Note
14 – Related Party Transactions
The
Company’s Chief Operating Officer was 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 the 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 years ended December 31, 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 and 9. Total amounts due to the related party was $-0- as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021.
The
Company had accrued compensation to its officers and directors in years prior to 2018. 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 and 9. Total amounts due to the officers and directors related to accrued compensation was $-0- as
of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021.
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 and 9. Total amounts due to this related party
was $-0- as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021.
In
connection with the Hugoton Gas Field Farm-Out Agreement, John Loeffelbein, the Company’s previous Chief Operating Officer was
granted a 3% carried interest through drilling in the Hugoton Farmout Venture. Such carried interest was burdened only to the three other
partners in the Hugoton Farm-Out Venture and not the Company’s interest. On
April 18, 2022, John Loeffelbein resigned from his position as Chief Operating Officer with American Noble Gas, Inc. with such resignation
to be effective immediately.
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