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Sentry Petroleum Ltd. ("Sentry") is a Calgary, Alberta, Canada based oil and gas exploration stage company with limited operations. To date we have had no revenues, have achieved losses since inception, and have been issued a going concern opinion from our auditors. We have yet to identify or secure permits for any exploration activities. The bidding for and securing of exploration interests is highly competitive and there is material risk that we will be unable to secure oil and gas interests and carry out our plan of perations. Failure to do so will result in the failure of our business and the total loss of your investment. If we are successful in securing exploration interests we will require additional funding to discharge our exploration obligations. Should we fail to raise additional funds, we will be unable to carry out our plan of operations. Our operational efforts to date have been limited, focused primarily on general joint venture discussions, industry conference attendance and analysis of Cooper and Ermanga basin data and related property assessment in the Australian states of Queensland and South Australia. Within the next twelve months we intend to submit applications for new exploration permits to the Queensland state government and enter into agreements to acquire oil and gas interests through joint venture with existing permit holders in Queensland and South Australia.
Employees and Consultants
The Registrant has no employees. The company's President, Alan Hart, is retained as a consultant.
Plan of Operations
Our plan of operations for the next 12 months is to continue assessment of various onshore exploration permits through the state and territorial governments in Australia with particular emphasis on Queensland. Upon completion of our assessment of government tendered permits we will submit our applications for an authority to explore. Additionally, we will continue discussions with third party permit holders with attention to potential joint venture partners in Queensland and South Australia and our assessment of the interests controlled and operated by them. To date these discussions have centered on the specific requirements of the exploration programs including but not limited to play types, land title security, operating budgets and time commitments. Play type refers to a conceptual model for a hydrocarbon accumulation used by explorationists to develop prospects in a basin, region or trend. Though no definitive time can be placed on securing joint venture agreements we will attempt to secure joint venture property interests within 6 months from the date of the completion of the financing contemplated herein. No formal agreement or understandings have been reached between the parties on any of our discussions and should we be successful in any of these efforts and secure exploration interests we shall require significant additional capital. We anticipate hiring an Australian based agent to act as our resident agent and commence a search for a qualified Australian based director and financial officer.
We have been in operation only since February 23, 2006 and have experienced losses since that time. As of November 30, 2007, we have $1,014,719 in working capital. We have sufficient funds to carry out a limited plan of operations for the next sixteen months. If we are successful in securing exploration interests we will require additional funds. We rely principally on the issuance of common shares by private placements to raise funds to finance our business. There is no assurance that market conditions will continue to permit us to raise funds when required. If possible, we will issue more common shares at prices we determine, possibly resulting in dilution of the value of common shares. On June 26, 2007 we filed an SB-2 registration statement to register 15,000,000 pre-split shares for sale at $0.05 per share. The Securities and Exchange Commission declared the registration statement effective on July 11, 2007. Other than a resident Australian agent and potential future financial officer, we do not expect any significant increases in the number of employees in the near future.
We are an exploration stage shell company with limited operations and have not yet received revenues from operations, generated profitability or experienced positive cash flow from operations. We currently have no oil or gas properties or any known deposits of oil or gas. Our President has extensive experience in the oil and gas industry with specific industry experience in exploration in Australia and New Zealand. Mr. Hart has given us his undertaking to act as President and Director until March 31st, 2008.
Mr. Hart's responsibilities include data review, including geochemical and petrological review to determine petroleum source potential and reservoir quality, reinterpretation of existing seismic data and an initial assessment of potential budgets and work programs of properties presently under review in Australia.
If we are successful in securing exploration interests we will be obliged to complete proposed work programs to maintain our interests in good standing. There can be no certainty as to the costs of the future work program; however, we will require additional funds to discharge our exploration obligations whether the interests are acquired through joint venture or through government tender. We do not have sufficient capital to satisfy the potential future exploration expenditures and we will rely principally on the issuance of Common Stock to raise funds to finance the expenditures that we expect to incur should we secure exploration interests. Failure to raise additional funds will result in the failure to meet our obligations and the relinquishment of our interest in any future permit acquired. We have relied principally on the issuance of Common Stock in private placements to raise funds to support our business but there can be no assurance that we will be successful in raising additional funds through the issuance of additional equity.
We do not expect any significant purchases of plant and equipment or any increase in the number of employees in the near future.
Off balance-sheet arrangements
We do not have any off balance-sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on the small business issuer's financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that are material to investors.
Recent accounting pronouncements
There have been no recent accounting pronouncement since the filing of the Company's Form 10KSB, filed on May 30, 2007, that have a material impact on the Company's financial presentation and disclosure.
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