Note 10 - Loans Payable- Related Party

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Notes to Financial Statements

Loans Payable to Related Party [Text Block]

NOTE 10 – LOANS PAYABLE- RELATED PARTY

Loans payable - related party consists of the following at December 31:

	2021		2020
Loan payable in default due to the spouse of Bill Chaaban, CEO of CEN, which bears an interest at 12% per annum. This loan matured on August 17, 2020.	$	1,388,122	$	-
Loans payable in default to a former director of Creative, former parent company, bear interest at 10% per annum. This are unsecured loans that matured on December 31, 2018.		601,500		601,500
Loan payable in default to R&D Labs Canada, Inc., whose president is Bill Chaaban, also the CEO of CEN, bearing interest at 8% per annum. This is an unsecured loan that matured on October 2, 2019. R&D Labs Canada is a company owned by Bill Chaaban’s spouse.		300,000		300,000
Loans payable in default to the spouse of Bill Chaaban, CEO of CEN, for the original amounts of CAD 48,630 and USD $198,660, bear interest at 10% per annum. These are unsecured loans that matured on December 31, 2018.		237,019		236,854
Loan payable to the spouse of Joseph Byrne, a 5% shareholder and former CEO, and current President and member of the board of CEN, issued January 12, 2018 with a 30-day maturity, bearing share interest of 4,000 common shares per 30-day period. This is an unsecured loan that matures on April 16, 2022.		100,000		100,000
Loan payable to Alex Tarrabain, CFO and a Director of CEN, issued January 17, 2018 with a 30-day maturity, bearing share interest of 3,000 common shares per 30-day period. This is an unsecured loan that matures on April 16, 2022.		75,000		75,000
Loan payable to Joseph Byrne, a 5% shareholder and former CEO, and current President and member of the board of CEN, issued January 24, 2018 with a 30-day maturity, bearing share interest of 2,000 common shares per 30-day period. This loan was repaid in June 2021.		-		50,000
Total loans payable - related party (all current)	$	2,701,641	$	1,363,354

Attributable related party accrued interest was $671,665 and $568,969 as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Interest expense attributable to related party loans was $189,182 and $202,640 in 2021 and 2020, respectively.

During both 2021 and 2020, 96,000 and 108,000 common shares, respectively, were issued to related parties in connection with interest terms of the above loans made to CEN. Accordingly, during 2021 and 2020, $81,302 and $95,580 in related party interest expense and additional paid-in capital was recorded, respectively.