DAYBREAK OIL & GAS, INC. - Annual Report: 2022 (Form 10-K)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

For the fiscal year ended February 28, 2022

For the transition period from ______ to _______

Commission file number 000-50107

DAYBREAK OIL AND GAS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (509) 232-7674

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act: None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act: Common Stock, $.001 par value

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ¨ No þ

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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 þ No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes þ No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262 (b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ¨ No þ

The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant, based on the closing price of $0.035 on August 31, 2021, as reported by the OTC Pink® Open Market was $1,810,516.

At June 14, 2022, the registrant had 384,735,402 outstanding shares of $0.001 par value common stock.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:

Part III of the Form 10-K incorporates by reference certain portions of the registrant’s proxy statement for its 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed with the Commission not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this report.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This annual report on Form 10-K contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements include statements relating to future events or our future financial or operating performance, including statements regarding guidance, industry prospects or future results of operations or financial position, made in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections for the future of our business and our industry and are not statements of historical fact. Words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “predict,” “project,” “will” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Examples of forward-looking statements include statements about the following:

We have based these forward-looking statements on assumptions and analyses made in light of our experience and our perception of historical trends, current conditions, and expected future developments. However, you should be aware that these forward-looking statements are only our predictions and we cannot guarantee any such outcomes. Future events and actual results may differ materially from the results set forth in or implied in the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations include, but are not limited to, the following risks and uncertainties: 

Should one or more of the risks or uncertainties described above or elsewhere in this Form 10-K occur, or should any underlying assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results and plans could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties, as well as other risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ significantly from management’s expectations, are described in greater detail in Item 1A of Part 1, “Risk Factors”. We specifically undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any information contained in a forward-looking statement or any forward-looking statement in its entirety, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law.

All forward-looking statements attributable to us are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.

PART I

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

Historical Background

Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc. (referred to herein as “we,” “our,” “us,” “Daybreak” or the “Company”) was originally incorporated in the State of Washington on March 11, 1955 as Daybreak Uranium, Inc. The Company was organized to explore for, acquire and develop mineral properties throughout the Western United States. In August 1955, we acquired the assets of Morning Sun Uranium, Inc. By the late 1950’s, we ceased to be a producing mining company and thereafter engaged in mineral exploration only. In May 1964, to reflect the diversity of our mineral holdings, we changed our name to Daybreak Mines, Inc. By February 1967, we had ceased all exploration operations. After that time, our activities were confined to annual assessment and maintenance work on our Idaho mineral properties and other general and administrative functions. In November 2004, we sold our last remaining mineral rights covering approximately 340 acres in Shoshone County, Idaho.

Effective March 1, 2005, we undertook a new business direction for the Company; that of an exploration, development and production company in the crude oil and natural gas industry. In October of 2005, to better reflect this new direction of the Company, our shareholders approved changing our name to Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc. Our Common Stock is quoted on the OTC Pink® Open Market under the symbol DBRM.

Our corporate office is located at 1101 N. Argonne Road, Suite A-211, Spokane Valley, Washington 99212-2699. Our telephone number is (509) 232-7674. Additionally, we have a regional operations office located at 1414 S. Friendswood Dr., Suite 212, Friendswood, Texas 77546. The telephone number of our office in Friendswood is (281) 996-4176.

Crude Oil and Natural Gas Overview

We are an independent crude oil and natural gas exploration, development and production company. Our basic business model is to increase shareholder value by finding and developing crude oil and natural gas reserves through exploration and development activities and selling the production from those reserves at a profit. To be successful, we must, over time, be able to find crude oil and natural gas reserves and then sell the resulting production at a price that is sufficient to cover our finding costs, operating expenses, administrative costs and interest expense, plus offer us a return on our capital investment. A secondary means of generating returns can include the sale of either producing or non-producing lease properties.

Our long-term success depends on, among many other factors, the acquisition and drilling of commercial grade crude oil and natural gas properties and on the prevailing sales price for crude oil and natural gas along with associated operating expenses. The volatile nature of the energy markets makes it difficult to estimate future prices of crude oil and natural gas; however, any prolonged period of depressed prices or market volatility, such as we have experienced since June of 2014, will and does have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

The Company’s focus is to pursue crude oil and natural gas drilling opportunities through joint ventures with industry partners as a means of limiting our drilling risk. Prospects are generally brought to us by other crude oil and natural gas companies or individuals. We identify and evaluate prospective crude oil and natural gas properties to determine both the degree of risk and the commercial potential of the project. We seek projects that offer a mix of low risk with a potential of steady reliable revenue as well as projects with a higher risk, but that may also have a larger return.

Modern technology including 3-D seismic helps us identify potential crude oil and natural gas reservoirs and to mitigate our risk. The Company conducts all of our drilling, exploration and production activities in the United States, and all of our revenues are derived from sales to customers within the United States. We seek to maximize the value of our asset base by exploring and developing properties that have both production and reserve growth potential. Currently, our core areas of activity are located in Kern County, California and Michigan, although new opportunities may ultimately be secured in other areas.

In some instances, such as with our California crude oil operations, we strive to be the operator of our crude oil and natural gas properties. As the operator, we are more directly in control of the timing; costs of drilling and completion; and production operations on our projects. We are compensated by our other working interest partners for the additional duties performed by Daybreak as operator. In other instances, we may not serve as operator where we have concluded that the existing operator has existing operational knowledge, equipment and personnel in place, and operates competently and prudently and with the same operational goals that we would have if we served as operator. However, we have our own personnel onsite during critical operations such as drilling, fracturing and completion operations.

Known Trends and Uncertainties

As we continue to pursue our developmental drilling program in our California properties, the timing of these activities continues to be determined by current crude oil and natural gas prices; the availability of drilling funds; and in California, the length and timing of the drilling permit approval process. Additionally, our drilling programs are also very sensitive to drilling costs. We attempt to control these costs through drilling efficiencies by working with service providers to receive acceptable unit costs.

In order to continue our drilling program in California, we must be able to realize an acceptable margin between our expected cash flows from new production and the cost to drill and complete new wells. If any combination of a decrease in crude oil and natural gas prices; the availability of drilling funds; and/or, the rising costs of drilling, completion and other field services occurs in future periods, we may be forced to modify or discontinue a planned drilling program.

All of the Company’s crude oil production in California is sold under contracts which are market-sensitive. Accordingly, the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, and capital resources are highly dependent upon prevailing market prices of hydrocarbon prices and demand for crude oil and natural gas. These commodity prices are subject to wide fluctuations and market uncertainties due to a variety of factors that are beyond the control of the Company. Some of these factors include the level of global demand for and price of petroleum products, foreign supply of crude oil and natural gas, the establishment of and compliance with production quotas by oil-exporting countries, the relative strength of the U.S. dollar, weather conditions, the price and availability of alternative fuels, and overall economic conditions, both foreign and domestic. Because of the size of our Company, we are highly susceptible to downward changes in the price we receive for our hydrocarbon sales especially crude oil.

California Crude Oil Prices

The price we receive for crude oil sales in California is based on prices posted for Midway-Sunset crude oil delivery contracts, less deductions that vary by grade of crude oil sold and transportation costs. The posted Midway-Sunset price generally moves in correlation to, and at a discount to, prices quoted on the New York Mercantile Exchange (“NYMEX”) for spot West Texas Intermediate (“WTI”) Cushing, Oklahoma delivery contracts. We do not currently have any natural gas revenues.

There continues to be a significant amount of volatility in hydrocarbon prices and a corresponding fluctuation in our realized sale price of crude oil does exist. An example of this is that in June of 2014 the monthly average price of WTI oil was $105.79 per barrel and our realized price per barrel of crude oil was $98.78 while in April 2020, the monthly average price of WTI crude oil was $16.55 and our monthly realized price was $16.96 per barrel. Finally, in February 2022, the monthly average price of WTI oil was $91.64 per barrel and our realized price per barrel of crude oil was $87.41. Any downward volatility in the price of crude oil will have a substantial negative impact on our profitability and cash flow from our producing California properties. It is beyond our ability to accurately predict crude oil prices over any substantial length of time. There are many factors beyond our control that influence the price we receive on our crude oil sales.

A comparison of the average WTI price and average realized crude oil sales price at our East Slope Project in California for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021 is shown in the table below:

For the twelve months ended February 28, 2022, the average WTI price was $73.31 and our average realized crude oil sale price was $70.75, representing a discount of $2.56 per barrel or 3.5% lower than the average WTI price. In comparison, for the twelve months ended February 28, 2021, the average WTI price was $39.48 and our average realized sale price was $36.91 representing a discount of $2.57 per barrel or 6.5% lower than the average WTI price. Historically, the sale price we receive for California heavy crude oil has been less than the quoted NYMEX WTI price because of the lower API gravity of our California crude oil in comparison to WTI crude oil API gravity.

California Crude Oil Revenue and Production

Crude oil revenue in California for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 increased $275,206 or 68.0% to $680,107 in comparison to revenue of $404,901 for the twelve months ended February 28, 2021. The average sale price of a barrel of crude oil for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 was $70.75 in comparison to $36.91 for the twelve months ended February 28, 2021. The increase of $33.84 or 91.7% per barrel in the average realized price of a barrel of crude oil accounted for 134.9% of the increase in crude oil revenue for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022.

Our net sales volume for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 was 9,613 barrels of crude oil in comparison to 10,970 barrels sold for the twelve months ended February 28, 2021. This decrease in crude oil sales volume of 1,357 barrels or 12.4% was primarily due to fewer well days of production and the natural decline in reservoir pressure during the twelve months ended February 28, 2021.

The gravity of our produced crude oil in California ranges between 14° API and 16° API. Production for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 was from 20 wells resulting in 7,154 well days of production in comparison to 7,288 well days of production from 20 wells for the twelve months ended February 28, 2021.

Competition

We compete with other independent crude oil and natural gas companies for exploration prospects, property acquisitions and for the equipment and labor required to operate and develop these properties. Many of our competitors have substantially greater financial and other resources than we have. These competitors may be able to pay more for exploratory prospects and may be able to define, evaluate, bid for and purchase a greater number of properties and prospects than we can.

We conduct all of our drilling, exploration and production activities onshore in the United States. All of our crude oil assets are located in the United States and all of our revenues are from sales to customers within the United States.

Marketing Arrangements – Principal Customer

At our East Slopes Project, located in Kern County, California, we sell all of our crude oil production to one buyer. At February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021, this one individual customer represented 100% of crude oil sales receivable. If this local purchaser is unable to resell their products or if they lose a significant sales contract then we may incur difficulties in selling our crude oil production.

The Company’s accounts receivable for California crude oil sales at February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021 are set forth in the table below.

Title to Properties

As is customary in the crude oil and natural gas industry, we make only a cursory review of title to undeveloped crude oil and natural gas leases at the time we acquire them. However, before drilling operations commence, we search the title, and remedy material defects, if any, before we actually begin drilling the well. To the extent title opinions or other investigations reflect title defects, we (rather than the seller or lessor of the undeveloped property) typically are obligated to cure any such title defects at our expense. If we are unable to remedy or cure any title defects, so that it would not be prudent for us to commence drilling operations on the property, we could suffer a loss of our entire investment in the property. Except for encumbrances we have granted as described below under “Encumbrances,” we believe that we have good title to our crude oil and natural gas properties, some of which are subject to immaterial easements, and restrictions.

Regulation

The exploration and development of crude oil and natural gas properties are subject to various types of federal, state and local laws and regulations. These laws and regulations govern a wide range of matters, including the drilling and spacing of wells, hydraulic fracturing operations, allowable rates of production, restoration of surface areas, plugging and abandonment of wells and specific requirements for the operation of wells. Failure to comply with such laws and regulations can result in substantial penalties.

Laws and regulations relating to our business frequently change so we are unable to predict the future cost or impact of complying with such laws. Future laws and regulations, including changes to existing laws and regulations, could adversely affect our business. These regulatory burdens generally do not affect us any differently than they affect other companies in our industry with similar types, quantities and locations of production.

All of the states in which we operate generally require permits for drilling operations, require drilling bonds and reports concerning operations and impose other requirements relating to the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas.  Such states also have statutes or regulations addressing conservation matters, including provisions for the unitization or pooling of crude oil and natural gas properties, the establishment of maximum rates of production from crude oil and natural gas wells, the spacing, plugging and abandonment of such wells, restrictions on venting or flaring of natural gas and requirements regarding the ratability of production.

These laws and regulations may limit the amount of crude oil and natural gas we can produce from our wells and may limit the number of wells or the locations at which we can drill. Moreover, many states impose a production or severance tax with respect to the production and sale of crude oil and natural gas within their jurisdiction. States do not generally regulate wellhead prices or engage in other, similar direct economic regulation of production, but there can be no assurance they will not do so in the future.

In California, where we currently operate a 20 well oilfield project, there is substantial federal and state regulation and oversight of produced water and its disposal. Water regulations in California are currently under review and are subject to change. We produce a substantial amount of water while lifting oil from our reservoirs. While the water we produce is considered to be “fresh water” under current testing standards and is suitable for use for livestock and agricultural purposes, its handling and use are currently under review by regional authorities. As rules change, we may be required to invest in additional water management infrastructure. There is no guarantee that we will not have to incur additional costs in the future in regards to the disposal and use of our produced water.

The California Department of Conservation Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) is California's primary regulator of the oil and natural gas industry on private and state lands, with additional oversight from the State Lands Commission’s administration of state surface and mineral interests. Government actions, including the issuance of certain permits or approvals, by state and local agencies or by federal agencies may be subject to environmental reviews, respectively, under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) or the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which may result in delays, imposition of mitigation measures or litigation. CalGEM currently requires an operator to identify the manner in which CEQA has been satisfied prior to issuing various state permits, typically through either an environmental review or an exemption by a state or local agency.

In Kern County this requirement has typically been satisfied by complying with the local oil and gas ordinance, which was supported by an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) certified by the Kern County Board of Supervisors in 2015.  A group of plaintiffs challenged the EIR and on February 25, 2020, a California Court of Appeal issued a ruling that invalidates a portion of the EIR until the County makes certain revisions to the EIR and recertifies it. On February 12, 2021, the Kern County Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of the revisions in a supplementary EIR in order to reestablish the county's oil and gas permitting system, though it must be approved by the county Board of Supervisors before becoming effective.  This certification was expected to be completed in the first half of 2021; however, the supplemental EIR and certification are now in the middle of litigation. A court decision is expected sometime in 2022. After the supplementary EIR is certified, it is expected that CalGEM will rely on Kern County to serve as lead agent for CEQA purposes, reducing unnecessary delays at the state level.

The California Legislature has significantly increased the jurisdiction, duties and enforcement authority of CalGEM, the State Lands Commission and other state agencies with respect to oil and natural gas activities in recent years. For example, 2019 state legislation expanded CalGEM’s duties effective on January 1, 2020 to include public health and safety and reducing or mitigating greenhouse gas emissions while meeting the state’s energy needs, and will require CalGEM to study and prioritize idle wells with emissions, evaluate costs of abandonment, decommissioning and restoration, and review and update associated indemnity bond amounts from operators if warranted, up to a specified cap which may be shared among operators. Other 2019 legislation specifically addressed oil and natural gas leasing by the State Lands Commission, including imposing conditions on assignment of state leases, requiring lessees to complete abandonment and decommissioning upon the termination of state leases, and prohibiting leasing or conveyance of state lands for new oil and natural gas infrastructure that would advance production on certain federal lands such as national monuments, parks, wilderness areas and wildlife refuges.

In the event we conduct operations on federal, state or American Indian crude oil and natural gas leases, our operations may be required to comply with additional regulatory restrictions, including various nondiscrimination statutes, royalty and related valuation requirements and on-site security regulations, and other appropriate permits issued by the Bureau of Land Management or other relevant federal or state agencies.

Hydraulic fracturing is an important and common practice that is used to stimulate production of natural gas and/or oil from dense subsurface rock formations. The hydraulic fracturing process involves the injection of water, sand and chemicals under pressure into the formation to fracture the surrounding rock and stimulate production. Hydraulic fracturing typically is regulated by state crude oil and natural gas commissions, but the EPA has asserted federal regulatory authority pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act over certain hydraulic fracturing activities involving the use of diesel fuel. At the state level, several states have adopted or are considering legal requirements that could impose more stringent permitting, chemical disclosure and well construction requirements on hydraulic fracturing activities. If new or more stringent federal, state or local legal restrictions relating to the hydraulic fracturing process are adopted in areas where we operate, we could incur potentially significant added costs to comply with such requirements, experience delays or curtailment in the pursuit of exploration, development or production activities, and perhaps even be precluded from drilling wells. We do not presently use hydraulic fracturing methods in our crude oil exploration and production in California.

Operational Hazards and Insurance

Our operations are subject to the usual hazards incident to the drilling and production of crude oil and natural gas, such as blowouts, cratering, explosions, uncontrollable flows of crude oil, natural gas or well fluids, fires and pollution and other environmental risks. These hazards can cause personal injury and loss of life, severe damage to and destruction of property and equipment, pollution or environmental damage and suspension of operation. In addition, the presence of unanticipated pressures or irregularities in formations, miscalculations, or accidents may cause our drilling activities to be unsuccessful and result in a total loss of our investment.

We maintain insurance of various types to cover our operations with policy limits and retention liability customary in the industry. We believe the coverage and types of insurance we maintain are adequate. The occurrence of a significant adverse event, the risks of which are not fully covered by insurance, could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations. We cannot give any assurances that we will be able to maintain adequate insurance in the future at rates we consider reasonable.

Human Capital

At February 28, 2022, we had four full-time employees and two part-time employees. Additionally, we regularly use the services of four consultants on an as-needed basis for accounting, technical, oil field, geological, investor relations and administrative services. None of our employees are subject to a collective bargaining agreement. In our opinion, relations with our employees are good. We may hire more employees in the future as needed. All other services are currently contracted for with independent contractors. We have not obtained “key person” life insurance on any of our officers or directors. As we continue to manage the business ongoing, we are focused on retaining and developing our existing employees who are critical to the business.

Long-Term Success

Our long-term success depends on the successful acquisition, exploration and development of commercial grade crude oil and natural gas properties as well as the prevailing prices for crude oil and natural gas to generate future revenues and operating cash flow. Crude oil and natural gas prices are extremely volatile and are affected by many factors outside of our control. The volatile nature of the energy markets makes it difficult to estimate future prices of crude oil and natural gas; however, any prolonged period of price instability, such as was experienced from February 2020 through January 2021, has had and will likely continue to have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition. Such pricing factors are beyond our control, and have resulted and will result in negative fluctuations of our earnings. We believe; however, that even in this volatile pricing environment there are significant opportunities available to us in the crude oil and natural gas exploration and development industry.

Availability of SEC Filings

You may read and copy any materials we file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549, on official business days during the hours of 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. You can obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. The address of that site is http://www.sec.gov.

Website / Available Information

Our website can be found at www.daybreakoilandgas.com. Our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports filed with or furnished to the SEC, pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“the Exchange Act”) can be accessed free of charge on our website at www.daybreakoilandgas.com under the “Shareholder/Financial” section of our website within the “SEC Filings” subsection as soon as is reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or otherwise furnish it to, the SEC.

We have adopted an Ethical Business Conduct Policy Statement to provide guidance to our directors, officers and employees on matters of business conduct and ethics, including compliance standards and procedures. We also have adopted a Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers that applies to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer and controller. Copies of our Ethical Business Conduct Policy Statement and Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers are available under the “Shareholder/Financial” section of our website at www.daybreakoilandgas.com within the heading “Corporate Governance.” We intend to promptly disclose via a Current Report on Form 8-K or via an update to our website, information on any amendment to or waiver of these codes with respect to our executive officers and directors. Waiver information disclosed via the website will remain on the website for at least 12 months after the initial disclosure of a waiver.

Our Corporate Governance Guidelines and the charters of our Audit Committee, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and Compensation Committee are also available in the “Shareholder/Financial” section of our website at www.daybreakoilandgas.com within the heading “Corporate Governance.” In addition, copies of our Ethical Business Conduct Policy Statement, Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers, Corporate Governance Guidelines and the charters of the Committees referenced above are available at no cost to any shareholder who requests them by writing or telephoning us at the following address or telephone number:

Information contained on or connected to our website is not incorporated by reference into this Annual Report on Form 10-K and should not be considered part of this report or any other filing that we make with the SEC.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

The following risk factors together with other information set forth in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, should be carefully considered by current and future investors in our securities. An investment in our securities involves substantial risks. There are many factors that affect our business, a number of which are beyond our control. Our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected by any of these factors. The nature of our business activities further subjects us to certain hazards and risks. The risks described below are a summary of the known material risks relating to our business. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial individually or in aggregate may also impair our business operations. If any of these risks actually occur, it could harm our business, financial condition or results of operations and impair our ability to implement our business plan or complete development projects as scheduled. In any such case, the trading price of our Common Stock could decline, and you could lose all, or a part, of your investment.

Risks Related to Volatile Energy Prices

Crude oil and natural gas prices are volatile. From January 2020 through February 2021, there was a significant period of depressed commodity prices, that significantly adversely affected, and in the future may continue to adversely affect, our financial condition, liquidity, results of operations, cash flows, access to capital markets, and ability to grow.

Our revenues, operating results, liquidity, cash flows, profitability and valuation of proved reserves depend substantially upon the market prices of crude oil and natural gas. Product prices affect our cash flow available for capital expenditures and our ability to access funds through the capital markets. Declines in commodity prices have historically adversely affected the estimated value of our proved reserves and our cash flows. The volatile nature of the energy markets makes it difficult to estimate future prices of crude oil and natural gas; however, any prolonged period of price instability, such as was experienced from February 2020 through January 2021, has had a material adverse effect on our cash flows, reserves valuation and availability of funds in the financial markets. Specifically, our average annual realized price of crude oil sales for the twelve months periods ended February 28, 2022, 2021 and February 29, 2020 was $70.75, $36.91 and $60.25, respectively.

The commodity prices we receive for our crude oil and natural gas depend upon factors beyond our control, including among others:

—   changes in the supply of and demand for crude oil and natural gas;

—   market uncertainty;

—   the level of consumer product demands;

—   hurricanes and other weather conditions;

—   domestic governmental regulations and taxes;

—   the foreign supply of crude oil and natural gas;

—   the price of crude oil and natural gas imports

—   national and international pandemics like the COVID-19; and

—   overall domestic and foreign economic conditions.

These factors make it very difficult to predict future hydrocarbon commodity price movements with any certainty. It is beyond our control and ability to accurately predict when there will be a sustained improvement in hydrocarbon prices. All of our crude oil and natural gas sales are made pursuant to contracts based on spot market prices and are not based on long-term fixed price contracts. Crude oil and natural gas prices do not necessarily fluctuate in direct relation to each other.

The COVID-19 pandemic caused crude oil prices to decline significantly in 2020, and may adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition in the future.

The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected the global economy, and has resulted in, among other things, travel restrictions, business closures, the institution of quarantining and other mandated and self-imposed restrictions on movement and created supply chain imbalances. As a result, there was an unprecedented reduction in demand for crude oil. The decline in prices adversely affected our revenues and profitability in 2020 and, while energy prices have recovered, may adversely affect the economics of our existing wells and planned future wells. The severity, magnitude and duration of current or future COVID-19 outbreaks, the extent of actions that have been or may be taken to contain or treat their impact, and the impacts on the economy generally and oil prices in particular, are uncertain, rapidly changing and hard to predict.

Supply chain challenges arising in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic may adversely affect our operations.

Supply and demand imbalances arising from the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in shortages, backlogs and delayed deliveries of a wide array of products and services, including products and services critical to oil and gas operations. As a result of such supply chain challenges, we may experience unavailability, or delay in delivery, of products and services that are critical to our well operations. Any such delays may result in deferral or reduction of revenues and increased costs, any of which could materially adversely affect our profitability.

Hydrocarbon price declines may result in impairments of our asset carrying values.

Commodity prices have a significant impact on the present value of our proved reserves.  Accounting rules require us to impair, as a non-cash charge to earnings, the carrying value of our crude oil and natural gas properties in certain situations.  We are required to perform impairment tests on our assets periodically and whenever events or changes in circumstances warrant a review of our assets.  To the extent such tests indicate a reduction of the estimated useful life or estimated future cash flows of our assets, the carrying value may not be recoverable, and an impairment may be required.  Any impairment charges we record in the future could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations in the period incurred. For the twelve months ended February 28, 2021, we determined that a non-cash impairment will not be recognized on our California crude oil properties due to the prevailing increase in the current hydrocarbon prices.

Risks Related to Our Business

To execute our business plan we will need to develop current projects and expand our operations requiring significant capital expenditures, which we may be unable to fund.

Our business plan contemplates the execution of our current exploration and development projects and the expansion of our business by identifying, acquiring, and developing additional crude oil and natural gas properties. We plan to rely on external sources of financing to meet the capital requirements associated with these activities. We will have to obtain any additional funding we need through debt and equity markets or the sale of producing or non-producing assets. There is no assurance that we will be able to obtain additional funding when it is required or that it will be available to us on commercially acceptable terms.

Low hydrocarbon price environments and the volatility in prices that we are currently experiencing, as well as operating difficulties and other factors, many of which are beyond our control, are causing our revenues and cash flows from operating activities to decrease and may limit our ability to internally fund our exploration and development activities.

We may make offers to acquire crude oil and natural gas properties in the ordinary course of our business. If these offers are accepted, our capital needs will increase substantially. If we fail to obtain the funding that we need when it is required, we may have to forego or delay potentially valuable opportunities to acquire new crude oil and natural gas properties. In addition, without the necessary funding, we may default on existing funding commitments to third parties and forfeit or dilute our rights in existing crude oil and natural gas property interests.

The crude oil and natural gas business is highly competitive, placing us at an operating disadvantage.

We expect to be at a competitive disadvantage in (a) seeking to acquire suitable crude oil and or natural gas drilling prospects; (b) undertaking exploration and development; and (c) seeking additional financing. We base our preliminary decisions regarding the acquisition of crude oil and or natural gas prospects and undertaking of drilling ventures upon general and inferred geology and economic assumptions. This public information is also available to our competitors.

In addition, we compete with larger crude oil and natural gas companies with longer operating histories and greater financial resources than us. These larger competitors, by reason of their size and greater financial strength, can more easily:

Our ability to reach and maintain profitable operating results is dependent on our ability to find, acquire, and develop crude oil and natural gas properties.

Our future performance depends upon our ability to find, acquire, and develop crude oil and natural gas reserves that are economically recoverable. Without successful exploration and acquisition activities, we will not be able to develop reserves or generate production revenues to achieve and maintain profitable operating results. No assurance can be given that we will be able to find, acquire or develop these reserves on acceptable terms. We also cannot assure that commercial quantities of crude oil and natural gas deposits will be discovered that are sufficient to enable us to recover our exploration and development costs.

Our limited capital expenditures and drilling program, when coupled with a sustained depression in crude oil and natural gas prices, will significantly reduce our cash flow and constrain any future drilling, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Historically, we have made substantial capital expenditures for the exploration and development of crude oil and natural gas reserves. The combination of lower hydrocarbon prices and the reduction of our drilling operations has resulted in reduced production and operating cash flows since June of 2014. A continued sustained volatility in these hydrocarbon prices combined with reduced production and accompanying lower cash flows will continue to adversely affect our business financial condition and results of operations.

Our proved reserves are estimates and depend on many assumptions. Any material inaccuracies in these assumptions could cause the quantity and value of our crude oil reserves, and our revenues, profitability and cash flows to be materially different from our estimates.

The accuracy of estimated proved reserves and estimated future net cash flows from such reserves is a function of the quality of available geological, geophysical, engineering and economic data and is subject to various assumptions, including assumptions required by the SEC relating to crude oil prices, drilling and operating expenses and other matters. Although we believe that our estimated proved reserves represent reserves that we are reasonably certain to recover, actual future production, crude oil prices, revenues, taxes, development expenditures, operating expenses and quantities of recoverable crude oil reserves will most likely vary from the assumptions and estimates used to determine proved reserves. Any significant variance could materially affect the estimated quantities and value of our crude oil reserves, which in turn could adversely affect our cash flows, results of operations, financial condition and the availability of capital resources. In addition, we may adjust estimates of proved reserves to reflect production history, results of exploration and development, prevailing crude oil prices and other factors, many of which are beyond our control. Downward adjustments to our estimated proved reserves could require us to impair the carrying value of our crude oil properties, which would reduce our earnings and increase our stockholders’ deficit.

The present value of proved reserves will not necessarily equal the current fair market value of our estimated crude oil reserves. In accordance with reserve reporting requirements of the SEC, we are required to establish economic production for reserves on an average historical price. Actual future prices and costs may be materially higher or lower than those required by the SEC. The timing of both the production and expenses with respect to the development and production of crude oil properties will affect the timing of future net cash flows from proved reserves and their present value.

The estimated proved reserve information is based upon reserve reports prepared by an independent engineer. From time to time, estimates of our reserves are also made by our company engineer for use in developing business plans and making various decisions.  Such estimates may vary significantly from those of the independent engineers and may have a material effect upon our business decisions and available capital resources.

We may not be able to replace current production with new crude oil and natural gas reserves.

In general, the volume of production from a crude oil and natural gas property declines as reserves related to that property are depleted. The decline rates depend upon reservoir characteristics. In past years other than our East Slopes project in California, our crude oil and natural gas properties have had steep rates of decline and relatively short estimated productive lives.

Our identified drilling locations are scheduled out over multiple years, making them susceptible to uncertainties that could materially alter the occurrence or timing of their drilling.

Our management team has specifically identified and scheduled certain drilling locations as an estimation of our future multi-year drilling activities on our existing acreage. These drilling locations represent a significant part of our growth strategy. Our ability to drill and develop these locations depends on a number of uncertainties, including hydrocarbon prices, the availability and cost of capital, drilling and production costs, availability of drilling services and equipment, drilling results, lease expirations, transportation constraints, regulatory and zoning approvals and other factors.

Because of these uncertain factors, we do not know if the numerous drilling locations we have identified will ever be drilled. In addition, unless production is established within the spacing units covering the undeveloped acres on which some of the drilling locations are obtained, the leases for such acreage will expire. As such, our actual drilling activities may materially differ from those presently identified. In addition, we will require significant additional capital over a prolonged period in order to pursue the development of these locations, and we may not be able to raise or generate the capital required to do so. Any drilling activities we are able to conduct on these locations may not be successful or result in our ability to add additional proved reserves to our overall proved reserves or may result in a downward revision of our estimated proved reserves, which could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

Due to the volatility in crude oil prices and the lack of available drilling capital, we have not drilled any prospective development locations in California since November of 2013.

We may reclassify proved undeveloped reserves to unproved reserves due to our inability to commit sufficient capital within the required five-year development window, which could adversely affect the value of our properties.

The SEC generally requires that any undrilled location can be classified as a proved undeveloped reserve only if a development plan has been adopted indicating that the location is scheduled to be drilled within five years. The reduction of our drilling program in response to depressed crude oil and natural gas prices and a lack of drilling capital has impacted our ability to develop proved undeveloped reserves within such five-year period. If our reduced drilling plans continue over a significant period of time our future access to capital resources will be limited, and we will also likely further delay the development of our proved undeveloped reserves or ultimately suspend such development which could result in the reclassification of a significant amount of our proved undeveloped reserves as probable or possible reserves. A significant reclassification of proved undeveloped reserves could adversely affect the value of our properties.

Our producing reserves are located in one major geographic area. Concentration of reserves in limited geographic areas may disproportionately expose us to operational, regulatory and geological risks.

Our one core producing property is located in Kern County, California. As a result of this concentration, we may be disproportionately exposed to the impact of regional supply and demand factors, delays or interruptions of production from wells in this area caused by governmental regulation, processing or transportation capacity constraints, market limitations, or interruption of the processing or transportation of crude oil.

When we make the determination to invest in crude oil or natural gas properties we rely upon geological and engineering estimates, which involve a high level of uncertainty.

Geologic and engineering data are used to determine the probability that a reservoir of crude oil or natural gas exists at a particular location. This data is also used to determine whether crude oil and natural gas are recoverable from a reservoir. Recoverability is ultimately subject to the accuracy of data including, but not limited to, geological characteristics of the reservoir, structure, reservoir fluid properties, the size and boundaries of the drainage area, reservoir pressure, and the anticipated rate of pressure depletion. Also, an increase in the costs of production operations may render some deposits uneconomic to extract.

The evaluation of these and other factors is based upon available seismic data, computer modeling, well tests and information obtained from production of crude oil and natural gas from adjacent or similar properties. There is a high degree of risk in proving the existence and recoverability of reserves. Actual recoveries of proved reserves can differ materially from original estimates. Accordingly, reserve estimates may be subject to downward adjustment. Actual production, revenue and expenditures will likely vary from estimates, and such variances may be material.

Shortages of oilfield equipment, services and qualified personnel could delay our drilling program and increase the prices we pay to obtain such equipment, services and personnel.

The demand for qualified and experienced field personnel to drill wells and conduct field operations in the crude oil and natural gas industry can fluctuate significantly, often in correlation with crude oil and natural gas prices, causing periodic shortages. Historically, there have been shortages of drilling and workover rigs, pipe and other oilfield equipment as demand for rigs and equipment has increased along with the number of wells being drilled. These factors also cause significant increases in costs for equipment, services and personnel. Higher crude oil and natural gas prices generally stimulate demand and result in increased prices for drilling and workover rigs, crews, and associated supplies, equipment and services. It is beyond our control and ability to predict whether these conditions will exist in the future and, if so, what their timing and duration will be.

Drilling is a high risk activity and, as a result, we may not be able to adhere to our proposed drilling schedule, or our drilling program may not result in commercially productive reserves.

Our future success will partly depend on the success of our drilling programs. The future cost or timing of drilling, completing, and producing wells is inherently uncertain. Our drilling operations may be curtailed, delayed or canceled as a result of a variety of factors including:

Our financial condition will deteriorate if we are unable to retain our interests in our leased crude oil and natural gas properties.

All of our properties are held under interests in crude oil and natural gas mineral leases. If we fail to meet the specific requirements of any lease, such lease may be terminated or otherwise expire. We cannot be assured that we will be able to meet our obligations under each lease. The termination or expiration of our “working interests” (interests created by the execution of a crude oil or natural gas lease) relating to these leases would impair our financial condition and results of operations.

We will need significant additional funds to meet capital calls, drilling and other production costs in our effort to explore, produce, develop and sell the crude oil and natural gas produced by our leases. We may not be able to obtain any such additional funds on acceptable terms.

Title deficiencies could render our crude oil and natural gas leases worthless; thus damaging the financial condition of our business.

The existence of a material title deficiency can render a lease worthless, resulting in a large expense to our business. We rely upon the judgment of crude oil and natural gas lease brokers who perform the fieldwork and examine records in the appropriate governmental office before attempting to place a specific mineral interest under lease. This is a customary practice in the crude oil and natural gas industry.

We anticipate that we, or the person or company acting as operator on the properties that we lease, will examine title prior to any well being drilled. Even after taking these precautions, deficiencies in the marketability of the title to the leases may still arise. Such deficiencies may render some leases worthless, negatively impacting our financial condition.

If we as operator of our crude oil project fail to maintain adequate insurance, our business could be exposed to significant losses.

Our crude oil projects are subject to risks inherent in the crude oil and natural gas industry. These risks involve explosions, uncontrollable flows of crude oil, natural gas or well fluids, pollution, fires, earthquakes and other environmental issues. These risks could result in substantial losses due to injury and loss of life, severe damage to and destruction of property and equipment, pollution and other environmental damage. As protection against these operating hazards we maintain insurance coverage to include physical damage and comprehensive general liability. However, we are not fully insured in all aspects of our business. The occurrence of a significant event on any project against which we are not adequately covered by insurance could have a material adverse effect on our financial position.

In any project in which we are not the operator, we will require the operator to maintain insurance of various types to cover our operations with policy limits and retention liability customary in the industry. The occurrence of a significant adverse event on any of these projects if they are not fully covered by insurance could result in the loss of all or part of our investment. The loss of any such project investment could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

New technologies may cause our current exploration and drilling methods to become obsolete.

There have been rapid and significant advancements in technology in the natural gas and crude oil industry, including the introduction of new products and services using new technologies. As competitors use or develop new technologies, we may be placed at a competitive disadvantage, and competitive pressures may force us to implement new technologies at a substantial increase in cost. Further, competitors may obtain patents which might prevent us from implementing new technologies. In addition, competitors may have greater financial, technical and personnel resources that allow them to enjoy technological advantages and may in the future allow them to implement new technologies before we can. One or more of the technologies that we currently use or that we may implement in the future may become obsolete. We cannot be certain that we will be able to implement technologies on a timely basis or at a cost that is acceptable to us. If we are unable to maintain technological advancements consistent with industry standards, our operations and financial condition may be adversely affected.

Risks related to Environmental Regulation

Recent and future actions by the state of California could result in restrictions to our operations and result in decreased demand for oil and gas within the state.

In September 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom of California issued an executive order (Order) that seeks to reduce both the demand for and supply of petroleum fuels in the state. The Order establishes several goals and directs several state agencies to take certain actions with respect to reducing emissions of GHGs, including, but not limited to: phasing out the sale of new emissions-producing passenger vehicles, drayage trucks and off-road vehicles by 2035 and, to the extent feasible, medium and heavy duty trucks by 2045; developing strategies for the closure and repurposing of oil and gas facilities in California; and proposing legislation to end the issuance of new hydraulic fracturing permits in the state by 2024. The Order also directs the California Department of Conservation, Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) to strictly enforce bonding requirements for oil and gas operations and to complete its ongoing

public health and safety review of oil production and propose additional regulations, which are expected to include expanded land use setbacks or buffer zones.

In October 2020, the Governor issued an executive order that establishes a state goal to conserve at least 30% of California’s land and coastal waters by 2030 and directs state agencies to implement other measures to mitigate climate change and strengthen biodiversity. In February 2021, SB 467 was introduced in the state senate. If passed, the bill would ban new permits for hydraulic fracturing, acid well stimulation treatments, cyclic steaming, water flooding and steam flooding – beginning in 2022 and would ban these activities in total beginning in 2027. The bill would also allow local governments to prohibit such practices prior to 2027. After the bill was introduced one of the authors announced that it would also be amended to also add a 2,500 feet setback for new wells from sensitive receptors. We cannot predict the outcome of this most recent legislative effort. Previous high profile efforts to pass mandatory setbacks have failed; however, any of the foregoing developments and other future actions taken by the state may materially and adversely affect our operations and properties and the demand for our products.

We face various risks associated with the trend toward increased anti-crude oil and natural gas development activity.

In recent years, we have seen significant growth in opposition to crude oil and natural gas development in the United States. Companies in our industry can be the target of opposition to hydrocarbon development from stakeholder groups, including national, state and local governments, regulatory agencies, non-government organizations and public citizens. This opposition is focused on attempting to limit or stop hydrocarbon development. Examples of such opposition include: efforts to reduce access to public and private lands; delaying or canceling permits for drilling or pipeline construction; limiting ore banning industry techniques such as hydraulic fracturing, and/or adding restrictions on or the use of water and associated disposal; imposition of set-backs on crude oil and natural gas sites; delaying or denying air-quality permits; advocating for increased punitive taxation or citizen ballot initiatives or moratoriums on industry activity; and the use of social media channels to cause reputational harm. Recent efforts by the US Administration to modify federal crude oil and natural gas regulations could intensify the risk of anti-development efforts from grass roots opposition.

Our need to incur costs associated with responding to these anti-development efforts, including legal challenges, or complying with any new legal or regulatory requirements from these efforts, could have a material adverse effect on our business.

Restricted land access could reduce our ability to explore for and develop crude oil and natural gas reserves.

Our ability to adequately explore for and develop crude oil and natural gas resources is affected by a number of factors related to access to land. Examples of factors which reduce our access to land include, among others:

Reduced ability to obtain new leases could constrain our future growth and opportunity resulting in a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and our cash flows.

Our crude oil and natural gas exploration and production, and related activities are subject to extensive environmental regulations, and to laws that can give rise to substantial liabilities from environmental contamination.

Our operations are subject to extensive federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations, which impose limitations on the discharge of pollutants into the environment, establish standards for the management, treatment, storage, transportation and disposal of hazardous materials and of solid and hazardous wastes, and impose obligations to investigate and remediate contamination in certain circumstances. Liabilities to investigate or remediate contamination, as well as other liabilities concerning hazardous materials or contamination such as claims for personal injury or property damage, may arise at many locations, including properties in which we have an ownership interest but no operational control, properties we formerly owned or operated, and sites where our wastes have been treated or disposed of, as well as at properties that we currently own or operate. Such liabilities may arise even where the contamination does not result from any noncompliance with applicable environmental laws. Under a number of environmental laws, such liabilities may also be joint and several, meaning that we could be held responsible for more than our share of the liability involved, or even the entire share. Environmental requirements generally have become more stringent in recent years, and compliance with those requirements more expensive.

We have incurred expenses in connection with environmental compliance, and we anticipate that we will continue to do so in the future. Failure to comply with extensive applicable environmental laws and regulations could result in significant civil or criminal penalties and remediation costs. Some of our properties may be affected by environmental contamination that may require investigation or remediation. In addition, claims are sometimes made or threatened against companies engaged in crude oil and natural gas exploration and production by owners of surface estates, adjoining properties or others alleging damage resulting from environmental contamination and other incidents of operation. Compliance with, and liabilities for remediation under, these laws and regulations, and liabilities concerning contamination or hazardous materials, may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Climate change legislation or regulations restricting emissions of greenhouse gases (“GHG”) could result in increased operating costs and reduced demand for the crude oil we produce.

Climate change continues to attract considerable public and scientific attention. As a result, numerous proposals have been made and are likely to continue to be made at the international, national, regional and state levels of government to monitor and limit emissions of GHGs. These efforts have included consideration by states or groupings of states of cap-and-trade programs, carbon taxes, GHG reporting and tracking programs, and regulations that directly limit GHG emissions from certain sources.

At the federal level, no comprehensive climate change legislation has been implemented to date. However, the EPA has determined that emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and other GHGs present an endangerment to public health and the environment and has adopted regulations under existing provisions of the Clean Air Act. The EPA has also adopted rules requiring the monitoring and reporting of GHG emissions from specified sources in the United States on an annual basis, including, among others, onshore and offshore crude oil and natural gas production facilities and onshore processing, transmission, storage and distribution facilities. In October 2015, the EPA amended and expanded the GHG reporting requirements to all segments of the crude oil and natural gas industry, including gathering and boosting facilities and blowdowns of natural gas transmission pipelines, and in January 2016, the EPA proposed additional revisions to leak detection methodology.

The adoption and implementation of any international, federal or state legislation, regulations or other regulatory initiatives that require reporting of GHGs or otherwise restricts emissions of GHGs from our equipment and operations could cause us to incur increased costs that could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Moreover, such new legislation or regulatory programs could also increase the cost to the consumer, and thereby reduce demand for crude oil and natural gas, which could reduce the demand for the crude oil or natural gas we produce and lower the value of our reserves.

Finally, it should be noted that some scientists have concluded that increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere may be associated with extreme weather conditions such as more intense hurricanes, thunderstorms, tornados and snow or ice storms, as well as rising sea levels. Another possible consequence of climate change is increased volatility in seasonal temperatures. Some studies indicate that climate change could cause some areas to experience temperatures substantially hotter or colder than their historical averages. Extreme weather conditions can interfere with our production and increase our operating expenses. Such damage or increased expenses from extreme weather may not be fully insured. If any such effects were to occur, they could have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations. At this time, we have not developed a comprehensive plan to address the legal, economic, social or physical impacts of climate change on our operations.

Risks Related to Our Indebtedness

We have experienced significant operating losses in the past and there can be no assurance that we will become profitable in the future.

We have reported net loss of approximately $398,450 for the year ended February 28, 2022, and we have an accumulated deficit through February 28, 2022 of approximately $29.5 million. Without successful exploration and development of our properties and a significant sustained increase in hydrocarbon prices any investment in Daybreak could become devalued or worthless.

We have substantial indebtedness. The amount of our outstanding indebtedness and our current inability to meet our debt obligations will have adverse consequences on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

At February 28, 2022, we had approximately $4.3 million of consolidated indebtedness comprised of a variety of short-term and long-term borrowings; a line of credit; trade payables; and 12% Subordinated Notes. The 12% Notes had a maturity date of January 29, 2019 and the principal balance of $315,000 has not been paid. The level of indebtedness we have affects our operations in a number of ways. We will need to use a portion of our cash flow to meet principal, interest and payables commitments; which reduces the amount of funds we will have available to finance our operations. This lack of funds limits planning for or reacting to changes in our business and the industry in which we operate and could limit our ability to make funds available for other purposes, such as future exploration, development or acquisition activities. Our ability to meet our debt service obligations and reduce our total indebtedness will depend upon our future performance. Our future performance, in turn, is dependent upon many factors that are beyond our control such as the level of hydrocarbon prices and general economic, financial and business conditions. We cannot guarantee that our future performance will not be adversely affected by such economic conditions and financial, business and other factors.

General Risk Factors

Certain U.S. federal income tax deductions currently available with respect to crude oil and natural gas exploration and development may be eliminated as a result of proposed legislation.

Legislation previously has been proposed that would, if enacted into law, make significant changes to United States federal income tax laws, including the elimination of certain key U.S. federal income tax incentives currently available to crude oil and natural gas exploration and production companies. These changes include, but are not limited to: (1) the repeal of the percentage depletion allowance for crude oil and natural gas properties, (2) the elimination of current deductions for intangible drilling and development costs, (3) the elimination of the deduction for certain U.S. domestic production activities, and (4) an extension of the amortization period for certain geological and geophysical expenditures. It is unclear whether any such changes will be enacted and, if enacted, how soon any such changes could become effective. The passage of this type of legislation or any other similar changes in U.S. federal income tax laws could eliminate or postpone certain tax deductions that are currently available with respect to crude oil and natural gas exploration and development, and any such change could negatively impact the value of an investment in our Common Stock as well as affect our financial condition and results of operations.

We may lose key management personnel which could endanger the future success of our crude oil and natural gas operations.

Our President and Chief Executive Officer, who is also acting as our interim principal finance and accounting officer, our Director of Field Operations, and two of our directors each have substantial experience in the crude oil and natural gas business. The loss of any of these individuals could adversely affect our business. If one or more members of our management team dies, becomes disabled or voluntarily terminates employment with us, there is no assurance that a suitable or comparable substitute will be found.

A terrorist attack, anti-terrorist efforts or other armed conflict could adversely affect our business by decreasing our revenues and increasing our costs.

A terrorist attack, anti-terrorist efforts or other armed conflict involving the United States may adversely affect the United States and global economies and could prevent us from meeting our financial and other obligations. If any of these events occur or escalate, the resulting political instability and societal disruption could reduce overall demand for crude oil and natural gas, potentially putting downward pressure on demand for our services and causing a decrease in our revenues. Crude oil and natural gas related facilities could be direct targets of terrorist attacks, and our operations could be adversely impacted if significant infrastructure or facilities used for the production, transportation, processing or marketing of crude oil and natural gas production are destroyed or damaged. Costs for insurance and other security may increase as a result of these threats, and some insurance coverage may become more difficult to obtain, if available at all.

Risks Related to Our Common Stock

We may be unable to continue as a going concern in which case our securities will have little or no value.

Our financial statements for the year ended February 28, 2022 were prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities in the normal course of business. We have incurred net losses since inception, which raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. In the event we are not able to continue operations, an investor will likely suffer a complete loss of their investment in our securities.

The market price of our Common Stock has been volatile, which may cause the investment value of our stock to decline.

Daybreak’s Common Stock (OTC Pink: DBRM) trades on the OTC Pink® Open Market under the OTC Markets Group segment, Pink Current Information. Prior to May 1, 2016, our stock had traded on the OTCQB Venture Marketplace. Our transition to the OTC Pink® Open Market was the result of a cost-savings move for the company related to listing fees on the Venture Marketplace.

Because of the limited liquidity of our stock, shareholders may be unable to sell their shares at or above the cost of their purchase prices. The trading price of our shares has experienced wide fluctuations and these shares may be subject to similar fluctuations in the future.

The trading price of our Common Stock may be affected by a number of factors including events described in these risk factors, as well as our operating results, financial condition, announcements of drilling activities, general conditions in the crude oil and natural gas exploration and development industry including volatility in crude oil and natural gas prices, and other events or factors. The instability and volatility in hydrocarbon prices that has occurred since June 2014, has had a corresponding material and mostly adverse impact on our revenues and a similar direct material adverse impact on the trading price of our Common Stock.

In recent years, broad stock market indices, in general, and smaller capitalization companies, in particular, have experienced substantial price fluctuations. In a volatile market, we do experience wide fluctuations in the market price of our Common Stock. These fluctuations may have a negative effect on the market price of our Common Stock.

Pursuant to SEC rules our Common Stock is classified as a “penny stock” increasing the risk of investment in these shares.

Our Common Stock is designated as a “penny stock” and thus may be more illiquid than shares traded on an exchange or on NASDAQ. Penny stocks generally are any non-NASDAQ or non-exchange listed equity securities with a price of less than $5.00, subject to certain exceptions.

The “penny stock” reporting and disclosure requirements may have the effect of reducing the level of trading activity in the secondary market for a stock that is subject to these rules. The market liquidity for the shares could be severely and adversely affected by limiting the ability of broker-dealers to sell these shares.

We have a limited operating history on which to base an investment decision.

To date, while we generally have had positive cash flow from our operations in California, we have not yet generated sustainable positive cash flow or earnings on a company-wide basis. We cannot provide any assurances that we will ever operate profitably especially in the current low-priced hydrocarbon environment. As a result of our limited operating history, we are more susceptible to business risks. These risks include unforeseen capital requirements, failure to establish business relationships, and competitive disadvantages against larger and more established companies.

The resale of shares offered in private placements could depress the value of the shares.

In the past, shares of our Common Stock have been offered and sold in private placements at significant discounts to the trading price of the Common Stock at the time of the offering. Sales of substantial amounts of Common Stock eligible for future sale in the public market, or the availability of shares for sale, including shares issued upon exercise of outstanding warrants, could adversely affect the prevailing market price of our Common Stock and our ability to raise capital by an offering of equity securities.

Privately placed issuances of our Common Stock, Preferred Stock and warrants have and may continue to dilute ownership interests which could have an adverse effect on our stock prices.

Our authorized capital stock consists of 200,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock. As of February 28, 2022, there were 67,802,273 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding.

Historically we have issued, and likely will continue to issue, additional shares of our Common Stock in connection with the compensation of personnel, future acquisitions, private placements, possible equity swaps for debt or for other business purposes. Future issuances of substantial amounts of these equity securities could have a material adverse effect on the market price of our Common Stock, and would result in further dilution of the ownership interests of our existing shareholders.

We will need to seek to raise additional funds in the future through debt financing, which may impose operational restrictions and may further dilute existing ownership interests.

We expect to seek to raise additional capital in the future to help fund our acquisition, development, and production of crude oil and natural gas reserves. In the past, we have obtained debt financing through commercial loans and credit facilities. Subsequent debt financing, if available, may require restrictive covenants, which may limit our operating flexibility. Future debt financing may also involve debt instruments that are convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock. The conversion of the debt to equity financing may dilute the equity position of our existing shareholders.

We do not anticipate paying dividends on our Common Stock, which could devalue the market value of these securities.

We have not paid any cash dividends on our Common Stock since the Company’s inception in 1955. We do not anticipate paying cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Any dividends paid in the future will be at the complete discretion of our Board of Directors. For the foreseeable future, we anticipate that we will retain any revenues that we may generate from our operations. These retained revenues will be used to finance and develop the growth of the Company. Prospective investors should be aware that the absence of dividend payments could negatively affect the market value of our Common Stock. Investors must rely on sales of their Common Stock after price appreciation, which may never occur, as the only way to realize a return on their investment. Investors seeking cash dividends should not purchase our Common Stock.

ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to provide the information otherwise required by this Item.

ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

We conduct all of our drilling, exploration and production activities in the United States. All of our crude oil assets are located in the United States, and all of our revenues are derived from sales to customers within the United States. During the year ended February 28, 2022, we were involved in the operation of a 20 well oilfield project in Kern County, California.

We have not filed any estimates of total, proved net crude oil or natural gas reserves with any federal agency other than this report to the SEC for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2022. Throughout this Annual Report on Form 10-K, crude oil is shown in barrels (“Bbls”); natural gas is shown in thousands of cubic feet (“Mcf”) or British Thermal Units (“BTU”) unless otherwise specified, and hydrocarbon totals are expressed in barrels of oil equivalent (“BOE”).

Kern County, California (East Slopes Project)

The East Slopes Project is located in the southeastern part of the San Joaquin Basin near Bakersfield, California. Drilling targets are porous and permeable sandstone reservoirs that exist at depths of 1,200 feet to 4,500 feet. Since January 2009, we have participated in the drilling of 25 wells in this project. We have been the Operator at the East Slopes Project since March 2009.

Our 20 producing crude oil wells in the East Slopes Project produce from five reservoirs at our Sunday, Bear, Black, Ball and Dyer Creek locations. The Sunday property has six producing wells, while the Bear property has nine producing wells. The Black property is the smallest of all currently producing reservoirs, and currently has two producing wells at this property. The Ball property also has two producing wells while the Dyer Creek property has one producing well. Our average working interest and NRI in these 20 producing crude oil wells is 36.6% and 28.4%, respectively.

There are several other similar prospects on trend with the Bear, Black and Dyer Creek reservoirs exhibiting the same seismic characteristics. Some of these prospects, if successful, would utilize the Company’s existing production facilities. In addition to the current field development, there are several other exploratory prospects that have been identified from the seismic data, which we plan to drill in the future.

Sunday Central Processing and Storage Facility

The crude oil produced from our acreage in California is considered heavy crude oil. The crude oil ranges from 14° to 16° API gravity. All of the crude oil from our five producing properties is processed, stored and sold from the Sunday central processing and storage facility. The crude oil must be heated to separate and remove water to prepare it to be sold. We constructed these facilities during the summer and fall of 2009 and at the same time established electrical service for our field by constructing three miles of power lines. In 2013, we completed an upgrade to this facility including the addition of a second crude oil storage tank to handle the additional crude oil production from the wells drilled in 2013.

By utilizing the Sunday centralized production facility our average production expenses have been reduced from over $40 per barrel in 2009 to around $24 per barrel of crude oil for the year ended February 28, 2022. With this centralized facility and having permanent electrical power available, we are ensuring that our operating expenses are kept to a minimum.

California Producing Properties

Sunday Property

In November 2008, we made our initial crude oil discovery drilling the Sunday #1 well. The well was put on production in January 2009. Production is from the Vedder Sand at approximately 2,000 feet. During 2009, we drilled three development wells including one horizontal well: the Sunday #2, Sunday #3 and Sunday #4H wells, respectively. During May and June 2013, we drilled two additional development wells: the Sunday #5 and Sunday #6. We have a 37.5% working interest with a 26.1% net revenue interest (“NRI”) in the Sunday #1 well. For the Sunday #2 and Sunday #3 wells, we have a 33.8% working interest with a 24.3% NRI. In the Sunday #4H well, we have a 33.8% working interest with a 27.1% NRI. In both the Sunday #5 and Sunday #6 wells we have a 37.5% working interest and a NRI of 30.1%. Our average working interest and NRI for the Sunday property six producing wells in aggregate is 35.6% and 27.0%, respectively. The Sunday reservoir is estimated to be approximately 35 acres in size with the potential for at least five more development wells to be drilled in the future.

Bear Property

In February 2009, we made our second crude oil discovery drilling the Bear #1 well, which is approximately one mile northwest of our Sunday discovery. The well was put on production in May 2009. Production is from the Vedder Sand at approximately 2,200 feet.

In December 2009, we began a development program on this property by drilling and completing the Bear #2 well. In April 2010, we successfully drilled and completed the Bear #3 and the Bear #4 wells. In May and June 2013, we drilled three additional development wells, the Bear #5, Bear #6 and Bear #7, on this property. In November 2013, we drilled and put on production two additional development wells: Bear #8 and Bear #9. We have a 37.5% working interest in all wells on the Bear property. Our NRI in the Bear #1, Bear #2, Bear #3 and Bear #4 wells is 26.1%. For the Bear #5, Bear #6 and Bear #7 wells our NRI is 30.1%. Our NRI in the Bear #8 and Bear #9 wells is 31.7%. The average working interest and NRI for the Bear property for the ten producing wells in aggregate is 37.5% and 28.7%, respectively. The Bear reservoir is estimated to be approximately 62 acres in size with the potential for at least eleven more development wells to be drilled in the future.

Black Property

The Black property was acquired through a farm-in arrangement with a local operator. The Black property is just south of the Bear property on the same fault system. The Black #1 well was completed and put on production in January 2010. Production is from the Vedder Sand at approximately 2,200 feet. In May 2013, we drilled a development well, the Black #2, on this property. We have a 33.8% working interest with a 26.8% NRI in the two producing wells on this property. The Black reservoir is estimated to be approximately 13 acres in size with the potential for at least three more development wells to be drilled in the future.

Ball Property

The Ball #1-11 well was put on production in late October 2010. In June 2013 we drilled a development well, the Ball #2-11, on this property. Production on this property is from the Vedder Sand at approximately 2,500 feet. We have a 37.5% working interest with a 31.7% NRI in the two producing wells on this property. Our 3-D seismic data indicates a reservoir of approximately 38 acres in size with the potential for at least three more development wells to be drilled in the future.

Dyer Creek Property

The Dyer Creek #67X-11 (“DC67X”) well was also put on production in late October 2010. This well produces from the Vedder Sand and is located to the north of the Bear property on the same trapping fault. We have a 37.5% working interest with a 31.7% NRI in all wells on this property. The Dyer Creek property has the potential for at least one development well in the future.

California Drilling Plans

We plan to drill four development wells in our East Slopes project area in the 2022 – 2023 fiscal year once additional financing is put in place. When new financing is secured, the capital investment required for the four development wells is $525,000.

Encumbrances

On October 17, 2018, a working interest partner in California filed a UCC financing statement in regards to payables owed to the partner by the Company.

Reserves

Crude oil is shown in barrels (“Bbls”); natural gas is shown in thousands of cubic feet (“Mcf”) or British Thermal Units (“BTU”) unless otherwise specified, and hydrocarbon totals are expressed in barrels of oil equivalent (“BOE”). The following table sets forth our estimated net quantities of proved reserves as of February 28, 2022.

As of February 28, 2022, our total reserves were comprised of our working interest in East Slopes Project located in Kern County, California.

Changes in our estimated total net proved reserves for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 are set forth in the table below.

Revisions. Net upward revisions of 3,052 BOE in aggregate were due to higher crude oil prices in California during the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 increasing the economic life of our proved reserves.

Discoveries and extensions. For the twelve months ended February 28, 2022, net extensions of 89,493 BOE reserves were added in California due to an increase in economic PUD locations.

Production. Production in California was 9,613 BOE in aggregate of proved reserves for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022.

As of February 28, 2022, our total proved undeveloped reserves were comprised of our interests in Kern County, California.

Changes in our estimated net proved undeveloped reserves for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 are set forth in the table below.

Revisions. There were net downward revisions of 29,285 BOE in aggregate due to lower estimated reservoir production of our proved undeveloped reserves.

Discoveries and extensions. For the twelve months ended February 28, 2022, there were 89,493 BOE in extensions due to an increase in economic PUD locations in California.

Our estimated net proved developed producing reserves in California at February 28, 2022 are set forth in the table below.

Our estimated net proved undeveloped reserves in California at February 28, 2021 are set forth in the table below.

The Company has 273,265 Bbls of proved undeveloped reserves that have remained undeveloped for a period greater than five years. These proved undeveloped reserves have remained undeveloped due to depressed crude oil and natural gas prices and a lack of capital available for drilling. Under our current drilling plans, we intend to convert all 273,265 BOE or 100.0% of the proved undeveloped reserves disclosed as of February 28, 2022 into proved developed reserves within the next five years.

Our estimated proved reserves (BOE) and PV-10 valuation in California at February 28, 2022 are set forth in the table below.

The present value of future net cash flows from proved reserves, before deductions for estimated future income taxes and asset retirement obligations, discounted at 10% (“PV-10”), was approximately $6.2 million at February 28, 2022 an increase of approximately $4.5 million or 287.5% from the PV-10 reserve valuation at February 28, 2021. This increase is due to the increase in the base price of crude oil in the current report in comparison to the base price of crude oil in the February 28, 2021 report; and an increase in both PDP and PUD reserve totals. . The commodity prices used to estimate proved reserves and their related PV-10 at February 28, 2022 were based on the 12-month unweighted arithmetic average of the first-day-of-the-month price for the twelve month period from March 2021 through February 2022. The WTI benchmark average price for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 was $71.69 per barrel of crude oil in comparison to $38.64 in the prior year reserve report.

These benchmark average prices were further adjusted for crude oil quality and gravity, transportation fees and other price differentials resulting in an average realized price in California for the February 28, 2022 reserve report of $68.80 in comparison to $36.14 in the February 28, 2021 reserve report. Adverse changes in any price differential would reduce our cash flow from operations and the PV-10 of our proved reserves. Operating costs were not escalated.

PV-10 is not a generally accepted accounting principal (“GAAP”) financial measure, but we believe it is useful as a supplemental disclosure to the standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows presented in our financial statements. The PV-10 of proved reserves is based on prices and discount factors that are consistent for all companies and can be used within the industry and by securities analysts to evaluate proved reserves on a comparable basis.

Reserve Estimation

All of our estimated proved reserves of 517,155 BOE for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 were derived from engineering reports prepared by PGH Petroleum and Environmental Engineers, LLC (“PGH”) of Austin, Texas in accordance with generally accepted petroleum engineering and evaluation principles and definitions and guidelines established by the SEC.

PGH is an independent petroleum engineering consulting firm registered in the State of Texas, and Frank J. Muser, a Petroleum Engineer, is the technical person at PGH primarily responsible for evaluating the proved reserves covered by their report. Mr. Muser graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the states of Texas, Alabama, Kansas, North Dakota and West Virginia and has been employed by PGH as a staff engineer since 2012. Mr. Muser has over 20 years of extensive crude oil and natural gas experience working in both private industry and for the State of Texas. The services provided by PGH are not audits of our reserves but instead consist of complete engineering evaluations of the respective properties. For more information about the evaluations performed by PGH, refer to the copy of their report filed as an exhibit to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Our internal controls over the reserve reporting process are designed to result in accurate and reliable estimates in compliance with applicable regulations and guidance. Internal reserve preparation is performed by Bobby Ray Greer, Director of Field Operations. Mr. Greer is a 1984 graduate of University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Geology and is a certified Petroleum Geologist and a member, in good standing, of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and is a registered professional geologist in Mississippi. Mr. Greer has over 35 years of experience in petroleum exploration, reservoir analysis, drilling rig construction, oilfield operations and management.

Although we believe that the estimates of reserves prepared by Mr. Greer have been prepared in accordance with professional engineering standards consistent with SEC and FASB guidelines, we engage an independent petroleum engineering consultant to prepare an annual evaluation of our estimated proved reserves. We provide to PGH for their analysis all pertinent data needed to properly evaluate our reserves. We consult regularly with PGH during the reserve estimation process to review properties, assumptions, and any new data available. Additionally, the Company’s senior management reviewed and approved all Daybreak reserve report information contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Under current SEC standards, proved reserves are those quantities of crude oil and natural gas, which, by analysis of geoscience and engineering data, can be estimated with reasonable certainty to be economically producible from a given date forward, from known reservoirs, and under existing economic conditions, operating methods, and government regulations. The term “reasonable certainty” implies a high degree of confidence that the quantities of crude oil and/or natural gas actually recovered will equal or exceed the estimate. Reasonable certainty can be established using techniques that have been proved effective by actual production from projects in the same reservoir or an analogous reservoir or by other evidence using reliable technology that establishes reasonable certainty.

Reliable technology is a grouping of one or more technologies (including computational methods) that have been field-tested and have demonstrated to provide reasonably certain results with consistency and repeatability in the formation being evaluated or in an analogous formation.

In order to establish reasonable certainty with respect to our estimated proved reserves, we employ technologies that have been demonstrated to yield results with consistency and repeatability. The technical data used in the estimation of our proved reserves include, but are not limited to, electrical logs, radioactivity logs, core analyses, geologic maps and available downhole and production data, seismic data and well test data. Generally, crude oil and natural gas reserves are estimated using, as appropriate, one or more of these available methods: production decline curve analysis, analogy to similar reservoirs or volumetric calculations. Reserves attributable to producing wells with sufficient production history are estimated using appropriate decline curves or other performance relationships. Reserves attributable to producing wells with limited production history and for undeveloped locations are estimated using performance from analogous wells in the surrounding area and technical data to assess the reservoir continuity. In some instances, particularly in connection with exploratory discoveries, analogous performance data is not available, requiring us to rely primarily on volumetric calculations to determine reserve quantities. Volumetric calculations are primarily based on data derived from geologic-based seismic interpretation, open-hole logs and completion flow data. When using production decline curve analysis or analogy to estimate proved reserves, we limit our estimates to the quantities of crude oil derived through volumetric calculations.

The accuracy of any reserve estimate is a function of the quality of available geological, geophysical, engineering and economic data, the precision of the engineering and geological interpretation and judgment. The estimates of reserves and future cash flows are based on various assumptions and are inherently imprecise. Although we believe these estimates are reasonable, actual future production, cash flows, taxes, development expenditures, operating expenses and quantities of recoverable crude oil reserves may vary substantially from these estimates. Also, the use of a 10% discount factor for reporting purposes may not necessarily represent the most appropriate discount factor, given actual interest rates and risks to which our business or the crude oil and natural gas industry in general are subject.

Delivery Commitments

As of February 28, 2022, we had no commitments to provide any fixed or determinable quantities of crude oil or natural gas in the near future under contracts or agreements.

Summary Operating Data

The following table sets forth our net share of annual production in each project for the periods shown. One barrel of crude oil equivalent (“BOE”) is roughly equivalent to 6,000 cubic feet or 6 Mcf of gas.

As of February 28, 2022, our total reserves were comprised of our working interest in East Slopes Project located in Kern County, California.

The following table sets forth our net share of crude oil and natural gas revenue by project area for the periods shown.

The following table sets forth the average realized sales price from each project area for the periods shown.

The following table sets forth the average production expense (BOE) for the periods shown.

Gross and Net Acreage

The following table sets forth our interests in developed and undeveloped crude oil lease acreage in California held by us as of February 28, 2022. These ownership interests generally take the form of working interests in crude oil leases that have varying terms. Developed acreage includes leased acreage that is allocated or assignable to producing wells. Undeveloped acreage includes leased acres on which wells have not been drilled or completed to a point that would permit the production of commercial quantities of crude oil, regardless of whether or not the acreage contains proved reserves. Gross acres represents the total number of acres in which we have an interest. Net acres represents the sum of our fractional working interests owned in the gross acres.

Undeveloped Acreage Expirations

The following table sets forth expiration dates of our gross and net undeveloped acres in California for the years shown.

In all cases the drilling of a commercial crude oil or natural gas well will hold acreage beyond the lease expiration date. In the past we have been able to, and expect in the future to be able to extend the lease terms of some of these leases. Based on our evaluation of prospective economics, we have allowed acreage to expire from time to time and we expect to allow additional acreage to expire in the future. In California, we have previously determined that there is no likely benefit to pursuing any drilling opportunities on the majority of the expiring leases, so the expiration of these leases is expected to be immaterial to our operations. Further, none of our proved undeveloped reserves have been assigned to locations that are scheduled to be drilled after the expiration of the current leases. In California, all of our proved undeveloped reserves are assigned to leases that are currently held by production (“HBP”).

Producing Wells

The following table sets forth our gross and net productive crude oil wells in California as of February 28, 2022. Productive wells are producing wells and wells capable of production. Gross wells represent the total number of wells in which we have an interest. Net wells represent the sum of our fractional working interests owned in the gross wells.

Drilling Activity

The following table sets forth our exploratory and development well drilling activity in California for the periods shown. We have had no drilling activity in the past three years due to the volatility of crude oil prices and the lack of available drilling capital.

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Neither the Company, nor any of our officers or directors is a party to any material legal proceeding or litigation, and such persons know of no material legal proceeding or contemplated or threatened litigation. There are no judgments against us or our officers or directors. None of our officers or directors has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor relating to securities or performance in corporate office.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

PART II

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Our Common Stock is quoted on the OTC Pink Open Market under the symbol “DBRM”. Prior to May 1, 2016, our stock had traded on the OTCQB Venture Marketplace. Our transition to the OTC Pink Open Market resulted from a cost-savings program for the company and related to listing fees on the Venture Marketplace.

The following table sets forth the high and low closing sales prices for our Common Stock for the two most recent twelve month periods shown. The quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission and may not represent actual transactions. The information is derived from information received from online stock quotation services.

As of June 14, 2022, the Company had 1,703 shareholders of record of its Common Stock. This number does not include an indeterminate number of shareholders whose shares are held by brokers in street name.

Transfer Agent

Effective December 22, 2020, the Company appointed Sedona Equity Registrar & Transfer, Incorporated (“Sedona”) as its transfer agent and shareholder support provider. By December 28, 2020, all of the Company's directly held shares of common stock, files and information has been transferred from Computershare to Sedona. In this capacity, Sedona will manage all stock registry requests for shareholders, including change of address, certificate replacement and transfer of shares. All stock and investment information will automatically transfer to Sedona from our former Transfer Agent and Registrar, Computershare, and no action is required on the part of the shareholder.

The transfer agent for our Common Stock is Sedona Equity Registrar & Transfer, 143 W. Helena Drive Phoenix, AZ 85023. Their website address is: www.sedonaequity.com.

Dividend Policy

The Company has not declared or paid cash dividends or made any distributions on its common stock since its inception in 1955.

During the twelve months ended February 28, 2022, the Company paid the shareholders of its Series A Convertible Preferred stock all accrued and accumulated dividends that were associated with the Series A Convertible Preferred stock with common stock. For more information on this issuance please refer to Note 12 of the financial statements that are included in this 10-K filing. The Company does not anticipate that it will pay cash dividends or make any cash distributions on its common stock in the foreseeable future.

Preferred Stock

The Company is authorized to issue up to 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock with a par value of $0.001. Our Preferred Stock may be entitled to preference over the Common Stock with respect to the distribution of assets of the Company in the event of liquidation, dissolution, or winding-up of the Company, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, or in the event of any other distribution of assets of the Company among its shareholders for the purpose of winding-up its affairs. The authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock may be divided into and issued in designated series from time to time by one or more resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors. The directors in their sole discretion shall have the power to determine the relative powers, preferences, and rights of each series of Preferred Stock.

With the filing of our Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation with the Washington Secretary of State in May 2022, the Company no longer has any preferred stock shares. We only have one class of stock and that is common stock.

Series A Convertible Preferred Stock

The Company designated 2,400,000 shares of the 10,000,000 preferred shares as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred”), with a $0.001 par value. In July 2006, we completed a private placement of the Series A Preferred that resulted in the issuance of 1,399,765 Series A Preferred shares to 100 accredited investors.

During the twelve months ended February 28, 2022, the Company proposed to all 56 remaining Series A shareholders, who had not previously converted to the Company’s common stock, the conversion of their Series A shares into three shares of the Company’s common stock. Included with this proposal, the Company offered to pay any accrued Series A dividend, on a pro rata basis, with 1,100,000 shares of common stock. In order for the conversion to occur and the dividend to be paid, a majority of the Series A shares had to vote to accept the conversion proposal. With a majority of 53.6%, the outstanding shares voted in favor of the mandatory conversion and dividend issuance. There were 46.4% of the outstanding shares who chose to vote no; not to vote or had their notices of the conversion vote returned to the Company as an invalid address. As a result of the affirmative vote, 709,568 shares of Series A Preferred stock was converted to 2,128,704 shares of common stock and 1,100,000 shares of common stock were issued to satisfy the accumulated dividend of $2,449,979. At February 28, 2022, there were no outstanding shares of Series A Preferred stock remaining.

The following is a summary of the rights and preferences of the Series A Preferred.

Conversion:

At February 28, 2022, there were no shares issued and outstanding that had not been converted into our Common Stock. As of February 28, 2021, there were 44 accredited investors who had converted 690,197 Series A Preferred shares into 2,070,591 shares of Daybreak Common Stock.

The conversions of Series A Preferred that have occurred since the Series A Preferred was first issued in July 2006 are set forth in the table below.

Dividends:

Holders of Series A Preferred shall be paid dividends, in the amount of 6% of the original purchase price per annum. Dividends may be paid in cash or Common Stock at the discretion of the Company. Dividends are cumulative from the date of the final closing of the private placement, whether or not in any dividend period or periods we have assets legally available for the payment of such dividends. Accumulations of dividends on shares of Series A Preferred do not bear interest. Dividends are payable upon declaration by the Board of Directors. During the twelve months ended February 28, 2022, all accumulated dividends of $2,449,979 were paid through the issuance of 1,100,000 shares of common stock.

Cumulative dividends earned for each twelve month period since issuance are set forth in the table below:

At a special meeting of shareholders on May 20, 2022 the Company’s shareholders approved the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, which eliminates the classification of the Series A Preferred.

Common Stock

The Company is authorized to issue up to 200,000,000 shares of $0.001 par value Common Stock of which 67,802,273 and 60,491,122 shares were issued and outstanding as of February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021, respectively.

During the twelve months ended February 28, 2022, there were 7,311,151 shares of common stock issued as a part of the Company’s restructuring of its balance sheet in accordance with the conditions of the Equity Exchange Agreement between Reabold California, LLC, Gaelic Resources Ltd, and the Company. Of the total 7,311,151 shares issues, there were 4,082,447 shares issued to satisfy related party debt. Another 3,228,704 shares were issued to satisfy the Series A Preferred stock conversion and associated accumulated dividend. During the twelve months ended February 28, 2021, there were 6,958,758 shares of common stock shares valued at $27,835 issued to a related party to settle a convertible note payable.

All shares of Common Stock are equal to each other with respect to voting, liquidation, dividend and other rights. Owners of shares of Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock owned at any shareholders’ meeting. Holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive such dividends as may be declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available therefore; and upon liquidation, are entitled to participate pro rata in a distribution of assets available for such a distribution to shareholders.

There are no conversion, preemptive, or other subscription rights or privileges with respect to any shares of our Common Stock. Our stock does not have cumulative voting rights, which means that the holders of more than 50% of the shares voting in an election of directors may elect all of the directors if they choose to do so. In such event, the holders of the remaining shares aggregating less than 50% would not be able to elect any directors.

Warrants

During the twelve months ended February 29, 2020 there were 2.1 million warrants issued to a third party for investor relations services. The fair value of the warrants was determined by the Black-Scholes pricing model, was $17,689, and is being amortized over the three year vesting period of the warrants. The Black-Scholes valuation encompassed the following assumptions: a risk-free interest rate of 1.68%; volatility rate of 260.23%; and a dividend yield of 0.0%.

The warrant contains a vesting blocking provision that prevents the vesting of any warrants that such vesting would cause the warrant holder’s beneficial ownership (as such term is defined in Section 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) to exceed more than four and ninety-nine one-hundredths percent (4.99%) of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock. The foregoing restriction may not be waived by either party. The warrants vest in equal parts over a three year period beginning on January 2, 2020 and all warrants expire on January 2, 2024.

As of February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021, there were 893,333 and 528,507 exercisable warrants. At February 28, 2022, both the outstanding warrants and the exercisable warrants had a weighted average exercise price of $0.01; a weighted average remaining life of 1.84 years, and an intrinsic value of $20,265. The recorded amount of warrant expense for the twelve months ended February 28, 2021 and February 28, 2021 was $4,913 and $5,897, respectively.

Warrant activity for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021 is set forth in the table below:

ITEM 6. RESERVED

ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following management’s discussion and analysis (“MD&A”) is management’s assessment of the financial condition, changes in our financial condition and our results of operations and cash flows for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021. This MD&A should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and the related notes and other information included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Safe Harbor Provision

Certain statements contained in our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations are intended to be covered by the safe harbor provided for under Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this MD&A report, including statements regarding our current expectations and projections about future results, intentions, plans and beliefs, business strategy, performance, prospects and opportunities, are inherently uncertain and are forward-looking statements. For more information about forward-looking statements, please refer to the section labeled “Cautionary Statement About Forward-Looking Statements” at the beginning of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Introduction and Overview

We are an independent crude oil and natural gas exploration, development and production company. Our basic business model is to increase shareholder value by finding and developing crude oil and natural gas reserves through exploration and development activities, and selling the production from those reserves at a profit. To be successful, we must, over time, be able to find crude oil and natural gas reserves and then sell the resulting production at a price that is sufficient to cover our finding costs, operating expenses, administrative costs and interest expense, plus offer us a return on our capital investment. A secondary means of generating returns can include the sale of either producing or non-producing lease properties.

Our long-term success depends on, among many other factors, the successful acquisition and drilling of commercial grade crude oil and natural gas properties as well as the prevailing sales prices for crude oil and natural gas along with associated operating expenses. The volatile nature of the energy markets makes it difficult to estimate future prices of crude oil and natural gas; however, any prolonged period of depressed prices, such as we are now experiencing, will have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

Our operations are focused on identifying and evaluating prospective crude oil and natural gas properties and funding projects that we believe have the potential to produce crude oil or natural gas in commercial quantities. We conduct all of our drilling, exploration and production activities in the United States, and all of our revenues are derived from sales to customers within the United States. We are currently in the process of developing a multi-well oilfield projects in Kern County, California and an exploratory project in Michigan.

Our management cannot provide any assurances that Daybreak will ever operate profitably. While we have experienced positive cash flow in the past from our crude oil operations in California, we have not yet generated sustainable positive cash flow or earnings on a company-wide basis. As a small company, we are more susceptible to the numerous business, investment and industry risks that have been more fully described in Item 1A. Risk Factors of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2022.

Throughout this Annual Report on Form 10-K, crude oil is shown in barrels (“Bbls”); natural gas is shown in thousands of cubic feet (“Mcf”) or British Thermal Units (“BTU”) unless otherwise specified, and hydrocarbon totals are expressed in barrels of oil equivalent (“BOE”).

Year-to-Date Results

Below is brief summary of our crude oil and natural gas project in California. Refer to our discussion in Item 2. Properties, in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for more information on our East Slopes Project in Kern County, California.

Kern County, California (East Slopes Project)

The East Slopes Project is located in the southeastern part of the San Joaquin Basin near Bakersfield, California. Drilling targets are porous and permeable sandstone reservoirs that exist at depths of 1,200 feet to 4,500 feet. Since January 2009, we have participated in the drilling of 25 wells in this project. The crude oil produced from our acreage in the Vedder Sand is considered heavy crude oil. The

produced crude oil ranges from 14° to 16° API gravity and must be heated to separate and remove water prior to sale. During the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 we had production from 20 vertical crude oil wells. Our average working interest and NRI in these 20 wells is 36.6% and 28.4%, respectively. We have been the Operator at the East Slopes Project since March 2009.

Results of Operations – For the years ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021

California Crude Oil Prices

The price we receive for crude oil sales in California is based on prices posted for Midway-Sunset crude oil delivery contracts, contracts, less deductions that vary by grade of crude oil sold and transportation costs. The posted Midway-Sunset price generally moves in correlation to, and at a discount to, prices quoted on the New York Mercantile Exchange (“NYMEX”) for spot West Texas Intermediate (“WTI”) Cushing, Oklahoma delivery contracts. We do not have any natural gas revenues in California.

There continues to be a significant amount of volatility in hydrocarbon prices and a corresponding fluctuation in our realized sale price of crude oil does exist. An example of this volatility is that in June of 2014 the monthly average price of WTI oil was $105.79 per barrel and our realized price per barrel of crude oil was $98.78 while in April 2020, the monthly average price of WTI crude oil was $16.55 and our monthly realized price was $16.96 per barrel. Finally, in February 2022, the monthly average price of WTI oil was $91.64 per barrel and our realized price per barrel of crude oil was $87.41. This volatility in crude oil prices has continued throughout most of the fiscal year ended February 28, 2022. Any downward volatility in the price of crude oil will have a prolonged and substantial negative impact on our profitability and cash flow from our producing California properties. It is beyond our ability to accurately predict crude oil prices over any substantial length of time. 

A comparison of the average WTI price and average realized crude oil sales price at our East Slopes Project in California for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021 is shown in the table below:

For the twelve months ended February 28, 2022, the average WTI price was $73.31 and our average realized crude oil sale price was $70.75, representing a discount of $2.56 per barrel or 3.5% lower than the average WTI price. In comparison, for the twelve months ended February 28, 2021, the average WTI price was $39.48 and our average realized sale price was $36.91 representing a discount of $2.57 per barrel or 6.5% lower than the average WTI price. Historically, the sale price we receive for California heavy crude oil has been less than the quoted NYMEX WTI price because of the lower API gravity of our California crude oil in comparison to WTI crude oil API gravity.

California Crude Oil Revenue and Production

Crude oil revenue in California for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 increased $275,206 or 68.0% to $680,107 in comparison to revenue of $404,901 for the twelve months ended February 28, 2021. The average sale price of a barrel of crude oil for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 was $70.75 in comparison to $36.91 for the twelve months ended February 28, 2021. The increase of $33.84 or 91.7% per barrel in the average realized price of a barrel of crude oil accounted for 134.9% of the increase in crude oil revenue for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022.

Our net sales volume for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 was 9,613 barrels of crude oil in comparison to 10,970 barrels sold for the twelve months ended February 28, 2021. This decrease in crude oil sales volume of 1,357 barrels or 12.4% was primarily due to fewer well days of production and the natural decline in reservoir pressure during the twelve months ended February 28, 2021.

The gravity of our produced crude oil in California ranges between 14° API and 16° API. Production for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 was from 20 wells resulting in 7,154 well days of production in comparison to 7,288 well days of production from 20 wells for the twelve months ended February 28, 2021.

Our crude oil sales revenue from California is set forth in the table below:

*Our average realized sale price on a BOE basis for the twelve months ended February 28, 2021 was $70.75 in comparison to $36.91 for the twelve months ended February 28, 2021, representing an increase of $33.84 or 91.7% per barrel.

Of the $275,206 or 68.0% increase in revenue for twelve months ended February 28, 2022 approximately $371,212 or 134.9% can be attributed to the increase in the realized price of crude oil.

Operating Expenses

Total operating expenses increased $187,178 or 24.8% to $940,886 for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 in comparison to $753,708 for the twelve months ended February 28, 2021. Our operating expenses are set forth in the table below:

Production expenses include expenses associated with the production of crude oil and natural gas. These expenses include pumper salaries, electricity, road maintenance, control of well insurance, property taxes and well maintenance and workover expenses; and, relate directly to the number of wells that are on production. For the twelve months ended February 28, 2022, these expenses increased $43,417, or 23.1% to $231,276 in comparison to $187,858 for the twelve months ended February 28, 2021. We had 20 wells on production in California for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021. Production expenses on a BOE basis in California for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021 were $24.06 and $17.12, respectively. Production expenses represented 24.6% and 24.9% of total operating expenses for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021, respectively.

Exploration and drilling expenses include geological and geophysical (“G&G”) expenses as well as leasehold maintenance, plugging and abandonment (“P&A”) expenses and dry hole expenses. These expenses increased $56,130 to $56,213 for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 in comparison to $83 for the twelve months ended February 28, 2021. The increase was primarily due to the write off of exploration expenses related to the Michigan prospect. Exploration and drilling expenses represented 6.0% and 0.0% of total operating expenses for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021, respectively.

Depreciation, Depletion, Amortization (“DD&A”) expense relates to equipment, proven reserves and property costs, and is another component of operating expenses. These expenses decreased $10,473 or 17.4% to $49,590 for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 in comparison to $60,063 for the twelve months ended February 28, 2021. The primary reason for the decrease in DD&A expense was due to higher realized crude oil prices thus increasing the estimated economic life of our reserves in comparison to our reserve report from the prior year. On a BOE basis, DD&A expense in California for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021 was $5.16 and $5.48, respectively. DD&A expenses represented 5.3% and 8.0% of total operating expenses for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021, respectively.

General and administrative (“G&A”) expenses increased $98,104 or 19.4% to $603,808 for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 in comparison to $505,704 for the twelve months ended February 28, 2021. The increase in G&A expenses was primary due to employees returning to work after temporary lay-offs due to the COVID-19 epidemic and increases in travel, insurance rates, legal fees, and fundraising. Other items included in our G&A expenses are legal and accounting expenses, investor relations fees, travel expenses, insurance, Sarbanes-Oxley (“SOX”) compliance expenses and other administrative expenses necessary for an operator of oil and gas properties as well as for the management a public company. For the year ended February 28, 2022, we received, as Operator

of the East Slopes project in California, administrative overhead reimbursement of $53,287, which was used to directly offset certain employee salaries. We are continuing a program of reducing all of our G&A costs wherever possible. G&A expenses represented 64.1% and 67.1% of total operating expenses for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021, respectively.

Interest expense, net decreased $17,728 or 7.5% to $220,085 for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 in comparison to $237,813 for the twelve months ended February 28, 2021.

During the twelve months ended February 28, 2022, the Company recognized a gain on asset disposal of $9,614. The gain was the result of an insurance settlement on the theft of a company vehicle that was fully depreciated.

During the twelve months ended February 28, 2022, the Company recognized a gain on debt forgiveness in the amount of $72,800 due to notification that the SBA had approved the company’s application for loan forgiveness on the PPP 2^nd Draw loan. During the twelve months ended February 28, 2021, the Company recognized a gain on debt forgiveness in the amount of $74,355 due to notification that the SBA had approved the company’s application for loan forgiveness on the PPP initial loan.

Due to the nature of our business, we expect that revenues, as well as all categories of expenses, will continue to fluctuate substantially quarter-to-quarter and year-to-year. Our revenues are dependent upon both hydrocarbon production levels and the price we receive for hydrocarbon sales. Production costs will fluctuate according to the number and percentage ownership of producing wells the period of time the wells have been producing, as well as the amount of revenues being generated by each well. Exploration and drilling expenses will be dependent upon the amount of capital that we have to invest in future development projects, as well as the success or failure of such projects. Likewise, the amount of DD&A expense will depend upon the factors cited above, plus the size of our proven reserve base and the market price of energy products. G&A expenses will also fluctuate based on our current requirements, but will generally tend to increase as we expand the business operations of the Company. An on-going goal of the Company is to improve cash flow to cover the current level of G&A expenses; to fund our development drilling in California; and, future drilling programs in other geographic locations.

Capital Resources and Liquidity

Our primary financial resource is our base of crude oil reserves. Our ability to fund our capital expenditure program is dependent upon the prices we receive from our crude oil and natural gas sales and the availability of capital resource financing. There continues to be a significant amount of volatility in hydrocarbon prices and a corresponding fluctuation in our realized sale price of crude oil does exist. An example of this volatility is that in June of 2014 the monthly average price of WTI crude oil was $105.79 per barrel and our realized price per barrel of crude oil was $98.78 while in April 2020, the monthly average price of WTI crude oil was $16.55 and our monthly realized price was $16.96 per barrel. Finally, in February 2022, the monthly average price of WTI oil was $91.64 per barrel and our realized price per barrel of crude oil was $87.41. This volatility in crude oil prices has continued throughout most of the fiscal year ended February 28, 2022. Any downward volatility in the price of crude oil will have a prolonged and substantial negative impact on our profitability and cash flow from our producing California properties. It is beyond our ability to accurately predict crude oil prices over any substantial length of time. When new financing is secured, we plan to drill four development wells for a total of $565,000.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of February 28, 2022, we did not have any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partners, such as entities often referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities, which have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes. As such, we are not materially exposed to any financing, liquidity, market or credit risk that could arise if we had engaged in such relationships.

Factors such as changes in operating margins and the availability of capital resources could increase or decrease our ultimate level of expenditures during the next fiscal year.

Changes in our capital resources at February 28, 2022 are set forth in the table below:

Our working capital deficit decreased approximately $1.2 million or 28.6% from a deficit of approximately $4.2 million at February 28, 2021 to a deficit of approximately $3.0 million at February 28, 2022. The decrease in the working capital deficit was primarily due to a restructuring of our balance sheet by converting related party debt to common stock. This reduction was offset by an increase in accrued interest and the issuance of a short-term convertible note. For the twelve months ended February 28, 2022. we continued to have ongoing positive cash flow from our crude oil operations in California however, we were unable to generate sufficient cash flow to cover all of our general and administrative (“G&A”) and interest expense requirements.

Our business is capital intensive. Our ability to grow is dependent upon favorably obtaining outside capital and generating cash flows from operating activities necessary to fund our investment activities. There is no assurance that we will be able to achieve profitability. Since our future operations will continue to be dependent on successful exploration and development activities and our ability to seek and secure capital from external sources, should we be unable to achieve sustainable profitability this could cause any equity investment in the Company to become worthless.

Major sources of funds in the past for us have included the debt or equity markets. We will have to rely on the capital markets to fund future operations and growth. Our business model is focused on acquiring exploration or development properties as well as existing production. Our ability to generate future revenues and operating cash flow will depend on successful exploration, and/or acquisition of crude oil and natural gas producing properties, which will require us to continue to raise equity or debt capital from outside sources.

Daybreak has ongoing capital commitments to develop certain leases pursuant to their underlying terms. Failure to meet such ongoing commitments may result in the loss of the right to participate in future drilling on certain leases or the loss of the lease itself. These ongoing capital commitments may also cause us to seek additional capital from sources outside of the Company. The current uncertainty in the credit and capital markets, as well as the instability and volatility in crude oil prices since June of 2014 has restricted our ability to obtain needed capital. No assurance can be given that we will be able to obtain funding under any loan commitments or any additional financing on favorable terms, if at all.

The Company’s financial statements for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities in the normal course of business. We have incurred a cumulative net loss since entering the crude oil and natural gas exploration industry in 2005. As of February 28, 2022, we have an accumulated deficit of approximately $29.5 million and a working capital deficit of approximately $3.0 million which raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

On October 20, 2021, we entered into an Equity Exchange Agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”) by and between Daybreak, Reabold California LLC, a California limited liability company (“Reabold”), and Gaelic Resources Ltd., a private company incorporated in the Isle of Man and the 100% owner of Reabold (“Gaelic”), pursuant to which the parties propose for (i) Daybreak to acquire 100% ownership of Reabold, in exchange for (ii) Daybreak issuing 160,964,489 shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 (“Common Stock”) to Gaelic (the “Exchange Shares”), which will result in Reabold becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daybreak named “Daybreak, LLC” and Gaelic becoming the owner of the Exchange Shares and a major shareholder of Daybreak (the foregoing transaction and the transactions contemplated thereby, the “Equity Exchange”).

In connection with the Equity Exchange, and as conditions to closing the Equity Exchange, among other things we also propose to enter into agreements to sell a minimum of $2,500,000 of shares of Daybreak’s Common Stock, and a minimum of 125,000,000 shares of Common Stock, to one or more investors in a private placement expected to close promptly following the closing of the Equity Exchange (the “Capital Raise”), with the proceeds of the Capital Raise to be used to repay in full the Company’s line of credit with UBS Bank and for drilling and exploration activities and other working capital purposes.

As of February 28, 2022, all of the conditions for the closing of the Exchange Agreement have not yet been met. The Company is continuing to work towards satisfying all of the Exchange Agreement conditions including having certain conditions of the Exchange Agreement approved by the Company’s shareholders. Please refer to Note 16 – Subsequent Events in the Notes to these financial statements.

Cash Flows

Changes in the net funds provided by or (used in) each of our operating, investing and financing activities are set forth in the table below:

Cash Flow Used in Operating Activities

Cash flow from operating activities is derived from the production of our crude oil reserves and changes in the balances of non-cash accounts, receivables, payables or other non-energy property asset account balances. Cash flow used in our operating activities for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 was $13,356 in comparison to cash flow used in our operating activities of $143,526 for the twelve months ended February 28, 2021. Changes in our cash flow operating activities for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 in comparison to the twelve months ended February 28, 2021 were $130,170 and consisted of increases in our non-cash expenses of $21,650, primarily from recognition of impairment of Michigan unproved crude oil properties of $55,978; a decrease in changes in assets of $10,865; a decrease in changes in liabilities of $16,160 and the decrease in our net loss for the year of $113,815. Variations in cash flow from operating activities may impact our level of exploration and development expenditures.

Our expenditures in operating activities consist primarily of exploration and drilling expenses, production expenses, geological, geophysical and engineering services and maintenance of existing mineral leases. Our expenses also consist of consulting and professional services, employee compensation, legal, accounting, travel and other G&A expenses that we have incurred in order to address normal and necessary business activities of a public company in the crude oil exploration and production industry.

Cash Flow Used in Investing Activities

Cash flow from investing activities is derived from changes in oil and gas property balances, fixed asset balances and any lending activities. For the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 we used cash flow of $16,232 in comparison to no cash flow used for investing activities for the twelve months ended February 28, 2021.

Cash Flow Provided by Financing Activities

Cash flow from financing activities is derived from changes in long-term liability account balances or in equity account balances excluding retained earnings. Cash flow provided by our financing activities was $135,633 for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 in comparison to $83,011 for the twelve months ended February 28, 2021. For the twelve months ended February 28, 2022, we received $72,800 in comparison to $74,355 for the twelve months ended February 28, 2021 under the paycheck protection program (PPP). For the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021, we made payments of $60,000, respectively, on the UBS Bank line of credit balances. We received $200,000 from a convertible note payable with a third party during the twelve months ended February 28, 2022. Finally, we made insurance premium financing payments of $68,568 and $74,553 during the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021, respectively. The following is a summary of the Company’s financing activities for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022.

Debt (short-term and long-term borrowings)

Note Payable

In December 2018, the Company was able to settle an outstanding balance owed to one of its third-party vendors. This settlement resulted in a $120,000 note payable being issued to the vendor. Additionally, the Company agreed to issue 2,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock as a part of the settlement agreement. Based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of the settlement agreement, the value of the common stock transaction was determined to be $6,000. The common stock shares were issued during the twelve months ended February 29, 2020. The note has a maturity date of January 1, 2022 and bears an interest rate of 10% rate per annum. Monthly interest is accrued and payable on January 1^st of each anniversary date until maturity of the note. At February 28, 2022, the principal and accrued interest had not been paid and was outstanding. The accrued interest on the Note was $38,000 and $26,000 at February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021, respectively.

Note Payable – Related Party

On December 22, 2020, the Company entered into a Secured Promissory Note (the “Note”), as borrower, with James Forrest Westmoreland and Angela Marie Westmoreland, Co-Trustees of the James and Angela Westmoreland Revocable Trust, or its assigns (the “Noteholder”), as the lender. James F. Westmoreland is the Company’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. Pursuant to the Note, the Noteholder loaned the Company an aggregate principal amount of $155,548. After the deduction of loan fees of $10,929 the net proceeds from the loan were $144,619. The loan fees are being amortized as original issue discount (OID) over the term of the loan. The interest rate of the loan is 2.25%. The Note requires monthly payments on the Note balance until repaid in full. The maturity date of the Note is December 21, 2035. For the twelve months ended February 28, 2022, the Company made principal payments of $8,599 and amortized debt discount of $729. The obligations under the Note are secured by a lien on and security interest in the Company’s oil and gas assets located in Kern County, California, as described in a Deed of Trust entered into by the Company in favor of the Noteholder to secure the obligations under the Note. Such lien shall be a first priority lien, subject only to a pre-existing lien filed by a working interest partner of the Company.

The Company may prepay the Note at any time. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default and expiration of any applicable cure period, and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such Event of Default, the Noteholder may at its option, by written notice to the Company: (a) declare the entire principal amount of the Note, together with all accrued interest thereon and all other amounts payable hereunder, immediately due and payable; (b) exercise any of its remedies with respect to the collateral set forth in the Deed of Trust; and/or (c) exercise any or all of its other rights, powers or remedies under applicable law.

Current portion of note payable –related party balances at February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021 are set forth in the table below:

Note payable –related party long-term balances at February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021 are set forth in the table below:

Future estimated payments on the outstanding note payable – related party are set forth in the table below:

Short-term Convertible Note Payable

During the twelve months ended February 28, 2022, the Company executed a convertible promissory note with a third party for $200,000. The interest rate is 18% per annum and is payable in kind (PIK) solely by additional shares of the Company’s common stock. Regardless of when conversion occurs, a full 12 months of interest will be payable upon conversion. The maturity date of the note is the date of the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Equity Exchange Agreement with Reabold California, LLC and Gaelic Resources, Ltd. as described above under the Capital Resources and Liquidity caption found in this Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A). The conversion price was to be determined by one of two cases. In Case 1, the conversion price would be $0.017 and in Case 2, the conversion price would be $0.0085. The Case 1 conversion price scenario would apply if the terms of the Equity Exchange Agreement were met by a Long Stop Date of April 29, 2022. The Case 2 conversion price scenario would apply if the terms of the Equity Exchange Agreement were not met by a Long Stop Date of April 29, 2022. The terms of the Equity Exchange Agreement were not met by the Long Stop Date of April 29, 2022 and the conversion price was determined to be the $0.0085 rate. Under ASC 855-10-55-1, the Company determined that a derivate issue did not exist since the Company was able to determine the impact of the subsequent event.

On May 5, 2022, the Company received notice from the third party of their intent to convert the note principal and interest in the amount of $236,000 at the conversion price of $0.0085. Consequently, 27,764,706 shares of the Company’s common stock were issued to the third party to satisfy the obligation.

12% Subordinated Notes

The Company’s 12% Subordinated Notes (“the Notes”) issued pursuant to a January 2010 private placement offering to accredited investors, resulted in $595,000 in gross proceeds (of which $250,000 was from a related party) to the Company and accrue interest at 12% per annum, payable semi-annually on January 29th and July 29th. On January 29, 2015, the Company and 12 of the 13 holders of the Notes agreed to extend the maturity date of the Notes for an additional two years to January 29, 2017. Effective January 29, 2017, the maturity date of the Notes was extended for an additional two years to January 29, 2019. The 980,000 warrants held by ten noteholders expired on January 29, 2019.

The Company has informed the Note holders that the payment of principal and final interest will be late and is subject to future financing being completed. The Notes principal of $565,000 was payable in full at the amended maturity date of the Notes, and has not been paid. Interest continues to accrue on the unpaid $565,000 principal balance. The terms of the Notes, state that should the Board of Directors, on any future maturity date, decide that the payment of the principal and any unpaid interest would impair the financial condition or operations of the Company, the Company may then elect a mandatory conversion of the unpaid principal and interest into the Company’s common stock at a conversion rate equal to 75% of the average closing price of the Company’s common stock over the 20 consecutive trading days preceding December 31, 2018.

As a result of the Company restructuring its balance sheet through conversions of debt to common stock, the related party 12% Noteholder chose to convert the principal and accrued interest of their Notes to the Company’s common stock. The related party Note for $250,000 and accrued interest of $264,986 were converted to common stock at a rate of approximately $0.45 for every dollar of principal and interest resulting in 1,144,415 shares of common stock being issued. The accrued interest on the 12% Notes at February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021 was $135,229 and $340,042, respectively.

12% Note balances at February 28, 2021 and February 28, 2021 are set forth in the table below:

The accrued interest at February 28, 2021 owed on the 12% Subordinated Note to the related party is presented on the Company’s Balance Sheets under the caption Accounts payable – related party rather than under the caption Accrued interest.

Line of Credit

The Company has an existing $890,000 line of credit for working capital purposes with UBS Bank USA (“UBS”), established pursuant to a Credit Line Agreement dated October 24, 2011 that is secured by the personal guarantee of our President and Chief Executive Officer. On November 10, 2021, the Company was notified that effective January 1, 2022, a new interest rate benchmark the UBS Variable Rate (UBSVR) would replace the existing 30-day LIBOR (“London Interbank Offered Rate”) benchmark. The UBSVR is comprised of the compounded 30-day average of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) plus a fixed spread adjustment of 0.110%. The Company’s new all-on rate will consist of the UBSVR plus its current spread over LIBOR.

During the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021, we did not receive any advances on the line of credit, respectively. During the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021, we made payments to the line of credit of $60,000, respectively. Interest converted to principal for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021 was $27,278 and $28,503, respectively. At February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021, the line of credit had an outstanding balance of $808,182 and $840,904, respectively.

Production Revenue Payable

Since December 2018, the Company has been conducting a fundraising program to fund the drilling of future wells in California and to settle some of its existing historical debt. The purchasers of production payment interests receive a production revenue payment on future wells to be drilled in California in exchange for their purchase. On August 22, 2019, the Company entered into a Note Payoff Agreement with the Company’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer as payment in full of the $250,100 that had been loaned to the Company during the years ended February 29, 2012 and February 28, 2013. Pursuant to the Note Payoff Agreement, the Company issued a production payment interest in certain of the Company’s production revenue from the drilling of future wells in California. The production payment interest was granted for a deemed consideration amount of the balance of the Notes. The grant was made on the same terms as the Company has sold production payment interests to other third parties in the 2018-2019 fiscal year pursuant to its previously disclosed program.

The production payment interest entitles the purchasers to receive production payments equal to twice their original amount paid, payable from a percentage of the Company’s future net production payments from wells drilled after the date of the purchase and until the Production Payment Target (as described below) is met. The Company shall pay seventy-five percent (75%) of its net production payments from the relevant new wells to the purchasers until each purchaser has received two times the purchase price (the “Production Payment Target”). Once the Company pays the purchasers amounts equal to the Production Payment Target, it shall thereafter pay a pro-rated eight percent (8%) of $1.3 million on its net production payments from the relevant wells to each of the purchasers. However, if the total raised is less than the target $1.3 million, then the payment will be a proportionate amount of the eight percent (8%).

The Company accounted for the amounts received from these sales in accordance with ASC 470-10-25 and 470-10-35 which require amounts recorded as debt to be amortized under the interest method as described in ASC 835-30, Interest Method. Consequently, the program balance of $950,100 has been recognized as a production revenue payable. The Company determined an effective interest rate based on future expected cash flows to be paid to the holders of the production payment interests. This rate represents the discount rate that equates estimated cash flows with the initial proceeds received from the sales and is used to compute the amount of interest to be recognized each period. Estimating the future cash outflows under this agreement requires the Company to make certain estimates and assumptions about future revenues and payments and such estimates are subject to significant variability. Therefore, the estimates are likely to change which may result in future adjustments to the accretion of the interest expense and the amortized cost based carrying value of the related payables.

Accordingly, the Company has estimated the cash flows associated with the production revenue payments and determined a discount of $941,259 as of February 28, 2022, which is being accounted as interest expense over the estimated period over which payments will be made based on expected future revenue streams. For the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021, amortization of the debt discount on these payables amounted to $95,974 and $115,151, respectively, which has been included in interest expense in the statements of operations.

As a result of the Company restructuring its balance sheet through conversions of debt to common stock the related party with the production revenue interest chose to convert the original principal investment of $550,100 to the Company’s common stock at a rate of approximately $0.45 for every dollar of principal and interest resulting in 1,222,444 shares of common stock being issued. The outstanding interest discount to debt of $232,170 was treated as a gain on debt forgives by the Company.

As of February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021, the production revenue payment program balance was $817,125 and $1,503,422, respectively. Production revenue payable balances at February 28, 2020 and February 28, 2021 are set forth in the table below:

Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan

In March 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act commonly referred to as the CARES Act became law. One component of the CARES Act was the paycheck protection program (“PPP”) which provides small business with the resources needed to maintain their payroll and cover applicable overhead. The PPP is implemented by the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) with support from the Department of the Treasury. The Company applied for, and was accepted to participate in this program. On May 11, 2020, the Company received funding for approximately $74,355. On February 12, 2021, the Company applied for loan forgiveness under the provisions of Section 1106 of the CARES Act. Loan forgiveness was subject to the sole approval of the SBA. On February 23, 2021, the SBA notified our lender that the loan was forgiven and repaid the loan in full.

On March 4, 2021, the Company applied for, and was accepted to participate in the SBA PPP Second Draw program with funding pursuant to the Economic Aid Act that was passed in December, 2020. On March 15, 2021, Daybreak received funding for $72,800. The Company applied for full loan forgiveness for the PPP Second Draw PPP loan and on October 6, 2021, the SBA notified our lender that the loan was forgiven and repaid the loan in full.

Encumbrances

On October 17, 2018, a working interest partner in California filed a UCC financing statement in regards to payable amounts owed to the partner by the Company.

Capital Commitments

Daybreak has ongoing capital commitments to develop certain oil and gas leases pursuant to their underlying terms. Failure to meet such ongoing commitments may result in the loss of the right to participate in future drilling on certain leases or the loss of the lease itself. These ongoing capital commitments may also cause us to seek additional capital from sources outside of the Company. The current uncertainty in the credit and capital markets, and the economic downturn, may restrict our ability to obtain needed capital.

Leases

The Company leases approximately 988 rentable square feet of office space from an unaffiliated third party for our corporate office located in Spokane Valley, Washington. Additionally, we lease approximately 416 and 695 rentable square feet from unaffiliated third parties for our regional operations office in Friendswood, Texas and storage and auxiliary office space in Wallace, Idaho, respectively. The lease in Friendswood is a 12-month lease that expires in October 2022 and as such is considered a short-term lease. The Company has elected to not apply the recognition requirements of ASC 842 to this short-term lease. The Spokane Valley and Wallace leases are currently on a month-to-month basis. The Company’s lease agreements do not contain any residual value guarantees, restrictive covenants or variable lease payments. The Company has not entered into any financing leases.

Rent expense for the twelve months ended February 28, 2021 and February 28, 2021 was $23,489 and $23,589, respectively.

Crude Oil and Natural Gas Reserves

Daybreak’s total net proved developed and undeveloped crude oil reserves on a per barrel of oil equivalent (“BOE”) basis increased by 82,932 BOE, or 19.1%, to 517,155 BOE at February 28, 2022 compared to 434,223 BOE at February 28, 2021. These reserves are all located in our California East Slopes project. The primary reason for the overall increase in our total proven reserves was primarily due to higher hydrocarbon prices from the past year lowering the economic life our wells. The year-to-year reserve increase consisted of a 22,724 barrel or 23.9% increase in our PDP reserves and a 60,208 barrel or 17.8% increase in our PUD reserves. Our production of PDP reserves for the year ended February 28, 2022 was 9,613 BOE and was a part of the overall change in PDP reserves. The 82,932 increase in the PUD reserves was all due to upward revisions again because of higher crude oil prices in the past year. Our reserves were fully engineered by PGH Petroleum and Environmental Engineers, LLC of Austin, Texas in accordance with generally accepted petroleum engineering and evaluation principles and definitions and guidelines established by the SEC. For further information on our reserve report, refer to exhibit 99.1 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Changes in Financial Condition

During the year ended February 28, 2022, we received crude oil sales revenue from 20 wells in our East Slopes Project in Kern County, California. Our commitment to improving corporate profitability remains unchanged. Since June 2014, there has been significant volatility in hydrocarbon prices and a corresponding fluctuation in our realized sale price of crude oil does exist. An example of this volatility is that in June of 2014 the monthly average price of WTI crude oil was $105.79 per barrel and our realized price per barrel of crude oil was $98.78 while in April 2020, the monthly average price of WTI crude oil was $16.55 and our monthly realized price was $16.96 per barrel. Finally, in February 2022, the monthly average price of WTI oil was $91.64 per barrel and our realized price per barrel of crude oil was $87.41. This volatility in crude oil prices has continued throughout most of the fiscal year ended February 28, 2022. Any downward volatility in the price of crude oil will have a prolonged and substantial negative impact on our profitability and cash flow from our producing California properties. It is beyond our ability to accurately predict crude oil prices over any substantial length of time. During the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021, crude oil revenue from California was $680,107 and $404,901, respectively. Of the $275,206 increase in revenue during the twelve months ended February 28, 2022, $371,212 or 134.9% can be attributed to the increase in our average realized crude oil sales price. For the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021, we had an operating loss of $260,780 and $348,807, respectively.

Our balance sheet at February 28, 2022 reflects total assets of approximately $0.98 million, an increase of approximately $63,000 in comparison to approximately $0.91 million at February 28, 2021. This increase of approximately $63,000 in total assets was due to an increase in current assets of approximately $133,000 offset by a decrease in long-term assets of approximately $70,000. Our cash balance increased by approximately $106,000.

At February 28, 2022, total liabilities were approximately $4.3 million, a decrease of approximately $1.7 million in comparison to approximately $6.0 million at February 28, 2021. This decrease was primarily due to conversion of related party debt to common stock through the restructuring of our balance sheet.

Common Stock shares issued and outstanding at February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021 were 67,802,273 and 60,491,122, respectively. Of the total 7,311,151 shares issued during the twelve months ended February 28, 2022, there were 4,082,447 shares issued to satisfy related party debt. Another 3,228,704 shares were issued to satisfy the Series A Preferred stock conversion and associated accumulated dividend. The February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021 balances of Series A Preferred Stock shares issued and outstanding were -0- and 709,568, respectively.

With the filing of our Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation with the Washington Secretary of State in May 2022, the Company no longer has any preferred stock shares. We only have one class of stock and that is common stock.

Accumulated Deficit

Our financial statements for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021 have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities in the normal course of business. Our financial statements show that the Company has incurred significant operating losses that raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from this uncertainty.

The increase of approximately $102,000 in the accumulated deficit from approximately $29.4 million at February 28, 2021 to $29.5 million at February 28, 2022 was due to the net loss for the year of approximately $398,450 offset by related party debt forgiveness of approximately $337,825 and issuance of the Series A Preferred stock accumulated divided of $29,480 and settlement of related party receivables and payables of $11,454.

Cash Balance

We maintain our cash balance by increasing or decreasing our exploration and drilling expenditures as limited by availability of cash from operations, investments and capital resource funding. Our cash balances were $139,573 and $33,528 at February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021, respectively.

Crude oil and natural gas revenues

Crude oil revenues increased $275,206 or 68.0% to $680,107 for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 in comparison to $404,901 for the twelve months ended February 28, 2021. Of the $275,206 increase in revenue during the twelve months ended February 28, 2022, $371,212 or 134.9% can be attributed to the increase in our average realized crude oil sales price.

Operating Expenses

Operating expenses for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 increased $187,178 or 24.8% to approximately $940,886 in comparison to approximately $753,708 for the year ended February 28, 2021.

Operating Loss

For the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021, we reported operating losses of $260,779 and $348,807, respectively. The decrease in the operating loss for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 of approximately $88,028 was primary due to increases in crude oil sales revenue due to higher energy prices.

Net Loss

Since entering the crude oil and natural gas exploration industry, we have incurred net losses with periodic negative cash flow and have depended on external financing and the sale of crude oil and natural gas assets to sustain our operations. For the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 we reported a net loss of $398,450 in comparison to net loss of $512,265 for the twelve months ended February 28, 2021.

Management Plans to Continue as a Going Concern

We continue to implement plans to enhance Daybreak’s ability to continue as a going concern. The Company currently has a net revenue interest in 20 producing crude oil wells in our East Slopes Project located in Kern County, California. The revenue from these wells has created a steady and reliable source of revenue for the Company. Our average working interest in these wells is 36.6% and the average net revenue interest is 28.4%.

We anticipate revenues will continue to increase as the Company participates in the drilling of more wells in the East Slopes Project in California. However given the current decline and instability in hydrocarbon prices, the timing of any drilling activity in California will be dependent on a sustained improvement in hydrocarbon prices and a successful refinancing or restructuring of our current credit facility.

We believe that our liquidity will improve when there is a sustained improvement in hydrocarbon prices. Our sources of funds in the past have included the debt or equity markets and the sale of assets. While the Company does have positive cash flow from its crude oil and natural gas properties, it has not yet established a positive cash flow on a company-wide basis. It will be necessary for the Company to obtain additional funding from the private or public debt or equity markets in the future. However, we cannot offer any assurance that we will be successful in executing the aforementioned plans to continue as a going concern.

On October 20, 2021, the Company entered into an Equity Exchange Agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”) by and between Daybreak, Reabold California LLC, a California limited liability company (“Reabold”), and Gaelic Resources Ltd., a private company incorporated in the Isle of Man and the 100% owner of Reabold (“Gaelic”), pursuant to which the parties propose for (i) Daybreak to acquire 100% ownership of Reabold, in exchange for (ii) Daybreak issuing 160,964,489 shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 (“Common Stock”) to Gaelic (the “Exchange Shares”), which will result in Reabold becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daybreak and Gaelic becoming the owner of the Exchange Shares and a major shareholder of Daybreak (the foregoing transaction and the transactions contemplated thereby, the “Equity Exchange”).

At a special meeting of shareholders held on May 20, 2022, shareholders approved the Equity Exchange Agreement between Daybreak, Reabold California, LLC (“Reabold”) and Gaelic Resources, Ltd. (“Gaelic”). As a result of this approval, on May 25, 2022, the Company proceeded with the acquisition of Reabold and its producing crude oil and natural gas properties in California. The acquisition was completed by Daybreak issuing 160,964,489 common stock shares to Gaelic, along with the customary closing terms and conditions for acquisitions of this nature.

Also during the special meeting of shareholders, approval was granted to Amend and Restate the Company’s Articles of Incorporation. This would allow for the increase in the number of authorized common stock shares of the Company from 200,000,000 shares to 500,000,000 shares. The increase in common stock shares will give the Company enough authorized common stock shares to complete the transaction with Reabold and Gaelic. Also, all the Preferred stock classification was eliminated.

In conjunction with the Company’s efforts to acquire Reabold, and as a condition of closing the acquisition, the Company was to secure a capital raise of $2,500,000 through the issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock. The commitment for that capital raise was executed on May 5, 2022, and subsequently 128,125,000 shares were issued.

Summary of Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Critical accounting policies are policies that are both most important to the portrayal of the Company’s financial condition and results, and that require management’s most difficult, subjective or complex judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. Management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based on our financial statements, which have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of these financial statements requires management to make estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts 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. Accounting estimates are considered to be critical if (1) the nature of the estimates and assumptions is material due to the levels of subjectivity and judgment necessary to account for highly uncertain matters or the susceptibility of such matters to changes; and (2) the impact of the estimates and assumptions on financial condition or operating performance is material. Actual results could differ from the estimates and assumptions used.

On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to revenue recognition, bad debts, cancellation costs associated with long term commitments, investments, intangible assets, assets subject to disposal, income taxes, service contracts, contingencies and litigation. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making estimates and judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Estimates, by their nature, are based on judgment and available information. These judgments and uncertainties do affect the application of these critical accounting policies. There is a strong likelihood that materially different amounts could be reported under different conditions or using different assumptions. Therefore, actual results could differ from those estimates and could have a material impact on our financial statements, and it is possible that such changes could occur in the near term.

Proved Crude Oil and Natural Gas Reserves

Our estimates of proved and proved developed reserves are a major component of our depletion calculation. Additionally, our proved reserves represent the element of these calculations that require the most subjective judgments. Estimates of reserves are forecasts based on engineering data, projected future rates of production and the timing of future expenditures. Proved reserves are defined by the SEC as those quantities of crude oil and natural gas which, by analysis of geoscience and engineering data can be estimated with reasonable certainty to be economically producible from a given date forward, from known reservoirs, and under existing economic conditions, operating methods, and government regulation before the time at which contracts providing the right to operate expire, unless evidence indicates that renewal is reasonably certain, regardless of whether the estimate is a deterministic estimate or probabilistic estimate. Proved developed reserves are proved reserves that can be expected to be recovered through existing wells with existing equipment and operating methods or in which the cost of the required equipment is relatively minor compared with the cost of a new well or through installed extraction equipment and infrastructure operational at the time of the reserve estimates if the extraction is by means not involving a well.

Although our external engineers are knowledgeable of and follow the guidelines for reserves as established by the SEC, the estimation of reserves requires the engineers to make a significant number of assumptions based on professional judgment. Estimated reserves are often subject to future revision, certain of which could be substantial, based on the availability of additional information, including reservoir performance, new geological and geophysical data, additional drilling, technological advancements, price changes and other economic factors. Changes in crude oil and natural gas prices can lead to a decision to start-up or shut-in production, which can lead to revisions to reserve quantities. Reserve revisions inherently lead to adjustments of depreciation rates used by us. We cannot predict the types of reserve revisions that will be required in future periods.

While the estimates of our proved reserves at February 28, 2022 included in this report have been prepared based on what we and our independent reserve engineers believe to be reasonable interpretations of the SEC rules, those estimates could differ materially from our actual results.

Successful Efforts Accounting Method

We use the successful efforts method of accounting for natural gas and oil producing activities as opposed to the alternate acceptable full cost method. We believe that net assets and net income are more conservatively measured under the successful efforts method of accounting than under the full cost method, particularly during periods of active exploration. Costs to acquire mineral interests in crude oil and natural gas properties, to drill and equip exploratory wells that find proved reserves, and to drill and equip development wells are capitalized as incurred. All exploratory dry holes and geological and geophysical costs are charged against earnings during the periods they occur. Costs to drill exploratory wells that are unsuccessful in finding proved reserves are expensed as incurred. The geological and geophysical costs, and costs of carrying and retaining unproved properties are expensed as incurred. Costs to operate and maintain wells and field equipment are expensed as incurred.

Capitalized proved property acquisition costs are amortized by field using the unit-of-production method based on proved reserves. Capitalized exploration well costs and development costs (plus estimated future dismantlement, surface restoration, and property abandonment costs, net of equipment salvage values) are amortized in a similar fashion (by field) based on their proved developed reserves. Support equipment and other property and equipment are depreciated over their estimated useful lives.

Pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board Codification (“ASC”) Topic 360, “Property, Plant and Equipment,” we review proved oil and natural gas properties and other long-lived assets for impairment. These reviews are predicated by events and circumstances, such as downward revision of the reserve estimates or commodity prices that indicate a decline in the recoverability of the carrying value of such properties. We estimate the future cash flows expected in connection with the properties and compare such future cash flows to the carrying amount of the properties to determine if the carrying amount is recoverable. When the carrying amounts of the properties exceed their estimated undiscounted future cash flows, the carrying amounts of the properties are reduced to their estimated fair value. The factors used to determine fair value include, but are not limited to, estimates of proved reserves, future commodity prices, the timing of future production, future capital expenditures and a risk-adjusted discount rate. The charge is included in DD&A.

Unproved crude oil and natural gas properties that are individually significant are also periodically assessed for impairment of value. For the twelve months ended February 28, 2022, our unproved properties in Michigan and the balance of $55,978 was written off to exploration expense. An impairment loss for unproved crude oil and natural gas properties is recognized at the time of impairment by providing an impairment allowance.

On the retirement or sale of a partial unit of proved property, the cost is charged to accumulated DD&A with a resulting gain or loss recognized in income.

Deposits and advances for services expected to be provided for exploration and development or for the acquisition of crude oil and natural gas properties are classified as long-term other assets.

Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenue under ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“Topic 606”). Under Topic 606, revenue will generally be recognized upon delivery of our produced crude oil and natural gas volumes to our customers. Our customer sales contracts include only crude oil sales in California. Each unit (crude oil barrel) of commodity product represents a separate performance obligation which is sold at variable prices, determinable on a monthly basis. The pricing provisions of our crude oil contracts are primarily tied to a market index with certain adjustments based on factors such as delivery, product quality and prevailing supply and demand conditions in the geographic areas in which we operate. We will allocate the transaction price to each performance obligation and recognize revenue upon delivery of the commodity product when the customer obtains control. Control of our produced crude oil volumes passes to our customers when the oil is measured by a trucking oil ticket.

The Company has no control over the crude oil after this point and the measurement at this point dictates the amount on which the customer's payment is based. Our crude oil revenue stream includes volumes burdened by royalty and other joint owner working interests. Our revenues are recorded and presented on our financial statements net of the royalty and other joint owner working interests. Our revenue stream does not include any payments for services or ancillary items other than sale of crude oil. We record revenue in the month our crude oil production is delivered to the purchaser.

Suspended Well Costs

We account for any suspended well costs in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 932, “Extractive Activities – Oil and Gas” (“ASC 932”). ASC 932 states that exploratory well costs should continue to be capitalized if: (1) a sufficient quantity of reserves are discovered in the well to justify its completion as a producing well and (2) sufficient progress is made in assessing the reserves and the economic and operating feasibility of the well. If the exploratory well costs do not meet both of these criteria, these costs should be expensed, net of any salvage value. Additional annual disclosures are required to provide information about management's evaluation of capitalized exploratory well costs.

In addition, ASC 932 requires annual disclosure of: (1) net changes from period to period of capitalized exploratory well costs for wells that are pending the determination of proved reserves, (2) the amount of exploratory well costs that have been capitalized for a period greater than one year after the completion of drilling and (3) an aging of exploratory well costs suspended for greater than one year, designating the number of wells the aging is related to. Further, the disclosures should describe the activities undertaken to evaluate the reserves and the projects, the information still required to classify the associated reserves as proved and the estimated timing for completing the evaluation.

Share Based Payments

Share based awards are accounted for under FASB Topic ASC 718, “Compensation-Stock Compensation” (“ASC 718”). ASC 718 requires compensation costs for all share-based payments granted to be based on the grant date fair value. The value of the portion of the award that is ultimately expected to vest is recognized as expense ratably over the requisite service periods.

See Note 3 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the Company's financial statements for a full discussion of our significant accounting policies.

ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to provide the information otherwise required by this Item.

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of

Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc.

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc. (the “Company”) as of February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021, and the related statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ deficit, and cash flows for the years then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Going Concern Matter

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 2 to the financial statements, the Company has suffered recurring losses from operations and has a net capital deficiency that raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management's plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 2. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matters

Critical audit matters, are matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. We determined that there are no critical audit matters.

/s/ MaloneBailey, LLP

www.malonebailey.com

We have served as the Company's auditor since 2006.

Houston, Texas

June 15, 2022

DAYBREAK OIL AND GAS, INC.

Balance Sheets

As of February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021

Series A Convertible Preferred Stock 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements

DAYBREAK OIL AND GAS, INC.

Statements of Operations

For the Twelve Months Ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements

DAYBREAK OIL AND GAS, INC.

Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Deficit

For the Twelve Months Ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements

Common Stock

Additional Paid-In Capital

Accumulated Deficit

DAYBREAK OIL AND GAS, INC.

Statements of Cash Flows

For the Twelve Months Ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements

DAYBREAK OIL AND GAS, INC.

Statements of Cash Flows (continued)

For the Twelve Months Ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements

DAYBREAK OIL AND GAS, INC.

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1 — ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION:

Originally incorporated as Daybreak Uranium, Inc., (“Daybreak Uranium”) on March 11, 1955, under the laws of the State of Washington, Daybreak Uranium was organized to explore for, acquire, and develop mineral properties in the Western United States. In August 1955, the assets of Morning Sun Uranium, Inc. were acquired by Daybreak Uranium. In May 1964, Daybreak Uranium changed its name to Daybreak Mines, Inc. During 2005, management of the Company decided to enter the crude oil and natural gas exploration and production industry. On October 25, 2005, the Company’s shareholders approved a name change from Daybreak Mines, Inc. to Daybreak Oil and Gas, Inc. (referred to herein as “Daybreak” or the “Company”) to better reflect the business of the Company.

All of the Company’s crude oil production is sold under contracts that are market-sensitive. Accordingly, the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, and capital resources are highly dependent upon prevailing market prices of, and demand for, crude oil. These commodity prices are subject to wide fluctuations and market uncertainties due to a variety of factors that are beyond the control of the Company. These factors include the level of global demand for petroleum products, foreign supply of crude oil and natural gas, the establishment of and compliance with production quotas by crude oil-exporting countries, the relative strength of the U.S. dollar, weather conditions, the price and availability of alternative fuels, and overall economic conditions, both foreign and domestic, crude oil disputes between OPEC members; and national and international pandemics like the coronavirus outbreak.

NOTE 2 — GOING CONCERN:

Financial Condition

Daybreak’s financial statements for the twelve months ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021 have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities in the normal course of business. Daybreak has incurred net losses since inception and has accumulated a deficit of approximately $29.5 million and a working capital deficit of approximately $3.0 million, which raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Management Plans to Continue as a Going Concern

Revenue 

The Company continues to implement plans to enhance its ability to continue as a going concern. Daybreak currently has a net revenue interest in 20 producing crude oil wells in its East Slopes Project located in Kern County, California (the “East Slopes Project”). The revenue from these wells has created a steady and reliable source of revenue. The Company’s average working interest in these wells is 36.6% and the average net revenue interest is 28.4% for these same wells.

In December 2019, the 2019 novel coronavirus (“COVID-19") surfaced in Wuhan, China. The World Health Organization declared a global emergency on January 30, 2020, with respect to the outbreak and several countries, including the United States, Japan, parts of Europe and Australia have initiated travel restrictions to and from China. The impacts of the outbreak are unknown and rapidly evolving. This widespread health crisis and the governmental restrictions associated with it, have adversely affected demand for crude oil, depressed crude oil prices, and affected our ability to access capital. These factors, in turn, have had a negative impact on our operations, and financial condition as evidenced by the unprecedented decline in crude oil prices and our revenues during this same time period.

On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act commonly referred to as the CARES Act became law. One component of the CARES Act was the paycheck protection program (“PPP”) which provides small business with the resources needed to maintain their payroll and cover applicable overhead. The PPP is implemented by the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) with support from the Department of the Treasury. The Company applied for, and was accepted to participate in this program. On May 11, 2020, the Company received funding for approximately $74,355. In February 2021, the Company applied for full loan forgiveness and later that month was notified by our lender that the SBA had forgiven our original loan in full. On March 15, 2021, the Company received $72,800 in funding through the SBA second draw paycheck protection program. Second Draw PPP loans can be used to help fund payroll costs, including benefits. Funds can also be used to pay for mortgage interest, rent and utilities over a 24 week period. The Company applied for full loan forgiveness on this PPP second draw loan and on October 6, 2021, and the SBA notified our lender that the loan was forgiven and repaid the loan in full.

On October 20, 2021, the Company entered into an Equity Exchange Agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”) by and between Daybreak, Reabold California LLC, a California limited liability company (“Reabold”), and Gaelic Resources Ltd., a private company incorporated in the Isle of Man and the 100% owner of Reabold (“Gaelic”), pursuant to which the parties propose for (i) Daybreak to acquire 100% ownership of Reabold, in exchange for (ii) Daybreak issuing 160,964,489 shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 (“Common Stock”) to Gaelic (the “Exchange Shares”), which will result in Reabold becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daybreak and Gaelic becoming the owner of the Exchange Shares and a major shareholder of Daybreak (the foregoing transaction and the transactions contemplated thereby, the “Equity Exchange”).

At a special meeting of shareholders held on May 20, 2022, shareholders approved the Equity Exchange Agreement between Daybreak, Reabold California, LLC (“Reabold”) and Gaelic Resources, Ltd. (“Gaelic”). As a result of this approval, on May 25, 2022, the Company proceeded with the acquisition of Reabold and its producing crude oil and natural gas properties in California. The acquisition was completed by Daybreak issuing 160,964,489 common stock shares to Gaelic, along with the customary closing terms and conditions for acquisitions of this nature.

Also during the special meeting of shareholders, approval was granted to Amend and Restate the Company’s Articles of Incorporation. This would allow for the increase in the number of authorized common stock shares of the Company from 200,000,000 shares to 500,000,000 shares. The increase in common stock shares will give the Company enough authorized common stock shares to complete the transaction with Reabold and Gaelic. Also, all the Preferred stock classification was eliminated.

In conjunction with the Company’s efforts to acquire Reabold, and as a condition of closing the acquisition, the Company was to secure a capital raise of $2,500,000 through the issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock. The commitment for that capital raise was executed on May 5, 2022, and subsequently 128,125,000 shares were issued.

As of February 28, 2022, all of the conditions for the closing of the Exchange Agreement had not yet been met. The Company was continuing to work towards satisfying all of the Exchange Agreement conditions including having certain conditions of the Exchange Agreement approved by the Company’s shareholders. Please refer to Note 16 – Subsequent Events in the Notes to these financial statements.

The Company anticipates revenue will continue to increase as the Company participates in the drilling of more wells in the East Slopes Project in California. Daybreak’s sources of funds in the past have included the debt or equity markets and the sale of assets. While the Company has experienced periodic revenue growth, which has resulted in positive cash flow from its crude oil and natural gas properties, it has not yet established a positive cash flow on a company-wide basis. It will be necessary for the Company to obtain additional funding from the private or public debt or equity markets in the future. However, the Company cannot offer any assurance that it will be successful in executing the aforementioned plans to continue as a going concern.

Daybreak’s financial statements as of February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021 do not include any adjustments that might result from the inability to implement or execute Daybreak’s plans to improve our ability to continue as a going concern.

NOTE 3 — SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash equivalents include demand deposits with banks and all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less. The Company has in the past maintained balances in financial institutions where deposits may exceed the federally insured deposit limit of $250,000. The Company has not experienced any losses from such accounts and does not believe it is exposed to any significant credit risk on cash.

Accounts Receivable

The Company routinely assesses the recoverability of all material trade and other receivables. The Company accrues a reserve on a receivable when, based on the judgment of management, it is probable that a receivable will not be collected and the amount of any reserve may be reasonably estimated. Actual write-offs may exceed the recorded allowance. Substantially all of the Company’s trade accounts receivable result from crude oil in California or joint interest billings to its working interest partners in California. This concentration of customers and joint interest owners may impact the Company’s overall credit risk as these entities could be affected by similar changes in economic conditions as well as other related factors. Trade accounts receivable are generally not collateralized. There were no allowances for doubtful accounts for the Company’s trade accounts receivable at February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021.

Crude Oil and Natural Gas Properties

The Company uses the successful efforts method of accounting for crude oil and natural gas property acquisition, exploration, development, and production activities. Costs to acquire mineral interests in crude oil and natural gas properties, to drill and equip exploratory wells that find proved reserves, and to drill and equip development wells are capitalized as incurred. Costs to drill exploratory wells that are unsuccessful in finding proved reserves are expensed as incurred. In addition, the geological and geophysical costs, and costs of carrying and retaining unproved properties are expensed as incurred. Costs to operate and maintain wells and field equipment are expensed as incurred.

Capitalized proved property acquisition costs are amortized by field using the unit-of-production method based on estimated proved reserves. Capitalized exploration well costs and development costs (plus estimated future dismantlement, surface restoration, and property abandonment costs, net of equipment salvage values) are amortized in a similar fashion (by field) based on their estimated proved developed reserves. Support equipment and other property and equipment are depreciated over their estimated useful lives.

Pursuant to the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 360, “Property, Plant and Equipment” the Company reviews proved crude oil and natural gas properties and other long-lived assets for impairment. These reviews are predicated by events and circumstances, such as downward revision of the reserve estimates or commodity prices that indicate a decline in the recoverability of the carrying value of such properties. The Company estimates the future cash flows expected in connection with the properties and compares such future cash flows to the carrying amount of the properties to determine if the carrying amount is recoverable. When the carrying amounts of the properties exceed their estimated undiscounted future cash flows, the carrying amounts of the properties are reduced to their estimated fair value. The factors used to determine fair value include, but are not limited to, estimates of proved reserves, future commodity prices, the timing of future production, future capital expenditures and a risk-adjusted discount rate. These estimates of future product prices may differ from current market prices of crude oil and natural gas. Any downward revisions to management’s estimates of future production or product prices could result in an impairment of the Company’s crude oil and natural gas properties in subsequent periods. Unproved crude oil and natural gas properties that are individually significant are also periodically assessed for impairment of value. An impairment loss for unproved crude oil and natural gas properties is recognized at the time of impairment by providing an impairment allowance.

For the twelve months ended February 28, 2022, the Company recognized an impairment of unproved properties in Michigan and wrote down the entire $55,978 balance in Michigan. For the twelve months ended February 28, 2021 the Company did not recognize any impairment of its properties.

On the retirement or sale of a partial unit of proved property, the cost is charged to accumulated DD&A with a resulting gain or loss recognized in income.

Property and Equipment

Vehicles 

Machinery and Equipment

Fixed assets are stated at cost. Depreciation on vehicles is provided using the straight-line method over expected useful lives of three years. Depreciation on machinery and equipment is provided using the straight-line method over expected useful life of three years. Depreciation of production facilities and natural gas pipelines are recorded using the unit-of-production method based on estimated reserves.

Long Lived Assets

The Company reviews long-lived assets and identifiable intangibles whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amounts of such assets may not be fully recoverable. The Company evaluates the recoverability of long-lived assets by measuring the carrying amounts of the assets against the estimated undiscounted cash flows associated with these assets. If this evaluation indicates that the future undiscounted cash flows of certain long-lived assets are not sufficient to recover the assets' carrying value, the assets are adjusted to their fair values (based upon discounted cash flows).

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The carrying value of short-term financial instruments including cash, receivables, prepaid expenses, accounts payable, and other accrued liabilities, short-term liabilities and the line of credit approximated their fair values due to the relatively short period to maturity for these instruments. The long-term notes payable approximates fair value since the related rates of interest approximate current market rates.

Share Based Payments

Stock awards are accounted for under FASB ASC Topic 718, “Compensation-Stock Compensation” (“ASC 718”). Under ASC 718, compensation for all share-based payment awards is based on estimated fair value at the grant date. The value of the portion of the award that is ultimately expected to vest is recognized as expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service periods, if any.

The Company estimates the fair value of stock purchase warrants on the grant date using the Black-Scholes option pricing model (“Black-Scholes Model”) as its method of valuation for warrant awards granted during the year. The Company’s determination of fair value of warrant awards on the date of grant using an option-pricing model is affected by the Company’s stock price, as well as assumptions regarding a number of subjective variables. These variables include, but are not limited to, the Company’s expected price volatility over the term of the awards and discount rates assumed.

Earnings (Loss) per Share of Common Stock

Basic earnings (loss) per share of Common Stock is calculated by dividing net earnings (loss) available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares issued and outstanding during the year. Diluted earnings per share is computed based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding, increased by dilutive Common Stock equivalents. For the years ended February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021, Common Stock equivalents are excluded from the calculations since their effect is anti-dilutive due to the Company’s net loss.

Concentration of Credit Risk

Substantially all of the Company’s accounts receivable result from crude oil sales in California or joint interest billings to its working interest partners in California. This concentration of customers and joint interest owners may impact the Company’s overall credit risk as these entities could be affected by similar changes in economic conditions as well as other related factors.

Customer Concentration 

At the Company’s East Slopes project in California we deal with only one buyer for the purchase of all crude oil production. The Company has no natural gas production in California. At February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021, this one individual customer represented 100.0% of crude oil sales receivable from operations. If this buyer is unable to resell its products or if they lose a significant sales contract then the Company may incur difficulties in selling its crude oil production.

The Company’s accounts receivable in California for crude oil sales at February 28, 2022 and February 28, 2021, respectively are set forth in the table below.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Schedule of Concentration of Risk, by Risk Factor

Customer Concentration Risk

Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenue under ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“Topic 606”). Under Topic 606, revenue will generally be recognized upon delivery of our produced crude oil and natural gas volumes to our customers. Our customer sales contracts include only crude oil sales in California. Under Topic 606, each unit (crude oil barrel) of commodity product represents a separate performance obligation which is sold at variable prices, determinable on a monthly basis. The pricing provisions of our crude oil contracts are primarily tied to a market index with certain adjustments based on factors such as delivery, product quality and prevailing supply and demand conditions in the geographic areas in which we operate. We will allocate the transaction price to each performance obligation and recognize revenue upon delivery of the commodity product when the customer obtains control. Control of our produced crude oil volumes passes to our customers when the oil is measured by a trucking oil ticket. The Company has no control over the crude oil after this point and the measurement at this point dictates the amount on which the customer’s payment is based. Our crude oil revenue stream includes volumes burdened by royalty and other joint owner working interests. Our revenues are recorded and presented on our financial statements net of the royalty and other joint owner working interests. Our revenue stream does not include any payments for services or ancillary items other than sale of crude oil. We record revenue in the month our crude oil production is delivered to the purchaser.