Document:

Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Plan Stock Option Agreement

 Exhibit 4.2 

 

			
	 Name of Employee:

Option #:
	  	Number of Shares:

Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement 

Pursuant to the 

ENTECH SOLAR, INC. 

Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Plan 

This STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of the      day of
            ,         , by and between Entech Solar, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), and
                     (“Employee”). 

WITNESSETH: 
 The Corporation
has determined that it is in the best interests of the Corporation and its shareholders to encourage ownership in the Corporation by Key Personnel. To that end, a stock option is granted by the Board to Employee on the following terms and conditions
pursuant, and subject to, the Corporation’s Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Plan (the “Plan”): 
 SECTION 1

 DEFINED TERMS 

Unless otherwise defined herein or, unless the context requires a different definition, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to
them in the Plan. If the Option is being granted to a director of the Corporation (“Director”) or to a consultant providing services to the Corporation or its Subsidiaries (“Consultant”), the term Employee shall be
deemed to refer to such grantee in his, her, or its capacity as such Director or Consultant. 
 SECTION 2 

SHARES OPTIONED, OPTION PRICE, AND TIME OF EXERCISE 

Effective as of                     ,
(“Grant Date”) the Corporation grants to Employee, subject to the terms and provisions set forth hereinafter and in the Plan, the right and option to purchase all or any part of the number of shares set forth in Exhibit A hereto of
the presently authorized but unissued common stock (“Common Stock”) of the Corporation at the purchase price per share set forth as the Option Price in Exhibit A (the option hereby granted being hereinafter referred to as the
“Option”). 
 Thereafter, the Option shall be exercisable in accordance with the Vesting Schedule set forth on Exhibit A,
subject to any termination, acceleration, or change in such Vesting Schedule set forth in this Agreement apart from Exhibit A. 
 Neither the
Option nor any other rights granted under this Agreement may be exercised after the Expiration Date set forth on Exhibit A and, before that time, the Option may be terminated as hereinafter provided. If Employee does not purchase the full number of
shares to which he or she is entitled in any one year, Employee may purchase such shares in the next year specified in the Vesting Schedule, in addition to the shares which he or she is otherwise entitled to purchase in the next year. 

 SECTION 3 

EXERCISE PROCEDURE 
 Employee
shall exercise the Option by notifying the Corporation in writing of the number of shares of Common Stock that he or she desires to purchase and by delivering with such notice the full payment for the purchase price of the shares being purchased.
Such purchase price shall be payable through the Corporation’s broker’s sale of exercised shares sufficient to cover exercise cost, in cash, in Common Stock, or in a combination thereof. 

In no event shall the Option Price be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value (as defined in the Plan), determined as of the
Grant Date, of a share of Common Stock. The total purchase price at the time of exercise shall equal the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock, as so determined, multiplied by the number of whole shares of Common Stock with respect to which
the Option is being exercised. To the extent that the Employee uses previously acquired shares of Common Stock to pay all or any portion of the Option Price, such shares of Common Stock shall have an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the product
of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock so tendered and the number of shares of Common Stock so tendered. 
 In no event shall the
Employee have the right to defer any gain realized upon the exercise of all or any portion of the Option. Any Common Stock delivered in satisfaction of all or a portion of the purchase price shall be appropriately endorsed for transfer and
assignment to the Corporation. 
 The Employee shall pay to the Corporation promptly upon request, and in any event at the time the Employee
recognizes taxable income in respect of the Option, an amount equal to the taxes the Corporation determines it is required to withhold under applicable tax laws with respect to the Option. Such payment may be made by any of, or a combination of, the
following methods to be elected by the Employee: (i) cash or check; or (ii) the Corporation withholding shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable or subject to the Option having a Fair Market Value equal to the minimum statutory amount
required to be withheld. 
 SECTION 4 

TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT 
 If
the Employee’s employment (or other service) with the Corporation terminates for any reason other than death, total and permanent disability or retirement (each as defined in Section 6), further vesting of the options will cease as of the
effective date of such termination of employment (or service). Then vested options under this Agreement, to the extent not previously exercised, may be exercised not later than ninety (90) days after such termination, but may be exercised only
to the extent the options were exercisable on the date of termination, and in no event after the Expiration Date set forth on Exhibit A. Except as may be otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Option granted hereunder shall not be affected by any
change of employment so long as Employee continues to be employed by the Corporation, an Affiliate, or a Subsidiary. 

 SECTION 5 

NO RIGHT TO CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT 

The Employee understands and agrees that this Agreement does not impact in any way the right of the Corporation, or an Affiliate or Subsidiary employing
the Employee, as the case may be, to terminate or change the terms of the employment of the Employee at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without good cause. The Employee understands and agrees that his or her employment is
“at-will” and that either the Corporation (or the Affiliate or Subsidiary employing the Employee), or the Employee may terminate the Employee’s employment at any time and for any reason. The Employee also understands and agrees that
his or her “at-will” status can only be changed by an express written contract signed by an authorized officer of the Corporation (or the Affiliate or Subsidiary employing the Employee) and the Employee. It is expressly agreed that,
anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, this Agreement shall not constitute, or be evidence of, any agreement or understanding, express or implied, that the Corporation, an Affiliate or a Subsidiary will employ Employee for any
period of time or in any position or for any particular compensation. 
 SECTION 6 

ACCELERATION OF EXERCISE 
  

	(a)	Retirement and Total and Permanent Disability. If an Employee should become permanently and totally disabled (as such term is defined in Section 22(e)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code) while an employee, non-employee director, or officer of the Corporation or while providing other services to the Corporation, an Affiliate, or Subsidiary, options shall become fully exercisable as to all shares subject to
them and may be exercised at any time within one (1) year following the date of such disability, but in no event after the Expiration Date set forth on Exhibit A. If an employee should terminate his or her employment or other service
relationship after the earlier of (i) attainment of age 65 or (ii) attainment of age 55 and completion of 10 years of continuous employment or other service with the Corporation, an Affiliate or Subsidiary (“retirement”),
options shall become fully exercisable as to all shares subject to them and may be exercised at any time prior to the Expiration Date set forth on Exhibit A. 

 

	(b)	Death. If an Employee should die while an employee, non-employee director, or officer of the Corporation or while providing other services to the Corporation,
options shall become fully exercisable as to all shares subject to them and may be exercised at any time prior to the Expiration Date set forth on Exhibit A. Such Option may be exercised by the beneficiary designated by the Employee on Exhibit B
hereto, in accordance with Section 12 hereto, or, if no beneficiary is designated on Exhibit B, by the executor or administrator of the Employee’s estate. 

SECTION 7 

NON-ASSIGNABILITY AND TERM OF OPTION 

The Option shall not be transferrable or assignable by the Employee, otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution and the Option shall
be exercisable, during the Employee’s lifetime, only by him or, during periods of legal disability, by his legal representative. No Option shall be subject to execution, attachment or similar process. 

In no event may the Option be exercisable to any extent by anyone after the Expiration Date specified in Exhibit A. 

 SECTION 8 

RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEE IN STOCK 

Neither Employee, nor his successor in interest, shall have any of the rights of a shareholder of the Corporation with respect to the shares for which
the Option is exercised until such shares are issued by the Corporation. 
 SECTION 9 

ADJUSTMENT FOR RECAPITALIZATION, ETC. 

In the event of any change in the outstanding Shares by reason of a stock dividend, split, recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation in
which the Corporation is the surviving corporation, or other similar change affecting the Common Stock, the Compensation Committee shall determine any changes to the number and class of Shares described in this Agreement. This adjustment shall be
made with any necessary corresponding adjustment in the per share Option Price described in this Agreement. No fractional shares of stock shall be issued under this Option or in conjunction with any such adjustment. 

SECTION 10 

NOTICES 
 Any notice to be given
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be addressed to the Corporation, in care of the President, at Entech Solar, Inc., 13301 Park Vista Boulevard, Suite 100, Fort Worth, Texas 76177, and any notice to be given to Employee shall be addressed to
the address designated below the signature appearing hereinafter, or at such other address as either party may hereafter designate in writing to the other. Any such notice shall have been deemed duly given upon three (3) days of sending such
notice enclosed in a properly sealed envelope, addressed as aforesaid, registered or certified and deposited (with the proper postage and registration or certificate fee prepaid) in the United States mail. 

SECTION 11 

SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS OF THE CORPORATION 

In the event of a Change in Control of the Company, the Committee, as constituted before such Change in Control in its sole discretion may take any
action with respect to this Option as contemplated by Article VIII of the Plan.). 
 SECTION 12 

MISCELLANEOUS 
  

	(a)	Designation of Beneficiary. The Employee shall have the right to appoint any individual or legal entity in writing, on Exhibit B hereto, as his beneficiary to
receive any Option (to the extent not previously terminated or forfeited) under this Agreement upon the Employee’s death. Such designation under this Agreement may be revoked by the Employee at any time and a new beneficiary may be appointed by
the Employee by execution and submission to the Board of a revised Exhibit B to this Agreement. In order to be effective, a designation of beneficiary must be completed by the Employee on Exhibit B and received to the Board, or its designee, prior
to the date of the Employee’s death. In the absence of such designation, the Employee’s beneficiary shall be the legal representative of the Employee’s estate. 

	(b)	Incapacity of Employee or Beneficiary. If any person entitled to a distribution under this Agreement is deemed by the Board to be incapable of making an election
hereunder or of personally receiving and giving a valid receipt for such distribution hereunder, then, unless and until an election or claim therefore shall have been made by a duly appointed guardian or other legal representative of such person,
the Board may provide for such election or distribution or any part thereof to be made to any other person or institution then contributing toward or providing for the care and maintenance of such person. Any such distribution shall be a
distribution for the account of such person and a complete discharge of any liability of the Board, the Corporation and the Plan therefor. 

  

	(c)	Incorporation of the Plan. The terms and provisions of the Plan are hereby incorporated in this Agreement. Unless otherwise specifically stated herein, such
terms and provisions shall control in the event of any inconsistency between the Plan and this Agreement. 

  

	(d)	Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL LAWS. THE SECURITIES ISSUED HEREUNDER SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CORPORATE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE. 

  

	(e)	Gender. Reference to the masculine herein shall be deemed to include the feminine, wherever appropriate. 

 

	(f)	Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, which shall together constitute a valid and binding agreement.

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by the Corporation and the Employee as of the date and
year first written above. 
  

							
	  
	 	Entech Solar, Inc.
		 		 	a Delaware corporation
				
	Address:	 	  
	 	By:	 	  

		 		 		 	David Gelbaum
			
	  
	 	Title:	 	 Chief Executive Officer

 EXHIBIT A 

STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED 1999 STOCK PLAN 

 

					
	1.	  	Grant Date:	  	[                ]
			
	2.	  	Employee:	  	[                ]
			
	3.	  	Number of Shares:	  	[                ]
([                ]) shares of Common Stock
			
	4.	  	Option Price per Share:	  	[                ]
([                ]) (not less than Fair Market Value)
			
	5.	  	Vesting Schedule:	  	[                ]
			
	6.	  	Expiration Date:	  	[                ] (not more than ten (10) years from Date of
Grant.

 This Option is not eligible to be treated as Incentive Stock Option within the meaning of Code Section 422. You are
advised to consult with your tax advisor before exercising an option and before selling shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of an option. 

 EXHIBIT B 

DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY FOR THE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO 

THE AMENDED AND RESTATED 1999 STOCK PLAN 

Name of Employee:
[                            ] 

Original Date of Agreement: [                ] 

If I shall cease to be an Employee of the Corporation, an Affiliate or a Subsidiary by reason of my death, or if I shall die after I have terminated my
employment with the Corporation, the Parent Corporation or a Subsidiary, but, prior to the expiration of the Option (as provided in the Agreement), then all rights to the Option granted under this Agreement that I hereby hold upon my death, to the
extent not previously terminated or forfeited, shall be transferred to the Beneficiary in the manner provided for in the Plan and the Agreement. 
  

			
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	 Receipt acknowledged on behalf of Entech Solar, Inc.
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	 DateExploration and Development Agreement

 Exhibit 10.44 

EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT 

NEW HOME II PROJECT 

This Exploration and Development Agreement (hereinafter “Agreement”) is made and entered into effective February 2,
2010, by and between G3 Energy, LLC hereinafter referred to as “G3”, whose address is 475
17th Street, Suite 1210, Denver, CO 80202, and Resolute
Northern Rockies, LLC hereinafter referred to as “Participant” whose address is 1675 Broadway, Suite 1950, Denver, CO 80202. 

GeoResources, Inc. and Resolute Energy Corporation are entering into this Agreement as the guarantors for their respective subsidiary. G3 Energy, LLC is
the subsidiary of GeoResources, Inc. and Resolute Northern Rockies, LLC is the subsidiary of Resolute Energy Corporation. 
 RECITALS: 

 A. G3 has acquired certain oil and gas leases and options covering lands within the New Home II Project Area located in
Williams County, North Dakota which is described on Exhibit “A” attached hereto, said Area being hereafter referred to as the “Project Area” or the “AMI.” 

B. Participant wishes to participate with G3 in the evaluation, leasing, drilling, and development of the Project Area pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement and the agreements through which G3 acquires leasehold rights within the Project Area. 
 Now
therefore, the parties hereto, for the mutual promises contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, do hereby contract and agree as follows: 

I. DEFINITIONS 
  

	1.	Additional Leases: Oil and gas leases within the AMI that are acquired by G3 after acquiring oil and gas leases within the AMI covering 32,000 net mineral acres
including “top leases” until the gross amount of Lease Costs, as defined below, paid by G3 for such leases equals $10,000,000. 

  

	2.	AMI Leases: Oil and gas leases, or other Mineral Interests, acquired within the AMI following the completion of the acquisition of Existing Leases and Additional
Leases, and expressly including any interest of Third Party Participant that is reacquired by G3 through forfeiture, purchase or other acquisition other than by reversion of an after payout reversionary interest. 

 

	3.	AMI: Defined in Recital A and described on Exhibit A and the same geographic area as the Project Area. 

	4.	Effective Date: The Effective Date is February 2, 2010. 

  

	5.	Existing Leases: The oil and gas leases on Exhibit “B”, attached hereto, in which G3 has obtained executed leases or commitments to execute leases, together
with any oil and gas leases acquired after the Effective Date, that are not listed on Exhibit “B”, but which in the aggregate, after exclusions due to title defects, cover not more than 32,000 net acres. 

 

	6.	Lease Costs: The actual out-of-pocket costs (which term includes all brokerage expenses and title expenses, legal expenses and recording fees, in connection with such
Lease) and expenses, including bonus payments, incurred by G3 in acquiring an oil and gas lease. 

  

	7.	Mineral Interest: Any oil and/or gas leases or any interest therein, any leased or unleased mineral fee interest, any royalty overriding royalty or similar interest or
any farmouts or options or contractual rights to acquire the foregoing or any other contracts with respect thereto which affect lands and minerals lying within the Project Area. 

 

	8.	Obligation Wells: The first three (3) Qualifying Wells to be drilled by G3 within the Project Area as defined in and in accordance with Section III A.

  

	9.	Operator: G3 Operating, LLC. 

  

	10.	Operating Agreement: A joint operating agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit “C”. 

 

	11.	Participant’s Share: 45% Working Interest ownership 

  

	12.	Project Area: Defined in Recital A and described on Exhibit A and the same geographic area as the AMI. 

 

	13	Qualifying Well: A well drilled within the AMI and operated by G3 Operating, LLC, designed to be drilled and completed in the Middle Bakken Formation or in the Three
Forks Formation, with a horizontal lateral extension covering either a 640 acre Spacing Unit or 1280 Spacing Unit, and being the first well drilled within such Spacing Unit to the foregoing formations, with a multi-stage fracture completion program
consistent with the best practices known at the time for similar wells completed in the Middle Bakken Formation or in the Three Forks formation in the Williston Basin of North Dakota and Montana and in accordance with a drilling and completion
design reasonably acceptable to Participant. A well shall be a Qualifying Well if it is designed and its drilling prosecuted in good faith in accordance with the foregoing requirements even if such well is ultimately drilled to or completed in a
different formation. 

  

	14.	Spacing Unit: A rectangular governmental aliquot tract of land upon which a Well is drilled which is anticipated to be 640 acres, unless a larger tract is required by
applicable governmental rule or regulation, or unless agreed upon by the parties, whereupon the larger tract shall control. 

	15	Third Party Participant: Means Intervention Energy, LLC, the third party owning the 10% proportional participating interest derived from G3 in the New Home II Project.

  

	16.	Third Party Participant Leases: Means oil and gas leases included within the Existing Leases in which G3 acquires interests from the Third Party Participant.

  

	17.	Working Interest: The cost bearing interest created by oil and gas leases. Working Interest may also refer to the share of ownership attributable to an unleased mineral
interest. 

  

	18.	Bakken Formation: Means the stratigraphic interval equivalent to that seen in the Superior Oil Company #1 Pazsternak #33-13, located in
Section 33-T158N-R102W, between the measured depths of 10,031 ft and 10,102 ft. 

  

	19.	Three Forks Formation: Means the stratigraphic interval equivalent to that seen in the Superior Oil Company #1 Pazsternak #33-13, located in
Section 33-T158N-R102W, between the measured depths of 10,102 ft and 10,289 ft. 	 

 II. ACQUISITION OF LEASEHOLD INTERESTS BY PARTICIPANT 

A. Acquisition of Existing Leases. Participant shall be assigned an undivided interest in and to the Existing Leases, in an amount equal to
Participant’s Share of G3’s interest (as of the date hereof without regard to the interest of Third Party Participant) in such Existing Leases. However, with respect to Third Party Participant Leases included within the Existing Leases,
Participant and G3 shall share the interest therein acquired by G3 equally. G3 shall reserve unto itself with respect to any oil and gas lease that is an Existing Lease an overriding royalty equal to the difference between 20% and existing royalty
and overriding royalty burdens, with the intent of assigning an 80% net revenue interest in each such lease; provided, if the net revenue interest of any lease is less than 80%, then G3 will not reserve any overriding royalty and the actual net
revenue interest will be assigned. Participant shall pay G3 for Participant’s interest in the Existing Leases an amount equal to $950 per net mineral acre contained in the Existing Leases multiplied by Participant’s Share, and with respect
to the Third Party Participant Leases, Participant shall pay 50% of the total Lease Costs actually incurred by G3 in acquiring such Leases. Any net mineral acres in excess of 32,000 covered by the leases described on Exhibit B shall be treated as
Additional Leases. The assignment of and payment for the Existing Leases shall be as follows: 
 i. Immediately upon full
execution of this Agreement G3 shall make available all title information in its possession including but not limited to title opinions, title memorandums, lease purchase reports, maps and run sheets (“Lease Title Information”) covering at
least 10,000 net leasehold acres of the Existing Leases selected by 

 
Participant. Participant shall have 14 days to perform title due diligence. If by the end of the 14 day period Participant encounters title defects that render any of the Existing Leases or
portions thereof with less than Defensible Title, as defined below, Participant shall not be obligated to pay for and acquire such Existing Leases or portions thereof. 

ii. As used herein “Defensible Title” means ownership by G3 of the net lease acres, Working Interests and net revenue interest
in and to the Existing Leases which is deducible from the official records and is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or defect associated with G3’s title to the Existing Leases that would cause G3 not to have Defensible Title, other than
Permitted Encumbrances, as defined below. 
 iii. As used herein “Permitted Encumbrances” any of the following:

  

	 	a.	The terms and conditions of the Existing Leases; 

  

	 	b.	Lessors’ royalties and overriding royalties burdening the Leases; 

  

	 	c.	All rights to consent by, required notices to, filings with, or other actions by governmental entities in connection with the sale or conveyance of oil and gas leases,
or interests therein, if they are routinely obtained subsequent to the sale or conveyance; 

  

	 	d.	Required third party consents to assignment, preferential purchase rights and similar agreements, where such waivers or consents are obtained from the appropriate
parties, or the appropriate time period for asserting any such right has expired without an exercise of the right, and such right has terminated; 

  

	 	e.	Materialman’s, mechanic’s, repairman’s, employee’s, contractor’s, operator’s, tax, and other similar liens or charges arising in the
ordinary course of business for obligations that are not delinquent or that will be paid and discharged in the ordinary course of business or if delinquent, that are being contested in good faith by appropriate action; 

 

	 	f.	Easements, rights-of-way, servitudes, permits, surface leases and other rights in respect of surface operations or any restrictions on access thereto that do not
materially interfere with the oil and gas operations to be conducted on the Leases; 

  

	 	g.	Conventional rights of reassignment prior to release or surrender requiring notice to the holders of the rights; 

 

	 	h.	All rights reserved to or vested in any governmental, statutory or public authority to control or regulate any of the Leases or the Land in any manner, and all
applicable laws, rules and orders of governmental authority; 

	 	i.	Mortgages, deeds of trust, security agreements and financing statements burdening the lessor’s interest covered by any of the Leases, whether or not such have been
subordinated to the interests of the lessee; 

  

	 	j.	The lack of any formal probate in the chain of title to a lessor’s interest covered by any of the Leases; 

 

	 	k.	The lack of a recorded release of any prior expired oil and gas lease covering any portion of the Lands; 

 

	 	l.	Any question as to the legitimacy of a survey or the lack of a survey; 

  

	 	m.	All Claims, charges, burdens, contracts, agreements, instruments, obligations, defects and irregularities affecting the Leases which do not have a material adverse
effect on the use, operation or ownership of the Leases to the end that a prudent person engaged in the oil and gas business with knowledge of all of the relevant facts and their legal bearing would be willing to accept the same.

 iv. From time to time as G3 has acquired the full execution and recording of Existing Leases and has confirmed
title to such Existing Leases, the parties shall close on the assignment of such Existing Leases. At such Closing, Participant shall pay the portion of the amounts set forth above represented by the Existing Leases that are subject to such Closing
and G3 will make the appropriate assignment to Participant of Participant’s interest in such Existing Leases. Along with the assignment, G3 shall furnish copies of the leases and all Lease Title Information at such closing. 

v. The first Closing shall occur on or about March 8, 2010 and shall cover approximately 10,000 net mineral acres of the Existing
Leases, and subsequent Closings shall occur at least once each month as designated by G3 and reasonably acceptable to Participant, provided that G3 shall convey, and Participant shall pay for all of the Existing Leases by no later than May 1,
2010. 
 B. Acquisition of Additional Leases. G3 shall use its best efforts to acquire Additional Leases promptly following the execution
of this Agreement, utilizing a sufficient number of full-time lease brokers, as may be available, to attempt to lease the Additional Leases by the end of calendar year 2010. By its execution hereof, Participant commits to participate, for
Participant’s Share, in the acquisition of all Additional Leases with respect to which the bonus payment is not greater $600 per net mineral acre, the royalty and lease burden is not greater than 20%, and the term is at least three years. Any
lease not meeting the foregoing minimum requirements shall be subject to Section II.C. below, and shall be considered an Additional Lease, if Participant elects to acquire its share of such lease and the maximum amount of expenditures for Additional
Leases has not been accrued. 

 From time to time following the acquisition of Additional Leases and confirmation of title to Participant,
which shall occur not later than 90 days following the acquisition of each such lease, G3 will assign Participant an undivided interest in and to the Additional Leases in an amount equal to Participant’s Share. At the time of such assignment,
Participant shall pay G3 for Participant’s Share in the Additional Leases an amount equal to the Lease Costs incurred by G3 in acquiring the Additional Leases, all multiplied by Participant’s Share. 

Leases to be acquired from third party lessees (not leases acquired by G3 directly from lessors) and state leases (“Third Party and State
Leases”) shall not be considered as “Additional Leases” regardless of whether or not the total amount of Additional Leases have been acquired. Third Party and State Leases will be subject to the AMI provisions below; provided, if
Participant agrees to acquire its proportionate share of Third Party and State Leases for the benefit of the joint account, G3 may cash call Participant for its proportionate share of leasehold 48 hours prior to closing. Participant agrees to wire
transfer funds to its account so the monies will be available at closing on said leasehold acquisitions. 
 C. Acquisition of AMI Leases.
The following provisions shall apply to the AMI: 
  

	 	1.	G3 to Acquire. Following completion of G3’s acquisition of the Additional Leases, as between the parties hereto, G3 shall have the exclusive right to lease
or otherwise acquire AMI Leases within the AMI so long as G3 continues the leasing program described in Section II B above. If G3 does not continue such program, or with respect to any AMI Lease that G3 elects not to lease or acquire, Participant
may acquire such AMI Lease, and such AMI Lease shall be subject to the AMI provisions of Sections 2 through 7 below as though Participant were G3 and G3 were Participant, provided that Participant shall be obligated to offer to G3 all interest
acquired by Participant less Participant’s Share of such interest. 

  

	 	2.	Notification Upon Acquiring Oil and Gas Rights. In the event G3 hereafter acquires any AMI Lease, it shall promptly notify Participant in writing of such
acquisition. Such notice shall include a full description of the AMI Lease so acquired, a copy of the instrument by which such rights were acquired by G3 together with, all documentation relevant thereto, meaning, by way of example but not of
limitation, copies of the leases, abstracts, title memos, assignments, subleases, farm outs or other contracts affecting the AMI Lease; and the Acquisition Cost as defined in Section 7.a. below, including an itemized statement thereof. In the
event that a well in search of oil or gas is being drilled either within the AMI or within a Township contiguous thereto, with respect to which well the result reasonably could be expected to materially affect the value of the offered AMI Lease,
hereinafter a “Material Well”, G3 shall, within two (2) days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) after the date G3 acquires the AMI Lease so offered, or within two (2) days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) of
G3 learning of the drilling of the Material Well, if later, also: 

  

	 	a.	furnish the Participant with the approximate location of the well then being drilled and the name of the Operator or drilling contractor drilling the well,

	 	b.	disclose in detail the reasons why the well can reasonably be expected to materially affect the value of the offered AMI Lease, and 

 

	 	c.	conspicuously and specifically advise the Participant that the Participant shall have no more than the period of 48 hours (exclusive of Saturday, Sunday and holiday),
within which to elect to acquire an interest in the offered AMI Lease. 

 The above information required when a
Material Well is being drilled shall be provided to the Participant in addition to the information and copies of instruments furnished in connection with the usual notices of acquisition of the AMI Lease. 

 

	 	3.	Option to Participate. Within thirty (30) days after receipt of the notice and information referred to in paragraph 2. or, when a Material Well is being
drilled and G3 has supplied the additional information and notice set forth in Subsections 2 a, b and c above, forty-eight (48) hours (exclusive of Saturday, Sunday or holidays) of the notice and information referred to in paragraph 2
(including Subsections a, b and c), the Participant may elect to acquire its proportionate interest in the AMI Lease (based on the Participant’s Share) so acquired by notifying G3 of such election. 

Promptly after the acceptance of the offered AMI Lease, G3 shall invoice the Participant for Participant’s Share of the Acquisition
Costs. Participant shall promptly reimburse G3 for Participant’s share of the Acquisition Costs, as reflected by the invoice. Upon receipt of such reimbursement, (which may be required by Participant to occur at a closing where G3 shall
simultaneously convey title to Participant) G3 shall execute and deliver an appropriate assignment to the Participant. If G3 does not receive the amount due from Participant within thirty (30) days after the receipt by-Participant of the
invoice for its costs, G3 may give written notice to Participant that the failure of the G3 to receive the amount due within forty-eight (48) hours (exclusive of Saturday, Sunday or holidays) after receipt of such notice by Participant (which
may be required by Participant to occur at a closing where G3 shall simultaneously convey title to Participant) shall, at G3’s option, constitute a withdrawal by Participant of its former election to acquire the interest, and the Participant
shall no longer have the right to acquire an interest in the offered AMI Lease. If G3 does not elect to treat such nonpayment as a withdrawal of the election to participate in the acquisition, the Participant shall remain liable for payment. A delay
in payment by Participant shall not affect Participant’s election to acquire the interest unless G3 gives the notice described in the foregoing sentence. 

	 	4.	Failure to Respond. If G3 shall not have received actual notice of the election of Participant to acquire its proportionate interest within the thirty
(30) day, or 48 hour period when a Material Well is present, pursuant to Paragraph 3, as the case may be, such failure shall constitute an election by such Participant to not acquire its interest in the AMI Lease. 

 

	 	5.	Responsive Notices. Responsive notices required hereunder, including, but not limited to elections to participate in an acquisition, may be given by verbally by
phone or in person, or E-mail but to be effective must be followed by written notice delivered by mail, courier, personally, E-mail or by facsimile within 24 hours of the delivery of the verbal notice. 

 

	 	6.	Definition of Certain Terms. For the purpose of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings hereinafter set forth: 

 

	 	a.	“Acquisition Cost or Costs” shall include all Lease Costs and all other expenditures related to the acquisition of a AMI Lease which would be treated as a
direct cost under Section II of the Accounting Procedure attached to the Operating Agreement, including without limitation expenditures for contract brokers, abstracts, and outside attorneys and, in the case of options and contractual rights shall
include an assumption by the Participant of its Proportionate Share of all burdens imposed on G3 by the related contract, but shall not include any charges for G3’s own personnel or which would be treated as “indirect costs” under
Section III of said Accounting Procedure; 

  

	 	b.	G3 shall include any Affiliate of G3; 

  

	 	c.	“Affiliate” of a party shall mean (1) any person or legal entity directly or indirectly owning, controlling, or holding with the power to vote 10% or
more of the outstanding voting securities of such party; (2) any person or legal entity 10% or more of whose outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly owned, controlled, or held with the power to vote by such party; (3) any
person or legal entity directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with such party; (4) any officer, director or manager or other executive of a party or of any Affiliate as defined by the foregoing Subsections
(1), (2) or (3). Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to Participant, Affiliate shall not include any entity or person within or controlled by the family of funds and related entitles known as Natural Gas Partners, Irving, Texas.

 D. Warranty. Any assignment made by the G3 shall be made free and clear of any title defects,
encumbrances or burdens by, through or under G3 or its Affiliates but otherwise shall be made without warranty of title, either express or implied, even to the return of the purchase price, provided, however, that G3 shall assign to Participant its
Proportionate Share of any warranty held by G3, and Participant shall be entitled to its Proportionate Share of any refund or recovery by G3 for such failure of title. The assignment shall be made and accepted subject to, and the Participant shall
expressly assume its portion of all of the obligations of G3 under or with respect to an assigned AMI Lease, of which G3 gave notice to Participant prior to Participant’s election to acquire its share of the relevant AMI Lease. 

III. DRILLING AND DEVELOPMENT. 

A. Obligation Wells. G3 shall propose the drilling of three Qualifying Wells, on locations reasonably acceptable to Participant, and shall use its
reasonable efforts to enable the first such well to be spud on or before July 1, 2010 and the other two such wells to be drilled and completed in calendar year 2010 (the “Obligation Wells”). If G3 and Participant cannot agree on a
location reasonably acceptable to Participant, G3 shall have the final determination as to the location of such Obligation Well. Each of the Obligation Wells shall be drilled on a Spacing Unit of 640 acres unless otherwise agreed by the parties, or
unless otherwise required by governmental regulation or order. The procedure for proposing an Obligation Well shall be that set forth in Article VI.B., of the Operating Agreement; provided, however, Participant shall participate in the drilling,
completion and equipping of each of the three (3) Obligation Wells and, notwithstanding the Operating Agreement, shall have no right to elect not to participate (be “non-consenting”) in the drilling, completion and equipment of any of
the Obligation Wells. A well shall constitute an Obligation Well if it is drilled to and penetrates the Middle Bakken formation (specifically excluding the Three Forks formation as the objective formation) whether or not the drilling thereof is
discontinued and whether or not such well is completed. However, if drilling of an Obligation Well is terminated before completion of the drilling due to mechanical problems or impenetrable strata or other conditions in the hole which make further
drilling impracticable, under generally accepted oil field practices, and if G3 determines to drill a substitute well on such Spacing Unit, the substitute well shall be a substitute for the original Obligation Well within that Spacing Unit and shall
not constitute a new Obligation Well. 
 B. Subsequent Drilling and Development Operations. After drilling and completion of the
Obligation Wells, G3 shall conduct a drilling program of proposed Subsequent Wells in accordance with the Operating Agreement and the provisions of this Agreement, and shall use its reasonable efforts to drill and complete for production on a
relatively continuous drilling basis 12 Qualifying Wells drilled in each of calendar years 2011, 2012 and 2013; provided, the foregoing shall be subject to revisions based on economic conditions and factors in existence or reasonably anticipated at
that time. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Operating Agreement, during the term of this Agreement the following provisions shall apply, and G3 shall require any other participant acquiring leases from G3 to be subject to the same provisions:

 If a party elects not to participate in any Subsequent Well and such well is drilled pursuant to the terms in the JOA within specified time
frames, then notwithstanding anything in the Operating Agreement to the contrary, such non-participating party shall relinquish to the participating parties the following listed rights: 

1. All leasehold and other property rights to the wellbore of the Subsequent Well and production therefrom. 

 2. All leasehold rights in the lesser of: (i) the quarter section in which the
Subsequent Well is located and (ii) the Spacing Unit for the Subsequent Well described in paragraph numbered 3 below, from surface to the base of the deepest formation penetrated by the Subsequent Well. 

3. All leasehold rights in the initial Spacing Unit for the Subsequent Well limited to the formation that is completed and tested in such
well. 
 4. For horizontal wells all leasehold rights in the contiguous and cornering quarter sections surrounding the initial
Spacing Unit for the Subsequent Well, limited to the formation that is completed and tested in the Subsequent Well, excluding, however, from such relinquishment any such contiguous and cornering Spacing Unit for a well, drilled to and testing the
relevant formation, and in which the non-participating party owns a working interest at the time the participation election is made with respect to the proposed Subsequent Well. 

5. For vertical wells, all leasehold rights in the contiguous and cornering quarter quarter sections surrounding the initial Spacing Unit
for the Subsequent Well, limited to the formation that is completed and tested in the Subsequent Well, excluding, however, from such relinquishment any such contiguous and cornering Spacing Unit for a well, drilled to and testing the relevant
formation, and in which the non-participating party owns a working interest at the time the participation election is made with respect to the proposed Subsequent Well. 

6. Such relinquished leasehold rights will not be subject to the terms of the Operating Agreement following such relinquishment.

 C. G3 Overhead Fee. With respect to the first 25 net Qualifying Wells drilled hereunder in which Participant participates, Participant
shall pay G3 a fee equal to $100,000 per net Qualifying well drilled (“G3 Overhead Fee”), to be invoiced at the same time as the well costs are invoiced, but subject to immediate refund if the well is not drilled as a Qualifying Well
within the projected time frame. For purposes of this Section C, a well in which Participant owns a 45% working interest shall be one net well. The G3 Overhead Fee shall be proportionately reduced in any well in which Participant’s working
interest is less than 45% by a factor based on Participant’s 45% leasehold interest as the denominator and the Participant’s actual working interest in the well as the numerator, and such factor shall be the fraction of the well counted
towards the 25 net wells. Participant’s maximum cumulative G3 Overhead Fees shall not exceed $2,500,000. 

 D. G3 Reversionary Interest. With respect to the first 25 Qualifying Wells drilled hereunder in which
Participant participates, G3 shall be entitled to a reversionary interest as set forth below: 
 1. G3 hereby reserves unto
itself an option, exercisable as set forth below, to receive a reversionary backin working interest equal to 20% of Participant’s Share of the interests acquired from G3 in the Obligation Wells and in the first 22 Subsequent Wells in which
Participant participates, limited to the formation in which the relevant well was completed, and limited to the Spacing Unit for such well, as such Spacing Unit for such well may be reduced in any subsequent downspacing, and provided, further, that
in the event an additional well or wells are allowed to be drilled within the Spacing Unit, the reversionary interest shall be reduced so that the effect is the same as though the Spacing Unit was reduced in size. Upon “Payout”, as defined
below, of each well, G3 shall have the right, for a period of 90 days following the occurrence of Payout, but not the obligation, to elect to receive from Participant such reversionary interest. Such election shall be made by G3 delivering written
notice to Participant of such election within such 90 day period. If G3 does not elect to receive a reversionary interest in any one or more of the Obligation Wells or the first 22 Subsequent Wells within such time period, G3’s right to receive
such reversionary interest as to such Subsequent Well shall terminate with respect to such Subsequent Well and shall not be carried over to any other well. The backin reversionary interest shall be subject to a proportionate share of any royalty,
overriding royalty or other burden affecting the interest that was in effect upon its conveyance to Participant. Any overriding royalty or other burden created or reserved by G3 or its Affiliates that burdens Participant’s interest in a well
with respect to which G3 elects to receive a reversionary interest shall terminate, as to the formation covered by the reversionary interest only, upon the effective date of the conveyance of the reversionary interest to G3. 

2. “Payout” as used herein shall mean the recovery by Participant from the proceeds of the sale of production from the well
(less applicable taxes, landowner’s royalty, overriding royalty, including the overriding royalty granted herein, and other burdens, if any), of all costs incurred by Participant in drilling, testing, completing and equipping the wells through
the tanks, the costs of operating the well during the recovery period, plus an allocated share of costs associated with gas or oil gathering and transportation lines, processing equipment and all other field equipment beyond the tanks, G3 Overhead
Fee, Participant’s net leasehold acres allocated to the well multiplied by Participant’s actual incurred lease costs per net leasehold acre applicable thereto, seismic or other reasonable geological or geophysical costs, incurred to that
point by Participant and properly evidenced by invoice or by other documentation, allocated to the well based on the following formula: (i) the total of such G&G costs incurred by Participant at the time the election to participate in the
well is made by Participant, divided by Participant’s total pre-payout net acres owned in Project Area at such time, (ii) multiplied by the total pre payout net acres owned by Participant in the applicable spacing unit at such time.

 3. Upon recovery of such costs as provided above, G3 shall promptly notify Participant in
writing of Payout and, in the event G3 elects to receive an assignment of the backin interest in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 1 above, the assignment shall be effective at 7:00 A.M. on the first day of the month following
the month in which Payout occurred. G3 and Participant agree to execute such formal assignments or other instruments as may be reasonably necessary to evidence the terms of this provision. 

IV. OPERATIONS WITHIN PROJECT AREA 

A. Operating Agreement. All operations within the Project Area shall be conducted pursuant to the joint operating agreement attached hereto as
Exhibit “C” (“Operating Agreement”), reference to which is hereby made for all purposes, except as expressly modified by the terms hereof. G3 Operating, LLC shall be designated as Operator subject to the resignation and removal
provisions of the Operating Agreement. In the event there are other parties in the Spacing Unit for a well hereunder that are not a participant with G3 under this or a similar agreement, Participant agrees to support G3 Operating, LLC as the
designated operator subject to the resignation and removal provisions of the Operating Agreement. In the event of a conflict between this Agreement and the Operating Agreement, this Agreement shall control. 

B. Third Party Operating Agreements. To the extent that a well within the Project Area is operated by a third party (excluding Third Party
Participant), the parties shall be subject to the terms of any operating agreement negotiated with such third party operator. To the extent there are conflicts between Third Party Operating Agreements and this Agreement, this Agreement will prevail
between the parties hereto inclusive of the non-consent provision in Section III.B. 
 V. PROPORTIONATE REDUCTION

 A. Proportionate Reduction Clause: If an oil and gas lease or other Mineral Interest covers less than the entire mineral fee
estate, or if a party’s interest in the applicable lease or Mineral Interest is less than a 100% ownership interest, any interest conveyed or reserved pursuant to this Agreement is intended to be proportionately reduced to accord to
(i) the proportion of mineral interest covered by the relevant oil and gas lease or other Mineral Interest, and (ii) the proportion of ownership held by the conveying party, in the case of a conveyance, or the burdened party, in the case
of a reservation of interest. 

 VI SEISMIC PROPOSALS 

A. Seismic Proposals: During the term of the Operating Agreement either party may propose to jointly acquire or license seismic data covering any
portion of the AMI on an equal participating basis. In the event a party (“Rejecting Party”) elects not to participate in the proposed seismic program and the other party (“Proposing Party”) proceeds to acquire the proposed data,
the following shall apply: 
 1. 2D Seismic Program Proposals: A Rejecting Party with respect to a 2D seismic program
shall pay to the Proposing Party a $5,000 seismic fee for each well in which the Rejecting Party participates until the proposing party has recovered 75% of its actual total costs (licensing or acquisition, processing, tape copy, etc.) for the
proposed seismic acquisition. 
 2. 3D Seismic Program Proposals: A Rejecting Party with respect to a 3D seismic program
shall pay a $25,000 seismic fee for each well in which the Rejecting Party participates until the proposing party has recovered 75% of its actual costs (licensing or acquisition, processing, tape copy, etc.). 

3. Upon the Rejecting Party paying any amounts under 1., or 2., above, and to the degree that it is allowed under the license agreement
for licensed data, Rejecting Party shall be entitled access to the seismic data, and the right to review and interpret such seismic data in the office of the Proposing Party, and the right to review Participant’s interpretation, all limited to
the proposed Spacing Unit and lands within one mile of the Spacing Unit. 
 B. Seismic Parameters: Proposing Party shall review with
Non-Proposing Party the data acquisition, processing parameters, processing companies and other pertinent factors relating to the quality of the processed data, so that Non-Proposing Party can determine whether or not it will participate in the
seismic proposal. In the event the parties do agree to the said parameters, the proposing party shall be responsible for the seismic proposal on behalf of the joint account. In the event the parties do not agree on said parameters, then the
Non-Proposing party can join the Proposing Party in said data acquisition or licensing, and choose to process it or reprocess it, whichever is the applicable, for its own account. The resulting data products will be shared between Parties,
consistent with section A above. 
 VII. CONFIDENTIALITY 

A. Confidentiality. The parties acknowledge that the Project Area information that is the subject matter of this Agreement (including but not
limited to all well information acquired by operations conducted under the Operating Agreement) is sensitive and confidential proprietary information belonging to the parties. Each party, for itself and its Affiliates, agrees not to release or
disclose or otherwise make the information available to or to furnish any of said information to any third party without (i) obtaining the agreement of the third party to maintain such information confidential and to not use such information
other than in connection with investing in or participating with or purchasing interests from the disclosing party, or (ii) first obtaining the 

 
express written consent of the other party. Any such release or disclosure if approved shall be conditioned upon the third party expressly agreeing to all terms herein and becoming a party to and
subject to this Confidentiality Agreement. This restriction on use and disclosure of this information shall remain in effect for a term of 2 years following the Effective Date. Nothing contained above shall restrict or impair any party’s right
to use or disclose any of the information which is: (1) at the time of disclosure available to the public through no act or omission of that party; (2) can be shown was lawfully in that party’s possession prior to the time of this
Confidentiality Agreement; or (3) is independently made available to that party by a third party who is independently entitled to disclose such information and that party shows that the right of such third party to disclosure existed prior to
the date of this Agreement. 
 B. Public Disclosure. Subject to the exceptions set forth below, and unless otherwise agreed upon by the
parties, prior to substantial leasing completion in the AMI as contemplated by this Agreement, the parties intend to keep material information concerning the entering into of this Agreement and the location of the Project Area confidential to the
extent any disclosure thereof could impair the leasing activities of the parties. Notwithstanding such intent, either party may make any public disclosure to the extent that, upon advice of such party’s counsel, such disclosure is advisable to
comply with United States or state securities laws, rules or regulations. Any proposed press release or other disclosure, shall be provided to the other party in advance on a confidential basis for its information and comment. 

VIII. TAX ELECTION 
 This
Agreement is not intended to create, and shall not be construed to create, a relationship of partnership or an association for profit between or among the parties hereto except as provided herein. Each Party hereby affected elects to be excluded
from the application of all the provisions of Subchapter “K”, Chapter 1, Subtitle “A”, of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and all amendments thereto. 

IX. PAYMENT OF DELAY RENTALS AND LEASE EXTENSIONS 

Operator shall be responsible for making any payment of delay rentals, shut in royalties and minimum royalty payments on Mineral Interests in the
Contract Area. Participant shall bear and pay its Participant’s Share of such payments. Participant shall be billed and shall pay for said costs in the manner set forth for the billing and paying of direct costs in the COPAS accounting
procedures attached to the form of Operating Agreement. Operator shall not be liable to Participant for any loss resulting from a good faith effort to properly do so. 

Extensions of Leases shall be governed by the following: G3 shall be responsible to inform Participant of the G3’s election to extend or not to
extend the primary term no later than 45 days prior to the expiration of the Lease’s original primary term or prior to the date in which such election must be made, whichever is earlier. Participant shall inform G3 of its election to extend or
not to extend no later than 15 days after being so notified. G3 Party shall accordingly extend the primary term of any Lease which one or both of the Parties desire to extend. Notwithstanding 

 
the foregoing covenant, neither Party shall incur liability to the other Party for failure to give the required notice unless such failure results from gross negligence or willful misconduct. G3
Party shall subsequently invoice Participant based on the Participant’s election decision as well as the election decision of G3. Participant shall reimburse the G3 within thirty (30) days of receipt of invoice. 

X. NO JOINT LIABILITY 

The rights, duties, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto shall be several and not joint or collective. Each party hereto shall be
responsible only for its obligations as herein set out and shall be liable only for its share of the cost and expense as herein provided; it being the express purpose and intention of the parties that their interest in this Agreement and the rights
and property acquired in connection herewith shall be held by them as tenants in common. Except for the tax election which the parties may have made, it is not the purpose or intention of this Agreement to create any mining partnership, commercial
partnership or other partnership. 
 XI. ASSIGNMENTS OF LEASES 

Any assignment of any interest pursuant to this Agreement by and between the parties hereto shall be made with a special warranty of title by through and
under the assignor, but not otherwise and on the form attached hereto as Exhibit “D” which shall be for recording in the official records of the county in which the Mineral Interest lies. Where applicable, separate assignments of operating
rights shall likewise be made on such State and Federal forms as required by rule or regulation. Any assignment hereafter executed shall specifically refer to, and be made subject to, the terms and conditions hereof. The Retained Override (as
defined in Exhibit “D”) shall only apply to the Existing Leases. 
 XII. FORCE MAJEURE 

Should any party be prevented or hindered from complying with any obligation created hereunder, other than the obligation to pay money, by reason of
fire, flood, storm, act of God, governmental authority, governmental action or inaction, failure or delay in obtaining any necessary permits, labor disputes, war, the inability to secure qualified labor, geoscience data, title abstracts, curative
title work, lease brokers, entry onto the land, drilling equipment and drilling rig(s) at prevailing market rates, drilling tools, materials or transportation, or any other cause not enumerated herein but which is beyond the normal control of the
party whose performance is affected, then the performance of any such obligation shall be suspended during the period of such prevention or hindrance, provided the affected party promptly notifies the other party of such force majeure circumstances
and exercises all reasonable diligence to remove the cause of force majeure. 

 XIII. TERM OF AGREEMENT 

This Agreement shall be binding upon both parties upon execution hereof and shall be effective as of the Effective Date and shall remain in full force
and effect for a period of sixty (60) months from the date of this Agreement, provided that (i) the Operating Agreement shall continue in accordance with its terms, (ii) any obligation that accrues prior to the end of such term shall
continue until satisfied, and (iii) the provisions of Section III D and Article XV shall not terminate. 
 XIV. EXHIBITS

 The following exhibits are attached to this Agreement: 

Exhibit “A” – Plat of Project Area and AMI 

Exhibit “B” – Existing Leases 

Exhibit “C” – Form of Joint Operating Agreement 

Exhibit “D” – Form of Assignment 

If the terms of any of these Exhibits conflict with the terms of this Agreement, this Agreement shall control. 

XV. MISCELLANEOUS 
 A.
Assignment: Participant may assign its interest under this Agreement provided that Participant remains liable for or guarantees the performance of its assignee and provided Participant gives G3 appropriate documentation evidencing such
assignment. 
 B. Governing Law: This Agreement and other instruments executed in accordance with it, except for assignments of lands, or
the execution hereof shall be governed by and interpreted according to the laws of the State of Colorado. Forum and venue shall be exclusively in Denver, Colorado. As to assignments of lands, they shall be governed by the laws of the State wherein
they lie. 
 C. Entire Agreement: This Agreement, the documents to be executed hereunder, and the Exhibits attached hereto constitute the
entire agreement between the parties, supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions, whether oral or written, of the parties, and there are no warranties, representations or other agreements between the parties except
as specifically set forth herein. No supplement, amendment, alteration, modification, waiver or termination of the Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by the parties hereto. 

D. Waiver: No waiver of any of the provisions of the Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions hereof
(whether or not similar), nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver unless otherwise expressly provided. 
 E. Captions;
Definition of “Including”: The captions in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be considered a part of or affect the construction or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement. The term “including” or
“includes”, as used herein, shall mean “including, without limitation,” and “includes, without limitation”. 

 F. Binding: This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and
their respective permitted successors, assigns and legal representatives. 
 G. Notices: Except as provided in Section II C 5, any notice
hereunder shall be given in writing by mail, courier, personally, E-mail or by facsimile and shall be effective when delivered to the party intended to be notified. The contact information for each party is as follows: 

 

					
	If to G3:	  	G3 Energy LLC
		  	475
17th Street, Suite 1210
		  	Denver, CO 80202
		  	Attention:	  	JK Glenn
		  	Telephone:	  	303.297.2028
		  	Fax:	  	303.297.2196
		  	E-Mail:	  	jk@g3operating.com
		
	If to Participant:	  	Resolute Northern Rockies, LLC
		  	1675 Broadway, Suite 1950
		  	Denver, CO 80202
		  	Attention:	  	Bill Alleman
		  	Telephone:	  	303.534.4600
		  	Fax:	  	303.623.3628
		  	Email:	  	Balleman@rnrc.net

 Any party may change
their foregoing contact information by notice to the other party. 
 H. Expenses: Except as otherwise provided herein, each party shall
be solely responsible for all expenses incurred by it in connection with this transaction (including fees and expenses of its own counsel and accountants). 

I. Execution: This Agreement may be executed in multiple original counterparts, all of which shall together constitute a single agreement and each
of which, when executed, shall be binding for all purposes thereof on the executed party, its successors and assigns. Contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement the Operating Agreement shall be executed by G3 Energy, LLC, G3 Operating,
LLC, Resolute Northern Rockies, LLC, and Intervention Energy, LLC. 
 J. Severability: If any term or other provision of this Agreement
is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of law, 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 materially adverse manner to either party. 

 K. Survival: The covenants, conditions and other provisions of this Agreement shall endure for the
term hereof in accordance with Article XIII and, as to the rights and obligations of the parties in Section III D, shall run with the land. The covenants, conditions and other provisions of this Agreement shall not be extinguished by the doctrine of
merger by deed or any similar doctrine and no waiver, release, or forbearance of the application of the provisions of this Agreement in any given circumstances shall operate as a waiver, release or forbearance of the provisions hereof as to any
other circumstance. 
 L. Arbitration: Any dispute arising under this Agreement (“Arbitrable Dispute”) shall be referred to and
resolved by binding arbitration in Denver, Colorado, to be administered by and in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. Arbitration shall be initiated within the applicable time limits set forth in
this Agreement and not thereafter or if no time limit is given, within the time period allowed by the applicable statute of limitations, by one party (“Claimant”) giving written notice to the other party (“Respondent”) and to the
Denver Regional Office of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”), that the Claimant elects to refer the Arbitrable Dispute to arbitration. All arbitrators must be neutral parties who have never been officers, directors or employees
of the parties or any of their Affiliates, must have not less than ten (10) years experience in the oil and gas industry, and must have a formal financial/accounting, engineering or legal education. The hearing shall be commenced within thirty
(30) days after the selection of the arbitrator. The parties and the arbitrators shall proceed diligently and in good faith in order that the arbitral award shall be made as promptly as possible. The interpretation, construction and effect of
this Agreement shall be governed by the Laws of Colorado, and to the maximum extent allowed by law, in all arbitration proceedings the Laws of Colorado shall be applied, without regard to any conflicts of laws principles. All statutes of limitation
and of repose that would otherwise be applicable shall apply to any arbitration proceeding. The tribunal shall not have the authority to grant or award indirect or consequential damages, punitive damages or exemplary damages. 

M. Further Assurances: During the time in which this Agreement is in effect, the parties shall, at any time and from time to time, and without
further consideration, execute and deliver or use reasonable efforts to cause to be executed and delivered such other instruments of conveyance and contract, and to take such other actions as either party may reasonably may request effect the intent
of this Agreement. 
 N. Not to be Construed Against Drafter: The parties acknowledge that they have had an adequate opportunity to
review each and every provision contained in this Agreement, that they have participated equally in the drafting hereof and that they have had adequate time to submit same to legal counsel for review and comment. Based on said review and
consultation, the parties agree with each and every term contained in this Agreement. Based on the foregoing, the parties agree that the rule of construction that a contract be construed against the drafter, if any, shall not be applied in the
interpretation and construction of this Agreement. 

 O. Laws and Regulations: Any reference to any federal, state, local, or foreign statute or law will
be deemed also to refer to all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, unless the context otherwise requires. 
 P. Third-Party
Beneficiaries: This Agreement is not intended to confer any rights or remedies upon any Person other than the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. 

Q. Investment Representations: Participant each understands (1) that the interests evidenced by this Agreement have not been registered under
the Securities Act of 1933, the Colorado Securities Act or any other state securities laws (the “Securities Acts”) because G3 is issuing these interests in reliance upon the exemptions from the registrations requirements of the Securities
Acts providing for issuance of Securities not involving a public offering, (2) that G3 has relied upon the fact that the interests are to be held by each for investment, and (3) that exemption from registrations under the Securities Acts
would not be available if the interests were acquired by Participant with a view to distribution. 
 Accordingly, Participant hereby confirms to
G3 that such it is acquiring the interests for its own account, for investment and not with a view to the resale or distribution thereof. Participant agrees not to transfer, sell or offer for sale any or any portion of the interests unless there is
an effective registration or other qualification relating thereto under the Securities Act of 1933 and under any applicable state securities laws or unless the holder of interests delivers to the G3 an opinion of counsel, satisfactory to the G3,
that such registration or other qualification under such Act and applicable state securities laws is not required in connection with such transfer, offer or sale. Participant understands that the G3 is under no obligation to register the interests
or to assist them in complying with any exemption from registration under the Acts if either should at a later date, wish to dispose of the interest. Furthermore, Participant realizes that the interests are unlikely to qualify for disposition under
Rule 144 of the Securities and Exchange Commission unless they are not an “affiliate” of G3 and the interest has been beneficially owned and fully paid for by either for at least three years. 

Prior to acquiring the interests, Participant has made an investigation of the G3 and its business and has had made available to it all information with
respect thereto which it needed to make an informed decision to acquire the interest. Participant considers itself to be an entity possessing experience and sophistication as an investor which are adequate for the evaluation of the merits and risks
of its investment in the interest. 
 R. Related Party Transactions. If G3 or Operator engages or enters into any transaction
with an Affiliate or other party related by ownership, control or family to G3, Operator or any of their executives with respect to a matter for which Participant may bear any portion of the economic cost under this Agreement, such engagement
or transaction and the economic particulars of the relationship shall be fully disclosed to Participant, and such engagement shall be on terms no less favorable than are available in the market in an arms length engagement
or transaction. G3 shall provide documentation reasonably requested by Participant to evidence compliance with this provision. 

 S. Guarantors. GeoResources, Inc. and Resolute Energy Corporation hereby agree with each other and
the other Parties to this Agreement to guarantee and to cause to be performed all of the obligations of their respective subsidiary, and further to promptly perform on behalf of such respective subsidiary any obligation hereunder that the subsidiary
fails to perform. 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement is executed effective as of the date hereinabove provided. 

Parties: 
  

									
	G3 Energy, LLC	 		 	Resolute Northern Rockies, LLC
					
	By:	 	 /s/ J.K. Glenn
	 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Bill Alleman

	Name:	 	J.K. Glenn	 		 	Name:	 	Bill Alleman
	Title:	 	Vice President, Land	 		 	Title:	 	Land Manager
				
	Guarantors:	 		 		 	
				
	G3 and RNR	 		 		 	
			
	GeoResources, Inc.	 		 	Resolute Energy Corporation
					
	By:	 	 /s/ Collis P. Chandler, III
	 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Janet W. Pasque

	Name:	 	Collis P. Chandler, III	 		 	Name:	 	Janet W. Pasque
	Title:	 	Executive V.P.	 		 	Title:	 	Sr. Vice President

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