EX-3.1 13 a2026270zex-3_1.txt EXHIBIT 3.1 FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA OIL MINING LEASE NO. 109 THE MINING LEASE is granted to ATLAS PETROLEUM INTERNATIONAL LIMITED ----------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Company) 1B, IBIYINKA OLORUNIMBE CLOSE, VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of Company) for a term of TWENTY years commencing on the 27TH day of MAY 1996 to search for, win, work, carry away and dispose of all petroleum in under or thoughts the lands described in the Schedule hereto and delineated in red in the plan attached. 2. The lease is granted subject to the Petroleum Act 1969 and the regulations thereunder now in force or which may come into force during the continuance of this lease (and also subject to the special terms and conditions in the Annex attached hereto). In witness hereof the Minister of Petroleum Resources has hereunto set his hand and seal this 3RD day of OCTOBER 1996 Page 1 of 10 OML 109 Mining Lease 20 F Witnessed by --------------------------------------------- Signature and Name --------------------------------------- Occupation and Address LEGAL ADVISER MINS OF PET RES. LAGOS And the Attorney of the company has on their behalf hereunto set his hand and seal this 18TH day of October, 1996. Attorney Witnessed by --------------------------------------------- Signature and Name --------------------------------------- Occupation and Address ----------------------------------- Page 2 of 10 OML 109 Mining Lease 20 F OML 109 All that parcel of land contained in the Submarine Area in the Continental Shelf and Territorial Waters of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, edged red on plan (prepared by J.O.Olugbemi, Surveyor, attached to this schedule for OML 109 and containing an approximate area of 773.188 square kilometers, the vertices and boundaries of which are described as follows: VERTICES Vertex 75-1 (the Datum Point ) is the intersection of Latitude 05' 40 North and Longitude 04' 57' East and it coincides with vertex 95-5 of OML 95. Vertex 75-2 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 39' North and Longitude 04' 57' East and it coincides with vertex 95-4 of OML 95. Vertex 75-3 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 39' North and Longitude 05' 00' East and it coincides with vertex 95-3 OML 95. Vertex 75-4 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 33' North and Longitude 05' 00' East and it coincides with vertex 90-27 of OML 90. Vertex 75-5 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 33' North and Longitude 04' 57' East and it coincides with vertex 90-26 of OML 90. Vertex 75-6 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 29' North and Longitude 04' 57' East and it coincides with vertex 90-25 of OML 90. Vertex 75-7 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 29' North and Longitude 04' 58' East and it coincides with vertex 90-24 of OML 90. Vertex 75-8 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 26' North and Longitude 04' 58' East and it coincides with vertex 90-23 of OML 90. Vertex 75-9 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 26' North and Longitude 05' 00' East and it coincides with vertex 90-22 of OML 90. Page 3 of 10 OML 109 Mining Lease 20 F Vertex 75-10 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 25' North and Longitude 05' 00' East and it coincides with vertex 90-21 of OML 90. Vertex 75-11 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 25' North and Longitude 05' 03' East and it coincides with vertex 90-20 of OML 90. Vertex 75-12 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 23' North and Longitude 05' 03' East and it coincides with vertex 90-19 of OML 90. Vertex 75-13 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 23' North and Longitude 05' 04' East and it coincides with vertex 90-18 of OML 90. Vertex 75-14 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 22' North and Longitude 05' 04' East and it coincides with vertex 90-17 of OML 90. Vertex 75-15 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 22' North and Longitude 05' 07' East and it coincides with vertex 90-16 of OML 90. Vertex 75-16 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 21' North and Longitude 05' 07' East and it coincides with vertex 90-15 of OML 90. Vertex 75-17 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 21' North and Longitude 05' 10' East and it coincides with vertex 90-14 of OML 90. Vertex 75-18 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 18' North and Longitude 05' 10' East and it coincides with vertex 90-13 of OML 90. Vertex 75-19 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 18' North and Longitude 05' 11' East and it coincides with vertex 90-12 of OML 90. Vertex 75-20 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 16' North and Longitude 05' 11' East and it coincides with vertex 90-11 of OML 90. Vertex 75-21 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 16' North and Longitude 05' 12' East and it coincides with vertex 90-10 of OML 90. Page 4 of 10 OML 109 Mining Lease 20 F Vertex 75-22 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 15' North and Longitude 05' 12' East and it coincides with vertex 90-9 of OML 90. Vertex 75-23 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 15' North and Longitude 05' 05' East and it coincides with vertex 227-54 of OML 227. Vertex 75-24 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 11' North and Longitude 05' 05' East and it coincides with vertex 89-19 of OML 89. Vertex 75-25 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 11' North and Longitude 05' 03' East and it coincides with vertex 29-10 of OML 89. Vertex 75-26 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 12' North and Longitude 05' 03' East and it coincides with vertex 89-1 of OML 89. Vertex 75-27 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 12' North and Longitude 05' 02' East and it coincides with vertex 89-8 of OML 89. Vertex 75-28 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 15' North and Longitude 05' 02' East and it coincides with vertex 89-7 of OML 89. Vertex 75-29 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 15' North and Longitude 05' 01' East and it coincides with vertex 89-6 of OML 89. Vertex 75-30 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 16' North and Longitude 05' 01' East and it coincides with vertex 89-5 of OML 89. Vertex 75-31 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 16' North and Longitude 04' 59' East and it coincides with vertex 89-4 of OML 89. Vertex 75-32 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 20' North and Longitude 04' 59' East and it coincides with vertex 89-3 of OML 89. Vertex 75-33 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 20' North and Longitude 04' 57' East and it coincides with vertex 89-2 of OML 89. Page 5 of 10 OML 109 Mining Lease 20 F Vertex 75-34 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 20' North and Longitude 04' 57' East and it coincides with vertex 89-1 of OML 89. Vertex 75-35 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 25' North and Longitude 04' 54' East and it coincides with vertex 89-24 of OML 89. Vertex 75-36 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 23' North and Longitude 04' 54' East and it coincides with vertex 89-23 of OML 89. Vertex 75-37 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 23' North and Longitude 04' 53' East and it coincides with vertex 89-22 of OML 89. Vertex 75-38 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 22' North and Longitude 04' 53' East and it coincides with vertex 89-21 of OML 89. Vertex 75-39 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 22' North and Longitude 04' 50' East and it coincides with vertex 74-36 of OML 74. Vertex 75-40 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 25' North and Longitude 04' 50' East and it coincides with vertex 91-5 of OML 91. Vertex 74-41 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 25' North and Longitude 04' 52' East and it coincides with vertex 91-4 of OML 91. Vertex 75-42 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 30' North and Longitude 04' 52' East and it coincides with vertex 91-3 of OML 91. Vertex 75-43 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 30' North and Longitude 04' 53' East and it coincides with vertex 91-2 of OML 91. Vertex 75-44 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 33' North and Longitude 05' 53' East and it coincides with vertex 91-1 of OML 91. Vertex 75-45 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 33' North and Longitude 04' 50' East and it coincides with vertex 74-32 of OML 74. Page 6 of 10 OML 109 Mining Lease 20 F Vertex 75-46 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 35' North and Longitude 04' 50' East and it coincides with vertex 74-31 of OML 74. Vertex 75-47 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 35' North and Longitude 04' 51' East and it coincides with vertex 93-2 of OML 93. Vertex 75-48 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 37' North and Longitude 04' 51' East and it coincides with vertex 93-1 and 94-1 of OML 93 and OML 94 respectively. Vertex 75-49 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 39' North and Longitude 04' 51' East and it coincides with vertex 94-6 of OML 94. Vertex 75-50 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 39' North and Longitude 04' 50' East and it coincides with vertex 94-5 of OML 94. Vertex 75-51 is the intersection of Latitude 05' 40' North and Longitude 04' 50' East and it coincides with vertex 94-4 of OML 94. BOUNDARY DESCRIPTIONS From the Datum Point 75-1 whose grid (U.T.N. Zone 31) coordinates are 715977.930 metres East and 626662.930 metres East and 626662.936 metres North, the boundaries run in a straight lines, the bearings and distances of which are as follows: FROM TO VERTEX BEARINGS DISTANCES VERTEX 75-1 179 48 1843.25 75-2 75-2 89 48 5540.28 75-3 75-3 179 48 11059.79 75-4 75-4 269 49 5541.25 75-5 75-5 179 49 7372.96 75-6 75-6 89 49 1847.26 75-7 75-7 179 49 5529.27 75-8 Page 7 of 10 OML 109 Mining Lease 20 F FROM TO VERTEX BEARINGS DISTANCES VERTEX 75-8 89 49 3694.91 75-9 75-9 179 49 1843.27 75-10 75-10 89 49 5542.63 75-11 75-11 179 49 3686.69 75-12 75-12 89 48 1847.68 75-13 75-13 179 48 1843.33 75-14 75-14 89 48 5543.32 75-15 75-15 179 48 1843.37 75-16 75-16 89 48 5543.63 75-17 75-17 179 48 5530.40 75-18 75-18 89 48 1848.06 75-19 75-19 179 48 3687.01 75-20 75-20 89 48 1848.19 75-21 75-21 179 48 1843.55 75-22 75-22 269 48 12937.21 75-23 75-23 179 49 5529.27 75-24 75-24 269 49 3696.27 75-25 75-25 359 49 1843.42 75-26 75-26 269 49 1868.23 75-27 75-27 00 01 5531.61 75-28 75-28 179 49 5529.27 75-29 75-29 359 49 1843.29 75-30 75-30 269 31 3695.94 75-31 75-31 359 49 7386.05 75-32 75-32 269 49 3695.46 75-33 75-33 359 49 9216.27 75-34 75-34 269 49 5542.27 75-35 75-35 179 49 3686.35 75-36 75-36 269 49 1847.49 75-37 75-37 179 49 1843.14 75-38 75-38 269 31 5542.65 75-39 75-39 359 50 5559.83 75-40 75-40 89 50 3694.11 75-41
Page 8 of 10 OML 109 Mining Lease 20 F VERTEX EASTINGS NORTHINGS 75-14 729020.165 593527.299 75-15 734563.452 593546.217 75-16 734569.822 591702.855 75-17 740113.419 591722.130 75-18 740132.841 586191.766 75-19 741980.887 586198.251 75-20 741993.837 582511.263 75-21 743842.019 582517.781 75-22 743841.490 580674.258 75-23 730911.353 580630.011 75-24 730935.715 573256.508 75-25 727239.167 573244.508 75-26 727233.207 575087.815 75-27 725364.736 575082.007 75-28 125361.136 580613.612 75-29 723519.097 580605.798 75-30 725367.736 580673.612 75-31 725367.736 580673.612 75-32 725367.736 580673.612 75-33 716098.216 589798.434 75-34 716068.834 599014.516 75-35 710526.575 598996.941 75-36 710538.071 595310.610 75-37 708690.594 595.04.880 75-38 708696.218 593461.744 75-39 703153.833 593414.414 75-40 703137.133 598974.220 75-41 706831.826 598985.459 75-42 706803.256 608201.131 75-43 708650.379 608206.926 Page 9 of 10 OML 109 Mining Lease 20 F 75-44 708632.875 613733.393 75-45 703092.029 613719.005 75-46 703080.590 617405.222 75-47 704927.411 617410.995 75-48 704915.795 621097.271 75-49 704904.090 624783.517 75-50 703057.515 624777.657 75-51 703051.688 626620.781
Signed, J.O. OLUGBEMI SURVEYOR. Page 10 of 10 OML 109 Mining Lease 20 F