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Form -9 Request for Taxpayer Give form to the
<br /> (Rev October2007) Identification Number and Certification requester. Do not
<br /> Department of the Treasury send to the IRS.
<br /> Internal Revenue Service
<br /> Name(as shown on your income tax return)
<br /> Viscount Mining Corp.
<br /> aBus,ness name,if different from above
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<br /> 0a c Check appropriate box: ❑ IndividuaVScle propnetor Corporation ❑ Partnership
<br /> Exempt
<br /> Limited liab iity company.Enter the tax classification(D=disregarded ent ty,C=corporat on,P=partrersh p)►_______ ❑ payee
<br /> o ❑ Other(see ir,struct:crs) ►
<br /> Address(number,street,and apt.or suite no.) Requester's name and address(opt;onal)
<br /> c u 409-221 Esplanade
<br /> City,state.and ZIP code
<br /> North Vancouver BC V7M3J3 CANADA
<br /> W List account number(s)here(optona!)
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<br /> Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN)
<br /> Enter your TIN in the appropriate box.The TIN provided must match the name given on Line 1 to avoid social security number
<br /> backup withholding. For individuals,this is your social security number(SSN). However,for a resident
<br /> alien,sole proprietor,or disregarded entity,see the Part I instructions on page 3. For other entities, it is
<br /> your employer identification number(EIN). If you do not have a number,see How to get a TIN on page 3. or
<br /> Note. If the account is in more than one name,see the chart on page 4 for guidelines on whose Employer identification number
<br /> number to enter. 98 1135604
<br /> JiM Certification
<br /> Under penalties of perjury, I certify that:
<br /> 1. The number shown on this form is my correct taxpayer identification number(or I am waiting for a number to be issued to me),and
<br /> 2. 1 am not subject to backup withholding because:(a)I am exempt from backup withholding,or(b)I have not been notified by the Internal
<br /> Revenue Service(IRS)that I am subject to backup withholding as a result of a failure to report all interest or dividends,or(c)the IRS has
<br /> notified me that I am no longer subject to backup withholding,and
<br /> 3. 1 am a U.S.citizen or other U.S.person(defined below).
<br /> Certification instructions.You must cross out item 2 above if you have been notified by the IRS that you are currently subject to backup
<br /> withholding because you have failed to report all interest and dividends on your tax return. For real estate transactions, item 2 does not apply.
<br /> For mortgage interest paid,acquisition or abandonment of secured property,cancellation of debt,contributions to an individual retirement
<br /> arrangement(IRA),and generally,payments other than interest and dividends,you are not required to sign the Certification, but you must
<br /> provide your correct TIN.See the instructions on page 4.
<br /> Sign Signature of
<br /> Here I U.S.person ►
<br /> Date ►
<br /> General Instructions Definition of a U.S. person. For federal tax purposes, you are
<br /> Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code unless considered a U.S.person if you are:
<br /> otherwise noted. • An individual who is a U.S. citizen or U.S.resident alien,
<br /> • A partnership, corporation,company,or association created or
<br /> Purpose of Form organized in the United States or under the laws of the United
<br /> A person who is required to file an information return with the States,
<br /> IRS must obtain your correct taxpayer identification number(TIN) • An estate(other than a foreign estate), or
<br /> to report,for example, income paid to you, real estate • A domestic trust(as defined In Regulations section
<br /> transactions, mortgage interest you paid, acquisition or 301.7701-7).
<br /> abandonment of secured property, cancellation of debt, or
<br /> contributions you made to an IRA. Special rules for partnerships.Partnerships that conduct a
<br /> trade or business in the United States are generally required to
<br /> Use Form W-9 only if you are a U.S.person(including a pay a withholding tax on any foreign partners'share of income
<br /> resident alien),to provide your correct TIN to the person from such business. Further,in certain cases where a Form W-9
<br /> requesting it(the requester)and,when applicable,to: has not been received,a partnership is required to presume that
<br /> 1.Certify that the TIN you are giving is correct(or you are a partner is a foreign person,and pay the withholding tax.
<br /> waiting for a number to be issued), Therefore, if you are a U.S.person that is a partner in a
<br /> 2.Certify that you are not subject to backup withholding,or partnership conducting a trade or business in the United States,
<br /> provide Form W-9 to the partnership to establish your U.S.
<br /> 3.Claim exemption from backup withholding if you are a U.S. status and avoid withholding on your share of partnership
<br /> exempt payee. If applicable,you are also certifying that as a income.
<br /> U.S. person,your allocable share of any partnership income from The person who gives Form W-9 to the partnership for
<br /> a U.S.trade or business is not subject to the withholding tax on
<br /> foreign partners' share of effectively connected income. Purposes of establishing its U.S.status and avoiding withholding
<br /> on its allocable share of net income from the partnership
<br /> Note.If a requester gives you a form other than Form W-9 to conducting a trade or business in the United States is in the
<br /> request your TIN,you must use the requester's form if it is following cases:
<br /> substantially similar to this Form W-9. • The U.S.owner of a disregarded entity and not the entity,
<br /> Cat.No.10231X Form W-9 (Rev.10-2007)
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