La Cortez Energy, Inc. (La Cortez Energy) is an international, early-stage oil and gases exploration and production company focusing its business in South America. The Putumayo 4 Block covers an area of 126,845 acres (51,333 hectares) located in the Putumayo Basin in southern Colombia and has over 1,000 km of pre-existing 2D seismic through which the Company and Petronorte have identified promising leads. The Maranta Block covers an area of 90,459 acres (36,608 hectares) in the foreland of the Putumayo Basin in southwest Colombia. The Maranta Block is adjacent to Gran Tierra�s Chaza block and close to both the Orito and Santana crude oil receiving stations.