SEC Form 10-Q filed by Pedevco Corp.

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

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

For the quarterly period ended: September 30, 2024

☐	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: 001-35922

PEDEVCO CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Texas

22-3755993

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

575 N. Dairy Ashford, Suite 210, Houston, Texas		77079
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(713) 221-1768

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share	PED	NYSE American

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 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 ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted 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 such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

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

Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☒	Smaller reporting company	☒
		Emerging growth company	☐

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. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Yes ☐ No ☒

At November 13, 2024, there were 89,495,267 shares of the Registrant’s common stock outstanding.

PEDEVCO CORP.

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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements		3

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.	Financial Statements	4

	Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2024 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2023	4

	Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 (Unaudited)	5

	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 (Unaudited)	6

	Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 (Unaudited)	7

	Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements	8

Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	15

Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	27

Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	27

PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	28

Item 1A.	Risk Factors	28

Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	30

Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	30

Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	30

Item 5.	Other Information	30

Item 6.	Exhibits	31

Signatures		32

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Some of the statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this “Report”) include forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements preceded by, followed by or that otherwise include the words “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “projects,” “estimates,” “plans,” “may,” and similar expressions or future or conditional verbs such as “should”, “would”, and “could” are generally forward-looking in nature and not historical facts. Forward-looking statements which are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included in this Report, regarding our strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs and cash flows, prospects, plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements were based on various factors and were derived utilizing numerous important assumptions and other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include the information concerning our future financial performance, business strategy, projected plans and objectives. These factors include, among others, the factors set forth below under the heading “Risk Factors.” Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Most of these factors are difficult to predict accurately and are generally beyond our control. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

Forward-looking statements may include statements about:

●	our business strategy;
●	our reserves;
●	our technology;
●	our cash flows and liquidity;
●	our financial strategy, budget, projections and operating results;
●	oil and natural gas realized prices;
●	timing and amount of future production of oil and natural gas;
●	the availability of oil field labor;
●	the amount, nature and timing of capital expenditures, including future exploration and development costs;
●	drilling of wells;
●	government regulation and taxation of the oil and natural gas industry;
●	changes in, and interpretations and enforcement of, environmental and other laws and other political and regulatory developments, including in particular additional permit scrutiny in Colorado;
●	exploitation projects or property acquisitions;
●	costs of exploiting and developing our properties and conducting other operations;
●	general economic conditions in the United States and around the world, including the effect of regional or global health pandemics (such as, for example, the 2019 coronavirus (“COVID-19”)), recent changes in inflation and interest rates, and risks of recessions, including as a result thereof;
●	competition in the oil and natural gas industry;
●	effectiveness of our risk management activities;
●	environmental liabilities;
●	counterparty credit risk;
●	developments in oil-producing and natural gas-producing countries;
●	political conditions in or affecting oil, NGLs and natural gas producing regions and/or pipelines, including in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and South America, for example, as experienced with the Russian invasion of the Ukraine in February 2022 and the current war in Israel, which conflicts are ongoing;
●	our future operating results;
●	future acquisition transactions;
●	our estimated future reserves and the present value of such reserves; and
	our plans, objectives, expectations and intentions contained in this Quarterly Report that are not historical.

All forward-looking statements speak only at the date of the filing of this Quarterly Report. The reader should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Although we believe that our plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by the forward-looking statements we make in this Quarterly Report are reasonable, we can provide no assurance that these plans, intentions or expectations will be achieved. We disclose important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from our expectations under “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on March 18, 2024. These cautionary statements qualify all forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf. We do not undertake any obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements except as required by law, including the securities laws of the United States and the rules and regulations of the SEC.

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

PEDEVCO CORP.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)

	September 30, 2024 (Unaudited)			December 31, 2023
Assets
Current assets:
Cash	$	4,619		$	18,515
Accounts receivable – oil and gas		5,323			5,790
Note Receivable, current		240			42
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		803			260
Total current assets		10,985			24,607

Oil and gas properties – successful efforts method:
Oil and gas properties, subject to amortization, net		92,184			79,186
Oil and gas properties, not subject to amortization, net		6,903			12,407
Total oil and gas properties, net		99,087			91,593

Other assets:
Note receivable		979			1,099
Operating lease – right-of-use asset		248			316
Other assets		3,010			2,443
Total assets	$	114,309		$	120,058

Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	1,288		$	6,580
Accrued expenses		2,160			8,712
Revenue payable		1,263			3,371
Operating lease liabilities – current		96			89
Asset retirement obligations – current		419			147
Total current liabilities		5,226			18,899

Long-term liabilities:
Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion		154			227
Asset retirement obligations, net of current portion		2,393			2,166
Total liabilities		7,773			21,292

Commitments and contingencies

Shareholders’ equity:
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized; 89,495,267 and 87,250,267 shares issued and outstanding, respectively		89			87
Additional paid-in capital		226,555			225,156
Accumulated deficit		(120,108	)		(126,477	)
Total shareholders’ equity		106,536			98,766
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	114,309		$	120,058

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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PEDEVCO CORP.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

(amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
Revenue:	2024		2023		2024			2023
Oil and gas sales	$	9,050	$	7,330	$	28,977		$	24,042

Operating expenses:
Lease operating costs		2,556		2,245		8,635			7,540
Selling, general and administrative expense		1,343		1,297		4,221			4,118
Depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion		3,055		2,932		10,782			8,411
Total operating expenses		6,954		6,474		23,638			20,069

Gain on sale of oil and gas properties		735		-		735			-

Operating income		2,831		856		6,074			3,973

Other income (expense):
Interest income		84		88		326			272
Gain on sale of fixed asset		-		-		12			-
Other income (expense)		-		5		(43	)		40
Total other income		84		93		295			312

Net income	$	2,915	$	949	$	6,369		$	4,285

Income per common share:
Basic	$	0.03	$	0.01	$	0.07		$	0.05
Diluted	$	0.03	$	0.01	$	0.07		$	0.05

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic		89,428,310		87,108,745		89,147,092			86,958,033
Diluted		89,428,310		87,108,745		89,147,092			86,958,033

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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PEDEVCO CORP.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

(amounts in thousands)

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2024			2023
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
Net income	$	6,369		$	4,285
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion		10,782			8,411
Share-based compensation expense		1,401			1,546
Gain on sale of oil and gas properties		(735	)		-
Amortization of right-of-use asset		83			86
Uncollectible account expense		50			-
Gain on disposal of fixed asset		(12	)		-
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable – oil and gas		467			(3,185	)
Note receivable accrued interest		(78	)		-
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		(543	)		(93	)
Accounts payable		(1,088	)		(232	)
Accrued expenses		(6,041	)		669
Revenue payable		(2,108	)		(62	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		8,547			11,425

Cash Flows From Investing Activities:
Cash paid for drilling and completion costs		(23,134	)		(27,985	)
Cash received from the sale of oil and gas property		1,115			366
Cash received for sale of vehicle		12			-
Cash received from security deposit reimbursement		-			9
Cash paid for vehicles		(91	)		(45	)
Net cash used in investing activities		(22,098	)		(27,655	)

Cash Flows From Financing Activities:
Proceeds from issuance of shares, net of offering costs		-			-
Net cash provided by financing activities		-			-

Net decrease in cash and restricted cash		(13,551	)		(16,230	)
Cash and restricted cash at beginning of period		20,715			32,977
Cash and restricted cash at end of period	$	7,164		$	16,747

Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information
Cash paid for:
Interest	$	-		$	-
Income taxes	$	-		$	-

Noncash investing and financing activities:
Change in accrued oil and gas development costs	$	5,009		$	12,558
Changes in estimates of asset retirement costs, net	$	56		$	131
Issuance of restricted common stock	$	2		$	1

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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PEDEVCO CORP.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2024 AND 2023

(Unaudited)

(amounts in thousands, except share amounts)

	Common Stock					Additional Paid-in			Accumulated
	Shares			Amount		Capital			Deficit			Totals
Balances at December 31, 2023		87,250,267		$	87	$	225,156		$	(126,477	)	$	98,766
Issuance of restricted common stock		2,105,000			2		(2	)		-			-
Share-based compensation		-			-		475			-			475
Net income		-			-		-			773			773
Balances at March 31, 2024		89,355,267			89		225,629			(125,704	)		100,014
Rescinded restricted common stock		(70,000	)
Share-based compensation		-			-		462			-			462
Net income		-			-		-			2,681			2,681
Balances at June 30, 2024		89,285,267			89		226,091			(123,023	)		103,157
Issuance of restricted common stock		210,000			-		-			-			-
Share-based compensation		-			-		464			-			464
Net income		-			-		-			2,915			2,915
Balances at September 30, 2024		89,495,267		$	89	$	226,555		$	(120,108	)	$	106,536

	Common Stock				Additional Paid-in			Accumulated
	Shares		Amount		Capital			Deficit			Totals
Balances at December 31, 2022		85,790,267	$	86	$	223,114		$	(126,741	)	$	96,459
Issuance of restricted common stock		1,250,000		1		(1	)		-			-
Share-based compensation		-		-		518			-			518
Net income		-		-		-			1,762			1,762
Balances at March 31, 2023		87,040,267		87		223,631			(124,979	)		98,739
Share-based compensation		-		-		517			-			517
Net income		-		-		-			1,574			1,574
Balances at June 30, 2023		87,040,267		87		224,148			(123,405	)		100,830
Issuance of restricted common stock		210,000		-		-			-			-
Share-based compensation		-		-		511			-			511
Net income		-		-		-			949			949
Balances at September 30, 2023		87,250,267	$	87	$	224,659		$	(122,456	)	$	102,290

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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PEDEVCO CORP.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

NOTE 1 – BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The accompanying interim unaudited consolidated financial statements of PEDEVCO Corp. (“PEDEVCO” or the “Company”), have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto contained in PEDEVCO’s latest Annual Report filed with the SEC on Form 10-K. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position and the results of operations for the interim periods presented have been reflected herein. The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year. Notes to the financial statements that would substantially duplicate disclosures contained in the audited financial statements for the most recent fiscal year, as reported in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on March 18, 2024 (the “2023 Annual Report”), have been omitted.

The Company’s consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, its wholly-owned subsidiaries and subsidiaries in which the Company has a controlling financial interest. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

The Company's future financial condition and liquidity will be impacted by, among other factors, the success of our drilling program, the number of commercially viable oil and natural gas discoveries made and the quantities of oil and natural gas discovered, the speed with which we can bring such discoveries to production, the actual cost of exploration, appraisal and development of our prospects, the prevailing prices for, and demand for, oil and natural gas.

NOTE 2 – DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

PEDEVCO is an oil and gas company focused on the development, acquisition and production of oil and natural gas assets where the latest in modern drilling and completion techniques and technologies have yet to be applied. In particular, the Company focuses on legacy proven properties where there is a long production history, well defined geology and existing infrastructure that can be leveraged when applying modern field management technologies. The Company’s current properties are located in the San Andres formation of the Permian Basin situated in West Texas and eastern New Mexico (the “Permian Basin”) and in the Denver-Julesburg Basin (“D-J Basin”) in Colorado and Wyoming. The Company holds its Permian Basin leasehold acres located in Chaves and Roosevelt Counties, New Mexico, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Pacific Energy Development Corp. (“PEDCO”), which asset the Company refers to as its “Permian Basin Asset,” and operates its Permian Basin Asset through its wholly-owned operating subsidiary Ridgeway Arizona Oil Corp. The Company holds its D-J Basin leasehold acres located in Weld and Morgan Counties, Colorado, and Laramie County, Wyoming, through its wholly-owned subsidiary PRH Holdings LLC, which asset the Company refers to as its “D-J Basin Asset,” and operates its D-J Basin Asset through its wholly-owned operating subsidiary Red Hawk Petroleum, LLC (“Red Hawk”).

The Company believes that horizontal development and exploitation of conventional assets in the Permian Basin and development of the Wattenberg and Wattenberg Extension in the D-J Basin represent among the most economic oil and natural gas plays in the United States (“U.S.”). Moving forward, the Company plans to optimize its existing assets and opportunistically seek additional acreage proximate to its currently held core acreage, as well as other attractive onshore U.S. oil and gas assets that fit the Company’s acquisition criteria, that Company management believes can be developed using its technical and operating expertise and be accretive to shareholder value.

On September 11, 2024, the Company entered into a new $250 million reserve-based lending facility (the “RBL” or “Facility”) with Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders (including Citibank, N.A.) from time to time a party thereto. The Facility has a maturity of four years and provides for an initial borrowing base of $20.0 million and an aggregate maximum revolving credit amount of $250 million. The Company has not drawn down any borrowings under the Facility as of the date of these financial statements. The RBL includes customary representations and warranties, and affirmative and negative covenants of the Company for a facility of that size and type, including prohibiting the Loan Parties from creating any indebtedness without the consent of the lenders, subject to certain exceptions, and requiring the Company to have a net leverage ratio (the ratio of (a) total net debt to (b) EBITDAX) of no less than 1.0 to 1.0 and a current ratio (the ratio of (i) consolidated current assets to (ii) consolidated current liabilities) of no less than 1.0 to 1.0. EBITDAX is defined as Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation (or Depletion), Amortization, and Exploration Expense.

NOTE 3 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The Company has provided a discussion of significant accounting policies, estimates and judgments in its 2023 Annual Report. There have been no changes to the Company’s significant accounting policies since December 31, 2023.

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Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280). The amendments in this update expand segment disclosure requirements, including new segment disclosure requirements for entities with a single reportable segment among other disclosure requirements. This update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. The adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which requires disaggregated information about a reporting entity's effective tax rate reconciliation, as well as information related to income taxes paid to enhance the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures. This ASU will be effective for the annual period ending December 31, 2025. The Company is currently evaluating the timing and impacts of adoption of this ASU.

Subsequent Events

The Company has evaluated all transactions through the date the consolidated financial statements were issued for subsequent event disclosure consideration.

NOTE 4 – REVENUE FROM CONTRACTS WITH CUSTOMERS

Disaggregation of Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The following table disaggregates revenue by significant product type in the periods indicated (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2024		2023		2024		2023
Oil sales	$	8,250	$	6,705	$	26,656	$	21,977
Natural gas sales		176		330		799		1,099
Natural gas liquids sales		624		295		1,522		966
Total revenue from customers	$	9,050	$	7,330	$	28,977	$	24,042

There were no significant contract liabilities or transaction price allocations to any remaining performance obligations as of September 30, 2024.

NOTE 5 – CASH

The following table provides a reconciliation of cash and restricted cash reported within the balance sheets, which sum to the total of such amounts in the periods indicated (in thousands):

	September 30, 2024		December 31, 2023
Cash	$	4,619	$	18,515
Restricted cash included in other assets*		2,545		2,200
Total cash and restricted cash	$	7,164	$	20,715

* Increase in restricted cash is primarily related to additional collateral for surety bonds for the Company’s New Mexico operations, due to an updated assessment from the New Mexico Bureau of Land Management.

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NOTE 6 – OIL AND GAS PROPERTIES

The following table summarizes the Company’s oil and gas activities by classification for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 (in thousands):

	Balance at December 31, 2023			Additions			Disposals			Transfers			Balance at September 30, 2024
Oil and gas properties, subject to amortization	$	185,403		$	17,162		$	(380	)	$	6,467		$	208,652
Oil and gas properties, not subject to amortization		12,407			963			-			(6,467	)		6,903
Asset retirement costs		853			56			-			-			909
Accumulated depreciation, depletion and impairment		(107,070	)		(10,307	)		-			-			(117,377	)
Total oil and gas assets, net	$	91,593		$	7,874		$	(380	)	$	-		$	99,087

For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024, the Company incurred $17.6 million of capital costs primarily related to non-operated drilling and completion costs related to the Company’s participation in 19 new non-operated wells in the D-J Basin in which the Company participated and the Company’s completion operations with respect to three operated wells with a third-party in the Permian Basin, together with costs related to certain workovers for lift conversions, cleanouts and permitting in the Company’s D-J Basin Asset.

The Company also acquired approximately 968 net lease acres, in and around its existing footprint in the D-J Basin, through multiple transactions with total acquisition and due diligence costs of $513,000.

Per the on-going Participation Agreement between the Company and Evolution Petroleum Corporation (“Evolution”) for the joint development of “Development Blocks” within the Company’s Permian Basin Asset, Evolution acquired a 50% working interest share in existing leases covering approximately 811 net acres located in the second Development Block in exchange for the payment of $450 per net acre of existing leases held by the Company in such block, and a 50% working interest share basis in the drilling and completion of San Andres wells in such Development Block, for $365,000 in total proceeds to the Company.

On August 21, 2024, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, PRH Holdings, LLC (“PRH”), entered into a five-year Participation Agreement with a large private equity-backed D-J Basin exploration and production company with extensive operational experience (“Joint Development Party”), whereby the Joint Development Party assigned to PRH a 30% interest in approximately 7,607 net acres of existing oil and gas leases and PRH assigned to the Joint Development Party a 70% interest in approximately 3,166 net acres of oil and gas leases, all located within the SW Pony Prospect in the D-J Basin in Weld County, Colorado. Additionally, to facilitate joint development of the SW Pony Prospect, the parties agreed to an approximately 16,900 gross acre Area of Mutual Interest wherein the Joint Development Party will transfer 30% of future interests acquired by the Joint Development Party in leaseholds to PRH, and PRH will transfer 70% of future interests acquired by PRH in leaseholds to the Joint Development Party, in each case at an acquisition cost proportionate to their respective interests. The assigned interests will be subject to an overriding royalty, such that the assigning party shall deliver to the other party leasehold interests with an 80% net revenue interest, and the parties agreed that the Joint Development Party will be the operator of the combined leaseholds. The Participation Agreement specifically addresses the Harlequin Wells, which are existing wells within the SW Pony Prospect, whereby PRH acquired a 30% undivided interest in six Harlequin Wells as part of the leasehold assignment. The Company correspondingly paid $8.6 million in capital costs (included in the $17.6 million number above) related to these wells.

Additionally, on September 23, 2024, PRH sold 320 net acres to a third-party in the Company’s D-J Basin Asset for $750,000, and, as a result, the Company recognized a $735,000 gain from the sale of oil and gas properties on its Consolidated Statement of Operations as of September 30, 2024.

The depletion recorded for production on proved properties for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, amounted to $3,100,000, compared to $2,690,000, and $10,307,000, compared to $5,137,000, respectively.

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NOTE 7 – NOTE RECEIVABLE

On November 9, 2023, in accordance with the sale of our wholly-owned subsidiary EOR Operating Company (“EOR”) to Tilloo Exploration and Production, LLC (“Tilloo”), the Company entered into a five-year secured promissory note (the “Note”) with Tilloo, bearing interest at 10.0% per annum, with no payments due during the first twelve months, and fully-amortized payments due monthly over the remaining four years of the term thereafter until maturity. The Note contains customary events of default and is secured by a lien over all the assets and capital shares of EOR created under a Security Agreement, a Security Agreement (Pledge of Corporate Securities), and a Mortgage entered into by and between the Company and Tilloo. As of September 30, 2024, the Company recognized $240,000 of the Note in Current Assets, with the remaining balance of $979,000 (including $96,000 of accrued interest) included in Other Assets on the Company’s balance sheet.

NOTE 8 – ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS

Activity related to the Company’s asset retirement obligations is as follows (in thousands):

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024
Balance at the beginning of the period ⁽¹⁾	$	2,313
Accretion expense		443
Changes in estimates, net		56
Balance at end of period ⁽²⁾	$	2,812

	(1)	Includes $147,000 of current asset retirement obligations at December 31, 2023.

	(2)	Includes $419,000 of current asset retirement obligations at September 30, 2024.

NOTE 9 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Lease Agreements

Currently, the Company has one operating sublease for office space that requires Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 842 treatment, discussed below.

The Company’s leases typically do not provide an implicit rate. Accordingly, the Company is required to use its incremental borrowing rate in determining the present value of lease payments based on the information available at the commencement date. The Company’s incremental borrowing rate would reflect the estimated rate of interest that it would pay to borrow on a collateralized basis over a similar term, an amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment. However, the Company currently maintains no debt, and in order to apply an appropriate discount rate, the Company used a borrowing rate obtained from a financial institution at which it maintains banking accounts.

The Company had a lease for its corporate offices in Houston, Texas on approximately 5,200 square feet of office space that expired on August 31, 2023, which had a base monthly rent of approximately $10,000. In December 2022, the Company entered into a new lease agreement for its existing office space that commenced on September 1, 2023, which expires on February 28, 2027. The base monthly rent is approximately $9,200 for the first 18 months and will increase to approximately $9,500 thereafter. The Company paid both a security deposit and prepaid rent of $14,700 and $14,700, respectively.

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Supplemental cash flow information related to the Company’s operating office sublease is included in the table below (in thousands):

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September 30,

2024

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities

Supplemental balance sheet information related to operating leases is included in the table below (in thousands):

	September 30, 2024
Operating lease – right-of-use asset	$	248

Operating lease liabilities – current	$	96
Operating lease liabilities - long-term		154
Total lease liability	$	250

The weighted-average remaining lease term for the Company’s operating lease is 2.4 years as of September 30, 2024, with a weighted-average discount rate of 7.90%.

Lease liability with enforceable contract terms that have greater than one-year terms are as follows (in thousands):

Remainder of 2024	$	28
2025		112
2026		115
Thereafter		19
Total lease payments		274
Less imputed interest		(24	)
Total lease liability	$	250

Leasehold Drilling Commitments

The Company’s oil and gas leasehold acreage is subject to expiration of leases if the Company does not drill and hold such acreage by production or otherwise exercises options to extend such leases, if available, in exchange for payment of additional cash consideration. In the D-J Basin, no net acres expire during the remainder of 2024, and 5,829 net acres expire within the next two-year period (net to our direct ownership interest only). In the Permian Basin, 40 net acres are due to expire during the remainder of 2024 and no net acres expire within the next two-year period (net to our direct ownership interest only). The Company allowed 6,769 net acres to expire in its Chaveroo NE field which is a non-core area with no future drilling locations planned northeast of the Company’s core Chaveroo area in the Permian Basin. The Company plans to hold significantly all of this acreage through a program of drilling and completing producing wells. If the Company is not able to drill and complete a well before lease expiration, the Company may seek to extend leases where able.

Other Commitments

Although the Company may, from time to time, be involved in litigation and claims arising out of its operations in the normal course of business, the Company is not currently a party to any material legal proceeding or government proceeding.

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As part of its regular operations, the Company may become party to various pending or threatened claims, lawsuits and administrative proceedings seeking damages or other remedies concerning its commercial operations, products, employees and other matters.

Although the Company provides no assurance about the outcome of any future legal and administrative proceedings and the effect such outcomes may have on the Company, the Company believes that any ultimate liability resulting from the outcome of such proceedings, to the extent not otherwise provided for or covered by insurance, will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

NOTE 10 – SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Common Stock

During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company granted an aggregate of 2,315,000 restricted stock awards to various employees and board members of the Company. Additionally, 70,000 shares of restricted common stock were forfeited to the Company and canceled due to an employee termination (see Note 11 below).

NOTE 11 – SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

The Company measures the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments based on the grant-date fair value of the award over the vesting period.

Common Stock

On January 26, 2024, restricted stock awards were granted to officers and employees of the Company for an aggregate of 2,105,000 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock, under the Company’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan. The grant for the 2,105,000 shares of restricted common stock vest as follows: 33.3% vest each subsequent year from the date of grant contingent upon the recipient’s continued service with the Company. These shares have a total fair value of $1,426,000 based on the market price on the grant date.

On August 29, 2024, an aggregate of 210,000 restricted stock awards were granted to two board members under the Company’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan. The grant of the 210,000 shares of restricted common stock vest as follows: 100% of 125,000 shares and 100% of 85,000 shares vesting on July 12, 2025 and September 27, 2025, respectively, contingent upon each recipient’s continued service with the Company. These shares have a total fair value of $184,000, based on the market price on the grant date.

On May 24, 2024, 70,000 shares of restricted common stock were forfeited due to an employee termination. As a result, these shares were canceled, and the shares once again became eligible for future awards under the Company’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan.

Stock-based compensation expense recorded relating to the vesting of restricted stock for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, was $1,191,000. The remaining unamortized stock-based compensation expense at September 30, 2024 related to restricted stock was $1,198,000.

Options

On January 26, 2024, the Company granted options to purchase an aggregate of 460,000 shares of common stock to various Company employees at an exercise price of $0.6775 per share under the Company’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan. The options have a term of five years and fully vest in January 2027, with 33.3% vesting each subsequent year from the date of grant, contingent upon the recipient’s continued service with the Company. The aggregate fair value of the options on the date of grant, using the Black-Scholes model, was $216,000. Variables used in the Black-Scholes option-pricing model for the options issued include: (1) a discount rate of 4.04% based on the applicable US Treasury bill rate, (2) expected term of 3.5 years, (3) expected volatility of 104% based on the trading history of the Company, and (4) zero expected dividends.

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During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company recognized stock option expense of $210,000. The remaining amount of unamortized stock options expense at September 30, 2024 was $194,000.

The intrinsic value of outstanding and exercisable options at September 30, 2024 was $-0-.

Option activity during the nine months ended September 30, 2024, was:

	Number of Options			Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contract Term (Years)
Outstanding at December 31, 2023		1,632,334		$	1.28		2.8
Granted		460,000		$	0.68
Canceled*		(256,667	)	$	1.30
Outstanding at September 30, 2024		1,835,667		$	1.12		2.7
Exercisable at September 30, 2024		935,667		$	1.35		1.7

* Canceled due to employee termination.

NOTE 12 – EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE

Earnings per common share-basic is calculated by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Net income per common share-diluted assumes the conversion of all potentially dilutive securities and is calculated by dividing net income by the sum of the weighted average number of shares of common stock, as defined above, outstanding plus potentially dilutive securities. Net income per common share-diluted considers the impact of potentially dilutive securities except in periods in which there is a loss because the inclusion of the potential common shares, as defined above, would have an anti-dilutive effect.

The calculation of earnings per share for the periods indicated below were as follows (amounts in thousands, except share and per share data):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
Numerator:	2024		2023		2024		2023
Net income	$	2,915	$	949	$	6,369	$	4,285

Denominator:
Weighted average common shares – basic		89,428,310		87,108,745		89,147,092		86,958,033

Dilutive effect of common stock equivalents:
Options		-		-		-		-

Denominator:
Weighted average common shares – diluted		89,428,310		87,108,745		89,147,092		86,958,033

Earnings per share – basic	$	0.03	$	0.01	$	0.07	$	0.05
Earnings per share – diluted	$	0.03	$	0.01	$	0.07	$	0.05

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, share equivalents related to options to purchase 1,835,667, compared to 1,706,001, and 1,835,667 compared to 1,706,001, shares of common stock, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted net income per share as the inclusion of such shares would be anti-dilutive.

NOTE 13 – INCOME TAXES

The Company has estimated that its effective tax rate for U.S. purposes will be zero for the 2024 and 2023 fiscal years as a result of prior net losses and a full valuation allowance against the net deferred tax assets. Consequently, the Company has recorded no provision or benefit for income taxes for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

NOTE 14 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On November 4, 2024 the Company received correspondence from legal counsel to Tilloo Exploration & Production, LLC (“Tilloo”) seeking to recover damages which Tilloo is alleging were caused by intentional misrepresentations made by principals of the Company to principals of Tilloo in connection with Tilloo’s acquisition of the Milnesand and Sawyer fields in New Mexico from the Company for aggregate consideration of $1,122,436 effective August 1, 2023 (the “Milnesand Sale”). The Company is in the process of reviewing the matter but does not believe any misrepresentations were made by the Company or its principals in the Milnesand Sale and that the claims are baseless, without merit, and fail as a matter of law. The Company plans to vigorously defend itself against the allegations and any potential lawsuits brought by Tilloo in connection therewith.

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Introduction

The following is management’s discussion and analysis of the significant factors that affected the Company’s financial position and results of operations during the periods included in the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements. You should read this in conjunction with the discussion under “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the audited consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, and the unaudited consolidated financial statements included in this quarterly Report.

Certain abbreviations and oil and gas industry terms used throughout this Quarterly Report are described and defined in greater detail under “Glossary of Oil And Natural Gas Terms” on page 4 of our Annual Report on Form 10‑K for the year ended December 31, 2023, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 18, 2024.

Our fiscal year ends on December 31st. Interim results are presented on a quarterly basis for the quarters ended March 31st, June 30th, and September 30th, the first quarter, second quarter and third quarter, respectively, with the quarter ending December 31st being referenced herein as our fourth quarter. Fiscal 2024 means the year ended December 31, 2024, whereas fiscal 2023 means the year ended December 31, 2023.

Certain capitalized terms used below but not otherwise defined, are defined in, and shall be read along with the meanings given to such terms in, the notes to the unaudited financial statements of the Company for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, above.

Unless the context requires otherwise, references to the “Company,” “we,” “us,” “our,” “PEDEVCO” and “PEDEVCO Corp.” refer specifically to PEDEVCO Corp. and its wholly and majority-owned subsidiaries.

In addition, unless the context otherwise requires and for the purposes of this Report only:

	·	“Boe” refers to barrels of oil equivalent, determined using the ratio of one Bbl of crude oil, condensate or natural gas liquids, to six Mcf of natural gas;

	·	“Bopd” refers to barrels of oil day;

	·	“Mcf” refers to a thousand cubic feet of natural gas;

	·	“NGL” refers to natural gas liquids;

	·	“Exchange Act” refers to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;

	·	“SEC” or the “Commission” refers to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission;

	·	“SWD” means a saltwater disposal well; and

	·	“Securities Act” refers to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

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Available Information

The Company’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to reports filed pursuant to Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, are filed with the SEC. The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange Act and files or furnishes reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. Such reports and other information filed by the Company with the SEC are available free of charge at our website (www.pedevco.com) under “Investors” – “SEC Filings”, when such reports are available on the SEC’s website. The SEC maintains an internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC at www.sec.gov. The Company periodically provides other information for investors on its corporate website, www.pedevco.com. This includes press releases and other information about financial performance, information on corporate governance and details related to the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders. The information contained on the websites referenced in this Form 10-Q is not incorporated by reference into this filing. Further, the Company’s references to website URLs are intended to be inactive textual references only.

Summary of The Information Contained in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A) is provided in addition to the accompanying consolidated financial statements and notes to assist readers in understanding our results of operations, financial condition, and cash flows. Our MD&A is organized as follows:

	·	General Overview. Discussion of our business and overall analysis of financial and other highlights affecting us, to provide context for the remainder of our MD&A.

	·	Strategy. Discussion of our strategy moving forward and how we plan to seek to increase stockholder value.

	·	Results of Operations and Financial Condition. An analysis of our financial results comparing the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024, and 2023, and a discussion of changes in our consolidated balance sheets, cash flows and a discussion of our financial condition.

	·	Critical Accounting Estimates. Accounting estimates that we believe are important to understanding the assumptions and judgments incorporated in our reported financial results and forecasts.

General Overview

We are an oil and gas company focused on the acquisition and development of oil and natural gas assets where the latest in modern drilling and completion techniques and technologies have yet to be applied. In particular, we focus on legacy proven properties where there is a long production history, well defined geology and existing infrastructure that can be leveraged when applying modern field management technologies. Our current properties are located in the San Andres formation of the Permian Basin situated in West Texas and eastern New Mexico (the “Permian Basin”) and in the Denver-Julesberg Basin (“D-J Basin”) in Colorado and Wyoming. As of September 30, 2024, we held approximately 14,552 net Permian Basin acres located in Chaves and Roosevelt Counties, New Mexico, through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Pacific Energy Development Corp. (“PEDCO”), and which are operated by our wholly-owned operating subsidiary, Ridgeway Arizona Oil Corp. (“RAZO”), which asset we refer to as our “Permian Basin Asset.” Also as of September 30, 2024, we held approximately 19,453 net D-J Basin acres located in Weld and Morgan Counties, Colorado, and Laramie County, Wyoming, through our wholly-owned subsidiary, PRH Holdings LLC (“PRH”), and which are operated by our wholly-owned operating subsidiary, Red Hawk Petroleum, LLC (“Red Hawk”), which asset we refer to as our “D-J Basin Asset.” As of September 30, 2024, we held interests in 300 gross and 298.5 net wells in our Permian Basin Asset, of which 28 are active producers, two are active injectors and two are active salt water disposal wells, all of which are held by PEDCO and operated by RAZO, and interests in 120 gross (27.8 net) wells in our D-J Basin Asset held by PRH, all of which 18 gross (16.2 net) wells are operated by Red Hawk and currently producing, 85 gross (11.6 net) wells are non-operated, and 17 wells have an after-payout interest.

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Strategy

We believe that horizontal development and exploitation of conventional assets in the Permian Basin and development of the Wattenberg and Wattenberg Extension in the D-J Basin, represent among the most economic oil and natural gas plays in the U.S. We plan to optimize our existing assets and opportunistically seek additional acreage proximate to our currently held core acreage, as well as other attractive onshore U.S. oil and gas assets that fit our acquisition criteria, that Company management believes can be developed using our technical and operating expertise and be accretive to stockholder value.

Specifically, we seek to increase stockholder value through the following strategies:

	·	Grow production, cash flow and reserves by developing our operated drilling inventory and participating opportunistically in non-operated projects. We believe our extensive inventory of drilling locations in the Permian Basin and the D-J Basin, combined with our operating expertise, will enable us to continue to deliver accretive production, cash flow and reserves growth. We believe the location, concentration and scale of our core leasehold positions, coupled with our technical understanding of the reservoirs will allow us to efficiently develop our core areas and to allocate capital to maximize the value of our resource base.

	·	Apply modern drilling and completion techniques and technologies. We own and intend to acquire additional properties that have been historically underdeveloped and underexploited. We believe our attention to detail and application of the latest industry advances in horizontal drilling, completions design, frac intensity and locally optimal frac fluids will allow us to successfully develop our properties.

	·	Optimization of well density and configuration. We own properties that are legacy oil fields characterized by widespread vertical and horizontal development and geological well control. We utilize the extensive geological, petrophysical and production data of such legacy properties to confirm optimal well spacing and configuration using modern reservoir evaluation methodologies.

	·	Maintain a high degree of operational control. We believe that by retaining high operational control, we can efficiently manage the timing and amount of our capital expenditures and operating costs, and thus key in on the optimal drilling and completions strategies, which we believe will generate higher recoveries and greater rates of return per well.

	·	Leverage extensive deal flow, technical and operational experience to evaluate and execute accretive acquisition opportunities. Our management and technical teams have an extensive track record of forming and building oil and gas businesses. We also have significant expertise in successfully sourcing, evaluating and executing acquisition opportunities. We believe our understanding of the geology, geophysics and reservoir properties of potential acquisition targets will allow us to identify and acquire highly prospective acreage in order to grow our reserve base and maximize stockholder value.

	·	Preserve financial flexibility to pursue organic and external growth opportunities. We intend to maintain a disciplined financial profile in order to provide flexibility across various commodity and market cycles.

We also are committed to developing and monitoring environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) initiatives and the Board of Directors plans to evaluate the potential adoption of such initiatives from time to time, provided that no definitive ESG plans have been adopted to date.

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Our strategy is to be the operator and/or a significant working interest owner, directly or through our subsidiaries and joint ventures, in the majority of our properties and acreage so we can dictate the pace of development in order to execute our business plan. Our revised net capital expenditures for 2024 are estimated to range between $21 million to $23 million. This estimate includes a range of $19 million to $22 million for drilling and completion costs on our Permian Basin and D-J Basin Assets (of which we have incurred approximately $16.4 million through September 30, 2024) and approximately $1.5 million in estimated capital expenditures for electric submersible pump (ESP) purchases, rod pump conversions, recompletions, well cleanouts, leasing, facilities, remediation and other miscellaneous capital expenses (of which we have incurred approximately $1.2 million through September 30, 2024) . This estimate does not include expenditures for acquisitions or other projects that may arise but are not currently anticipated. We periodically review our capital expenditures and adjust our capital forecasts and allocations based on liquidity, drilling results, leasehold acquisition opportunities, partner non-consents, proposals from third party operators, and commodity prices, while prioritizing our financial strength and liquidity. Our revised 2024 capital expenditure estimate does not include expenditures for unanticipated expenses that may arise, including for opportunistic leasehold acquisitions and other extraordinary projects for which we have not budgeted (for which we have paid approximately $0.5 million for opportunistic leasing acquisitions through September 30, 2024). We periodically review our capital expenditures and adjust our capital forecasts and allocations based on liquidity, drilling results, leasehold acquisition opportunities, partner non-consents, proposals from third party operators, and commodity prices, while prioritizing our financial strength and liquidity.

We plan to continue to evaluate D-J Basin well proposals as received from third party operators and participate in those we deem most economic and prospective. If new proposals are received that meet our economic thresholds and require material capital expenditures, we have flexibility to move capital from our Permian Asset to our D-J Basin Asset, or vice versa, as our Permian Asset is approximately 100% operated and held by production (“HBP”), allowing for flexibility of timing on development. Our 2024 development program is based upon our current outlook for the year and is subject to revision, if and as necessary, to react to market conditions, product pricing, contractor availability, requisite permitting, capital availability, partner non-consents, capital allocation changes between assets, acquisitions, divestitures and other adjustments determined by the Company in the best interest of its shareholders while prioritizing our financial strength and liquidity.

On September 11, 2024, we successfully closed a new $250 million reserve-based lending facility (“RBL” or “Facility”) with Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders (including Citibank, N.A.) from time to time party thereto. The Facility has a maturity of four years and provides for an initial borrowing base of $20.0 million and an aggregate maximum revolving credit amount of $250 million. The Company has not drawn down any borrowings under the Facility as of the date of this Report.

We expect that we will have sufficient cash available to meet our needs over the next 12 months after the filing of this Report and in the foreseeable future, including to fund the remainder of our 2024 development program, discussed above, which cash we anticipate being available from (i) projected cash flow from our operations, (ii) existing cash on hand, (iii) funding available through our RBL, and (iv) equity infusions or loans (which may be convertible) made available from Dr. Simon G. Kukes, our Chief Executive Officer and director, which funding Dr. Kukes is under no obligation to provide, and/or other qualified investors. In addition, we may seek additional funding through asset sales and farm-out arrangements to fund potential acquisitions during the remainder of 2024 and into 2025.

How We Conduct Our Business and Evaluate Our Operations

Our use of capital for acquisitions and development allows us to direct our capital resources to what we believe to be the most attractive opportunities as market conditions evolve. We have historically acquired properties that we believe had significant appreciation potential. We intend to continue to acquire both operated and non-operated properties to the extent we believe they meet our return objectives.

We will use a variety of financial and operational metrics to assess the performance of our oil and natural gas operations, including:

	·	production volumes;
	·	realized prices on the sale of oil and natural gas, including the effects of our commodity derivative contracts;
	·	oil and natural gas production and operating expenses;
	·	capital expenditures;
	·	general and administrative expenses;
	·	net cash provided by operating activities; and
	·	net income.

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Results of Operations and Financial Condition

Market Conditions and Commodity Prices

Our financial results depend on many factors, particularly the price of natural gas and crude oil and our ability to market our production on economically attractive terms. Commodity prices are affected by many factors outside of our control, including changes in market supply and demand, which are impacted by among other factors, weather conditions, inventory storage levels, basis differentials and other factors. As a result, we cannot accurately predict future commodity prices and, therefore, we cannot determine with any degree of certainty what effect increases or decreases in these prices will have on our production volumes or revenues. In addition to production volumes and commodity prices, finding and developing sufficient amounts of natural gas and crude oil reserves at economical costs are critical to our long-term success. We expect prices to remain volatile for the remainder of the year. For information about the impact of realized commodity prices on our natural gas and crude oil and condensate revenues, refer to “Results of Operations” below.

Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis of the results of operations for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The majority of the numbers presented below are rounded numbers and should be considered as approximate.

Three Months Ended September 30, 2024 vs. Three Months Ended September 30, 2023

We reported net income for the three-month period ended September 30, 2024, of $2.9 million, or $0.03 per common share, compared to net income for the three-month period ended September 30, 2023 of $0.9 million or $0.01 per share. The increase in net income of $2.0 million when comparing the current period to the prior year’s period was primarily due to a $1.7 million increase in revenues coupled with a $0.7 million gain on sale of oil and gas properties, offset by a $0.4 million increase in total operating expenses (each discussed in more detail below).

Net Revenues

The following table sets forth the operating results and production data for the periods indicated:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Increase			% Increase
	2024		2023		(Decrease)			(Decrease)
Sale Volumes:
Crude Oil (Bbls)		108,810		88,755		20,055			23	%
Natural Gas (Mcf)		142,669		144,495		(1,826	)		(1	)%
NGL (Bbls)		23,508		13,724		9,784			71	%
Total (Boe) ⁽¹⁾		156,096		126,562		29,534			23	%

Crude Oil (Bbls per day)		1,183		965		218			23	%
Natural Gas (Mcf per day)		1,551		1,571		(20	)		(1	)%
NGL (Bbls per day)		256		149		107			72	%
Total (Boe per day) ⁽¹⁾		1,698		1,376		322			23	%

Average Sale Price:
Crude Oil ($/Bbl)	$	75.82	$	75.54	$	0.28			-	%
Natural Gas ($/Mcf)		1.23		2.29		(1.06	)		(46	)%
NGL ($/Bbl)		26.53		21.46		5.07			24	%

Net Operating Revenues (in thousands):
Crude Oil	$	8,250	$	6,705	$	1,545			23	%
Natural Gas		176		330		(154	)		(47	)%
NGL		624		295		329			112	%
Total Revenues	$	9,050	$	7,330	$	1,720			23	%

(1) Assumes 6 Mcf of natural gas equivalents to 1 barrel of oil.

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Total crude oil, natural gas and NGL revenues for the three-month period ended September 30, 2024, increased $1.7 million, or 23%, to $9.0 million, compared to $7.3 million for the same period a year ago, due to a favorable volume variance of $1.7 million. There was a negligible price variance over the periods. The increase in overall production volume is related to our participation in 13 new non-operated wells in the D-J Basin and the drilling and completion of three operated wells with a third-party in the Permian Basin both in the latter part of Q1 2024. We also recognized additional production from our participating in another six wells in the D-J Basin which production began in latter part of Q3 2024.

Operating Expenses and Other Income

The following table summarizes our production costs and operating expenses for the periods indicated (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	September 30,					Increase			% Increase
	2024		2023			(Decrease)			(Decrease)
Direct Lease Operating Expenses	$	1,603	$	1,106		$	497			45	%
Workovers		124		373			(249	)		(67	)%
Gain on ARO Settlement		-		(11	)		11			100	%
Other*		829		777			52			7	%
Total Lease Operating Expenses	$	2,556	$	2,245		$	311			14	%

Depreciation, Depletion,
Amortization and Accretion	$	3,055	$	2,932		$	123			4	%

General and Administrative (Cash)	$	879	$	786		$	93			12	%
Share-Based Compensation (Non-Cash)		464		511			(47	)		(9	)%
Total General and Administrative Expense	$	1,343	$	1,297		$	46			4	%

Gain on Sale of Oil and Gas Properties	$	735	$	-		$	735			100	%

Interest Income	$	84	$	88		$	(4	)		(5	)%
Other Income	$	-	$	5		$	(5	)		(100	)%

* Includes severance, ad valorem taxes, workover adjustments and assessment and marketing costs.

Lease Operating Expenses.The increase of $0.3 million was primarily due to higher direct and variable lease operating expenses associated with the higher oil volume resulting from the increased number of wells and increased oil production during the current year’s period, compared to the prior year’s period, due to our participation in new wells in the D-J Basin, as well as production from our recently completed wells.

Depreciation, Depletion, Amortization and Accretion. The $0.1 million increase was primarily the result of higher crude oil and NGL volumes resulting from the increased number of wells and increased oil production from our new wells, compared to the prior year’s period.

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General and Administrative Expenses (excluding share-based compensation).The $0.1 million increase was primarily the result of additional payroll and software licensing fees.

Share-Based Compensation. Share-based compensation, which is included in general and administrative expenses in the Statements of Operations, decreased nominally due to the forfeiture of certain employee stock-based options due to certain voluntary employee terminations. Share-based compensation is utilized for the purpose of conserving cash resources for use in field development activities and operations.

Gain on Sale of Oil and Gas Properties. The Company sold leasehold rights to 320 net acres located in the D-J Basin for net cash proceeds of $0.7 million and recognized a gain on sale of oil and gas properties of $0.7 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2024. We had no sales of oil and gas properties during the nine months ended September 30, 2023.

Interest Income. Includes interest earned from our interest-bearing cash accounts, for which interest rates have remained relatively flat in the current period, compared to the prior period and interest on our note receivable. There was no other income in the current period compared to a nominal amount in the prior period.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 vs. Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023

We reported net income for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024 of $6.4 million, or $0.07 per share, compared to net income for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2023 of $4.3 million or $0.05 per share. The increase in net income of $2.1 million when comparing the current period to the prior year’s period was primarily due to a $4.9 million increase in revenues coupled with a $0.7 million gain on sale of oil and gas properties, offset by a $3.5 million increase in total operating expenses (each discussed in more detail below).

Net Revenues

The following table sets forth the operating results and production data for the periods indicated:

	Nine Months Ended September 30,				Increase			% Increase
	2024		2023		(Decrease)			(Decrease)
Sale Volumes:
Crude Oil (Bbls)		349,185		304,487		44,698			15	%
Natural Gas (Mcf)		420,182		353,179		67,003			19	%
NGL (Bbls)		54,148		42,737		11,411			27	%
Total (Boe) ⁽¹⁾		473,363		406,087		67,276			17	%

Crude Oil (Bbls per day)		1,274		1,115		159			14	%
Natural Gas (Mcf per day)		1,534		1,294		240			19	%
NGL (Bbls per day)		198		157		41			26	%
Total (Boe per day) ⁽¹⁾		1,728		1,488		240			16	%

Average Sale Price:
Crude Oil ($/Bbl)	$	76.34	$	72.18	$	4.16			6	%
Natural Gas ($/Mcf)		1.90		3.11		(1.21	)		(39	)%
NGL ($/Bbl)		28.11		22.60		5.51			24	%

Net Operating Revenues (in thousands):
Crude Oil	$	26,656	$	21,977	$	4,679			21	%
Natural Gas		799		1,099		(300	)		(27	)%
NGL		1,522		966		556			58	%
Total Revenues	$	28,977	$	24,042	$	4,935			21	%

(1) Assumes 6 Mcf of natural gas equivalents to 1 barrel of oil.

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Total crude oil, natural gas and NGL revenues for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024, increased $4.9 million, or 21%, to $29.0 million, compared to $24.1 million for the same period a year ago, due to a favorable price variance of $1.1 million, coupled with a favorable volume variance of $3.8 million. The increase in production volume is related to our participation in 13 new non-operated wells in the D-J Basin and the drilling and completion of three operated wells with a third-party in the Permian Basin, both in the latter part of Q1 2024. The increase in production volume is related to our participation in 13 new non-operated wells in the D-J Basin and the drilling and completion of three operated wells with a third-party in the Permian Basin both in the latter part of Q1 2024. We also recognized additional production from our participation in another six wells in the D-J Basin which production began in the latter part of Q2 2024.

Operating Expenses and Other Income

The following table summarizes our production costs and operating expenses for the periods indicated (in thousands):

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						Increase			% Increase
	2024			2023			(Decrease)			(Decrease)
Direct Lease Operating Expenses	$	4,670		$	3,476		$	1,194			34	%
Workovers		859			1,313			(454	)		(35	)%
Gain on ARO Settlement		-			(11	)		11			100	%
Other*		3,106			2,762			344			12	%
Total Lease Operating Expenses	$	8,635		$	7,540		$	1,095			15	%

Depreciation, Depletion,
Amortization and Accretion	$	10,782		$	8,411		$	2,371			28	%

General and Administrative (Cash)	$	2,820		$	2,572		$	248			10	%
Share-Based Compensation (Non-Cash)		1,401			1,546			(145	)		(9	)%
Total General and Administrative Expense	$	4,221		$	4,118		$	103			3	%

Gain on sale of oil and gas properties	$	735		$	-		$	735			100	%

Interest Income	$	326		$	272		$	54			20	%
Gain on sale of fixed asset	$	12		$	-		$	12			100	%
Other (Expense) Income	$	(43	)	$	40		$	(83	)		(208	)%

* Includes severance, ad valorem taxes, workover adjustments and assessment and marketing costs.

Lease Operating Expenses. The increase of $1.1 million was primarily due to higher direct and variable lease operating expenses associated with the higher oil volume resulting from the increased number of wells and increased oil production during the current year’s period, compared to the prior year’s period, due to our participation in new wells in the D-J Basin, as well as production from our recently completed wells.

Depreciation, Depletion, Amortization and Accretion. The $2.4 million increase was primarily the result of higher crude oil, natural gas and NGL volumes resulting from the increased number of wells and increased oil production from our new wells, compared to the prior year’s period.

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General and Administrative Expenses (excluding share-based compensation).The $0.2 million increase was primarily the result of additional payroll and software licensing fees.

Gain on Sale of Fixed Asset. Relates to the sale of a vehicle and the subsequent purchase of another vehicle in the current period.

Interest Income and Other (Expense) Income. Includes interest earned from our interest-bearing cash accounts, for which interest rates have remained relatively flat in the current period, compared to the prior period, and interest on our note receivable. Other expense in the current period primarily relates to the subsequent disposition of a cash escrow bank balance related to the sale of our wholly-owned subsidiary EOR Operating Company. Other income in the prior period is primarily related to the sale of used pipe.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The primary sources of cash for the Company during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024, were from $29.0 million in sales of crude oil and natural gas and $0.8 million from a sale of oil and gas properties. The primary uses of cash were funds used for drilling, completion and operating costs.

Working Capital

At September 30, 2024, the Company’s total current assets of $11.0 million exceeded its total current liabilities of $5.2 million, resulting in a working capital surplus of $5.8 million, while at December 31, 2023, the Company’s total current assets of $24.6 million exceeded its total current liabilities of $18.9 million, resulting in a working capital surplus of $5.7 million. The $0.1 million increase in our working capital surplus is primarily related to an increase in oil and gas receivables from production sales, offset by cash used to reduce payables related to our current capital drilling program (described above).

Financing

On September 11, 2024, we entered into a new $250 million reserve-based lending facility (the “RBL” or “Facility”) with Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders (including Citibank, N.A.) from time to time a party thereto. The Facility has a maturity of four years and provides for an initial borrowing base of $20.0 million and an aggregate maximum revolving credit amount of $250 million. The Company has not drawn down any borrowings under the Facility as of the date of this Report.

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Cash Flows (in thousands)

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2024			2023
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	8,547		$	11,425
Net cash used in investing activities		(22,098	)		(27,655	)
Net cash provided by financing activities		-			-
Net decrease in cash and restricted cash	$	(13,551	)	$	(16,230	)

Cash flows provided by operating activities. Net cash provided by operating activities decreased by $2.9 million for the current year’s period, when compared to the prior year’s period, primarily due to an increase in net income of $2.1 million and a $2.4 million increase in depreciation, depletion and amortization (predominantly from production increases noted above), offset by a $0.7 million gain on sale of oil and gas properties and a fixed asset and a $6.7 million net decrease to our other components of working capital (predominantly from an increase in accruals and payables from our recent drilling and completion activity).

Cash flows used in investing activities. Net cash used in investing activities decreased by $5.6 million for the current year’s period, when compared to the prior year’s period, primarily due to $4.8 million less in capital spending, coupled with $0.8 million in proceeds from the sale of oil and gas properties in the current period.

Cash flows financing activities. There were no cash flow financing activities in the current or prior period.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

We have included EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA in this Report as supplements to generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”) measures of performance to provide investors with an additional financial analytical framework which management uses, in addition to historical operating results, as the basis for financial, operational and planning decisions and present measurements that third parties have indicated are useful in assessing the Company and its results of operations. “EBITDA” represents net income before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. “Adjusted EBITDA” represents EBITDA, less share-based compensation, gain on sale of oil and gas properties and gain on sale of fixed assets. Adjusted EBITDA excludes certain items that we believe affect the comparability of operating results and can exclude items that are generally non-recurring in nature or whose timing and/or amount cannot be reasonably estimated. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are presented because we believe they provide additional useful information to investors due to the various noncash items during the period. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are also frequently used by analysts, investors and other interested parties to evaluate companies in our industry. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA have limitations as analytical tools, and you should not consider them in isolation, or as a substitute for analysis of our operating results as reported under GAAP. Some of these limitations are: EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect cash expenditures, future requirements for capital expenditures, or contractual commitments; EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, working capital needs; and EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect the significant interest expense, or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments, on debt or cash income tax payments. For example, although depreciation and amortization are noncash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will often have to be replaced in the future, and EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect any cash requirements for such replacements. Additionally, other companies in our industry may calculate EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA differently than PEDEVCO Corp. does, limiting its usefulness as a comparative measure. You should not consider EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA in isolation, or as substitutes for analysis of the Company’s results as reported under GAAP. The Company’s presentation of these measures should not be construed as an inference that future results will be unaffected by unusual or nonrecurring items. We compensate for these limitations by providing a reconciliation of each of these non-GAAP measures to the most comparable GAAP measure. We encourage investors and others to review our business, results of operations, and financial information in their entirety, not to rely on any single financial measure, and to view these non-GAAP measures in conjunction with the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure. The following table presents a reconciliation of the GAAP financial measure of net income to the non-GAAP financial measure of Adjusted EBITDA (in thousands):

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	Three Months Ended					Nine Months Ended
	September 30,					September 30,
	2024			2023		2024			2023
Net income	$	2,915		$	949	$	6,369		$	4,285
Add (deduct)
Depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion		3,055			2,932		10,782			8,411
EBITDA		5,970			3,881		17,151			12,696
Add (deduct)
Share-based compensation		464			511		1,401			1,546
Gain on sale of fixed assets		-			-		(12	)		-
Gain on sale of oil and gas properties		(735	)		-		(735	)		-
Adjusted EBITDA	$	5,699		$	4,392	$	17,805		$	14,242

Critical Accounting Estimates

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. We believe the following critical accounting policies affect our most significant judgments and estimates used in preparation of our financial statements.

Oil and Gas Properties, Successful Efforts Method. The successful efforts method of accounting is used for oil and gas exploration and production activities. Under this method, all costs for development wells, support equipment and facilities, and proved mineral interests in oil and gas properties are capitalized. Geological and geophysical costs are expensed when incurred. Costs of exploratory wells are capitalized as exploration and evaluation assets pending determination of whether the wells find proved oil and gas reserves. Proved oil and gas reserves are the estimated quantities of crude oil and natural gas which geological and engineering data demonstrate with reasonable certainty to be recoverable in future years from known reservoirs under existing economic and operating conditions, (i.e., prices and costs as of the date the estimate is made). Prices include consideration of changes in existing prices provided only by contractual arrangements, but not on escalations based upon future conditions.

Exploratory wells in areas not requiring major capital expenditures are evaluated for economic viability within one year of completion of drilling. The related well costs are expensed as dry holes if it is determined that such economic viability is not attained. Otherwise, the related well costs are reclassified to oil and gas properties and subject to impairment review. For exploratory wells that are found to have economically viable reserves in areas where major capital expenditure will be required before production can commence, the related well costs remain capitalized only if additional drilling is under way or firmly planned. Otherwise, the related well costs are expensed as dry holes.

Exploration and evaluation expenditures incurred subsequent to the acquisition of an exploration asset in a business combination are accounted for in accordance with the policy outlined above.

Depreciation, depletion and amortization of capitalized oil and gas properties is calculated on a field-by-field basis using the unit of production method. Lease acquisition costs are amortized over the total estimated proved developed and undeveloped reserves and all other capitalized costs are amortized over proved developed reserves. Costs specific to developmental wells for which drilling is in progress or uncompleted are capitalized as wells in progress and not subject to amortization until completion and production commences, at which time amortization on the basis of production will begin.

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Revenue Recognition. The Company’s revenue is comprised entirely of revenue from exploration and production activities. The Company’s oil is sold primarily to marketers, gatherers, and refiners. Natural gas is sold primarily to interstate and intrastate natural-gas pipelines, direct end-users, industrial users, local distribution companies, and natural-gas marketers. NGLs are sold primarily to direct end-users, refiners, and marketers. Payment is generally received from the customer in the month following delivery.

Contracts with customers have varying terms, including month-to-month contracts, and contracts with a finite term. The Company recognizes sales revenues for oil, natural gas, and NGLs based on the amount of each product sold to a customer when control transfers to the customer. Generally, control transfers at the time of delivery to the customer at a pipeline interconnect, the tailgate of a processing facility, or as a tanker lifting is completed. Revenue is measured based on the contract price, which may be index-based or fixed, and may include adjustments for market differentials and downstream costs incurred by the customer, including gathering, transportation, and fuel costs.

Revenues are recognized for the sale of the Company’s net share of production volumes. Sales on behalf of other working interest owners and royalty interest owners are not recognized as revenues.

Stock-Based Compensation. Pursuant to the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation, which establishes accounting for equity instruments exchanged for employee service, we utilize the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the fair value of employee stock option awards at the date of grant, which requires the input of highly subjective assumptions, including expected volatility and expected life. Changes in these inputs and assumptions can materially affect the measure of estimated fair value of our share-based compensation. These assumptions are subjective and generally require significant analysis and judgment to develop. When estimating fair value, some of the assumptions will be based on, or determined from, external data and other assumptions may be derived from our historical experience with stock-based payment arrangements. The appropriate weight to place on historical experience is a matter of judgment, based on relevant facts and circumstances. We estimate volatility by considering historical stock volatility. We have opted to use the simplified method for estimating expected term, which is equal to the midpoint between the vesting period and the contractual term.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements.

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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Pursuant to Item 305(e) of Regulation S-K (§ 229.305(e)), the Company is not required to provide the information required by this Item as it is a “smaller reporting company,” as defined by Rule 229.10(f)(1).

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, as appropriate, in order to allow timely decisions in connection with required disclosure.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”)(the Principal Executive Officer) and Chief Accounting Officer (“CAO”)(the Principal Financial/Accounting Officer), we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report. Based on this evaluation, our CEO and CAO concluded as of September 30, 2024, that our disclosure controls and procedures were designed at a reasonable assurance level and were effective to provide reasonable assurance that the information we are required to disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended September 30, 2024, that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting, including any corrective actions regarding significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls and Procedures

In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. In addition, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and that management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative to their costs.

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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Litigation and Regulatory Proceedings

Although we may, from time to time, be involved in litigation and claims arising out of our operations in the normal course of business, we are not currently a party to any material legal proceeding or government proceeding.

Environmental Contingencies

The nature of the natural gas and oil business carries with it certain environmental risks for us and our subsidiaries. We have implemented various policies, programs and procedures to attempt to reduce and mitigate such environmental risks.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

There have been no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the Commission on March 18, 2024 (the “Form 10-K”), under the heading “Item 1A. Risk Factors”, other than as discussed below, and investors are encouraged to review such risk factors in the Annual Report and below, prior to making an investment in the Company. Any of these factors, in whole or in part, could materially and adversely affect the Company’s business, financial condition, operating results and stock price.

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The requirements, restrictions and covenants in our RBL, including interest payable thereunder, may restrict our ability to operate our business and might lead to a default under such agreement.

As of the date of this Report, the RBL has a balance of $0. Amounts, if any, that we borrow under the RBL, are due on September 11, 2028.

Borrowings under the RBL may be alternate base rate (“ABR”) loans or SOFR loans, at the election of the Company. Interest is payable quarterly for ABR loans and at the end of the applicable interest period for SOFR loans. SOFR loans bear interest at the forward-looking term rate based on the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (“SOFR”) for a one, three or six-month interest period plus an applicable margin ranging from 300 to 400 basis points, depending on the percentage of the borrowing base utilized, plus an additional 10 basis point credit spread adjustment (the “SOFR Rate”). ABR loans bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the greatest of: (i) the prime rate as publicly announced by Citibank; (ii) the federal funds effective rate plus 50 basis points; and (iii) the adjusted forward-looking term rate based on SOFR for a one-month interest period plus 100 basis points, plus an applicable margin ranging from 200 to 300 basis points, depending on the percentage of the borrowing base utilized (the “ABR Rate”). The Company also pays a commitment fee on unused commitment amounts under its facility of 37.5 basis points or 50 basis points, depending on the percentage of the borrowing base utilized. The Company may repay any amounts borrowed under the RBL prior to the maturity date without any premium or penalty, and is required to repay certain portions of the amounts borrowed under the RBL upon the occurrence of certain events.

The RBL includes customary representations and warranties, and affirmative and negative covenants of the Company for a facility of that size and type, including prohibiting the Loan Parties from creating any indebtedness without the consent of the lenders, subject to certain exceptions, and requiring the Company to have a net leverage ratio (the ratio of (a) total net debt to (b) EBITDAX) of no less than 1.0 to 1.0 and a current ratio (the ratio of (i) consolidated current assets to (ii) consolidated current liabilities) of no less than 1.0 to 1.0. EBITDAX is defined as Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation (or Depletion), Amortization, and Exploration Expense.

In addition, the RBL is subject to customary events of default for a facility of this size and type, including a change in control. If an event of default occurs and is continuing, the administrative agent may, with the consent of majority lenders, or shall, at the request of the majority lenders, accelerate any amounts outstanding and terminate lender commitments and declare the entire amount of obligations owed under the RBL immediately due and payable and take certain other actions provided for under the RBL.

As a result of these requirements, covenants and limitations, we may not be able to respond to changes in business and economic conditions and to obtain additional financing, if needed, and we may be prevented from engaging in transactions that might otherwise be beneficial to us. The breach of any of these requirements or covenants could result in a default under the RBL or future credit facilities. Upon the occurrence of an event of default, the lenders could elect to declare all amounts outstanding under such RBL or future debt facilities, including accrued interest or other obligations, to be immediately due and payable. If amounts outstanding under such RBL or future debt facilities were to be accelerated, our assets might not be sufficient to repay in full that indebtedness and our other indebtedness.

A prolonged period of weak, or a significant decrease in, industry activity and overall markets may make it difficult to comply with our covenants and the other restrictions in the agreements governing our debt and current global and market conditions have increased the potential for that difficulty.

Our obligations under the RBL are secured by a first priority security interest in substantially all of our assets and various Company guarantees.

The amounts borrowed pursuant to the terms of the RBL are secured by substantially all of the present and after-acquired assets of the Company and its subsidiaries. Additionally, certain of our subsidiaries have guaranteed the amounts due, and obligations under, the RBL.

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As a result of the above, our creditors, in the event of the occurrence of a default under the RBL, may enforce their security interests over our assets and/or our subsidiaries which secure such obligations, may take control of our assets and operations, force us to seek bankruptcy protection, or force us to curtail or abandon our current business plans and operations. If that were to happen, any investment in the Company (including, but not limited to any investment in our common stock) could become worthless.

Continued increases in interest rates will cause our debt service obligations to increase and may have an adverse effect on our operations.

The amounts borrowed under the RBL bear interest at either the SOFR Rate or the ABR Rate. Interest rates have recently been subject to increasing volatility and any increase in the interest rates associated with our floating-rate debt would increase our debt service costs and affect our results of operations. In addition, a future increase in interest rates could adversely affect our future ability to obtain financing or materially increase the cost of any additional financing.

Changes in interest rates could also have a material adverse impact on our earnings and cash flows. Because our future notes payable are expected to have variable interest rates, our business results are expected to be subject to fluctuations in interest rates. Changes in market interest rates may influence our financing costs, returns on financial investments and the valuation of derivative contracts and could reduce our earnings and cash flows.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

The Company did not issue or sell any unregistered equity securities during the quarter ended September 30, 2024, and through the date of the filing of this Report.

Use of Proceeds From Sale of Registered Securities

None.

Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

None.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not Applicable.

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

(c) Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans.

Our directors and executive officers may from time to time enter into plans or other arrangements for the purchase or sale of our shares that are intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) or may represent a non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement under the Exchange Act. During the quarter ended September 30, 2024, none of the Company’s directors or officers (as defined in Rule 16a-1(f)) adopted or terminated any contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of Company securities that was intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) or any “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement”.

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

		Incorporated
Exhibit No.	Description	By Reference Form	Exhibit	Filing Date	File Number
10.1	First Amendment to PEDEVCO Corp. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (1)	8-K	10.1	8/30/2024	001-35922
10.2	PEDEVCO Corp. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan Form of Restricted Shares Grant Agreement (2)	S-8	99.3	9/1/2021	333-259248
10.3+	Credit Agreement dated September 11, 2024, by and among PEDEVCO Corp., as borrower, and Citibank N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the Lenders Party Thereto	8-K	10.1	9/11/2024	001-35922
31.1*	Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2*	Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1**	Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.2**	Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
101.INS*	Inline XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document
101.SCH*	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL*	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF*	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB*	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE*	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
104*	Inline XBRL for the cover page of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, included in the Exhibit 101 Inline XBRL Document Set

*	Filed herewith.
**	Furnished herewith.
#	Indicates management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
+	Certain schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. A copy of any omitted schedule or exhibit will be furnished supplementally to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request; provided, however that the Company may request confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for any schedule or exhibit so furnished.
#	Indicates management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	PEDEVCO Corp.

November 14, 2024	By:	/s/ Dr. Simon G. Kukes
		Dr. Simon G. Kukes
		Chief Executive Officer
		(Principal Executive Officer)

	PEDEVCO Corp.

November 14, 2024	By:	/s/ Paul A. Pinkston
		Paul A. Pinkston
		Chief Accounting Officer
		(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

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Date	Price Target	Rating	Analyst
1/28/2022	$2.00	Buy	EF Hutton
1/24/2022	$1.95	Buy	Roth Capital

SEC Form 10-Q filed by Pedevco Corp.

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Alliance Global Partners Initiates Coverage On PEDEVCO with Buy Rating, Announces Price Target of $1.75

EF Hutton Maintains Buy on PEDEVCO, Maintains $2.25 Price Target

PEDEVCO Announces Update On Its On Three New Wells In Permian Basin

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EF Hutton initiated coverage on PEDEVCO with a new price target

Roth Capital initiated coverage on PEDEVCO with a new price target

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SEC Filings

Pedevco Corp. filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibits