Document:

THIS
SECURED PROMISSORY NOTE (this “Note”) HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED,
OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACT AND SUCH LAWS.

 

SECURED
PROMISSORY NOTE

 

	$2,000,000.00	December 30, 2016

 

FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, Royal Energy Resources, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Maker”), hereby
promises to pay to the order of Weston Energy LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Payee”), the
principal sum of TWO MILLION DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($2,000,000.00), on the terms set forth herein. The Maker shall also pay interest
at the Interest Rate (defined below) (a) from the date hereof until paid in full, on the unpaid principal balance hereof, and
(b) from the date due until paid in full, on the accrued interest hereon and all other amounts owing hereunder. “Interest
Rate” means a rate of eight percent (8.00%) per annum, based on a 365/366-day year and actual days elapsed; provided,
however, that if any amount on this Note is not paid when due, the Interest Rate shall increase by three percent (3.00%) per annum
(to a total of eleven percent (11.00%) per annum) until such amount is paid. Principal and accrued interest shall be due and payable
on January 15, 2017.

 

All
payments shall be made either, at the Payee’s option, (a) in lawful money of the United States of America or (b) by a Common
Equity Transfer, in each case at the principal office of the Payee, or at such other place as the holder hereof may from time
to time designate in writing to the Maker; provided, however, that if the AEI Investment has been made, the Maker may, at its
option, pay this Note in full pursuant to a Preferred Equity Transfer. All payments shall be credited first, to amounts
due hereunder other than principal and interest, second, to accrued interest hereon and then to principal hereof.
Any payment that is due on a day that is not a Business Day shall instead be due on the next-succeeding business day on which
banks are not so required or authorized to close.

 

The
Maker may prepay the outstanding principal balance of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, this Note, in whole or in part, at
any time and from time to time, without premium or penalty. Any such prepayment shall be made together with payment of interest
accrued on the amount of principal being prepaid through the date of such prepayment. If all or any portion of this Note is paid
or prepaid, then the amount so repaid may not be re-borrowed.

 

As
used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

“AEI”
means Armstrong Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

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“AEI
Investment” means the investment in Preferred Equity Units by the Payee or any of its Affiliates after the Closing Date
of at least $28,000,000 in the aggregate in connection with the AEI Transaction.

 

“AEI
Transaction” means a transactions or series or related transactions pursuant to which the Payee or any of its Affiliates
exchange shares of common stock of AEI for Common Units, all on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Payee in its sole discretion.

 

“Affiliate”
means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect
common control with such Person. A Person shall be deemed to control a second Person if such first Person possesses, directly
or indirectly, the power (i) to vote five percent (5%) or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election
of directors or managers of such second Person or (ii) to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such
second Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

“Bankruptcy
Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy,” as now or hereafter in effect, or
any successor thereto, as hereafter amended.

 

“Business
Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are
authorized or required by law to close.

 

“Closing
Date” means the date of this Note.

 

“Common
Equity Transfer” means the transfer by the Maker to the Payee or, at the Payee’s option, to an Affiliate of the
Payee, of a number of Common Units (rounded up to the nearest whole number) equal to (a) the outstanding principal amount of this
Note plus and all accrued interest divided by (b) the Discount Price.

 

“Common
Unit” has the meaning set forth in the Rhino Partnership Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date.

 

“Discount
Price” means, as of the date of demand for payment hereunder, an amount equal to the average VWAP for the Equity Interests
of Rhino for the period consisting of twenty (20) Trading Days preceding such date of demand multiplied by four-fifths (4/5th);
provided, however, that in no event shall such amount be equal to or less than zero dollars ($0.00).

 

“Equity
Interests” has the meaning provided in the Security Agreement.

 

“Indebtedness”
means: (a) all indebtedness of the Maker for the repayment of borrowed money, whether or not represented by bonds, debentures,
notes or similar instruments, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon; (b) all other indebtedness of the Maker evidenced
by bonds, debentures, notes, guarantees or similar instruments, including all accrued and unpaid interest thereon; and (c) all
obligations of the Maker as lessee or lessees under leases that have been recorded by the Maker as capital leases in accordance
with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. For the avoidance of doubt trade payables and accrued compensation and expenses,
in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business, shall not constitute Indebtedness.

 

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“Lien”
means any lien, security interest or other charge or encumbrance of any kind, or any other type of preferential arrangement including,
without limitation the lien or retained security title of a conditional vendor and any easement, right of way or other encumbrance
on title to real property.

 

“Loan
Documents” means, collectively, this Note, the Security Agreement, each Securities Account Control Agreement (as defined
in the Security Agreement) and each other agreement, document or instrument delivered in connection herewith or therewith.

 

“Person”
means any individual, partnership, joint venture, firm, corporation, limited liability company, association, central bank, trust
or other enterprise or any governmental or political subdivision or any agency, department or instrumentality thereof.

 

“Preferred
Equity Transfer” means the transfer by the Maker to the Payee or, at the Payee’s option, to an Affiliate of the
Payee, of a number of Preferred Equity Units (rounded up to the nearest whole number) equal to the outstanding principal amount
of this Note and all accrued and unpaid interest hereon, all at the Maker’s expense, in accordance with applicable laws
and pursuant to procedures satisfactory to the Payee in its sole discretion.

 

“Preferred
Equity Units” means a series of preferred equity interests to be authorized by Rhino after the Closing Date with terms
satisfactory to the Payee in its sole discretion.

 

“Rhino”
means Rhino Resource Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership.

 

“Rhino
Partnership Agreement” means the Third Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement of Limited Partnership of Rhino Resource
Partners LP.

 

“Security
Agreement” means the Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, made by the Maker in favor of the Payee
and accepted by the Payee.

 

“Short
Sales” means all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (but shall not be deemed to include the location and/or reservation of borrowable shares of Common Stock).

 

“Trading
Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which the Trading Market lists the price of, or conducts
trades of, the Equity Interests of Rhino.

 

“Trading
Market” means any one of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Units are listed or quoted for trading
on the date in question: the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, the American Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq National
Market.

 

“VWAP”
means, for any Trading Day, the price determined as follows: (a) if on such Trading Day the Common Units are then listed or quoted
on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Units for such Trading Day on the Trading Market on
which the Common Units are then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg Financial L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m.
Eastern Time to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time); and (b) if clause (a) does not apply on such Trading Day, the average of the high and
low price of the Common Units for such Trading Day as listed or quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board or OTC Markets, LLC.

 

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The
following are events of default under this Note (each, an “Event of Default”):

 

(i)
The Maker shall fail to make when due any payment of principal, interest or other amount under this Note.

 

(ii)
Any representation or warranty made by the Maker herein, in any other Loan Documents or in any other agreement, document,
instrument or certificate furnished by the Maker to Payee proves untrue as of the date hereof or omits any statement
necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not false or
misleading.

 

(iii)
(A) The Maker shall commence a voluntary case concerning itself under the Bankruptcy Code; (B) an involuntary case is
commenced against the Maker and the petition is not contested within fifteen (15) days, or is not dismissed or stayed within
sixty (60) days, after commencement of the case; (C) a custodian (as defined in the Bankruptcy Code) is appointed for, or
takes charge of, all or substantially all of the property of the Maker or the Maker commences any other proceedings under any
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation or similar law of
any jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in effect relating to the Maker or there is commenced against the Maker any such
proceeding which remains undismissed and unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days; (D) any order of relief or other order
approving any such case or proceeding is entered; (E) the Maker is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt; (F) the Maker suffers
any appointment of any custodian or the like for it or any substantial part of its property to continue undischarged and
unstayed for a period of thirty (30) days; (G) the Maker makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (H) the
Maker shall by any act or failure to act consent to, approve of or acquiesce in any of the foregoing; or (I) any corporate
action is taken by the Maker for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing.

 

(iv)
Any judgment, writ or warrant of attachment or of any similar post-judgment process in an amount in excess of Two Hundred
Fifty Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($250,000) shall be entered or filed against the Maker or against any of its properties or
assets and remain unsatisfied and unstayed for a period of thirty (30) days;

 

(v)
The Maker dissolves, liquidates or otherwise ceases to actively conduct business or takes corporate action authorizing any of
the foregoing.

 

(vi)
The Maker shall fail in any material respect to comply with any law, rule, regulation or order to which it or its assets are
subject if such failure to comply is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Maker to repay
this Note.

 

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(vii)
The Maker shall fail to comply with any covenant contained in the Security Agreement or in any other Loan
Document.

 

Within
five (5) business days of receiving knowledge of any condition, event or act that would, or with the giving of notice or lapse
of time would, constitute any Event of Default, the Maker shall give written notice thereof to the Payee.

 

Upon
the occurrence of any Event of Default, then, and in any such event, the Payee may, by notice to the Maker, declare this Note,
all interest hereon and all other amounts payable hereunder to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon this Note, all such interest
and all such amounts shall become and be forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or further notice of
any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Maker; provided that if any Event of Default under sub-paragraph
(iv) above occurs, this Note, all such interest and all such amounts shall automatically become and be due and payable, without
presentment, demand, protest or any notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Maker.

 

No
right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Payee is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy available
with respect hereto or to a default hereunder. Every such right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative
and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise.
No assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder shall prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other
right or remedy. No delay by the Payee in exercising or omission of the Payee to exercise any right or remedy accruing hereunder
shall constitute a waiver of any such right or remedy or acquiescence in any default. Every such right or remedy may be exercised
from time to time, as often as may be expedient, by the Payee.

 

No
failure on the part of the Payee to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder or under this Note shall operate
as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any other or further exercise thereof
or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by
law.

 

The
Maker represents and warrants to the Payee as follows:

 

(i)
The Maker is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite
power and authority to own or use its properties and assets and to carry on its business operations as now conducted and as
currently proposed to be conducted.

 

(ii)
The Maker has all power and authority to enter into this Note, and that this Note and the transactions contemplated herein
have been authorized by all action required under its certificate of incorporation, by-laws or otherwise under any agreement,
document or applicable law. Neither the execution and delivery by the Maker of this Note nor the consummation or performance
by the Maker of the transactions contemplated by this Note to be consummated or performed by it (i) results or will result in
any violation of the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Maker or other organizational or governing documents of
the Maker; or (ii) violates or conflicts with, or constitutes a breach of any of the terms or provisions of or a default
under, or results in the creation or imposition of any lien upon any property or asset of the Maker, the trigger of any
charge, payment or requirement of consent, or the acceleration or increase of the maturity of any payment date under: (A) any
contract or (B) any applicable law or order to which the Maker or any of their respective properties is subject.

 

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(iii)
Except as incurred hereunder, or as set forth in Schedule A hereto, the Maker has incurred no Indebtedness.

 

While
this Note remains outstanding, the Maker covenants to the Payee as follows:

 

		(i)	The
                                         Maker will apply the proceeds of this Note to the uses described on Schedule B
                                         and for no other purposes.
	 	 	 
		(ii)	Except
                                         for this Note, and except for loans from Affiliates and loans from third parties in the
                                         form of convertible notes, the Maker will not, directly or indirectly, create, incur,
                                         assume, guarantee, acquire, become liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to,
                                         or otherwise become responsible for payment of any Indebtedness or indebtedness of any
                                         other person or entity.
	 	 	 
		(iii)	The
                                         Maker will not, directly or indirectly, (i) declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution
                                         to Maker’s shareholders; (ii) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for
                                         value any of the Maker’s stock; or (iii) make any payment (whether for principal,
                                         premium, if any, or interest) on, purchase, defease, redeem, prepay, decrease or otherwise
                                         acquire or retire for value, prior to any scheduled final maturity, scheduled repayment
                                         or scheduled sinking fund payment, any Indebtedness of the Maker.
	 	 	 
		(iv)	The
                                         Maker will not, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, consolidate
                                         or merge with or into any entity, or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey, encumber
                                         or otherwise dispose of any of its assets other than inventory or obsolete or worn-out
                                         equipment sold in the ordinary course of the Maker’s business, to any person or
                                         entity.
	 	 	 
		(v)	The
                                         Maker shall not, after the date hereof, create or incur or, except for Liens in favor
                                         of the Payee and Liens arising with respect to taxes that are not yet due and payable,
                                         assume or suffer to exist, any Lien on or with respect to any of its properties of any
                                         character (real, personal or other) (including without limitation accounts) whether now
                                         owned or hereafter acquired, or sign or file or, except with respect to Liens existing
                                         in favor of the Payee, suffer to exist, under the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction,
                                         a financing statement that names the Maker as debtor, or sign or suffer to exist, or
                                         permit any of its subsidiaries to sign or suffer to exist, any security agreement authorizing
                                         any secured party thereunder to file such financing statement, other than the Payee,
                                         or assign any accounts or other right to receive income.

 

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The
Maker shall cause a Form 1099-INT to be issued to the Payee with respect to the interest paid under this Note during the tax year
ended December 31, 2016 on or before January 31, 2017 and by each January 31 for each December 31 thereafter.

 

The
Payee shall deliver a duly executed IRS Form W-9 to the Maker concurrently with the delivery by the Maker to Payee of this Note.

 

From
the date of this Note until January 15, 2017, the Payee shall not effect Short Sales of the Common Units.

 

This
Note shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York. The Maker: (i) agrees that any legal
suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Note will be instituted exclusively in state or Federal courts located
in New York County in the State of New York; (ii) waives any objection that it may have with respect to venue or forum non
conveniens in any such suit, action or proceeding; and (iii) irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of the state and Federal
courts located in New York County in the State of New York in any such suit, action or proceeding. Each of the parties hereto
further agrees to accept and acknowledge service of any and all process which may be served in any such suit, action or proceeding
and agree that service of process upon such party mailed by certified mail to such party’s address will be deemed in every
respect effective service of process upon such party in any such suit, action or proceeding. A final judgment in any such 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. Nothing in this Note shall affect any right that the Payee may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating
to this Note in the courts of any jurisdiction.

 

THE
PARTIES HERETO AGREE TO WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT
OF THIS NOTE.

 

The
Maker agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Payee and its partners, affiliates, employees and agents, from and against any
and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, costs, suits and expenses of any kind or nature
arising from breaches of the Maker’s representations and warranties set forth herein and arising from claims by parties
other than the Payee and its affiliates regarding the transaction contemplated herein or the actual or proposed execution, delivery,
enforcement and performance of the agreements referred to herein and any agreements executed in connection herewith or therewith.

 

The
Payee may sell, assign or otherwise transfer, or sell participations in, this Note, in whole or in part, upon written notice to
the Maker. On request by the Payee in connection with any such transfer, the Maker will, against the return of this Note, issue
a new Note or Notes to the respective persons entitled thereto, in substantially the form of this Note but in the name of such
persons.

 

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Time
is of the essence in the performance of the Maker’s obligations under this Note.

 

All
notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given if delivered by hand, mailed by registered
or certified mail (return receipt requested), sent by electronic mail or sent by Federal Express or other recognized overnight
courier to the parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice):

 

	 	If
    to the Maker:	Royal
    Energy Resources, Inc.
	 	 	56
    Broad Street, Suite 2
	 	 	Charleston,
    SC 29401
	 	 	Email:
    williamtuorto@royalenergy.us
	 	 	Attention:
    William L. Tuorto
	 	 	 
	 	 	with
    a copy to:
	 	 	 
	 	 	Davis
    Gillett Mottern & Sims, LLC 
	 	 	1230
    Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 2445
	 	 	Atlanta,
    Georgia 30309
	 	 	Email:
    bmottern@investmentlawgroup.com
	 	 	Attention:
    Robert J. Mottern
	 	 	 
	 	If
    to the Payee:	Weston
    Energy LLC
	 	 	c/o
    Yorktown Energy Partners XI, L.P.
	 	 	410
    Park Avenue, 19th Floor
	 	 	New
    York, New York 10022-4407
	 	 	Email:
    blawrence@oakcliffcapital.com
	 	 	Attention:
    Bryan R. Lawrence
	 	 	 
	 	 	with
    a copy to:
	 	 	 
	 	 	Thompson
    & Knight LLP
	 	 	One
    Arts Plaza
	 	 	1722
    Routh Street, Suite 1500
	 	 	Dallas,
    Texas 75201-2533
	 	 	Email:
    AnnMarie.Cowdrey@tklaw.com
	 	 	Attention:
    Ann Marie Cowdrey

 

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This
Note embodies the entire agreement of the Maker and the Payee with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior
agreements and understandings with respect to such subject matter.

 

The
Maker hereby agrees, subject only to any limitation imposed by applicable law, to pay all expenses, including all attorneys’
fees and out-of-pocket legal expenses, incurred by the Payee in endeavoring to collect any amounts payable hereunder that are
not paid when due, whether by declaration or otherwise. The Maker hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Payee from
any and all claims, actions, causes of action, demands, losses, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees and expenses), asserted against, resulting to, imposed upon, or incurred by the Payee, directly or indirectly,
by reason of or resulting from this Note other than any such claims arising as a result of the Payee’s gross negligence
or willful misconduct.

 

Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Note, in no event shall the interest payable hereon, whether before or after maturity,
exceed the maximum interest which, under applicable law, may be charged on this Note.

 

The
terms and conditions of this Note shall not be amended, changed, terminated or waived except by a writing duly executed by the
Payee and the Maker.

 

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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, by its duly authorized and acting officers below, has executed this Note as of the date first
set forth above.

 

	 	ROYAL
    ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/
    William L. Tuorto
	 	Name:	William
    L. Tuorto
	 	Title:	Chief
    Executive Officer

 

    	[Secured Promissory Note]

    	 

    

 

Schedule
A

Maker
Indebtedness

 

	 	1.	Convertible
    Notes to various investors in the original principal amount of $2,150,000.
	 	 	 
	 	2.	Demand
    note dated March 6, 2015 payable to E-Starts Money Co. in the original principal amount of $203,593. 
	 	 	 
	 	3.	Demand
    note dated June 11, 2015 payable to E-Starts Money Co. in the original principal amount of $200,000.
	 	 	 
	 	4.	Demand
    note dated September 22, 2016 payable to E-Starts Money Co. in the original principal amount of $50,000. 

 

    	 	 	 

    	 	 	 

    

 

Schedule
B

Use
of Proceeds

 

The
proceeds advanced under the Note on the date hereof will be used to make a payment due to Rhino under the Note, dated March 21,
2016, in the original principal amount of $7,000,000.

 

    	 	12EXECUTION
VERSION

 

THIS
PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of December 30, 2016 (as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from
time to time, this “Agreement”), is made by ROYAL ENERGY RESOURCES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”),
having an address at 56 Broad Street, Suite 2, Charleston, SC 29401, in favor of WESTON ENERGY LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (together with it successors and assigns, the “Secured Party”).

 

RECITALS:

 

(1)
This Agreement is made pursuant to the Secured Promissory Note, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, amended and
restated or otherwise modified from time to time, including any amendments giving effect to increases in the principal amount
thereof, the “Note”), in the principal amount of $2,000,000.00, made by the Borrower to the order of the Secured
Party.

 

(2)
It is a condition precedent to the making of loan contemplated by the Note that the Borrower shall have executed and delivered
to the Secured Party this Agreement.

 

NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the benefits accruing to the Borrower, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged,
the Borrower hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the Secured Party and hereby covenants and agrees with
the Secured Party as follows:

 

ARTICLE
I.

 

DEFINITIONS
AND TERMS

 

Section
1.01 Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the
meanings given to such terms in the Note. Unless otherwise defined herein, all terms used herein and defined in the UCC shall
have the same definitions herein as specified therein; provided, however, that if a term is defined in Article 9
of the UCC differently than in another Article of the UCC, the term shall have the meaning specified in Article 9 of the UCC.

 

Section
1.02 Additional Defined Terms. The following terms shall have the meanings herein specified unless the context otherwise
requires:

 

“Agreement”
has the meaning provided in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

 

“Borrower”
has the meaning provided in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

 

“Closing
Date” means the date of this Agreement.

 

“Collateral”
has the meaning provided in Section 2.01 hereof.

 

“Control”
means when used with respect to any security or security entitlement, the meaning specified in Section 8-106 of the UCC.

 

“Controlled
Securities Account” means a securities account that (i) is maintained in the name of the Borrower at an office of a
Securities Intermediary located in the United States of America and (ii) together with all financial assets credited thereto and
all related security entitlements, is subject to a Securities Account Control Agreement.

 

    	 	 	 

    	 	 	 

    

 

“Copyrights”
means any copyright to which the Borrower now or hereafter has title, as well as any application for a copyright hereafter made
by the Borrower.

 

“Deliver,”
“Delivered” and “Delivery” means the delivery of an uncertificated security as provided
in Section 8-301(b) of the UCC.

 

“Equity
Interests” means (i) all of the membership interests in Rhino GP at any time owned or held by the Borrower, and (ii)
all of the equity interests in Rhino at any time owned or held by the Borrower.

 

“Governing
Documents” means all agreements and instruments evidencing or relating to investments in or ownership, voting or disposition
of, any of the Collateral.

 

“Governmental
Authority” means the government of the United States of America or any other nation, or of any political subdivision
thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity
exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.

 

“Intellectual
Property” means: (i) all Trademarks, together with the registrations and right to all renewals thereof, and the good
will of the business of the Borrower symbolized by the Trademarks; (ii) all Patents; (iii) all Copyrights; (iv) all computer programs
and software applications and source codes of the Borrower and all intellectual property rights therein and all other Proprietary
Information of the Borrower, including, but not limited to, Trade Secrets; and (v) all Permits.

 

“Issuer”
means the issuer of any Collateral.

 

“Note”
has the meaning provided in the Recitals of this Agreement.

 

“Notice
of Exclusive Control” means a “Notice of Exclusive Control” as defined in any Securities Account Control
Agreement.

 

“Patents”
means any patent to which the Borrower now or hereafter has title, as well as any application for a patent now or hereafter made
by the Borrower.

 

“Permits”
means all licenses, permits, rights, orders, variances, franchises or authorizations of or from any Governmental Authority.

 

“Pledged
Equity Interests” means all of the Equity Interests now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower, and all of the
Borrower’s other rights, title and interests in, or in any way related to, each Issuer to which any of such Equity Interests
relate, including, without limitation: (i) all additional Equity Interests hereafter from time to time acquired by the Borrower
in any manner, together with all dividends, cash, instruments and other property hereafter from time to time received, receivable
or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such Equity Interests and in all profits, losses and other
distributions to which the Borrower shall at any time be entitled in respect of any such Equity Interest; (ii) all other payments
due or to become due to the Borrower in respect of any such Equity Interest, whether under any partnership agreement, limited
liability company agreement, other agreement or otherwise, whether as contractual obligations, damages, insurance proceeds or
otherwise; (iii) all of the Borrower’s claims, rights, powers, privileges, authority, puts, calls, options, security interests,
liens and remedies, if any, under any partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement, other agreement or at law or
otherwise in respect of any such Equity Interest; (iv) all present and future claims, if any, of the Borrower against any such
Issuer for moneys loaned or advanced, for services rendered or otherwise; (v) all of the Borrower’s rights under any partnership
agreement, limited liability company agreement, other agreement or at law to exercise and enforce every right, power, remedy,
authority, option and privilege of the Borrower relating to any such Equity Interest; (vi) all other property hereafter delivered
in substitution for or in addition to any of the foregoing; (vii) all certificates and instruments representing or evidencing
any of the foregoing; and (viii) all cash, securities, interest, distributions, dividends, rights and other property at any time
and from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all thereof.

 

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“Proceeds”
means (i) all proceeds; and (ii) without limitation of the foregoing and in all cases, including, but not be limited to, (A) whatever
is acquired upon the sale, lease, license, exchange, or other disposition of any Collateral, (B) whatever is collected on, or
distributed on account of, any Collateral, (C) rights arising out of any Collateral, (D) claims arising out of the loss or nonconformity
of, defects in, or damage to any Collateral, (E) claims and rights to any proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty
payable to the Borrower (or the Secured Party, as assignee, loss payee or an additional insured) with respect to any of the Collateral,
(G) claims and rights to payments (in any form whatsoever) made or due and payable to the Borrower from time to time in connection
with any requisition, confiscation, condemnation, seizure or forfeiture of all or any part of the Collateral by any Governmental
Authority (or any Person acting under color of Governmental Authority), (H) all cash, money, checks and negotiable instruments
received or held on behalf of the Secured Party pursuant to any lockbox or similar arrangement relating to the payment of Collateral,
and (I) any and all other amounts from time to time paid or payable under or in connection with any of the Collateral.

 

“Proprietary
Information” means all information and know-how worldwide, including, without limitation, technical data; manufacturing
data; research and development data; data relating to compositions, processes and formulations, manufacturing and production know-how
and experience; management know-how; training programs; manufacturing, engineering and other drawings; specifications; performance
criteria; operating instructions; maintenance manuals; technology; technical information; software; computer programs; engineering
and computer data and databases; design and engineering specifications; catalogs; promotional literature; financial, business
and marketing plans; and inventions and invention disclosures.

 

“Rhino”
means Rhino Resource Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership.

 

“Rhino
GP” means Rhino GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

“Rhino
Lien” means the Lien granted to Rhino on the Rhino Pledged Shares pursuant to the Rhino Pledge Agreement.

 

“Rhino
Pledge Agreement” means the Pledge Agreement, dated as of March 21, 2016, by and between the Borrower, as the borrower,
and Rhino, as the lender.

 

“Rhino
Pledged Shares” means 1,333,334 Common Units of Rhino.

 

“Secured
Obligations” means, collectively, the principal of and interest on the Note and all other indebtedness, obligations
and liabilities owing by the Borrower to the Secured Party under the Note and the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation,
indemnities, fees and other amounts payable thereunder), whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise, in
all cases whether now existing, or hereafter incurred or arising, including any such interest or other amounts incurred or arising
during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership or similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed
or allowable in such proceeding or subject to an automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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“Secured
Party” has the meaning provided in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

 

“Securities
Account Control Agreement” means, with respect to a securities account of the Borrower, a securities account control
agreement among the relevant Securities Intermediary, the Borrower and the Secured Party, in such form as is satisfactory to the
Secured Party in its sole disrection.

 

“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as the same may be in effect from time to time.

 

“Securities
Intermediary” means a clearing corporation or a Person, including, without limitation, a bank or broker, that in the
ordinary course of its business maintains securities accounts for others and is acting in that capacity.

 

“Trademarks”
means any trademarks and service marks now held or hereafter acquired by the Borrower, any unregistered marks used by the Borrower
and trade dress including logos and/or designs in connection with which any of these registered or unregistered marks are used.

 

“Trade
Secrets” means any secretly held existing engineering and other data, information, production procedures and other know-how
relating to the design, manufacture, assembly, installation, use, operation, marketing, sale and servicing of any products or
business of the Borrower worldwide whether written or not written.

 

“UCC”
means, unless the context indicates otherwise, the Uniform Commercial Code, as at any time adopted and in effect in the State
of New York, specifically including and taking into account all amendments, supplements, revisions and other modifications thereto.

 

Section
1.03 Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms
defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The
words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without
limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.”
Unless the context requires otherwise, (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein
shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented
or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any
reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein,”
“hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in
its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, and (d) unless otherwise specified, all references herein to Sections,
Schedules, Annexes and Exhibits shall be construed to refer to Sections of, and Schedules, Annexes and Exhibits to, this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE
II.

SECURITY INTEREST

 

Section
2.01 Grant of Security Interest. As security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due of all of the
Secured Obligations, the Borrower does hereby pledge, sell, assign and transfer unto the Secured Party, and does hereby grant
to the Secured Party, a continuing security interest in all of the right, title and interest of the Borrower in, to and under
all of the following of the Borrower, whether now existing or hereafter from time to time arising or acquired and wherever located
(collectively, the “Collateral”):

 

(i)
the Pledged Equity Interests;

 

(ii)
all securities accounts, together with all financial assets credited therein from time to time, and all security entitlements,
financial assets, monies, securities, cash and other property held therein or credited thereto, in each case to the extent constituting,
relating to or arising out of the Pledged Equity Interests;

 

(iii)
all investment property, in each case to the extent constituting Pledged Equity Interests;

 

(iv)
all general intangibles, in each case to the extent constituting, relating to or arising out of the Pledged Equity Interests;

 

(v)
all payment intangibles, in each case to the extent constituting, relating to or arising out of the Pledged Equity Interests;

 

(vi)
all supporting obligations, in each case to the extent constituting, relating to or arising out of the Pledged Equity Interests;

 

(vii)
all additions, modifications, alterations, improvements, upgrades, accessions, components, parts, appurtenances, substitutions
and/or replacements of, to or for any of the foregoing; and

 

(viii)
all Proceeds and products of any and all of the foregoing.

 

Section
2.02 No Assumption of Liability. The security interest hereunder is granted as security only and shall not subject the
Secured Party to, or in any way alter or modify, any obligation or liability of the Borrower with respect to or arising out of
any of the Collateral.

 

Section
2.03 Power of Attorney. The Borrower hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Secured Party its true and lawful
agent and attorney-in-fact, and in such capacity the Secured Party shall have, without any further action required by or on behalf
of the Borrower, the right, with full power of substitution, in the name of the Borrower or otherwise, for the use and benefit
of the Secured Party after the occurrence of and during the continuance of an Event of Default: (i) to receive, endorse, present,
assign, deliver and/or otherwise deal with any and all notes, acceptances, letters of credit, checks, drafts, money orders, or
other evidences of payment relating to the Collateral or any part thereof; (ii) to demand, collect, receive payment of, and give
receipt for and give credits, allowances, discounts, discharges, releases and acquittances of and for any or all of the Collateral;
(iii) to commence and prosecute any and all suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in or before any court or other
tribunal (including any arbitration proceedings) to collect or otherwise realize on all or any of the Collateral, or to enforce
any rights of the Borrower in respect of any of its Collateral; (iv) to settle, compromise, compound, adjust or defend any actions,
suits or proceedings relating to any or all of the Collateral; and (v) to use, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, make any agreement
with respect to or otherwise deal with any or all of the Collateral, and to do all other acts and things necessary or appropriate
to carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement, as fully and completely as though the Secured Party were the absolute
owner of the Collateral for all purposes.

 

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ARTICLE
III.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

The
Borrower represents and warrants to the Secured Party, which representations and warranties shall survive the execution and delivery
of this Agreement until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 8.08, as follows:

 

Section
3.01 Title and Authority. The Borrower has (i) good, valid and unassailable title to all tangible items owned by it and
constituting any portion of the Collateral with respect to which it has purported to grant the security interest, and good, valid
and unassailable rights in all other Collateral with respect to which it has purported to grant the security interest, and (ii)
full power and authority to grant to the Secured Party the security interest in such Collateral pursuant hereto and to execute,
deliver and perform its obligations in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without the consent or approval of any other
Person other than any consent or approval that has been obtained.

 

Section
3.02 Absence of Other Liens.

 

(a)
There is no financing statement (or similar statement or instrument of registration under the law of any jurisdiction) covering
or purporting to cover any interest of any kind of the Borrower in the Collateral, except for any filings or recordings made by
the Secured Party.

 

(b)
The Borrower is, and as to any Collateral acquired by it from time to time after the date hereof the Borrower will be, the owner
of all of the Collateral, free and clear of any Lien (other than the Lien granted to the Secured Party and the Rhino Lien), and
the security interest of the Borrower therein is and will be superior and prior to any other security interest or other Lien (other
than the Rhino Lien with respect to the Rhino Pledged Shares).

 

Section
3.03 Validity of Security Interest. The security interest of the Borrower constitutes a legal, valid and enforceable first
priority security interest in the Collateral, securing the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations.

 

Section
3.04 Perfection of Security Interest under UCC.

 

(a)
All notifications and other actions, including, without limitation, (i) all deposits of certificates and instruments evidencing
any Collateral (duly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate instruments of transfer), (ii) all notices to and acknowledgments
of any Person, (iii) all acknowledgments and agreements respecting the right of the Secured Party to obtain control with respect
to any Collateral, (iv) the Delivery of the Equity Interests, and (v) all filings, registrations and recordings, which are (x)
required by the terms of this Agreement to have been given, made, obtained, done and accomplished, and (y) necessary to create,
preserve, protect and perfect the security interest granted by the Borrower to the Secured Party hereby in respect of the Collateral,
have been given, made, obtained, done and accomplished.

 

(b)
After giving effect to all such actions, the security interest granted by the Borrower to the Secured Party pursuant to this Agreement
in and to the Collateral will be perfected to the maximum extent a security interest in the Collateral can be perfected under
the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction.

 

Section
3.05 Places of Business; Jurisdiction of Organization; Locations of Collateral. The Borrower represents and warrants that
(i) the principal place of business of the Borrower, or its chief executive office, if it has more than one place of business,
is located at the address set forth in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement, and (ii) the jurisdiction of formation or
organization of the Borrower is set forth in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

 

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Section
3.06 Collateral. Schedule 1 hereto sets forth a true and complete list of all of the Collateral owned by the Borrower
as of the Closing Date.

 

Section
3.07 Securities Accounts. As of the Closing Date, the Borrower has no securities account to which Collateral has been credited.

 

Section
3.08 Status of Collateral. All of the Pledged Equity Interests have been duly and validly issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable (to the extent such concepts are applicable). No Collateral is subject to any defense, offset or counterclaim,
nor have any of the foregoing been asserted or alleged against the Borrower by any Person.

 

ARTICLE
IV.

GENERAL COVENANTS

 

Section
4.01 No Other Liens; Defense of Title; Securities Accounts. The Borrower will not make or grant, or suffer or permit to
exist, any Lien on any of the Collateral, other than the Lien in favor of the Secured Party and the Rhino Lien. The Borrower,
at its sole cost and expense, will take any and all actions reasonably necessary and appropriate to defend title to the Collateral
against any and all Persons and to defend the validity, enforceability, perfection, effectiveness and priority of the security
interest of the Secured Party therein against any other Lien. The Borrower will not have any securities accounts to which Collateral
has been credited other than a Controlled Securities Account.

 

Section
4.02 Further Assurances; Filings and Recordings.

 

(a)
The Borrower, at its sole cost and expense, will duly execute, acknowledge and deliver all such agreements, instruments and other
documents and take all such actions (including, without limitation, (i) physically pledging, if possible, the Collateral with
the Secured Party, (ii) obtaining Securities Account Control Agreements in accordance with this Agreement, (iii) obtaining from
other Persons agreements evidencing the exclusive control and dominion of the Secured Party over any of the Collateral, in instances
where obtaining control over such Collateral is the only or best method of perfection, (iv) causing all Equity Interests to be
Delivered to or for the benefit of the Secured Party to the extent a Securities Account Control Agreement is not in effect with
respect to such Equity Interests, and (v) making filings, recordings and registrations, as the Secured Party may from time to
time instruct to better assure, preserve, protect and perfect the security interest of the Secured Party in the Collateral, and
the rights and remedies of the Secured Party hereunder, or otherwise to further effectuate the intent and purposes of this Agreement
and to carry out the terms hereof.

 

(b)
The Borrower, at its sole cost and expense, will pay all taxes, fees and charges and comply with all statutes and regulations
applicable to such filing, recording, registration and publishing and such re-filing, re-recording, re-registration and re-publishing.

 

Section
4.03 Authorization to File Financing Statements. The Borrower irrevocably authorizes the Secured Party at any time and
from time to time to file in any jurisdiction any initial financing statements and all amendments thereto that (a) indicate the
Collateral with any description satisfactory to the Secured Party (in its sole discretion) and (b) contain any other information
required or permitted pursuant to the UCC for the sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing statement or amendment.

 

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Section
4.04 Maintenance of Records. The Borrower will keep and maintain at its own cost and expense satisfactory and complete
records of the Collateral.

 

Section
4.05 Legal Status. The Borrower agrees that (a) it will not change its name, place of business or if more than one, chief
executive office, or its mailing address or organizational identification number if it has one, in each case without providing
the Secured Party at least thirty days’ prior written notice thereof, (b) if the Borrower does not have an organizational
identification number and later obtains one, it will promptly notify the Secured Party of such organizational identification number,
and (c) it will not change its type of organization, jurisdiction of organization or other legal structure in each case unless
it shall have provided the Secured Party at least thirty days’ prior written notice thereof.

 

Section
4.06 Inspections and Verification. The Secured Party and such Persons as the Secured Party may designate shall have the
right, at the Borrower’s own cost and expense, at any time or from time to time, to inspect the Collateral and all books
and records related thereto (and to make extracts and copies thereof) and to verify under reasonable procedures the validity,
amount, quality, quantity, value, condition and status of, or any other matter relating to, the Collateral.

 

Section
4.07 Protective Advances by the Secured Party. At its option, but without being obligated to do so, the Secured Party may,
upon prior notice to the Borrower, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, (i) pay and discharge
past due taxes, assessments and governmental charges, at any time levied on or with respect to any of the Collateral with respect
to which the Borrower has failed to pay and discharge, and/or (ii) pay and discharge any claims of other creditors of the Borrower
which are secured by any Lien on any Collateral, other than the Lien in favor of the Secured Party, provided, however,
that nothing in this Section shall be construed as excusing the Borrower from the performance of, or imposing any obligation on
the Secured Party to cure or perform, any covenants or other agreements of the Borrower with respect to any of the foregoing matters
as set forth herein or in any of the other Loan Documents.

 

ARTICLE
V.

SECURITIES ACCOUNTS

 

Section
5.01 Securities Accounts. The Borrower shall cause all securities accounts in which any Collateral is deposited to be subject
at all times to a fully effective Securities Account Control Agreement, duly executed by the Borrower, the Secured Party and the
applicable Securities Intermediary.

 

ARTICLE
VI.

COLLATERAL

 

Section
6.01 Delivery of Certificates and Instruments for Collateral.

 

(a)
On or prior to the Closing Date, the Borrower shall pledge and deposit with the Secured Party all certificates or instruments,
if any, representing any of the Collateral at the time owned by the Borrower and subject to the security interest hereof, accompanied
by undated transfer powers duly executed in blank by the Borrower or such other instruments of transfer as are acceptable to the
Secured Party.

 

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(b)
If the Borrower shall acquire (by purchase, conversion, exchange, stock dividend or otherwise) any additional Collateral, at any
time or from time to time after the date hereof which is or are intended to be subjected to the security interest hereof and which
is or are represented by certificates or instruments, the Borrower shall forthwith pledge and deposit with the Secured Party all
such certificates, accompanied by undated transfer powers duly executed in blank by the Borrower or such other instruments of
transfer as are acceptable to the Secured Party.

 

(c)
Without limitation of any other provision of this Agreement, if any of the Collateral (whether or not now owned or hereafter acquired)
which is intended to be subjected to the security interest hereof is (i) an uncertificated security but hereafter becomes a certificated
security, the Borrower shall deliver such certificated securities to the Secured Party, accompanied by undated transfer powers
duly executed in blank, (ii) an uncertificated security, the Borrower shall cause such uncertificated security to be subject to
a Securities Account Control Agreement or Delivered to or for the benefit of the Secured Party, or (iii) held in a securities
account that is not already subject to a Securities Account Control Agreement, the Borrower shall promptly take all actions required
to make such securities account subject to a Securities Account Control Agreement or Delivered to or for the benefit of the Secured
Party. The Borrower further agrees to take such actions as the Secured Party deems reasonably necessary or desirable to effect
the foregoing and to permit the Secured Party to exercise any of its rights and remedies hereunder in respect thereof, promptly
upon the request of the Secured Party. If the Collateral is Delivered to the Secured Party, such Delivery shall be subject to
Section 6.03 herein.

 

Section
6.02 No Assumption of Liability. Nothing herein shall be construed to make the Secured Party liable as a general partner,
limited partner, member or stockholder of any Issuer, and the Secured Party by virtue of this Agreement or any actions taken as
contemplated hereby (except as referred to in the following sentence) shall not have any of the duties, obligations or liabilities
of a general partner, limited partner, member or stockholder of any Issuer. The parties hereto expressly agree that, unless the
Secured Party shall become the absolute owner of an Equity Interest pursuant hereto, this Agreement shall not be construed as
creating a partnership or joint venture between the Secured Party and/or the Borrower or any other Person. The Borrower, as the
owner of all of the membership interests of Rhino GP, shall cause Rhino GP to refrain from treating the Secured Party as a member
of Rhino GP unless and until the Secured Party has taken title to the Equity Interests pursuant to the exercise of remedies under
Article VII of this Agreement.

 

Section
6.03 Registration of Collateral in the Name of the Secured Party. Subject to the Rhino Lien with respect to the Rhino Pledged
Shares only, the Secured Party shall have the right, at any time in its discretion and without notice to the Borrower, to transfer
to or to register in the name of the Secured Party or any of its nominees any or all of the Collateral, subject only to the revocable
voting and similar rights specified in this Article VI. In addition, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Secured Party
shall have the right at any time to exchange certificates or instruments representing or evidencing any Collateral for certificates
or instruments of smaller or larger denominations. Any Collateral that is Delivered to the Secured Party shall be held in the
Secured Party’s name, and the Issuer thereof shall restrict any other pledge or transfer of the Collateral except by the
Secured Party in accordance with this Agreement or unless agreed in writing by the Borrower and the Secured Party. Upon payment
in full of the Secured Obligations, at the Borrower’s expense the Secured Party agrees to take all steps that are reasonably
requested by the Borrower to the extent reasonably necessary to Deliver the Collateral to the Borrower, free and clear of any
lien, claim or encumbrance, subject only to the Rhino Lien with respect to the Rhino Pledged Shares.

 

Section
6.04 Appointment of Sub-Agents; Endorsements; etc. The Secured Party shall have the right to appoint one or more sub-agents
for the purpose of retaining physical possession of the instruments and certificates evidencing any of the Collateral, which may
be held (in the sole discretion of the Secured Party) in the name of the Borrower, endorsed or assigned in blank or in favor of
the Secured Party or any nominee or nominees of the Secured Party or a sub-agent appointed by the Secured Party.

 

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Section
6.05 Voting Rights. Unless and until an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower shall be entitled
to exercise all voting rights attaching to any and all Collateral owned by it, and to give consents, waivers or ratifications
in respect thereof, provided that no vote shall be cast or any consent, waiver or ratification given or any action taken
which would violate, result in breach of any covenant contained in or be inconsistent with any of the terms of this Agreement
or any other Loan Document, or which would have the effect of impairing the position or interests of the Secured Party therein.
All such rights of the Borrower to vote and to give consents, waivers and ratifications shall cease in case an Event of Default
shall occur and be continuing.

 

Section
6.06 Entitlement of the Borrower to Cash Dividends and Distributions. The Borrower shall be entitled to receive all cash
dividends or distributions payable in respect of its Collateral, except as otherwise provided in this Article VI.

 

Section
6.07 Entitlement of Administrative Agent to Dividends and Distributions. The Secured Party shall be entitled to receive
and to retain as part of the Collateral:

 

(a)
all cash dividends and distributions payable in respect of the Collateral at any time when an Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing; and

 

(b)
regardless of whether or not an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of payment or distribution
thereof: (i) all cash dividends and distributions in respect of the Collateral which are reasonably determined by the Secured
Party to represent in whole or in part an extraordinary, liquidating or other distribution in return of capital; (ii) all other
or additional securities, partnership interests, membership interests or property (other than cash to which the Borrower is entitled
under Section 6.06) paid or distributed by way of dividend (including, without limitation, any payment in kind dividend) or otherwise
in respect of the Collateral; (iii) all other or additional securities, partnership interests, membership interests or property
(including cash) paid or distributed in respect of the Collateral by way of stock split, spin-off, split up, reclassification,
combination of shares or similar rearrangement; and (iv) all other or additional securities, partnership interests, membership
interests or property (including cash) which may be paid in respect of the Collateral by reason of any consolidation, merger,
exchange of stock, conveyance of assets, liquidation or similar corporate, partnership or limited liability company reorganization.

 

Section
6.08 Application of Dividends and Distributions. If no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at such time,
the Secured Party will, at the request of the Borrower, apply to the payment or prepayment of any of the Secured Obligations,
any cash held by it as Collateral which is attributable to dividends or distributions received by it and then held as part of
the Collateral pursuant to this Article VI. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all dividends and distributions
received by the Secured Party and then held by it pursuant to this Article VI as part of the Collateral will be applied as provided
in Section 7.05 hereof.

 

Section
6.09 Turnover by the Borrower. All dividends, distributions or other payments that are received by the Borrower contrary
to the provisions of this Agreement shall be received in trust for the benefit of the Secured Party, shall be segregated from
other property or funds of the Borrower and shall be forthwith paid over to the Secured Party as Collateral in the same form as
so received (with any necessary endorsement).

 

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Section
6.10 Sale of Pledged Equity Interests in Connection with Enforcement. If at any time when the Secured Party shall determine
to exercise its right to sell all or any part of the Pledged Equity Interests pursuant to Section 7.01, such Pledged Equity Interests
or the part thereof to be sold shall not, for any reason whatsoever, be effectively registered under the Securities Act, the Secured
Party may, in its sole and absolute discretion and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law now or hereafter in effect,
sell such Pledged Equity Interests or part thereof by private sale in such manner and under such circumstances as the Secured
Party may deem necessary or advisable in order that such sale may legally be effected without such registration, provided that
at least ten days’ notice of the time and place of any such sale shall be given to the Borrower. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, in any such event the Secured Party, in its sole and absolute discretion, (a) may proceed to make such private
sale notwithstanding that a registration statement for the purpose of registering such Pledged Equity Interests or part thereof
shall have been filed under such Securities Act, (b) may approach and negotiate with a single possible purchaser to effect such
sale and (c) may restrict such sale to a purchaser who will represent and agree that such purchaser is purchasing for its own
account, for investment, and not with a view to the distribution or sale of such Pledged Equity Interests or part thereof. In
the event of any such sale, the Secured Party shall incur no responsibility or liability to the Borrower for selling all or any
part of the Pledged Equity Interests at a price which the Secured Party may in good faith deem reasonable under the circumstances,
notwithstanding the possibility that a substantially higher price might be realized if the sale were deferred until the registration
as aforesaid.

 

ARTICLE
VII.

REMEDIES UPON OCCURRENCE OF EVENT OF DEFAULT

 

Section
7.01 Remedies Generally. The Borrower agrees that, if any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, then
and in every such case, subject to any mandatory requirements of applicable law then in effect, the Secured Party, in addition
to any rights now or hereafter existing under applicable law, shall have all rights as a secured creditor under the UCC in all
relevant jurisdictions and may exercise any or all of the following rights (all of which the Borrower hereby agrees is commercially
reasonable to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law now or hereafter in effect):

 

(a)
personally, or by agents’ attorneys or other authorized representatives, immediately retake possession of the Collateral
or any part thereof from the Borrower or any other Person who then has possession of any part thereof with or without notice or
process of law, and for that purpose may enter upon the Borrower’s or such other Person’s premises where any of the
Collateral is located and remove the same;

 

(b)
sell, assign or otherwise liquidate, or direct the Borrower to sell, assign or otherwise liquidate, any or all of the Collateral
or any part thereof, and take possession of the proceeds of any such sale or liquidation;

 

(c)
issue a Notice of Exclusive Control with respect to any or all of the Collateral Accounts and issue entitlement orders or instructions
with respect thereto;

 

(d)
withdraw any or all securities and/or instruments in any Controlled Securities Account for application to the Secured Obligations
in accordance with Section 7.05 hereof;

 

(e)
pay and discharge taxes, Liens or claims on or against any of the Collateral;

 

(f)
pay, perform or satisfy, or cause to be paid, performed or satisfied, for the benefit of the Borrower, any of the obligations,
terms, covenants, provisions or conditions to be paid, observed, performed or satisfied by the Borrower under any contract, agreement
or instrument relating to its Collateral, all in accordance with the terms, covenants, provisions and conditions thereof, as and
to the extent that the Borrower fails or refuses to perform or satisfy the same;

 

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(g)
enter into any extension of, or any other agreement in any way relating to, any of the Collateral;

 

(h)
make any compromise or settlement the Secured Party deems desirable or necessary with respect to any of the Collateral; and/or

 

(i)
take possession of the Collateral or any part thereof, by directing the Borrower or any other Person in possession thereof in
writing to deliver the same to the Secured Party at any place or places designated by the Secured Party, in which event the Borrower
shall at its own expense.

 

Section
7.02 Disposition of the Collateral. Upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, any Collateral repossessed
by the Secured Party under or pursuant to Section 7.01 and any other Collateral whether or not so repossessed by the Secured Party,
may be sold, assigned, leased or otherwise disposed of under one or more contracts or as an entirety, and without the necessity
of gathering at the place of sale of the property to be sold, and in general in such manner, at such time or times, at such place
or places and on such terms as the Secured Party may, in compliance with any mandatory requirements of applicable law, determine
to be commercially reasonable. Any of the Collateral may be sold, leased or otherwise disposed of, in the condition in which the
same existed when taken by the Secured Party or after any overhaul or repair which the Secured Party shall determine to be commercially
reasonable. Except in the case of any Collateral that is perishable or threatens to decline speedily in value or is of a type
customarily sold on a recognized market, (i) in the case of any such disposition which shall be a private sale or other private
proceedings permitted by such requirements, such sale shall be made upon not less than ten days’ written notice to the Borrower
specifying the time at which such disposition is to be made and the intended sale price or other consideration therefor, and shall
be subject, for the ten days after the giving of such notice, to the right of the Borrower or any nominee of the Borrower to acquire
the Collateral involved at a price or for such other consideration at least equal to the intended sale price or other consideration
so specified, and (ii) in the case of any such disposition which shall be a public sale permitted by such requirements, such sale
shall be made upon not less than ten days’ written notice to the Borrower specifying the time and place of such sale and,
in the absence of applicable requirements of law, shall be by public auction (which may, at the Secured Party’s sole option,
be subject to reserve), after publication of notice of such auction not less than ten days prior thereto in two newspapers in
general circulation in the city where such Collateral is located. To the extent permitted by any such requirement of law, the
Secured Party may bid for and become the purchaser (by bidding in Secured Obligations or otherwise) of the Collateral or any item
thereof offered for sale in accordance with this Section without accountability to the Borrower (except to the extent of surplus
money received as provided in Section 7.05). Unless so obligated under mandatory requirements of applicable law, the Secured Party
shall not be required to make disposition of the Collateral within a period of time which does not permit the giving of notice
to the Borrower as hereinabove specified. The Secured Party need give the Borrower only such notice of disposition as the Secured
Party shall deem to be reasonably practicable in view of such mandatory requirements of applicable law.

 

Section
7.03 Grant of License to Use Intellectual Property. For the purpose of enabling the Secured Party to exercise rights and
remedies under this Article VII at such time as the Secured Party shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies
and for no other purpose, the Borrower hereby grants to the Secured Party an irrevocable, non-exclusive license (exercisable without
payment of royalty or other compensation to the Borrower) to use, assign or sublicense any of the Intellectual Property of the
Borrower, now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower, and wherever the same may be located, including in such license reasonable
access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer programs used for the compilation
or printout thereof.

 

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Section
7.04 Waiver of Claims. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, THE BORROWER HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED
BY APPLICABLE LAW, NOTICE AND JUDICIAL HEARING IN CONNECTION WITH THE SECURED PARTY’S TAKING POSSESSION OR THE SECURED PARTY’S
DISPOSITION OF ANY OF THE COLLATERAL, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY AND ALL PRIOR NOTICE AND HEARING FOR ANY PREJUDGMENT
REMEDY OR REMEDIES AND ANY SUCH RIGHT WHICH THE BORROWER WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OR ANY STATUTE OF THE UNITED
STATES OR OF ANY STATE, and the Borrower hereby further waives, to the extent permitted by law: (i) all damages occasioned by
such taking of possession except any damages which are the direct result of the Secured Party’s gross negligence or willful
misconduct; (ii) all other requirements as to the time, place and terms of sale or other requirements with respect to the enforcement
of the Secured Party’s rights hereunder; and (iii) all rights of redemption, appraisement, valuation, stay, extension or
moratorium now or hereafter in force under any applicable law in order to prevent or delay the enforcement of this Agreement or
the absolute sale of the Collateral or any portion thereof, and the Borrower, for itself and all who may claim under it, insofar
as it or they now or hereafter lawfully may, hereby waives the benefit of all such laws to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law now or hereafter in effect. Any sale of, or the grant of options to purchase, or any other realization upon, any Collateral
shall operate to divest all right, title, interest, claim and demand, either at law or in equity, of the Borrower therein and
thereto, and shall be a perpetual bar both at law and in equity against the Borrower and against any and all Persons claiming
or attempting to claim the Collateral so sold, optioned or realized upon, or any part thereof, from, through and under the Borrower.

 

Section
7.05 Application of Proceeds. All Collateral and proceeds of Collateral obtained and realized by the Secured Party in connection
with the enforcement of this Agreement pursuant to this Article VII shall be applied as follows:

 

(i)
first, to the payment to the Secured Party, for application to the Secured Obligations in such order as the Secured Party
determines in its sole discretion; and

 

(ii)
second, to the extent remaining after the application pursuant to the preceding clause (i) and following the termination
of this Agreement, to the Borrower or to whomever may be lawfully entitled to receive such payment.

 

Section
7.06 Remedies Cumulative. Each and every right, power and remedy hereby specifically given to the Secured Party shall be
in addition to every other right, power and remedy specifically given under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or now
or hereafter existing at law or in equity, or by statute, and each and every right, power and remedy whether specifically herein
given or otherwise existing may be exercised from time to time or simultaneously and as often and in such order as may be deemed
expedient by the Secured Party. All such rights, powers and remedies shall be cumulative and the exercise or the beginning of
exercise of one shall not be deemed a waiver of the right to exercise any other or others. No delay or omission of the Secured
Party in the exercise of any such right, power or remedy, or partial or single exercise thereof, and no renewal or extension of
any of the Secured Obligations, shall impair or constitute a waiver of any such right, power or remedy or shall be construed to
be a waiver of any Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. No notice to or demand on the Borrower in any case shall entitle
it to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances or constitute a waiver of any of the rights of the
Secured Party to any other or further action in any circumstances without notice or demand. In the event that the Secured Party
shall bring any suit to enforce any of its rights hereunder and shall be entitled to judgment, then in such suit the Secured Party
may recover reasonable, actual expenses, including attorneys’ fees, and the amounts thereof shall be included in such judgment.

 

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Section
7.07 Discontinuance of Proceedings. In case the Secured Party shall have instituted any proceeding to enforce any right,
power or remedy under this Agreement by foreclosure, sale, entry or otherwise, and such proceeding shall have been discontinued
or abandoned for any reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Secured Party, then and in every such case the Borrower,
the Secured Party and each holder of any of the Secured Obligations shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder
with respect to the Collateral subject to the security interest created under this Agreement, and all rights, remedies and powers
of the Secured Party shall continue as if no such proceeding had been instituted.

 

Section
7.08 Purchasers of Collateral. Upon any sale of any of the Collateral by the Secured Party hereunder (whether by virtue
of the power of sale herein granted, pursuant to judicial process or otherwise), the receipt of the Secured Party or the officer
making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the Collateral so sold, and such purchaser or
purchasers shall not be obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid over to the Secured Party or
such officer or be answerable in any way for the misapplication or nonapplication thereof.

 

ARTICLE
VIII.

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section
8.01 Notices. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices and other communications provided for hereunder
shall be given as provided in the Note.

 

Section
8.02 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Note, the Securities Account Control Agreement and the other Loan Documents
represent the final agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, supersede any and all prior
agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and may not be contradicted
by evidence of prior, contemporaneous or subsequent oral agreements among the parties. There are no unwritten oral agreements
among the parties.

 

Section
8.03 Obligations Absolute. The obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement shall be absolute and unconditional and
shall remain in full force and effect without regard to, and shall not be released, suspended, discharged, terminated or otherwise
affected by, any circumstance or occurrence whatsoever, other than indefeasible payment in full of, and complete performance of,
all of the Secured Obligations, including, without limitation:

 

(a)
any renewal, extension, amendment or modification of, or addition or supplement to, or deletion from other Loan Documents, or
any other instrument or agreement referred to therein, or any assignment or transfer of any thereof;

 

(b)
any waiver, consent, extension, indulgence or other action or inaction under or in respect of any such agreement or instrument
or this Agreement except as expressly provided in such renewal, extension, amendment, modification, addition, supplement, assignment
or transfer;

 

(c)
any furnishing of any additional security to the Secured Party or its assignee or any acceptance thereof or any release of any
security by the Secured Party or its assignee;

 

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(d)
any limitation on any Person’s liability or obligations under any such instrument or agreement or any invalidity or unenforceability,
in whole or in part, of any such instrument or agreement or any term thereof;

 

(e)
any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, composition, adjustment, dissolution, liquidation or other like proceeding relating
to the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower, or any action taken with respect to this Agreement by any trustee or receiver,
or by any court, in any such proceeding, whether or not the Borrower shall have notice or knowledge of any of the foregoing; or

 

(f)
to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law now or hereafter in effect, any other event or circumstance which, but for this
provision, might release or discharge a guarantor or other surety from its obligations as such.

 

Section
8.04 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Borrower and its successors and assigns and shall
inure to the benefit of the Secured Party and its successors and assigns, provided that the Borrower may not transfer or
assign any or all of its rights or obligations hereunder without the written consent of the Secured Party. All agreements, statements,
representations and warranties made by the Borrower herein or in any certificate or other instrument delivered by the Borrower
or on its behalf under this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Secured Party and shall survive the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents regardless of any investigation made by the Secured Party
or on its behalf.

 

Section
8.05 Headings Descriptive. The headings of the several Sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and
shall not in any way affect the meaning or construction of any provision of this Agreement.

 

Section
8.06 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to
such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions
hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision
in any other jurisdiction.

 

Section
8.07 Enforcement Expenses, etc. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Secured Party
in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement, the preservation of the Collateral, the perfection of the security interest,
and any amendment, waiver or consent relating hereto.

 

Section
8.08 Termination. After the Secured Obligations have been paid in full, this Agreement shall terminate, and the Secured
Party, at the request and expense of the Borrower, will execute and deliver to the Borrower a proper instrument or instruments
(including UCC termination statements on form UCC-3) acknowledging the satisfaction and termination of this Agreement, and will
duly assign, transfer and deliver to the Borrower (without recourse and without any representation or warranty) such of the Collateral
as may be in the possession of the Secured Party and as has not theretofore been sold or otherwise applied or released pursuant
to this Agreement.

 

Section
8.09 Other Creditors, etc. Not Third-Party Beneficiaries. No creditor of the Borrower or any of its Affiliates, or other
Person claiming by, through or under the Borrower or any of its Affiliates, other than the Secured Party, and their respective
successors and assigns, shall be a beneficiary or third-party beneficiary of this Agreement or otherwise shall derive any right
or benefit herefrom.

 

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Section
8.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate
counterparts, including via facsimile transmission or other electronic transmission capable of authentication, each of which when
so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same agreement. A set of
counterparts executed by all the parties hereto shall be lodged with the Borrower and the Secured Party.

 

Section
8.11 Amendments. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement and no consent to any departure by the Borrower
shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Secured Party and the Borrower, and then
such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.

 

Section
8.12 Separate Actions. A separate action may be brought and prosecuted against the Borrower or any other guarantor or obligor
whether or not any other guarantor or obligor or the Borrower be joined in such action or actions.

 

Section
8.13 Full Recourse Obligations; Effect of Fraudulent Transfer Laws. It is the desire and intent of the Borrower and the
Secured Party that this Agreement shall be enforced as a full recourse obligation of the Borrower to the fullest extent permissible
under the laws and public policies applied in each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought. If and to the extent that the
obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement would, in the absence of this sentence, be adjudicated to be invalid or unenforceable
because of any applicable state or federal law relating to fraudulent conveyances or transfers, then the amount of the Borrower
liability hereunder in respect of the Secured Obligations shall be deemed to be reduced ab initio to that maximum amount
that would be permitted without causing the Borrower’s obligations hereunder to be so invalidated.

 

Section
8.14 Governing Law; Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

(a)
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES.

 

(b)
ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN
NEW YORK CITY OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF SUCH STATE, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT,
THE BORROWER CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. THE BORROWER
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS,
WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT
OR OTHER DOCUMENT RELATED THERETO. THE BORROWER WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY SUMMONS, COMPLAINT OR OTHER PROCESS, WHICH MAY
BE MADE BY ANY OTHER MEANS PERMITTED BY THE LAW OF SUCH STATE.

 

(c)
THE BORROWER HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING UNDER
THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH
RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER
FOUNDED IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE; AND THE BORROWER HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE
OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART
OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION 8.14 WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE SIGNATORIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER
OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.

 

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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers
as of the date first above written.

 

	 	ROYAL
    ENERGY RESOURCES, INC., as the Borrower 
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/
    William L. Tuorto
	 	Name:	William
    L. Tuorto
	 	Title:	Chief
    Executive Officer

 

Accepted
by:

 

	WESTON
    ENERGY LLC, as the Secured Party	 
	 	 	 
	By:	/s/
    Bryan R. Lawrence	 
	Name:	Bryan
    R. Lawrence	 
	Title:	Manager	 

 

    	[Signature page to Pledge and Security Agreement]

    	 

    

 

Acknowledgement:

 

The
undersigned acknowledges having received a copy of this Agreement and confirms that nothing contained therein shall result in
a default by the Borrower under the Rhino Pledge Agreement. Except as provided in the Rhino Pledge Agreement, the undersigned
agrees to restrict any other pledge or transfer of the Collateral except by the Secured Party in accordance with this Agreement
or unless agreed in writing by the Borrower and the Secured Party.

 

RHINO
RESOURCE PARTNERS LP

 

By:
Rhino GP LLC, its general partner

 

	By:	/s/
    Richard A. Boone	 
	Name:	Richard
    A. Boone	 
	Title:	President	 

 

    	[Signature page to Pledge and Security Agreement]

    	 

    

 

Schedule
1

 

Collateral

 

	Issuer
    and Type of Organization	 	Certificate
    Number	 	Number
    of Shares, Units, Etc.	 	Percent
    of Equity Interest Owned	 	Type
    of Equity Interest	 	Percent
    of Equity Interest Pledged	 
	Rhino
        GP LLC

        Limited
        liability company
	 	N/A	 	N/A	 	100	%	LLC
    membership interests	 	100	%
	Rhino
        Resource Partners LP

        Limited
        partnership
	 	N/A	 	6,637,678	 	*84.6	%	Common
    (unregistered)	 	100	%
	Rhino
        Resource Partners LP

        Limited
        partnership
	 	N/A	 	39,234	 	*84.6	%	Common
    (registered)	 	100	%
	Rhino
        Resource Partners LP

        Limited
        partnership
	 	N/A	 	1,060,339	 	*84.6	%	Subordinated	 	100	%

 

*The
common (unregistered), common (registered) and subordinated Equity Interests in Rhino Resource Partners LP owned by the Borrower
total 84.6% of the total equity interests issued by Rhino Resource Partners LP. 1,333,334 Common Units are subject to the Rhino
Pledge Agreement.

 

    	 	 	 

    	 	 	 

    

 

 

 

PLEDGE
AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

dated
as of

December
30, 2016

 

by

 

ROYAL
ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.,

as
the Borrower,

 

for
the benefit of

 

WESTON
ENERGY LLC

 

 

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

Table
of Contents

 

	 	 	 	Page
	ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND TERMS	1
	 	 
	 	Section
    1.01	Defined
    Terms	1
	 	Section
    1.02	Additional
    Defined Terms	1
	 	Section
    1.03  	Terms
    Generally	4
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE II. SECURITY INTEREST	5
	 	 
	 	Section
    2.01  	Grant
    of Security Interest	5
	 	Section
    2.02  	No
    Assumption of Liability	5
	 	Section
    2.03  	Power
    of Attorney	5
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE III. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES	6
	 	 
	 	Section
    3.01  	Title
    and Authority	6
	 	Section
    3.02  	Absence
    of Other Liens	6
	 	Section
    3.03  	Validity
    of Security Interest	6
	 	Section
    3.04  	Perfection
    of Security Interest under UCC	6
	 	Section 3.05	 Places of Business; Jurisdiction of Organization; Locations
of Collateral	6
	 	Section
    3.06  	Collateral	7
	 	Section
    3.07  	Securities
    Accounts	7
	 	Section
    3.08  	Status
    of Collateral	7
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE IV. GENERAL COVENANTS	7
	 	 
	 	Section
    4.01  	No
    Other Liens; Defense of Title; Securities Accounts	7
	 	Section
    4.02  	Further
    Assurances; Filings and Recordings	7
	 	Section
    4.03  	Authorization
    to File Financing Statements	7
	 	Section
    4.04  	Maintenance
    of Records	8
	 	Section
    4.05  	Legal
    Status	8
	 	Section
    4.06  	Inspections
    and Verification	8
	 	Section
    4.07  	Protective
    Advances by the Secured Party	8
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE V. SECURITIES ACCOUNTS	8
	 	 
	 	Section
    5.01  	Securities
    Accounts	8
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VI. COLLATERAL	8
	 	 
	 	Section
    6.01  	Delivery
    of Certificates and Instruments for Collateral	8
	 	Section
    6.02  	No
    Assumption of Liability	9
	 	Section
    6.03  	Registration
    of Collateral in the Name of the Secured Party	9

 

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	 	Section 6.04  	Appointment of Sub-Agents; Endorsements; etc.	9
	 	Section 6.05  	Voting Rights	9
	 	Section 6.06  	Entitlement of the Borrower to Cash Dividends and Distributions	10
	 	Section 6.07  	Entitlement of Administrative Agent to Dividends and Distributions	10
	 	Section 6.08  	Application of Dividends and Distributions	10
	 	Section 6.09  	Turnover by the Borrower	10
	 	Section 6.10  	Sale of Pledged Equity Interests in Connection with Enforcement	10
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VII. REMEDIES UPON OCCURRENCE OF EVENT OF DEFAULT	11
	 	 
	 	Section 7.01  	Remedies Generally	11
	 	Section 7.02  	Disposition of the Collateral	12
	 	Section 7.03  	Grant of License to Use Intellectual Property	12
	 	Section 7.04  	Waiver of Claims	12
	 	Section 7.05  	Application of Proceeds	13
	 	Section 7.06  	Remedies Cumulative	13
	 	Section 7.07  	Discontinuance of Proceedings	13
	 	Section 7.08  	Purchasers of Collateral	14
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE VIII. MISCELLANEOUS	14
	 	 
	 	Section 8.01  	Notices	14
	 	Section 8.02  	Entire Agreement	14
	 	Section 8.03  	Obligations Absolute	14
	 	Section 8.04  	Successors and Assigns	15
	 	Section 8.05  	Headings Descriptive	15
	 	Section 8.06  	Severability	15
	 	Section 8.07  	Enforcement Expenses, etc.	15
	 	Section 8.08  	Termination	15
	 	Section 8.09  	Other Creditors, etc. Not Third-Party Beneficiaries	15
	 	Section 8.10  	Counterparts	15
	 	Section 8.11  	Amendments	16
	 	Section 8.12  	Separate Actions	16
	 	Section 8.13  	Full Recourse Obligations; Effect of Fraudulent Transfer Laws	16
	 	Section 8.14  	Governing Law; Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial	16

 

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