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Exhibit 10.1

PROMISSORY NOTE

					
	 	 	 	 	 
	$4,000,000
	 	Houston Texas
	 	February 7, 2011

     FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Sun River Energy, Inc. (“Maker”) promises to pay to the order of
Katy Resources ETX, LLC (“Payee”) at such address in Houston, Texas, as set forth below or
as the holder of this Note may designate from time to time in writing to Maker, the principal sum
of FOUR MILLION AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($4,000,000) together with interest thereon from the date hereof
at the rate of eight percent (8%) per annum, payable as hereinafter provided.

     All principal, accrued and unpaid interest and other amounts owing from Maker hereunder
(collectively, the “Outstanding Balance”) shall be due and payable on the date that is
one-hundred and eighty (180) days counted from and after the date this Note is executed as
indicated on the signature page hereof (the “Scheduled Payment Date”); provided, however,
that if Maker issues any form of equity or debt securities after the date hereof but before the
Scheduled Payment Date, whether pursuant to a secondary offering, private placement or otherwise
but excluding an Excluded Offering (as hereinafter defined), the Outstanding Balance shall
accelerate and become due and payable on the date of such issuance of securities (the
“Accelerated Payment Date”). For purposes hereof, an “Excluded Offering” means one
of the following types of issuances of debt or equity securities: (i) any issuances of securities
made pursuant to employment agreements, consulting agreements, employee stock plans or similar
instruments, (ii) one or more issuances of securities under Maker’s current offering for an
additional net proceeds of all such additional issuances that is equal to or less than $2,500,000
in the aggregate, which proceeds shall be used for any business purposes (provided that such
$2,500,000 issuances shall be in addition to any issuance prior to the date this Note is executed
and in addition to any issuances described in subsection (iii) of this sentence), (iii) one or more
issuances of securities for which the total net proceeds of all such issuances are equal to or less
than $3,000,000 in the aggregate, which proceeds shall be used to fulfill Maker’s obligations under
the continuous drilling clause under the farmout agreement between Maker and Devon Energy
Production Company, L.P. (the “Farmout Agreement”), or (iv) issuances made for the sole purpose of
paying this Note and for which all net proceeds of such issuances are applied to this Note. In the
event the Outstanding Balance becomes due and payable on the Accelerated Payment Date, such
Outstanding Balance shall be paid first in priority out of the proceeds of the applicable issuance
of securities, provided that if such proceeds are not sufficient to cover the Outstanding Balance,
the unpaid remainder of the Outstanding Balance shall remain immediately due and payable.

     Maker shall promptly notify Payee of each issuance of debt or equity securities made after the
date hereof but before the Scheduled Payment Date, which notice shall state the number of
securities and whether such issuance constitutes an Excluded Offering as defined herein, provided that Payee shall maintain the confidentiality of any such information until it is made

 

 

public by Maker. Maker shall have the right to prepay this Note in whole or in part at any
time without penalty or premium.

     In addition to its obligation of payment described herein, Maker shall use at least $3,000,000
of its existing cash to make a completion attempt in the Neal Heirs #1 well or otherwise perform
under the Farmout Agreement and to make a completion attempt in the T. B. Cutler #1 well as a
reasonably prudent operator to attempt to achieve production in paying quantities, and to incur any
related operating or capital expenses related to performing under the Farmout Agreement or the
completion in the Neal Heirs #1 well or T. B. Cutler #1 well. Maker shall commence the foregoing
completion attempts within sixty (60) calendar days after the date of this Note and shall
diligently pursue the same to completion.

     All amounts paid hereunder shall be applied first to all interest then accrued and unpaid
hereunder, and the balance, if any, to principal. All past due principal and interest on this Note
shall bear interest at the maximum rate permitted by law from maturity until paid, but in no event
greater than thirteen percent (13%). All sums called for, payable or to be paid hereunder shall be
paid in lawful money of the United States of America which at the time of payment is legal tender
for the payment of public and private debts therein.

     If default is made in the payment of this Note at maturity (regardless of how its maturity may
be brought about) or the same is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection, or if suit is
filed hereon, or proceedings are had in bankruptcy, probate, receivership, reorganization, or other
judicial proceedings for the establishment or collection of any amount called for hereunder, or any
amount payable or to be payable hereunder is collected through any such proceedings, Maker agrees
to pay the holder of this Note a reasonable amount as attorney’s or collection fees.

     Maker shall be given at least fifteen (15) days written notice of presentment and demand for
payment, notice of intent to accelerate maturity, notice of acceleration of maturity, protest or
notice of protest and non-payment, bringing of suit and diligence in taking any action to collect
any sums owing hereunder and in proceeding against any of the rights and properties securing
payment hereof, and agrees that its liability on this Note shall not be affected by any release of
or change in any security for the payment of this Note. All amounts payable under this Note shall
be payable without relief from valuation and appraisement laws.

     In the event of a default in the payment of any installment of either principal or interest as
provided for herein, or in the performance of any agreement or covenant contained in this Note or
any instrument securing payment hereof, the holder of this Note shall have the right and option to
declare the unpaid balance of principal and accrued interest on this Note at once due and payable
and to foreclose or require foreclosure of any and all liens securing payment hereof, and to
exercise any and all other rights and remedies it may have. Failure to exercise this option upon
any default shall not constitute a waiver of the right to exercise it in the event of any
subsequent default.

     Payment of this Note is secured by one or more instruments entitled DEED OF TRUST, MORTGAGE,
SECURITY AGREEMENT, FINANCING STATEMENT AND ASSIGNMENT OF PRODUCTION AND REVENUES (the “Deeds
of Trust”) of even date herewith, executed

 

 

by Maker in favor of Philip D. Weller, Trustee, covering certain property located in Texas,
United States as described therein, and by a UCC1 financing statement.

     All notices permitted hereunder shall be given to the addressee at the following address:

If to Payee:

Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors

Attention: Chuck Yates, Senior Managing Director

717 Texas Avenue, Suite 3100

Houston, Texas 77002

713-655-7354 (office)

If to Maker:

Sun River Energy, Inc.

Attention: Donal R. Schmidt, Jr.

5950 Berkshire Lane, Ste. 1650

Dallas, Texas 75225

214-369-7300 (phone)

214-369-7301 (fax)

With a copy to:

Sun River Energy, Inc

Attention: James E. Pennington,

General Counsel

5950 Berkshire Lane, Ste. 1650

Dallas, Texas 75225

214-369-7300 (phone)

214-369-7301 (fax)

     All notices given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be considered properly given if
mailed by first-class United States mail, postage prepaid, registered or certified with return
receipt requested, or by delivering same in person to the addressee. Any notice given in
accordance herewith shall be effective upon receipt at the address of the addressee. Each of Payee
and Maker may change its address for notice by notice to the other in the manner set forth above.

     It is expressly stipulated and agreed to be the intent of Maker and Payee to at all times
comply with the usury and other laws applicable to this Note and the instruments securing the
payment hereof (the “Security Instruments”) and any subsequent revisions, repeals, or
judicial interpretations thereof, to the extent any of the same are applicable hereto. If such
laws are ever revised, repealed, or judicially interpreted so as to render usurious any amount
called for under this Note or under any of the Security Instruments, or contracted for, charged, or
received with respect to the indebtedness evidenced by this Note, or if Payee’s exercise of the
option herein contained to accelerate the maturity of this Note or if any prepayment by Maker
results in Maker having paid any interest in excess of that permitted by law, then it is Maker’s
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intent that all excess amounts theretofore collected by Payee be credited on the principal
balance of this Note (or, if the Note has been paid in full, refunded to Maker), and the provisions
of this Note and the Security Instruments immediately be deemed reformed and the amounts thereafter
collectable hereunder and thereunder reduced, without the necessity of the execution of any new
document, so as to comply with the then applicable law, but so as to permit the recovery of the
fullest amount otherwise called for hereunder and thereunder.

     All of the stipulations, promises and agreements in this Note made by or on behalf of Maker
shall bind the successors and assigns of Maker, whether so expressed or not, and inure to the
benefit of the successors and assigns of Maker and Payee. Maker may not assign, pledge or
otherwise transfer this Note, including by merger or other means, without the prior written consent
of Payee.

     This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Texas, without reference to the principles of conflicts of law that would direct the application of
the laws of another jurisdiction.

 

 

     EXECUTED
on this
7th day of February, 2011.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	SUN RIVER ENERGY, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Donal R. Schmidt, Jr.
 	 
	 	Name:  Donal R. Schmidt, Jr. 	 
	 	Title:  President and CEO 	 
	 

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Exhibit 10.2

NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY RIGHTS: IF YOU ARE A NATURAL PERSON YOU MAY REMOVE ANY OR ALL OF
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FROM ANY INSTRUMENT THAT TRANSFERS AN INTEREST IN REAL PROPERTY BEFORE IT
IS FILED FOR RECORD IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS: YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR YOU DRIVER’S LICENSE
NUMBER.

DEED OF TRUST, MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT,

FINANCING STATEMENT AND ASSIGNMENT OF PRODUCTION AND REVENUES

FROM

SUN RIVER ENERGY, INC.

(Mortgagor and Debtor)

TO

PHILIP D. WELLER, TRUSTEE

for the benefit of

KATY RESOURCES ETX, LLC,

(Mortgagee and Secured Party)

FOR PURPOSES OF FILING THIS INSTRUMENT AS A FINANCING STATEMENT, THE MAILING ADDRESS OF
MORTGAGOR/DEBTOR IS 5950 BERKSHIRE LANE, SUITE 1650, DALLAS, TEXAS 75225; THE MAILING ADDRESS OF
MORTGAGEE/SECURED PARTY IS 717 TEXAS AVENUE, SUITE 3100, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002.

THIS INSTRUMENT CONTAINS AFTER-ACQUIRED PROPERTY PROVISIONS, AND COVERS FUTURE ADVANCES AND
PROCEEDS. INTERESTS IN OIL, GAS, MINERALS AND OTHER AS-EXTRACTED COLLATERAL OR IN ACCOUNTS
RESULTING FROM THE SALE THEREOF, WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN THE MORTGAGED PROPERTY, AND WILL BE FINANCED
AT WELLHEADS LOCATED ON THE LEASES OR LANDS ASSOCIATED WITH PIPELINES DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT
A-1 AND EXHIBITA-2 HERETO.

PERSONAL PROPERTY CONSTITUTING A PORTION OF THE MORTGAGED PROPERTY MAY BE OR MAY IN THE FUTURE BE
AFFIXED TO THE LANDS OR LANDS ASSOCIATED WITH PIPELINES DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A-1 AND
EXHIBITA-2 HERETO.

A POWER OF SALE HAS BEEN GRANTED IN THIS INSTRUMENT. A POWER OF SALE MAY ALLOW THE MORTGAGEE TO
TAKE THE MORTGAGED PROPERTY AND SELL IT WITHOUT GOING TO COURT IN A FORECLOSURE ACTION UPON DEFAULT
BY THE MORTGAGOR UNDER THIS INSTRUMENT.

THIS FINANCING STATEMENT IS TO BE FILED AMONG OTHER PLACES, IN THE REAL ESTATE RECORDS.

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ATTENTION OF RECORDING OFFICER: This instrument is a mortgage of both real and personal
property and is, among other things, a Security Agreement and Financing Statement under the Uniform
Commercial Code. This instrument creates a lien on rights in or relating to lands of Mortgagor
which are described, or referred to, in Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2 hereto.

RECORDED DOCUMENT SHOULD BE RETURNED TO:

DLA PIPER LLP (US)

1000 Louisianna Street, Suite 2800

Houston, Texas 77002

Attention: Steven Torello

 

 

DEED OF TRUST, MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT,

FINANCING STATEMENT AND ASSIGNMENT OF PRODUCTION AND REVENUES

(THIS INSTRUMENT CONTAINS AFTER-ACQUIRED PROPERTY PROVISIONS)

ARTICLE I

GRANT OF LIENS AND SECURITY INTERESTS

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the undersigned SUN RIVER ENERGY, INC., a Colorado
company (“Mortgagor”), whose mailing address is 5950 Berkshire Lane, Suite 1650, Dallas,
Texas 75225, for valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and in
consideration of the debt and trust hereinafter mentioned, has granted, bargained, sold, conveyed,
transferred and assigned, and by these presents does GRANT, BARGAIN, SELL, CONVEY, MORTGAGE,
PLEDGE, TRANSFER, ASSIGN AND SET OVER to Philip D. Weller, whose address is 1717 Main Street, Suite
4600, Dallas, Texas 75201, and its successors and substitutes in trust, as hereinafter provided
(the “Trustee”), with a power of sale, for the benefit of KATY RESOURCES ETX, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, whose mailing address is 717 Texas Avenue, Suite 3100, Houston,
Texas 77002 (the “Mortgagee”), the following property, whether real, personal or mixed,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired under law or in equity (collectively, the “Mortgaged
Property”); the inclusion of certain specific types and items of property and interests in one
or more of the following Paragraphs are not intended in any way to limit the effect of the more
general descriptions:

OIL AND GAS PROPERTIES

     A. All of Mortgagor’s present and future rights, titles, interests and estates, now owned or
hereafter acquired by Mortgagor, in and to those certain oil, gas and mineral leases, mineral
interests, mineral servitudes, royalty interests, overriding royalty interests, production
payments, net profits interests, fee interests, carried interests, reversionary interests and all
other rights, titles, interests or estates described on Exhibit A-1 attached hereto and
made a part hereof or in, on or under any lands described in Exhibit A-1, whether such
rights, titles, interests or estates or such lands are correctly described therein or not (all of
which rights, titles, interests and estates described in this Paragraph A are hereinafter included
within the term “Subject Interests”). The term “oil, gas and mineral leases,” as used in
this instrument and in Exhibit A-1 includes, in addition to oil, gas and mineral leases,
oil and gas leases, oil, gas and sulphur leases, other mineral leases, co-lessor’s agreements and
extensions, amendments, ratifications and subleases of all or any of the foregoing, all as may be
appropriate.

     B. All of Mortgagor’s present and future rights, titles, interests and estates, now owned or
hereafter acquired by Mortgagor, in and to present and future drilling, spacing, proration or
production units, as created by the terms of any unitization, communitization and pooling
agreements and orders, and all properties, property rights and estates created thereby which
include, belong or appertain to the Subject Interests, including, without limitation, all such
units formed voluntarily or under or pursuant to any Law relating to any of the Subject Interests.
As used herein, the term “Law” means all applicable statutes, laws, ordinances, regulations,
orders, writs, injunctions, or decrees of any state, commonwealth, nation, territory, possession,

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county, township, parish, municipality, or Tribunal, and the term “Tribunal” means any court
or governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency, or instrumentality of the United
States or of any state, commonwealth, nation, territory, possession, county, parish, or
municipality, whether now or hereafter constituted or existing.

     C. All present and future As-extracted collateral (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code
as enacted, amended and in effect in each jurisdiction in Texas in which any of the Mortgaged
Property is situated (the “UCC”)), including all oil and gas, and all present and future
casinghead gas, drip gasoline, natural gasoline, distillate, all other liquid or gaseous
hydrocarbons produced or to be produced in conjunction therewith, all products, by-products and all
other substances derived therefrom or the processing thereof, and all other similar minerals, now
owned or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor, now or hereafter accruing to, attributable to or produced
from the Subject Interests or to which Mortgagor now or hereafter may be entitled as a result or by
virtue of Mortgagor’s ownership of the Subject Interests (collectively, “Hydrocarbons”).

     D. All present and future sulphur, lignite, coal, uranium, thorium, iron, geothermal steam,
water, carbon dioxide, helium and all other minerals, ores or substances of value (whether similar
to the foregoing or not), and the products and proceeds therefrom now owned or hereafter acquired
by Mortgagor, including, without limitation, all gas resulting from the in-situ combustion of coal
or lignite now or hereafter accruing to, attributable to or produced from the Subject Interests or
to which Mortgagor now or hereafter may be entitled as a result of or by virtue of Mortgagor’s
ownership of the Subject Interests (collectively, “Other Minerals”).

     E. All present and future oil and gas wells, disposal and injection wells, rigs, improvements,
fixtures, machinery and other equipment, inventory and articles of personal property or movables,
now owned or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor, including, without limitation, connection apparatus
and flow lines from wells to tanks, wells, pipelines, gathering lines, trunk lines, lateral lines,
flow lines, compressor, dehydration and pumping equipment, pumping plants, gas plants, processing
plants, pumps, dehydration units, separators, heater treaters, valves, gauges, meters, derricks,
rig substructures, buildings, tanks, reservoirs, tubing, rods, liquid extractors, engines, boilers,
tools, appliances, cables, wires, tubular goods, machinery, supplies and any and all other
equipment, inventory and articles of personal property of any kind or character whatsoever
appurtenant to, or used or held for use in connection with the production of Hydrocarbons or Other
Minerals from the Subject Interests, or now or hereafter located on any of the lands encumbered by
any of the Subject Interests (the “Lands”), or used on or about the Lands in connection
with the operations thereon, together with all present and future improvements or products of,
accessions, attachments and other additions to, tools, parts and equipment used in connection with,
and substitutes and replacements for, all or any part of the foregoing (all of the types or items
of property and interests described in this Paragraph E are hereinafter collectively referred to as
the “Personal Property”).

     F. All present and future rights, titles, interests and estates now owned or hereafter
acquired by Mortgagor (including, without limitation, all rights to receive payments) under or by
virtue of all easements, permits, licenses, rights-of-way, surface leases, franchises, servitudes,
division orders, transfer orders and other agreements relating or pertaining to purchasing,
exchanging, exploring for, developing, operating, treating, processing, storing, marketing or

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transporting Hydrocarbons or Other Minerals now or hereafter found in, on or under, or
produced from, any of the Subject Interests, or under or by virtue of any contract relating in any
way to all or any part of the Mortgaged Property otherwise described herein, including, without
limitation, farmout contracts, farmin contracts, operating or joint operating agreements, trade
letter agreements, bidding agreements, assignments, subleases and all agreements creating
rights-of-way for ingress and egress to and from the Subject Interests (all of such rights, titles,
interests and estates referred to or described in this Paragraph F are hereinafter collectively
referred to as the “Subject Contracts”), and all rights, titles and interests in and to all
surface fees and fee estates described in Exhibit A-1, compressor sites, settling ponds,
equipment or pipe yards, office sites, office buildings and all property and fixtures located
thereon, whether such surface fees, fee estates, compressor sites, settling ponds, equipment or
pipe yards, office sites, office buildings are fee simple estates, leasehold estates or otherwise,
together with all present and future rights, titles, easements and estates now owned or hereafter
acquired under or in connection with such interest.

     G. All present and future accounts (including, but not limited to, all open accounts
receivable and accounts receivable arising under or pursuant to any joint operating agreements,
division orders or other agreements, documents or instruments relating to any of the Subject
Interests, and including without limitation, all seismic data, geological data and interpretations
of any of the forgoing, but excluding such seismic and geological data licensed by Mortgagor where
such licenses prohibit or restrict the encumbrance, pledge or assignment thereof), general
intangibles, chattel paper, documents, instruments, cash and noncash proceeds and other rights, now
owned or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor, arising from or by virtue of, or from the voluntary or
involuntary sale or other disposition of, or collections with respect to, or insurance proceeds
payable with respect to, or proceeds payable by virtue of warranty or other claims against
manufacturers of, or claims against any other person or entity with respect to, all or any part of
the Mortgaged Property described in this Article I (all of which types and items of property and
interests described in this Paragraph G are hereinafter collectively referred to as the
“Accounts”).

     H. All present and future tenements, hereditaments, appurtenances, profits and properties in
anyway appertaining, belonging, affixed or incidental to, or used or useful in connection with, all
or any part of the Mortgaged Property otherwise described in this Article I, now owned or hereafter
acquired by Mortgagor, including, without limitation, all reversions, remainders, carried
interests, tolls, rents, revenues, issues, proceeds, earnings, income, products, profits, deposits,
easements, permits, licenses, servitudes, surface leases, rights-of-way and franchises relating to
all or any part of the Mortgaged Property.

     I. Nothing in the aforementioned or following paragraphs, however, nor any other language in
this document, shall be construed to grant, bargain, sell, convey, transfer or assign any interest
whatsoever in any present and future rights, titles, interests and estates, now owned or hereafter
acquired by Mortgagor, in and to those certain oil, gas and mineral leases, mineral interests,
mineral servitudes, royalty interests, overriding royalty interests, production payments, net
profits interests, fee interests, carried interests, reversionary interests and all other rights,
titles, interests or estates, or any other type of interest described in the aforementioned or
hereinafter mentioned paragraphs, in any property located in the following locations: (1) the state
of New Mexico; (2) Tom Greene county, Texas; or (3) any area subject to and a part of the

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farmout agreement between Mortgagor and Devon Energy Production Company, L.P. (hereinafter
referred to as “The Excluded Property”).

PIPELINES

     J. All of Mortgagor’s present and future rights, titles, interests and estates in and to (i)
all pipelines now owned and/or operated or hereafter acquired and/or operated by Mortgagor for the
gathering, transmission, or distribution of Hydrocarbons from the Subject Interests including,
without limitation, those pipelines described on Exhibit A-2 which is attached hereto, and
(ii) any interests in real property relating thereto (collectively called the “Pipelines”).

     K. All of Mortgagor’s present and future rights, titles, interests and estates in and to all
tracts and parcels of real property described or referred to in Exhibit A-2 attached
hereto, or the description of which is incorporated in Exhibit A-2 by reference to any
other instrument or document associated with the Pipelines now owned or hereafter acquired
(collectively, the “Lands Associated with Pipelines”).

     L. All leases, leaseholds, easements, rights-of-way, licenses, franchises, privileges,
permits, ordinances, grants, rights, consents, servitudes, surface leases or rights, amendatory
grants and interests in land for the installation, maintenance and operation of the Pipelines or
the assets associated with the Pipelines or any portion thereof, now owned or held or hereafter
owned or held by Mortgagor including, without limitation, those leases, leaseholds, easements,
rights-of-way, licenses, franchises, privileges, permits, ordinances, grants, rights, consents,
servitudes, surface leases or rights, amendatory grants and interests in land applicable to the
Pipelines or the Pipeline Assets owned or held by Mortgagor and those leases, leaseholds,
easements, rights-of-way, licenses, franchises, privileges, permits, ordinances, grants, rights,
consents, servitudes, surface leases or rights, amendatory grants and interests in land owned or
held by Mortgagor and described in Exhibit A-2 attached hereto or arising by virtue of the
documents described in Exhibit A-2 (collectively, the “Rights-of-Way and
Franchises”).

     M. All other assets of Mortgagor now or hereafter situated on any of the Lands Associated with
Pipelines or the Rights-of-Way and Franchises, including without limitation, fixtures,
improvements, equipment, surface or subsurface machinery, facilities, supplies, replacement parts,
vehicles of every description, all process control computer systems and equipment or other property
of whatsoever kind or nature and, including, without limitation, all buildings, structures,
machinery, gas processing plants, stations, substations, pumps, pumping stations, meter houses,
metering stations, regulator houses, ponds, tanks, scrapers and scraper traps, fittings, valves,
connections, cathodic or electrical protection by-passes, regulators, drips, meters, pumps, pumping
units, pumping stations, storage or tankage facilities, engines, pipes, gates, telephone and
telegraph lines, electric power lines, poles, wires, casings, radio towers, fixtures, mechanical
equipment, electrical equipment, machine shops and other equipment, used or useful in connection
therewith; together with all of Mortgagor’s liquid hydrocarbons, carbon dioxide, natural gas
liquids, refined petroleum products and other inventory fuels, carbon, chemicals, electric energy,
and other consumable materials or products manufactured, processed, generated, produced,
transmitted, stored (whether above or below ground) or purchased by Mortgagor for sale, exchange,
distribution, consumption or transmission by Mortgagor,

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including, without limitation, off system gas, drip gas and line fill (collectively, the
“Pipeline Assets”).

GENERAL

     N. All other interests of every kind and character which Mortgagor now has or at any time
hereafter acquires in and to the types and items of property and interests described in Paragraphs
A, B, C, D, E, F, G H, I, J, K, L and M preceding and all property, in each case, which is used or
useful in connection with the Mortgaged Property and the proceeds and products of all of the
foregoing, whether now owned or hereafter acquired.

     Mortgagor’s interest in the Mortgaged Property as such may be enlarged by the discharge of any
payments out of production or by the removal of any charges or encumbrances together with the
Mortgagor’s interests in, to and under or derived from all renewals and extensions of any oil, gas
and mineral leases described herein.

     To further secure the full and complete payment and performance of the Secured Indebtedness,
Mortgagor, as debtor, hereby grants to Mortgagee and Mortgagee’s successors in title and assigns,
as secured party, a first and prior security interest in and to the following types and items of
property and interests now owned or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor in the Mortgaged Property (all
of which are included within the term “Mortgaged Property”): (a) all present and future Personal
Property, Subject Contracts and Accounts (including without limitation, all seismic data,
geological data and interpretations of any of the forgoing to the extent a security interest
therein can be assigned); (b) all present and future Subject Interests, Hydrocarbons and Other
Minerals insofar as the same consist of As-extracted collateral as defined in and subject to the
UCC (including Accounts), and for which the creation and perfection of a security interest or lien
therein is governed by the provisions of the UCC; (c) all present and future other Mortgaged
Property described in Paragraphs “A” through “M” above consisting of Accounts, contract rights,
general intangibles, chattel paper, documents, instruments, inventory, equipment, fixtures and
other goods and articles of personal property of any kind or character defined in and subject to
the UCC; (d) all present and future increases, profits, combinations, reclassifications,
improvements and products of, accessions, attachments and other additions to, tools, parts and
equipment used in connection with, and substitutes and replacements for, all or any part of the
Mortgaged Property described in this or any other clause of this paragraph; (e) all present and
future Accounts, contract rights, general intangibles, chattel paper, documents, instruments, cash
and noncash proceeds and other rights arising from or by virtue of, or from the voluntary or
involuntary sale or other disposition of, or collections with respect to, or insurance proceeds
payable with respect to, or proceeds payable by virtue of warranty or other claims against
manufacturers of, or claims against any other person or entity with respect to, all or any part of
the Hydrocarbons, the Other Minerals or the Mortgaged Property described in this or any other
clause of this paragraph; and (f) all present and future security for the payment to Mortgagor of
any of the Mortgaged Property described in this or any other clause of this paragraph and goods
which gave or will give rise to any of such Mortgaged Property or are evidenced, identified, or
represented therein or thereby; provided that nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to permit
any action prohibited by this instrument or by terms incorporated in this instrument.

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     In the event that the Mortgagor acquires additional undivided interests in some or all of the
Mortgaged Properties, this Deed of Trust shall automatically encumber such additions or increases
to the Mortgagor’s interest in the Mortgaged Properties without need of further act or document.
Further, in the event the Mortgagor becomes the owner of an interest in any part of the lands
described either in Exhibit A-1 or Exhibit A-2 or the documents described on
Exhibit A-1 or Exhibit A-2 or otherwise subject to or covered by the Mortgaged
Properties, this Deed of Trust shall automatically encumber such ownership interest of the
Mortgagor without need of further act or document.

     For the same consideration, Mortgagor hereby grants to Mortgagee any and all present and
future rights of Mortgagor to liens and security interests in the Mortgaged Property securing
payment of proceeds from the sale of production from the Mortgaged Property, including, but not
limited to, those liens and security interests provided for in Section 9.343 of the Texas Business
and Commerce Code.

     TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all and singular the Mortgaged Property and all other property which, by
the terms hereof, has or may hereafter become subject to the lien and/or security interest of this
Deed of Trust, Mortgage, Security Agreement, Financing Statement and Assignment of Production and
Revenues (the “Deed of Trust”), together with all rights, hereditaments and appurtenances
in anywise belonging to the Trustee or assigns forever. Any additional right, title or interest
which Mortgagor may hereafter acquire or become entitled to in the interests, properties, Lands and
premises aforesaid, or in the oil, gas or other minerals in and under or produced from the Land and
leases shall inure to the benefit of and be covered by this Deed of Trust and constitute
“Mortgaged Property,” the same as if expressly described and conveyed herein. However,
notwithstanding any language herein to the contrary, nothing herein shall be construed to grant,
bargain, sell, convey, transfer or assign any interest whatsoever in The Excluded Property.

ARTICLE II

INDEBTEDNESS SECURED

     This conveyance is made, IN TRUST, HOWEVER, to secure and enforce the payment and performance
of the following indebtedness, obligations and liabilities:

	 	(a)	 	The indebtedness under that certain promissory note dated as of even
date herewith, in the face amount of $4,000,000 executed by Mortgagor and
payable to Mortgagee and all amendments, modifications, supplements,
restatements, renewals, extensions or replacements thereof (whether one or
more, the “Note”).
	 
	 	(b)	 	All material covenants, obligations and representations of Mortgagor
arising pursuant to the terms of the Note.
	 
	 	(c)	 	Payment of any sums which may be advanced or paid by Mortgagee under
the terms hereof on account of the failure of Mortgagor to comply with the

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	 	 	 	covenants of Mortgagor contained herein, and all other indebtedness of
Mortgagor arising pursuant to the provisions of this Deed of Trust.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all post-petition
interest, expenses, and other duties and liabilities with respect to
indebtedness or other obligations described above in this Article II, which
would be owed but for the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due
to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization, or similar proceeding.
	 
	 	(e)	 	All amendments, modifications, supplements, restatements, renewals,
extensions or replacements of indebtedness described, referred to or mentioned
in paragraphs (a) through (c) above, and all substitutions therefor, in whole
or in part.
	 
	 	(f)	 	The word “Secured Indebtedness” wherever used in this Deed of
Trust shall refer to all present and future debts, obligations and liabilities
described or referred to in this Article II or otherwise in this Deed of Trust,
and all renewals, revisions, replacements, amendments, restatements,
substitutions and modifications thereof.

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     Mortgagor hereby represents and warrants as follows:

     3.1 Power to Create Lien. Mortgagor has full power and lawful authority to, subject
to the terms of any Subject Contracts described on Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2 or
any limitations otherwise identified on Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2, bargain,
grant, sell, mortgage, assign, transfer, convey, pledge and hypothecate and grant a security
interest in all of the Mortgaged Property all in the manner and form herein provided and without
obtaining the waiver, consent or approval of any lessor, sublessor, governmental agency or entity
or other party whomsoever or whatsoever, except to the extent the approval or consent of the State
of Texas or the Department of the Interior, United States of America, as the case may be, is
required by applicable law or regulation to the transfer, deed or assignment of an interest in any
of the Mortgaged Property.

     3.2 Intent to Cover All Interests. Any fractions or percentages specified on attached
Exhibit A-1 in referring to Mortgagor’s interests are solely for the purposes of the
warranties made by Mortgagor above and shall in no manner limit the quantum of interest with
respect to any Subject Interests or with respect to any Unit or Well identified on Exhibit
A-1. If any of the Lands covered by the Subject Interests or Lands Associated with Pipelines
or other instrument mentioned on Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2 are incorrectly
described, then nevertheless this Deed of Trust shall cover all Mortgagor’s interest in such
Subject Interests, the Lands Associated with Pipelines and other instrument as to all of the lands
covered thereby, unless limited by express words to the contrary on Exhibit A-1 and
Exhibit A-2. However, notwithstanding any language herein to the contrary, nothing herein
shall be construed to grant, bargain, sell, convey, transfer or assign any interest whatsoever in
The Excluded Property.

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     3.3 Business Entity Type. For purposes of this Deed of Trust, “Business Entity”
refers to type of Mortgagor’s business formation as specified in the preamble of this Deed of
Trust.

ARTICLE IV

COVENANTS OF MORTGAGOR

     In consideration of the Secured Indebtedness hereinabove described, Mortgagor, for itself and
its successors and assigns, does hereby covenant and agree as follows:

     4.1 Defend Title. Mortgagor will not create or suffer to be created or permit to
exist any lien, or security interest senior to, junior to, or on a parity with, the lien and
security interest of this Deed of Trust upon the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof or upon the
rents, issues, revenues, profits and other income therefrom, except those liens and security
interests as described on Exhibit B attached hereto and liens and security interests which do not
materially adversely affect the aggregate value of such property and interests (“Permitted Liens”).
Mortgagor will defend the title to such Mortgaged Property against the claims and demands of all
other persons whomsoever (other than persons claiming by, through or under Mortgagee) and will
maintain and preserve the lien and security interests created hereby so long as any of the Secured
Indebtedness secured hereby remains unpaid. Should a material adverse claim be made against or a
cloud develop upon the title to any part of the Mortgaged Property, Mortgagor agrees it will
immediately defend against such adverse claim or take appropriate action to remove such cloud at
Mortgagor’s cost and expense, and Mortgagor further agrees that Mortgagee may take such other
action as Mortgagee reasonably deems advisable to protect and preserve its interests in the
Mortgaged Property, and in such event Mortgagor will indemnify Mortgagee against any and all costs,
reasonable attorneys’ fees and other expenses which it may reasonably incur in defending against
any such adverse claim or taking action to remove any such cloud.

     4.2 Correct Defects. Upon request of Mortgagee, Mortgagor will promptly correct any
defect which are discovered after the execution and delivery of this Deed of Trust in the note or
notes above described or other documents executed in connection herewith, in the execution or
acknowledgment hereof or thereof or in the description of the Mortgaged Property, and will execute,
acknowledge, and deliver such division orders, transfer orders and other assurances and instruments
as shall, in the reasonable opinion of Mortgagee, be necessary or proper to convey and assign to
the Trustee all of the Mortgaged Property herein conveyed or assigned, or intended to be so.

     4.3 Notifications. Mortgagor will notify Mortgagee of the material destruction, loss,
termination or acquisition of any material Mortgaged Property (except as occurs in the ordinary
course of business) within twenty (20) days thereof.

     4.4 Pooling. Mortgagor will not, without the prior written consent of Mortgagee,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, voluntarily pool or unitize all or any part of
the Mortgaged Property consisting of producing oil, gas and mineral leases, where the pooling or
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production from the pooled or unitized lands. Immediately after the formation of any pool or
unit in accordance herewith, Mortgagor will furnish to Mortgagee a conformed copy of the pooling
agreement, declaration of pooling, or other instrument creating the pool or unit. The interest of
Mortgagor included in any pool or unit attributable to the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof
shall become a part of the Mortgaged Property and shall be subject to liens and security interests
hereof in the same manner and with the same effect as though the pool or unit and the interest of
Mortgagor therein were specifically described in Exhibit A-1 hereto. In the event any
proceedings of any governmental body which could result in pooling or unitizing all or any part of
the Mortgaged Property are commenced, Mortgagor shall give immediate written notice thereof to
Mortgagee.

     4.5 Maintenance and Operation of Mortgaged Property.

	 	(a)	 	Mortgagor will at its own expense do or cause to be done all things reasonably
necessary to preserve and keep in full repair, working order and efficiency (subject to
reasonable wear and tear) all of the Mortgaged Property, to the extent necessary in
accordance with the standards of a prudent operator under comparable conditions,
including, without limitation, all equipment, machinery and other tangible or movable
personal property, and from time to time will make or cause to be made all the needful
and proper repairs, renewals and replacements so that at all times the state and
condition of the Mortgaged Property will be substantially preserved and maintained in
accordance with the standards of a prudent operator under comparable conditions.
	 
	 	(b)	 	Mortgagor will promptly pay and discharge, or cause to be promptly paid or
discharged, all rentals, delay rentals, royalties and indebtedness accruing under, and
perform or cause to be performed in all material respects each and every act, matter or
thing required by, each and all of the assignments, deeds, leases, sub-leases,
contracts and agreements described or referred to herein or directly affecting
Mortgagor’s interests in the Mortgaged Property, and will do or cause to be done all
other things reasonably necessary to keep materially unimpaired Mortgagor’s rights with
respect thereto and prevent any material forfeiture thereof or material default
thereunder; provided that Mortgagor may contest such obligations under such
assignments, deeds, leases, sub-leases and material contracts and agreements in good
faith and by appropriate proceedings. Mortgagor will operate or cause to be operated
the Mortgaged Property in a careful and efficient manner in accordance with the
practices of the industry and in compliance in all material respects with all
applicable contracts and agreements and in compliance in all material respects with all
applicable proration and conservation laws of the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged
Property is situated, and all applicable laws, rules and regulations of every other
agency and authority from time to time constituted to regulate the development and
operation of the Mortgaged Property and the production and sale of Hydrocarbons and
Other Minerals therefrom. Mortgagor will do or cause to be done such development work
as may be reasonably necessary to the prudent and economical operation of the Mortgaged
Property in accordance with the current customs and practices of operators in the
industry under comparable conditions.

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	 	(c)	 	Mortgagor will do all things reasonably necessary to keep materially unimpaired
Mortgagor’s rights and remedies in or under the Mortgaged Property and shall not
abandon, convey, assign, lease or otherwise transfer any material right, title or
interest of Mortgagor in, to, or under the Pipelines or the Pipeline Assets, or consent
to any of the foregoing, directly or indirectly, without the express prior written
consent of Mortgagee, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
	 
	 	(d)	 	Mortgagor will perform or cause to be performed, in all material respects, each
and all material covenants, agreements, terms, conditions and limitations imposed upon
Mortgagor or its predecessors in interest and expressly contained in any assignment or
other form of conveyance, under or through which the Pipelines, Pipeline Assets, Lands
Associated with Pipelines, or Rights-of-Way and Franchises, or an undivided interest
therein are now held, and perform or cause to be performed, in all material respects,
all material (expressed or implied) covenants and obligations imposed upon Mortgagor in
connection with any document or instrument relating thereto.
	 
	 	(e)	 	Mortgagor will cause, or in the event Mortgagor is not the operator of the
Pipeline Assets, use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause, the Pipeline
Assets to be maintained, developed, and continuously operated for the gathering,
storing, transmission and distribution of Hydrocarbons in a good and workmanlike manner
as would be operated by a prudent operator under comparable conditions and in
compliance in all material respects with all applicable operating agreements and
contracts, and all applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules and regulations,
excepting those being diligently contested in good faith.
	 
	 	(f)	 	Mortgagor will cause the Pipelines to be kept in good and effective operating
condition (reasonable wear and tear excepted), and all repairs, renewals, replacements,
additions and improvements thereof or thereto, needful to the gathering, storing,
transmission and distribution of Hydrocarbons through the Pipelines, to be promptly
made as would be kept or effected by a prudent operator under comparable conditions.

     4.6 Operation by Third Parties. All or portions of the Mortgaged Property may be
comprised of interests in the Subject Interests which are other than working interests or which may
be operated by a party or parties other than Mortgagor and with respect to all or any such Subject
Interests and properties as may be comprised of interests other than working interests or which may
be operated by parties other than Mortgagor, Mortgagor’s covenants set forth in as expressed in
Section 4.5 are modified to require that Mortgagor use its commercially reasonable best efforts to
obtain compliance with such covenants by the working interest owners or the operator or operators
of such Subject Interest.

     4.7 Labor/Materials. Mortgagor will promptly pay, or cause to be paid, all bills for
labor and materials incurred in the operation of the Mortgaged Property, except any that is being
contested in good faith and as to which satisfactory accruals have been provided; will promptly pay
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Mortgaged Property or any portion thereof; will furnish Mortgagee, as and when reasonably
requested, information as to the status of any joint account maintained with others under any such
operating agreement; will not take any action to incur any material liability or lien thereunder;
and will not enter into any new operating agreement or amendment of existing operating agreement
affecting the Mortgaged Property that would materially diminish or alter Mortgagor’s net revenue
interest therein, all without prior written consent of the Mortgagee, whicha shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed.

     4.8 Inspections. Mortgagor will permit Mortgagee and its accredited agents,
representatives, attorneys and employees (“Mortgagee Parties”), upon reasonable advance
written notice, at any reasonable time to go upon, examine, and inspect the Mortgaged Property, at
Mortgagee Parties’ sole risk and liability and will furnish Mortgagee, upon reasonable request, all
pertinent information regarding the development and operation of the Mortgaged Property.

     4.9 Legal Proceedings. Mortgagor will provide reasonable notice to Mortgagee or other
holder or holders of the Secured Indebtedness, in writing, of the commencement of any material
legal proceedings affecting the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof, and will take such action
as may be necessary to preserve its and Mortgagee’s rights affected thereby as would be taken by a
prudent operator under comparable conditions; and should Mortgagor fail or refuse to take any such
action, Mortgagee may at its election take such action on behalf and in the name of Mortgagor and
at Mortgagor’s cost and expense..

     4.10 Existence. Mortgagor will maintain its Business Entity, or comparable, existence
and will maintain and procure all necessary franchises and permits to the end that Mortgagor shall
be and continue to be a Business Entity in good standing in the state of its organization (or
subsequent organization) and in the state wherein the Mortgaged Property is located, with full
power and authority to own and operate all of the Mortgaged Property as contemplated herein until
this Deed of Trust shall have been fully satisfied.

     4.11 Waivers. Except for notices referenced in Section 5.11, Mortgagor hereby
expressly waives any and all rights or privileges of marshalling of assets, sale in inverse order
of alienation, notices, appraisements, redemption and any prerequisite to the full extent permitted
by applicable law, in the event of foreclosure of the lien or liens and/or security interests
created herein. Mortgagee at all times shall have the right to release any part of the Mortgaged
Property now or hereafter subject to the lien or security interest of this Deed of Trust, any part
of the proceeds of production or other income herein or hereafter assigned or pledged, or any other
security it now has or may hereafter have securing the Secured Indebtedness, without releasing any
other part of the Mortgaged Property, proceeds or income, and without affecting the liens or
security interests hereof as to the part or parts thereof not so released, or the right to receive
future proceeds and income.

     4.12 Disposition. Without prior approval and written consent of Mortgagee, which
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, Mortgagor will not sell, assign, lease, transfer or
otherwise dispose of all or any portion of the Mortgaged Property, other than sales of Hydrocarbons
made in the ordinary course of business, nor shall Mortgagor mortgage, pledge or otherwise encumber
the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof, regardless of whether the lien or

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encumbrance is senior, coordinate, junior, inferior or subordinate to the lien and security
interest created hereby, except for Permitted Liens.

     4.13 Notice of Assignments. Upon request of Mortgagee, but subject to Section 6.8,
Mortgagor will execute and deliver written notices of assignments to any persons, corporations or
other entities owing or which may in the future owe to Mortgagor monies or accounts arising in
connection with any of the following matters: (a) any oil, gas or mineral production from the
Mortgaged Property; (b) any gas contracts, processing contracts or other contracts relating to the
Mortgaged Property; or (c) the operation of or production from any part of the Mortgaged Property.
The notices of assignments shall advise the third parties that all of the monies or accounts
described above have been assigned to Mortgagee, and if required by Mortgagee, shall also require
and direct that future payments thereof, including amounts then owing and unpaid, be paid directly
to Mortgagee.

     4.14 Prohibitions Ineffective. Any mortgage, pledge, encumbrance, unitization,
pooling, communitization or other action or instrument in violation of the prohibitions contained
in this Article IV shall be of no force or effect against Mortgagee.

     4.16 Amendments to Mineral Leases. Except as required by law, rule of regulation,
Mortgagor will not, without the prior written consent of Mortgagee, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed, enter into any material amendments to the oil, gas and mineral
leases described herein.

ARTICLE V

DEFEASANCE, RESPECTING FORECLOSURE

AND OTHER REMEDIES

     5.1 Defeasance; Remedies. Should Mortgagor make payment in full of the Secured
Indebtedness, then the conveyance of the Mortgaged Property shall become of no further force and
effect, and the lien and security interest hereof shall be released at the cost and expense of
Mortgagor; otherwise, it shall remain in full force and effect. In case any one or more of the
Events of Default, as defined below, shall happen, then, and in any such event, the whole of the
principal of the Secured Indebtedness due and remaining unpaid, together with all interest accrued
thereon, may, at the option of the holder thereof, without notice (including, but not limited to,
notice of intention to accelerate maturity and notice of acceleration of maturity) or demand, which
are, to the full extent permitted by applicable law, waived by Mortgagor, be declared immediately
due and payable; and thereupon, or at any time thereafter while the Secured Indebtedness or any
part thereof remains unpaid, it shall be the duty of the Trustee, on request of the Mortgagee
(which request is hereby presumed), to enforce this Deed of Trust; and after advertising the time
and place of the sale for at least twenty-one (21) days prior to the day of sale, by posting or
causing to be posted a written or printed notice thereof at the courthouse door and by filing a
copy of such notice in the office of the county clerk or registrar of deeds, as applicable in each
jurisdiction, of each county in which the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof may be situated,
and serving written notice of the proposed sale on each debtor obligated to pay the Secured
Indebtedness according to the records of the Mortgagee, by postage prepaid, certified United States
mail, at the most recent address for such debtor as shown by the records

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of the Mortgagee, at least twenty-one (21) days prior to the day of sale, to sell the
Mortgaged Property, either as a whole or in parcels, as the Trustee may deem proper, at public
venue at the courthouse of the county in which the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof may be
situated (and being the county designated in the notice of sale) on the first Tuesday of any month
between the hours of 10:00 o’clock a.m. and 4:00 o’clock p.m., to the highest bidder for cash, and
after such sale to make the purchaser or purchasers good and sufficient deeds and assignments in
the name of the Mortgagor herein, conveying such property so sold to the purchaser or purchasers
with special warranty of title. The Trustee, or his successor or substitute, is hereby authorized
and empowered to appoint any one or more persons as his attorney(s)-in-fact to act as Trustee under
him and in his name, place and stead, such appointment to be evidenced by a written instrument
executed by the Trustee, or his successor or substitute, to perform any one or more act or acts
necessary or incident to any sale under the power of sale hereunder, including, without limitation,
the posting and filing of any notices, the conduct of the sale and the execution and delivery of
any instruments conveying the Mortgaged Property as a result of the sale, but in the name and on
behalf of the Trustee, or his successor or substitute; and all acts done or performed by such
attorney(s)-in-fact shall be valid, lawful and binding as if done or performed by the Trustee, or
his successor or substitute. No single sale or series of sales by the Trustee shall extinguish the
lien or exhaust the power of sale hereunder except with respect to the items of property sold, but
such lien and power shall exist for so long as and may be exercised in any manner by law or as
herein provided as often as the circumstances require to give Mortgagee full relief hereunder. The
purchaser at any such sale shall not assume, nor shall his or its heirs, legal representatives,
successors or assigns, be deemed to have assumed, by reason of the acquisition of property or
rights mortgaged hereunder, any liability or obligation of any lessee or operator of the Mortgaged
Property, or any part thereof, arising by reason of any occurrence taking place prior to such sale.
It shall not be necessary to have present, or to exhibit at any such sale, any of the personal
property subject to the lien or security interest hereof.

     5.2 Rights Under UCC. Upon the happening of any of the Events of Default, Mortgagee
shall be entitled to all of the rights, powers and remedies afforded a secured party by the Uniform
Commercial Code with reference to the personal property, As-extracted collateral and fixtures in
which Mortgagee has been granted a security interest hereby, or Mortgagee may proceed as to both
the real and personal property covered hereby.

     5.3 Application of Proceeds. The Trustee is authorized to receive the proceeds of
said sale or sales and apply the same first to pay all reasonable expenses of any nature whatsoever
incurred at any time (whether before or after an Event of Default) by Mortgagee in exercising or
enforcing any rights, power and remedies provided in this Deed of Trust and next in reduction of
the Secured Indebtedness, in such manner and order as Mortgagee may elect.

     5.4 Substitute Trustee. In the event of the dissolution of the Trustee (if an
entity), or death of the Trustee (if an individual), or its removal from the State of Texas, or its
or his/her failure, refusal, or inability for any reason to make any such sale or to perform any of
the trusts herein declared, or at any time, whether with or without cause, then the Mortgagee may
appoint, in writing, one or more substitute trustee who shall thereupon succeed to all the estates,
rights, powers, and trusts herein granted to and vested in the Trustee. In the same events as
first above stated, and in the same manner, successive substitute Trustees may thereafter be
appointed.

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     5.5 Evidence. It is agreed that in any deed or deeds given by any Trustee any and all
statements of fact or other recitals therein made as to the identity of the holder or holders of
the Secured Indebtedness, or as to the default in the payments thereof or any part thereof, or as
to the breach of any covenants herein contained, or as to the request to sell, notice of sale,
time, place, terms and manner of sale, and receipt, application, and distribution of the money
realized therefrom, or as to the due and proper appointment of a substitute trustee, and, without
being limited by the foregoing, as to any other additional act or thing having been done by
Mortgagee or by the Trustee, shall be taken by all courts of law and equity as prima facie evidence
that the statements or recitals state facts and are without further question to be so accepted; and
Mortgagor does hereby ratify and confirm any and all acts that the Trustee may lawfully do in the
premises by virtue of the terms and conditions of this Deed of Trust.

     5.6 Right to Sue. The Mortgagee may, at its election, or the Trustee may, upon
written request of the Mortgagee, proceed by suit or suits, at law or in equity, to enforce the
payment of the Secured Indebtedness in accordance with the terms hereof and of the note, notes or
guaranties evidencing it, and to foreclose the lien and/or security interest of this Deed of Trust
as against all or any portion of the Mortgaged Property and to have such property sold under the
judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction.

     5.7 Mortgagee May Purchase. It is expressly understood that the Mortgagee, or the
Trustee, may be a purchaser of the Mortgaged Property, or of any part thereof, at any sale thereof,
whether such sale be under the power of sale hereinabove vested in the Trustee or upon any other
foreclosure of the lien and/or security interest hereof, or otherwise; and the Mortgagee or the
Trustee so purchasing shall, upon any such purchase, acquire good title to the Mortgaged Property
so purchased, free of the lien and/or security interest of this Deed of Trust and free of all
rights of redemption in Mortgagor.

     5.8 Cumulative Rights. The rights of entry, sale, or suit, as hereinabove or
hereinafter conferred, are cumulative of all other rights and remedies herein or by law or in
equity provided, and shall not be deemed to deprive the Mortgagee or Trustee of any such other
legal or equitable rights or remedies, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, appropriate to enforce
the conditions, covenants and terms of this Deed of Trust and of any note or guaranty reflecting
the Secured Indebtedness, and the employment of any remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not
prevent the concurrent or subsequent employment of any other appropriate remedy or remedies.

     5.9 No Appraisement. To the full extent Mortgagor may do so, Mortgagor agrees that
Mortgagor will not at any time insist upon, plead, claim or take the benefit or advantage of any
law now or hereafter in force providing for any appraisement, valuation, stay, extension or
redemption, and Mortgagor, for Mortgagor and Mortgagor’s successors and assigns, and for any and
all persons ever claiming any interest in the Mortgaged Property, to the extent permitted by law,
hereby waives and releases all rights of redemption, valuation, appraisement, stay of execution,
notice of intention to mature or declare due the whole of the Secured Indebtedness, notice of
election to mature or declare due the whole of the Secured Indebtedness (excluding any notices
which may be required prior to an Event of Default) and all rights to a marshaling of the assets of
Mortgagor, including the Mortgaged Property, or to a sale in inverse order of alienation in the
event of foreclosure of the liens and security interests hereby created. Mortgagor will not have
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sale in inverse order of alienation, or other matters whatever to defeat, reduce or affect the
right of the Mortgagee under the terms of this Deed of Trust to a sale of the Mortgaged Property
for the collection of the Secured Indebtedness without any prior or different resort for
collection, or the right of the Mortgagee under the terms of this Deed of Trust to the payment of
such indebtedness out of the proceeds of sale of the Mortgaged Property in preference to every
other claimant whatever. If any law referred to in this Section 5.9 and now in force, of which
Mortgagor or Mortgagor’s successors and assigns and such other persons claiming any interest in the
Mortgaged Property might take advantage despite this Section 5.9, shall hereafter be repealed or
cease to be in force, such law shall not thereafter be deemed to preclude the application of this
Section 5.9.

     5.10 Power of Attorney and Agent. Upon the occurrence or happening of an Event of
Default, Mortgagor does hereby designate each of Trustee and Mortgagee as the agent and attorney in
fact of Mortgagor to act in the name, place, and stead of Mortgagor in the exercise of each and
every remedy set forth herein, including rights to liens on and security interests in the Mortgaged
Property, and in conducting any and all operations and taking any and all action reasonably
necessary to do so, recognizing such agency in favor of each of Trustee and Mortgagee to be coupled
with the interests of Trustee and Mortgagee, respectively, under this Deed of Trust and, thus,
irrevocable so long as this Deed of Trust is in force and effect.

     5.11 Events of Default. The term “Event of Default” as used herein shall mean
the occurrence or happening, at any time and from time to time, of any one or more of the
following:

	 	(a)	 	Mortgagor shall fail, refuse, or neglect to pay, in full, any installment or
portion of the Secured Indebtedness as and when the same shall become due and payable,
whether at the due date thereof stipulated herein or in the Note, upon acceleration or
otherwise, provided that Mortagor has received all applicable notices of payment as
provided in the Note;
	 
	 	(b)	 	Mortgagor shall fail, refuse or neglect or cause the failure, refusal or
neglect to comply with, perform and discharge fully and timely as and when required any
of the material obligations of Mortgagor under this Deed of Trust or the Note, and
Mortgagor fails to cure such non-compliance, non-performance or non-discharge within
twenty (20) days of the receipt of written notice of same from Mortgageee;
	 
	 	(c)	 	Any representation or warranty made by Mortgagor contained herein is false or
misleading in any material respect and Mortgagor fails to cure the same within twenty
(20) days of the receipt of written notice of same from Mortgagee;
	 
	 	(d)	 	Mortgagor shall materially default or commit an event of material default under
the Note or any other mortgage or security agreement which covers or affects any part
of the Mortgaged Property and Mortgagor fails to cure the same within twenty (20) days
of the receipt of written notice of same from Mortgagee; or
	 
	 	(e)	 	Any representation or warranty that relates to this Deed of Trust or the Note
made by Mortgagor in the Purchase and Sale Agreement between Mortgagee and Mortgagor
dated October 19, 2010, as thereafter amended (the “PSA”), is false or

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	 	 	 	misleading in any material respect and Mortgagor fails to cure the same within
twenty (20) days of the receipt of written notice of same from Mortgagee.

ARTICLE VI

ASSIGNMENT OF PRODUCTION AND REVENUES

(this “Assignment”)

Production

     6.1 Assignment. Upon the occurrence of happening of an Event of Default, in addition
to the conveyance to the Trustee herein made, Mortgagor does hereby transfer, assign, deliver and
convey unto Mortgagee, its successors and assigns, all Hydrocarbons and Other Minerals produced,
saved or sold from the Mortgaged Property and attributable to the interest of Mortgagor therein,
together with the proceeds of any sale thereof (“Hydrocarbon Proceeds”); Mortgagor hereby directs
any purchaser now or hereafter taking any production from the Mortgaged Property to pay to
Mortgagee such Hydrocarbon Proceeds derived from the sale thereof, and to continue to make payments
directly to Mortgagee until notified in writing by Mortgagee to discontinue the same; and the
purchaser of any such production shall not be required to see to the application of the proceeds
thereof by Mortgagee and payment made to Mortgagee shall be binding and conclusive as between such
purchaser and Mortgagor. Mortgagor further agrees to perform all such acts, and to execute all
such further assignments, transfer and division orders, and other instruments as may be required or
desired by Mortgagee or any other party to have such Hydrocarbon Proceeds so paid to Mortgagee.

Revenues

     Upon the occurrence of happening of an Event of Default, in addition to the conveyance to the
Trustee herein made, Mortgagor does hereby transfer, assign, deliver and convey unto Mortgagee, its
successors and assigns, all the income, revenues, rents, issues, profits and proceeds arising from
the Pipelines relating to the Mortgaged Property whether due, payable or accruing (collectively,
the “Revenues”) under any and all present and future contracts or other agreements relating
to the transmission of the Hydrocarbons or the ownership of all or any portion of the Mortgaged
Property. Mortgagor hereby directs any payor to pay to Mortgagee such Revenues derived from such
contracts and agreements, and to continue to make payments directly to Mortgagee until notified in
writing by Mortgagee to discontinue the same; and the payor shall have no duty or obligation to
inquire into the right of Mortgagee to receive the same, what application is made thereof, or as to
any other matter; and the payment made to Mortgagee shall be binding and conclusive as between such
payor and Mortgagor. Mortgagor agrees to perform all such acts, and to execute all such further
assignments, transfers and other instruments as may be required or desired by the Mortgagee or any
party in order to have said Revenues so paid to the Mortgagee.

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General

     Upon the occurrence of happening of an Event of Default, the Mortgagee is fully authorized to
(i) receive and receipt for said Revenues and Hydrocarbon Proceeds; (ii) to endorse and cash any
and all checks and drafts payable to the order of Mortgagor or the Mortgagee for the account of
Mortgagor received from or in connection with said Revenues and Hydrocarbon Proceeds and apply the
proceeds thereof to the payment of the Secured Indebtedness, when received, regardless of the
maturity of any of the Secured Indebtedness, or any installment thereof, and (iii) execute any
instrument in the name of Mortgagor to facilitate any of the foregoing. Upon receipt of written
instructions from Mortgagor, Mortgagee agrees to release to Mortgagor any Revenues and Hydrocarbon
Proceeds belonging to third parties; provided that the Mortgagee shall not be liable for any delay,
neglect, or failure to effect collection of any Revenues and Hydrocarbon Proceeds or to take any
other action in connection therewith or hereunder; but shall have the right, at its election, in
the name of Mortgagor or otherwise, to prosecute and defend any and all actions or legal
proceedings deemed advisable by the Mortgagee in order to collect such funds and to protect the
interests of the Mortgagee and/or Mortgagor, with all costs, expenses and attorney’s fees incurred
in connection therewith being paid by Mortgagor. Unless Mortgagee has claimed or is claiming, for
its benefit Revenues and Hydrocarbon Proceeds belonging to third parties and not attributable to
the Mortgaged Property, Mortgagor hereby agrees to indemnify the Mortgagee against all claims,
actions, liabilities, judgments, costs, charges and reasonable attorneys’ fees made against or
incurred by it, based on the assertion that it received Revenues claimed by third persons either
before or after the payment in full of the Secured Indebtedness, but in each case except for such
claims, actions, liabilities, judgments, costs, charges and attorneys’ fees to the extent directly
resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Mortgagee. Mortgagee shall have
the right to defend against any such claims, actions and judgments, employing its attorneys
therefor, and if it is not furnished with reasonable indemnity, it shall have the right to
compromise and adjust any such claims, actions and judgments. Mortgagor agrees to indemnify and
pay to the Mortgagee any and all such claims, judgments, costs, charges and attorney’s fees as may
be paid in any judgment, release or discharge thereof or as may be adjudged against the Mortgagee.
Mortgagor hereby appoints Mortgagee as its attorney-in-fact to pursue any and all rights of
Mortgagor to liens on and security interests in the Mortgaged Property. Mortgagor hereby further
transfers and assigns to Mortgagee any and all such liens, security interests, financing statements
or similar interests of Mortgagor attributable to its interest in the Mortgaged Property and
Revenues and Hydrocarbon Proceeds arising under or created by any statutory provision, judicial
decision or otherwise. The power of attorney granted to Mortgagee in this paragraph, being coupled
with an interest, shall be irrevocable so long as the Secured Indebtedness or any part thereof
remains unpaid. WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE FOREGOING INDEMNITIES SHALL APPLY TO EACH INDEMNIFIED
PARTY WITH RESPECT TO MATTERS THAT IN WHOLE OR IN PART ARE CAUSED BY OR ARISE OUT OF THE NEGLIGENCE
OF SUCH (AND/OR ANY OTHER) INDEMNIFIED PARTY OR ANY STRICT LIABILITY. SUCH INDEMNITIES SHALL NOT,
HOWEVER, APPLY TO A PARTICULAR INDEMNIFIED PARTY TO THE EXTENT THAT THE SUBJECT OF THE
INDEMNIFICATION IS CAUSED BY OR ARISES OUT OF THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF THAT
INDEMNIFIED PARTY.

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     6.2 Purchasers. Subject to the applicable terms of the Subject Contracts, should any
purchaser taking the production from the Mortgaged Property fail to make prompt payment to
Mortgagee in accordance with this Assignment, Mortgagee shall have the right at Mortgagor’s expense
to negotiate directly with any other purchaser or, at that request of Mortgagee, the Mortgagor
shall use reasonable commercial efforts to designate an alternative purchase and sale transaction
in an effort, in either case, to cause such purchaser to pay any proceeds of production directly to
Mortgagee or its designee.

     6.3 Collection of Proceeds. Mortgagor authorizes and empowers Mortgagee to receive,
hold and collect all sums of money paid to Mortgagee in accordance with this Assignment, and to
apply the same as hereinafter provided, all without any liability or responsibility on the part of
Mortgagee, save and except as to good faith in so receiving and applying such sums. All payments
provided for in this Assignment shall be paid promptly to Mortgagee, and any provisions contained
in any note or notes evidencing the Secured Indebtedness or any part thereof to the contrary
notwithstanding, Mortgagee may apply the same. Mortgagee agrees to give Mortgagor written notice
simultaneously with its notice to the Purchaser that such payments are to be paid to Mortgagee in
accordance with the terms of this Article VI.

     6.4 No Effect on Secure Indebtedness. It is understood and agreed that should such
payments provided for by this Assignment be less than the sum or sums then due on the Secured
Indebtedness, such sum or sums then due shall nevertheless be paid by Mortgagor in accordance with
the provisions of the note, notes, guaranty agreements or other instrument or instruments
evidencing the Secured Indebtedness, and neither this Assignment nor any provisions hereof shall in
any manner be construed to affect the terms and provisions of such note, notes, guaranty agreements
or other instrument or instruments evidencing the Secured Indebtedness. Likewise, neither this
Assignment nor any provisions hereof shall in any manner be construed to affect the liens, rights,
title and remedies herein granted securing the Secured Indebtedness or Mortgagor’s liability
therefor. The rights under this Assignment are cumulative of all other rights, remedies, and
powers granted under this Deed of Trust, and are cumulative of any other security which Mortgagee
now holds or may hereafter hold to secure the payment of the Secured Indebtedness.

     6.5 Trust. Should Mortgagor receive any of the proceeds of any sale of Hydrocarbons
and Other Minerals produced, saved or sold from the Mortgaged Property, which under the terms
hereof should have been remitted to Mortgagee, Mortgagor will immediately remit same in full to
Mortgagee.

     6.6 Full Payment. Upon payment in full of all Secured Indebtedness, the remainder of
such proceeds held by Mortgagee, if any, shall be paid over to Mortgagor upon demand, and a release
of the interest hereby assigned will be made by Mortgagee to Mortgagor at its request and its
expense.

     6.7 No Liability. Except for Mortgagee’s gross negligence or willful misconduct,
Mortgagee shall not be liable for any failure to collect, or for any failure to exercise diligence
in collecting, any funds assigned hereunder, but only to the extent Mortgagee has successfully
exercised its rights to collect such funds. Mortgagee shall be accountable only for funds actually
received.

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     6.8 Effective Date of the Assignment. Mortgagor hereby acknowledges that this
Assignment under this Article VI, and the terms therein, shall only be effective upon the
occurrence or happening of an Event of Default. Furthermore, Mortgagor agrees that Mortgagee is
not required to assert any affirmative act, including the institution of any legal proceedings, to
enforce this Assignment.

     6.9 Collection of Proceeds. Notwithstanding such assignments, if an Event of Default
has not occurred then Mortgagee shall allow Mortgagor to collect proceeds of the production
assigned herein until an Event of Default occurs.

ARTICLE VII

ADDITIONAL REMEDIES

     7.1 Expenses; Interest. If Mortgagor should fail to comply with any of the material
covenants or material obligations of Mortgagor hereunder, which failure is not cured within twenty
(20) days of receipt of written notice from Mortgagee, then Mortgagee or the Trustee may perform
the same for the account and at the expense of Mortgagor but shall not be obligated so to do, and
any and all reasonable expenses incurred or paid in so doing shall be payable by Mortgagor to
Mortgagee, with interest at the rate agreed upon in the Note, from the date when same was so
incurred or paid, and the amount thereof shall be payable as provided in the Note and shall be
secured by and under this Deed of Trust, and the amount and nature of such expense and the time
when paid shall be presumptively established by the affidavit of Mortgagee or any officer or agent
thereof, or by the affidavit of any Trustee acting hereunder; provided, however, that the exercise
of the privileges granted in this Section 7.1 shall in nowise be considered or constitute a waiver
of the right of Mortgagee upon the happening of an Event of Default hereunder to declare the
Secured Indebtedness at once due and payable but shall be cumulative of such right and all other
rights herein given.

     7.2 Possession. In case any one or more of the Events of Default shall happen, then
in each and every such case the Trustee or Mortgagee or any part thereof, whether or not the
Secured Indebtedness shall automatically become due and payable or shall have been declared due and
payable, as applicable, in addition to the other rights and remedies hereunder, may exercise the
following additional remedy, but shall not be obligated so to do: the Trustee and/or Mortgagee may
enter into and upon and take possession of all or any part of the Mortgaged Property and each and
every part thereof and may exclude Mortgagor, its agents and servants wholly therefrom and have,
hold, use, operate, manage and control the Mortgaged Property and each and every part thereof and
produce the oil, gas and other minerals therefrom and market the same, all at the sole risk and
expense of Mortgagor and at the expense of the Mortgaged Property, applying the net proceeds so
derived, first, to the cost of maintenance and operation of such Mortgaged Property; second, to the
payment of all Secured Indebtedness secured hereby, principal and interest, application to be made
first to interest and then to principal; and the balance thereof, if any, shall be paid to
Mortgagor. Upon such payment of all such costs and Secured Indebtedness, the Mortgaged Property
shall be returned to Mortgagor in its then condition and such Trustee and/or Mortgagee shall not be
liable to Mortgagor for any damage or injury to the Mortgaged Property except such as may be caused
through his, its or their fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct.

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     7.3 Agent. In case any one or more of the Events of Default shall happen, Mortgagor
does hereby designate Mortgagee as Mortgagor’s agent to exercise each and every remedy set forth
herein and to conduct any and all operations and take any and all action reasonably necessary to do
so.

ARTICLE VIII

MISCELLANEOUS

     8.1 No Usury. Any provision in any document that may be executed in connection
herewith to the contrary notwithstanding, the Mortgagee shall in no event be entitled to receive or
collect, nor shall any amounts received hereunder be credited so that the Mortgagee shall be paid
as interest, a sum greater than that authorized by law. If any possible construction of this Deed
of Trust or any instrument evidencing the Secured Indebtedness, or any or all other notes,
guaranties or papers relating to the Secured Indebtedness, seems to indicate any possibility of a
different power given to the Mortgagee, or any authority to ask for, demand, or receive any larger
rate of interest, such as a mistake in calculation or wording, this clause shall override and
control, and proper adjustments shall be made accordingly.

     8.2 Articles, etc. This Deed of Trust, for convenience only, has been divided into
Paragraphs, Articles and Sections, and it is understood that the rights, powers, privileges, duties
and other legal relations of the Mortgagor, the Trustee, and the Mortgagee, shall be determined
from this Deed of Trust as an entirety and without regard to the aforesaid division into
Paragraphs, Articles and Sections and without regard to headings prefixed to such Paragraphs,
Articles and Sections.

     8.3 Successors; Plural. The terms used to designate any of the parties herein shall
be deemed to include the heirs, successors and assigns of such parties; the term
“successors” shall include the heirs, trustees and legal representatives; and the term
“Mortgagee” shall also include any lawful owner, holder or pledgee of any Secured
Indebtedness. Whenever the context requires, reference herein made to the single number shall be
understood to include the plural and the plural shall likewise be understood to include the
singular. Words denoting sex shall be construed to include the masculine, feminine, and neuter
when such construction is appropriate, and specific enumeration shall not exclude the general, but
shall be construed as cumulative.

     8.4 Cumulative Rights. Every right and remedy provided for herein shall be cumulative
of each and every other right or remedy of Mortgagee, whether herein or otherwise conferred, and
may be enforced concurrently therewith, and the unenforceability or invalidity of any one or more
provisions, clauses, sentences or paragraphs of this Deed of Trust shall not render any other
provision, clause, sentence or paragraph unenforceable or invalid, and the remaining provisions
hereof shall be liberally construed in favor of the Trustee and/or the Mortgagee in order to
effectuate the provisions hereof, and the invalidity of any provision hereof in any jurisdiction
shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any such provision in any other jurisdiction.
No security theretofore, herewith or subsequently taken by Mortgagee shall in any manner impair or
affect the security given by this Deed of Trust or any security by endorsement or otherwise
presently or previously given, and all security shall be taken, considered and held as cumulative.

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     8.5 Succession and Assigns. This Deed of Trust shall be binding upon the parties,
their respective successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of the Mortgagee, and the
covenants and agreements herein contained shall constitute covenants running with the land;
provided that, Mortgagor shall not assign or transfer any of its rights or delegate any of its
duties or obligations under this Deed of Trust without the prior written consent of Mortgagee.

     8.6 Supplements. It is contemplated by the parties hereto that from time to time
additional interests and properties may or will be added to the interests and properties in
Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2 attached hereto by means of supplemental indentures
identifying this Deed of Trust and describing such interests and properties to be so added and
included, and upon the execution of any such supplemental indenture, the lien, rights, titles and
interests created herein shall immediately attach to and be effective as of the date of such
supplemental indenture in respect to any such interests and properties so described, and the same
being included in the term “Mortgaged Property,” as used herein.

     8.7 Form. This Deed of Trust shall be deemed, and may be enforced from time to time,
as a chattel mortgage, real estate mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement, assignment or
contract, or as one or more thereof.

     8.8 Fixtures. Without in any manner limiting the generality of any of the foregoing
hereof, some portions of the personal property described hereinabove are or are to become fixtures
on the Lands or Lands Associated with Pipelines described herein or to which reference is made
herein. In addition, the security interest created hereby under applicable provisions of the
Uniform Commercial Code attaches to minerals, including oil, gas and other As-extracted collateral,
or accounts resulting from the sale thereof, at the wellhead or minehead located on the Lands or
Lands Associated with Pipelines described or to which reference is made herein.

     8.9 Article 9. This Deed of Trust may be filed, and the Trustee or Mortgagee, as
applicable, is hereby authorized to so file, as provided in Article 9 of the Texas Business and
Commerce Code relating to the granting of security interests. In this connection, this instrument
will be presented to a filing officer under the Uniform Commercial Code to be filed in the real
estate records as a Financing Statement covering minerals and fixtures, pursuant to Section
9.502(c) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code.

     8.10 Financing Statement. For purposes of filing this Deed of Trust as a financing
statement, the addresses for Mortgagor, as the debtor, and Mortgagee, as the secured party, are as
set forth hereinabove.

     8.11 Counterparts. For the convenience of the parties, this Deed of Trust may be
executed in multiple counterparts. For recording purposes, various counterparts have been executed
and there may be attached to each such counterpart an Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2
containing only the description of the Mortgaged Property, or portions thereof, which relates to
the county or state in which the particular counterpart is to be recorded. A complete, original
counterpart of this Deed of Trust with a complete Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2 may
be obtained from the Mortgagee. Each of the counterparts hereof so executed shall for all purposes
be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same Deed of Trust.

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     8.12 Governing Law. This Deed of Trust shall be governed by the substantive laws of
the State of Texas (and where applicable, the United States of America) regarding the validity,
construction, enforcement and interpretation of the terms hereof, unless the laws of another state
shall mandatorily apply.

     8.13 Termination. This Deed of Trust, including the grant of a lien hereunder and all
of Mortgagee’s and Trustee’s rights, powers and remedies in connection therewith, will remain in
full force and effect regardless of whether the liability of any other obligor may have ceased, or
irrespective of the validity or enforceability of any other instrument executed in connection with
the Secured Indebtedness, and notwithstanding the reorganization, incapacity or bankruptcy of any
obligor, or the reorganization, or bankruptcy of Mortgagor, or any other event or proceeding
affecting Mortgagor or any obligor, but shall terminate and be of no further force and effect
(other than the indemnity obligations and other continuing obligations hereunder) upon the earlier
of (A) the date Mortgagee has executed a written release or termination statement regarding this
Deed of Trust or (B) the date when all Secured Indebtedness has been paid in full.

     8.14 No Waiver. The failure or delay of Mortgagee to file or give any notice as to
this Deed of Trust, or to exercise any right, remedy or option to declare the maturity of the
principal debt, or any other sums hereby secured, or the payment by Mortgagee of any taxes, liens,
charges or assessments, shall not be taken or deemed a waiver of any rights to exercise such right
or option or to declare any such maturity as to any past or subsequent violations of any of such
covenants or stipulations, and shall not waive or prejudice any right or lien hereunder. Any
election or failure by Mortgagee to exercise any rights, remedies or options hereunder shall not
constitute a waiver or prejudice the exercise of other rights or remedies existing hereunder. All
rights, powers, immunities, remedies and liens of Mortgagee existing and to exist hereunder or
under any other instruments, and all other or additional security, and Mortgagee’s rights at law
and in equity, shall be cumulative and not exclusive, each of the other; and Mortgagee shall, in
addition to the remedies herein expressly provided, be entitled to such other remedies as may now
or hereafter exist at law or in equity for securing and collecting the Secured Indebtedness, for
enforcing the covenants herein, and for foreclosing the liens hereof. Resort by Mortgagee to any
remedy provided for hereunder or at law or in equity shall not prevent concurrent or subsequent
resort to the same or any other remedy or remedies.

     8.15 Waiver of Covenants by Mortgagee. Any and all covenants in this Deed of Trust
may from time to time by instrument in writing signed by the Mortgagee be waived to such extent and
in such manner as the Mortgagee may desire, but no such waiver shall ever affect or impair the
Mortgagee’s rights and remedies or liens and security interests hereunder, except to the extent
specifically stated in such written instrument.

     8.16 Conflict. In the event of a conflict between the terms and provisions of this
Deed of Trust and those of the Note, the terms and provisions of the Note shall govern and control.
As used in this Deed of Trust, the term “Mortgagee” shall also refer to any other holder of the
Secured Indebtedness.

     8.17 Final Agreement. THIS DOCUMENT REPRESENTS THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES
WITH RESPECT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR,

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CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL
AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.

[Signature and Acknowledgment pages follow.]

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     EXECUTED as of the date set forth in the respective acknowledgments below, but effective for
all purposes as of February 7th, 2011.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	MORTGAGOR/DEBTOR:

SUN RIVER ENERGY, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Donal R. Schmidt, Jr.
 	 
	 	Name:  	 	Donal R. Schmidt, Jr. 	 
	 	Title:  	 	President and CEO 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 

	STATE OF Texas

	 	§
	 	 
	 

	 	§	 	 
	COUNTY OF Dallas

	 	§	 	 

The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me on this 7th day of February, 2011, by
Donal R. Schmidt, Jr., President and CEO of Sun River Energy, Inc., a Colorado
company, on behalf of said company.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	     /s/ Judy A. Masters
 	 
	 	NOTARY PUBLIC, STATE OF Texas 	 
	 	 	 
	 

(Signature and Acknowledgment Page to Texas Deed of Trust)

 

 

EXHIBIT A

This Exhibit A consists of Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2

A-1

 

EXHIBIT A-1

TO DEED OF TRUST

Oil and Gas Properties

     This Exhibit A-1 sets forth the description of the property interests covered by the
Deed of Trust to which this Exhibit A-1 is attached. All of the terms defined in the Deed
of Trust are used in this Exhibit A-1 with the same meanings given therein. In addition,
the designation “Working Interest” or “WI” means an interest owned in an oil, gas, and mineral
lease that determines the cost bearing percentage of the owner of such interest. The designation
“Net Revenue Interest” or “NRI” means net revenue interest, or that portion of the production
attributable to the owner of a working interest after deduction for all royalty burdens, overriding
royalty burdens, or other burdens on production, except severance, production, windfall profits and
other similar taxes. The designation “Overriding Royalty Interest” or “ORRI” means an interest in
production which is free of any obligation for the expense of exploration, development and
production, bearing only its pro rata share of severance, production, windfall profits and other
similar taxes.

A-1

 

EXHIBIT A-2

TO DEED OF TRUST

Pipelines

All rights, title and interest of Mortgagor in all existing and future pipelines, gathering systems
and other transportation assets, and all assets, equipment, rights and interests related thereto
located on the Mortgaged Properties described on Exhibit A-1.

A-2

 

EXHIBIT B

TO DEED OF TRUST

Permitted Liens

B-1

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