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This Warrant and the rights represented hereby shall not be transferable at any
time unless (i) a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, shall be in effect with respect to this Warrant or the Shares issuable
hereunder at such time, or (ii) the transfer is made in compliance with the
provisions of Section 5.

Number:    *     *                                               144,000 Shares
                                                                of Common Stock
                                       WARRANT
                                  TO PURCHASE SHARES
                                          OF
                                TIPPERARY CORPORATION

     This certifies that, for value received, JAMES F. KNOTT, or his registered
assigns, is entitled to purchase from TIPPERARY CORPORATION, a Texas corporation
(the "Company"), One Hundred Forty Four Thousand (144,000) Shares, as defined
below, at the price of Two Dollars and no/100 ($2.00) per Share (as defined in
Section 3) at any time, or in part from time to time on or after December 31,
2001.  This Warrant shall expire, if not exercised prior thereto, on December
31, 2009.  The provisions as to adjustment of the initial exercise price set
forth above and the number of Shares to be issued upon the occurrence of certain
events (the Provisions as to Adjustment) are more fully set forth in Annex I
hereto, all of which is incorporated herein by reference.  (Hereinafter, the
initial exercise price set forth above in this paragraph for the purchase of
Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant, as adjusted pursuant to the Provisions
as to Adjustment, is referred to as the "Exercise Price").  This Warrant is
subject to the following provisions, terms and conditions:

     1.   EXERCISE OF WARRANT.

     (a)  The rights represented by this Warrant may be exercised by the holder
hereof, in whole or in part, (but not as to a fractional Share), by the
surrender of this Warrant at the Company's principal office located in Denver,
Colorado (or such other office or agency of the Company as the Company may
designate by notice in writing to the holder at the address of the holder
appearing on the books of the Company at anytime within the period above named)
and delivery of a completed subscription form in the form attached to this
Warrant as Exhibit A, and upon payment to the Company of the Exercise Price for
such Shares; provided, however, that any partial exercise of this Warrant shall
be for at least 10,000 Shares, except that the final, partial exercise of this
Warrant may be for less than 10,000 Shares.

     (b)  Payment of the Exercise Price shall be made in same day funds or by
wire transfer to such account as the Company may designate.

     (c)  The Company agrees that any Shares so purchased by the exercise of
this Warrant shall be deemed to be issued to the holder hereof or his nominee as
the record owner of such Shares as of the close of business on the date on which
this Warrant shall have been surrendered, the completed subscription form
delivered, and payment made for such Shares as aforesaid.

     (d)  Stock certificates evidencing Shares so purchased shall be delivered
to the holder hereof or his nominee as promptly as practicable, after the rights
represented by this Warrant shall have been so exercised.  If this Warrant shall
have been exercised only in part, and unless this Warrant has expired, a new
Warrant representing the number of Shares with respect to which this Warrant
shall not then have been exercised shall also be delivered to the holder within
such time.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, the Company shall not be
required to deliver any stock certificate evidencing Shares upon exercise of
this Warrant except in accordance with the provisions, and subject to the
limitations, of Section 5.  The Company will pay all expenses and charges
payable in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of stock
certificates and any new Warrants.  If a fractional Share would be issuable upon
the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant, the Company shall,
within five business days after the date of the exercise of this Warrant or any
portion hereof, deliver to the holder a check payable to such

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holder in lieu of such fractional share in an amount equal to the difference
between the Market Price of such fractional share as of the date of exercise and
the Exercise Price of such fractional share.

     2.   CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.  The Company covenants and agrees as
follows:

     (a)  All Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the rights
represented by this Warrant (all such Shares, whether previously issued or
subject to issuance upon the exercise of this Warrant, are from time to time
referred to herein as "Warrant Shares") will, upon issuance, be duly authorized
and issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and
charges with respect to the issuance thereof.

     (b)  During the period within which the rights represented by this Warrant
may be exercised, the Company will at all times have authorized and reserved
free of preemptive or other rights for the exclusive purpose of issuance upon
exercise of the purchase rights evidenced by this Warrant, a sufficient number
of Shares to provide for the exercise of rights represented by this Warrant.

     (c)  The Company will not, by amendment or restatement of its Articles of
Incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation,
merger, issuance or sale of securities or otherwise, avoid or take any action
which would have the effect of avoiding the performance of any of the terms to
be performed hereunder by the Company, but will at all times in good faith carry
out all of the provisions of this Warrant and take all such action as may be
necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of the holder hereof against such
impairment and, in particular, will not permit the par value of any Share to be
or become greater than the then effective Exercise Price.

     3.   DEFINITION OF SHARES.  As used herein, the term "Shares" shall mean
and include shares of the Common Stock, par value $.02 per share, of the Company
as are constituted and exist on the date hereof, and shall also include any
other class of the capital stock of the Company hereafter authorized which shall
neither be limited to a fixed sum or percentage of par value in respect to the
rights of the holders thereof to receive dividends and to participate in the
distribution of assets upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Company, nor be subject at any time to
redemption by the Company; provided that the Shares receivable upon exercise of
this Warrant shall include only Shares of the type as are constituted and exist
on the date hereof or Shares resulting from any reclassification of the Shares
as provided for in paragraph (C) of the Provisions as to Adjustment.

     4.   NO RIGHTS OR LIABILITIES AS A SHAREHOLDER.  This Warrant shall not
entitle the holder hereof as such to any rights whatsoever, including, without
limitation, voting rights, as a holder of Shares of the Company.  No provisions
hereof, in the absence of affirmative action by the holder hereof to purchase
Shares, and no mere enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of such
holder, shall give rise to any liability of such holder as a holder of Shares of
the Company, regardless of who may assert such liability.

     5.   RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER.

     (a)  This Warrant shall not be exercisable by a transferee hereof and/or
transferable and the Warrant Shares shall not be transferable except upon the
conditions specified in this Section 5, which conditions are intended, among
other things, to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") thereunder (collectively the "Securities Act"), in
respect of the exercise and/or transfer of this Warrant and/or transfer of such
Warrant Shares.

     (b)  This Warrant and the Warrant Shares shall not be transferable (except
for a transfer of this Warrant or the Warrant Shares in an offering registered
under the Securities Act, including, without limitation, a transfer in a
registered offering effected pursuant to Section 6, and any subsequent transfer)
unless, prior to any transfer, the holder hereof shall have received from his
transferee reasonable assurances that such person is aware that this Warrant and
the Warrant Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act and that
such person is acquiring this Warrant or the Warrant Shares for investment

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only and not with the view to the disposition or public offering thereof (unless
in an offering registered under the Securities Act or exempt therefrom), and
that such person is aware that the stock certificates evidencing the Warrant
Shares shall bear a legend restricting transfer and disposition thereof in
accordance with the Securities Act unless, in the opinion of counsel to the
Company, such legend may be omitted.  In the event of any transfer of this
Warrant (other than a transfer in an offering registered under the Securities
Act, including, without limitation a transfer in a registered offering effected
pursuant to Section 6, and any subsequent transfer), the holder hereof shall
provide an opinion of counsel, who shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Company, that an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act is available.

     (c)  Any subsequent holder of this Warrant shall be subject to all the
terms and conditions herein, and shall acknowledge, in writing, upon receipt of
this Warrant, his or her acceptance of the terms and conditions herein.

     (d)  To facilitate sales by a holder of this Warrant or Warrant Shares in
transactions qualifying under Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission under the
Securities Act, if available, the Company agrees to satisfy the current public
information requirements of said Rule 144, for as long as the Shares remain
registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively the "Exchange Act"),
and to provide said holder upon request with such other information as such
holder may require for compliance with the provisions of said Rule 144.

     6.   REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

     (a)  If the Company at any time proposes to register any issuance of its
securities under the Securities Act (other than a registration on Form S-8 in
connection with an employee stock purchase or option plan or on Form S-4 in
connection with mergers, acquisitions or exchange offerings), the Company will
at such time give prompt written notice to the holder hereof and to the holders
of all other Warrant Shares issuable from any outstanding Warrants (such holders
are hereinafter referred to as the "Prospective Sellers") of its intention to do
so.  Upon the written request of a Prospective Seller, given within 30 days
after receipt of any such notice (which request shall state the intended method
of disposition of the Warrant Shares to be transferred by such Prospective
Seller), the Company shall use its best efforts to cause all Warrant Shares, the
holders of which (or of the Warrants to which the same are related), shall have
so requested registration of the transfer thereof, to be registered under the
Securities Act, all to the extent requisite to permit the sale or other
disposition (in accordance with the intended method thereof as aforesaid) by the
Prospective Sellers of such Warrant Shares.  The rights granted pursuant to this
Section 6(a) shall not be effective with respect to the Prospective Seller in
the case of an underwritten public offering of securities of the Company by the
Company unless each Prospective Seller agrees to the terms and conditions,
including underwriting discounts and allowances, specified by the managing
underwriter of such offering with respect to such Warrant Shares.  The Company
shall have the right to reduce the number of Warrant Shares of the Prospective
Sellers to be included in a registration statement pursuant to the exercise of
the rights granted by this Section 6(a) if, and to the extent, that the managing
underwriter of such offering is of the good faith opinion, supported by written
reasons therefor that the inclusion of such Warrant Shares would materially,
adversely affect the marketing of the securities of the Company to be offered;
provided, that any such reduction of the number of Warrant Shares the transfer
of which is to be registered on behalf of the Prospective Sellers shall be made
on the basis of a pro rata reduction of all Warrant Shares of all Prospective
Sellers.

     (b)  If and whenever the Company is required by the provisions of this
Section 6 to use its best efforts to effect the registration of any transfer of
Warrant Shares under the Securities Act, the Company will, as expeditiously as
possible,

          (i)  prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement
               with respect to such transfer and use its best efforts to cause
               such registration statement to become and remain effective, but
               not for any period longer than nine months;

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          (ii) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and
               supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus
               used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such
               registration statement effective, and to comply with the
               provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the transfer of
               all securities covered by such registration statement, including,
               without limitation, taking all necessary actions whenever the
               Prospective Sellers of the Warrant Shares covered by such
               registration statement shall desire to dispose of the same;

         (iii) furnish to each Prospective Seller such number of copies of a
               prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, in conformity
               with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other
               documents, as such Prospective Seller may reasonably request in
               order to facilitate the disposition of the Warrant Shares owned
               by such Prospective Seller and covered by such registration
               statement;

          (iv) use its best efforts to register or qualify the securities
               covered by such registration statement under such other
               securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as each
               Prospective Seller shall request, and use its best efforts to do
               any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably
               necessary to enable such Prospective Seller to consummate the
               disposition in such jurisdiction of the Warrant Shares owned by
               such Prospective Seller and covered by such registration
               statement; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the
               Company shall not be required to register in any jurisdiction as
               a broker or dealer of securities or to grant its consent to
               service of process in any such jurisdiction solely on account of
               such intended disposition by such Prospective Seller;

          (v)  furnish to the Prospective Sellers whose intended dispositions
               are registered a signed copy of an opinion of counsel for the
               Company, in form and substance acceptable to such Prospective
               Sellers, to the effect that: (A) a registration statement
               covering such dispositions of Warrant Shares has been filed with
               the Commission under the Securities Act and has been made
               effective by order of the Commission, (B) such registration
               statement and the prospectus contained therein and any amendments
               or supplements thereto comply as to form in all material respects
               with the requirements of the Securities Act, and nothing has come
               to such counsel's attention which would cause him to believe that
               the registration statement or such prospectus, amendment or
               supplement, at the time such registration statement or amendment
               became effective or such supplement was filed with the
               Commission, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or
               omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
               necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of such
               prospectus, amendment or supplement, in the light of the
               circumstances under which they were made) not misleading
               (provided that such counsel need not render any opinion with
               respect to the financial statements and other financial,
               engineering and statistical data included therein), and (C) to
               the best of such counsel's knowledge, no stop order has been
               issued by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of such
               registration statement and no proceedings for the issuance of
               such a stop order are threatened or contemplated;

          (vi) furnish to the Prospective Sellers whose intended dispositions
               are required a blue sky survey in the form and of the substance
               customarily prepared by counsel for the Company and accepted by
               sellers of securities in similar offerings, discussing and
               describing the application provisions of the securities or blue
               sky laws of each state or jurisdiction in which the Company shall
               be required, pursuant to Section 6(b)(iv), to register or quality
               such intended dispositions of such Warrant Shares, or, in the
               event counsel for the underwriters in such offering shall be
               preparing a blue sky

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               survey, cause such counsel to furnish such survey to, and to
               allow reliance thereon by, such Prospective Sellers;

         (vii) otherwise use its best efforts to comply with all applicable
               rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act
               and the Exchange Act, insofar as they relate to such registration
               and such registration statement; and

        (viii) use its best efforts to list such Warrant Shares on any
               securities exchange on which any securities of the Company are
               then listed or to admit such Warrant Shares for trading in any
               national market system in which any securities of the Company are
               then admitted for trading, if the listing or admission of such
               securities is then permitted under the rules of such exchange or
               system.

     (c)  With respect to the registration by the Company of transfers of
Warrant Shares under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 6(a), the Company
shall pay all expenses incurred by it in complying with this Section 6
(including, without limitation, all registration and filing fees, printing
expenses, blue sky fees and expenses, costs and expenses of audits, and
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and special counsel
designated by Prospective Sellers owning a majority of the Warrant Shares
covered by such registration, but specifically excluding any underwriting
discounts and allowances that are allocable to the Warrant Shares being sold by,
and which shall be paid by, the Prospective Sellers; provided, however, that if
any registration statement filed with the Commission by the Company under
Section 6(b) shall not be declared effective by the Commission, such attempted
registration shall not constitute a registration under this Section 6(c).

     (d)  It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to
take any action pursuant to this Section 6 that each Prospective Seller, the
transfer of whose Warrant Shares is registered or to be registered under each
such registration, shall furnish to the Company such written information
regarding the securities held by such Prospective Seller as the Company shall
reasonably request and as shall be required in connection with the action to be
taken by the Company.

     (e)  (i)  in the event of any registration of any transfer of Warrant
Shares under the Securities Act pursuant to this Section 6, the Company will
indemnify and hold harmless each Prospective Seller of such securities, each of
its officers, directors and partners, and each other person, if any, who
controls such Prospective Seller within the meaning of the Securities Act, and
each underwriter, if any, who participates in the offering of such securities,
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof, joint or several, to which each Prospective Seller, officer, director
or partner, controlling person or underwriter may become subject under the
Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof arise out of or are based upon any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained, on
the effective date thereof, in any registration statement under which such
transfer of securities was registered under the Securities Act, any preliminary
prospectus or final prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to
state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading, or any violation by the Company of the
Securities Act, and will reimburse such Prospective Seller and each of its
officers, directors and partners, and each such controlling person or
underwriter, for any legal or any other expenses reasonably incurred by such
Prospective Seller or its officers, directors and partners or controlling
persons or by each such underwriter, in connection with investigating or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however,
that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such
loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in
such registration statement, preliminary prospectus or prospectus or such
amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company through an instrument duly executed by such
Prospective Seller specifically for use in the preparation thereof.  In the
event of any registration by the Company or any transfer of securities under the
Securities Act pursuant to this Section 6, each Prospective Seller of Warrant
Shares covered by such

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registration will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each other person, if
any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act and each
officer and director of the Company and the other Prospective Sellers to the
same extent that the Company agrees to indemnity it, but only with respect to
the written information relating to such Prospective Seller furnished to the
Company by such Prospective Seller aforesaid.

     (ii) Each indemnified party shall, as promptly as practicable upon receipt
of notice of the commencement of any action against such indemnified party or
its officers, directors or partners, or any controlling person of such
indemnified party, in respect of which indemnity may be sought from an
indemnifying party on account of the indemnity agreement contained in Section
6(e)(i), notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof.
The omission of such indemnified party to so notify the indemnifying party of
any such action shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability
which it may have on account of the indemnity agreement contained in Section
6(e)(i) to the extent that the failure to receive such notice within a
reasonable period of time shall not have caused harm, loss or damage to the
indemnifying party, provided that, conversely, if such failure to receive notice
shall have caused any harm, loss or damage to the indemnifying party, such
failure shall constitute a defense to any liability which such indemnifying
party may have on account of such agreement to the extent of the harm, loss or
damage so caused.  In case any such action shall be brought against any
indemnified party, its officers, directors and partners, or any such controlling
person, and such indemnified party shall notify the indemnifying party of the
commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate in
(and, to the extent that the indemnifying party shall wish, to direct) the
defense thereof at the indemnifying party's own expense, in which event the
defense shall be conducted by recognized counsel chosen by the indemnifying
party and approved by the indemnified party (whose approval shall not
unreasonably be withheld) and the indemnified party may participate in such
defense at its own expense (unless it is advised by counsel that actual or
potential differing interests or defenses exist or may exist, in which case such
expenses shall be paid by the indemnifying party, provided that the indemnifying
party shall not be required to pay the expenses for more than one counsel for
all such indemnified parties).

     7.   TRANSFER; OWNERSHIP.  Subject to Section 5, this Warrant and all
rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, at the office or agency
of the Company referred to in Section 1 by the holder hereof in person or by a
duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Warrant, with an assignment,
acceptable to the Company, duly completed, at which time a new Warrant shall be
made and delivered by the Company, of the same tenor as this Warrant but
registered in the name of the transferee.  The holder of this Warrant, by taking
or holding the same, consents and agrees that this Warrant, when endorsed in
blank, shall be deemed negotiable, and that the holder hereof, when this Warrant
shall have been so endorsed, may be treated by the Company and all other persons
dealing with this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for any purpose and as
the person entitled to exercise the rights represented by this Warrant and to
transfer this Warrant on the books of the Company, any notice to the contrary
notwithstanding; but until such transfer on such books, the Company may treat
the registered holder hereof as the owner hereof for all purposes.  Any transfer
of this Warrant shall be made in compliance with the Securities Act and any
applicable state securities or blue sky laws.

     8.   EXCHANGE AND REPLACEMENT.  Subject to Section 7, this Warrant is
exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the holder hereof at the office or
agency of the Company referred to in Section 1, for new Warrants of like tenor
and date representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of
Shares which may be purchased hereunder, each of such new Warrants to represent
the right to purchase such number of Shares as shall be designated by said
holder hereof at the time of such surrender.  Upon receipt by the Company at the
office or agency referred to in Section 1 of evidence reasonably satisfactory to
it of the loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant and of indemnity or
security reasonably satisfactory to it (provided that the written indemnity of
the holder hereof shall be deemed reasonably satisfactory to the Company for
such purposes), the Company will deliver a new Warrant of like tenor and date in
replacement of this Warrant.  This Warrant shall be promptly canceled by the
Company upon the surrender hereof in connection with any transfer, exchange or
replacement.  The Company will pay all expenses and charges

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payable in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of Warrants
pursuant to Section 7 and this Section 8.

     9.   NOTICES.  Any notice or other document required or permitted to be
given or delivered to the holder hereof shall be delivered at, or sent by
certified or registered mail to, James F. Knott, 4405 Brynwood Drive, Quail
West, Naples FL 33999, or to such other address as shall have been furnished to
the Company in writing by the holder hereof.  Any notice or other document
required or permitted to be given or delivered to the Company shall be delivered
at, or sent by certified or registered mail to, 633 Seventeenth, Suite 1550,
Denver, Colorado 80202, Attn: President, or to such other address as shall have
been furnished in writing to the holder by the Company.  Any notice so addressed
and mailed by registered or certified mail or otherwise delivered, shall be
deemed to be given when actually received by the addressee.

     10.  GOVERNING LAW. THIS WARRANT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND
ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

     11.  MISCELLANEOUS.  This Warrant will be binding upon any partnership or
corporation succeeding to the Company by consolidation or acquisition of all or
substantially all of the Company's assets, and upon any successor or assign of
the holder hereto.  This Warrant and any provision hereof may be changed,
waived, discharged or terminated only by an instrument in writing signed by the
party (or any predecessor in interest thereof) against whom enforcement of the
same is sought.  The headings in this Warrant are for purposes of reference only
and shall not affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions
hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Tipperary Corporation has caused this Warrant to be
signed by its duly authorized officers, under its corporate seal, to be dated
February 9, 2000.

                              TIPPERARY CORPORATION

                              By: /s/ David L. Bradshaw
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                                   David L. Bradshaw, President and
                                   Chief Executive Officer

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                                                                      Annex I

                                TIPPERARY CORPORATION

                            PROVISIONS AS TO ADJUSTMENT OF
                         EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF SHARES
                       ISSUED UPON OCCURRENCE OF CERTAIN EVENTS

     The Exercise Price and the number of Shares issuable upon the exercise of
the annexed Warrant to purchase shares of TIPPERARY CORPORATION, a Texas
corporation (herein and in this Warrant referred to as the "Company"), shall be
subject to adjustment from time to time as hereinafter provided; however, that
in no event shall the Exercise Price be increased to a price greater than Two
Dollars and no/100 ($2.00) per Share, except as provided by paragraph (C)
hereof.  Upon each adjustment of the Exercise Price, the holder of this Warrant
shall thereafter be entitled to purchase, at the Exercise Price resulting from
such adjustment, the number of Shares obtained by multiplying the number of
Shares purchasable pursuant hereto immediately prior to such adjustment by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the Exercise Price in effect immediately
prior to such adjustment and the denominator of which is the Exercise Price
resulting from such adjustment.  In making the adjustments to the Exercise Price
and the number of Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant, the
following provisions shall be applicable:

     (A)  If and whenever the Company shall issue or sell any Shares for
consideration per Share at less than the Market Price (as hereinafter defined)
of such Shares on the date of such issue or sale, then forthwith upon such issue
or sale the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior thereto shall be adjusted
to an amount (calculated to the nearest cent) determined by dividing (i) an
amount equal to the sum of (a) the number of Shares outstanding immediately
prior to such issue or sale multiplied by the Exercise Price in effect
immediately prior to such issue or sale, and (b) the consideration, if any,
received by the Company upon such issue or sale by (ii) the total number of
Shares outstanding immediately after such issue or sale; provided, however, that
no adjustment shall be made hereunder by reason of:

     (i)  the grant of this Warrant or the issuance of Shares upon the exercise
          of this Warrant or any other warrant of the Company (except for a
          warrant issued after the date hereof the exercise price of which is
          less than the Market Price on the date of issuance of such warrant);

     (ii) the issuance of 1,163,328 shares at $1.60 per share included in the
          purchase price of the acquisition of interests in the Comet Ridge
          project and the issuance of 759,494 shares at $1.58 per share , all of
          which are contemplated in connection with the transaction with which
          this Warrant is issued; or

    (iii) the grant by the Company of options to purchase Shares in connection
          with any purchase or option plan for the benefit of employees of the
          Company, or any affiliates or subsidiaries thereof.

No adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be required to be made by the Company
and no notice hereunder must be given if the amount of any required adjustment
is less than 5% of the Exercise Price.  In such case any such adjustment shall
be carried forward and shall be made (and notice thereof shall be given
hereunder) at the time of and together with the next subsequent adjustment
which, together with any adjustment so carried forward, shall amount to not less
than 5% of the Exercise Price; provided, however, any such adjustment, whether
or not it is less than 5% of the Exercise Price, shall be made upon exercise.

     (B)  For the purposes of paragraph (A), the following provisions (i)
through (vi), inclusive, shall also be applicable:

     (i)  If, at the time Shares are issued and sold upon the conversion or
          exchange of Convertible Securities or upon the exercise of rights or
          options previously granted by the Company, the

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          price per Share for which such Shares are issued (determined by
          dividing (a) the total amount, if any, received by the Company as
          consideration for such Convertible Securities or for the granting of
          such rights or options, plus the aggregate amount of additional
          consideration paid to the Company upon the conversion or exchange of
          such Convertible Securities (which, if so provided in such Convertible
          Securities, shall be deemed to be equal to the outstanding principal
          amount of the indebtedness represented by such Convertible Securities)
          or upon the exercise of such rights or options, by (b) the total
          number of Shares issued upon the conversion or exchange of such
          Convertible Securities or upon the exercise of such rights or options)
          shall be less than the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to
          such issue, sale or exercise, then the adjustments provided for by the
          first paragraph of this Annex I and paragraph (A) shall be made.  In
          making the adjustment of the Exercise Price provided for by paragraph
          (A), the amount described in clause (a) of this paragraph (B)(i) shall
          be considered the consideration received by the Company upon the issue
          or sale of the Shares for purposes of clause (i)(b) of paragraph (A).

     (ii) In case at any time any Shares or Convertible Securities or any rights
          or options to purchase any Shares or Convertible Securities shall be
          issued or sold for cash, the consideration received therefor shall be
          deemed to be the amount received by the Company therefor without
          deduction therefrom of any expenses incurred or any underwriting
          commissions or concessions paid or allowed by the Company in
          connection therewith.  In case any Shares or Convertible Securities or
          any rights or options to purchase any Shares or Convertible Securities
          shall be issued or sold, in whole or in part, for consideration other
          than cash, the amount of the consideration other than cash received by
          the Company in exchange for the issue or sale of such Convertible
          Securities shall be deemed to be the fair value of such consideration
          as determined in good faith by the board of directors of the Company,
          without deduction therefrom of any expenses incurred or any
          underwriting commissions or concessions paid or allowed by the Company
          in connection therewith; provided that if the holder or holders of at
          least 66-2/3% of the Warrant Shares purchasable under this Warrant
          shall request in writing, the value of such consideration shall be
          determined by an independent expert selected by such holders, the
          costs and expenses of which shall be borne by the Company, and, if the
          value of such consideration as so determined is less than the value
          determined by the board of directors of the Company, the lesser value
          shall be utilized in calculating the consideration per Share received
          by the Company for purposes of making the adjustment provided by
          paragraph (A).  In the event of any merger or consolidation of the
          Company in which the Company is not the surviving corporation or in
          the event of any sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the
          Company for stock or other securities of any corporation, the Company
          shall be deemed to have issued a number of Shares for stock or
          securities of such other corporation computed on the basis of the
          actual exchange ratio on which the transaction was predicated and for
          consideration that is equal to the fair market value on the date of
          such transaction of such stock or securities of the other corporation,
          and if any such calculation results in adjustment of the Exercise
          Price, the determination of the number of Shares issuable upon
          exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to such merger,
          consolidation or sale, for purposes of paragraph (A), shall be made
          after giving effect to such adjustment of the Exercise Price.

    (iii) The number of Shares outstanding at any given time shall not include
          Shares that have been redeemed by the Company and not canceled, if
          any, and that are thus owned or held by or for the account of the
          Company, and the disposition of any such Shares shall be considered an
          issue or sale of Shares for purposes of paragraph (A).

     (iv) "Market Price" shall mean the lower of (a) the average closing sales
          prices of Shares recorded on the principal national securities
          exchange on which the Shares are listed or in a national market system
          for securities in which the Shares are admitted to trading or (b) the
          average of the closing bid and asked prices of Shares reported in the
          domestic over-the-

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          counter market, for the 20 trading days immediately prior to the day
          as of which the Market Price is being determined.  If the Shares are
          not listed on any national securities exchange or admitted for trading
          in any national market system or traded in the domestic over-the-
          counter market, the Market Price shall be the higher of (y) the book
          value of the Shares as determined by a firm of independent public
          accountants of recognized standing selected by the board of directors
          of the Company as of the last day of any month ending within 60 days
          preceding the date as of which the determination is to be made or (z)
          the fair market value of the Shares determined in good faith by the
          board of directors of the Company, provided that if the holder or
          holders of at least 66-2/3% of the Warrant Shares purchasable under
          the Warrant shall request in writing, the fair market value of the
          Shares shall be determined by an independent investment banking firm
          or other independent expert selected by such holders and reasonably
          satisfactory to the Company, the costs and expenses of which shall be
          born by the Company, which determination shall be as of a date which
          is within 15 days of the date as of which the determination is to be
          made.

     (v)  Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in case the Company
          shall issue any Shares in connection with the acquisition by the
          Company of the stock or assets of any other corporation or the merger
          of any other corporation into the Company under circumstances where,
          on the date of the issuance of such Shares, the consideration received
          for such Shares is less than the Market Price of the Shares, but on
          the date the number of Shares was determined, the consideration
          received for such Shares would not have been less than the Market
          Price thereof, such Shares shall not be deemed to have been issued for
          less than the Market Price, provided that the date the number of
          shares was determined is not greater than ten days prior to the date
          of issuance of such shares.

     (vi) Anything in clause (ii) of this paragraph (B) to the contrary
          notwithstanding, in the case of an acquisition where all or part of
          the purchase price is payable in Shares or Convertible Securities but
          is stated as a dollar amount, where the Company upon making the
          acquisition pays only part of a maximum dollar purchase price which is
          payable in Shares or Convertible Securities and where the balance of
          such purchase price is deferred or is contingently payable under a
          formula related to earnings over a period of time, (a) the
          consideration received for any Shares or Convertible Securities
          delivered at the time of the acquisition shall be deemed to be such
          part of the total consideration as the portion of the dollar purchase
          price then paid in Shares or Convertible Securities bears to the total
          maximum dollar purchase price payable in Shares or Convertible
          Securities and (b) in connection with each issuance of additional
          Shares or Convertible Securities pursuant to the terms of the
          agreement relating to such acquisition, the consideration received
          shall be deemed to be such part of the total consideration as the
          portion of the dollar purchase price then and theretofore paid in
          Shares or Convertible Shares bears to the total maximum dollar
          purchase price payable in Shares or Convertible Securities multiplied
          by a fraction the numerator of which shall be the number of Shares (or
          in the case of Convertible Securities other than capital stock of the
          Company, the aggregate principal amount of such Convertible
          Securities) then issued and the denominator of which shall be the
          total number of shares (or in the case of Convertible Securities other
          than capital stock of the Company, the aggregate principal amount of
          such Convertible Securities) then and theretofore issued under such
          acquisition agreement.  In the event only a part of the purchase price
          for an acquisition is paid in Shares or Convertible Securities in the
          manner referred to in this clause (vi), the term "total consideration"
          as used in this clause (vi) shall mean that part of the aggregate
          consideration as is fairly allocable to the purchase price paid in
          Shares or Convertible Securities in the manner referred to in this
          clause (vi), as determined by the board of directors of the Company.

     (C)  In the case at any time the Company shall subdivide its outstanding
Shares into a greater number of Shares, then from and after the record date for
such subdivision the Exercise Price in effect

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immediately prior to such subdivision shall be proportionately reduced and the
number of Shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be
correspondingly increased, and, conversely, in case the outstanding Shares shall
be combined into a smaller number of Shares, then from and after the record date
for such combination the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such
combination shall be proportionately increased and the number of Shares
purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be correspondingly
decreased.

     (D)  If any capital reorganization or reclassification of the capital stock
of the Company, or consolidation or merger of the Company with another
corporation, or sale of all or substantially all of its assets to another
corporation, shall be effected in such a way that holders of Shares (or any
other securities of the Company then issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant)
shall be entitled to receive stock, securities or assets with respect to or in
exchange for Shares (or such other securities) then, as a condition of such
reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger or sale, lawful and
adequate provision shall be made whereby the holder hereof shall thereafter have
the right to purchase and receive upon the basis and upon the terms and
conditions specified in this Warrant and in lieu of the Shares (or other
securities) of the Company immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable
upon the exercise of the rights represented hereby, such shares of stock,
securities or assets as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange
for a number of outstanding Shares (or other securities) equal to the number of
Shares (or other securities) immediately theretofore so purchasable and
receivable had such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger or
sale not taken place, and in any such case appropriate provision shall be made
with respect to the rights and interests of the holder of this Warrant to the
end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provisions for
adjustment of the Exercise Price and of the number of Shares (or other
securities) purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant and for the
registration thereof as provided in Section 6 of this Warrant) shall thereafter
be applicable, as nearly as may be, in relation to any shares of stock,
securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof (including
an immediate adjustment, by reason of such consolidation, merger or sale, of the
Exercise Price to the value of the Shares (or other securities) reflected by the
terms of such consolidation, merger or sale if the value so reflected is less
than the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such consolidation,
merger or sale).  In the event of a consolidation or merger of the Company with
or into another corporation as a result of which a greater or lesser number of
securities of the surviving corporation are issuable to holders of Shares in
respect of the number of Shares outstanding immediately prior to such
consolidation or merger, then the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to
such consolidation or merger shall be adjusted in the same manner as though
there were a subdivision or combination of the outstanding Shares.  The Company
shall not effect any such consolidation, merger or sale, unless prior to or
simultaneously with the consummation thereof the surviving or successor
corporation (if other than  the Company) resulting from such consolidation or
merger of the corporation purchasing such assets shall assume, by written
instrument executed and mailed to the registered holder hereof at the last
address of such holder appearing on the books of the Company, the obligation to
deliver to such holder such Shares of stock, securities or assets as, in
accordance with the foregoing provisions, such holder may be entitled to
purchase, and containing the express assumption of such surviving or successor
corporation of the due performance of every provision of this Warrant to be
performed by the Company and of all liabilities and obligations of the Company
hereunder.

     (E)  In case at any time the Company shall pay any dividend on or make any
other distribution with respect to Shares (or any other securities of the
Company then issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant) that is payable in
Shares, Convertible Securities, any other securities of the Company or other
stock, securities or assets, other than cash, then thereafter, and in lieu of
any adjustment of the Exercise Price and the number of Shares issuable upon the
exercise of this Warrant, the holder of this Warrant, upon any exercise of the
rights represented hereby, shall be entitled to receive the number of Shares (or
other securities) being purchased upon such exercise and, in addition to and
without further payment, the Shares, Convertible Securities, other Securities of
the Company or other stock, securities or assets which the holder of this
Warrant would have received by way of such distributions, as if continuously
since the date of the Warrant (or, if this Warrant shall have been issued
pursuant to Section 7 of this Warrant, the date of the predecessor Warrant to
which this Warrant relates), such holder had been the record holder of the
number of Shares (or other securities) then being purchased upon the exercise
hereof and had retained all such

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Shares, Convertible Securities, other securities of the Company or other stock,
securities or assets distributable with respect to such Shares (or other
securities) then being purchased upon the exercise hereof and, furthermore, all
cash, stock, securities or assets payable as dividends or distributions with
respect to the foregoing distributable securities or assets and originating
directly or indirectly therefrom.  The Company shall reserve and retain in
escrow from any such dividend or distribution of Shares, Convertible Securities,
other securities of the Company or other stock, securities or assets, and from
any such dividends or distributions with respect thereto and originating
directly or indirectly therefrom, such Shares, Convertible Securities, other
securities of the Company and other stock, securities, assets and cash as shall
be necessary to fulfill its obligations to the holder hereof pursuant to this
paragraph (E).

     (F)  If at any time conditions arise by reason of action taken by the
Company, which in the good faith opinion of the board of directors of the
Company, are not adequately covered by the provisions of this Annex I, and which
might materially adversely affect the rights of the holder of this Warrant, the
Company shall appoint a firm of independent public accountants of recognized
standing (which may be the regular accountants or auditors of the Company),
which shall give their opinion as to the adjustments, if any, in the Exercise
Price and the number of Shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant, or
other change in the rights of the holder hereof, on a basis consistent with the
other provisions of this Annex I, necessary to preserve without diminution the
rights of the holder hereof.  Upon receipt of such opinion, the Company shall
forthwith make the adjustments described herein.

     (G)(i)    Within two (2) days of any adjustment of the Exercise Price or
               change in the number of Shares purchasable upon the exercise of
               this Warrant made pursuant to the above paragraphs (A)  through
               (F) or any change in the rights of the holder of this Warrant by
               reason of the occurrence of events described such paragraphs, the
               Company shall give written notice by certified or registered mail
               to the registered holder of this Warrant at the address of such
               holder as shown on the books of the Company, which notice shall
               describe the event requiring such adjustments, the Exercise Price
               resulting from such adjustment, the increase or decrease in the
               number of Shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant,
               and any other change in the rights of such holder, and set forth
               in reasonable detail the method of calculation of such
               adjustments and the facts upon which such calculations are based.
               Within three (3) days of receipt from the holder hereof of a
               written request therefor (which request shall not be made more
               than once each calendar quarter), the Company shall give written
               notice by certified or registered mail to such holder at his
               address as shown on the books of the Company of the Exercise
               Price in effect as of the date of receipt of such written
               request, and the number of Shares purchasable or the number or
               amount of other shares of stock, securities or assets receivable
               as of such date, and set forth in reasonable detail the method of
               calculation of such numbers.

          (ii) Upon each adjustment of the Exercise Price and each change in the
               number of Shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant,
               and change in the rights of the holder of this Warrant by reason
               of the occurrence of other events herein set forth, then and in
               each case, upon written request of the holder of this Warrant
               (which request shall be made not more often than once each
               calendar year), the Company will at its expense promptly obtain
               an opinion of independent public accountants reasonably
               satisfactory to each holder stating the then effective Exercise
               Price and the number of Shares then purchasable, or specifying
               the other shares of stock, securities or assets and the amount
               thereof then receivable, and setting forth in reasonable detail
               the method of calculation of such numbers and the facts upon
               which such calculations are based.  The Company will promptly
               mail a copy of such opinion to the registered holder hereof.

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     (H)  In case at any time:

     (i)  The Company shall pay any dividend payable in capital stock on its
          outstanding Shares or make any distribution (other than regular cash
          dividends) to the holders of Shares;

     (ii) The Company shall offer for subscription pro rata to the holders of
          Shares any additional capital stock or other rights;

    (iii) There shall be authorized any capital reorganization or
          reclassification of the capital stock of the Company, or consolidation
          or merger of the Company with, or sale of all or substantially all of
          its assets to, another corporation; or

     (iv) There shall be authorized or commence a voluntary or involuntary
          dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company,

then, in one or more of said cases, the Company shall given written notice by
certified or registered mail to the holder of this Warrant at the address of
such holder as shown on the books of the Company on the date on which (1) the
books of the Company shall close or a record shall be taken for such dividend,
distribution, or subscription rights, or (2) such reorganization,
reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation or
winding up shall take place or be voted upon by the shareholders of the Company,
as the case may be.  Such notice shall also specify the date as of which the
holders of record of Shares shall participate in such dividend, distribution or
subscription rights, or shall be entitled to exchange their Shares for
securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization,
reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation or
winding up, as the case may be.  Such written notice shall be given at least
thirty (30) days prior to the action in question and no less than thirty (30)
days prior to the record date or the date on which the Company's books are
closed in respect thereto.

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EXHIBIT A
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                                  SUBSCRIPTION FORM

                       To be Executed by the Registered Holder
                      Desiring to Exercise the Within Warrant of
                                TIPPERARY CORPORATION

     The undersigned registered holder hereby exercises the right to purchase
____________ Shares (not less than 10,000 Shares, except for the final exercise
of this Warrant, which may be for a lesser number of Shares) covered by the
within Warrant according to the conditions thereof, and herewith makes payment
of the Exercise Price of such Shares, $___________.

     Name of Registered Holder:
                                ----------------------------------------------

               Address of Registered Holder:
                                            ----------------------------------

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               Registered Holder's Tax I.D. No.:
                                                ------------------------------

               Name of Nominee  (if applicable):
                                                ------------------------------

               Address of Nominee:
                                  --------------------------------------------

                                  --------------------------------------------

                    Nominee's Tax I.D. No.:
                                           ----------------------

               Signature of
               Registered Holder:
                                 --------------------------------------------

               Title of Signing Officer
               or Agent (if any):
                                 --------------------------------------------

Dated: __________________, _______.EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
                              --------------------

This Employment Agreement is entered into as of the 27th day of November 1996 by
and between UNICO AMERICAN  CORPORATION,  a Nevada  corporation (the "Company"),
and Roger Platten (the "Executive").

WHEREAS, the Company desires to employ the Executive,  and the Executive desires
to accept such employment, on the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.  Employment of Executive.
    -----------------------
Effective  12-1-1996,  the Company  shall employ the  Executive for the Term (as
hereinafter  defined)  to render the  services  and to perform  the duties  with
respect to the business of the Company as  hereinafter  provided.  The duties of
the Executive shall be the duties of vice president.

1.1     Acceptance of Employment by the Executive.
        -----------------------------------------
The Executive  hereby  accepts the  employment  and agrees to fulfill the duties
described above. Under no circumstances shall the Executive be obligated without
his  consent to relocate  his  residence  in order to render the  services or to
perform his duties outside of the Los Angeles metropolitan area.

1.2     Termination of Existing Contracts.
        ---------------------------------
The Executive  hereby agrees that all agreements and contracts,  whether written
or oral,  relating to the current employment of the Executive will be terminated
as of the commencement of the Tern.

2.  Term of Employment.
    ------------------
The term of  Executive's  employment  under this  Agreement  (the "Term")  shall
commence on December 1, 1996, and continue until December 1, 2001.

3.  Compensation and Other Benefits.
    --------------------------------

3.1     Salary.
        ------
As  compensation  for services to be rendered  pursuant to this  Agreement,  the
Company shall pay the Executive,  during the Term, a salary at an annual rate of
$175,000  (the  "Annual  Salary")  to be  paid  in  equal  installments  no less
frequently than two (2) times per month in accordance with the Company's  normal
payroll  practices.  The Annual Salary shall be subject to increase from time to
time at the  discretion  of the Board of  Directors  of the  Company,  provided,
however, that the Annual Salary shall be increased,  effective January 1 of each
year during the Term, by an amount not less than the difference, if any, between

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(i) the rate of Annual Salary in effect on the immediately  preceding  January 1
multiplied by the aggregate  percentage  increase,  if any, in The United States
Department of Labor,  Bureau of Labor  Statistics  Consumer Price Index of Urban
Wage Earners and Clerical  Workers,  Los Angeles - Long Beach - Anaheim  Average
(the "Consumer Price Index"),  during the preceding twelve (12) calendar months,
and (ii) the  aggregate  amount of any  discretionary  increases  in the  Annual
Salary granted by the Board of Directors  (excluding any payments of a Mandatory
Bonus,  as defined below, or other  discretionary  bonus) during the immediately
preceding calendar year.

3.2     Annual Bonus.
        ------------
The Company  shall pay to the  Executive a bonus (the  "Mandatory  Bonus") on or
before December 31 of each year, provided that the net income of the Company for
the most recent four (4)  quarters  (prior to  deductions  for income  taxes and
current  Mandatory  Bonuses  but  including  discretionary  bonuses  paid to all
employees) is equal to or greater than $4,000,000  (the "Net Income Goal").  The
amount of said Mandatory Bonus shall be in an amount  determined by the Board of
Directors, in its discretion,  but shall not be less than an amount equal to one
hundred percent (100%) of the aggregate bonus paid to the Executive  during such
immediately preceding calendar year, less any amounts paid to the Executive as a
discretionary  bonus paid since the  immediately  preceding  January 1; provided
however, that in no event shall the Mandatory Bonus be reduced to less than zero
(0).

Nothing  herein  shall  prevent the Board of  Directors  from  electing,  in its
discretion,  to  grant a  bonus  to the  Executive,  in  such  amount  as may be
determined  by the Board of  Directors  in the event the Net Income  Goal is not
met.  Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  if the Executive is terminated other than
for Cause, the Executive will be entitled to the minimum  Mandatory Bonus amount
calculated  in  accordance  with the  foregoing,  regardless  of whether the Net
Income Goal is attained.

3.3     Participation in Employee Benefit Plans.
        ---------------------------------------
The Executive shall be permitted during the Term, if and to the extent eligible,
to participate in any group life,  hospitalization or disability insurance plan,
health program,  pension plan, similar benefit plan, vacation benefits, or other
so-called  "fringe  benefits"  of the  Company,  which may be available to other
comparable  or lower  ranking  executives  of the Company  generally on the same
terms as such other executives.

3.4     General Business Expenses.
        -------------------------
The Company shall pay or reimburse the  Executive  for all  reasonable  expenses
incurred by the Executive  during the Term in the performance of the Executive's
services  under this  Agreement.  Such  payment  shall be upon  presentation  of
itemized expense statements or vouchers or such other supporting  information as
the Company may require,  including,  whenever possible, actual bills, receipts,
or other evidence of expenditures.

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4.  Non-competition.
    ---------------
The Executive agrees that be shall not compete against the Company.

5.  Termination.
    ------------

5.1     Termination Upon Death.
        ----------------------
If  the  Executive  dies  during  the  Term,  this  Employment  Agreement  shall
terminate, except that the

Executive's legal representatives shall be entitled to receive (i) unpaid Annual
Salary  accrued  up to the date of the  Executive's  death,  and (ii) a pro rata
portion of the Mandatory  Bonus payable in the calendar year  following the year
during which such death  occurred  equal to the product of (a) the amount which,
but for the  Executive's  death,  would have been paid to the  Executive as such
Mandatory  Bonus  multiplied by (b) a fraction,  the denominator of which is 365
and the  numerator of which is the number of days elapsed from the last previous
January 1 to the date of the Executive's death.

5.2     Termination for Cause.
        ---------------------
Subject to all of the provisions  hereof, the Company has the right, at any time
during the Term, exercisable by serving written notice,  effective in accordance
with its terms, to terminate the Executive's employment under this Agreement and
discharge the Executive for "Cause" (as hereinafter  defined).  If such right is
exercised,  the Company's  obligation  to the Executive  shall be limited to the
payment of unpaid Annual Salary  accrued up to the effective  date  specified in
the  Company's  notice of  termination.  As used in this  Section  5.2, the term
"Cause" shall mean (i) chronic  alcoholism or drug addiction,  (ii) fraud, (iii)
unlawful appropriation of any money or other assets or properties of the Company
or any affiliate of the Company,  (iv) a material breach by the Executive of the
terms of this  Agreement,  (v) the  conviction  of the  Executive  of any felony
involving moral turpitude or other serious crime involving moral turpitude, (vi)
the Executive's gross moral turpitude  relevant to his office or employment with
the Company or any affiliate of the Company,  and (vii) the  Executives  willful
engagement in misconduct which is demonstrably  and materially  injurious to the
Company and its  subsidiaries  taken as a whole.  (No act, or failure to act, on
the part of the Executive shall be considered  "willful" unless done, or omitted
to be done, by the  Executive not in good faith and without a reasonable  belief
that the action or  omission  was in the best  interests  of the Company and its
subsidiaries.)

5.3     Termination Upon Disability.
        ---------------------------
If during  the Term the  Executive  becomes  physically  or  mentally  disabled,
whether totally or partially;  so that the Executive is unable  substantially to
perform his services  hereunder for (i) a period of four (4) consecutive  months
or (ii) short periods  aggregating  six (6) months during any twelve  (12) month
period,  the Company may at any time, while the disability is continuing,  after
the last day of the fourth  consecutive  month of  disability or the last day on
which the shorter periods of disability equal an aggregate of six (6) months, by
written notice to the Executive, terminate the Executive's employment hereunder.
If

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such right to terminate is exercised,  the Company's obligation to the Executive
shall be limited to the payment of (i) unpaid  Annual  Salary  accrued up to the
effective date specified in the Company's notice of termination  (which shall be
the last day of the calendar month in which such notice is given) and (ii) a pro
rata portion of the Mandatory  Bonus payable in the calendar year  following the
year  during  which such  disability  occurred  equal to the  product of (a) the
amount which, but for such suspension,  would have been paid to the Executive as
such Mandatory Bonus,  multiplied by (b) a fraction, the denominator of which is
365 and the  numerator  of which is the  number  of days  elapsed  from the last
previous  January 1 to the effective date  specified in the Company's  notice of
termination.

6.  Insurance.
    ---------
The  Company may from time to time apply for and take out in its own name and at
its own expense, naming itself or others as the designated beneficiary (which it
may change from time to time),  policies for health,  accident,  disability,  or
other  insurance  upon the  Executive  in any amount or amounts that it may deem
necessary or  appropriate to protect its interest.  The Executive  agrees to aid
the Company in procuring  such  insurance by submitting to medical  examinations
and by filling  out,  executing,  and  delivering  such  applications  and other
instruments in writing as may reasonably be required by an insurance  company or
companies to which any application or applications  for insurance may be made by
or for the Company.

7.  Indemnification.
    ---------------
To the fullest  extent  permitted  under the laws of the state of the  Company's
incorporation  at the  time of any  action,  the  Company  shall  indemnify  the
Executive,  if the Executive is made a party,  or threatened to be made a party,
to any threatened,  pending, or completed action,  suit, or proceeding,  whether
civil, criminal,  administrative,  or investigative,  by reason of the fact that
the  Executive is or was an officer or director of the Company or any  affiliate
of the Company,  in which  capacity the Executive is or was serving the Company,
against  any  and  all  liabilities,   costs,   expenses  (including  reasonable
attorneys' fees), judgments,  fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action,  suit, or proceeding.
This  Section  7 shall  not limit in any way the  Executive's  rights  under any
agreement relating specifically to indemnification.

8.  Other Provisions.
    -----------------

8.1     Notices.
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Any notice or other  communication  required or permitted  hereunder shall be in
writing  and  shall  be  delivered  personally,  telegraphed,  telexed,  sent by
facsimile  transmission,  by  courier,  or sent  by  certified,  registered,  or
overnight courier postage prepaid. Any such notice shall be deemed given when so
delivered  personally,  telegraphed,  telexed,  by courier, or sent by facsimile
transmission,  or, if  mailed,  five (5) days  after the date of  deposit in the
United States mail, as follows:

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       (i)  If to the Company, to:

       Unico American Corporation
       23251 Mulholland Drive
       Woodland Hills, California 91364
       Attention: President

       (ii)  If to the Executive, to:

       Roger Platten
       23251 Mulholland Drive
       Woodland Hills, CA 91364

Any party may change its  address  for notice  hereunder  by notice to the other
parties hereto.

8.2     Entire Agreement.
        ----------------
This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties with respect to
the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements,  written or oral,
with respect thereto.

8.3     Waivers and Amendments.
        ----------------------
This  Employment  Agreement  may be amended,  modified,  superseded,  cancelled,
renewed, or extended, and the terms and conditions hereof may be waived, only by
a written  instrument  signed by the parties or, in the case of a waiver, by the
party waiving  compliance.  No delay on the part of any party in exercising  any
right,  power, or privilege  hereunder  shall operate as a waiver  thereof,  nor
shall any  waiver on the part of any party of any  right,  power,  or  privilege
hereunder,  nor any single or partial exercise of any right, power, or privilege
hereunder, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other right, power, or privilege hereunder.

8.4     Governing Law.
        -------------
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the  State of  California  applicable  to  agreements  made and to be  performed
entirely within such State.

8.5     Counterparts.
        ------------
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts,  each of which shall
be deemed an original,  but all of which together  shall  constitute one and the
same instrument.

8.6     Headings.
        --------
The headings in the Agreement  are for reference  purposes only and shall not in
any way affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

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8.7     Binding Effect.
        --------------
All of the terms and provisions of this Agreement  shall inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the successors  and assigns of each of the parties,  whether
or not there shall have been a formal assignment hereof.

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

COMPANY:     UNICO AMERICAN CORPORATION
                        A Nevada Corporation

               BY:              /s/ Erwin Cheldin
                                -----------------
               NAME:            Erwin Cheldin
               ITS:             President

               BY:              /s/ Cary Cheldin
                                ----------------
               NAME:            Cary Cheldin
               ITS:             Vice President

EXECUTIVE:                      /s/ Roger Platten
                                -----------------
                                Roger Platten

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