Interim Report • Aug 9, 2025
Interim Report
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Pursuant to National Instrument 51-102 Continuous Disclosure Obligations, Part 4, subsection 4.3(3)(a) issued by the Canadian Securities Administrators, if an auditor has not performed a review of the interim financial statements, they must be accompanied by a notice indicating that the financial statements have not been reviewed by an auditor.
The accompanying unaudited consolidated interim financial statements of Questerre Energy Corporation for the interim reporting period ended June 30, 2025, have been prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standards 34, Interim Financial Reporting, as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, and are the responsibility of the Company's management.
The Company's external auditors, Ernst & Young LLP, have not performed a review of these unaudited consolidated interim financial statements in accordance with the standards established by Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada for a review of interim financial statements by an entity's external auditor.
| June 30, | December 31, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ thousands) |
Note | 2025 | 2024 | ||
| Assets | |||||
| Current Assets | |||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | \$ | 18,343 | \$ | 31,791 | |
| Accounts receivable | 4,634 | 3,242 | |||
| Deposits and prepaid expenses | 1,858 | 1,402 | |||
| 24,835 | 36,435 | ||||
| Right-of-use assets | 98 | 128 | |||
| Investments | 3 | 4,144 | 4,359 | ||
| Property, plant and equipment | 4 | 135,300 | 116,695 | ||
| Exploration and evaluation | 5 | 5,599 | 13,106 | ||
| \$ 169,976 | \$ | 170,723 | |||
| Liabilities | |||||
| Current Liabilities | |||||
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | \$ | 11,328 | \$ | 12,496 | |
| Lease liabilities | 49 | 56 | |||
| Credit facilities | 11 | 21 | 49 | ||
| Current portion of asset retirement obligation | 6 | 329 | 799 | ||
| 11,727 | 13,400 | ||||
| Lease liabilities | 62 | 83 | |||
| Asset retirement obligation | 6 | 19,832 | 18,611 | ||
| \$ | 31,621 | \$ | 32,094 | ||
| Shareholders' Equity | |||||
| Share capital | 7 | \$ 429,878 | \$ | 429,878 | |
| Contributed surplus | 29,911 | 29,283 | |||
| Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | 667 | 896 | |||
| Deficit | (322,101) | (321,428) | |||
| 138,355 | 138,629 | ||||
| \$ 169,976 | \$ | 170,723 |
The notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated interim financial statements.
| Three months ended June 30, |
Six months ended June 30, |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ thousands) |
Note | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||
| Revenue | |||||||||
| Petroleum and natural gas sales including royalty revenue |
10 | \$ | 13,675 | \$ | 8,847 | \$ | 22,805 | \$ | 17,845 |
| Royalties | (2,205) | (87) | (2,753) | (1,134) | |||||
| Petroleum and natural gas sales, net of royalties | 11,470 | 8,760 | 20,052 | 16,711 | |||||
| Expenses | |||||||||
| Direct operating | 5,309 | 3,546 | 9,021 | 7,624 | |||||
| General and administrative | 1,291 | 1,078 | 2,631 | 2,267 | |||||
| Depletion, depreciation, and accretion | 4,6 | 5,491 | 2,858 | 8,768 | 5,726 | ||||
| Gain on equity investment | 3 | (6) | (6) | (12) | (11) | ||||
| Share based compensation | 8 | 213 | 345 | 667 | 662 | ||||
| Net interest and other income | (151) | (323) | (350) | (644) | |||||
| 12,147 | 7,498 | 20,725 | 15,624 | ||||||
| Net income (loss) | \$ | (677) | \$ | 1,262 | \$ | (673) | \$ | 1,087 | |
| Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax | |||||||||
| Items that may be reclassified subsequently to net income: |
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| Foreign currency translation adjustment | (1) | 69 | (2) | 214 | |||||
| Gain (loss) on foreign exchange on investments | 3 | (223) | 38 | (227) | 156 | ||||
| (224) | 107 | (229) | 370 | ||||||
| Total comprehensive income (loss) | \$ | (901) | \$ | 1,369 | \$ | (902) | \$ | 1,457 | |
| Net income (loss) per share | |||||||||
| Basic and diluted | 7 | \$ | – | \$ | – | \$ | – | \$ | – |
The notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated interim financial statements.
(unaudited)
| 2024 |
|---|
| 429,878 |
| 27,908 |
| 817 |
| 28,725 |
| (20) |
| 370 |
| 350 |
| (314,099) |
| 1,087 |
| (313,012) |
| 145,941 |
The notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated interim financial statements.
(unaudited)
| Three months ended June | 30, | Six months ended June 30, |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ thousands) |
2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | |||||
| Operating Activities | |||||||||
| Net income (loss) | \$ | (677) | \$ | 1,262 | \$ | (673) | \$ | 1,087 | |
| Adjustments for: | |||||||||
| Depletion, depreciation, and accretion | 4,6 | 5,491 | 2,858 | 8,768 | 5,726 | ||||
| Share based compensation | 8 | 213 | 345 | 487 | 662 | ||||
| Gain on equity investment | 3 | (6) | (6) | (12) | (14) | ||||
| Abandonment expenditures | 6 | (16) | (4) | (23) | (33) | ||||
| 5,005 | 4,455 | 8,547 | 7,428 | ||||||
| Change in non-cash working capital | 1,283 | (1,314) | 1,099 | (1,659) | |||||
| Net cash from operating activities | \$ | 6,288 | \$ | 3,141 | \$ | 9,646 | \$ | 5,769 | |
| Investing Activities | |||||||||
| Property, plant and equipment expenditures | 4 | (1,048) | (817) | (3,850) | (768) | ||||
| Exploration and evaluation expenditures | 5 | – | (6,217) | (15,062) | (8,896) | ||||
| Change in non-cash working capital | (13,536) | 5,076 | (4,152) | 5,967 | |||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | \$ | (14,584) | \$ | (1,958) | \$ | (23,064) | \$ | (3,697) | |
| Financing Activities | |||||||||
| Principal portion of lease payments | (15) | (16) | (30) | (31) | |||||
| Drawdown under credit facilities | – | 1 | – | 2 | |||||
| Net cash used in financing activities | \$ | (15) | \$ | (15) | \$ | (30) | \$ | (29) | |
| Change in cash, cash equivalents | (8,311) | 1,168 | (13,448) | 2,043 | |||||
| Cash and equivalents, beginning of period | 26,654 | 35,913 | 31,791 | 35,038 | |||||
| Cash, cash equivalents, end of period | \$ | 18,343 | \$ | 37,081 | \$ | 18,343 | \$ | 37,081 |
The notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated interim financial statements.
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, and 2024 (unaudited)
Questerre Energy Corporation ("Questerre" or the "Company") is an energy technology and innovation company. It is leveraging its expertise gained through early exposure to low permeability reservoirs to acquire significant high-quality resources. These condensed consolidated interim financial statements of the Company as at and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, and 2024 comprise the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries.
Questerre is incorporated under the laws of the Province of Alberta and is domiciled in Canada. The address of its registered office is 1650, 801 – 6 Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta.
These unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements of Questerre were approved by the Board of Directors on August 8, 2025.
The preparation of financial statements requires management to use judgment in applying its accounting policies and estimates and assumptions about the future that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements follow the same accounting policies as the most recent annual audited consolidated financial statements. The interim consolidated financial statements note disclosures do not include all of those required by International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") applicable for annual consolidated financial statements. Accordingly, these condensed interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company's audited annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024, which have been prepared in accordance with IFRS as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board. Certain information and disclosures normally included in the notes to the annual consolidated financial statements have been condensed or omitted from these condensed interim consolidated financial statements.
There were no new or amended accounting standards or interpretations issued during the six months period ended June 30, 2025, that are applicable to the Company in future periods. A detailed description of accounting standards and interpretations that will be adopted by the Company in future periods can be found in the notes to the annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Red Leaf Resources Inc. ("Red Leaf") is a private Utah-based oil shale and technology company whose principal assets are its proprietary EcoShale technology to recover oil from shale, its oil shale leases and its assets in the Uinta Basin in the state of Utah.
Questerre holds 132,292 common shares, representing just over 40% of the common share capital of Red Leaf and 288 Series A Preferred Shares of Red Leaf representing less than 16% of the issued and outstanding preferred shares capital of Red Leaf.
Questerre has determined its investment in Red Leaf will be accounted for using the equity method. This is based on several criteria including its current equity interest in Red Leaf and ability to participate in the decision-making process of Red Leaf through its current Board representation. The following table sets out the changes in the investment over the respective year to date periods:
| June 30, | December 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ thousands) |
2025 | 2024 | ||
| Balance, beginning of year | \$ 4,359 |
\$ | 4,471 | |
| Gain (loss) on equity investment | 12 | (474) | ||
| Gain (loss) on foreign exchange | (227) | 362 | ||
| Balance, end of period | \$ 4,144 |
\$ | 4,359 |
For the six months ended June 30, 2025, the loss on foreign exchange relating to investments was \$0.2 million (December 31, 2024: \$0.4 million gain).
The following table provides a reconciliation of the Company's property, plant, and equipment assets:
| (\$ thousands) |
|
|---|---|
| Cost or deemed cost: | |
| Balance, December 31, 2023 | \$ 314,321 |
| Additions including change to asset retirement | 4,000 |
| Transfer from exploration and evaluation assets | 8,605 |
| Balance, December 31, 2024 | 326,926 |
| Additions including change to asset retirement | 4,571 |
| Transfer from exploration and evaluation assets | 22,569 |
| Balance, June 30, 2025 | \$ 354,066 |
Accumulated depletion, depreciation and impairment losses:
| Balance, December 31, 2023 | \$ 198,386 |
|---|---|
| Depletion and depreciation | 11,845 |
| Balance, December 31, 2024 | 210,231 |
| Depletion and depreciation | 8,535 |
| Balance, June 30, 2025 | \$ 218,766 |
| (\$ thousands) |
|
| Net book value: | |
| At December 31, 2024 | \$ 116,695 |
| At June 30, 2025 | \$ 135,300 |
During the period ended June 30, 2025, the Company capitalized \$0.3 million (2024: nil) in administrative overhead and \$0.1 million (2024: nil) in share based compensation expense directly related to development activities. The June 30, 2025 depletion calculation includes estimated future development costs of \$308.1 million (December 31, 2024: \$293.6 million).
No indicators of impairment nor indicators to reverse previously recorded impairment were identified as at June 30, 2025.
The following table provides a reconciliation of the Company's exploration and evaluation assets for the respective periods:
| June 30, | December 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ thousands) |
2025 | 2024 | ||
| Balance, beginning of year | \$ 13,106 |
\$ | 12,287 | |
| Additions | 15,062 | 16,344 | ||
| Transfers to property, plant and equipment | (22,569) | (8,605) | ||
| Foreign currency translation adjustment - Jordan | – | 943 | ||
| Impairment of Jordan asset | – | (7,863) | ||
| Balance, end of period | \$ 5,599 |
\$ | 13,106 |
During the period ended June 30, 2025, the Company did not capitalize administrative overhead charges (December 31, 2024: \$0.4 million) or share based compensation expense (December 31, 2024: \$0.3 million) directly related to exploration and evaluation activities.
The Company determined that there were no impairment indicators for its exploration and evaluation assets as of June 30, 2025.
The Company's asset retirement and abandonment obligations result from its ownership interest in oil and natural gas assets. The total asset retirement obligation is estimated based on the Company's net ownership interest in all wells and facilities, estimated costs to reclaim and abandon these wells and facilities, and the estimated timing of the costs to be incurred in future periods. The Company has estimated the net present value of the asset retirement obligation to be \$20.2 million as at June 30, 2025 (December 31, 2024: \$19.4 million) based on an undiscounted total future liability of \$22.9 million (December 31, 2024: \$24.6 million). These payments are expected to be made over the next 40 years. The average discount factor, being the risk-free rate related to the liabilities, is 2.87% (December 31, 2024: 3.06%). An inflation rate of 2% (December 31, 2024: 2%) over the varying lives of the assets is used to calculate the present value of the asset retirement obligation.
The following table provides a reconciliation of the Company's total asset retirement obligation on a year to date basis:
| June 30, | December 31, | |
|---|---|---|
| (\$ thousands) |
2025 | 2024 |
| Balance, beginning of year | \$ 19,410 |
\$ 19,064 |
| Liabilities settled | (23) | (49) |
| Revisions due to change in estimates and discount rates | 507 | (537) |
| Liabilities incurred | – | 352 |
| Accretion | 267 | 580 |
| Balance, end of period | \$ 20,161 |
\$ 19,410 |
| Current portion | 329 | 799 |
| Non-current portion | 19,832 | 18,611 |
| Balance, end of period | \$ 20,161 |
\$ 19,410 |
The Company is authorized to issue an unlimited number of Class "A" Common voting shares ("Common Shares"). The Company is also authorized to issue an unlimited number of Class "B" Common voting shares and an unlimited number of preferred shares, issuable in one or more series. At June 30, 2025, there were no Class "B" Common voting shares or preferred shares outstanding.
| Number | Amount | |
|---|---|---|
| (thousands) | (\$ | thousands) |
| Balance December 31, 2024 and June 30, 2025 428,516 |
\$ | 429,878 |
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share is calculated as follows:
| Three months ended June 30, |
Six months ended June 30, |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (thousands, noted) except as |
2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||
| Net income (loss) | \$ | (677) | \$ | 1,262 | \$ | (673) | \$ | 1,087 |
| Weighted average Common Shares beginning of period and | ||||||||
| outstanding | 428,516 | 428,516 | 428,516 | 428,516 | ||||
| Basic net income (loss) per share | \$ | – | \$ | – | \$ | – | \$ | – |
| Three months ended June 30, |
Six months ended June 30, |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (thousands, except as noted) | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||
| Net income (loss) | \$ (677) |
\$ | 1,262 | \$ | (673) | \$ | 1,087 | |
| Weighted average Common Shares outstanding (basic) | 428,516 | 428,516 | 428,516 | 428,516 | ||||
| Effect of outstanding options | – | 2,811 | – | 2,732 | ||||
| Weighted average Common Shares outstanding (diluted) | 428,516 | 431,327 | 428,516 | 431,248 | ||||
| Diluted net income (loss) per share | \$ – |
\$ | – | \$ | – | \$ | – |
Under the current stock option plan, options can be exchanged for Common Shares, or for cash at the Company's discretion. The average market value of the Company's shares for purposes of calculating the dilutive effect of options was based on quoted market prices for the period that the options were outstanding. For the six months ended June 30, 2025, 22.5 million options (June 30, 2024: 23.9 million options) were excluded from the diluted weighted average number of Common Shares outstanding as they were out of the money and their effect would have been anti-dilutive.
The Company has a stock option program that provides for the issuance of options to its directors, officers and employees at or above grant date market prices. The options granted under the plan generally vest evenly over a three-year period starting at the grant date. The grants expire five years from the grant date. The Company accounts for its share-based compensation awards on the basis that the options will be equity settled. In the first quarter, the Company cash settled 5.9 million options for a payment of \$0.2 million.
For the six months ending June 30, 2025, the Company issued 6.7 million options with an estimated fair value of \$0.18 per option. The grant price was equivalent or greater than the market price on the date of issuance. The options were valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The weighted average assumptions used by the Company in this pricing model were as follows: Volatility (%): 102.60, Risk Free Rate (%): 2.91, Expected Life (years): 5.0 and Unvested Forfeiture Rate (%): 8.46.
On a year to date basis, the number and weighted average exercise prices of the outstanding stock options are as follows:
| June 30, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weighted | Weighted | |||||
| Number of | Average Exercise |
Number of | Average Exercise |
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| Options | Options | |||||
| (thousands) | Price | (thousands) | Price | |||
| Outstanding, beginning of period | 38,295 | \$ | 0.25 | 38,140 | \$ | 0.26 |
| Granted | 6,675 | 0.23 | 6,950 | 0.25 | ||
| Forfeited/cancelled | (2,880) | 0.22 | (620) | 0.27 | ||
| Expired | (325) | 0.16 | (6,175) | 0.29 | ||
| Exercised | (5,975) | 0.20 | – | – | ||
| Outstanding, end of period | 35,790 | \$ | 0.25 | 38,295 | \$ | 0.25 |
| Exercisable, end of period | 25,400 | \$ | 0.26 | 29,704 | \$ | 0.25 |
The Company's activities expose it to a variety of financial risks that arise as a result of its exploration, development, production, and financing activities such as credit risk, liquidity risk and market risk. The Company manages its exposure to these risks by operating in a manner that minimizes this exposure.
The Company's financial instruments as at June 30, 2025, included cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, deposits, investments, credit facilities and accounts payable and accrued liabilities. As at June 30, 2025, excluding the investment in Red Leaf, the fair values of the Company's financial assets and liabilities equaled their carrying values due to the short-term maturity.
Market risk is the risk that changes in market prices, such as commodity prices, foreign exchange rates and interest rates will affect the Company's profit or loss or the value of its financial instruments. The objective of the Company is to mitigate exposure to these risks while maximizing returns to the Company.
Commodity price risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows will fluctuate as a result of changes in commodity prices. Commodity prices for oil and natural gas are impacted not only by the relationship between the Canadian and United States dollar, but also world economic events that dictate the levels of supply and demand. The Company may enter into oil and natural gas contracts to protect, to the extent possible, its cash flow on future sales. The contracts reduce the volatility in sales revenue by locking in prices with respect to future deliveries of oil and natural gas.
As at June 30, 2025, the Company had no outstanding commodity risk management contracts.
All of Questerre's petroleum and natural gas sales are denominated in Canadian dollars; however, the underlying market prices for these commodities are impacted by the exchange rate between Canada and the United States. The Company also incurs expenditures in its Jordanian subsidiary that are denominated in Jordanian Dinar and United States dollars.
As at June 30, 2025, the Company had no forward foreign exchange contracts in place.
Credit risk represents the potential financial loss to the Company if a customer or counterparty to a financial instrument fails to meet or discharge their obligation to the Company. Credit risk arises principally from the Company's receivables from joint venture partners and oil and gas marketers. The Company manages the credit risk associated with its oil and gas marketers by transacting with high quality counterparties, establishing concentration limits, monitoring credit ratings and if required the posting of guarantees.
Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company will not be able to meet its financial obligations as they become due. The Company's processes for managing liquidity risk include ensuring, to the extent possible, that it will have sufficient liquidity to meet its liabilities when they become due. The Company prepares annual capital expenditure budgets which are monitored and are updated as required. In addition, the Company requires authorizations for expenditures on projects to assist with the management of capital.
Since the Company operates in the upstream oil and natural gas industry, it requires sufficient cash to fund capital programs necessary to maintain or increase production, develop reserves and to potentially acquire strategic assets. The Company's capital programs are funded principally by cash obtained through its credit facilities, equity issuances and from operating activities. During times of low oil and natural gas prices or when cash resources may be limited, a portion of capital programs can generally be deferred, however, due to the long cycle times and the importance to future cash flow in maintaining the Company's production, it may be necessary to utilize alternative sources of capital to continue the Company's strategic investment plan during periods of low commodity prices. As a result, the Company frequently evaluates the options available with respect to sources of long and short-term capital resources. Occasionally, to the extent possible, the Company will use derivative instruments to manage cash flow in the event of commodity price declines.
The Company's financial obligations relate to amounts due under the credit facilities, including trade and other payables, which consist of invoices payable to trade suppliers relating to the office and field operating activities and its capital spending program. The Company processes invoices within a normal payment period and all amounts are due within the next 12 months.
| Three months ended June 30, |
Six months ended June 30, |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (\$ thousands) |
2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||
| Crude oil and natural gas liquids | \$ | 11,929 | \$ | 8,328 | \$ | 20,094 | \$ | 16,232 |
| Natural gas | 1,575 | 502 | 2,526 | 1,581 | ||||
| Royalty revenue | 171 | 17 | 185 | 32 | ||||
| \$ | 13,675 | \$ | 8,847 | \$ | 22,805 | \$ | 17,845 |
As at June 30, 2025, the credit facilities consisted primarily of a revolving operating demand facility of \$16 million. The facility can be used for general corporate purposes, ongoing operations and capital expenditures within Canada. The effective interest rate on the facilities for the six months ended June 30, 2025, was 6.10% (June 30, 2024: 8.16%). As at June 30, 2025, and December 31, 2024, a very nominal amount was drawn on the facility and the Company held unrestricted cash of over \$18.3 million and \$31.8 million respectively. The credit facilities are secured by a debenture with a first floating charge over all assets of the Company and a general assignment of books debts. Under the terms of the credit facilities, the Company has provided a covenant that it will maintain an Adjusted Working Capital Ratio greater than 1.0. The ratio is defined as current assets (excluding unrealized hedging gains and including undrawn Credit Facility A availability) to current liabilities (excluding bank debt outstanding and unrealized hedging losses). The Adjusted Working Capital Ratio at June 30, 2025, was 3.49 and the covenant was met.
The credit facilities are demand facilities and can be reduced, amended or eliminated by the lender for reasons beyond the Company's control. Should the credit facilities, in fact, be reduced or eliminated, the Company would need to seek alternative credit facilities or consider the issuance of equity to enhance its liquidity.
In July, Questerre entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of PX Energy, a privately held oil shale production and refining company based on Southern Brazil by way of acquisition of the shares of its indirect parent companies (the "Acquisition"). For the three months ended March 31, 2025, PX Energy's reported production of 4,500 boe per day. The Company is in active discussions with prospective local partners for up to 50% of this acquisition.
Subject to the closing of the Acquisition, the purchase consideration will include the issuance of up to 65 million Common Shares as follows:
The Company has retained a Norwegian-based investment banking firm as financial advisor to advise on the existing outstanding debt of PX Energy including US\$80 million in senior secured bonds in Forbes Resources Brazil Holding SA, the parent company of PX Energy. The Company is anticipating that a stronger sponsor will be well received by the bondholders and the holders of US\$8 million in convertible promissory notes in F&M Resources a related company.
Completion of the Acquisition is subject to several conditions, including satisfactory due diligence review, board approval, standard regulatory approvals (including acceptance from the Toronto Stock Exchange and Oslo Stock Exchange and third-party approvals including satisfactory waivers by the bond holders and convertible noteholders in favor of Questerre. Where applicable, the proposed Acquisition cannot close until the required shareholder approval is obtained. There can be no assurance that the Acquisition will be completed as proposed or at all.
In conjunction with the Acquisition, the Company anticipates its Quebec assets (the "Quebec Assets") could be transferred into a separate sidecar subsidiary company. If completed, Questerre anticipates distributing either preferred shares of Questerre or shares of the new entity to its existing shareholders ahead of the closing of the acquisition of PX Energy in order not to dilute its existing shareholders' position in the Quebec Assets.
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