Income Tax (Tables)
|
12 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2025 |
| Notes and other explanatory information [abstract] |
|
| Schedule of Reconciliation of Current Income Taxes |
A
reconciliation of current income taxes at statutory rates with the reported taxes is as follows:
Schedule
of Reconciliation of Current Income Taxes
| For the years ended December 31, | |
2025 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |
| Net income (loss) before income taxes | |
$ | (52,713,569 | ) | |
$ | (6,681,589 | ) | |
$ | 1,816,484 | |
| Effective tax rate | |
| 27 | % | |
| 27 | % | |
| 27 | % |
| Expected income tax recovery | |
$ | (14,232,664 | ) | |
$ | (1,804,029 | ) | |
$ | 490,451 | |
| Change in statutory, foreign tax, foreign exchange rates, and other | |
| 3,177,821 | | |
| (109,080 | ) | |
| (199,665 | ) |
| Permanent differences | |
| 999,092 | | |
| 2,628,742 | | |
| 1,335,113 | |
| Adjustment to prior years provision versus statutory tax returns and expiry of non-capital losses | |
| 122,462 | | |
| 381,147 | | |
| 249,576 | |
| Change in unrecognized deductible temporary differences | |
| 6,440,621 | | |
| 1,350,273 | | |
| (15,149 | ) |
| Total | |
$ | (3,492,668 | ) | |
$ | 2,447,053 | | |
$ | 1,860,326 | |
|
| Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities |
For
the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, the tax effected items that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets
and deferred tax liabilities as at year-end are presented below:
Schedule
of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities
| As at December 31, | |
2025 | | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
| Deferred tax liabilities | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
| Oil and gas properties | |
$ | - | | |
$ | (10,117,185 | ) | |
$ | (9,990,074 | ) |
| Property and equipment | |
| (9,791 | ) | |
| (80,212 | ) | |
| (60,011 | ) |
| Convertible debt | |
| - | | |
| (76,898 | ) | |
| (327,305 | ) |
| | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
| Deferred tax assets | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
| Assets held for sale | |
$ | - | | |
$ | 388,917 | | |
$ | 311,357 | |
| Asset retirement obligation | |
| 9,791 | | |
| 1,179,042 | | |
| 1,249,406 | |
| Non-capital losses | |
| - | | |
| 4,466,394 | | |
| 6,685,079 | |
| Net deferred tax assets (liabilities) | |
$ | - | | |
$ | (4,239,942 | ) | |
$ | (2,131,548 | ) |
|
| Schedule of Deductible Temporary Differences and Unused Tax Losses |
The
Company recognizes tax benefits on losses or other deductible amounts where the probable criteria for the recognition of deferred tax
assets has been met. The Company’s unrecognized deductible temporary differences and unused tax losses for which no deferred tax
asset is recognized consist of the following amounts:
Schedule
of Deductible Temporary Differences and Unused Tax Losses
| | |
2025 | | |
Expiry | |
2024 | | |
Expiry | |
2023 | | |
Expiry |
| | |
| | |
| |
| | |
| |
| | |
|
| Share issue costs | |
| 773,177 | | |
2028 | |
| 1,899,434 | | |
2028 | |
| 2,782,651 | | |
2027 |
| Oil and gas properties | |
| 124,154 | | |
N/A | |
| - | | |
N/A | |
| - | | |
N/A |
| Property and equipment | |
| 29,700 | | |
N/A | |
| 19,579 | | |
N/A | |
| 16,101 | | |
N/A |
| Asset retirement obligation | |
| 6,363,104 | | |
N/A | |
| - | | |
N/A | |
| - | | |
N/A |
| | |
| | | |
| |
| | | |
| |
| | | |
|
| Non-capital losses | |
| 66,363,185 | | |
See below | |
| 37,156,322 | | |
See below | |
| 23,300,283 | | |
See below |
| Canada | |
| 19,097,046 | | |
2042 to 2044 | |
| 14,174,648 | | |
2042 to 2044 | |
| 9,283,130 | | |
2042 to 2043 |
| USA | |
| 17,378,146 | | |
indefinite | |
| 12,362,896 | | |
indefinite | |
| 4,228,651 | | |
indefinite |
| USA | |
| 10,615,538 | | |
2028 to 2037 | |
| 10,615,538 | | |
2028 to 2037 | |
| 9,785,059 | | |
2028 to 2037 |
| Turkey | |
| 19,267,743 | | |
N/A | |
| - | | |
N/A | |
| - | | |
N/A |
| Bulgaria | |
| 4,712 | | |
2028 | |
| 3,240 | | |
2028 | |
| 3,443 | | |
2028 |
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