Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 1, 2019

Viking Energy Group, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada

000-29219

98-0199508

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

15915 Katy Freeway

Suite 450, Houston, Texas

77094

(Address of principal executive offices)

(zip code)

(281) 404-4387

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

_____________________________________________

(former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Emerging growth company o

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ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS.

On May 1, 2019, Mid-Con Development, LLC (“Mid-Con”), one of the subsidiaries of the registrant, Viking Energy Group, Inc. (“Viking”), sold to an independent third party all of its interests in the oil and gas assets Mid-Con owned in Ellis and Rooks Counties, Kansas, consisting of working interests in approximately 41 oil leases comprising several thousand acres. The sale price was $4,100,000, $3,800,000 of which was applied toward the reserve-based loan (“RBL”) previously provided by CrossFirst Bank to Mid-Con and certain of Viking’s other subsidiaries. The principal balance of the RBL was reduced from approximately $11,400,000 to approximately $7,600,000 as a result of the payment. The balance of the sale proceeds were used for transaction costs and working capital purposes.

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 hereunto duly authorized.