UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-QSB
(Mark One)
QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period endedDecember 31, 2007OR
TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT
For the transition period from _____________to _____________
Commission file number000-52300
SUN CAL ENERGY, INC.
(Exact name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)
Nevada | 81-0659377 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
Suite 700, 205 - 5thAvenue, S.W., Calgary, Alberta T2P 2V7 Canada
(Address of principal executive offices)
403-538-4772
(Issuer’s telephone number)
N/A
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Check whether the issuer (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 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 [ x ] No [ ]
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes [ ] No [ x ]
APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY
PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS
Check whether the registrant filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Section l2, 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court.
Yes [ ] No [ ]
APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS
State the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common equity, as of the latest practicable date:82,463,333 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of February 8, 2008.
Transitional Small Business Disclosure Format (Check one): Yes [ ] No [ x ]
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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
These financial statements have been prepared by Sun Cal Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been omitted in accordance with such SEC rules and regulations. In the opinion of management, the accompanying statements contain all adjustments necessary to present fairly the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2007, and its results of operations, stockholders’ equity, and its cash flows for the six month period ended December 31, 2007 and for the period from inception (July 20, 2004) to December 31, 2007. The results for these interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results for the entire year. The accompanying financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto filed as a part of the Company’s annual report filed on Form 10-KSB.
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Sun Cal Energy, Inc. |
(A Development Stage Company) |
Consolidated Balance Sheet |
As at December 31, 2007 |
| | December 31, | |
| | 2007 | |
| | (Unaudited) | |
ASSETS | | | |
| | | |
Current Assets | | | |
Cash & cash equivalents | $ | 506,795 | |
Accounts receivable | | 11,157 | |
Prepaid expenses | | 4,855 | |
| | 522,807 | |
Property and equipment | | | |
Petroleum and natural gas properties | | 6,788,047 | |
| | | |
Intangible assets | | 9,688 | |
| | | |
Total Assets | $ | 7,320,542 | |
| | | |
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | | | |
| | | |
Current liabilities | | | |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | | 29,739 | |
| | | |
Stockholders' equity | | | |
Common stock: | | | |
Authorized: 750,000,000 with $0.001 par value | | | |
Issued and fully paid: 82,463,333 as of | | | |
December 31, 2007 | | 82,463 | |
Additional paid-in capital | | 8,925,537 | |
Deficit accumulated during the exploratory stage | | (1,717,197 | ) |
| | 7,290,803 | |
| | | |
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity | $ | 7,320,542 | |
See accompanying notes
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Sun Cal Energy, Inc. |
(A Development Stage Company) |
Consolidated Statement of Operations |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | From | |
| | Three Months Ended | | | Six Months Ended | | | July 20, 2004 | |
| | December 31 | | | December 31, | | | (Inception) | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | through | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | December 31, | |
| | 2006 | | | 2007 | | | 2006 | | | 2007 | | | 2007 | |
| | (Unaudited) | | | (Unaudited) | | | (Unaudited) | | | (Unaudited) | | | (Unaudited) | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net revenue from oil and gas sales | $ | - | | $ | 11,157 | | $ | - | | $ | 11,157 | | $ | 11,157 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Operating expenses | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Abandoned exploration costs | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 12,500 | |
Oli and gas expenses | | - | | | 1,869 | | | - | | | 1,869 | | | 1,869 | |
General and administrative expenses | | 5,945 | | | 542,694 | | | 18,716 | | | 1,023,035 | | | 1,713,987 | |
| | 5,945 | | | 544,563 | | | 18,716 | | | 1,024,904 | | | 1,728,199 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net loss from operations | | (5,945 | ) | | (533,406 | ) | | (18,716 | ) | | (1,013,747 | ) | | (1,717,199 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Other income (expense) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest income | | - | | | 583 | | | - | | | 583 | | | 583 | |
Loss on disposition of asset | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | (581 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net loss | $ | (5,945 | ) | $ | (532,823 | ) | $ | (18,716 | ) | $ | (1,013,164 | ) | $ | (1,717,197 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net loss per share - basic and diluted | $ | (0.00 | ) | $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | (0.00 | ) | $ | (0.01 | ) | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Weighted average common shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
outstanding – basic and diluted | | 5,125,000 | | | 81,708,442 | | | 5,125,000 | | | 82,417,681 | | | | |
See accompanying notes
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Sun Cal Energy, Inc. |
(A Development Stage Company) |
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows |
For the 6 Months Ended December 31, 2007 |
| | | | | | | | From | |
| | | | | | | | July 20, 2004 | |
| | Six Months Ended | | | (Inception) | |
| | December 31, | | | Through | |
| | 2006 | | | 2007 | | | December 31, 2007 | |
| | (Unaudited) | | | (Unaudited) | | | (Unaudited) | |
Cash Flows From Operating Activities: | | | | | | | | | |
Net loss | $ | (18,716 | ) | $ | (1,013,164 | ) | $ | (1,717,197 | ) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used | | | | | | | | | |
in operating activities: | | | | | | | | | |
Loss on disposition of asset | | - | | | - | | | 581 | |
Non cash consulting services | | - | | | 321,000 | | | 346,000 | |
Contributed rent and services | | 2,350 | | | - | | | 18,750 | |
Depletion | | - | | | 1,869 | | | 1,869 | |
Depreciation | | 158 | | | - | | | 369 | |
Amortization | | - | | | 2,225 | | | 3,661 | |
Changes in assets: | | | | | | | | | |
(Increase) in accounts receivable | | - | | | (11,157 | ) | | (11,157 | ) |
(Increase) in prepaid expenses | | - | | | (305 | ) | | (4,854 | ) |
Changes in liabilities: | | | | | | | | | |
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable | | 4,169 | | | (2,177 | ) | | 29,739 | |
Net cased used in operating activities | | (12,039 | ) | | (701,709 | ) | | (1,332,239 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | |
Cash Flows From Investing Activities: | | | | | | | | | |
Acquisition of oil and gas properties | | - | | | (1,232,243 | ) | | (2,589,917 | ) |
Acquisition of computer equipment | | - | | | - | | | (950 | ) |
Website design costs | | - | | | - | | | (13,349 | ) |
Net cash used in investing activities | | - | | | (1,232,243 | ) | | (2,604,216 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | |
Cash Flows From Financing Activities: | | | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from issuance of common stock | | - | | | 1,850,000 | | | 4,443,250 | |
Loans received from related party | | - | | | - | | | 32,200 | |
Loans repaid to related party | | - | | | - | | | (32,200 | ) |
Net cash provided by financing activities | | - | | | 1,850,000 | | | 4,443,250 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Net Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalent | | (12,039 | ) | | (83,952 | ) | | 506,795 | |
Cash and cash equivalents , beginning of period | | 12,039 | | | 590,747 | | | - | |
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | $ | - | | $ | 506,795 | | $ | 506,795 | |
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information: | | | | | | | | | |
Interest paid | $ | - | | $ | - | | | | |
Income taxes paid | $ | - | | $ | - | | | | |
See accompanying notes
Supplemental disclosures of non-cash investing and financing activities:
In October 2007, the Company issued a total of 300,000 shares of its common stock to three members of its advisory board which were valued at $321,000. The $321,000 was charged to operations and included in consulting fees.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
Organization
Sun Cal Energy, Inc. (the “Company”), was incorporated in the State of Nevada on July 20, 2004 under the name Host Ventures, Inc. On November 6, 2006, the Company changed its name to Sun Cal Energy, Inc. The Company is in the exploratory stage, as defined in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 7, “ Accounting and Reporting by Development Stage Enterprises ,” with its principal activity being the exploration and development of oil and gas properties.
Effective March 12, 2007, the Company acquired all of the outstanding shares of Sun Cal Energy Corporation (“SCEC”) in exchange for issuing 26,925,000 of its common stock. SCEC was incorporated in the state of Nevada on June 2, 2006. As of the date of the acquisition, both companies were under common control, and therefore for financial reporting purposes, the acquisition is treated as if it occurred on July 1, 2006. Assets acquired from SCEC were recorded at their historical cost bases on July 1, 2006 and the financial statements included herein combine the activities of both companies since July 1, 2006.
Basis of Presentation
These financial statements have been prepared by Sun Cal Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been omitted in accordance with such SEC rules and regulations. In the opinion of the management, the accompanying statements contain all adjustments necessary to present fairly the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2007, and its results of operations, stockholders’ equity, and its cash flows for the three month and six month periods ended December 31, 2007 and for the period from inception (July 20, 2004) to December 31, 2007. The results for these interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results for the entire year. The accompanying financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto filed as a part of the Company’s annual report filed on Form 10-KSB.
The accompanying financial statements include the accounts and transactions of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, Sun Cal Energy Corporation, and have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which contemplate continuation of the Company as a going concern. The Company has no established source of material revenue, has incurred a net loss for the six months ended December 31, 2007 of $1,013,164 and has and has an accumulated deficit since its inception of $1,717,197. These conditions raise substantial doubt as to the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. These financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. These financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts, or amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.
Management recognizes that the Company must generate additional resources to enable it to continue operations. Management intends to raise additional funds through debt and/or equity financing or through other means that it deems necessary. However, no assurance can be given that the Company will be successful in raising additional capital. Further, even if the company raises additional capital, there can be no assurance that the Company will achieve profitability or positive cash flow. If management is unable
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to raise additional capital and expected significant revenues do not result in positive cash flow, the Company will not be able to meet its obligations and may have to cease operations.
Stock Split
Effective November 6, 2006, the Company authorized a 10-for-1 stock split. All references in the accompanying financial statements to the number of shares outstanding and per-share amounts have been restated to reflect the indicated stock split.
NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Principles of consolidation
The accompanying financial statements include the accounts and transactions of Sun Cal Energy, Inc. and its subsidiary. Intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
Stock Based Compensation
The Company accounts for stock-based compensation under SFAS No. 123R, "Share- based Payment” and SFAS No. 148, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation--Transition and Disclosure--An amendment to SFAS No. 123." These standards define a fair value based method of accounting for stock-based compensation. In accordance with SFAS Nos. 123R and 148, the cost of stock-based employee compensation is measured at the grant date based on the value of the award and is recognized over the vesting period. The value of the stock-based award is determined using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, whereby compensation cost is the excess of the fair value of the award as determined by the pricing model at the grant date or other measurement date over the amount an employee must pay to acquire the stock. The resulting amount is charged to expense on the straight-line basis over the period in which the Company expects to receive the benefit, which is generally the vesting period. During the six months ended December 31, 2007, the Company recognized no compensation expense under SFAS No. 123R as no options were issued to employees during the period.
Issuance of Stock for Non-Cash Consideration
All issuances of the Company's stock for non-cash consideration have been assigned a per share amount equaling either the market value of the shares issued or the value of consideration received, whichever is more readily determinable. The majority of the non-cash consideration received pertains to services rendered by consultants and others and has been valued at the market value of the shares on the dates issued.
The Company's accounting policy for equity instruments issued to consultants and vendors in exchange for goods and services follows the provisions of EITF 96-18, “Accounting for Equity Instruments That are Issued to Other Than Employees for Acquiring, or in Conjunction with Selling, Goods or Services” and EITF 00-18, “Accounting Recognition for Certain Transactions Involving Equity Instruments Granted to Other Than Employees.” The measurement date for the fair value of the equity instruments issued is determined at the earlier of (i) the date at which a commitment for performance by the consultant or vendor is reached or (ii) the date at which the consultant or vendor's performance is complete. In the case of equity instruments issued to consultants, the fair value of the equity instrument is recognized over the term of the consulting agreement. In accordance with EITF 00-18, an asset acquired in exchange for the issuance of fully vested, nonforfeitable equity instruments should not be presented or classified as an offset to equity on the grantor's balance sheet once the equity instrument is granted for accounting
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purposes. Accordingly, the Company records the fair value of the fully vested non-forfeitable common stock issued for future consulting services as prepaid services in its consolidated balance sheet.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from these estimates.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The Company’s financial instruments consist of cash and cash equivalents, accounts payable, accrued expenses and notes payable, Pursuant to SFAS No. 107, “Disclosures About Fair Value of Financial Instruments,” the Company is required to estimate the fair value of all financial instruments at the balance sheet date. The Company considers the carrying values of its financial instruments in the financial statements to approximate their fair values.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
For purposes of the statements of cash flows, the Company defines cash equivalents as all highly liquid debt instruments purchased with a maturity of three months or less, plus all certificates of deposit.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization are calculated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets. When property and equipment are retired or otherwise disposed of, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the respective accounts, and any gain or loss is included in operations. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to operations as incurred; additions, renewals and betterments are capitalized.
Long- Lived Assets
The Company accounts for its long-lived assets in accordance with SFAS No. 144, "Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets." SFAS No. 144 requires that long-lived assets be reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the historical cost carrying value of an asset may no longer be appropriate. The Company assesses recoverability of the carrying value of an asset by estimating the future net cash flows expected to result from the asset, including eventual disposition. If the future net cash flows are less than the carrying value of the asset, an impairment loss is recorded equal to the difference between the asset's carrying value and fair value or disposable value. As of December 31, 2007, the Company did not deem any of its long-term assets to be impaired.
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments, which potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk, consist of cash. Currently, the Company maintains its cash in bank accounts which are not insured.
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Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 101, “Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements,” as revised by SAB No. 104. As such, the Company recognizes revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, title transfer has occurred, the price is fixed or readily determinable and collectibility is probable. Sales are recorded net of sales discounts. For the three months ended December 31, 2007, the Company earned $11,157, its allocated share of production from the Centurion Properties as discussed in Note 3.
Oil and Gas Properties
The Company follows the full cost method of accounting for crude oil and natural gas properties. Under this method, all direct costs and certain indirect costs associated with acquisition of properties and successful as well as unsuccessful exploration and development activities are capitalized. Depreciation, depletion, and amortization of capitalized crude oil and natural gas properties and estimated future development costs, excluding unproved properties, are based on the unit-of-production method based on proved reserves.
Website development costs
Under FASB Emerging Issues Task Force Statement 00-2, Accounting for Web Site Development Costs ("EITF 00-2"), costs and expenses incurred during the planning and operating stages of the Company's web site development are expensed as incurred. Under EITF 00-2, costs incurred in the web site application and infrastructure development stages are capitalized by the Company and amortized to expense over the web site's estimated useful life or period of benefit. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had net capitalized costs of $9,688 related to its web site development, which are being depreciated on a straight-line basis over an estimated useful life of 3 years.
Website cost and accumulated amortization as of December 31, 2007 is as follows:
| Capitalized website costs | $ | 13,349 | | |
| Less accumulated amortization | | (3,661 | ) | |
| | $ | 9,688 | | |
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes under the provisions of SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes.” Under SFAS No. 109, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for future tax benefits or consequences attributable to temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. A valuation allowance is provided for significant deferred tax assets when it is more likely than not that the asset will not be realized through future operations.
The Company has total net operating tax loss carry forwards at December 31, 2007 of approximately $1,717,000 for federal income tax purposes. These net operating losses have generated a deferred tax asset of approximately $584,000 on which a valuation allowance equaling the total tax benefit has been provided due to the uncertain nature of it being realized. Net operating loss carryforwards expire in various years through December 31, 2027 for federal tax purposes.
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Loss Per Share
The Company reports earnings (loss) per share in accordance with SFAS No. 128, "Earnings per Share." Basic earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing income (loss) available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares available. Diluted earnings (loss) per share is computed similar to basic earnings (loss) per share except that the denominator is increased to include the number of additional common shares that would have been outstanding if the potential common shares had been issued and if the additional common shares were dilutive. Diluted earnings (loss) per share as not been presented since the effect of the assumed conversion of warrants to purchase common shares would have an anti-dilutive effect. The only potential common shares as of December 31, 2007 were 3,688,333 warrants that have been excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share because the effect would have been anti-dilutive. If such shares were included in diluted EPS, they would have resulted in weighted-average common shares of 86,106,014 and 84,814,710 for the three months and six months ended December 31, 2007, respectively. There were no potential common shares outstanding at December 31, 2006.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
SFAS No. 141(R)- In December 2007, the FASB issued Statement No. 141(R), Business Combinations. The objective of this Statement is to improve the relevance, representational faithfulness, and comparability of the information that a reporting entity provides in its financial reports about a business combination and its effects. To accomplish that, this Statement establishes principles and requirements for how the acquirer (a) Recognizes and measures in its financial statements the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree; (b) recognizes and measures the goodwill acquired in the business combination or a gain from a bargain purchase; and (c) determines what information to disclose to enable users of the financial statements to evaluate the nature and financial effects of the business combination.
This Statement applies to all transactions or other events in which an entity (the acquirer) obtains control of one or more businesses (the acquirer), including those sometimes referred to as "true mergers" or "mergers of equals" and combinations achieved without the transfer of consideration, for example, by contract alone or through the lapse of minority veto rights. This Statement applies to all business entities, including mutual entities that previously used the pooling-of-interests method of accounting for some business combinations. It does not apply to:
- The formation of a joint venture
- The acquisition of an asset or a group of assets that does not constitute a business
- A combination between entities or businesses under common control
- A combination between not-for-profit organizations or the acquisition of a for-profit business by a not-for-profit organization.
This Statement replaces FASB Statement No. 141, Business Combinations. This Statement retains the fundamental requirements in Statement 141 that the acquisition method of accounting (which Statement 141 called the purchase method) be used for all business combinations and for an acquirer to be identified for each business combination. This Statement defines the acquirer as the entity that obtains control of one or more businesses in the business combination and establishes the acquisition date as the date that the acquirer achieves control. Statement 141 did not define the acquirer, although it included guidance on identifying the acquirer, as does this Statement. This Statement's scope is broader than that of Statement 141, which applied only to business combinations in which control was obtained by transferring consideration. By applying the same method of accounting - the acquisition method - to all transactions
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and other events in which one entity obtains control over one or more other businesses, this Statement improves the comparability of the information about business combinations provided in financial reports.
This Statement applies prospectively to business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2008. An entity may not apply it before that date.
The Company is currently evaluating SFAS 141(R), and has not yet determined its potential impact on its future results of operations or financial position.
SFAS No. 160- In December 2007, the FASB issued Statement No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements - - an Amendment of ARB No. 51. A noncontrolling interest, sometimes called a minority interest, is the portion of equity in a subsidiary not attributable, directly or indirectly, to a parent. The objective of this Statement is to improve the relevance, comparability, and transparency of the financial information that a reporting entity provides in its consolidated financial statements by establishing accounting and reporting standards that require:
The ownership interests in subsidiaries held by parties other than the parent be clearly identified, labeled, and presented in the consolidated statement of financial position within equity, but separate from the parent's equity.
The amount of consolidated net income attributable to the parent and to the noncontrolling interest be clearly identified and presented on the face of the consolidated statement of income.
Changes in a parent's ownership interest while the parent retains its controlling financial interest in its subsidiary be accounted for consistently. A parent's ownership interest in a subsidiary changes if the parent purchases additional ownership interests in its subsidiary or if the parent sells some of its ownership interests in its subsidiary. It also changes if the subsidiary reacquires some of its ownership interests or the subsidiary issues additional ownership interests. All of those transactions are economically similar, and this Statement requires that they be accounted for similarly, as equity transactions.
When a subsidiary is deconsolidated, any retained noncontrolling equity investment in the former subsidiary be initially measured at fair value. The gain or loss on the deconsolidation of the subsidiary is measured using the fair value of any noncontrolling equity investment rather than the carrying amount of that retained investment.
Entities provide sufficient disclosures that clearly identify and distinguish between the interests of the parent and the interests of the noncontrolling owners.
This Statement applies to all entities that prepare consolidated financial statements, except not-for-profit organizations, but will affect only those entities that have an outstanding noncontrolling interest in one or more subsidiaries or that deconsolidate a subsidiary. Not-for-profit organizations should continue to apply the guidance in Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51, Consolidated Financial Statements, before the amendments made by this Statement, and any other applicable standards, until the Board issues interpretative guidance.
This Statement amends ARB 51 to establish accounting and reporting standards for the noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a subsidiary. It clarifies that a noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary is an ownership interest in the consolidated entity that should be reported as equity in the consolidated financial statements. Before this Statement was issued, limited guidance existed for
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reporting noncontrolling interests. As a result, considerable diversity in practice existed. So-called minority interests were reported in the consolidated statement of financial position as liabilities or in the mezzanine section between liabilities and equity. This Statement improves comparability by eliminating that diversity.
This Statement is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15, 2008. Earlier adoption is prohibited. The effective date of this Statement is the same as that of the related Statement 141(R). This Statement shall be applied prospectively as of the beginning of the fiscal year in which this Statement is initially applied, except for the presentation and disclosure requirements. The presentation and disclosure requirements shall be applied retrospectively for all periods presented.
The Company is currently evaluating SFAS 160 and has not yet determined its potential impact on its future results of operations or financial position.
NOTE 3 – OIL AND GAS PROPERTIES
On October 18, 2006, the Company entered into an agreement to purchase 1.5% of an overriding royalty in the City of Hobart lease located in Oklahoma for $525,000 and 1,500,000 shares of its common stock. Under the terms of the agreement, $375,000 was paid and 1,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock were issued in October 2006, and the remaining $150,000 was paid in January 2007. The Seller has agreed to drill a second well on the leased property in consideration for an additional 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. As of March 31, 2007, the Company has not entered into the agreement to drill the second well. The Company valued the 1,500,000 shares at $1.00 per share based upon the share price being offered in its private offerings.
On October 4, 2006, the Company entered into an agreement to purchase a 45% undivided interest in 45 separate leases known as the Lokern in addition to any leases taken in the prospect area. The Lokern leases are located in California. The Company purchased its interest for $125,000 and 1,300,000 shares of common stock. The $125,000 was paid and 1,300,000 shares were issued in October 2006. Under the terms of the purchase, the Company will receive 75% of the net revenue produced by wells located on the leased properties. In addition, the Company is responsible for its allocated share of all costs associated with the leased properties including, but not limited to land, title, lease bonuses, and drilling. The Company valued the 1,300,000 shares at $1.00 per share based upon the share price being offered in its private offerings.
On April 19, 2007, the Company entered into an agreement to acquire a 5% working interest in certain leases and to receive certain rights and privileges to approximately 9,440 acres of State of Louisiana leases. Along with the leases and 3d seismic data relating to the Prospect, the acquisition included ongoing rights to a larger Area of Mutual Interest. Under the terms of the purchase, the Company will receive 3.5% of the net revenue produced by wells located on the leased properties. In addition, the Company is responsible for its allocated share of all costs associated with the leased properties including, but not limited to land, title, lease bonuses, and drilling. The purchase price of these leases is $640,000 in cash and 400,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company valued the 400,000 shares at $1.00 per share based upon the share price being offered in its private offerings.
On August 15, 2007, the Company entered into an agreement with Desert Mining, Inc. to acquire a 100% working interest in 6,000 acres of leases in the Jonah Field region of Wyoming. The Jonah Prospects are identified as South Jonah, which consists of 2,477.68 acres and West Jonah, consisting of 3,546.89 acres. The acquisition was completed on September 5, 2007 by paying to Desert Mining, Inc. an aggregate of $821,798.45.
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On October 1, 2007, the Company entered into an agreement to purchase a 5% overriding royalty interest on certain leases to be acquired by seller located in the States of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas known as the Centurion Properties. The purchase price of the royalty interest is $275,000. If the seller does not acquire the royalty interest on the properties defined in the agreement, the Company has the right to have the funds paid refunded or to have the funds applied to other offering of the seller.
On October 24, 2007, the Company signed a Letter of Intent to acquire a 100% working interest in 8,695 acres of leases in the Cherokee and Forest City Basins of Kansas. Currently, the Company is negotiating an extension of the LOI. The purchase price paid by the Company would include (a) an upfront payment of $500,000; (b) the issuance of 6,916,667 shares of common stock to the seller; (c) the granting of a 5% overriding royalty to the seller on the Kansas assets; and (d) the assumption of $1,200,000 of the seller’s existing debt on the properties. Further, the Company would agree to initiate plans to provide $2,000,000 in work over costs to develop the properties within 6 months of the closing date. The Company is currently working to close on mezzanine financing for $2,000,000 within 60 days of the closing date of the purchase. If the Company does not initiate plans to provide $2,000,000 in work over costs with the 6 months of the closing date, the seller will retain a 12.5% overriding royalty on the Kansas assets until the $2,000,000 work over begins.
NOTE 4 – EQUITY
Common Stock
The Company is authorized to issue 750,000,000 shares of common stock. Each shareholder of common is entitled to one vote. As indicated, the accompanying financial statements include the combined activity of Sun Cal Energy Inc. (“the Company”) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Sun Cal Energy Corporation (“SCEC”) from the inception of both companies. Common stock activities for both companies since inception, taking into account the Company’s 10-for-1 stock split of November 6, 2007, are as follows:
On December 15, 2004, the Company issued 20,000,000 (2,000,000 pre-split) shares of its common stock to its founders for $2,000.
In January and February 2005, the Company issued 28,250,000 (2,825,000 pre-split) shares of its common stock for $28,250.
In March 2005, the Company issued 3,000,000 (300,000 pre-split) shares of its common stock for $15,000.
In August 2006, SCEC issued 23,000,000 shares of its common stock to its founder for $23,000.
In October 2006, SCEC issued 625,000 shares of its common stock for $625,000.
In October 2006, SCEC issued 2,800,000 shares of its common stock as part consideration in its purchase of certain oil and gas leases. The 2,800,000 shares were valued at $2,825,000. See Note 4.
In December 2006, SCEC issued 500,000 shares of its common stock for $500,000.
In January 2007, the Company issued 1,000,000 shares of its common stock as part consideration in its purchase of certain oil and gas leases. The 1,000,000 shares were valued at $1,000,000. See Note 3.
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In March 2007, the Company acquired all of the 26,925,000 common shares of SCEC then issued and outstanding in consideration for issuing to the shareholders of SCEC 26,925,000 common shares of its common stock.
In April 2007, the Company issued 200,000 shares of its common stock for $200,000.
In April 2007, the Company issued 400,000 shares of its common stock as part consideration in its purchase of certain oil and gas leases. The 400,000 shares were valued at $400,000. See Note 3.
In May 2007, the Company issued 700,000 shares of its common stock for $700,000.
In May 2007, the Company issued 25,000 shares of its common stock for services rendered by its President valued at $25,000.
On June 1, 2007, the Company issued 80,000 shares of its common stock for $200,000. On June 14, 2007, the Company issued 150,000 shares of its common stock for $300,000. On July 2007, the Company issued 100,000 shares of its common stock for $250,000. On August 2007, the Company issued 500,000 shares of its common stock for $600,000.
On September 2007, the Company issued 833,333 shares of its common stock for $1,000,000.
On October 8, 2007, the Company issued a total of 300,000 shares of its common stock to 3 individuals (100,000 shares each) for Advisory Board member services.
Warrants
The following is a summary of the outstanding warrants:
| | | | | | Weighted | |
| | | | | | Average | |
| | | Number of | | | Exercise | |
| | | warrants | | | Price | |
| | | | | | | |
| Outstanding – June 30, 2007 | | 2,255,000 | | $ | 1.62 | |
| | | | | | | |
| Granted | | 1,433,333 | | $ | 1.70 | |
| Exercised | | -- | | | -- | |
| Forfeited | | -- | | | -- | |
| | | | | | | |
| Outstanding – December 31, 2007 | | 3,688,333 | | $ | 1.65 | |
The expiration date of the warrants range from two to three years after date of grant with exercise prices ranging from $1.50 to $3.00 per share.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATION.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may”, “should”, “expects”, “plans”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “estimates”, “predicts”, “potential” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including the risks in the section entitled “Risk Factors”, that may cause our or our industry’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.
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. Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the United States, we do not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform these statements to actual results.
Our financial statements are stated in United States dollars and are prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the related notes that appear elsewhere in this quarterly report.
In this quarterly report, unless otherwise specified, all references to “common shares” refer to the common shares in our capital stock and the terms “we”, “us”, “our” and “Sun Cal” mean Sun Cal Energy, Inc. and our wholly-owned subsidiaries, Sun Cal Energy Corp., a Nevada corporation and Sun Cal Energy Canada Corp., a British Columbia corporation.
Introduction
We were incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada on July 20, 2004 under the name Host Ventures, Inc. On November 6, 2006, we changed our name to Sun Cal Energy, Inc. through a merger with our wholly owned subsidiary, which was incorporated solely for the purpose of the merger.
Our Current Business
We are in the business of oil and gas exploration. Our subsidiary, Sun Cal Energy Canada Corp. recently entered into two agreements: an agreement with TriMar Energy Partners, Inc. to acquire an 1.5% of 8/8ths overriding royalty interest in an oil and gas lease known as the Hobart Lease, and an agreement with Western Energy Capital, LLC. to acquire an undivided 45% interest in certain oil and gas leases known as the Lokern Leases.
The Hobart Lease is an oil and gas lease obtained by TriMar Energy Partners, Inc., as the lessee, from the City of Hobart, as the lessor, on April 1, 2004, covering a total of 1,211.44 acres in the city of Hobart, Washita County, Oklahoma.
The Lokern Leases are a collection of 34 oil and gas exploration leases entered into by Western Energy Capital, LLC. with various private parties between November 2005 to May 2006. The location of these leases are located in Kern County, California.
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In addition to the interests in the Hobart Lease and the Lokern Leases, we have also acquired a 5% working interest in the Britlind Prospect in Louisiana, a 5% Overriding Royalty Interest in the Centurion Property in Texas and a 100% working interest in the Jonah Propect in Wyoming. We also signed a letter of intent to acquire a 100% working interest in certain leases in the Cherokee and Forest City Basins of Kansas. This Letter of Intent was set to expire on October 31, 2007 but we are currently still negotiating an extension of this Letter of Intent with the counter party.
Since we are an exploration stage company, there is no assurance that commercially viable resources or reserves exist on any of our properties, and a great deal of further exploration will be required before a final evaluation as to the economic and legal feasibility for our future exploration is determined. To date, we have not discovered an economically viable resource or reserve on any of our properties, and there is no assurance that we will discover one.
PLAN OF OPERATION
The following discussion and analysis summarizes our plan of operation for the next 12 months and changes in our financial condition from our quarter ended December 31, 2007. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation included in our quarterly report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended December 31, 2007. The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates and beliefs. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed below and elsewhere in this current report, particularly in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in this quarterly report.
A. The Hobart Lease
The Hobart Lease is an oil and gas lease obtained by TriMar Energy Partners, Inc., as the lessee, from the City of Hobart, as the lessor, dated April 1, 2004, and as recorded on Book 983, official records, Washita County, Oklahoma, covering a total of 1,211.44 acres in the city of Hobart, Washita County, Oklahoma. We paid a total of $525,000 and 1,500,000 shares of common stock to TriMar Energy Partners, Inc. and its designates to earn the 1.5% of 8/8ths overriding royalty interest in the Hobart Lease. We are currently working with TriMar Energy Partners, Inc. on finalizing the assignment of the overriding royalty interest to our company. Under the agreement, we were also obligated to issue to TriMar Energy Partners, Inc. or its designates an additional 1,000,000 shares of our common stock upon the written proposal of a second well to be drilled on the Hobart Lease. Since such a written proposal has been submitted, we have issued the additional 1,000,000 shares of our common stock to the designates of TriMar Energy Partners, Inc.
On April 27, 2007, the operator on the Hobart Lease, Marathon Oil, spudded and began drilling a deep development gas well on our Hobart Lease interest in Washita county, Oklahoma. The well, the Sturgeon.1-11, was set to test through the Springer formation and was targeting multiple pay zones. Up to April 27, 2007, the Sturgeon 1-11 had successfully reached a depth of 17,400 feet with a total authorized depth of 20,000 feet. By May 30, 2007, well data collection and evaluation were completed on the Sturgeon 1-11 well, which was deemed commercially viable. The well reached a final depth of 19,990 feet on May 15, 2007 after slightly more than 3 months of drilling. To help evaluate the amount of pay encountered in the well, an open hole logging suite consisting of density, neutron, HRI induction, sonic, and gamma tools was run to a depth of 19,980 feet. The operator on the Hobart Lease, Marathon Oil, then ran production casing to a depth of 19,978 feet. The drilling rig was then moved off location and it is expected that completion operations will commence soon.
On July 11, 2007, a second permit was filed and drilling and testing of a second deep development well on our Hobart Prospect in Washita, County, Oklahoma was scheduled to begin shortly. The proposed
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well, Cunningham 1-2, builds on the successful drilling of the Sturgeon 1-11 well also located in the Hobart Prospect. On September 6, 2007, the second deep development gas well, Cunningham 1-2, was spudded and drilling activities begun. The target depth was the Springer Morrow, which has proved to be productive in Oklahoma and Texas. No value has been assigned, pending definitive testing.
On August 28, 2007, Range Production Company filed for a third well to be drilled on our Hobart Prospect in Oklahoma. This development follows the recent application for a permit to drill and test a second deep development well, Cunningham 1-2, on its Hobart Prospect in Oklahoma. The proposed well also builds on the successful drilling of the Sturgeon 1-11 well, also located in the Hobart Prospect. Filed before the Corporation Commission of the State of Oklahoma, Range Production Company is seeking to establish a 640-acre drilling and spacing unit for a third scheduled well to be drilled in the Hobart Prospect.
On October 24, 2007, we announced that drilling on the second deep development gas well, Cunningham 1-02, reached a depth in excess of 14,000 feet. The target depth is 20,500 feet, and is being drilled by the same operator of the Sturgeon 1-11. On January 25, 2008, we were advised by the operator of the Cunningham 1-02 well on the Hobart Prospect in Washita County, Oklahoma that the daily gas flow rates from the Cunningham 1-02 well are in excess of 12 million cubic feet a day.
The Lokern Leases
The Lokern Leases are a collection of 34 oil and gas exploration leases entered into by Western Energy Capital, LLC. with various private parties between November 2005 to May 2006. The location of these leases are located in Kern County, California. We paid an aggregate of $125,000 and 1,300,000 shares of our common stock to Western Energy Capital, LLC and its designates to acquire an undivided 45% of all rights, title and interests in the Lokern Leases. Pursuant to this agreement, Western Energy Capital, LLC agrees that all leases made part of the agreement will be executed and assigned to our company in a timely manner and Western Energy Capital, LLC will issue our company a standard joint operating agreement. All leases and assignments taken by Western Energy Capital, LLC for our company shall call for Western Energy Capital, LLC to deliver a 75% Net Revenue Interest to our company.
On June 15, 2007, we acquired additional 2-D seismic data relating our Lokern Leases in California. Acquisition of the data will allow for additional geophysical correlation and interpretation of our Lokern Leases and allow our company to firm up well locations for drilling in 2007. The additional seismic data will also provide insight into the reserve estimates of the prospect. Regional 2-D seismic data is a key tool for oil and gas exploration due to its affordability and wide area of coverage compared to 3-D data. The acquisition of this data set is in line with our exploration program and initiatives, and will allow greater marketability of our prospect to large exploration and production companies.
On October 18, 2007, we assigned back to a designate of Western Energy Capital, LLC a 5% overriding royalty interest net to our 45% Working Interest for a net 2.25% overriding royalty interest in the Lokern Prospect. We are still working with Western Energy Capital, LLC to assigned the working interests in these leases to our company and Western Energy Capital, LLC will issue our company a standard joint operating agreement.
B. The Britlind Prospect Leases
On April 19, 2007, we entered into an agreement with Western Energy Capital, LLC (“Western”) to acquire a partial interest in the “Britlind” Prospect and leases situated in the prolific Breton Sound area, offshore Louisiana. Western has originally entered into an agreement with BTE Energy, LLC (“BTE”) whereby Western acquired a contractual interest in the Britlind Prospect from BTE, including all rights
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and privileges to approximately 9,440 acres of State of Louisiana leases, ownership interest in approximately 25 square miles of 3D seismic data, and interests in certain hardware and software in conjunction with the interpretation and display of the 3D seismic data. In April and May of 2007, we paid an aggregate of $640,000 to Western Energy Capital, LLC pursuant to the agreement for a 5% working interest in the Britlind Prospect lease interests, seismic data, hardware and software and ongoing rights to an area of mutual interest. We have also issued 400,000 shares of our common stock to a designate of Western Energy Capital, LLC. It was also acknowledged that the Britlind Prospect leases were originally acquired under the name of McGuinty Durham and Associates and assignment of leasehold out of McGuinty Durham and Associates will be made in due course. At such time Western Energy Capital will take appropriate actions to assign the interest to our company. Also pursuant to this agreement, we agreed to pay our proportionate share of all expenses, including geological, rentals and additional leases, etc. from May 11, 2007 and on.
C. Overriding Royalty Interest in Ceturion Property
On October 1, 2007, we acquired a 5% Overriding Royalty Interest in the Centurion Property from King Royalty Corporation pursuant to an offering of royalty interests by King Royalty Corporation. The Centurion Property combines more than 17,000 acres of producing oil and gas assets across Texas, Oklahoma, Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi. There are 153 producing wells on the asset with more than 50 additional proven/undeveloped drilling sites. Current production is comprised of 90% natural gas and 10% oil. As an interest holder we are entitled to share in revenues generated from oil and/or gas production from wells located on the Centurion Property. Approximately 90 days after the operators of the wells on the properties sell oil and gas production to local purchasers, we are entitled to receive payment of revenues generated by those wells attributable to our interest. However, we have no control over when we receive our payment of revenues, as each operator has its own internal policies and procedures regarding the transfer of ownership. As an interest holder we have no responsibility for operating expenses incurred in connection with the operation of wells on the properties. Lastly, we do not have responsibility for liabilities to third parties resulting from operations on the properties, which is the responsibility of the operators of the properties and the owners of working interests.
The Jonah Prospects
On August 15, 2007, we entered into an agreement with Desert Mining, Inc. to acquire a 100% working interest in 6,000 acres of leases in the Jonah Field region of Wyoming. This is the fourth core exploration and development region for our company. Our Jonah Prospects are identified as South Jonah, which consists of 2,477.68 acres and West Jonah, consisting of 3,546.89 acres. We completed our acquisition on September 5, 2007 by paying to Desert Mining, Inc. an aggregate of $821,799.
The Jonah Field and the Pinedale Anticline are acknowledged as the premier gas fields in the Rocky Mountains. These fields are located in Wyoming's Greater Green River Basin. According to the Wyoming State Geological Survey, the Greater Green River Basin contains approximately 26 TCF of natural gas which is the largest reserve in the State. The Jonah Field is estimated to contain 7 to 10 TCF of Natural Gas, which currently produces from more than 500 wells.
On December 27, 2007, we engaged Schlumberger to conduct a reserve analysis and target drilling program on our Jonah Prospect
Other Interest
On October 24, 2007, we signed a letter of intent to acquire a 100% working interest in certain leases in the Cherokee and Forest City Basins of Kansas. This Letter of Intent was set to expire on October 31, 2007 but we are currently still negotiating an extension of this Letter of Intent with the counter party.
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Cash Requirements
Our plan of operations for the next 12 months involves the exploration of oil and gas properties under the two agreements held by Sun Cal Energy Corp. as well as our interests in three other oil and gas exploration properties.
As provided under the agreement with Western Energy Capital, LLC on the Lokern Leases, we will be a joint working interest owner together with Western Energy Capital, LLC for the Lokern Leases, and will be required to pay our proportionate share of all land, title, lease bonuses and drilling costs. In addition to the exploration activities on the oil and gas properties under the two agreements held by Sun Cal Energy Corp., we will be required to pay our proportionate share of all land, title, lease bonuses and drilling costs for other properties in which we hold a working interest such as the Britlind Prospect Leases and the Jonah Prospects. Furthermore, we will continue to seek opportunities to acquire other oil and gas properties of merit.
Prior to completion of our exploration stage, we anticipate that we will incur increased operating expenses without realizing any revenues. We anticipate that we will expend approximately $360,000 in the next 12 months for our operating expenses. We therefore expect to incur significant losses into the foreseeable future. We recognize that if we are unable to generate significant revenues from the exploration of our oil and gas properties in the future, we will not be able to earn profits or continue operations. There is no history upon which to base any assumption as to the likelihood that we will prove successful, and we can provide no assurance that we will generate any revenues or ever achieve profitability.
We will also need more funds if the costs of the exploration of our oil and gas properties are greater than we have anticipated. We will also require additional financing to sustain our business operations if we are not successful in earning revenues. We currently do not have any arrangements for further financing and we may not be able to obtain financing on commercially reasonable terms or terms that are acceptable to us when it is required.
We recorded a net operating loss of $532,823 for the three months ended December 31, 2007 and have an accumulated deficit of $1,717,197 since inception. As at December 31, 2007 we had cash of $506,795, and for the next 12 months, management anticipates that the minimum cash requirements to fund our proposed exploration program and our continued operations will be $408,000.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
D. Second Quarter and Six Months Summary
| | Second Quarter Ended December 31 | | | Six Months Ended December 31 | |
| | | | | | | | Amount | | | | | | | | | Amount | |
| | | | | | | | Increase / | | | | | | | | | Increase / | |
| | 2007 | | | 2006 | | | (Decrease) | | | 2007 | | | 2006 | | | (Decrease) | |
Revenue | | 11,157 | | | Nil | | | 11,157 | | | 11,157 | | | Nil | | | 11,157 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Operating Expenses | | 544,563 | | | 5,945 | | | 548,618 | | | 1,024,904 | | | 18,716 | | | 1,006,188 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest & Dividend | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Income | | 583 | | | Nil | | | 583 | | | 583 | | | Nil | | | 583 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Loss | | (533,406 | ) | | (5,945 | ) | | 527,461 | | | (1,013,747 | ) | | (18,716 | ) | | 995,031 | |
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Revenue
We are a exploratory stage company that from inception to December 31, 2007 has only generated revenue in the amount of $11,157.
We have only recently generated revenues in the amount of $11,157 and have experienced losses since inception. Our plan of operations for the next 12 months involves the exploration of oil and gas properties under the agreements held by Sun Cal Energy Corp. as well as our interests in our other oil and gas exploration properties.
As provided under the agreement with Western Energy Capital, LLC on the Lokern Leases, we will be a joint working interest owner together with Western Energy Capital, LLC for the Lokern Leases, and will be required to pay our proportionate share of all land, title, lease bonuses and drilling costs. In addition to the exploration activities on the oil and gas properties under the two agreements held by Sun Cal Energy Corp., we will be required to pay our proportionate share of all land, title, lease bonuses and drilling costs for other properties in which we hold a working interest such as the Britlind Prospect Leases and the Jonah Prospects. Furthermore, we will continue to seek opportunities to acquire other oil and gas properties of merit.
Prior to completion of our exploration stage, we anticipate that we will incur increased operating expenses without realizing any revenues. We anticipate that we will expend approximately $360,000 in the next 12 months for our operating expenses. We therefore expect to incur significant losses into the foreseeable future. We recognize that if we are unable to generate significant revenues from the exploration of our oil and gas properties in the future, we will not be able to earn profits or continue operations. There is no history upon which to base any assumption as to the likelihood that we will prove successful, and we can provide no assurance that we will generate any revenues or ever achieve profitability.
We will also need more funds if the costs of the exploration of our oil and gas properties are greater than we have anticipated. We will also require additional financing to sustain our business operations if we are not successful in earning revenues. We currently do not have any arrangements for further financing and we may not be able to obtain financing on commercially reasonable terms or terms that are acceptable to us when it is required.
Expenses
Our operating expenses for the quarters ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 are outlined in the table below:
| | Second Quarter Ended December 31 | | | Six Months Ended December 31 | |
| | | | | | | | Amount | | | | | | | | | Amount | |
| | | | | | | | Increase / | | | | | | | | | Increase / | |
| | 2007 | | | 2006 | | | (Decrease) | | | 2007 | | | 2006 | | | (Decrease) | |
Oil and gas expenses | | 1,869 | | | Nil | | | 1,869 | | | 1,869 | | | Nil | | | 1,869 | |
General and Administrative | | 542,694 | | | 5,945 | | | 536,749 | | | 1,023,035 | | | 18,716 | | | 1,004,319 | |
Expense | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Operating | | 544,563 | | | 5,945 | | | 538,618 | | | 1,024,904 | | | 18,716 | | | 1,006,188 | |
Expenses | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Liquidity and Financial Condition
E. Working Capital
| At December 31, 2007 | At June 30, 2007 | Percentage Increase / (Decrease) |
Current Assets | 522,807 | 595,297 | (12.18%) |
Current Liabilities | 29,739 | 31,916 | (6.82%) |
Working Capital | 493,068 | 563,381 | (17.81%) |
Future Financings
We anticipate continuing to rely on equity sales of our common shares in order to continue to fund our business operations. Issuances of additional shares will result in dilution to our existing shareholders. There is no assurance that we will achieve any of additional sales of our equity securities or arrange for debt or other financing to fund our exploration and development activities.
Since we are an exploration stage company, there is no assurance that commercially viable resources or reserves exist on any of our properties, and a great deal of further exploration will be required before a final evaluation as to the economic and legal feasibility for our future exploration is determined. To date, we have not discovered an economically viable resource or reserve on any of our properties, and there is no assurance that we will discover one.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to stockholders.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles requires our management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount 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. Our management routinely makes judgments and estimates about the effects of matters that are inherently uncertain.
Our significant accounting policies are disclosed in Note 2 to the unaudited financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB.
RISK FACTORS
Shares of our common stock are speculative, especially since we are in the exploration-stage of our new business. We operate in a volatile sector of business that involves numerous risks and uncertainties. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones we face. Other risks and uncertainties, including those that we do not currently consider material, may impair our business. If any of the risks discussed below actually occur, our business, financial condition, operating results or cash flows could be materially adversely affected. This could cause the trading price of our securities to decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment. Prospective investors should consider carefully the risk factors set out below.
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Risks Related To Our Business
As our properties are in the exploration stage there can be no assurance that we will establish commercial discoveries on our properties.
Exploration for economic reserves of oil and gas is subject to a number of risk factors. While the rewards to an investor can be substantial if an economically viable discovery is made, few of the properties that are explored are ultimately developed into producing oil and/or gas wells. Our properties are in the exploration stage only and are without proven reserves of oil and gas. There can be no assurance that we will establish commercial discoveries on any of our properties.
The potential profitability of oil and gas ventures depends upon factors beyond the control of our company
The potential profitability of oil and gas properties is dependent upon many factors beyond our control. For instance, world prices and markets for oil and gas are unpredictable, highly volatile, potentially subject to governmental fixing, pegging, controls, or any combination of these and other factors, and respond to changes in domestic, international, political, social, and economic environments. Additionally, due to world-wide economic uncertainty, the availability and cost of funds for production and other expenses have become increasingly difficult, if not impossible, to project. These changes and events may materially affect our financial performance.
Adverse weather conditions can also hinder drilling operations. A productive well may become uneconomic in the event water or other deleterious substances are encountered which impair or prevent the production of oil and/or gas from the well. In addition, production from any well may be unmarketable if it is impregnated with water or other deleterious substances. The marketability of oil and gas which may be acquired or discovered will be affected by numerous factors beyond our control. These factors include the proximity and capacity of oil and gas pipelines and processing equipment, market fluctuations of prices, taxes, royalties, land tenure, allowable production and environmental protection. The extent of these factors cannot be accurately predicted but the combination of these factors may result in our company not receiving an adequate return on invested capital.
Competition in the oil and gas industry is highly competitive and there is no assurance that we will be successful in acquiring interests in oil and gas properties.
The oil and gas industry is intensely competitive. We compete with numerous individuals and companies, including many major oil and gas companies, which have substantially greater technical, financial and operational resources and staffs. Accordingly, there is a high degree of competition for desirable oil and gas properties for drilling operations and necessary drilling equipment, as well as for access to funds. There can be no assurance that the necessary funds can be raised or that any projected work will be completed.
The marketability of natural resources will be affected by numerous factors beyond our control which may result in us not receiving an adequate return on invested capital to be profitable or viable.
The marketability of natural resources which may be acquired or discovered by us will be affected by numerous factors beyond our control. These factors include market fluctuations in oil and gas pricing and demand, the proximity and capacity of natural resource markets and processing equipment, governmental regulations, land tenure, land use, regulation concerning the importing and exporting of oil and gas and environmental protection regulations. The exact effect of these factors cannot be accurately predicted, but
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the combination of these factors may result in us not receiving an adequate return on invested capital to be profitable or viable.
Oil and gas operations are subject to comprehensive regulation which may cause substantial delays or require capital outlays in excess of those anticipated causing an adverse effect on our company.
Oil and gas operations are subject to federal and local laws relating to the protection of the environment, including laws regulating removal of natural resources from the ground and the discharge of materials into the environment. Oil and gas operations are also subject to federal and local laws and regulations which seek to maintain health and safety standards by regulating the design and use of drilling methods and equipment. Various permits from government bodies are required for drilling operations to be conducted; no assurance can be given that such permits will be received. No assurance can be given that environmental standards imposed by federal or local authorities will not be changed or that any such changes would not have material adverse effects on our activities. Moreover, compliance with such laws may cause substantial delays or require capital outlays in excess of those anticipated, thus causing an adverse effect on us. Additionally, we may be subject to liability for pollution or other environmental damages which it may elect not to insure against due to prohibitive premium costs and other reasons.
Exploration and production activities are subject to certain environmental regulations which may prevent or delay the commencement or continuance of our operations.
In general, our exploration and production activities are subject to certain federal and local laws and regulations relating to environmental quality and pollution control. Such laws and regulations increase the costs of these activities and may prevent or delay the commencement or continuance of a given operation. Compliance with these laws and regulations has not had a material effect on our operations or financial condition to date. Specifically, we are subject to legislation regarding emissions into the environment, water discharges and storage and disposition of hazardous wastes. In addition, legislation has been enacted which requires well and facility sites to be abandoned and reclaimed to the satisfaction of state authorities. However, such laws and regulations are frequently changed and we are unable to predict the ultimate cost of compliance. Generally, environmental requirements do not appear to affect us any differently or to any greater or lesser extent than other companies in the industry.
We believe that our operations comply, in all material respects, with all applicable environmental regulations.
Because some of our property interests are still registered under the names of other entities, our title to these property interests may be serious affected if formal assignments of these property interest to under our name are not registered in due course.
Some of our property interests, such as our working interest in the Lokern lease and the Britlind Prospect leases were originally acquired under the name of third parties. Assignment of leasehold out of the third parties are to be made in due course. However, if formal assignments of these property interests are not registered under our name in due course, we face seriously risks to our title to these property interests and may even lose our title to these property interests.
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Risks Associated With Our Company
Our future is dependent upon our ability to obtain financing. If we do not obtain such financing, we may have to cease our exploration activities and investors could lose their entire investment.
There is no assurance that we will operate profitably or will generate positive cash flow in the future. We will require additional financing in order to proceed beyond the first few months of our exploration program. We will also require additional financing for the fees we must pay to maintain our status in relation to the rights to our properties and to pay the fees and expenses necessary to become and operate as a public company. We will also need more funds if the costs of the exploration of our oil and gas properties are greater than we have anticipated. We will also require additional financing to sustain our business operations if we are not successful in earning revenues. We currently do not have any arrangements for further financing and we may not be able to obtain financing on commercially reasonable terms or terms that are acceptable to us when it is required. Our future is dependent upon our ability to obtain financing. If we do not obtain such financing, our business could fail and investors could lose their entire investment.
Because we may never earn revenues from our operations, our business may fail and then investors may lose all of their investment in our company.
We have no history of revenues from operations. We have never had significant operations and have no significant assets. We have yet to generate positive earnings and there can be no assurance that we will ever operate profitably. Our company has a limited operating history and is in the exploration stage. The success of our company is significantly dependent on the uncertain events of the discovery and exploitation of oil and gas reserves on our properties or selling the rights to exploit those oil and gas reserves. If our business plan is not successful and we are not able to operate profitably, then our stock may become worthless and investors may lose all of their investment in our company.
Prior to completion of our exploration stage, we anticipate that we will incur increased operating expenses without realizing any revenues. We therefore expect to incur significant losses into the foreseeable future. We recognize that if we are unable to generate significant revenues from the exploration of our oil and gas properties in the future, we will not be able to earn profits or continue operations. There is no history upon which to base any assumption as to the likelihood that we will prove successful, and we can provide no assurance that we will generate any revenues or ever achieve profitability. If we are unsuccessful in addressing these risks, our business will fail and investors may lose all of their investment in our company.
We have no employees other than our Chief Executive Officer, Lewis Dillman, and our sole director and Chief Financial Officer, George Drazenovic.
Our Chief Executive Officer, Lewis Dillman, and our Chief Financial Officer and director, George Drazenovic, will be the only persons responsible for our managerial responsibilities. As such, they will have ultimate authority with respect to our business decisions, our disclosure and our implementation of accounting controls and procedures. If Messrs. Dillman and Drazenovic are unable to properly institution such procedures and comply with reporting obligation requirements, our operations may be adversely impacted.
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Our By-laws contain provisions indemnifying our officers and directors against all costs, charges and expenses incurred by them.
Our By-laws contain provisions with respect to the indemnification of our officers and directors against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, actually and reasonably incurred by him, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment in a civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding to which he is made a party by reason of his being or having been one of our directors or officers.
Investors' interests in our company will be diluted and investors may suffer dilution in their net book value per share if we issue additional shares or raise funds through the sale of equity securities
Our constating documents authorize the issuance of 750,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.001. In the event that we are required to issue any additional shares or enter into private placements to raise financing through the sale of equity securities, investors' interests in our company will be diluted and investors may suffer dilution in their net book value per share depending on the price at which such securities are sold. If we issue any such additional shares, such issuances also will cause a reduction in the proportionate ownership and voting power of all other shareholders. Further, any such issuance may result in a change in our control.
Our By-laws do not contain anti-takeover provisions which could result in a change of our management and directors if there is a take-over of our company
We do not currently have a shareholder rights plan or any anti-takeover provisions in our By-laws. Without any anti-takeover provisions, there is no deterrent for a take-over of our company, which may result in a change in our management and directors.
As a result of our sole director and officers being resident of other countries other than the United States, investors may find it difficult to enforce, within the United States, any judgments obtained against our company or our director and officers
We do not currently maintain a permanent place of business within the United States. In addition, our current sole director and officer is a national and resident of a country other than the United States, and all or a substantial portion of such person's assets are located outside the United States. As a result, it may be difficult for investors to enforce within the United States any judgments obtained against our company or our director and officer, including judgments predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any state thereof.
Risks Associated With Our Common Stock
We do not intend to pay dividends on any investment in the shares of stock of our company.
We have never paid any cash dividends and currently do not intend to pay any dividends for the foreseeable future. To the extent that we require additional funding currently not provided for in our financing plan, our funding sources may prohibit the payment of a dividend. Because we do not intend to declare dividends, any gain on an investment in our company will need to come through an increase in the stock’s price. This may never happen and investors may lose all of their investment in our company.
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Our stock is a penny stock. Trading of our stock may be restricted by the SEC's penny stock regulations which may limit a stockholder's ability to buy and sell our stock.
Our stock is a penny stock. The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted Rule 15g-9 which generally defines “penny stock” to be any equity security that has a market price (as defined) less than $5.00 per share or an exercise price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions. Our securities are covered by the penny stock rules, which impose additional sales practice requirements on broker-dealers who sell to persons other than established customers and “accredited investors”. The term “accredited investor” refers generally to institutions with assets in excess of $5,000,000 or individuals with a net worth in excess of $1,000,000 or annual income exceeding $200,000 or $300,000 jointly with their spouse. The penny stock rules require a broker-dealer, prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from the rules, to deliver a standard risk disclosure document in a form prepared by the SEC which provides information about penny stocks and the nature and level of risks in the penny stock market. The broker-dealer also must provide the customer with current bid and offer quotations for the penny stock, the compensation of the broker-dealer and its salesperson in the transaction and monthly account statements showing the market value of each penny stock held in the customer's account. The bid and offer quotations, and the broker-dealer and salesperson compensation information, must be given to the customer orally or in writing prior to effecting the transaction and must be given to the customer in writing before or with the customer's confirmation. In addition, the penny stock rules require that prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from these rules, the broker-dealer must make a special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser and receive the purchaser's written agreement to the transaction. These disclosure requirements may have the effect of reducing the level of trading activity in the secondary market for the stock that is subject to these penny stock rules. Consequently, these penny stock rules may affect the ability of broker-dealers to trade our securities. We believe that the penny stock rules discourage investor interest in and limit the marketability of our common stock.
FINRA sales practice requirements may also limit a stockholder's ability to buy and sell our stock.
In addition to the "penny stock" rules described above, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has adopted rules that require that in recommending an investment to a customer, a broker-dealer must have reasonable grounds for believing that the investment is suitable for that customer. Prior to recommending speculative low priced securities to their non-institutional customers, broker-dealers must make reasonable efforts to obtain information about the customer's financial status, tax status, investment objectives and other information. Under interpretations of these rules, FINRA believes that there is a high probability that speculative low priced securities will not be suitable for at least some customers. FINRA requirements make it more difficult for broker-dealers to recommend that their customers buy our common stock, which may limit your ability to buy and sell our stock and have an adverse effect on the market for our shares.
Trading in our common stock on the OTC Bulletin Board is limited and sporadic making it difficult for our shareholders to sell their shares or liquidate their investments
Shares of our common stock are currently quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board. The trading price of our common stock has been subject to wide fluctuations. Trading prices of our common stock may fluctuate in response to a number of factors, many of which will be beyond our control. The stock market has generally experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of companies with no current business operation. There can be no assurance that trading prices and price earnings ratios previously experienced by our common stock will be matched or maintained. These broad market and industry factors may adversely affect the market price of our common stock, regardless of our operating performance.
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In the past, following periods of volatility in the market price of a company's securities, securities class-action litigation has often been instituted. Such litigation, if instituted, could result in substantial costs for us and a diversion of management's attention and resources.
ITEM 3. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
As required by Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act, we have evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures at December 31, 2007, which is the end of the period covered by this report. This evaluation was carried out by our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer have concluded that the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures are effective as at the end of the period covered by this report. There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting or in other factors that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting in our most recent fiscal quarter.
Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by our company in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by our company in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
We are not party to any legal proceedings.
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.
We completed the following unregistered sales of equity securities since the filing of our last quarterly report:
On October 8, 2007, the Company issued a total of 300,000 shares of its common stock to 3 individuals (100,000 shares each) for Advisory Board member services.
The Shares were issued to one U.S. person (as that term is defined in Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933) relying on the exemptions from registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 and upon Rule 506 of Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933, and to two non-US persons (as that term is defined in Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933) in an offshore transaction relying on Regulation S and/or Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.
ITEM 3. DEFAULT UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.
None.
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.
None.
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ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION.
None.
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Item 6. Exhibits.
The following exhibits, required by Item 601 of Regulation S-B, are being filed as part of this quarterly report, or are incorporated by reference where indicated:
Number | Description |
3.1 | Articles of (Incorporation incorporated by reference to our registration statement on form SB-2 filed on July 11, 2005) |
3.2 | Bylaws (incorporated by reference to our registration statement on form SB-2 filed on July 11, 2005) |
3.3 | Articles of Merger (incorporated by reference to our current report on Form 8-K filed on November 7, 2006) |
3.4 | Certificate of Change (incorporated by reference to our current report on Form 8-K filed on November 7, 2006) |
3.2 | Bylaws (incorporated by reference to our registration statement on form SB-2 filed on July 11, 2005) |
10.1 | Mineral property purchase agreement dated April 26, 2005 (incorporated by reference to our registration statement on form SB-2 filed on July 11, 2005) |
10.2 | Share Exchange Agreement dated January 31, 2007 (incorporated by reference to our current report on Form 8-K filed on March 22, 2007) |
10.3 | Letter Agreement dated October 4, 2006 with Western Energy Capital, LLC for the acquisition of 45% working interest in the Lokern leases (incorporated by reference to our current report on Form 8-K filed on March 22, 2007) |
10.3 | Letter Agreement dated October 18, 2006 with TriMar Energy Partners, Inc. for the acquisition of 1.5% of 8/8th Overriding Royalty Interest in the Hobart Lease (incorporated by reference to our current report on Form 8-K filed on March 22, 2007) |
10.4 | Consulting Agreement dated May 1, 2007 (incorporated by reference to our current report on Form 8-K filed on May 7, 2007) |
10.5 | Letter Agreement dated April 19, 2007 with Western Energy Capital, LLC for the acquisition of 5% working interest in the Britlind Prospect Leases (incorporated by reference to our annual report on Form 10-KSB filed on October 15, 2007) |
10.6 | Purchase and Sale Agreement between our company and King Royalty Corporation for the acquisition of 5% interest in the Centurion property (incorporated by reference to our annual report on Form 10-KSB filed on October 15, 2007) |
10.7 | Purchase and Sale Agreement between our company and Desert Mining, Inc. for the acquisition of interests in the Jonah property (incorporated by reference to our annual report on Form 10-KSB filed on October 15, 2007) |
14.1 | Code of Ethics (incorporated by reference to our annual report on Form 10-KSB filed on October 15, 2007) |
16.1 | Letter re change in certifying accountant (incorporated by reference to our current report on Form 8-K filed on February 13, 2007) |
21.1 | Sun Cal Energy, Corp. a Nevada company, 100% wholly-owned subsidiary |
31.1* | CEO Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 |
31.2* | CFO Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 |
32.1* | CEO Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002 |
32.2* | CEO Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002 |
*filed herewith
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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.
SUN CAL ENERGY, INC.
By:
/s/ Lewis Dillman
Lewis Dillman
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
February 18, 2008
By:
/s/ George Drazenovic
George Drazenovic
Chief Financial Officer, and sole Director
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
February 18, 2008