Part 227 Dec 2019 13:06
Along the way, we settled numerous debts, avoided lawsuits /settled claims with creditors, cleaned the company operationally, are current with our filings, are in the final stages of the transfer of operatorship in Zinc Ranch (takes 9-12 months), we obtained a lease in the Texas Panhandle with 17 drillable locations with a PV10 of $7 MM, entered into an MOU with a large player in the Area to explore additional opportunities, and finally bring a clean structure with large net operating loss carryovers (20+ MM) that we can use to shelter gains in the future with any JV.
Commodity prices dropped by 20%, had to raise money to cover past and current debts and diluted shareholders. It wasn’t pretty for anyone, but we couldn’t get reserve based lending and until we got our governance and other issues resolved, we weren’t a proper candidate for a JV with a larger entity. I believe that we’re much better now than we’ve ever been and are working to monetize all the effort to date.
As management and as a Board, all we can do is try to move things along in the right direction with the resources we have at hand. Believe me, it’s not particularly pleasant every day, but we tend to forget where we came from and what we accomplished in one year. I, for one, am proud of the work that was done by the whole team, even if the share price isn’t reflective of that work.
You’re right, you can’t please everyone. Then again, I believe that trying to please everyone is tied into a fear of failure and I have no room for that in my life.
Thanks again for the support.
Best,
Paolo