ROBERT A. BARTLETT
199 FIGUEROA ST., 3D FLOOR
VENTURA, CA 93001
RE: Legal Conclusion and Professional Opinion Letter Dear Mr. Weems:
I write this letter pursuant to your request to update my previous letter regarding my
conclusions and legal opinions, and render an opinion regarding Bonds and other financial instruments
issued by, The Sovereign Central Banking Trust, as granted by the Sovereign Depository Trust, by
way of a Deed Of Minerals. In response to a request in late 2010, I performed a comprehensive
investigation and exercised due diligence in developing the information necessary to render a legal
conclusion and offer my professional opinion regarding the ownership interests involving mining and
mill site claims located in San Bernardino County, California. The subject mining and mill site claims
are more properly described as follows:
Mining Claims
(a) Volco Placer 28/ 13N/ 11E/ SBBM book 80 pg. 296504
(b) Volco 1 28/ 13N/ 11E/ SBBM book 9816 pg. 1663
(c) Volc o 2 28/ 13N/ 11E/ SBBM book 9816 pg. 1663
(d) Volco 3 28/ 13N/ 11E/ SBBM book 85 pg. 209953
(e) Volc o 4 28/ 13N/ 11E/ SBBM book 85 pg. 209954
(f) Volco 5 28/ 13N/ 11E/ SBBM book 80 pg. 081333
(g) Volc o 6 28/ 13N/ 11E/ SBBM book 80 pg. 081334
(h) Volc o 7 28/ 13N/ 11E/ SBBM book 80 pg. 081335
Mill Sites
(1) BAKER CUSTOM MILL SITE #1 (acreage claimed approx. 3.5 acres), S V2, SE 1/4,
SE 'A, SW 1/4, Situated on SW 1/4, Section 25, 14N, 08E, SBBM.
(2) BAKER CUSTOM MILL SITE #2 (acreage claimed approx. 3.5 acres), S V2, NE 1/4,
SE VI, SW 1/4, Situated on SW 3/4, Section 25, 14, 08E, SBBM.
(3) BAKER CUSTOM MILL SITE #3 (acreage claimed approx. 3.5 acres), N1/2, SE
1/4, SE 1/4, SW 1/4, Situated on SW 1/4, Section 25, 14N, 08E, SBBM.
My investigation included but was not limited to the review of the following documents:
1. Stipulation Re Dismissal With Prejudice; Order, Case No. BCV-3 1;
2. Stipulation for Entry of Judgment, Case No. BCV-3 1;
3. Judgment Order, Case No. BCV-3 1;
4. Notice of Entry of Judgment, Case No. BCV-3 1;
5. Memorandum of Decision, Case No. BCV-3 1 ;
6. Assignment of Judgment to Paradise Valley Development Corporation;
7. Transfer of Paradise Valley Dev. Corp. to Crown Life Ministries; and
8. Transfer from Crown Life Ministries to Charitable Unitrust of David Joel Weems.
ROBERT A. BARTLETT