In consideration of the payments made under this Agreement, Contractor hereby acknowledges and agrees that, as a contractor providing Services during the term of this Agreement, Contractor’s relationship with EFRI is one of high trust and confidence and that Contractor has access to and will make use of a variety of proprietary information of EFRI and its affiliates, including information relating to EFRI’s and its affiliates’ business and affairs, including without limitation, its assets, profits, profit margins, revenues, costs of production, transportation costs, marketing and sales costs, budgets, business plans, regulatory compliance status, legal actions, software programs, manuals, guides, customer lists, client proposals, technical, geological and engineering data, maps, reports and analyses, process and mining technology, and other confidential documents and communications within or concerning EFRI and its affiliates and predecessors and previous owners and operators of EFRI’s assets which are not freely available to outsiders (herein collectively called “ Proprietary Information ”).