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Exhibit 10.1

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ULTRA RESOURCES, INC.

SECOND SUPPLEMENT TO MASTER NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Dated as of January 28, 2010

$116,000,000 4.98% Senior Notes, Series 2010-A, due January 27, 2017

$207,000,000 5.50% Senior Notes, Series 2010-B, due January 28, 2020

$87,000,000 5.60% Senior Notes, Series 2010-C, due January 28, 2022

$90,000,000 5.85% Senior Notes, Series 2010-D, due January 28, 2025

 

Series 2010-A PPN: 90388@ AE1

Series 2010-B PPN: 90388@ AF8

Series 2010-C PPN: 90388@ AG6

Series 2010-D PPN: 90388@ AH4

 

 

ULTRA RESOURCES, INC.

363 N Sam Houston Parkway E

Suite 1200

Houston Texas 77060

Phone: 281-876-0120

Fax: 281-876-2831

SECOND SUPPLEMENT TO MASTER NOTE PURCHASE

AGREEMENT DATED AS OF MARCH 6, 2008

Dated as of January 28, 2010

TO EACH OF THE PURCHASERS LISTED IN

     THE ATTACHED SCHEDULE A:

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     This Second Supplement to Master Note Purchase Agreement (the “Supplement” or “this
Agreement”) is among ULTRA RESOURCES, INC., a Wyoming corporation (the “Company”), and the
institutional investors named on the attached Schedule A (the “Purchasers”).

     Reference is hereby made to the Master Note Purchase Agreement dated as of March 6, 2008 (the
“Note Purchase Agreement”) between the Company and the purchasers listed on Schedule A thereto.
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed in the Note
Purchase Agreement. Reference is further made to Section 1.2 of the Note Purchase Agreement, which
provides that each series of Additional Notes will be issued pursuant to a Supplement.

     The Company agrees with the Purchasers as follows:

     1. Authorization of the New Series of Additional Notes. The Company has authorized
the issue and sale of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes consisting of (i)
$116,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.98% Senior Notes, Series 2010-A, due January 27,
2017 (the “Series 2010-A Notes”); (ii) $207,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.50% Senior
Notes, Series 2010-B, due January 28, 2020 (the “Series 2010-B Notes”); (iii) $87,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of its 5.60% Senior Notes, Series 2010-C, due January 28, 2022 (the “Series 2010-C
Notes”); and (iv) $90,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.85% Senior Notes, Series 2010-D,
due January 28, 2025 (the “Series 2010-D Notes” and, together with the Series 2010-A Notes, the
Series 2010-B Notes and the Series 2010-C Notes, the “Series 2010 Notes”). The Series 2010 Notes,
together with the Series 2008 Notes and the Series 2009 Notes heretofore issued pursuant to the
Note Purchase Agreement and each series of Additional Notes that may from time to time hereafter be
issued pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.2 of the Note Purchase Agreement, are collectively
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term shall also include any such notes issued in substitution therefor pursuant to Section 13 of
the Note Purchase Agreement). The Series 2010 Notes shall be substantially in the form set out in
Exhibits 1(a), 1(b), 1(c) and 1(d) to this Supplement, with such changes therefrom, if any, as may
be approved by the Purchasers and the Company.

     2. Sale and Purchase of Series 2010 Notes. Subject to the terms and conditions herein
and in the Note Purchase Agreement, the Company will issue and sell to each Purchaser and each
Purchaser will purchase from the Company, at the Closings provided for in Section 3, Series 2010
Notes in the principal amount specified opposite such Purchaser’s name in the attached Schedule A
at the purchase price of 100% of the principal amount thereof. The obligations of the Purchasers
are several and not joint obligations and each Purchaser shall have no liability to any Person for
the performance or non-performance by any other Purchaser hereunder.

     3. Closing. The sale and purchase of the Series 2010 Notes to be purchased by the
Purchasers shall occur at the offices of Foley & Lardner LLP, 321 North Clark Street, Suite 2800,
Chicago, Illinois 60654, at 9:00 a.m., Chicago time, at closings on January 28, 2010 (the “First
Closing”) and on February 16, 2010 (the “Second Closing” and, together with the First Closing, the
“Closings”) or on such other Business Day thereafter on or prior to February 28, 2010 as may be
agreed upon by the Company and you and the other Purchasers. At each Closing, the Company will
deliver to you the Series 2010 Notes to be purchased by you at such Closing (as indicated on the
attached Schedule A) in the form of a single Note (or such greater number of Series 2010 Notes in
denominations of at least $500,000 as you may request) dated the date of such Closing and
registered in your name (or in the name of your nominee), against delivery by you to the Company or
its order of immediately available funds in the amount of the purchase price therefor by wire
transfer of immediately available funds for the account of the Company to account number 192648101
at JP Morgan Chase Bank, NA, New York, New York, ABA number 021000021. If at the applicable Closing
the Company fails to tender such Series 2010 Notes to any Purchaser as provided above in this
Section 3, or any of the conditions specified in Section 4 shall not have been fulfilled to such
Purchaser’s satisfaction, such Purchaser shall, at such Purchaser’s election, be relieved of all
further obligations under this Agreement, without thereby waiving any rights such Purchaser may
have by reason of such failure or such nonfulfillment.

     4. Conditions to Closing. Each Purchaser’s obligation to purchase and pay for the
Series 2010 Notes to be sold to such Purchaser at each Closing is subject to the fulfillment to
such Purchaser’s satisfaction, prior to or at such Closing, of the conditions set forth in Section
4 of the Note Purchase Agreement, as hereafter modified and to the following additional conditions:

     (a) References in Section 4 of the Note Purchase Agreement to the “Series 2008
Notes” shall be deemed to be references to the Series 2010 Notes being issued at such
Closing and references to the “Closing” shall be deemed to refer to the First Closing or
Second Closing, as applicable, as such terms are defined in this Supplement;

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     (b) Except as supplemented, amended or superseded by the representations and
warranties set forth in Schedule 4, each of the representations and warranties of the
Company set forth in Section 5 of the Note Purchase Agreement and of the Parent and UP
Energy under the Parent Guaranty shall be correct as of the date of such Closing and each
of the Company, the Parent and UP Energy shall have delivered to each Purchaser an
Officer’s Certificate, dated the date of such Closing certifying that such condition has
been fulfilled;

     (c) The reference in Section 4.3 of the Note Purchase Agreement to the resolutions
“relating to the authorization, execution and delivery of the Notes, this Agreement and
the Parent Guaranty” shall be deemed to be a reference to the Series 2010 Notes issued at
such Closing, the Supplement and the confirmation of the Parent Guaranty set forth herein
(“Confirmation of the Parent Guaranty”);

     (d) The reference in Section 4.10 of the Note Purchase Agreement to the “Parent
Guaranty” shall be deemed to be a reference to the Confirmation of the Parent Guaranty;

     (e) The reference in Section 4.12 of the Note Purchase Agreement to “this Agreement”
shall be deemed to be a reference to this Supplement; and

     (f) Contemporaneously with such Closing, the Company shall sell to each Purchaser,
and each Purchaser shall purchase, the Series 2010 Notes to be purchased by such
Purchaser at such Closing as specified in Schedule A.

     5. Prepayments of the Series 2010 Notes. No regularly scheduled prepayments are due on
the Series 2010 Notes prior to their stated maturity. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions
of Section 8 of the Note Purchase Agreement shall apply to the Series 2010 Notes.

     6. Representations of the Purchasers. Each Purchaser represents and warrants that with
respect to the Series 2010 Notes purchased by such Purchaser on the date of the First Closing, the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 6 of the Note Purchase Agreement are true and
correct on the date hereof with respect to the purchase of such Series 2010 Notes. With respect to
the Series 2010 Notes purchased by such Purchaser on the date of the Second Closing, such Purchaser
agrees that its acceptance of such Series 2010 Notes shall be deemed to be a representation and
warranty that the representations and warranties set forth in Section 6 of the Note Purchase
Agreement are true and correct on the date of the Second Closing with respect to its purchase of
such Series 2010 Notes.

     7. Applicability of Note Purchase Agreement. The Company and each Purchaser agree to
be bound by and comply with the terms and provisions of the Note Purchase Agreement as supplemented
by this Supplement as fully and completely as if such Purchaser were an original signatory to the
Note Purchase Agreement.

     8. Electronic Delivery. For purposes of the Series 2010 Notes, Section 7.3 of the Note
Purchase Agreement is modified to read as follows

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     “Financial statements, officers’ certificates and other documents required to be
delivered by the Company pursuant to Sections 7.1(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) and Section
7.2 shall be deemed to have been delivered if (i) such financial statements and other
documents satisfying the requirements of Section 7.1 and if applicable the related
certificate satisfying the requirement of Section 7.2 are delivered to you and each other
holder of Series 2010 Notes by e-mail or (ii) with respect to such financial statements,
the Parent or the Company, as applicable, shall have timely filed such Form 10-Q or Form
10-K, satisfying the requirements of Section 7.1(a), (b) or (c) as the case may be, with
the SEC on “EDGAR” and shall have made such Form available on its home page on the
worldwide web (at the date of this Agreement located at http://www.ultrapetroleum.com) or
(iii) such financial statements satisfying the requirements of Section 7.1(a), (b), (c)
or (d) and related certificate satisfying the requirements of Section 7.2 are timely
posted by or on behalf of the Company on IntraLinks or on any other similar website to
which each holder of Notes has free access or (iv) the Company or the Parent shall have
filed any of the items referred to in Section 7.1(e) with the SEC on “EDGAR” or shall
have made such items available on its home page on the worldwide web or if any of such
items are timely posted by or on behalf of the Company or the Parent on IntraLinks or on
any other similar website to which each holder of Notes has free access; provided
however, that in the case of any of clause (ii), (iii) or (iv), the Company or the Parent
shall, not later than the date on which such information or financial statements or other
documents are required by the applicable provision of this Agreement to be delivered to
holders of Notes, give notice, which may be by e-mail, to each holder of Notes of such
posting or filing.”

     9. Liens Securing Obligations Under Credit Agreement. Anything in the Note Purchase
Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, directly or indirectly, any Lien on its
properties or assets, including capital stock, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in favor of
the lenders or other creditors who are party to the Credit Agreement to secure loans under the
Credit Agreement unless concurrently therewith the Company shall make or cause to be made effective
provision whereby the Notes are secured by such Lien equally and ratably with any and all other
Indebtedness thereby secured pursuant to terms reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders. A
default by the Company in the performance of or compliance with this Section 9 shall be deemed to
be an Event of Default under Section 11(c) of the Note Purchase Agreement, for all purposes under
the Note Purchase Agreement.

     10. Consolidated Leverage Ratio.

     (a) For the benefit of the Series 2010 Notes only, Section 10.1 of the Note Purchase Agreement
is modified to read as follows:

     “The Company will not permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio, determined as of any
Quarter End Date, to be greater than 3.50 to 1.00.”

     (b) The provisions of Section 1.5 of the Note Purchase Agreement shall not apply to
the Series 2010 Notes.

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     (c) A default by the Company in the performance of or compliance with Section 10.1
of the Note Purchase Agreement (as modified pursuant to paragraph (a) above and Section
11 below) shall be deemed to be an Event of Default under the Note Purchase Agreement
with respect to the Series 2010 Notes. If such an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, for purposes of Section 12.1(b) of the Note Purchase Agreement, the holders
of at least 51% in principal amount of the Series 2010 Notes at the time outstanding
(exclusive of Series 2010 Notes then owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates) may
at any time at its or their option, by notice or notices to the Company, declare all of
the Series 2010 Notes then outstanding immediately due and payable. Any Series 2010
Notes becoming due and payable under this paragraph (c) shall be deemed for purposes of
the Note Purchase Agreement to have become due and payable under Section 12.1 of the Note
Purchase Agreement. Furthermore, at any time after the Series 2010 Notes have been
declared due and payable pursuant to this paragraph (c), the holders of at least 51% in
principal amount of the Series 2010 Notes at the time outstanding (exclusive of Series
2010 Notes then owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates) may rescind and annul any
such declaration and its consequences if the requirements of clauses (a), (b), (c) and
(d) of Section 12.3 have been satisfied with respect to the Series 2010 Notes. No such
rescission or annulment will extend to or affect any subsequent Event of Default or
Default or impair any right consequent thereon. The provisions of this paragraph (c) may
only be amended or waived with the written consent of the holder of each Series 2010 Note
at the time outstanding.

     11. FAS No. 159. For purposes of determining compliance with Sections 10.1 and 10.2 of
the Note Purchase Agreement, any election by the Company to measure an item of Indebtedness using
fair value (as permitted by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 159 or any similar
accounting standard) shall be disregarded and such determination shall be made as if such election
had not been made.

     12. Line of Business. The Company agrees that neither the Company nor its Restricted
Subsidiaries will engage in any business unrelated to the oil and gas industry if, as a result, the
general nature of the business in which the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, would then be engaged would be substantially changed from the general nature of the business
in which the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are engaged on the date of
the First Closing. A default by the Company in the performance of or compliance with this Section
12 shall be deemed to be an Event of Default under Section 11(c) of the Note Purchase Agreement,
for all purposes under the Note Purchase Agreement.

     13. Acknowledgement Regarding the Meaning of the Term Required Holders. The Company
and the Purchasers acknowledge that, except as provided in Section 10(c) of this Supplement or as
may be provided in a similar provision in any future Supplement granting rights to only a certain
series of Notes, for the avoidance of doubt, the term “Required Holders,” as defined in Schedule B
and used in Sections 12.1 and 12.3 of the Note Purchase Agreement, means the holders of at least
51% in principal amount of all Notes outstanding (exclusive of Notes then owned by the Company or
any of its Affiliates) whether or not the Note Purchase Agreement or Supplement pursuant to which
any of such Notes were or may be issued affords such Notes the benefit of the covenant, the breach
or noncompliance with which gives rise to the

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applicable Event of Default, and the holders of such Notes shall be entitled to vote on any such
acceleration or rescission.

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     If you are in agreement with the foregoing, please sign the accompanying counterpart of this
Agreement and return it to the Company, whereupon the foregoing shall become a binding agreement
between you and the Company. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each
executed counterpart constituting an original but all together only one agreement.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Very truly yours,	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	ULTRA RESOURCES, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Marshall D. Smith	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	 

Marshall D. Smith
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	Chief Financial Officer	 	 

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Exhibit 10.1

Execution Copy

CONSULTING AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS

     This Consulting Agreement and Release of Claims (“Agreement”) is made and entered into
by and between Gasco Energy, Inc. (“Company”), and Mark A. Erickson (“Consultant”).

     1. Separation.

          (a) Consultant voluntarily terminated his employment with the Company and its
subsidiaries effective as of January 27, 2010. Consultant voluntarily resigned his position as a
member of the Board of Directors of the Company and its subsidiaries effective as of January 27,
2010 (the “Separation Date”).

          (b) From the day following Consultant’s signing this Agreement and for a period of
nine (9) months following such date (“Consultation Period”), Consultant shall provide
consulting services necessary for the transition of Consultant’s duties while he was an employee of
the Company, as requested by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

     2. Definitions.

          (a) “Claims” means all theories of recovery of whatever nature, whether
known or unknown, and now recognized by the law or equity of any jurisdiction. This term includes
causes of action, charges, indebtedness, losses, claims, liabilities, and demands, whether arising
in equity or under the common law or under any contract or statute. This term includes any claim
for salary, benefits or other compensation. This term includes any claims of discrimination,
harassment, retaliation, retaliatory discharge, or wrongful discharge, and any other claim that is
alleged or that could be alleged by Consultant, or on Consultant’s behalf, in any lawsuit or other
proceeding. This term includes any claims and rights arising under the Age Discrimination in
Employment Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and any and all state
law counter-parts to such federal statutes.

          (b) “Damages” means all elements of relief or recovery of whatever nature,
whether known or unknown, which are recognized by the law or equity of any jurisdiction that is
sought or that could be sought by Consultant, or on Consultant’s behalf, in any lawsuit or other
proceeding. This term includes actual, incidental, indirect, consequential, compensatory,
exemplary, liquidated and punitive damages; rescission; attorneys’ fees; interest; costs; equitable
relief; and expenses.

          (c) “Consultant” means and includes Consultant acting individually; in any
corporate or other representative capacity; and on behalf of Consultant’s heirs, executors,
administrators, legal representatives, successors, beneficiaries, and assigns.

          (d) “Released Parties” means and includes the Company, and its past, present
and future owners, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, contractors, and related entities, and all of
the foregoing entities’ and persons’ past, present and future directors, officers, employees,
shareholders, partners, joint venturers, agents, benefit plans (and each such plan’s fiduciaries,
administrators, committees, trustees, sponsors and representatives), insurance carriers,
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underwriters, predecessors, successors, assigns, executors, administrators, and
representatives, in both their representative and individual capacities. Each of the Released
Parties is an intended beneficiary of this Agreement.

     3. Consideration.

          (a) In consideration for Consultant’s promises herein and provided that the
Consultant executes and delivers this Agreement to the Company on or before January 29, 2010 (and
does not subsequently revoke this Agreement pursuant to Section 14) and continues to comply with
the restrictive covenants set forth in Section 9 of the Employment Agreement by and between
Consultant the Company on February 14, 2003, as amended (the “Employment Agreement”), the
Company shall:

               (i) Pay Consultant $25,000 for each month of the nine (9) month Consultation Period
(the “Consulting Fee”), on the last regular pay date of each calendar month beginning in
February 2010 and ending in October 2010. The Company will not withhold from the Consultation Fee
any sums for income tax, unemployment insurance, social security, or any other withholding pursuant
to any law, nor will the Company make available to Consultant any of the benefits afforded to
employees of the Company; provided the Company may withhold from any compensation or amounts
payable under this Agreement all federal, state, city, or other taxes as may be required pursuant
to any law or governmental regulation or ruling. Consultant expressly acknowledges and agrees that
Consultant is solely responsible for the payment of all income and other taxes earned by Consultant
pursuant to this Agreement.

               (ii) Pay Consultant an amount equal to $600,000 in a single lump sum payment no
later than 60 days following the Separation Date, plus Consultant’s accrued but unused vacation
during his employment with the Company in an amount equal to $15,919.62.

               (iii) Pay Consultant an amount equal to $325,000 in a single lump sum on March 1,
2011.

               (iv) Convey to Consultant certain overriding royalty interests out of the properties
set forth on Schedule 1 of Termination and Settlement Agreement entered into by and among the
Company, Marc A. Bruner and Consultant (the “Termination and Settlement Agreement”) in the
percentage interests set forth under Consultant’s name on Schedule 1 of the Termination and
Settlement Agreement. Such conveyance will be pursuant to the terms and conditions of the
Termination and Settlement Agreement, on the first business day occurring after the six month
period beginning on the date of Consultant’s “separation from service” (within the meaning of
Treasury Regulation 1.409A-1(h)) with the Company (or, if earlier, the date of Consultant’s death).
This Agreement shall be deemed to amend the Termination and Settlement Agreement with respect to
the timing of the conveyance. If the Consultant determines that additional amendments to the
Termination and Settlement Agreement are necessary to effectuate the purposes of this paragraph,
the Company shall cooperate and assist with the process of making such amendments. On the first
business day occurring after the six month period referenced herein, the Company and/or its
successor or assigns, shall also pay Consultant all royalty payments accrued in connection with the
overriding royalty interests conveyed to Consultant, for each month from February 1, 2010 up to the
date of the conveyance.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	  

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The Company’s obligations and Consultant’s rights under this paragraph
shall not be subject to forfeiture under any circumstances, including any claimed breach of this or
any other agreement.

               (v) Provide for the accelerated vesting of any options held by the Consultant to
purchase the common stock of the Company granted under the Company’s compensatory stock option
plans (the “Stock Options”) and the extension of the exercise period of the Stock Options for a
period ending on the first anniversary of the Separation Date; provided, however the options to
purchase 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock with an expiration date of January 2, 2011
will expire on January 2, 2011.

          (b) The Company will withhold from any amounts payable to the Consultant pursuant to
Sections 3(a)(ii), (iii) and (iv) any federal, state or local taxes as the Company is required to
withhold pursuant to any law or government regulation or ruling.

          (c) The consideration set forth in this Section 3 is referred to as
“Consideration.”

     4. Release.

          (a) Consultant releases and discharges the Released Parties from all Claims and
Damages, including those related to, arising from or attributed to (i) Consultant’s employment with
Company and the Employment Agreement (identified in Section 3(a)) and the Termination and
Settlement Agreement (identified in Section 3(a)(iv)), (ii) the termination of such employment, and
(iii) all other acts or omissions related to any matter at any time prior to and including the date
of Consultant’s execution of this Agreement. This Release does not apply to Consultant’s benefit
entitlement in accordance with the terms of the Company’s 401(k) plan as a result of his
employment with the Company. Nor shall the release apply to Consultant’s rights to continue
health insurance coverage under COBRA.

          (b) The Company releases and discharges Consultant from all Claims and Damages,
including those related to, arising from or attributed to (i) Consultant’s employment with Company
and the Employment Agreement (identified in Section 3(a)) and the Termination and Settlement
Agreement (identified in Section 3(a)(iv)), (ii) the termination of such employment, and (iii) all
other acts or omissions related to any matter at any time prior to and including the date of the
Company’s execution of this Agreement.

          (c) Consultant and the Company understand and expressly agree that, unless expressly
excepted, the release in Section 4(a) extends to all Claims of every nature and kind, known or
unknown, suspected or unsuspected, past, present or future, which Claims are arising from,
attributable to, or related to Consultant’s employment with the Company, the termination of such
employment, or any alleged action or inaction of the Consultant or Released Parties prior to and
including the date of the parties’ execution of this Agreement, and that all such Claims are hereby
expressly settled or waived.

          (d) Neither the Company nor Consultant shall disparage or make negative comments
about the other party; provided that this Section 5(d) shall not apply to comments made to any
governmental entity or as required by law.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	  

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          (e) Consultant and the Company agree to re-affirm this Agreement upon the
termination of the Consultation Period by again signing this Agreement as provided below and
returning a re-affirmed copy of this Agreement to the other party.

     5. Continuing Post-Employment Obligations.

          (a) Consultant acknowledges Consultant’s continuing obligations under Section 9 of
the Employment Agreement. Consultant agrees that his obligations under Section 9 remain in full
force and effect following the Separation Date. Company acknowledges Company’s continuing
obligations under Section 23 of the Employment Agreement. Company agrees that its obligations
under Section 23 remain in full force and effect for the period of Consultant’s employment with the
Company and following the Separation Date.

          (b) Consultant agrees not to voluntarily disclose to any third person, apart from
Consultant’s attorney, tax advisors, financial advisors and institutions, and immediate family, the
existence, terms or conditions of this Agreement or to cause any third person to disclose the
existence, terms or conditions of this Agreement, except as required by law or compelled by any
governmental authority, and shall require all such attorneys, tax advisors and family members to
whom disclosure is made by Consultant to comply with the confidentiality provision of this
Agreement.

          (c) Consultant agrees to give the Company, through its Chief Executive Officer,
notice of Consultant’s intent to disclose the existence, terms or conditions of any Confidential
Information (as defined in Section 9.1 of the Employment Agreement) or of this Agreement, within
three business days of learning that disclosure will be or has been required by law or compelled by
a governmental authority.

          (d) During and following the Consultation Period, Consultant will cooperate with,
and assist, the Company in defense of any claim, litigation or administrative proceeding brought
against the Company or any other Released Parties, as reasonably requested by the Company. Such
cooperation and assistance shall include, but not be limited to, (i) interviews of Consultant by
legal counsel for the Company as reasonably requested by such counsel, (ii) Consultant providing
documents (or copies thereof) and executing affidavits as reasonably requested by such counsel,
(iii) Consultant appearing for depositions, trials, and other proceedings as reasonably requested
by such counsel, and (iv) Consultant communicating with any party adverse to the Company, or with a
representative, agent or legal counsel for any such party, concerning any pending or future claims
or litigation or administrative proceeding solely through legal counsel for the Company. The
Company will pay all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Consultant in providing such
cooperation and assistance, provided such expenses have been
pre-approved by the Company. Nothing in this paragraph 5(f) is intended to cause Consultant
to testify other than truthfully in any proceeding or affidavit.

          (e) During and following the Consultation Period, the Company will cooperate with,
and assist, the Consultant in defense of any claim, litigation or administrative proceeding brought
against the Consultant regarding the nature of Consultant’s separation from employment as set forth
in Paragraph 1(a), as reasonably requested by the Consultant.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	  

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          (f) The parties shall execute such documents and take such other action as is
necessary or appropriate to effectuate the provisions of this Agreement.

     6. Warranties and Other Obligations of Consultant. Consultant agrees,
represents and warrants that:

          (a) The Consideration is not something to which Consultant is otherwise indisputably
entitled, is good and sufficient consideration for Consultant’s execution and non-revocation of
this Agreement, and is paid by or on behalf of the Released Parties in full satisfaction and
settlement of any Claims and Damages.

          (b) Consultant is legally and mentally competent to sign this Agreement.

          (c) Consultant is the sole owner of any Claims that have been or could have been
asserted, Consultant has the requisite capacity and authority to make this Agreement, and no
portion of any existing or potential Claims has been sold, assigned, pledged or hypothecated by
Consultant to any third party.

          (d) Consultant presently possesses the exclusive right to receive all of the
Consideration paid in exchange for this Agreement.

          (e) Consultant does not possess any rights or claims to future employment with the
Company after the Separation Date, and agrees not to seek employment with the Company. As used in
this Section 6(e), “Company” shall include any of its affiliates.

     7. Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be interpreted and construed in
accordance with and shall be governed by the laws of the State of Colorado (without regard to any
conflicts of law principle which would require the application of some other state law) and, when
applicable, the laws of the United States.

     8. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the
parties relating to the subject matter hereof. Any previous agreements with respect to this
subject matter are superseded by this Agreement and are of no further force or effect, provided
that Consultant’s continuing obligations under the Employment Agreement shall remain in full force
and effect according to its terms. No term, provision or condition of this Agreement may be
modified in any respect except by a writing executed by both Consultant and the Company. No person
has any authority to make any representation or promise on behalf of any of the parties not set
forth in this Agreement. This Agreement has not been executed in reliance upon any representation
or promise except those contained herein.

     9. Acknowledgment of Terms. Consultant acknowledges that Consultant has
carefully read this Agreement; that Consultant has had the opportunity for review of it by
Consultant’s attorney; that Consultant fully understands its final and binding effect; that the
Company admits to no wrongdoing in connection with Consultant’s employment, the termination of such
employment, or any other matter covered by the release in Section 4(a); that this Agreement is
intended as a compromise of all Claims which Consultant has alleged or may allege against any of
the Released Parties; that the only promises or representations made to

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	  

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Consultant to sign this
Agreement are those stated herein; and that Consultant is signing this Agreement voluntarily.

     10. Waiver. The failure of either party to enforce or to require timely
compliance with any term or provision of this Agreement shall not be deemed to be a waiver or
relinquishment of rights or obligations arising
hereunder, nor shall this failure preclude the enforcement of any term or provision or avoid
the liability for any breach of this Agreement.

     11. Severability. Each part, term or provision of this Agreement is
severable from the others. Notwithstanding any possible future finding by a duly constituted
authority that a particular part, term or provision is invalid, void or unenforceable, this
Agreement has been made with the clear intention that the validity and enforceability of the
remaining parts, terms and provisions shall not be affected thereby.

     12. Construction. This Agreement shall be deemed drafted equally by all the
parties. Its language shall be construed as a whole and according to its fair meaning. Any
presumption or principle that the language is to be construed against any party shall not apply.
The headings in this Agreement are only for convenience and are not intended to affect construction
or interpretation. This Agreement represents a compromise of disputed Claims and is not to be
construed as an admission, direct or indirect, against any interest of the parties. The plural
includes the singular and the singular includes the plural; “and” and “or” are each used both
conjunctively and disjunctively; “any,” “all,” “each,” or “every” means “any and all, and each and
every;” “including” and “includes” are each “without limitation;” and “herein,” “hereof,”
“hereunder” and other similar compounds of the word “here” refer to the entire Agreement and not to
any particular paragraph, subparagraph, section or subsection.

     13. Timing. Consultant acknowledges and agrees Consultant has had a
reasonable time to consider this Agreement before executing it. Consultant understands and agrees
that payment of the Consideration is contingent upon returning and executed copy of this Agreement
to the Company on or before January 29, 2010.

     14. Advice to Consult Counsel. The Company hereby advises Consultant to
consult with an attorney prior to executing this Agreement.

     15. Survival. The respective rights and obligations of the parties
hereunder (including those contained in Section 9 of the Employment Agreement)
shall survive any termination of this Agreement to the extent necessary to the intended
preservation of such rights and obligations. The provisions of this Section are in addition to the
survivorship provisions of any other section of this Agreement.

     16. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together will constitute one and
the same Agreement. Signatures delivered by facsimile shall be deemed effective for all purposes.

     17. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be given by hand delivery to the other party or by registered or certified mail,
return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or by facsimile, as follows:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	  

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	 	If to Consultant:
	 	Mark A. Erickson
	 

	 	 	 	1135 E. Kistler Court
	 

	 	 	 	Highlands Ranch, CO 80126
	 

	 	 	 	303.346.0772 (H)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	If to the Company:
	 	Gasco Energy, Inc.
	 

	 	 	 	8 Inverness Drive East, Suite 100
	 

	 	 	 	Englewood, CO 80112
	 

	 	 	 	Fax: (303) 483-0011
	 

	 	 	 	Attn: W. King Grant

or to such other address as either party shall have furnished to the other in writing in accordance
herewith. Notice and communications shall be effective when actually received by the addressee.

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	 	MARK A. ERICKSON

 	 
	 
	 	/s/ Mark A. Erickson
 	 
	 	Date: 1/29/10 	 
	 	 	 
	 
	 	GASCO ENERGY, INC.

 	 
	 
	 	By:  	/s/ W. King Grant
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	W. King Grant 	 
	 	 	Title:  	EVP & CFO
	 
	 	 	Date:  	January 29, 2010 	 
	 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

	 	 	 
	STATE OF COLORADO
	 	)
	 
	 	)
	COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE
	 	)

     This instrument was signed before me by Mark A. Erickson on this 29th day of
January, 2010.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Notary Public in and for
	 	 
	 

	 	The State of Colorado	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	My Commission Expires:	 	 

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RE-AFFIRMATION

     Consultant hereby re-affirms this Agreement and the release contained in this Agreement and,
as part of such re-affirmation, acknowledges that the release in Section 4(a) applies to
all Claims and Damages arising on or before the date Consultant signs this re-affirmation.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CONSULTANT:

 	 
	 
	 	Mark A. Erickson 	 
	 
	 
	 	Date 	 
	 	 	 
	 

RE-AFFIRMATION

     The Company hereby re-affirms this Agreement and the release contained in this Agreement and,
as part of such re-affirmation, acknowledges that the release in Section 4(a) applies to
all Claims and Damages arising on or before the date the Company signs this re-affirmation.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	GASCO ENERGY, INC.

 	 
	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 	 	Date:  	 	 
	 

Exhibit A - 1

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