EXHIBIT 10.6

                             STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

     This Stock Option Agreement is made as of September 17, 2002 by and between
Assure Energy, Inc. (the "Corporation"), and Harvey Lalach (the "Optionee").

                                    RECITALS

     A.     The Corporation and the Optionee have entered into an Employment
Agreement dated as of September 17, 2002 (the "Employment Agreement") that
provides for the grant of stock options to the Optionee to purchase shares of
the Corporation's common stock (the "Shares").  The stock options granted herein
are being granted pursuant to the Employment Agreement and are not "incentive
stock options" under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
NOW THEREFORE, specifically incorporating these recitals herein, it is agreed as
follows:

                                    AGREEMENT

                                    SECTION 1
                                GRANT OF OPTIONS

1.1     NUMBER OF SHARES.  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement
and the Employment Agreement, the Corporation grants to Optionee, Options to
purchase from the Corporation one hundred thousand (100,000) shares (the "Option
Shares").

1.2     EXERCISE PRICE.  Each Option Share is exercisable at a price of US $2.75
per share (the "Option Price").

1.3     TERM.  The Expiration Date for all Options shall be September 30, 2005.

1.4     VESTING.  The Options granted herein vest in accordance with Section 6.2
of the Employment Agreement.

1.5     CONDITIONS OF OPTION.  The Options may be exercised immediately upon
vesting, subject to the terms and conditions as set forth in this Agreement and
the Employment Agreement.

                                    SECTION 2
                               EXERCISE OF OPTION

2.1     DATE  EXERCISABLE.  The  Options shall become exercisable by Optionee in
accordance  with  Section  1.4  above.

2.2     MANNER OF EXERCISE OF OPTIONS AND PAYMENT FOR COMMON STOCK.  The Options
may  be exercised by the Optionee, in whole or in part, by giving written notice
to  the  Secretary  of  the Corporation, setting forth the number of Shares with


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respect  to which Options are being exercised.  The purchase price of the Option
Shares  upon  exercise  of  the Options by the Optionee shall be paid in full in
cash.

2.3     STOCK  CERTIFICATES.  Promptly after any exercise in whole or in part of
the Options by Optionee, the Corporation shall deliver to Optionee a certificate
or  certificates for the number of Shares with respect to which the Options were
so  exercised,  registered  in  Optionee's  name.

                                    SECTION 3
                               NONTRANSFERABILITY

3.1     RESTRICTION.  The Options are not transferable by Optionee.

                                    SECTION 4
                   NO RIGHTS AS SHAREHOLDER PRIOR TO EXERCISE

4.1     Optionee  shall  not  be  deemed  for any purpose to be a shareholder of
Corporation  with  respect  to  any  shares  subject  to  the Options under this
Agreement  to  which  the  Options  shall  not  have  been  exercised.

                                    SECTION 5
                                   ADJUSTMENT

5.1     NO  EFFECT ON CHANGES IN CORPORATION'S CAPITAL STRUCTURE.  The existence
of the Options shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Corporation
or  its  shareholders  to  make  or authorize any adjustments, recapitalization,
reorganization,  or  other changes in the Corporation's capital structure or its
business,  or  any  merger  or consolidation of the Corporation, or any issue of
bonds,  debentures,  preferred  or  preference  stocks ahead of or affecting the
Option Shares, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation, or any sale
or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate
act  or  proceeding,  whether  of  a  similar  character  or  otherwise.

5.2     ADJUSTMENT  TO  OPTION  SHARES.  The  Option  Shares  are  subject  to
adjustment  upon  recapitalization,  reclassification,  consolidation,  merger,
reorganization, stock dividend, reverse or forward stock split and the like.  If
the  Corporation  shall  be  reorganized,  consolidated  or  merged with another
corporation,  Optionee  shall  be  entitled  to receive upon the exercise of the
Option  the  same  number  and  kind  of  shares  of stock or the same amount of
property,  cash  or  securities  as Optionee would have been entitled to receive
upon  the  happening  of  any  such  corporate  event  as  if Optionee had been,
immediately  prior  to such event, the holder of the number of Shares covered by
the  Option.

                                    SECTION 6
                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

6.1     DISPUTES.  Any  dispute  or  disagreement  that  may arise under or as a
result  of  this  Agreement,  or  any  question as to the interpretation of this
Agreement,  may  be  determined  by  the Corporation's Board of Directors in its
absolute and uncontrolled discretion, and any such determination shall be final,
binding,  and  conclusive  on  all  affected  persons.


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6.2     NOTICES.  Any  notice  that a party may be required or permitted to give
to  the other shall be in writing, and may be delivered personally, by overnight
courier  or  by  certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the
parties  at  their  current principal addresses, or such other address as either
party,  by  notice  to  the  other,  may designate in writing from time to time.

6.3     LAW  GOVERNING.  This  Agreement  shall  be governed by and construed in
accordance  with  the  laws  of  the  province  of  Alberta,  Canada.

6.4     TITLES  AND  CAPTIONS.  All section titles or captions contained in this
Agreement  are  for convenience only and shall not be deemed part of the context
nor  effect  the  interpretation  of  this  Agreement.

6.5     ENTIRE  AGREEMENT.  This  Agreement  contains  the  entire understanding
between  the  parties  and  supersedes  any  prior understandings and agreements
between  them  respecting  the  subject  matter  of  this  Agreement.

6.6     AGREEMENT  BINDING.  This  Agreement  shall  be  binding upon the heirs,
executors,  administrators,  successors  and  assigns  of  the  parties  hereto.

6.7     PRONOUNS  AND PLURALS.  All pronouns and any variations thereof shall be
deemed  to  refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular, or plural as the
identity  of  the  person  or  persons  may  require.

6.8     FURTHER  ACTION.  The  parties  hereto  shall  execute  and  deliver all
documents,  provide  all information and take or forbear from all such action as
may  be  necessary  or  appropriate  to  achieve  the purposes of the Agreement.

6.9     PARTIES  IN  INTEREST.  Nothing  herein  shall be construed to be to the
benefit  of  any third party, nor is it intended that any provision shall be for
the  benefit  of  any  third  party.

6.10     SAVINGS CLAUSE.  If any provision of this Agreement, or the application
of  such  provision  to  any  person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the
remainder  of this Agreement, or the application of such provision to persons or
circumstances  other  than  those  as  to which it is held invalid, shall not be
affected  thereby.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the
date first above written.

ASSURE ENERGY, INC.


By: /s/ Suzanne West
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       Name: Suzanne West
       Title: President

The undersigned Optionee hereby acknowledges receipt of an executed original of
this Stock Option Agreement, accepts the Options granted thereunder, and agrees
to the terms and conditions thereof and the related Employment Agreement.
OPTIONEE

/s/ Harvey Lalach
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Harvey Lalach


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