RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
EL PLATA MINING CORPORATION
The undersigned, being, respectively, the president and secretary of El
Plata Mining Corporation do hereby certify as follows:
That the Board of Directors of the Corporation at a meeting duly
convened, held on the 23rd day of August 1999, adopted a resolution to amend and
restate the articles of incorporation as follows:
FIRST: The name of the Corporation is El Plata Mining Corporation.
SECOND: The date it filed its Articles of Incorporation with the
Secretary of State is February 27, 1973.
The name under which El Plata Mining Corporation was
originally incorporated is El Plata Mining Corporation.
THIRD: The Articles of Incorporation are amended to effect the
following amendments:
1. To change the name of the corporation; 2. To change the number of
shares the corporation has authority to issue and change the par value of the
shares; 3. To change the corporation's registered agent.
FOURTH: The text of the Articles of Incorporation, as amended
heretofore, is hereby restated as further amended to read as herein set forth in
full.
FIRST: The name of the corporation is ElPlata Corporation.
SECOND: The address of the resident agent of this corporation in this
state is c/o United Corporate Services, Inc., 202 South Minnesota Street, in the
City of Carson City, County of Carson City, State of Nevada 89703, and the name
of the resident agent at said address is United Corporate Services, Inc.
THIRD: The purpose of the corporation is to engage in any lawful act or
activity for which corporations may be organized under the corporation laws of
the State of Nevada.
FOURTH: The corporation shall be authorized to issue the following
shares:
Class Number of Shares Par value
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Common 100,000,000 $.001
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FIFTH: The period of duration of the corporation shall be perpetual.
SIXTH: The corporation may, to the fullest extent permitted by Section
78.751 of the Nevada General Corporation Law, indemnify any and all directors
and officers whom it shall have power to indemnify under said section from and
against any and all of the expenses, liabilities or other matters referred to in
or covered by such section, and the indemnification provided for herein shall
not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the persons so indemnified
may be entitled under any By-Law, agreement, vote of shareholders or
disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity
and as to action in another capacity by holding office, and shall continue as to
a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the
benefits of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
SEVENTH: The amended and restated articles of incorporation was adopted
by the Board of Directors and authorized by the affirmative vote of the holders
of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon at a meeting of
the shareholders.
Dated: September 27, 1999
Glenn A. Little, President
Matthew Blair, Secretary
