JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

                               EXHIBIT 99.1

                          JOINT FILING AGREEMENT


          The undersigned stockholders of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Exploration Company, a
Deleware corporation, hereby consent to the joint filing of a Schedule
13(d) in accordance with Rule 13d-1(f)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.


Date: February 17, 1998                 /S/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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                                        By /S/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
                                           ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Trustee



                                        ▇▇▇▇▇▇ AND ▇▇▇▇▇▇, INC.

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                                        By /S/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
                                           ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Trustee