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| S-1 - TRI-VALLEY CORPORATION S-1 - TRI VALLEY CORP | a6723840.htm |
| EX-3.3 - EXHIBIT 3.3 - TRI VALLEY CORP | a6723840ex3-3.htm |
| EX-23.1 - EXHIBIT 23.1 - TRI VALLEY CORP | a6723840ex23-1.htm |
| EX-23.2 - EXHIBIT 23.2 - TRI VALLEY CORP | a6723840ex23-2.htm |
| EX-23.4 - EXHIBIT 23.4 - TRI VALLEY CORP | a6723840ex23-4.htm |
| EX-23.3 - EXHIBIT 23.3 - TRI VALLEY CORP | a6723840ex23-3.htm |
Exhibit 5.1
K&L Gates LLP
1900 Main Street
Suite 600
Irvine, CA 92614
949-253-0900
May 20, 2011
Tri-Valley Corporation
4550 California Avenue, Suite 600
Bakersfield, California 93309
Re: Tri-Valley Corporation Registration Statement on Form S-1
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as your counsel in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the “Registration Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “1933 Act”), with respect to the offering for resale from time to time by certain stockholders of the Company named in the Registration Statement of 10,070,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Selling Stockholder Shares”), par value $0.001 per share, of Tri-Valley Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).
You have requested our opinion as to the matters set forth below in connection with the Registration Statement. For purposes of rendering that opinion, we have examined (i) the Registration Statement, the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws, and the corporate action of the Company that provided for the issuance of the Selling Stockholder Shares, and we have made such other investigation as we have deemed appropriate. We have examined and relied upon certificates of public officials and, as to certain matters of fact that are material to our opinion, we have also relied on a certificate of an officer of the Company. In rendering our opinion, we also have made the assumptions that are customary in opinion letters of this kind. We have not verified any of those assumptions.
Our opinion set forth below is limited to the Delaware General Corporation Law, including the applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution and reported judicial decisions interpreting those laws.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, it is our opinion that the Selling Stockholder Shares have been duly authorized for issuance by the Company and validly issued, and are fully paid and nonassessable.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to this firm in the related Prospectus under the caption “Legal Matters.” In giving our consent we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder.
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Yours truly,
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K&L Gates LLP
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/s/ K&L Gates LLP
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