Document:

Exhibit
      10.2

    GENERAL
      RELEASE AGREEMENT

    

    This
      GENERAL
      RELEASE AGREEMENT
      (this
“Agreement”),
      dated
      as of August 15, 2008, is entered into by and among La Cortez Energy, Inc.
      (formerly known as La Cortez Enterprises, Inc.), a Nevada corporation
      (“Seller”), De La Luz Gourmet Chocolates, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Split-Off
      Subsidiary”), and Maria de la Luz (“Buyer”). In consideration of the mutual
      benefits to be derived from this Agreement, the covenants and agreements set
      forth herein, and other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
      of
      which are hereby acknowledged by the execution and delivery hereof, the parties
      hereto hereby agree as follows:

     

    1. Split-Off
      Agreement.
      This
      Agreement is executed and delivered by Split-Off Subsidiary pursuant to the
      requirements of Section 8.3 of that certain Split-Off Agreement (the “Split-Off
      Agreement”) by and among Seller, Split-Off Subsidiary and Buyer as a condition
      precedent to the closing (the “Closing”) of the Split-Off
      Agreement.

     

    2. Release
      and Waiver by Split-Off Subsidiary.
      For
      and
      in consideration of the covenants and promises contained herein and in the
      Split-Off Agreement, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
      acknowledged, Split-Off Subsidiary, on behalf of itself and its assigns,
      representatives and agents, if any, hereby covenants not to sue and fully,
      finally and forever completely releases Seller, along with its present and
      former officers, directors, stockholders, members, employees, agents, attorneys
      and representatives (collectively, the “Seller Released Parties”), of and from
      any and all claims, actions, obligations, liabilities, demands and/or causes
      of
      action, of whatever kind or character, whether now known or unknown, which
      Split-Off Subsidiary has or might claim to have against the Seller Released
      Parties for any and all injuries, harm, damages (actual and punitive), costs,
      losses, expenses, attorneys’ fees and/or liability or other detriment, if any,
      whenever incurred or suffered by Split-Off Subsidiary arising from, relating
      to,
      or in any way connected with, any fact, event, transaction, action or omission
      that occurred or failed to occur on or prior to the date of the Closing, related
      to the Legacy Business. 

     

    3. Release
      and Waiver by Buyer.
      For
      and
      in consideration of the covenants and promises contained herein and in the
      Split-Off Agreement, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
      acknowledged, Buyer hereby covenants not to sue and fully, finally and forever
      completely releases the Seller Released Parties of and from any and all claims,
      actions, obligations, liabilities, demands and/or causes of action, of whatever
      kind or character, whether now known or unknown (including, but not limited
      to,
      with respect to certain advances made to the Seller by the Buyer listed in
      that
      certain letter of forgiveness from the Buyer to the Seller dated June 30, 2008)
      which Buyer has or might claim to have against the Seller Released Parties
      for
      any and all injuries, harm, damages (actual and punitive), costs, losses,
      expenses, attorneys’ fees and/or liability or other detriment, if any, whenever
      incurred or suffered by Buyer arising from, relating to, or in any way connected
      with, any fact, event, transaction, action or omission that occurred or failed
      to occur on or prior to the date of the Closing, related to the Legacy
      Business.

     

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

     

    4. Additional
      Covenants and Agreements.

     

    (a)  Each
      of
      Split-Off Subsidiary and Buyer, on the one hand, and Seller, on the other hand,
      waives and releases the other from any claims that this Agreement was procured
      by fraud or signed under duress or coercion so as to make this Agreement not
      binding. 

     

    (b)  Each
      of
      the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that the releases set forth herein
      do
      not include any claims the other party hereto may have against such party for
      such party’s failure to comply with or breach of any provision in this Agreement
      or the Split-Off Agreement.

     

    (c)  Notwithstanding
      anything contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement shall not release
      or
      waive, or in any manner affect or void, any party’s rights and obligations under
      the Split-Off Agreement.

     

    5. Modification.
      This
      Agreement cannot be modified orally and can only be modified through a written
      document signed by both parties. 

     

    6. Severability.
      If
      any
      provision contained in this Agreement is determined to be void, illegal or
      unenforceable, in whole or in part, then the other provisions contained herein
      shall remain in full force and effect as if the provision that was determined
      to
      be void, illegal or unenforceable had not been contained herein.

     

    7. Expenses.
      The
      parties hereto agree that each party shall pay its respective costs, including
      attorneys’ fees, if any, associated with this Agreement. 

     

    8. Governing
      Law.
      This
      Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
      the
      State of New York, without giving effect to principles of conflicts or choice
      of
      laws thereof.

     

    9. Entire
      Agreement.
      This
      Agreement constitutes the entire understanding and agreement of Seller,
      Split-Off Subsidiary and Buyer and supersedes prior understandings and
      agreements, if any, among or between Seller, Split-Off Subsidiary and Buyer
      with
      respect to the subject matter of this Agreement, other than as specifically
      referenced herein. This Agreement does not, however, operate to supersede or
      extinguish any confidentiality, non-solicitation, non-disclosure or
      non-competition obligations owed by Split-Off Subsidiary to Seller under any
      prior agreement.

     

    

     

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      Page Follows]

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    IN
      WITNESS WHEREOF,
      the
      undersigned have executed this General Release Agreement as of the day and
      year
      first above written.

     

    
      	 	
              LA
                CORTEZ ENERGY, INC.

            
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	
              By:

            	
              /s/
                Andres Gutierrez

            
	 	
              Name:

            	
              Andres
                Gutierrez

            
	 	
              Title:

            	
              President

            
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	
              DE
                LA LUZ GOURMET CHOCOLATES, INC.

            
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	
              By:

            	
              /s/Andres
                Gutierrez

            
	 	
              Name:

            	
              Andres
                Gutierrez

            
	 	
              Title:

            	
              President

            
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	
              BUYER:

            
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	
              /s/
                Maria de la Luz

            
	 	
              Maria
                de la Luz

            

    

    

     

    
      
         

      

      
        3SPECIMEN
      WARRANT CERTIFICATE

    

    
      	
              NUMBER

              W-

            	
              WARRANTS
                

            
	
              [SYMBOL]

            	
               

            

    

    

    THIS
      WARRANT WILL BE VOID

    IF
      REDEEMED OR NOT

    EXERCISED
      PRIOR TO

    5:00 P.M.
      [NEW YORK CITY] TIME

    ON
      [_____________], 2012

    

    SKYSTAR
      BIO-PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY

    CUSIP
       

    WARRANT

    

    THIS
      CERTIFIES THAT, for value received [__________] is the registered holder of
      a
      Warrant or Warrants expiring [__________], 2012 or earlier upon redemption
      (the
      "Warrant") to purchase one-fourth (1⁄4) of fully paid and non-assessable share of
      Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Shares"), of Skystar
      Bio-Pharmaceutical Company, a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), for each
      Warrant evidenced by this Warrant Certificate. The Warrant entitles the holder
      thereof to purchase from the Company such number of Shares of the Company at
      the
      price of $[_____] per 1⁄4 share (the “Warrant Price”), upon surrender of this
      Warrant Certificate accompanied by the annexed duly executed exercise form
      and
      payment of the Warrant Price at the office or agency of [__________] (the
      "Warrant Agent") (such payment to be made by check made payable to the
      Warrant Agent), but only subject to the conditions set forth herein and in
      the
      Warrant Agreement between the Company and the Warrant Agent, and only if (i)
      at
      the time a holder seeks to exercise this Warrant, a registration statement
      is
      effective with respect to the Common Stock underlying the Warrants and (ii)
      the
      Common Stock has been registered or qualified or deemed to be exempt under
      the
      securities laws of the state of residence of the holder of the Warrants. In
      no
      event will the Company be required to net cash settle the warrant exercise.
      

    

    The
      Warrant Agreement provides that upon the occurrence of certain events, the
      Warrant Price and the number of Shares purchasable hereunder, set forth on
      the
      face hereof, may, subject to certain conditions, be adjusted.

    

    The
      Warrants are exercisable in even numbers, for whole Shares only, and no fraction
      of a Share will be issued upon any exercise of a Warrant. If the holder of
      a
      Warrant would be entitled to receive a fraction of a Share upon any exercise
      of
      a Warrant, the Company shall, upon such exercise, round up or down to the
      nearest whole number the number of Shares to be issued to such
      holder.

    

    Upon
      any
      exercise of the Warrant for less than the total number of full Shares provided
      for herein, there shall be issued to the registered holder hereof or his
      assignee a new Warrant Certificate covering the number of Shares for which
      the
      Warrant has not been exercised.

    

    Warrant
      Certificates, when surrendered at the office or agency of the Warrant Agent
      by
      the registered holder hereof in person or by attorney duly authorized in
      writing, may be exchanged in the manner and subject to the limitations provided
      in the Warrant Agreement, but without payment of any service charge, for another
      Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in
      the
      aggregate a like number of Warrants.

    

    Upon
      due
      presentment for registration of transfer of the Warrant Certificate at the
      office or agency of the Warrant Agent, a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant
      Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a like number of
      Warrants shall be issued to the transferee in exchange for this Warrant
      Certificate, subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement,
      without charge except for any applicable tax or other governmental
      charge.

    

    The
      Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the registered holder as the
      absolute owner of this Warrant Certificate (notwithstanding any notation of
      ownership or other writing hereon made by anyone), for the purpose of any
      exercise hereof, of any distribution to the registered holder and for all other
      purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by
      any
      notice to the contrary.

    

    This
      Warrant does not entitle the registered holder to any of the rights of a
      stockholder of the Company.

    

    Commencing
      on the date which is 180 days from the date of the prospectus, the Company
      reserves the right to redeem the Warrant, in whole but not in part, at any
      time
      prior to its exercise, with a notice of redemption in writing to the holders
      of
      record of the Warrant, giving 30 days' notice of such redemption at any
      time after the Warrant becomes exercisable if the last sale price of the Shares
      has been at least $[_____] per share on each of 20 consecutive trading days
      within any 30 trading day period ending on the third trading day prior to the
      30-day notice of such redemption is given. The redemption price of the Warrants
      is to be $0.01 per Warrant. Any Warrant either not exercised or tendered back
      to
      the Company by the end of the date specified in the notice of redemption shall
      be canceled on the books of the Company and have no further value except for
      the
      $0.01 redemption price.

     

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

     

    
      	
              By:

            	
              SKYSTAR
                BIO-PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY

            
	
               

            	
               

            
	
              By:

            	
                                       
                

            	
               

            	
               

            	
              By:

            	
                     
                       
                             
                

            	
               

            
	
              President
                

            	
               

            	
               

            	
              Secretary

            	
               

            

    

     

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

     

    SPECIMEN
      WARRANT CERTIFICATE

     

    EXERCISE
      FORM

    

    Skystar
      Bio-Pharmaceutical Company

    Rm.
      10601, Jiezuo Plaza, No.4, Fenghui Road South,

    Gaoxin
      District, Xian Province, P.R. China

    Date:
      __________, 20__

    

    The
      undersigned hereby elects irrevocably to exercise all of the within Warrants
      and
      to purchase shares of Common Stock of Skystar Bio-Pharmaceutical Company and
      hereby makes payment of $_______ (at the rate of $[____] per share of Common
      Stock) in payment of the Warrant Price pursuant thereto. Please issue the Common
      Stock as to which the within Warrants are exercised in accordance with the
      instructions given below.

     

    
      	 	
              Signature 
                

            	
                        
                 
                                     
                

            	
               

            
	
               

            	 	
              Signature
                Guaranteed

            	
               

            

    

     

    
      	
              INSTRUCTIONS
                FOR REGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

            
	
               

            
	
              Name
                

            	 	
               

            
	
               

            	
              (Print
                in Block Letters)

            	
               

            
	
              Address
                

            	
               

            	
               

            
	
               

            	
               

            
	
              Social
                Security or Tax Identification Number

            	
               

            

    

    

    NOTICE:
      THE SIGNATURE TO THIS FORM MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE
      FACE OF THE WITHIN WARRANT CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR WITHOUT ALTERATION
      OR
      ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATSOEVER, AND MUST BE GUARANTEED BY A BANK, OTHER
      THAN A SAVINGS BANK, OR BY A TRUST COMPANY OR BY A FIRM HAVING MEMBERSHIP ON
      A
      REGISTERED NATIONAL SECURITIES EXCHANGE.

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

    SPECIMEN
      WARRANT CERTIFICATE

     

    ASSIGNMENT

     

    To
      Be
      Executed by the Registered Holder in Order to Assign Warrants

    

    For
      Value
      Received, ______________ hereby sell, assign, and transfer unto 

     

    
      	
                          
                

            
	
              (PLEASE
                TYPE OR PRINT NAME AND ADDRESS)

            
	
               

            
	
                                   
                

            
	
              (SOCIAL
                SECURITY OR TAX IDENTIFICATION
                NUMBER)

            

    

     

    
      	
              and
                be delivered to 

            	
               

            
	
               

            	
               

            
	
              (PLEASE
                PRINT OR TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS)

            

    

    

    of
      the
      Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate, and hereby irrevocably
      constitute and appoint Attorney to transfer this Warrant Certificate on the
      books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the
      premises.

     

    
      	
              Dated:
                

            	
               

            	
                                         
                

            	
               

            
	
               

            	
               

            	
              (SIGNATURE)

            	
               

            

    

    

    THE
      SIGNATURE TO THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE SUBSCRIPTION FORM MUST CORRESPOND TO THE
      NAME
      WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THIS WARRANT CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT
      ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATSOEVER, AND MUST BE GUARANTEED
      BY A
      COMMERCIAL BANK OR TRUST COMPANY OR A MEMBER FIRM OF THE AMERICAN STOCK
      EXCHANGE, NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, PACIFIC STOCK EXCHANGE OR CHICAGO STOCK
      EXCHANGE.

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