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<CONFORMED-NAME>DEER VALLEY CORP
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<ASSIGNED-SIC>2451
<IRS-NUMBER>205256635
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>1231
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<STREET1>4902 EISENHOWER BLVD.
<STREET2>SUITE 185
<CITY>TAMPA
<STATE>FL
<ZIP>33634
<PHONE>813-885-5998
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<STREET1>4902 EISENHOWER BLVD.
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<CITY>TAMPA
<STATE>FL
<ZIP>33634
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<FORMER-CONFORMED-NAME>CYTATION CORP
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<FORMER-COMPANY>
<FORMER-CONFORMED-NAME>COLLEGELINK COM INCORP
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<CONFORMED-NAME>MASTERS CHARLES G
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<BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<PHONE>7273814904
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<MAIL-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>3400 82ND WAY NORTH
<CITY>ST PETERSBURG
<STATE>FL
<ZIP>33710
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
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        <footnote id="F1">Received from issuer as a pro-rata dividend to all holders of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes 1,730,000 shares of common stock owned directly by the reporting person.  The reporting person and his spouse both disclaim beneficial ownership of the other's securities, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of the securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Each share of Series B Preferred Stock automatically converted into one hundred (100) shares of common stock upon the shareholders' approval of an increase in the authorized shares of the common stock of Deer Valley Corporation, which occurred on July 24, 2006.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The Series A Common Stock Purchase Warrant was received from issuer as a contractually-mandated penalty in a pro-rata distribution to all holders of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and is exerciseable in whole or in part for five years (5) from the date of grant, December 4, 2006, at a price of $1.50 per share.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Includes a Series A Common Stock Purchase Warrant for 33,334 shares of common stock and a Series A Common Stock Purchase Warrant for 2,024 shares of common stock.  In addition the reporting person indirectly beneficially owns, through his spouse, 2,500 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and a Series B Common Stock Purchase Warrant for 16,667 shares of common stock. The common shares underlying the derivative securities indirectly owned by the reporting person number 85,359.  The reporting person and his spouse both disclaim beneficial ownership of the other's securities, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of the securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.</footnote>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ CHARLES G. MASTERS</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-02-05</signatureDate>
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