REVISED CONSULTING AGREEMENT
THIS REVISED CONSULTING AGREEMENT
(“Revised Agreement”) is entered into as of the 16
th day of September 2008, by and between BMB Munai,
Inc., a company organized under the laws of Nevada
(“Company”), and Caspian Energy Consulting Ltd, an
international business company organized under the laws of British
Virgin Islands, (“Consultant”). The Company and the
Consultant are sometimes hereinafter referred to individually as a
“Party” and collectively as the
“Parties.”
RECITALS
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(A)
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The Company is the contractor under oil and gas
exploration Contract No. 482 (“Contract”) with the
Republic of Kazakhstan (“ROK”). The Company has
interest in pursuing expansion of its oil and gas assets through
acquisition of additional contiguous territory under the Contract,
acquisition of territory under new contract with the ROK and/or
acquisition of territory from private parties
(“Acquisition(s)”).
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(B)
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The Parties entered into a consulting agreement
dated as of November 19, 2007 (“November Agreement”)
for services related to the Company’s oil and gas exploration
activities.
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(C)
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On or about April 15, 2008, the ROK announced
the intention to impose an export duty on crude oil production by
certain oil exploration and production companies. The export duty
was characterized by the ROK as distinct from the rent export tax
and therefore, companies holding exploration contracts with the ROK
that provided for exemption from rent export tax, such as the
Company, would nevertheless be subject to pay the export
duty.
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(D)
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The Parties acknowledged that the export duty
would have the effect of reducing the intended benefits sought by
the Company under the terms of the November Agreement. Rather than
terminate the November Agreement, the Consultant verbally agreed to
negotiate changes to the November Agreement after the final export
duty regulations were promulgated by the ROK and the Company began
paying export duty. Therefore, the Parties continued to work
together under the terms of the November Agreement, subject to
their understanding that some of its terms and conditions would be
renegotiated.
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(E)
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The Consultant successfully negotiated a term
extension until January 9, 2013 to the Contract under an Addendum
#5 to the Contract executed by ROK on June 28, 2008.
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(F)
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The Company became subject to and began paying
export duty to the ROK in June 2008. The Parties intend this
Revised Agreement to supersede the November Agreement and to set
forth the terms, conditions and covenants of their
relationship.
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The Parties covenant and agree as
follows:
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1.
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THE
CONSULTANT'S OBLIGATIONS
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1.1
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During the
term of this Revised Agreement, the Consultant shall use its
reasonable efforts in providing the following services to the
Company, as directed by the Company’s CEO and the managing
director of the Company’s subsidiary, Emir Oil, LLP,
(collectively, the “Services”):
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(a)
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investigate
and evaluate potential Acquisition candidates for the
Company;
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(b)
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advise and
confer with the Company’s technical staff regarding potential
Acquisition candidates;
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(c)
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prepare all
documentation and supporting materials for evaluation of potential
Acquisition candidates by the Company as required for submission of
applications for exploration and/or production contracts with
various governmental agencies of the ROK and/or private
parties;
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(d)
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assist the
Company in the negotiation of terms, conditions and covenants of
Acquisitions with various governmental agencies of the ROK and/or
private parties; and
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(e)
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such related
and ancillary services as requested by the
Company.
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1.1.1
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The
Consultant shall perform the Services, at all times, with diligence
and in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations of the
ROK and the United States of America. Consultant shall be
responsible to obtain any necessary licenses or permits required by
the Republic of Kazakhstan to perform the services rendered under
this Revised Agreement. Consultant shall be responsible to pay for
all services rendered by third-parties contracting with the
consultant, except as may be otherwise agreed between the Company
and Consultant in writing prior to engagement of such third-party
service provider.
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1.1.2
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The
Consultant's advice to the Company in respect of the Services shall
be given orally or in writing. Consultant shall report to Mr. Gamal
Kulumbetov, Company CEO and Teolush Tolmakov, general director of
Emir Oil, LLP or to such other individuals as the Company may
hereafter specify by written notice to Consultant. When requested,
and not more than once each calendar quarter, Consultant shall
provide Company with a written activities and status report, in
which Consultant describes the Services it has performed since the
last report. The Parties agree that the decision to consummate an
Acquisition will be in the sole discretion of the Company and that
the Consultant shall have no right to compensation of any kind in
the event the Company elects not to enter into any
Acquisition.
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1.1.3
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The
Consultant shall act on a non-exclusive basis. The Company reserves
the right to act on its own accord or with other consultants to
identify prospects and properties and to purchase such properties.
If the Company acting independent of the Consultant negotiates the
acquisition of a property and the Company has not been introduced
to the property through the efforts of the Consultant, such
property acquisition will not be covered by this Revised Agreement
and Consultant shall not be entitled to compensation with respect
to such property, unless the board of directors of the Company
agrees otherwise in writing. The Consultant may request and obtain
from the Company written confirmation that a particular property
will be subject to this Revised Agreement at any time after the
prospective property has been identified by the Consultant. Such
confirmation by the Company will be conclusive evidence that the
Consultant will be entitled to Compensation under this Revised
Agreement.
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2.
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COMPENSATION
FOR EXPLORATION CONTRACT TERM EXTENSION
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2.1
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The Parties
hereby agree that in lieu of “Bonus Shares” to be paid
Consultant under the November Agreement, the Consultant will be
issued shares for its services in connection with the June 28, 2008
Contract extension as follows:
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(a)
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The
Consultant will be issued a total of 1,250,000 common shares of the
Company.
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(b)
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The shares
will be restricted shares and subject to the public resale
restrictions of Rule 144 promulgated under the U.S. Securities Act
of 1933.
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(c)
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The shares
will be issued as soon as reasonably practical after the execution
of this Revised Agreement and will be deemed fully earned and
vested on delivery to the Consultant.
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3.
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COMPENSATION
FOR TERRITORY EXTENSION
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3.1 In
the event that the Services performed by the Consultant result in
the Company’s making one or more Acquisitions during the term
of this Revised Agreement, the Consultant will be paid total
compensation as follows:
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(a)
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a cash
payment in the amount of four million dollars ($4,000,000 USD)
shall be paid to the Consultant according to the following
schedule:
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i.
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$1,000,000
shall be paid on the effective date of an Acquisition by the
Company (“Closing Date”);
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ii.
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$1,000,000
shall be paid on the date six months after the Closing Date;
and
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iii.
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$2,000,000
shall be paid on the date twelve months after the Closing Date;
and
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(b)
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a share
payment in restricted common shares of the Company shall be made to
the Consultant based upon the value of the Acquisition property,
which will be determined as follows:
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i.
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The value of
the Acquisition property will be determined by reference to a 3D
seismic study and a reserve/resource report of the Acquisition
property by a petroleum engineering firm acceptable to the Company.
If in the opinion of the Company there is no acceptable seismic
study or engineering report on the Acquisition property at the
Closing Date, then the Company will commission and complete, at its
cost, the seismic study and engineering report within one year
after the Closing Date;
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ii.
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The
acquisition value (“Acquisition Value”) will be equal
to the total barrels of resources and reserves, as defined and
determined by the engineering report, multiplied by the following
values:
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A. Resources at $.50 USD per
barrel;
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B. Probable
reserves at $1.00 USD per barrel; and
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C. Proved
reserves at $2.00 USD per barrel.
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The number of shares to be issued to the
Consultant shall be the Acquisition Value divided by the higher of
$6.50 or the average closing price of the Company’s trading
shares for the five trading days prior to the issuance of the
reserve/resource report, provided that in no event shall the total
number of shares earned under this Section 3 exceed more than a
total of 4,000,000 shares. The Parties acknowledge and agree that
the shares will not be registered with the SEC and will be deemed
restricted shares. If there is no trading market for the shares at
the date the share payment is to be made, then the Company, at its
election, may pay the Consultant cash equal to the number of shares
issuable multiplied by $6.50.
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(c)
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Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
Section 3.1(a) and (b), in the event that an Acquisition is made
with the ROK and the ROK charges any signing bonus or other upfront
charge to the Company then the compensation payable to the
Consultant shall be reduced by the amount of the signing bonus or
other upfront charge to the Company. All amounts charged for
signing bonus or other upfront charges shall be credited against
the compensation payable under Section 3, as it becomes payable by
the Company to the Consultant, as determined by the
Company.
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(d)
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The
compensation payable to the C
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