UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
(Mark One)
x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009
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¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Commission file number 000-26669
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada | | 86-0865852 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
8205 Aqua Spray Avenue Las Vegas, Nevada | | 89128 |
(Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (702) 243-1849
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act: None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act: Common Stock, $0.001 par valuePreferred Stock, $0.001 par value, 5% cumulative
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
¨Yes x No
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act.
¨Yes x No
Indicate by checkmark 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. x Yes o No
Indicate by checkmark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Website, if any, every Interactive Data Filed required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period the registrant was requires to submit and post such files) ¨Yes x No
Indicate by checkmark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer o | | Accelerated filer o |
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Non-accelerated filer o (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | | Smaller reporting company o |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes ¨ No x
State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed first fiscal quarter. $2,342,128 based on a share value of $0.0790.
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date. 29,647,196 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value, outstanding on March 31, 2009.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
List hereunder the following documents if incorporated by reference and the Part of the Form 10-K (e.g., Part I, Part II, etc.) into which the document is incorporated: (1) Any annual report to security holders; (2) Any proxy or information statement; and (3) Any prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) under the Securities Act of 1933. The listed documents should be clearly described for identification purposes (e.g., annual report to security holders for fiscal year ended December 24, 1980).
None.
CAN-CAL RESOURCES LTD.
FORM 10-K
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I | | 2 |
| Item 1. Business (and Information for Item 2 on Properties) | | 2 |
| Item 1A. Risk Factors | | 4 |
| Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments | | 9 |
| Item 2. Properties | | 9 |
| Item 3. Legal Proceedings | | 27 |
| Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders | | 27 |
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PART II | | 27 |
| Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities | | 27 |
| Item 6. Selected Financial Data | | 29 |
| Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis | | 30 |
| Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk | | 32 |
| Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data | | 32 |
| Item 9. Changes and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure | | 33 |
| Item 9A(T). Controls and Procedures | | 33 |
| Item 9B. Other Information | | 35 |
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Part III | | 35 |
| Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance | | 35 |
| Item 11. Executive Compensation | | 37 |
| Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters | | 38 |
| Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence | | 39 |
| Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services | | 39 |
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Part IV | | 41 |
| 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules | | 41 |
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This document contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact are “forward-looking statements” for purposes of federal and state securities laws, including, but not limited to, any projections of earnings, revenue or other financial items; any statements of the plans, strategies and objections of management for future operations; any statements concerning proposed new services or developments; any statements regarding future economic conditions or performance; any statements or belief; and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing.
Forward-looking statements may include the words “may,” “could,” “estimate,” “intend,” “continue,” “believe,” “expect” or “anticipate” or other similar words. These forward-looking statements present our estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this report. Accordingly, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the dates on which they are made. We do not undertake to update forward-looking statements to reflect the impact of circumstances or events that arise after the dates they are made. You should, however, consult further disclosures we make in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K.
Although we believe that the expectations reflected in any of our forward-looking statements are reasonable, actual results could differ materially from those projected or assumed in any of our forward-looking statements. Our future financial condition and results of operations, as well as any forward-looking statements, are subject to change and inherent risks and uncertainties. The factors influencing these risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to:
· | deterioration in general or regional economic, market and political conditions; |
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· | our ability to diversify our operations; |
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· | actions and initiatives taken by both current and potential competitors; |
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· | inability to raise additional financing for working capital; |
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· | the fact that our accounting policies and methods are fundamental to how we report our financial condition and results of operations, and they may require management to make estimates about matters that are inherently uncertain; |
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· | adverse state or federal legislation or regulation that increases the costs of compliance, or adverse findings by a regulator with respect to existing operations; |
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· | changes in U.S. GAAP or in the legal, regulatory and legislative environments in the markets in which we operate; |
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· | inability to efficiently manage our operations; |
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· | inability to achieve future operating results; |
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· | the unavailability of funds for capital expenditures; |
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· | our ability to recruit and hire key employees; |
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· | the inability of management to effectively implement our strategies and business plans; and |
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· | the other risks and uncertainties detailed in this report. |
In this form 10-K references to “Can-Cal”, “the Company”, “we,” “us,” “our” and similar terms refer to Can-Cal Resources Ltd.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
Can-Cal files annual, quarterly and special reports and other information with the SEC. You can read these SEC filings and reports over the Internet at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or on our website at www.can-cal.com. You can also obtain copies of the documents at prescribed rates by writing to the Public Reference Section of the SEC at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549 on official business days between the hours of 10:00 am and 3:00 pm. Please call the SEC at (800) SEC-0330 for further information on the operations of the public reference facilities. We will provide a copy of our annual report to security holders, including audited financial statements, at no charge upon receipt to of a written request to us at Can-Cal Resources Ltd., 8205 Aqua Spray Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada 89128.
PART I
Item 1. Business (and Information for Item 2 on Properties).
Business Development
Can-Cal Resources Ltd. is a Nevada corporation incorporated on March 22, 1995 under the name of British Pubs USA, Inc. as a wholly owned subsidiary of 305856 B.C., Ltd. d/b/a N.W. Electric Carriage Company (“NWE”), a British Columbia, Canada company (“NWE”). On April 12, 1995, NWE exchanged shares of British Pubs USA, Inc. for shares of NWE held by its existing shareholders, on a share for share basis. NWE changed its name to Can-Cal Resources Ltd. on July 2, 1996.
In January 1999, the company sold its wholly owned Canadian subsidiary, Scotmar Industries, Inc., which was engaged in the business of buying and salvaging damaged trucks from insurance companies for resale of guaranteed truck part components. The subsidiary was sold for a profit and the proceeds used to acquire and explore mineral properties, as the Company determined that the subsidiary would lose money in the vehicle salvage business unless more capital was obtained specifically for that business.
Business of Issuer
The Company is an exploration company. Since 1996, we have examined various mineral properties prospective for precious metals and minerals and acquired those deemed promising. We own, lease or have mining interest in four mineral properties in the southwestern United States (California and Arizona, as follows: Wikieup, Arizona; Cerbat, Arizona; Owl Canyon, California; and Pisgah, California).
Prior to 2003, we performed more than 1,000 “in-house” assays on mineral samples from our properties in the United States. An assay is a test performed on a sample of minerals to determine the quantity of one or more elements contained in the sample. The in-house work was conducted with our equipment by persons under Can-Cal contract who are experienced in performing assays, but who were not independent of us. We also sent samples of materials from which we obtained the most promising results to outside independent assayers to confirm in-house results.
All the United States properties are considered “grass roots” because they are not known to contain reserves of precious metals or other minerals (a reserve is that portion of a mineral deposit, which could be economically and legally extracted or produced at the time of the reserve determination). None of these properties is in production.
In 2005, we sold $11,500 of volcanic cinder materials from the Pisgah, California property to industrial users. As of June 1, 2005, we have discontinued sales of volcanic cinder materials.
In 2003, the Company incorporated a wholly owned subsidiary in Mexico, Sierra Madre Resources S.A. de C.V. (“SMR”), to be an operating entity for mining-related acquisitions and activities in Mexico. In February 2004, SMR acquired a 100 % interest in a gold-silver mineral concession, in Durango State, Mexico. In July 2004, SMR applied to the Mexican Government for a gold-silver concession, also in Durango State, Mexico. These were exploration stage properties, referred to in previous Company reports as “Arco Project” and “Arco 2 Project”. In November 2004, SMR applied to Mexico’s Director of Mines for three grass roots, gold-silver exploration concessions located in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico. These applications were subsequently cancelled in February 2005 due to incomplete application filings. SMR may reapply for one or more of these concessions in the future, but has currently ceased operations in Mexico.
The Company’s current focus has changed from Mexico to the United States with present emphasis on the Pisgah Mountain material and Wikieup material. The Company has presently engaged an independent consultant who is “qualified” under the British Columbia Securities law to perform mineral resource testing on Pisgah and Wikieup.
To the extent that financing is available, we intend to explore, develop, and, if producible and warranted, bring into production precious metals properties for our own account or in conjunction with joint venture partners (in those instances where we acquire less than a 100% interest in a property). However, either due to a combination of a lack of available financing, the number of properties which merit development, and/or the scope of the exploration and development work of a particular property being beyond the Company’s financial and administrative capabilities, the Company may contract out one or more of its properties to other mining companies.
Executive offices are located at 8205 Aqua Spray Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada 89128 (tel. 702.243.1849; fax 702.243.1869).
In the course of conducting our business operations, we are exposed to a variety of risks that are inherent to our industry. The following discusses some of the key inherent risk factors that could affect our business and operations, as well as other risk factors, which are particularly relevant to us in the current period of significant economic and market disruption. Other factors besides those discussed below or elsewhere in this report also could adversely affect our business and operations, and these risk factors should not be considered a complete list of potential risks that may affect us.
Losses to Date and General Risks Faced by the Company.
We are an exploration stage company engaged in the acquisition and exploration of precious metals mineral properties. To date, we have no producing properties. As a result, we have had minimal sources of operating revenue and we have historically operated and continue to operate at a loss. For the year ended December 31, 2009, the company recorded a net loss of $595,554 and had an accumulated deficit of $9,682,728 at that date. Our ultimate success will depend on our ability to generate profits from our properties.
We lack operating cash flow and rely on external funding sources. If we are unable to continue to obtain needed capital from outside sources, we will be forced to reduce or curtail our operations.
Further, exploration and development of the mineral properties in which we hold interests depends upon our ability to obtain financing through:
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As a mineral exploration company, our ability to commence production and generate profits is dependent on our ability to discover viable and economic mineral reserves. Our ability to discover such reserves are subject to numerous factors, most of which are beyond our control and are not predictable.
Exploration for gold is speculative in nature, involves many risks and is frequently unsuccessful. Any gold exploration program entails risks relating to:
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| | Development of appropriate metallurgical processes, - Receipt of necessary governmental approvals, and |
| | Construction of mining and processing facilities at any site chosen for mining. |
The commercial viability of a mineral deposit is dependent on a number of factors including:
| | The particular attributes of the deposit, such as its size, grade and proximity to infrastructure, financing costs, taxation, royalties, land tenure, land use, water use, power use, and foreign government regulations restricting importing and exporting gold and environmental protection requirements. |
All of the mineral properties in which we have an interest or right are in the exploration stages only and are without reserves of gold or other precious metals minerals. We cannot assure that current or proposed exploration or development programs on properties in which we have an interest will result in the discovery of gold or other mineral reserves or will result in a profitable commercial mining operation.
The audit report on the financial statements at December 31, 2009 has a “going concern” qualification, which means we may not be able to continue operations unless we obtain additional funding and are successful with our strategic plan.
The Company has experienced losses since inception. The extended period over which losses have been experienced is principally attributable to the fact that a lot of money has been spent on exploring grass roots mineral properties to determine if precious metals might be present in economic quantities. In order to fund future activities the Company must identify and verify the presence of precious metals in economic quantities, which is currently ongoing “In House” in addition to independent third party testing. If economic results are identified, the Company then would either seek to raise capital itself, to put the Pisgah property and the Wikieup into production, or sell the properties to another company, or place the properties into a joint venture with another company.
Attaining these objectives will require capital, which the Company will have to obtain principally by selling stock in the company. We have no definitive arrangements in place to raise the necessary capital to continue operations; however, positive analytical reports by independent third parties would possibly assist in raising capital to sustain operations
As an exploration company, we are subject to the risks of the minerals business.
The exploration for minerals is highly speculative and involves risks different from and in some instances greater than risks encountered by companies in other industries. Most exploration programs do not result in the discovery of mineralization, which is economic to mine, and most exploration programs never recover the funds invested in them. Without extensive technical and economic feasibility studies, no one can know if any property can be mined at a profit. Even with promising reserve reports and feasibility studies, profits are not assured.
The British Columbia Securities Commission has required us to obtain a report by an independent consultant qualified under the standards of the BCSC.
The British Columbia Securities Commission (“BCSC”) required the Company to obtain a report by an independent consultant qualified under the standards of the BCSC. Under British Columbia securities laws, all disclosure of scientific or technical information, including disclosure of a mineral resource or mineral reserve must be based on information prepared by or under the supervision of an independent third party who is “qualified” under the terms of that law. The Company was under order to supply such verification by a “qualified” third party consultant, and its stock was not to be traded in British Columbia until such verification is accepted by the BCSC. In April of 2009, the Company had complied with the requirements of the BCSC as a result, the cease trade order was lifted in British Columbia. The BCSC has also requested documentation regarding all subscribers to the Company stock who are residents in British Columbia, which the Company has provided to the best of its ability.
While the Company has retained such a “qualified” third party consultant who is in the process of preparing and filing the necessary reports with the BCSC, there can be no assurance that the reports will satisfy the BCSC. Further investigatory proceedings by the BCSC will require the Company to expend funds on legal fees, and there is no assurance that the Company would be able to comply with the BCSC’s order and/or continue as a going concern if it cannot afford to pay such legal fees.
We have not systematically drilled and sampled any of our properties to confirm the presence of any concentrations of precious metals, and drilling and sampling results to date have been inconclusive.
A limited amount of the sample test work was conducted by independent parties; most of that kind of work, and the drilling and other exploration work, was conducted by consultants or persons employed by us. Can-Cal is currently conducting “In House” evaluations of the material in addition to testing by an independent third party consultant.
There is substantial risk that such testing on the United States properties would show limited concentrations of precious metals, and such testing may show a lack of precious metals in the properties. Any positive test results will only confirm the presence of precious metals in the samples, and it cannot be assumed that precious metals-bearing materials exist outside of the samples tested.
Policy Changes.
Changes in regulatory or political policy could adversely affect our exploration and future production activities. Any changes in government policy, in the United States or other countries where properties are or may be held, could result in changes to laws affecting ownership of assets, land tenure, mining policies, taxation, environmental regulations, and labor relations.
Environmental costs.
Compliance with environmental regulations could adversely affect our exploration and future production activities. There can be no assurance that future changes to environmental legislation and related regulations, if any, will not adversely affect our operations.
Future reserve estimates.
All of the mineral properties in which we have an interest or right are in the exploration stages only and are without reserves of gold or other minerals. If and when we can prove such reserves, reserve estimates may not be accurate. There is a degree of uncertainty attributable to any calculation of reserves or resources. Until reserves or resources are actually mined and processed, the quantity of reserves or resources must be considered as estimates only. In addition, the quantity of reserves or resources may vary depending on metal prices. Any material change in the quantity of reserves, resource grade or stripping ratio may affect the economic viability of our properties. In addition, there can be no assurance that mineral recoveries in small-scale laboratory tests will be duplicated in large tests under on-site conditions or during production.
Because our common stock is deemed a low-priced “Penny” stock, an investment in our common stock should be considered high risk and subject to marketability restrictions.
Since our common stock is a penny stock, as defined in Rule 3a51-1 under the Securities Exchange Act, it will be more difficult for investors to liquidate their investment even if and when a market develops for the common stock. Until the trading price of the common stock rises above $5.00 per share, if ever, trading in the common stock is subject to the penny stock rules of the Securities Exchange Act specified in rules 15g-1 through 15g-10. Those rules require broker-dealers, before effecting transactions in any penny stock, to:
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| · | Disclose the amount of compensation received by the broker-dealer or any associated person of the broker-dealer; |
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| · | Send monthly statements to customers with market and price information about the penny stock; and |
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| · | In some circumstances, approve the purchaser’s account under certain standards and deliver written statements to the customer with information specified in the rules. |
Consequently, the penny stock rules may restrict the ability or willingness of broker-dealers to sell the common stock and may affect the ability of holders to sell their common stock in the secondary market and the price at which such holders can sell any such securities. These additional procedures could also limit our ability to raise additional capital in the future.
If we fail to remain current on our reporting requirements, our common stock could be removed from the OTC Bulletin Board, which would limit the ability of broker-dealers to sell our securities and the ability of stockholders to sell their securities in the secondary market.
Companies trading on the OTC Bulletin Board, such as us, must be reporting issuers under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and must be current in their reports under Section 13, in order to maintain price quotation privileges on the OTC Bulletin Board. More specifically, FINRA has enacted Rule 6530, which determines eligibility of issuers quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board by requiring an issuer to be current in its filings with the Commission. Pursuant to Rule 6530(e), if we file our reports late with the Commission three times in a two-year period or our securities are removed from the OTC Bulletin Board for failure to timely file twice in a two-year period then we will be ineligible for quotation on the OTC Bulletin Board. As a result, the market liquidity for our securities could be severely adversely affected by limiting the ability of broker-dealers to sell our securities and the ability of stockholders to sell their securities in the secondary market. We have not been late in any of our SEC reports through December 31, 2009.
FINRA sales practice requirements may also limit a stockholder’s ability to buy and sell our stock.
In addition to the “penny stock” rules described above, FINRA has adopted rules that require that in recommending an investment to a customer, a broker-dealer must have reasonable grounds for believing that the investment is suitable for that customer. Prior to recommending speculative low priced securities to their non-institutional customers, broker-dealers must make reasonable efforts to obtain information about the customer’s financial status, tax status, investment objectives and other information. Under interpretations of these rules, the FINRA believes that there is a high probability that speculative low priced securities will not be suitable for at least some customers. The FINRA requirements make it more difficult for broker-dealers to recommend that their customers buy our common stock, which may limit your ability to buy and sell our stock and have an adverse effect on the market for our shares.
Our internal controls may be inadequate, which could cause our financial reporting to be unreliable and lead to misinformation being disseminated to the public.
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. As defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f), internal control over financial reporting is a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the principal executive and principal financial officer and effected by the board of directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and includes those policies and procedures that: (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company, and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
We have a limited number of personnel that are required to perform various roles and duties as well as be responsible for monitoring and ensuring compliance with our internal control procedures. As a result, our internal controls may be inadequate or ineffective, which could cause our financial reporting to be unreliable and lead to misinformation being disseminated to the public. Investors relying upon this misinformation may make an uninformed investment decision.
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.
Not applicable.
Item 2. Properties.
GENERAL
We own or have interests in four United States properties. They are:
· | Pisgah, San Bernardino County, California |
A summary of important features about each of these properties is set forth in Exhibit 99.1 to our Form 10-KSB/A filed on March 11, 2009, and investors should take care to review this summary.
On September 26, 2006, the Company signed a letter of intent with E.R.S. Ltd., an Israeli owned Cyprus corporation with offices located in Tel Aviv. The letter of intent was to expand testing by E.R.S. on material from Can-Cal’s Pisgah property. The Company and E.R.S. did not enter into a definitive agreement in 2007. As of January 8, 2008, E.R.S. advised the Company that it wished to continue negotiations for a definitive agreement.
In May and June 2006, Can-Cal acquired an additional 66 20-acre lode claims for the filing cost of $1,200. This increased the Company’s property holding to 1,900 acres or 2.97 square miles of 95 lode claims.
In April, June, July and September 2006, the Company conducted further surface sampling and rock wall sampling on its Wikieup, Arizona property. These samples were shipped to ALS Chemex, an internationally recognized assayer for fire assays (process of testing the original head ore material at high temperatures to determine the recoverability of precious metals) and I.C.P. tests. The preliminary assay results were encouraging and the Company will continue with further surface sampling from various areas of the approximate six square miles of claimed land.
On August 28, 2006, Can-Cal acquired an additional 1,800 acres from the Rose Trust in exchange for 1,000,000 restricted shares of its common stock. This increased the Company’s property holding on its Wikieup, Arizona property to 3700 acres or approximately six square miles of 185 lode claims. The area is accessed by gravel road just off highway 93 approximately eight miles from the town of Wikieup, Arizona.
Adits (A type of entrance to underground mine shafts), tunnels and open pit locations following what may be a trend (direction that an ore body may follow) or vein structure (faults and cracks caused by shifts in the earth that had filled in with silica fluids and other magma volcanics which solidified leaving minerals behind) over a large region have been found on the property. The legacy of previous mining activity including; abandoned equipment, stone built homes, a cement water reservoir and numerous tailings piles, or piles of dirt left over from previous mining operations, can be seen from various locations.
The geology of the Wikieup area claims is comprised of Precambrian ganoids and gneiss. Outcrop is extensive on the property and rock units include diorite, gabbro and granitic dikes. The Company is continuing the surface sampling program and plans to hire an independent geologist for continued exploration.
In the United States, one property is owned (patented mining claims on a volcanic cinders property at Pisgah, California), one is leased with an option to purchase (the Cerbat property in Mohave County, Arizona), and two properties are groups of unpatented mining claims located on federal public land and managed by the United States Bureau of Land Management (the “BLM”): the Owl Canyon property (23 miles northeast of Baker, California); and the Wikieup property (in Mohave County, Arizona).
In the United States, unpatented claims are “located” or “staked” by individuals or companies on federal public land. Each placer claim covers 160 acres and each lode claim covers 20 acres. The Company is obligated to pay a maintenance fee of $125 per claim per year to the BLM and file an Affidavit of Assessment Work with the County showing labor and improvements of at least $100 for each claim yearly.
If the statutes and regulations for the location and maintenance of a mining claim in the United States are complied with, the locator obtains a valid possessory right, or claim, to the contained minerals. Failure to pay such fees or make the required filings may render the mining claim void or voidable. We believe we have valid claims, but, because mining claims are self-initiated and self-maintained, it is impossible to ascertain their validity solely from public real estate records. If the government challenges the validity of an unpatented mining claim, we would have the burden of proving the present economic feasibility of mining minerals located on the claims.
PISGAH, CALIFORNIA PROPERTY
GENERAL TESTING. In 1997, we acquired fee title to a “volcanic cinders” property at Pisgah, San Bernardino County, California, for $567,000. The cinders material resulted from a geologically recent volcanic eruption.
The property is privately owned and is comprised of approximately 120 acres located 10 miles southwest of Ludlow, California, with a very large hill of volcanic cinders, accessible by paved road from Interstate 40. An independent survey service hired by the Company reported that there are approximately 13,500,000 tons of volcanic cinders above the surface. Approximately 3,500,000 tons of the cinders have been screened and stockpiled, the result of prior operations by Burlington Northern Railroad Co. It processed the cinders from the hill for railroad track ballast, taking all cinders above about one inch diameter and leaving the rest on the ground surface within one-quarter mile of the hill. The remaining material in the hill and the material left over from Burlington’s operations can easily be removed by front-end loaders and loaded into dump trucks for hauling. The Cinder and Cinder #2 patented mining claims contain morphologically young alkali basalt and hawaiite lava flows and cinder (rock types created by volcanic activity). The cinder and spatter cone is about 100 meters high and has a basal diameter (circumference area at the base of the volcanic material) of about 500 meters, and was formed by the splattering of lava into a cone shape during volcanic activity. The volcanic cone and crater consists of unsorted basalis tephra (volcanic material), ranging from finest ash, through scoriascious cinders and blocks, or slag like structures born from igneous rock, to dense and broken bombs up to two meters in dimension.
The Company owns equipment, which was acquired in connection with the property, and is located on the property: a ball mill used for crushing cinders, truck loading pads, two buildings, large storage tanks, conveyors to load trucks, material silos and screening equipment.
The Pisgah property consists of patented claims we own; no fees are required to BLM or work performed on the claims to retain title to the property.
Electrical power was previously available onsite and could be reinitiated by running a new power line. The Company has reinstated testing over the past nine months and is currently conducting additional tests.
From 2000 through 2002, the Company ran numerous tests on the volcanic cinders property to determine if the material contains precious metals. Although the program indicated precious metals might exist in material taken from the Pisgah property, overall the program results were inconclusive.
Pisgah Property - Mining Lease
To generate working capital, as of May 1, 1998, we signed a Mining Lease Agreement for the Pisgah property with Twin Mountain Rock Venture, a California general partnership (“Twin Mountain,”). The Agreement is for an initial term of 10 years, with an option to renew for an additional ten-year term. Twin Mountain has the right to take 600,000 tons of volcanic cinders during the initial term, and 600,000 more tons during the additional term, for processing and sale as decorative rock. The material would be removed from the original cinder deposit, not the stockpiled material. Twin Mountain has not removed any material to date.
The agreement provides that Twin Mountain will pay minimum annual rental payments of $22,500 for the initial term and $27,500 per year for the additional term. Twin Mountain is also obligated to pay us a monthly production royalty for all material removed from the premises: The greater of 5% of gross sales f.o.b. Pisgah, or $.80 per ton for material used for block material; plus 10% of gross sales f.o.b. Pisgah for all other material. Against these payments, Twin Mountain will be credited for minimum royalty payments previously made.
Twin Mountain is current in payments, which are pledged to service company debt. Twin Mountain has not yet removed any material from the property and has not indicated when it would do so. Twin Mountain does not have the right to remove or extract any precious metals from the property; it does have the right to remove cinder material, which could contain precious metals (and Twin Mountain would have title to the removed cinder material), but it cannot process the materials for precious metals either on or off site.
Mining and reclamation permits, and an air quality permit have been issued by the California regulatory agencies in the names of both Twin Mountain and the Company. We posted a cash bond in the amount of $1,379 (1% of the total bond amount) and Twin Mountain has posted the remainder of the $137,886 bond. If Twin Mountain defaults, we would be responsible for reclamation of the property, but reclamation costs incurred in that event would be paid in whole or part by the bond posted by us and Twin Mountain. Reclamation costs are not presently determinable.
Pisgah Property - Debt Transactions
At December 31, 2009, we owed a second private lender (First Colony Merchant) a total of $760,291 including accrued interest, on three notes payable secured by a deed of trust and assignment of rents (payments under the Twin Mountain lease) on the Pisgah property. For additional consideration for part of the amounts loaned, the Company granted the lender a five-year option to purchase 300,000 restricted shares of common stock, at the lower of $0.65 per share or 50% of the lowest trading price during the month before exercise, payable in cash. The option was exercised in 2000 at $0.52 per share. In addition, in fiscal year 2000, as further consideration, we issued 45,000 restricted shares of common stock to a corporate affiliate of the lender as a loan placement fee. As of the filing date of this Annual Report, the Company is in default of principal and interest payments totaling $760,291 and has initiated forbearance on collection with the lender.
Location and Access
The Pisgah Project is located in San Bernardino County, 72 kilometers (45 miles) east of the city of Barstow, California, and 307 kilometers (192 miles) south-southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Barstow lies near the southwest border of California, east of the junction of Interstate 15, Interstate 40 and U.S. Route 66. The Project is centered at Latitude 34o 44’ 47” North, Longitude 116o 22’ 29” West (See Figures 1, 2 and 3), or UTM (metric) co-ordinates 55700 E/384500 N in Zone 11, datum point NAD 27. It lies within the NW ¼ of Section 32, Township 8 North, Range 6 East from San Bernardino Meridian and has an area of 48.4 hectares (120.2 acres).
Access to the Pisgah Project is by the paved 2-lane paved road. From the junction of Interstate 15 and Interstate 40 just east of Barstow, California travel east along Interstate 40 for 52 kilometers (32.5 miles). Take the Hector Rd. Exit and turn right onto Hector Rd. From here turn left onto Historic Route 66 for 7.4 kilometers (4.6 miles), and then turn right (south) onto the Pisgah Crater road. Follow this road for 3.2 kilometers (2.0 miles) to the Pisgah Crater workings.
Pisgah Project
General Location Map
Pisgah Project
Regional Location Map
Pisgah Project
Township Location Map
Pisgah Project
Topography Map
OWL CANYON - S & S JOINT VENTURE
In 1996, the Company entered into a Joint Venture Agreement with the Schwarz family covering approximately 425 acres of unpatented placer and lode mining claims in the Silurian Hills of California, known as Owl Canyon (“ the S&S Joint Venture.”) The S & S Joint Venture has since reduced its holdings to 160 acres of lode claims and a five-acre mill site claim. These claims are prospective for precious metals and some base metals. The property is located approximately 23 miles northeast of Baker, California, accessible by 23 miles of paved and dirt road. The Company and the Schwarz family each have a 50% interest in the venture, which is operated by a management committee, comprised of Ronald Sloan, a director of the company, and Ms. Robin Schwarz.
Holding costs are approximately $160 per year for county and BLM filing fees for each of the eight lode claims, in accordance with filings under provisions of the “Small Miner Waiver”. Work must be performed on the property each year to keep title to the claims.
Pursuant to the Joint Venture Agreement, we are funding the venture’s operations. Any income from the venture will first be paid to the Company to repay funds advanced to the venture or spent on its account, with any additional income divided 50% to the Company and 50% to the Schwarz family.
As the acquisition price of its 50% interest in the S & S Joint Venture, in 1996 the Company issued 500,000 restricted shares of common stock to the Schwarz family.
The venture owns miscellaneous drilling, milling, assay, and facilities, all of it stored at the property. The equipment is used but operational.
Prior to 2003, the Company conducted extensive preliminary testing and assaying on the Owl Canyon property. Results indicate precious metals are present in material located on the Owl Canyon property, and further exploration is warranted. Upon conclusion of the trenching program conducted by Geochemist, Bruce Ballantyne, the assay results confirmed that the “Papa Hill” section of Owl Canyon should be a designated drill target in the future.
Geology Of Owl Canyon
Mineralization on the property migrates along north/south oriented faulting and at the contact point between metamorphic and dolomite rocks. Metalliferous deposits, or deposits filled with fine metal particles, along these fractures are prevalent near the central area of Owl Canyon. Along the southern side of the property, fault contact areas exhibit localized zone alteration from migrating hydrothermal fluids, or areas altered from hot lava and hydrothermal fluids due to volcanic activity, producing a mineralized vein ranging in width from approximately 18 to 36 inches.
We have performed external and in-house fire assays on material from the Owl Canyon property, sending both trench and rock samples to independent laboratories. Approximately 15 tons of material was removed to a depth of 3 to 4 feet to expose a continuation of one of the veins. An independent laboratory analyzed samples from this material.
A detailed structural and geologic mapping survey has been completed on the property, indicating some zones in certain areas are suitable exploration targets. Currently, work on this property has been suspended. This property is without known reserves and future work would be exploratory in nature. There was no significant activity on this property in 2007.
Location
The Silurian Hills are located in the Silurian Hills 15-minute quadrangle. The property is located in the northeastern corner of the 7.5-minute series topographic map entitled North of Bank Quadrangle California - San Bernardino County in Section 9, Township 16N, Range 9E. It is centered along the topographic feature known as Owl Canyon.
The area lies within the California Desert Conservation Area administered by the Bureau of Land Management. This agency identified the Silurian Hills as having high mineral potential for silver (1980) which led the County of San Bernardino to zone the area for mining and mineral exploration.
Access
From Interstate 15 at Baker, California, access is via California State Highway 127 for a distance of nine miles north of the service center town of Baker. At the Power line Road junction turn right and travel on a USGS class 3 road generally under the Power Transmission Line for a further 9 miles. At this point, turn to the left and head north to the Silurian Hills until metal gates are reached after 5 miles of slow, track-road, travel. This is the eastern boundary of the Owl Canyon Mineral Property.
Topography
Relief at the Owl Canyon Mineral Property area ranges from 650 meters to about 775 meters (elevation 2,000 to 3,000 feet above sea level). Locally, topographic relief is on the order of 1,000 feet in less than one-half a mile along the Owl Canyon topographic feature.
CERBAT PROPERTY
On March 12, 1998, we signed a Lease and Purchase Option Agreement covering six patented mining claims in the Cerbat Mountains, Hualapai Mining District, and Mohave County, Arizona. The patented claims cover approximately 120 acres. We paid $10,000 as the initial lease payment and are obligated to pay $1,500 per quarter as minimum advance royalties. The Company has the option to purchase the property for $250,000, less payments already made. In the event of production before purchase, we will pay the lessor a production royalty of 5% of the gross returns received from the sale or other disposition of metals produced. Except for limited testing and evaluation work performed in mid- 2002, no work has been performed on this property since 1999. Access is north 15 miles from Kingman, Arizona on Highway 93, east from the historical market to Mill Ranch, then left three miles to a locked gate.
The country rock is pre-Cambrian granite, gneiss and schist complex. It is intruded by dikes of minette, granite porphyry, diabase, rhyolite, basalt and other rocks, some of which are associated with workable veins and are too greatly serieitized (altered small particles within the material) for determination. The complex is also flanked on the west by masses of the tertiary volcanic rocks, principally rhyolite. The mineralized body contains principally gold, silver and lead. They occur in fissure veins, which generally have a northeasterly trend and a steep northeasterly or southwesterly dip. Those situated north of Cerbat wash are chiefly gold bearing while those to the south principally contain silver and lead. The gangue (material that is considered to have base metals that are not precious or worth recovering for market value) is mainly quartz and the values usually favor the hanging wall. The Company has been informed by the owner that the property contains several mineshafts of up to several hundred feet in depth and tailings piles containing thousands of tons of tailings. The property has not produced since the late 1800’s.
The buildings on the property are practically valueless, owing to being in disuse for so many years.
We conducted (in late June and July 2002) a limited number of preliminary tests and assays on material taken from mine dumps (material left on the property from mining by others many years ago). It was anticipated that this material could be economically processed. However, the dump material tonnage will not support a small-scale operation without being supplemented with additional underground ore. We are considering selling or farming out the property, as there have been expressions of interest in the property from time to time. We have had no significant activity on Cerbat as of the date of this annual report.
Location and Access
The Cerbat Group of claims is located in the Hualapai Mining District about 15 miles north from Kingman, which is the nearest railroad and supply point. The state highway from Kingman to Boulder Dam and Las Vegas passes within 4 miles of the property and a good County road connects the highway with the mining site. The County road passes through the Rolling Wave and Red Dog claims making transportation available to the lower workings. An old road connects the New Discovery shaft with the Cerbat workings near the crest of the hill. This group of claims is favorably situated for trucking and transportation purposes.
WIKIEUP PROPERTY
The Wikieup property consists of 2,400 acres or approximately 3.8 square miles of 120 lode claims. The lode claims are accessed via gravel road approximately eight miles just off Highway 93 at the town of Wikieup, Arizona.
Holding costs are approximately $155 per year for county and BLM filing fees, and work must be performed on the property each year to keep title to the claims.
The geology of the area is comprised of Precambrian ganoids and gneiss. Outcrop is extensive on the property and rock units include diorite, gabbro and granitic dikes. The Company has kept the claims in good standing by submission of the required rental fees. During the past nine months, the Company has conducted surface sampling of the rock units on the property for “In House” and independent third party companies’ analytical evaluation and assay tests. We are currently holding the property for further exploration. At the present time, the property is without known reserves.
Location and Access
The Wikieup Project is located in southern Mohave County, 88 kilometers (55 miles) south of the city of Kingman, Arizona, and 253 kilometers (158 miles) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Wikieup lies on Interstate 93. It occurs at Latitude 34o 44’ 47” North, Longitude 116o 22’ 29” West, the site of Wikieup, and west from there for approximately 19 kilometers (12 miles; Figures 1, 2 and 3). The Project is located 37 kilometers (23 miles) northwest of the mining camp of Bagdad, Arizona and 25 kilometers (16 miles) northwest of the mining camp of Bagdad, Arizona.
Access to the Wikieup Project is by the paved 2-lane Interstate 93 from the village of Wikieup. A few claims straddle the highway at Wikieup, but the main body of mining claims is accessed by heading west from the junction of Interstate 93 at Wikieup onto Chicken Springs Road and following various secondary and tertiary gravel and sand roads. Many of the tertiary roads require a 4-wheeldrive vehicle for access.
Wikieup Project
General Location Map
Wikieup Project
Regional Location Map
Wikieup Project
District Location Map
Wikieup Project
Geology Map
(b)(2) Distribution methods of products or services. Not applicable.
(b)(3) The Company has not publicly announced any new product(s) or service(s).
(b)(4) The evaluation and acquisition of precious metals, mining properties and mineral properties is competitive; as there are numerous companies involved in the mining and minerals business.
Exploration for and production of minerals is highly speculative and involves greater risks than exist in many other industries. Many exploration programs do not result in the discovery of mineralization and any mineralization discovered may not be of a sufficient quantity or quality to be profitably mined. In addition, because of the uncertainties in determining metallurgical amenability of any minerals discovered, the mere discovery of mineralization may not warrant the mining of the minerals on the basis of available technology.
The Company’s decision as to whether any of the mineral properties it now holds, or which it may acquire in the future, contain commercially mineable deposits, and whether such properties should be brought into production, will depend upon the results of the exploration programs and independent feasibility analysis and the recommendation of engineers and geologists. The decision will involve the consideration and evaluation of a number of significant factors, including, but not limited to: 1. The ability to obtain all required permits; 2. Costs of bringing the property into production, including exploration and development or preparation of feasibility studies and construction of production facilities; 3. Availability and costs of financing; 4. Ongoing costs of production; 5. Market prices for the metals to be produced; and 6. The existence of reserves or mineralization with economic grades of metals or minerals. No assurance can be given that any of the properties the Company owns, leases or acquires contain (or will contain) commercially mineable mineral deposits, and no assurance can be given that the Company will ever generate a positive cash flow from production operations on such properties.
(b)(5) The Company has processed and tested mineralized materials and produced very small amounts of precious metals on a testing basis. These have come primarily from testing material from the Pisgah Mountain, Wikieup, Cerbat and the Owl Canyon properties.
(b)(6) The Company is not dependent upon one or a few major customers.
(b)(7) The Company holds no patents, trademarks, licenses, franchises, concessions, and has no labor contracts.
(b)(8) Exploration and mining operations in the United States are subject to statutory and agency requirements which address various issues, including: (i) environmental permitting and ongoing compliance, including plans of operations which are supervised by the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”), the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and state and county regulatory authorities and agencies (e.g., state departments of environmental quality) for water and air quality, hazardous waste, etc.; (ii) mine safety and OSHA generally; and (iii) wildlife (Department of Interior for migratory fowl, if attractive standing water is involved in operations). See (b)(11) below. The Company has been added by San Bernardino County as a party to the Approved Mining/ Reclamation Plan and related permits, which have been issued for the Pisgah property. See Item 2, Description of Properties - Pisgah, California - Pisgah Property Mining Lease.
(b)(9) Because any exploration (and future mining) operations of the Company would be subject to the permitting requirements of one or more agencies, the commencement of any such operations could be delayed, pending agency approval (or a determination that approval is not required because of size, etc.), or the project might even be abandoned due to prohibitive costs.
Generally, the effect of governmental regulations on the Company cannot be determined until a specific project is undertaken by the Company.
(b)(10) The Company has expended a significant amount of funds on consulting, geochemical analytical testing, metallurgical processing and extracting, and precious metal assaying of material, however, the Company does not consider those activities as research and development activities. All those expenses are borne by the Company.
(b)(11) Federal, state and local provisions regulating the discharge of material into the environment, or otherwise relating to the protection of the environment, such as the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and the Comprehensive Environmental Response Liability Act (“Superfund”) affect mineral operations. For exploration and mining operations, applicable environmental regulation includes a permitting process for mining operations, an abandoned mine reclamation program and a permitting program for industrial development. Other non- environmental regulations can impact exploration and mining operations and indirectly affect compliance with environmental regulations. For example, a state highway department may have to approve a new access road to make a project accessible at lower costs, but the new road itself may raise environmental issues. Compliance with these laws, and any regulations adopted there under, can make the development of mining claims prohibitively expensive, thereby frustrating the sale or lease of properties, or curtailing profits or royalties, which might have been received there from. In 1997, the S & S Joint Venture spent approximately $32,000 to clean up areas of the Owl Canyon properties as requested by the BLM. The Company cannot anticipate what the further costs and/or effects of compliance with any environmental laws might be. The BLM approved the S&S Joint Venture trenching program at Owl Canyon without a requirement for bonding. The BLM approved the reclamation of this trenching program in 2000. BLM demanded further clean up of the mill site and surrounding area, and the Joint Venture complied with their request in 2000.
(b)(12) The Company presently has one full-time employee and relies on outside subcontractors, consultants and agents, to perform various administrative, legal and technical functions, as required.
OTHER FINANCING TRANSACTIONS
During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company sold 2,926,600 units each consisting of one share and one warrant to purchase one share of the Company’s restricted common stock. The units were sold to various accredited Canadian investors for a total of $340,825 The warrants are exercisable at a price of $0.15 per share and expire in approximately two years from the date of issuance. These securities were issued in private transactions, with respect to the Canadian residents, in reliance on the exemption from registration with the SEC provided by Regulation S and with respect to the United States investor, in reliance upon the exemption from registration provided under Section 4(2) of the 1933 Securities Act.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
The Company is not currently a party to litigation. The British Columbia Securities Commission previously required the Company to obtain a report by an independent consultant qualified under the standards of the BCSC. Under British Columbia securities laws, all disclosure of scientific or technical information, including disclosure of a mineral resource or mineral reserve must be based on information prepared by or under the supervision of an independent third party who is “qualified” under the terms of that law. The Company is under order to supply such verification by a “qualified” third party consultant, and its stock may not trade in British Columbia until such verification is accepted by the BCSC. The BCSC has also requested documentation regarding all subscribers to the Company stock who are resident in British Columbia. The Company retained such a “qualified” third party consultant who prepared and filed the necessary reports with the BCSC. The BCSC order was lifted on or about April 27, 2009.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
We did not submit any matters to a vote of our security holders during the fourth quarter of 2009.
PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
(a) Market Information
Our Common Stock trades sporadically on the over-the-counter bulletin board market (OTC:BB) under the symbol CCRE. Our common stock has traded infrequently on the OTC:BB, which limits our ability to locate accurate high and low bid prices for each quarter within the last two fiscal years. Therefore, the following table lists the quotations for the high and low bid prices as reported by a Quarterly Trade and Quote Summary Report of the OTC Bulletin Board for the fiscal years 2009 and 2008. The quotations from the OTC Bulletin Board reflect inter-dealer prices without retail mark-up, markdown, or commissions and may not represent actual transactions.
| | 2009 | | | 2008 | |
| | High | | | Low | | | High | | | Low | |
1st Quarter | | $ | 0.013 | | | $ | 0.001 | | | $ | 0.28 | | | $ | 0.11 | |
2nd Quarter | | $ | 0.035 | | | $ | 0.007 | | | $ | 0.51 | | | $ | 0.11 | |
3rd Quarter | | $ | 0.019 | | | $ | 0.006 | | | $ | 0.51 | | | $ | 0.20 | |
4th Quarter | | $ | 0.270 | | | $ | 0.007 | | | $ | 0.25 | | | $ | 0.11 | |
(b) Holders of Common Stock
As of April 12, 2009, there were approximately 549 holders of record of our Common Stock and 30,698,196 shares outstanding.
(c) Dividends
In the future we intend to follow a policy of retaining earnings, if any, to finance the growth of the business and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. The declaration and payment of future dividends on the Common Stock will be the sole discretion of board of directors and will depend on our profitability and financial condition, capital requirements, statutory and contractual restrictions, future prospects and other factors deemed relevant.
(d) Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans
STOCK OPTION PLANS
THE CAN-CAL 2003 QUALIFIED INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN: The 2003 Qualified Incentive Stock Option Plan was established by the Board of Directors in June 2003 and approved by shareholders in October 2003. A total of 1,500,000 shares of common stock are reserved for issuance under this plan, which will be used to compensate senior executives and mid-level employees in the future. An option on 500,000 shares had been granted to Mr. Ciali under this plan. These options expired unexercised in 2006. An option on 300,000 shares had been granted to Anthony F. Ciali when he was appointed an officer of the company in March 2003. These options expired unexercised in 2006.
An option on 500,000 shares has been granted to Mr. Ronald Sloan with an exercise price of $0.20 in June 2006 under this plan. This option was exercisable upon issuance and expires in 2011. An option on 125,000 shares has been granted to Mr. James Dacyszyn with an exercise price of $0.20 in June 2006 under this plan. This option was exercisable upon issuance and expired in June 2008. An option on 125,000 shares has been granted to Mr. John Brian Wolfe with an exercise price of $0.20 in June 2006 under this plan. This option was exercisable upon issuance and expired in June 2008.
THE CAN-CAL 2003 NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION PLAN FOR SENIOR EXECUTIVES, OUTSIDE DIRECTORS, AND CONSULTANTS: The 2003 Non-Qualified Option Plan was established by the Board of Directors in June 2003 and approved by shareholders in October 2003. A total of 1,500,000 shares of common stock are reserved for issuance under this plan. An option on 300,000 shares had been granted to Anthony F. Ciali, a former officer of the Company, when he was appointed an officer of the company in March 2003. These options expired unexercised in 2006. An option on 100,000 shares had been granted to Luis Vega when he signed a consulting agreement with the company in April 2003. Mr. Vega’s options expired unexercised in 2006.
The total number of options issued and outstanding at any time, under both the Qualified and Non-Qualified Stock Option Plans will not exceed 10% of the company’s issued and outstanding common stock, calculated on a pro forma basis.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company sold 2,926,600 units each consisting of one share and one warrant to purchase one share of the Company’s restricted common stock. The units were sold to various accredited Canadian investors for a total of $340,825 The warrants are exercisable at a price of $0.15 per share and expire in approximately two years from the date of issuance. These securities were issued in private transactions, with respect to the Canadian residents, in reliance on the exemption from registration with the SEC provided by Regulation S and with respect to the United States investor, in reliance upon the exemption from registration provided under Section 4(2) of the 1933 Securities Act.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
We did not repurchase any of our equity securities during the year ended December 31, 2009.
Item 6. Selected Financial Data.
Not applicable.
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis.
(A) PLAN OF OPERATION.
Can-Cal Resources Ltd. is a public company engaged in seeking the acquisition and exploration of metals mineral properties. As part of its growth strategy, the Company will focus its future activities in the USA, with an emphasis on the Pisgah Mountain, California property and the Wikieup, Arizona property.
The Company has discontinued all industrial sales for the volcanic materials located on the Pisgah property in California subject to the finalization of the current analytical program.
At December 31, 2009, we had approximately $17,500 cash available to sustain operations. Accordingly we are uncertain as to whether the Company may continue as a going concern. While we may seek additional investment capital, or possible funding or joint venture arrangements with other mining companies, we have no assurance that that such investment capital or additional funding and joint venture arrangements will be available to the Company.
(B) MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following should be read together with the financial statements included in this report.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES AT DECEMBER 31, 2009 COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 31, 2008, AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE TWO YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008:
| | Year ended December 31, | |
| | 2009 | | | 2008 | |
Material sales | | $ | - | | | $ | - | |
Cost of sales | | | - | | | | - | |
Gross profit | | | - | | | | - | |
| | | | | | | | |
Expenses: | | | | | | | | |
Exploration costs | | | 44,044 | | | | 123,798 | |
Depreciation | | | 10,396 | | | | 10,452 | |
General & administrative expenses | | | 310,390 | | | | 316,210 | |
General & administrative, related party | | | 110,000 | | | | 120,000 | |
Impairment of operating assets | | | 1,248 | | | | 442,524 | |
Total operating expenses | | | 476,078 | | | | 1,012,984 | |
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Other (income) expenses | | | 119,476 | | | | 3,677 | |
Net (loss) | | $ | (595,554 | ) | | $ | (1,016,661 | ) |
The following table summarizes working capital, total assets, accumulated deficit, and shareholders’ deficit.
| | Year ended December 31, | |
| | 2009 | | | 2008 | |
Working capital | | $ | (1,107,811 | ) | | $ | (1,291,723 | ) |
| | | | | | | | |
Total assets | | $ | 65,907 | | | $ | 106,587 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Accumulated (deficit) | | $ | (9,682,728 | ) | | $ | (9,087,174 | ) |
| | | | | | | | |
Shareholders’ (deficit) | | $ | (1,060,711 | ) | | $ | (1,231,084 | ) |
The Company raised $340,825 in financing activities from a sale of 2,926,600 shares of common stock during the year ended December 31, 2009.
We recorded a net loss from operations in 2009 of $595,554, compared to a net loss from operations of $1,016,661 in 2008.
Unless we can establish the economic viability of the Company’s exploration properties, we will continue writing off the expenses of exploration and testing. Therefore, losses will continue until such time, if ever, as we establish the economic viability of the properties. If viability is established for a property, some of the expenses related to that property would be capitalized instead of expensed.
We have no material commitments for capital expenditures.
Default Upon Senior Securities
The Company is in default on a note payable for $300,000 and its semi-annual interest payments of $388,000 for the years ended 2002 - 2009. The Company is currently negotiating forbearance on collection of the principal and interest.
The Company is also in default on two notes payable to a stockholder, which matured in January 2008 and February 2008, respectively. The principal amount of each note is $25,114 and $35,436, with accrued interest of $4,868 and $6,872, respectively. Each note bears interest at 8.0% per annum and is secured by real property. The Company is currently negotiating forbearance on collection of the principal and interest of each note.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
Index to Financial Statements
| | Page |
Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms | | F-1 |
Balance Sheets at December 31, 2009 and 2008 | | F-3 |
Statements of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008 | | F-4 |
Statements of Stockholders’ (Deficit) for the Years Ended December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008 | | F-5 |
Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008 | | F-8 |
Notes to Financial Statements | | F-10 |
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
Can-Cal Resources Ltd.
Las Vegas, Nevada
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Can-Cal Resources Ltd. as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related statements of operations, stockholders' deficit, and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2009 and from inception (March 22, 1995) to December 31, 2009. Can-Cal Resources Ltd.’s management are responsible for these financial statements. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, based on our audits, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Can-Cal Resources Ltd. as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the results of its operations and cash flows for the each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2009 and from inception (March 22, 1995) to December 31, 2009, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 2 to the financial statements, the Company has suffered losses from operations and current liabilities exceed current assets, all of which raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management's plans in regards to these matters are also described in Note 2. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
L.L. Bradford & Co,
Las Vegas, NV
April 15, 2010
Can-Cal Resources Ltd. (an Exploration Stage Company) |
Balance Sheets |
| | December 31, | |
| | 2009 | | | 2008 | |
Assets | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
Current assets: | | | | | | |
Cash | | $ | 17,507 | | | $ | 45,848 | |
Other current assets | | | 1,300 | | | | 100 | |
Total current assets | | | 18,807 | | | | 45,948 | |
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Property, plant and equipment (net accumulated depreciation of $146,743 and $136,347) | | | 47,100 | | | | 57,496 | |
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Other assets: | | | | | | | | |
Capitalized mineral rights | | | - | | | | 1,248 | |
Deposits | | | - | | | | 1,895 | |
Total other assets | | | - | | | | 445,667 | |
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Total assets | | $ | 65,907 | | | $ | 106,587 | |
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Liabilities and Stockholders’ (Deficit) | | | | | | | | |
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Current liabilities: | | | | | | | | |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | | $ | 55,598 | | | $ | 33,356 | |
Accrued interest | | | 417,008 | | | | 376,118 | |
Accrued officer salary | | | 282,004 | | | | 211,689 | |
Notes payable - related parties | | | 360,550 | | | | 446,550 | |
Notes payable | | | - | | | | 258,500 | |
Unearned revenues | | | 11,458 | | | | 11,458 | |
Total current liabilities | | | 1,126,618 | | | | 1,337,671 | |
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Commitments and contingencies | | | | | | | | |
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Stockholders’ (deficit): | | | | | | | | |
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 10,000,000 shares | | | | | | | | |
authorized, no shares issued and outstanding | | | - | | | | - | |
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares | | | | | | | | |
authorized, 30,698,196 and 24,587,753 shares issued and outstanding | | | | | | | | |
as of December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively | | | 30,698 | | | | 24,588 | |
Subscription receivable | | | (25,000 | ) | | | - | |
Rescission liability receivable | | | (12,125 | ) | | | | |
Additional paid in capital | | | 8,628,444 | | | | 7,831,502 | |
Accumulated (deficit) | | | (9,682,728 | ) | | | (9,087,174 | ) |
Total stockholders’ (deficit) | | | (1,060,711 | ) | | | (1,231,084 | ) |
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Total liabilities and stockholders’ (deficit) | | $ | 65,907 | | | $ | 106,587 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
Can-Cal Resources Ltd. (an Exploration Stage Company) |
Statements of Operations |
| | For the years ended | | | March 22, 1995 (Inception) to | |
| | December 31, | | | December 31, | | | December 31, | |
| | 2009 | | | 2008 | | | 2009 | |
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Material sales | | $ | - | | | $ | - | | | $ | 245,500 | |
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Cost of sales | | | - | | | | - | | | | 263,400 | |
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Gross profit | | | - | | | | - | | | | (17,900 | ) |
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Expenses: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Exploration costs | | | 44,044 | | | | 123,798 | | | | 536,369 | |
Depreciation | | | 10,396 | | | | 10,452 | | | | 241,173 | |
General and administrative expenses | | | 310,390 | | | | 316,210 | | | | 6,383,626 | |
Officer compensation | | | 110,000 | | | | 120,000 | | | | 841,176 | |
Impairment of operating assets | | | 1,248 | | | | 442,524 | | | | 443,772 | |
Total operating expenses | | | 476,078 | | | | 1,012,984 | | | | 8,446,116 | |
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Loss from operations | | | (476,078 | ) | | | (1,012,984 | ) | | | (8,464,016 | ) |
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Other income (expense): | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Other income from legal judgment | | | - | | | | - | | | | 47,200 | |
Interest income | | | 8 | | | | 126 | | | | 52,922 | |
Rental revenue | | | 31,900 | | | | 62,217 | | | | 326,117 | |
Gain (loss) on sale of fixed assets | | | - | | | | - | | | | 26,801 | |
Interest expense | | | (151,384 | ) | | | (66,020 | ) | | | (1,198,152 | ) |
Total other income (expense) | | | (119,476 | ) | | | (3,677 | ) | | | (745,112 | ) |
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Loss before provision for income taxes | | | (595,554 | ) | | | (1,016,661 | ) | | | (9,209,128 | ) |
Provision for income taxes | | | - | | | | - | | | | | |
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Net loss from continuing operations | | | (595,554 | ) | | | (1,016,661 | ) | | | (9,209,128 | ) |
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Income from discontinued operations | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Income (loss) from discontinued operations | | | - | | | | - | | | | 116,400 | |
Gain (loss) on disposal of operations (net of taxes) | | | - | | | | - | | | | (590,000 | ) |
Net loss | | $ | (595,554 | ) | | $ | (1,016,661 | ) | | $ | (9,682,728 | ) |
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Basic loss per common share | | $ | (0.02 | ) | | $ | (0.04 | ) | | | | |
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Basic weighted average common shares outstanding | | | 27,365,972 | | | | 24,586,315 | | | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
| | Common Stock | | | Additional | | | | | | Unamortized Share and options | | | Foreign Currency | | | Deficit Accumulated | | | Total | |
| | Number of Shares | | | Amount | | | Paid in Capital | | | Subscription Receivable | | | issued for services | | | Translation Adjustment | | | Exploration Stage | | | Stockholders’ Deficit | |
Balance, March 22, 1995 | | | - | | | $ | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net (loss) | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (1,000 | ) | | | (1,000 | ) |
Balance, December 31, 1995 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (1,000 | ) | | | (1,000 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares issued for services | | | 3,441,217 | | | | 3,400 | | | | 625,000 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 628,400 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Prior period adjustment | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 497,900 | | | | 497,900 | |
Investment in joint venture | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net (loss) | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (497,000 | ) | | | (497,000 | ) |
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Balance, December 31, 1996 | | | 3,441,217 | | | | 3,400 | | | | 625,000 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (100 | ) | | | 628,300 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares issued for services | | | 3,006,435 | | | | 3,000 | | | | 1,051,400 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 1,054,400 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net (loss) | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (1,044,700 | ) | | | (1,044,700 | ) |
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Balance, December 31, 1997 | | | 6,447,652 | | | | 6,400 | | | | 1,676,400 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (1,044,800 | ) | | | 638,000 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Share issued for cash | | | 557,509 | | | | 600 | | | | 211,200 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 211,800 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Foreign currency adjustment | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 8,500 | | | | - | | | | 8,500 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | �� | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net (loss) | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (353,000 | ) | | | (353,000 | ) |
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Balance, December 31, 1998 | | | 7,005,161 | | | | 7,000 | | | | 1,887,600 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 8,500 | | | | (1,397,800 | ) | | | 505,300 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares issued for cash | | | 1,248,621 | | | | 1,200 | | | | 572,600 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 573,800 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Foreign currency adjustment | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (11,800 | ) | | | - | | | | (11,800 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Realized loss on foreign currency | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 3,300 | | | | - | | | | 3,300 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Prior period adjustment | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 15,000 | | | | 15,000 | |
| | Number of Shares | | | Amount | | | Additional Paid in Capital | | | Subscription Receivable | | | Unamortized Share and options issued for services | | | Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment | | | Deficit Accumulated During Exploration Stage | | | Total Stockholders’ Deficit | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Elimination of subsidiary disposal | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 116,400 | | | | 116,400 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net (loss) | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (1,038,500 | ) | | | (1,038,500 | ) |
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Balance, December 31, 1999 | | | 8,253,782 | | | | 8,200 | | | | 2,460,200 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (2,304,900 | ) | | | 163,500 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares issued for cash | | | 1,119,009 | | | | 1,200 | | | | 948,400 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 949,600 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net (loss) | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (962,500 | ) | | | (962,500 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Balance, December 31, 2000 | | | 9,372,791 | | | | 9,400 | | | | 3,408,600 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (3,267,400 | ) | | | 150,600 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares issued for cash | | | 785,947 | | | | 800 | | | | 81,500 | | | | | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 82,300 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net (loss) | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (704,500 | ) | | | (704,500 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Balance, December 31, 2001 | | | 10,158,738 | | | | 10,200 | | | | 3,490,100 | | | | | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (3,971,900 | ) | | | (471,600 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares issued for cash | | | 1,093,280 | | | | 1,100 | | | | 269,900 | | | | | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 271,000 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares issued for services | | | 92,292 | | | | 100 | | | | 23,800 | | | | | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 23,900 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Options granted for services | | | - | | | | - | | | | 7,100 | | | | | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 7,100 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares issued for debt conversion, to a related party in the amount of $119,800, including accrued Interest of $71,800 | | | 309,677 | | | | 300 | | | | 119,500 | | | | | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 119,800 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Warrants granted for loan fees on convertible debt to a related party | | | - | | | | - | | | | 16,700 | | | | | | | | (16,700 | ) | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | |
| | Number of Shares | | | Amount | | | Additional Paid in Capital | | | Subscription Receivable | | | Unamortized equity grants | | | Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment | | | Deficit Accumulated During Exploration Stage | | | Total Stockholders’ Deficit | |
Shares issued for loan feesin connection with a convertible note to a related party | | | 30,000 | | | | - | | | | 13,500 | | | | - | | | | (13,500 | ) | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Beneficial conversion feature related party note payable | | | - | | | | - | | | | 20,500 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 20,500 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Amortization of loan fees | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 8,200 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 8,200 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net (loss) | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (709,300 | ) | | | (709,300 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Balance, December 31, 2002 | | | 11,683,987 | | | | 11,700 | | | | 3,961,100 | | | | - | | | | (22,000 | ) | | | - | | | | (4,681,200 | ) | | | (730,400 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares issued for cash | | | 823,410 | | | | 800 | | | | 163,900 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 164,700 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares issued for services | | | 381,260 | | | | 400 | | | | 63,800 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 64,200 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Options granted for services | | | - | | | | - | | | | 61,300 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 61,300 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares issued for conversion of a related party note in the amount of $78,300, including accrued interest of $43,300 | | | 364,305 | | | | 400 | | | | 77,900 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 78,300 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Beneficial conversion feature related party note payable | | | - | | | | - | | | | 38,300 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 38,300 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Amortization of loan fees | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 15,000 | | | | | | | | | | | | 15,000 | |
Net (loss) | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (711,100 | ) | | | (711,100 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Balance, December 13, 2003 | | | 13,252,962 | | | | 13,300 | | | | 4,366,300 | | | | | | | | (7,000 | ) | | | - | | | | (5,392,300 | ) | | | (1,019,700 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares issued for cash | | | 1,564,311 | | | | 1,600 | | | | 306,400 | | | | | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 308,000 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares issued for warrant exercise | | | 701,275 | | | | 700 | | | | 124,900 | | | | | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 125,600 | |
| | Number of Shares | | | Amount | | | Additional Paid in Capital | | | Subscription Receivable | | | Unamortized equity grants | | | Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment | | | Deficit Accumulated During Exploration Stage | | | Total Stockholders’ Deficit | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares issued for services | | | 390,224 | | | | 400 | | | | 73,800 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 74,200 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Warrants granted for services | | | - | | | | - | | | | 12,200 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 12,200 | |
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Interest expense related to | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Warrant grant | | | - | | | | - | | | | 280,200 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 280,200 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares issued in satisfaction of accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $229,400 | | | 917,747 | | | | 900 | | | | 228,500 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 229,400 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares issued for debt conversion of $99,700, including accrued interest of $14,700 | | | 702,760 | | | | 700 | | | | 99,000 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 99,700 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares issued for debt conversion to a related party in the amount of $82,700 | | | 330,747 | | | | 300 | | | | 82,400 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 82,700 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Beneficial conversion feature related party note payable | | | - | | | | - | | | | 17,600 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 17,600 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Amortization of loan fees | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | | | | | 7,000 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 7,000 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net (loss) | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (1,030,500 | ) | | | (1,030,500 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Balance, December 31, 2004 | | | 17,860,026 | | | | 17,900 | | | | 5,591,300 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (6,422,800 | ) | | | (813,600 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares issued for cash | | | 762,500 | | | | 800 | | | | 152,700 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 153,500 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares issued for warrant exercise | | | 349,545 | | | | 300 | | | | 69,500 | | | | | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 69,800 | |
Net (loss) | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (421,800 | ) | | | (421,800 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Balance, December 31, 2005 | | | 18,972,071 | | | | 19,000 | | | | 5,813,500 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (6,844,600 | ) | | | (1,012,100 | ) |
| | Common Stock | | | Additional | | | | | | Unamortized | | | Foreign Currency | | | Deficit Accumulated During | | | Total | |
| | Number of Shares | | | Amount | | | Paid in Capital | | | Subscription Receivable | | | equity grants | | | Translation Adjustment | | | Exploration Stage | | | Stockholders’ Deficit | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares issued for cash | | | 2,448,213 | | | | 2,400 | | | | 642,100 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 644,500 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares issued for warrant exercise | | | 174,000 | | | | 200 | | | | 43,300 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 43,500 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares issued for services | | | 19,500 | | | | - | | | | 5,000 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 5,000 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares issued in satisfaction of accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $81,000 | | | 385,714 | | | | 400 | | | | 80,600 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 81,000 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shares issued for debt conversion to a related party | | | 56,821 | | | | 100 | | | | 11,800 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 11,900 | |
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Shares issued for debt conversion including accrued interest of $1,895 | | | 206,767 | | | | 200 | | | | 41,700 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 41,900 | |
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Shares issued for asset acquisition | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 1,000 | | | | 399,000 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 400,000 | |
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Option grants to officers and directors of the Company | | | - | | | | - | | | | 123,500 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 123,500 | |
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Warrants granted for services | | | - | | | | - | | | | 2,200 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 2,200 | |
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Warrants granted in connection with satisfaction of accounts payable and accrued liabilities | | | - | | | | - | | | | 65,400 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 65,400 | |
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Warrants granted for satisfaction of note payable to related parties | | | - | | | | - | | | | 9,600 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 9,600 | |
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Warrants granted in satisfaction of a convertible debenture | | | - | | | | - | | | | 40,000 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 40,000 | |
| | Number of Shares | | | Amount | | | Additional Paid in Capital | | | Subscription Receivable | | | Unamortized equity grants | | | Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment | | | Deficit Accumulated During Exploration Stage | | | Total Stockholders’ Deficit | |
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Net (loss) | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (621,000 | ) | | | (621,000 | ) |
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Balance, December 31, 2006 | | | 23,263,086 | | | | 23,264 | | | | 7,277,735 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (7,465,600 | ) | | | (164,600 | ) |
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Shares issued for cash | | | 492,795 | | | | 492 | | | | 188,698 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 189,190 | |
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Shares issued for warrant exercise | | | 745,372 | | | | 745 | | | | 185,598 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 186,343 | |
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Shares issued for services | | | 4,000 | | | | 4 | | | | 2,010 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 2,014 | |
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Shares issued for accrued wages | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
to a related party | | | 50,000 | | | | 50 | | | | 21,950 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 22,000 | |
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Debt forgiveness, related party | | | - | | | | - | | | | 147,419 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 147,419 | |
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Net (loss) | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (604,913 | ) | | | (604,913 | ) |
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Balance, December 31, 2007 | | | 24,555,256 | | | | 24,555 | | | | 7,823,410 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (8,070,513 | ) | | | (222,547 | ) |
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Shares issued for cash | | | 32,500 | | | | 33 | | | | 8,092 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 8,124 | |
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Net (loss) | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (1,016,661 | ) | | | (1,016,661 | ) |
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Balance, December 31, 2008 | | | 24,587,753 | | | | 24,588 | | | | 7,831,502 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (9,087,174 | ) | | | (1,231,084 | ) |
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Shares issued for cash | | | 2,926,600 | | | | 2,926 | | | | 362,899 | | | | (25,000 | ) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Shares issued for debt conversion to a related parties of $398,593, including accrued interest of $29,093 | | | 3,188,741 | | | | 3,189 | | | | 395,404 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 398,593 | |
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Warrants granted in connection with debt conversion | | | - | | | | - | | | | 78,961 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 78,961 | |
| | Number of Shares | | | Amount | | | Additional Paid in Capital | | | Subscription Receivable | | | Unamortized equity grants | | | Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment | | | Deficit Accumulated During Exploration Stage | | | Total Stockholders’ Deficit | |
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Shares issued for services | | | 122,000 | | | | 122 | | | | 15,338 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 15,460 | |
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Common shares cancelled per rescission order (see Note 9) | | | (126,898 | ) | | | (127 | ) | | | (55,787 | ) | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (55,787 | ) |
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Rescission liability receivable | | | | | | | | | | | (12,125 | ) | | | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (12,125 | ) |
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Net (loss) | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (595,544 | ) | | | (595,544 | ) |
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Balance, December 31, 2009 | | $ | 30,698,196 | | | $ | 30,698 | | | $ | 8,616,319 | | | $ | (25,000 | ) | | $ | - | | | $ | - | | | $ | (9,682,728 | ) | | $ | (1,060,711 | ) |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
Can-Cal Resources Ltd. (an Exploration Stage Company) |
Statements of Cash Flows |
| For the years ended | | | March 22, 1995 (Inception) to | |
| December 31, | | December 31, | | | December 31, | |
| 2009 | | 2008 | | | 2009 | |
Cash flows from operating activities: | | | | | | | | | |
Net loss | | $ | (595,554 | ) | | $ | (1,016,661 | ) | | $ | (9,682,728 | ) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to | | | | | | | | | | | | |
net cash used by operating activities: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Depreciation and amortization | | | 10,396 | | | | 10,452 | | | | 258,173 | |
Bad debts | | | | | | | - | | | | 207,100 | |
(Gain) loss on sale of fixed assets | | | | | | | - | | | | (6,501 | ) |
Stock based compensation | | | 15,460 | | | | - | | | | 548,274 | |
Stock and warrants issued for financing and interest | | | 78,961 | | | | - | | | | 602,161 | |
Beneficial conversion feature on convertible debenture | | | | | | | - | | | | 25,200 | |
Loss on disposal of investment property | | | | | | | - | | | | 938,600 | |
Undistributed earnings of affiliate | | | | | | | - | | | | (174,300 | ) |
Gain on discontinued operations | | | | | | | - | | | | (116,400 | ) |
Loss on foreign currency translation | | | | | | | - | | | | 8,500 | |
Impairment of operating assets | | | 3,143 | | | | 442,524 | | | | 445,667 | |
Decrease (increase) in assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Accounts receivable | | | (1,200 | ) | | | (100 | ) | | | (1,300 | ) |
Other current assets | | | | | | | - | | | | (90,700 | ) |
Other assets | | | | | | | - | | | | (1,895 | ) |
Increase (decrease) in liabilities: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | | | (45,670 | ) | | | (16,896 | ) | | | (12,314 | ) |
Accrued interest | | | 69,983 | | | | 64,798 | | | | 446,101 | |
Accrued officer salary | | | 70,315 | | | | 101,037 | | | | 282,004 | |
Unearned revenues | | | - | | | | 2,083 | | | | 11,458 | |
Net cash used by operating activities | | | (394,166 | ) | | | (412,763 | ) | | | (6,312,900 | ) |
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Cash flows from investing activities: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Purchase of investment property | | | - | | | | - | | | | (1,083,600 | ) |
Proceeds from sale of investment property | | | - | | | | - | | | | 319,300 | |
Purchase of property, equipment and mineral interests | | | - | | | | - | | | | (768,644 | ) |
Proceeds from sale of property, equipment and mineral interests | | | - | | | | - | | | | 26,100 | |
Net cash used by investing activities | | | - | | | | - | | | | (1,506,844 | ) |
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Cash flows from financing activities: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from notes payable | | | - | | | | 258,500 | | | | 948,400 | |
Principal payments on notes payable | | | - | | | | - | | | | (689,900 | ) |
Proceeds from notes payable, related parties | | | 31,800 | | | | 126,000 | | | | 845,600 | |
Principal payment on notes payable, related parties | | | (6,800 | ) | | | (40,000 | ) | | | (374,050 | ) |
Proceeds from issuance of common stock | | | 340,825 | | | | 8,124 | | | | 7,107,201 | |
Net cash provided by financing activities | | | 365,825 | | | | 352,624 | | | | 7,850,851 | |
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Net increase (decrease) in cash | | | (28,341 | ) | | | (60,139 | ) | | | 17,507 | |
Cash, beginning of period | | | 45,848 | | | | 105,987 | | | | - | |
Cash, end of period | | $ | 17,507 | | | $ | 45,848 | | | $ | 17,507 | |
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Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cash paid for income taxes | | $ | - | | | $ | - | | | $ | - | |
Cash paid for interest | | $ | - | | | $ | - | | | $ | - | |
Shares issued for services | | $ | 15,460 | | | $ | - | | | | | |
Shares and warrants issued for financing | | $ | 78,961 | | | $ | - | | | | | |
Rescission liability | | $ | 67,912 | | | $ | - | | | | | |
Shares issued for debt and accrued interest | | $ | 398,593 | | | $ | - | | | | | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
Can-Cal Resources Ltd.
(an Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to Financial Statements
1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS, HISTORY AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT POLICIES
Description of business - Can-Cal Resources Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”) was incorporated in the State of Nevada on March 22, 1995. The Company is engaged in the exploration for precious metals, with gold exploration projects located in California and Arizona.
1. | Summary of Significant Accounting Policies |
Basis of Presentation
These financial statements and related notes are presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, and are expressed in US dollars. The Company’s fiscal year-end is December 31.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses in the reporting period. The Company bases its estimates and assumptions on current facts, historical experience and various other factors that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities and the accrual of costs and expenses that are not readily apparent from other sources. The actual results experienced by the Company may differ materially and adversely from the Company’s estimates. To the extent, there are material differences between the estimates and the actual results, future results of operations will be affected.
Basic and Diluted Net Income (Loss) Per Share
The Company presents both basic and diluted earnings per share (EPS) on the face of the income statement. Basic EPS is computed by dividing net income (loss) available to common shareholders (numerator) by the weighted average number of shares outstanding (denominator) during the period. Diluted EPS gives effect to all dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period using the treasury stock method and convertible preferred stock using the if-converted method. In computing diluted EPS, the average stock price for the period is used in determining the number of shares assumed to be purchased from the exercise of stock options or warrants. Diluted EPS excludes all dilutive potential shares if their effect is anti dilutive.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all highly liquid instruments with maturity of three months or less at the time of issuance to be cash equivalents.
Mineral Claim Payments and Exploration Expenditures
The Company is primarily engaged in the acquisition and exploration of mining properties. Mineral property exploration costs are expensed as incurred. Mineral property acquisition costs are initially capitalized when incurred. We assess the carrying cost for impairment under the FASB ASC topic 360 at each fiscal quarter end. When it has been determined that a mineral property can be economically developed as a result of establishing proven and probable reserves, the costs subsequently incurred to develop such property are capitalized. Such costs will be amortized using the units-of-production method over the established life of the proven and probable reserves. If mineral properties are subsequently abandoned or impaired, any capitalized costs will be charged to operations.
Long-lived Assets
The Company tests long-lived assets or asset groups for recoverability when events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying amount may not be recoverable. Circumstances which could trigger a review include, but are not limited to: significant decreases in the market price of the asset; significant adverse changes in the business climate or legal factors; accumulation of costs significantly in excess of the amount originally expected for the acquisition or construction of the asset; current period cash flow or operating losses combined with a history of losses or a forecast of continuing losses associated with the use of the asset; and current expectation that the asset will more likely than not be sold or disposed significantly before the end of its estimated useful life. Recoverability is assessed based on the carrying amount of the asset and its fair value, which is generally determined, based on the sum of the undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and the eventual disposal of the asset, as well as specific appraisal in certain instances. An impairment loss is recognized when the carrying amount is not recoverable.
Income Taxes
Potential benefits of income tax losses are not recognized in the accounts until realization is more likely than not. The Company is required to compute tax asset benefits for net operating losses carried forward. The potential benefits of net operating losses have not been recognized in these financial statements because the Company cannot be assured it is more likely than not it will utilize the net operating losses carried forward in future years.
Financial Instruments
The fair values of financial instruments, which include cash, note payable and due to related party were estimated to approximate their carrying values due to the immediate or short-term maturity of these financial instruments. Foreign currency transactions are primarily undertaken in Canadian dollars. The financial risk is the risk to the Company’s operations that arise from fluctuations in foreign exchange rates and the degree of volatility of these rates. Currently, the Company does not use derivative instruments to reduce its exposure to foreign currency risk.
Foreign Currency Translation
The Company’s functional and reporting currency is the United States dollar. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated in accordance with ASC 820, using the exchange rate prevailing at the balance sheet date. Gains and losses arising on settlement of foreign currency denominated transactions or balances are included in the determination of income. Foreign currency transactions are primarily undertaken in Canadian dollars. The Company has not, to the date of these financials statements, entered into derivative instruments to offset the impact of foreign currency fluctuations.
Stock-based Compensation
In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued ASC 505, Share-Based Payment”, and amends ASC 230, Statement of Cash Flows. Generally, the approach inASC 505 requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in the income statement based on their fair values. Pro forma disclosure is no longer an alternative.
New Accounting Standards During the Year Ended December 31, 2009
In December 2009, the FASB issued ASU 2009-17 for Improvements to Financial Reporting by Enterprises Involved with Variable Interest Entities, which amends ASC topic 810. The Board's objective in issuing this Statement is to improve financial reporting by enterprises involved with variable interest entities. The Board undertook this project to address (1) the effects on certain provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 46 (revised December 2003), Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, as a result of the elimination of the qualifying special-purpose entity concept in FASB Statement 166, Accounting for Transfers of Financial Assets, and (2) constituent concerns about the application of Certain key provisions of Interpretation 46(R), including those in which the accounting and disclosures under the Interpretation do not always provide timely and useful information about an enterprise's involvement in a variable interest entity. This Statement shall be effective as of the beginning of each reporting entity's first annual reporting period that begins after November 15, 2009, for interim periods within that first annual reporting period, and for interim and annual reporting periods thereafter. Earlier application is prohibited. We do not anticipate the adoption of these changes will have an impact on the Company’s financial statements.
On October 31, 2009, the Company adopted FASB ASC 105 -- Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, which established the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“the Codification”), as the single official source of authoritative, nongovernmental, U.S. GAAP. Rules and interpretive releases of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under authority of federal securities laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. The FASB will no longer issue new standards in the form of Statements, FASB Staff Positions, or Emerging Issues Task Force Abstracts; instead, the FASB will issue Accounting Standards Updates. Accounting Standards Updates will not be authoritative in their own right, as they will only serve to update the Codification. These changes and the Codification itself do not change GAAP. The Codification is designed to simplify U.S. GAAP into a single, topically ordered structure. All guidance contained in the Codification carries an equal level of authority. The Codification is effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. Accordingly, the Company refers to the Codification in respect of the appropriate accounting standards throughout this document as “FASB ASC”. Other than the manner in which new accounting guidance is referenced, the adoption of these changes had no impact on the Company’s financial statements.
In October 2009, the FASB issued ASU 2009-13 for changes to multiple-deliverable revenue arrangements a consensus of the FASB emerging issues task force, which amends ASC topic 605, Revenue Recognition, to require companies to allocate revenue in multiple-element arrangements based on an element’s estimated selling price if vendor-specific or other third-party evidence of value is not available. ASU 2009-13 is effective for us on November 1, 2010. Earlier application is permitted. We do not anticipate the adoption of these changes will have an impact on the Company’s financial statements.
In August 2009, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2009-05 for changes to measuring liabilities at fair value. These changes clarify existing guidance that in circumstances in which a quoted price in an active market for the identical liability is not available, an entity is required to measure fair value using either a valuation technique that uses a quoted price of either a similar liability or a quoted price of an identical or similar liability when traded as an asset, or another valuation technique that is consistent with the principles of fair value measurements, such as an income approach (e.g., present value technique). This guidance also states that both a quoted price in an active market for the identical liability and a quoted price for the identical liability when traded as an asset in an active market when no adjustments to the quoted price of the asset are required are Level 1 fair value measurements. These changes become effective for the Company on November 1, 2009. The Company does not anticipate the adoption of these changes will have an impact on the Company’s financial statements.
On July 31, 2009, the Company adopted the changes issued by FASB ASC topic 855 to subsequent events. ASC 855 establishes authoritative accounting and disclosure guidance for recognized and non-recognized subsequent events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued. ASC 855 also requires disclosure of the date through which an entity has evaluated subsequent events and the basis for that date. The adoption of the changes to ASC 855 had no impact on the Company’s financial statements.
On July 31, 2009, the Company adopted the changes issued by FASB ASC topic 825 on determining fair value when the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability have significantly decreased and identifying transactions that are not orderly. ASC 825 provides additional guidance for estimating fair value when the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability have significantly decreased and includes guidance for identifying circumstances that indicate a transaction is not orderly. This guidance is necessary to maintain the overall objective of fair value measurements, which is that fair value which is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. The adoption of the changes to ASC 825 had no impact on the Company’s financial statements.
On July 31, 2009, the Company adopted the changes issued by the FASB to recognition and presentation of other-than-temporary impairments. These changes amend existing other-than-temporary impairment guidance for debt securities to make the guidance operational and to improve the presentation and disclosure of other-than-temporary impairments on debt and equity securities. The adoption of these changes had no impact on the Company’s financial statements.
On July 31, 2009, the Company adopted the changes issued by the FASB for interim disclosures about fair value of financial instruments. These changes require a publicly traded company to include disclosures about the fair value of its financial instruments whenever it issues summarized financial information for interim reporting periods. Such disclosures include the fair value of all financial instruments, for which it is practicable to estimate that value, whether recognized or not recognized in the statement of financial position; the related carrying amount of these financial instruments; and the method(s) and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value. Other than the required disclosures, the adoption of these changes had no impact on the Company’s financial statements.
In June 2009, the FASB issued ASC topic 860-20 for changes to the accounting for transfers of financial assets. These changes remove the concept of a qualifying special-purpose entity and remove the exception from the application of variable interest accounting to variable interest entities that are qualifying special-purpose entities; limits the circumstances in which a transferor derecognizes a portion or component of a financial asset; defines a participating interest; requires a transferor to recognize and initially measure at fair value all assets obtained and liabilities incurred as a result of a transfer accounted for as a sale; and requires enhanced disclosure; among others. These changes become effective for the Company on February 1, 2010. The adoption of these changes is not expected to have an impact on our financial statements.
In June 2009, the FASB issued changes to the accounting for variable interest entities. These changes require an enterprise to perform an analysis to determine whether the enterprise’s variable interest or interests give it a controlling financial interest in a variable interest entity; to require ongoing reassessments of whether an enterprise is the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity; to eliminate the quantitative approach previously required for determining the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity; to add an additional reconsideration event for determining whether an entity is a variable interest entity when any changes in facts and circumstances occur such that holders of the equity investment at risk, as a group, lose the power from voting rights or similar rights of those investments to direct the activities of the entity that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance; and to require enhanced disclosures that will provide users of financial statements with more transparent information about an enterprise’s involvement in a variable interest entity. This Statement shall be effective for the Company on February 1, 2010. Earlier application is prohibited. The Company does not anticipate any significant financial impact from adoption of this accounting pronouncement.
On June 30, 2009, the FASB issued Accounting Standard Update (ASU) No. 2009-01 (Topic 105) – Generally Accepted Accounting Principles – amendments based on – Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 168 – The FASB Accounting and Standards Codification and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Beginning with this Statement the FASB will no longer issue new standards in the form of Statements, FASB Staff Positions, or Emerging Issues Task Force Abstracts. Instead, it will issue Accounting Standard Updates. This ASU includes FASB Statement No. 168 in its entirety. While ASU’s will not be considered authoritative in their own right, they will serve to update the Codification, provide the bases for conclusions and changes in the Codification, and provide background information about the guidance. The Codification modifies the GAAP hierarchy to include only two levels of GAAP: authoritative and non-authoritative. ASU No. 2009-01 is effective for financial statements issued for the interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009, and the Company does not expect any significant financial impact upon adoption.
In May 2009, the FASB issued FASB ASC 855, “Subsequent Events”. This Statement addresses accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued or available to be issued. FASB ASC 855 requires disclosure of the date through which an entity has evaluated subsequent events and the basis for that date, the date issued or date available to be issued. The Company adopted this Statement in the fourth quarter of 2009.
In April 2009, the FASB issued an update to FASB ASC 805, “Business Combinations”, that clarifies and amends FASB ASC 805, as it applies to all assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination that arise from contingencies. This update addresses initial recognition and measurement issues, subsequent measurement and accounting, and disclosures regarding these assets and liabilities arising from contingencies in a business combination. The Company adopted this Statement on August 1, 2009. Implementation of this update to FASB ASC 805 did not have any impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP FAS 157-4, “Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly” (“FSP FAS 157-4;”), to address challenges in estimating fair value when the volume and level of activity for an asset or liability have significantly decreased. This FSP emphasizes that even if there has been a significant decrease in the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability and regardless of the valuation technique(s) used, the objective of a fair value measurement remains the same. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction (that is, not a forced liquidation or distressed sale) between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. This FSP is effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009. The Company adopted this Statement on August 1, 2009. Implementation of this Standard did not have any impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
On February 1, 2009, the Company adopted changes issued by the FASB to the fair value option for financial assets and liabilities. These changes permit measurement of certain financial assets and financial liabilities at fair value. If the fair value option is elected, the unrealized gains and losses are reported in earnings at each reporting date. Generally, the fair value option may be elected on an instrument-by-instrument basis, as long as it is applied to the instrument in its entirety. The fair value option election is irrevocable, unless a new election date occurs. The adoption of these changes had no material impact on the Company’s financial statements, as we did not elect the fair value option for any of the Company’s financial assets or liabilities.
On February 1, 2009, the Company adopted the changes issued by FASB ASC topic 805 for business combinations. These changes require an acquirer to recognize the assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any non-controlling interest in the acquired business at the acquisition date, measured at their fair values as of that date, with limited exceptions. This statement also requires the acquirer in a business combination achieved in stages to recognize the identifiable assets and liabilities, as well as the non-controlling interest in the acquired business, at the full amounts of their fair values. ASC 805 makes various other amendments to authoritative literature intended to provide additional guidance or to confirm the guidance in that literature to that provided in this statement. Our adoption of the changes to ASC 805 had no impact on the Company’s financial statements. However, we expect the changes to ASC 805 will have an impact on our accounting for future business combinations, but the effect is dependent upon making acquisitions in the future.
On February 1, 2009, the Company adopted the changes issued by FASB ASC topic 810-10 for non-controlling interests in consolidated financial statements. ASC 810-10 states that accounting and reporting for minority interests are to be re-characterized as non-controlling interests and classified as a component of equity. The calculation of earnings per share continues to be based on income amounts attributable to the parent. ASC 810-10 applies to all entities that prepare consolidated financial statements, except not-for-profit organizations, but affects only those entities that have an outstanding non-controlling interest in one or more subsidiaries or that deconsolidate a subsidiary. Our adoption of the changes to ASC 810-10 had no impact on the Company’s financial statements.
On February 1, 2009, the Company adopted the changes issued by FASB ASC topic 815-10-50 for disclosures about derivative instruments and hedging activities. ASC 815-10-50 changes the disclosure requirements for derivative instruments and hedging activities. Entities are required to provide enhanced disclosures about (a) how and why an entity uses derivative instruments, (b) how derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for, and (c) how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect an entity’s financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. Our adoption of the changes to ASC 815-10-50 did not have an impact on our current or comparative consolidated financial statements.
On February 1, 2009, the Company adopted changes issued by the FASB to accounting for intangible assets. These changes amend the factors that should be considered in developing renewal or extension assumptions used to determine the useful life of a recognized intangible asset in order to improve the consistency between the useful life of a recognized intangible asset outside of a business combination and the period of expected cash flows used to measure the fair value of an intangible asset in a business combination. The adoption of these changes had no impact on the Company’s financial statements.
On February 1, 2009, the Company adopted the changes issued by the FASB to the hierarchy of generally accepted accounting principles. These changes identify the sources of accounting principles and the framework for selecting the principles used in the preparation of financial statements of nongovernmental entities that are presented in conformity with GAAP. Adoption of these changes had no impact on the Company’s financial statements.
On February 1, 2009, the Company adopted the changes issued by the FASB on accounting for convertible debt instruments that may be settled in cash upon conversion (including partial cash settlement). These changes specify that issuers of such instruments should separately account for the liability and equity components in a manner that will reflect the entity’s nonconvertible debt borrowing rate when interest cost is recognized in subsequent periods. The adoption of these changes had no impact on the Company’s results of operations or financial position.
On February 1, 2009, the Company adopted the changes issued by the FASB to whether an instrument (or embedded feature) is indexed to an entity’s own stock. These changes provide a new two-step model to be applied in determining whether a financial instrument or an embedded feature is indexed to an issuer’s own stock and thus able to qualify for scope exception. The adoption of these changes did not have an impact on the Company’s financial statements.
On February 1, 2009, the Company adopted the changes issued by the FASB to determine whether instruments granted in share-based payment transactions are participating securities. These changes address the question of whether instruments granted in share-based payment transactions are participating securities prior to vesting. This guidance indicates that unvested share-based payment awards that contain rights to dividend payments should be included in earnings per share calculations. The adoption of these changes had no impact on the Company’s results of operations or financial position.
On February 1, 2009, the Company adopted the changes issued by the FASB to equity method investment accounting considerations. These changes clarify the accounting for certain transactions and impairment considerations involving equity method investments. The intent of these changes is to provide guidance on (i) determining the initial carrying value of an equity method investment, (ii) performing an impairment assessment of an underlying indefinite-lived intangible asset of an equity method investment, (iii) accounting for an equity method investee’s issuance of shares, and (iv) accounting for a change in an investment from the equity method to the cost method. The adoption of these changes had no impact on our current or prior consolidated financial position or results of operations.
On February 1, 2009, the Company adopted the changes issued by the FASB to disclosures by public entities (enterprises) about transfers of financial assets and interest in variable interest entities. These changes require additional disclosure about transfers of financial assets and an enterprise’s involvement with variable interest entities. The adoption of these changes did not have an impact on the Company’s financial statements.
On February 1, 2009, the Company adopted the changes issued by the FASB to employers’ disclosures about pensions and other postretirement benefits. These changes require enhanced disclosures about the plans for assets of a Company’s defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans. The enhanced disclosures are intended to provide users of financial statements with a greater understanding of: (1) how investment allocation decisions are made, including the factors that are pertinent to an understanding of investment policies and strategies; (2) the major categories of plan assets; (3) the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure the fair value of plan assets; (4) the effect of fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) on changes in plan assets for the period; and (5) significant concentrations of risk within plan assets. The adoption of these changes did not have an impact on the Company’s financial statements.
New Accounting Standards Updates (“ASU’s”)
March 2010
Update No. 2010-11—Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Scope Exception Related to Embedded Credit Derivatives. This Update provides amendments to Subtopic 815-15, Derivatives and Hedging-Embedded Derivatives, as follows: 1) Subtopic 815-15 is amended to clarify the scope exception under paragraphs 815-15-15-8 through 15-9 for embedded credit derivative features related to the transfer of credit risk in the form of subordination of one financial instrument to another. The amendments address how to determine which embedded credit derivative features, including those in collateralized debt obligations and synthetic collateralized debt obligations, are considered embedded derivatives that should not be analyzed under Section 815-15-25 for potential bifurcation and separate accounting. 2) The embedded credit derivative feature related to the transfer of credit risk that is only in the form of subordination of one financial instrument to another is not subject to the application of Section 815-15-25. Thus, only the embedded credit derivative feature between the financial instruments created by subordination is not subject to the application of Section 815-15-25 and should not be analyzed under that Section for potential bifurcation from the host contract and separate accounting as a derivative. 3) Other embedded credit derivative features, including those in some collateralized debt obligations and synthetic collateralized debt obligations, are considered embedded derivatives subject to the application of Section 815-15-25, provided that the overall contract is not a derivative in its entirety under Section 815-10-15. 4) The economic characteristics and risks of an embedded credit derivative feature that is in a beneficial interest in a securitized financial asset and that exposes the holder of an interest in a tranche of that securitized financial instrument to the possibility (however remote) of being required to make potential future payments (not merely receive reduced cash inflows) should be considered to be not clearly and closely related to the economic characteristics and risks of the host contract and thus to meet the criterion in paragraph 815-15-25-1(a). 5) In initially adopting the amendments in this Update, an entity may elect the fair value option for any investment in a beneficial interest in a securitized financial asset; that is, the entity may irrevocably elect to measure that investment in its entirety at fair value (with changes in fair value recognized in earnings). The election of the fair value option should be determined on an instrument-by-instrument basis at the beginning of the fiscal quarter of initial adoption. An entity must ensure that an impairment analysis of the investment has been performed before the initial adoption of the amendments in this Update.
February 2010
Update No. 2010-10—Consolidation (Topic 810): Amendments for Certain Investment Funds. The amendments to the consolidation requirements of Topic 810 resulting from the issuance of Statement 167 are deferred for a reporting entity's interest in an entity (1) that has all the attributes of an investment company or (2) for which it is industry practice to apply measurement principles for financial reporting purposes that are consistent with those followed by investment companies. The deferral does not apply in situations in which a reporting entity has the explicit or implicit obligation to fund losses of an entity that could potentially be significant to the entity. The deferral also does not apply to interests in securitization entities, asset-backed financing entities, or entities formerly considered qualifying special purpose entities. In addition, the deferral applies to a reporting entity's interest in an entity that is required to comply or operate in accordance with requirements similar to those in Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 for registered money market funds. An entity that qualifies for the deferral will continue to be assessed under the overall guidance on the consolidation of variable interest entities in Subtopic 810-10 or other applicable consolidation guidance, such as the guidance for the consolidation of partnerships in Subtopic 810-20.
The amendments in this Update also clarify that for entities that do not qualify for the deferral, related parties should be considered when evaluating each of the criteria in paragraph 810-10-55-37, as amended by Statement 167, for determining whether a decision maker or service provider fee represents a variable interest. In addition, the requirements for evaluating whether a decision maker's or service provider's fee is a variable interest are modified to clarify the Board's intention that a quantitative calculation should not be the sole basis for this evaluation.
Update No. 2010-09—Subsequent Events (Topic 855) Amendments to Certain Recognition and Disclosure Requirements. The amendments remove the requirement for an SEC filer to disclose a date in both issued and revised financial statements. Revised financial statements include financial statements revised as a result of either correction of an error or retrospective application of U.S. GAAP. Additionally, the Board has clarified that if the financial statements have been revised, then an entity that is not an SEC filer should disclose both the date that the financial statements were issued or available to be issued and the date the revised financial statements were issued or available to be issued. Those amendments remove potential conflicts with the SEC's literature. All of the amendments in this Update are effective upon issuance of the final Update, except for the use of the issued date for conduit debt obligors. That amendment is effective for interim or annual periods ending after June 15, 2010.
January 2010
Update No. 2010-06—Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (Topic 820): Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements. Overall Subtopic (Subtopic 820-10) of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification™, originally issued as FASB Statement No. 157, Fair Value Measurements, is issued to provide updated guidance on disclosures of fair value measurements and increased financial reporting transparency. This Update provides amendments to Subtopic 820-10 that requires new disclosures to the following: 1. Transfers in and out of Levels 1 and 2. A reporting entity should disclose separately the amounts of significant transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements and describe the reasons for the transfers. 2. Activity in Level 3 fair value measurements. In the reconciliation for fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), a reporting entity should present separately information about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements. In addition, this Update provides amendments to Subtopic 820-10 that clarifies existing disclosures as follows: 1. Level of disaggregation. A reporting entity should provide fair value measurement disclosures for each class of assets and liabilities. A class is often a subset of assets or liabilities within a line item in the statement of financial position. A reporting entity needs to use judgment in determining the appropriate classes of assets and liabilities. 2. Disclosures about inputs and valuation techniques. A reporting entity should provide disclosures about the valuation techniques and inputs used to measure fair value for both recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements. Those disclosures are required for fair value measurements that fall in either Level 2 or Level 3.
Update No. 2010-05 Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Escrowed Share Arrangements and the Presumption of Compensation. This update codifies EITF Topic D-110, with the addition of paragraph 718-10-S99-2.
Previous year financial information has been presented to conform to current year financial statement presentation.
2. GOING CONCERN
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. As shown in the accompanying financial statements, the Company has incurred a net loss of $595,554 for the year ended December 31, 2009 and had a working capital deficit of $1,107,811 at December 31, 2009. The future of the Company is dependent upon its ability to obtain financing and upon future profitable operations from the development of its new business opportunities. Management has plans to seek additional capital through private placements and public offerings of its common stock. The financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded assets, or the amounts of and classification of liabilities that might be necessary in the event the Company cannot continue in existence.
These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. These financial statements do not include any adjustments that might arise from this uncertainty.
3. FIXED ASSETS
Fixed assets consist of the following as of December 31:
| | 2009 | | | 2008 | |
Machinery and equipment | | $ | 140,023 | | | $ | 140,023 | |
Transportation equipment | | | 39,084 | | | | 39,084 | |
Furniture and fixtures | | | 14,736 | | | | 14,736 | |
| | | 193,843 | | | | 193,843 | |
Less: accumulated depreciation | | | (146,743 | ) | | | (136,347 | ) |
Fixed assets, net | | $ | 47,100 | | | $ | 57,496 | |
Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 was $10,396 and $10,452, respectively.
4. INCOME TAXES
At December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Company had a federal operating loss carry forward of $7,816,663 and $7,246,975, respectively.
The provision for income taxes consisted of the following components for the years ended December 31:
| | 2009 | | | 2008 | |
Current: | | | | | | |
Federal | | $ | - | | | $ | - | |
State | | | - | | | | - | |
Deferred: | | | (2,542,987 | ) | | | (2,536,476 | ) |
| | $ | (2,542,987 | ) | | $ | (2,536,476 | ) |
Components of net deferred tax assets, including a valuation allowance, are as follows at December 31:
| | 2009 | | | 2008 | |
Deferred tax assets: | | | | | | |
Net operating loss carryforward | | $ | 2,536,476 | | | $ | 2,381,593 | |
Stock-based compensation | | | 5,411 | | | | - | |
Asset impairment | | | 1,100 | | | | 154,883 | |
Total deferred tax assets | | | 2,542,987 | | | | 2,536,476 | |
Less: Valuation Allowance | | | (2,542,987 | ) | | | (2,536,476 | ) |
Net Deferred Tax Assets | | $ | - | | | $ | - | |
The valuation allowance for deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2009 and 2008 was $2,542,987 and $2,536,476, respectively. In assessing the recovery of the deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income in the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. Management considers the scheduled reversals of future deferred tax assets, projected future taxable income, and tax planning strategies in making this assessment. As a result, management determined it was more likely than not the deferred tax assets would be realized as of December 31, 2009 and 2008.
Reconciliation between the statutory rate and the effective tax rate is as follows at December 31:
| | 2009 | | 2008 |
Federal statutory tax rate | | | (35.0)% | | (35.0)% |
Permanent difference and other | | | 35.0% | | 35.0% |
Effective tax rate | | | 0% | | 0% |
5. UNEARNED REVENUE
On May 1, 1998, we entered into an agreement with Twin Mountain Rock Venture (“Twin Mountain”) to lease our property located in San Bernardino County, California for a period of ten years. Further, we will make available to Twin Mountain a minimum of 600,000 tons of finished material during the term of the agreement in exchange for a minimum annual royalty payment in the amount of $22,500. The initial agreement expired on April 30, 2008. Twin Mountain elected to utilize the renewal option for an additional ten-year period with an increased minimum annual royalty of $27,500. As of December 31, 2009 and 2008, we had unearned revenue from this agreement totaling $11,458, respectively.
6. NOTES PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES-RELATED PARTIES
Notes payable consisted of the following as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively:
| | 2009 | | | 2008 | |
Note payable to a stockholder, secured by real property, bearing interest at 16.0% per annum, interest only payments payable in semi-annual payments, maturing November 2005 (Note: The Company is in default of interest payments totaling $340,000 and principal total of $ 300,000 but is currently negotiating forbearance on collection of the interest) | | $ | 300,000 | | | $ | 300,000 | |
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Note payable to a stockholder, secured by real property, bearing interest at 8.0% per annum, maturing July 2008, and is currently in default. | | | 25,114 | | | | 25,114 | |
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Note payable to a stockholder, secured by real property, bearing interest at 8.0% per annum, maturing June 2008, and is currently in default. | | | 35,436 | | | | 35,436 | |
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Note payable to an officer, unsecured bearing interest at 8.0% per annum, maturing December 2009 | | | - | | | | 86,000 | |
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Note payable, unsecured, bearing interest at 8.0% per annum, maturing June 2008 | | | - | | | | 7,500 | |
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Note payable, unsecured, bearing interest at 8.0% per annum, maturing March, 2009 | | | - | | | | 24,000 | |
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Note payable, unsecured, bearing interest at 8.0% per annum, maturing June 2009 | | | - | | | | 30,000 | |
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Note payable, unsecured, bearing interest at 8.0% per annum, maturing June 2009 | | | - | | | | 50,000 | |
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Note payable, unsecured, bearing interest at 8.0% per annum, maturing June 2009 | | | - | | | | 75,000 | |
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Note payable, unsecured, bearing interest at 8.0% per annum, maturing June 2009 | | | - | | | | 72,000 | |
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Current portion (amounts due within one year) | | $ | 360,550 | | | $ | 705,050 | |
The Company is in default of its semi-annual interest payment of $24,000 for 2002 through 2009 (a total of $340,000) and the principal on a note payable of $300,000. It is currently negotiating forbearance on collection of the interest and principal.
In 2006, we agreed to pay our CEO an annual salary of $120,000. As of December 31, 2009 and 2008, we had accrued salaries due to our CEO in the amount of $282,004 and $211,689 respectively.
7. CHANGES IN SECURITIES
1996
During 1996, the Company issued 3,441,217 shares of Can-Cal common stock to various investors resulting in cash proceeds of $628,400.
1997
On January 15, 1997, the Company issued 500,000 shares of Can-Cal common stock along with a cash payment of $100,000 in exchange for a 50% interest in S&S Joint Venture. Additionally, the Company agreed to loan the joint venture up to $48,000.
On February 13, 1997, the Board approved the acquisition of Scotmar Industries, Inc. 200,000 shares of Can-Cal common stock were issued in return for all of the issued and outstanding stock of the acquired company.
On October 27, 1997, the Board approved the issuance of 2,181,752 restricted common shares to ARUM, LLC to repay an existing debt of approximately $315,045.98 and to purchase a property located in San Bernardino County, California, known as the Pisgah property.
During November 1997, the Board approved the sale of 124,683 restricted common shares to various investors.
During December 1997, the Board approved the issuance of 42,000 restricted common shares in return for services rendered.
1998
In July 1998 the Board approved the issuance 122,000 restricted common shares to various investors.
In October 1998, the Board approved the sale of 172,450 restricted common shares to various investors.
During December 1998, the Board approved the sale of 263,059 restricted common shares to various investors.
1999
On February 1, 1999, the Board of Directors approved the Sale of 62,500 shares of Can-Cal common stock to a Board member.
On February 8, 1999, the Board approved the sale of 70,000 shares of Can-Cal common stock to a Board member.
On March 1, 1999, the Board approved the issuance of 32,121 shares of Can-Cal common stock in return for services rendered.
On March 15, 1999, the Board approved the sale of 86,000 shares of Can-Cal common stock to various investors.
On March 17, 1999, the Board approved the issuance of 40,000 shares of Can-Cal common stock in return for equipment.
On March 10, 1999, the Board approved the sale of 295,500 shares of Can-Cal common stock to various investors.
On April 1, 1999, the Board approved the sale of 1,000 restricted common stock in return for equipment.
On July 21, 1999, the Board approved the sale of 357,500 shares of common stock to various investors.
On August 24, 1999, the Board approved the sale of 274,000 shares of common stock to various investors.
On September 7, 1999, the Board approved the sale of 20,000 shares of common stock to an investor.
On November 9, 1999, the board approved the issuance of 10,000 shares of common stock to an investor.
2000
On February 27, 2000, the Board of Directors approved the sale of 500,000 shares of common stock to three of its directors (all of whom reside in Canada), an offshore trust and another person affiliated with the Company.
On July 3, 2000, the Board of Directors exercised the option to acquire technology related to the extraction and processing of ore and, in accordance with the agreement with the two owners of that technology, issued 200,000 shares of Can-Cal’s common stock to them.
On November 24, 2000, the Company borrowed $300,000 from a lender. As part of the transaction, the Company issued 45,000 shares of its common stock as a loan placement fee and granted the lender an option to purchase up to 300,000 shares of its common stock. On November 24, 2000, the lender exercised its option in full and purchased 300,000 shares of Can-Cal’s common stock.
In July 2000, the Board of Directors authorized the sale of 74,009 shares of its common stock to eight persons, all of whom reside outside the United States. During the third quarter, 46,670 shares were sold and the remaining 27,339 shares were sold during the fourth quarter. All of those shares were issued on December 15, 2000.
2001
In September 2001, the Board of Directors authorized the sale of 20,000 shares of its common stock to an individual.
During October 2001, the company signed an Investment Agreement with two funds (Dutchess Private Equities Fund LP and DRH Investment Company LLC) to sell to those funds up to $8,000,000 in common stock of the company, for a period of three years. In connection with the Investment Agreement, the company issued 606,059 shares of restricted common stock to Dutchess Fund and its advisor, and to a broker-dealer firm, for services valued at $400,000, to induce those entities to enter into the Investment Agreement and perform services contemplated under such agreement. The company also issued 37,000 shares of restricted common stock to the attorney for Dutchess Fund.
On November 2, 2001, the Board of Directors approved the sale of 82,888 shares of restricted common stock.
On December 12, 2001, the Board of Directors approved the sale of 40,000 shares of restricted common stock.
2002
On January 8, 2002, we sold 36,000 restricted common shares to three investors (one Canadian resident, and two private companies controlled and owned by Canadian residents) for $12,600 cash ($0.35 per share, representing a discount of approximately 50% from market price). These investors also were issued warrants to purchase 36,000 additional restricted shares, at a price of $0.35 per share; the warrants will expire January 8, 2004.
On February 11, 2002, 10,000 restricted common shares were sold to one investor (a Canadian resident) for $3,500 cash ($0.35 per share, representing a discount of approximately 50% from market price). This investor also was issued warrants to purchase 10,000 additional restricted shares, at a price of $0.35 per share; the warrants will expire February 11, 2004. Complete information about the company was provided to these investors. These shares and warrants were sold pursuant to the exemption provided by Regulation S of the 1933 Act. No commissions were paid.
On January 31, 2002, we issued 309,677 restricted common shares to a lender (First Colony Merchant) for payment of past due and current interest on debt, $119,800. No commissions were paid.
From March 1, 2002 through June 3, 2002, 369,600 restricted common shares were issued to 48 investors (all Canadian residents or companies controlled and owned by Canadian residents) for $92,400 cash ($0.25 per share, representing discounts ranging from 0% to approximately 50% from market prices at the time of issuance). These investors also were issued warrants to purchase 369,600 additional restricted shares, at a price of $0.25 per share; the warrants will expire two years from the date of issuance. No commissions were paid.
On June 21, 2002, 40,000 restricted common shares were issued to Financial Communications Corp. for public relations services, valued at approximately $14,000.
From July 1, 2002 through December 24, 2002, 609,720 restricted common shares were issued to 20 investors (19 whom are Canadian residents or companies controlled and owned by Canadian residents, and one who is a resident of Great Britain) for $152,400 cash ($0.25 per share, representing prices that ranged from 22% over market to approximately 40% below market prices at the time of issuance). The investors also were issued warrants to purchase a total of 609,720 additional restricted shares, at a price of $0.25 per share; the warrants will expire two years from the date of issuance. No commissions were paid.
During September 2002, the Company issued 32,281 shares of the Company’s common stock for $5,500 in cash related to the Dutchess Private Equities Fund, net of offering costs of $200, and issued 30,000 shares to Joseph B. LaRocco, attorney for Dutchess Fund and DRH Investment Company, LLC for legal services to such entities.
During October 2002, the Company issued 35,679 shares of the Company’s common stock for $4,600 in cash related to the Dutchess Private Equities Fund, net of offering costs of $700.
In November 2002, the Company issued 52,292 restricted common shares to four individuals in exchange for various services, valued at approximately $9,900.
2003
During 2003, 673,410 restricted common shares were issued to 19 Canadian residents or companies controlled and owned by Canadian resident investors for $134,682 and 150,000 restricted common shares were issued to 12 U.S. resident investors for $30,000 (all shares were priced at $0.20 per share, representing premiums of up to 25% and discounts ranging from 0% to approximately 25% from market prices at the time of issuance). With respect to 237,410 restricted common shares, the investors were also issued warrants to purchase 474,820 additional restricted common shares and with respect to 473,500 restricted common shares, the investors were also issued warrants to purchase 473,500 additional restricted common shares; all warrants were priced at $0.20 per share and will expire two years from the date of issuance. With respect to 112,500 restricted common shares, the investors were also issued 112,500 warrants to purchase additional restricted common shares, at a price of $0.25 per share for a period of two years from the date of issuance. The shares and warrants were sold to Canadian investors pursuant to the exemption provided by Regulation S of the 1933 Act, and the shares and warrants sold to U.S. investors were sold pursuant to the exemption provided by section 4(2) of the 1933 Act.
During 2003, 364,305 restricted common shares were issued in conversion of $35,000 principal and interest on a debenture held by Dutchess Fund. The conversion prices were $0.099 for 50,710 shares ($5,000 of the debenture); $0.112 for 44,643 shares ($5,000 of the debenture); $0.061 for 81,433 shares ($5,000 of the debenture); $0.067 for 75,075 shares ($5,000 of the debenture); and $0.1334 for 112,444 shares ($15,000 of the debenture). All of the prices were determined by the conversion formula in the debenture (80% of the average bid prices for the three lowest (out of 15) trading days before conversion. These shares were sold pursuant to the exemption provided by section 4(2) of the 1933 Act.
During 2003, 205,166 restricted common shares in payment of $31,500 of services by Luis Vega, consulting geologist. The per share price was determined by dividing the amount owed by the average closing price of the company’s stock for each day’s service. These shares were sold pursuant to the exemption provided by section 4(2) of the 1933 Act.
On March 14, 2003, 24,960 restricted common shares were issued to Catherine Nichols, a Canadian resident, for marketing services amounting to $5,000. The price per share was based on the average closing share price for the period during which the services were rendered. These shares were sold pursuant to the exemption provided by Regulation S of the 1933 Act.
During the period from July 15 to December 31, 2003, 112,326 restricted common shares in payment of $22,250 of investor relations services by Jeffrey Whitford, a Canadian resident who is a consultant to the company. The price per share was based on the average monthly closing share prices for the period. These shares were sold pursuant to the exemption provided by Regulation S of the 1933 Act.
33,600 restricted common shares were issued to pay $4,200 of legal services provided by Stephen E. Rounds, outside company counsel. The price per share was based on the average closing share price for the period during which the services were rendered. These shares were sold pursuant to the exemption provided by section 4(2) of the 1933 Act.
On December 30, 2003, 5,208 restricted common shares were issued to Terry Brown, a Mexican resident, for technical consulting services amounting to $1,250. The price per share was based on the average closing share price for the period during which the services were rendered. These shares were sold pursuant to the exemption provided by Regulation S of the 1933 Act.
2004
During 2004, 2,255,586 restricted common shares were issued to 107 Canadian residents or companies controlled and owned by Canadian resident investors for $431,425 and 10,000 restricted common shares were issued to one U.S. resident investor for $2,000 (245,000 shares were priced at $0.18 per share, 1,620,131 shares were priced at $0.20 per share, 261,200 shares were priced at $0.25 per share, and 139,255 shares were issued as a 25% premium on the conversion of warrants, representing premiums of up to 25% and discounts ranging from 0% to approximately 25% from market prices at the time of issuance). With respect to 1,319,308 of these restricted common shares, the investors were also issued warrants to purchase 1,259,308 additional restricted common shares at $0.25 per share and 60,000 additional restricted common shares at $0.20 per share. With respect to 245,000 restricted common shares, the investors were also issued warrants to purchase 245,000 additional restricted common shares at $0.25, and with respect to another 245,000 restricted common shares, the investors were also issued warrants to purchase 245,000 additional restricted common shares at $0.50 per share. Of these, we also sold 5,000 shares to a director of the Company for proceeds of $1,000 and issued warrants to purchase 5,000 restricted common shares, exercisable at $0.25 per share for a two-year period. All warrants will expire two years from the date of issuance. The shares and warrants were sold to Canadian investors pursuant to the exemption provided by Regulation S of the 1933 Act, and the shares and warrants sold to U.S. investors were sold pursuant to the exemption provided by section 4(2) of the 1933 Act.
During 2004, 702,760 restricted common shares were issued in conversion of $99,657 principal and interest on a debenture held by Dutchess Fund. The conversion prices were $0.216 for 92,593 shares ($20,000 of the debenture); $0.160 for 31,250 shares ($5,000 of the debenture); $0.144 for 34,722 shares ($5,000 of the debenture); $0.128 for 544,195 shares ($69,657 of the debenture). All of the prices were determined by the conversion formula in the debenture (80% of the average bid prices for the three lowest (out of 15) trading days before conversion). These shares were sold pursuant to the exemption provided by section 4(2) of the 1933 Act.
During 2004, 215,336 restricted common shares were issued in payment of $40,932 of services by Luis Vega, consulting geologist. The price per share was determined by dividing the amount owed by the average closing price of the company’s stock for each day’s service. These shares were sold pursuant to the exemption provided by section 4(2) of the 1933 Act.
On February 4, 2004, 10,000 restricted common shares were issued to Yvonne St. Pierre, a Canadian resident, for computer-related services, in the amount of $2,500. These shares were issued pursuant to the exemption provided by Regulation S of the 1933 Act.
Between February 10 and March 31, 2004, 75,000 restricted common shares were issued to Jeff Whitford, a Canadian resident, for investor relation services, in the amount of $15,000. In addition, Mr. Whitford received 50,000 warrants at an exercise price of $0.20 per share; the warrants will expire between February 2006 and March 2006. The warrants were valued at $12,200 utilizing the Black Scholes model. These shares were issued pursuant to the exemption provided by Regulation S of the 1933 Act.
On December 22, 2004, 2,500 restricted common shares were issued to Karen Barra, a U.S. resident, for services amounting to $500. The price per share was $0.20 based on private placement offering for the period during which the services were rendered. These shares were sold pursuant to the exemption provided by Regulation S of the 1933 Act.
During 2004, 15,367 restricted common shares were issued in payment of accounts payable amounting to $3,842. The price per share was based on the average closing share price for the period during which the services were rendered. These shares were sold pursuant to the exemption provided by Regulation S of the 1933 Act.
During 2004, 87,388 restricted common shares were issued to Terry Brown, a Mexican resident, for technical consulting services amounting to $15,247. The price per share was based on the average closing share price for the period during which the services were rendered. These shares were sold pursuant to the exemption provided by Regulation S of the 1933 Act.
On March 1, 2004, in connection with the conversion of $82,687 in notes payable and $225,595 in accrued officers’ salary payable, we issued 1,233,127 restricted common shares at $0.25 per share and 1,233,127 warrants, with an exercise price of $0.30 and expiring on March 1, 2006, to two officers, two directors, and a former director and his insurance agency. These persons and the insurance agency are accredited investors.
2005
During the twelve months ended December 31, 2005, we sold 712,500 restricted common shares to 21 Canadian residents for a total of $142,500, and issued warrants to purchase 712,500 restricted common shares, exercisable at $0.25 per share. These securities were issued in private transactions in reliance on the exemption from registration with the SEC provided by Regulation S.
A prior U.S. shareholder exercised other warrants, at exercise prices ranging from $0.22, for proceeds of $11,000, which resulted in the issuance of 50,000 restricted common shares. These securities were issued in private transactions in reliance on the exemption available under Section 4(2) of the 1933 Act.
We also issued, for services, 349,545 restricted common shares for a total value of $69,800 valued at fair market value at date of issuance and granted 13,575 warrants (exercisable for two years at $0.25 per share) valued at fair market value at date of issuance. These securities were issued to two Canadian residents, and one Mexican Corporation in reliance on the exemption from registration available under Regulation S, and one U.S. resident, in reliance on the exemption provided by Section 4(2) of the 1933 Act.
2006
During the twelve months ended December 31, 2006, we sold 2,622,213 restricted common shares to 76 Canadian residents, 8 US residents, 5 Israeli Nationals and 1 Swiss National for a total of $688,000, and issued warrants to purchase 2,348,213 restricted common shares, exercisable between $0.25 to $.45 per share. These securities were issued in private transactions, with respect to the Canadian residents, in reliance on the exemption from registration with the SEC provided by Regulation S, and with respect to the U.S. citizen, in reliance on the exemption available under Section 4(2) of the 1933 Act.
We also issued, for services, 8,500 restricted common shares for a total value of $2,325 and these securities were issued to one U.S. resident in reliance on the exemption provided by Section 4(2) of the 1933 Act.
On July 3, 2006, the Company issued 2,200 shares of its par value common stock for services received by an individual. As of September 30, 2006, the Company recorded consulting expense in the amount of $462, the fair value of the shares issued on the date of grant. Additionally, the Company granted a warrant to purchase 2,200 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.25 for a period of 2 years. The Company recorded an expense in the amount of $373, the fair value of the warrant on the date of grant. Fair value was determined using the Black Scholes option-pricing model based on the following assumptions: expected dividends: $-0-; volatility: 187%; risk free interest rate: 5.12%.
On July 3, 2006, the Company issued 8,800 shares of its par value common stock for services received from an individual. As of September 30, 2006, the Company recorded consulting expense in the amount of $2,200, the fair value of the shares issued on the date of grant. Additionally, the Company granted a warrant to purchase up to 8,800 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.25 for a period of 2 years. The Company recorded an expense in the amount of $1,812, the fair value of the warrant on the date of grant. Fair value was determined using the Black Scholes option-pricing model based on the following assumptions: expected dividends: $-0-; volatility: 187%; risk free interest rate: 5.12%.
On July 3, 2006, an officer of the Company elected to convert half of his accrued salary in exchange for 385,714 shares of common stock valued at $81,000, the fair value of the shares issued on the date of grant. Additionally, the Company granted a warrant to purchase up to 385,714 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.25 for a period of two years. The Company recorded an expense in the amount of $65,418, the fair value of the warrant on the date of grant. Fair value was determined using the Black Scholes option-pricing model based on the following assumptions: expected dividends: $-0-; volatility: 187%; risk free interest rate: 5.12%.
On July 3, 2006, the Company issued 56,821 shares of its common stock for conversion of a note in the amount of $11,932 from a shareholder of the Company. Additionally, the Company granted a warrant to purchase up to 56,821 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.25 for a period of two years. The Company recorded an expense in the amount of $9,637, the fair value of the warrant on the date of grant. Fair value was determined using the Black Scholes option-pricing model based on the following assumptions: expected dividends: $-0-; volatility: 187%; risk free interest rate: 5.12%.
On July 11, 2006, the Company issued 206,767 shares of its par value common stock pursuant to the convertible debenture agreement entered into on January 24, 2006 whereby the Company received a $40,000 convertible at a rate of $0.20 per share bearing interest of 10% per annum. The note holder elected to convert all accrued interest totaling $1,895 into 6,767 shares of the Company’s par value common stock.
On August 22, 2006, the Company entered into an agreement to purchase mining claims located in Mohave County, Arizona in exchange for 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s par value common stock. The Company recorded an asset totaling $400,000, the fair value of the underlying shares.
2007
During the twelve months ended December 31, 2007, we sold 1,238,167 restricted common shares to 72 Canadian residents and 4 US residents for a total of $375,534 and issued warrants to purchase 492,795 restricted common shares, exercisable between $0.35 to $.65 per share. These securities were issued in private transactions, with respect to the Canadian residents, in reliance on the exemption from registration with the SEC provided by Regulation S, and with respect to the U.S. citizen, in reliance on the exemption available under Section 4(2) of the 1933 Act.
On April 30, 2007, the Company also issued 50,000 shares of restricted common stock as part of a settlement agreement with a former officer of the Company for compensation of accrued salaries. The common stock was rendered to a U.S. citizen, in reliance on the exemption available under Section 4(2) of the 1933 Act. The shares were valued at a total of $22,000. In addition to monthly cash payments of $3,500 per month, the Company has recorded debt forgiveness of $147,419 in accordance with the terms of the settlement agreement. Due to the related party nature of the transaction the gain has been recorded to additional paid in capital, therefore there has been no impact on the Company’s net loss.
On June 29, 2007, the Company also issued 4,000 shares of restricted common stock for services rendered to a U.S. citizen, in reliance on the exemption available under Section 4(2) of the 1933 Act. The shares were valued at a total of $2,000.
2008
During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company issued 32,500 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 32,500 shares common stock for cash totaling $8,124. The warrants are fully vested upon grant, expire in two years and have an exercise price of $0.35 per share.
2009
During the year ended December 31, 2009, the company issued 2,926,600 shares of its common stock and an equal number of warrants pursuant to a unit offering whereby each recipient received one share of common stock and one warrant certificate for a unit price of $0.125. The Company recorded proceeds from the offering of $340,825 and a subscription receivable in the amount of $25,000, subsequently paid in January 2010.
On June 30, 2009, certain note holders elected to convert the principal balance of their notes together with accrued interest into shares of the Company’s common stock at a rate of $0.125 per share. In addition, the Company agreed to issue a warrant to purchase two shares of the Company’s common stock for each dollar converted (see Note 6). The total principal balance converted was $369,500 and was converted into 2,956,000 common shares. Total accrued interest converted was $29,093 or 232,741 common shares. As of the date of this filing, the shares remain unissued.
During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company issued a total of 107,000 shares of its restricted common stock to individuals for services rendered to the Company. As of December 31, 2009, the Company recorded and expense of $14,260 representing the fair value of the grant.
On December 31, 2009, the Company authorized the issuance of 9,000 and 6,000 shares of its restricted common stock to a director and officer of the Company, respectively for services performed for the Company. As of December 31, 2009, the shares were unissued and we recorded an expense of $1,200, representing the fair value of the issuance on the date of grant.
8. OPTIONS AND WARRANTS
Options
Options granted for employee and consulting services - The 2003 Non-Qualified Option Plan was established by the Board of Directors in June 2003 and approved by shareholders in October 2003. A total of 1,500,000 shares of common stock are reserved for issuance under this plan.
In June 2006, the Company granted options to buy 750,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.20 with terms ranging from two to five years from the date of issuance to the Directors of the Company, of these options, 250,000 expired in June 2008. Additionally, the Company granted options to purchase 250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.20 with a term of three years from the date of issuance to an unrelated consultant. On June 19, 2006, the consultant exercised 100,000 options in exchange for cash of $20,000. In June of 2009, the remaining 150,000 options expired.
In accordance with ASC 505, Share- Based Payment”; the Company recognized the fair value of the options in the statement of operations on the date of grant. Fair value was determined using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model based on the following assumptions: expected dividends: $-0-; volatility: 86%; risk free interest rate: 4.92% to 5.16%. The determined fair value recognized in the period of grant was $123,475
The following table summarizes the Company’s option activity related to employees and consultants:
| | Options Outstanding | | | Weighted Average Exercise Price | |
Balance, January 1, 2008 | | | 900,000 | | | $ | 0.20 | |
Granted | | | - | | | | | |
Cancelled | | | - | | | | | |
Exercised | | | - | | | | | |
Expired | | | 250,000 | | | | 0.20 | |
Balance, December 31, 2008 | | | 650,000 | | | | 0.20 | |
Granted | | | - | | | | - | |
Cancelled | | | - | | | | - | |
Exercised | | | - | | | | - | |
Expired | | | 150,000 | | | | | |
Balance, December 31, 2009 | | | 500,000 | | | $ | 0.20 | |
Warrants
During fiscal years 2009, and 2008, the Company granted 3,723,806 and 32,500 stock warrants, respectively, with an exercise price ranging from $0.15 to $0.65 per share for its common stock. These stock warrants were granted in connection with financing activities and stock sold during fiscal years 2009 and 2008. These warrants were exercisable upon issuance and expire at various times throughout 2010 and 2011. The following table summarizes the Company’s warrant activity as of December 31, 2009 and 2008.
| | Warrants Outstanding | | | Weighted Average Exercise Price | |
Balance, January 1, 2008 | | | 3,261,543 | | | $ | 0.31 | |
Granted | | | 32,500 | | | | 0.35 | |
Cancelled | | | - | | | | - | |
Exercised | | | - | | | | - | |
Expired | | | (2,768,748 | ) | | | 0.33 | |
Balance, December 31, 2008 | | | 525,295 | | | | 0.50 | |
Granted | | | 3,723,806 | | | | 0.15 | |
Cancelled | | | (298,083 | ) | | | 0.61 | |
Exercised | | | - | | | | - | |
Expired | | | - | | | | - | |
Balance, December 31, 2009 | | | 3,951,018 | | | $ | 0.16 | |
9. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Mining claims - The Company has a lease and purchase option agreement covering six patented claims in the Cerbat Mountains, Hualapai Mining District and Mohave County Arizona. The Company pays $1,500 per quarter as minimum advance royalties. The Company has the option to purchase the property for $250,000 plus interest at a rate of 8% compounded annually from and after the date of its exercise of the option to purchase the property. If the Lessee exercises its option to purchase, all funds paid to Lessors shall be credited toward the purchase price as of the date the payments were made.
Revocation order – On April 24, 2009 the Company received a Partial Revocation Order from the British Columbia Securities Commission. Pursuant to the order, the Company has agreed to offer a full rescission for shares purchased or warrants exercised, during the period of October 2004 to December 2007. The Company has recorded a rescission liability totaling $67,913 representing the total amount of cash required to repurchase 263,748 shares in accordance with the order. As of December 31, 2009, we have cancelled 126,698 shares and refunded $55,787 for previously issued common stock pursuant to this order. As of December 31, 2009, we recorded a refund due of the initial rescission liability of $12,125.
Rental payments - The Company operates a leased facility in Nevada under a month-to-month operating lease. The lease calls for a monthly base rent of approximately $1,695.
10. CAPITALIZED MINERAL COSTS
Mineral rights are recorded at cost of acquisition. When there is little likelihood of a mineral right being exploited; the value of mineral rights have diminished below cost, or the economic feasibility of extraction is limited, a write-down is affected against income in the period that such determination is made. As of December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Company recorded a write down in the amount of $1,248 and $442,524, respectively. Non-mining assets are recorded at cost of acquisition. These assets include the assets of the mining operation not included in the previous categories and all the assets of the non-mining operations. Mining assets, including mine development and infrastructure costs and mine plant facilities, are recorded at cost of acquisition. Expenditure incurred to evaluate and develop new ore bodies, to define mineralization in existing ore bodies, to establish or expand productive capacity, is capitalized until commercial levels of production are achieved, at which time the costs will be amortized.
11. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
In accordance with ASC 855, management evaluated all activity of the Company through April 15, 2010 (the issue date of the financial statements) and concluded that no subsequent events have occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in the financial statements.
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants On Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
None
Item 9A(T). Controls and Procedures.
We maintain “disclosure controls and procedures,” as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. We conducted an evaluation (the “Evaluation”), under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (“Disclosure Controls”) as of the end of the period covered by this report pursuant to Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act. Based on this Evaluation, our President has concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective because of the identification of a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting which is identified below, which we view as an integral part of our disclosure controls and procedures.
Changes in Internal Control
We have also evaluated our internal control over financial reporting, and there have been no significant changes in our internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect those controls as of December 31, 2009.
Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls
Our management, including our CEO and CFO, does not expect that our Disclosure Controls and internal controls will prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of a simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management or board override of the control.
The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions; over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.
CEO and CFO Certifications
Appearing immediately following the Signatures section of this report there are Certifications of the CEO and the CFO. The Certifications are required in accordance with Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the Section 302 Certifications). This Item of this report, which you are currently reading is the information concerning the Evaluation referred to in the Section 302 Certifications and this information should be read in conjunction with the Section 302 Certifications for a more complete understanding of the topics presented.
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act.
The management of the Company assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on the criteria for effective internal control over financial reporting established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”) and SEC guidance on conducting such assessments. Based on this assessment, management determined that, during the year ended July 31, 2009, our internal controls and procedures were not effective to detect the inappropriate application of US GAAP rules, as more fully described below. This was due to deficiencies in the design or operation of the Company’s internal control that adversely affected the Company’s internal controls and that may be considered to be material weaknesses.
Management identified the following material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting:
1. The Company has limited segregation of duties, which is not consistent with good internal control procedures.
2. The Company does not have a written internal control procedurals manual, which outlines the duties and reporting requirements of the Directors and any staff to be hired in the future. This lack of a written internal control procedurals manual does not meet the requirements of the SEC or good internal controls.
Management believes that the material weaknesses set forth in items 1 and 2 above did not have an affect on the Company’s financial results.
The Company and its management will endeavor to correct the above noted weaknesses in internal control once it has adequate funds to do so.
Management will continue to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the Company’s internal controls and procedures and its internal controls over financial reporting on an ongoing basis and are committed to taking further action and implementing additional enhancements or improvements, as necessary and as funds allow.
This annual report does not include an attestation report of the company’s registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by the company’s registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit the company to provide only the management’s report in this annual report.
Item 9B. Other Information.
None.
PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
Officers and directors of the Company are listed below. Directors are elected to hold offices until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors are elected or appointed and qualified. Officers are appointed by the board of directors until a successor is elected and qualified or until resignation, removal or death.
Name | | Age | | Position and Tenure |
G. Michael Hogan | | 71 | | President and Chief Executive Officer since November 17, 2009, upon the resignation of Ronald D. Sloan. |
| | | | |
William J. Hogan | | 60 | | Secretary and a Director since July 31, 2009 |
G. MICHAEL HOGAN. Mr. G. Michael Hogan spent the majority of his career in various senior management positions at Texaco Canada Ltd and Imperial Oil Ltd. He began his career as an Industrial/Lubrication Engineer for Texaco Canada. Shortly thereafter, he was promoted to District Supervisor making him the youngest supervisor in the company. After graduating with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto, Ontario and an MBA in Finance from the University of Western Ontario in 1971, he returned to Texaco as the Assistant Manager in Strategic Planning at the corporate office of Texaco Canada. After several promotions, he was appointed Manager of Budgets and Long Range Strategic Planning, where he managed the team that computerized the budget and planning process. Prior to the merger with Imperial Oil, he served on the Corporate M&A team for two years. After the merger with Imperial Oil, he served as the Manager of Retail Pricing.
Mr. G. Michael Hogan joined Equion Securities in 1991, as a Financial Advisor (FA) serving high net worth individual investors. After joining Equion, the company merged with Loring Ward and the combined company changed its name to Assante Corp. Assante then grew by purchasing 15 Independent Financial Advisory firms. Subsequently, Assante was purchased by CI Financial, during the second half of 2003, for approximately $900 million.
Mr. G. Michael Hogan sold his prosperous FA practice in 2004, and went into semi-retirement and ultimately into full retirement in 2007. Mr. G. Michael Hogan has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto, Ontario and an MBA in Finance from the University of Western Ontario.
WILLIAM J. HOGAN. Mr. William J. Hogan specializes in business development and has a track record of adding shareholder value to his endeavors in both the public and private sectors, with over 33 years experience in the areas of development, operations, fund raising and strategic planning for startup and growth level companies. Mr. William J. Hogan currently holds the position of Vice Chairman, Founder of Vacci-Test Corporation, a Calgary, Alberta developing food safety pathogen testing company.
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
The directors currently receive annual compensation in the amount of $60,000 to be paid in a combination of cash and restricted shares of the Company’s common stock. The annual cash portion of the Director’s compensation is equal to $24,000 or $2,000 per month. The stock component is equal to $36,000 annually or $3,000 per month to be computed utilizing the trading price of the Company’s common stock as quoted on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB) on the last trading day of each month.
Our present director, Mr. G. Michael Hogan, who also acts as CEO and President, receives additional compensation for acting as CEO in the amount of $60,000 annually. In the past, the Company has not compensated outside (non-employee) directors for service but has reimbursed them for travel costs to attend Board meetings. In the future, the Board of Directors may issue non- qualified options to non-executive directors. The terms of such options to be granted have not yet been established.
(b) Identification of Certain Significant Employees and Consultants
None.
(c) Family Relationships.
Not applicable.
(d) Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings.
During the past five years, no director, person nominated to become a director, or executive officer of the Company:
(1) has filed or had filed against him, a petition under the federal bankruptcy law or any state insolvency law, nor has any court appointed a receiver, fiscal agent or similar officer by or against any business of which such person was a general partner, or any corporation or business association of which he was an executive officer within two years before the time of such filing;
(2) was convicted in a criminal proceeding or is the named subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses);
(3) was the subject of any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring or suspending him from, or otherwise limiting his involvement in, any type of business, securities or banking activities, or
(4) was found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated any federal or state securities or commodities law, and the judgment in such civil action or finding by the Commission has not been subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated.
SECTION 16(A) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE
Based upon a review of Forms 3 and 4 furnished to the company pursuant to Rule 16a-3(a) and written representations referred to in Item 405(b) (2)(i) of Regulation S-K, no directors, officers, beneficial owners of more than 10% of the company’s common stock, or any other person subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act failed for the period from January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2009 to file on a timely basis the reports required by Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.
CODE OF ETHICS
The Company has adopted a Code of Ethics. A copy of the Code of Ethics will be provided to any person, without charge, upon written request addressed to Ronald D. Sloan, President/Chairman, 2500 Vista Mar Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89128.
Item 11. Executive Compensation.
The following table sets forth summary compensation information for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 for our chief executive officer’s and directors., who we refer to throughout this report as former executive officer. We did not have any other executive officers whose total compensation exceeded $100,000 during the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2007.
Summary Compensation Table
Name and Principal Position | | Fiscal Year | | Salary ($) | | | Bonus ($) | | | Option Awards ($) | | | All Other Compensation ($) | | | Total ($) | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
G. Michael Hogan | | 2009 | | $ | 4,000 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 480 | | | $ | 4,480 | |
Chief Executive Officer/Principal Financial Officer | | 2008 | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ronald D. Sloan | | 2009 | | $ | 110,000 | (1) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | $ | 110,000 | |
Former Chief Executive Officer/President | | 2008 | | $ | 120,000 | (1) | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | $ | 120,000 | |
(1) | From April 2006 to present accrued at the rate of $10,000 per month. As of December 31, 2009, Mr. Sloan was owed $211,689. |
Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal 2008
We did not grant any plan-based awards to our named executive officer during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.
Outstanding Equity Awards at 2008 Fiscal Year-End
The following table lists the outstanding equity incentive awards held by our named executive officer as of December 31, 2009.
| | Option Awards |
| | Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options Exercisable | | | Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options Unexercisable | | | Option Exercise Price | | Option Expiration Date |
| | | | | | | | | | |
Ronald D. Sloan | | | 500,000 | | | | - | | | $ | 1.00 | | 12/31/11 |
Option Exercises for 2009
There were no options issued or exercised by our former executive officer in fiscal 2009.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.
The following table presents information, to the best of Can-Cal’s knowledge, about the ownership of Can-Cal’s common stock on April 8, 2009 relating to those persons known to beneficially own more than 5% of Can-Cal’s capital stock and by Can-Cal’s directors and executive officers. The percentage of beneficial ownership for the following table is based on 24,587,753 shares of common stock outstanding.
Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and does not necessarily indicate beneficial ownership for any other purpose. Under these rules, beneficial ownership includes those shares of common stock over which the shareholder has sole or shared voting or investment power. It also includes shares of common stock that the shareholder has a right to acquire within 60 days after April 8, 2009 pursuant to options, warrants, conversion privileges or other right. The percentage ownership of the outstanding common stock, however, is based on the assumption, expressly required by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, that only the person or entity whose ownership is being reported has converted options or warrants into shares of Can-Cal’s common stock.
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner, Officer or Director(1) | | Number of Shares | | | Percent of Outstanding Shares of Common Stock(2) | |
G. Michael Hogan, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director (3) | | | 1,140,459 | (4) | | | 3.7 | % |
William J. Hogan, Director(3) | | | 215,000 | (5) | | | - | % |
Ronald D. Sloan, former Chief Executive Officer, President and Director (3) | | | 2,260,785 | (4) | | | 9.2 | % |
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John Brian Wolfe, former Director(3) | | | 1,018,211 | (5) | | | 4.1 | % |
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James Dacyszyn, former Director(3) | | | 1,018,050 | (6) | | | 4.1 | % |
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Directors, Officers and Beneficial Owners as a Group | | | 5,652,505 | | | | 18.4 | % |
(1) | As used in this table, “beneficial ownership” means the sole or shared power to vote, or to direct the voting of, a security, or the sole or shared investment power with respect to a security (i.e., the power to dispose of, or to direct the disposition of, a security). |
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(2) | Figures are rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent. |
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(3) | The address of each person is care of Can-Cal: 8205 Aqua Spray Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada 89128. |
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(4) | Includes 500,000 shares underlying options. |
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(5) | Includes 53,890 shares underlying warrants and 125,000 shares underlying options. |
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(6) | 697,550 shares (including 113,775 shares covered by warrants) are owned directly by Mr. Dacyszyn and 195,500 shares are owned by a family company. Mr. Dacyszyn exercises investment and dispositive powers over 60,000 shares (31%) of those owned by the family company. The balance of shares in the family company is controlled by an adult son, who manages the family company and has a 25% pecuniary interest in these shares. Also includes 125,000 shares underlying options. |
Equity Compensation Plan Information
The following table sets forth information as of December 31, 2009 regarding outstanding options granted under the plans, warrants issued to consultants and options reserved for future grant under the plan.
Plan Category | | Number of shares to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights (a) | | | Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights (b) | | | Number of shares remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding shares reflected in column (a) (c) | |
Equity compensation plans approved by stockholders | | | 900,000 | | | $ | 0.20 | | | | 600,000 | |
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2003 Qualified ISOP (1,500,000 shares) | | | | | | | | | | | 1,500,000 | |
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Equity compensation plans not approved by stockholders | | | -- | | | | -- | | | | -- | |
Total | | | 900,000 | | | $ | 0.20 | | | | 2,100,000 | |
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Total shares underlying unexercised options (both plans) cannot exceed 10% of the Company’s total issued and outstanding shares of common stock, calculated on a pro forma basis.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
Other than as set forth below, we were not a party to any transactions or series of similar transactions that have occurred during fiscal 2009 in which:
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| • | The amounts involved exceeds the lesser of $120,000 or one percent of the average of our total assets at year end for the last two completed fiscal years ($3,631); and |
| • | A director, executive officer, holder of more than 5% of our common stock or any member of their immediate family had or will have a direct or indirect material interest. |
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
(5)(i) The Board of Directors has not established an audit committee. However, the Board of Directors, as a group, carries out the responsibilities, which an audit committee would have. In this respect, the Board of Directors has the responsibility of reviewing our financial statements, exercising general oversight of the integrity and reliability of our accounting and financial reporting practices, and monitoring the effectiveness of our internal control systems. The Board of Directors also recommends selection of the auditing firm and exercises general oversight of the activities of our independent auditors, principal financial and accounting officers and employees and related matters.
The Board of Directors delegates to management of Mr. G. Michael Hogan and the Board of Directors, the terms of engagement, before we engage independent auditor for audit and non-audit services, except as to engagements for services outside the scope of the original terms, in which instances the services have been provided pursuant to pre-approval policies and procedures, established by management. These pre-approval policies and procedures are detailed as to the category of service and the Board of Directors is kept informed of each service provided.
(7) L.L. Bradford & Company was retained as our auditing firm by the Board of Directors for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. L.L. Bradford & Company billed us as follows for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively:
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Audit Fees (a) | | $ | 23,500 | | | $ | 13,500 | |
Audit-Related Fees (b) | | | -0- | | | | -0- | |
Tax Fees (c) | | | 755 | | | | -0- | |
All Other Fees (d) | | | -0- | | | | -0- | |
Total fees paid or accrued to our principal accountants | | $ | 24,255 | | | $ | 13,500 | |
| (a) | Includes fees for audit of the annual financial statements and review of quarterly financial information filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
| (b) | For assurance and related services that were reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the financial statements, which fees are not included in the Audit Fees category. The company had no Audit-Related Fees for the periods ended December 31, 2009, and 2008, respectively. |
| (c) | For tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning services, relating to any and all federal and state tax returns as necessary for the periods ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. |
| (d) | For services in respect of any and all other reports as required by the SEC and other governing agencies. |
PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.
The following information required under this item is filed as part of this report:
(a) 1. Financial Statements
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Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting | | | 34 | |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | | | F-1 | |
Balance Sheets | | | F-3 | |
Statements of Operations | | | F-4 | |
Statements of Stockholders Deficit | | | F-5 | |
Statements of Cash Flows | | | F-8 | |
(b) 2. Financial Statement Schedules
None.
(c) 3. Exhibit Index
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Exhibit | | Exhibit Description | | Filed herewith | | Form | | Period ending | | Exhibit | | Filing date |
31.1 | | Certification of Ronald B. Sloan pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act | | X | | | | | | | | |
31.2 | | Certification of Ronald B. Sloan pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act | | X | | | | | | | | |
32.1 | | Certification of Ronald B. Sloan pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act | | X | | | | | | | | |
99.1 | | Summary of Significant Details Regarding Pisgah, Wikieup, Cerbat and the Owl Canyon Properties | | | | 10-KSB/A | | 12/31/07 | | 99.1 | | 03/11/09 |
99.2 99.3 99.4 99.5 99.6 99.7 | | Press release issued April 28, 2009 Press release issued May 28, 2009 Press release issued July 31, 2009 Press release issued November 13, 2009 Press release issued November 17, 2009 Press release issued February 19, 2010 | | | | 8-K 8-K 8-K 8-K 8-K 8-K | | | | 99.2 99.3 99.4 99.5 99.6 96.7 | | 04/29/2009 06/03/2009 08/11/2009 11/17/2009 11/17/2009 02/25/2010 |
SIGNATURES
In accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
CAN-CAL RESOURCES LTD.
By: /s/ G. Michael Hogan
G. Michael Hogan, President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: April 15, 2010
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated have signed this report below.
Name | | Title | | Date |
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/s/ G. Michael Hogan | | Chief Executive Officer, President & Director | | April 15, 2010 |
G. Michael Hogan | | (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer) | | |
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/s/ William J Hogan | | Director | | April 15, 2010 |
William J. Hogan | | | | |
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