Notice of Forfeiture of Oil and Gas Lease Pursuant to Ohio – Revised Code Section 5301.332 STATE OF OHIO COUNTY OF TUSCARAWAS

Notice of Forfeiture of Oil and Gas Lease Pursuant to Ohio – Revised Code Section 5301.332 STATE OF OHIO COUNTY OF TUSCARAWAS Michael Smith and Jamie Smith, husband and wife, being the owners of the oil, gas and minerals underlying 1.9177 acres, more or less, located in Section 23, Township 13, Range 7 of Mill Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, further described as Surface Tax Parcel Numbers 39-00472-002 & 39-00472-003, hereby gives notice of their intention to declare the following oil and gas lease forfeited pursuant to Ohio Re-vised Code Section 5301.332 for the following reasons: (1) the original lessee and their successors or assigns have failed and/or neglected to (i) comply with specifically described covenants provided for the lease, and/or (ii) timely and properly extend the lease pursuant to the terms and provision of such lease; and/or (2) the terms of the lease have expired and there are no producing or drilling oil and/or gas well on the leased premises. Oil and Gas Lease, from Mary Elizabeth Patterson Katz and Louis Katz, wife and husband, to The East Ohio Gas Company, dated April 19, 1972, and recorded on May 8, 1972, in Volume 83, Page 923 of the Lease Records of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, with a primary term often (5) years from April 16, 1972, and covering 25.00 acres, more or less, out of Section 23, Township 13, Range 7 of Mill Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Based on the Public Records of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, the Katz Lease is now owned by CGAS Appalachia, LLC, EnerVest Energy Institutional Fund IX, LP, EnerVest Energy Institutional Fund IX-WI, LP, B&B Appalachia, LLC, EAP Ohio, LLC, TotalEnergies E&P USA, Inc., Burj Energy, LLC, EOG Resources, Inc., OWS Acquisition Co., LLC and RHDK Oil & Gas, LLC. It is the intention of Michael Smith and Jamie Smith, husband and wife, to file for the record an Affidavit of Forfeiture with the Tuscarawas County Recorder if the lessee does not file a release of record of the lease within thirty (30) days from the date of receipt of this notice. October 13 2025 LWOO0385923