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OPTIONS TO PURCHASE MINERAL RIGHTS
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12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2011
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| Options To Purchase Mineral Rights Disclosure [Abstract] | |
| OPTIONS TO PURCHASE MINERAL RIGHTS | NOTE 14 – OPTIONS TO PURCHASE MINERAL RIGHTS
On April 16, 2010, the Company entered into an Assignment and Assumption Agreement with Knox County Minerals, LLC (“Knox County”), under which the Company acquired Knox County’s interest in a Real Estate Purchase Option (the “Purchase Option”) dated March 25, 2010 by and between Knox County and James R. Golden and John C. Slusher (the “Sellers”). Under the Purchase Option, the Company had the right to purchase the oil and gas mineral rights under 6,615 acres of land in Knox County, Kentucky for $1,575,000, less $100,000 paid by Knox County upon execution of the Purchase Option and less any amounts paid to extend the time to exercise the Purchase Option. In consideration for the assignment of the Purchase Option, the Company agreed to pay Knox County (a) $600,000 in the form of a promissory note secured by the property, (b) a 9% overriding royalty interest in all gross gas that is produced from the property, and (c) conveyance of a parcel containing 1,100 acres in the event the Purchase Option is exercised. The promissory note provides that it would be secured by the property acquired upon exercise of the Purchase Option, provides for interest at the rate of 6% per annum, and all principal and interest is payable in full sixty (60) months from the date of the note, or April 16, 2015. On March 25, 2010, we loaned $125,000 to Seawright Holdings, Inc. (“Seawright”) pursuant to a promissory note that bears interest at 6% per annum, and is payable in full 24 months after the date of the note. The loan proceeds were used by Knox County, a subsidiary of Seawright, to pay the down payment under the Purchase Option.
The Purchase Option provided that it had to be exercised within 120 days after March 25, 2010, provided that it could be extended for up to four thirty (30) day periods upon payment to the Sellers of $25,000.
The Company paid $25,000 to extend the deadline to close for thirty days, but did not close by the extended closing deadline, which has expired.
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