VIA FACSIMILE

June 9, 1998

Lubicon Cree Indian Nation
P.O. Box 6731
Peace River, Alberta
T8S 1S5

ATTENTION: CHIEF BERNARD OMINAYAK

Dear Chief Ominayak;

Thank you for your letter of May 25, 1998. I was pleased to receive your confirmation that the boycott would stop once we had clarified the "area of concern" referred to in my May 20, 1998 letter and our related news release.

The "area of concern" to which I was referring is the hunting and trapping territory you identified in your map which you formally submitted at the Unocal gas plant hearing in 1994 (ERCB exhibit 71) that includes approximately 4000 square miles. I understand that we are referring to the same area. I am enclosing a map of the area as we understand it.

If the Lubicon people agree to a smaller area in the future (by either a settlement with government or agreement with other native groups or both), we would wish to adjust our commitment accordingly. Until such time, we will proceed on the understanding that the area of concern to which Daishowa-Marubeni International Ltd. made a commitment on May 20, 1998, is the approximately 4000 square mile area outlined in the attached map.

I trust this is sufficient to clarify the scope of our commitment, and that you will now advise your supporters that the assurances they have sought on your behalf have been given. We know that the absence of any agreement beyond our year to year moratorium was a concern.

Once again, we wish you the very best in your ongoing negotiations. I am advised that we have provided the same clarification to all media and interested parties who have inquired.

Yours truly,

DAISHOWA MARUBENI INTERNATIONAL LTD.

per:

Tokiro Kawamura

President

Encl.

Cc: The Hon. Jane Stewart, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Government of Canada