Common use of Relinquishment Clause in Contracts

Relinquishment. 4.1 If at the end of the first Exploration Phase, the Contractor elects, pursuant to Article 3.5, to continue Exploration Operations in the Contract Area in the second Exploration Phase, the Contractor shall retain upto seventy five percent (75%) of the original Contract Area including any Development Area and Discovery Area in not more than three (3) areas of simple geometrical shapes and relinquish the balance of the Contract Area prior to the commencement of the second Exploration Phase. Notwithstanding the provision of this Article 4.1, in the event the Development Areas and Discovery Areas exceed seventy five percent (75%) of the original Contract Area, the Contractor shall be entitled to retain to the extent of Development Areas and Discovery Areas.

Relinquishment. 4.1 If at the end of the first Exploration Phase, the Contractor elects, pursuant to Article 3.5, to continue Exploration Operations in the Contract Area in the second Exploration Phase, the Contractor shall retain upto seventy five percent (75%) of the original Contract Area including any Development Area and Discovery Area in not more than three (3) areas of simple geometrical shapes and relinquish the balance of the Contract Area prior to the commencement of the second Exploration Phase. Notwithstanding the provision of this Article 4.1, in the event the Development Areas and Discovery Areas exceed seventy five percent (75%) of the original Contract Area, the Contractor shall be entitled to retain to the extent of Development Areas and Discovery Areas.

Relinquishment. 4.1 If at the end of the first Exploration Phase, the Contractor elects, pursuant to Article 3.53.4, to continue Exploration Operations in the Contract Area in the second Exploration Phase, the Contractor shall retain upto seventy five percent up to sixty per cent (7560%) of the original Contract Area Area, including any Development Area and Discovery Area in not more than three (3) areas of simple geometrical shapes and relinquish the balance of the Contract Area prior to the commencement of the second Exploration Phase. Notwithstanding the provision of this Article 4.1, in the event the Development Areas and Discovery Areas exceed seventy five percent (75sixty per cent ( 60%) of the original Contract Area, the Contractor shall be entitled to retain to the extent of Development Areas and Discovery Areas.

Relinquishment. 4.1 If at the end of the first Exploration Phase, the Contractor elects, pursuant to Article 3.5, to continue Exploration Operations in the Contract Area in the second Exploration Phase, the Contractor shall retain upto seventy five percent (75%) of the original Contract Area including any Development Area and Discovery Area in not more than three (3) areas of simple geometrical shapes and relinquish the balance of the Contract Area prior to the commencement of the second Exploration Phase. .Notwithstanding the provision of this Article 4.1, in the event the Development Areas and Discovery Areas exceed seventy five percent (75%) of the original Contract Area, the Contractor shall be entitled to retain to the extent of Development Areas and Discovery Areas.