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Commitments and Contingencies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies

NOTE 9 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Legal Proceedings

 

The Company may be subject to a variety of claims and suits that arise from time to time in the ordinary course of business. We are not a party to any litigation as a defendant where a loss contingency is required to be reflected in our condensed consolidated financial statements.

Contingency

 

ExO owes consultants success fees of up to $0.7 million that are contingent upon the approval and issuance of the Environmental Impact Assessment (“EIA”). The EIA has not been approved as of the date of this report, and the Company has determined that the likelihood of an approval is not probable. As such, the contingent success fees have not been accrued. ExO owes legal advisers a success fee of up to $0.3 million that is contingent upon the favorable outcome of certain litigation in Mexico. The outcome of the litigation has not been determined as of the date of this report, and the Company has determined that the likelihood of the success fee becoming payable is not probable. As such, the contingent success fee has not been accrued.

Lease commitments

One of the Company’s lease agreements expired during 2024 and was extended for a one-year period ending July 31, 2025. On July 16, 2025, the Company entered into an extension for a one-year period ending July 31, 2026. As a result, using the short-term exception under ASC 842, Leases, the Company did not record a right-of-use (“ROU”) asset and lease obligation as of June 30, 2025.

The Company recognized $45,509 and $53,188 in rent expense associated with the Company’s leases for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $95,702 and $0.1 million for six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, which were recorded in Marketing, general and administrative expenses on the condensed consolidated statement of operations. Future payments under the short-term leases will be $70,352 and $98,493 for the remainder of 2025 and 2026, respectively.

Joint Venture Agreement

On December 23, 2024, the Company and CapLat entered into the JV Agreement (refer to Note 7 – Joint Venture for more information). The JV Agreement provides that the Company and CapLat have exclusive rights to develop the JV Project, and that CapLat has the exclusive right to develop, with the Company, any projects in the Mexican EEZ owned or developed by the Company during the subsequent five years. Each of the parties has the right to terminate the JV Agreement if the investment into the joint venture entity does not occur on or prior to December 31, 2026, or if there is a change of control of either party. In the event of a termination based on a change of control, the non-terminating party would be entitled to a termination fee of $10.0 million. The JV Agreement also sets forth representations and warranties, covenants, conditions, termination provisions, and other provisions customary for comparable transactions.