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Assessors Parcel No.: N/A sublease and

     unpatented mining claims


Recorded at the request of

And when recorded return to:

Liberty Silver Corp.

3960 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 500

Las Vegas, Nevada 89161


The undersigned affirm that this document does not contain the personal information of any person.



OFFICIAL RECORDS

PERSHING COUNTY NEVADA

RECORDED BY

Thomas P. Irwin

11-Nov-9  PM 2:24

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RENE CHILDS

COUNTY RECORDER

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Memorandum of Exploration Earn-In Agreement


Renaissance Exploration, Inc., a Nevada corporation formerly names AuEx, Inc. (Renaissance), and Liberty Silver Corp., a Nevada corporation (Liberty), have entered into the Exploration Earn-In Agreement dated as March 29, 2010, in accordance with Renaissance has granted to Liberty the right to earn an undivided interest in the Minerals Lease and Sublease between Newmont USA Limited, a Delaware corporation, doing business as Newmont Mining Corporation, and AuEx, Inc. dated effective July 29, 2005, concerning the unpatented mining claims, leased fee lands and owned lands described in Exhibit A attached to and by this reference incorporated in this Agreement, and in certain unpatented mining claims owned by Renaissance, also described in Exhibit A.


For purposes of the Exploration Earn-In Agreement and this Memorandum, the addresses of the parties are:


Renaissance Exploration, Inc.

4750 Langley Lane, Suite 106

Reno Nevada 89502


Liberty Silver Corp.

3960 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 500

Las Vegas, Nevada 89161


Dated effective March 29, 2010.


Renaissance Exploration, Inc.

By:

/s/Richard Bedell

Richard L. Bedell, President





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Liberty Silver Corp.

By:

/s/William Tafuri

William Tafuri, President and Chief Operating Officer











































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STATE OF NEVADA

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COUNTY OF WASHOE

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This Memorandum of Exploration Earn-In Agreement was acknowledged before me on November 4, 2011, by Richard L. Bedell as President of Renaissance Exploration, Inc.


/s/Joann Newbury

JOANN NEWBURY

Notary Public State of Nevada

Appointment Recorded in Washoe County

No. 04-90312-2 Expires March 26, 2012

Notary Public





STATE OF _________

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COUNTY OF _______

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This Memorandum of Exploration Earn-In Agreement was acknowledged before me on November ____, 2011, by Geoff Browne, as President of Liberty Silver Corp.




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STATE OF NEVADA

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)ss.

COUNTY OF WASHOE

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This Memorandum of Exploration Earn-In Agreement was acknowledged before me on November 4, 2011, by Richard L. Bedell as President of Renaissance Exploration, Inc.


/s/Joann Newbury

JOANN NEWBURY

Notary Public State of Nevada

Appointment Recorded in Washoe County

No. 04-90312-2 Expires March 26, 2012

Notary Public





STATE OF UTAH

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)ss.

COUNTY OF SUMMIT

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This Memorandum of Exploration Earn-In Agreement was acknowledged before me on November 7, 2011, by William Tafuri as Chief Operating Officer of Liberty Silver Corp.


/s/Timothy Nielsen

TIMOTHY NIELSEN

Notary Public

State of Utah

Comm. No. 611929

My Comm. Expires Aug 22, 2015

Notary Public




















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Memorandum of Exploration Earn-In Agreement


Exhibit A



1.

Newmont Property.  Minerals Lease and Sublease dated effective July 29, 2005, between Newmont USA Limited, a Delaware Corporation, doing business as Newmont Mining Corporation, Memorandum recorded in the Office of the Pershing County Recorder on August 8, 2005, Document 244433, concerning the property described on the following page.


2.

Renaissance Exploration, Inc. Property.  The unpatented mining claims by Renaissance Exploration, Inc. described as follows:


Elm 1 Elm 18

1027569 1027586

Elm 19 Elm 103

1030226 1030310

Elm 104 Elm 175

1040840 1040911

TS 1 TS 18

930542 930559

XXX 1 XXX 6

1047549 - 1047554


3.

Area of Interest.  The area of interest under the Minerals Lease and Sublease described as follows:


Township 30 North, Range 30 East, MDB&M, Sections 32-35.

Township 29 North, Range 30 East, MDB&M, Sections 2-5, 8-11, and 14-17.
























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Exhibit A


NEWMONT PROPERTY

Pershing County, Nevada

1.

Mining Claims


The following 41 unpatented lode mining claims situated in Pershing County, Nevada in Sections 4 and 10, Township 29 North, Range 30 East, MDB&M:


Claim Name

BLM NMC



Seka 95-112

264542-264559

Seka 1-6, 8-16, 61-64, 73-76

243016-243030, 264508-264511, 264520-264523


2.

Leased Lands (Minerals Lease 4,396.44 acres)


Newmonts interest under that certain Minerals Lease (29-OSP-0006) dated August 17, 1987, between Nevada Land and Resource Company LLC, successor in interest to Southern Pacific Land Company, and Newmont USA Limited, successor in interest to SFP Minerals Corporation, insofar and only insofar as it permits to the following property:


Township 30 North, Range 30 East, MDB&M:



Section 27;

All (640 acres)

Section 33;

All (640 acres)

Section 35;

N1/2, SE1/4, N1/2SW1/4 (560 acres)


Township 29 North, Range 30 East, MDB&M:



Section 3;

Lots 1-4, S1/2N1/2, S1/2 (All 639.12 acres)

Section 5;

Lots 1-4, S1/2N1/2, S1/2 (All 637.32 acres)

Section 11;

All (640 acres)

Section 17;

All (640 acres)


3.

Owned Lands Surface & Minerals (1,280 acres)


Newmonts fee ownership interest insofar and only insofar as it pertains to the following property:


Township 29 North, Range 30 East, MDB&M:



Section 9;

All (640 acres)

Section 15;

All (640 acres)