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Torchlight Energy Resources Inc – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/16 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Monday, 8/15/16, at 4:06pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/16   ·   Accession #:  1654954-16-1597   ·   File #:  1-36247

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 8/15/16  Torchlight Energy Resources Inc   10-Q        6/30/16   40:3.4M                                   Blueprint/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Torchlight Energy Resources, Inc. Form 10Q          HTML    344K 
 2: EX-10.21    Purchase Agreement With McCabe Petroleum            HTML     67K 
                Corporation for Acquisition of Hazel Project                     
 3: EX-31.1     Certification of Principal Executive Officer        HTML     19K 
                Required by Rule 13A - 14(1) or Rule 15D - 14(A)                 
                of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted               
                Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act                
                of 2002.                                                         
 4: EX-31.1     Certification of Principal Financial Officer        HTML     19K 
                Required by Rule 13A - 14(1) or Rule 15D - 14(A)                 
                of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted               
                Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act                
                of 2002.                                                         
 5: EX-32.1     Certification of Principal Executive Officer and    HTML     18K 
                Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section                  
                906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Section                
                1350 of 18 U.S.C. 63.                                            
12: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     39K 
13: R2          Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets               HTML     99K 
14: R3          Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets               HTML     39K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
15: R4          Consolidated Condensed Statements of Operations     HTML     63K 
16: R5          Consolidated Condensed Statements of Cash Flow      HTML    115K 
17: R6          1. Nature of Business                               HTML     20K 
18: R7          2. Going Concern                                    HTML     19K 
19: R8          3. Significant Accounting Policies                  HTML     47K 
20: R9          4. Related Party Payables                           HTML     20K 
21: R10         5. Commitments and Contingencies                    HTML     18K 
22: R11         6. Stockholders' Equity                             HTML     48K 
23: R12         7. Capitalized Costs                                HTML     21K 
24: R13         8. Income Taxes                                     HTML     21K 
25: R14         9. Promissory Notes                                 HTML     20K 
26: R15         10. Asset Retirement Obligations                    HTML     23K 
27: R16         11. Subsequent Events                               HTML     21K 
28: R17         3. Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)       HTML     82K 
29: R18         6. Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                    HTML     45K 
30: R19         7. Capitalized Costs (Tables)                       HTML     21K 
31: R20         10. Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables)           HTML     22K 
32: R21         2. Going Concern (Details Narrative)                HTML     16K 
33: R22         6. Stockholders' Equity (Details)                   HTML     28K 
34: R23         7. Capitalized Costs (Details)                      HTML     24K 
35: R24         8. Income Taxes (Details Narrative)                 HTML     16K 
36: R25         10. Asset Retiremenet Obligation (Details)          HTML     25K 
37: R9999       Uncategorized Items - trch-20160630.xml             HTML     15K 
39: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     62K 
38: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     38K 
 6: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- trch-20160630                       XML    372K 
 8: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- trch-20160630_cal               XML    116K 
 9: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- trch-20160630_def                XML     49K 
10: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- trch-20160630_lab                     XML    412K 
11: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- trch-20160630_pre              XML    254K 
 7: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- trch-20160630                         XSD     91K 
40: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001654954-16-001597-xbrl      Zip     58K

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