January 1, 2000


Freeform Communications Inc.
904-850 Burrard Street
Vancouver, BC V6Z 2J1

ATTENTION: MR. ROBERT FERGUSON


Dear Mr. Ferguson,

RE: COLUMBIA RIVER RESOURCES (THE COMPANY) CONSULTANT APPOINTMENT

We are pleased to confirm that effective  January 1, 1999 you have been retained
to provide our Company with management and corporate development services.

DUTIES
You are retained to provide the Company with day to day management  services and
as a specialist in corporate  financing to provide the Company with contacts and
sources of financing with the global investment community; and to provide advice
and  direction  dealing  with  such  financiers,  and the  methods  and means of
financing  best suited to the Company's  circumstances  form time to time,  (the
"services").   Your   responsibilities  will  extend  to  providing  information
regarding the Company and its mineral property  interests and mining  operations
to prospective  financiers,  and sourcing  potential joint venture  partners and
financial  investors.  You will at all times be  subject  to the  direction  and
discretion  of the Board of Directors  in the Services you provide,  and how you
undertake the same. You will report to the President and the Board of Directors.

In order to allow you to perform  the  Services,  we agree to  provide  you with
current,  timely  and  accurate  information  upon  which  you may  rely in your
analysis of the Company.  The Company will  indemnify and save you harmless from
any  liability,  obligation  or loss  which  you may  incur as  result  of or in
connection  with your  employment  by the  Company  and/or  your  reliance  upon
information provided to you by the Company.

COMPENSATION
While  providing the Services,  you will be entitled to receive a regular salary
of US$1,650.00 per month,  beginning  January 1, 1999. You will also be entitled
to  reimbursement  for any and all  documented  expenses  which you may incur in
providing the Services, as long as those expenses were previously agreed upon by
ourselves.






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TERMINATION
You will have the right to terminate  your  Services any time thirty days' prior
written  notice.  The Company will have the right to terminate  your services at
any time after January 1, 2000 upon thirty days' prior written notice.

ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This letter  contains  the entire  agreement  and  understanding  between us and
supersedes any prior  negotiations,  agreements and  discussions  concerning the
subject matter hereof that may have taken place between us.

MODIFICATION AND WAIVER
This letter may not be altered or modified  except by a written  document signed
by each of us. No  waiver of any  breach or  violation  of this  letter  will be
effective unless in writing executed by the party granting such waiver, and mere
acquiescence  or delay will not be a bar to the  enforcement  of either  party's
rights hereunder.

APPLICABLE LAW
Although  the  Company  recognizes  that  some  or all of your  services  may be
performed  elsewhere,  this  letter  has been  negotiated  and  executed  in the
jurisdiction  noted  above as the  location  of the  Company's  office,  and all
parties have agreed that it will governed by the laws of such jurisdiction.

Please  confirm  your  agreement  to these  terms and  conditions  signed by the
enclosed duplication of this letter where indicated below and returning it.


Yours truly,


COLUMBIA RIVER RESOURCES INC.

Robert Weicker
Director

Acknowledged this 1st day of January, 2000


/s/ Robert Weicker

Authorized Signature