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10/26/10 4:43 AM

#45 RE: Stock #34

From the most recent 10q

OIL AND GAS PROPERTIES

Major Joint Venture

In May 2008, the Company entered into the Major Joint Venture Agreement with a third-party partner to acquire certain oil and gas leases in the Tiger Ridge Gas Field in Blaine, Hill, and Choteau Counties of Montana. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company is responsible for all lease acquisition costs. The third-party joint venture partner is responsible for coordinating the geology, acquiring the leases in its name, preparing and disseminating assignments, accounting for the project costs and administration of the well operator. The Company controls an 87.5% working interest on all future production and reserves, while the third-party joint venture partner controls 12.5%. The joint venture had accumulated oil and gas leases totaling 65,000 net mineral acres as of June 30, 2010. The Company has committed to a minimum of $1,000,000 up to $2,000,000 toward this joint venture. The third-party joint venture partner issues cash calls during the year to replenish the joint venture cash account. The Company’s contributions to the joint venture totaled $1,892,367 as of June 30, 2010. The unutilized cash balance was $174,698 as of June 30, 2010.

Tiger Ridge Joint Venture

In November 2009, the Company entered into the Tiger Ridge Joint Venture Agreement with a third-party and a well operator to develop and exploit a drilling program in two certain blocks of acreage in the Major Joint Venture, which is an area of mutual interest. The Company controls a 70.0% working interest, while the third-party investor and well operator control 10% and 20%, respectively. The Agreement requires that all parties contribute in cash their proportional share to cover all costs incurred in developing these blocks of acreage for drilling.

Big Snowy Joint Venture

In October 2008, the Company entered into the Big Snowy Joint Venture Agreement with an administrator third-party to acquire certain oil and gas leases in the Heath Oil play in Musselshell, Petroleum, Garfield, Rosebud and Fergus Counties of Montana, and another third-party to perform as the operator. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company is responsible for 72.5% of lease acquisition costs, and the other two third-parties are individually responsible for 2.5% and 25% of the lease acquisition costs. The administrator third-party joint venture partner is responsible for coordinating the geology, acquiring the leases in its name, preparing and disseminating assignments, accounting for the project costs and administration of the well operator. The Company controls a 72.5% working interest on all future production and reserves, while the administrator third-party joint venture partner controls 2.5% and the well operator controls 25%. The joint venture had accumulated oil and gas leases totaling 33,562 net mineral acres as of June 30, 2010. The Company is committed to a minimum of $1,000,000 up to $1,993,750 toward this joint venture, with all partners, including the Company, committing a minimum of $2,750,000. The administrator third-party joint venture partner issues cash calls during the year to replenish the joint venture cash account. The Company’s contributions to the joint venture totaled $724,744 as of June 30, 2010. The unutilized cash balance was $11,806 as of June 30, 2010.

Niobrara Development with Slawson Exploration Company, Inc.

On June 28, 2010, the Company entered into an exploration and development agreement with Slawson Exploration Company, Inc. (“Slawson”) to develop Slawson’s 48,000 net acres in the Denver-Julesberg Basin Niobrara Formation in Weld County, Colorado. Slawson commenced the continuous drilling program in early July 2010 with an initial series of three test wells expected to be completed by October 2010. Subject to the results of these wells, Slawson expects to commence a continuous drilling program targeting 57 additional locations in the prospect that will be drilled throughout 2011. Voyager purchased a 50% working interest in the approximately 48,000 acre block for $7.5 million and will participate on a heads-up basis on all wells drilled, as well as participate for its proportionate working interest in all additional acreage acquired in an Area of Mutual Interest consisting of Weld and Laramie Counties.

Other Oil and Gas Acquisitions

In August 2009, the Company participated in a federal lease sale and acquired assignment of certain oil leases in Mountrail County, North Dakota for a total purchase price of $351,562 for approximately 66 net acres.

In November 2009, the Company participated in a federal lease sale and acquired assignment of certain oil leases in McKenzie and Mountrail Counties, North Dakota for a total purchase price of $1,836,774 for approximately 263 net acres.

On March 10, 2010 the Company agreed to purchase all right, title and interests of South Fork Exploration, LLC (“SFE”) in certain oil, gas and mineral leases totaling approximately 3,111 net mineral acres in McLean, Mountrail and Williams County, North Dakota and Sheridan County, Montana. Under the agreement, the Company paid SFE $1,374,375 cash and issue 2,573,346 unregistered shares of the Company’s common stock. The transaction was contingent upon receipt of a fairness opinion from an independent party acceptable in form and substance to the Company confirming that the terms of the proposed transaction are fair and reasonable to the Company and its shareholders and executed assignments from SFE on a county-by-county basis. All conditions under the agreement have been fulfilled and the Company closed the acquisition on March 30, 2010. SFE is wholly owned by J.R. Reger, CEO and shareholder of the Company (See Note 6).

On March 15, 2010, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a purchase agreement with Bakken Explorations (“BE”). Under the terms of the agreement, the Company agreed to pay BE $650 per net mineral acre as consideration for the assignment of leases covering an aggregate of 827.66672 net acres, contingent upon the Company’s successful conduction of its own examination of BE’s title to the leases. The Company completed its examination of title and closed the transaction on April 14, 2010.

On April 21, 2010 the Company’s Board of Directors approved a purchase agreement to pay $500 per net mineral acre as consideration for the assignment of certain leases in Richland County, Montana. On May 14, 2010, the Company completed a closing with a total purchase price of $2,634,209 for approximately 5,268.42 net acres.

On May 6, 2010 the Company’s Chairman approved the purchase of certain leases with a total purchase price of $1,648,891 for approximately 3,297.78 net acres. The transactions were closed at various times during May 2010.

The Company has also completed other miscellaneous acquisitions in Montana and North Dakota.