12. CONFIDENTIALITY
12.1 Save for the Parties' rights to discuss the terms of this Agreement with its potential offshore partners, banks, consultants and advisers, each Party shall hold in strict confidence the existence and contents of this Agreement and all documents, materials and other information, whether technical or commercial, conveyed in tangible form or verbally, that is supplied to it by or on behalf of the other. Each Party shall not publish, or otherwise disclose them, or use them for any purpose and shall make certain that its employees, agents, and advisors shall not do so, unless contemplated by the provisions of this Agreement. The obligations of this paragraph shall survive for another period of three (3) years after the termination or expiration of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Parties from complying with any law, rule, regulation or directive of any governmental or regulatory authority or agency having jurisdiction over it.