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10-K/A - FORM 10-K/A #1 02-28-09 - MAINLAND RESOURCES INC.form10ka1.txt
EX-23 - EX-23 - MAINLAND RESOURCES INC.ex23.txt
EX-99.1 - REPORT FROM RYDER SCOTT COMPANY, L.P. - MAINLAND RESOURCES INC.ex99-1.txt
EX-31 - EX-31.1 - MAINLAND RESOURCES INC.ex31-1.txt
EX-31 - EX-31.2 - MAINLAND RESOURCES INC.ex31-2.txt
EX-10.7 - WESTROCK AGREEMENT - MAINLAND RESOURCES INC.ex10-7.txt
EX-10.8 - VCS AGREEMENT - MAINLAND RESOURCES INC.ex10-8.txt
EX-32 - EX-32.1 - MAINLAND RESOURCES INC.ex32-1.txt
EX-3.1.2 - AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES - MAINLAND RESOURCES INC.ex3-1number2.txt




                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.6


STATE OF LOUISIANA   SS.
                     SS.
PARISH OF DESOTO     SS.


                     ASSIGNMENT, CONVEYANCE AND BILL OF SALE


        THIS  ASSIGNMENT,  BILL  OF  SALE  AND  CONVEYANCE  {"ASSIGNMENT"),   is
effective  August 4, 2008 at 7:00 a.m.  Central  Daylight  Time (the  "EFFECTIVE
TIME") and is entered  into by and  between  MAINLAND  RESOURCES,  INC. a Nevada
corporation,  whose address is 17314 SH 249,  Suite 306,  Houston,  Texas 77064,
herein ("ASSIGNOR") AND PETROHAWK  PROPERTIES,  LP, a Texas limited partnership,
1000 Louisiana, Suite 5810, Houston, Texas 77002 {'|'ASSIGNEE"):


1.   For One Hundred and No/100 ($ 100.00)  Dollars and other good and  valuable
     consideration,   the   receipt   and   sufficiency   of  which  are  hereby
     acknowledged.  Assignor hereby sells, assigns, transfers,  grants, bargains
     and conveys  unto  Assignee  sixty  percent (60% of 100%) of all the right,
     title and  interest  in and to the  following  real and  personal  property
     interests owned by Assignor (collectively, the "PROPERTIES"):

     (a)  The oil,  gas and/or  mineral  leases (the  "LEASES')  as described in
          EXHIBIT A, covering the lands  described in said EXHIBIT A, and in the
          Leases,  but only as to the depths  100 feet  below the  stratigraphic
          equivalent of the base of the Cotton Valley  formation,  as identified
          at 10,260 feet log depth in the electric log of the Winchester Samuels
          23-1 well (API#17-031 -24064) (the "LAND" or "LANDS"),  together with
          all the property and rights incident  thereto,  including fee mineral,
          net profits,  reversionary,  production payments and royalty interests
          attributable  thereto.  The net revenue  interest  herein  conveyed to
          Assignee  shall not be less  than  seventy-five  percent  (75%) of all
          production  attributable to the Leases  proportionally  reduced to the
          interests being conveyed herein.

     (b)  The pooling, unitization and communitization agreements,  declarations
          and orders,  and all other such  agreements,  if any,  relating to the
          Leases and Lands described in subsection (a).

     (c)  All existing and effective contracts and agreements,  if any, relating
          to the  Leases,  or  the  Lands,  including  without  limitation,  all
          operating agreements, exploration agreements, farmout agreements, area
          of mutual interest  agreements,  rights of ingress and egress (as long
          as such rights do not  interfere  with the rights of Seller),  if any,
          insofar as they relate to the  properties  and interests  described in
          subsections (a) and (b).

     (d)  The permits, rights-of-way,  surface leases, easements, and servitudes
          used in connection therewith and all contracts and agreements relating
          to the  Properties,  it being  expressly  understood  and agreed  that
          Assignor  reserves  a  non-exclusive  right to utilize  such  permits,
          rights-of-way, surface leases, easements, and servitudes in connection
          with operations on depths not assigned herein.


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(e) Copies of all of Assignor's land files and records relating to the Leases, described in subsections (a) through (d) above, including Seller's lease files, abstracts and title opinions. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Properties unto Assignee and its successors and assigns forever. 2. This Assignment is made subject to the following terms and conditions: (A) This Assignment is being made pursuant to the terms of the Letter Agreement dated July 14, 2008, between Assignor and Petrohawk Energy Corporation on behalf of Petrohawk Properties, LP (the "LA"). The Assignor and Assignee intend that the terms of the LA remain separate and distinct from and not merge into the terms of this Assignment. (B) ASSIGNOR WARRANTS TITLE TO THE PROPERTIES FROM AND AGAINST ALL PERSONS CLAIMING BY, THROUGH OR UNDER ASSIGNOR, BUT NOT OTHERWISE AND THAT THE LEASES HAVE BEEN MAINTAINED IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF EACH LEASE. (C) Assignee hereby agrees to assume, and to timely pay and perform, all duties, obligations and liabilities relating to the ownership and/or operation of the Properties after the Effective Time (including, without limitation, those arising under the contracts and agreements described in Section 1 above). (D) To the extent permitted by law, Assignee shall be subrogated to Assignor's rights in and to representations, warranties and covenants given with respect to the Properties. Assignor hereby grants and transfers to Assignee, its successors and assigns, to the extent so transferable and permitted by law, the benefit of and the right to enforce the covenants, representations and warranties, if any, which Assignor is entitled to enforce with respect to the Properties, but only to the extent not enforced by Assignor. (E) This Assignment binds and inures to the benefit of Assignor and Assignee and their respective successors and assigns. EXECUTED on the dates contained in the acknowledgments of this Assignment, to be effective for all purposes as of the Effective Time. ASSIGNOR: WITNESSES MAINLAND RESOURCES. INC. /s/ BARCLAY RIDGE ________________________ /s/ LYNN HERTZBERG ________________________ By: /s/ MICHAEL J. NEWPORT __________________________ Name: Michael J. Newport Title: President 2
ASSIGNEE: PETROHAWK PROPERTIES, LP /s/ BARCLAY RIDGE ________________________ By: P-H Energy, LLC, its general partner /s/ K. STEPANSKI ________________________ By: /s/ STEPHEN W. HEROD ________________________________ Name: Stephen W. Hercd Title: Executive Vice-President ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS STATE OF TEXAS SS. SS. COUNTY OF HARRIS SS. I do hereby certify that Michael J. Newport, as President of Mainland Resources, Inc., personally appeared before me this day and acknowledged the due execution of the foregoing instrument on behalf of said corporation. SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED before me on the 4th day of August, 2008. [LINDSEY M. ECHOLS NOTARY PUBLIC, STATE OF TEXAS MY COMMISSION EXPIRES MAR. 11, 2009 SEAL APPEARS HERE] /s/ LINDSEY M. ECHOLS _____________________ Notary Public STATE OF TEXAS SS. SS. COUNTY OF HARRIS SS. I do hereby certify that Stephen W. Herod, as Executive Vice-President of P-H Energy, LLC, general partner of Petrohawk Properties, LP, personally appeared before me this day and acknowledged the due execution of the foregoing instrument on behalf of Petrohawk Propeties, LP. SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED before me on the 4th day of August, 2008. [LAURA A. PLATON MY COMMISSION EXPIRES NOVEMBER 27, 2008 SEAL APPEARS HERE] /s/ LAURA A. PLATON _____________________ Notary Public 3
EXHIBIT "A" ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF THAT CERTAIN ASSIGNMENT OF OIL, GAS AND MINERAL, LEASES DATED AUGUST 4, 2008, BY AND BETWEEN MAINLAND RESOURCES, INC, AS ASSIGNOR AND PETROHAWK PROPERTIES, LP AS ASSIGNEE LESSOR STATE PARISH LEASE DATE BOOK/PAGE SECTION 11(13N-14W) Mary Griffith, etal Louisiana DeSoto 5/15/2007 912/46 Mary Griffith, etal Louisiana DeSoto 5/15/2007 912/46 Mary Griffith, etal Louisiana DeSoto 5/15/2007 912/46 Michael D. Burford Louisiana DeSoto 5/15/2007 912/54 Cody E. Burford Louisiana DeSoto 5/15/2007 912/58 Franklin Farms, LLC Louisiana DeSoto 8/20/2007 921/288 William J. Cole, et ux Louisiana DeSoto 8/20/2007 921/292 SECTION 12(13N-14W) Michael D. Burford Louisiana DeSoto 5/15/2007 921/54 Cody E. Burford Louisiana DeSoto 5/15/2007 912/58 Sybil G. Clarke & Harris G. (H&W) Louisiana DeSoto 5/17/2007 912/62 Old Farm, LLC Louisiana DeSoto 8/07/2007 919/231 Cornelia S. Morgan Louisiana DeSoto 8/07/2007 919/227 SECTION 14(13N-14W) Carolyn Griffith Moffett Louisiana DeSoto 2/01/2008 934/33 Barbara Griffith Couch Louisiana DeSoto 2/01/2008 938/872 Lena Griffith Savarese Louisiana DeSoto 2/01/2008 935/647 Dana Griffith Louisiana DeSoto 2/01/2008 935/706 Janis Jane Griffith Figueroa Louisiana DeSoto 2/01/2008 933/635 Mary A. Edwards Griffith, Usufruct. Louisiana DeSoto 3/06/2008 937/727 Deborah G. Griffith etal Carolyn Patricia Lowrey Louisiana DeSoto 2/01/2008 934/166 John Perry Lowrey Louisiana DeSoto 2/01/2008 935/178 Luther M. Upchurch Louisiana DeSoto 7/29/2005 852/162 EXT 931/9 Carolyn Griffith Moffett Louisiana DeSoto 2/01/2008 934/33 Barbara Griffith Couch Louisiana DeSoto 2/01/2008 938/872 Lena Griffith Savarese Louisiana DeSoto 2/01/2008 935/647 Dana Griffith Louisiana DeSoto 2/01/2008 935/706 Janis Jane Griffith Figueroa Louisiana DeSoto 2/01/2008 933/635 Mary A. Edwards Griffith Usufruct Louisiana DeSoto 3/06/2008 937/727 Deborah G. Griffith etal Carolyn Patricia Lowrey Louisiana DeSoto 2/01/2008 934/166 John Perry Lowrey Louisiana DeSoto 2/01/2008 935/178 George E. McGovern, Jr. Louisiana DeSoto 2/01/2008 935/268 Carolyn Griffith Moffett Louisiana DeSoto 2/01/2008 934/33 Barbara Griffith Couch Louisiana DeSoto 2/01/2008 938/872 Lena Griffith Savarese Louisiana DeSoto 2/01/2008 935/647 Dana Griffith Louisiana DeSoto 2/01/2008 935/706 Janis Jane Griffith Figueroa Louisiana DeSoto 2/01/2008 933/635 Mary A. Edwards Griffith Usufruct Louisiana DeSoto 3/06/2008 937/727 Deborah G. Griffith etal Carolyn Patricia Lowrey Louisiana DeSoto 2/01/2008 934/166 John Perry Lowrey Louisiana DeSoto 2/01/2008 935/178 Patrick K. McGovern and Ramona B. McGovern Louisiana DeSoto 2/01/2008 934/381 Jack R. and Elsa Mims Louisiana DeSoto 2/26/2008 935/594 SECTION 15(13N-14W) Carolyn Griffith Moffett Louisiana DeSoto 7/11/2005 852/129 EXT 930/416 Barbara Griffith Couch Louisiana DeSoto 7/11/2005 852/126 EXT 938/872 Lena Griffith Savarese Louisiana DeSoto 7/11/2005 852/117 EXT 932/376 Dana Griffith Louisiana DeSoto 7/11/2005 852/120 EXT 930/792 Janis Jane Griffith Figueroa Louisiana DeSoto 7/11/2005 849/635 EXT 938/872 Mary A. Edwards Driffith et al Louisiana DeSoto 8/19/2005 855/611 EXT 930/222 Carolyn Patricia Lowrey Louisiana DeSoto 7/22/2005 854/708 EXT 934/166 John Perry Lowrey Louisiana DeSoto 7/22/2005 854/304 EXT 935/178 Waylan R. Nattin, Sr. Louisiana DeSoto 6/16/2005 849/624 EXT 931/12 Wayian R. Nattin, Jr. Louisiana DeSoto 6/16/2005 849/624 EXT 931/12 Page 1 of 3
EXHIBIT "A" ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF THAT CERTAIN ASSIGNMENT OF OIL, GAS AND MINERAL, LEASES DATED AUGUST 4, 2008, BY AND BETWEEN MAINLAND RESOURCES, INC, AS ASSIGNOR AND PETROHAWK PROPERTIES, LP AS ASSIGNEE LESSOR STATE PARISH LEASE DATE BOOK/PAGE Rodney I. Nattin Louisiana DeSoto 6/16/2005 849/624 EXT 931/12 Leslie Brent Moseley Louisiana DeSoto 7/11/2005 852/132 EXT 931/238 Sandra Elizabeth Townson Phillips Louisiana DeSoto 6/28/2005 852/123 EXT 930/529 Carolyn Griffith Moffett Louisiana DeSoto 7/11/2005 852/129 EXT 939/416 Barbara Griffith Couch Louisiana DeSoto 7/11/2005 852/126 EXT 938/872 Lena Griffith Savarese Louisiana DeSoto 7/11/2005 852/117 EXT 932/376 Dana Griffith Louisiana DeSoto 7/11/2005 852/120 EXT 930/792 Janis Jane Griffith Figueroa Louisiana DeSoto 7/11/2005 849/635 EXT 938/872 Mary A. Edwards Driffith et al Louisiana DeSoto 8/19/2005 855/611 EXT 930/222 Carolyn Patricia Lowrey Louisiana DeSoto 7/22/2005 854/708 EXT 934/166 John Perry Lowrey Louisiana DeSoto 7/22/2005 854/304 EXT 935/178 Waylan R. Nattin, Sr. Louisiana DeSoto 6/16/2005 849/624 EXT 931/12 Waylan R. Nattin, Jr. Louisiana DeSoto 6/16/2005 849/624 EXT 931/12 Rodney I. Nattin Louisiana DeSoto 6/16/2005 849/624 EXT 931/12 Leslie Brent Moseley Louisiana DeSoto 7/11/2005 852/132 EXT 931/238 Sandra Elizabeth Townson Phillips Louisiana DeSoto 6/28/2005 852/123 EXT 930/529 Carolyn Griffith Moffett Louisiana DeSoto 7/11/2005 852/129 EXT 930/416 Barbara Griffith Couch Louisiana DeSoto 7/11/2005 852/126 EXT 938/872 Lena Griffith Savarese Louisiana DeSoto 7/11/2005 852/117 EXT 932/376 Dana Griffith Louisiana DeSoto 7/11/2005 842/120 EXT 930/792 Janis Jane Griffith Figueroa Louisiana DeSoto 7/11/2005 849/635 EXT 938/872 Mary A. Edwards Friffith et al Louisiana DeSoto 8/19/2005 855/611 EXT 930/222 Carolyn Patricia Lowrey Louisiana DeSoto 7/22/2005 854/708 EXT 934/166 John Perry Lowrey Louisiana DeSoto 7/22/2005 854/304 EXT 935/178 Waylan R. Nattin, Sr. Louisiana DeSoto 6/16/2005 849/624 EXT 931/12 Waylan R. Nattin, Jr. Louisiana DeSoto 6/16/2005 849/624 EXT 931/12 Rodney I. Nattin Louisiana DeSoto 6/16/2005 849/624 EXT 931/12 Leslie Brent Moseley Louisiana DeSoto 7/11/2005 852/132 EXT 931/238 Sandra Elizabeth Townson Phillips Louisiana DeSoto 6/20/2005 852/123 EXT 930/529 Mona R. Williams Lewing Louisiana DeSoto 6/20/2005 849/631 EXT 933/467 Janice Neil Gill Louisiana DeSoto 6/20/2005 849/627 EXT 932/296 Carolyn Griffith Moffett Louisiana DeSoto 7/11/2005 852/129 EXT 930/416 Barbara Griffith Couch Louisiana DeSoto 7/11/2005 852/126 EXT 938/872 Lena Griffith Savarese Louisiana DeSoto 7/11/2005 852/117 EXT 932/376 Dana Griffith Louisiana DeSoto 7/11/2005 852/120 EXT 930/792 Janis Jane Griffith Figueroa Louisiana DeSoto 7/11/2005 849/635 EXT 938/872 Mary A. Edwards Griffith et al Louisiana DeSoto 8/19/2005 855/611 EXT 930/222 Carolyn Patricia Lowrey Louisiana DeSoto 7/22/2005 854/708 EXT 934/166 John Perry Lowrey Louisiana DeSoto 7/22/2005 854/304 EXT 935/178 Waylan R. Nattin, Sr. Louisiana DeSoto 6/16/2005 849/624 EXT 931/12 Waylan R. Nattin, Jr. Louisiana DeSoto 6/16/2005 849/624 EXT 931/12 Rodney I. Nattin Louisiana DeSoto 6/16/2005 849/624 EXT 931/12 Leslie Brent Moseley Louisiana DeSoto 7/11/2005 852/132 EXT 931/238 Sandra Elizabeth Townson Phillips Louisiana DeSoto 6/20/2005 852/123 EXT 930/529 Charles T. Odum, Jr. Louisiana DeSoto 6/20/2005 854/294 EXT 930/231 Desert Partners III, LP Louisiana DeSoto 3/14/2008 938/779 Simeon K. Horton Louisiana DeSoto 3/14/2008 943/217 Ashley Tad Hillin Louisiana DeSoto 3/14/2008 940/398 SECTION 16(13N-14W) Stevenson Douglas, L.L.C. Louisiana DeSoto 10/18/2007 927/156 Marjorie Stevenson Douglas Louisiana DeSoto 10/18/2007 927/156 Robert Dale Jones and Sharon H. Jones Louisiana DeSoto 11/30/2007 928/18 William J. Cole and Charlene M. Cole Louisiana DeSoto 10/12/2007 927/151 Betty C. Edwards Louisiana DeSoto 10/15/2007 925/552 Desert Partners III, LP Louisiana DeSoto 3/14/2008 938/779 Simeon K. Horton Louisiana DeSoto 3/14/2008 943/217 Page 2 of 3
EXHIBIT "A" ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF THAT CERTAIN ASSIGNMENT OF OIL, GAS AND MINERAL, LEASES DATED AUGUST 4, 2008, BY AND BETWEEN MAINLAND RESOURCES, INC, AS ASSIGNOR AND PETROHAWK PROPERTIES, LP AS ASSIGNEE LESSOR STATE PARISH LEASE DATE BOOK/PAGE Ashley Tad Hillin Louisiana DeSoto 3/14/2008 940/398 SECTION 21(13N-14W) Desert Partners III, LP Louisiana DeSoto 3/14/2008 938/779 Simeon K. Horton Louisiana DeSoto 3/14/2008 943/217 Ashley Tad Hillin Louisiana DeSoto 3/14/2008 940/398 SECTION 22(13N-14W) Desert Partners III, LP Louisiana DeSoto 3/14/2008 938/779 Simeon K. Horton Louisiana DeSoto 3/14/2008 943/217 Ashley Tad Hillin Louisiana DeSoto 3/14/2008 940/398 Cody Hislope Louisiana DeSoto 3/03/2008 936/160 Terry Cole Jr. Louisiana DeSoto 3/04/2008 936/156 Martin and Janice Lingle Louisiana DeSoto 3/04/2008 936/164 Jeremy and Tyra Blake Louisiana DeSoto 3/03/2008 938/317 SECTION 7(13N-13W) Old Farm, LLC Louisiana DeSoto 8/29/2007 920/858 Cornelia S. Morgan Louisiana DeSoto 8/29/2007 920/862 Herbert Marshall Juergens Louisiana DeSoto 3/17/2008 938/600 Page 3 of 3