ADERA MINES LIMITED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Background

In December 2003, Slavko Bebek, our president and a member of the board of directors acquired one mineral claim containing one mining claim in British Columbia, Canada by arranging the staking of the same through Lloyd Brewer, a non affiliated third party. Mr. Brewer is a self-employed contract staker and field worker residing in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Mr. Bebek and Maryna Bilynska each paid Mr. Brewer $781 or a total of $1,561 to stake the claims.

Maryna Bilynska is one of two officers of the company but who is she? Once again, Mr. Baines helps me out:

Stetsenko was born in the U.S.S.R. and claimed to have worked as a bodyguard for senior Soviet military officers. He is an expert marksman and boxer, and although small in stature, an intimidating figure.

Stetsenko often operates through his girlfriend, Maryna Bilynska, who comes from -- you guessed it -- Ternopil, Ukraine. But what you may not have guessed is that Bilynska's mother is Yulia Nesterchuk, the president of Green Bikes.

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