UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

þ      ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 20152016

or

o      TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ______ to ______

Commission File Number: 0-24012

DEEP WELL OIL & GAS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:(780) 409-8144

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

Yes ☐o Noþ

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.

Yes ☐o Noþ

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Sections 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 ☐o Noþ

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 (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ☐o Noþ

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. ☐¨

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth companyþ

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. ☐o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ☐o Noþ

The aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was sold on or about March 31, 20152016 was approximately $5.8$2.4 million.

As of November 30, 2017,March 8, 2018, the Issuer had outstanding approximately 229,374,605 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

GLOSSARY AND ABBREVIATIONS

The following are defined terms and abbreviations used herein:

API Gravity – a specific gravity scale developed by the American Petroleum Institute for measuring the density or specific gravity (heaviness) of petroleum liquids, expressed in degrees. The higher the number, the lighter the oil.

Alberta Energy Regulator (“AER” formerly “ERCB”) – The AER is responsible for the development of Alberta’s oil (including oil sands) and gas resources. The AER succeeded the Energy Resources Conservation Board (“ERCB”) and will take on regulatory functions from the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Resource Development that relate to public lands, water, and the environment. The AER will provide full-lifecycle regulatory oversight of energy resource development in Alberta from application and construction to abandonment and reclamation, and everything in between.

Barrel – the common unit for measuring petroleum, including heavy oil. One barrel contains approximately 159 L.

Battery – equipment to process or store crude oil from one or more wells.

Bbl or Bbls – means barrel or barrels.

Bitumen – a heavy, viscous form of crude oil that generally has an API gravity of less than 10 degrees.

Cdn$ or Cdn dollar – means Canadian dollars.

Celsius – a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and the boiling point as 100 degrees under normal atmospheric pressure. Room temperature is between 20 degrees and 25 degrees Celsius. Temperatures specified herein are quoted in degrees Celsius unless indicated otherwise.

Cold Flow – a production technique where the oil is simply pumped out of the sands not using a Thermal Recovery Technique.

Conventional Crude Oil – crude oil that flows naturally or that can be pumped without being heated or diluted.

Core – a cylindrical rock sample taken from a formation for geological analysis.

Crude Oil – oil that has not undergone any refining. Crude oil is a mixture of hydrocarbons with small quantities of other chemicals such as sulphur, nitrogen and oxygen. Crude oil varies radically in its properties, namely specific gravity and viscosity.

Cyclic Steam Stimulation (“CSS”) orHorizontal Cyclic Steam Stimulation (“HCSS”) – a thermal in situ recovery method, which consists of a three-stage process involving high-pressure steam injected into the formation for several weeks through vertical or horizontal wells. The heat softens the oil while the water vapor helps to dilute and separate the oil from the sand grains. The pressure also creates channels through which the oil can flow more easily to the well. When a portion of the reservoir is thoroughly saturated, the steam is turned off and the reservoir maybe left to “soak” a short period of time. This is followed by the production phase, when the oil flows, or is pumped, up the same wells to the surface. When production rates decline, another cycle of steam injection begins. This process is sometimes called “huff-and-puff” recovery and can be done utilizing vertical or horizontal wells.

Darcy (Darcies)– a measure of rock permeability (the degree to which natural gas or crude oil can move through the rocks).

Density– the heaviness of crude oil, indicating the proportion of large, carbon-rich molecules, generally measured in kilograms per cubic metre (“kg/m3”) or degrees on the American Petroleum Institute (“API”) scale.

Development Well – a well drilled within an area of a natural gas or oil reservoir to the depth of a stratigraphic horizon to which proven reserves have been assigned.

Diluents– light petroleum liquids used to dilute bitumen and heavy oil so they can flow through pipelines.

Drill Stem Test (“DST”)– a method of formation testing. The basic drill stem test tool consists of a packer or packers, valves or ports that may be opened and closed from the surface, and two or more pressure-recording devices. The tool is lowered on the drill string to the zone to be tested. The packer or packers are set to isolate and test the zone from the drilling fluid column.

Drill String–the column, or string, of drill pipe with attached tool joints that transmits fluid and rotational power from the drilling rig on the surface to the drill collars and the bit. Often, the term is loosely applied to include both drill pipe and drill collars.

Enhanced Oil Recovery – any method that increases oil production by using techniques or materials that are not part of normal pressure maintenance or water flooding operations. For example, natural gas can be injected into a reservoir to “enhance” or increase oil production.

Exploratory Well – a well drilled to find and produce natural gas or oil in an unproven area, to find a new reservoir in a field previously found to be productive of natural gas or oil in another reservoir, or to extend a known reservoir.

Farmout – an arrangement whereby the owner of a lease assigns some ownership portion (or all) of the lease(s) to another company (the “Farmee”) in return for the Farmee paying for the drilling on at least some portion of the lease(s) under the Farmout.

Gross Acre/Hectare – a gross acre is an acre in which any portion of a working interest is owned. 1 acre = 0.404685 hectares. 1 hectare = 2.471054 acres.

Heavy Oil – oil having an API gravity less than 22.3 degrees.

Horizontal Well – the drilling of a well that deviates from the vertical and travels horizontally through a producing layer of a reservoir.

In-situ – in the oil sands context (in-situ means “in place” in Latin),in-situ methods such as SAGD or CSS through horizontal or vertical wells maybe required to produce the oil if the oil sands deposits are too deep to mine from the surface.

Lease – a legal document giving an operator the right to drill for or produce oil or gas; also, the land on which a lease has been obtained.

License of Occupation (“LOC”)– a surface crown agreement issued by the Alberta Department of Sustainable Resources Development granting the mineral producer the right to occupy public lands for an approved purpose, usually issued primarily for access roads or to construct access roads, but may also be issued for other purposes.

Light Crude Oil – liquid petroleum which has a low density and flows freely at room temperature. Also called conventional oil, it has an API gravity of at least 22 degrees and a viscosity less than 100 centipoise.

Mbbl or Mbbls – means one thousand barrels or thousands of barrels.

MMbbl or MMbbls– means one million barrels or millions of barrels.

Mmcf – means million cubic feet.

Mineral Surface Lease (“MSL”) – a surface crown agreement issued by the Alberta Department of Sustainable Resources Development granting the mineral producer the right to construct a well site on publicly owned land.

Net Acre/Hectare – a net acre is the result that is obtained when the fractional ownership working interest of a lease is multiplied by gross acres of that lease.

Oil Sands – naturally occurring mixtures of bitumen, water, sand and clay that are found mainly in three areas of Alberta - Athabasca, Peace River and Cold Lake. A typical sample of oil sand might contain about 12% bitumen by weight.

Pay Zone (Net Oil Pay) – the producing part of a formation.

Permeability – the capacity of a reservoir rock to transmit fluids; or how easily fluids can pass through a rock. The unit of measurement is the darcy or millidarcy.

Porosity – the capacity of a reservoir to store fluids, the volume of the pore space within a reservoir, measured as a percentage.

Possible Reserves * – additional unproved reserves that analysis of geological and engineering data suggests are less likely to be recoverable than probable reserves, but have at least a ten percent probability of being recovered.

Primary Recovery – the production of oil and gas from reservoirs using the natural energy available in the reservoirs and pumping techniques.

Proved Developed Reserves * – are those reserves that can be expected to be recovered.

Probable Reserves * – additional reserves that are less certain to be recovered than proved reserves but which, together with proved reserves, are as likely as not to be recovered.

Proved Reserves * – estimated quantities of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids which geological and engineering data demonstrate with reasonable certainty to be recoverable in future years from known reservoirs under existing economic, operating methods, and government regulations prior to the time at which contracts providing the right to operate expire, unless evidence indicates that renewal is reasonably certain, regardless of whether deterministic or probabilistic methods are used for the estimation. The project to extract the hydrocarbons must have commenced or the operator must be reasonably certain that it will commence the project within a reasonable time.

Proved Undeveloped Reserves * – are those reserves that are expected to be recovered from new wells on undrilled acreage, or from existing wells where a relatively major expenditure is required for recompletion.

Saturation – the relative amount of water, oil, and gas in the pores of a rock, usually as a percentage of volume.

SEC – means United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Section – in reference to a parcel of land, meaning an area of land comprising approximately 640 acres.

Service Well – a well drilled or completed for the purpose of supporting production in an existing field. Specific purposes of service wells include gas injection, water injection, steam injection, air injection, salt-water disposal, water supply for injection, observation, or injection for in-situ combustion.

Solution Gas – natural gas that is found “in solution” within crude oil in underground reservoirs. When the oil comes to the surface, the gas expands and comes out of the solution.

Specific Gravity – the ratio of the heaviness of a substance compared to that of the same volume of water.

Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (“SAGD”) – pairs of horizontal wells (an upper well and a lower well) are drilled into an oil sands formation and steam is injected continuously into the upper well. As the steam heats the oil sands formation, the bitumen softens and drains into the lower well, from which it is brought to the surface.

Steam to Oil Ratio (“SOR”) – measures the number of barrels of steam (measured in “Cold Water Equivalent Barrels”) needed for every barrel of oil produced. 

Thermal Recovery –a type of improved recovery in which heat is introduced into a reservoir to lower the viscosity of heavy oils and to facilitate their flow into producing wells. The pay zone may be heated by injecting steam (steam drive) or by injecting air and burning a portion of the oil in place (in situ combustion).

Upgrading – the process that converts bitumen and heavy oil into a product with a density and viscosity similar to conventional light crude oil.

US$ or US dollar - means United States dollars.

Viscosity – a measure of a fluid’s resistance to flow. To simplify, the oil’s viscosity represents the measure for which the oil wants to stay put when pushed by moving mechanical components. It varies greatly with temperature. The more viscous the oil the greater the resistance and the less easy it is for it to flow. Centipoise is the common unit for expressing absolute viscosity. Viscosity matters to producers because the oil’s viscosity at reservoir temperature determines how easily oil flows to the well for extraction.

* This definition is an abbreviated version of the complete definition as defined by the SEC under Rule 4-10(a) of Regulation S-X.

CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES

Our functional currency is the US dollar. Therefore, our accounts are reported in United States dollars. However, our Canadian subsidiaries maintain their accounts and records in Canadian dollars. As a result, the Canadian dollar amounts are converted according to our stated foreign currency translation accounting policy, except where otherwise indicated, all dollar amounts herein are stated in US dollars.

The following table sets forth the rates of exchange for the Canadian dollar, expressed in US dollars, in effect at the end of the following periods and the average rates of exchange during such periods, based on the noon rates of exchange for such periods as reported by Oanda and or Bank of Canada.

Unless the context indicates another meaning, the terms “Company,” “Deep Well,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Deep Well Oil & Gas, Inc. and its subsidiaries through which it conducts business. For definitions of some terms used throughout this report, see “Glossary and Abbreviations”.

PART I

We are an emerging independent junior oil sands exploration and development company headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Our immediate corporate focus is to develop the existing oil sands land base in the Peace River oil sands area of Alberta. Our principal office is located at Suite 700, 10150 – 100 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta T5J 0P6, our telephone number is (780) 409-8144 and our fax number is (780) 409-8146. Deep Well Oil & Gas, Inc. is a Nevada corporation and our common stock trades on the OTC Marketplace under the symbol DWOG. We maintain a website at www.deepwelloil.com or www.DWOG.com. The contents of our website are not part of this annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 20152016 (this “Annual Report”).

Formation of Organization

Deep Well Oil & Gas, Inc. was originally incorporated on July 18, 1988 under the laws of the state of Nevada as Worldwide Stock Transfer, Inc. and in connection with a plan of reorganization, effective on September 10, 2003, the Company was reorganized and changed its name to Deep Well Oil & Gas, Inc.

Deep Well Oil & Gas, Inc. has two wholly owned subsidiaries through which it conducts its operations: (1) Northern Alberta Oil Ltd. (“Northern”) acquired on June 7, 2005, and incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (Alberta), Canada on September 18, 2003; and (2) Deep Well Oil & Gas (Alberta) Ltd. (“Deep Well Alberta”), incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (Alberta), Canada on September 15, 2005.

Business Development

We are engaged in the identification, acquisition, exploration and development of oil sands prospects. Our main objective is to develop our oil sands lease holdings located in the Peace River oil sands area of North Central Alberta, Canada.

Effective December 3, 2012, we entered into and closed upon a purchase and sale agreement with our former joint venture partner, 1132559 Alberta Ltd. (“113”), pursuant to which we acquired 113’s 10% working interest in most of the Sawn Lake oil sands properties where we already had working interests.

On July 30, 2013, we entered into a Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage Demonstration Project Joint Operating Agreement (the “SAGD Project”) to jointly participate in the Alberta Energy Regulator (“AER”) approved SAGD Project on a portion of one section of land where we have a 25% working interest (post Farmout Agreement as defined below). The SAGD Project is located in section 30-91-12W5 of our Peace River oil sands properties located in North Central Alberta, Canada (also known as our Sawn Lake oil sands properties).

On July 31, 2013, we entered into a farmout agreement (the “Farmout Agreement”) with an additional joint venture partner (the “Farmee”) to fund our portion of the costs of the SAGD Project. In accordance with the Farmout Agreement the Farmee has agreed to provide up to $40,000,000 in funding for our portion of the costs for the SAGD Project as set out in the Farmout Agreement in return for a net 25% working interest in 12 sections where we had a working interest of 50% before the execution of the Farmout Agreement. The Farmee is also required to provide funding to cover monthly operating expenses of our Company provided that such funding shall not exceed $30,000 per month. In addition, the Farmee had the option, exercisable up to December 31, 2015, to commit an additional $110,000,000 of financing to the development of our Company’s Sawn Lake oil sands properties, to obtain an additional working interest of 45% to 50% in the remaining 56 sections of land where we have working interests ranging from 90% to 100%. The Farmee did not exercise their option.

For more information regarding our SAGD Project see “Present Activities - Peace River Oil Sands, Alberta Canada (Sawn Lake Properties)” under Item 2 “Properties” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Effective September 25, 2014, we entered into a Purchase and Sale agreement with Classic Energy Inc. (“Classic”), pursuant to which we acquired Classic’s 20% working interest in five sections on one Sawn Lake oil sands lease where we already own working interests. In connection with, this acquisition, as of September 25, 2014, we have increased our net acres in our Sawn Lake oil sands properties from 33,463 to 34,096 net acres.

Principal Product

We are engaged in the identification, acquisition, exploration and development of oil sands prospects. At this time, our primary interest and immediate focus is the development of our oil sands property in the Peace River oil sands area located in North Central Alberta, Canada, using thermal recovery technologies. Exploration and development for commercially viable production of any oil sands company includes a high degree of risk, which careful evaluation, experience and factual knowledge may not eliminate.

Sawn Lake Oil Sands Properties – Peace River Oil Sands, Alberta, Canada

Currently, we have a 90% working interest in 51 sections on six oil sands leases and a 100% working interest in five sections on one oil sands lease in the Peace River oil sands area of Alberta, where we are the operator. In addition, we have a 25% working interest, since execution of the Farmout Agreement, in another 12 sections on two oil sands leases in the Peace River oil sands area of Alberta. These nine oil sands leases are contiguous and cover 43,015 gross acres (17,408 gross hectares) with our Company having 34,096 net acres (13,798 net hectares). The focus of our Company’s operations is to exploit the oil sands reservoir to establish proven reserves and to determine the best technology under which the oil can be produced from our Sawn Lake properties in order to generate positive cash flow. For further information on our oil sands projects see Item 2 “Oil and Gas Properties” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Market and Distribution of Product

On lands where we have a 25% working interest, the operator of the SAGD Project markets and distributes all oil produced from the SAGD Project facility. Production from the SAGD Project was being trucked and sold to marketing facilities in the Peace River area of Alberta. Primarily because of the low-price environment at the time, a majority of the Joint Venture partners voted to temporarily suspend operations forof the SAGD Project at the end of February 2016.

On lands where we are the operator, we intend to sell our oil production under both short-term (less than one year) and long-term (one year or more) agreements at prices negotiated with third parties. Under both short-term and long-term contracts, typically either the entire contract (in the case of short-term contracts) or the price provisions of the contract (in the case of long-term contracts) are renegotiated in intervals ranging in frequency from daily to annual. At this time, we have no production on any of the lands where we are the operator and therefore we have no short-term or long-term contracts. We will adopt specific sales and marketing plans once production is achieved on lands where we are designated as the operator. The operator of our joint SAGD Project marketed and distributed all oil produced from our joint SAGD Project.

Market pricing for bitumen is seasonal, with lower prices in and around the calendar year-end being the norm due to lower demand for asphalt and other bitumen-derived products. By necessity, bitumen is regularly blended with diluent in order to facilitate its transportation through pipelines to North American markets. As such, the effective field price for bitumen is also directly impacted by the input cost of the diluent required, the demand and price of which is also seasonal in nature (higher in winter as colder temperatures necessitate more diluent for transportation). Consequently, bitumen pricing is usually weakest in and around December and not reflective of the annual average realized price or the economics of the “business” overall. We have been advised that, to price bitumen, marketers apply formulas that take as a reference point the prices published for crude oil of particular qualities such as “Western Canadian Select”, “Brent Crude Oil”, “Crude Bitumen 9 API Plant Gate”, “Edmonton Light”, “Lloydminster Blend”, or the more internationally known “West Texas Intermediate” (“WTI”).

The price of oil and natural gas sold is determined by negotiation between buyers and sellers. An order from the National Energy Board (“NEB”) is required for oil and gas exports from Canada. The NEB is a federal agency which was formed in 1959 by the Parliament of Canada to regulate oil, gas and electric utility industries.The NEB monitors the supply and demand of oil, as it does with natural gas, to ensure quantities exported do not exceed the surplus remaining after Canadian requirements have been met.Any oil export to be made pursuant to an export contract that exceeds a certain duration or quantity requires an exporter to obtain authorization from the NEB. Natural gas exported from Canada is also subject to similar regulation by the NEB. Exporters are free to negotiate prices and other terms with purchasers provided that the export contracts meet certain criteria prescribed by the NEB. The government of Alberta also regulates the volume of natural gas, which may be removed from the province for consumption elsewhere based on such factors as reserve availability, transportation arrangements and market considerations.

Competitive Business Conditions

We operate in a highly competitive environment, competing with major integrated and independent energy companies for desirable oil and natural gas properties as well as for the equipment, labour and materials required to develop and operate those properties. Many of our competitors have longer operating histories and substantially greater financial and other resources. Many of these companies not only explore for and produce crude oil and natural gas, but also carry on refining operations and market petroleum and other products on a worldwide basis. Our larger competitors, by reason of their size and relative financial strength, can more easily access capital markets than we can and may enjoy a competitive advantage, whereas we may incur higher costs or be unable to acquire and develop desirable properties at costs we consider reasonable because of this competition. Larger competitors may be able to absorb the burden of any changes in laws and regulation in the jurisdictions in which we do business and handle longer periods of reduced prices of gas and oil more easily. Our competitors may also be able to pay more for productive oil and natural gas properties and may be able to define, evaluate, bid for and purchase a greater number of properties and prospects than we can. Our ability to acquire additional properties in the future will depend upon our ability to conduct efficient operations, evaluate and select suitable properties, implement advanced technologies and consummate transactions in a highly competitive environment.

Competitive conditions may be substantially affected by various forms of energy legislation and/or regulation considered from time to time by the government of Canada and other countries as well as other factors beyond our control, including international political stability, overall levels of supply and demand for oil and gas, and the markets for synthetic fuels and alternative energy sources.

Customers

The operator of our SAGD Project, distributed and sold all of the oil that was produced from the SAGD Project. Production was sold to 11 different marketing facilities in Alberta.

Royalty Agreements

Through the acquisition of Northern, we potentially became a party to the following:

On December 12, 2003, NearshorePetroleum Corporation (“Nearshore”)entered into a purported royalty agreement withMikwec Energy Canada, Ltd. (now known asNorthern) that potentially encumbers six oil sands leases covering 23,405 gross acres (9,472 gross hectares) located within our Sawn Lake properties(the “Purported 6.5% Royalty”). Nearshore claimed a Purported 6.5% Royalty from Northern on the leased substances on the land interests which Northern holds in the above six oil sands leases. Nearshore was a private corporation incorporated in Alberta, Canada, and was owned and controlled by Mr. Steven P. Gawne and his wife, Mrs. Rebekah J. Gawne, who each owned 50% of Nearshore. Mr. Steven P. Gawne was the President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Deep Well from February 6, 2004 to June 29, 2005. Nearshore has subsequently transferred part or all of this Purported 6.5% Royalty to other parties.

On March 18, 2014 and June 27, 2014, through Northern, we entered into and subsequently closed two Acquisition of Royalty Interest Agreements and General Indenture of Conveyance, Assignment and Transfer Agreements (collectively the “Agreements”), with one of our joint venture partners (our “JV Partner”) and one related party, Mr. Malik Youyou, who is a director and majority shareholder of our Company, (the “Related Party”) whereby we acquired and cancelled 5.5% of the disputed Purported 6.5% Royalty claim on certain lands owned by us. Our counsel and the vendor’s counsel negotiated the terms and conditions of the Agreements. Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Agreements, we paid the following consideration:

Although we continue to deny the validity of the Purported 6.5% Royalty, we determined that it was in the best interests of our shareholders to come to an arrangement to acquire and cancel most of the Purported 6.5% Royalty to prevent a potential encumbrance over our land and the possibility of future litigation resulting from these alleged royalty claims.

Government Approval and Crown Royalties

Exploration and Production. Our operations are subject to Canadian federal and provincial governmental regulations. Such regulations include: requiring approval and licenses for the drilling of wells, regulating the location of wells and the method and ability to produce the wells, surface usage and the restoration of land upon which wells have been drilled, the plugging and abandoning of wells and the transportation of production from our wells. Our operations are also subject to various conservation regulations, including the regulation of in-situ recovery processes, the size of spacing units, the number of wells which may be drilled in a unit, the unitization or pooling of oil and gas properties, the rate of production allowable from oil and gas wells and the ability to produce oil and gas.

The North American Free Trade Agreement. The North American Free Trade Agreement (“NAFTA”) is the largest free trade region in the world. To comply, Canada must ensure that export restrictions do not (i) reduce the proportion of energy exported relative to the supply of the energy resource; (ii) impose an export price higher than the domestic price; or (iii) disrupt normal channels of supply. All parties to NAFTA are also prohibited from imposing minimum export or import price requirements. This agreement is presently being renegotiated.

Investment Canada Act. The Investment Canada Act of 1985, as amended, requires notification and/or review by the government of Canada in certain cases, including but not limited to, the acquisition of control, directly or indirectly, of a Canadian Business by a non-Canadian. In certain circumstances, the acquisition of a working interest in a property that contains recoverable reserves will be treated as the acquisition of an interest in a “business” and may be subject to either notification or review, depending on the size of the interest being acquired and the asset size of the business.

Crown Royalties and Incentives. The governments of each province and the federal government of Canada have enacted legislation and regulations governing land tenure, royalties, production rates and taxes, environmental protection and other matters under their respective jurisdictions. The royalty regime is a significant factor in the profitability of oil and natural gas production. Royalties payable on production from lands other than Crown lands are determined by negotiations between the parties. Crown royalties are determined by provincial and federal government regulation and are generally calculated as a percentage of the value of the gross production with the royalty rate dependent in part upon prescribed reference prices, well productivity, geographical location, field discovery date and the type and quality of the petroleum product produced. From time to time, the governments of Canada and Alberta have established incentive programs such as royalty rate reductions, royalty holidays, tax credits and drilling royalty credits. These incentives are for the purpose of encouraging oil and natural gas exploration or enhanced recovery projects. These incentives generally increase cash flow.

Effective January 1, 2009, oil sands royalties in Alberta are calculated using a sliding scale for royalty rates ranging from 1% to 9% pre-payout and 25% to 40% post-payout depending on the world oil price. Project “payout” refers to the point in which we earn sufficient revenues to recover all of the allowed costs for the project plus a return allowance. The base royalty starts at 1% and increases for every dollar the world oil price, as reflected by the WTI, is priced above $55 per barrel, to a maximum of 9% when oil is priced at $120 per barrel or greater. The net royalty starts at 25% and increases for every dollar oil is priced above $55 per barrel to 40% when oil is priced at $120 or higher.

The Government of Alberta receives royalties on the production of crude oil and natural gas from lands where they own the mineral rights. The Government of Alberta released a royalty review report on January 29, 2015. The report recommends no changes to existing oil sands royalty rates but recommended further government-industry consultation on administrative aspects of the oil sands royalty regime. The royalty review report recommended a modernization of Alberta’s conventional oil and gas royalty regime but did not provide details. The changes proposed to conventional oil and gas royalties will require further consultation between industry and government to fully understand their impacts. These changes to the Alberta provincial royalty structure could have a significant impact on our Company’s financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. An increase in the government royalty rates in Alberta may make our existing operations uneconomic.

Research and Development

We had no material scientific research and development costs for the fiscal years ended September 30, 20152016 and 2014.2015.

Environmental Laws and Regulations

The oil and natural gas industry is subject to environmental laws and regulations pursuant to Canadian local, provincial and federal legislation. Environmental legislation provides for restrictions and prohibitions on releases or emissions of various substances produced or utilized in association with certain oil and gas industry operations. In addition, legislation requires that well and facility sites be monitored, abandoned and reclaimed to the satisfaction of provincial authorities. A breach of such legislation may result in the imposition of fines and penalties.Under these laws and regulations, we could be liable for personal injury, clean-up costs and other environmental and property damages as well as administrative, civil and criminal penalties. Accordingly, we could be liable or could be required to cease production on properties if environmental damage occurs. Although we maintain insurance coverage, the costs of complying with environmental laws and regulations in the future may harm our business. Furthermore, future changes in environmental laws and regulations could occur that result in stricter standards and enforcement, larger fines and liability, and increased capital expenditures and operating costs, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations. We maintain commercial property and general liability insurance coverage on the properties we operate. We also maintain operators extra expense insurance which provides coverage for well control incidents specifically relating to regaining control of a well, seepage, pollution, clean-up and containment. No coverage is maintained with respect to any fine or penalty required to be paid due to a violation of the regulations set out by the federal and provincial regulatory authorities.We are committed to meeting our responsibilities to protect the environment and anticipate making increased expenditures of both a capital and expense nature as a result of the increasingly stringent laws relating to the protection of the environment.

Effective July 1, 2007, Alberta was the first province in Canada to develop legislation regulating greenhouse gas emissions that requires large industrial emitters to report their emissions and take actions to make mandatory reductions. This legislation, the Specified Gas Emitters Regulation (“SGER”) under theClimate Change and Emissions Management Act has set requirements for facilities that emit. more than 100,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases a year to reduce baseline emissions intensities by 12 per cent. The oil sands sector accounts for roughly one-quarter of Alberta’s annual emissions. Companies have four choices to meet their reductions: (i) they can make operating improvements to their operations that will result in greenhouse gas emission reductions; (ii) they can purchase Alberta based offset credits; (iii) they can contribute to the Climate Change and Emissions Management Fund; or (iv) they can purchase or use emission performance credits (“EPCs”). EPCs are generated by facilities that have gone beyond the 12% mandatory intensity reduction and can be banked for future use or sold to other facilities that need to meet the reduction target. And, in November, 2015, the government of Alberta announced its climate leadership plan (the “CLP”) to reduce carbon emissions. The federal government has announced that provinces in Canada must enact an emissions reduction plan or Ottawa will impose a federal carbon tax in 2018. With the CLP, the government is launching an Alberta-first strategy designed specifically for Alberta’s own unique economy. The five key strategies that the government of Alberta will implement to address climate change under its CLP plan are: (i) implementation of a new carbon price on greenhouse gas emissions and ending pollution from coal-generated electricity with a complete phase-out of coal-fired sources of electricity by 2030; (ii) an Alberta economy-wide price on GHG emissions of $30/tonne will be applied to oil sands facilities; (iii) capping oil sands emissions to a province-wide total of 100 megatonnes per year, with certain exceptions for cogeneration power sources and new upgrading capacity; (iv) reducing methane emissions from oil and gas activities by 45 percent by 2025; and (v) developing more renewable energy.

On June 18, 2009, the government of Canada passed an Environmental Enforcement Act (the “EEA”). The EEA was created to strengthen and amend nine existing statutes that relate to the environment and to enact provisions in respect of the enforcement of certain statutes that relate to the environment. The EEA amended various enforcement, offence, penalty and sentencing provisions to discourage offences under the EEA by setting minimum and maximum fines, in particular for serious offences. The EEA also provided enforcement officers new powers to investigate cases and grants courts new sentencing authorities that ensure penalties reflect the seriousness of the pollution and wildlife offences.The EEA also expands the authority to deal with environmental offenders by: (i) specifying aggravating factors such as causing damage to wildlife or wildlife habitat, or causing damage that is extensive, persistent or irreparable; (ii) providing fine ranges that are higher for corporate offenders than for individuals; (iii)doubling fine ranges for repeat offenders; (iv) authorizing the suspension and cancellation of licenses, permits or other authorizations upon conviction; (v) requiring corporate offenders to report convictions to shareholders; and (vi) mandating the reporting of corporate offences on a public registry.

In December 2015, Canada and 194 other countries that are members of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change met in Paris, France and signed the Paris Agreement to fight climate change. The stated objective of the Paris Agreement is to hold the increase in global average temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Additionally, the Paris Agreement contemplates that, by 2020, the parties will develop a new market-based mechanism related to carbon trading. The government of Canada stated, at that time, that it will develop and announce a Canada-wide approach to implementing the Paris Agreement in early 2016. On October 5, 2016, the House of Commons approved Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s October 3, 2016 motion to impose a carbon tax starting in 2018. Pursuant to the Prime Minister’s plan, the federal government will set a minimum price of $10 per tonne of carbon emissions in 2018 and the price will rise by $10 each year to $50 per tonne in 2022. The provinces and territories can choose to implement a direct carbon tax or adopt a cap-and-trade system which meets or exceeds the federal minimum price. The federal government will impose a direct carbon tax in any provinces or territories which fail to have a price or cap-and trade system is in place by 2018.

On April 9, 2016, the Canadian government published draft regulations providing details on the implementation of the Environmental Violations Administrative Monetary Penalties Act (“EVAMPA”("EVAMPA"), together with a Policy Framework, which outlines the basic policy framework of the Administrative Monetary Penalties (“AMP”("AMP") system at Environment and Climate Change Canada (“("Environment Canada”Canada"). These draft regulations lead the way to the implementation of a federal AMP regime, more than five years after the adoption of the EEA on June 18, 2009. AMPs are enforcement measures and are intended to encourage compliance with environmental regulations. For industries, this new regime, if adopted, could represent a new challenge, since Environment Canada would now have a new tool to use to ensure the compliance with many federal environmental laws.

Employees

Our Company currently has two prime subcontractors and three full-time employees. For further information on our subcontractors see “Compensation Arrangements for Executive Officers” under Item 11 “Executive Compensation” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. We expect that, from time to time, we will hire more employees, independent consultants and contractors during the stages of implementing our plans.

An investment in our common stock is speculative and involves a high degree of risk and uncertainty. You should carefully consider the risks described below, together with the other information contained in our reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto of our Company before deciding to invest in our common stock. The risks described below are not the only ones facing our Company. Additional risks not presently known to us, or that we presently consider immaterial may also adversely affect our Company. If any of the following risks occur, our business, financial condition and results of operations and the value of our common stock could be materially and adversely affected.

Any Development Of Our Resources Will Be Subject To Crown Royalties. The royalty regime of Alberta is a significant factor in the profitability of oil and natural gas production in Alberta, Canada. Crown royalties are determined by government regulation and are generally calculated as a percentage of the value of the gross production with the royalty rate dependent in part upon prescribed reference prices, well productivity, geographical location, field discovery date and the type and quality of the petroleum product produced. Penalties andinterest may be charged to us if we fail to remit royalties on our production to the Crown as prescribed in the regulation.

We Have A History Of Losses And May Not Achieve Or Sustain Profitability In The Future. Since our inception, we have suffered recurring losses from operations and have been dependent on new investment to sustain our operations. During the years ended September 30, 20152016 and 20142015 we reported net losses of $1,884,667$554,374 and $1,995,858$1,884,667 respectively. We may not achieve profitability in the foreseeable future, if at all. In addition, our operating expenses may be more than our future revenue growth. We expect our future cost of revenue and operating expenses to continue to increase in the foreseeable future as we continue to expand on our thermal recovery operations at Sawn Lake, Alberta.

Future Price Declines May Result In A Write-Down Of Asset Carrying Values.Effective July 1, 2015, our Company adopted the full-cost method of accounting for costs related to our oil sands properties.Under the full cost method, oil and gas properties are subject to a ceiling testperformed quarterly.A ceiling test write-down is recognized in net earnings if the carrying amount of a cost centre exceeds the “cost centre ceiling”. The cost centre ceiling is the sum of: (i) present value of the estimated future net cash flows from proved oil and natural gas reserves using a 10 percent per year discount factor; (ii) the costs of unproved properties not being amortized; (iii) the lower of cost or fair value of unproved properties included in the costs being amortized; and (iv) related income tax effects. During the 20152016 and 20142015 fiscal year, no ceiling test write-downs were recorded for our oil and gas properties. Costs associated with unproved properties are excluded from the depletion calculation until it is determined that proved reserves are attributable or impairment has occurred. Unproved properties are assessed annually for impairment. Costs that have been impaired are included in the costs subject to depletion within the full cost pool.A significant decline in oil prices from current levels, or other factors, without other mitigating circumstances, could cause a future write-down of our capitalized costs and a non-cash charge on our income statement.

The Successful Implementation Of Our Business Plan Is Subject To Risks Inherent In The Oil Sands Business. Our oil sands operations are subject to the economic risks typically associated with exploration, development and production activities, including the necessity of significant expenditures to locate and acquire properties and to drill exploratory wells. In addition, the cost and timing of drilling, completing, operating and acquiring regulatory approval for thermal recovery operations on our wells is often uncertain. In conducting exploration and development activities, the presence of unanticipated pressure or irregularities in formations, miscalculations or accidents may cause our exploration, development and production activities to be unsuccessful. This could result in a total loss of our investment in a particular property. If our efforts are unsuccessful in establishing proven reserves, the amounts capitalized as unproven costs may be written down and charged against earnings. Our exploitation and development of oil sands reserves depends upon access to the areas where our operations are to be conducted. We conduct a portion of our operations in regions where we are only able to do so on a seasonal basis. Unless the surface is sufficiently frozen, we are unable to access our properties, drill or otherwise conduct our operations as planned. In addition, if the surface thaws earlier than expected, we must cease our operations for the season earlier than planned. Our operations are affected by road bans imposed from time to time during the break-up and thaw period in the spring. Road bans are also imposed due to spring-break up, heavy rain, mud, rock slides and periods of high water, which can restrict access to our well sites and potential production facility sites. Our inability to access our properties or to conduct our operations as planned would result in a shutdown or slowdown of our operations, which would adversely affect our business.

We Rely On Independent Experts And Technical Or Operational Service Providers Over Whom We May Have Limited Control.The success of our business is dependent upon the efforts of various third parties that we do not control. We rely upon various companies to assist us in identifying desirable oil prospects to acquire and to provide us with technical assistance and services. We also rely upon the services of geologists, geophysicists, chemists, engineers and other scientists to explore and analyze oil prospects to determine a method in which the oil prospects may be developed in a cost-effective manner. In addition, we rely upon the owners and operators of oil drilling equipment to drill and develop our prospects to production. Although we have developed relationships with a number of third-party service providers, we cannot assure that we will be able to continue to rely on such persons. If any of these relationships with third-party service providers are terminated or are unavailable on commercially acceptable terms, we may not be able to execute our business plan. Our limited control over the activities and business practices of these third parties, any inability on our part to maintain satisfactory commercial relationships with them or their failure to provide quality services could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our Interests Are Held In The Form Of Leases That We May Be Unable To Retain.Our Sawn Lake oil sands properties are held as leases with working interests ranging from 25% to 100%. These leases to which we are a party are for a fixed term of 15 years, but contain a provision that allows us to extend the term of the lease so long as we meet the minimum level of evaluation as set out by the government of Alberta tenure guidelines. If we fail to meet the specific requirements of the lease regarding delay or non-payment of rental payments or we fail to meet the minimum level of evaluation, some or all of our leases may terminate or expire. There can be no assurance that any of the obligations required to maintain each lease will be met. The termination or expiration of our leases or the working interests relating to leases may reduce our opportunity to exploit a given prospect for production and thus could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We Expect Our Operating Expenses To Increase Substantially In The Future And We May Need To Raise Additional Funds. We have a history of net losses and expect that our operating expenses will increase substantially over the next 12 months as we continue to develop our oil sands leases. In addition, we may experience a material decrease in liquidity due to unforeseen cash calls or other events and uncertainties. As a result, we may need to raise additional funds, and such funds may not be available on favourable terms, if at all. If we cannot raise funds on acceptable terms, we may not be able to execute our business plan, take advantage of future opportunities or respond to competitive pressures or unanticipated requirements. This could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our Ability To Produce Sufficient Quantities Of Oil From Our Properties May Be Adversely Affected By A Number Of Factors Outside Of Our Control. The business of exploring for and producing oil and gas involves a substantial risk of investment loss. Drilling oil wells involves the risk that the wells may be unproductive or that, although productive, the wells may not produce oil in economic quantities. Other hazards such as unusual or unexpected geological formations, pressures, fires, blowouts, loss of circulation of drilling fluids or other conditions may substantially delay or prevent completion of any well. Adverse weather conditions can also hinder drilling operations. A productive well could become uneconomic due to, for example, pressure depletion, water encroachment or mechanical difficulties, which could impair or prevent the production from the well. There can be no assurance that oil will be produced from all of our properties in which we have interests. Marketability of any oil that we acquire or discover may be influenced by numerous factors beyond our control. The marketability of our production will depend on the proximity of our reserves to and the capacity of, third party facilities and services, including oil and natural gas gathering systems, pipelines, trucking or terminal facilities, and processing facilities. The unavailability or insufficient capacity of these facilities and services could force us to shut-in producing wells, delay the commencement of production, or discontinue development plans for some of our properties, which would adversely affect our financial condition and performance. There may be periods of time when pipeline capacity is inadequate to meet our oil transportation needs. During periods when pipeline capacity is inadequate, we may be forced to reduce production or incur additional expense as existing production is compressed to fit into existing pipelines. Other risk factors include availability of drilling and related equipment, market fluctuations of prices, taxes, royalties, land tenure, allowable production and environmental protection. Our ability to manage these factors could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We Do Not Control All Of Our Operations. We do not operate all of our oil sands properties and we therefore have limited influence over the testing, drilling and production operations of those properties. Currently, we have a 90% working interest in 51 sections on six oil sands leases, a 100% working interest in five sections on one oil sands lease, where we are the operator of the 90% and 100% leases. We also have a 25% working interest in an additional 12 sections on two oil sands leases where one of our joint venture partners is the operator. These nine oil sands leases, which are all contiguous, cover 43,015 gross acres (17,408 gross hectares) where we currently have 34,096 net acres (13,798 net hectares). All nine oil sands leases are located in the Peace River oil sands area of Alberta, Canada. Our lack of operational control of the 12 sections currently not operated by us means we are exposed to the following possibilities:

Any of these events could materially reduce the value of those properties affected.

Aboriginal Peoples May Make Claims Regarding The Lands On Which Our Operations Are Conducted. Aboriginal peoples have claimed aboriginal title and rights to a substantial portion of western Canada. Since aboriginal peoples have filed a claim claiming aboriginal title or rights to the lands on which some of our properties are located, and if such a claim is successful, it could have a material adverse effect on our operations.

The AER governs our operations in Alberta, Canada and they have implemented a directive (“(���Directive 056”) through which the government of Alberta has issued its First Nations Consultation Policy on Land Management and Resource Development on May 16, 2005. The AER expects that all industry applicants must adhere to this policy and the consultation guidelines. These requirements and expectations apply to the licensing of all new energy developments and all modifications to existing energy developments, as covered in Directive 056. In the policy, the government of Alberta has developed consultation guidelines to address specific questions about how consultation for land management and resource development should occur in relation to specific activities. Prior to filing an application, the applicant must address all questions, objections, and concerns regarding the proposed development project and attempt to resolve them. This includes concerns and objections raised by members of the public, industry, government representatives, First Nations, Métis, and other interested parties. This process can cause significant delays in obtaining a drilling permit for exploration and/or a production well license for both oil and gas.

Our Operations Are Subject To A Wide Range of Environmental Legislation and Regulation From All Levels Of Government Of Which We Have No Control.Environmental legislation imposes, among other things, restrictions, liabilities and obligations in connection with the generation, handling, storage, transportation, treatment and disposal of hazardous substances and waste and in connection with spills, releases and emissions of various substances into the environment. As well, environmental regulations are imposed on the qualities and compositions of the products sold and imported. Environmental legislation also requires that wells, facility sites and other properties associated with our operations be operated, maintained, abandoned and reclaimed to the satisfaction of applicable regulatory authorities. In addition, certain types of operations, including exploration and development projects and significant changes to certain existing projects, may require the submission and approval of environmental impact assessments. Compliance with environmental legislation can require significant expenditures, and failure to comply with environmental legislation may result in the imposition of fines and penalties and liability for cleanup costs and damages. The costs of complying with environmental legislation in the future could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. We anticipate that changes in environmental legislation may require, among other things, reductions in emissions to the air from its operations and result in increased capital expenditures. Future changes in environmental legislation could occur and result in stricter standards and enforcement, larger fines and liability, and increased capital expenditures and operating costs, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Market Fluctuations In The Prices Of Oil Could Adversely Affect Our Business. Prices for oil tend to fluctuate significantly in response to factors beyond our control. These factors include, but are not limited to, the ongoing wars in the Middle East and actions of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its maintenance of production constraints, the U.S. economic environment, weather conditions, the availability of alternate fuel sources, transportation interruption, the impact of drilling levels on crude oil and natural gas supply, and the environmental and access issues that could limit future drilling activities for the industry.

Changes in commodity prices may significantly affect our capital resources, liquidity and expected operating results. Price changes directly affect revenues and can indirectly impact expected production by changing the amount of funds available to reinvest in exploration and development activities. Reductions in oil could not only reduce revenues and profits, but could also reduce the quantities of reserves that are commercially recoverable. Significant declines in oil prices could result in non-cash charges to earnings due to write-downs.

Changes in commodity prices may also significantly affect our ability to estimate the value of producing properties for acquisition and divestiture and often cause disruption in the market for oil producing properties, as buyers and sellers have difficulty agreeing on the value of the properties. Price volatility also makes it difficult to budget for and project the return on acquisitions and development and exploitation of projects. We expect that commodity prices will continue to fluctuate significantly in the future.

Our Stock Price Could Decline. Our common stock is traded on the OTC marketplace. There can be no assurance that an active public market will continue for our common stock or that the market price for our common stock will not decline below its current price. Such price may be influenced by many factors, including but not limited to, investor perception of us and our industry and general economic and market conditions. The trading price of our common stock could be subject to wide fluctuations in response to announcements of our business developments or our competitors, quarterly variations in operating results, and other events or factors. In addition, stock markets have experienced extreme price volatility in recent years. This volatility has had a substantial effect on the market prices of companies, at times for reasons unrelated to their operating performance. Such broad market fluctuations may adversely affect the price of our common stock. Our stock price may decline as a result of future sales of our shares or the perception that such sales may occur.

We Could Be Subject To SEC Penalties If We Do Not File All Of Our SEC Reports. We have not timely filed this current Annual Report on Form 10-K, and the subsequent Annual Report of Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2016,2017, and subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q as required to be filed by us with the SEC, in a timely manner. It is possible that the SEC could take enforcement action against us, including potentially the de-registration of our securities, if we fail to file our annual and quarterly reports in a timely manner as required by the SEC. If the SEC were to take any such actions, it could adversely affect the liquidity of trading in our common stock and the amount of information about our Company that is publicly available.

Broker-Dealers Are Not Permitted To Solicit Trades In Our Common Stock. Our common stock is considered to be a “penny stock” because it meets one or more of the definitions of “penny stock” in Rule 3a51-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The principal result or effect of being designated a “penny stock” is that securities broker-dealers cannot recommend the stock and may only trade in it on an unsolicited basis. The continued inability of brokers to recommend our stock could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Risks Related To Broker-Dealer Requirements Involving Penny Stocks / Risks Affecting Trading and Liquidity. Section 15(g) of the Exchange Act and Rule 15g-2 promulgated thereunder by the SEC require broker-dealers dealing in penny stocks to provide potential investors with a document disclosing the risks of penny stocks and to obtain a manually signed and dated written receipt of the document before effecting any transaction in a penny stock for the investor’s account. These rules may have the effect of reducing the level of trading activity in the secondary market, if and when one develops.

Potential investors in our common stock are urged to obtain and read such disclosure carefully before purchasing any shares that are deemed to be “penny stock.” Moreover, SEC Rule 15g-9 requires broker-dealers in penny stocks to approve the account of any investor for transactions in such stocks before selling any penny stock to that investor. This procedure requires the broker-dealer to (i) obtain from the investor information concerning his or her financial situation, investment experience and investment objectives; (ii) reasonably determine, based on that information, that transactions in penny stocks are suitable for the investor and that the investor has sufficient knowledge and experience as to be reasonably capable of evaluating the risks of penny stock transactions; (iii) provide the investor with a written statement setting forth the basis on which the broker-dealer made the determination in (ii) above; and (iv) receive a signed and dated copy of such statement from the investor, confirming that it accurately reflects the investor’s financial situation, investment experience and investment objectives. Pursuant to the Penny Stock Reform Act of 1990, broker-dealers are further obligated to provide customers with monthly account statements. Compliance with the foregoing requirements may make it more difficult for investors in our stock to resell their shares to third parties or to alternatively dispose of them in the market or otherwise.

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Office Leases

We lease and maintain office space in Edmonton, Alberta for corporate and administrative operations. This lease will expire on June 30, 2019.

Oil and Gas Properties

Acreage

Currently, we have a 90% working interest in 51 sections on six oil sands leases, a 100% working interest in five sections on one oil sands lease, and a 25% working interest in an additional 12 sections on two oil sands leases in the Peace River oil sands area of Alberta, all of these sections are contiguous. These nine oil sands leases cover 43,015 gross acres (17,408 gross hectares). Of the 68 contiguous sections on nine oil sands leases, one of our joint venture partners is the operator of 12 sections on two oil sands leases where we have a 25% working interest since the execution of the Farmout Agreement, and we are the operator on 56 sections on seven oil sands leases where we have working interests of either 90% or 100%. For further information, see Oil and Gas Properties on our Balance Sheet and Note 3, 4 and 5 in the notes to our consolidated financial statements contained herein.

The following table summarize, by geographic area, our gross and net developed and undeveloped Peace River oil sands rights under lease as of September 30, 2015:

2016:

Peace River Oil Sands Rights as of September 30, 2015

A developed acreage is considered to mean those acres spaced or assignable to productive wells, a gross acre is an acre in which a working interest is owned, and a net acre is the result that is obtained when the fractional ownership working interest of a lease is multiplied by gross acres of that lease. The number of net acres is the sum of the fractional working interests owned in gross acres expressed as whole numbers and fractions thereof.

Undeveloped acreage is considered to be those lease acres on which wells have not been drilled or completed to a point that would permit the production of commercial quantities of oil or natural gas, regardless of whether or not that acreage contains proven reserves, but does not include undrilled acreage held by production under the terms of a lease. As is customary in the oil and gas industry, we can generally retain our interest in undeveloped acreage by engaging in drilling activity that establishes commercial production sufficient to maintain the leases, or by paying delay rentals during the remaining primary term of such a lease. The oil sands leases in which we have an interest are for a primary term of 15 years, and if we meet the Minimum Level of Evaluation (“MLE”) as set out by the government of Alberta oil sands tenure guidelines we can continue these leases beyond their primary term for an indefinite period. For further information, see Oil and Gas Properties Note 3 in the notes to our consolidated financial statements contained herein in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Our current developed and undeveloped oil sands acreage as of November 30, 2017, covers 43,015 gross acres (34,096 net acres) on 68 sections of land under nine oil sands leases. Until we extend the leases “into perpetuity” based on the Alberta governmental regulations, the lease expiration dates of our nine oil sands leases are as follows:

Delivery Commitments

We are not subject to any obligations under existing delivery commitment contracts or agreements calling for the provision of fixed and determinable quantities of oil and gas.

Disclosure of Reserves

Our oilWe did not have our properties assessed and evaluated for reserves are attributable solely to properties within Alberta, Canada. The following table discloses our Company’s estimated reserves attributable to our Sawn Lake oil sands properties located in the Peace River oil sands area of Alberta, Canada,and resources as of September 30, 2015 and September 30, 2014, based on estimated constant prices and cost assumptions. We are reporting no proved, probable or possible reserves based on Petroleum Resources Management System (“PRMS”) standards as of September 30, 2015, as shown in the following table:2016.

Summary of Oil and Gas Reserves (Constant Prices and Costs)