History
A Nevada shell that began as a Suriname gold hopeful became an oil producer in California, funding its growth with small share placements and debt before buying TEG Oil & Gas in 2015.
2009-2012: A shell chasing gold
The company, then called Sara Creek Gold Corp., changed hands in 2009. Director Richard Pak agreed to sell his 2,000,000 shares to Jean Pomerleau, the company's President, for $20,000, which would give Pomerleau about 67% of the shares. A month later the company agreed to buy a 50% stake in Orion Resources, N.V., a Suriname company holding two exploration concessions, for $2,000,000. It also took an option, through Kapelka Exploration, to buy the remaining Orion share by spending US$6,500,000 on exploration and issuing 12,000,000 restricted shares. The record never shows how the Orion deal ended.
The next beats concern housekeeping and are not encouraging. In February 2011 the company replaced its auditor, Etania Audit Group, with L.L. Bradford, and carried out a 30-for-1 reverse split, with each 30 old shares becoming one. In April it disclosed that its earlier auditor was not licensed in Utah when it signed the 2009 and 2010 audit reports, so the SEC considered those statements unaudited. The company planned to have them re-audited. The record is then quiet until 2013.
2013: The move into oil
In July 2013 the company bought a 2% working interest in the DF#15 oil well in California's Sawtelle Field, paying 2,500,000 shares. It said this ended its status as a shell company. Kristian Andresen signed as chief executive.
In October it closed the purchase of SCNRG, LLC for 14,000,000 shares. SCNRG owned two-thirds of the DEEP Lease, 40 acres in the Midway-Sunset field with five producing wells averaging 4 barrels a day, plus an option on the rest for $325,000. Darren Katic, a SCNRG member, became chief executive. The same month the company took an option on Hawker Energy, LLC, owned by Katic and Charles Moore. Shares outstanding rose from 10,291,985 at the end of 2012 to 25,961,985 at the end of 2013.
2014: Building up and borrowing
On January 1, 2014 the company bought Hawker Energy, LLC for 3,000,000 shares, lifting shares outstanding to 28,961,983. Katic and Moore could earn up to 33,000,000 more shares on future asset purchases. Through the year the company raised small amounts in $0.10 unit placements, each unit a share plus a half-share warrant at $0.20. These included $360,000 in January, $95,000 in cash in late January, $220,600 in April and $30,000 in May. Several placements also cancelled debts owed to creditors and insiders. Shares on issue reached 74,674,703 by the end of 2014.
The money went into the DEEP Lease. SCNRG paid $200,000 in February for about 20.5% more, then $125,000 in May for the rest, reaching a 100% working interest. SAL Energy remained the operator.
In June the company's new subsidiary Tapia Holdings began lending to TEG Oil & Gas, ahead of a proposed purchase of TEG's assets. The loan grew to up to $1,500,000. It was funded by 12% convertible notes, including a $350,000 secured note to Oceanside Strategies with a conversion price that falls if shares are later sold lower. In October, now named Hawker Energy, Inc., the company waived the conditions on the 33,000,000 milestone shares and authorized them all at once. 14,000,000 were issued and 19,000,000 held in escrow.
2015: Buying TEG
On February 3, 2015 the company bought TEG Oil & Gas U.S.A., Inc. from Sefton Resources for $1.00, 3,000,000 shares and a warrant over 5,000,000 shares at $0.25. TEG held the Tapia and Eureka oilfields. At the end of 2014 they had proved reserves of 3,344,796 barrels, and 2014 production was 70 barrels a day. L.L. Bradford, whose report on the year to August 2014 carried going-concern doubt, resigned, and RBSM LLP replaced it.
In March the company took on TEG's Bank of the West loan, $4,008,083.99 at March 18. It paid $400,000 and issued Sefton a $400,000 note. Sefton agreed to return the warrant and 1,500,000 shares. The filing does not say how the payment was funded.
On April 28 management said the financial statements for the year to August 2014 and the November 2014 quarter could no longer be relied on, after an error in accounting for derivative liabilities on two reset-feature convertible notes. The restated FY2014 net loss was $1,729,132, up $32,896. As of June 19, 2015, the restated filings had yet to be made, the bank loan remained under a forbearance agreement, and the cancellation of the Sefton shares and warrant was not yet confirmed.
Written from the 19 story beats below (2009 to 4 May 2015), which come from the company's own announcements and filings.