NOTE 3 – SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Use of Estimates – The Company’s management uses estimates and assumptions in preparing these consolidated financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Those estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, and the reported revenues and expenses. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Principles of Consolidation – The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries after elimination of intercompany balances and transactions.

Equity Method Investment - Investments classified as equity method consist of investments in companies in which the Company can exercise significant influence but not control. Under the equity method of accounting, the investment is initially recorded at cost, then the Company’s proportional share of investee’s underlying net income or loss is recorded as a component of “other income” with a corresponding increase or decrease to the carrying value of the investment. Distributions received from the investee reduce the Company’s carrying value of the investment. These investments are evaluated for impairment if events or circumstances arise that indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable.

During fiscal year 2026, the Company’s equity investment, Cat Creek Holdings, LLC (CCH), issued a $20,000 capital call to Laredo to help fund operational expenses. As CCH has remained unprofitable, Laredo impaired this additional investment. No additional capital calls were made in the first fiscal quarter of 2027.

Basic and Diluted Loss per Share - Basic and diluted earnings/(loss) per share is computed by dividing net income/(loss) available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings/(loss) per share gives effect to all dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period. Dilutive earnings/(loss) per share excludes all potential common shares if their effect is anti-dilutive. As the Company realized a net loss for the three-month period ended August 31, 2026, and 2025, it did not include potentially dilutive securities in the calculation of diluted loss per share as their impact would have been anti-dilutive. Diluted earnings/(loss) per share is computed by dividing the net income (loss) by the weighted-average number of common and dilutive common equivalent shares outstanding during the period.

Revenue recognition - The Company recognized revenue in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. Crude oil revenue is recognized when we have transferred control of crude oil production to the purchaser. We consider the transfer of control to have occurred when the purchaser has the ability to direct the use of and obtain substantially all of the remaining benefits from the crude oil production. We record revenues based on an estimate of the volumes delivered at estimated prices as determined by the applicable sales agreement. We estimate our sales volumes based on company-measured volume readings. We then adjust our crude oil sales in subsequent periods based on the data received from our purchasers that reflects actual volumes delivered and prices received. We receive payment for sales one to two months after actual delivery has occurred. The differences in sales estimates and actual sales are recorded one to two months later. Where the Company is not the operator, revenue from oil and gas production is recognized based on sales date as reported to the Company by the operators of oil production facilities in which the company has an interest. 

Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash - All highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less are considered to be cash equivalents. There were no cash equivalents or restricted cash as of August 31, 2026 and May 31, 2026. At times, the Company maintains cash balances deposited at its financial institutions that exceed FDIC insured limits.

The Company entered into a Participation Agreement in exchange for funding well development costs. The contract requires that participants pay Hell Creek Crude LLC the contract price upon execution of the agreement. The participants participate pro rata in the ownership of the net working interest in any wells drilled. The funds received in advance of the drilling of a well from a working interest participant are held for the expressed purpose of drilling, completing and equipping a well. The Company classifies these funds prior to commencement of well development as restricted cash based on guidance codified as under the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 230-10-50-8. When payments are made from these funds, they are recorded by the Company as Oil and Gas Acquisition Costs. 

The restricted cash balance has been reduced to zero from the investments received from accredited investors in our wholly-owned subsidiary, West Fork Resources, LLC (“West Fork”), which was formed to develop and find oil reserves in portions of the West Fork area located north of the Fort Peck Reservation at the western edge of the Williston Basin. Due to the length of time the Company experienced raising funds, some investors received a refund of $1.5 million of their invested amounts. The Company has used the remaining invested funds, totaling $750,000, to initiate the West Fork well-development project. Effective January 1, 2026, the Company exchanged $643,225 invested with a drilling company for 5 Class A membership units in Hell Creek Crude, LLC as part of a $20.6 million drilling project in the Midfork area managed by B&B Oil LLC, a related party. These assets are reclassified and recorded as an investment in a related party entity.

Prepaid expenses and other current assets – The Company’s prepaid expenses and other current assets are primarily comprised of prepaid legal fees, which are recorded as expense upon work performance, prepaid directors’ and officers’ insurance, which is recorded and amortized to expense over the 12-month contract life, and advance payments prior to work being performed.

Property and equipment - The carrying value of the Company’s property and equipment represents the cost incurred to acquire the property and equipment, net of any impairments. For business combinations, property and equipment cost is based on the fair values at the acquisition date. Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Estimated useful lives of five to seven years are used for vehicles and machinery. Realization of the carrying value of property and equipment is reviewed for possible impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. Assets are determined to be impaired if a forecast of undiscounted estimated future net operating cash flows directly related to the asset, including disposal value, if any, is less than the carrying amount of the asset. If any asset is determined to be impaired, the loss is measured as the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds its fair value. Repairs and maintenance costs are expensed in the period incurred.

The depreciation recorded by the Company for the three months ended August 31, 2026, and 2025 was $5,360 and $6,877, respectively.

Schedule of Property and Equipment 

Asset retirement obligations - The Company records a liability for Asset Retirement Obligations (“AROs”) associated with its oil and gas wells when the legal obligation arises. The corresponding cost is capitalized as an asset and included in the carrying amount of oil and gas properties and is depleted over the useful life of the properties. Subsequently, the AROs liability is accreted to its then-present value.

Inherent in the fair value calculation of each of the AROs are numerous assumptions and judgments, including the ultimate settlement amounts, inflation factors, credit adjusted discount rates, timing of settlement, and changes in the legal, regulatory, environmental, and political environments. To the extent future revisions to these assumptions impact the fair value of the existing ARO liability, a corresponding adjustment is made to the oil and gas property balance. Settlements greater than or less than amounts accrued as AROs are recorded as a gain or loss upon settlement.

Oil and gas acquisition and drilling costs - Oil and gas acquisition and drilling costs include expenditures representing investments in unproved and unevaluated properties and include non-producing leasehold, leasehold or drilling interest costs, and costs to drill one exploratory well. Exploratory drilling costs are deferred until the outcome of the well is known. If an exploratory well finds proved reserves, the deferred costs are transferred to the company’s Wells and Related Equipment and Facilities accounts. Costs are reviewed annually to determine if impairment has occurred. As a result of the uncertainty surrounding successful well completion and the availability of future funding to develop our acquired mineral rights, we are not providing disclosures until we have proved reserves requiring such disclosures. In conjunction with the Texakoma agreement, three wells have been drilled but are unevaluated pending successful and economical disposal of water encroachment encountered. As they currently are not producing economical volumes of crude oil and in the absence of a reserve report identifying proved reserves, the Company has impaired those investments as of May 31, 2024. Similarly, the Midfork Well has not produced economical volumes and has been shut-in prior to May 31, 2025. Under the Participation Agreement, the Midfork oil and gas acquisition and drilling costs incurred have been offset against the deferred well development costs. In the year ending May 31, 2025, an impairment totaling $653,874 has been recorded primarily in connection with costs associated with the Midfork Well. On November 15, 2025, the Company’s subsidiary Hell Creek Crude, LLC was sold to B&B Oil, LLC, a related party. As of May 31, 2026, oil and gas assets and lease acquisition costs totaling $343,299 comprised of $232,774 expired property leases and $110,525 other oil and gas assets with no current plans for utilization have been impaired. The remaining oil and gas assets held by the West Fork subsidiary totaling $643,225 have been utilized to invest in a minority interest in Hell Creek Crude, LLC sold to B&B Oil, LLC and has been reclassified to Investment in related party entity. Unevaluated properties lease and bonus costs are capitalized while landman and legal cost of acquiring properties are expensed as incurred.

The Company has no oil and gas acquisition and drilling costs as of August 31, 2026 and May 31, 2026, respectively.

Debt issue costs – The Company presents costs incurred in connection with the issuance of long-term debt as a direct deduction from the carrying value of the related debt and amortized over the term of the related debt.

Fair value of financial instruments – The Company defines fair value as the amount that would be received from the sale of an asset or paid for the transfer of a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Fair value measurements are classified and disclosed in one of the following categories:

The carrying value of the Company’s cash, accounts receivable, other current assets, accounts payable, accrued liabilities, as reflected in the consolidated balance sheets, approximate fair value, due to the short-term maturity of these instruments. The carrying value of the Company’s notes payable approximates their fair value due to immaterial changes in market interest rates and the Company’s credit risk since issuance of the instruments or due to their short-term nature.

Share based compensation - FASB ASC 718, Compensation - Stock Compensation prescribes accounting and reporting standards for all stock-based payment awards to employees, including employee stock options, restricted stock, employee stock purchase plans and stock appreciation rights. Stock-based payment awards may be classified as either equity or liabilities. The Company should determine if a present obligation to settle the share-based payment transaction in cash or other assets exists. A present obligation to settle in cash or other assets exists if: (a) the option to settle by issuing equity instruments lacks commercial substance or (b) the present obligation is implied because of an entity’s past practices or stated policies. If a present obligation exists, the transaction should be recognized as a liability; otherwise, the transaction should be recognized as equity.

The Company accounts for stock-based compensation issued to non-employees and consultants in accordance with the provisions of FASB ASC 718. Measurement of share-based payment transactions with non-employees shall be based on the fair value of whichever is more reliably measurable: (a) the goods or services received; or (b) the equity instruments issued. The fair value of the share-based payment transaction should be determined at the earlier of performance commitment date or performance completion date.