Document:

EX-10.1

 EXHIBIT 10.1 

PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT 

AMONG 

CIL&D, LLC 

KAISER EAGLE MOUNTAIN, LLC 

EAGLE MOUNTAIN MINING & RAILROAD COMPANY, LLC 

EAGLE MOUNTAIN ACQUISITION LLC, 

EAGLE MOUNTAIN LLC 

AND 

EAGLE CREST ENERGY COMPANY 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

									
	1.		 Joint Escrow
		 	2	  
			
	2.		 [Reserved]
		 	2	  
			
	3.		 Purchase of KEM Units and Purchase Price
		 	2	  
			
	4.		 Security for the Timely Performance of the Promissory Notes
		 	3	  
				
			 4.1
		 Security for the $4.25 Million Note
		 	3	  
			 4.2
		 Security for the $19 Million Note
		 	3	  
			
	5.		 Purchase of Lot 104
		 	4	  
			
	6.		 Eagle Mountain Railroad
		 	4	  
			
	7.		 Mining Rights
		 	4	  
			
	8.		 Additional Transaction Documents
		 	4	  
			
	9.		 Dismissal of Project Claims and Eminent Domain
		 	5	  
				
			 9.1
		 State Water Board Dismissal
		 	5	  
			 9.2
		 FERC Dismissal
		 	5	  
			 9.3
		 Minimum Value of Just Compensation
		 	5	  
			
	10.		 Due Diligence
		 	6	  
			
	11.		 Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of Seller
		 	6	  
				
			 11.1
		 Buyer’s Representations And Warranties Remain True
		 	6	  
			 11.2
		 Payment of the Purchase Price
		 	6	  
			 11.3
		 Minimum Shareholder Guaranties and Shareholder Pledge Agreements
		 	6	  
			 11.4
		 Receipt and Recordation of $4.25 Million Note Security Documents
		 	6	  
			 11.5
		 Receipt and Recordation of $19 Million Note Security Documents
		 	7	  
			 11.6
		 Receipt of Certain Agreements
		 	7	  
			 11.7
		 Lot 104 Sale
		 	7	  
			 11.8
		 Performance of Covenants
		 	7	  
			 11.9
		 No Injunction
		 	7	  
			 11.10
		 Title Policy
		 	7	  
			 11.11
		 Escrow Agreement
		 	7	  
			
	12.		 Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of Buyer
		 	7	  
				
			 12.1
		 Seller’s Representations and Warranties Remain True
		 	7	  
			 12.2
		 Performance of Covenants
		 	8	  
			 12.3
		 Delivery of KEM Units
		 	8	  
			 12.4
		 Receipt of Certain Agreements
		 	8	  
			 12.5
		 Reserved
		 	8	  
			 12.6
		 Lot 104 Documents
		 	8	  
			 12.7
		 No Injunction
		 	8	  
			 12.8
		 Resignations and Appointments
		 	8	  
			 12.9
		 Title Policy
		 	8	  
			 12.10
		 Escrow Agreement
		 	9	  
			 12.11
		 Termination of Certain Material Contracts
		 	9	  
			 12.12
		 Unwinding of the 1999 BLM Land Exchange
		 	9	  
			 12.13
		 Administrative Management Services Agreement
		 	9	  
			 12.14
		 Termination, Settlement & Net Revenue Sharing Agreement
		 	9	  
			 12.15
		 FIRPTA Certificate
		 	10	  
			 12.16
		 Railroad Contribution
		 	10	  

  
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	13.		 Closing
		 	10	  
			
	14.		 Representations and Warranties of Seller
		 	10	  
				
			 14.1
		 Organization and Authorization
		 	10	  
			 14.2
		 Ownership
		 	10	  
			 14.3
		 No Violation
		 	11	  
			 14.4
		 Certain Litigation
		 	11	  
			 14.5
		 Environmental Conditions
		 	11	  
			 14.6
		 Material Contracts
		 	12	  
			 14.7
		 KEM Assets & Liabilities
		 	12	  
			 14.8
		 Employees and Employee Matters
		 	12	  
			 14.9
		 Compliance
		 	13	  
			 14.10
		 Insurance
		 	13	  
			 14.11
		 Entity Documents
		 	13	  
			 14.12
		 Brokers
		 	13	  
			 14.13
		 Tax Matters
		 	13	  
			 14.14
		 Eagle Mountain Property
		 	14	  
			 14.15
		 Books & Records
		 	15	  
			 14.16
		 Affiliate Transactions
		 	15	  
			 14.17
		 Operations of KEM
		 	15	  
			 14.18
		 Town Site License Agreements
		 	15	  
			 14.19
		 Reserved
		 	15	  
			 14.20
		 Disclosure
		 	15	  
			 14.21
		 No Additional Representations; Knowledge Defined
		 	15	  
			
	15.		 Representations and Warranties of Buyer
		 	16	  
				
			 15.1
		 Organization and Authorization
		 	16	  
			 15.2
		 Buyer has no Interest in KEM Until the Purchase Price is Paid
		 	16	  
			 15.3
		 Securities Law Matters
		 	16	  
			 15.4
		 Discharge of Implied Warranties
		 	17	  
			
	16.		 Nature and Survival of Representations
		 	17	  
			
	17.		 “AS IS, WHERE IS”
		 	17	  
			
	18.		 Financial Assurances
		 	18	  
			
	19.		 Termination and Remedies
		 	18	  
				
			 19.1
		 [Reserved]
		 	18	  
			 19.2
		 Termination and Abandonment
		 	18	  
			 19.3
		 Effects of Termination
		 	18	  
			
	20.		 Additional Obligations and Matters
		 	19	  
				
			 20.1
		 Records
		 	19	  
			 20.2
		 Commission and Fees Payable by Seller
		 	19	  
			 20.3
		 Commissions and Fees Payable by Buyer
		 	19	  
			 20.4
		 Cooperation
		 	19	  
			
	21.		 Tax, Proration and Other Covenants
		 	20	  
				
			 21.1
		 Taxes
		 	20	  
			 21.2
		 Prorations
		 	20	  
			 21.3
		 Indemnity by KEM
		 	21	  
			 21.4
		 Affirmative Covenants and Agreements of Seller
		 	22	  
			 21.5
		 Negative Covenants and Agreements of Seller
		 	22	  
			 21.6
		 Negative Covenants and Agreements of Buyer, Parent and Eagle Crest
		 	24	  
			 21.7
		 Excluded Liabilities
		 	24	  
			 21.8
		 Covenant to Convey the Eagle Mountain Property
		 	24	  
			 21.9
		 Leases
		 	25	  

  
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			 21.10
		 Indemnification
		 	25	  
			 21.11
		 Environmental Covenants
		 	29	  
			
	22.		 Miscellaneous Provisions
		 	29	  
				
			 22.1
		 Expenses
		 	29	  
			 22.2
		 Time is of the Essence
		 	29	  
			 22.3
		 Computation of Time
		 	29	  
			 22.4
		 Third Party Beneficiaries
		 	29	  
			 22.5
		 Definition of Affiliate
		 	29	  
			 22.6
		 Waiver
		 	29	  
			 22.7
		 Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers
		 	30	  
			 22.8
		 Binding Effect and Restrictions on Assignment by Buyer
		 	30	  
			 22.9
		 Entire Agreement
		 	30	  
			 22.10
		 Headings
		 	31	  
			 22.11
		 Notices
		 	31	  
			 22.12
		 Counterparts
		 	32	  
			 22.13
		 Severability
		 	33	  
			 22.14
		 Reserved
		 	33	  
			 22.15
		 Schedules
		 	33	  

  
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 Exhibits 
  

			
	 EXHIBITS
	  	 DESCRIPTION

		
	“A”	  	Eagle Mountain Assets
		
	“B”	  	$4.25 Million Note
		
	“C”	  	$19 Million Note
		
	“D”	  	KEM $4.25 Million Note Guaranty
		
	“E”	  	Deed of Trust
		
	“F”	  	Eagle Crest Guaranty
		
	“G”	  	Shareholder Guaranty
		
	“H”	  	Shareholder Pledge Agreement
		
	“I”	  	Parent $4.25 Million Note Guaranty
		
	“J”	  	Parent Pledge Agreement
		
	“K”	  	Buyer Pledge Agreement
		
	“L”	  	KEM $19 Million Note Guaranty
		
	“Q”	  	Lot 104 Sale Agreement
		
	“R”	  	Railroad Assets
		
	“S”	  	Railroad Operating Agreement
		
	“T”	  	Mining Agreement
		
	“U”	  	Access Agreement
		
	“V”	  	Utilities Agreement
		
	“W”	  	State Water Board Dismissal
		
	“X”	  	FERC Dismissal
		
	“Y-1”	  	Listing of Officers and Managers of Subsidiaries
		
	“Y-2”	  	Form of Resignation Letter
		
	“Z”	  	Form of Assignment of Contracts

  
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	“AA”		Form of Railroad Assets Contribution Agreement
		
	“BB”		Form of Second Amendment to Administrative Management and Services Agreement
		
	“CC”		Form of Amendment to Revenue Sharing Agreement
		
	“DD”		Form of Office Lease
		
	“EE”		Form of Warehouse and Maintenance Lease
		
	“FF”		FPN Lease

 SCHEDULES 
  

			
	 14.4
		Litigation/Claims
		
	 14.5
		Environmental Matters
		
	 14.6
		Kaiser Eagle Mountain Material Contracts List
		
	 14.7
		Assets & Liabilities other than Kem Assets
		
	 14.9
		Compliance
		
	 14.10
		Insurance
		
	 14.14
		Eagle Mountain Property
		
	 14.16
		Affiliate Transactions
		
	 18
		Financial Assurances
		
	 21.1(c)
		Purchase Price Allocation
		
	DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE		CIL&D Retained Rights

  
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 PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT

 This PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into on the 25th day of June, 2015 (the
“Effective Date”), by and among CIL&D, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Seller”), KAISER EAGLE MOUNTAIN, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Seller
(“KEM”), EAGLE MOUNTAIN MINING & RAILROAD, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Seller (“EMMR”), EAGLE MOUNTAIN ACQUISITION LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“Buyer”), EAGLE MOUNTAIN LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Parent”), and EAGLE CREST ENERGY COMPANY, a California corporation (“Eagle Crest”). Seller, KEM, EMMR, Buyer, Parent and Eagle
Crest are individually referred to herein as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties.” Buyer, Parent and Eagle Crest are also sometimes individually referred to as a “Buyer Party” and
collectively as the “Buyer Parties.” Seller, KEM and EMMR are also sometimes individually referred to as a “Seller Party” and collectively as the “Seller Parties.” 

RECITALS 

A. Seller owns 100% of the ownership interest (the “KEM Units”) in KEM and Buyer desires to purchase the KEM Units
from Seller and Seller is willing to sell the KEM Units to Buyer upon the terms and conditions provided in this Agreement. The assets of KEM relate to the site commonly referred to as the Eagle Mountain mine, which is located in Riverside County,
California and the real property, mining and mill site claims, personal property and any rights or interests related to the Eagle Mountain mine site that may be owned or controlled by KEM are generally depicted and described in
EXHIBIT “A” attached hereto (collectively the “KEM Assets”); provided, however, the Eagle Mountain railroad and its obligations and related
real property (including the railroad spur), rights-of-way, easements, fixtures, vehicles and equipment as more fully described in Exhibit “R” (collectively, the
“Railroad Assets”) are expressly excluded from the KEM Assets as at the time of the sale of the KEM Units to Buyer and the Railroad Assets will be transferred from KEM to EMMR prior to the closing of such sale pursuant to that
certain Railroad Asset Contribution Agreement (as defined below). 
 B. In addition to Buyer’s purchase of the KEM Units from
Seller, Buyer desires to purchase Lot 104 consisting of approximately 3.5 acres located in the Lake Tamarisk Subdivision (the “Lot 104”) from Lake Tamarisk Development, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned
subsidiary of Seller (“Lake Tamarisk”). The sale of Lot 104 shall occur concurrently with the Closing (as defined below) of the Sale Transaction (as defined below), pursuant to that certain Lot 104 Sale Agreement (as defined below),
and the satisfaction of all conditions to closing under the Lot 104 Sale Agreement (so as to permit the concurrent closing of the sale of Lot 104 with the Closing of the Sale Transaction) shall be a condition precedent to Buyer’s obligation to
proceed to Closing under this Agreement. 
 C. The Parties desire to enter into this Agreement and to pursue the transactions and
other agreements contemplated hereby, which, along with the payment of the Purchase Price, is referred to herein as the “Sale Transaction.” 

D. As a part of the Sale Transaction and concurrently with the Closing, KEM shall enter into that certain Mining Agreement (as defined
below) with EMMR. 
 E. Eagle Crest is the developer of hydro-electric and water storage projects that, along with other activities
related thereto, would be constructed, maintained and operated on portions of the Eagle Mountain Property (the “Project”) pursuant to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) License issued in June 2014
(the “License”). Upon the acquisition of KEM by Buyer, the Buyer Parties and KEM, and their respective owners (including Eagle Crest), will all be Affiliates (as defined below) and they will directly and indirectly benefit from the
Sale Transaction. 

  
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 AGREEMENT 

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained herein, and for other good and valuable
consideration the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereto agree as follows: 
 1.
JOINT ESCROW. Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, the Parties, and First American Title Insurance Company (“Escrow Agent” or “Title Company”) will enter
into that certain Escrow Instructions and Agreement of even date with this Agreement (the “Escrow Agreement”) providing for a joint escrow (the “Escrow”) and the closing of the Sale Transaction (the “Closing”) pursuant
to the terms, procedures, covenants and conditions set forth in the Escrow Agreement. 
 2. [RESERVED] 

3. PURCHASE OF KEM UNITS AND PURCHASE
PRICE. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, Seller agrees to sell to Buyer, and Buyer agrees to purchase from Seller, on the Closing Date (as defined below), the KEM Units. In addition to
the value of the other consideration to be received by or for the benefit of Seller as provided in this Agreement, the purchase price payable by Buyer for the KEM Units shall be Twenty-Four Million Nine Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and No Cents
($24,950,000.00) exclusive of the amount of the interest that may accrue and be payable under the promissory notes described below (the “Purchase Price”), with the Purchase Price payable as follows: 

(a) Upon Closing, Seller shall be paid One Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($1,700,000.00) in cash (the “Cash
Down Payment”); 
 (b) Upon Closing, Seller shall receive Buyer’s executed promissory note on the terms and in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit “B” in the principal amount of Four Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($4,250,000.00) which note shall accrue interest at the rate
of six percent (6%) per annum compounded annually and with such other terms and conditions as set forth therein (the “$4.25 Million Note”). Buyer’s payment of the $4.25 Million Note shall be guaranteed and secured as provided in
Section 4.1 below; and 
 (c) Upon Closing, Seller shall receive Buyer’s executed promissory note on the terms and in the
form attached as Exhibit “C” in the principal amount of Nineteen Million Dollars and No Cents ($19,000,000.00) which note shall accrue interest at the rate of five and
seventy-one one hundredths percent (5.71%) per annum compounded monthly and with such other terms and conditions as set forth therein (the “$19 Million Note”). Buyer’s payment of the $19 Million Note shall be guaranteed and
secured as provided in Section 4.2 below. 

  
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 4. SECURITY FOR THE TIMELY
PERFORMANCE OF THE PROMISSORY NOTES. 
 4.1
SECURITY FOR THE $4.25 MILLION NOTE. Buyer’s timely performance of its obligations under the $4.25 Million Note shall be guaranteed
and secured as follows: 
 (a) KEM shall guaranty Buyer’s payment and performance of Buyer’s obligations under the $4.25
Million Note on the terms and in the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT “D” (the “KEM $4.25 Million Guaranty”). To secure the timely
performance of the KEM $4.25 Million Note Guaranty, KEM shall grant a Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents Security Agreement and Fixture Filing on the terms and in the form attached hereto as
EXHIBIT “E” (the “Deed of Trust”); 

(b) Eagle Crest shall guaranty Buyer’s payment and performance of Buyer’s obligations under the $4.25 Million Note on the
terms and in the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT “F” (the “Eagle Crest Guaranty”); 

(c) The shareholders, security holders and debt holders (collectively “Shareholders” or individually a
“Shareholder”) of Eagle Crest representing not less than ninety seven percent (97%) of all issued and outstanding common stock, preferred stock and promissory notes of Eagle Crest as of the Closing Date (collectively, the
“Securities”) shall individually guaranty the payment and performance by Eagle Crest of Eagle Crest’s obligations under the Eagle Crest Guaranty on the terms and in the form attached hereto as
EXHIBIT “G” (each, a “Shareholder Guaranty”). Timely performance of each Shareholder Guaranty shall be secured by the pledge of all of such
Shareholder’s Securities on the terms and in the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT “H” herein by this reference (each, a “Shareholder Pledge
Agreement”); 
 (d) Parent shall guaranty Buyer’s payment and performance of Buyer’s obligations under the $4.25
Million Note on the terms and in the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT “I” (the “Parent Guaranty”). The timely performance of the Parent
Guaranty shall be secured by the pledge by Parent of one hundred percent (100%) of its equity interest in Buyer (the “Landco Units”) on the terms and conditions and in the form attached hereto as
EXHIBIT “J” (the “Parent Pledge Agreement”); and 

(e) Buyer shall provide security for the $4.25 Million Note by pledging the KEM Units to Seller on the terms and in the form attached
hereto as EXHIBIT “K” (the “Buyer Pledge Agreement”). 

The KEM $4.25 Million Guaranty, Deed of Trust, Eagle Crest Guaranty, each Shareholder Guaranty, each Shareholder Pledge Agreement, the Parent
Guaranty, the Parent Pledge Agreement and the Buyer Pledge Agreement are collectively referred to herein as the “$4.25 Million Note Security Documents.” 

4.2 SECURITY FOR THE $19 MILLION NOTE.
Buyer’s timely performance of its obligations under the $19 Million Note shall be guaranteed and secured as follows: 
 (a) KEM
shall unconditionally guaranty Buyer’s payment and performance of Buyer’s obligations under the $19 Million Note on the terms and in the form attached herein as
EXHIBIT “L” (the “KEM $19 Million Note Guaranty”). 

  
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 (b) Timely performance by KEM of the KEM $19 Million Guaranty shall also be secured by
the Deed of Trust; 
 (c) Timely performance by Buyer of its obligations under the $19 Million Note shall also be secured by the
Buyer Pledge Agreement; and 
 (d) Parent shall unconditionally guaranty Buyer’s payment and performance of Buyer’s
obligations under the $19 Million Note pursuant to the Parent Guaranty. 
 (e) Timely performance by Parent of the Parent Guaranty
shall be secured by the Parent Pledge Agreement. 
 The KEM $19 Million Note Guaranty, Deed of Trust, Buyer Pledge Agreement, Parent
Guaranty and Parent Pledge Agreement are collectively referred to herein as the “$19 Million Note Security Documents”. The $19 Million Note Security Documents and the $4.25 Million Note Security Documents are collectively referred
to herein as the “Security Documents.” 
 5. PURCHASE OF LOT 104.
Concurrently herewith, Lake Tamarisk and KEM shall enter into that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement and Joint Escrow Instructions between Buyer and Lake Tamarisk, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference as
Exhibit “Q” (the “Lot 104 Sale Agreement”), by which Lake Tamarisk shall agree to sell to Buyer, and Buyer shall agree to purchase from Lake Tamarisk, Lot
104 upon the terms and conditions contained therein. 
 6. EAGLE MOUNTAIN
RAILROAD. As a part of the consideration for Seller to enter into this Agreement and to undertake the Sale Transaction, prior to the Closing Date the Parties agree that KEM shall transfer to EMMR all of the Railroad
Assets pursuant to that certain Railroad Asset Contribution Agreement the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit “AA” (the “Railroad Asset Contribution
Agreement”). In addition, as a part of the Closing, KEM and EMMR shall enter into that certain Eagle Mountain Railroad Agreement the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit
“S” (the “Railroad Operations Agreement”). 
 7. MINING RIGHTS. As a
part of the consideration for the Parties to enter into this Agreement and to undertake the Sale Transaction, KEM and EMMR shall enter into that certain Mining Lease and Agreement the form of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit “T” (the “Mining Agreement”) at the Closing. 

8. ADDITIONAL TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS. As a part of the consideration for the
Parties to enter into this Agreement and to undertake the Sale Transaction, the Parties agree that KEM and EMMR shall enter into the following agreements at the Closing: 

(a) That certain Access and Joint Use Agreement and the easements and rights–of-way referenced therein in the form attached hereto
as “Exhibit “U” (the “Access Agreement”); and 

(b) That certain Water and Utilities Joint Use Agreement and any agreements referenced therein in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit “V” (the “Utilities Agreement”). 

(c) That certain Assignment and Assumption of Contracts in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit “Z” (the “Assignment of Contracts”) by which KEM shall assign, and EMMR shall assume, all rights and obligations under the following Material
Contracts (which Assignment of Contracts may contain consents to assignment by the appropriate counterparties): 
 (i) Settlement Agreement
dated as of January 15, 2015, by and among Edison Construction, Inc., Perrault Corporation and KEM. 

  
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 9. DISMISSAL OF PROJECT CLAIMS
AND EMINENT DOMAIN. 
 9.1 STATE WATER
BOARD DISMISSAL. Within three (3) business days following the Closing, KEM shall withdraw its petition filed with the California State Water Resources Control Board (the “State Water
Board”) regarding the Project on the terms in the form attached hereto as Exhibit “W” (the “State Water Board Dismissal”). KEM’s attorneys
shall transmit an executed State Water Board Dismissal to the State Water Board on the instruction of KEM. This Section 9.1 shall survive the Closing. 

9.2 FERC DISMISSAL. Within three (3) business days
following the Closing, KEM shall withdraw its petition for rehearing filed with FERC regarding the License; provided, however, there shall be preserved the right to challenge whether the holder of the License for the Project has the right of eminent
domain if a Buyer Party or KEM is in default of any of their respective obligations under this Agreement or any of the Security Documents following the Closing Date, and the License holder shall not assert any defense of exhaustion of administrative
remedies or any judicial or defense in any eminent domain proceeding involving the Eagle Mountain Assets. The terms and form of dismissal of KEM’s FERC petition for rehearing is attached as
Exhibit “X” (the “FERC Dismissal”). KEM’s attorneys shall transmit a fully-executed original of the FERC Dismissal to FERC on the instruction of KEM.
This Section 9.2 shall survive the Closing and will be binding on any successors and assigns of a Buyer Party. 
 9.3
MINIMUM VALUE OF JUST COMPENSATION. The Buyer Parties, on behalf of themselves, their Affiliates, and any future successors and assigns, or any party
exercising of the rights under the License as it now or hereafter exists (or any future FERC license for the Project or other similar project on the Eagle Mountain Property) (any one of them being the “License Holder”), hereby agree
and commit that in the event of any exercise of power of eminent domain for transfer or acquisition of all of the Eagle Mountain Property, including any easement or other interest therein, initiated by the License Holder, the minimum amount of
agreed eminent domain just compensation to be paid to Seller or KEM (and their successors and assigns), as applicable, in the event Seller should reacquire directly or indirectly the Eagle Mountain Property or any portion thereof, shall be not less
than the sum of (a) the Purchase Price; plus (b) all interest due under the $4.25 Million Note and the $19 Million Note through their stated maturity dates (with the assumptions that there has been no acceleration or prepayment of such
Notes and that the maturity date of the $19 Million Note has been extended by Buyer through the Final Maturity Date, as defined therein) less any amounts previously paid to Seller thereunder; plus (c) all costs and expenses of any kind or
nature of Seller and/or KEM in such eminent domain or affiliated proceeding, including reasonable, out-of-pocket legal and expert witness fees, costs and expenses, discovery costs including deposition costs, costs of preparation or duplication of
exhibits and any other recoverable court costs, and other litigation-related expenses incurred by the condemnee through the course of the defense of the eminent domain action (collectively, the “Minimum Just Compensation”). The
Minimum Just Compensation shall be the minimum amount of compensation to be paid by the condemnor to Seller or KEM and their successors and assigns for the acquisition by eminent domain of all of the Eagle Mountain Property, whether such
condemnation occurs under authority of 16 U.S.C. § 814, provisions of the California Eminent Domain Law, or otherwise and shall be the minimum amount to be paid notwithstanding any potentially conflicting provisions relating to fair market
value, litigation expenses, recoverable costs, or compensable property interests under any otherwise applicable provisions of law. The commitment to the Minimum Just Compensation hereunder shall have been memorialized in a recorded, binding,
enforceable covenant (the 

  
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“Memorandum of Minimum Just Compensation”) benefitting the Eagle Mountain Property and the beneficiaries of the $4.25 Million Note and the $19 Million Note to be recorded prior
to the Closing, and the Buyer Parties shall provide written notice of the terms of this provision to any and all successors or transferees of any of its interests in this Agreement, the FERC License, or the Eagle Mountain Property prior to any
transfer or assignment of any interest therein. This Section 9.3 will expressly survive any termination of this Agreement and will be binding on any successors and assigns of a Buyer Party. 

10. DUE DILIGENCE Buyer has already conducted due diligence on KEM, the KEM Assets and the
Eagle Mountain Property prior to the Effective Date. However, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, prior to Closing, Seller shall continue to cooperate with Buyer’s additional due diligence on KEM, the KEM Assets and the Eagle
Mountain Property and provide Buyer and its agents and representatives with such information, materials, instruments, documents and agreements, and books and records (collectively, “Due Diligence Information”) as Buyer may
reasonably request in connection with its due diligence to the extent such documents and information are within the possession or control of Seller or KEM, as applicable. All due diligence has been and shall continue to be at Buyer’s sole cost
and expense. All due diligence and all Due Diligence Information provided and obtained shall continue to be subject to the provisions and obligations of that certain Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement among Eagle Crest, KEM, and Seller
dated as of January 1, 2015 (the “Confidentiality Agreement”). The Parties further acknowledge and agree that the terms and provisions of the Confidentiality Agreement shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the
termination of this Agreement for any reason. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in accordance with the terms of that certain Access and Testing Agreement among Eagle Crest and KEM dated as of March 26, 2015 (the
“Access and Testing Agreement”), the Buyer Parties retain the right to disclose New Information to Permitted Parties (each as defined in the Access and Testing Agreement). 

11. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF
SELLER. The obligation of Seller to sell the KEM Units to Buyer is subject to fulfillment prior to or on the Closing Date of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived by Seller in writing: 

11.1 BUYER’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
REMAIN TRUE. The representations and warranties by Buyer contained in Section 15 of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects on the Closing Date as though made
at and as of that date (or in the case of any representation or warranty which specifically relates to an earlier date, as of such date). Seller shall have received a certificate to that effect dated as of the Closing Date signed by a duly
authorized representative of Buyer. 
 11.2 PAYMENT OF THE PURCHASE
PRICE. Buyer shall have deposited the Purchase Price for delivery to Seller through Escrow, including the Cash Down Payment, the $4.25 Million Note and the $19 Million Note. 

11.3 MINIMUM SHAREHOLDER GUARANTIES AND SHAREHOLDER
PLEDGE AGREEMENTS. Fully-executed originals of the Shareholder Guaranties, Shareholder Pledge Agreements (and related documents), and original certificates and instruments representing at least
ninety-seven percent (97%) of the Securities shall have been deposited by Buyer for delivery to Seller through Escrow. 
 11.4
RECEIPT AND RECORDATION OF $4.25 MILLION NOTE SECURITY DOCUMENTS. The executed $4.25 Million Note Security
Documents shall have been deposited by Buyer for delivery to Seller through Escrow, to be recorded or filed, as appropriate, by Escrow Agent upon Closing, all as provided in the Escrow Agreement. 

  
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 11.5 RECEIPT AND RECORDATION OF
$19 MILLION NOTE SECURITY DOCUMENTS. The executed $19 Million Note Security Documents shall have been deposited by Buyer for delivery to Seller through Escrow, to be
recorded or filed, as appropriate (and if not already recorded or filed), by Escrow Agent after Closing, all as provided in the Escrow Agreement. 

11.6 RECEIPT OF CERTAIN AGREEMENTS. Two
(2) executed, counterpart originals to each of the following documents shall have been delivered into Escrow: 
 (a) The
Railroad Agreement; 
 (b) The Mining Agreement; 

(c) The Access Agreement; 

(d) The Utilities Agreement; and 

(e) The Assignment of Contracts. 

11.7 LOT 104 SALE. The conditions precedent to closing under the Lot 104 Sale Agreement shall have
been satisfied or waived as required thereunder. 
 11.8 PERFORMANCE OF
COVENANTS. Buyer shall in all material respects have performed and complied with all terms, agreements, covenants and conditions of this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it at or prior to the
Closing. 
 11.9 NO INJUNCTION. No preliminary or permanent injunction that
restricts, prevents or prohibits the Sale Transaction shall be outstanding. 
 11.10 TITLE
POLICY. The Title Company shall have confirmed its commitment (subject only to the payment of the applicable premiums) to issue to Seller a CLTA standard coverage lender’s title insurance policy for
the real property a part of the KEM Assets dated as of the Closing Date (the “Seller Title Policy”) with coverage in the amount of Twenty-Two Million Nine Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($22,950,000) showing Seller as the named
insured, in the form and with the endorsements set forth on the pro forma title policy attached to the Escrow Agreement attached hereto as (the “KEM Pro Forma Title Policy”) at least two (2) days prior to the anticipated
Closing Date subject only to the exceptions to title shown in the KEM Pro Forma Title Policy. 
 11.11 ESCROW
AGREEMENT. The conditions to Closing for the Sale Transaction set forth in the Escrow Agreement, shall have all been satisfied or waived by the applicable party for whose benefit the condition exists. The Buyer
shall have delivered to Escrow Agent a “Closing Statement” consistent with this Agreement in the form reasonably required by the Escrow Agent. 

12. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF
BUYER. Buyer’s obligation to purchase the KEM Units from Seller is subject to fulfillment prior to or on the Closing Date of each of the following conditions, which may be waived by Buyer in writing: 

12.1 SELLER’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
REMAIN TRUE. The representations and warranties of Seller contained in Section 14 of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects on the Closing Date as through
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case of any representation or warranty which specifically relates to an earlier date, as of such date); provided however, that the updating of any of Seller’s representations and warranties
as a result of events that have occurred since the Effective Date that do not otherwise constitute breaches of this Agreement by Seller, shall not be considered a failure of this condition. Buyer shall have received a certificate to that effect
dated as of the Closing signed by a duly authorized representative of Seller with respect to the representations and warranties of Seller. Buyer must also have received from Seller a Certification of Non-Foreign Status in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Buyer, in accordance with Treasury Regulation Sec. 1.145-2(b). 
 12.2 PERFORMANCE
OF COVENANTS. Seller shall in all material respects have performed and complied with all terms, agreements, covenants and conditions of this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it
or prior to the Closing. 
 12.3 DELIVERY OF KEM UNITS. Seller
shall have delivered to Buyer through Escrow certificate(s) representing the KEM Units and an executed assignment transferring the ownership of the KEM Units to Buyer; provided, however it is recognized that a new unit certificate for the KEM Units
reflecting Buyer as the owner and an executed blank unit assignment shall be delivered to Seller in accordance with the terms of the Buyer Pledge Agreement. 

12.4 RECEIPT OF CERTAIN AGREEMENTS. Two (2) executed,
counterpart originals to each of the following documents shall have been delivered into Escrow: 
 (a) The Railroad Agreement; 

(b) The Mining Agreement; 

(c) The Access Agreement; 

(d) The Utilities Agreement; and 

(e) The Assignment of Contracts. 

12.5 RESERVED. 

12.6 LOT 104 DOCUMENTS. The conditions precedent to closing under the Lot 104 Sale
Agreement shall have been satisfied. 
 12.7 NO INJUNCTION. No preliminary or
permanent injunction that restricts, prevents or prohibits the Sale Transaction shall be outstanding. 
 12.8
RESIGNATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. Seller shall have caused KEM to duly appoint as the only officers and managers of KEM effective as of the Closing such persons as Buyer instructs Seller in
Buyer’s sole discretion, which such appointees shall be appointed by the current managers of KEM in connection with such managers’ resignations. Buyer shall have received resignation letters from all of the officers and directors of KEM
which officers and directors are listed on EXHIBIT “Y-1”, substantially in the form set forth on
EXHIBIT “Y-2” attached hereto. As part of the resignation letters there shall be a mutual general release between the Subsidiaries and such officers and
directors, but the general release shall not release any indemnification and hold harmless provisions and obligations of KEM to such individuals in accordance with their existing terms. 

12.9 TITLE POLICY. The Title Company shall have confirmed its commitment
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CLTA standard coverage owner’s title insurance policy for the real property a part of the KEM Assets, dated as of the Closing Date (the “Buyer Title Policy”) with coverage
in the amount of the Purchase Price, showing KEM as the named insured, in the form and with the endorsements set forth on the KEM Pro Forma Title Policy and subject only to the exceptions to title shown in such KEM Pro Forma Title Policy at least
two (2) days prior to the anticipated Closing Date. 
 12.10 ESCROW AGREEMENT.
The conditions to Closing for the Sale Transaction set forth in the Escrow Agreement shall have all been satisfied or waived by the applicable party for whose benefit the condition exists. 

12.11 TERMINATION OF CERTAIN MATERIAL
CONTRACTS. The following Material Contracts identified on Schedule 14.6 shall have been terminated with respect to Seller and/or KEM (as
specified below) as of or prior to the Closing Date, and Seller and/or KEM shall provide Buyer with evidence of such termination: 
 (i)
that certain Amended and Restated Agreement among the National Park Service, Mine Reclamation Corporation, Eagle Mountain Reclamation, Inc. and KEM shall have been terminated in its entirety; and 

(ii) that certain Consulting Agreement among Kay Hazen & Company, KEM and Seller shall have been terminated (with a new Consulting
Agreement entered into between KEM and Kay Hazen & Company effective as of the Closing Date). 
 12.12
UNWINDING OF THE 1999 BLM LAND EXCHANGE. All documentation required to implement the Final Judgment and Order of Dismissal (Civ. No. ED CV 99-0454 & Civ. No.
ED CV 00-0041) and the unwinding of the 1999 land swap between the Bureau of Land Management and KEM referred to therein shall have been executed and recorded if necessary. 

12.13 ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT.
That certain Administrative Management Services Agreement dated as of August 1, 2014, by and among KSC Recovery, Inc., Seller, KEM and LT, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Administrative Management Services Agreement dated as of
January 15, 2015, shall have been further amended to provide for continued services following the Closing. Such amendment shall be in the form attached as Exhibit “BB”
(the “Second Amendment to Administrative and Management Services Agreement”). 
 12.14 TERMINATION,
SETTLEMENT & NET REVENUE SHARING AGREEMENT. That certain Termination, Settlement & Net Revenue Sharing Agreement dated as of January 1, 2015 by
and among KEM, LT, Seller and Mine Reclamation, LLC (the “Revenue Sharing Agreement”), shall have been amended to clarify that the obligations of KEM under the Revenue Sharing Agreement shall be suspended so that KEM will have no
present obligations under the Revenue Sharing Agreement after the Closing so long as Seller has not foreclosed on the Landco Units or KEM Units pursuant to the Parent Pledge Agreement or Buyer Pledge Agreement, as applicable (it being understood and
agreed that after such foreclosure, the obligations of KEM under the Revenue Sharing Agreement will be reinstated in their entirety). When those Notes are paid in full, the Revenue Sharing Agreement shall be terminated with respect to KEM, and KEM
shall have no further obligations or liabilities under the Revenue Sharing Agreement from and after the date of such payment in full. Such amendment shall be in the form attached as Exhibit
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shall provide that (i) a memorandum of the Amendment to Revenue Sharing Agreement shall be recorded in appropriate land records at KEM’s request and (ii) once KEM’s
obligations under the Revenue Sharing Agreement (as amended) have terminated according to the terms thereof, a memorandum sufficient to remove the Revenue Sharing Agreement (as amended) from the land records of the Eagle Mountain Property shall be
recorded in the appropriate land records at KEM’s request. 
 12.15 FIRPTA CERTIFICATE.
Seller shall deliver to Buyer at the Closing a properly executed affidavit prepared in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.1445-2(b) certifying its non-foreign status in a form mutually agreeable to the Buyer. 

12.16 RAILROAD CONTRIBUTION. All transactions contemplated under the Railroad
Contribution Agreement shall have been completed, and KEM shall no longer be the owner of any Railroad Assets. 
 13.
CLOSING. The Closing shall take place at the offices of Escrow Agent or at such other location as may be mutually agreed by Seller and Buyer on or before the Closing Expiration Date (as defined in Section 19
below). The actual date of the Closing is the “Closing Date.” 
 14. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF SELLER. Seller, on behalf of the Seller Parties, represents and warrants to the Buyer Parties: 

14.1 ORGANIZATION AND AUTHORIZATION. Seller has been duly
organized, is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and is qualified to do business in the State of California. Seller (f/k/a Kaiser Ventures LLC) is a company in dissolution but a Certificate of Cancellation
for the Company has not yet been filed with the Delaware Secretary of State and the Sale Transaction is within the powers of Seller under its Plan of Dissolution and Liquidation approved by the members of Seller on May 22, 2013. Seller is not a
foreign person for purposes of Treasury Regulation Sec. 1.1445-2(b). Seller has the requisite limited liability company power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other agreements referenced herein, to perform its obligations
hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, the Sale Transaction. KEM and EMMR are each duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and each is
qualified to do business in the State of California. The membership interests of KEM (represented by units) have been duly and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
other agreements referenced herein, the Sale Transaction and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement (to the extent applicable) have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action on the part of each of the
Seller Parties. This Agreement and the other agreements referenced herein have been duly executed and delivered by each of the Seller Parties (to the extent applicable) and, assuming this Agreement and the other agreements referenced herein
constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Buyer Parties, constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of each of the Seller Parties (as applicable) enforceable in accordance with its terms and conditions, except (i) as
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific
performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies. 
 14.2 OWNERSHIP. Seller is the
record and beneficial owner of the KEM Units. There are no owners of units or other securities or any options, warrants, purchase rights, convertible instruments or other contracts or commitments convertible into units or other securities

  
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in KEM other than Seller. Upon consummation of the Sale Transaction, Buyer shall be the sole, lawful owner of the KEM Units, free and clear of all security interests, liens, claims, pledges,
options or other encumbrances, except any that may be imposed by applicable securities laws except for security interests arising from this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein. There are no outstanding options, warrants, purchase
rights, convertible instruments or other contracts or commitments convertible into the KEM Units that require or permit Seller to sell, transfer, issue or otherwise dispose of the KEM Units, except pursuant to the express terms of this Agreement. As
at Closing, KEM will not directly or indirectly own any equity securities of, or interests in, any Person. 
 14.3 NO
VIOLATION. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by each Seller Party and KEM and the consummation by each Seller Party and KEM of the transactions contemplated hereby, including,
without limitation, the Sale Transaction, does not or will not (i) conflict with or result in a violation pursuant to any provision of the organizational documents of such Seller Party or KEM; (ii) contravene any law or any order, writ,
judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award currently in effect with respect to such Seller Party or KEM; (iii) cause a breach or default by any Seller Party or KEM under any agreement to which a Seller Party or KEM is party, which
such breach or default is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in Section 21.4); or (iv) except as contemplated by this Agreement and the Security Documents, result in the creation of any lien on any of the
assets of KEM. KEM is not in violation or default (x) of any provisions of its limited liability company agreement or other organizational documents, (y) under any note, indenture or mortgage, or (z) under any lease, agreement,
contract, purchase order or other obligations to the extent listed or reflected on SCHEDULE 14.6. 

14.4 CERTAIN LITIGATION. Except as set forth in
SCHEDULE 14.4 attached hereto, there are no claims, litigation or other proceedings pending, or to Seller’s Knowledge, threatened in writing, by or before any
governmental agency, person, or entity involving KEM, KEM’s managers or officers, the KEM Units or the KEM Assets, or that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on KEM or on any Seller Party’s ability to perform
any of such Seller Party’s obligations under this Agreement or the other agreements referenced herein. Except as set forth in SCHEDULE 14.4 attached hereto, no
Seller Party is the subject of any judgment, order or decree of any government authority that impacts the KEM Assets. 
 14.5
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS. Except for the matters described as set forth on SCHEDULE 14.5 attached hereto,
to Seller’s Knowledge, (i) KEM is not required as of the date of this Agreement to implement or pay for any Remedial Action and (ii) neither KEM nor Seller have received written notice from any governmental authority that there is
asbestos, lead or other Hazardous Material located at the Eagle Mountain Property in violation of any law, whether federal, state or local, and to Seller’s Knowledge, there is no factual basis for such notice. To Seller’s Knowledge, there
are no Hazardous Materials in the Core Garden area, including but not limited to the barrels, sample sacks and rock cores present therein. For purposes of this Section 14.5, (a) “Remedial Action” means all actions
required by Environmental Laws to investigate, monitor, clean up, remove, treat or in any other way remediate any existing release, spill, disposition, or other transmission or discharge of Hazardous Material; (b) “Hazardous
Material” means: (i) any substance, product, waste or other material of any nature whatsoever which is or becomes listed or regulated as a “hazardous waste,” “hazardous substance,” “hazardous material,”
“toxic substance,” “waste,” “pollutant,” “contaminant,” or similar characteristic pursuant to any federal, state or local statute, law, ordinance, resolution code, rule, regulation, order or decree as now or
at any time hereafter may be in effect during the term of this Agreement, including without limitation the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. Section 9601, et seq., the
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et seq., the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq., the Toxic Substance Control Act of 1976, 15 U.S.C. Section 2601
et seq., the Clean Water Act of 1977, 33 U.S.C. Section 1251 et seq., the Hazardous Substance Account Act (California Health and Safety Code Sections § 25300 et seq.), the Hazardous Waste Control Act
(California Health and Safety Code Sections § 25100 et seq.) and Sections 25117 and 25316 of the California Health and Safety Code; and (ii) petroleum or crude oil other than petroleum and petroleum products which are wholly
contained within equipment, regularly operated motor vehicles and approved containers or tanks; and (c) “Environmental Law” means those Laws that relate to or regulate Hazardous Materials or relate to or regulate any
activity involving Hazardous Materials relating to pollution, natural resources damages or the environment or the use or release into the environment of any Hazardous Materials, including without limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental Response
Compensation and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. Sections 9601 et seq.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. Sections 6901 et seq.), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Sections 7401
et seq.), the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sections 1251 et seq.), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. Sections 1801 et seq.), the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C.
Sections 2601 et seq.), the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. Sections § 300 et seq.), and the regulations promulgated pursuant to any of the foregoing and similar state and local laws, including the Safe Drinking Water
and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (California Health and Safety Code Sections 25249.5 et seq.), the Porter Cologne Water Quality Control Act (California Water Code, Sections 13000 et seq.) and the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act
(Public Resources Code, Sections 2710 et seq.), and the Hazardous Substance Account Act (California Health and Safety Code Sections § 25300 et seq.), and the Hazardous Waste Control Act (California Health and Safety Code Sections
§ 25100 et seq.). 
 14.6 MATERIAL CONTRACTS. Except for
(i) contracts and permits under which KEM’s annual expenditure does not exceed $10,000, (ii) contracts terminable without penalty upon 60 days’ prior notice, or (iii) those contracts, permits and other matters described as
set forth in Schedule 14.6 attached hereto (the “Material Contracts”), there are no contracts or leases or permits to which KEM is a party, or that affect any portion of the KEM
Assets or the Eagle Mountain Property. Except as set forth on Schedule 14.6, on or prior to the date of this Agreement, Seller has provided or made available to Buyer a true, complete and
correct copy of each of the Material Contracts, and all exhibits, supplements and schedules thereto, in each case, as amended or otherwise modified. Except as set forth on Schedule 14.6,
KEM is not, and to Seller’s Knowledge, no other party to a Material Contract is, in material breach or in violation of, or default under, or has repudiated any material provision of, any Material Contract and no event has occurred which
(after notice or lapse of time or both) would become a breach or default by KEM under any Material Contract. Except as provided herein or as otherwise arises in the ordinary course (with notice to Buyer), KEM has not received or given notice of any
intent to terminate, to seek to renegotiate, amend or modify any Material Contract. 
 14.7 KEM ASSETS &
LIABILITIES. To Seller’s Knowledge and except as disclosed to Buyer Parties in SCHEDULE 14.7, KEM has no assets other than the KEM Assets,
and KEM has no liabilities, obligations or commitments of any nature whatsoever, except (a) those which have been incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and which are not, individually or in the aggregate,
material in amount or that cannot be terminated without penalty upon sixty (60) days prior written notice; and (b) those which have otherwise been disclosed to a Buyer Party by Seller in connection with the Sale Transaction. 

14.8 EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYEE MATTERS. KEM has no
employees. Two individuals work full-time at the Eagle Mountain Property on behalf of KEM, but are employees of KSC Recovery, Inc. pursuant to that certain Administrative and Management Services Agreement dated July 31, 2014, as amended, by and
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Inc. (the “Management Services Agreement”) under which such services and personnel are made available to KEM. KEM has no employee benefit programs and KEM has no liability for any
claims that may have arisen or otherwise relate to the employees of KSC Recovery, Inc., Seller, or any of Seller’s Affiliates. 

14.9 COMPLIANCE. Except as set forth in
SCHEDULE 14.9, neither Seller nor KEM has received any written notice which remains uncured from any governmental authority (i) as to the violation by KEM of any applicable law,
order, judgment, permit or regulation, (ii) that KEM does not possess all material permits and licenses necessary in its own name for it to use, own and operate the KEM Assets in substantially the same manner as historically conducted by it; or
(iii) which seeks the revocation, cancellation, suspension or adverse modification or any permit or license described in clause (ii) above. 

14.10 INSURANCE.
SCHEDULE 14.10 attached hereto contains a true and accurate list of all current insurance policies maintained by Seller with respect to KEM or the KEM Assets (the
“Insurance Policies”) but specifically does not include asbestos coverage under historical occurrence-based insurance policies. Seller has made available to Buyer information regarding all such Insurance Policies, as well as a claim
history for the preceding thirty-six (36) months. As of the Effective Date, all such Insurance Policies are in full force and effect and shall remain in effect until the Closing. KEM shall remain as an additional insured on the Seller’s
commercial general liability insurance policy for a period of one (1) year following the Closing. Buyer or KEM shall reimburse Seller for any incremental cost associated with retaining KEM as an additional insured. Additionally, Seller shall
have used commercially reasonable efforts to have KEM named as the primary insured on the pollution liability policy identified on SCHEDULE 14.10 to KEM as at the
Closing with Seller and its Affiliates named as additional insureds. 
 14.11 ENTITY
DOCUMENTS. Seller has provided Buyer with true and complete copies of the Certificate of Formation and Limited Liability Company Agreement of KEM, as amended to date, and there are no other agreements, oral or
written, relating to voting, consent or other rights affecting the KEM Units or the management or governance of KEM. Except as set forth in the organizational documents provided to Buyer, there are no voting trusts or agreements, stockholders’
agreements, pledge agreements, buy-sell agreements, rights of first refusal, preemptive rights, proxies or other contracts or agreements between Seller and any other person with respect to the acquisition, disposition or voting of the KEM Units or
any other equity interest in KEM. 
 14.12 BROKERS. With the exception of certain contingent fee
and bonus arrangements with Rick Stoddard and California Strategies, LLC previously disclosed to Buyer, Seller has not engaged any broker or finder in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Sale
Transaction, and to Seller’s Knowledge, no broker or finder is in any way connected with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Sale Transaction. 

14.13 TAX MATTERS. 

(a) For income tax purposes, KEM is treated as an entity whose separate existence from Seller is disregarded. 

(b) KEM has filed all material Tax Returns required to be filed by it with the appropriate governmental authorities and has timely paid all
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respects. KEM is not currently the beneficiary of any extension of time within which to file any Tax Return. No written claim has ever been made by a governmental authority in a jurisdiction in
which KEM does not file a Tax Return that it is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction. 
 (c) There are no pending or, to
Seller’s Knowledge, threatened disputes, claims, audits, investigations, notices of deficiency or assessments concerning any Tax liability of KEM. KEM has not waived any statute of limitations in respect of Taxes which waiver has not yet
expired or agreed to any extension of time with respect to a Tax assessment or deficiency which extension has not yet run. 
 (d) There are
no liens relating to Taxes on the assets of KEM other than liens for Taxes not yet due and payable. 
 (e) None of the assets of KEM
(i) is property required to be treated as owned by another person pursuant to the provisions of Section 168(f)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended and in effect immediately prior to the enactment of the Tax Reform Act of
1986, (ii) constitutes “tax-exempt use property” within the meaning of Section 168(h) of the Code, (iii) is “tax-exempt bond financed property” within the meaning of Section 168(g) of the Code,
(iv) secures any debt the interest of which is tax-exempt under Section 103(a) of the Code or (v) is subject to a “section 467 rental agreement” within the meaning of Section 467 of the Code. 

(f) None of the transactions contemplated hereby are subject to withholding under Section 1445 of the Code or otherwise. 

(g) For purposes hereof, (i) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
(ii) “Tax” or “Taxes” means all federal, provincial, territorial, state, municipal, local, domestic, foreign or other taxes, imposts, and assessments, whether disputed or not, including, without limitation, ad
valorem, capital, capital stock, customs and import duties, disability, documentary stamp, employment, excise, franchise, gains, goods and services, gross income, gross receipts, income, intangible, inventory, license, mortgage recording, net
income, occupation, payroll, personal property, production, profits, property, real property, recording, rent, sales, social security, stamp, transfer, transfer gains, unemployment, use, value added, windfall profits, escheat, unclaimed property and
withholding, together with any interest, additions, fines or penalties with respect thereto or in respect of any failure to comply with any requirement regarding Tax Returns and any interest in respect of such additions, fines or penalties and shall
include any transferee liability in respect of any and all of the above, and (iii) “Tax Return” means any declaration, estimate, return, report, information return or statement, claim for refund or other document (including any
schedule or attachment thereto, any amendment thereof, or any related or supporting information) with respect to Taxes that is required to be filed with any governmental authority. 

14.14 EAGLE MOUNTAIN PROPERTY. To Seller’s Knowledge,
SCHEDULE 14.14 contains a true and accurate description (including accessor’s parcel numbers and approximate acreage) of all real property owned, licensed, leased
by, or subject to an easement or claim (including unpatented mining claims) in favor of, KEM as of the date of the Effective Date, excluding any such real property included in the Railroad Assets to be transferred to EMMR pursuant to Railroad
Purchase Agreement (collectively, the “Eagle Mountain Property”) and reflecting the effect of the unwinding of the 1999 BLM Land Exchange as described in Section 12.12; provided, however, that Seller’s information on
unpatented mining claims was derived from the BLM database which is known to contain some factual errors and Seller disclaims any responsibility for the accuracy of the data obtained from such source. All annual assessments for the mining claims
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are current or deemed current pursuant to that certain Final Judgment and Order of Dismissal dated December 18, 2014, in United States District Court, Central District California, Donna
Charpied, et al., Plaintiffs, v. United States Department of Interior, et al., Defendants (Civ. No. ED CV 99-0454 RT (Mex)) and in the case of National Parks Conservation Association, Plaintiff, v. Bureau of Land Management, et
al., Defendants (Civ. No. ED CV 00-0041 RT (Mex)) and the U.S Bureau of Land Management considers such mining claims to be “active” claims as stated in its letter of January 30, 2015, to KEM. 

14.15 BOOKS & RECORDS. Seller has provided
Buyer with reasonable access to review and inspect the books and records of KEM and its subsidiaries. To Seller’s Knowledge, neither KEM nor its subsidiaries have established or maintained any material fund or asset, entered into any material
contract, or incurred any material liability that has not been recorded in their respective books and records. 
 14.16
AFFILIATE TRANSACTIONS. Except (a) as set forth on SCHEDULE 14.16, (b) contracts between or among
(i) KEM and its direct and indirect wholly owned subsidiaries or (ii) KEM and Mine Reclamation, LLC and (c) as disclosed in any public filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), none of KEM or any
of its subsidiaries is or has been in the last three (3) years party to any material contract or transaction with any (i) officer, director or holder of equity securities of KEM and its subsidiaries or any other person in such
officer’s, director’s or holder of equity securities’ immediate family or (ii) any Affiliate of KEM or any other person in such Affiliate’s immediate family, and no such officer, director, Affiliate, holder of equity
securities or person has any material interest in any material property used by the KEM or its subsidiaries. 
 14.17
OPERATIONS OF KEM. Except as otherwise disclosed in any public filing with the SEC, KEM is not currently and has not engaged in any business other than the ownership, operation and exploitation of the KEM
Assets, the Railroad Assets and those assets disclosed on SCHEDULE 14.7 attached hereto. 

14.18 TOWN SITE LICENSE AGREEMENTS. The KEM Records
contain true and accurate copies of all historical lease and/or license agreements for the use of the Eagle Mountain town site within the past ten (10) years (the “Town Site License Agreements”). KEM is a party to each of the
Town Site License Agreements, and any indemnification and clean-up obligations under each of the Town Site License Agreements shall continue to run to the benefit of KEM after the Closing, to the extent provided therein. 

14.19 RESERVED. 

14.20 DISCLOSURE. The Seller Parties have made available to the Buyer
all information reasonably available to the Seller Parties that the Buyer has requested for deciding whether to acquire the KEM Units. 

14.21 NO ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIONS; KNOWLEDGE
DEFINED. Except for the representations and warranties contained in this Section 14 or in any other agreement or document delivered by any Seller Party to any Buyer Party in connection with the Sale
Transaction (the “Transaction Documents”), Seller makes no other express or implied representations or warranties with respect to any of the Seller Parties, the KEM Units or the KEM Assets, values, properties, liabilities, contacts,
contingencies, prospects, risks, or assets, or the Sale Transaction, and Seller disclaims any other representations or warranties, whether made by Seller or any of its Affiliates or 

  
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any of their respective agents or representatives. As used in this Section 14, “Seller’s Knowledge” shall mean the actual knowledge of Terry L. Cook or Rick Stoddard following
reasonable due inquiry. In addition, Seller shall not have any liability for the breach or inaccuracy of any representation or warranty under this Section 14 or in any Transaction Document to the extent that a Buyer Party or its Advisors had
actual knowledge at or before the Closing Date that such representation or warranty had been breached or was inaccurate. For purposes of this Section 14.21, a Buyer Party’s Advisors are Latham & Watkins LLP, McGladrey LLP, GEI
Consultants, Inc. and Mitchell & Chadwick LLP. An Advisor shall be deemed to have actual knowledge of only that information obtained or reviewed during the term such Advisor’s services were retained by any Buyer Party. “Actual
knowledge” includes all due diligence actually conducted by a Buyer Party or its Advisors and all Due Diligence Information provided by Seller Party to a Buyer Party or its Advisors for review or inspection. Due Diligence Information shall be
deemed to have been “provided” to the extent it is contained in a document, file of documents or box of documents (including electronic mail correspondence) (i) physically or electronically delivered to a Buyer Party or its Advisors,
or (ii) shown or physically made available to a Buyer Party or its Advisors at the KEM offices at Eagle Mountain or at Seller’s offices in Ontario, California. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, a Buyer Party or its
Advisors shall not be deemed to have “actual knowledge” of the contents of a document merely through the inclusion of such document on a list or schedule provided to such Buyer Party or Advisor. 

15. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER.
Buyer, on behalf of the Buyer Parties, hereby represents and warrants to the Seller Parties as follows: 
 15.1
ORGANIZATION AND AUTHORIZATION. Buyer and Parent are each a limited liability company that has been duly formed, is validly existing and is in good standing under laws of
Delaware. Eagle Crest is a corporation, duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of California. Each Buyer Party has the requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other agreements referenced
herein, to perform its obligations (or to cause the Shareholders to perform their respective obligations) hereunder (or under the other agreements referenced herein) and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including,
without limitation, the Sale Transaction. Buyer and Parent are duly qualified or licensed to do business and are in good standing in California. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other agreements referenced herein,
the Sale Transaction and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Buyer Parties (where applicable). This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Buyer
Parties, and assuming this Agreement constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Seller Parties (as applicable), constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of each of the Buyer Parties, as applicable, enforceable in
accordance with its terms and conditions, except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) as
limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies. 
 15.2
BUYER HAS NO INTEREST IN KEM UNTIL THE PURCHASE PRICE IS
PAID. Until the Purchase Price is paid in the manner provided in Section 3, Buyer acknowledges and agrees that neither it nor any of its Affiliates shall have any interest (ownership, voting,
economic or otherwise) in KEM or the KEM Assets. 
 15.3 SECURITIES LAW
MATTERS. The KEM Units are being acquired for Buyer’s own purposes and account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with the view to, or for resale in connection with, any distribution thereof. Buyer
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been, and will not be, the subject of a registration statement filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or qualified under applicable state
securities laws by reason of a specific exemption from the registration provisions of the Securities Act and the qualification provisions of such laws. Buyer understands that the KEM Units may not be resold unless such resale is registered under the
Securities Act and qualified under applicable state laws or an exemption from such registration or qualification is available. Buyer agrees that it is a knowledgeable and sophisticated buyer and it has the requisite knowledge and experience to
assess the relative merits and risks of an acquisition of the KEM Units and the KEM Assets. Buyer has the ability to bear the economic risk of an investment in KEM. 

15.4 DISCHARGE OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES. The
Buyer Parties have performed independent due diligence and will have performed by the Closing Date additional due diligence and independent investigation with respect to KEM, the KEM Units, the KEM Assets and the liabilities of KEM with the
intention of forming its own conclusions regarding the condition (financial or otherwise), value, property, liabilities, contracts, contingencies, prospects, risks, permitting and other incidents of KEM and the KEM Assets. In making the
determination to proceed with the Sale Transaction, the Buyer Parties have relied solely on the results of such independent investigation and the representations and warranties of Seller in Section 14 of this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents. Buyer and its Affiliates acknowledge that the KEM Assets are subject to all risks and liabilities associated with the Project and its permitting, construction or operations of any kind or nature. Buyer and its Affiliates expressly intend
and agree that as of the Closing, the Sale Transaction shall be without representation or warranty of any kind (express or implied) regarding the KEM Units, KEM, or the KEM Assets and its liabilities, except as expressly set forth Section 14
hereof or contained within any other Transaction Document. 
 16. NATURE AND SURVIVAL
OF REPRESENTATIONS. There are no representations, warranties and covenants made by any of the Parties except as expressly provided herein. All representations and warranties and covenants made by any
Party in this Agreement shall survive the Closing and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, the Sale Transaction for a period of eighteen (18) months following the Closing Date, except
(i) the representations and warranties provided in Section 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 15.1, 15.3 and 15.4 shall survive indefinitely, and (ii) the representations and warranties provided in Section 14.13 shall survive until the applicable
statute of limitations with respect to such representations and warranties. The Parties specifically intend that the statutory statutes of limitations applicable to each of the representations, warranties and covenants be superseded and replaced by
the foregoing periods. 
 17. “AS IS, WHERE IS”. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER
TRANSACTION DOCUMENT, THE SALE OF THE KEM UNITS AND THE KEM ASSETS IS AND WILL BE MADE ON AN “AS IS WHERE IS” BASIS AND NO SELLER PARTY HAS MADE, DOES MAKE, AND EACH SELLER PARTY SPECIFICALLY NEGATES AND DISCLAIMS ANY REPRESENTATIONS,
WARRANTIES OR GUARANTIES OF ANY KIND OR CHARACTER WHATSOEVER, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ORAL OR WRITTEN, PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE, BY A SELLER PARTY OR BY ANY OF ITS AGENTS OR REPRESENTATIVES. BUYER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY
STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT, NO SELLER PARTY OR ANY OF ITS AGENTS OR REPRESENTATIVES HAVE MADE OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR COVENANT OF ANY KIND OR CHARACTER WHATSOEVER, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH
RESPECT TO THE HABITABILITY, TENABILITY, OR SUITABILITY FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES OF ANY OF THE KEM ASSETS, ALL OF WHICH WARRANTIES ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. 

  
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 18. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES. KEM and Seller have
each provided or accommodated certain financial assurances for the benefit of KEM as more fully described in Schedule 18 attached hereto (the “Financial Assurances”). Each of the
Financial Assurances is collateralized by a certificate of deposit or designated bank account in the name of Seller, also as set forth in Schedule 18. The certificates of deposit and bank
accounts described in Section 1 of Schedule 18 are referred to herein as the “KEM Financial Assurances”. Those amounts KEM Financial Assurances shall be transferred to an
account in the name of KEM prior to Closing, and KEM shall be responsible for the KEM Financial Assurances after the Closing. CIL&D shall retain responsibility for the letter of credit described in Section 2 of
Schedule 18 after the Closing. 
 19. TERMINATION
AND REMEDIES. 
 19.1 [RESERVED] 

19.2 TERMINATION AND ABANDONMENT. This Agreement may be
terminated and abandoned prior to the Closing as follows: 
 (a) Buyer and Seller may terminate this Agreement by mutual written
consent at any time prior to the Closing; 
 (b) Buyer or Seller may terminate this Agreement if the Closing shall not have occurred
on or before the date which is five (5) business days following the Effective Date (the “Closing Expiration Date”); 

(c) Buyer may terminate this Agreement by giving written notice to the Seller at any time prior to the Closing (i) in the event
Seller has breached any material representation, warranty, or covenant contained in this Agreement in any material respect, Buyer has notified Seller of the breach, and the breach has continued without cure for a period of two (2) business days
after the notice of breach or (ii) by reason of the failure of any condition precedent under Section 12 of this Agreement other than conditions with respect to actions the respective Parties will take at the Closing itself (unless the
failure results from Buyer breaching any representation, warranty, or covenant contained in this Agreement); 
 (d) Seller may
terminate this Agreement by giving written notice to the Buyer at any time prior to the Closing (i) in the event Buyer has breached any material representation, warranty, or covenant contained in this Agreement in any material respect, Seller
has notified Buyer of the breach, and the breach has continued without cure for a period of two (2) business days after the notice of breach or (ii) by reason of the failure of any condition precedent under Section 11 of this
Agreement other than conditions with respect to actions the respective Parties will take at the Closing itself (unless the failure results from any Seller breaching any representation, warranty, or covenant contained in this Agreement); or 

EXCEPT AS MORE SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION 19.2, ANY TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL ONLY BE EFFECTIVE UPON WRITTEN NOTICE,
EXECUTED BY BUYER OR SELLER AS THE CASE MAY BE, AND DELIVERED HEREOF TO ALL OTHER PARTIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 22.11. 
 19.3
EFFECTS OF TERMINATION. If terminated pursuant to Section 19.2 of this Agreement, this Agreement shall have no further force and effect without liability to any Party or any of
their respective affiliates, officers, directors, managers, employees, agents, advisors or other representatives, except that (i) each Party shall maintain in confidence and not use for any other purpose any non-public confidential information
of any other Party disclosed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and (ii) the obligations of the Parties under Section 2.2 and Section 9.3 (unless the termination was due to an uncured default by Seller) and of
this Section 19.2 of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. In addition, Eagle Crest will cause each of Buyer and Parent to change their company name with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware so it does not include the
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 20. ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND
MATTERS. 
 20.1 RECORDS. At the Closing, Seller shall arrange
for Buyer to take possession of (i) all books, records, documents, correspondence, tax records, minute books, corporate seals, accounting statements, financial records, check books and other similar items, engineering plans, surveys, historical
documents (including the Town Site License Agreements) and other similar items of KEM, including all records relating to the KEM Assets and operations of KEM, and (ii) keys, lock combinations, passwords and other similar items of KEM
(collectively “KEM Records”), unless otherwise agreed. Seller shall have the right to retain a copy of any and all KEM Records. Seller shall make available or cause to be made available to Buyer all records of Seller and its
Affiliates pertaining directly to KEM, the operations of KEM or the KEM Assets. In addition, Buyer shall make available to either Seller or its designated representatives upon five (5) business days advance notice the KEM Records for review and
copying (at the Seller’s expense) for tax and audit purposes, regulatory compliance and cooperation with governmental investigations or legal proceedings to the extent such Seller did not retain copies thereof. The provisions of this
Section 20.1 shall expressly survive the Closing. 
 20.2 COMMISSION AND FEES
PAYABLE BY SELLER. Seller shall indemnify and hold harmless Buyer from any brokerage commissions, success fees or other similar items payable to any person retained by Seller
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Sale Transaction. 
 20.3
COMMISSIONS AND FEES PAYABLE BY BUYER. Buyer shall indemnify and hold harmless Seller from any brokerage commission, success fees or
other similar items payable to any person retained by Buyer in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Sale Transaction, and in connection with obtaining the financing for the Sale
Transaction. 
 20.4 COOPERATION. Following Closing, so long as the
Buyer Parties are in material compliance with their respective obligations to Seller and to EMMR pursuant to this Agreement and the other agreements referenced herein, Seller shall reasonably cooperate with Buyer and Eagle Crest to resolve
outstanding matters with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and other regulatory matters that may arise as suited to the objectives of the Project and provided that such cooperation does not materially interfere with the rights of Seller or EMMR
under any agreement with the Buyer Parties, KEM, or the Shareholders. Buyer shall reimburse Seller for any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses Seller may incur in providing such cooperation. 

  
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 21. TAX, PRORATION AND OTHER
COVENANTS. 
 21.1 TAXES. 

(a) Buyer and Seller acknowledge that KEM is a single member limited liability company whose existence as an entity separate from Seller is
disregarded for income tax purposes. Buyer shall be responsible for all Taxes levied, assessed or incurred in any manner in connection with the KEM Units and any of the KEM Assets for any period, or portion of any period, beginning after the Closing
Date, and Seller shall be responsible for all Taxes levied, assessed or incurred in any manner in connection with the KEM Units or the KEM Assets for any period, or portion of any period, ending on or prior to the Closing Date. For the sole purpose
of appropriately apportioning any Taxes relating to a period that includes (but that does not end on) the Closing Date, the portion of such Tax that is attributable to the portion of such period that ends on the Closing Date shall, (i) in the
case of income, sales and use Taxes and other transaction-based Taxes, be deemed to be equal to the amount which would be payable if such period ended at the close of business on the Closing Date; and (ii) in the case of real property Taxes,
personal property Taxes and similar recurring Taxes imposed on the KEM Assets, be deemed to be the amount of such Taxes for the entire period multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of calendar days in the period ending on the
Closing Date, and the denominator of which is the number of calendar days in the entire period. Any Tax credits or refunds relating to a period that includes (but does not end on the Closing Date) shall be allocated between Seller and Buyer in the
same proportion as the liability for such Tax to which the refund or credit relates. Buyer shall promptly pay over to the Seller its portion of such refunds or credits paid to or credited for the account of Buyer. Buyer will give Seller prompt
notice of any communication from any Taxing authority regarding Taxes affecting any of the KEM Units or KEM prior to the Closing Date. The apportionment of taxes pursuant to this Section 21.1 shall be subject to post-Closing adjustments as
necessary to reflect later relevant material information not available at Closing and to correct any material errors made at Closing with respect to such apportionments, and such adjustment shall be performed pursuant to the procedure outlined in
Section 21.2, below. The provisions of this Section 21.1 shall expressly survive the Closing for a period of eighteen (18) months. 

(b) All transfer, documentary, sales, use, value-added, gross receipts, stamp, occupation, property, ad valorem, excise, registration or
other similar transfer Taxes incurred in connection with the transfer of the KEM Units pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, all recording or filing fees, notarial fees and other similar costs of Closing, that may
be imposed, payable, collectible or incurred shall be split equally between Buyer and Seller. 
 (c) The parties acknowledge and agree that
Buyer’s acquisition of the KEM Units will be treated as an acquisition by Buyer of the KEM Assets for U.S. federal income tax purposes. SCHEDULE
21.1(C) sets forth the allocation of the Purchase Price among the KEM Assets by Seller and Buyer, prepared in accordance with section 1060 of the Code. The allocation shall be adjusted consistent with any post-closing
adjustment made pursuant to this Agreement. The Parties agree to report for all Tax purposes the allocation of the Purchase Price in a manner consistent with SCHEDULE
21.1(C) and shall take no Tax position inconsistent or contrary thereto; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall prevent Buyer or Seller from settling any proposed deficiency or adjustment by any taxing
authority based upon or arising out of the allocation, and neither Buyer nor Seller shall be required to litigate before any court any proposed deficiency or adjustment by any taxing authority challenging such allocation. 

21.2 PRORATIONS. Except as otherwise provided herein, rent, receivables, other amounts due KEM,
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other expenses shall be prorated as of the Closing Date. Seller and/or KEM, as applicable, shall pay or cause to be paid such amounts or an appropriate adjustment shall be made in the cash
received by Seller at Closing or Seller and/or KEM shall cause sufficient working capital to remain in the accounts of KEM to pay such items when due. Any monies held in bank accounts of the KEM as of the Closing Date in excess of the amounts needed
to satisfy Seller’s or KEM’s obligations under the preceding sentence, will be distributed by KEM to Seller through Escrow on the Closing Date. Prorations and adjustments contemplated under this Section 21.2 shall be subject to
post-Closing adjustments as necessary to reflect later relevant material information not available at Closing (including any material liabilities which were to be prorated hereunder discovered after Closing but relating to the period prior to or
including the Closing and any material adjustments required pursuant to Section 21.4(f), below) and to correct any material errors made at Closing with respect to such apportionments, and the Party receiving more than it was entitled to
hereunder (the “Reimbursing Party”) shall reimburse the other Party (the “Reimbursed Party”) in the amount of such over payment within thirty (30) days after receiving written demand thereof from the Reimbursed
Party. Such written demand by the Reimbursed Party shall be accompanied by reasonable proof of the Reimbursed Party’s right to payment. Both the Reimbursed Party and Reimbursing Party agree to cooperate in good faith to resolve any disputes
regarding such adjustments. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such apportionments shall be deemed final and not subject to further post-Closing adjustment if no adjustments have been requested within six months (6) months after the Closing Date.
Buyer and Seller further agree that (a) all rent prepaid by the County of Riverside under that certain Communications Tower Site Lease Agreement shall be transferred by KEM to Seller prior to Closing and will be retained by Seller, (b) the
Settlement Agreement among KEM, Edison Construction, Inc. and Perrault Corporation, dated January 15, 2015, and the rights thereunder are expressly excluded from the KEM Assets and shall be assigned and transferred to Seller or EMMR at Closing
pursuant to the Assignment of Contracts, and (c) all rent paid to KEM by FPN under the FPN Lease shall be retained by KEM at Closing without proration and not distributed to Seller. For the purposes of Sections 21.2 and 2.4, any information,
adjustment, error or liability resulting in an expenditure or change of more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), individually or in the aggregate, shall be deemed “material”. Furthermore, the Burn Pit Holdback and Transformer Holdback
shall be retained in Escrow at Closing and distributed pursuant to the terms of Section 21.11 below. The provisions of this Section 21.2 shall expressly survive the Closing for a period of eighteen (18) months. 

21.3 INDEMNITY BY KEM. For a period of eighteen (18) months following the Closing, Buyer
agrees to cause KEM (and its successors in interest) to indemnify, hold harmless and provide for advances of expenses for each individual who served as a manager or officer of KEM at any time period to the Closing Date (the “KEM
Indemnitees”) against any costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages, liabilities or amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with any claim, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, arising out of or pertaining to, matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Closing Date, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Closing Date, to the extent provided by the governing documents of
KEM as of the date of this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, this indemnity obligation does not apply to claims arising under this Agreement against a KEM Indemnitee, if any. All of such rights to indemnification and to receive expense
advances shall be in accordance with the provisions of the governing documents of KEM, and after the Closing Date Buyer shall not amend the KEM governing documents to be amended in such a manner that causes such provisions to be less favorable than
the provisions of the governing documents of KEM as of the date of this Agreement. Seller will maintain D&O liability insurance policies following the Closing for at least eighteen (18) months to provide coverage with respect to the KEM
Indemnitees and any indemnification obligation of KEM hereunder will be reduced by the proceeds of such policies if any. For the avoidance of doubt, if coverage under such D&O liability insurance policies is available, the KEM Indemnitees will
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 21.4 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS AND
AGREEMENTS OF SELLER. From the date hereof until the earlier of the Closing, the Closing Expiration Date or the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 19.2
hereof, Seller will, and will cause KEM to: 
 (a) conduct the business and operations of KEM only in the ordinary course consistent
with past practices so as to continue to preserve and continue to maintain in all material respects KEM’s and its Affiliates’ present business organization and relations and goodwill with their respective suppliers, customers and
employees; 
 (b) maintain and preserve KEM’s rights, assets, permits and properties in their current state of condition and
repair; 
 (c) maintain KEM’s books and records in a manner consistent with recent past practices; 

(d) pay KEM’s debts, liabilities, taxes and other obligations when due through the Closing Date or provide sufficient funds to
satisfy such debts, liabilities, taxes and other obligations as prorated in accordance with Section 21.2 above (it being understood that if Seller fails to provide sufficient funds thereby creating a deficiency Seller shall promptly pay or
cause to be paid to KEM such amounts to correct such deficiency within ten (10) days’ notice thereof); and 
 (e) promptly
notify Buyer of Seller’s Knowledge of any event or circumstance which is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on KEM or the KEM Assets, the KEM Units, or which may otherwise constitute a material adverse change in the condition
and prospects (financial or otherwise) of KEM or cause the representations and warranties of Seller in this Agreement not to be true at the Closing or which would have a material adverse effect on the ability of Seller to consummate the Sale
Transaction (all such events and circumstances contained in this sub-clause (e) are referred to herein as a “Material Adverse Effect”). 

21.5 NEGATIVE COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS OF
SELLER. From the date hereof until the earlier of the Closing Expiration Date or the termination of this Agreement, without the prior written consent of Buyer, Seller will not, and will cause KEM not to:

 (a) fail to comply in any material respect with any laws, ordinance, regulations or other governmental restrictions applicable to
KEM; 
 (b) mortgage, pledge or otherwise encumber any of KEM Assets or otherwise cause KEM to become liable for any obligations or
debts of others; 
 (c) authorize for issuance, issue, grant, sell, deliver, dispose of, pledge or otherwise encumber any ownership
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 (d) except in the ordinary course of its business engage in or enter into any transaction
or contract with respect to KEM or the KEM Assets; 
 (e) except as provided herein, employ any person by KEM or, except in the
ordinary course of its business, allow KEM to become liable for any new consultant or service provider; 
 (f) amend any of
KEM’s organizational or governing documents; 
 (g) modify, extend, cancel, amend or terminate any other material contract, or
waive, release, compromise or assign any material rights or claims related to KEM or the KEM Assets except as contemplated by this Agreement; 

(h) liquidate, dissolve or wind up or adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution or recapitalization with respect to
KEM; 
 (i) make, or declare any dividend or distribution to the stock holders of KEM, other than as contemplated under this
Agreement; 
 (j) sell, assign, transfer, convey, encumber with any lien, lease, license, abandon or otherwise dispose of any assets
or properties that are material to the operation of the KEM’s business; 
 (k) in the case of KEM, acquire by merger or
consolidation with, or merge or consolidate with, or purchase substantially all of the assets of, or otherwise acquire, any corporation, partnership, association, joint venture or other business organization or division thereof; 

(l) in the case of KEM, make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any Person; 

(m) in the case of KEM, authorize, or make any commitment with respect to, any capital expenditure that is in excess of $10,000; 

(n) (1) make, modify or rescind any material tax election, change its method of tax accounting or any tax accounting period, amend any
material tax return, settle any claim for material taxes or enter into any tax sharing contract, enter into any closing agreement with respect to material taxes, surrender any right to or claim for a refund of material taxes, take any action that
would terminate or alter the application of any tax holiday or similar favorable Tax arrangement, or consent to any extension or waiver of the statute of limitations applicable to any material tax claim or assessment relating to the KEM, or
(2) except as (A) required by GAAP or (B) required by any governmental authority, make any material change to any operating or accounting principles, methods or practices (including cash management, billing, discounts, credits,
operating expenses, capital expenditures, accounts receivable collection and accounts payable practices); 
 (o) except as provided
herein, initiate, pay, discharge or settle any litigation or other legal action, other than any such payment, discharge or settlement in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice that involves solely monetary damages paid prior
to the Closing Date; and 
 (p) make any commitment, enter into any agreement, or otherwise become obligated, to do any action
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 21.6 NEGATIVE COVENANTS AND
AGREEMENTS OF BUYER, PARENT AND EAGLE CREST. Buyer, Parent and Eagle Crest each hereby covenant and agree that
neither they nor any of their respective shareholders (acting in their capacities as such shareholders) shall, from the date hereof until its respective obligations under the Security Documents (it being understood that Eagle Crest shall have no
obligations with respect to the $19 Million Note) have been fully satisfied (a) amend any of the organizational or governing documents of Buyer or Eagle Crest or enter into any other agreement or instrument that would create or impose
supermajority voting requirements (by the relevant governing body of such entity or by its equity owners) for any corporate or company action other than with respect to a vote on the filing of a voluntary bankruptcy (it being understood and agreed
that a voluntary bankruptcy is any bankruptcy filing other than one made by a third party, unaffiliated creditor of a Buyer Party or an Affiliate solely because of the non-payment of debt by a Buyer Party or an Affiliate); (b) enter into any
agreement or instrument that would dilute the ownership interests of the Parent in Buyer, issue additional equity interests of Buyer of any kind (whether or not convertible) except pursuant to any stock options vested as of the Closing Date, or
incur additional debt unless the holders of such additional equity interests or additional debt become parties to the applicable Security Documents; provided, however, that if the proceeds of any such issuance or incurrence are used to pay, directly
or indirectly, all amounts due with respect to either the $4.25 Million Note or the $19 Million Note in full, then such issuance and/or incurrence shall be permitted and the holders of such additional equity interests or debt shall not be required
to become parties to the applicable Security Documents; (c) dilute the ownership interest of Buyer in KEM in any respect; or (d) take any action that results in the termination of the existence of Parent, Buyer, Eagle Crest or KEM, whether
by reorganization, winding up, merger, dissolution or otherwise. In addition, Eagle Crest hereby covenants and agrees that, until the $4.25 Million Note has been fully satisfied, it will not transfer the License to any other person or entity other
than a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eagle Crest; provided that if Eagle Crest transfers the FERC License to a wholly-owned subsidiary, a pledge of the equity interests of that wholly-owned subsidiary pursuant to terms substantially similar to the
Shareholder Pledge Agreement may be substituted for the pledge of the Securities under the Shareholder Pledge Agreement. 
 21.7
EXCLUDED LIABILITIES. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, KEM shall not retain, and Buyer shall not acquire (i) any liabilities associated
with the Eagle Mountain Railroad or the Railroad Assets arising prior to the Closing Date, (ii) any liabilities associated with or set forth within that certain California Strategies Contract dated January 21, 2014 by and between
California Strategies, LLC and Seller, and (iii) any liabilities of Seller or its Affiliates other than those directly associated with the ownership and operation by KEM of the Eagle Mountain Property and KEM Assets (except to the extent
otherwise addressed in this Section 21.7) (collectively, the “Excluded Liabilities”). The term Excluded Liabilities shall not include liabilities arising because of
the conduct of the Buyer Parties or any of their respective Affiliates all of which will remain liabilities of Buyer Parties and their respective Affiliates. All liabilities of KEM existing prior to the Closing or arising after the Closing, other
than the Excluded Liabilities, shall be referred to herein as the “Assumed Liabilities”. 

21.8 COVENANT TO CONVEY THE EAGLE MOUNTAIN
PROPERTY. Seller hereby covenants and agrees that Seller shall execute and deliver, and cause its Affiliates to execute and deliver, such further instruments of sale, transfer,
conveyance and assignment and to take other such action as may be necessary to vest in KEM title to all of the Eagle Mountain Property, if any, that might be held in the name of Seller or its Affiliates. The provisions of this Section 21.8
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 21.9 LEASES. 

(a) Seller and Buyer have agreed to a form of office lease substantially in the form attached here to as
Exhibit “DD” (the “Office Lease”) to be entered into if EMMR, or any permitted assignee of EMMR under the Mining Lease, wishes to occupy certain office
premises at the Eagle Mountain Property after the Closing on the terms provided therein; provided, however, that entry into the Office Lease is not a condition of Closing and is not required of EMMR or any other party. 

(b) Seller and Buyer have agreed to the form of that certain Warehouse and Maintenance Lease attached hereto as
Exhibit “EE” (the “Warehouse and Maintenance Lease”) pursuant to which KEM shall lease space within the Maintenance Building to EMMR and and grant EMMR an
option to lease additional space within the Warehouse on the terms provided therein. As of the date hereof, the premises to be leased to EMMR under the Warehouse and Maintenance Lease are currently leased to FPN-USA, Inc. (“FPN”)
pursuant to that certain Warehouse and Maintenance Lease dated June 24, 2015 (the “FPN Lease”), attached hereto as Exhibit “FF”. Should EMMR’s
interest in the Mining Agreement be assigned to FPN purusant to the terms thereof, (i) the FPN Lease shall terminate, (ii) KEM and EMMR shall enter into the Warehouse and Maintenance Lease, and (iii) EMMR and FPN shall enter into a
sublease pursuant to a sublease agreement substantially in the form of the Warehouse and Maintenance Lease or EMMR shall be permitted to assign its interest in the Warehouse and Maintenance Lease pursuant to the provisions thereof. Should the FPN
Lease expire or be terminated prior to any permitted assignment of the Mining Lease, EMMR and KEM shall enter into the Warehouse and Maintenance Lease upon such termination or expiration of the FPN Lease. The provisions of this Section 21.9
shall survive the Closing. 
 21.10 INDEMNIFICATION. The Parties shall indemnify each other as
set forth below: 
 (a) Subject to Section 21.3, the Seller Parties hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Buyer
Parties and their Affiliates and, without duplication, KEM, and the respective successors and assigns of the foregoing (collectively, the “Buyer Indemnified Parties”) from, and to reimburse the Buyer Indemnified Parties for any and
all Losses (including any reasonable Legal Expenses) (the “Buyer Losses”) arising from, relating to or caused by: 
 (i)
any breach of any representation or warranty of the Seller Parties contained in Article 14 of this Agreement (each, a “Seller Representation” and, collectively, the “Seller Representations”) (it being understood and
agreed that for purposes of determining whether there has been any breach of any representation or warranty and for purposes of calculating the amount of any Buyer Losses arising therefrom under this Section 21.10, the Seller Representations
shall not be deemed to be qualified by any concept of “material”, “materiality”, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar qualification, except as explicitly specified therein); 

(ii) any breach by any Seller Party of its covenants, undertakings or agreements contained in this Agreement; 

(iii) any of the Excluded Liabilities; or 

(iv) the Seller Parties’ performance of the Environmental Covenants; 

  
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 provided, however, the Seller Parties will have no obligation to indemnify a Buyer Indemnified Party for any
Buyer Losses or group of items of Buyer Losses arising out of the same event (x) where the total Buyer Losses are less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000), (y) to the extent the Buyer Losses are caused by or attributable to the
negligence or willful misconduct of the Buyer Indemnified Party, or (z) to the extent the Buyer Losses are caused by or attributable to any breach of this Agreement by the Buyer Parties. Without limiting the foregoing, until the total of Buyer
Losses exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) no claim for indemnification may be made by a Buyer Party hereunder and if the Buyer Losses exceed the One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) basket, the Buyer Parties may only seek to recover
amounts over the Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) de minimis threshold. 
 (b) Subject to Section 21.3, the Buyer Parties
hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Seller Parties from, and to reimburse the Seller Parties for any Losses (including any reasonable Legal Expenses) (the “Seller Losses”), arising from, relating to or caused by: 

(i) any breach (as of immediately prior to the Closing) of any representation or warranty of a Buyer Party contained in Article 15 of this
Agreement as though made, as written herein, immediately prior to the Closing (each, a “Buyer Representation” and, collectively, the “Buyer Representations”) (it being understood and agreed that for purposes of
determining whether there has been any breach of any representation or warranty and for purposes of calculating the amount of any Buyer Losses arising therefrom under this Section 21.10, the Buyer Representations shall not be deemed to be
qualified by any concept of “material”, “materiality”, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar qualification, except as explicitly specified therein); or 

(ii) any breach by a Buyer Party of its covenants, undertakings or agreements contained in this Agreement; or 

(iii) any of the Assumed Liabilities. 

provided, however, the Buyer Parties will have no obligation to indemnify a Seller Party for any Seller Losses or group of items of Seller Losses arising out
of the same event (x) where the total of the Seller Losses are less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000), (y) to the extent the Seller Losses are caused by or attributable to the negligence or willful misconduct of the Seller Party, or
(z) to the extent the Seller Losses are caused by or attributable to any breach of this Agreement by a Seller Party. Without limiting the forgoing, until the total of all Seller Losses exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) no claim for
indemnification may be made by a Seller Party hereunder and if all Seller Losses exceed the One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) basket, the Seller Parties may only seek to recover amounts over the Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) de minimis
threshold. 
 (c) As promptly as practicable, and in any event within thirty (30) days, after a Party shall receive any notice
of, or otherwise become aware of, the commencement of any action, suit or proceeding, the assertion of any claim, the occurrence of any event, the existence of any fact or circumstance, or the incurrence of any Losses, for which indemnification is
provided for, by Section 21.01(a) or 21.10(b) (an “Indemnification Event”), the Party entitled to such indemnification (an “Indemnified Party”) shall give written notice (an “Indemnification
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the Party from which such indemnification is (or, under such assumption, could be) sought (an “Indemnifying Party”) describing in reasonable detail the Indemnification Event and
the basis on which indemnification is (or, under such assumption, could be) sought. If the Indemnifying Party is not so notified by the Indemnified Party within thirty (30) days after the date of the receipt by the Indemnified Party or any of
its Affiliates of notice of, or of the Indemnified Party or any of its Affiliates otherwise becoming aware of, any particular Indemnification Event, to the extent that such Indemnifying Party is materially prejudiced as a consequence of such
failure, the Indemnifying Party shall be relieved of all liability hereunder in respect of such Indemnification Event, and in the event that such Indemnifying Party is materially prejudiced or harmed as a consequence of such failure the Indemnifying
Party shall not be liable for any expenses directly related to the Losses from such Indemnification Event incurred during the period in which the Indemnified Party was overdue in giving, and had not given, such notice. 

(d) If any Indemnification Event involves the claim of any third party (a “Third-Party Claim”), the Indemnifying
Party (the “Controlling Person”) shall (whether or not the Indemnified Party is entitled to claim indemnification under Section 15.1 or 15.2, as the case may be) be entitled to, and the Indemnified Party shall provide the
Controlling Person with the right to, participate in, and assume sole control over, the defense and settlement of such Third-Party Claim (with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party); provided, however, that (i) the
Indemnified Party shall be entitled to participate in the defense of such Third-Party Claim and to employ counsel at its own expense to assist in the handling of such Third-Party Claim, and (ii) the Controlling Person shall obtain the prior
written approval of the Indemnified Party before entering into any settlement of such Third-Party Claim or ceasing to defend against such Third-Party Claim if (x) as a result of such settlement, consenting to the entry of any judgment or
ceasing to defend, injunctive relief or other equitable relief would be imposed against the Indemnified Party, (y) in the case of a settlement or consenting to the entry of any judgment, the Indemnified Party would not thereby receive from the
claimant an unconditional release from all further liability and obligations in respect of such Third-Party Claim or (z) as a result of such settlement, consenting to the entry of any judgment or ceasing to defend, may reasonably be expected to
have an adverse effect on the affected business of the Indemnified Party. After written notice by the Controlling Person to the Indemnified Party of its election to assume control of the defense of any such Third-Party Claim, the Indemnifying Party
shall not be liable hereunder to indemnify any Person for any Legal Expenses subsequently incurred in connection therewith. If the Controlling Person does not assume sole control over the defense or settlement of such Third-Party Claim as provided
in this Section 21.10(d) within a reasonable period of time, or, after assuming such control, fails to defend against such Third-Party Claim (it being agreed that settlement of such Third-Party Claim does not constitute such a failure to
defend), the Indemnified Party shall have the right (as to itself) to defend and, upon obtaining the written consent of the Controlling Person, settle the claim in such manner as it may deem appropriate, and the Indemnifying Party shall promptly
reimburse the Indemnified Party therefor in accordance with (and to the extent provided for in) Section 21.1(a) or 21.10(b), as appropriate. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 21.10(d), the Indemnified Party shall
have the right at all times to take over and assume the control (as to itself) of the defense or settlement of any Third-Party Claim; provided, however, that in such event the Indemnifying Party shall cease to have any obligation under
Section 21.10(a) or 21.10(b), as the case may be, in respect of such Third-Party Claim. The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable under this Section 15 for any settlement or compromise effected without its consent. 

(e) The Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party shall each cooperate fully (and shall each cause its Affiliates to cooperate
fully) with the other in the defense or prosecution of any Third-Party Claim pursuant to Section 21.10(d). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each such Person shall furnish the other such Person (at the expense of the

  
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Indemnifying Party) with such documentary or other evidence as is then in its or any of its Affiliates’ possession and such other information and testimony, and attend such conferences,
discovery proceedings, hearings, trials or appeals, as may be reasonably requested in connection therewith as may reasonably be requested by the other Person for the purpose of defending against any such Third-Party Claim. The Parties hereby agree
to use commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate any Loss that may be incurred in accordance with applicable Laws. 
 (f) Upon
payment of any amount pursuant to any Indemnification Claim, the Indemnifying Party shall be subrogated, to the extent of such payment, to all of the Indemnified Party’s rights of recovery (and, if Seller is the Indemnifying Party, the
Indemnified Party shall cause Seller to be subrogated to all of Buyer’s and the KEM’s rights of recovery) against any third party with respect to the matters to which such Indemnification Claim relates. 

(g) If at any time subsequent to the receipt by an Indemnified Party of an indemnity payment hereunder, such Indemnified Party (or any
Affiliate thereof) receives any recovery, settlement or other similar payment with respect to the Losses for which it received such indemnity payment (including, without limitation, under any insurance policy for which a claim is made under
Section 21.10(h) (a “Recovery”), such Indemnified Party shall promptly pay to the Indemnifying Party an amount equal to the amount of such Recovery, less any expense incurred by such Indemnified Party (or its Affiliates) in
connection with such Recovery, but in no event shall any such payment exceed the amount of such indemnity payment. 
 (h) Nothing in this
Section 21.10 shall be deemed to prevent a Party from making a claim under any available insurance policy, in addition to pursuing indemnification under this Agreement. 

(i) Neither Buyer nor any other Buyer Indemnified Party shall have any right-of-off set, including, but not limited to, under this
Section 21.10, against any amounts that may now or hereafter by owed to Seller (or its successors and assigns) by Buyer, any Buyer Indemnified Party and any other party guarantying of securing any such amounts including, but not limited to, the
$4.25 Million Note and the $19 Million Note. 
 (j) As used in this Agreement, (A) “Legal Expenses” means the
reasonable fees, costs and expenses of any kind incurred by any Person indemnified under this Section 21.10 and its counsel in investigating, preparing for, defending against, prosecuting or providing evidence, providing testimony, producing
documents, negotiating and entering into settlements or taking other action with respect to any threatened or asserted claim; (B) “Loss” or “Losses” means all losses, damages, liabilities, fines, penalties and
claims, and fees, costs and expenses of any kind related thereto (including attorneys’ fees). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Losses shall not include lost profits or consequential, special or punitive
damages (other than those required to be paid to a third party pursuant to a Third-Party Claim); and (C) “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, investment company, joint venture,
association, joint stock company, mutual fund, trust (including any beneficiary thereof), unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. 

  
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 21.11 ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANTS. 

(a) Seller and Buyer hereby covenant and agree to perform the environmental covenants with respect to certain areas on the Eagle Mountain
Property as set forth in Schedule 21.11 (the “Environmental Covenants”). 

22. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 

22.1 EXPENSES. Except as otherwise provided herein, no Party hereto shall be responsible
for the payment of any other Party’s expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, the Sale Transaction. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, Seller shall be responsible for the payment of any fees and/or premiums associated with both the Seller Title Policy and Buyer Title Policy. 

22.2 TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.
The Seller Parties and the Buyer Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that time is strictly of the essence with respect to each and every term, condition, obligation and provision hereof and that failure to timely perform any of the terms,
conditions, obligations, or provisions hereof by any Party shall constitute a material breach of, and a non-curable (but waivable) default under, this Agreement by the Party failing to so perform. 

22.3 COMPUTATION OF TIME. All references to “days”
shall mean calendar days unless otherwise specifically set forth herein. If the last day for any period or any date pursuant to this Agreement is a weekend or a holiday recognized in California, such last day or date shall automatically be deemed to
be the next succeeding business day. A day shall be construed as a business day if banks are open for business on that day in Riverside County, California, but a business day shall not include a Sunday or Saturday. 

22.4 THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES. Except as expressly provided
in this Agreement, the terms and provisions of this Agreement are intended solely for the benefit of each Party hereto and its respective successors and assigns, and it is not the intention of the Parties to confer third party beneficiary rights
upon any other person or entity. 
 22.5 DEFINITION OF
AFFILIATE. For purposes of this Agreement, “Affiliate” shall mean with respect to any person or entity, another person or entity that directly or indirectly, through
one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such person or entity. With respect to Seller, Seller’s Affiliates shall be deemed to include, but are not limited to, KEM prior to the Closing, EMMR and
Lake Tamarisk. With respect to Buyer, Buyer’s Affiliates shall be deemed to include, Parent, Parent’s owners, Eagle Crest, the Eagle Crest Shareholders, KEM after the Closing, and their respective successors and assigns. 

22.6 WAIVER. No Party shall be deemed to have waived any right which such Party has under
this Agreement, unless this Agreement expressly provides a period of time within which such right may be exercised and such time period has expired, or unless such Party has expressly waived the same in writing or unless this Agreement specifies
that a waiver shall be deemed to have occurred. Any failure on the part of any Party hereto to comply with any of its obligations, agreements or conditions hereunder may be waived in writing by the Party to whom such compliance is owed. The waiver
by either Party of a right, claim, default, by the other Party shall not be deemed a waiver of any other right, claim or default or any subsequent default of the same kind. 

  
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 22.7 GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION
TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS. Each Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally: 

(a) agrees that this Agreement shall be governed by, and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of California, without
regard to the conflict of law principles thereof; 
 (b) (i) agrees that any suit, action or proceeding instituted against it
or it by the other Party with respect to this Agreement or any Transaction Document may be instituted, and that any suit, action or proceeding by it or it against the other Party with respect to this Agreement or any such Transaction Document shall
be instituted in such state or federal court with competent jurisdiction in the State of California as the party instituting such suit, action or proceeding may in its or its sole discretion elect, (ii) consents and submits, for itself or
itself and its or its property, to the jurisdiction of such courts for the purpose of any such suit, action or proceeding instituted against it or it by the other Party and (iii) agrees that a final judgment in any such suit, action or
proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law; 

(c) (i) waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising
out of or relating to this Agreement or any Transaction Document brought in any court specified in Section 22.7(b), (ii) waives any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an
inconvenient forum and (iii) agrees not to plead or claim either of the foregoing; and 
 (d) If any action or proceeding
relating to this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents or the enforcement of any provision of this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents is brought against any party hereto, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover from the
non-prevailing party reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and disbursements in addition to any other relief to which the prevailing party may be entitled and if any appeal is taken from such decision, reasonable attorney fees and costs as
determined on appeal. 
 22.8 BINDING EFFECT AND RESTRICTIONS
ON ASSIGNMENT BY BUYER. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Parties hereto and inure to the benefit of the Parties, their respective successors and
permitted assigns. Buyer may not assign this Agreement, in whole or in part, to any other entity or person without the prior written consent of Seller which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. 

22.9 ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement, the Exhibits and Schedules hereto,
the Escrow Agreement, the other agreements referenced herein and the Confidentiality Agreement constitute the entire agreement of the Parties covering everything agreed upon or understood with respect to this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, the Sale Transaction. The Exhibits and Schedules hereto are a part of this Agreement and are incorporate herein by their reference. The terms defined in the Recitals to
this Agreement shall also be a part of this Agreement. The Parties are executing and carrying out this Agreement in reliance solely on the representations, warranties and covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement. This Agreement may not
be amended or modified except by a written document executed by the Seller Parties and the Buyer Parties. An amendment by the Buyer Parties or by the Seller Parties shall only be effective if (a) it is in writing and signed by the Buyer Parties
and the Seller Parties, (b) it specifically refers to this Agreement and (c) it specifically states that the Buyer Parties and/or the Seller Parties, as the case may be, is amending its rights hereunder. Any such amendment or modification
shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which it was given. 

  
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 22.10 HEADINGS. The headings in this Agreement
are inserted only as a matter of convenience, and in no way define, limit, extend or interpret the scope of this Agreement or of any particular paragraph. 

22.11 NOTICES. Any notices, demands or other communications required or permitted to be
given by any provision of this Agreement or which any Party may desire to give the other shall be given in writing, delivered personally or sent by certified mail, postage pre-paid, facsimile, or by Federal Express or similar generally recognized
delivery service regularly providing proof of delivery, addressed to a Party, at the addresses set forth below, or to such other address as said Party may hereafter or from time to time designate by written notice to the other Party. Notice by
United States Postal Service or delivery service as provided herein shall be considered given on the earlier of the date on which said notice is actually received by the Party to whom such notice is addressed, or as of the date of delivery, whether
accepted or refused, established by the United States Postal service return receipt or such overnight carrier’s proof of delivery, as the case may be. Any such notice given by facsimile shall be deemed given upon receipt of the same by the
Party to which it is addressed; provided, however, any facsimile sent after 4:00 p.m. (California time) shall be deemed received on the next succeeding business day. 

  
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	TO A SELLER PARTY:		WITH A COPY TO:
		
	CIL&D, LLC		CIL&D, LLC
	337 N. Vineyard Ave., 4th Floor		337 N. Vineyard, 4th Floor
	Ontario, CA 91764		Ontario, CA 91764
	Attn.: Richard E. Stoddard		Attn.: Terry Cook
	Telephone: 909.483.8501		Telephone: 909.483.8511
	Facsimile: 909.944.6605		Facsimile: 909.944.6605
		
	TO BUYER:		WITH A COPY TO
			(which shall not constitute notice):
		
	EAGLE MOUNTAIN ACQUISITION LLC		LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
	c/o Eagle Crest Energy Company		355 S. Grand Ave
	3000 Ocean Park Blvd, Suite 1020		Los Angeles, CA 90071-1560
	Santa Monica, CA 90405		Attn: Kevin Ehrhart
	Attn.: J. Douglas Divine		Telephone: 213.485.1234
	Telephone: 310.450.9090		Facsimile: 213.891.8763
	Facsimile: 310.450.9494		
		
	TO PARENT:		WITH A COPY TO
			(which shall not constitute notice):
		
	EAGLE MOUNTAIN LLC		LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
	c/o Eagle Crest Energy Company		355 S. Grand Ave
	3000 Ocean Park Blvd, Suite 1020		Los Angeles, CA 90071-1560
	Santa Monica, CA 90405		Attn: Kevin Ehrhart
	Attn.: J. Douglas Divine		Telephone: 213.485.1234
	Telephone: 310.450.9090		Facsimile: 213.891.8763
	Facsimile: 310.450.9494		
		
	TO EAGLE CREST:		WITH A COPY TO
			(which shall not constitute notice):
		
	EAGLE CREST ENERGY COMPANY		LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
	c/o Eagle Crest Energy Company		355 S. Grand Ave
	3000 Ocean Park Blvd, Suite 1020		Los Angeles, CA 90071-1560
	Santa Monica, CA 90405		Attn: Kevin Ehrhart
	Attn.: J. Douglas Divine		Telephone: 213.485.1234
	Telephone: 310.450.9090		Facsimile: 213.891.8763
	Facsimile: 310.450.9494		

 22.12 COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in two
counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed an original, but both of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Facsimile signatures on this Agreement are acceptable, provided that original signatures are
presented to the parties promptly thereafter. 

  
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 22.13 SEVERABILITY. If any term or other
provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of law or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or
legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties shall
negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner to the end that the transactions completed hereby are fulfilled to the extent possible. 

22.14 RESERVED. 

22.15 SCHEDULES. All sections of the Schedules referred to herein shall be construed with and as
an integral part of this Agreement to the same extent as if they were set forth verbatim herein. The Schedules shall be arranged in sections corresponding to the numbered and lettered sections and subsections contained in Article 14, and the
disclosures in any section or subsection of the Schedules shall qualify other sections and subsections in Article 14 only to the extent it is readily apparent from a reading of the disclosure that such disclosure is applicable to such other sections
and subsections. Neither the specification (directly or indirectly by reference to a defined term hereof) of any dollar amount in any representation or warranty contained in, or other provision of, this Agreement shall be deemed to vary the
definition of “Material Adverse Effect” or to imply that such amount, or higher or lower amounts, or the item so included or other items, are or are not material. 

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement to be effective as of the day
and year first above written. 
  

					
	“BUYER”
	
	EAGLE MOUNTAIN ACQUISITION LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
		
	By:		 /s/ Doug Divine

			Name:		 Doug Divine

			Title:		Authorized Person

  
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	“PARENT”
	
	 EAGLE MOUNTAIN LLC,
 a
Delaware limited liability company

		
	By:		 /s/ Doug Divine

			Name:		 Doug Divine

			Title:		Authorized Person

  
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continue on the following page] 
  

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	“EAGLE CREST”
	
	 EAGLE CREST ENERGY COMPANY,

a California corporation

		
	By:		 /s/ Doug Divine

			Name:		 Doug Divine

			Title:		Authorized Person

  
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continue on the following page] 
  

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	“SELLER”
	
	 CIL&D, LLC,
 a Delaware
limited liability company

		
	By:		 /s/ Richard E. Stoddard

			Name:		 Richard E. Stoddard

			Title:		Managing Liquidation Director

  
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continue on the following page] 
  

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	“KEM”
	
	 KAISER EAGLE MOUNTAIN, LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

		
	By:		 /s/ Richard E. Stoddard

			Name:		 Richard E. Stoddard

			Title:		President

  
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continue on the following page] 
  

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	“EMMR”
	
	 EAGLE MOUNTAIN MINING & RAILROAD COMPANY, LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

		
	By:		 /s/ Richard E. Stoddard

			Name:		 Richard E. Stoddard

			Title:		President

  
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KEM Units Purchase Agreement – Eagle Mountain) 

 THE EXHIBITS AND/OR
SCHEDULES TO THIS AGREEMENT 
 OR INSTRUMENT
ARE NOT BEING FILED BUT WILL BE 

FURNISHED TO THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION UPON THE REQUEST OF THE
SECURITIES AND 
 EXCHANGE COMMISSION.EX-10.1.1

 EXHIBIT 10.1.1

 SENIOR SECURED NOTE 

(Deferred Payment) 
  

			
	$4,250,000.00		June 29, 2015        

 EAGLE MOUNTAIN ACQUISITION LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Borrower”), for
value received, promises to pay to the order of CIL&D, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Lender”), as set forth below at the mailing address of 337 N. Vineyard Ave., 4th Floor, Ontario, CA 91764 (the
“Payment Address”), or at such other place as may be designated in writing by Lender, in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available funds, Four Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and 00/100ths
($4,250,000.00) together with interest thereon from the date hereof, at the rate or rates hereinafter specified. 
 WHEREAS, Borrower
is a party to that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of June 25, 2015 (the “Purchase Agreement”) among Borrower, Lender, Eagle Mountain LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that is the sole member of Borrower
(“Holdco”), Eagle Crest Energy Company, a California corporation (“ECEC”) and Kaiser Eagle Mountain, LLC a Delaware limited liability company (“KEM”), pursuant to which, among other things, Lender
agreed to sell to Borrower 100% of the ownership interest in KEM; 
 WHEREAS, as payment of the purchase price to Lender under the
Purchase Agreement, Borrower and Lender entered into (i) this promissory note (this “Note”) and (ii) that certain promissory note in the amount of $19,000,000 of even date herewith in favor of Lender (the “Junior
Note” and together with this Note, the “Notes”). The $4,250,000 payment obligations under this Note are sometimes referred to in the other Loan Documents as the “Deferred Payment”. Collectively, the payment
obligations under the Notes are sometimes referred to herein as the “Loan”. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Junior Note; and 

WHEREAS, this Note is directly and indirectly secured by, among other things (collectively, the “Collateral
Agreements”): (i) a pledge by Borrower of 100% of the membership interest in KEM (the equity and other interest pledged under the foregoing pledge agreement is sometimes referred to herein as the “KEM Pledged
Collateral”), (ii) a pledge by Holdco of 100% of the membership interest in Borrower (the equity and other interest pledged under the foregoing pledge agreement is sometimes referred to herein as the “Borrower Pledged
Collateral”), (iii) a pledge by certain shareholders of ECEC (the “ECEC Guarantors”) of their respective interests in ECEC (collectively, the equity and other interest pledged under such pledge agreements are sometimes
referred to herein as the “ECEC Pledged Collateral” and together with the KEM Pledged Collateral and the Borrower Pledged Collateral, the “Pledged Collateral”), (iv) a guaranty by KEM with respect to
Borrower’s payment of the Loan, (v) a guaranty by Holdco with respect to Borrower’s payment of the Loan, (vi) a guaranty by ECEC with respect to Borrower’s payment of this Note (vii) a guaranty by the ECEC Guarantors
with respect to ECEC’s obligations under its guaranty , and (viii) a deed of trust, assignment of leases and rents, security agreement and fixture filing granted by KEM in favor of Lender (the “Deed of Trust”) with respect
to certain real property at Eagle Mountain, Riverside County, California (the “Eagle Mountain Property”) in order to secure KEM’s obligations under its guaranty. Collectively, the Notes and the Collateral Agreements are
referred to herein as the “Loan Documents”; and 
 WHEREAS, Borrower, Holdco, ECEC, Lender, KEM and First American
Title Insurance Company, as Escrow Agent, are entering into that certain Escrow Instructions and Agreement dated as of June 25, 2015 (the “Escrow Agreement”) providing for a joint escrow and the closing of the sale transaction
under the Purchase Agreement pursuant to the terms, procedures, covenants and conditions set forth in the Escrow Agreement. 

 NOW, THEREFORE, as an inducement to Lender to enter into the Purchase Agreement and to
accept the Notes, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and legal sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Borrower and Lender hereby agree as follows: 

1. Recitals. Each of the recitals set forth above are true and correct and incorporated herein. 

2. Interest Rate. So long as no default or Event of Default has occurred, interest shall accrue on the unpaid principal amount
outstanding under this Note at a rate equal to six percent (6.00%) per annum (“Interest Rate”). 
 3.
Calculation of Interest. The Interest Rate payable hereunder shall be calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a period of 365 days commencing on the date of this Note. 

4. Interest and Principal Payments; Maturity. 
  

	 	(a)	On 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time on February 29, 2016 (“Maturity Date”) all unpaid principal of, and accrued but unpaid interest on, this Note shall be due and payable. 

(b) Payments made to Lender by Borrower hereunder shall be applied (i) first to any reasonable, out-of-pocket fees or expenses of Lender
arising under this Note, under any of the other Loan Documents or as may otherwise become due to Lender under the Loan Documents, (ii) second, to accrued interest under this Note, and (iii) last, to the unpaid principal balance of this
Note. 
 (c) So long as any amounts remain outstanding under this Note, any payments made by or on behalf of Borrower shall applied by
Lender as set forth herein, regardless of whether any amounts remain outstanding to Lender by Borrower under the Junior Note. 
 (d)
Following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any payments received by Lender from or on behalf of Borrower shall be applied by Lender as Lender shall determine in its sole and absolute discretion. 

5. Prepayment. This Note may be prepaid in full or in part at any time without penalty or premium. 

6. Grant and Protection of Security Interest. 

(a) To secure maintenance and preservation of that certain license granted to ECEC by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the
“FERC License”) for the construction and operation of a planned hydro-electric, pumped-storage project to be located on portions of the Eagle Mountain Property as such project may be modified, amended or revised from time to time (the
“Project”) and the value of such assets held by ECEC (collectively, the “Secured Obligations”), Borrower hereby unconditionally and irrevocably grants to Lender a “Security Interest” as defined in
the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of California, and pursuant to this Note, in all of Borrower’s right, title and interest in, to and under the following, each case whether now owned or hereinafter
acquired: 
 (1) All general intangibles relating to the Project, including, without limitation, all studies, analyses and
reports commissioned by or on behalf of Borrower undertaken in contemplation or furtherance of the Project or the financing of the Project, and any contract rights related thereto or related to any other aspect of the Project analyzing, evaluating,
commencing, constructing, financing, completing or operating the Project (collectively, the “Project Collateral”); and 

(2) Any substitutes or replacements for any Project Collateral and all products and cash and non-cash proceeds of the foregoing
in whatever form, including, but not limited to, cash, negotiable instruments and other instruments for the payment of money, chattel paper, security agreements and other documents. 

  
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 (b) Borrower hereby authorizes Lender, at Borrower’s sole cost, (i) to file any
financing statement, (ii) to note its lien on any applicable certificate of title and to file such certificates with the appropriate public office, and (iii) to make any additional filings or recordings, in any public office deemed
necessary by Borrower to perfect or continue its Security Interest in the KEM Pledged Collateral or the Project Collateral. The Security Interest granted by Borrower shall at all times be valid, perfected and enforceable against Borrower in
accordance with the terms of this Note and the other Loan Documents, as security for the Secured Obligations. Borrower shall, at Borrower’s sole cost and expense, take all action that may be necessary or desirable, or that Lender may reasonably
request, so as at all times to maintain the validity, perfection, enforceability and rank of the Security Interest in the KEM Pledged Collateral or the Project Collateral in conformity with the requirements of this Note and the other Loan Documents
or to enable Lender or any holder hereof to exercise or enforce rights granted or made available hereunder. 
 7. Representations and
Warranties. Borrower represents and warrants as follows: 
 (a) Borrower is a limited liability company organized under the laws of
the State of Delaware. 
 (b) Borrower’s chief executive office is located at c/o Eagle Crest Energy Company, 3000 Ocean Park Blvd.,
Suite 1020, Santa Monica, CA 90405. 
 (c) This Note and each of the other Loan Documents to which Borrower is a party are legal, valid and
binding obligations of such party, enforceable against such party in accordance with their terms. 
 (d) This Note and each of the other
Loan Documents to which Borrower is a party are within the limited liability company power of Borrower and have been duly authorized by all necessary company action. 

(e) Borrower has not granted any security interest in any of the KEM Pledged Collateral or the Project Collateral except as specifically
permitted under the Loan Documents. 
 (f) The execution, delivery and performance of this Note and each of the other Loan Documents to
which Borrower is a party, and the borrowing by Borrower hereunder, do not and will not (a) require any consent, approval, authorization of, or filings with, notice to or other act by or in respect of, any governmental authority or any other
person; (b) conflict with (i) to Borrower’s knowledge, any provision of law or any applicable regulation, order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental authority, (ii) the governing documents of Borrower, as
applicable, or (iii) any material agreement, indenture, instrument or other document, or any judgment, order or decree, which is binding upon Borrower, as applicable; or (c) require, or result in, the creation or imposition of any lien of
any real property occupied by Borrower, as applicable. 

  
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 8. Covenants. Borrower covenants and agrees that Borrower shall not incur or be
obligated on any debt either directly or indirectly, by way of guarantee, suretyship or otherwise, other than (i) exists as of the date hereof and has been disclosed in writing to Lender, (ii) unsecured trade and operational debt
(including, without limitation, equipment leases) incurred in the ordinary course of business relating to the ownership, development and operation of the Project and the routine administration of Borrower, in amounts not to exceed ten percent
(10%) of the Loan, (iii) any indebtedness the proceeds of which shall be used to pay all amounts due under the Notes in their entirety, (iv) indebtedness to Holdco, ECEC, KEM, or certain shareholders of ECEC (the “ECEC
Guarantors”) but only if (A) Holdco, ECEC, KEM and such ECEC Guarantors (the “Intercompany Lenders”) shall be parties to the then applicable Collateral Agreements and such indebtedness of Borrower to the Intercompany
Lenders shall be collaterally pledged to Lender, or (B) each applicable Intercompany Lender shall execute and deliver to Lender a subordination agreement reasonably acceptable to the Lender with respect to such indebtedness of the Borrower to
such Intercompany Lenders, and (v) indebtedness to any ECEC Guarantor pursuant to the terms of Section 8 of the Junior Note. Borrower further covenants and agrees that it shall at all times comply with any and all laws, ordinances and
governmental and regulatory rules and regulations to which Borrower, the KEM Pledged Collateral or the Project Collateral is subject. 
 9.
Conditions to Funding. The effectiveness of this Note as partial payment under the Purchase Agreement is conditioned upon all conditions to effectiveness under the Escrow Agreement being satisfied or waived by Lender. 

10. Events of Default This Note will be in default if any one or more of the following events (each an “Event of
Default” and collectively “Events of Default”) shall occur: 
 (a) Borrower’s failure to pay the principal
of or interest on this Note, or on any other obligations due and owing to Lender from Borrower under the other Loan Documents, within five (5) business days of when the same become due and payable; 

(b) any Event of Default under any Loan Document shall exist beyond all applicable notice and cure periods; 

(c) any representation or warranty made by Borrower in this Note is intentionally false or misleading in any material respect as of the date
when made; 
 (d) any creditor of Borrower other than Lender takes control or possession of any of the KEM Pledged Collateral; 

(e) Borrower shall be dissolved, either voluntarily or involuntarily and such dissolution is not reversed or cured within sixty
(60) days; 
 (f) without the prior written consent of Lender, Borrower: (i) sells, assigns, transfers, exchanges, or otherwise
disposes of any of the KEM Pledged Collateral or the Project Collateral to any person other than (A) ECEC, Holdco, or KEM, (B) a wholly-owned subsidiary or any other Affiliate that becomes a party to the appropriate Loan Documents or
(C) permitted under the Deed of Trust or any other Loan Document, (ii) creates, incurs or permits to exist any pledge, lien, mortgage, hypothecation, security interest, charge, option or any other encumbrance with respect to any of the KEM
Pledged Collateral, the Project Collateral or any interest therein, or any proceeds thereof, except for any lien or security interest granted in same (A) in favor of Lender, (B) prior to the date hereof, (C) permitted under the Deed
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or any other Loan Document, (D) which is discharged or contested and bonded in a manner reasonably acceptable to Lender within sixty (60) days thereafter, (E) pursuant to a
financing transaction through which this Note shall be paid in full, or (F) as specifically approved in writing by Lender; 
 (g) an
Insolvency Proceeding is commenced against Borrower, and any of the following events occur: (a) Borrower consents to the institution of such Insolvency Proceeding against it, (b) the petition commencing the Insolvency Proceeding is not
timely controverted, (c) the petition commencing the Insolvency Proceeding is not dismissed within sixty (60) calendar days of the date of the filing thereof, or (d) an interim trustee is appointed to take possession of all or any
substantial portion of the properties or assets of, or to operate all or any substantial portion of the business of, Borrower,. As used herein, the term “Insolvency Proceeding” means any proceeding commenced by or against any person under
any provision of the United States Bankruptcy Code or under any other federal bankruptcy or insolvency law or any assignment for the benefit of creditors; 

(h) an Insolvency Proceeding is commenced by Borrower; 

(i) Borrower makes any payment on account of indebtedness that has been contractually subordinated in right of payment to the payment of this
Note, except to the extent Borrower is current on all payments required under this Note and such payment is permitted by the terms of the subordination provisions applicable to such indebtedness; 

(j) any (i) taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies imposed upon Borrower or upon its income or profits or upon any
properties belonging to Borrower (collectively “Taxes”) becomes delinquent, unless such Taxes are otherwise being contested by Borrower in accordance with applicable law, or (ii) the failure to pay or discharge when due any
claims of materialmen, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen or landlords for labor, materials, supplies or rentals which, if unpaid, would reasonably become a lien recorded or filed against any properties of Borrower, unless otherwise being contested
by Borrower in accordance with applicable law or bonded in a manner reasonably acceptable to Lender or discharged within sixty (60) days; or 

(k) Holdco shall cease to own and control, directly or indirectly, 100% of the equity interests of Borrower, or Borrower shall cease to own
and control, directly or indirectly, 100% of the equity interests of KEM; 
 then, the principal amount evidenced by this Note, all interest thereon, and
all other amounts payable hereunder shall, become and be immediately due and payable, in immediately available funds, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by Borrower. 

11. Default Rate of Interest. After maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, this Note shall bear interest at a rate equal to
five percent (5%) per annum in excess of the applicable Interest Rate at the time that default interest becomes payable (“Default Rate”). 

12. Remedies. Should Borrower fail to make any payment hereon on the date on which it shall be delinquent, or should any Event
of Default occur and be continuing, then Lender, at its option and without notice or demand, may declare immediately due and payable the entire unpaid balance of principal under this Note, together with all accrued interest thereon, and after the
date of such default this Note shall bear interest at the Default Rate. In such case Lender may also recover all actual, out-of-pocket costs of suit and other expenses in connection with efforts to collect any of the aforesaid amounts, together with
reasonable attorneys’ fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees for representation in proceedings under the Bankruptcy Code), regardless of whether litigation is commenced, together with 

  
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interest on any judgment obtained by Lender at the Default Rate, including interest at the Default Rate from and after the date of any foreclosure sale until actual payment is made to Lender of
the full amount due Lender. In addition to the foregoing, Lender may exercise any and all other rights available to Lender under this Note and otherwise under applicable law. Borrower hereby waives any and all presentment, demand, notice of
dishonor, protest, and all other notices and demands in connection with the enforcement of Lender’s rights under this Note or any of the other Loan Documents, and hereby consents to, and waives notice of release, with or without consideration,
of any of the KEM Pledged Collateral and the Project Collateral, notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary. 
 13.
Assignment. Lender may assign to one or more person or other entities all or a portion of his rights under this Note, provided Lender gives Borrower written notice of such assignment on or before the date of such assignment. In the
event of an assignment of all of its rights, Lender may transfer this Note to the assignee. Lender may, in connection with any assignment or proposed assignment, disclose to the assignee or proposed assignee any information relating to Borrower
furnished to Lender by or on behalf of Borrower. Should the Lender assign this Note or any of its rights under this Note, all instances requiring Lender’s consent or discretion in the Loan Documents (including any decisions within Lender’s
“sole discretion”) shall then be deemed to require Lender’s reasonable consent or discretion. 
 14. Governing
Law. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California. 
 15. Jurisdiction;
Waiver of Jury Trial. Where federal jurisdiction exists over any action, suit or proceeding arising out of or in any way connected with this Note, the parties designate the United States District Court for the Central District of California,
for the exclusive resolution of the dispute and submit to the jurisdiction of that court. Where federal jurisdiction does not exist over any such action, suit or proceeding, the parties designate the state courts within San Bernardino County,
California, for the exclusive resolution of the dispute and submit to the jurisdiction of any such court. Nothing in this paragraph is intended to limit in any way a party’s right to appeal all or any part of a decision, ruling or judgment of
any court. 
 16. Remedies Cumulative. All rights and remedies of the parties under this Note and the other Loan Documents are
cumulative and without prejudice to any other rights or remedies under law. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as limiting the parties’ rights to redress for fraud. 

17. No Waiver by Lender. No Event of Default shall be waived by Lender except in writing. No failure or delay on the part of
Lender in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver of the exercise of the same or any other right at any other time; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy preclude any other or
further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy hereunder. 
 18. Waivers of Borrower. 

(a) Borrower acknowledges that it has relied on the advice of its own counsel in making this Note and has reviewed the waivers of rights
contained herein with its counsel. 
 (b) Borrower hereby fully and completely waives, releases and relinquishes any statute of limitations
affecting any of Borrower’s liability hereunder or the enforcement thereof, including without limitation, any right, defense or benefit under Cal. Code of Civ. Proc. Section 337. 

(c) Borrower expressly waives any defense or benefits arising out of any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, or debtor relief laws,
including without limitation, under Section 364 or 1111(b)(2) of the United States Bankruptcy Code. 

  
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 19. Notices. Any notice, request, demand, consent, confirmation or other
communication under this Note shall be in writing and delivered in person or sent by telecopy, recognized overnight courier or registered or certified mail, return receipt requested and postage prepaid, to the addresses set forth below. Such notices
shall be deemed effective on the day on which delivered or sent if delivered in person or sent by telecopy (with answerback confirmation received), on the first (1st) business day after the day on which sent, if sent by recognized overnight
courier or on the fifth (5th) business day after the day on which mailed, if sent by registered or certified mail. 
  

			
	TO LENDER:		WITH A COPY TO:
		
	CIL&D, LLC		CIL&D, LLC
	337 N. Vineyard Ave., 4th Floor		337 N. Vineyard, 4th Floor
	Ontario, CA 91764		Ontario, CA 91764
	Attn.: Richard E. Stoddard		Attn.: Terry Cook
	Telephone: 909.483.8501		Telephone: 909.483.8511
	Facsimile: 909.944.6605		Facsimile: 909.944.6605
		
	TO BORROWER:		WITH A COPY TO
		
	EAGLE MOUNTAIN ACQUISITION LLC		LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
	c/o Eagle Crest Energy Company		355 S. Grand Ave
	3000 Ocean Park Blvd, Suite 1020		Los Angeles, CA 90071-1560
	Santa Monica, CA 90405		Attn: Kevin Ehrhart
	Attn.: J. Douglas Divine		Telephone: 213.485.1234
	Telephone: 310.450.9090		Facsimile: 213.891.8763
	Facsimile: 310.450.9494		
		
			WITH A COPY TO
		
			WEXFORD CAPITAL LP
			411 West Putnam Ave.
			Greenwich, CT 06830
			Attention: Antony Lundy
			Email: tlundy@wexford.com
			Facsimile: 203.891.8763
			Attention: Arthur Amron
			Email: aamron@wexford.com
			Facsimile: 203.862.7032

 20. Headings; Interpretation. The article and section headings contained in this Note are
inserted for convenience only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Note. Both parties have participated substantially in the negotiation and drafting of this Note and agree that no ambiguity herein should be
construed against the draftsman. 
 21. Severability. If any provision of this Note shall be determined to be invalid, illegal
or incapable of being enforced, all other conditions and provisions of this Note shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby are not affected in any manner
materially adverse to any party. 

  
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 22. Entire Agreement. This Note and the other Loan Documents set forth the entire
agreement and understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings relative to such subject matter. 

[signature page follows] 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Borrower has executed and delivered this Note the day and year first above
written. 
  

					
	BORROWER:
	
	 EAGLE MOUNTAIN ACQUISITION LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

		
	By:		 /s/ Doug Divine

			Name:		 Doug Divine

			Title:		Authorized Person

 Signature page to Senior Secured Note

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