to the Agreement among 1048136 Alberta Ltd., Cascade Energy Inc., Silver Star Energy Inc. and Fidelis Energy Inc.
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AREA OF MUTUAL INTEREST AGREEMENT
This agreement (the “Agreement”) is dated this 5th day of June, 2005, by and among Wildes Exploration, LLC (“Wildes Exploration”) and 1048136 Alberta Limited (“Alberta Ltd.”); each of the two parties to this Agreement is a “Party,” and collectively, the “Parties”).
RECITALS
A. Wildes Exploration owns and has the right to transfer (i) the magnetic data acquired from surveys conducted from the air by Airmag Surveys, Inc. (the “Airmag Data”) covering approximately 1 million acres within the area located in Kansas between longitude –98.4181 and –97.4008 and between latitude 37.7334 and 38.7975, more particularly described on Exhibit A, attached hereto (such area is referred to herein as the “AMI”, (ii) proprietary RAMTM processing and interpretation of the Airmag Data, which includes the final interpretation scaled hard copy digital plots, identifying the RAMTM defined potential prospectus (the “RAMTM Data”), (iii) miscellaneous maps, cultural, and digital data involved in the RAMTM Data interpretation process, and (iv) other miscellaneous maps, cultural, and digital data involved in the geological process (collectively, the “Data”).
B. Alberta Ltd. desires to purchase the Data from Wildes Exploration on the terms set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the Parties hereby agree as follows:
AGREEMENT
1. Contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement, Alberta Ltd. agrees and promises to pay to Wildes Exploration, in immediately available funds, $250,000 on June 6, 2005, $250,000 on June 8, 2005, and $150,000 on June 10, 2005 in consideration for the Data.
2. Contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement, Wildes Exploration has delivered, and Alberta Ltd. has accepted, a set of the Data. The Data is accepted by Alberta Ltd. “AS IS,” and without any representations or warranties, except that Wildes Exploration represents and warrants that it owns the Data and has the right to transfer the Data to Alberta Ltd.
3. As further consideration for the Data and the covenants of Wildes Exploration hereunder, Alberta Ltd. hereby covenants and agrees that if prior to December 31, 2015, any member of Alberta Ltd., or any person or entity affiliated with any member of Alberta Ltd. or any other person or entity that review the Data, acquires an Oil and Gas Interest (defined below) within the AMI. Alberta Ltd. shall convey (or cause to be conveyed) to Wildes Exploration, as an overriding royalty, 5% of all of the oil and gas produced, saved and sold from the land covered by the respective Oil and Gas Interest, which overriding royalty shall be reduced proportionately if any such Oil and Gas Interest covers less than the entire mineral fee estate in and to the land covered thereby. The overriding royalty shall be computed on the same basis as the lessor’s royalty under any Oil and Gas Interest encumbered by the overriding royalty. “Oil and Gas Interest” means the following as they exist from time to time: an oil and gas lease, lease option, mineral interest, royalty interest, overriding royalty interest, or any rights under a farmout, farmin, joint venture, partnership, drilling agreement, term assignment, options to acquire leases, net profits interest, production payments, reversionary interest, carried interest or other form of agreement which permits or contains the right to explore for or produce oil, condensate, gas casinghead gas, natural gas liquids or related byproducts. All overriding royalty interests due hereunder shall be conveyed to Wildes Exploration within 30 days from the acquisition of an Oil and Gas Interest triggering such right under the provisions of this paragraph 3.
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4. Prior to December 31, 2015, Wildes Exploration shall not compete with Alberta Ltd. by acquiring or attempting to acquire any Oil and Gas Interest within the AMI, except for the overriding royalties that may be due Wildes Exploration under paragraph 3 above. All Parties acknowledge that no Party currently has any Oil and Gas Interests in the “AMI”.
5. Wildes Exploration has contracted, and may in the future contract, with Southport Explorations, Inc. (“Southport”) and Denver Mineral Exploration, Inc. (“Demex”) regarding either licensing of technology and/or certain services by Southport and/or Demex with regard to Southport’s and/or Demex’s Digital Magneto-Telluric (“DMT”) technologies (the “DMT Technologies & Services”), and Alberta Ltd. may enter into similar arrangements with Southport and/or Demex, or their successors. Alberta Ltd. agrees not to impose any restrictions on Southport, Demex or any successor owner or licensee of the DMT Technologies & Services, or take any other act, that would preclude or interfere with either Wildes Exploration’s use of the DMT Technologies & Services or any prior partner of Wildes Exploration in the AMI’s use of the DMT Technologies & Services.
6. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Any counterpart of this Assignment may be executed via facsimile transmission.
Executed as of the date and year first written above.
WILDES EXPLORATION, LLC
By: /s/ Brian Wilde
Name: Brian Wilde |
Title: President | |
1048136 ALBERTA LIMITED
By: /s/ W. Scott Marshall
Name: W. Scott Marshall |
Title: President | |
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EXHIBIT A
The AMI consists of two areas in the State of Kansas, the North Area and the South Area, both described below by reference to the boundaries established by the various corners listed in the respective descriptions.
NAD 27 (North American Datum of 1927) Clark 1866 ([NAD27] USA NADCON; geoid99 -
Counterminous US
| Latitudes | Longitudes |
North Area | | |
| 38.7826 | -98.2778 |
| 38.7826 | -97.9324 |
| 38.7002 | -97.9324 |
| 38.7002 | -97.6881 |
| 38.5521 | -97.6881 |
| 38.5521 | -97.4085 |
| 38.4423 | -97.4085 |
| 38.4423 | -97.5695 |
| 38.2392 | -97.5695 |
| 38.2392 | -97.9382 |
| 38.4341 | -97.9382 |
| 38.4341 | -98.0012 |
| 38.5164 | -98.0012 |
| 38.5164 | -98.2778 |
South Area | | |
| 38.1789 | -98.3818 |
| 38.1789 | -98.1213 |
| 38.0033 | -98.1213 |
| 38.0033 | -97.8973 |
| 37.9154 | -97.8973 |
| 37.9154 | -97.5636 |
| 37.7178 | -97.5636 |
| 37.7178 | -98.0466 |
| 37.7837 | -98.0466 |
| 37.7837 | -98.3818 |