Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> January 13, 2003

George Paulus – Zapata Energy Corporation (zco:tse.v)

GEORGE PAULUS is President, Chief Financial Officer and Director of Zapata Energy Corporation. Mr. Paulus has been extensively involved in the oil and gas business since 1977. In 1992, he and Lloyd Driscoll founded Vintage Resource Corp., a junior oil and gas company listed on both the Alberta and Toronto Stock Exchanges. As Senior Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Paulus helped expand Vintage Resource Corp.'s net asset value to $25 million from $200,000. In 1977, the company merged with Danoil Energy Ltd. Mr. Paulus is a Professional Engineer and member of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Landmen and Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree (Honors) in 1966 and a Master of Science degree in Geology in 1968 from the University of Manitoba. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief historical sketch of Zapata

Energy Corporation and a picture of things as they are now?

Mr. Paulus: Zapata is a junior oil and gas company based in

Calgary,