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Exhibit 3.1
DYNARESOURCE, INC.
"ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION"
State of Delaware
Office of the Secretary of State
I, EDWARD J. FREEL, SECRETARY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THE
ATTACHED IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF
"DYNARESOURCE, INC.", FILED IN THIS OFFICE ON THE EIGHTH DAY OF DECEMBER, A.D.
1997, AT 9 O'CLOCK A.M.
GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
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SEAL OF DELAWARE SECRETARY'S OFFICE
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/S/ Edward J. Freel
Edward J. Freel, Secretary of State
AUTHENTICATION: 8795882
DATE: 12-08-97
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
DYNARESOURCE, INC.
The undersigned, a natural person of the age of eighteen years or more,
acting as the Incorporator of a corporation under the Delaware Corporation Laws,
hereby adopts the following Articles of incorporation for such corporation:
ARTICLE I
The name of the corporation Is Dynaresource, Inc.
ARTICLE II
The address of the corporation's initial registered office is 1013
Centre Road, Wilmington, Delaware, and the name of the corporation's
Initial registered agent at such address is Corporation Service
Company, in New Castle County.
ARTICLE III
The purpose or purposes for which the corporation is organized shall be
and include the transaction of any or all lawful business for which
coporations may be incorporated under the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware.
ARTICLE IV
The corporation shall have authority to issue fifty million
(50,000.000) shares of its common stock each having a par value of
$.0001. Fully paid common shares of the corporation shall not be
liable for further call or assessment. The authorized common shares of
the corporation shall be Issued at the discretion of the Board of
Directors of the corporation.
ARTICLE V
The name and address of the incorporator of the corporation is James J.
Panipinto, 10440 N. Central Expressway, Ste. 1440, Dallas, Texas 75231.
The powers of the incorporator are to terminate upon the filing of this
Certificate of Incorporation.
ARTICLE VI
The names and mailing addresses of the persons who are to serve as
directors until the first annual meeting of stockholders or until (a)
his successors have been elected and qualified, as provided In the
Bylaws of the corporation, or (b) his earlier death or resignation is
as follows:
Name Mailing Address
Douglas Metcalf 46 Lake Shore Drive North
Westford, Massachusetts 01886
Koy W. (K.D.) Diepholz 5215 Williams Square Ste. 200
Irving, Texas 75039
Melvin E. Tidwell 4804 Pickadilly Place
Tyler, Texas 75703
Wayne C. Henderson 5506 Lafayette Lane
Frisco, Texas 75035
ARTICLE VII
The period of the corporations duration is perpetual.
ARTICLE VIII
The right to accumulate votes in the Election of directors, and/or
cumulative voting by any shareholder of the corporation, is hereby
expressly denied.
ARTICLE IX
The right to preemptive rights to acquire additional, unissued, or
treasury shares of the corporation, or securities of the corporation
convertible into or carrying a right to subscribe to or acquire
additional shares of the corporation is hereby expressly denied.
ARTICLE X
All of the corporation's directors and officers and former directors
and officers and all persons who may have served at the corporation's
request as a director or officer of another corporation in which the
corporation is a creditor or substantial shareholder, shall be
indemnified against expenses actually and necessarily incurred by them
in connection with the defense of any action, suit or proceeding, in
which they, or any of them, are made parties, or a party by reason of
being or having been directors or officers or a director or officer of
the corporation, or of such other corporation, except in relation to
matters as to which any such director or officer or former director or
officer shall be adjudged in such action, suit or proceeding to be
liable for negligence or misconduct. The foregoing right to indemnity
shall include reimbursement of the amounts and expenses paid or
incurred in settlement thereof or a plea of nolo contendere (or other
plea of substantially the same import and effect) which, in the opinion
of counsel for the corporation, appears to be in the interest of the
corporation. Such indemnification shall not be deemed exclusive of any
other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled by law or under
any bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or otherwise.
ARTICLE XI
No contract or other transaction between the corporation and any
person, firm; association or corporation and no act of the
corporation shall, in the absence of fraud, be invalidated or in any
way affected by the fact that any of the directors of the corporation
are pecuniarily or otherwise interested, directly or indirectly, in
such contract, transaction or act, or are related to or interested in
such person, firm, association or corporation as a director,
shareholder, officer, employee, member or otherwise any director so
interested or related who is present at any meeting of the Board of
Directors or committee of directors at which action on any such
contract, transaction or act is taken may be counted in determining
the presence of a quorum at such meeting and may vote at such meeting
with respect to such contract, transaction or act with like force and
effect as if he or she were not so interested or related. No director
so interested or related shall, because of such interest or
relationship, be disqualified from holding his or her offiee or be
liable to the corporation or to any shareholder or creditor thereof
for any loss incurred by the corporation under or by reason of such
contract, transaction or act, or be accountable for any gains or
profits he may have realized therein.
THESE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF DYNARESOURCE, INC. ARE HEREBY EXECUTED this
December 5, 1997.
/S/ James Panipinto
James J. Panipinto
Incorporator
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF DALLAS
THIS INSTRUMENT WAS ACKNOWLEDGED before me J. PANIPINTO, on this December 5,
1997
/S/ M.L. Hilberth
Notary Public, State of Texas
(Notary Stamp)
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ORGANIZATIONAL RESOLUTIONS
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
DYNARESOURCE, INC.
The undersigned, being each of the duly and validly constituted
directors listed in the Certificate of Incorporation of DynaResource, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "Corporation"), acting
pursuant to authority granted by the Delaware General Corporation Act, hereby
consents that, when the undersigned has executed this consent or an exact
counterpart thereof, the resolutions hereinafter set forth shall be deemed to
have been adopted to the same extent and with the same force and effect as if
adopted at a formal meeting of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, duly
called, noticed and held for the purpose of acting upon proposals to adopt such
resolutions:
Articles of Incorporation
RESOLVED, that the duplicate original of the Certificate of
Incorporation as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on
December 7,1997, and the evidence of such filing be inserted in the
minute book of this Corporation; and
Minute Book; Bylaws; Stock Certificate; Corporate Seal
RESOLVED, that the Bylaws submitted to the Board of Directors of this
Corporation on this date are hereby adopted as and for the Bylaws of
this Corporation, and that the Secretary of this Corporation is hereby
instwcted to cause the same to be inserted in the minute book of the
Corporation; the Secretary is further ordered to certify a copy of
those Bylaws and maintain them in the principal office of the
Corporation for the transaction of its business, open for inspection by
the shareholders at all reasonable time during office hours;
and
RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the Corporation shall maintain, as part of
its corporate record, a minute book which shall include, but not
limited to, a record of the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation and
amendments thereto, its Bylaws and amendments thereto, minutes of all
meetings of its directors, and minutes of all meetings of its
shareholders; the time and place of such meetings, whether a meeting
was regular or special, and if special, how the meeting was authorized,
the notice given, the names of those present at directors' meetings,
the number of shares present or represented at shareholders' meetings,
and the proceedings at the meetings; and
RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the form of stock certificates of the
Corporation shall be in substantially the form as those previously
issued by West Coast Mines, Inc., together with such changes as shall
be reasonably required to reflect the name of the Corporation, its
state of incorporation and the par value of the stock, all as shall be
acceptable to the President of the Corporation with the advice of
counsel; and
RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the stock certificates shall be consecutively
numbered beginning with Number 1; that the certificates shall be issued
only when the signatures of the President and Secretary, or a facsimile
thereof, and the corporate seal or a facsimile, are affixed thereto or
impnnted thereon; that each certificate shall state on its face the
name of the person to whom the shares representing the certificate are
issued, the number and class of shares and the designation of the
series, if any, that the certificate represents, the par value of each
share represented by the certificate or the fact that the shares are
without par value, that the corporation is organized under the laws of
Texas; and that the certificates shall set forth in full or in summary
form, or shall incorporate by reference, such statements as are
required by the Articles of Incorporation or the Delaware General
Corporation Laws.
RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the seal affixed at this place is hereby
adopted as the official seal of the Corporation; and
Election of Officers
RESOLVED, that the following persons are hereby elected to be officers
of the Corporation, to hold the office set opposite their respective
names for a period of one year from the date hereof and for so long
thereafter until their respective successors are chosen and qualified,
or until their earlier death, resignation or removal:
Chairman, President & CEO Koy W. (K. D.) Diepholz
Vice President - Mineral Properties Wayne Henderson
Vice President - Investor Relations Brad J. Saulter
Secretary Douglas W. Metcalf
Treasurer Koy W. (K. D.) Diepholz
Issuance of Stock
RESOLVED, that the offers of the following person(s) (hereinafter
called the "Purchaser(s)") to purchase the number of shares of the
authorized and unissued $0.0001 par value common capital stock of the
Corporation set opposite the name(s) of such Purchaser(s), for the
amount set opposite the name(s) of such Purchaser(s):
PURCHASER NO. SHARES AMOUNT
West Coast Mines 1000 $1.00 dollar per share
is/are hereby accepted, such offer(s) being, in the judgment of the
Board of Directors of the Corporation, fair and adequate consideration;
RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the President and Secretary of the Corporation
are hereby instructed, upon receipt of payment from the aforesaid
Purchaser(s), to prepare, execute and deliver to such Purchaser(s)
certificates for the number of shares of the Corporation's $0.01 par
value common capital stock set forth opposite such Purchaser(s)'
name(s) above; and
Fiscal Year
RESOLVED, that the fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the twelve
month period ending December 31 of each calendar year; and
Bank Account
RESOLVED, that the officers of the Corporation are hereby authorized to
select such bank or banks, hereinafter collectively referred to as the
"Bank," as depository of the funds of the Corporation and to establish
and maintain, in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, such
demand deposit accounts with the Bank as may be necessary to conduct
the business of the Corporation, subject to such terms and conditions
that the officers may from time to time agree to with the Bank; that in
connection with the establishment of such accounts, the officers may
execute the Bank's regular corporate resolution forms which are
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this resolution; and
the Secretary is hereby directed to attach a copy of each executed
corporate resolution form to these resolutions; and
RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the Secretary of the Corporation is hereby
authorized and directed to certify to the Bank that such resolutions
have been duly adopted and are in conformity with the Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws of the Corporation, to verify to the Bank the
names and specimen signatures of the present officers of the
Corporation authorized to sign on such accounts, and if and when any
new officer is elected or appointed, to verify the fact of that change
and the name and specimen signature of each new officer duly authorized
by the Board of Directors to sign on such accounts; and
Corporate Office
RESOLVED, that offices of the Corporation be established and maintained
at Towers at Williams Square, 5215 N. O'Connor Blvd., Ste 200, Irving,
TX 75039.
Transaction of Business
RESOLVED, that the officers of the Corporation are hereby directed to
obtain, in the name of the Corporation, such licenses and tax permits
as may be required for the conduct of the business of the Corporation
by any federal, state, county or municipal governmental statute,
ordinance or regulation, and to do all things necessary or convenient
to qualify the Corporation to transact its business in compliance with
the laws and regulations of any appropriate federal, state, or
municipal governmental authority; and
RESOLVED, that the Treasurer of the Corporation is hereby authorized to
pay all charges and expenses incident to or arising out of the
organization of the Corporation and to reimburse any person who has
made any disbursement therefor; and
RESOLVED, that the Corporation recognizes that James J. Panipinto has
acted as incorporator of the Corporation solely for the purpose of
incorporating the Corporation, and as an accommodation to the
Corporation and that the Corporation, for such consideration and
action, hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless James J. Panipinto
from and against any and all claims and liabilities of any kind which
may be brought against him by reason of his acting on behalf of the
Corporation in such capacities; and such indemnification is provided
for pursuant to the provisions of the Texas Business Corporation Act.
DATED as of January 15, 1998.
/S/ Douglas Metcalf
/S/ Koy W. (K. D.) Diepholz
/S/ Melvin E. Tidwell
/S/ Wayne C. Henderson