Rex Gifford

Mr. Gifford, serves as the Executive Vice President, Tax of King Operating Corporation. He has 27 years of oil and gas industry experience serving as a Chief Financial Officer of King Operating Corporation and New Horizon Exploration Inc., respectively. His experience is primarily in the areas of accounting, partnership taxation, supervising the formation, management and economic reporting functions for the oil and gas properties and oilfields for private placement offerings. From January 1995 to September 2007, Mr. Gifford served as the CFO of New Horizon Exploration, Inc. Prior to his tenure with New Horizon Exploration, Mr. Gifford provided accounting and income tax services for industry, local public accounting firms, and as a Field Agent for the Internal Revenue Service. Mr. Gifford obtained a BBA in Accounting from the University of Texas.