Employment Agreement between Ignis Petroleum Corporation, Ignis Petroleum Group, Inc., and Patty Dickerson

of January, 2007 by and between Ignis Petroleum Corporation and Ignis Petroleum Group, Inc., (collectively referred to as "Company") and Patty Dickerson (hereinafter referred to as "Employee").

FOR GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged by the parties hereto, the Company and Employee agree, as follows:

1. Employment. Company hereby employs Employee and Employee accepts employment by Company, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and subject to Company's policies and procedures, to the extent the Company's policies and procedures are not inconsistent with this Agreement, for the Employment Period (as defined below) stated herein.

2. Position. During the Employment Period, Employee will render services as Vice President of External Relations. Employee shall report directly to the President and CEO of Company and serve on the Senior Management Team. A summary of the position and areas of responsibility is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

3. Employment Period or Term. Company hereby agrees to employ Employee, and Employee hereby agrees to be employed by Company for a period of three years commencing on June 19, 2006 and ending on June 19, 2009 (the "Employment Period" or "Term"). Vesting begins on the date of employment as defined herein. The parties by mutual written agreement may renew this Agreement.

4. Duties. Employee's duties are more particularly described in Exhibit A. In addition, Employee shall attend management and staff meetings with executive and supervisory personnel of Company, as required. Employee shall also perform such other duties reasonably requested by Company.

5. Compensation. Employee shall be provided with a base remuneration of cash, restricted common stock, bonus and non-bonus, and benefits as detailed in Exhibit B.

6. Termination of Employment. This Agreement and Employee's employment may be terminated at any time as follows:

(a) Resignation by Employee. In the event Employee resigns from Company, the Company shall not be obligated to provide a severance package other than those benefits provided as a matter of law. In the event Employee resigns from Company due to breach of this Agreement by Company and employee has given the Company written notice and a reasonable opportunity to cure such breach, Employee shall be entitled to the severance package described in paragraph 6(c) provided that Employee is not herself in breach of this Agreement or otherwise eligible to be terminated under section 6(b) of this Agreement;

(b) By the Company upon notice for Cause which shall be defined as:

1. Employee's conviction or no contest or guilty plea to or indictment for (or its procedural equivalent) a felony or crime involving moral turpitude, or Employee's guilty plea or no contest plea to a lesser included offense or crime in exchange for withdrawal of a felony indictment, felony charge by information, or a charged crime involving moral turpitude, whether the charge arises under federal, state or local law;
2. Employee's death or disability;

7. Confidential or Proprietary Information. During and after the Employment Period, Employee will not, without the prior written consent of Company, either directly or indirectly transmit or disclose to any person or entity any Confidential or Proprietary Information of Company and its affiliates which Employee hereby acknowledges he will obtain in the course of his employment hereunder. Employee will not disclose such Confidential or Proprietary Information to any other person or entity and will not use such Confidential or Proprietary Information for his own benefit or the benefit of any other person or entity. As used in this Agreement "Confidential or Proprietary Information" means any information not generally disclosed or known to the trade or public concerning business or operation of Company. Employee agrees to maintain all such information in confidence during Employee's employment with Company and following any termination of this Agreement or Employee's employmen t. Employee shall promptly return to a representative of Company all materials involving Confidential or Proprietary Information in the Employee's possession or control. The prior knowledge, mental impressions, and experience of Employee gained before employment with Company shall not be deemed Company's Confidential or Proprietary Information.

8. Indemnification and Insurance. Company and Employee shall enter into an Indemnification Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.

9. Dispute Resolution. The parties agree that any dispute, controversy or claim, whether based on contract, tort, statute, discrimination, retaliation, or otherwise, relating to, arising from or connected in any manner to this Agreement, or to the alleged breach of this Agreement, or arising out of or relating to Employee's employment or termination of employment, shall, upon timely written request of either party be submitted to and resolved by binding arbitration. The arbitration shall be conducted in Dallas, Texas. The arbitration shall proceed in accordance with the National Rules for Resolution of Employment Disputes of the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") in effect at the time the claim or dispute arose, unless other rules are agreed upon by the parties. Unless otherwise agreed to by the parties in writing, the arbitration shall be conducted by one arbitrator who is a member of the AAA and who is selected pursuant to the methods set out in the National R ules for Resolution of Employment Disputes of the AAA. Any claims received after the applicable/relevant statute of limitations period has passed shall be deemed null and void. The award of the arbitrator shall be a reasoned award with findings of fact and conclusions of law. Either party may bring an action in any court of competent jurisdiction to compel arbitration under this Agreement, and to enforce an arbitration award. Each party shall pay 50% of the actual costs of arbitration excluding attorney's fees. Each party will pay its own attorneys fees and other costs incurred by their respective attorneys.

10. Miscellaneous.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Employment Agreement to be effective as of the date first written above.

Employee: /s/ Patty Dickerson

Date: 01/25/07

Company: Ignis Petroleum Corporation

Date: 01/25/07

Company: Ignis Petroleum Group, Inc.

Date: 01/25/07

EXHIBIT A

VICE PRESIDENT EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

Advise senior executives on corporate and financial communications strategy and execution

Proactively manage expectations within the financial markets to reflect a fair market price and maintain accurate expectations of future earnings, cash flow and growth

Maintain open and complete communications with investors, institutional and individuals, brokers, analysts, employees and members of the energy trade and financial press

Serve as spokesperson to investment community and liaison among transfer agent, shareholders, stock exchange, media, vendors, lenders and others as required

Draft, distribute and discuss press releases and corporate materials

Organize and implement formal and informal meetings with securities analysts, portfolio managers, brokers and financial press

Organize and conduct annual meetings of shareholders, one-on-one meetings with

investors as required

Report directly to Board of Directors and senior management on investor perceptions,

financial marketplace perceptions, rumor control

Identify media opportunities and secure placements; identify investment conferences,

energy trade shows, regional brokerage opportunities

Oversee internal and external view of quality of investor relations program,

corporate strategy, management and operations, share ownership and

valuation as they relate to external affairs of the company and its subsidiaries

Advise on accepted disclosure practices for release of information under current

regulatory system regarding materiality and periodic reporting

requirements of SEC and trading exchanges as appropriate

Create internal investor relations department, train staff, develop comprehensive

investor lists, analyst prospects, press release and media databases

Design, produce and distribute fact sheets, corporate profiles, annual and interim

reports, quarterly newsletters to shareholders, speeches, byline articles and

press kits

Design & maintain corporate website to assure compliance with SEC guidelines

Prepare and distribute corporate disclosure policy

Prepare and distribute corporate crisis communications plan

Prepare and monitor communications budgets and compliance costs

Corporate Secretary role:

Assistant to CEO & directors; liaison for communications between board and

senior management as appropriate.

Organize & attend board & committee meetings

Prepare & distribute corporate minutes and materials

Assist in personnel, insurance, general office administration

Monitor corporate filings required by states and energy agencies

• $100,000 per year (adjusted annually based on individual and Company performance)

STOCK COMPENSATION: Total award of up to 450,000 common shares of restricted stock over three years, granted in increments of 75,000 shares every six months (150,000 per year).

PAID TIME OFF: Up to four weeks earned vacation per year and ten business holidays.

MEDICAL INSURANCE: Company to pay for employee coverage per the Company plan ("contribution") or to reimburse an amount up to the contribution for employee self-selected plan.

REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES: Reimbursed for reasonable and customary expenses incurred on behalf of and in furtherance of the business of the Company. Upon approval of such expenses Company shall promptly (within 30 days) provide reimbursement for such expenses.

CHANGE OF CONTROL: The Company would provide for cash severance equal to one-year of salary and advance of remaining restricted share balance upon change of control.

PERFORMANCE: The Company will conduct a formal performance at the end of each year of employment. The Company can decide to terminate this relationship should performance not meet expectations. In such case the Company would provide a severance of three months cash salary and provide the remaining shares of Ignis stock compensation without any further obligation to the Company.