THE PETROLEUM & RESOURCES CORPORATION AUDIT COMMITTEE CHARTER I. Composition of the Audit Committee: The Audit Committee shall be comprised of at least three directors appointed by the Board of Directors. No member of the Audit Committee shall be an “interested person” of the Corporation, as that term is defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, nor shall have any relationship to the Corporation that may interfere with the exercise of their independence from management and the Corporation, and each member shall otherwise satisfy the applicable membership requirements under the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, as such requirements are interpreted by the Board of Directors in its business judgment. In electing the members of the Audit Committee, the Board of Directors shall take into consideration the simultaneous service by a member on the audit committee(s) of any other public Corporation or companies and shall satisfy itself that such simultaneous service would not impair the ability of such member to effectively serve on the Audit Committee. II. Purposes of the Audit Committee: The purposes of the Audit Committee are to: 1. assist the Board of Directors’ oversight of (i) the integrity of the Corporation’s financial statements, (ii) the Corporation’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, (iii) the independent auditors’ qualifications and independence, and (iv) the performance of the independent auditors ...