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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2021.

 

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from __________ to __________.

 

Commission File Number: 000-17204

 

AMERICAN NOBLE GAS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   20-3126427

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

15612 College Blvd, Lenexa, KS 66219

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(913) 948-9512

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of exchange on which registered
   

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of Exchange Act.

 

  Large accelerated filer ☐   Accelerated filer ☐
  Non-accelerated filer   Smaller reporting company
      Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No

 

As of November 12, 2021, the registrant had 18,793,265 shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share outstanding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  Page
PART I - Financial Information  
Item 1. Financial Statements  
Condensed Balance Sheets: September 30, 2021(Unaudited) and December 31, 2020 3
Condensed Statements of Operations: Three and Nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 (Unaudited) 4
Condensed Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Deficit: Three and Nine months ended September 30, 2021and 2020 (Unaudited) 5
Condensed Statements of Cash Flows: Nine months ended September 30, 2021and 2020 (Unaudited) 6
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements (Unaudited) 7
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 33
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 49
Item 4. Controls and Procedures 50
PART II - Other Information  
Item 1. Legal Proceedings 50
Item 1A Risk Factors 50
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds 50
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities 51
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures 51
Item 5. Other Information 51
Item 6. Exhibits 51
Signatures 52

 

  2  

 

 

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

AMERICAN NOBLE GAS, INC.

(formerly Infinity Energy Resources, Inc.)

Condensed Balance Sheets

 

   

September 30, 2021

   

December 31, 2020

 
    (Unaudited)        
ASSETS                
Current assets:                
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 10,162     $ 11,042  
Account receivable     25,545        
Prepaid expenses     16,590        
Deposit to Acquire oil and gas property           75,000  
                 
Total current assets     52,297       86,042  
Oil and gas properties and equipment:                
Oil and gas properties and equipment     913,425        
Accumulated depreciation, depletion and impairment     (61,668 )      
                 
Property and equipment, net     851,757        
                 
Total assets   $ 904,054     $ 86,042  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT                
Current liabilities:                
Accounts payable   $ 1,073,184     $ 1,190,309  
Accrued liabilities (including $-0- and $788,520 due to related party at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020)     1,159,741       3,737,580  
Accrued interest     1,744       47,754  
Notes payable, net           218,563  
                 
Total current liabilities     2,234,669       5,194,206  
                 
Asset retirement obligations     1,729,986       1,716,003  
Convertible promissory notes, net of unamortized discount     76,858        
Derivative liabilities           321  
                 
Total liabilities     4,041,513       6,910,530  
Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)     --          
                 
Stockholders’ deficit:                
Preferred stock; par value $.0001 per share, 10,000,000 shares authorized; Series A Convertible – 27,778 shares authorized with stated/liquidation value of $100 per share, 22,776 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2021 and no shares issued or outstanding at December 31, 2020     2        
Common stock, par value $.0001 per share, 75,000,000 shares authorized, 18,793,265 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2021 and 18,548,265 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2020     1,879       1,855  
Additional paid-in capital     115,094,472       110,352,302  
Accumulated deficit     (118,233,812 )     (117,178,645 )
Total stockholders’ deficit     (3,137,459 )     (6,824,488 )
Total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit   $ 904,054     $ 86,042  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

 

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AMERICAN NOBLE GAS, INC.

(formerly Infinity Energy Resources, Inc.)

Condensed Statements of Operations

(Unaudited)

 

                         
    Three months ended
September 30,
    Nine months ended
September 30,
 
    2021     2020     2021     2020  
                         
Revenues   $ 35,392     $     $ 56,220     $  
                                 
Operating expenses:                                
Oil and gas lease operating expense     220,767             446,849        
Depreciation, depletion and amortization     30,834             61,668        
Accretion of asset retirement obligation     279             558        
Oil and gas production related taxes     1,626             2,592        
Other general and administrative expenses     294,440       120,168       738,419       226,235  
                                 
Total operating expenses     547,946       120,168       1,250,086       226,235  
                                 
Operating loss     (512,554 )     (120,168 )     (1,193,866 )     (226,235 )
                                 
Other income (expense):                                
Interest expense     (5,724 )     (67,370 )     (40,163 )     (111,496 )
Gain on exchange and extinguishment of liabilities           6,150,142       86,602       6,150,142  
Change in derivative fair value           824       199       248  
                                 
Total other income (expense)     (5,724 )     6,083,596       46,638       6,038,894  
                                 
Income (loss) before income taxes     (518,278 )     5,963,428       (1,147,228 )     5,812,659  
Income tax (expense) benefit                        
                                 
Net income (loss)     (518,278 )     5,963,428       (1,147,228 )     5,812,659  
                                 
Convertible preferred stock dividends     (57,408 )           (117,936 )      
                                 
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders   $ (575,686 )   $ 5,963,428     $ (1,265,164 )   $ 5,812,659  
                                 
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share:                                
Basic   $ (0.03 )   $ 0.40     $ (0.07 )   $ 0.44  
Diluted   $ (0.03 )   $ 0.36     $ (0.07 )   $ 0.43  
Weighted average shares outstanding – basic and diluted     18,793,265       14,820,900       18,712,199       13,147,455  
Weighted average shares outstanding – basic and diluted     18,793,265       16,641,125       18,712,199       13,754,197  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

 

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AMERICAN NOBLE GAS, INC.

(formerly Infinity Energy Resources, Inc.)

Condensed Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Deficit

(Unaudited)

 

                                         
      Common Stock     Additional Paid-in     Accumulated     Stockholders’  
      Shares     Amount     Capital     Deficit     Deficit  
Balance, December 31, 2019 -     12,310,733     $ 1,231     $ 109,583,945     $ (122,802,352 )   $ (13,217,176 )
                                           
Stock-based compensation                   24,308             24,308  
                                           
Net loss -                       (84,765 )     (84,765 )
                                           
Balance, March 31, 2020 -     12,310,733       1,231       109,608,253       (122,887,117 )     (13,277,633 )
                                           
Stock-based compensation                   24,308             24,308  
                                           
Net loss -                       (66,004 )     (66,004 )
                                           
Balance, June 30, 2020 -     12,310,733       1,231       109,632,561       (122,953,121 )     (13,319,329 )
                                           
Stock-based compensation                   105,825             105,825  
                                           
Issuance of common shares in consideration for deposit to acquire oil and gas property       500,000       50       74,950             75,000  
                                           
Issuance of common shares pursuant to exchange agreements     737,532       74       132,682             132,756  
                                           
Beneficial conversion feature on issuance of convertible note with detachable warrants to purchase common stock                   325,000             325,000  
                                           
Issuance of restricted stock       5,000,000       500       (500 )            
                                           
Net income -                       5,963,428       5,963,428  
                                           
Balance, September 30, 2020 -     18,548,265     $ 1,855     $ 110,270,518     $ (116,989,693 )   $ (6,717,320 )

 

    Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Capital     Deficit     Deficit  
    Preferred Stock     Common Stock     Additional Paid-in     Accumulated     Stockholders’  
    Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Capital     Deficit     Deficit  
Balance, December 31, 2020         $       18,548,265     $ 1,855     $ 110,352,302     $ (117,178,645 )   $ (6,824,488 )
                                                         
Cumulative effect of adoption of ASU 2020-06                             (252,961 )     92,061       (160,900 )
                                                         
Stock-based compensation                             81,250             81,250  
                                                         
Issuance of preferred stock with detachable warrants to purchase common stock     22,776       2                   1,929,087             1,929,089  
                                                         
Issuance of warrants to purchase common stock pursuant to debt settlement agreements                             1,605,178             1,605,178  
                                                         
Extinguishment of liabilities with related parties pursuant to debt settlement agreements                             1,108,477             1,108,477  
                                                         
Accrual of preferred stock dividends                             (3,744 )           (3,744 )
                                                         
Net loss                                   (203,624 )     (203,624 )
                                                         
Balance, March 31, 2021     22,776       2       18,548,265       1,855       114,819,589       (117,290,208 )     (2,468,762 )
                                                         
Stock-based compensation                             106,750             106,750  
                                                         
Issuance of common stock pursuant to debt settlement agreements                 245,000       24       68,576             68,600  
                                                         
Accrual of preferred stock dividends                             (56,784 )           (56,784 )
                                                         
Net loss                                   (425,326 )     (425,326 )
                                                         
Balance, June 30, 2021     22,776       2       18,793,265       1,879       114,938,131       (117,715,534 )     (2,775,522 )
                                                         
Stock-based compensation                             157,749             157,749  
                                                         
Accrual of preferred stock dividends                             (57,408 )           (57,408 )
                                                         
Issuance of warrants to purchase common stock pursuant to issuance of debt                             56,000             56,000  
                                                         
Net loss                                   (518,278 )     (518,278 )
                                                         
Balance, September 30, 2021     22,776     $ 2       18,793,265     $ 1,879     $ 115,094,472     $ (118,233,812 )   $ (3,137,459 )

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

 

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AMERICAN NOBLE GAS, INC.

(formerly Infinity Energy Resources, Inc.)

Condensed Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

 

    2021     2020  
   

For the Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 
    2021     2020  
Cash flows from operating activities:                
Net (loss) income   $ (1,147,228 )   $ 5,812,659  
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash used in operating activities:                
Change in fair value of derivative liability     (199 )     (248 )
Stock-based compensation     345,749       154,441  
Depreciation, depletion and amortization     61,668        
Accretion of asset retirement obligations     558        
Gain on settlement of litigation     (23,000 )      
Gain on exchange and extinguishment of liabilities     (179,407 )     (6,150,142 )
Loss on retirement of convertible note payable     115,805        
Expiration and charge-off of deposit to acquire oil & gas properties     75,000        
Amortization of discount on convertible note payable     30,016       44,094  
Change in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions of business:                
                 
Increase in accounts receivable     (25,545 )      
Increase in prepaid expenses     (16,590 )      
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable     194,645       (16,982 )
Decrease in accrued liabilities     (112 )     (30,112 )
Increase in accrued interest     10,146       51,865  
Net cash used in operating activities     (558,494 )     (134,425 )
                 
Cash flows from investing activities:                
Acquisition of oil and gas properties and equipment     (900,000 )      
Net cash used in investing activities     (900,000 )      
                 
Cash flows from financing activities:                
Cash dividends paid on preferred stock     (117,936 )      
Repayment of convertible note payable     (453,539 )      
Net proceeds from issuance of convertible preferred stock     1,929,089        
Issuance of convertible promissory note with detachable warrants to purchase common stock     100,000        
Repayment of notes payable pursuant to exchange agreements           (100,000 )
Proceeds from issuance of note payable-related party           41,000  
Repayment of notes payable - related party           (41,000 )
Repayment of note payable           (19,125 )
Net proceeds from issuance of convertible notes payable           325,000  
Net cash provided by financing activities     1,457,614       205,875  
                 
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents     (880 )     71,450  
                 
Cash and cash equivalents:                
Beginning     11,042       1,785  
Ending   $ 10,162     $ 73,235  
Supplemental cash flow information:                
Cash paid for interest   $ 17,448     $ 15,536  
Cash paid for taxes   $     $  
                 
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:                
Assumption of asset retirement obligation related to the purchase of oil and gas properties and equipment   $ 13,425     $  
Issuance of convertible promissory notes pursuant to debt settlement agreements   $ 28,665     $  
Issuance of detachable common stock purchase warrants pursuant to debt settlements agreements   $ 1,605,178     $  
Capital contribution attributable to related party debt extinguishment   $ 1,108,477     $  
Issuance of common stock pursuant to debt settlement agreements   $ 68,600     $  
Cumulative effect of adoption of ASU 2020-06   $ 160,900     $  
Issuance of convertible note payable with detachable warrants to purchase common stock   $ 56,000     $  
Beneficial conversion feature on issuance of convertible note payable with detachable warrants to purchase common stock   $     $ 325,000  
Issuance of common shares for deposit to acquire oil and gas property   $     $ 75,000  
Issuance of restricted common stock   $     $ 500  
Issuance of common shares pursuant to exchange agreements   $     $ 132,756  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.

 

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AMERICAN NOBLE GAS, INC.

(formerly Infinity Energy Resources, Inc.)

Notes to Condensed Financial Statements

September 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

Note 1 – Nature of Operations, Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Unaudited Interim Financial Information

 

American Noble Gas, Inc., formerly Infinity Energy Resources, Inc., (collectively, “we,” “ours,” “us,” “AMNG” or the “Company”) has prepared the accompanying condensed financial statements pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for interim financial reporting. These financial statements are unaudited and, in our opinion, include all adjustments consisting of normal recurring adjustments and accruals necessary for a fair presentation of our condensed balance sheets, statements of operations, statements of stockholders’ deficit and cash flows for the periods presented. Operating results for the periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for 2021 due to various factors. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) have been omitted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC. These condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and accompanying notes in Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data,” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC.

 

Nature of Operations

 

“AMNG,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer collectively to American Noble Gas, Inc., its predecessors and subsidiaries or one or more of them as the context may require. Since 2009, we had planned to pursue the exploration of potential oil and gas resources in the United States and in the Perlas and Tyra concession blocks offshore Nicaragua in the Caribbean Sea (the “Nicaraguan Concessions” or “Concessions”), which contain a total of approximately 1.4 million acres. Civil unrest within Nicaragua and difficulties encountered with negotiations on extensions and the issuance of permits to drill with the Nicaraguan government made the exploration and development of the underlying concessions problematic. In addition, the Company was in technical default of the certain terms of the Nicaraguan Concession and the Nicaraguan government terminated both of the underlying Concessions. As a result, the Company abandoned all of its efforts to explore and develop the Nicaraguan Concessions effective January 1, 2020.

 

We sold our wholly-owned subsidiary, Infinity Oil and Gas of Texas, Inc. (“Infinity Texas”) in 2012 and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Infinity Oil and Gas of Wyoming, Inc. (“Infinity Wyoming”), was administratively dissolved in 2009.

 

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Subsequent to the termination of the Nicaraguan Concessions, we began assessing various opportunities and strategic alternatives involving the acquisition, exploration and development of gas and oil properties in the United States, including the possibility of acquiring businesses or assets that provide support services for the production of oil and gas in the United States. As a result, on July 31, 2019, we acquired an option (the “Option”) from Core Energy, LLC, a closely held company (“Core”), to purchase the production and mineral rights/leasehold for oil & gas properties, subject to overriding royalties to third parties, in the Central Kansas Uplift geological formation covering over 11,000 contiguous acres (the “Properties”). We paid a non-refundable deposit of $50,000 to bind the Option, which provided us the right to acquire the Properties for $2.5 million prior to December 31, 2019. The Company was not able to exercise the Option prior to December 31, 2019. On September 2, 2020, the Company acquired a new Option from Core under similar terms as the previous Option, however the newly acquired Option permitted the Company to purchase the Properties at a reduced price of $900,000 at any time prior to November 1, 2020 and the Company agreed to immediately conduct a capital raise of between approximately $2-10 million to fund its acquisition and development of the Properties. On December 14, 2020 the parties executed an Asset Purchase and Sale Agreement which extended the new Option to January 11, 2021, which expired.

 

We and Core, as well as all of the members of Core, Mandalay LLC and Coal Creek Energy, LLC (collectively, the “Seller”) entered into that certain side letter agreement on September 2, 2020 (the “Side Letter”), pursuant to which we and Core agreed to set the closing date on which the Properties would be purchased pursuant to the asset purchase and sale agreement, entered into by the Company and the Seller on December 14, 2020 (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”), to April 1, 2021 (the “APA Closing Date”). Pursuant to the Side Letter, the Company is responsible for reimbursing the Seller for certain prorated revenues and expenses from January 1, 2021 through the APA Closing Date.

 

On April 1, 2021 we completed the acquisition of the Properties, under the same terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement which provided a purchase price of $900,000. The Company raised approximately $2.05 million on March 26, 2021 through the issuance of Convertible Preferred Stock with detachable common stock purchase warrants. The funds raised pursuant to the Convertible Preferred Stock issuance were used to complete the acquisition of the Properties on April 1, 2021 and to retire all outstanding Convertible Notes Payable.

 

The purchase of the Properties included the existing production equipment, infrastructure and ownership of 11 square miles of existing 3-D seismic data on the acreage. The Properties include a horizontal producing well, horizontal saltwater injection well, conventional saltwater disposal well and two conventional vertical producing wells, which currently produce from the Reagan Sand zone with an approximate depth of 3,600 feet.

 

We commenced rework of the existing production wells after completion of the acquisition of the Properties and have performed testing and evaluation of the existence of noble gas reserves on the Properties including helium, argon and other rare earth minerals/gases. Testing of the Properties for noble gas reserves has provided encouraging but not conclusive results and the Company has yet to determine the possibility of commercializing the noble gas reserves on the Properties. The Company plans to assess the Properties existing oil & gas reserves while continuing the evaluation of the existence of new oil & gas zones and other mineral reserves and specifically the noble gas reserves that the Properties may hold.

 

We may find it necessary to obtain new sources of debt and/or equity capital to fund the exploration and development of the Properties enumerated above, as well as satisfying our existing debt obligations. We can provide no assurance that we will be able to obtain sufficient new debt/equity capital to fund our planned development of the Properties.

 

Covid–19 Pandemic

 

The unaudited condensed financial statements contained in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q as well as the description of our business contained herein, unless otherwise indicated, principally reflect the status of our business and the results of our operations as of September 30, 2021. Economies throughout the world continue to suffer disruptions by the effects of the quarantines, business closures and the reluctance of individuals to leave their homes as a result of the outbreak of the coronavirus (Covid-19) including the recent rise of the new Delta variant. In particular, the oil and gas market has been severely impacted by the negative effects of the coronavirus because of the substantial and abrupt decrease in the demand for oil and gas globally followed by the recent resurgence in oil and natural gas prices.. In addition, the capital markets have experienced periods of disruption and our efforts to raise necessary capital in the future may be adversely impacted by the pandemic and investor sentiment and we cannot forecast with any certainty when the lingering uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 pandemic will cease to impact our business and the results of our operations. In reading this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including our discussion of our ability to continue as a going concern set forth herein, in each case, consider the additional uncertainties caused by the outbreak of Covid-19.

 

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Going Concern

 

The Company must raise substantial amounts of debt and equity capital from other sources in the future in order to fund the (i) development of the Properties acquired on April 1, 2021; (ii) normal day-to-day operations and corporate overhead; and (iii) outstanding debt and other financial obligations as they become due, as described below. These are substantial operational and financial issues that must be successfully addressed during 2021 and beyond.

 

The Company has made substantial progress in resolving many of its existing financial obligations during the nine months ended September 30, 2021. In that regard, on March 31, 2021, the Company and six creditors entered into Debt Settlement Agreements which extinguished accounts payable and accrued liabilities totaling $2,866,497 in exchange for the issuance of $28,665 in principal balance of 3% Convertible Promissory Notes with detachable warrants to purchase 5,732,994 shares of common stock for $0.50 per share. On April 1, 2021, the Company and the holders of two notes payable that were in default reached a settlement whereby the Company issued a total of 245,000 shares of Common stock in exchange for the extinguishment of the outstanding principal, accrued interest and associated common stock purchase warrants which totaled $123,830 as of April 1, 2021. The Company has made substantial progress in resolving its financial obligations: however, there is in excess of $1.9 million remaining that are in default and that the Company is attempting to obtain extensions of the maturity dates and/or compromises regarding payment of its obligations.

 

The Company will have significant financial commitments to execute its planned exploration and development of the Properties especially if the Company determines that it will explore for and develop the potential noble gas reserves that may be on the Properties. The Company may find it necessary to raise substantial amounts of debt or equity capital to fund such exploration and development activities and may seek offers from industry operators and other third parties for interests in the Properties in exchange for cash and a carried interest in exploration and development operations or other joint venture arrangement. There can be no assurance that it will be able to obtain such new funding or be able to reach agreements with industry operators and other third parties or on what terms.

 

Due to the uncertainties related to the foregoing matters, there exists substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date the unaudited condensed financial statements are issued. The unaudited condensed financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of asset carrying amounts or the amount and classification of liabilities that might result should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

On January 1, 2018, the Company adopted ASU No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)” and the series of related accounting standard updates that followed, using the modified retrospective method of adoption. Adoption of the ASU did not require an adjustment to the opening balance of equity and did not change the Company’s amount and timing of revenues.

 

The Company’s revenues are primarily derived from its interests in the sale of oil and natural gas production. To date, such revenues have only included the sale of oil however the Company expects to begin generating revenues from the sale of natural gas and noble gases in the future. The Company recognizes revenue from its interests in the sales of oil and gas in the period that its performance obligations are satisfied. Performance obligations are satisfied when the customer obtains control of product, when the Company has no further obligations to perform related to the sale, when the transaction price has been determined and when collectability is probable. The sales of oil and gas are made under contracts which the third-party operators of the wells have negotiated with customers, which typically include variable consideration that is based on pricing tied to local indices and volumes delivered in the current month. The Company receives payment from the sale of oil and gas production from one to three months after delivery. At the end of each month when the performance obligation is satisfied, the variable consideration can be reasonably estimated and amounts due from customers are accrued in trade receivables, net in the balance sheets. Variances between the Company’s estimated revenue and actual payments are recorded in the month the payment is received, however, differences have been and are insignificant. The Company’s oil is typically sold at delivery points under contracts terms that are common in our industry.

 

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Convertible Instruments

 

In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-06, “Debt – Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470- 20) and Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40)” which is intended to reduce complexity in applying GAAP to certain financial instruments with characteristics of liabilities and equity. The guidance in ASU 2020-06 simplifies the accounting for convertible debt instruments and convertible preferred stock by removing the existing guidance in ASC 470-20, Debt: Debt with Conversion and Other Options, that requires entities to account for beneficial conversion features and cash conversion features in equity, separately from the host convertible debt or preferred stock. The guidance in ASC 470-20 applies to convertible instruments for which the embedded conversion features are not required to be bifurcated from the host contract and accounted for as derivatives. In addition, the amendments revise the scope exception from derivative accounting in ASC 815-40 for freestanding financial instruments and embedded features that are both indexed to the issuer’s own stock and classified in stockholders’ equity, by removing certain criteria required for equity classification. These amendments are expected to result in more freestanding financial instruments qualifying for equity classification (and, therefore, not accounted for as derivatives), as well as fewer embedded features requiring separate accounting from the host contract. The amendments in ASU 2020-06 further revise the guidance in ASC 260, Earnings Per Share, to require entities to calculate diluted earnings per share (EPS) for convertible instruments by using the if-converted method. In addition, entities must presume share settlement for purposes of calculating diluted EPS when an instrument may be settled in cash or shares.

 

The amendments in ASU 2020-06 are effective for public entities that meet the definition of an SEC filer, excluding smaller reporting companies as defined by the SEC, for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021. For all other entities, the amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023. Early adoption is permitted, but no earlier than fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020.

 

The Company early adopted ASU 2020-06 effective January 1, 2021 and has applied its effects to the 3% Convertible Promissory Notes issued on March 31, 2021 and the 8% Convertible Promissory Note issued on August 30, 2021(See Note 3). The Company elected to adopt ASU 2020-06 using the modified retrospective method which enables entities to apply the transition requirements in this ASU at the effective date of ASU 2020-06 (rather than as of the earliest comparative period presented) with the effect of initially adopting ASU 2020-06 recognized as a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings (accumulated deficit) on the first day of the period adopted. Therefore, this transition method applies the amendments in ASU 2020-06 to outstanding financial instruments as of the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption (January 1, 2021), with the cumulative effect of the change recognized as an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings (accumulated deficit) as of the date of adoption. In accordance with the modified retrospective method, no adjustment was made to the comparative-period information including earnings (loss) per share.

 

The Company applied ASU-2020-06 to all outstanding financial instruments as of January 1, 2021, (the date of adoption of ASU 2020-06). The convertible notes payable issued on August 19, 2020 was the only outstanding financial instrument effected by this new accounting standard as of January 1, 2021. Therefore the application of ASU-2020-06 to this convertible note payable was used to determine the cumulative effect of the adoption of the new accounting standard. The cumulative effect of the adoption of the new accounting standard was determined and recognized as an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings (accumulated deficit) which resulted in an increase to the carrying value of convertible notes payable as of January 1, 2021 by $160,900, a decrease to additional paid in capital of $252,961 and a decrease to accumulated deficit of $92,061. See Note 3.

 

Prior to the adoption of ASU 2020-06, the Company applied the existing accounting standards for derivatives and hedging and for distinguishing liabilities from equity when accounting for hybrid contracts that feature conversion options. The accounting standards require companies to bifurcate conversion options from their host instruments and account for them as free-standing derivative financial instruments according to certain criteria. The criteria includes circumstances in which (i) the economic characteristics and risks of the embedded derivative instrument are not clearly and closely related to the economic characteristics and risks of the host contract, (ii) the hybrid instrument that embodies both the embedded derivative instrument and the host contract is not re-measured at fair value under otherwise applicable generally accepted accounting principles with changes in fair value reported in earnings as they occur and (iii) a separate instrument with the same terms as the embedded derivative instrument would be considered a derivative instrument. The derivative is subsequently marked to market at each reporting date based on current fair value, with the changes in fair value reported in results of operations.

 

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Conversion options that contain variable settlement features such as provisions to adjust the conversion price upon subsequent issuances of equity or equity linked securities at exercise prices more favorable than that featured in the hybrid contract generally result in their bifurcation from the host instrument.

 

Management Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Significant estimates include, but are not limited to, oil and gas reserves; depreciation, depletion and amortization of proved oil and gas properties; future cash flows from oil and gas properties; impairment of long-lived assets; fair value of derivatives; fair value of equity compensation; the realization of deferred tax assets; fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in business combinations.

 

Oil and gas properties

 

On April 1, 2021 we completed the acquisition of the Properties, under the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement which provided a purchase price of $900,000. The purchase of the Properties included the existing production equipment, infrastructure and ownership of 11 square miles of existing 3-D seismic data on the acreage. The Properties include a horizontal producing well, horizontal saltwater injection well, conventional saltwater disposal well and two conventional vertical producing wells, which currently produce from the Reagan Sand zone with an approximate depth of 3,600 feet.

 

The Company has performed workovers of the wells subsequent to the Properties purchase which was necessary to put the lease back into production status. Therefore, these tangible and intangible workover costs were expensed as lease operating expenses rather than capitalized in the full cost pool in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021. In addition, the Company is currently evaluating the Properties oil and gas reserves and specifically the potential for noble gas reserves such as helium, argon and krypton. Based on these evaluations, the Company may redirect its efforts to the production of noble gases rather than crude oil on the Properties. These noble gas evaluation costs have also been expensed as lease operating costs during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021.

 

The accounting for, and disclosure of, oil and gas producing activities require that we choose between two GAAP alternatives: the full cost method or the successful efforts method. We adopted and use the full cost method of accounting, which involves capitalizing all exploration, exploitation, development and acquisition costs. Once we incur costs, they are recorded in the depletable pool of proved properties or in unproved properties, collectively, the full cost pool. Our unproved property costs, which include unproved oil and gas properties, properties under development, and major development projects, which were zero at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, and are not subject to depletion. We review our unproved oil and gas property costs on a quarterly basis to assess for impairment and transfer unproved costs to proved properties as a result of extensions or discoveries from drilling operations or determination that no proved reserves are attributable to such costs. We expect these costs to be evaluated in one to seven years and transferred to the depletable portion of the full cost pool during that time. The full cost pool is comprised of intangible drilling costs, lease and well equipment and exploration and development costs incurred plus acquired proved and unproved leaseholds.

 

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When we acquire significant amounts of undeveloped acreage, we capitalize interest on the acquisition costs in accordance with FASB ASC Subtopic 835-20 for Capitalization of Interest. We capitalize interest upon identification and development of shale resource opportunities in the Haynesville and Marcellus areas. When the unproved property costs are moved to proved developed and undeveloped oil and gas properties, or the properties are sold, we cease capitalizing interest.

 

Capitalized costs to acquire oil and natural gas properties are depreciated and depleted on a units-of-production basis based on estimated proved reserves. Capitalized costs of exploratory wells and development costs are depreciated and depleted on a units-of-production basis based on estimated proved developed reserves. Under this method, the sum of the full cost pool, excluding the book value of unproved properties, and all estimated future development costs are divided by the total estimated quantities of proved reserves. This rate is applied to our total production for the quarter, and the appropriate expense is recorded. Support equipment and other property, plant and equipment related to oil and gas producing activities, as well as property, plant and equipment unrelated to oil and gas producing activities, are recorded at cost and depreciated on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets.

 

Sales, dispositions and other oil and gas property retirements are accounted for as adjustments to the full cost pool, with no recognition of gain or loss, unless the disposition would significantly alter the amortization rate and/or the relationship between capitalized costs and Proved Reserves.

 

Pursuant to Rule 4-10(c)(4) of Regulation S-X, at the end of each quarterly period, companies that use the full cost method of accounting for their oil and gas properties must compute a limitation on capitalized costs, or ceiling test. The ceiling test involves comparing the net book value of the full cost pool, after taxes, to the full cost ceiling limitation defined below. In the event the full cost ceiling is less than the full cost pool, we must record a ceiling test write-down of our oil and gas properties to the value of the full cost ceiling. The full cost ceiling limitation is computed as the sum of the present value of estimated future net revenues from our proved reserves by applying average prices as prescribed by the SEC Release No. 33-8995, less estimated future expenditures (based on current costs) to develop and produce the proved reserves, discounted at 10%, plus the cost of properties not being amortized and the lower of cost or estimated fair value of unproved properties included in the costs being amortized, net of income tax effects.

 

The ceiling test is computed using the simple average spot price for the trailing twelve-month period using the first day of each month. For the period ended September 30, 2021, the trailing twelve-month reference price was $52.13 per Bbl for the West Texas Intermediate oil at Cushing, Oklahoma. This reference price for oil is further adjusted for quality factors and regional differentials to derive estimated future net revenues. Under full cost accounting rules, any ceiling test write-downs of oil and gas properties may not be reversed in subsequent periods. There were no ceiling test write-downs for the three or nine months ended September 30, 2021.

 

The ceiling test calculation is based upon estimates of proved reserves. There are numerous uncertainties inherent in estimating quantities of proved reserves, in projecting the future rates of production and in the timing of development activities. The accuracy of any reserve estimate is a function of the quality of available data and of engineering and geological interpretation and judgment. Results of drilling, testing and production subsequent to the date of the estimate may justify revision of such estimate. Accordingly, reserve estimates are often different from the quantities of oil and gas that are ultimately recovered.

 

Basic and Diluted Earnings (Loss) Per Share

 

Net earnings (loss) per share is calculated in accordance with FASB ASC 260, Earnings Per Share, for the periods presented. Basic net loss per share is based upon the weighted average number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Diluted net earnings (loss) per share is based on the assumption that all dilutive convertible shares, warrants and stock options were converted or exercised or excluded from the calculations if their inclusion would be antidilutive. Dilution is computed by applying the if-converted/treasury stock method. Under this method, options and warrants are assumed exercised at the beginning of the period (or at the time of issuance, if later), and as if funds obtained thereby were used to purchase shares of Common Stock at the average market price during the period. The Company has outstanding convertible promissory notes payable and Convertible Preferred Stock both of which is potentially dilutive. Such potential dilutive effect is included in diluted earnings (loss) per share at the beginning of the period (or at the time of issuance, if later) if they have a dilutive effect or such potentially dilutive securities are excluded from the calculations if their inclusion would be antidilutive.

 

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The Company has outstanding convertible promissory notes payable and convertible preferred stock both of which is potentially dilutive. The adoption of ASU 2020-06 requires the Company to assume share settlement when an instrument can be settled in cash or shares at the entity’s option. This applies both to convertible instruments and freestanding arrangements that could result in cash or share settlement. ASU 2020-06 also stipulates that an average market price for the period should be used in the computation of the diluted earnings (loss) per share denominator in cases when the exercise price of an instrument may change based on an entity’s share price or changes in the entity’s share price may affect the number of shares that would be used to settle a financial instrument. Lastly, an entity should use the weighted-average share count from each quarter when calculating the year-to-date weighted average share count for all potentially dilutive securities.

 

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company had outstanding the following securities that were potentially dilutive; 1) Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, 2) Convertible Note Payable through its retirement on March 26, 2021, 3) 3% Convertible Promissory Notes issued on March 31, 2021, 4) 8% Convertible Promissory Note issued on August 30, 2021, 5) Common Stock purchase warrants and 5) stock purchase options. The inclusion of all potentially dilutive securities in diluted earnings (loss) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 were excluded because of their anti-dilutive effect because of the net loss reported for both periods.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

Reference Rate Reform. - In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standard Board (the “FASB”) issued an accounting standard update which provides optional expedients and expectations for applying GAAP to contracts, hedging relationships and other transactions to ease financial reporting burdens to the expected market transition from the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or another reference rate to alternative reference rates. The amendments in this accounting standards update became effective March 12, 2020, and an entity may elect to apply the amendments prospectively through December 31, 2022. The Company is currently evaluating the impact this guidance may have on the Company’s financial statements.

 

Income Taxes – Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes. In December 2019, the FASB issued an accounting standard update which simplifies the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic 740. This accounting standards update removes the following exceptions: (i) exception to the incremental approach for intraperiod tax allocation when there is a loss from continuing operations and income or a gain from other items; (ii) exception to the requirements to recognize a deferred tax liability for equity method investments when a foreign subsidiary becomes an equity method investment; (iii) exception to the ability not to recognize a deferred tax liability for a foreign subsidiary when a foreign equity method investment becomes a subsidiary; and (iv) exception to the general methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period when a year-to-date loss exceeds the anticipated loss for the year. The amendments in the accounting standards update also improve consistency and simplify other areas of Topic 740 by clarifying and amending existing guidance. The guidance became effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2020, with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted the guidance effective January 1, 2021, with all of the anticipated and applicable effects to be required on a prospective basis. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

Other accounting standards that have been issued by the FASB or other standards-setting bodies are not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

 

Note 2 – Oil and Gas Properties Acquired

 

On April 1, 2021, the Company completed the previously announced acquisition of certain oil and gas properties and interests from Core Energy, LLC, effective as of January 1, 2021 (the “Oil & Gas Properties Acquisition”). On December 14, 2020, the Company entered into an asset purchase and sale agreement (the “Agreement”) with Core Energy, as well as all of the members of Core, Mandalay LLC and Coal Creek Energy, LLC, to purchase certain oil and gas properties in the Central Kansas Uplift geological formation, covering over 11,000 contiguous acres, including, among other things, the production and mineral rights to and a leasehold interest in the Oil & Gas Properties and all contracts, agreements and instruments. The Agreement provided for an aggregate purchase price consisting of $900,000 in cash at closing.

 

The following represents the purchase price allocation for the Oil & Gas Properties Acquisition for $900,000 in cash. The Oil & Gas Property Acquisition qualify as an asset acquisition. As such, AMNG recognized the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their fair values as of April 1, 2021, the date of closing. The fair value of the Oil & Gas Properties acquired approximate the value of the consideration paid, and the asset retirement obligation to be assumed, which management has concluded approximates the fair value that would be paid by a typical market participant. As a result, neither goodwill nor a bargain purchase gain will be recognized related to the acquisition.

 

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The Company determined the amount of the asset retirement obligation assumed to be $13,425 as of the date of acquisition. The obligation relates to legal requirements associated with the retirement of long-lived assets that result from the acquisitions, construction, development, or normal use of the asset. The obligation relates primarily to the requirement to plug and abandon oil and natural gas wells and support wells at the conclusion of their useful lives.

 

The following table summarizes the allocation of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed related to the Oil & Gas Properties:

 

    Amount  
Oil and gas properties, subject to depreciation, depletion and amortization   $ 913,425  
Asset retirement obligation assumed     (13,425 )
Total purchase price of the Oil & Gas Properties   $ 900,000  

 

Note 3 – Debt Obligations

 

Debt obligations is comprised of the following at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020:

 

   

September 30, 2021

   

December 31, 2020

 
Notes payable:                
3% Convertible promissory notes payable   $ 28,665     $  
8% Convertible promissory notes payable(less discount of $51,807 and $-0- as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively)     48,193     $  
Convertible note payable, (less discount of $-0- and $231,606 as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively)           133,563  
Note payable           50,000  
Note payable           35,000  
                 
Total notes payable     76,858       218,563  
Less: Long-term portion     76,858        
Notes payable, short-term   $     $ 218,563  

 

Debt obligations become due and payable as follows:

 

Years ended  

Principal

balance due

 
       
2021 (October 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021)   $  
2022     48,193  
2023      
2024      
2025      
2026     28,665  
Total   $ 76,858  

 

3% Convertible Promissory Notes Payable

 

On March 31, 2021, the Company entered into Debt Settlement Agreements with six creditors (five of which were related parties) which extinguished accounts payable and accrued liabilities totaling $2,866,497 in exchange for the issuance of $28,665 in principal balance of 3% Convertible Promissory Notes (the “ 3% Notes”) with detachable warrants to purchase 5,732,994 shares of Common Stock for $0.50 per share. The 3% Notes allow for prepayment at any time with all principal and accrued interest becoming due and payable at maturity on March 30, 2026 (“Maturity Date”). The 3% Notes are convertible as to principal and any accrued interest, at the option of the holder, into shares of the Company’s Common Stock at any time after the issue date and prior to the close of business on the business day preceding the Maturity Date at the rate of fifty cents ($0.50) per share, subject to normal and customary adjustment.

 

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An aggregate of $2,577,727 of the total accounts payable and accrued liabilities that were extinguished were with five related parties. Such related parties were issued $25,777 principal balance of the 3% Convertible Promissory Notes and warrants to purchase 5,155,454 shares of Common Stock in exchange for the extinguishment of their respective debt obligations. See Note 9.

 

8% Convertible Promissory Notes Payable

 

On August 30, 2021, the Company and an accredited investor (the “8% Note Investor”) agreed whereby the Company issued an unsecured convertible note due October 29, 2022 (the “8% Note”), with an aggregate principal face amount of approximately $100,000. The 8% Note is, subject to certain conditions, convertible into an aggregate of 200,000 shares of Common Stock, at a price of $0.50 per share. The Company also issued a five and one half-year common stock purchase warrant to purchase up to 200,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.50 per share, subject to customary adjustments (the “8% Note Warrants”) which are immediately exercisable. The 8% Note Investor purchased the 8% Note and 8% Note Warrant from the Company for an aggregate purchase price of $100,000 and the proceeds were used for general working capital purposes. The Company also granted the 8% Note Investor certain piggy-back registration rights whereby the Company has agreed to register for resale the shares underlying the 8% Note Warrant and the conversion of the 8% Note unless the shares of the Company commences to trade on the NYSE American; the Nasdaq Capital Market; the Nasdaq Global Market; the Nasdaq Global Select Market; or the New York Stock Exchange, within one hundred twenty (120) days after the Closing Date.

 

The 8% Note bears interest at a rate of eight percent (8%) per annum, may be voluntarily repaid in cash in full or in part by the Company at any time in an amount equal to 120% of the principal amount of the 8% Notes and any accrued and unpaid interest. Fifty percent (50%) of the 8% Notes shall be mandatorily repaid in cash in an amount equal to 120% of the principal amount of the 8% Note and any accrued and unpaid interest in the event of the consummation by the Company of any public or private offering or other financing pursuant to which the Company receives gross proceeds of at least $2,000,000 and one-hundred percent (100%) of the 8% Note plus accrued interest shall be mandatorily repaid in an amount equal to 120% of outstanding principal and interest in cases in which the Company receives gross proceeds of at least $3,000,000. In addition, pursuant to the 8% Notes, so long as the 8% Notes remain outstanding, the Company cannot enter into any financing transactions pursuant to which the Company sells its securities at a price lower than $0.50 cents per share without the written consent of the 8% Note Investors.

 

The conversion of the 8% Note and the exercise of the 8% Note Warrant are each subject to beneficial ownership limitations such that the 8% Note Investor may not convert the 8% Note or exercise the 8% Note Warrant to the extent that such conversion or exercise would result in the 8% Note Investor being the beneficial owner in excess of 4.99% (or, upon election of the 8% Investor, 9.99%) of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion or exercise, which beneficial ownership limitation may be increased or decreased up to 9.99% upon notice to the Company, provided that any increase in such limitation will not be effective until 61 days following notice to the Company.

 

The Company and the 8% Note Investor agreed that for so long as the 8% Note and 8% Note Warrant remain outstanding, the 8% Note Investor has the right to participate in any issuance of Common Stock, conventional debt, or a combination of such securities and/or debt, up to an amount equal to thirty-five percent (35%) of such subsequent financing.

 

The 8% Note and 8% Note Warrant contain customary events of default, representations, warranties, agreements of the Company and the 8% Investor and customary indemnification rights and obligations of the parties thereto, as applicable.

 

As described in Note 1 the Company elected to early adopt ASU 2020-06 using the modified retrospective method which enables entities to apply the transition requirements in this ASU at the effective date of ASU 2020-06 (rather than as of the earliest comparative period presented) with the effect of initially adopting ASU 2020-06 recognized as a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings (accumulated deficit) on the first day of the period adopted.

 

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The Company has applied ASU-2020-06 to all outstanding financial instruments as of January 1, 2021, (the date of adoption of ASU 2020-06) and those entered into after January 1, 2021 including the 8% Note. As a result, the 8% Convertible Note was required to be separated into its debt and equity components because of the issuance of detachable warrants together with the 8% Note. Accordingly, the Company allocated the proceeds of the 8% note as follows:

    Amount  
Proceeds allocated to 8% convertible note   $ 44,000  
Proceeds allocated to detachable warrants to purchase common stock     56,000  
         
Total proceeds   $ 100,000  

 

The 8% Note was recorded at its par value less the discount established at its origination date. The note discount is amortized over the term of the convertible note utilizing the level-interest method. The following is the assumptions used in calculating the estimated grant-date fair value of the detachable warrants to purchase common stock granted in connection with the 8% Note during the nine months ended September 30, 2021:

 

   

As of
August 30, 2021

(issuance date)

 
       
Volatility – range     369.4 %
Risk-free rate     0.77 %
Contractual term     5.5 years  
Exercise price   $ 0.50  
Number of warrants in aggregate     200,000  

 

Following is a summary of activity relative to the 8% Note as previously reported on December 31, 2020 through September 30, 2021 follows:

 

    Amount  
Balance December 31, 2020 – 8% Convertible Note   $  
Issuance of 8% Note, at par     100,000  
Discount on 8% Note at issuance date     (56,000 )
Amortization of discount during the period to interest expense     4,193  
         
Balance September 30, 2021 - 8% Convertible Note   $ 48,193  

 

Convertible Note Payable

 

On August 19, 2020, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with an accredited investor (the “August Investor”) for the Company’s senior unsecured convertible note due August 19, 2021 (the “August Note”), with an aggregate principal face amount of approximately $365,169. The August Note was, subject to certain conditions, convertible into an aggregate of 3,943,820 shares of Common Stock, at a price of $0.10 per share. The Company also issued a five-year common stock purchase warrant to purchase up to 800,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.50 per share, subject to customary adjustments (the “August Warrant”). The August Warrant is immediately exercisable and on a cashless basis if the shares underlying such warrant have not been registered within 180 days after the date of issuance. The August Investor purchased such securities from the Company for an aggregate purchase price of $325,000. The Company also granted the August Investor certain automatic and piggy-back registration rights whereby the Company has agreed to register the resale by the August Investor of the shares underlying the August Warrant and the conversion of the August Note.

 

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The August Note bore interest at a rate of eight percent (8%) per annum with 12 months guaranteed, may be voluntarily repaid in cash in full or in part by the Company at any time in an amount equal to 115% of the principal amount of the August Note and any accrued and unpaid interest, and shall be mandatorily repaid in cash in an amount equal to 115% of the principal amount of the August Note and any accrued and unpaid interest in the event of the consummation by the Company of any public or private offering or other financing pursuant to which the Company receives gross proceeds of at least $2,500,000. In addition, pursuant to the August Note, so long as the August Note remained outstanding, the Company could not enter into any financing transactions pursuant to which the Company sells its securities at a price lower than ten cents per share without written consent of the August Investor.

 

The conversion of the August Note and the exercise of the August Warrant are each subject to beneficial ownership limitations such that the August Investor may not convert the August Note or exercise the August Warrant to the extent that such conversion or exercise would result in the August Investor being the beneficial owner in excess of 4.99% (or, upon election of the August Investor, 9.99%) of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion or exercise, which beneficial ownership limitation may be increased or decreased up to 9.99% upon notice to the Company, provided that any increase in such limitation will not be effective until 61 days following notice to the Company.

 

The Company and the August Investor agreed that for so long as the August Note and August Warrant remains outstanding, the August Investor has a right to participate in any issuance of Common Stock, conventional debt, or a combination of such securities and/or debt, up to an amount equal to thirty-five percent (35%) of such subsequent financing.

 

The August Note and August Warrant each contain customary events of default, representations, warranties, agreements of the Company and the August Investor and customary indemnification rights and obligations of the parties thereto, as applicable.

 

As described in Note 1 the Company elected to early adopt ASU 2020-06 using the modified retrospective method which enables entities to apply the transition requirements in this ASU at the effective date of ASU 2020-06 (rather than as of the earliest comparative period presented) with the effect of initially adopting ASU 2020-06 recognized as a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings (accumulated deficit) on the first day of the period adopted.

 

The Company applied ASU-2020-06 to all outstanding financial instruments as of January 1, 2021, (the date of adoption of ASU 2020-06). The convertible notes payable issued on August 19, 2020 was the only outstanding financial instrument effected by this new accounting standard as of January 1, 2021. Therefore the application of ASU-2020-06 to this convertible note payable was used to determine the cumulative effect of the adoption of the new accounting standard. The cumulative effect of the adoption of the new accounting standard was determined and recognized as an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings (accumulated deficit) which resulted in an increase to the carrying value of convertible notes payable as of January 1, 2021 by $160,900, a decrease to additional paid in capital of $252,961 and a decrease to accumulated deficit of $92,061. See Note 1.

 

On March 26, 2021, the Company exercised its right to retire the August Note in conjunction with the issuance of Convertible Preferred Stock (See Note 3 and 11). In accordance with the prepayment provisions contained in the August Note, the Company paid all principal, accrued interest and the 15% prepayment premium as follows:

 

    Amount  
Principal balance at par   $ 365,169  
Remaining discount included in principal balance     (44,883 )
Accrued interest     17,448  
Prepayment premium (including remaining discount due to early retirement)     115,805  
         
Total payment to retire the August Note   $ 453,539  

 

The prepayment premium was charged to non-operating expense as a loss from retirement of convertible note payable (See Note 9).

 

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Following is a summary of the August Note as previously reported on December 31, 2020 through September 30, 2021 follows:

 

    Amount  
Balance December 31, 2020 - August Note   $ 133,563  
Cumulative effect of adoption of ASU 2020-06     160,900  
Amortization of discount through the March 26, 2021 retirement date     25,823  
Remaining discount recognized as a loss from retirement of convertible note payable     44,883  
Retirement of August Note at par value on March 26, 2021     (365,169 )
         
Balance September 30, 2021 - August Note   $  

 

Note Payable – Short-term

 

On December 27, 2013, the Company borrowed $1,050,000 under an unsecured credit facility with a private, third-party lender. The facility is represented by a promissory note (the “December 2013 Note”) with an original maturity date of March 12, 2014.

 

In connection with the December 2013 Note, the Company granted the lender a warrant (the “December 2013 Warrant”) exercisable to purchase 100,000 shares of its Common Stock at an exercise price of $15.00 per share. In connection with an extension to April 2015, the Company and such lender amended the date for exercise of the December 2013 Warrant to be a period commencing April 7, 2015 and expiring on the third anniversary of such date. The Company issued no additional warrants to the lender in connection with the extension of the December 2013 Note to the new April 2015 maturity date (the “New Maturity Date”). If the Company failed to pay the December 2013 Note on or before the New Maturity Date, the number of shares issuable under the December 2013 Warrant increases to 1,333,333 and the exercise price drops to $0.75 per share. All other terms of the December 2013 Warrant remained the same. The December 2013 Warrant has been treated as a derivative liability whereby the value of December 2013 Warrant is estimated at the date of grant and recorded as a derivative liability and as a discount on the note payable. The warrant liability is revalued to fair value at each reporting date with the corresponding income (loss) reflected in the statement of operations as change in derivative liability. The discount is amortized ratably through the original maturity date and each of the extended maturity dates. The December 2013 Warrant expired as of September 30, 2020 and is no longer exercisable.

 

In connection with an additional extension of the December 2013 Note to April 7, 2016, the Company agreed to enter into a definitive revenue sharing agreement with the lender (the “Revenue Sharing Agreement”) to grant the lender under the Revenue Sharing Agreement an irrevocable right to receive a monthly payment equal to one half of one percent (1/2%) of the gross revenue derived from the share of all hydrocarbons produced at the wellhead from the Nicaraguan Concessions and any other oil and gas concessions that the Company and its affiliates may acquire in the future. This percentage increased to one percent (1%) when the Company did not pay the December 2013 Note in full by August 7, 2014. Therefore, the Revenue Sharing Agreement is fixed at one percent (1%). The value of the one percent (1.0%) definitive Revenue Sharing Agreement granted to the lender as consideration for the extension of the maturity date to December 7, 2014 was estimated to be $964,738. Such amount was recorded as a reduction of oil and gas properties and as a discount on the December 2013 Note and amortized ratably over the extended term of such note. Such prospective Revenue Sharing Agreement is void with the abandonment of the Nicaraguan Concessions.

 

In connection with the extension of the maturity date of the December 2013 Note to April 7, 2016, the Company also (i) issued the lender 20,000 shares of restricted Common Stock; (ii) decreased the exercise price of the December 2013 Warrant to $5.00 per share and extended the term of the December 2013 Warrant to a period commencing on the New Maturity Date and expiring on the third anniversary of such date; and (iii) paid $50,000 toward amounts due under the December 2013 Note. The Company issued no additional warrants to the lender in connection with the extension of the December 2013 Note to the New Maturity Date. If the Company failed to pay the December 2013 Note on or before the New Maturity Date, the number of shares issuable under the December 2013 Warrant increases to 1,333,333 and the exercise price drops to $0.75 per share. All other terms of the warrant remained the same. The Company failed to make the required payment previously described and the reset of the terms of the December 2013 Warrant occurred, however such warrant expired in March 2017 unexercised. The December 2013 Note may be prepaid without penalty at any time. The December 2013 Note is subordinated to all existing and future senior indebtedness, as such terms are defined in the December 2013 Note. The December 2013 Note was in default and the parties agreed to a resolution to this default, including completing the extinguishment of the note balance, accrued interest and revenue sharing agreement through an exchange agreement which is further described below.

 

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The December 2013 Warrant was treated as a derivative liability whereby the value of the December 2013 Warrant is estimated at the date of grant and recorded as a derivative liability and as a discount on the note payable. The warrant liability was revalued to fair value at each reporting date with the corresponding income (loss) reflected in the statement of operations as change in derivative liability. The December 2013 Warrant expired in 2019 and is not deemed outstanding as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019. The discount was amortized ratably through the original maturity date and each of the extended maturity dates. The Company recognized the value of the 20,000 shares of Common Stock issued ($104,000) and the increased value of the outstanding warrants due to the decrease in their exercise price ($68,716) as an additional discount on the December 2013 Note to be amortized ratably over the extended term of such note.

 

On September 24, 2020, the Company entered into an Exchange and Settlement Agreement (the “September Exchange Agreement”) with the December 2013 Note holder (the “Holder”), pursuant to which the Holder agreed to exchange the December 2013 Note in the original principal amount of $1,050,000, representing outstanding principal balance of $1,000,000 and accrued and unpaid interest thereon (which totaled $542,762 as of September 24, 2020), for (i) a cash payment in the amount of $100,000 and (ii) 737,532 newly issued shares of Common Stock (the “Exchange”).

 

In connection with the September Exchange Agreement, the Company and the Holder agreed to terminate the following agreements: (i) the preemptive rights agreement, dated as of December 27, 2013, between the Company and the Holder, (ii) the revenue sharing agreement, dated as of May 30, 2014, between the Company and the Holder, and (iii) the indemnity agreement, dated as of December 27, 2013, between the Company and the Holder. Additionally, pursuant to the September Exchange Agreement, the Holder acknowledged the expiration on March 12, 2017, by its terms, of a common stock purchase warrant, issued to the Holder, for the purchase of up to 100,000 shares of Common Stock. The Company and the Holder also agreed to provide mutual limited releases, releasing each of them from all liabilities and obligations to the other, as between them with respect to claims relating to the December 2013 Note, such preemptive rights agreement, the Holder’s warrant and all other agreements relating thereto.

 

The closing of the Exchange occurred concurrently with the execution of the September Exchange Agreement. At the closing, the Company made the $100,000 cash payment and issued 737,532 shares of Common Stock (valued at $132,756 based on the closing market price of the Common Stock on the date of the Exchange) to the Holder and the underlying documents and obligations summarized above were surrendered and/or cancelled.

 

A summary of the gain on exchange and extinguishment of debt and the related accrued interest as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 follows:

 

    Amount  
Principal balance of December 2013 Note extinguished as a result of the Exchange   $ 1,000,000  
         
Accrued interest extinguished as a result of the Exchange     542,762  
         
Total obligations extinguished as a result of the Exchange     1,542,762  
         
Cash payment to Holder as a result of the Exchange     (100,000 )
         
Value of Common Stock issued as a result of the Exchange     (132,756 )
         
Gain on extinguishment of debt and related accrued interest   $ 1,310,006  

 

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Other notes payable

 

The Company had short-term notes outstanding with entities or individuals as follows:

 

  On July 7, 2015, the Company borrowed a total of $50,000 from an individual under a convertible note payable with the conversion rate of $5.60 per share. The term of such note was for a period of 90 days and bears interest at 8% per annum. In connection with the loan and subsequent extensions, the Company issued the individual a warrant for the purchase of 5,000 shares of Common Stock at $5.60 per share for a period of five years from the date of such note and/or extensions. The ratchet provision in such warrant requires that such warrant be accounted for as derivative liability. The related warrant derivative liability balance was $72 and $189 as of April 1, 2021 (the extinguishment date) and December 31, 2020, respectively. See Note 6.
     
    On April 1, 2021, the Company and the holder of the $50,000 note payable that was in default reached a settlement whereby the Company issued a total of 145,000 shares of Common stock in exchange for the extinguishment of the outstanding principal, accrued interest and associated common stock purchase warrants which totaled $72,874 as of April 1, 2021. The 145,000 shares issued to extinguish the debt obligations were valued at $40,600 based on the closing market price on the date of the extinguishment. The extinguishment of the debt obligations resulted in a gain of $32,274 which was recorded in the nine months ended September 30, 2021.
     
  On July 15, 2015, the Company borrowed a total of $35,000 from an individual under a convertible note payable with the conversion rate of $5.60 per share. The term of such note was for a period of 90 days and bears interest at 8% per annum. In connection with the loan and subsequent extensions, the Company issued the individual a warrant for the purchase of 3,500 shares of Common Stock at $5.60 per share for a period of five years from the date of such note and/or extensions. The ratchet provision in such warrant requires that such warrant be accounted for as derivative liability. The related warrant derivative liability balance was $50 and $132 as of April 1, 2021 (the extinguishment date) and December 31, 2020, respectively. See Note 6.
     
    On April 1, 2021, the Company and the holder of the $35,000 note payable that was in default reached a settlement whereby the Company issued a total of 100,000 shares of Common stock in exchange for the extinguishment of the outstanding principal, accrued interest and associated common stock purchase warrants which totaled $50,956 as of April 1, 2021. The 100,000 shares issued to extinguish the debt obligations were valued at $28,000 based on the closing market price on the date of the extinguishment. The extinguishment of the debt obligations resulted in a gain of $22,956 which was recorded in the nine months ended September 30, 2021.

 

Note 4 – Accrued liabilities

 

Accrued liabilities consist of the following at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020:

 

   

September 30, 2021

   

December 31, 2020

 
Accrued compensation (see Notes 9 and 13)   $     $ 1,425,708  
Accrued board of director fees (see Notes 9 and 13)           363,500  
Accrued accounting services – Related party (see Notes 9 and 13)           762,407  
Accrued rent     614,917       614,917  
Accrued Nicaragua Concession fees     544,485       544,485  
Accrued financing costs – Related party (see Notes 9 and 13)           26,113  
Accrued franchise taxes     339       450  
                 
Total accrued liabilities   $ 1,159,741     $ 3,737,580  

 

The accrued rent balances relate to unpaid rent for the Company’s previous headquarters in Denver Colorado and represents unpaid rents and related costs for the period June 2006 through November 2008. The Company has not had any correspondence with the landlord for several years and will seek to settle and/or negotiate the matter when it has the financial resources to do so.

 

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The accrued Nicaraguan Concession fees were accrued during the time the Concessions had lapsed and the Company was attempting to negotiate extensions to the underlying concessions with the Nicaraguan government which were unsuccessful. The Company abandoned all efforts to negotiate an extension to the Concessions effective January 1, 2020 and ceased the accrual of all related fees at that time.

 

On March 31, 2021, the Company and six creditors entered into Debt Settlement Agreements which extinguished accounts payable and accrued liabilities totaling $2,866,497 in exchange for the issuance of $28,665 in principal balance of 3% Convertible Promissory Notes with detachable warrants to purchase 5,732,994 shares of Common Stock for $0.50 per share. Such creditors included those described in the above table as: 1) accrued compensation, 2) accrued board of director’s fees, 3) accrued accounting services and 4) accrued financing costs. (See Note 3, 9 and 12)

 

Note 5 – Stock Options

 

The Company applies ASC 718, Stock Compensation, which requires companies to recognize compensation expense for share-based payments based on the estimated fair value of the awards. ASC 718 also requires tax benefits relating to the deductibility of increases in the value of equity instruments issued under share-based compensation arrangements to be presented as financing cash inflows in the statement of cash flows. Compensation cost is recognized based on the grant-date fair value for all share-based payments granted and is estimated in accordance with the provisions of ASC 718.

 

In May 2006, the Company’s stockholders approved the 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2006 Plan”), under which both incentive and non-statutory stock options may be granted to employees, officers, non-employee directors and consultants. An aggregate of 47,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock is reserved for issuance under the 2006 Plan. In June 2005, the Company’s stockholders approved the 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2005 Plan”), under which both incentive and non-statutory stock options may be granted to employees, officers, non-employee directors and consultants. An aggregate of 47,500 shares of the Company’s Common Stock were reserved for issuance under the 2005 and 2006 Plans; however, such Plans have now expired, and no further issuances can be made. Options granted under the 2005 Plan and 2006 Plan allow for the purchase of shares of Common Stock at prices not less than the fair market value of such stock at the date of grant, become exercisable immediately or as directed by the Company’s Board of Directors and generally expire ten years after the date of grant. The Company also has issued other stock options not pursuant to a formal plan with terms similar to the 2005 and 2006 Plans.

 

At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on September 25, 2015 and the stockholders approved the Infinity Energy Resources, Inc. 2015 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan (the “2015 Plan”) and reserved 500,000 shares for issuance under the 2015 Plan.

 

As of September 30, 2021, 500,000 shares were available for future grants under the 2015 Plan. All other Plans have now expired.

 

The fair value of each option award is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, which requires the input of subjective assumptions, including the expected term of the option award, expected stock price volatility and expected dividends. These estimates involve inherent uncertainties and the application of management judgment. For purposes of estimating the expected term of options granted, the Company aggregates option recipients into groups that have similar option exercise behavioral traits. Expected volatilities used in the valuation model are based on the expected volatility based on historical volatility. The risk-free rate for the expected term of the option is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant. The Company’s forfeiture rate assumption used in determining its stock-based compensation expense is estimated based on historical data. The actual forfeiture rate could differ from these estimates. There were 1,800,000 options issued during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and there were no stock options granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

 

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The following is the assumptions used in calculating the estimated grant-date fair value of the stock options granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2021:

 

   

As of

June 4, 2021

(issuance date)

 
       
Volatility – range     286.6 %
Risk-free rate     1.56 %
Contractual term     10.0 years  
Exercise price   $ 0.50  
Number of options in aggregate     1,800,000  

 

The following table summarizes stock option activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2021:

 

    Number of Options    

Weighted Average Exercise

Price Per

Share

   

Weighted

Average

Remaining
Contractual
Term

   

Aggregate

Intrinsic

Value

 
Outstanding at December 31, 2020     332,000     $ 41.86       1.28 years     $  
Granted     1,800,000       0.50               -  
Exercised                            
Forfeited     (115,000 )     (64.24 )                
Outstanding at September 30, 2021     2,017,000     $ 3.67       8.75 years     $  
Outstanding and exercisable at September 30, 2021     217,000     $ 30.00       1.03 years     $  

 

 

The Company recorded stock-based compensation expense in connection with the vesting of options granted aggregating $76,499 and $101,999 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively, and $-0- and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020.

 

The total grant date fair value of the 1,800,000 stock options issued during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 was $305,997 in total or $0.17 per share and there were no stock options granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

 

The intrinsic value as of September 30, 2021 related to the vested and unvested stock options as of that date was $-0-. The unrecognized compensation cost as of September 30, 2021 related to the unvested stock options as of that date was $203,998 which will be amortized over the next eight months in accordance with the respective vesting scale.

 

Restricted stock grants. During August 2020 the Board of Directors granted 5,000,000 shares of restricted stock awards to our officers, directors and a consultant. During October 2019 the Board of Directors granted 2,000,000 shares of restricted stock awards to our new Chief Operating Officer. Restricted stock awards are valued on the date of grant and have no purchase price for the recipient. Restricted stock awards typically vest over a period of time generally corresponding to yearly anniversaries of the grant date. Unvested shares of restricted stock awards may be forfeited upon the termination of service of employment with the Company, depending upon the circumstances of termination. Except for restrictions placed on the transferability of restricted stock, holders of unvested restricted stock have full stockholder’s rights, including voting rights and the right to receive cash dividends.

 

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A summary of all restricted stock activity under the equity compensation plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 is as follows:

 

   

Number of

Restricted

shares

   

Weighted

average

grant date

fair value

 
Nonvested balance, December 31, 2020     3,750,000     $ 0.13  
Granted            
Vested     (1,875,000 )     (0.13 )
Forfeited            
Nonvested balance, September 30, 2021     1,875,000     $ 0.13  

 

The Company recorded stock-based compensation expense in connection with the issuance/vesting of restricted granted aggregating $81,250 and $243,750 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively. The Company recorded stock-based compensation expense in connection with the issuance/vesting of restricted granted aggregating $24,575 and $73,192 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively.

 

The Company estimated the fair market value of these restricted stock grants based on the closing market price on the date of grant. As of September 30, 2021, there were $243,750 of total unrecognized compensation costs related to all remaining non-vested restricted stock grants, which will be amortized over the next 9 months in accordance with the respective vesting scale.

 

The nonvested balance of restricted stock vests as follows:

 

Years ended    

Number of

shares

 
         
2021       625,000  
2022       1,250,000  

 

Note 6 – Derivative Instruments

 

The estimated fair value of the Company’s derivative liabilities, all of which were related to the detachable warrants issued in connection with various notes payable, were estimated using a closed-ended option pricing model utilizing assumptions related to the contractual term of the instruments, estimated volatility of the price of the Company’s common stock and current interest rates. The detachable warrants issued in connection with the two other short-term notes payable (See Note 3) contained ratchet and anti-dilution provisions that remain in effect during the term of the warrants while the ratchet and anti-dilution provisions of the other notes payable cease when the related note payable is extinguished.

 

On April 1, 2021, the outstanding warrants treated as derivatives and the related notes payable containing such ratchet and anti-dilution provisions were extinguished through an exchange transaction as described in Note 3. Therefore, the derivative liability was adjusted to fair value and extinguished and included in the gain on extinguishment of notes payable as of the termination date (See Note 9).

 

A comparison of the assumptions used in calculating estimated fair value of such derivative liabilities as of the April 1, 2021 termination date and December 31, 2020 is as follows:

 

   

As of

April 1, 2021 (termination date)

   

As of

December 31, 2020

 
             
Volatility – range     373.9 %     379.4 %
Risk-free rate     0.92 %     0.38 %
Contractual term     0.2 years       0.50.8 years  
Exercise price   $ 5.60     $ 5.60  
Number of warrants in aggregate     8,500       17,000  

 

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The following table provides a summary of the changes in fair value, including net transfers in and/or out, of the derivative financial instruments, measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs for both open and closed derivatives:

 

    Amount
Balance at December 31, 2020   $ 321  
Unrealized derivative gains included in other income/expense for the period     (199 )
Extinguishment of derivative liability as part of the exchange of debt for common stock (See Note 3 & 9)     (122 )
         
Balance at September 30, 2021   $     

 

Note 7 – Warrants

 

The following table summarizes warrant activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2021:

 

   

Number of

Warrants

 

Weighted

Average

Exercise Price

Per Share

Outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2020     1,528,380     $ 0.65  
Issued in connection with issuance of Series A convertible preferred stock (See Note 3)     5,256,410       0.39  
Issued in connection with issuance of 3% convertible promissory notes (see Note 3 & 13)     5,732,994       0.50  
Issued in connection with issuance of 8% convertible promissory notes (see Note 3)     200,000       0.50  
Forfeited/expired     (47,000 )     (5.22 )
                 
Outstanding and exercisable at September 30, 2021     12,670,784     $ 0.45  

 

The weighted average term of all outstanding common stock purchase warrants was 4.7 years as of September 30, 2021. The intrinsic value of all outstanding common stock purchase warrants and the intrinsic value of all vested common stock purchase warrants was zero as of September 30, 2021.

 

Note 8 – Income Taxes

 

The effective income tax rate on income (loss) before income tax benefit varies from the statutory federal income tax rate primarily due to the net operating loss history of the Company maintaining a full reserve on all net deferred tax assets during the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020.

 

The Company has incurred operating losses in recent years, and it continues to be in a three-year cumulative loss position at September 30, 2021. Accordingly, the Company determined there was not sufficient positive evidence regarding its potential for future profits to outweigh the negative evidence of our three-year cumulative loss position under the guidance provided in ASC 740. Therefore, it determined to continue to provide a 100% valuation allowance on its net deferred tax assets. The Company expects to continue to maintain a full valuation allowance until it determines that it can sustain a level of profitability that demonstrates its ability to realize these assets. To the extent the Company determines that the realization of some or all of these benefits is more likely than not based upon expected future taxable income, a portion or all of the valuation allowance will be reversed.

 

For income tax purposes, the Company has net operating loss carry-forwards of approximately $61,235,000 in accordance with its 2020 Federal Income tax return as filed, which expire from 2028 through 2039.

 

The Company has recently completed the filing of its tax returns for the tax years 2012 through 2020. Therefore, all such tax returns are open to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.

 

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The Internal Revenue Code contains provisions under Section 382 which limit a company’s ability to utilize net operating loss carry-forwards in the event that it has experienced a more than 50% change in ownership over a three-year period. Management has completed its review of whether such ownership changes have occurred, and based upon such review, management believes that the Company is not currently subject to an annual limitation or the possibility of the complete elimination of the net operating loss carry- forwards. In addition, the Company may be limited by additional ownership changes which may occur in the future.

 

Note 9 – Gain on Exchange and Extinguishment of Liabilities

 

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company recorded gains on the extinguishment of liabilities through the negotiation of settlements with certain creditors and through the operation of law.

 

                         
   

Three months ended

September 30,

   

Nine months ended

September 30,

 
   

2021

   

2020

    2021     2020  
                         
Gain (loss) on Exchange and Extinguishment of Liabilities:                                
Gain on exchange and extinguishment of liabilities   $     $     $ 124,177     $  
Gain from settlement of litigation (See Note 11)                 23,000        
Loss from retirement of convertible note payable (See Notes 3)                 (115,805 )      
Extinguishment of trade payables           4,840,136             4,840,136  
Gain from exchange and extinguishment of notes payable (See Note 3)           1,310,006       55,230       1,310,006  
                                 
Total   $     $ 6,150,142     $ 86,602     $ 6,150,142  

 

Gain on exchange and extinguishment of liabilities - On March 31, 2021, the Company entered into Debt Settlement Agreements with six creditors (five of which were related parties) which extinguished accounts payable and accrued liabilities totaling $2,866,497 in exchange for the issuance of $28,665 in principal balance of 3% Convertible Promissory Notes (the “3% Notes”) with detachable warrants to purchase 5,732,994 shares of Common Stock for $0.50 per share. The 3% Notes allows for prepayment at any time with all principal and accrued interest becoming due and payable at maturity on March 30, 2026. The 3% Notes are convertible as to principal and any accrued interest, at the option of holder, into shares of the company’s Common Stock at any time after the issue date and prior to the close of business on the business day preceding the Maturity Date at the rate of fifty cents ($0.50) per share, subject to normal and customary adjustment.

 

The warrants to purchase 5,732,994 shares of common stock issued pursuant to the Debt Settlement Agreements were valued at $1,605,178 using the black-scholes methodology. The following assumptions were used in calculating the estimated fair value of the warrants as of March 31, 2021, their date of issuance:

 

   

As of

March 31,

2021

 
       
Volatility – range     374.0 %
Risk-free rate     0.92 %
Contractual term     5.0 years  
Exercise price   $ 0.50  
Number of warrants in aggregate     5,732,994  

 

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An aggregate of $2,577,727 of the total accounts payable and accrued liabilities that were extinguished were with five related parties. Such related parties were issued $25,777 principal balance of the 3% Convertible Promissory Notes and warrants to purchase 5,155,454 shares of Common Stock in exchange for the extinguishment of their respective debt obligations. The Company recognized a gain on extinguishment of liabilities for the portion of the extinguishment with non-related parties. Furthermore, it recognized the portion of the gain on extinguishment of liabilities with related parties as a contribution of capital.

 

The gain on extinguishment of liabilities from the Debt Settlement Agreements was determined as follows:

 

    Amount  
       
Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities extinguished   $ 2,866,497  
Less: Principal balance of 3% Convertible Promissory Notes issued     (28,665 )
Less: Fair value of warrants to purchase common stock issued     (1,605,178 )
         
Total gain on extinguishment of liabilities   $ 1,232,654  
Less: Related party amounts reported as a capital contribution     (1,108,477 )
         
Gain on extinguishment of liabilities   $ 124,177  

 

Gain on extinguishment of trade payables - The Company incurred trade payable obligations totaling $4,840,136 during 2013 which were extinguished in 2020 pursuant to the relevant Statute of Limitations.

 

Note 10 – Asset Retirement Obligations

 

The Company’s asset retirement obligations primarily relate to the Company’s portion of future plugging and abandonment costs for wells and related facilities. The following table presents the changes in the asset retirement obligations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021:

 

    Amount  
       
Asset retirement obligation at December 31, 2020   $ 1,716,003  
Liabilities added from acquisition of Oil & Gas Properties (See Note 2)     13,425  
Accretion expense during the period     558  
         
Asset retirement obligation at September 30, 2021   $ 1,729,986  

 

The $1,716,003 asset retirement obligation existing at December 31, 2020 and in years prior to 2020 represented the remaining potential liability for wells AMNG had owned in Texas and Wyoming prior to their sales/disposal in 2012. AMNG was not in compliance with then existing federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations for its previously owned Texas and Wyoming domestic oil and gas properties. Regardless, that all previously owned domestic oil and gas properties held by Infinity – Wyoming and Infinity-Texas being disposed of in 2012 and prior years; the Company may remain liable for certain asset retirement costs should the new owners not complete their asset retirement obligations. Management believes the asset retirement obligations recorded relative to these Texas and Wyoming wells of $1,716,003 as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 are sufficient to cover any potential noncompliance liabilities relative to the plugging of abandoned wells, the removal of facilities and equipment, and site restoration on oil and gas properties for its former oil and gas properties.

 

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The $13,425 asset retirement obligation assumed pursuant to an acquisition on April 1, 2021 and the related $558 accretion expense during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 related to the acquisition of the Oil & Gas Properties as further described in Note 2.

 

Note 11 – Commitments and Contingencies

 

Lack of Compliance with Law Regarding Domestic Properties

 

AMNG was not in compliance with then existing federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations for domestic oil and gas properties owned and disposed of in 2012 and in years prior to 2012 and could have a material or significantly adverse effect upon the liquidity, capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position of AMNG. All domestic oil and gas properties held by Infinity – Wyoming and Infinity-Texas were disposed of in 2012 and prior; however, the Company may remain liable for certain asset retirement costs should the new owners not complete their obligations. Management believes the total asset retirement obligations recorded for these prior matters of $1,716,003 as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 are sufficient to cover any potential noncompliance liabilities relative to the plugging of abandoned wells, the removal of facilities and equipment, and site restoration on oil and gas properties for its former oil and gas properties.

 

Litigation

 

The Company is subject to various claims and legal actions in which vendors are claiming breach of contract due to the Company’s failure to pay amounts due. The Company believes that it has made adequate provision for these claims in the accompanying financial statements.

 

The Company is currently involved in litigation as follows:

 

In October 2012 the State of Texas filed a lawsuit naming Infinity-Texas, the Company and the corporate officers of Infinity-Texas, seeking $30,000 of reclamation costs associated with a single well, in addition to administrative expenses and penalties. The Company engaged in negotiations with the State of Texas in late 2012 and early 2013 and reached a settlement agreement that would reduce the aggregate liability, in this action and any extension of this to other Texas wells, to $45,103, which amount has been paid. Certain performance obligations remain which must be satisfied in order to finally settle and dismiss the matter.
   
  Pending satisfactory performance of the performance obligations and their acceptance by the State of Texas, the officers have potential liability regarding the above matter, and the officers are held personally harmless by indemnification provisions of the Company. Therefore, to the extent they might actually occur, these liabilities are the obligations of the Company. Management estimates that the liabilities associated with this matter will not exceed $780,000, calculated as $30,000 for each of the 26 Infinity-Texas operated wells. This related liability, less the payment made to the State of Texas in 2012 in the amount of $45,103, is included in the asset retirement obligation on the accompanying balance sheets.
   
Cambrian Consultants America, Inc. (“Cambrian”) filed an action in the District Court of Harris County, Texas, number CV2014-55719, on September 26, 2014 against the Company resulting from certain professional consulting services provided for quality control and management of seismic operations during November and December 2013 on the Nicaraguan Concessions. Cambrian provided these services pursuant to a Master Consulting Agreement with the Company, dated November 20, 2013, and has claimed breach of contract for failure to pay amounts due. On December 8, 2014, a default judgment was entered against the Company in the amount of $96,877 plus interest and attorney fees. The Company has included the impact of this litigation as a liability in its accounts payable. The Company will seek to settle the default judgment when it has the financial resources to do so.

 

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Torrey Hills Capital, Inc. (“Torrey”) notified the Company by letter, dated August 15, 2014, of its demand for the payment of $56,000, which it alleged was unpaid and owed under a consulting agreement dated October 18, 2013. The parties entered into a consulting agreement under which Torrey agreed to provide investor relations services in exchange for payment of $7,000 per month and the issuance of 15,000 shares of Common Stock. The agreement was for an initial three month-term with automatic renewals unless terminated upon 30 days’ written notice by either party. The Company made payments totaling $14,000 and issued 15,000 shares of Common Stock during 2013. The Company contends that Torrey breached the agreement by not performing the required services and that it had provided proper notice of termination to Torrey. Furthermore, the Company contends that the parties agreed to settle the dispute on or about June 19, 2014 under which it would issue 2,800 shares of Common Stock in full settlement of any balance then owed and final termination of the agreement. Torrey disputed the Company’s contentions and submitted the dispute to binding arbitration. The Company was unable to defend itself and the arbitration panel awarded Torrey a total of $79,594 in damages. The Company has accrued this amount in accounts payable as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, which management believes is sufficient to provide for the ultimate resolution of this dispute.
   
Joseph Ryan (“Ryan”) filed an action in the District Court of Johnson County, Kansas, number 20CV01493, on March 20, 2020 against the Company resulting from certain professional consulting services Ryan alleges he performed for Social, Environmental and Economic Impact Assessments during July 2012 through September 2015 on the Nicaraguan Concessions. Ryan alleges that such services were provided pursuant to oral agreements with AMNG. Ryan claims breach of contract for failure to pay $12,000 amounts invoiced and due. On December 23, 2020, Ryan filed a Motion for Default Judgment for $12,000 in unpaid invoices plus legal, fees, statutory interest and any expert testimony fees.
   
  On February 10, 2021, the parties agreed to a full and complete settlement of the matter with prejudice. The terms of the settlement required the Company to pay a total of $10,000 to extinguish accounts payable to Ryan totaling $33,000. As a result, the Company recorded a $23,000 gain from settlement of litigation during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 (See note 9).

 

Note 12 – Convertible Preferred Stock

 

The Company is authorized to issue up to 10,000,000 preferred shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share.

 

On March 16, 2021, the Company approved and filed a Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (“COD”). The COD provides for the issuance of up to 27,778 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock with a stated/liquidation value of $100 per share. Pursuant to the provisions of the COD, the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible, at the option of the holders thereof, at any time, subject to certain beneficial ownership limitations, into shares of Common Stock determined on a per share basis by dividing the $100 stated/liquidation value of such share of Convertible Preferred Stock by the $0.32 per share conversion price, which conversion price is subject to certain adjustments. In addition, the COD provides for the payment of 10% per annum cumulative dividends, in (i) cash, or (ii) shares of Common Stock, to the holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock based on the stated/liquidation value, until the earlier of (i) the date on which the shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock are converted to common stock or (ii) date the Company’s obligations under the COD have been satisfied in full. The shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock also (i) vote on an as-converted to Common Stock basis, subject to certain beneficial ownership limitations, (ii) are subject to mandatory conversion into Common Stock upon the closing of any equity financing transaction consummated after the original issue date, pursuant to which the Company raises gross proceeds of not less than $5,000,000, (iii) rank senior to the Common Stock and any class or series of capital stock created after the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and (iv) have a special preference upon the liquidation of the Company.

 

On March 26, 2021 the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with five (5) accredited investors providing for an aggregate investment of $2,050,000 by the investors for the issuance by the Company to them of (i) 22,776 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, with a stated/liquidation value of $100 per share; and (ii) warrants, with a term of five and a half (5.5) years, exercisable six (6) months after issuance, to purchase an aggregate of up to 5,256,410 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.39 per share, subject to customary adjustments thereunder. The Series A Convertible Preferred stock is convertible into an aggregate of up to 7,117,500 shares of Common Stock. Holders of the Warrants may exercise them by paying the applicable cash exercise price or, if there is not an effective registration statement for the sale of the Warrant Shares within six (6) months following the Closing Date, as defined in the Warrants, by exercising on a cashless basis pursuant to the formula provided in the Warrants. Net proceeds from the issuance of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock totaled $1,929,089 after deducting the placement agent fee and other expenses of the offering. The Company intends to use the proceeds of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock offering to complete the acquisition and development of the Properties, to pay-off the outstanding convertible note payable (See Note 3 & 9) and for general working capital purposes.

 

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The Company also entered into that certain registration rights agreement, pursuant to which the Company agreed to file a registration statement within forty-five (45) days following the closing of the acquisition of the Properties which occurred on April 1, 2021 to register the conversion shares and the warrant Shares. The Company is to use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective within forty-five (45) days after the filing thereof, but in any event no later than the ninetieth (90th) calendar day following the closing of the acquisition of the Properties which occurred on April 1, 2021.

 

The holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock agreed to a 4.99% beneficial ownership cap that limits the investors’ ability to convert its Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and/or exercise its common stock purchase warrants. Such limitation can be raised to 9.99% upon 60 days advance notice to the Company.

 

The Company has accrued and paid preferred dividends totaling $57,408 and $117,936 relative to the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock which was charged to additional paid in capital as during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively.

 

Note 13 – Related Party Transactions

 

The Company’s Chief Operating Officer is a non-controlling member of Core. The Company acquired an Option from Core to purchase the production and mineral rights/leasehold for the Properties. The Company paid a non-refundable deposit of $50,000 in 2019 to bind the original Option, which gave it the right to acquire the Properties for $2.5 million prior to December 31, 2019. The Company was not able to exercise the Option prior to December 31, 2019. On September 2, 2020, the Company acquired a new Option from Core under similar terms as the previous Option, however the newly acquired Option permitted the Company to purchase the Properties at a reduced price of $900,000 at any time prior to November 1, 2020 and the Company agreed to immediately conduct a capital raise of between approximately $2-10 million to fund its acquisition and development of the Properties. On December 14, 2020 the parties executed an asset purchase and sale agreement which extended the new Option to January 11, 2021, which expired. The parties entered into a second Side Letter agreement on March 31, 2021, pursuant to which we and Core agreed to set the closing date on which the Properties would be purchased to April 1, 2021. Pursuant to the second Side Letter, the Company is responsible for reimbursing Core for certain prorated revenues and expenses from January 1, 2021 through the April 1, 2021 closing date. On April 1, 2021 we completed the acquisition of the Properties, under the same terms of the asset purchase agreement executed on December 14, 2020 which provided a purchase price of $900,000. The Company raised approximately $2.05 million on March 26, 2021 through the issuance of convertible preferred stock with detachable common stock purchase warrants. The funds raised pursuant to the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock issuance were used to complete the acquisition of the Properties on April 1, 2021, to retire the outstanding convertible note payable and for working capital purposes.

 

The Company does not have any employees other than its Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. In previous years, certain general and administrative services (for which payment is deferred) had been provided by the Company’s Chief Financial Officer’s accounting firm at its standard billing rates plus out-of-pocket expenses consisting primarily of accounting, tax and other administrative fees. The Company no longer utilizes its Chief Financial Officer’s accounting firm for such support services and was not billed for any such services during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020. On March 31, 2021 the parties entered into a Debt Settlement Agreement whereby all amounts due to such firm for services totaling $762,407 were extinguished upon the issuance of $7,624 principal balance of 3% Note and the issuance of warrants to purchase 1,524,814 shares of Common Stock as further described in Notes 3, 7 & 9. Total amounts due to the related party was $-0- and $762,407 as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

 

The Company has accrued compensation to its officers and directors in previous years. The Board of Directors authorized the Company to cease the accrual of compensation for its officers and directors, effective January 1, 2018. On March 31, 2021 the parties entered into Debt Settlement Agreements whereby all accrued amounts due for such services totaling $1,789,208 were extinguished upon the issuance of $17,892 principal balance of 3% Convertible Promissory Note and the issuance of warrants to purchase 3,578,416 shares of Common Stock as further described in Notes 3, 7 & 9. Total amounts due to the officers and directors related to accrued compensation was $-0- and $1,789,208 as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

 

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Offshore Finance, LLC was owed financing costs in connection with a subordinated loan to the Company which was converted to common shares in 2014. The managing partner of Offshore and the Company’s CFO are partners in the accounting firm which the Company used for general corporate purposes in the past. On March 31, 2021 the parties entered into a Debt Settlement Agreement whereby all amounts due for such services totaling $26,113 were extinguished upon the issuance of $261 principal balance of 3% Convertible Promissory Note and the issuance of warrants to purchase 52,226 shares of common stock as further described in Notes 3, 7 & 9. Total amounts due to this related party was $-0- and $26,113 as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

 

On May 13, 2020, the Company borrowed $41,000 from its Chairman, CEO & President in the form of an unsecured promissory note bearing 6% interest and due on demand. The proceeds were used for general working capital purposes. The entire $41,000 principal balance and $654 of accrued interest related to the note was retired on August 19, 2020 and there is no remaining balance as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

 

Note 14 – Subsequent Events

 

Convertible Promissory Notes Payable

 

On October 29, 2021, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with accredited investors (the “October Note Investors”) for the Company’s unsecured convertible notes due October 29, 2022 (the “October Notes”), with an aggregate principal face amount of approximately $550,000. The October Notes are, subject to certain conditions, convertible into an aggregate of 1,100,000 shares of Common Stock, at a price of $0.50 per share. The Company also issued a five and one half - year common stock purchase warrant to purchase up to 1,650,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.50 per share, subject to customary adjustments (the “October Note Warrants” which are immediately exercisable. The October Note Investors purchased such securities from the Company for an aggregate purchase price of $550,000 and the proceeds were used to acquire the option to acquire current production and leasehold rights to approximately 52,000 acres in Kansas (see subsequent event described below) and for general working capital purposes. The Company also granted the October Note Investors certain piggy-back registration rights whereby the Company has agreed to register for resale the shares underlying the October Note Warrants and the conversion of the October Notes unless the shares of the Company commences to trade on the NYSE American; the Nasdaq Capital Market; the Nasdaq Global Market; the Nasdaq Global Select Market; or the New York Stock Exchange, within one hundred twenty (120) days after the Closing Date.

 

The October Note bears interest at a rate of eight percent (8%) per annum, may be voluntarily repaid in cash in full or in part by the Company at any time in an amount equal to 120% of the principal amount of the October Notes and any accrued and unpaid interest. Fifty percent (50%) of the October Notes shall be mandatorily repaid in cash in an amount equal to 120% of the principal amount of the October Notes and any accrued and unpaid interest in the event of the consummation by the Company of any public or private offering or other financing pursuant to which the Company receives gross proceeds of at least $2,000,000 and one-hundred percent (100%) of the October Note plus accrued interest shall be mandatorily repaid in an amount equal to 120% of outstanding principal and interest in cases in which the Company receives gross proceeds of at least $3,000,000. In addition, pursuant to the October Notes, so long as the October Notes remain outstanding, the Company cannot enter into any financing transactions pursuant to which the Company sells its securities at a price lower than $0.50 cents per share without the written consent of the October Note Investors.

 

The conversion of the October Notes and the exercise of the October Note Warrants are each subject to beneficial ownership limitations such that the October Note Investors may not convert their October Note or exercise their October Note Warrants to the extent that such conversion or exercise would result in the October Note Investors being the beneficial owner in excess of 4.99% (or, upon election of the October Investor, 9.99%) of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion or exercise, which beneficial ownership limitation may be increased or decreased up to 9.99% upon notice to the Company, provided that any increase in such limitation will not be effective until 61 days following notice to the Company.

 

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The Company and the October Note Investors agreed that for so long as the October Notes and October Note Warrants remain outstanding, the October Note Investors have the right to participate in any issuance of Common Stock, conventional debt, or a combination of such securities and/or debt, up to an amount equal to thirty-five percent (35%) of such subsequent financing.

 

The October Notes and October Note Warrants contain customary events of default, representations, warranties, agreements of the Company and the October Investor and customary indemnification rights and obligations of the parties thereto, as applicable.

 

Term Sheet to Acquire Current Production and Leasehold Rights to Approximately 52,000 Acres in Kansas

 

On November 4, 2021 the Company acquired an option to purchase the production and mineral rights/leasehold for oil & gas properties primarily in the Central Kansas Uplift geological formation covering over 52,000 acres (the “Properties”). The purchase option gives the Company the right to acquire the Properties from the owner for $12 million in cash prior to December 31, 2021. The option also provides AMNG the right to acquire a related oilfield service company for $4 million in cash prior to December 31, 2022.

 

The acquisition of the Properties include production from 200 oil wells currently producing 280 barrels of oil per day, 100 natural gas wells producing 1.8 million cubic feet of natural gas per day and 40 thousand cubic feet of helium per day. The acquisition will include all existing infrastructure including approximately 200 miles of gas gathering pipelines/systems, salt-water injection and disposal wells/systems, and all existing above and below ground production equipment including gas compression facilities. Approximately 43,000 acres of the Properties contain proven helium content of between 1.5% to 6% which AMNG believes will complement its strategic plan of becoming a leading producer of rare noble gases in the United States and potentially the world. The Properties provide AMNG with the opportunity to drill new wells for noble gases and traditional oil & natural gas production, reworking existing wells to enhance oil & natural gas as well as noble gas production and to implement secondary recovery projects such as water-floods to existing production fields. The gas gathering pipeline infrastructure is expected to provide a benefit to the Company’s when integrated with its recently acquired Central Kansas Uplift Property by providing a gas gathering and compression system to economically market the natural gas and noble gas produced by the Company’s Central Kansas Properties.

 

AMNG also acquired an option to acquire a related oilfield service company that has been servicing the Kansas oil and gas community for over 40 years. The acquisition will include retail-supply stores, well cementing services, acidizing and small fracture treatment services, cased-hole logging and perforating services, oil well pulling, servicing and completion services, propane sales and delivery services as well as many other ancillary well servicing businesses. The purchase of the oil field service business is expected to provide benefits to AMNG relative to its current properties and future acquisitions including the one under the acquired option.

 

Annual Meeting of Shareholders Meeting

 

The Company held its annual meeting of the shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on Wednesday, October 13, 2021. There were 13,222,427 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, constituting approximately 58.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on August 24, 2021, the record date for the Annual Meeting (the “Record Date”), and establishing a quorum. The matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting and the results of such voting are set forth below:

 

  The three nominees for Directors of the Company were all duly elected.
  An amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, was approved which removed the provision providing that any action taken by the stockholders by written consent in lieu of a meeting requires that all of the Company’s stockholders entitled to vote on such action consent in writing thereto.
  An amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, was approved which increased the Company’s authorized shares of common stock from 75,000,000 shares to 500,000,000 shares.
  An amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, was approved which changed the Company’s name to American Noble Gas, Inc.

 

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  The adoption of the Company’s 2021 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan was approved which reserved up to 5,000,000 common shares for issuance.
  The appointment of RBSM LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2021 was ratified.
  A non-binding advisory proposal to approve the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers was approved.
  A non-binding advisory proposal on the frequency of the stockholder advisory vote on executive compensation every three years was approved.

 

Letter Agreement with US Noble Gas, LLC to Provide Exploration, Testing, Production and Distribution of Noble Gas and Rare Earth Element/Minerals

 

On November 10, 2021, the Company and US Noble Gas, LLC (“USNG”) entered a Letter Agreement which covers terms and conditions under which USNG would provide consulting services to the Company for exploration, testing, refining, production, marketing and distribution of various potential reserves of noble gases and rare earth element/minerals on the Company’s recently acquired Properties. The Letter Agreement would cover all of the noble gas and rare earth elements/minerals potentially existing on the approximate 11,000 acres included in the Company’s Properties and future acquisitions.

 

The Letter Agreement also provides that USNG will supply a gas extraction/separator unit which is a large vessel designed for flows up to 5,000 barrels of water per day at low pressures. It is a dewatering vessel that could be used for multiple wells in the future. USNG will also supply a gas metering device currently being installed on the Company’s test well. The equipment US Noble delivers free of charge shall belong to AMNG along with all data and proprietary information regarding gases and minerals collected.

 

USNG will receive as consideration The Company will issue warrants to issue 2,000,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.50 for a five-year term as consideration for the Letter Agreement to the principal consultants involved with USNG. USNG will also receive a monthly cash fee equal to $8,000 per month beginning at the onset of commercial helium or minerals production and sales, subject to certain thresholds. Such monthly fees will become due and payable for any month that AMNG receives cash receipts in excess of $25,000 derived from the sale of noble gases and/or rare earth elements/minerals.

 

The Letter Agreement requires the Company to establish a four-member advisory board composed of various experts involved in noble gas and rare earth elements/minerals. The advisory board will be formed to help attract both industry partners and financial partners for developing a large helium, noble gas and/or rare earth element/mineral resource, that may exist in the region where AMNG currently operates. Industry partners would include helium, noble gas and/or rare earth element/mineral purchasers, exploration and development companies from the energy industry and financial partners may include large family offices or small institutions. The members of the advisory board collectively, are to receive warrants to purchase 1,200,000 common shares with an exercise price of $0.50 per share for a period of five years.

  

Reincorporation of AMGAS from the State of Delaware to the State of Nevada

 

On October 22, 2021, the Board of Directors of AMGAS approved the reincorporation of the Company in the State of Nevada, pursuant to a merger with and into a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Reincorporation Merger”). On October 22, 2021 the holders of a majority of the Company’s voting power approved, by written consent, the Reincorporation Merger. The consenting voting stockholders and their respective ownership percentage of the voting stock of the Company, total in the aggregate of more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock, which is required under the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended and our bylaws. We expect that the Reincorporation Merger will become effective on or about December 3, 2021, at which time, a Certificate of Merger will be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and Articles of Merger will be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada.

 

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements

 

This quarterly report on Form 10-Q contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), which are intended to be covered by the safe harbors created thereby. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” “intends,” and other variations of these words or comparable words. In addition, any statements that refer to expectations, projections or other characterizations of events, circumstances or trends and that do not relate to historical matters are forward-looking statements. To the extent that there are statements that are not recitations of historical fact, such statements constitute forward-looking statements that, by definition, involve risks and uncertainties. In any forward-looking statement, where we express an expectation or belief as to future results or events, such expectation or belief is expressed in good faith and believed to have a reasonable basis, but there can be no assurance that the statement of expectation or belief will be achieved or accomplished. The actual results or events may differ materially from those anticipated and as reflected in forward-looking statements included in this report.

 

Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report. Except as required by law, we do not undertake to update or revise any of the forward-looking statements to conform these statements to actual results, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained herein, which speak only as of the date hereof. We believe the information contained in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q to be accurate as of the date hereof. Changes may occur after that date, and we will not update that information except as required by law.

 

As used in this quarterly report, “AMNG,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer collectively to American Noble Gas, Inc., formerly Infinity Energy Resources, Inc., its predecessors and subsidiaries or one or more of them as the context may require.

 

Overview

 

The Company is an oil and gas exploration, development and production company, which is primarily in the business of drilling and operating oil and gas wells. From 2009 to 2020, the Company had pursued the exploration of potential oil and gas resources in the Perlas and Tyra concession blocks offshore Nicaragua in the Caribbean Sea (the “Nicaraguan Concessions” or “Concessions”), which contain a total of approximately 1.4 million acres. However, in January 2020, the Company abandoned the Concessions. The Company has also assessed various opportunities and strategic alternatives involving the acquisition, exploration and development of gas and oil properties in the United States, including the possibility of acquiring businesses or assets that provide support services for the production of oil and gas in the United States, such as in the Central Kansas Uplift geological formation covering over 11,000 acres (the “Properties”).

 

On April 1, 2021 we completed the acquisition of the Properties, under the same terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement which provided a purchase price of $900,000. The Company raised approximately $2.05 million on March 26, 2021 through the issuance of Convertible Preferred Stock with detachable common stock purchase warrants. The funds raised pursuant to the Convertible Preferred Stock issuance were used to complete the acquisition of the Properties on April 1, 2021 and to retire all outstanding Convertible Notes Payable.

 

The purchase of the Properties included the existing production equipment, infrastructure and ownership of 11 square miles of existing 3-D seismic data on the acreage. The Properties include a horizontal producing well, horizontal saltwater injection well, conventional saltwater disposal well and two conventional vertical producing wells, which currently produce from the Reagan Sand zone with an approximate depth of 3,600 feet.

 

We commenced rework of the existing production wells immediately after completion of the acquisition of the Properties and have performed testing and evaluation of the existence of noble gas reserves on the Properties including helium, argon and other rare earth minerals and gases. Testing of the Properties for noble gas reserves has provided encouraging but not yet conclusive results and the Company has yet to determine the possibility of commercializing the noble gas reserves on the Properties. The Company plans to assess the existing oil & gas reserves on the Properties while continuing the evaluation of the existence of new oil & gas zones and other mineral reserves and specifically the noble gas reserves that the Properties may hold.

 

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We may find it necessary to obtain new sources of debt and/or equity capital to fund the exploration and development of the Properties enumerated above, as well as to satisfy our existing debt obligations. We can provide no assurance that we will be able to obtain sufficient new debt/equity capital to fund our planned development of the Properties.

 

2021 Operational and Financial Objectives

 

COVID–19 PANDEMIC

 

The financial statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as well as the description of our business contained herein, unless otherwise indicated, principally reflect the status of our business and the results of our operations as of September 30, 2021. Economies throughout the world continue to suffer disruptions by the effects of the quarantines, business closures and the reluctance of individuals to leave their homes as a result of the outbreak of the coronavirus (Covid-19) including the recent rise of the new Delta variant. In particular, the oil and gas market has been severely adversely impacted by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic because of the substantial and abrupt decrease in the demand for oil and gas globally followed by the recent resurgence in oil and natural gas prices. In addition, the capital markets have experienced periods of disruption and our efforts to raise necessary capital in the future may be adversely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and investor sentiment and we cannot forecast with any certainty when the lingering uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 pandemic will cease to impact our business and the results of our operations. In reading this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including our discussion of our ability to continue as a going concern set forth herein, in each case, consider the additional uncertainties caused by the outbreak of Covid-19.

 

Corporate Activities

 

The Company’s 2021 operating objectives have focused on: 1) completing the acquisition of the Properties, 2) raising the necessary funds to complete the acquisition of the Properties, 3) commencing rework on the Properties including testing and evaluation of noble gas reserves in additional to the oil and gas producing zones and 4) resolution of obligations in default and/or past due.

 

Recent financings

 

Issuance of Convertible Preferred Stock - On March 26, 2021, the Company issued Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Stock”), with an aggregate principal face amount of up to $2,500,000 subject to a 10% original issue discount. The Convertible Preferred Stock is, subject to certain conditions, convertible into shares of Common Stock at a rate of $0.32 per share and will be subject to a 10% dividend rate per annum, payable quarterly in cash or registered Common Stock, subject to equity conditions. The holders were also granted demand registration rights. The Company also issued warrants along side of the Convertible Preferred Stock investors to purchase up to 6,410,250 shares (assuming the $2.5 million offering is fully subscribed) of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.39 per share, subject to customary adjustments. The common stock purchase warrants are exercisable commencing six (6) months after issuance on a cashless basis at the holders’ discretion with a term of five (5) years. On March 26, 2021, investors purchased Preferred Stock with an aggregate cash purchase price of $2,050,000 together with warrants to purchase a total of 5,256,410 shares of Common Stock.

 

Net proceeds from the issuance of Convertible Preferred Stock was $1,929,089 after deducting the placement agent fee and other expenses of the offering. The Company used the proceeds of the Convertible Preferred Stock offering to complete the acquisition and development of the Properties, to pay-off all outstanding convertible notes payable and for general working capital.

 

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Issuance of 8% Convertible Promissory Notes with Detachable Warrants On August 30, 2021, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with an accredited investor (the “8% Note Investor”) for the Company’s senior unsecured convertible note due October 29, 2022 (the “8% Note”), with an aggregate principal face amount of approximately $100,000. The 8% Note is, subject to certain conditions, convertible into an aggregate of 200,000 shares of Common Stock, at a price of $0.50 per share. The Company also issued a five and one half - year common stock purchase warrant to purchase up to 200,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.50 per share, subject to customary adjustments (the “8% Note Warrant”). 8% Note Investor purchased the 8% Note and 8% Note Warrant from the Company for an aggregate purchase price of $100,000. The Company also granted the 8% Note Investor certain piggy-back registration rights whereby the Company has agreed to register the resale by the 8% Note Investor of the shares underlying the 8% Note Warrant and the conversion of the 8% Note unless the Company commences to trade on the NYSE American; the Nasdaq Capital Market; the Nasdaq Global Market; the Nasdaq Global Select Market; or the New York Stock Exchange, within one hundred twenty (120) days after the Closing Date, as defined in the 8% Note and 8% Note Warrant.

 

Issuance of 3% Convertible Promissory Notes with Detachable Warrants - On March 31, 2021, the Company entered into Debt Settlement Agreements with six creditors (five of which were related parties) which extinguished accounts payable and accrued liabilities totaling $2,866,497 in exchange for the issuance of $28,665 in principal balance of 3% Convertible Promissory Notes (the “3% Notes”) with detachable warrants to purchase 5,732,994 shares of Common Stock for $0.50 per share. The 3% Notes allows for prepayment at any time with all principal and accrued interest becoming due and payable at maturity on March 30, 2026. The 3% Notes are convertible as to principal and any accrued interest, at the option of holder, into shares of the Common Stock at any time after the issue date and prior to the close of business on the business day preceding March 30, 2026 at the rate of fifty cents ($0.50) per share, subject to normal and customary adjustments. The warrants to purchase 5,732,994 shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the Debt Settlement Agreements were valued at $1,605,178 using the Black-Scholes methodology.

 

Issuance of Convertible Notes Payable - On August 19, 2020, we entered into a securities purchase agreement with an accredited investor (the “August Investor”) for our senior unsecured convertible note payable due August 19, 2021 (the “August Note”), with an aggregate principal face amount of approximately $365,169. The August Note is, subject to certain conditions, convertible into an aggregate of 3,943,820 shares of Common Stock, at a price of $0.10 per share (the “Fixed Conversion Price”). We also issued a five-year common stock purchase warrant (the “August Warrant”) to purchase up to 800,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.50 per share, subject to customary adjustments. The August Warrant is immediately exercisable and on a cashless basis if the shares underlying such warrant have not been registered within 180 days after the date of issuance. The August Investor purchased such securities from the Company for an aggregate purchase price of $325,000. We also granted the August Investor certain automatic and piggy-back registration rights whereby we agreed to register the resale by the August Investor of the shares underlying the August Warrant and the conversion of the August Note.

 

The August Note bears interest at a rate of eight percent (8%) per annum with 12 months guaranteed, may be voluntarily repaid in cash in full or in part by us at any time in an amount equal to 115% of the principal amount of the August Note and any accrued and unpaid interest, and shall be mandatorily repaid in cash in an amount equal to 115% of the principal amount of the August Note and any accrued and unpaid interest in the event of the consummation by us of any public or private offering or other financing pursuant to which we receive gross proceeds of at least $2,500,000. The August Note is convertible at any time by the August Investor and we shall have the right to request that the August Investor convert the August Note in full or in part at the Fixed Conversion Price in the event that the VWAP (as defined in the August Note) of the Common Stock exceeds $0.75 for twenty consecutive trading days. In addition, pursuant to the August Note, so long as the August Note remains outstanding, we shall not enter into any financing transactions pursuant to which the Company sells its securities at a price lower than the Fixed Conversion Price, without written consent of the August Investor.

 

The conversion of the August Note and the exercise of the August Warrant are each subject to beneficial ownership limitations such that the August Investor may not convert the August Note or exercise the August Warrant to the extent that such conversion or exercise would result in the August Investor being the beneficial owner in excess of 4.99% (or, upon election of the August Investor, 9.99%) of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion or exercise, which beneficial ownership limitation may be increased or decreased up to 9.99% upon notice to us, provided that any increase in such limitation will not be effective until 61 days following notice to us.

 

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We used the proceeds of the August Note to pay off $60,125 in principal balance of notes payable that were in default, to pay the $100,000 required by the Exchange Agreement (as defined and described below) and for general working capital.

 

On March 26, 2021, the Company exercised its right to retire the August Note in conjunction with the issuance of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. In accordance with the prepayment provisions contained in the August Note, the Company paid all principal, accrued interest and the 15% prepayment premium which totaled $453,539.

 

Extinguishment of liabilities

 

Debt Settlement Agreements - On March 31, 2021, the Company entered into Debt Settlement Agreements with six creditors (five of which were related parties) which extinguished accounts payable and accrued liabilities totaling $2,866,497 in exchange for the issuance of $28,665 in principal balance of 3% Notes with detachable warrants to purchase 5,732,994 shares of Common Stock for $0.50 per share. The 3% Notes allow for prepayment at any time with all principal and accrued interest becoming due and payable at maturity on March 30, 2026. The 3% Notes are convertible as to principal and any accrued interest, at the option of holder of the 3% Notes, into shares of the Common Stock at any time after the issue date and prior to the close of business on the business day preceding March 30, 2026 at the rate of fifty cents ($0.50) per share, subject to normal and customary adjustment. The warrants to purchase 5,732,994 shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the Debt Settlement Agreements were valued at $1,605,178 using the Black-Scholes methodology.

 

Extinguishment of Convertible Note Payable - On March 26, 2021, the Company exercised its right to retire the Convertible Note issued in August 2020 with a par value of $365,169 in conjunction with the issuance of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. In accordance with the prepayment provisions contained in the August Note, the Company paid $453,539 to retire all principal, accrued interest and the 15% prepayment premium.

 

Extinguishment of Notes Payable – On April 1, 2021, the Company and the holder of a $50,000 note payable that was in default reached a settlement whereby the Company issued a total of 145,000 shares of Common Stock in exchange for the extinguishment of the outstanding principal, accrued interest and associated common stock purchase warrants which totaled $72,874 as of April 1, 2021. The 145,000 shares issued to extinguish the debt obligations were valued at $40,600 based on the closing market price on the date of the extinguishment. The extinguishment of the debt obligations resulted in a gain of $32,274 which was recorded in the nine months ended September 30, 2021.

 

On April 1, 2021, the Company and the holder of the $35,000 note payable that was in default reached a settlement whereby the Company issued a total of 100,000 shares of Common Stock in exchange for the extinguishment of the outstanding principal, accrued interest and associated common stock purchase warrants which totaled $50,956 as of April 1, 2021. The 100,000 shares issued to extinguish the debt obligations were valued at $28,000 based on the closing market price on the date of the extinguishment. The extinguishment of the debt obligations resulted in a gain of $22,956 which was recorded in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021.

 

Extinguishment of $1,050,000 Note Payable – On December 27, 2013, the Company borrowed $1,050,000 under an unsecured credit facility with a private, third-party lender. The facility is represented by a promissory note (the “December 2013 Note”) with an original maturity date of March 12, 2014. On September 24, 2020, the Company entered into an Exchange and Settlement Agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”) with the holder of the December 2013 Note (the “Holder”), pursuant to which the Holder agreed to exchange its 8% promissory note in the original principal amount of $1,050,000, representing outstanding principal balance of $1,000,000 and accrued and unpaid interest thereon (which totaled $542,762 as of September 24, 2020), for (i) a cash payment in the amount of $100,000 and (ii) 737,532 newly issued shares of Common Stock (the “Exchange”).

 

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In connection with the Exchange Agreement, the Company and the Holder agreed to terminate the following agreements: (i) the preemptive rights agreement, dated as of December 27, 2013, between the Company and the Holder, (ii) the revenue sharing agreement, dated as of May 30, 2014, between the Company and the Holder and (iii) the indemnity agreement, dated as of December 27, 2013, between the Company and the Holder. Additionally, pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, the Holder acknowledged the expiration on March 12, 2017, by its terms, of a common stock purchase warrant, issued to the Holder, for the purchase of up to 100,000 shares of Common Stock. The Company and the Holder also agreed to provide mutual limited releases, releasing each of them from all liabilities and obligations to the other, as between them with respect to claims relating to the December 2013 Note, such preemptive rights agreement, the Holder’s warrant and all other agreements relating thereto.

 

The closing of the Exchange occurred concurrently with the execution of the Exchange Agreement. At the closing, the Company made the $100,000 cash payment and issued 737,532 shares of Common Stock (valued at $132,756 based on the closing market price of the shares on the date of the Exchange) to the Holder and the underlying documents and obligations summarized above were surrendered and/or cancelled.

 

Acquisition of Oil and Gas Properties

 

On July 31, 2019, we acquired an option from Core Energy, LLC, a closely held company (“Core”), to purchase the production and mineral rights/leasehold for the Properties. We paid a non-refundable deposit of $50,000 to bind the option, which provided us the right to acquire the Properties for $2.5 million prior to December 31, 2019. The Company was not able to exercise the option prior to December 31, 2019. On September 2, 2020, the Company acquired a new option from Core under similar terms as the previous option. The newly acquired option, however, now permits the Company to purchase the Properties at a reduced price of $900,000 at any time prior to November 1, 2020 and the Company has agreed to immediately conduct a capital raise of between approximately $2-10 million to fund its acquisition and development of the Properties. On December 14, 2020 the parties executed an Asset Purchase and Sale Agreement (“Asset Purchase Agreement”) which extended the new option to January 11, 2021, which has expired.

 

We and Core as well as all of the members of Core, Mandalay LLC and Coal Creek Energy, LLC (collectively, the “Seller”) entered into a side letter agreement on March 31, 2021 (the “Side Letter”), pursuant to which we and Core agreed to set the closing date on which the Properties would be purchased pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement to April 1, 2021. Pursuant to the Side Letter, the Company is responsible for reimbursing the Seller for certain prorated revenues and expenses from January 1, 2021 through the April 1, 2021 closing date.

 

On April 1, 2021, we completed the acquisition of the Properties, under the same terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement which provided a purchase price of $900,000. The Company raised approximately $2.05 million on March 26, 2021 through the issuance of Convertible Preferred Stock with detachable common stock purchase warrants. The funds raised pursuant to the Convertible Preferred Stock issuance were used to complete the acquisition of the Properties on April 1, 2021 and to retire all outstanding Convertible Notes Payable.

 

Upon completion of the acquisition, the purchase included the existing production equipment, infrastructure and ownership of 11 square miles of existing 3-D seismic data on the acreage. The Properties include a horizontal producing well, horizontal saltwater injection well, conventional saltwater disposal well and two conventional vertical producing wells, which currently produce from the Reagan Sand zone with an approximate depth of 3,600 feet.

 

We commenced rework of the existing production wells immediately after completion of the acquisition of the Properties and have performed testing and evaluation of the existence of noble gas reserves on the Properties including helium, argon and other rare earth minerals/gases. Testing of the Properties for noble gas reserves has provided encouraging but not conclusive results and the Company has yet to determine the possibility of commercializing the noble gas reserves on the Properties. The Company plans to assess the existing oil & gas reserves on the Properties while continuing the evaluation of the existence of new oil & gas zones and other mineral reserves and specifically the noble gas reserves that the Properties may hold.

 

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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We do not have any off-balance sheet debt, nor did we have any transactions, arrangements, obligations (including contingent obligations) or other relationships with any unconsolidated entities or other persons that may have a material current or future effect on our financial conditions, changes in our financial conditions, or our results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures, capital resources, or significant components of revenue or expenses.

 

For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2021 and 2020

 

Results of Operations

 

Revenue

 

The Company began generating revenues from the production and sale of crude oil resulting from the closing of its acquisition of the Properties on April 1, 2021. Revenues totaled $35,392 for the three months ended September 30, 2021. The Company had no revenues in 2020 as it focused on identification of acquisition of domestic oil & gas producing properties targets.

 

On April 1, 2021, we completed the acquisition of the Properties, under the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement which provided a purchase price of $900,000. The purchase of the Properties included the existing production equipment, infrastructure and ownership of 11 square miles of existing 3-D seismic data on the acreage. The Properties include a horizontal producing well, horizontal saltwater injection well, conventional saltwater disposal well and two conventional vertical producing wells, which currently produce from the Reagan Sand zone with an approximate depth of 3,600 feet.

 

We commenced rework of the existing production wells immediately after completion of the acquisition of the Properties and have performed testing and evaluation of the existence of noble gas reserves on the Properties including helium, argon and other rare earth minerals/gases. Testing of the Properties for noble gas reserves has provided encouraging but not conclusive results and the Company has yet to determine the possibility of commercializing the noble gas reserves on the Properties. The Company plans to assess the existing oil & gas reserves on the Properties while continuing the evaluation of the existence of new oil & gas zones and other mineral reserves and specifically the noble gas reserves that the Properties may hold.

 

Oil and Gas Lease Operating Expenses

 

The Company began generating revenues from the production and sale of crude oil resulting from the closing of its acquisition of the Properties on April 1, 2021. Total oil and gas lease operating expenses totaled $220,767 for the three months ended September 30, 2021.

 

We commenced rework of the existing production wells after completion of the acquisition of the Properties in order to restore the three producing wells to full operational condition and all such rework costs were expensed as routine maintenance rather capitalized to oil and gas properties and equipment under the full-cost method. In addition, we have performed certain testing and evaluation for the existence of noble gas reserves on the Properties including helium, argon and other rare earth minerals/gases. Testing of the Properties for noble gas reserves has provided encouraging but not conclusive results and the Company has yet to determine the possibility of commercializing the noble gas reserves on the Properties. The Company plans to assess the existing oil & gas reserves on the Properties while continuing the evaluation of the existence of new oil & gas zones and other mineral reserves and specifically the noble gas reserves that the Properties may hold.

 

The Company had no oil and gas lease operating expenses in 2020 as it held no oil and gas producing properties and instead was focused on identification of acquisition of domestic oil & gas producing properties targets.

 

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Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization

 

The Company began generating revenues from the production and sale of crude oil resulting from the closing of its acquisition of the Properties on April 1, 2021 (the “Property Acquisition”) which it acquired for $900,000 cash plus the assumption of asset retirement obligations of $13,425. The Company allocated the purchase price of $913,425 to oil and gas properties and equipment which is subject to depreciation, depletion and amortization as the Property Acquisition qualified as an asset acquisition. Total depreciation, depletion and amortization was $30,834 for the three months ended September 30, 2021. There was no depreciation, depletion and amortization for the three months ended September 30, 2020 as the Company held no properties 2020 as it focused on identification of acquisition of domestic oil & gas producing properties targets.

 

Capitalized costs to acquire oil and natural gas properties are depreciated and depleted on a units-of-production basis based on estimated proved reserves. Capitalized costs of exploratory wells and development costs are depreciated and depleted on a units-of-production basis based on estimated proved developed reserves. Under this method, the sum of the full cost pool, excluding the book value of unproved properties, and all estimated future development costs are divided by the total estimated quantities of proved reserves. This rate is applied to our total production for the quarter, and the appropriate expense is recorded. Support equipment and other property, plant and equipment related to oil and gas producing activities, as well as property, plant and equipment unrelated to oil and gas producing activities, are recorded at cost and depreciated on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets.

 

Accretion of Asset Retirement Obligation

 

Total expense for the accretion of asset retirement obligations was $279 and $-0- for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The Company determined the amount of the asset retirement obligation assumed to be $13,425 as of April 1, 2021, the closing date of the Property Acquisition. The obligation relates to legal requirements associated with the retirement of long-lived assets that result from the acquisitions, construction, development, or normal use of the asset. The obligation relates primarily to the requirement to plug and abandon oil and natural gas wells and support wells at the conclusion of their useful lives.

 

Oil and Gas Production Related Taxes

 

The Company began generating revenues from the production and sale of crude oil resulting from the closing of its acquisition of the Properties on April 1, 2021. Oil and gas production related taxes totaled $1,626 and $-0- for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Such taxes are deducted from gross oil and gas revenue by the crude oil purchaser upon payment to the Company and include primarily severance taxes imposed by the State of Kansas and Kansas conservation assessment fees to a lesser extent. Revenues totaled $35,392 for the three months ended September 30, 2021 which resulted in the deduction of $1,626 in production related taxes. The Company had no revenues in 2020 as it focused on identification of acquisition of domestic oil & gas producing properties targets and therefore there was no deduction for Kansas production related taxes.

 

Other General and Administrative Expenses

 

Other general and administrative expenses were $294,440 for the three months ended September 30, 2021, an increase of $174,272, or 145%, from other general and administrative expenses of $120,168 in the same period in 2020. The increase in other general and administrative expenses is primarily attributable to an increase of $84,991 for legal fees, an increase in $20,571 related to geological services and a $6,000 increase in audit fees as the Company began operating the Properties which required various filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). In addition, the increase in other general and administrative expenses were attributable to a $30,000 bonus paid to the Company’s CEO attributable to his efforts in closing the Property Acquisition and an increase in stock-based compensation of $51,925 related to the amortization of the June 2021 stock option grants and the August 2020 restricted stock grants in 2021 compared to 2020. The stock option expense will be amortized ratable through June 2022 and the restricted stock granted to our officers, directors and certain consultants will also continue to be amortized ratably through June 2022.

 

Interest Expense

 

Interest expense decreased to $5,724 for the three months ended September 30, 2021, compared to $67,370 for the comparable period in 2020, a decline of $61,646, or 92%. Interest expense declined during the three months ended September 30, 2021 primarily due to the pay-off of the August Note issued in August 2020, which had a stated principal balance of $365,169 and bore interest at an 8% rate until it was retired on March 26, 2021.

 

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On April 1, 2021, the Company and the holder of the $50,000 note payable that was in default reached a settlement whereby the Company issued a total of 145,000 shares of Common Stock in exchange for the extinguishment of the outstanding principal, accrued interest and associated common stock purchase warrants which totaled $72,874 as of April 1, 2021. In addition, on April 1, 2021, the Company and the holder of the $35,000 note payable that was in default reached a settlement whereby the Company issued a total of 100,000 shares of Common Stock in exchange for the extinguishment of the outstanding principal, accrued interest and associated common stock purchase warrants which totaled $50,956 as of April 1, 2021. The 100,000 shares issued to extinguish the debt obligations were valued at $28,000 based on the closing market price on the date of the extinguishment. Accordingly, there was less interest related to these notes payable in the three months ended September 30, 2021 as compared to the same period in 2020.

 

On March 31, 2021, the Company issued $28,665 principal balance of 3% Notes in connection with the Debt Settlement Agreements. On August 30, 2021 the Company issued $100,000 principal balance 8% Note with detachable warrants to purchase common stock. Interest expense totaled $5,723 related to these outstanding promissory notes and were the only interest-bearing notes outstanding during the three months ended September 30, 2021 and will continue to affect interest expense in future quarters.

 

Gain on Extinguishment of Liabilities

 

The Company reported a gain on extinguishment of liabilities of $-0- for the three months ended September 30, 2021, as compared to $6,150,142 for the same period in 2020.

 

The gain on extinguishment of liabilities is attributable to two transactions that extinguished outstanding liabilities during the three months ended September 30, 2020; (i) the Exchange Agreement, which extinguished a promissory note with an outstanding principal balance of $1,000,000, $542,762 in accrued interest and other obligations previously outstanding and resulting in a total gain of $1,310,006, and (ii) the extinguishment of trade payable obligations totaling $4,840,136 that arose during 2013 which were extinguished in 2020 pursuant to the relevant statute of limitations.

 

Change in Derivative Fair Value

 

The conversion feature in certain outstanding promissory notes and common stock purchase warrants issued in connection with short-term notes are treated as derivative instruments because such notes and warrants contain ratchet and anti-dilution provisions. The underlying notes payable were paid off on April 1, 2021 and the derivative warrants were terminated which resulted in no derivative warrants outstanding during the three months ended September 30, 2021. Such notes payable and the related derivative warrants were outstanding during the three months ended September 30, 2020 and treated as derivative instruments because such notes and warrants contain ratchet and anti-dilution provisions. The change in derivative fair value was $-0- during the three months ended September 30, 2021 and the mark-to-market process resulted in a gain of $824 during the three months ended September 30, 2020.

 

Income Tax

 

The Company recorded no income tax benefit (expense) in the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020. The Company has been in a cumulative tax loss position and has substantial net operating loss carryforwards available for its utilization at September 30, 2021. The Company has continued to carry a 100% reserve on its net deferred tax assets and therefore recorded no income tax expense on its income before income taxes during the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020.

 

Net income (Loss)

 

The Company reported a net loss of $518,278 for the three months ended September 30, 2021, compared to net income of $5,963,428 for the same period in 2020. This represents a deterioration of $6,481,706 in 2021 compared to 2020.

 

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Convertible Preferred Stock Dividends

 

The Company recorded $57,408 and $-0- in convertible preferred stock dividends in the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. On March 26, 2021 the Company issued and classified its Series A Convertible Preferred Stock as equity securities in the condensed balance sheet. Such Convertible Preferred Stock bears a cumulative dividend at a 10% rate based on its stated/liquidation value. There were no outstanding Series A Convertible Preferred Stock during the three months ended September 30, 2020.

 

Net Income (Loss) Applicable to Common Stockholders

 

The Series A Convertible Preferred Stock issued on March 26, 2021 has a preference over Common Stock and therefore such accrued Convertible Preferred Stock dividend amounts have been deducted from net income (loss) to report net income (loss) applicable to common stockholders of $(575,686) and $5,963,428 for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

 

Basic and Diluted Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Common Stockholders per Share

 

Basic net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per share is computed by dividing the net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per share is computed by dividing the net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock and dilutive common stock equivalents outstanding during the period. Common stock equivalents included in the diluted net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per share computation represent shares of common stock issuable upon the assumed conversion of Convertible Promissory Notes, Convertible Preferred Stock and the assumed exercise of stock options and warrants using the treasury stock and “if converted” method. For periods in which net losses attributable to common stockholders are incurred, weighted average shares outstanding is the same for basic and diluted loss per share calculations, as the inclusion of common stock equivalents would have an anti-dilutive effect. In addition, in periods in which there is net income attributable to common stockholders and the effect of including common stock equivalents in the diluted per share calculations would be anti-dilutive (such as when the conversion or exercise price of the common stock equivalents are higher than the average closing market price per share) such anti-dilutive common stock equivalents would also be excluded from the calculation of basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding.

 

The Company incurred a net loss attributable to common stockholders during the three months ended September 30, 2021, therefore all Common Stock equivalents were considered anti-dilutive and excluded from diluted net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per share computations. The basic and diluted net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per share were $(0.03) for the three months ended September 30, 2021.

 

During the three months ended September 30, 2020, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the August Note were considered Common Stock equivalents and therefore the dilutive effect of such issuance was included in the computation of diluted income (loss) per share. All shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of convertible debt (other than the August Note) and the exercise of outstanding stock options and warrants were antidilutive, and, therefore, not included in the computation of diluted income (loss) per share for the three months ended September 30, 2020. The basic and diluted net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per share were $0.40 and $0.36 for the three months ended September 30, 2020, respectively.

 

Potential equivalent shares of common stock as of September 30, 2021 totaled 22,062,614 shares of Common Stock, which included 257,330 shares of Common Stock underlying the Convertible Promissory Notes, 7,117,500 shares of Common Stock underlying the conversion of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, 12,670,784 shares of Common Stock underlying outstanding warrants and 2,017,000 shares of Common Stock underlying outstanding stock options.

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 and 2020

 

Results of Operations

 

Revenue

 

The Company began generating revenues from the production and sale of crude oil resulting from the closing of its acquisition of the Properties on April 1, 2021. Revenues totaled $56,220 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. The Company had no revenues in 2020 as it focused on identification of acquisition of domestic oil & gas producing properties targets.

 

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On April 1, 2021 we completed the Property Acquisition, under the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement which provided a purchase price of $900,000. The purchase of the Properties included the existing production equipment, infrastructure and ownership of 11 square miles of existing 3-D seismic data on the acreage. The Properties include a horizontal producing well, horizontal saltwater injection well, conventional saltwater disposal well and two conventional vertical producing wells, which currently produce from the Reagan Sand zone with an approximate depth of 3,600 feet.

 

We commenced rework of the existing production wells immediately after completion of the Property Acquisition and have performed testing and evaluation of the existence of noble gas reserves on the Properties including helium, argon and other rare earth minerals/gases. Testing of the Properties for noble gas reserves has provided encouraging but not conclusive results and the Company has yet to determine the possibility of commercializing the noble gas reserves on the Properties. The Company plans to assess the existing oil & gas reserves on the Properties while continuing the evaluation of the existence of new oil & gas zones and other mineral reserves and specifically the noble gas reserves that the Properties may hold.

 

Oil and Gas Lease Operating Expenses

 

The Company began generating revenues from the production and sale of crude oil resulting from the closing of the Property Acquisition on April 1, 2021. Total oil and gas lease operating expenses totaled $446,849 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021.

 

We commenced rework of the existing production wells after completion of the Property Acquisition in order to restore the three producing wells to full operational condition and all such rework costs were expensed as routine maintenance rather capitalized to oil and gas properties and equipment under the full-cost method. In addition, we have performed certain testing and evaluation for the existence of noble gas reserves on the Properties including helium, argon and other rare earth minerals/gases. Testing of the Properties for noble gas reserves has provided encouraging but not conclusive results and the Company has yet to determine the possibility of commercializing the noble gas reserves on the Properties. The Company plans to assess the existing oil & gas reserves on the Properties while continuing the evaluation of the existence of new oil & gas zones and other mineral reserves and specifically the noble gas reserves that the Properties may hold.

 

The Company had no oil and gas lease operating expenses in 2020 as it held no oil and gas producing properties and instead was focused on identification of acquisition of domestic oil & gas producing properties targets.

 

Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization

 

The Company began generating revenues from the production and sale of crude oil resulting from the closing of the Property Acquisition on April 1, 2021 which it acquired for $900,000 cash plus the assumption of asset retirement obligations of $13,425. The Company allocated the purchase price of $913,425 to oil and gas properties and equipment which is subject to depreciation, depletion and amortization as the Property Acquisition qualified as an asset acquisition. Total depreciation, depletion and amortization was $61,668 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. There was no depreciation, depletion and amortization for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as the Company held no properties 2020 as it focused on identification of acquisition of domestic oil & gas producing properties targets.

 

Capitalized costs to acquire oil and natural gas properties are depreciated and depleted on a units-of-production basis based on estimated proved reserves. Capitalized costs of exploratory wells and development costs are depreciated and depleted on a units-of-production basis based on estimated proved developed reserves. Under this method, the sum of the full cost pool, excluding the book value of unproved properties, and all estimated future development costs are divided by the total estimated quantities of proved reserves. This rate is applied to our total production for the quarter, and the appropriate expense is recorded. Support equipment and other property, plant and equipment related to oil and gas producing activities, as well as property, plant and equipment unrelated to oil and gas producing activities, are recorded at cost and depreciated on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets.

 

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Accretion of Asset Retirement Obligation

 

Total expense for the accretion of asset retirement obligations was $558 and $-0- for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The Company determined the amount of the asset retirement obligation assumed to be $13,425 as of April 1, 2021, the date of the Property Acquisition. The obligation relates to legal requirements associated with the retirement of long-lived assets that result from the acquisitions, construction, development, or normal use of the asset. The obligation relates primarily to the requirement to plug and abandon oil and natural gas wells and support wells at the conclusion of their useful lives.

 

Oil and Gas Production Related Taxes

 

The Company began generating revenues from the production and sale of crude oil resulting from the closing of the Property Acquisition on April 1, 2021. Oil and gas production related taxes totaled $2,592 and $-0- for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Such taxes are deducted from gross oil and gas revenue by the crude oil purchaser upon payment to the Company and include primarily severance taxes imposed by the State of Kansas and Kansas conservation assessment fees to a lesser extent. Revenues totaled $56,220 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 which resulted in the deduction of $2,592 in production related taxes. The Company had no revenues in 2020 as it focused on identification of acquisition of domestic oil & gas producing properties targets and therefore there was no deduction for Kansas production related taxes.

 

Other General and Administrative Expenses

 

Other general and administrative expenses were $738,419 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, an increase of $512,184, or 226%, from other general and administrative expenses of $226,235 in the same period in 2020. The increase in other general and administrative expenses is primarily attributable to an increase of $137,944 for legal fees, $28,071 for geological services and a $41,000 increase in auditor fees as the Company began operating the Properties which required various filings with the SEC. In addition, the increase in other general and administrative expenses were attributable to the $75,000 charge-off of the option to acquire the Properties which expired, a $30,000 bonus paid to the Company’s CEO attributable to his efforts in closing the Property Acquisition and an increase in stock-based compensation of $191,308 related to the amortization of the June 2021 stock option grants and the August 2020 restricted stock grants in 2021 compared to 2020. The stock option expense will be amortized ratable through June 2022 and the restricted stock granted to our officers, directors and certain consultants will also continue to be amortized ratably through June 2022.

 

Interest Expense

 

Interest expense decreased to $40,163 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, compared to $111,496 for the comparable period in 2020, a decline of $71,333, or 64%. Interest expense declined during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 was primarily due to the pay-off of the convertible note payable issued in August 2019, which had a stated principal balance of $365,169 and bore interest at an 8% rate until it was retired on March 26, 2021. The retirement of the two notes payable totaling $85,000 on April 1, 2021 and the August Note on March 31, 2021 resulted in less interest expense being reported during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 as compared to the same period in 2020.

 

On April 1, 2021, the Company and the holder of the $50,000 note payable that was in default reached a settlement whereby the Company issued a total of 145,000 shares of Common Stock in exchange for the extinguishment of the outstanding principal, accrued interest and associated common stock purchase warrants which totaled $72,874 as of April 1, 2021. In addition, on April 1, 2021, the Company and the holder of the $35,000 note payable that was in default reached a settlement whereby the Company issued a total of 100,000 shares of Common Stock in exchange for the extinguishment of the outstanding principal, accrued interest and associated common stock purchase warrants which totaled $50,956 as of April 1, 2021. The 100,000 shares issued to extinguish the debt obligations were valued at $28,000 based on the closing market price on the date of the extinguishment. Accordingly, there was less interest related to these notes payable in the three months ended September 30, 2021 as compared to the same period in 2020.

 

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On March 31, 2021, the Company issued $28,665 principal balance of 3% Notes in connection with the Debt Settlement Agreements and on August 30, 2021 the Company issued $100,000 principal balance of 8% Notes with detachable warrants to purchase common stock which were the only interest-bearing notes outstanding at September 30, 2021. Interest expense totaled $40,163 related to these outstanding promissory notes and were outstanding during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and will continue to affect interest expense in future quarters.

 

Gain on Extinguishment of Liabilities

 

The Company reported a gain on exchange and extinguishment of liabilities of $86,602 and $6,150,142 in the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

 

On April 1, 2021, the Company and the holder of the $50,000 note payable that was in default reached a settlement whereby the Company issued a total of 145,000 shares of Common stock in exchange for the extinguishment of the outstanding principal, accrued interest and associated common stock purchase warrants which totaled $72,874 as of April 1, 2021. The 145,000 shares issued to extinguish the debt obligations were valued at $40,600 based on the closing market price on the date of the extinguishment. The extinguishment of the debt obligations resulted in a gain of $32,274 which was recorded in the nine months ended September 30, 2021.

 

On April 1, 2021, the Company and the holder of the $35,000 note payable that was in default reached a settlement whereby the Company issued a total of 100,000 shares of Common stock in exchange for the extinguishment of the outstanding principal, accrued interest and associated common stock purchase warrants which totaled $50,956 as of April 1, 2021. The 100,000 shares issued to extinguish the debt obligations were valued at $28,000 based on the closing market price on the date of the extinguishment. The extinguishment of the debt obligations resulted in a gain of $22,956 which was recorded in the nine months ended September 30, 2021.

 

On March 31, 2021 the Company recorded a net gain on extinguishment of liabilities totaling $31,372 which was attributable to six transactions that extinguished outstanding liabilities during the nine months ended September 30, 2021; (i) the Debt Settlement Agreements which extinguished accounts payable and accrued liabilities with a total outstanding balance of $2,866,497 for the issuance of $28,665 in principal balance of the 3% Notes with detachable warrants to purchase 5,732,994 shares of Common Stock for $0.50 per share which was valued at $1,605,178 which resulted in a total gain of $1,232,654 of which $124,177 was reported as a gain on extinguishment of liabilities and $1,108,477 was reported as a capital contribution because it was attributable to related parties, (ii) the $23,000 gain from settlement of litigation which extinguished $33,000 of trade payables for a cash payment of $10,000 and (iii) the loss of $115,805 relative to the early retirement of $365,169 principal balance of August 2020 Note. There were no similar extinguishments during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

 

The gain on extinguishment of liabilities is attributable to two transactions that extinguished outstanding liabilities during the three months ended September 30, 2020; (i) the Exchange Agreement, which extinguished a promissory note with an outstanding principal balance of $1,000,000, $542,762 in accrued interest and other obligations previously outstanding and resulting in a total gain of $1,310,006, and (ii) the extinguishment of trade payable obligations totaling $4,840,136 that arose during 2013 which were extinguished in 2020 pursuant to the relevant statute of limitations.

 

Change in Derivative Fair Value

 

The conversion feature in certain outstanding promissory notes and common stock purchase warrants issued in connection with short-term notes outstanding during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 are treated as derivative instruments because such notes and warrants contain ratchet and anti-dilution provisions. The mark-to-market process resulted in a gain of $199 during the nine months ended September 30, 2021, compared to a gain of $248 during the nine months ended September 30, 2020. All short-term notes and their related derivative warrants have been terminated as of September 30, 2021.

 

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Income Tax

 

The Company recorded no income tax benefit (expense) in the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020. The Company has been in a cumulative tax loss position and has substantial net operating loss carryforwards available for its utilization at September 30, 2021. The Company has continued to carry a 100% reserve on its net deferred tax assets and therefore recorded no income tax expense on its income before income taxes during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020.

 

Net Income (Loss)

 

The Company reported a net loss of $1,147,228 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, compared to net income of $5,812,659 for the same period in 2020. This represents a deterioration of $6,959,887 in 2021 compared to 2020.

 

Convertible Preferred Stock Dividends

 

The Company recorded $117,936 and $-0- in convertible preferred stock dividends in the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. On March 26, 2021 the Company issued and classified its Series A Convertible Preferred Stock as equity securities in the condensed balance sheet. Such Convertible Preferred Stock bears a cumulative dividend at a 10% rate based on its stated/liquidation value. There were no outstanding Series A Convertible Preferred Stock during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

 

Net Income (Loss) Applicable to Common Stockholders

 

The Series A Convertible Preferred Stock issued on March 26, 2021 has a preference over Common Stock and therefore such accrued Convertible Preferred Stock dividend amounts have been deducted from net income (loss) to report net income (loss) applicable to common stockholders of $(1,265,164) and $5,812,659 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

 

Basic and Diluted Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Common Stockholders per Share

 

Basic net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per share is computed by dividing the net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per share is computed by dividing the net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock and dilutive common stock equivalents outstanding during the period. Common stock equivalents included in the diluted net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per share computation represent shares of common stock issuable upon the assumed conversion of Convertible Promissory Notes, Convertible Preferred Stock and the assumed exercise of stock options and warrants using the treasury stock and “if converted” method. For periods in which net losses attributable to common stockholders are incurred, weighted average shares outstanding is the same for basic and diluted loss per share calculations, as the inclusion of common stock equivalents would have an anti-dilutive effect. In addition, in periods in which there is net income attributable to common stockholders and the effect of including common stock equivalents in the diluted per share calculations would be anti-dilutive (such as when the conversion or exercise price of the common stock equivalents are higher than the average closing market price per share) such anti-dilutive common stock equivalents would also be excluded from the calculation of basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding.

 

The Company incurred a net loss attributable to common stockholders during the nine months ended September 30, 2021, therefore all Common Stock equivalents were considered anti-dilutive and excluded from diluted net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per share computations. The basic and diluted net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per share were $(0.07) for the nine months ended September 30, 2021.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the August Note were considered Common Stock equivalents and therefore the dilutive effect of such issuance was included in the computation of diluted income (loss) per share. All shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of convertible debt (other than the August Note) and the exercise of outstanding stock options and warrants were antidilutive, and, therefore, not included in the computation of diluted income (loss) per share for the three months ended September 30, 2020. The basic and diluted net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per share were $0.44 and $0.43 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively.

 

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Potential equivalent shares of common stock as of September 30, 2021 totaled 22,062,614 shares of Common Stock, which included 257,330 shares of Common Stock underlying the Convertible Promissory Notes, 7,117,500 shares of Common Stock underlying the conversion of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, 12,670,784 shares of Common Stock underlying outstanding warrants and 2,017,000 shares of Common Stock underlying outstanding stock options.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources; Going Concern–

 

We have had a history of losses and have generated little or no operating revenues for a number of years, as we concentrated on the development of our Nicaraguan Concessions, which was a long-term, high-risk/reward exploration project in an otherwise unproven part of the world. We abandoned the Concessions in early 2020 due to the challenging economic and political issues in Nicaragua and the oil and gas industry in general. We have been assessing various opportunities and strategic alternatives involving the acquisition, exploration and development of gas and oil properties in the United States, including the possibility of acquiring businesses or assets that provide support services for the production of oil and gas in the United States. As a result, we completed the purchase of the Properties on April 1, 2021 and have commenced certain rework to the existing producing wells and intend to perform workovers and other develop activities on the Properties for the remainder of 2021. We plan to evaluate the Properties for additional reserves of noble gases which may change our development plans should we determine that reserves of noble gases exist on the Properties at commercial quantities. The planned development of the Properties will require us to raise additional capital to accomplish our operating plan, which cannot be assured. Historically, we financed our operations through the issuance of equity and various short and long-term debt financing that contained some level of detachable warrants to provide the holders with a level of equity participation.

 

Capital Expenditures

 

On July 31, 2019, we acquired the option from Core to purchase the production and mineral rights/leasehold for the Properties. We paid a non-refundable deposit of $50,000 to bind the option, which provided us the right to acquire the Properties for $2.5 million prior to December 31, 2019. The Company was not able to exercise the option prior to December 31, 2019. On September 2, 2020, the Company acquired a new option from Core under similar terms as the previous option. the newly acquired option, however, permits the Company to purchase the Properties at a reduced price of $900,000 at any time prior to November 1, 2020 and the Company agreed to immediately conduct a capital raise of between approximately $2-10 million to fund its acquisition and development of the Properties. On December 14, 2020 the parties executed the Asset Purchase Agreement which extended the new option to January 11, 2021, which has expired.

 

We, Core, and Seller entered into the Side Letter on September 2, 2020 and a second Side Letter on March 31, 2021, pursuant to which we and Core agreed to set the closing date on which the Properties would be purchased pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement to April 1, 2021. Pursuant to the Side Letter, the Company is responsible for reimbursing Core for certain prorated revenues and expenses from January 1, 2021 through the April 1, 2021 closing date.

 

On April 1, 2021 we completed the Property Acquisition, under the same terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement which provided a purchase price of $900,000. The Company raised approximately $2.05 million on March 26, 2021 through the issuance of Convertible Preferred Stock with detachable common stock purchase warrants. The funds raised pursuant to the Convertible Preferred Stock issuance were used to complete the acquisition of the Properties on April 1, 2021 and to retire all outstanding Convertible Notes Payable.

 

The purchase of the Properties included the existing production equipment, infrastructure and ownership of 11 square miles of existing 3-D seismic data on the acreage. The Properties include a horizontal producing well, horizontal saltwater injection well, conventional saltwater disposal well and two conventional vertical producing wells, which currently produce from the Reagan Sand zone with an approximate depth of 3,600 feet.

 

We commenced rework of the existing production wells immediately after completion of the Property Acquisition and have performed testing and evaluation of the existence of noble gas reserves on the Properties including helium, argon and other rare earth minerals/gases. Testing of the Properties for noble gas reserves has provided encouraging but not conclusive results and the Company has yet to determine the possibility of commercializing the noble gas reserves on the Properties. The Company plans to assess the existing oil & gas reserves on the Properties while continuing the evaluation of the existence of new oil & gas zones and other mineral reserves and specifically the noble gas reserves that the Properties may hold.

 

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We may find it necessary to obtain new sources of debt and/or equity capital to fund the exploration and development of the Properties enumerated above, as well as to satisfy our existing debt obligations. We can provide no assurance that we will be able to obtain sufficient new debt/equity capital to fund our planned development of the Properties.

 

Going Concern

 

The Company must raise substantial amounts of debt and equity capital from other sources in the future in order to fund the (i) development of the Properties acquired on April 1, 2021; (ii) normal day-to-day operations and corporate overhead; and (iii) outstanding debt and other financial obligations including the payment of preferred stock dividends as they become due, as described below. These are substantial operational and financial issues that must be successfully addressed during the remainder of 2021.

 

The Company has made substantial progress in resolving many of its existing financial obligations during the nine months ended September 30, 2021. In that regard, on March 31, 2021, the Company and six creditors entered into Debt Settlement Agreements which extinguished accounts payable and accrued liabilities totaling $2,866,497 in exchange for the issuance of $28,665 in principal balance of 3% Notes with detachable warrants to purchase 5,732,994 shares of Common Stock for $0.50 per share. On April 1, 2021, the Company and the holders of two notes payable that were in default reached a settlement whereby the Company issued a total of 245,000 shares of Common Stock in exchange for the extinguishment of the outstanding principal, accrued interest and associated common stock purchase warrants which totaled $123,830 as of April 1, 2021. The Company has made substantial progress in resolving its financial obligations: however, there is in excess of $1.9 million remaining that are in default and that the Company is attempting to obtain extensions of the maturity dates and/or compromises regarding payment of its obligations.

 

The Company will have significant financial commitments to execute its planned exploration and development of the Properties. The Company may find it necessary to raise substantial amounts of debt or equity capital to fund such exploration and development activities and may seek offers from industry operators and other third parties for interests in the Properties in exchange for cash and a carried interest in exploration and development operations or other joint venture arrangement. There can be no assurance that it will be able to obtain such new funding or be able to reach agreements with industry operators and other third parties or on what terms.

 

Due to the uncertainties related to the foregoing matters, there exists substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date the financials are issued. The unaudited condensed financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of asset carrying amounts or the amount and classification of liabilities that might result should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

 

Cash and cash equivalents balances-

 

As of September 30, 2021, we had cash and cash equivalents with an aggregate balance of $10,162, a decrease from a balance of $11,042 at December 31, 2020. Summarized immediately below and discussed in more detail in the subsequent subsections are the main elements of the $880 net decrease in cash during the nine months ended September 30, 2021:

 

  Operating activities: $558,494 of net cash used in operating activities. Net cash used in operating activities was $558,494 and $134,425 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, a deterioration of $424,069. The deterioration was primarily the result of our operating results for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 compared to 2020. The Company reported net income (loss) of $(1,147,228) for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 compared to $5,812,659 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. We acquired the Properties in 2021 and have expended substantial amounts during 2021 on well workovers and exploration/evaluation of potential noble gas reserves on our Properties.

 

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  Investing activities: $900,000 of net cash used in investing activities. Cash used in investing activities was $900,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 compared to (cash used in) provided by investing activities of $-0- for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. We completed the acquisition of the Properties during 2021.
       
  Financing activities: $1,457,614 of net cash provided by financing activities. Cash provided by financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 was $1,457,614 compared to cash provided by financing activities of $205,875 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The Company raised $1,929,089 through the issuance of convertible preferred stock, raised $100,000 through the issuance of convertible promissory notes, repaid $453,539 of convertible notes payable and paid dividends of $117,936 during 2021.

 

The net result of these activities was a decrease in cash of $880 to $10,162 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021.

 

Commitments:

 

Capital Expenditures. We had no material commitments for capital expenditures at September 30, 2021.

 

Repayment of Debt. Debt obligations is comprised of the following at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020:

 

   

September 30, 2021

   

December 31, 2020

 
Notes payable:                
3% Convertible promissory notes payable   $ 28,665     $  
8% Convertible promissory notes payable     48,193      
Convertible note payable, (less discount of $-0- and $231,606 as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively)           133,563  
Note payable           50,000  
Note payable           35,000  
                 
Total notes payable     76,858       218,563  
Less: Long-term portion     76,858        
Notes payable, short-term   $     $ 218,563  

 

Debt obligations become due and payable as follows:

 

Years ended  

Principal

balance due

 
       
2021 (October 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021)   $  
2022     48,193  
2023      
2024      
2025      
2026     28,665  
Total   $ 76,858  

 

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Open Litigation.

 

The Company is subject to various claims and legal actions in which vendors are claiming breach of contract due to the Company’s failure to pay amounts due. The Company believes that it has made adequate provision for these claims in the accompanying financial statements.

 

The Company is currently involved in litigation as follows:

 

In October 2012 the State of Texas filed a lawsuit naming Infinity Texas, the Company and the corporate officers of Infinity Texas, seeking $30,000 of reclamation costs associated with a single well, in addition to administrative expenses and penalties. The Company engaged in negotiations with the State of Texas in late 2012 and early 2013 and reached a settlement agreement that would reduce the aggregate liability, in this action and any extension of this to other wells in Texas, to $45,103, which amount has been paid. Certain performance obligations remain which must be satisfied in order to finally settle and dismiss the matter.
   
  Pending satisfactory performance of the performance obligations and their acceptance by the State of Texas, the officers have potential liability regarding the above matter, who are held personally harmless by indemnification provisions of the Company. Therefore, to the extent liabilities might actually occur, these are the obligations of the Company. Management estimates that the liabilities associated with this matter will not exceed $780,000, calculated as $30,000 for each of the 26 wells operated by Infinity Texas. Theses related liabilities, less the payment made to the State of Texas in 2012 in the amount of $45,103, are included in the asset retirement obligation on the accompanying balance sheets.
   
Cambrian Consultants America, Inc. (“Cambrian”) filed an action in the District Court of Harris County, Texas, number CV2014-55719, on September 26, 2014 against the Company resulting from certain professional consulting services provided for quality control and management of seismic operations during November and December 2013 on the Nicaraguan Concessions. Cambrian provided these services pursuant to a Master Consulting Agreement with the Company, dated November 20, 2013, and has claimed breach of contract for failure to pay amounts due. On December 8, 2014, a default judgment was entered against the Company in the amount of $96,877 plus interest and attorney fees. The Company has included the impact of this litigation as a liability in its accounts payable. The Company will seek to settle the default judgment when it has the financial resources to do so.
   
Torrey Hills Capital, Inc. (“Torrey”) notified the Company by a letter, dated August 15, 2014, of its demand for the payment of $56,000, which it alleged was unpaid and owed under a consulting agreement dated October 18, 2013. The parties entered into a consulting agreement under which Torrey agreed to provide investor relations services in exchange for payment of $7,000 per month and the issuance of 15,000 shares of Common Stock. The agreement was for an initial three month-term with automatic renewals unless terminated upon 30 days’ written notice by either party. The Company made payments totaling $14,000 and issued 15,000 shares of Common Stock during 2013. The Company contends that Torrey breached the agreement by not performing the required services and that it had provided proper notice of termination to Torrey. Furthermore, the Company contends that the parties agreed to settle the dispute on or about June 19, 2014 under which it would issue 2,800 shares of Common Stock in full settlement of any balance then owed and final termination of the agreement. Torrey disputed the Company’s contentions and submitted the dispute to binding arbitration. The Company was unable to defend itself and the arbitration panel awarded Torrey a total of $79,594 in damages. The Company has accrued this amount in accounts payable as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, which management believes is sufficient to provide for the ultimate resolution of this dispute.

 

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

Not Applicable.

 

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ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures to provide reasonable assurance of achieving the control objectives, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act. Based on their evaluation as of September 30, 2021, the end of the period covered by this quarterly report on Form 10-Q, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are not effective in assuring that financial statement presentation and disclosure are in conformity with those which are required to be included in our periodic SEC filings.

 

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during our most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.

 

Internal control systems, no matter how well designed and operated, have inherent limitations. Therefore, even a system which is determined to be effective cannot provide absolute assurance that all control issues have been detected or prevented. Our systems of internal controls are designed to provide reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation.

 

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

The information regarding certain legal proceedings in which American Noble Gas, Inc. (the “AMNG”, “Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”) are involved is set forth in Note 11 of the Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements, entitled “Commitments and Contingencies – Litigation”, which is included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and such information is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.

 

In addition to such legal proceedings, we may become involved in various other claims and threatened legal proceedings arising in the normal course of our businesses. At this time, we do not believe any material losses under such other claims and threatened proceedings to be probable. While the ultimate outcome of such legal proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty, it is in the opinion of management, after consultation with legal counsel, that the final outcome in such proceedings, in the aggregate, would not have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

 

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

 

As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to provide the information required by this Item.

 

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

 

On August 30, 2021, the Company entered into an agreement with an accredited investor (the “8% Note Investor”) for the Company’s senior unsecured convertible note due October 29, 2022 (the “8% Note”), with an aggregate principal face amount of $100,000. The 8% Note is, subject to certain conditions, convertible into an aggregate of 200,000 shares of Common Stock, at a price of $0.50 per share. The Company also issued a five and one half - year common stock purchase warrant to purchase up to 200,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.50 per share, subject to customary adjustments (the “8% Note Warrant”), which is immediately exercisable. The 8% Note Investor purchased the 8% Note and 8% Note Warrant from the Company for an aggregate purchase price of $100,000. The Company also granted the 8% Note Investor certain piggy-back registration rights whereby the Company has agreed to register for resale the shares underlying the 8% Note Warrant and the conversion of the 8% Note unless the shares of the Company commences to trade on the NYSE American; the Nasdaq Capital Market; the Nasdaq Global Market; the Nasdaq Global Select Market; or the New York Stock Exchange, within one hundred twenty (120) days after the closing date.

 

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The 8% Note bears interest at a rate of eight percent (8%) per annum, may be voluntarily repaid in cash in full or in part by the Company at any time in an amount equal to 120% of the principal amount of the 8% Note and any accrued and unpaid interest. Fifty percent (50%) of the 8% Note shall be mandatorily repaid in cash in an amount equal to 120% of the principal amount of the 8% Note and any accrued and unpaid interest in the event of the consummation by the Company of any public or private offering or other financing pursuant to which the Company receives gross proceeds of at least $2,000,000 and one-hundred percent (100%) of the 8% Note plus accrued interest shall be mandatorily repaid in an amount equal to 120% of outstanding principal and interest in cases in which the Company receives gross proceeds of at least $3,000,000. In addition, pursuant to the 8% Note, so long as the 8% Note remained outstanding, the Company could not enter into any financing transactions pursuant to which the Company sells its securities at a price lower than $0.50 cents per share without written consent of the 8% Note Investor.

 

The conversion of the 8% Note and the exercise of the 8% Note Warrant are each subject to beneficial ownership limitations such that the 8% Note Investor may not convert the 8% Note or exercise the 8% Note Warrant to the extent that such conversion or exercise would result in the 8% Note Investor being the beneficial owner in excess of 4.99% (or, upon election of the August Investor, 9.99%) of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion or exercise, which beneficial ownership limitation may be increased or decreased up to 9.99% upon notice to the Company, provided that any increase in such limitation will not be effective until 61 days following notice to the Company.

 

The 8% Note and the 8% Note Warrant to purchase common shares were issued to the creditor pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 because the creditor represented that it had sufficient sophistication and knowledge of the Company, and the issuance did not involve any form of general solicitation or general advertising. Furthermore, the creditor made representations that the securities issued to extinguish the obligations were taken for investment purposes and not with a view to resale.

 

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

 

None.

 

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

 

None.

 

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

 

None.

 

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

 

(c) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit 4.1   Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant, dated October 29, 2021. (Filed herewith.)
     
Exhibit 4.2   Form of Senior Unsecured Convertible Promissory Note, due October 29, 2022. (Filed herewith.)
     
Exhibit 10.1   Form of Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2021, by and between the Company and the Investor. (Filed herewith.)
     
Exhibit 10.2   Form of Registration Rights Side Letter, dated as of October 29, 2021. (Filed herewith.)
     
31.1   Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (Filed herewith.)
     
31.2   Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (Filed herewith.)
     
32.1   Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (Filed herewith.)
     
101.INS   Inline XBRL Instance Document.
     
101.SCH   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. (Filed herewith.)
     
101.CAL   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document. (Filed herewith.)
     
101.DEF   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document. (Filed herewith.)
     
101.LAB   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document. (Filed herewith.)
     
101.PRE   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document. (Filed herewith.)
     
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the Registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

American Noble Gas, Inc.

 

By: /s/ Stanton E. Ross   Dated: November 12, 2021
  Stanton E. Ross    
  Chief Executive Officer    
  (Principal Executive Officer)    
       
By: /s/ Daniel F. Hutchins   Dated: November 12, 2021
  Daniel F. Hutchins    
  Chief Financial Officer    
  (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)    
       
By: /s/ John Loeffelbein   Dated: November 12, 2021
  John Loeffelbein    
  Chief Operating Officer    

 

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EXHIBIT 4.1

 

NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY.

 

COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

 

AMERICAN NOBLE GAS, Inc.

 

Warrant Shares: [●] Issuance Date: [●]

 

This COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, [●] or its assigns (the “Holder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after October [●], 2021 (the “Issuance Date”) and on or prior to the close of business on the date that is five and one-half (5.5) years after the Issuance Date (the “Termination Date”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from American Noble Gas, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), up to [●] shares (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Warrant Shares”) of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”). The purchase price of one share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b).

 

Section 1. Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Warrant, the following terms have the meanings set forth in this Section 1:

 

a) “Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

b) “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or any other day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is not open for business.

 

c) “Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

d) “Common Stock Equivalents” means any capital stock or other security of the Company that is at any time and under any circumstances directly or indirectly convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, and/or which otherwise entitles the holder thereof to acquire, any capital stock or other security of the Company (including, without limitation, Common Stock).

 

e) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

f) “Note” means the Senior Unsecured Convertible Promissory Note of the Company offered by the Company to the Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

 

g) “Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.

 

h) “Purchase Agreement” means that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated October 29, 2021, between the Company and the Holder.

 

i) “Registration Rights Side Letter” means the letter dated October 29, 2021 from the Company to the Holder, which sets forth certain registration rights relating to certain shares of Common Stock, including the Warrant Shares.

 

 

 

 

j) “Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.

 

k) “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

l) Transfer Agent” means Action Stock Transfer Corporation, the current transfer agent of the Company, with a mailing address of 2469 E. Fort Union Blvd, Suite 214, Salt Lake City, Utah 84121 and a phone number of 801-274-1088, attention: Justeene Blankenship, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.

 

m) “VWAP” means, for or as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the Trading Market (or, if the Trading Market is not the principal trading market for such security, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which such security is then traded) during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg through its “HP” function (set to weighted average) or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink Sheets LLC). If the VWAP cannot be calculated for such security on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the VWAP of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction during such period.

 

Section 2.  Exercise.

 

a) Exercise of Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Issuance Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice in writing to the registered Holder at the address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company) of a duly executed facsimile copy of the Notice of Exercise form annexed hereto and within two (2) Business Days of the date said Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company, the Company shall have received payment of the aggregate Exercise Price of the shares of Common Stock thereby purchased by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise form be required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise Form within one (1) Business Day of receipt of such notice. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

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b) Exercise Price. The exercise price per share of the Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $0.50, subject to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise Price”).

 

c) Reserved.

 

d) Mechanics of Exercise.

 

i. Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. Warrant Shares purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s prime broker with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) the shares are eligible for resale by the Holder without volume or manner-of-sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144, and otherwise Warrant Shares purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by physical delivery to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is two (2) Business Days after the latest of (A) the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise and (B) surrender of this Warrant (if required) (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). The Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been issued, and Holder or any other person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such shares for all purposes, as of the date the Warrant has been exercised, with payment to the Company of the Exercise Price, which Exercise Price shall be paid in either lawful U.S. currency or by contributing the Note that has been duly and validly issued by the Company, and all taxes required to be paid by the Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 2(d)(vi) prior to the issuance of such shares, having been paid. The Warrant Shares shall bear a restrictive legend in the following form, as appropriate:

 

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“THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL (WHICH COUNSEL SHALL BE SELECTED BY THE HOLDER), IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.”

 

ii. Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.

 

iii. Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

 

iv. Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise), or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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v. No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.

 

vi. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto.

 

vii. Closing of Books. The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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e) Holder’s Exercise Limitations. The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates (such Persons, “Attribution Parties”)), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any other Common Stock Equivalents) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(e), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is not representing to the Holder that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 2(e) applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 2(e), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (A) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (C) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within two Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder or its Affiliates or Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Holder, upon notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(e), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(e) shall continue to apply. Any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 2(e) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.

 

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Section 3. Certain Adjustments.

 

a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or (iv) issues by reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

 

b) Reserved.

 

c) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 3(a) or Section 3(b) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

 

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d) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Warrant is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution (provided, however, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation; provided, further, that to the extent that this Warrant has not been partially or completely exercised at the time of such Distribution, such portion of the Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until the Holder has exercised this Warrant).

 

e) Reserved.

 

f) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.

 

g) Notice to Holder.

 

i. Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly mail to the Holder a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

 

ii. Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock or (E) the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction), then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be mailed to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined; provided that the failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

 

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Section 4. Transfer of Warrant.

 

a) Transferability. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set forth in Section 4(d) hereof, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the Holder has assigned this Warrant in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company within three (3) Business Days of the date the Holder delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning this Warrant full. The Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.

 

b) New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the Issuance Date and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.

 

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c) Warrant Register. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.

 

d) Transfer Restrictions. If, at the time of the surrender of this Warrant in connection with any transfer of this Warrant, the transfer of this Warrant shall not be either (i) registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws or (ii) eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or current public information requirements pursuant to Rule 144, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer, that the Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case may be, comply with the provisions of Section 6(k).

 

e) Representation by the Holder. The Holder, by the acceptance hereof, represents and warrants that it is acquiring this Warrant and, upon any exercise hereof, will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise, for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Warrant Shares or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act.

 

Section 5. Piggyback Registration Rights. Unless otherwise registered, in the event that the Company’s shares of Common Stock have not commenced trading on the NYSE American; the Nasdaq Capital Market; the Nasdaq Global Market; the Nasdaq Global Select Market; or the New York Stock Exchange, within one hundred twenty (120) days after the Issuance Date, then the Warrant Shares will be entitled to Piggy-back Registration Rights (as defined in the Registration Rights Side Letter), pursuant to terms of the Registration Rights Side Letter.

 

Section 6. Miscellaneous.

 

a) No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(d)(i), except as expressly set forth in Section 3.

 

b) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.

 

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c) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then, such action may be taken, or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

d) Authorized Shares.

 

The Company covenants that, during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of issuing the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of any trading market upon which the Common Stock may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

 

Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.

 

Before taking any action, which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.

 

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e) Jurisdiction. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.

 

f) Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.

 

g) Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies, notwithstanding the fact that all rights hereunder terminate on the Termination Date. If the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

 

h) Notices. Any notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Purchase Agreement.

 

i) Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

 

j) Remedies. The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

k) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by such Holder.

 

l) Amendment. No provision of this Warrant may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended except in a written instrument signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and the Holder or, in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom enforcement of any such waived provision is sought; provided, however, that no such waiver, modification, supplement or amendment, as applied to any provision of this Warrant, shall, without the written consent of the Holder (i) reduce the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, (ii) increase the Exercise Price under this Warrant, or (iii) adversely affect any rights of the Holder under this Warrant. No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Warrant shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.

 

m) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.

 

n) Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.

 

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(Signature Page Follows)

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.

 

  AMERICAN NOBLE GAS, Inc.
     
  By:
  Name: Stanton E. Ross
  Title: CEO, President & Chairman

 

[Signature Page to Warrant]

 

 

 

 

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

To: AMERICAN NOBLE GAS, Inc.

 

(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if exercised in full), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

 

(2) Payment shall take the form in lawful money of the