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Exhibit 10.1
[LETTERHEAD OF TURNER, STONE & COMPANY, L.L.P.]
December 7, 2006
Board of Directors
TBX Resources, Inc.
3030 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1320
Dallas, TX 75234
Gentlemen,
We are providing this letter
to confirm our understanding of the terms and objectives of our engagement to
audit the consolidated balance sheet at November 30, 2006 and the related
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash
flows of TBX Resources, Inc., TBX Acquisition, Inc. and Grasslands I, L.P.
(collectively hereinafter referred to as “the Company”) for the
year then ended for the purpose of expressing an opinion on them.
The objective of our audit is
the expression of an opinion about whether your consolidated financial
statements are fairly presented, in all material respects, in conformity with
U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Our audit will be conducted in
accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(PCAOB) (United States) and will include tests of your accounting records and
other procedures we consider necessary to enable us to express such an opinion.
Our ability to express that opinion and the wording of our opinion will, of
course, be dependent on the facts and circumstances at the date of our report.
If, for any reason, we are unable to complete the audit or are unable to form
or have not formed an opinion, we may decline lo express an opinion or to issue
a report as a result of this engagement. If circumstances preclude us from
issuing an unqualified opinion, we will discuss the reasons with you in
advance.
An audit includes examining,
on a test basis, evidences supporting the amounts and disclosures in the
consolidated financial statements. Accordingly, the areas and number of
transactions selected for testing will involve our professional judgment. An
audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall consolidated
financial statement presentation. Our procedures will include, where
applicable, tests of documentary evidence supporting the transactions recorded
in the accounts, tests of the physical existence of inventory, and direct
confirmation of receivables and certain other assets and liabilities by correspondence
with selected customers, creditors, legal counsel, and financial institutions.
Board of Directors
TBX Resources, Inc
December 7, 2006
Page Two
In order to expedite the
completion of our audit and to keep audit costs at a minimum, we understand you
will assign Company personnel to assist us by performing non-professional
duties; including locating, removing from, and returning to the files the
checks, invoices, deposits and other documentation required to be examined by
us; completing from Company records the financial information on audit work
papers to be furnished by us; typing confirmation requests; and searching the
Company records for explanation of exceptions or differences arising from our
procedures. We may also request written representations from your attorneys as
part of our audit and they may bill you for responding to this inquiry. At the
conclusion of our audit, we will require certain written representations from
the appropriate level of management about the consolidated financial statements
and related matters.
We are responsible for
conducting the audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB (United
States). Those standards require that we obtain reasonable rather than absolute
assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements arc free of
material misstatement, whether caused by errors, fraud, or violations of laws
or governmental regulations that are attributable to the Company or to acts by
management or employees acting on behalf of the Company. However, because of
the characteristics of fraud, particularly those involving collusion,
concealment and falsified documentation (including forgery), a properly planned
and performed audit may not detect a material misstatement. Our procedures will
also include gathering information necessary to identify risks of material
misstatement due to fraud, evaluating the Company’s programs and controls
that address the identified risks of material misstatement due to fraud, and
assessing the risks taking into account this evaluation. We are also required
to consider whether identified misstatements may be indicative of fraud and, if
so, we are required to evaluate their implication. Any fraud, whether or not
material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant
role in the Company’s internal controls and procedures for financial
reporting should be disclosed to us.
Because an audit conducted in
accordance with the standards of the PCAOB (United States) is designed to
provide reasonable, but not absolute, assurance and because we will not
perform a detailed examination of all transactions, there is the risk that
material misstatements may exist and not be detected by us. In addition, an
audit is not designed to detect immaterial misstatements or violations of laws
or governmental regulations that do not have a material and direct effect on
the financial statements. However, we will inform the appropriate level of
management of any material errors, fraudulent financial reporting or
misappropriation of assets, or violations of laws or governmental regulations
that come to our attention, unless clearly inconsequential. Our responsibility
as auditors is limited to the period covered by our audit and does not extend
to any later periods for which we are not engaged as auditors.
Board of Directors
TBX Resources, Inc.
December 7, 2006
Page Three
An audit includes obtaining
an understanding of internal control sufficient to plan the audit and to
determine the nature, timing, and extent of audit procedures to be performed.
An audit is not designed to provide assurance on internal control or to
identify reportable conditions, that is, significant deficiencies in the design
or operation of internal control. However, we are responsible for communicating
to the appropriate level of management any reportable conditions which come to
our attention.
While our audit will be
conducted with due regard to the rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) relative to matters of accounting, it should be
understood that our report and the consolidated financial statements and
schedules, if any, are subject to review by the SEC and to their interpretation
of the applicable rules and regulations.
The Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the Act) imposes additional responsibilities on
SEC registrants, their management, audit committees and boards of directors, as
well as independent auditors regarding the reporting of illegal acts that have
or may have occurred. During the course of our audit, we will ask you specific
representations about this. To fulfill our responsibilities under the Act, we
may need to consult with your attorney or an attorney of our choosing about any
such illegal acts that we become aware of. Additional fees, including legal
fees if any, are your responsibility and will be billed to you. In this regard,
you agree to cooperate with any procedures that we may deem necessary to
perform.
Management’s
Responsibility
The consolidated financial
statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.
Encompassed within that responsibility is the establishment and maintenance of
effective internal controls over financial reporting, the establishment and
maintenance of proper records, the selection of appropriate accounting
principles, the safeguarding of assets, and compliance with relevant laws and
regulations. In addition, management is responsible for adjusting the
consolidated financial statements to correct material misstatements and for
affirming to us in the representation letter that the effects of any
uncorrected misstatements aggregated by us during the audit and pertaining to
the latest period presented are immaterial, both individually and in the
aggregate, to the consolidated financial statements taken as a whole.
Board of Directors
TBX Resources, Inc.
December 7, 2006
Page Four
Management is also
responsible for making all financial records and related information available
to us and for the accuracy and completeness of that information. We will advise
you about appropriate accounting principles and their application and will
assist in the preparation of your consolidated financial statements, but the
responsibility for the consolidated financial statements remains with you,
including the overall accuracy of the consolidated financial statements and
their conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. This
responsibility includes the establishment and maintenance of adequate records
and effective internal controls over financial reporting, the selection and
application of accounting principles, properly recording transactions in the
accounting records, making appropriate estimates, the safeguarding of assets
and identifying and ensuring the Company complies with the laws and regulations
applicable to its business activities.
As part of our engagement we may propose standard, adjusting, or correcting journal entries to your consolidated financial sta






