to the Optionee in writing), substantially in the form attached as Appendix "A" hereto, which notice shall specify therein the number of Optioned Shares in respect of which the Options are being exercised;

"Options" means the irrevocable right and option to purchase, from time to time, all, or any part of the Optioned Shares granted to the Optionee by the Company pursuant to Section 1.2 of this Agreement;

"Optioned Shares" means the shares of Common Stock, subject to the Options;

"Securities" means, collectively, the Options and the Optioned Shares;

"Shareholders" means holders of record of the shares of Common Stock;

"U.S. Person" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Regulation S under the 1933 Act, and for the purpose of the Agreement includes any person in the United States; and

"Vested Options" means the Options that have vested in accordance with Section 1.3 of this Agreement.

THIRTY-THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE (33,333) of the Options shall vest upon:

the one (1) year anniversary of the Date of Grant,

the two (2) year anniversary of the Date of Grant, and

the remaining THIRTY-THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY- FOUR (33,334) Options shall vest upon the three (3) year anniversary of the Date of Grant.

by delivering a properly executed Notice of Exercise together with irrevocable instructions to a broker promptly to sell or margin a sufficient portion of the Common Stock and deliver directly to the Company the amount of sale or margin loan proceeds to pay the exercise price; or

by complying with any other payment mechanism approved by the Board at the time of exercise.

the terms and conditions on which the Options are granted; and

a consolidation or subdivision of the Company's share capital or an amalgamation or merger;

the Optionee is a director of the Company;

the Securities have not been registered under the 1933 Act or under any state securities or "blue sky" laws of any state of the United States, and are being offered only in a transaction not involving any public offering within the meaning of the 1933 Act, and, unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States or to U.S. Persons (as defined herein), except pursuant to an effective registration statement under the 1933 Act, or pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the 1933 Act, and in each case only in accordance with applicable state securities laws;

the Company will refuse to register any transfer of the Securities not made in accordance with the provisions of Regulation S, pursuant to an effective registration statement under the 1933 Act or pursuant to an available exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the 1933 Act;

the decision to execute this Subscription and acquire the Securities hereunder has not been based upon any oral or written representation as to fact or otherwise made by or on behalf of the Company and such decision is based solely upon a review of publicly available information regarding the Company available on the website of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") available at ▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇▇ (the "Company Information");

the Company is entitled to rely on the representations and warranties and the statements and answers of the Optionee contained in this Agreement, and the Optionee will hold harmless the Company from any loss or damage it may suffer as a result of the Optionee's failure to correctly complete this Agreement;

that resale of any of the Securities in Canada is restricted except pursuant to an exemption from applicable securities legislation;

the Optionee has been advised to consult its own legal, tax and other advisors with respect to the merits and risks of an investment in the Securities and with respect to applicable resale restrictions and it is solely responsible (and the Company is in any way responsible) for compliance with applicable resale restrictions;

the Company has advised the Optionee that the Company is relying on an exemption from the requirements to provide the Optionee with a prospectus to sell the Securities

and, as a consequence of acquiring the Securities pursuant to such exemption certain protections, rights and remedies provided by the applicable securities legislation of British Columbia including statutory rights of rescission or damages, will not be available to the Optionee;

the Securities are not listed on any stock exchange or automated dealer quotation system and no representation has been made to the Optionee that any of the Securities will become listed on any stock exchange or automated dealer quotation system, except that currently certain market makers make market in the shares of the Company's common stock on the OTC Bulletin Board;

neither the SEC nor any other securities commission or similar regulatory authority has reviewed or passed on the merits of the Securities;

no documents in connection with this Agreement have been reviewed by the SEC or any state securities administrators;

there is no government or other insurance covering any of the Securities; and

this Agreement is not enforceable by the Optionee unless it has been accepted by the Company.

the Optionee is a director of the Company;

the Optionee is a U.S. Person;

the Optionee has received and carefully read this Agreement;

the Optionee has the legal capacity and competence to enter into and execute this Agreement and to take all actions required pursuant hereto and, if the Optionee is a corporation, it is duly incorporated and validly subsisting under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and all necessary approvals by its directors, shareholders and others have been obtained to authorize execution and performance of this Agreement on behalf of the Optionee;

the Optionee (i) has adequate net worth and means of providing for its current financial needs and possible personal contingencies, (ii) has no need for liquidity in this investment, and (iii) is able to bear the economic risks of an investment in the Securities for an indefinite period of time, and can afford the complete loss of such investment;

all information contained in this Agreement is complete and accurate and may be relied upon by the Company;

the Optionee has the requisite knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the investment in the

Securities and the Company, and the Optionee is providing evidence of such knowledge and experience in these matters through the information requested in this Agreement;

the Optionee understands and agrees that the Company and others will rely upon the truth and accuracy of the acknowledgements, representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement and agrees that if any of such acknowledgements, representations and agreements are no longer accurate or have been breached, the Optionee shall promptly notify the Company;

the Optionee is aware that an investment in the Company is speculative and involves certain risks, including the possible loss of the investment;

the entering into of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby do not result in the violation of any of the terms and provisions of any law applicable to, or, if applicable, the constating documents of, the Optionee, or of any agreement, written or oral, to which the Optionee may be a party or by which the Optionee is or may be bound;

the Optionee has duly executed and delivered this Agreement and it constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Optionee enforceable against the Optionee;

the Optionee has the requisite knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the investment in the Securities and the Company, and the Optionee is providing evidence of such knowledge and experience in these matters through the information requested in this Agreement;

the Optionee understands and agrees that the Company and others will rely upon the truth and accuracy of the acknowledgements, representations and agreements contained in this Agreement, and agrees that if any of such acknowledgements, representations and agreements are no longer accurate or have been breached, the Optionee shall promptly notify the Company;

the Optionee is purchasing the Securities for its own account for investment purposes only and not for the account of any other person and not for distribution, assignment or resale to others, and no other person has a direct or indirect beneficial interest is such Securities, and the Optionee has not subdivided his interest in the Securities with any other person;

the Optionee is not an underwriter of, or dealer in, the shares of the Company's common stock, nor is the Optionee participating, pursuant to a contractual agreement or otherwise, in the distribution of the Securities;

the Optionee has made an independent examination and investigation of an investment in the Securities and the Company and has depended on the advice of its legal and financial advisors and agrees that the Company will not be responsible in anyway whatsoever for the Optionee's decision to acquire the Securities;

if the Optionee is acquiring the Securities as a fiduciary or agent for one or more investor accounts, the Optionee has sole investment discretion with respect to each such account, and the Optionee has full power to make the foregoing acknowledgements, representations and agreements on behalf of such account;

the Optionee is not aware of any advertisement of any of the Securities and is not acquiring the Securities as a result of any form of general solicitation or general advertising including advertisements, articles, notices or other communications published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over radio or television, or any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by general solicitation or general advertising;

no person has made to the Optionee any written or oral representations:

that any person will resell or repurchase any of the Securities,

that any person will refund the purchase price of any of the Securities,

as to the future price or value of any of the Securities, or

that any of the Securities will be listed and posted for trading on any stock exchange or automated dealer quotation system or that application has been made to list and post any of the Securities of the Company on any stock exchange or automated dealer quotation system, except that currently certain market makers make market in the shares of the Company's common stock on the OTC Bulletin Board; and

In this Subscription, the term "U.S. Person" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Regulation S promulgated under the 1933 Act and for the purpose of the Subscription includes any person in the United States.

NONE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "1933 ACT"), OR ANY U.S. STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND, UNLESS SO REGISTERED, NONE MAY BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE 1933 ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE 1933 ACT AND IN EACH CASE ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.