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Heavy Earth Resources, Inc.

US:HEVI
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Past year: ▼ 100%(0.00c – 0.01c USD)

Market cap
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Shares on issue
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Story beats
9 since 2012
Last event
27 Feb 2014

History

A former shell company pivoted into Colombian oil exploration in 2012, funded it with convertible debt, then sold its main asset in 2013 and kept minority stakes.

2012: From shell to Colombian explorer

Heavy Earth Resources was a shell company that had earlier left the film business. On May 3, 2012 it acquired Deep Core, Inc., a Cayman Islands company, and became an oil and gas explorer in Colombia. Deep Core's subsidiary DCX held a 50% working interest in a contract that included the Morichito Block. The company issued 250,000 shares for Deep Core and 8,574,042 shares on conversion of Deep Core notes that had raised $3,365,000, at $0.40 a share. It also sold 500,000 shares for $200,000. Director David Choi cancelled 9,324,042 shares, leaving 69,376,000 outstanding. Because officers Grant Draper and Anthony Ives also ran Deep Core, the filing called it a related-party deal.

On May 15 the company closed the purchase of a 25% interest in the La Maye Block, in the Lower Magdalena Basin. An exploration well there, Noelia-1, drilled in October 2009, was awaiting testing. The same day DCX withdrew from the SSJN-5 contract, handing its 25% interest to partners SK Innovation and Petroamerica International, subject to approval by Colombia's hydrocarbons agency (ANH). The company said this was to focus on lower-risk opportunities, and that the Morichito-5 discovery well had been declared commercially viable.

With the Deep Core notes turned into shares, new money came as debt. In August and December 2012 it sold convertible debentures of $1,000,000 and $500,000, both at 6%, convertible at $0.60 a share, with warrants (rights to buy shares) at $0.85. Interest would rise if a $6,000,000 public offering and a Nasdaq listing were missed; the filings do not say whether they were achieved.

2013-2014: Selling Morichito, restating, and a La Maye bet

In February 2013 the company sold a further $1,000,000 debenture at 15%, convertible at $0.50, with warrants at $0.60 and the right for the investor to appoint three directors. Shares on issue rose only modestly, to 71,371,038 by the end of 2013.

On August 28, 2013 the company sold Deep Core Inc., and with it the 50% Morichito interest, to Black Energy Oil & Gas Corp. for $1.5 million in cash. Black Energy also took on $6 million of liabilities. The company kept a 15% Morichito interest, held in trust pending ANH approval, with Black Energy to fund exploration up to $10 million.

In December 2013 the company said its 2012 and 2011 accounts and its June 2013 quarterly report should no longer be relied on, because of errors in how non-cash property costs and liabilities were shown. Amended reports were to follow.

In February 2014 it agreed to buy New Horizon Exploration, which holds a 13% La Maye interest, for $800,000 less adjustments. The deal needed ANH approval, and the filings do not confirm it closed.

2015-2016: A quiet record and a new auditor

The record is quiet after early 2014. On October 29, 2015 the company replaced its auditor, Q Accountancy, with RBSM LLP. Q Accountancy had not issued a report for 2014. By January 15, 2016 Brian Ladin was President and CEO and the office had moved to Dallas, Texas. The status of the debentures and the other open approvals was not stated.

Written from the 9 story beats below (2012 to 27 Feb 2014), which come from the company's own announcements and filings.

Beat by beat

The events that changed the company's story, in plain English, each written against everything known about the company at the time. The dot shows whether it was good, bad or neutral for shareholders.

shares on issue market cap (log scale)

201471.4m shares · US$5.1m market cap

  1. 27 Feb

    On February 20, 2014 the company's subsidiary Deep Core Barbados agreed to buy all of New Horizon Exploration, Inc. from Greg Boyles of Houston. New Horizon holds a 13% interest in the La Maye Block in Colombia, where the company already holds 25%, so a completed deal would raise its stake there. The price is $800,000, less a $200,000 holdback and $404,890.46 of New Horizon debt that Deep Core pays directly, and it can be cut further if New Horizon's debts exceed set limits. Closing depends on Colombian hydrocarbons agency (ANH) approval and other conditions, and the agreement ends if ANH approval is not notified by April 15, 2014 or the deal has not closed by April 30, 2014, unless extended.

    material agreement

    71.4m shUS$5.1m

201371.3m shares · US$21.4m market cap

  1. 3 Dec

    The company said its 2012 and 2011 financial statements and its June 2013 quarterly report should no longer be relied upon. The errors were in how non-cash oil and gas property costs and related liabilities were shown in the cash flow statements, plus an accrued liability at June 30, 2013 that should have been shown as a note payable. The CFO concluded this on October 16, 2013 (and November 12 for the reclassification) after SEC staff comments, and the company is filing amended reports. Shareholders should treat the earlier figures as superseded.

    financial restatement

    71.3m shUS$21.4m
  2. 29 Aug

    On August 28, 2013 the company sold all of Deep Core Inc., which holds the 50% Morichito Block interest in Colombia, to Black Energy Oil & Gas Corp. for $1.5 million in cash, with Black Energy also assuming $6 million of existing liabilities and all future Deep Core liabilities. The company keeps a 15% participation interest in Morichito through Deep Core Barbados, held in trust by Black Energy until Colombia's hydrocarbons agency (ANH) approves the transfer. Black Energy must fund exploration there up to $10 million, and the company has a right of first refusal on any resale. The sale reverses the earlier build-up of the Morichito position, leaving the company with a minority stake.

    asset acquisition disposition

    71.0m shUS$27.0m
  3. 15 Feb

    On February 13, 2013 the company sold one investor a $1,000,000 15% convertible debenture due in three years, plus five-year warrants for 2,000,000 shares at $0.60. The debenture converts at $0.50 per share, below the $0.60 conversion price of the 2012 debentures, and the interest rate is higher. The investor also gets the right to appoint 3 directors as the board grows to 7 members. The subsidiaries guarantee repayment. Shareholders face more debt, more potential dilution and a shift in board control.

    capital raising announcement

    70.5m shUS$45.5m

201270.5m shares · US$52.8m market cap

  1. 12 Dec

    On December 6, 2012 the company sold one investor a $500,000 6% senior convertible debenture due in three years, plus five-year warrants for 833,333 shares at $0.85. It has the same terms as the August 2012 debenture: conversion at $0.60 per share, interest rising to 12% and 15% if the $6,000,000 public offering and Nasdaq listing targets are missed, subsidiary guarantees, and a registration statement due within 45 days. This adds to the debt and potential dilution from August.

    capital raising announcement

    70.5m shUS$52.8m
  2. 4 Sept

    On August 29, 2012 the company sold two investors a $1,000,000 6% senior convertible debenture due in three years, plus five-year warrants for 1,666,667 shares at $0.85. The debenture converts at $0.60 per share, and the interest rate rises to 12% if a public offering of at least $6,000,000 isn't completed by December 31, 2012, and to 15% if the stock isn't listed on Nasdaq by January 15, 2013. The subsidiaries (Deep Core Inc., DCX S.A.S., Deep Core (Barbados) Inc.) guarantee repayment. This is the company's first new borrowing since the Deep Core notes were converted to equity in May 2012. If converted and exercised, it would dilute existing shareholders. A resale registration statement is due within 45 days.

    capital raising announcement

    70.1m shUS$61.7m
  3. 17 May

    On May 15, 2012 the La Maye purchase closed, giving the company a 25% participating interest in the La Maye Block (about 68,302 gross acres in Colombia's Lower Magdalena Basin); an exploration well, Noelia-1, drilled in October 2009 is awaiting testing. On the same day DCX withdrew from the SSJN-5 contract with SK Innovation and Petroamerica International, handing over its 25% interest subject to approval by the Colombian hydrocarbons agency (ANH). DCX also agreed to indemnify SK and PIC for past obligations for six months. The attached press release says the exit was to focus on lower-risk opportunities and that the Morichito-5 discovery well was declared commercially viable.

    asset acquisition disposition

    69.4m sh
  4. 10 May

    On May 4, 2012 Deep Core agreed to buy Petro Vista Energy Colombia (Barbados) Corp., which owns a 25% interest in the La Maye Block in Colombia, from Petro Vista Energy Holdings (Barbados) Corp. Payment is $1.00 in cash, a $75,000 final payment and release under an earlier December 2011 agreement, and assumption of the remaining acquisition costs for the interest. This follows up on the La Maye negotiations mentioned in the Deep Core deal. Closing was still subject to conditions.

    material agreement

    69.4m sh
  5. 4 May

    On May 3, 2012 the company (a shell company that had earlier left the film business) acquired Deep Core, Inc., a Cayman Islands company, and changed its business to oil and gas exploration in Colombia through Deep Core's 99.68%-owned subsidiary DCX S.A.S. DCX holds a 50% working interest in an E&P contract including the Morichito Block, and Deep Core was negotiating for a 25% interest in the La Maye Block. The company issued 250,000 shares for Deep Core and 8,574,042 shares on conversion of Deep Core notes ($3,365,000 raised) at $0.40, sold 500,000 shares for $200,000, and director David Choi cancelled 9,324,042 shares, leaving 69,376,000 shares outstanding. Officers Grant Draper and Anthony Ives also run Deep Core, so the filing calls it a related-party transaction.

    asset acquisition disposition

    69.4m sh