SEC Comment Letter for NGAS Resources Inc (CIK 0000746834) — Jun 21, 2005
NGAS Resources Inc (CIK 0000746834)
Date: June 21, 2005 · CIK: 0000746834 · Accession: 0000000000-05-031411
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Referenced dates: May 6, 2005
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June 21, 2005
Mr. William S. Daugherty
President and Chief Executive Officer
NGAS Resources, Inc.
120 Prosperous Place, Suite 201
Lexington, KY 40509-1844
Re: NGAS Resources Inc.
Form S-3
Filed May 19, 2005
Form 10-KSB for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004
Filed March 16, 2005
Form 10-Q for Fiscal Quarter Ended March 31, 2005
Filed May 12, 2005
Response Letter Dated May 6, 2005
File No. 0-12185
Dear Mr. Daugherty:
We have reviewed your response letter and have the following
comments. We have limited our review to only your financial
statements and related disclosures and do not intend to expand our
review to other portions of your documents. Where indicated, we
think you should revise your document in response to these
comments.
If you disagree, we will consider your explanation as to why our
comment is inapplicable or a revision is unnecessary. Please be
as
detailed as necessary in your explanation. In some of our
comments,
we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better
understand your disclosure. After reviewing this information, we
may
raise additional comments.
Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004
Financial Statements, page F-2
1. We have reviewed your response to prior comment 3, including
the
Statement of Changes in Shareholders` Equity which you plan to
include in your amended filing. The dollar amounts of common
stock
issued for cash in 2003 and 2004 on your new schedule do not agree
to
the corresponding items on your cash flow statement. Please
modify
your presentation as necessary to resolve these differences when
filing your amendment.
2. Along with the reconciliations of shareholders` equity and net
income you have proposed to include in the amended filing, in
responding to prior comment 4 and addressing the differences
between
Canadian and U.S. GAAP, please also include your representation
that
there are no differences in the manner of presenting cash flows,
if
true.
3. Please ensure that you include error correction disclosures in
your amended filing to address the changes in operating and
financing
cash flows that are necessary to correct the presentation of
changes
in your subscription receivable account, which you agreed to make
in
response to prior comment 9; and also to address the changes in
gross
margin that are necessary to reflect all costs of sales in that
measure, consistent with your response to prior comment 8.
4. Include an explanatory note in the forepart of your amended
filing
to identify the key areas of the document that have changed,
compared
to your original filing for the period, and to briefly explain the
primary reasons for the amendment.
Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, page F-5
(d) - Oil and Gas Properties, page F-5
5. We have considered your response to prior comment 10, in which
we
asked that you disclose information about your accounting for
exploratory drilling costs. We note that your proposed disclosure
does not address all the items requested in our February 11, 2005
Industry Letter, regarding exploratory drilling costs. If you
have
not deferred any costs of this sort, please disclose this fact.
Otherwise, we reissue prior comment 10.
Closing Comments
As appropriate, please amend your filing and respond to
these
comments within 10 business days or tell us when you will provide
us
with a response. You may wish to provide us with marked copies of
the amendment to expedite our review. Please furnish a cover
letter
with your amendment that keys your responses to our comments and
provides any requested information. Detailed cover letters
greatly
facilitate our review. Please understand that we may have
additional
comments after reviewing your amendment and responses to our
comments.
You may contact Gary Newberry at (202) 551-3761 or Karl
Hiller,
Branch Chief, at (202) 551-3686, if you have questions regarding
comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please
contact Jason Wynn at (202) 551-3756 me at (202) 551-3740 with
any
other questions.
Sincerely,
H. Roger Schwall
Assistant Director
cc: Mr. Gary Smith
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Mr. William S. Daugherty
NGAS Resources Inc.
June 21, 2005
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549-0405
DIVISION OF
CORPORATION FINANCE
MAIL STOP 04-05
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