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EXHIBIT 10.6
                          BRITISH COLUMBIA
          Ministry of Mines, Energy and Minerals Division
                       Mineral Titles Branch

                      RECORD OF 2 POST CLAIM
                         Mineral Tenure Act
                             Section 24

Greenwood                               380263
Mining Division                         Tenure No.

B.D. Henry                              August 28, 2000
Gold Commissioner                       Date of Record
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                APPLICATION TO RECORD A 2 POST CLAIM

     I, James Thom, #47-1224 Balmaral Road, Victoria, British Columbia
V8T 1B3, 250-995-1266 Client No. 141136,

     AGENT FOR Reid Anderson, 204-1425 Marine Drive, North Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada, V7T 1B9, 604-605-0885, Client No. 142996,

hereby apply for a record of a 2 post claim for the location as
outlined on the attached copy of mineral titles reference map No.
082E066, in the Greenwood Mining Division.

                               ACCESS

     Describe how you gained access to the location: include references
to roads, trails, topographic features, permanent landmarks and a
description of the legal post location.

     The initial post for the Sun #600 Claim is located 3,700 meters at
a bearing of 46 degrees true north from the southern most draining
creek of South Sandrift Lake.  To get to the initial post for the Sun
#600 Claim travel north of Christian Valley, until Barth Creek road
turn off on the left comes by.  Turn onto Barth Creek road and travel
about 7km until Copper road turn off, on the right.  Take Copper road
to Copper East road (Copper East road becomes deactivated and Copper
East road takes over).  Travel for about 100 meters more to a bridge.
From the bridge Sun #100 and Sun #200 IP's can be found, about 70
meters to the southwest.  Sun #600 IP can be found 1,000 meters at a
bearing of 16 degrees from Sun #100 and Sun #200.  Sune #600 adjoins,
Sun #500 to the leftof it; Sun #400 below it; and Sun #800 above it.

GPS Co-ordinates taken of posts: Yes [   ] No [ x ] If yes, complete
information chart on reverse.

                          TAG INFORMATION

     I have securely fastened the metal identification tag embossed
"INITIAL POST (No. 1)" to the legal post (or witness post*) and
impressed this information on the tag:

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TAG NO. 698491 M
INITIAL POST (No. 1)

CLAIM NAME          Sun #600
LOCATOR             James Thom
AGENT FOR           R. Anderson
DATE COMMENCED      28-August-00
TIME COMMENCED      10:50
DIR. TO F.P.        16 degrees
METRES TO RIGHT     500 meters
METRES TO LEFT      0 meters

10:50 time is a.m. 12:05 is p.m.

Direction, means a bearing measured between 0 degrees and 360 degrees,
where 0 degrees is the bearing of true north.

I have securely affixed the portion of the metal identification tag
embossed "FINAL POST (No. 2)" to the final post (or the witness post*)
and impressed this information on the tag:

TAG NO. 698491 M
INITIAL POST (No. 2)

CLAIM NAME          Sun #600
LOCATOR             James Thom
AGENT FOR           R. Anderson
DIST. FORM I.P.     500 meters
DATED COMPLETED     28-August-00
TIME COMPLETED      12:05

*    If a witness post was placed for the legal corner post: Bearing
     from witness post to true position of legal corner post is
     __________ degrees, at a distance of __________ metres.

                          ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

     I have complied with all the terms and conditions of the Mineral
Tenure Act and Regulation pertaining to the location of 2 post claims
and have attached a plan of the location on which the positions of the
legal and final post (and witness and identification post if
applicable) are indicated. The tag information supplied above is the
identical information that I impressed upon the respective tags affixed
to the applicable post when I located this claim, and this information
is true and correct.


/s/ James Thom
Signature of Locator