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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-QSB x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the
Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2003 ¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the Transition Period From to
Commission File Number 000-30087 AMG OIL LTD. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Nevada NA (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 887 Helmcken Street,Vancouver, B.C. V6Z 1B1 (Address of principal executive
offices) (Zip Code) Registrants telephone number, including area code: (604) 682-6496 Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 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 ¨ 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 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by 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: Common, $.00001 par value per share: 16,600,000 outstanding as of May 12, 2003. Transitional Small Business Disclosure Format (check one): Yes ¨ No x
Item 1. Financial Statements.
AMG OIL LTD. |
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Assets |
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Current |
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Cash |
$ 74,788 |
$ 207,772 |
$ 174,313 |
Accounts receivable |
58 |
190 |
163 |
Prepaid expenses |
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2,861 |
- |
74,846 |
210,823 |
174,476 |
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Loan receivable |
30,000 |
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Investments |
10,993 |
10,993 |
10,993 |
Property and equipment |
2,600 |
3,514 |
2,986 |
Oil and gas interest |
1 |
285,714 |
286,331 |
Total Assets |
$ 118,440 |
$ 511,044 |
$ 474,786 |
Liabilities |
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Current |
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Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
$ 871 |
$ 9,060 |
$ 5,163 |
Due to related parties |
21,714 |
9,609 |
14,418 |
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Total Liabilities |
22,585 |
18,669 |
19,581 |
Commitments and Contingencies |
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Stockholders' Equity |
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Common stock, $0.00001 par value |
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100,000,000 shares authorized |
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Issued and outstanding at March 31, |
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2003: 16,600,000 shares |
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2002: 19,600,000 shares |
166 |
196 |
196 |
Additional paid-in capital |
2,835,709 |
2,841,621 |
2,856,071 |
Deficit accumulated during the development stage |
(2,740,020) |
(2,349,442) |
(2,401,062) |
Total Stockholders' Equity |
95,855 |
492,375 |
455,205 |
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity |
$ 118,440 |
$ 511,044 |
$ 474,786 |
AMG OIL LTD. |
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Expenses |
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General and administrative |
$ 25,470 |
$ 41,146 |
$ 53,569 |
$ 87,185 |
$ 726,752 |
Loss on sale of investments |
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16,135 |
Write-down of investments |
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- |
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926 |
234,780 |
Write-down of oil and gas interest |
286,330 |
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286,330 |
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1,832,519 |
311,880 |
41,146 |
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88,111 |
2,810,186 |
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Other Income |
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Interest income |
371 |
937 |
941 |
2,334 |
63,227 |
Gain on sale of oil and gas interest |
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6,939 |
$ 371 |
$ 937 |
$ 941 |
$ 2,334 |
$ 70,166 |
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Net loss for the period |
$ (311,429) |
$ (40,209) |
$ (338,958) |
$ (85,777) |
$ (2,740,020) |
Basic and diluted loss per share |
$ (0.00) |
$ (0.00) |
$ (0.02) |
$ (0.00) |
$ (0.14) |
AMG OIL LTD. |
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Operating Activities |
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Net loss for the period |
$ (311,429) |
$ (40,209) |
$ (338,958) |
$ (85,777) |
$ (2,740,020) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash applied to operating activities: |
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Depreciation |
193 |
265 |
386 |
529 |
3,289 |
Compensation expense from stock options |
4,574 |
9,399 |
9,608 |
24,247 |
184,875 |
Loss on sale of investments |
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- |
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16,135 |
Write-down of investments |
- |
- |
- |
926 |
234,780 |
Write-down of oil and gas interest |
286,330 |
- |
286,330 |
- |
1,832,519 |
Gain on sale of oil and gas interest |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(6,939) |
Changes in non-cash working capital: |
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Accounts receivable |
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95 |
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(53) |
(58) |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
(5,067) |
2,330 |
(4,292) |
1,542 |
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Due to related parties |
7,296 |
(16,358) |
7,296 |
(291) |
21,714 |
Prepaid expenses |
(414) |
(1,901) |
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51 |
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Net cash used in operating activities |
(18,412) |
(46,379) |
(39,525) |
(58,826) |
(452,834) |
Financing Activities |
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Issuance (cancellation) of common stock |
(30,000) |
- |
(30,000) |
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2,651,000 |
Net cash provided (used by) financing activities |
(30,000) |
- |
(30,000) |
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2,651,000 |
Investing Activities |
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Loan receivable |
(30,000) |
- |
(30,000) |
- |
(30,000) |
Purchase of investments |
- |
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(324,856) |
Proceeds from sale of investments |
- |
- |
- |
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72,948 |
Oil and gas exploration expenditures |
- |
(11,043) |
- |
(11,043) |
(1,835,581) |
Purchase of property and equipment |
- |
- |
- |
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(5,889) |
Net cash used in investing activities |
(30,000) |
(11,043) |
(30,000) |
(11,043) |
(2,123,378) |
Net increase (decrease) in cash during the period |
(78,412) |
(57,422) |
(99,525) |
(69,869) |
74,788 |
Cash position - Beginning of Period |
153,200 |
265,194 |
174,313 |
277,641 |
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Cash position - End of period |
$ 74,788 |
$ 207,772 |
$ 74,788 |
$ 207,772 |
$ 74,788 |
AMG OIL LTD. |
For the Six Months Ended March 31, 2003 |
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Balance at September 30, 2002 |
19,600,000 |
$ 196 |
$ 2,856,071 |
$ (2,401,062) |
$ 455,205 |
Cancellation of previously issued common stock |
(3,000,000) |
(30) |
(29,970) |
(30,000) |
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Net compensation expense from stock options |
9,608 |
9,608 |
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Net loss during the period |
(338,958) |
(338,958) |
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Balance at March 31, 2003 |
16,600,000 |
$ 166 |
$ 2,835,709 |
$ (2,740,020) |
$ 95,855 |
AMG OIL LTD. |
For the Six Months Ended March 31, 2003 and 2002 |
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NOTE 1 - NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND CONTINGENCIES
The Company was incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada as Trans New Zealand Oil Company on February 20, 1997. The Company's name was subsequently changed to AMG Oil Ltd. on July 27, 1998. The business of the Company during the period is the acquisition and exploration of oil and gas interests.
The Company is a development stage enterprise and is required to identify that these consolidated financial statements are those of a development stage enterprise in accordance with paragraph 12 of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 7. However, the Company is primarily engaged in the exploration of PEP 38256, its only oil and gas interest, and is not engaged in the development of PEP 38256, as that term is defined in the oil and gas industry.
The Company has yet to determine whether PEP 38256 contains oil and gas reserves that are economically recoverable. Further, there can be no assurance that the Company will ever discover commercial quantities of oil and gas or obtain proved reserves. The recoverability of the amounts capitalized for oil and gas property is dependent upon the completion of exploration work, the discovery of oil and gas reserves in commercial quantities and the subsequent development of such reserves.
The Company does not generate sufficient cash flow from operations to fund its entire exploration activities and has therefore relied principally upon the issuance of securities for financing. Additionally, the Company may reduce its exposure in its oil and gas interest by farming out to other participants. The Company intends to continue relying upon these measures to finance its operations and exploration activities to the extent such measures are available and obtainable under terms acceptable to the Company. These conditions raise substantial doubt regarding the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
Refer to Note 7 and 11
NOTE 2 - ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES AND USE OF ESTIMATES
The accompanying unaudited consolidated interim financial statements of AMG Oil Ltd. and its wholly owned subsidiaries, AMG Oil Holdings Ltd., AMG Oil (NZ) Limited and Trans New Zealand Oil (PNG) Limited have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and the instructions to Form 10-QSB as prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. This form 10-QSB should be read in conjunction with the Company's September 30, 2002 Form 10-KSB. All material adjustments which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods have been reflected. The results of the six months ended March 31, 2003 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.
Refer to Note 11
AMG OIL LTD. |
For the Six Months Ended March 31, 2003 and 2002 |
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NOTE 3 - INVESTMENTS
Investments are comprised of 2,205 common shares (2002: 2,205 shares) of Trans-Orient Petroleum Ltd. ("Trans-Orient") acquired at a cost of $235,773 (2002: $235,773) and having a fair value of $993 (2002: $993) and 600,000 common shares (2002: 600,000) of Gondwana Energy, Ltd. ("Gondwana") acquired at a deemed cost of $10,000 and having a fair value of $10,000 (2002: $10,000).
Refer to Note 6
NOTE 4 - LOAN RECEIVABLE
During the six-month period ended March 31, 2003, the Company entered into a $30,000 loan agreement with The Innes Group, Inc. ("Innes"), a private California based company. The loan receivable is to be used as an initial payment against the acquisition price of Touchpoint Metrics, an asset owned solely by Innes, if an asset-purchase agreement can be completed by June 7, 2003. In the event that an asset purchase agreement is not negotiated by June 7, 2003, the loan will be converted to a promissory note bearing interest at a rate of 5% per year starting March 1, 2004, payable monthly over three years until the principal is paid in full.
NOTE 5 - OIL AND GAS INTEREST
As at March 31, 2002, the Company has a 52.5% participating interest in Petroleum Exploration Permit 38256 ("PEP 38256"), which was granted on August 25, 1997. PEP 38256 is located in New Zealand and provides for the exclusive right to explore for petroleum for an initial term of five years, renewable for an additional five years. One-half of the original area was relinquished on August 25, 2000, and a further one half of the remaining area was relinquished upon renewal of PEP 38256, by August 25, 2002. The other participant's in PEP 38256 are Indo-Pacific Energy Ltd. ("Indo-Pacific") (20%), as the operator, TAG Oil Ltd. ("TAG") (formerly "Durum Cons. Energy Corp.") (10%), Magellan Petroleum Australia Limited (7.5%) and Orion Exploration Limited (10%).
As of the six month period ended March 31, 2003, the Company has spent $Nil on permit maintenance and seismic reprocessing activities in PEP 38256. The permit is in good standing with respect to its work commitments. The Company's share of the committed work program for the balance of the 2003 fiscal year requires an estimated $52,500 of exploration expenditures to be incurred.
The Company, after considering the upcoming financial requirements relating to PEP 38256 decided to write-off $286,330 of the Company's capitalized costs relating to PEP 38256.
Refer to Notes 6, 7 and 11
NOTE 6 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Certain transactions of the Company involve publicly traded companies having directors, officers and/or principal shareholders in common with the Company. These companies are Indo-Pacific Energy Ltd. ("Indo-Pacific"), Trans-Orient Petroleum Ltd. ("Trans-Orient"), TAG Oil Ltd. ("TAG") (formerly "Durum Cons. Energy Corp."), Gondwana Energy, Ltd. ("Gondwana") and Verida Internet Corp. ("Verida").
AMG OIL LTD. |
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NOTE 6 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (continued)
a) Investments
Investments consist of 2,205 common shares of Trans-Orient and 600,000 common shares of Gondwana.
Refer to Note 3
b) Consulting Agreements
During the six months ended March 31, 2003, the Company paid $477 (2002: $68) in consulting fees to directors of the Company.
c) Due to Related Parties
At March 31, 2003 the Company owed $21,714 (2002: $9,609) to certain companies having directors, officers and/or principal shareholders in common with the Company. This amount is non-interest bearing and has no fixed terms of repayment.
d) Other
During the six months ended March 31, 2003, the Company incurred $15,201 (2002: $37,506) of mainly general and administrative costs through DLJ Management Corp., ("DLJ"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Trans-Orient. This amount represents costs incurred by DLJ on behalf of the Company. Of the $15,201 incurred to date, $1,444 is owed to DLJ at March 31, 2003.
NOTE 7 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
The Company participates in oil and gas exploration and development activities as a joint venturer with related parties and is contractually committed under agreements to complete certain exploration programs. The Company's management estimates that the total commitments under various agreements are approximately $52,500.
The Company is not aware of any events of noncompliance in its operations with any environmental laws or regulations nor of any potentially material contingencies related to environmental issues. However, the Company cannot predict whether any new or amended environmental laws or regulations introduced in the future will have a material adverse effect on the future business of the Company.
Refer to Note 11
NOTE 8 - COMMON STOCK
a) Authorized and Issued Share Capital
The authorized share capital of the Company is 100,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.00001 per share. At March 31, 2003, there were 16,600,000 shares (September 30, 2002: 19,600,000 shares) issued and outstanding.
AMG OIL LTD. |
For the Six Months Ended March 31, 2003 and 2002 |
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NOTE 8 - COMMON STOCK (continued)
During the six-months ended March 31, 2003, the Company entered into an agreement with International Resource Management Corp., a private company owned by the Company's controlling shareholder, to re-purchase 3,000,000 shares of the Company's common shares at a price of $0.01 per share. The re-purchased shares were cancelled and returned to treasury.
b) Stock Options
The Company applies Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25: Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees ("APB 25") to account for all compensatory stock options granted. Further, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123: Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation ("SFAS 123") requires additional disclosure to reflect the results of the Company had it elected to follow SFAS 123.
SFAS 123 requires a fair value based method of accounting for all compensatory stock options using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. However, these models were developed for use in estimating the fair value of traded options and require the input of and are highly sensitive to subjective assumptions including the expected stock price volatility.
The stock options granted by the Company have characteristics significantly different from those of traded options and, in the opinion of management, the existing model does not provide a reliable single measure of the fair value of any compensatory stock options granted by the Company.
Under SFAS 123, there have been no changes in the Company's stock options for the periods ended March 31, 2003 and 2002. There are 232,500 shares that can be acquired at a weighted average price of $1.53 per share.
The following is a summary of the Company's net loss and basic and diluted loss per share as reported and pro forma as if the fair value based method of accounting defined in SFAS 123 had been applied for the quarters ending March 31, 2003 and 2002:
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Net loss for the period |
$ (338,958) |
$ (338,958) |
$ (85,777) |
$ (78,076) |
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loss per share |
$ (0.02) |
$ (0.02) |
$ (0.00) |
$ (0.00) |
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AMG OIL LTD. |
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NOTE 8 - COMMON STOCK (continued)
The following stock options are outstanding at March 31, 2003:
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June 20, 2005 |
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October 31, 2005 |
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NOTE 9 - LOSS PER SHARE
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128: Earnings per Share ("SFAS 128") replaces the presentation of primary earnings per share ("EPS") with a presentation of both basic and diluted EPS for all entities with complex capital structures including a reconciliation of each numerator and denominator.
Basic EPS excludes dilutive securities and is computed by dividing income available to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the year. Diluted EPS reflects the potential dilution that could occur if dilutive securities were converted into common stock and is computed similarly to fully-diluted EPS pursuant to previous accounting pronouncements. SFAS 128 applies equally to loss per share presentations.
Stock options outstanding are not included in the computation of diluted loss per share as such inclusion would be antidilutive due to net losses incurred for the quarters ended March 31, 2003 and 2002.
A reconciliation of the numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted loss per share calculations are as follows:
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Numerator, net loss for the period |
$ (338,958) |
$ (85,777) |
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Weighted-average number of shares outstanding |
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Basic and diluted loss per share |
$ (0.02) |
$ (0.00) |
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AMG OIL LTD. |
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NOTE 10 - INCOME TAXES
There are no income taxes payable by the Company. At March 31, 2003 the Company has certain resource and other unused tax pools to offset future taxable income derived in the United States and New Zealand. The benefits of these resource and other tax pools have been offset by a valuation allowance of the same amount.
NOTE 11- SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
OIL AND GAS INTEREST
On May 2, 2003 the Company, through its subsidiary AMG Oil (NZ) Limited, gave notice to the operator of PEP 38256, that AMG Oil (NZ) Limited was no longer financially able to continue as a party of the Joint Venture and has withdrawn from the Joint Venture and the permit. The notice of withdrawal constituted an offer of assignment to the other parties of the joint venture. The Company has started liquidation procedures for its New Zealand subsidiaries being AMG Oil (NZ) Limited and AMG Oil Holdings Ltd. and intends to liquidate its Papua New Guinea based subsidiary Trans New Zealand Oil (PNG) Limited.
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Form 10-QSB includes certain statements that may be deemed to be "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements in this Form 10-QSB, other than statements of historical facts, that address activities, events or developments that we expect, believe or anticipate will or may occur in the future, including operating costs, future capital expenditures (including the amount and nature thereof), the drilling of wells, reserve estimates, acquisitions of other business interests and other such matters are forward-looking statements. Although we believe the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions within the bounds of our knowledge of our business, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Because our stock is a penny stock, each time we refer to the Litigation Reform Act , the safe harbor does not apply.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include: oil and gas prices; exploitation and exploration successes; change of business focus; continued availability of capital and financing; general economic, market or business conditions; acquisition opportunities or lack of opportunities; changes in laws or regulations; risk factors listed from time to time in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission; and other factors.
Our Company was incorporated on February 20, 1997 under the name Trans New Zealand Oil Company by filing our Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State in Nevada. We changed our name to AMG Oil Ltd. on July 27, 1998. We are a Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada based company, and until May 2003 our oil and gas exploration operations were conducted through our wholly-owned subsidiary, AMG Oil (NZ) Ltd. through an exploration office located in Wakefield NZ. Subsequent to the period ending March 31, 2003, the Company has continued to investigate new business opportunities that are available to the Company. In the future, we intend to proceed with the acquisition of Touchpoint Metrics which will allow the Company to access the marketing and research services sector utilizing Touchpoints technology, business model, marketing materials, key personnel and contacts relating to this industry.
Our sole participating oil and gas exploration interest at March 31, 2003 is in Petroleum Exploration Permit 38256 ("PEP 38256"or the "Permit"), a hydrocarbon exploration permit located on the South Island of New Zealand. After giving effect to all farm-outs and reorganizations reported in the 2001 fiscal year the interests in PEP 38256 are the following:
Company Permit Interests
AMG Oil Ltd. 52.5%
Indo-Pacific Energy Ltd. 20.0%
Magellan Petroleum Australia Limited 7.5%
TAG Oil Ltd. (formerly "Durum Cons. Energy Corp.") 10.0%
Orion Exploration Ltd. 10.0%
We have not received any revenues from oil & gas operations to date, and we are in a start-up phase with our existing assets. At March 31, 2003 we had no significant assets, tangible or intangible, other than the opportunities for our interest in PEP 38256 which we withdrew from on May 2, 2003.
Currently our only significant asset is our loan transaction entered into by the Company to acquire Touchpoint Metrics ("Touchpoint") of which we have given a convertible loan of $30,000 to The Innes Goup, Inc., the owner of Touchpoint Metrics. This loan agreement was entered into by both parties with the intention that the loan was to be converted to an initial payment for acquisition of Touchpoint, once an asset-purchase transaction between the Company and The Innes Group, Inc. could be finalized.
We currently have ongoing obligations with respect to our corporate operations and we expect to need to place additional equity securities with investors, in order to raise the capital required for our ongoing activities until such time that we can generate revenues from operations.
There can be no assurance that we will earn revenue, operate profitably or provide a return on investment to our security holders. Our activities to date have consisted primarily of efforts to raise funds, acquire an interest in our sole Permit, conduct preliminary seismic and geological studies over the Permit and participate in drilling the Ealing-1 and Arcadia -1 exploration wells in the fall of 2000. Neither of the exploration wells resulted in hydrocarbon discoveries, and the wells were subsequently abandoned. As structured in the past, we had proposed to derive all of our revenue from a discovery of commercial quantities of hydrocarbons in PEP 38256. However as the Company's focus has changed we are currently proposing to derive all of our revenue from the intended acquisition of Touchpoint Metrics.
On May 2, 2003, our subsidiary, AMG Oil (NZ) Limited, gave notice to the operator of PEP 38256, that AMG Oil (NZ) Limited was no longer financially able to continue as a party of the Joint Venture and has withdrawn from the Joint Venture and the permit. The notice of withdrawal constituted an offer of assignment to the other parties of the Joint Venture. As PEP 38256 was the sole asset of AMG Oil (NZ) Limited, and because AMG Holdings Ltd. does not have any assets, the Company has started procedures to liquidate these subsidiaries and intends to liquidate its Papua New Guinea based subsidiary Trans New Zealand Oil (PNG) Limited.
Employees and Consultants
We are in the start up phase with respect to our business and our executive officer is not bound by an employment agreement. Mr. Michael Hart, whom accepted the position of Interim President and Chief Executive Officer on March 10, 2003, in addition to his duties as a Director, and Mr. Arthur Evans a Director of the Company devote less than 10% of their time to our business. The Company expects that upon the acquisition of Touchpoint Metrics being completed, the Company will appoint additional board members that currently represent Touchpoint. We do not have any employees. Indo-Pacific Energy Ltd., as the operator of the PEP 38256 and of which Mr. Dave Bennett, a former Director of the Company, and whom is the President and CEO of Indo-Pacific, conducted exploration activities on PEP 38256 on behalf of the joint venture.
We also receive corporate services from DLJ Management Corp., a subsidiary of Trans-Orient Petroleum Ltd. The services consist of shareholder relations and communications, administrative and accounting support. DLJ Management Corp. provides their services on an hourly basis and has devoted less than 20% of their time to matters related to our business. DLJ Management Corp. bills monthly for its services on a cost recovery basis for labor and rent, office costs, and employee benefits.
On January 23, 2003, Mr. David Bennett resigned from his position as Vice-President of Exploration and as a Director and on March 10, 2003, Mr. Cameron Fink resigned from his position as President and as a Director.
Office and Properties
Our company currently shares office space with two other companies located at 887 Helmcken Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Our company was paying monthly rent in the amount of CDN$1,000 to TAG Oil Ltd. (formerly "Durum Cons. Energy Corp.") for use of the space, however due to working capital constraints, the Company requested, and received, approval from TAG to utilize the office space on a rent free basis starting March 1, 2003, until the working capital of the Company is improved.
We currently have no oil or gas producing properties and at present, no known deposits of oil or gas. Our sole asset at March 31, 2003 was our 52.5% interest in PEP 38256. Indo-Pacific Energy Ltd. is the operator of PEP 38256 and is carrying out the required exploration programs on behalf of the joint venture pursuant to an operating agreement dated June 25, 1998, under which our initial interest in the Permit was acquired. Under the terms of the operating agreement, each participant in the Permit is entitled to a specified equity share or percentage in the Permit, provided each participant pays for its pro rata share of expenditures or cash calls related to the development of the Permit. The level of expenditures and the work program are determined by agreement between the members of the joint venture, who vote pro rata with respect to their equity share with respect to expenditure proposals. If any participant, including the operator, fails to meet its required obligations or pay its portion of the cash ca lls, that participant will automatically relinquish its interest to the other participants in the Permit.
PEP 38256 is located in the Canterbury Basin on the South Island of New Zealand. The Canterbury Basin is located both onshore and offshore in the area surrounding the city of Christchurch. The total area of the Canterbury Basin is approximately twelve million acres. The permit area is situated in the onshore area surrounding Christchurch. The initial permit term is five years from August 25, 1997, but a minimum of 50% was required to be relinquished within three years. On August 25, 2000 the participants in PEP 38256 relinquished back to the government of New Zealand 50% of the PEP 38256 permit area that was considered to be of lesser potential. Subsequent to the relinquishment, PEP 38256 covered an area of approximately 1.3 million acres, and contained all the prospects and exploration leads so far identified by our Company and its joint venture partners at that time. The participants relinquished a further 50% of the remaining area of the permit upon the permit's renewal for its second 5-year term on Augu st 25, 2002. PEP 38256 now covers approximately 690,000 acres, including the Rakaia Trough.
The Permit is in good standing with the New Zealand Government and requires the participants of PEP 38256 to carry out the work program described above by February 25, 2004. As discussed previously, on May 2, 2003 the Company, through its subsidiary AMG Oil (NZ) Limited, gave notice to the operator of PEP 38256, that the AMG Oil (NZ) Limited was no longer financially able to continue as a party of the Joint Venture and has withdrawn from the Joint Venture and the permit. The notice of withdrawal constituted an offer of assignment to the other parties of the joint venture.
Results of Operations
During the first six months of the current fiscal year, our activities related to the Permit were minimal as we planned the upcoming requirements for the recently approved work program and continued evaluating the results of the exploration activities undertaken in the 2000 and 2001 fiscal year.
We did not generate any revenues from operations during the six months ended March 31, 2003, or during the comparable period. Our sole revenue during the period was $941 in interest income earned on surplus cash balances, compared to $2,334 for the six months ended March 31, 2002.
Our total general and administrative expenses for the six months ended March 31, 2003 were $53,569 compared to $87,185 for the comparable period. $9,608 of the total expenses was amortization of deferred compensation related to our stock option plan versus $24,247 in the comparable period. Salaries were $9,487 compared to $14,635 for the six months ended March 31, 2002 and professional fees were $16,172, versus $27,760 last year. The balance of our general and administrative costs for the six months ended March 31, 2003 consisted of office expenses of $3,078, rent expense of $4,271, telephone expenses of $3,475, filing fees of $3,024, a Director's fee of $477, foreign exchange of $2,688 and other expenses such as shareholder relations, travel and related costs and amortization of capital assets totaling $1,289.
During the six months ended March 31, 2003, there were no write-downs required of our investment in Trans-Orient Petroleum Ltd. For the comparable period last year the Company wrote-down, to market value, the investment in Trans-Orient by $926. During the six months ended March 31, 2003 the Company wrote-down its oil and gas interest by $286,330, leaving a value of $1 remaining for the Company's oil and gas interest on the consolidated interim balance sheet. There was limited activity relating to exploration work on PEP 38256 for the first half of the 2003 fiscal year. As a result, the company's expenditure for the six months ended March 31, 2003 was Nil.
As a result of these transactions noted above, we incurred a loss of $338,958 or $0.02 per share for the first half of the 2003 fiscal year, compared to $85,777 or $0.00 per share for the same period last year.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
During the six months ended March 31, 2003 financing activities consisted of the Company re-purchasing, for cancellation and return to treasury, 3,000,000 common shares of the Company at a price of $0.01 per share. As a result of this transaction the Company's outstanding shares issued has changed from 19,600,000 to 16,600,000. There were no financing activities by the Company for the comparable period last year. The Company's sole investing activity consisted of a $30,000 loan to The Innes Group, Inc., whereby the loan can be converted to an initial payment towards the acquisition of Touchpoint Metrics, upon an asset-purchase agreement being reached between the Company and The Innes Group. If an agreement is not reached by June 7, 2003, the loan will be converted to a promissory note, bearing interest at a rate of 5% per year starting March 1, 2004, payable monthly over the years until the principal is paid in full. For the comparable period last year the Company's sole investing activities consisted of $ 11,043 being spent on PEP 38256 exploration activities.
At March 31, 2003 our current assets totaled $74,846 compared to $174,476 at the beginning of the fiscal year, or $210,823 for the comparable period at March 31, 2002. Our current assets consisted of $74,788 in cash and $58 in accounts receivables. Our current liabilities at March 31, 2003 were $22,585, of which $21,714 was due to related parties for Permit related costs and administrative costs. Cash on hand is currently our only source of liquidity. We do not have any lending arrangements in place with banking or financial institutions and we do not anticipate that we will be able to secure these funding arrangements in the near future.
We believe our existing cash balances are sufficient to carry out our normal operations for the next twelve months, unless additional cash is required for the purchase of Touchpoint Metrics during this period. To the extent that we require additional funds to support our operations or the expansion of our business, we may sell additional equity or issue debt. Any sale of additional equity securities will result in dilution to our stockholders. There can be no assurance that additional financing, if required, will be available to our company or on acceptable terms.
Recent accounting pronouncements
In April 2002, SFAS No. 145, "Rescission of FASB Statements No. 4, 44 and 64, Amendment of FASB Statement No. 13, and Technical Corrections" was issued. This statement provides guidance on the classification of gains and losses from the extinguishment of debt and on the accounting for certain specified lease transactions. The Company has adopted the provisions of this standard effective April 1, 2002 and, accordingly, has recorded the gain from early extinguishment of debt as discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements as ordinary income.
In June 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 146, "Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities" ("SFAS No. 146"). SFAS No. 146 addresses significant issues regarding the recognition, measurement, and reporting of costs associated with exit and disposal activities, including restructuring activities. SFAS No. 146 also addresses recognition of certain costs related to terminating a contract that is not a capital lease, costs to consolidate facilities or relocate employees, and termination benefits provided to employees that are involuntarily terminated under the terms of a one-time benefit arrangement that is not an ongoing benefit arrangement or an individual deferred-compensation contract. SFAS No. 146 is effective for exit or disposal activities that are initiated after December 31, 2002. Given that SFAS No. 146 was issued in June 2002 and is not yet effective, the impact on the Company's financial position or results of operations from adopting SFAS No. 146 has not been determined.
Item 3. Controls and Procedures.
Michael Hart, our Principal Executive Officer and our Principal Financial Officer has established and is currently maintaining disclosure controls and procedures for us. The disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that material information relating to us is made known to them as soon as it is known by others within our organization.
Our Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer conducts an update and a review and evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures and have concluded, based on their evaluation within 90 days of the filing of this Report, that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective for gathering, analyzing and disclosing the information we are required to disclose in our reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. There have been no significant changes in our internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect these controls subsequent to the date of the previously mentioned evaluation.
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
None.
Item 2. Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds
None
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None
Item 4. Submissions of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
None
Item 5. Other Information
None
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
(a) Exhibits
Exhibit No. Exhibit Description Page No
None
(b) Reports on Form 8-K filed during the quarter.
None
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized on this 15th day of May, 2003.
AMG OIL LTD. |
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BY: |
/s/ Michael Hart |
I, Michael Hart, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of AMG Oil Ltd.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this interim report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this annual report; and
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this interim report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this interim report.
4.I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and have:
a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;
b) evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this quarterly report (the "Evaluation Date"); and
c) presented in this quarterly report my conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on my evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;
5. I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the Company's auditors and the audit committee of Company's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):
a) all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for the Company's auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and
b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company's internal controls; and
6. I have indicated in this quarterly report whether or not there were significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
Dated this 15th day of May, 2003. | ||
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/s/ Michael Hart |
In connection with the Quarterly Report of AMG Oil Ltd. (the "Company") on Form 10-QSB for the period ended March 31, 2003 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date here of (the "report"), I, Michael Hart, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2) The information contained in this Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
Dated this 15th day of May, 2003. | ||
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/s/ Michael Hart |