The guarantee given by the Subsidiary Guarantors in this Article IV is a guaranty of payment and not of collection, is a continuing guarantee, and shall apply to all Obligations whenever arising. The Lenders further agree that this Guaranty may not be enforced against any director, officer, employee or stockholder of the Subsidiary Guarantors.

Guarantee of Payment; Continuing Guarantee. The guarantee given by ​ in this Article IV is a guaranty of payment and not of collection, is a continuing guarantee, and shall apply to all Obligations, whenever arising.

. The guarantee in this Article XI is a guaranty of payment and not of collection, is a continuing guarantee, and shall apply to all Obligations whenever arising.

New Guarantee. To the extent no Guarantee Release Date has occurred on or prior to such date, the Administrative Agent shall have received a New Guarantee executed and delivered by each New Guarantor, substantially in the form of [Exhibit D], together with customary secretary’s certificates, resolutions and legal opinions.

No Guarantee. This Agreement shall not be construed and is not intended by either Indemnitee or the Company to be a guarantee, commitment or understanding of Indemnitee’s continued service as a director and/or officer of the Company for any period of time.

Guarantee Amount. The Parties agree that, until the obligations that arise from the Transactions are fully performed, and with the purpose of guaranteeing the performance thereof:

Collateral. Any Collateral Document shall for any reason fail to create a valid and perfected first priority security interest in any Collateral (with an aggregate book value in excess of $10,000,000) purported to be covered thereby, which failure is not remedied within five (5) days after the earlier of # the date on which any Authorized Officer has actual knowledge thereof and # the receipt of written notice from any Agent or the Required Lenders.

Collateral. The repayment of the Indebtedness shall be secured by the following (the items and types of collateral described herein and/or in the Security Instruments being collectively referred to as the "Collateral") pursuant to: a first mortgage/deed of trust lien in and to the Mortgaged Property as more particularly described in one or more mortgages or deeds of trust dated as of the Closing Date (collectively, the "Mortgage"), which such Mortgage covers and encumbers not less than eighty percent (80%) of Borrowers' currently owned producing oil, gas and other leasehold and mineral interests, including without limitation, those situated in the State of North Dakota and Montana. Borrowers shall execute such financing statements, letters in lieu of production forms, assignments, notices and other documents and instruments as shall be necessary or appropriate to perfect the security interests thus created. Borrowers hereby acknowledge that all of the Collateral is granted to the Bank as security for the repayment of all of the Indebtedness. If the Revolver Note is paid in full or satisfied, but any portion of the Indebtedness remains unsatisfied, the Bank may retain its security interest in all of the Collateral until the remaining Indebtedness is paid in full, even if the value of the Collateral far exceeds the amount of Indebtedness outstanding.

Collateral. As security for the payment of the Obligations and satisfaction by Borrowers of all covenants and undertakings contained in the Loan Agreement and the Loan Documents, each Borrower reconfirms the first-priority continuing Lien and security interest in all of its right, title, and interest in, to and under all of the Collateral (except with respect to subsection # of the definition of Collateral to the extent that granting occurs pursuant to another security agreement or similar document), whether presently existing or hereafter acquired or arising, in order to secure prompt payment and performance by each Borrower of all its Obligations (other than subsection # of the definition of Collateral which granting shall be governed by such other applicable security document). Nothing herein contained is intended to in any manner impair or limit the validity, priority and extent of Agent’s existing security interest in and Liens upon the Collateral.

Collateral. The Holder shall have the right to request an updated description of the Company’s collateral and the value of the collateral securing this loan monthly upon seven (7) days’ Notice.