UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 20-F
Amendment No. 2
[ ] | REGISTRATIONSTATEMENTPURSUANTTOSECTION12(b)OR(g)OFTHESECURITIESEXCHANGEACTOF1934 |
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[X] | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2011 |
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[ ] | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from __________ to ________ |
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[ ] | SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of event requiring this shell company report |
Commission file number000-31204
Golden Goliath Resources Ltd.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
British Columbia, Canada
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
675 West Hastings Street, #711, Vancouver, British Columbia Canada V6B 1N2
(Address of principal executive offices)
J. Paul Sorbara:: 604-682-2950;jps@goldengoliath.com; 675 West Hastings St. #711, Vancouver, BC V6B 1N2
(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile and Address of Company Contact Person)
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Shares, without par value
(Title of Class)
Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act: | None |
Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer's classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report. | 92,216,445 Common Shares |
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known, seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. | Yes [ ] | No [X] |
If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. | Yes [ ] | No [X] |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 12 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 ninety days | Yes [X] | No [ ] |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer: | |
(Check one) Large accelerated filer [ ] Accelerated filer [ ] | Non-accelerated filer [X] |
Indicatebycheckmarkwhichbasisofaccountingregistranthasusedtopreparefinancialstatementsincludedinthisfiling: | |
U.S.GAAP [ ] InternationalFinancialReportingStandardsasissuedbyInternationalAccountingStandardsBoard [ ] | Other [X] |
If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow: | Item 17 [X] | Item 18 [ ] |
If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). | Yes [ ] | No [X] |
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GOLDEN GOLIATH RESOURCES LTD.
FORM 20-F ANNUAL REPORT
AUGUST 31, 2011
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part I |
| Page |
| Introduction | 3 |
Item 1 | Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisors | 4 |
Item 2 | Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable | 4 |
Item 3 | Key Information | 4 |
Item 4 | Information on the Company | 11 |
Item 5 | Operating and Financial Review and Prospects | 39 |
Item 6 | Directors, Senior Management and Employees | 45 |
Item 7 | Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions | 56 |
Item 8 | Financial Information | 58 |
Item 9 | The Offer and Listing | 58 |
Item 10 | Additional Information | 61 |
Item 11 | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk | 63 |
Item 12 | Description of Securities Other Than Equity Securities | 63 |
Part II |
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Item 13 | Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies | 63 |
Item 14 | Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds | 63 |
Item 15 | Controls and Procedures | 63 |
Item 16 | Reserved | 64 |
Item 16A | Audit Committee Financial Expert | 64 |
Item 16B | Code of Ethics | 65 |
Item 16C | Principal Accountant Fees and Services | 65 |
Item 16D | Exemptions from the Listing Standards for Audit Committee | 65 |
Item 16E | Purchases of Equity Securities by the Company and Affiliated Purchasers | 65 |
Item 16F | Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant | 65 |
Item 16G | Corporate Governance | 65 |
Part III |
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Item 17 | Financial Statements | 66 |
Item 18 | Financial Statements | 66 |
Item 19 | Exhibits | 66 |
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INTRODUCTION
Golden Goliath Resources Ltd. is organized under theBritish Columbia Business Corporations Act. In this Annual Report, the “Company”, “Golden Goliath”, “we”, “our” and “us” refer to Golden Goliath Resources Ltd. and its subsidiaries (unless the context otherwise requires). We refer you to the actual corporate documents for more complete information than may be contained in this Annual Report. Our principal corporate offices are located at 675 West Hastings Street, #711, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6B 1N2. Our telephone number is 604-682-2950.
We file reports and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission located at 100 F Street NE, Washington, D.C. 20549; you may obtain copies of our filings with the SEC by accessing their website located atwww.sec.gov. Further, we file reports under Canadian regulatory requirements on SEDAR; you may access our reports filed on SEDAR by accessing their website atwww.sedar.com. Finally, corporate information may be found at the Company’s website:goldengoliath.com.
BUSINESS OF GOLDEN GOLIATH RESOURCES LTD.
Golden Goliath Resources Ltd. is principally a mineral company engaged in the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties.
There are no known proven reserves of minerals on Golden Goliath’s properties. The Company does not have any commercially producing mines or sites, nor is the Company in the process of developing any commercial mines or sites. The Company has not reported any revenue from operations since incorporation. As such, the Company is defined as an “exploration-stage company”. The Company is well capitalized with approximately $1,800,000 in working capital at 01/31/2012 to fund the current exploration program, estimated at $1.0 million for Fiscal 2012.
FINANCIAL AND OTHER INFORMATION
In this Annual Report, unless otherwise specified, all dollar amounts are expressed in Canadian Dollars (“CDN$” or “$”). The Government of Canada permits a floating exchange rate to determine the value of the Canadian Dollar against the U.S. Dollar (US$).
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Annual Report on Form 20-F contains forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements and information can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology or words, such as, “predict”, “designed”, “potential”, “promote”, “become”, “developing”, “vision”, “plans”, “expects”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “intends”, “conducting” “estimates”, “to be”, “being”, “projects”, “hopefully”, “possibly”, “develop”, “contemplated”, “hypothesizes”, “pursue”, “likely”, “future”, “2008”, “2009”, “2010”, “opportunities”, “going forward”, “next”, and similar expressions or variations thereon, or statements that events, conditions or results “can”, “might” “will”, “shall”, “may”, “must” “would”, “could”, or “should” occur or be achieved and similar expressions in connection with any discussion, expectation, or projection of future operating or financial performance, events or trends. Forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations and assumptions, which are inherently subject to uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict. Actual outcomes and results may differ materially from these expectations/assumptions due to changes in global political, economic, business, competitive, market, regulatory and other factors. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise. These factors include, but are not limited to, the fact that the Company is early in its development and will need additional financing to develop its products, which factors are set forth in more detail in the sections entitled “Risk Factors” in Item #3D, “Business Overview” in ITEM #4B, and “Operating and Financial Review and Prospects” at ITEM #5.
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PART I
ITEM 1. IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISORS
--- Not Applicable ---
ITEM 2. OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE.
--- No Disclosure Necessary ---
ITEM 3. KEY INFORMATION.
3.A.1. Selected Financial Data
3.A.2. Selected Financial Data
The selected financial data of the Company for Fiscal 2011/2010/2009 ended August 31st was derived from the consolidated financial statements of the Company that were audited by Morgan & Company, independent Chartered Accountants, as indicated in their audit report which is included elsewhere in this Annual Report.
The Company’s consolidated financial statements are stated in Canadian Dollars (CDN$) and are prepared in accordance with Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), the application of which, in the case of the Company, conforms in all material respects for the periods presented with United States GAAP, except as discussed in footnotes to the consolidated financial statements.
The consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. The auditor’s responsibility is to express an opinion on the consolidated financial statements based on their audit.
The auditor’s conducted their audits in accordance with United States and Canadian generally accepted auditing standards, and the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that the auditor plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. 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 consolidated financial statement presentation. The auditor’s report states that they believe that their audits provided a reasonable basis for their opinion.
The selected financial data should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and other financial information included elsewhere in the Annual Report.
The Company has not declared any dividends since incorporation and does not anticipate that it will do so in the foreseeable future. The present policy of the Company is to retain all available funds for use in its operations and the expansion of its business.
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Table No. 1 |
Selected Financial Data |
| Year | Year | Year | Year | Year |
| Ended | Ended | Ended | Ended | Ended |
| 8/31/2011 | 8/31/2010 | 8/31/2009 | 8/31/2008 | 8/31/2007 |
Canadian GAAP |
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Sales Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Operating Income (Loss) | ($1,130,554) | ($1,338,686) | ($760,523) | ($821,077) | ($1,035,556) |
Net Income (Loss) | ($1,021,160) | ($1,412,984) | ($2,196,183) | ($821,077) | ($1,035,556) |
Basic/Diluted (Loss) Per Share | ($0.01) | ($0.02) | ($0.04) | ($0.01) | ($0.02) |
Dividends Per Share | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Weighted Avg. Shares O/S | 85,749,549 | 72,302,874 | 60,934,037 | 60,875,845 | 49,092,397 |
Period-End Shares O/S | 92,216,445 | 80,655,503 | 60,934,037 | 60,934,037 | 60,754,037 |
Working Capital | $2,713,392 | $1,808,507 | $712,378 | $2,427,739 | $7,058,037 |
Mineral Property Interests | $8,981,467 | $8,089,770 | $7,342,303 | $7,784,381 | $3,763,023 |
Long-Term Obligations | $58,000 | $37,000 | $26,000 | $46,000 | $37,000 |
Shareholder’s Equity | $11,848,681 | $10,029,855 | $8,156,342 | $10,295,018 | $10,948,315 |
Total Assets | $12,022,608 | $10,232,227 | $8,222,221 | $10,795,721 | $11,249,718 |
US GAAP |
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Net Income (Loss)(1) | ($1,903,482) | ($2,160,451) | ($1,754,104) |
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Net Income (Loss) Per Share | ($0.02) | ($0.03) | ($0.03) |
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Mineral Property Interests | $0 | $0 | $0 |
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Shareholders’ Equity | $3,201,987 | $2,274,858 | $1,148,812 |
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Total Assets | $3,375,914 | $2,477,230 | $1,214,691 |
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(1) Cumulative Net Loss to 8/31/2011 under USGAAP was ($23,627,463). (2) Certain of the comparative figures have been reclassified to conform to the current year’s presentation. |
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3.A.3. Exchange Rates
In this Annual Report, unless otherwise specified, all dollar amounts are expressed in Canadian Dollars (CDN$). The Government of Canada permits a floating exchange rate to determine the value of the Canadian Dollar against the U.S. Dollar (US$).
The following table sets forth the rate of exchange for the Canadian Dollar at the end of the five most recent fiscal periods ended August 31st, the average rates for the period, and the range of high and low rates for the period. The data for each month during the previous six months are also provided.
For purposes of this table, the rate of exchange means the noon buying rate in New York City for cable transfers in foreign currencies as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The table sets forth the number of Canadian Dollars required under that formula to buy one U.S. Dollar. The average rate means the average of the exchange rates on the last day of each month during the period.
Table No. 2 U.S. Dollar/Canadian Dollar | ||||
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| Average | High | Low | Close |
July 2011 |
| 0.97 | 0.94 | 0.95 |
August 2011 |
| 0.99 | 0.96 | 0.98 |
September 2011 |
| 1.04 | 0.98 | 1.04 |
October 2011 |
| 1.06 | 0.99 | 0.99 |
November 2011 |
| 1.05 | 1.01 | 1.02 |
December 2011 |
| 1.04 | 1.01 | 1.02 |
January 2012 |
| 1.02 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Fiscal Year Ended 8/31/2011 | 0.99 | 1.06 | 0.94 | 0.98 |
Fiscal Year Ended 8/31/2010 | 1.06 | 1.16 | 1.00 | 1.06 |
Fiscal Year Ended 8/31/2009 | 1.18 | 1.30 | 1.03 | 1.08 |
Fiscal Year Ended 8/31/2008 | 1.00 | 1.07 | 0.92 | 1.06 |
Fiscal Year Ended 8/31/2007 | 1.17 | 1.19 | 1.04 | 1.06 |
3.B. Capitalization and Indebtedness
--- Not Applicable ---
3.C. Reasons For The Offer And Use Of Proceeds
--- No Disclosure Necessary ---
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3.D. RISK FACTORS
In addition to the other information presented in this Annual Report, the following should be considered carefully in evaluating the Company and its business. This Annual Report contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The Company's actual results may differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include those discussed below and elsewhere in this Annual Report.
Risks Pertaining to Golden Goliath
Cumulative Unsuccessful Exploration Efforts By Golden Goliath Personnel Could Result In the Company Having to Cease Operations:
The expenditures to be made by Golden Goliath in the exploration of its properties as described herein may not result in discoveries of mineralized material in commercial quantities. Most exploration projects do not result in the discovery of commercially mineable ore deposits and this occurrence could ultimately result in Golden Goliath having to cease operations. Management feels that if exploration efforts were unsuccessful for a period of ten years, the Company would cease operations. If that were the case, investors would lose their entire investment in the Company.
Golden Goliath Has No Reserves on the Properties in Which It Has an Interest and If Reserves Are Not Defined the Company Could Have to Cease Operations:
The properties in which Golden Goliath has an interest or the concessions in which Golden Goliath has the right to earn an interest are in the exploratory stage only and are without a known body of ore. If Golden Goliath does not ultimately find a body of ore, it would have to cease operations. As stated above, management believes that if reserves were not defined on any of the properties on which Golden Goliath has an interest after a period of ten years, the Company would cease operations. If that were the case, investors would lose their entire investment in the Company.
Golden Goliath Has Minimal Positive Cash Flow and No Recent History of Significant Earnings and Is Dependent Upon Public and Private Distributions of Equity to Obtain Capital in Order to Sustain Operations. Public distributions of capital result in dilution to existing shareholders:
None of Golden Goliath’s properties have advanced to the commercial production stage and Golden Goliath has no history of earnings or positive cash flow from operations. Golden Goliath does not know if it will ever generate material revenue from mining operations or if it will ever achieve self-sustaining commercial mining operations. Historically, the only source of funds available to Golden Goliath has been through the sale of its common shares. Any future additional equity financing would cause dilution to current stockholders.
As of 01/31/2012, Golden Goliath currently had nil share purchase options outstanding and 8,715,000 share purchase warrants outstanding. If all of the share purchase options and warrants were exercised, the number of common shares issued and outstanding would increase from 92,216,445 (as of 01/31/2012) to 100,931,445. This represents a potential increase of 9.5% in the number of shares issued and outstanding and would result in dilution to current shareholders.
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Dilution Through Employee/Director/Consultant Options Could Adversely Affect Golden Goliath’s Stockholders
Because the success of Golden Goliath is highly dependent upon its respective employees, the Company has granted to some or all of its key employees, Directors and consultants options to purchase common shares as non-cash incentives. To the extent that significant numbers of such options may be granted and exercised, the interests of the other stockholders of the Company may be diluted. At 01/31/2012, there were 8,715,000 share purchase options outstanding, which, if exercised, would result in an additional 8,715,000 common shares being issued and outstanding. (For a breakdown of dilution, refer to the risk factor entitled: “Golden Goliath Has Minimal Positive Cash Flow and No Recent History of Significant Earnings and Is Dependent Upon Public and Private Distributions of Equity to Obtain Capital in Order to Sustain Operations. Public distributions of capital will result in dilution to existing shareholders”).
The Amount of Capital Necessary to Meet All Environmental Regulations Associated with the Exploration Programs of Golden Goliath Could Be In An Amount Great Enough to Force Golden Goliath to Cease Operations:
The current and anticipated future operations of Golden Goliath, including further exploration activities require permits from various Federal and State governmental authorities in Mexico. Such operations are subject to various laws governing land use, the protection of the environment, production, exports, taxes, labor standards, occupational health, waste disposal, toxic substances, mine safety and other matters. Unfavorable amendments to current laws, regulations and permits governing operations and activities of resource exploration companies, or more stringent implementation thereof, could have a materially adverse impact on the Company and cause increases in capital expenditures which could result in a cessation of operations by the Company.
Failure to comply with applicable laws, regulations and permitting requirements may result in enforcement actions there under, including orders issued by regulatory or judicial authorities causing operations to cease or be curtailed, and may include corrective measures requiring capital expenditures, installation of additional equipment or remedial actions. Parties engaged in resource exploration may be required to compensate those suffering loss or damage by reason of the mining activities and may have civil or criminal fines or penalties imposed for violation of applicable laws or regulations.
Large increases in capital expenditures resulting from any of the above factors could force Golden Goliath to cease operations. If that were the case, investors would lose their entire investment in the Company.
The Risks Associated with Penny Stock Classification Could Affect the Marketability of the Common Stock of Golden Goliath and Shareholders Could Find It Difficult to Sell Their Stock:
Golden Goliath’s stock is subject to “penny stock” rules as defined in 1934 Securities and Exchange Act rule 3a51-1. The Commission has adopted rules that regulate broker-dealer practices in connection with transactions in penny stocks. Golden Goliath’s common shares are subject to these penny stock rules. Transaction costs associated with purchases and sales of penny stocks are likely to be higher than those for other securities. Penny stocks generally are equity securities with a price of less than US$5.00 (other than securities registered on certain national securities exchanges or quoted on the NASDAQ system, provided that current price and volume information with respect to transactions in such securities is provided by the exchange or system).
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The penny stock rules require a broker-dealer, prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from the rules, to deliver a standardized risk disclosure document that provides information about penny stocks and the nature and level of risks in the penny stock market. The broker-dealer also must provide the customer with current bid and offer quotations for the penny stock, the compensation of the broker-dealer and its salesperson in the transaction, and monthly account statements showing the market value of each penny stock held in the customer’s account. The bid and offer quotations, and the broker-dealer and salesperson compensation information, must be given to the customer orally or in writing prior to effecting the transaction and must be given to the customer in writing before or with the customer’s confirmation.
In addition, the penny stock rules require that prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from such rules, the broker-dealer must make a special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser and receive the purchaser’s written agreement to the transaction. These disclosure requirements may have the effect of reducing the level of trading activity in the secondary market for the Company’s common shares in the United States and shareholders may find it more difficult to sell their shares.
Golden Goliath is Dependent on Key Personnel and the Absence of Any of These Individuals Could Result in the Company Having to Cease Operations:
While engaged in the business of exploring mineral properties, the nature of Golden Goliath’s business, its ability to continue its exploration of potential exploration projects, and to develop a competitive edge in the marketplace, depends, in large part, on its ability to attract and maintain qualified key management personnel. Competition for such personnel is intense and the Company may not be able to attract and retain such personnel. Golden Goliath’s growth will depend, on the efforts of its Senior Management, particularly its: President/Director, J. Paul Sorbara; its CFO/Corporate Secretary, Stephen Pearce; Daniel Fermandez, a Director and Manager of a wholly-owned subsidiary, Minera Delta S.A. de C.V.
U.S. Investors May Not Be Able to Enforce Their Civil Liabilities Against Us or Our Directors, Controlling Persons and Officers:
It may be difficult to bring and enforce suits against Golden Goliath. Golden Goliath is a corporation incorporated in the province of British Columbia under the British Columbia Business Corporations Act. A substantial portion of Golden Goliath’s assets are located outside of the United States, predominately in Mexico and Canada. As a result, it may be difficult for U.S. holders of our common shares to effect service of process on these persons within the United States or to realize in the United States upon judgments rendered against them. In addition, a shareholder should not assume that the courts of Canada, (i) would enforce judgments of U.S. courts obtained in actions against us or such persons predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the U.S. federal securities laws or other laws of the United States, or (ii) would enforce, in original actions, liabilities against us or such persons predicated upon the U.S. federal securities laws or other laws of the United States.
However, U.S. laws would generally be enforced by a Canadian court provided that those laws are not contrary to Canadian public policy, are not foreign penal laws or laws that deal with taxation or the taking of property by a foreign government and provided that they are in compliance with applicable Canadian legislation regarding the limitation of actions. Also, a Canadian court would generally recognize a judgment obtained in a U.S. Court except, for example:
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a)
where the U.S. court where the judgment was rendered had no jurisdiction according to applicable Canadian law;
b)
the judgment was subject to ordinary remedy (appeal, judicial review and any other judicial proceeding which renders the judgment not final, conclusive or enforceable under the laws of the applicable state) or not final, conclusive or enforceable under the laws of the applicable state;
c)
the judgment was obtained by fraud or in any manner contrary to natural justice or rendered in contravention of fundamental principles of procedure;
d)
a dispute between the same parties, based on the same subject matter has given rise to a judgment rendered in a Canadian court or has been decided in a third country and the judgment meets the necessary conditions for recognition in a Canadian court;
e)
the outcome of the judgment of the U.S. court was inconsistent with Canadian public policy;
f)
the judgment enforces obligations arising from foreign penal laws or laws that deal with taxation or the taking of property by a foreign government; or
g)
there has not been compliance with applicable Canadian law dealing with the limitation of actions.
As a “foreign private issuer”, Golden Goliath is exempt from the Section 14 proxy rules and Section 16 of the 1934 Securities Act. This could result in shareholders having less complete and timely Data
The submission of proxy and annual meeting of shareholder information (prepared to Canadian standards) on Form 6-K may result in shareholders having less complete and timely data. The exemption from Section 16 rules regarding sales of common shares by insiders may result in shareholders having less data.
Risks Pertaining to the Industry
Mineral Prices May Not Support Corporate Profit for Golden Goliath:
The resource exploration industry is intensely competitive and even if commercial quantities of mineral resources are developed (which is not guaranteed), a profitable market may not exist for the sale. If a profitable market does not exist, Golden Goliath could have to cease operations.
Operating Hazards and Risks Associated with the Exploration-stage Mining Industry Could Result in Golden Goliath Having to Cease Operations:
Resource exploration activities generally involve a high degree of risk. Hazards such as unusual or unexpected formations and other conditions are involved. Operations in which Golden Goliath has a direct or indirect interest will be subject to all the hazards and risks normally incidental to exploration for precious and base metals, any of which could result in work stoppages, damage to or destruction of exploration facilities, damage to life and property, environmental damage and legal liability for any or all damage. Golden Goliath may become subject to liability for cave-ins and other hazards for which it cannot insure or against which it may elect not to insure where premium costs are disproportionate to the Company’s perception of the relevant risks. The payment of such insurance premiums and of such liabilities would reduce the funds available for exploration activities and could force Golden Goliath to cease operations.
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ITEM 4. INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY
4.A. History and Progress of the Company
Introduction
Golden Goliath ’s executive office is located at:
Suite 711, 675 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6B 1N2
Telephone: 604-682-2950
Facsimile: 604-685-3764
Email:jps@goldengoliath.com
The contact person is: Mr. J. Paul Sorbara, President/Director.
Golden Goliath’s fiscal year ends August 31st.
Golden Goliath’s common shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol: “GNG”. The common shares also trade in Europe on the Berlin Stock Exchange, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, the Munich Stock Exchange, and the XETRA Exchange.
The authorized capital of Golden Goliath consists of an unlimited number of common shares without par value. At 8/31/2011, the end of the most recent fiscal year, there were 92,216,445 common shares issued and outstanding; and at 01/31/2012 there were 92,216,445 common shares issued and outstanding.
In this Annual Report, unless otherwise specified, all dollar amounts are expressed in Canadian Dollars (CDN$).
Incorporation and Name Changes
The Company was incorporated in British Columbia under theCompany Act(British Columbia) on 6/12/1996 by Certificate of Incorporation under the name 521858 B.C. Ltd. and was granted a certificate of change of name on 9/10/1998 under the name of Golden Goliath Resources Ltd.
Subsidiaries
The Company has two wholly-owned subsidiaries:
a. Minera Delta SA de CV; incorporated in Mexico on 7/17/1992; and
b. 4347 Investments Ltd.; incorporated in British Columbia on 2/3/1999.
Financings
The Company has financed its operations through funds raised public/private placements of common shares. Also shares have been issued upon exercise of options and warrants; and as agent commissions. Refer to ITEM #10.A.6 for additional information.
Fiscal Year | Nature of Share Issuance | Number of Securities | Gross Amount |
Fiscal 2012 | Nil |
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Fiscal 2011 | Exercise of Stock Options | 675,000 | $118,500 |
Fiscal 2011 | Exercise of Warrants | 10,885,942 | $2,721,486 |
Fiscal 2010 | Private Placement of Units | 19,721,466 | $2,958,220 |
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Capital Expenditures
Fiscal Year | Capital Expenditures | Purpose |
Fiscal 2011 | $1,100,965 | Mineral Property Expenditures |
Fiscal 2011 | $74,238 | Purchase of Capital Assets |
Fiscal 2010 | $751,533 | Mineral Property Expenditures |
Fiscal 2010 | $10,880 | Purchase of Capital Assets |
Fiscal 2009 | $1,365,900 | Mineral Property Expenditures |
Fiscal 2009 | $22,247 | Purchase of Capital Assets |
Plan Of Operations
Source of Funds for Fiscal 2011 Ending 8/31/2012
The Company’s primary source of funds since incorporation has been through the issuance of equity. As of 8/31/2011, the Company had working capital of $2,713,392.
Use of Funds for Fiscal 2012 Ending 8/31/2012
During Fiscal 2012, the Company estimates that it might expend approximately $0.6 million on general/administrative, investor-relations expenses, etc. During Fiscal 2012, the Company estimates that it might expend approximately $1.0 million on property exploration/development.
Anticipated Changes to Facilities/Employees
The Company has no current plans to add any additional personnel. Management anticipates that any additional property exploration efforts will be carried out by outside contractors.
United States vs. Foreign Sales
The Company has recorded no sales since incorporation.
At 8/31/2011, $9,184,344 in assets were located in Mexico, primarily mineral properties and $2,838,264 in assets were located in Canada, primarily current assets.
At 8/31/2010, $8,279,017 in assets were located in Mexico, primarily mineral properties and $1,953,210 in assets were located in Canada, primarily current assets.
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4.B. BUSINESS OVERVIEW
Corporate Overview
Golden Goliath Resources Ltd. is a junior exploration company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (symbol GNG). The Company is focused on exploring and developing the gold and silver potential of an historic mining camp located in the Sierra Madre Occidental Mountains of northwestern Mexico. The Uruachic mining camp lies directly in the center of the several-hundred-kilometer trend of important past producers and new discoveries that characterize the Sierra Madre Occidental. Uniquely, Golden Goliath controls an entire old mining camp, or district, that covers an area of 15-kilometers by 25-kilometers, with numerous past-producing gold and silver mines dating back to the time of the Spaniards. Golden Goliath’s Uruachic claims are owned 100% by the Company and are fully paid for with no property option or purchase payments to make.
Golden Goliath also owns two other significant properties outside of the Uruachic Camp.
One of these is a silver property called La Cruz, which is located on the eastern edge of the Sierra Madre Belt. La Cruz has several old mine workings and extensive old dumps, attesting to considerable past production. However the property has been inactive for at least 75 years and there are no available records of production or previous exploration drilling. La Cruz gained the attention of well-known international silver producer, Pan American Silver, and in September 2007, Golden Goliath signed an Option and Joint Venture Agreement with Pan American’s Mexican subsidiary. Under the terms of the option agreement, Pan American Silver Corp’s Mexican subsidiary, Minera Corner Bay S.A. de C.V., has the right to earn a 60% interest in La Cruz by making cash payments totaling US$300,000 and spending US$450,000 on the property over a period of three years. The property will consist of: the Company’s La Cruz property; additional ground staked around the La Cruz property; and the La Cruzada property for which Pan American’s subsidiary already has an option. Golden Goliath will be responsible for 25% of the costs associated with La Cruzada. Upon Minera Corner Bay exercising its option, a 60/40 joint venture would proceed on the La Cruz and newly staked grounds, with Pan American having the right to earn an additional 15% by completing a feasibility study. This option was terminated after an initial drill program conducted by Corner Bay.
The other exploration property that Golden Goliath owns is called Chamizal. This property differs from the others in that it is a lead, zinc, silver target and it lies outside of the Sierra Madre in central Chihuahua State. This region hosts two lead, zinc, silver mines called Santa Eulalia and Naica. Together these two deposits have produced 60 million tonnes of ore grading 15% combined lead-zinc and 150 grams silver per tonne. The Chamizal Property is hosted in the same geological formation as the Santa Eulalia and Naica and also has the same style of alteration. Chamizal also has old workings that were used to produce lead, zinc and silver, and as in Uruachic, these workings have never been drilled.”
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Figure No. 1
Mineral Property Location Map
In May 2007 and amended April 2011, the Company optioned the Corona and El Chamizal properties to a company which undertook to spend $500,000 and $200,000 on the respective properties over a period of three years and issue 400,000 (150,000 shares received) and 150,000 (25,000 shares received) shares respectively to the Company over a period of two years. In order to keep the option in good standing, the optionee must also pay $50,000 (received) and issue 200,000 shares to the Company (received).
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Exploration costs on the Company’s properties for the 2011, 2010 and 2009 fiscal years are detailed below:
| SAN TIMOEO ORO LEON NUEVA UNION LA REFORMA | OTEROS LA ESPERANZA LA HERMOSA | BUFALO LA BARRANCA | LOS HILOS LOS BOLAS MANTO DON LAZARO LA VERDE | NOPALERA FLOR DE TRIGO | CORONA EL CHAMIZAL BECK EL CANARIO LA CRUZ | LAS TROJAS LA GLORIA TODOS LOS SANTOS LOS CANTILES | TOTAL |
Balance, 8/31/2010 | $3,750,694 | NIL | $60,362 | $3,481,528 | $329,055 | $107,624 | $25,734 | $7,754,997 |
Assaying | Nil | Nil | Nil | 104,137 | 112,947 | Nil | Nil | 217,084 |
Drilling | Nil | Nil | Nil | 266,099 | Nil | Nil | Nil | 266,099 |
Geology and mapping | 652 | Nil | Nil | 17,907 | 28,781 | Ni1 | 514 | 47,340 |
Property taxes and rights | 15,024 | 4,974 | 21,366 | 5,270 | 8,024 | 707 | 3,363 | 58,728 |
Travel | 9,714 | Nil | Nil | 6,787 | 9,518 | 2,117 | 121 | 28,257 |
Road construction / site | Nil | Nil | Nil | 42,316 | 38,835 | 649 | 3,099 | 84,899 |
Facilities and other | 40,750 | Nil | Nil | 123,781 | 158,697 | 35,676 | 18,445 | 377,349 |
Option payment received |
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FY2011 Costs | $66,140 | 4,974 | $21,366 | $566,297 | $356,802 | $30,141 | $25,028 | $1,010,466 |
Write-Down | ($82,279) | ($4,974) | Nil | ($15,913) | Nil | Nil | ($15,603) | ($118,769) |
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Balance, 8/31/2011 | $3,734,555 | Nil | $81,728 | $4,031,912 | $685,857 | $77,483 | $35,159 | $8,646,694 |
| SAN TIMOEO ORO LEON NUEVA UNION LA REFORMA | OTEROS LA ESPERANZA LA HERMOSA | BUFALO LA BARRANCA | LOS HILOS LOS BOLAS MANTO DON LAZARO LA VERDE | NOPALERA FLOR DE TRIGO | CORONA EL CHAMIZAL BECK EL CANARIO LA CRUZ | LAS TROJAS LA GLORIA TODOS LOS SANTOS LOS CANTILES | TOTAL |
Balance, 8/31/2009 | $3,679,972 | $15,549 | $39,982 | $2,866,997 | $277,671 | $65,181 | $62,178 | $7,007,530 |
Assaying | Nil | Nil | Nil | 132,869 | 504 | Nil | Nil | 133,373 |
Drilling | Nil | Nil | Nil | 135,984 | Nil | Nil | Nil | 135,984 |
Geology and mapping | 220 | Nil | Nil | 109,609 | Nil | Nil | 514 | 110,343 |
Property rights | 12,928 | 2,506 | 20,380 | 3,156 | 7,146 | 10,876 | 1,839 | 58,831 |
Travel | 12,318 | Nil | Nil | 13,459 | 850 | 1,586 | 825 | 29,038 |
Road construction / site | 3,637 | Nil | Nil | 53,902 | 9,456 | Nil | Nil | 66,995 |
Facilities and other | 41,619 | Nil | Nil | 170,754 | 33,428 | 29,981 | 11,419 | 287,201 |
FY2010 Costs | $70,722 | 2,506 | $20,380 | $619,733 | $51,384 | $42,443 | $14,597 | $821,765 |
Write-Down | Nil | ($18,055) | Nil | ($5,202) | Nil | Nil | ($51,041) | $(74,298) |
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Balance, 8/31/2010 | $3,750,694 | Nil | $60,362 | $3,481,528 | $329,055 | $107,624 | $25,734 | $7,754,997 |
| SAN TIMOEO ORO LEON NUEVA UNION LA REFORMA | OTEROS LA ESPERANZA LA HERMOSA | BUFALO LA BARRANCA | LOS HILOS LOS BOLAS MANTO DON LAZARO LA VERDE | NOPALERA FLOR DE TRIGO | CORONA EL CHAMIZAL BECK EL CANARIO LA CRUZ | LAS TROJAS LA GLORIA TODOS LOS SANTOS LOS CANTILES | TOTAL |
Balance, 8/31/2008 | $4,965,167 | $12,754 | $26,069 | $2,081,031 | $265,842 | $49,911 | $48,834 | $7,449,608 |
Assaying | 58,255 | Nil | Nil | 94,154 | Nil | Nil | Nil | 152,409 |
Drilling | Nil | Nil | Nil | 434,750 | Nil | Nil | Nil | 434,750 |
Geology and mapping | 12,884 | Nil | Nil | 79,580 | Nil | Nil | Nil | 92,464 |
Property rights | 13,113 | 2,795 | 13,913 | 4,340 | 10,565 | 1,717 | 1,382 | 47,825 |
Travel | 14,708 | Nil | Nil | 16,257 | Nil | 516 | Nil | 31,481 |
Road construction / site | 11,873 | Nil | Nil | 29,355 | Nil | Nil | Nil | 41,228 |
Facilities and other | 39,632 | Nil | Nil | 127,530 | 1,264 | 13,037 | 11,962 | 193,176 |
FY2009 Costs | $150,465 | 2,795 | $13,913 | $785,966 | $11,829 | $15,270 | $13,344 | $993,582 |
Write-Down | ($1,435,660) | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | $(1,435,660) |
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Balance, 8/31/2009 | $3,679,972 | $15,549 | $39,982 | $2,866,997 | $277,671 | $65,181 | $62,178 | $7,007,530 |
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Fiscal 2011 Property Acquisition and Exploration
First Quarter: During the quarter ended November 30, 2010, the Company announced it had signed a letter of intent with the Mexican subsidiary of Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. For the exploration and development of the Company’s Las Bolas and Los Hilos properties.
Las Bolas Property
During the first quarter, the Company completed its diamond-drilling program on the Las Bolas property. Approximately 3,100 meters were drilled in total with the majority of the holes being completed on the Los Hilos area. The program was quite successful as it outlined both low-grade, bulk-tonnage silver potential at Los Hilos in the Filo de Oro zone as well as higher-grade vein-style mineralization below the low-grade zone. This area is a topographic ridge referred to as the Filo de Oro. Based on the Company’s work, Filo de Oro has two components. There is a large, near surface zone up to 540 meters in width and approximately 230 meters thick, which overlies near-vertical higher-grade-vein feeder zones that are beneath and cut through the surface zone. An important porphyry zone has been found at depth on the southern portion of Filo de Oro. This is important because the flagship discovery of Fresnillo PLC, the Orisyvo project, lies just a few kilometers southeast of the southern end of Filo de Oro.
In addition, the deeper holes on the southern end of the Los Hilos area encountered mineralized prophyryitic intrusive, which opened the door to a third potential style of mineralization, one with large tonnage potential. The geological importance of Filo de Oro is much enhanced by this as Orisyvo is a porphyry-related gold system, with an oxide zone open to the north and west and a sulphide zone core with good grade partially explored. That means Orisyvo is open in the direction of Filo do Oro and is a similar geological model as at Los Hilos, including being related to an intrusive porphyry system, which is what was found at depth on the southern end of the Filo do Oro trend. Porphyry systems have large tonnage potential and the similarities to Filo do Oro are very obvious.
On the Las Bolas side (west side) of the property the high-grade vein mineralization was extended along strike and at depth with very encouraging results on the Corazon, Frijolar and Las Bolas Trends.
Perhaps most significantly, at the end of November 2010, the Company received an offer from the Mexican subsidiary of Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited for an option/Joint venture agreement on the Las Bolas Property. A Letter of Intent was signed in early December 2010. Under the terms of the option agreement, Agnico’s Mexican subsidiary has the right to earn a 51% interest in the Las Bolas and Los Hilos properties by spending $5,000,000 on the properties over a period of five years. The first year’s work commitment is a firm commitment of $500,000 with expenditure requirements increasing each year thereafter. Upon exercising its option, Agnico will have the right to earn an additional 20% interest by completing a feasibility study or by spending an additional $10,000,000 over another period of five years. A comprehensive Earn-In and Shareholders Agreement between the Company and Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited was signed on 12/8/2011 to formalize the above mentioned agreement.
Other Properties
Throughout the first quarter, the Company did not perform any significant work on its other properties. With the Las Bolas and Los Hilos properties under option to Agnico-Eagle the Company is looking forward to focusing on some of these other properties in the upcoming year
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Second Quarter: During the second quarter ending February 28, 2011, the Company compiled the final report for the drilling program on the Las Bolas/ Los Hilos property to provide a comprehensive summary to Agnico-Eagle Mines so they can properly conduct future exploration on the property. Preliminary work also began on the Nopelera property with a focus on mapping and sampling all outcrops.
Las Bolas Property
During the second quarter, the Company compiled the final report for the drilling program on the Las Bolas/Los Hilos property. This comprehensive document included maps and sections for all of the drill holes. The program was very successful in that it defined new zones of mineralization on the Los Hilos claims. These zones include vein mineralization extending beneath the main Los Hilos mine tunnel, in the Filo de Oro North area and other parts of the east side of the property, as well as disseminated mineralization in the Orito zone and in the Filo de Oro South area, where mineralization is related to an intrusive porphyry system. Based on the Company's work, Filo de Oro has two components. There is a large, near surface zone up to 540 meters in width and approximately 230 meters thick, which overlies near-vertical higher-grade-vein feeder zones that are beneath and cut through the surface zone.
On the western portion of the property, in the area of the main Las Bolas workings, the drilling successfully extended the known strike length of the three existing northeast trends. Important high-grade intercepts were also made at depths lower than the Las Bolas tunnel. These intercepts are the deepest to date on this area of the property and indicate that potential is open to depth. These intercepts also indicate that mineralization in this area of the property may be related to the high grade sulphide mineralization found in the El Manto area, which is further west near the Rio Uruachic, and is the lowest possible adit level on the property.
During December the Company signed a Letter of Intent with the Mexican subsidiary of Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited for an option/Joint Venture on the Las Bolas Property. Under the terms of the agreement, Agnico can earn a 51% interest in the property by spending $5 million in exploration over five years. Agnico can then earn an additional 20% interest by completing a feasibility study or by spending another $10 million in exploration work. The Company views this agreement as an important milestone. A comprehensive Earn-In and Shareholders Agreement between the Company and Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited was signed on 12/8/2011 to formalize the above mentioned agreement.
Nopalera Property
During the second quarter, the Company also started fieldwork on its 100% owned Nopalera claim. Nopalera is a large claim that adjoins the Los Hilos claims on the east side. Nopalera hosts a very large and intense alteration zone which is related to a porphyry intrusion and has a chemical trace element signature that is very similar the Fresnillo PLC’s new flagship discovery called Orisyvo. The Orisyvo claims are contiguous to the Nopalera property on its southeast corner. Work on Nopalera during the quarter included compilation and interpretation of all of the historic data on the property, as well as the construction of new access roads and the rehabilitation and sampling of several small old mine workings. The Company believes that Nopalera has a geologic setting, stratigraphic interval, and pathfinder distribution pattern that indicates that gold mineralization may lie at depth. These characteristics are also very similar to those believed to be present at the Orisyvo.
The Company is pursuing an aggressive exploration program for the Nopalera claim leading to a major diamond-drilling program later in the year.
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Other Properties
Throughout the second quarter, the Company did not perform any significant work on its other properties. With the Las Bolas and Los Hilos properties under option to Agnico-Eagle the Company is looking forward to focusing on some of these other properties in the upcoming year.
Third Quarter: During the second quarter ending 2/28/2011, the Company compiled the final report for the drilling program on the Las Bolas/Los Hilos property to provide a comprehensive summary to Agnico-Eagle Mines so they can properly conduct future exploration on the property. Preliminary work also began on the Nopelera property with a focus on mapping and sampling all outcrops.
Las Bolas Property
During the third quarter ended May 31, 2011 the Company worked with the legal team from Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. on the final agreement for the Las Bolas property option and joint venture. During December 2010, the Company signed a Letter of Intent with the Mexican subsidiary of Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited for an option/Joint Venture on the Las Bolas Property. Under the terms of the agreement, Agnico can earn a 51% interest in the property by spending $5 million in exploration over five years. Agnico can then earn an additional 20% interest by completing a feasibility study or by spending another $10 million in exploration work. The Company views this agreement as an important milestone. A comprehensive Earn-In and Shareholders Agreement between the Company and Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited was signed on 12/8/2011 to formalize the above mentioned agreement. The final report on the Company’s work on Las Bolas has been completed and our exploration efforts have shifted focus to our Nopalera property.
Nopalera Property
During the third quarter, the Company continued field work on its 100% owned Nopalera property. Nopalera is a large claim that adjoins the Los Hilos claims on the west side. Nopalera hosts a very large and intense alteration zone that is related to a porphyry intrusion and has a chemical trace element signature that is very similar to the nearby Fresnillo PLC’s new flagship discovery called Orisyvo. The Orisyvo claims are contiguous to the Nopalera property on its southeast corner. Fresnillo’s sister company Peñoles has also surrounded the Golden Goliath claims with their own staking. This has led to the development of what is essentially an area play with three major companies, Frenillo, Peñoles and Agnico Eagle mines Ltd. and one junior company, namely Golden Golaith Resources. Work on Nopalera during the quarter included compilation and interpretation of all of the historic data on the property, as well as the construction of new access roads and the rehabilitation and sampling of several small old mine workings. In addition, the Company purchased a new geophysical instrument (called Terraspect) that allows the identification of specific clay minerals. Clay mineralogy is important as it distinguishes between hydrothermal alteration generated at depth by metaliferous fluids, from clay minerals formed by meteoric weathing and provides vectors for drilling. The Company believes that Nopalera has a geologic setting, stratigraphic interval and pathfinder distribution pattern which indicates that gold mineralization may lie at depth. These characteristics are also very similar to those believed to be present at the Orisyvo. The Company is pursuing an aggressive exploration program for the Nopalera claim leading to a major diamond-drilling program as soon as practicable.
Other Properties
Throughout the third ended May 31, 2011, the Company did not perform any significant work on its other properties. With the Las Bolas and Los Hilos properties under option to Agnico-Eagle the Company is looking forward to focusing on some of these other properties.
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Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year: During the year ended August 31, 2011, the Company compiled the final report for the drilling program on the Las Bolas / Los Hilos property to provide a comprehensive summary to Agnico-Eagle Mines so they can properly conduct future exploration on the property. Preliminary work also began on the Nopelera property continuing to the date hereof with a focus on mapping and sampling all outcrops, road building and rehabilitation of old adits.
Las Bolas Property
During Fiscal 2011, the Company completed its drilling program on the Las Bolas/Los Hilos property and then worked with the legal team from Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited (“Agnico”) on the final agreement for the Las Bolas property option and joint venture. During December 2011, the Company signed the final Earn-in and Shareholders Agreement with Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited (“Agnico”) (NYSE: AEM) (TSX: AEM) for the exploration and development of the Company’s Las Bolas/Los Hilos property (see map). Under the terms of the agreement, which is subject to conditions, including TSX-V approval, Agnico’s Mexican subsidiary has the right to earn a 51% interest in the property by spending $5,000,000 on the property over a period of five years. The first year’s work commitment is a firm commitment of $500,000 with expenditure requirements increasing each year thereafter. Upon exercising its option, Agnico will have the right to earn an additional 20% interest by spending $4 million over another period of four years and completing a feasibility study or by spending $10 million over a longer period of eight years. The Company views this agreement as an important milestone.
Nopalera Property
During Fiscal 2011, the Company continued fieldwork on its 100% owned Nopalera property. Nopalera is a large claim that adjoins the Los Hilos claims on the west side. Nopalera hosts a very large and intense alteration zone which is related to a porphyry intrusion and has a chemical trace element signature that is very similar to abutting large ore discoveries that surround the Golden Goliath claims. This has led to the development of what is essentially an area play with three major companies, Frenillo, Peñoles and Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. and one junior company, namely Golden Golaith Resources.
Work on Nopalera during the yearincluded compilation and interpretation of all of the historic data on the property, as well as the construction of new access roads and the rehabilitation and sampling of several small old mine workings. In addition, the Company purchased a new geophysical instrument (called Terraspect) that allows the identification of specific clay minerals. Clay mineralogy is important as it distinguishes between hydrothermal alteration generated at depth by metaliferous fluids, from clay minerals formed by meteoric weathing and provides vectors for drilling. The Company believes that Nopalera has a geologic setting, stratigraphic interval and pathfinder distribution pattern which indicates that gold mineralization may lie at depth.
The Company is pursuing an aggressive exploration program for the Nopalera claim leading to a major diamond-drilling program as soon as practicable.
Other Properties
Throughout Fiscal 2011, the Company did not perform any significant work on its other properties. With work on the Las Bolas and Los Hilos properties being conducted by Agnico, the Company is looking forward to focusing on some of these other properties.
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Fiscal 2010 Property Acquisition and Exploration
First Quarter: During the first fiscal quarter ended November 30, 2009, the Company was working on its NI 43-101 technical report and continued underground sampling and mapping at its Las Bolas property as well as surface prospecting and sampling along strike of the known mineralization at Las Bolas. During the first quarter, the Company did not perform any work on its other properties.
Las Bolas Property
During the first quarter, the Company ended the drilling program on the Las Bolas property but continued extensive underground and surface work, which was concentrated within the main underground workings, including the Las Bolas tunnel, Frijolar, Providencia, Gambusino and El Corazon. Very detailed underground mapping and sampling was carried out in these workings resulting in a dramatic improvement in the understanding of the nature and distribution of the mineralization. This work determined, for example, that the Las Bolas vein actually consists of at least seven discrete vein structures that are in close proximity to each other, that there are at least two separate mineralized structures within the Frijolar workings and that there are four separate fracture systems controlling the mineralization. The detailed sampling returned extremely encouraging results, such as in the Station 37 area in the Las Bolas tunnel. Surface work and data compilation resulted in the identification of at least eleven mineralized veins or vein systems on the Las Bolas property. Some of these systems, such as the one on which the Las Bolas tunnel was developed, were found to actually contain numerous closely spaced mineralized veins that increased the potential economic viability of the deposit. The mineralization was found to fall within three recognized mineral trends thst cross the Las Bolas property in a northeast–southwest direction. These are called the Las Bolas-Gambusino trend, the Frijolar trend and the El Corazon trend. The strike length of these trends extends for at least 2,500 meters and old workings with known mineralization are present over a vertical interval of 600 meters. Subsequent work to the west across the Rio Uruachic has uncovered several new showings indicating that the strike length may be closer to 3.000 meters. In May 2009, an independent consultant, Victor Jaramillo P.Geo of Discover Geological Consultants, was retained to write a 43-101 compliant report on the Las Bolas property, completed in December 2009. His work, which overlapped with the Company’s underground mapping and sampling, confirmed the distribution of the mineralization. The author of the report believes that the Las Bolas-Los Hilos Property hosts an early stage mesothermal system of silverlead-zinc veins followed by a later low sulphidation epithermal gold-silver phase. Both systems are structurally controlled and confined mainly along fault zones as veins, silica stockworks and breccias. Mesothermal vein systems are formed at considerable depths (from 600-meters to 1000-meters or more) by hydrothermal processes in a temperature range of 200°C to 300°C. The presence of dark gray quartz veins, cutting and brecciating the early silver-base metal mesothermal veins or oxide veins may be related to this later epithermal event. The report proposes the following mineral characterization: Type-1 mineralization: Ag + Pb + Zn (Au); and Type-2 mineralization: Au + Ag + As (Cu). The report also provided specific recommendations including the development of a new underground cross cut within the Las Bolas workings in order to provide a new clear section across all of the vein structures which will allow further detailed sampling and understanding of the structures. In the first quarter the Company also identified a new mineralized trend on the east side of the Las Bolas property which runs in a near north-south direction, crossing the other three main trends. The new trend, called Filo do Oro also has old workings and has a higher gold ratio than the most of the mineralization in the workings further west. This cross cutting trend contains veins as well as disseminated mineralization, suggesting good potential for a bulk minable gold/silver deposit with high grade feeder veins running through it. Filo de Oro is open in all directions and has a higher gold ratio.
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Second Quarter: During the second fiscal quarter ended February 28, 2010, the Company closed a private placement for gross proceeds of $3 million; the proceeds were primarily used to expand the mineral resource at the Company’s Las Bolas property and to work on the new Filo do Oro zone on the east side of the Las Bolas property. During the second quarter, the Company did not perform any work on its other properties.
Las Bolas Property
During the second quarter, the Company concentrated fieldwork on the portion of the Las Bolas property called the Filo de Oro trend. The significance of this large zone and its potential for a bulk mineable gold deposit was recognized in the later part of 2009. Rehabilitation of the main workings in the area, called the Los Hilos West tunnel, included crossing an internal, water-filled shaft to access the last portion of the tunnel. Detailed mapping and systematic sampling of this and other smaller workings showed that gold mineralization in the one to multi gram range and is hosted in many vein systems of different orientations in the metre wide range. The gold values within the Los Hilos West tunnel in the vicinity of the internal shaft are significantly higher and it seems that the shaft was excavated to follow those higher grades. This likely indicates that the mineralization extends to depth below the level of the tunnel. Lower grade, but still very significant gold mineralization, was also found in breccia zones and wall rock in general. Silver accompanied the gold values, but gold is the dominant metal. In total, the Los Hilos West tunnel had 275 channel samples taken over its entire 208-meter length. The sampling density from 80 meters to 144 meters along the length of the tunnel averages one sample every 4.5 meters and requires infill sampling. The mineralization is still open since the last three contiguous samples at the end of the tunnel. The Los Hilos area includes the Los Hilos, Mosca de Plata and Palo Dulce vein systems that in turn are part of the larger NE-SW Frijolar mineralized trend. The north-south Filo de Oro trend intersects the Frijolar trend and the high grade vein systems act as sweeteners for the Filo de Oro bulk tonnage potential. Detailed surface mapping and sampling was also conducted in this area with very positive results. A preliminary average grade for the combination of surface and underground sampling was established to be approximately 1.5 g/t gold equivalent (assuming 100% silver recovery and a gold silver ratio of 1:60). The topography is very favorable, with the zone being an easily accessible topographic ridge, with a zero stripping ratio. Based on the Company's work, Filo de Oro has two components. A large surface zone that may be over 1,120 meters in length, from 200 to 440 meters in width and approximately 230 metres thick, overlying near-vertical high-grade-vein feeder zones that are beneath and cut through the surface zone. The roughly north-south Filo de Oro trend is a topographic high located at the east end of the east-west Las Bolas, Frijolar and Corazon trends. These three east west trends host the other twelve known vein systems on the Las Bolas property and the main Las Bolas mine workings that were the focus of the NI 43-101 report completed last fall.
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Third Quarter: During the quarter ending May 31, 2010, the Company continued work on its Las Bolas property concentrating on the new Filo do Oro zone on the east side of the property in preparation for drilling. During the third quarter ended May 31, 2010, the Company did not perform any work on its other properties.
Las Bolas Property
During the quarter, the Company concentrated fieldwork on the portion of the Las Bolas property called the Filo de Oro trend. This new zone will be included in the next drill program, which has commenced as of the date hereof. The significance of this large zone and its potential for a bulk mineable gold deposit was recognized in the latter part of 2009. Rehabilitation of the main workings in the area, called the Los Hilos West tunnel, included crossing an internal, water-filled shaft to access the last portion of the tunnel. Detailed mapping and systematic sampling of this and other smaller workings showed that gold mineralization in the one to multi gram range and is hosted in many vein systems of different orientations in the metre wide range. The gold values within the Los Hilos West tunnel in the vicinity of the internal shaft are significantly higher and it seems that the shaft was excavated to follow those higher grades. This likely indicates that the mineralization extends to depth below the level of the tunnel. Lower grade, but still very significant gold mineralization, was also found in breccia zones and wall rock in general. Silver accompanied the gold values, but gold is the dominant metal. The Los Hilos West tunnel has been extensively sampled with very encouraging results: some 275 channel-samples taken over its 208-meter length. The sampling density from 80 meters to 144 meters along the length of the tunnel averages one sample every 4.5 meters and requires infill sampling. The mineralization is still open since the last three contiguous samples at the end of the tunnel. The Los Hilos area includes the Los Hilos, Mosca de Plata and Palo Dulce vein systems that in turn are part of the larger NE-SW Frijolar mineralized trend. The north-south Filo de Oro trend intersects the Frijolar trend and the high-grade vein systems act as sweeteners for the Filo de Oro bulk tonnage potential. Detailed surface mapping and sampling was also conducted in this area with very positive results. The topography is very favorable, with the zone being an easily accessible topographic ridge, with a zero stripping ratio. The roughly north-south Filo de Oro trend is a topographic high located at the east end of the east-west Las Bolas, Frijolar and Corazon trends. These three east west trends host the other twelve known vein systems on the Las Bolas property and the main Las Bolas mine workings that were the focus of the NI 43-101 report completed Fall 2009. Drilling planned for the fourth quarter will include holes in the Las Bolas area, as recommended in the Company’s 43-101 report as well as the first diamond drill holes in the Los Hilos area. Extensive road building and drill station preparations have been completed following a review of geological, geochemical and structural information and the selection of the drill hole locations.
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Fourth Quarter:
During the fourth quarter ending August 31, 2010, the Company continued the diamond drilling program on its Las Bolas property concentrating on the new Filo do Oro zone on the east side of the property in preparation for drilling.
Subsequent to the quarter end the Company announced it had signed a letter of intent with the Mexican subsidiary of Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. for the exploration and development of the Company’s Las Bolas and Los Hilos properties.
Las Bolas Property
During the fourth quarter, the Company continued field work on the portion of the Las Bolas property called the Filo de Oro trend. The significance of this large zone and its potential for a bulk mineable gold deposit was recognized in the latter part of 2009.
Rehabilitation of the main workings in the area, called the Los Hilos West tunnel, included crossing an internal, water-filled shaft to access the last portion of the tunnel. Detailed mapping and systematic sampling of this and other smaller workings showed that gold mineralization in the one to multi gram range and is hosted in many vein systems of different orientations in the metre wide range. The gold values within the Los Hilos West tunnel in the vicinity of the internal shaft are significantly higher and it seems that the shaft was excavated to follow those higher grades. This likely indicates that the mineralization extends to depth below the level of the tunnel. Lower grade, but still very significant gold mineralization, was also found in breccia zones and wall rock in general. Silver accompanied the gold values, but gold is the dominant metal.
A total of 22 diamond drill holes were completed on the Los Hilos portion of the Las Bolas property alone during the final fiscal quarter. Subsequent to the quarter, more holes were completed on the western side of the property (Las Bolas area) for a drilling total of just over 4,000 metres. The results from the Los Hilos area showed that mineralization extends well away from the Los Hilos tunnel, covering an area that is over 1.5 kilometres in length and almost one kilometre wide. This area is a topographic ridge referred to as the Filo de Oro. Based on the Company's work, Filo de Oro has two components. There is a large, near surface zone up to 540 metres in width and approximately 230 metres thick, which overlies near-vertical higher-gradeveinfeeder zones that are beneath and cut through the surface zone. An important porphyry zone has been found at depth on the southern portion of Filo de Oro. This is important because the flagship discovery of Fresnillo PLC, the Orisyvo project., lies just a few kilometres southeast of the southern end of Filo de Oro. Orisyvo; that is a massive project by one of the world’s largest mining companies. The geological importance of Filo de Oro is much enhanced as Orisyvo is a porphyry-related gold system, with a an oxide zone open to the north and west and a sulphide zone core with good grade partially explored. That means Orisyvo is open in the direction of Filo do Oro and is a similar geological model as at Los Hilos, including being related to an intrusive porphyry system, which is what was found at depth on the southern end of the Filo do Oro trend. Porphyry systems have large tonnage potential and the similarities to Filo do Oro are very obvious. The drilling results from the las Bolas area are still being complied as not all assays have been received. It must also be kept in mind that the roughly north-south Filo de Oro trend is only one of the four known mineralized trends on the Las Bolas property. The three east west trends host the other 12 known vein systems on the Las Bolas property and the main Las Bolas mine workings which were the focus of the NI 43-101 report completed last Fall.
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Throughout the fourth quarter The Company was involved in negotiations with Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited regarding a possible Option and Joint Venture Agreement on the Las Bolas Property. A Letter of Intent was signed with a Mexican subsidiary of Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited in late November and was announced on December 7th. This was a major milestone for the Company. Under the terms of the option agreement, Agnico’s Mexican subsidiary has the right to earn a 51% interest in the Las Bolas and Los Hilos properties by spending $5,000,000 on the properties over a period of five years. The first year’s work commitment is a firm commitment of $500,000 with expenditure requirements increasing each year thereafter. Upon exercising its option, Agnico will have the right to earn an additional 20% interest by completing a feasibility study or by spending an additional $10,000,000 over another period of five years. A comprehensive Earn-In and Shareholders Agreement between the Company and Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited was signed on 12/8/2011 to formalize the above mentioned agreement.
Other Properties
Throughout Fiscal 2010, the Company did not perform any significant work on its other properties. With the Las Bolas and Los Hilos properties now under option to Agnico-Eagle the Company is looking forward to focusing on some of these other properties in the upcoming year.
Fiscal 2009 Property Acquisition and Exploration
First Quarter: During the quarter ended 11/30/2008, the Company ended its exploratory diamond-drilling program on some of its Uruachic area properties. Data compilation and surface work, including mapping and sampling continued through the end of the quarter.
During the Company’s first fiscal quarter, the exploratory diamond drilling program on the San Timoteo and Las Bolas properties was concluded. The last holes in the San Timoteo area were completed in late September 2008 and at Las Bolas the last hole was completed in mid October 2008. More work, including additional drilling, is needed in both areas. The Company believes it has sufficient data to start on a mineral inventory.
San Timoteo Property. The last drill holes on the San Timoteo property were drilled in the Sucursal area, which lies several hundred meters north of the old San Martin tunnel. Very encouraging values were obtained from these holes and follow up drilling is definitely warranted.
The Company also searched for an electric underground drill for the holes that are required within the San Martin tunnel itself. These holes will trace and further define several distinct high-grade silver and gold zones within the tunnel itself identified by continuous chip sampling of the walls. These high-grade shoots are characterized by brecciation and intense alteration. The extent and overall grade of these zones are important for the purpose on a resource calculation and the origin of them is important for continued exploration. The zones, which occur at different locations along the length of the tunnel, are very difficult and expensive to drill from surface due to topographic conditions. The surface is about 175 vertical meters above the tunnel and the steep hillside makes drill pad preparation only possible in certain areas.
In total for the San Timoteo area, the Company drilled 34 drill holes totaling 8,588 meters, targeting the San Timoteo claim itself, the area around the San Martin Tunnel, Sucursal and a geophysical chargeability anomaly.
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Las Bolas Property. At Las Bolas, the Company’s 2008 diamond drill program had three primary targets: a) manto structures (on the western side of the one-kilometer-square exploration area, around the old El Manto tunnel); b) high grade silver bearing iron oxides and manganese clay structures (in the central area including the old Las Bolas and Gambusino mine tunnels); and c) the Frijolar structure (in the southern part of the area including the Frijolar tunnel.
In the manto structure target area, twelve diamond drill holes, namely BD-08-03 to BD-08-10 & BD-08-13 to BD-08-16 were drilled to intersect carbonaceous dark lutite manto-like units that have returned high silver and gold grades in some sections. Other much wider intersections of lower, but still very good, grades were also encountered.
Drill holes BD-08-07 to BDD-08-09 were abandoned prior to reaching the manto level due to drill rods becoming stuck, however BD-08-13 & BD-08-14 did reach the manto target zone and returned anomalous grade assays. BD-08-15, the northern most drill hole on the manto target, was drilled into an intrusive and hence determines the northern limit of the manto mineralized horizon.
From the current drilling program the Company has reached the conclusion that the manto horizon precious and base metal concentrations increase to the west and southwest. Management will focus future drilling in these directions with the goal of building potentially mineable tonnage. A surface sample taken to the west over a width of one meter from a manto exposure returned encouraging gold and silver mineralization.
On the high grade Las Bolas - Gambusino front, the Company successfully completed diamond drill hole BD-08-19, which tested the northern extension of the Las Bolas Contrapozo (raise). Previous sampling of this raise returned encouraging gold/silver mineralization; the overall weighted average of the 127 chip samples taken in this area also was encouraging. Drill hole BDD-08-20 also returned encouraging gold/silver mineralization.
Due to market conditions, after completing 26 holes in the Las Bolas area the Company decided to suspend the drilling of additional holes and concentrate its efforts on compiling the data already obtained and generating the sections needed in order to attempt a mineral inventory. The mineral inventory estimation will take place, upon review of the existing data, under the supervision of an independent qualified person and will be conducted pursuant to NI 43-101 standards. The study will greatly assist the Company in developing its 2009 drill program by defining target areas which can most easily add tonnage to the mineralization.
In total, the Las Bolas Diamond 2008 drilling program consisted of 26 diamond drill holes (3,551 meters).
Other Properties. During the months of September, October and November, little work was performed by the Company on its other properties.
Second Quarter: During the quarter ended 2/28/2009, the Company continued its data compilation and surface work and began a comprehensive program of detailed mapping and structural analysis including underground mapping and sampling.
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Las Bolas Property. During the quarter ended February 28, 2009 the Company compiled the final results of the 2008 drilling and initiated a program of large-scale detailed mapping and structural analysis program focusing on the Las Bolas corridor, as well as other parts of the property, in order to begin work on a mineral inventory. During January and February 2009, Golden Goliath’s technical team started preparing all the necessary data, level plans, cross sections and longitudinal sections for the study. The study will also greatly assist the Company in developing its 2009 drill program by defining target areas that can most easily add tonnage to the mineralization. The mineral inventory also requires additional underground sampling and detailed mapping which was initiated during this quarter. Additional underground drilling of short holes into the walls of the tunnel may also be required and mining consultants have been brought in to assess the requirements that may be needed.
An effort was also launched during this period to open one or more of the other existing old workings on the Las Bolas property. This includes the Papacho workings which trend towards the Arbolito shaft and areas of higher grade gold mineralization found in the past. This involves both hand and caterpillar excavation and must proceed slowly for safety concerns as the loosely consolidated material surrounding the entrance to Papacho is unstable.
During the month of January a new zone with the potential of hosting more Las Bolas style mineralization was identified about 500 meters north of the main Las Bolas underground workings. The host rock, andesitic breccia, and mineralization found in the new area, called Las Bolas II, are considered to be identical to the Las Bolas-Gambusino area and has been mapped to date over a 300-meter length and is open in two directions. Preliminary grab samples of the mineralized structures returned encouraging assays of gold and silver mineralization.
San Timoteo Property. During the quarter ended 2/28/2009, the Company also compiled the final drilling results from the San Timoteo area. The Company would like to commence a mineral inventory of this area following the work being done at Las Bolas. Consultants have been retained to access the safety and physical conditions within the San Martin tunnel. Underground drilling within this tunnel will be required in order to determine the extent of the high grade gold and silver zones identified within the tunnel that could not be efficiently targeted from surface.
Other Properties. During the months of December 2008, January 2009 and February 2009, little work was performed by the Company on its other properties.
Third Quarter: During the quarter ended 5/31/2009, the Company continued working on its Las Bolas property. Underground sampling and mapping in the Las Bolas tunnel focused on two main areas, Stations 19 and 37, but work also included sampling from the furthest reaches of the tunnel. The highest grades of gold ever recorded in the Uruachic camp, over 50 gms/tonne, were returned from Station 19 and Station 37 stopes. Silver grades were very encouraging.
The assay results were not repeats of previous chip samples but comprise new information. The assay results show the presence of high grade silver and gold mineralization not only in the structures, but in the hanging-wall and footwall as well. These values demonstrate substantial mining widths. The main portion of Station 19 covers a length of approximately 45 meters in the Las Bolas tunnel, approximately 60 meters below the surface, with a parallel zone 11 meters to the north that is exposed for a length of 20 meters.
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Station 37 is approximately 200 meters further along the Las Bolas workings than Station 19. The main portion of Station 19 covers a length of approximately 45 meters in the Las Bolas tunnel, and is approximately 60 meters below the surface.
The recent results from stations 19 and 37, along with reverse circulation drill hole B-04-3, clearly show that this is a substantial zone, over 200 meters long, containing much higher gold values.
This new data will be included in the Company’s preliminary resource calculation already underway. The detailed mapping in these areas revealed very important structural information that will assist with the targeting of the next round of drilling, which is planned to include both surface and underground drilling.
The underground work was augmented with preliminary sampling of old tunnels over 1,000 meters east of the Las Bolas tunnel. In April 2009, the Company reported the identification of four-old workings located about 1,350 meters northeast of the entrance to the Las Bolas mine tunnel. These workings have an east-west structural orientation on strike with the dominant mineralization associated in the high-grade areas of the Las Bolas workings. The alteration zone in this new area is at least 12 meters wide exhibiting structures up to two meters in width in places, with rhyolites coming in contact with conglomerates. These structures may be part of the Las Bolas-Gambusino mineralized system, which if confirmed, would significantly expand the strike length of this mineralized system. These new discoveries add significantly to the exploration potential and size of the Las Bolas-Gambusino Gold Silver project, which has already been shown to host high-grade mineralization. The mineralized structure is hosted in a polymictic conglomerate. The occurrence of this structure in the polymictic conglomerate will expand the exploration potential, as it was previously believed that the mineralization was hosted in andesite and dacite only.
Other Properties. During the months of March, April and May 2009, little work was performed by the Company on its other properties.
Fourth Quarter:
During the fourth fiscal quarter, the Company was working on its NI 43-101 technical report and continued underground sampling and mapping at its Las Bolas property as well as surface prospecting and sampling along strike of the known mineralization at Las Bolas.
Las Bolas Property
During Fiscal 2009 the Company ended the drilling program from the previous year on the San Timoteo, La Reforma and Las Bolas properties, but continued extensive underground and surface work on Las Bolas. The drilling ended in November 2008 with encouraging results from San Timoteo and Las Bolas, but with limited success on La Reforma. Exploration work shifted to underground and surface work on Las Bolas with very encouraging results.
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From late 2008 and throughout most of 2009, exploration work was concentrated within the main underground workings of the Las Bolas property, including the Las Bolas tunnel, Frijolar, Providencia, Gambusino and El Corazon. Very detailed underground mapping and sampling was carried out in these workings resulting in a dramatic improvement in the understanding of the nature and distribution of the mineralization. This work determined, for example, that the Las Bolas vein actually consists of seven discrete vein structures that are in close proximity to each other, that there are two separate mineralized structures within the Frijolar workings and that there are four separate fracture systems controlling the mineralization. The detailed sampling returned extremely encouraging results particularly in the Station 37 area in the Las Bolas tunnel.
Surface work and data compilation resulted in the identification of at least eleven mineralized veins or vein systems on the Las Bolas property. Some of these systems, such as the one on which the Las Bolas tunnel was developed, were found to actually contain numerous closely spaced mineralized veins that increased the potential economic viability of the deposit.
The mineralization was found to fall within three recognized mineral trends that cross the Las Bolas property in a northeast–southwest direction. These are called the Las Bolas-Gambusino trend, the Frijolar trend and the El Corazon trend. The strike length of these trends extends for at least 2,500 meters and old workings with known mineralization are present over a vertical interval of 600 meters. Subsequent work to the west across the Rio Uruachic has uncovered several new showings indicating that the strike length may be closer to 3.000 meters.
In May 2009, an independent consultant, Victor Jaramillo P.Geo of Discover Geological Consultants, was retained to write a 43-101 compliant report on the Las Bolas property. His work, which overlapped with the Company’s underground mapping and sampling, confirmed the distribution of the mineralization. The author of the report believes that the Las Bolas-Los Hilos Property hosts an early stage mesothermal system of silver-lead-zinc veins followed by a later low sulphidation epithermal gold-silver phase. Both systems are structurally controlled and confined mainly along fault zones as veins, silica stockworks and breccias.
Mesothermal vein systems are formed at considerable depths (from 600 meters to 1000 meters or more) by hydrothermal processes in a temperature range of 200°C to 300°C. The presence of dark gray quartz veins, cutting and brecciating the early silver-base metal mesothermal veins or oxide veins may be related to this later epithermal event. The report proposes the following mineral characterization:
Type-1 mineralization: Ag + Pb + Zn (Au)
Type-2 mineralization: Au + Ag + As (Cu)
It is the opinion of the author of the NI 43-101 report that “at Las Bolas-Los Hilos Property, the possibility for defining considerable more silver and gold mineralization is excellent.”
The report also provided specific recommendations including the development of a new underground cross cut within the Las Bolas workings in order to provide a new clear section across all of the vein structures which will allow further detailed sampling and understanding of the structures.
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In the Summer 2009, the Company also identified a new mineralized trend on the east side of the Las Bolas property that runs in a near north-south direction, crossing the other three main trends. The new trend, called Filo do Oro also has old workings and has a higher gold ratio than the most of the mineralization in the workings further west. This cross cutting trend contains gold/silver veins as well as disseminated mineralization, suggesting good potential for a bulk mineable gold/silver deposit with high grade feeder veins running through it. Filo de Oro is open in all directions and has a higher gold ratio.
Other Properties
During Fiscal 2009, the Company completed the drilling programs on its La Reforma and San Timoteo properties and then concentrated efforts on Las Bolas. Little work was performed by the Company on its other properties.
4.C. Organization Structure
The Company was incorporated in British Columbia under theCompany Act(British Columbia) on 6/12/by Certificate of Incorporation under the name 521858 B.C. Ltd. and was granted a certificate of change of name on 9/10/1998 under the name of Golden Goliath Resources Ltd. The authorized capital of the Company consists of an unlimited number of common shares without par value.
The Company directly or indirectly owns all of the issued and outstanding shares of Minera Delta S.A. de C.V. (“Minera Delta”). Currently there are 50,000 Class “B” shares issued and outstanding in the capital of Minera Delta, 49,999 of which are held directly by the Company and one Class “B” share is held indirectly through 4247 Investments Ltd. (“4247”). 4247 is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, incorporated under theCompany Act(British Columbia) on 2/3/1999.
Minera Delta is a Mexican mining company that was incorporated under the laws of Mexico on 7/17/1992. The business office of Minera Delta is located at Pascual Orozco 909, 3er Piso, Desp. 13, Chihuahua, Chih, Mexico, CP31240.
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4.D. Property, Plant and Equipment
This section first discloses where Golden Goliath’s office is located in Canada and then describes the mineral properties in which Golden Goliath has an interest. In the description of the mineral properties, it is disclosed that these properties are only exploration stage properties and that a substantial amount of capital will have to be spent on each property before management will know if they contain commercially viable mineral deposits.
Golden Goliath’s executive offices are located in rented premises of approximately 1,500 sq. ft. at Suite 711, 675 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, British Columbia Canada V6B1N2. Golden Goliath began occupying these facilities in January 2001. Monthly rent is $3,500.
All of the Company’s current mineral exploration properties except two (Chamizal and La Cruz) are located in close proximity to each other within the historic mining district of Uruachic in Chihuahua, Mexico. Golden Goliath has a 100% interest in 10,000 hectares (25,000 acres) in the district.
Golden Goliath entered into an option/joint venture agreement with Comstock in 2007 on the Company’s Corona and El Chamizal claims. The agreement provides that Comstock can earn up to a 75% interest in these properties through cash and share payments, work expenditures and completing a positive feasibility study. Since entering the agreement Comstock has completed various work programs spending in excess of $350,000. The encouraging results have allowed Comstock to complete a transaction to become a publicly traded company. This was done by an amalgamation with Tectonic Minerals Corporation ("Tectonic"). Shareholders can obtain detailed exploration results on sedar under Tectonic’s profile. Details of the amalgamation were announced by Tectonic on February 3, 2011. In summary, the transaction has resulted in Tectonic acquiring all of the issued and outstanding shares of Comstock through a "three-cornered" amalgamation, whereby a wholly owned subsidiary of Tectonic amalgamated with Comstock. Through the amalgamation, shareholders of Comstock received 39,213,682 shares of Tectonic (includes shares issued pursuant to a brokered private placement of 8,750,000 units at a price of $0.20 per unit, for gross proceeds of $1.75 million), and the resulting amalgamated company, possessing the assets and business of Comstock, became Tectonic's wholly owned operating subsidiary. The Company has been advised by Tectonic it will commence the next phase of exploration work on Golden Goliath’s Corona and Chamizal properties this Fall. Their proposed work program includes up to 1,000 metres of diamond drilling on the Corona property. In order to exercise the El Chamizal Option Tectonic shall spend $200,000 in work expenditures in respect to the El Chamizal Property over a period of three (3) years or less and also issue a total of 150,000 shares of Tectonic to GNG over three (3) years or less. 25,000 shares to be issued on listing on a stock exchange, 50,000 shares on or before the date which is 12 months from the date of listing on a stock exchange and 75,000 shares on or before the date which is 24 months from listing on a stock exchange. Upon Tectonic earning its 60% interest in the El Chamizal Property, Tectonic shall thereafter have the further right and option to earn an additional 15% interest by completing a positive bankable feasibility study, as that term is generally defined in the mining industry, by December 31, 2017.
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On December 13, 2011, the Company announced that it has signed the final Earn-in and Shareholders Agreement with a Mexican subsidiary of Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited (“Agnico”) (NYSE: AEM) (TSX: AEM) for the exploration and development of the Company’s Las Bolas/Los Hilos property. Under the terms of the agreement, which is subject to conditions, including TSX-V approval, Agnico’s Mexican subsidiary has the right to earn a 51% interest in the property by spending $5,000,000 on the property over a period of five years. The first year’s work commitment is a firm commitment of $500,000 with expenditure requirements increasing each year thereafter. Upon exercising its option, Agnico will have the right to earn an additional 20% interest by spending $4 million over another period of four years and completing a feasibility study or by spending $10 million over a longer period of eight years. Agnico is Golden Goliath’s second largest shareholder, owning just over 9% of the Company’s stock and is also represented on the Company’s Board of Directors. Golden Goliath’s largest shareholder is Sprott Asset Management, which owns more than 19% of the Company’s stock. The Las Bolas/Los Hilos property is located within the Uruachic mining camp, approximately 65 km south of Agnico’s Pinos Altos mine and about 170 km southeast of Grayd Resources’ India project. Grayd Resources is currently being acquired by Agnico.
Mineral Properties
The Company has a 100% interest in claims grouped into seven properties totaling 20,794 acres within the Uruachic Mining District. The Company also owns two other significant properties outside of the Uruachic Camp. One, La Cruz, is a silver property located on the eastern edge of the Sierra Madre Belt. The other exploration property that Golden Goliath owns is Chamizal; this property differs from the others in that it is a lead, zinc, silver target and it lies outside of the Sierra Madre in central Chihuahua State.
Uruachic Mining Camp Properties
The Company acquired its 100% interest in the seven Uruachic Mining Camp properties and the Chamizal Property, partially as a result of a default on a promissory held by Golden Goliath from Minera Uruachic S.A. de C.V. (“Minera Uruachic”). Minera Uruachic originally purchased certain claims from local residents. Minera Uruachic is a related company to Golden Goliath in that it is controlled by J. Paul Sorbara, the President/Director of Golden Goliath and Daniel Nofrietta Fernandez, a Director of Golden Goliath.
The town of Uruachic is located in the northwestern part of Chihuahua State, some 60 kilometers south of the main highway connecting the cities of Chihuahua and Hermosillo, Sonora. A secondary road leads from the highway to the waterfalls at Basaseachic and then continues south for a further 45 kilometers to Uruachic. The geographic (Google Earth) coordinates for the town are: 27° 52’ 06” North and 108° 12’ 52” West.
The Uruachic district is located approximately 250 kilometers southwest of the city of Chihuahua. The town of Uruachic of 1,000 people is located in the approximate center of the project area. Access to the area is via a paved highway from the city of Chihuahua to Las Estrellas, then via a gravel road to the project area. Total travel time from Chihuahua is about six hours. Local services, such as gasoline and food, are available in Uruachic. Power lines run from Las Estrellas to Uruachic.
The project area is located in the Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range, and elevations in the area are from 1000 meters to 2000 meters. Topography is moderate to rugged. During winter from November to January, the temperature can drop below freezing and snow and ice are common at the higher elevations. During July and August, rain is very common and roads are often washed out. Vegetation at lower elevations is tropical, while oak and pine forests cover higher elevations.
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The Uruachic mining camp is predominantly underlain by Tertiary volcanic rocks on the Lower Volcanic Complex, cut locally by small intrusive bodies. These rocks are highly favorable for hosting gold and silver mineralization, with an estimated 90% of the precious metal mines in the Sierra Madre Occidental occurring within this package. Throughout most of the Sierra Madre, the Lower Volcanic Sequence is covered by a thick layer of rhyolitic tuffaceous rocks of the Upper Volcanic Sequence, which prohibits the exploration of the favorable rocks underlying it. In the Uruachic area, the Rio Oteros has eroded the overlying rhyolitic rocks and has left exposed a complete section through the Lower Volcanic suite. It is in these highly altered rocks that the precious metal mineralization of the Uruachic camp is found.
The history of the Uruachic mining camp dates back to 1735 when two Spaniards searching for gold and silver founded the town in order to exploit the areas riches. At that time the Town was named Real De Minas De Santa Rosa De Uruachic. The town and the many mines surrounding it became very prosperous, eventually minting their own silver coins. The prosperity continued until about the time of the Mexican Revolution in the early 1900’s.
Figure No. 3
Uruachic Mining Camp Map
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San Timoteo Property. The San Timoteo property includes several claims, which total 793 hectares. These are San Timoteo, San Timoteo II, Oro Leon, Las Trojas and Bufalo B.
La Reforma Property. The La Reforma property comprises three claims totaling 987.4 hectares. The claims are La reforma, La Lluvia and Bufalo A.
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Nueva Union Property. The Nueva Union property has just one claim, called Nueva Union, which covers 211.89 hectares.
Los Hilos/Las Bolas Property. The Las Bolas property comprises seven claims totaling 656.76 hectares: Los Hilos, Los Hilos II, Los Hilos II Frac.1, Mina de Las Bolas, Don Lazaro, El Manto, Ampliation La Verde. In December 2011, the Company signed an Option Agreement with Agnico-Eagle Minerals Ltd., whereby they could acquire a 51% interest by expending $5,000,000 on the property over five years. Upon exercising its option, Agnico will have the right to earn an additional 20% interest by spending $4 million over another period of four years and completing a feasibility study or by spending $10 million over a longer period of eight years.
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Nopalera Property. The Nopalera property comprises three claims totaling 1,308.65 hectares; Nopalera, Nopalera II and La Flor Del Trigo.
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Oteros Property. The Oteros property is comprised of three claims totaling 1,130.00 hectares: oteros, Esperanza and Bufalo R2.
Corona Property. The Corona property consists of six claims that total 850 hectares (2,100 acres): Corona, Corona II, Corona III, Corona Norte, Corona Sur and La Esperanza. Corona along with the El Chamizal property have been optioned to Comstock Capital. In May 2007 and amended October 2007 and June 2010, the Company optioned the Corona and El Chamizal properties to a company which undertook to spend $500,000 and $200,000 on the respective properties over a period of three years and issue 300,000 and 150,000 shares respectively to the Company over a period of three years from when the company lists its shares on a stock exchange. Comstock Metals Ltd. listed on the TSX Venture Exchange in August 2011. Once Comstock Capital has earned its interest a joint venture will be formed.
La Cruz Property
The Company acquired its 100% interest in the seven Uruachic Mining Camp properties and the Chamizal Property as a result of a default on a promissory held by Golden Goliath from Minera Uruachic S.A. de C.V. (“Minera Uruachic”). Minera Uruachic originally purchased the claims from local residents. Minera Uruachic is a related company to Golden Goliath in that it is controlled by J. Paul Sorbara, the President/Director of Golden Goliath and Daniel Nofrietta Fernandez, a Director of Golden Goliath.
The La Cruz property has one claim, called La Cruz covering 90.00 hectares which was staked by the Company in 2006. Preliminary surface mapping was completed by Golden Goliath, along with underground mapping and sampling of some of the several old mine workings on the property. The property gained the attention Pan American Silver, who conducted at least two property examinations. La Cruz was then optioned to the Mexican subsidiary of Pan American. An internal claim, called La Cruzada, was obtained directly by Pan American and was rolled into the agreement.
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Under the terms of the option agreement, Pan American Silver Corp’s Mexican subsidiary, Minera Corner Bay S.A. de C.V., has the right to earn a 60% interest in La Cruz by making cash payments totaling US$300,000 and spending US$450,000 on the property over a period of three years. The property will consist of: the Company’s La Cruz Property; additional ground staked around the La Cruz Property; and the La Cruzada Property for which Pan American’s subsidiary already has an option. Golden Goliath will be responsible for 25% of the costs associated with La Cruzada Property. Upon Minera Corner Bay exercising its option, a 60/40 joint venture would proceed on the La Cruz and newly staked grounds, with Pan American having the right to earn an additional 15% by completing a feasibility study. This agreement has since been terminated with the La Cruz property being returned to the Company.
The La Cruz Property, which is not in the Uruachic Camp, lies on the extreme eastern edge of the Sierra Madre Occidental. The property hosts numerous old underground workings and dumps along a 1.5 kilometer trend. The workings and extensive dumps are associated with two parallel, strongly silicified and brecciated structures separated by a distance of about 200 meters. The structures strike Az 220º, dip 75º N, and average about two-meters to five-meters in width at the surface. The workings, mostly shafts, appear to extend from 25-meters to 80-meters and preliminary mapping indicates that the structures widen at depth. The main working area occurs on a hill that rises about 250 meters above the adjacent plains. A principal working, adjacent to the mojonera, lies about 75 meters above the base of this hill and appears to be the lowest working level, and the top of the hill lies some 300 meters to the south.
The age of the workings is uncertain, but they are not recent and it appears that no drilling has ever been done on the ground. A Company director first visited this property about 20 years ago and at that time asked a 70-year-old man who was born in the local village of Tajirachic about the mines. The local replied that they were already closed down when he was a boy. Subsequent claim owners (individuals, not companies) only worked the old dumps in a limited way.
Preliminary work by the Company’s geologists included taking 17 chip samples across widths ranging from 1.0 meters to 2.5 meters and averaging 1.75 meters.
Tertiary volcanic rocks underlie the La Cruz claim, with andesites being overlain by rhyolites and ignimbrites. The rocks are intensely fractured and silicified with fracture fillings of grey quartz. Silver sulphide mineralization is present along with iron and manganese oxides. The fractures have predominant trends of north-south, Az 340 and Az 025 with vertical dips and the working following the northeast trend. A breccia zone that is about 3.5 meters wide on surface characterizes the mineralized trend. Preliminary examination of the old shafts has been conducted to a depth of 45 meters, but they appear to descend to about 80 meters.
The La Cruz property is located in the central part of Chihuahua State, approximately 1.5 hours drive south-southwest of the city of Cuauhtemoc, and has good road access to within a few kilometers of the property. The road follows an arroyo for the last few kilometers, but this section can easily be rehabilitated. Geographic coordinates for the mojonera are Latitude 28º 02’ 52.14” and Longitude 107º 09’ 56.94”.
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Chamizal Property
The Chamizal property consists of two claims, Chamizal Este and Chamizal Oeste, which cover an area of 689.00 hectares.
The Chamizal property, which is outside of the Uruachic camp and the Sierra Madre Occidental, has not had extensive exploration work to date. Surface and underground mapping, as well as preliminary geochemical sampling has been conducted, but no geophysical surveys have been completed. Chamizal along with the Corona property have been optioned to Comstock Capital.
In May 2007 and amended April 2011, the Company optioned the Corona and El Chamizal properties to a company which undertook to spend $500,000 and $200,000 on the respective properties over a period of three years and issue 400,000 (150,000 shares received) and 150,000 (25,000 shares received) shares respectively to the Company over a period of two years. In order to keep the option in good standing, the optionee must also pay $50,000 (received) and issue 200,000 shares to the Company (received).
The Chamizal Property is not in the Uruachic Camp. This property is part of a potentially very important massive play located 85 kilometers south-southwest of the city of Chihuahua in central Chihuahua State. This region hosts the famous Santa Eulalia and Naica mining districts which have carbonate hosted, massive Pb-Zn-Ag mineralization. The Santa Eulalia district, located 90 kilometres northeast of Chamizal, has a mining history dating back to the late 1500's. The Chamizal Property is underlain by the same limestone formation that hosts the mineralization at Santa Eulalia and Naica, and has old mine workings in both the northeast and southwest portion of the property. The southwestern workings comprise two tunnels that total more than 400 meters in length and contain large stopes where replacement style Pb-Zn-Ag mineralization has been mined. Despite the presence of two sizable adits with stopes and one shaft attesting to past mine production, there is no record of any drilling ever having been done on the Chamizal Property.
The Chamizal Property lies in central Chihuahua, approximately 80 kilometers west of the famous Naica Pb-Zn-Ag mine, and about 80 kilometers southwest of the famous Santa Eulalia Mine.
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ITEM 5. OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS
The following discussion for the fiscal years ended 8/31/2011, 8/31/2010, and 8/31/2009 should be read in conjunction with the financial statements of the Company and the notes thereto.
Selected Annual Data
| Year Ended August 31 2011 | Year Ended August 31 2010 | Year Ended August 31 2009 |
Sales Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Net Income (loss) | ($1,021,160) | ($1,412,984) | ($2,196,183) |
Basic and Diluted (loss) EPS | ($0.01) | ($0.02) | ($0.04) |
Weighted Avg. No. Shares Outstanding | 85,749,549 | 72,302,874 | 60,934,037 |
Working Capital | $2,713,392 | $1,808,507 | $712,378 |
Mineral Property Interests | $8,981,467 | $8,089,730 | $7,342,303 |
Shareholders Equity | $11,848,681 | $10,029,855 | $8,156,342 |
Total Assets | $12,022,608 | $10,232,227 | $8,222,221 |
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Summary of Quarterly Results
Net (Loss) | First Quarter | Second Quarter | Third Quarter | Fourth Quarter |
Fiscal 2011 | ($175,537) | ($277,529) | ($205,464) | ($363,630) |
Fiscal 2010 | ($186,412) | ($262,720) | ($689,696) | ($274,156) |
Fiscal 2009 | ($182,506) | ($260,255) | ($184,103) | ($1,569,319) |
EPS (Loss) | First Quarter | Second Quarter | Third Quarter | Fourth Quarter |
Fiscal 2011 | ($0.01) | ($0.01) | ($0.00) | ($0.01) |
Fiscal 2010 | ($0.00) | ($0.00) | ($0.01) | ($0.01) |
Fiscal 2009 | ($0.00) | ($0.00) | ($0.00) | ($0.04) |
Exploration efforts are conducted year-round and administrative/general expenses are generally not seasonal. The higher fourth quarter losses in Fiscal 2011 primarily related to year-end write downs of mineral property exploration costs of $118,769 compared to nil in the prior three quarter and $74,298 in 2010. The higher fourth quarter losses in Fiscal 2009 primarily related to year-end write-downs of mineral properties.
Financings
In February 2010, the Company closed a non-brokered private placement of 7,080,000 units at a price of $0.15 per unit. Each unit consisted of one share and one half of one nontransferable share purchase warrant exercisable for a period of two years at a price of $0.25 for each warrant. Once resale restrictions on the shares expired and upon the Company’s shares trading at or above a weighted average trading price of $0.40 for 20 consecutive trading days, the Company may give notice that the warrants will expire 30 days from the date of providing such notice. The Company’s agents received a commission of $51,360 in cash and 342,400 agent’s warrants exercisable at $0.25 per share for two years valued at $36,670 (risk-free interest rate of 2.24%, dividend yield of Nil, volatility factor of 131.22%, an expected life of 2 years).
In January 2010, the Company closed a non-brokered private placement of 12,641,466 units at a price of $0.15 per unit. Each unit consisted of one share and one half of one nontransferable share purchase warrant exercisable for a period of two years at a price of $0.25 for each warrant. Once resale restrictions on the shares expired and upon the Company’s shares trading at or above a weighted average trading price of $0.40 for 20 consecutive trading days, the Company may give notice that the warrants will expire 30 days from the date of providing such notice. The Company’s agents received a commission of $112,500 in cash and 742,000 agent’s warrants exercisable at $0.25 per share for two years valued at $78,994 (risk-free interest rate of 2.24%, dividend yield of Nil, volatility factor of 130.38%, an expected life of 2 years).
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Fiscal 2011 Ended August 31, 2011 vs. Fiscal 2010
Golden Goliath is a Canadian listed public company with its shares traded on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol “GNG” as a Tier 2 company.
Golden Goliath is a junior exploration company with no revenues from mineral producing operations. The Company’s properties are all located in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico. Activities include acquiring mineral properties and conducting exploration programs. The mineral exploration business is risky and most exploration projects will not become mines. The Company may offer to a major mining company the opportunity to acquire an interest in a property in return for funding by the major mining company, of all or part of the exploration and development of the property. For the funding of property acquisitions and exploration that the Company conducts, the Company does not use long-term debt. Rather, it depends on the issue of shares from the treasury to investors. Such stock issues in turn depend on numerous factors, important among which are a positive mineral exploration climate, positive stock market conditions, a company’s track record and the experience of management.
Results from Operations
For the year ending August 31, 2011, the Company incurred a net loss $1,021,160 compared to $1,412,984 for Fiscal 2010. In the fourth quarter the Company incurred a net loss of $362,630 compared to a net loss of $205,464 during the third. The significant differences between these periods include:
a.
A write down of mineral property exploration costs of $118,769 in the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to nil in the prior three quarter and $74,298 in 2010.
b.
Stock based compensation fees were nil in 2011 compared to $492,137 in 2010. The Company granted no stock options in Fiscal 2011. While the Company granted the 2010 options at a premium to the market price, these charges are a result of mandatory accounting practices that require a calculation using the Black-Scholes option valuation model to expense stock options. As volatility is one variable in the calculation of this non cash charge, the large volatility of junior mining stocks has resulted in a large value to be expensed for stock options.
c.
An increase in cash over last year is a result of the exercise of warrants early in Fiscal 2011 bringing in approximately $2.7 million.
d.
Revenue was higher in the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2011 due to the receipt of option payments totaling $55,843 consisting of cash and shares for the Corona and El Chamizal option agreements.
e.
Consulting fees increased $27,313 during this year compared to last year due to the Company retaining corporate development expertise.
f.
Professional fees, transfer agent fees and filing fees were all less this past year as a result of the costs associated with a private placement in Fiscal 2010.
g.
Wages and benefits were higher this year compared to last due to the hiring of local labor in Uruachic.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of August 31, 2011, deferred mineral property exploration costs totalled $8,646,694 compared to $7,754,997 at August 31, 2010. During the year, the Company incurred a total of $1,079,756 in exploration expenditures including $217,084 on assaying, $266,099 on drilling and $47,340 doing geology and mapping mainly on its Las Bolas/Los Hilos properties and Nopalera. $377,349 of facilities and other in deferred exploration costs included such expenses as core boxes, rental of a core shack, water truck and other preparatory work for the drill program.
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The Company has financed its operations almost exclusively through the sale of its common shares to investors and will be required to continue to do so for the foreseeable future. The Company had working capital of $2,713,392 at August 31, 2011 compared to $1,808,507 at August 31, 2010. The Company’s cash and short-term investment position at August 31, 2011 was $2,736,606. During Fiscal 2011, 10,885,942 warrants from a Fiscal 2010 private placement were exercised, raising $2,721,486.
Cash Used by Fiscal 2011 Operating Activities totaled ($886,053), including the ($1,011,785) Net Loss. Significant adjustments included: $118,769 writedown of mineral properties and ($19,091) in changes in non-cash working capital balances related to operations”. Cash Used by Fiscal 2011 Investing Activities was ($1,925,203), including: ($3,800,000) paid for “purchase of short-term investments”; $3,000,000 received from “redemption of short-term investments); and ($1,100,965) paid for “expenditures on mineral properties”. Cash provided from Fiscal 2011 Financing Activities was $2,839,986, primarily from the aforementioned exercise of warrants and stock options.
Fiscal 2010 Ended August 31, 2010 vs. Fiscal 2009
Results from Operations
For Fiscal 2010 ended August 31, 2010, the Company incurred a net loss ($1,412,984) compared to ($2,196,183) for Fiscal 2009. The significant differences between these periods include:
a.
A write down of mineral property exploration costs of ($74,298) in Fiscal 2010 compared to ($1,435,660) in FY2009 (in the fourth quarter). A large exploration program in 2008 and into 2009 allowed the Company to better evaluate several of its mineral properties. Results at Reforma were disappointing and while the Company intends to maintain its interest in Reforma as there are still several interesting untested target areas, the Company wrote down its past exploration expenditures based on these results. Whereas in 2010, the Company mainly focused on its Las Bolas and Los Hilos properties and with encouraging results and the option and joint venture with Agnico-Eagle, the Company believes significant potential exists for these properties.
b.
Stock based compensation fees were $492,137 in 2010 compared to $57,507 in 2009. The Company granted a number of options in the third quarter this past year while only a few options were granted for the entire FY2009. While the Company granted the options at a premium to the market price, these charges are a result of mandatory accounting practices which require a calculation using the Black-Scholes option valuation model to expense stock options. As volatility is one variable in the calculation of this non cash charge, the large volatility of junior mining stocks has resulted in a large value to be expensed for stock options.
c.
A significant increase in cash over last year is a result of the completion of a private placement during the second quarter raising almost $3 million.
d.
Foreign exchange expenses have been reduced significantly this year from last due to the strengthening value of the Canadian dollar against the Mexican peso.
e.
Consulting fees increased $96,269 during the past year compared to last year due to the Company retaining corporate development expertise. The fees were higher in the first quarter this year also compared to other quarters due to the costs associated with the completion of the Company’s NI 43-101 technical report.
f.
Professional fees, transfer agent fees and filing fees were all higher this past year as a result of the costs associated with the private placement.
g.
Wages and benefits were higher this year compared to last due to a larger exploration program this past year compared to last.
Net Loss per Share for FY2010 was ($0.02) per share compared with ($0.04).
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of August 31, 2010, deferred mineral property exploration costs totalled $7,754,997 compared to $7,007,530 at August 31, 2009. During the year, the Company incurred a total of $821,765 in exploration expenditures including $133,373 on assaying, $135,984 on drilling and $110,343 doing geology and mapping mainly on its Las Bolas/Los Hilos properties. $287,201 of facilities and other in deferred exploration costs included such expenses as core boxes, rental of a core shack and other preparatory work for the drill program.
The Company has financed its operations almost exclusively through the sale of its common shares to investors and will be required to continue to do so for the foreseeable future. The Company had working capital of $1,808,507 at August 31, 2010 compared to $712,378 at August 31, 2009. The Company’s cash and short-term investment position at August 31, 2010 was $1,896,644. In January and February 2010 the Company completed a private placement of 19,721,466 units at a price of $0.15 per unit for gross proceeds of $2,958,220. Each unit consisted of one common share and one half of one share purchase with each whole warrant entitling the holder to purchase one additional common share for a period of two years at a price of $0.25. Once resale restrictions on the shares have expired and upon the Company’s shares trading at or above a weighted average trading price of $0.40 for 20 consecutive trading days, the Company may give notice that the warrants will expire 30 days from the date of providing such notice (in writing to warrant holders and via a news release). Total finder’s fees of $163,860 were paid and 1,084,400 agent’s warrants having the same terms as the warrants under the units was paid.
Cash Used by Fiscal 2010 Operating Activities totaled ($710,084), including the ($1,412,984) Net Loss. Significant adjustments included: $74,298 writedown of the Oteros< La Hermosa Las Trojas and La Gloria Properties; $492,137 in stock-based compensation; and $114,449 in changes in non-cash working capital balances related to operations”. Cash Used by Fiscal 2010 Investing Activities was ($2,007,413), including: ($2,500,000) paid for “purchase of short-term investments”; $1,255,000 received from “redemption of short-term investments); and ($716,037) paid for “expenditures on mineral properties”. Cash provided from Fiscal 2010 Financing Activities was $2,794,360, primarily from the aforementioned private placements.
Fiscal 2009 Ended August 31, 2009 vs. Fiscal 2008
Results from Operations
For Fiscal 2009, the Company incurred a net loss of ($2,196,183) compared to a net loss of ($821,077) during the prior year. The significant differences between the two years were:
a.
a writedown of mineral property exploration costs of $1,435,660 in FY2009 compared to nil the prior year. As a result of the large exploration program in 2008 and into 2009 the Company was better able to evaluate its mineral properties. Results at La Reforma were disappointing and while the Company intends to maintain its interest in La Reforma as there are still several interesting untested target areas, the Company wrote down its past exploration expenditures based on these results.
b.
a decrease of $191,490 in interest income in FY2009 compared to FY2008 due to both lower interest rates and reduced capital earning interest as the Company financed its exploration activities.
c.
an increase of $52,945 in foreign exchange expense due to the decrease in value of the Canadian dollar against the Mexican peso.
d.
stock-based compensation charge of $57,507 in FY2009 compared to $122,780 in the prior year which are non-cash based charges and are a result of accounting practices which require a calculation using the Black-Scholes option valuation model to expense stock options. The lower charges the prior year was a result of issuing less options during that year.
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e.
a decrease of $138,575 in investor relations expenses during FY2009 as the Company sought to reduce expenses in FY2009 due to difficult market conditions.
f.
a decrease of $25,948 in transfer agent and filing fees as the Company completed a private placement in the prior year which resulted in various one time fees.
g.
a reduction of $2,130,185 in current assets as the Company was completing an aggressive exploration program during the past year reducing the Company’s cash position.
Net Loss per Share for FY2009 was ($0.04) per share compared with ($0.01).
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of 8/31/2009, deferred mineral property exploration costs totaled $7,007,530 compared to $7,449,608 at 8/31/2008. During the year, the Company incurred a total of $993,581 in exploration expenditures including $434,750 on drilling, $152,409 on assaying, $92,464 doing geology and mapping and $41,228 on road construction and site preparation, mainly on its Las Bolas property. $193,175 of facilities and other exploration expenditures in deferred exploration costs included such expenses as core boxes, rental of a core shack and a water truck used during drilling.
At 8/31/2009, the Company had working capital of $712,378 compared to its 8/31/2008 working capital of $2,427,739. There was a reduction in cash and short-term investments as the Company was working on an aggressive exploration program during the past year. The Company completed no financings during FY2009; but, raised $3.75 million in December 2009. The Company is able to meet its ongoing financial obligations at this time.
Cash Used by Fiscal 2009 Operating Activities totaled ($721,124), including the ($2,196,183) Net Loss. Significant adjustments included: $1,435,660 writedown of the La Reforma Property; $57,507 in stock-based compensation; and ($37,570) in changes in non-cash working capital balances related to operations”. Cash Provided in Fiscal 2009 Investing Activities was $771,074, including: $2,153,945 from “redemption of short-term investments”; and ($1,365,900) for “expenditures on mineral properties”. Cash provided from Fiscal 2008 Financing Activities was $nil.
5.C. Research and Development, Patents and Licenses, Trademarks, etc.
5.D. Trend Information
No Disclosure Necessary.
5.E. Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
At 8/31/2011 and 8/31/2010, the Company had no off-balance sheet arrangements.
5.F. Tabular disclosure of contractual obligations
The Company has no “hard” contractual obligations at 01/31/2012. However, under certain of its property acquisition agreements, the Company is committed to expend funds on exploration and/or make cash option payments and/or issue common shares to maintain or complete its option arrangements. The Company is required to pay approximately $60,000 in taxes each year to the Mexican government for its mineral exploration properties.
5.G. Safe harbor.
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ITEM 6. DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT, AND EMPLOYEES
6.A. Directors and Senior Management
Table No. 3 Directors and Senior Management January 31, 2012 | |||
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Name | Positions | Age | Date First Elected or Appointed |
Ing. Daniel N. Fernandez (2) | Director | 70 | June 1998 |
Richard W. Hughes | Director | 78 | June 1998 |
Robin Bruce Hutchison | Director | 55 | December 2000 |
Marc Legault | Director | 51 | January 2006 |
Stephen Pearce (1)(3) | Director/CFO/Secretary | 41 | December 2000 |
Andrew Robertson (1) | Director | 67 | December 1998 |
Edward K. Sorbara (1) | Director | 67 | June 1998 |
J. Paul Sorbara (2) | Director/CEO/President | 58 | February 1997 |
(1) Member of Audit Committee. | |||
(2) He spends full time on the affairs of the Company. | |||
(3) He spends about a fourth of his time on the affairs of the Company. |
Daniel Nofrietta Fernandez was graduated with a degree in engineering from the Universidad Autonoma De Mexico in 1965. In 1969, he attended the University of Arizona, studying geology. He has been the President and a Director of Minera Uruachic S.A. de C.V. since 1999. He has been Manager and a Director of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Minera Delta S.A. de C.V. since 1992. As an independent director of the Company, Mr. Fernandez supervises management and helps to ensure compliance with corporate governance policies and standards.
Richard W. Hugheshas been the President of Hastings Management Corp. since 1967; Hastings Management is a private company owned by Mr. Hughes that assists Canadian public companies with capital formation, management and investor relations. As an independent director, Mr. Hughes supervises management and helps to ensure compliance with corporate governance policies and standards. He currently is associated with the following public companies:
Position | Issuer | Exchange | Since |
Director/President | Abitibi Mining Corp. | NEX | 1983 |
Director | Amador Gold Corp. | TSX.V | 2002 |
Director | Fortune River Resources Corp. | TSX.V | 2002 |
Director | Genco Resources Ltd. | TSX.V | 2004 |
Director | Klondike Gold Corp. | TSX.V | 1985 |
Director | Klondike Silver Corp. | TSX.V | 2005 |
Director | Kootenay Gold Inc. | TSX.V | 2005 |
Director | Tiomin Resources Inc. | TSX.V | 1997 |
Director/President | Sedex Mining Corp. | TSX.V | 1980 |
Director/President | Zinccorp Resources Inc. | TSX.V | 2008 |
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Robin Bruce Hutchison was graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1978. A co-founder of eCharge Corporation (www.echarge.com), he held numerous position within eCharge including, President and Chief Technical Officer. Prior to co-founding eCharge Corporation, he was President of SNI Corporation, which specialized in the integration of SUN Microsystems UNIX based systems and Internet & Firewall Security. As an independent director of the Company, Mr. Hutchinson supervises management and helps to ensure compliance with corporate governance policies and standards.
Marc Legault, with Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. since 1988, is manager of project evaluations in Toronto. He is currently managing the exploration and evaluation program at Agnico’s Pinos Altos project in Chihuahua and is also directly involved in evaluating other exploration and mining opportunities in Mexico. As an independent director of the Company, Mr. Legault supervises management and helps to ensure compliance with corporate governance policies and standards.
Stephen Pearce has been the Corporate Secretary of the Company since 12/11/2000 and CFO and a Director of the Company since 1/26/2006. He was graduated from York University in 1993 with a degree in Economics. He received his law degree from the University of British Columbia in 1996. He is an attorney specializing in junior mining companies. Mr. Pearce serves as a Director and/or Corporate Secretary of the following TSX Venture Exchange listed companies: Neodym Technologies Inc. (since 2001); and Sable Resources Ltd. (since 2003), Sunorca Development Corporation (since 2008). As a director of the Company, Mr. Pearce participates in management oversight and helps to ensure compliance with our corporate governance policies and standards.
Dr. Andrew Robertson received his Doctorate and Bachelor of Science Degrees from the University of Witwatersrand in the Republic of South Africa. He holds the designation of Professional Engineer that was awarded to him from both the Association of Professional Engineers & Geoscientists of British Columbia and the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario. Since April 1994, Robertson Geoconsultants Inc., a company he owns, has employed him; through this company he provides consulting services to mining companies. Since April 1994, he has been a Director of Gemcom Software International Inc. He has been President/Director of InfoMine Inc. since 1984. As an independent director of the Company, Mr. Robertson supervises management and helps to ensure compliance with corporate governance policies and standards.
Edward K. Sorbarareceived his Bachelors Degree in Commerce from the University of Toronto in 1964 and his MBA from the University of Chicago in 1967. He has been employed by Sorbara Services Ltd. as Principal since 1967. Sorbara Services Ltd. is involved in the real estate industry in Toronto as developers. As an independent director of the Company, Mr. Sorbara supervises management and helps to ensure compliance with corporate governance policies and standards.
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J. Paul Sorbara has been the President and CEO of the Company since 2/5/1997 and a Director of the Company since 5/10/1998. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto where he received a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1976 and a Master of Science Degree in 1979. He received the designation of Professional Geologist in 1991 from the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists in British Columbia; and in 1985 the Geological Association of Canada awarded him the designation of Fellow of the Geological Association of Canada. He also serves as the President of Minera Delta S.A. de C.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of Golden Goliath. He owns a consulting firm, Sorbara Geological Consulting Ltd., but devotes very little time to that company. Since January 2004, he has been a Director of Greenlight Resources Inc. Since August 2007, he has been a Director of Jiulian Resources Inc. and a director of New High Ridge Resources since 2010. He devotes full time to his duties as the President of the Company. As a director of the Company, Mr. Sorbara participates in management oversight and helps to ensure compliance with our corporate governance policies and standards.
The Directors have served in their respective capacities since their election and/or appointment and will serve until the next Annual General Meeting or until a successor is duly elected, unless the office is vacated in accordance with the Articles of the Company. Their functions within the Company are detailed in ITEM #1.A.1.
The Senior Management serves at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. Their functions within the Company are detailed in ITEM #1.A.2.
The Board has adopted a written Code of Business Ethics. The Board of Directors expects management to operate the business of the Company in a manner that enhances shareholder value and is consistent with the highest level of integrity. Management is expected to execute the Company’s business plan and to meet performance objectives and goals. In addition, the Board of Directors must comply with conflict of interest provisions in Canadian corporate law, including relevant securities regulatory instruments, in order to ensure directors exercise independent judgment in considering transactions and agreements in respect of which a director or executive officer has a material interest.
During the last five years, no Director and/or Senior Management has been the subject of any order, judgment, or decree of any governmental agency or administrator or of any court or competent jurisdiction, revoking or suspending for cause any license, permit or other authority of such person or of any corporation of which he is a Director and/or Senior Management, to engage in the securities business or in the sale of a particular security or temporarily or permanently restraining or enjoining any such person or any corporation of which he is an officer or director from engaging in or continuing any conduct/practice/employment in connection with the purchase or sale of securities, or convicting such person of any felony or misdemeanor involving a security or any aspect of the securities business or of theft or of any felony.
Edward Sorbara, Director, is the cousin of J. Paul Sorbara, President/Director of the Company. There are no other family relationships between any Directors or Senior Management. There are no arrangements or understandings with major shareholders, customers, suppliers or others, pursuant to which any person referred to above was selected as a Director or member of senior management.
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6.B. Compensation
Director Compensation
The Company has no formal program for compensating Directors for their service as directors. There are no Director service contracts with the Company providing for benefits upon termination of employment. Directors are entitled to reimbursement for reasonable travel and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may award special remuneration to any Director undertaking any special services on behalf of the Company other than services ordinarily required of a Director. The Company’s directors also participate in the Company’s Stock Option Plan; during Fiscal 2011, no stock options were granted to Directors. No Director received any compensation for his services as a Director, including committee participation and/or special assignments, other than detailed in the following table which details Director (Richard Hughes) compensation paid/accrued for Fiscal 2011.
Senior Management Compensation
Total cash compensation accrued and/or paid (directly and/or indirectly) (refer to ITEM #7B for information regarding indirect payments) to all Senior Management/Directors during Fiscal 2011 was $263,767. The following table details Senior Management/Director compensation paid/accrued for Fiscal 2011.
Table No. 4 | |||||||||
Director and Senior Management Compensation | |||||||||
Name and principal position | Year | Salary | Share-based awards | Option-based awards | Non-equity incentive plan compensation | Pension value | All other compensation | Total compensation(3) | |
Annual incentive plans | Long-term incentive plans | ||||||||
J. Paul Sorbara, CEO/ President (1) | 2011 | $120,000 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | $120,000 |
Stephen Pearce, CFO/Secretary | 2011 | $60,000 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | $60,000 |
Daniel Fernandez Manager of Minera Delta S.A. | 2011 | $41,188 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | $41,188 |
Richard Hughes, Director (2) | 2011 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | $42,579 | $42,579 |
(1) Mr. Sorbara’s “salary” is paid to Sorbara Geological Consulting Ltd., private company owned/controlled by him. | |||||||||
(2) Mr. Hughes’s “All Other Compensation” is paid to Hastings Management Corp., a company wholly owned by him; pursuant to administrative services provided to the Company including providing office space, office furniture, boardroom facilities, access to photocopier, fax and such other amenities normally associated with executive offices. | |||||||||
(3) During the Senior Management’s employment, the Company reimburses Senior Management for all travel and other expenses actually, properly and necessarily incurred by the NEO in connection with the Senior Management’s duties in accordance with the policies set from time to time by the Company, in its sole discretion. The Senior Management is required to furnish such receipts, vouchers or other evidence as are required by the Company to substantiate such expenses. Such reimbursements are excluded from the “Total Compensation”. |
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Options/SARs Granted/Cancelled During The Most Recently Completed Fiscal Year
At the beginning of Fiscal 2011, the most recently completed fiscal year; there were 7,425,000 stock options outstanding. During Fiscal 2011, no stock options were granted to Senior Management, Directors, and employees/ consultants; all stock options vested upon granting. During Fiscal 2011, no SARs (stock appreciation rights) were granted. During Fiscal 2011: 675,000 stock options were exercised; 2,050,000 expired; and none were re-priced.
Table No. 5 | ||||||
Stock Option Grants in Fiscal 2011 Ended 8/31/2011 | ||||||
Name | Number of Options Granted | Percent Of Total Options Granted | Exercise Price per Share | Grant Date | Expiration Date | Mkt. Value of Securities Underlying Options on Date of Grant |
Daniel Fernandez | Nil |
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Richard Hughes | Nil |
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Robin Hutchison | Nil |
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Marc Legault | Nil |
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Stephen Pearce | Nil |
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Andrew Robertson | Nil |
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Edward Sorbara | Nil |
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J. Paul Sorbara | Nil |
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Management/Directors | Nil |
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Employees/Consultants | Nil |
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TOTAL | Nil |
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Options/SARs Exercised During The Most Recently Completed Fiscal Year
During Fiscal 2011 Ended 8/31/2011, the most recently completed fiscal year, no stock options were exercised by Senior Management and/or Directors. No SARs (stock appreciation rights) were exercised during this period.
The following table gives certain information concerning stock option exercises during Fiscal 2011 by the Company’s Senior Management and Directors. It also gives information concerning stock option values.
Table No. 6 | ||||
Aggregated Stock Options Exercises in Fiscal 2011 Fiscal Yearend Unexercised Stock Options Fiscal Yearend Stock Option Values Senior Management/Directors | ||||
Name | Number of Shares Acquired on Exercise | Aggregate Value Realized (1) | Number of Unexercised Options at Fiscal Yearend Exercisable/ Unexercisable | Value of Unexercised In-the-Money Options at Fiscal Yearend (2) Exercisable/ Unexercisable |
Ing. Daniel N. Fernandez | 50,000 | $20,000 | 400,000/nil | $29,250/$nil |
Richard W. Hughes | Nil | Nil | 325,000/nil | $36,750/$nil |
Robin Hutchison | Nil | Nil | 300,000/nil | $29,750/$nil |
Marc Legault | Nil | Nil | 175,000/nil | $13,500/$nil |
Stephen Pearce | Nil | Nil | 450,000/nil | $43,750/$nil |
Andrew Robertson | Nil | Nil | 250,000/nil | $23,250/$nil |
Edward K. Sorbara | Nil | Nil | 250,000/nil | $30,250/$nil |
J. Paul Sorbara | Nil | Nil | 1,200,000/nil | $191,000/$nil |
(1) Value using the closing price of common shares of the Company on the TSX Venture Exchange on the date of exercise, less the exercise price per share. | ||||
(2) The market price for the Company’s common shares on 8/31/2011 was $0.38. No value has been given to unexercised options that were out-of-the-money on 8/31/2011. |
Stock Options. The Company may grant stock options to Directors, Senior Management and employees. Refer to ITEM #6.E., “Share Ownership” and Tables No. 4/5/6/7/8 for information about stock options.
Change of Control Remuneration. The Company has no plans or arrangements in respect of remuneration received or that may be received by Senior Management of the Company in Fiscal 2011 to compensate such officers in the event of termination of employment (as a result of resignation, retirement, change of control) or a change of responsibilities following a change of control, where the value of such compensation exceeds US$100,000 per Senior Management.
Bonus/Profit Sharing/Non-Cash Compensation. The Company has no Bonus/Profit Sharing/Non-Cash Compensation arrangements.
Pension/Retirement Benefits. No funds have been set aside or accrued by the Company since incorporation to provide pension, retirement or similar benefits for Directors or Senior Management.
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Other Compensation. No Senior Management and/or Director received “other compensation” in excess of the lesser of US$25,000 or 10% of such officer's cash compensation, and all Senior Management/Directors as a group did not receive other compensation which exceeded US$25,000 times the number of persons in the group or 10% of the compensation, other than disclosed in Table No. 4/5/6/7/8, ITEM #6B and ITEM #7B.
Written Management Agreements
The Company has retained Mr. Hughes through Hastings Management Corp., a company wholly owned by him. Pursuant to administrative services provided to the Company including providing office space, office furniture, boardroom facilities, access to photocopier, fax and such other amenities normally associated with executive offices. Currently, he is paid approximately $3,500 per month. The contract is on a month-to-month basis and can be terminated by either party with one month’s written notice.
6.C. Board Practices
All directors hold office until the next meeting of the shareholders of the Company unless they resign or are removed in accordance with the Company’s Articles. Senior Management are appointed to serve at the discretion of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors and Committees of the Board schedule regular meetings over the course of the year.
The fundamental objective of the Board is to ensure that it operates in a fashion that maximizes shareholder value over the long term. The Board’s duties and responsibilities are all carried out in a manner consistent with that fundamental objective. The principal duty and responsibility of the Board is to oversee the management and operations of the Company, with the day-to-day management of the business and affairs of the Company delegated by the Board to the President/CEO and other Senior Management.
The Board’s responsibilities include overseeing the conduct of the Company’s business, providing leadership and direction to its management, and setting policies. Strategic direction for the Company is developed through the Board’s annual planning process. Through this process, the Board adopts the operating plan for the coming year, and monitors management’s progress relative to that plan through a regular reporting and review process.
The Board has delegated to the President/CEO and other Senior Management responsibility for the day-to-day management of the business of the Company. Matters of policy and issues outside the normal course of business are brought before the Board for its review and approval, along with all matters dictated by statute and legislation requiring Board review and approval. The President/CEO and other Senior Management review the Company’s progress in relation to the current operating plan at in-person and telephone-conference Board meetings. The Board meets on a regular basis with and without management present. Financial, operational and strategic issues facing the Company are reviewed, monitored and approved at the Board meetings.
6.C.1. Terms of Office. Refer to ITEM 6.A and ITEM 6.C.
6.C.2. Directors’ Service Contracts. No Disclosure Necessary
6.C.3. Board Independence
The Board of Directors has adopted standards for determining whether a director is independent from management. The Board reviews, consistent with the Company’s corporate governance guidelines, whether a director has any material relationship with the Company that would impair the director’s independent judgment. The Board of Directors has affirmatively determined, based on its standards, that the Messrs. Richard Hughes, Robert Hutchinson, Marc Legault, Andrew Robertson, and Edward Sorbara are independent.
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6.C.4. Board meetings and committees; annual meeting attendance
During Fiscal 2011, the Board of Directors held one scheduled meeting. For various reasons, Board members may not be able to attend a Board meeting; all Board members are provided information related to each of the agenda items before each meeting, and, therefore, can provide counsel outside the confines of regularly scheduled meetings. No director attended fewer than 75% of the aggregate of: (1) the total number of meetings of the Board of Directors, while he was a Director; and (2) the total number of meetings of committees of the Board of Directors on which the director served. Directors are encouraged to attend annual meetings of our stockholder; all but Marc Legault, Robin Hutchinson and Andrew Robinson of the directors attended the February 2011 annual shareholders meeting.
The Company has an Audit Committee, which recommends to the Board of Directors the engagement of the independent auditors of the Company and reviews with the independent auditors the scope and results of the Company’s audits, the Company’s internal accounting controls, and the professional services furnished by the independent auditors to the Company. The Company has an Audit Committee charter, adopted 9/1/2006. The current members of the Audit Committee are: Stephen Pearce, Andrew Robertson (independent), and Edward Sorbara (independent). The Audit Committee met once during Fiscal 2011 and has met once during Fiscal 2012-to-date but regularly communicate informally throughout the year.
The Company does not have an “audit committee financial expert” serving on its Audit Committee. The Company’s Audit Committee consists of two independent directors and the CFO/Secretary/Director, all of whom are both financially literate and very knowledgeable about the Company’s affairs. Because the Company’s structure and operations are straightforward, the Company does not find it necessary to augment its Board with a financial expert.
6.C.5. Code of Ethics
The Board has not adopted a written Code of Business Ethics. However, the Board of Directors expects management to operate the business of the Company in a manner that enhances shareholder value and is consistent with the highest level of integrity. Management is expected to execute the Company’s business plan and to meet performance objectives and goals. In addition, the Board of Directors must comply with conflict of interest provisions in Canadian corporate law, including relevant securities regulatory instruments, in order to ensure directors exercise independent judgment in considering transactions and agreements in respect of which a director or executive officer has a material interest. During Fiscal 2009 and Fiscal 2010-to-date, there are no material change reports relating to the conduct of any Directors or executive officers of the Company.
6.D. Employees
As of 01/31/2012, the Company had fourteen full-time employees and several part-time employees/consultants, including the Senior Management; ten of these employees are directly engaged in mineral exploration/development. As of 8/31/2011 and 8/31/2010, the Company had fourteen and eight employees, respectively, including the Senior Management. None of the Company's employees are covered by collective bargaining agreements.
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6.E. Share Ownership
The following table lists Directors and Senior Management who beneficially own the Company's voting securities, consisting solely of common shares, and the amount of the Company's voting securities owned by the Directors and Senior Management as a group. The table also includes all persons/companies where the Company is aware that they have 5% or greater beneficial interest in the Company’s voting securities.
Table No. 7 Shareholdings of Directors and Senior Management Shareholdings of 5% Shareholders January 31, 2012 | |||
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Title of Class | Name of Beneficial Owner | Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership | Percent of Class |
Common | Sprott Asset Management (1) | 11,329,878 | 12.3% |
Common | Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (2) | 6,762,000 | 7.3% |
| 5% Shareholder Subtotal | 18,091,878 | 19.6% |
Common | J. Paul Sorbara (3) | 2,599,970 | 2.8% |
Common | Daniel Fernandez (4) | 2,067,000 | 2.2% |
Common | Edward Sorbara (5) | 861,625 | 0.9% |
Common | Richard Hughes (6) | 765,000 | 0.8% |
Common | Andrew Robertson (7) | 701,000 | 0.8% |
Common | Stephen Pearce (8) | 1,050,000 | 1.1% |
Common | Robin Hutchison (9) | 500,000 | 0.5% |
Common | Marc Legault (10) | 500,000 | 0.5% |
| Directors and Senior Management Subtotal | 9,044,595 | 9.6% |
| TOTAL | 27,136,473 | 29.2% |
(1)
Sprott Asset Management is a financial institution.
Their address is: 200 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J 2J1
The contact person is: Eric Sprott.
(2)
Agnico Eagle Mines Limited is a Canadian mining company publicly traded on the NYSE and TSX Exchange.
Their address is: 145 King Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M5C 2Y7. The contact person is:
David Smith; VP, Investor Relations.
(3)
1,700,000 represent currently exercisable stock options.
855,500 common shares and 750,000 stock options are held indirectly through
Sorbara Geological Consulting Limited, a private company controlled by Mr. Sorbara.
(4)
1,000,000 represent currently exercisable stock options.
(5)
500,000 represent currently exercisable stock options.
(6)
500,000 represent currently exercisable stock options.
(7)
500,000 represent currently exercisable stock options.
500,000 common shares are registered in the name of
A. MacG. Robertson & Associates Inc. and A. MacG. Holdings Inc., of which
Andrew MacG. Robertson is the sole owner of all issued voting shares.
(8)
1,000,000 represent currently exercisable stock options.
(9)
500,000 represent currently exercisable stock options.
(10)
500,000 represent currently exercisable stock options.
# Based on 92,216,445 common shares outstanding at 01/31/2012, and warrants and stock options held by each beneficial holder exercisable within sixty days.
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Stock Options
Incentive stock options are granted by the Company in accordance with the rules and policies of the TSX Venture Exchange, the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia), including the number of common shares under option, the exercise price and expiry date of such options, and any amendments thereto. The Company adopted its current formal written stock option plan (the “Stock Option Plan”) on 2/5/2006 and it is renewed annually at the Company’s shareholder meeting each year.
The principal purposes of the Company’s stock option program are to (a) promote a proprietary interest in the Company among the officers, directors and employees of the Company and its affiliates, (b) retain and attract the qualified officers, directors and employees the Company requires, (c) provide a long-term incentive element in overall compensation, and (d) promote the long-term profitability of the Company.
Under the Stock Option Plan, the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) may, from time to time, designate a director or other senior officer or employee of the Company as administrator (the “Administrator”) for the purposes of administering the Plan. Currently, the Administrator is the Corporate Secretary.
The principal purposes of the Company’s stock option program are to (a) promote a proprietary interest in the Company among the officers, directors and employees of the Company and its affiliates, (b) retain and attract the qualified officers, directors and employees the Company requires, (c) provide a long-term incentive element in overall compensation, and (d) promote the long-term profitability of the Company.
The Stock Option Plan provides that stock options may be granted to directors, senior officers, employees and consultants of the Company (and any subsidiary of the Company) and management-company employees. For the purposes of the Stock Option Plan, the terms “employees”, “consultants” and “management company employees” have the meanings set out in TSX Venture Exchange Policy 4.4. In addition, the term “director” is defined in TSX Venture Exchange Policy Manual section 4.4 to include directors, senior officers and management company employees.
The Stock Option Plan provides for the issuance of stock options to acquire at any time up to a maximum of 10% of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company (subject to standard anti-dilution adjustments). If a stock option expires or otherwise terminates for any reason without having been exercised in full, the number of common shares reserved for issuance under that expired or terminated stock option shall again be available for the purposes of the Stock Option Plan. Any stock option outstanding when the Stock Option Plan is terminated will remain in effect until it is exercised or it expires. The Stock Option Plan provides that it is solely within the discretion of the Board to determine who should receive stock options and in what amounts, subject to the following conditions:
(a)
options will be non-assignable and non-transferable except that they will be exercisable by the personal representative of the option holder in the event of the option holder’s death;
(b)
options may be exercisable for a maximum of five years from grant date;
(c)
options to acquire no more than 5% of the issued shares of the Company may be granted to any one individual in any twelve-month period;
(d)
options to acquire no more than 2% of the issued shares of the Company may be granted to any one consultant in any twelve-month period;
(e)
options to acquire no more than an aggregate of 2% of the issued shares of the Company may be granted to an employee conducting investor relations activities (as defined in TSX Venture Exchange Policy 1.1), in any twelve-month period;
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(f)
options held by an option holder who is a director, employee, consultant or management company employee must expire within 90 days after the option holder ceases to be a director, employee, consultant or management company employee;
(g)
options held by an option holder who is engaged in investor relations activities must expire within 30 days after the option holder ceases to be employed by the Company to provide investor relations activities; and
(h)
in the event of an option holder’s death, the option holder’s personal representative may exercise any portion of the option holder’s vested outstanding options for one year following the option holder’s death.
The names and titles of the Directors/Senior Management of the Company to whom outstanding stock options have been granted and the number of common shares subject to such options are set forth in following table, as well as the number of options granted to Directors/Senior Management, and all employees and consultants as a group.
Table No. 8 Stock Options Outstanding January 31, 2012 | ||||
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| Number of Options | Exercise Price | Date Granted | Expiration Date |
J. Paul Sorbara | 450,000 | $0.10 | 12/8/2008 | 12/7/2013 |
| 250,000 | $0.40 | 7/16/2006 | 7/16/2012 |
| 500,000 | $0.25 | 5/7/2010 | 5/7/2015 |
| 500,000 | $0.25 | 12/21/2011 | 12/21/2016 |
Stephen Pearce | 75,000 | $0.10 | 12/8/2008 | 12/7/2013 |
| 150,000 | $0.40 | 7/16/2006 | 7/16/2012 |
| 225,000 | $0.25 | 5/7/2010 | 5/7/2015 |
| 550,000 | $0.25 | 12/21/2011 | 12/21/2016 |
Daniel Fernandez | 50,000 | $0.10 | 12/8/2008 | 12/7/2013 |
| 175,000 | $0.40 | 7/16/2006 | 7/16/2012 |
| 225,000 | $0.25 | 5/7/2010 | 5/7/2015 |
| 600,000 | $0.25 | 12/21/2011 | 12/21/2016 |
Richard Hughes | 50,000 | $0.10 | 12/8/2008 | 12/7/2013 |
| 100,000 | $0.40 | 7/16/2006 | 7/16/2012 |
| 125,000 | $0.36 | 6/29/2006 | 6/29/2011 |
| 175,000 | $0.25 | 5/7/2010 | 5/7/2015 |
| 175,000 | $0.25 | 12/21/2011 | 12/21/2016 |
Robin Hutchison | 25,000 | $0.10 | 12/8/2008 | 12/7/2013 |
| 100,000 | $0.40 | 7/16/2006 | 7/16/2012 |
| 175,000 | $0.25 | 5/7/2010 | 5/7/2015 |
| 200,000 | $0.25 | 12/21/2011 | 12/21/2016 |
Marc Legault | 100,000 | $0.40 | 7/16/2006 | 7/16/2012 |
| 25,000 | $0.10 | 12/8/2008 | 12/7/2013 |
| 50,000 | $0.25 | 5/7/2010 | 5/7/2015 |
| 325,000 | $0.25 | 12/21/2011 | 12/21/2016 |
Andrew Robertson | 25,000 | $0.10 | 12/8/2008 | 12/7/2013 |
| 100,000 | $0.40 | 7/16/2006 | 7/16/2012 |
| 125,000 | $0.25 | 5/7/2010 | 5/7/2015 |
| 250,000 | $0.25 | 12/21/2011 | 12/21/2016 |
Edward Sorbara | 50,000 | $0.10 | 12/8/2008 | 12/7/2013 |
| 100,000 | $0.40 | 7/16/2006 | 7/16/2012 |
| 125,000 | $0.25 | 5/7/2010 | 5/7/2015 |
| 225,000 | $0.25 | 12/21/2011 | 12/21/2016 |
Total Officers/Directors | 6,375,000 |
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Employees/Consultants/etc. | 175,000 | $0.10 | 12/8/2008 | 12/7/2013 |
| 190,000 | $0.35 | 11/26/2007 | 11/25/2012 |
| 225,000 | $0.40 | 7/16/2006 | 7/16/2012 |
| 1,100,000 | $0.25 | 5/7/2010 | 5/7/2015 |
| 1,215,000 | $0.25 | 12/21/2011 | 12/21/2016 |
TOTAL | 9,280,000 |
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ITEM 7. MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
7.A. Major Shareholders.
7.A.1.a. Holdings By Major Shareholders.
Refer to ITEM #6.E, and Tables No. 4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11, for details regarding securities held by 5% Shareholders, Senior Management, Directors, and others.
7.A.1.b. Significant Changes in Major Shareholders’ Holdings.
The participation in private placements of equity by the Company and exercise of stock options/share purchase warrants has lead over the last several years to some significant changes in the holdings of major shareholders (five percent) direct/indirect holdings of common shares. Refer to ITEM #6E and Table No. 4/5/6/7/8 for additional information.
| Common Shares Owned at 01/31/2012 | Common Shares Owned at 8/31/2010 | Common Shares Owned at 8/31/2009 |
Sprott Asset Management | 11,329,878 | 16,043,010 | 8,934,868 |
Agnico Eagle Mines Limited | 6,762,000 | 6,762,000 | 5,362,000 |
7.A.1.c. Different Voting Rights. The Company’s major shareholders do not have different voting rights.
7.A.2. Canadian Share Ownership. On 01/31/2012, the Company’s shareholders’ list showed 92,216,445 common shares outstanding, with 39 registered shareholders. 12 of these shareholders were resident in Canada, holding 86,978,106 common shares (representing about 94.3% of the issued/outstanding shares); 24 registered shareholders were resident in the United States, holding 3,828,339 common shares (representing about 4.1%); and 3 registered shareholder was resident in other countries, holding 1,410,000 common shares.
The Company has researched the indirect holding by depository institutions and other financial institutions; based on this research and other research into the indirect holdings of other institutions, the Company estimates that it has about 800 “holders of record” in Canada, holding approximately 85% of the outstanding shares of the Company, and over 1,000beneficial owners that own 100% of its common shares.
7.A.3. Control of Company. The Company is a publicly owned Canadian corporation, the shares of which are owned by Canadian residents, United States’ residents, and other foreign residents. The Company is not controlled by any foreign government or other person(s) except as described in ITEM #4.A., “History and Growth of the Company”; and ITEM #6.E., “Share Ownership”.
7.A.4. Change of Control of Company Arrangements.
No Disclosure Necessary
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7.B. Related Party Transactions
The Company has an administrative services agreement with Hastings Management Corp. whereby Hastings provides services to the Company including providing office space, office furniture, boardroom facilities, access to photocopier, fax and such other amenities normally associated with office needs; and providing such other additional instructions and directions as the Company may require. These costs to Hastings Management are divided between several public and private companies and not all the costs of each category is paid by any one company. As such, while most companies charge these expenses individually to the income statement the Company reduces these costs by sharing them with other companies. Hastings Management estimates the percentage of time spent on any one company in any given period and it is charged proportionately. Richard Hughes, a Director of Golden Goliath, owns Hastings Management. During the Fiscal 2011 Ended August 31, 2011, Hastings Management charged the Company $42,579 (2010 = $47,689) for these services.
J.Paul Sorbara’s “annual compensation” is paid to Sorbara Geological Consulting Ltd., private company owned and controlled by him. During Fiscal 2011/2010/2009, this firm was paid $120,000, $120,000 and $120,000.
Due from Related Parties at 8/31/2011 included $90 (2010 = $21,108) due from a company controlled by a director.
During Fiscal 2011 ended August 31, 2011, the Company paid $41,188 (2010 = $40,993) in wages and benefits to DanielFernandez,Manager of Minera Delta S.A. and a director.
During Fiscal 2011 ended August 31, 2011, the Company paid $60,000 (2009 = $60,000) in consulting fees to Stephen Pearce, CFO/Secretary/Director.
Other than as disclosed above and in the MD&A in ITEM #5, there have been no transactions since 8/31/2010, or proposed transactions, which have materially affected or will materially affect the Company in which any director, executive officer, or beneficial holder of more than 10% of the outstanding common shares, or any of their respective relatives, spouses, associates or affiliates has had or will have any direct or material indirect interest. Management believes the transactions referenced above were on terms at least as favorable to the Company as the Company could have obtained from unaffiliated parties.
7.C. Interests of Experts and Counsel
--- No Disclosure Necessary ---
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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
8.A. Statements and Other Financial Information
The Company's financial statements are stated in Canadian Dollars (CDN$) and are prepared in accordance with Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), the application of which, in the case of the Company, conforms in all material respects for the periods presented with United States GAAP, except as discussed in footnotes to the financial statements.
The financial statements as required under ITEM #17 are attached hereto and found immediately following the text of this Annual Report. The audit reports of Morgan & Company LLP, Chartered Accountants are included herein immediately preceding the financial statements.
Audited Financial Statements
Fiscal 2011/2010/2009 Ended August 31st
8.A.7. Legal/Arbitration Proceedings
The Directors and the Senior Management of the Company do not know of any material, active or pending, legal proceedings against them; nor is the Company involved as a plaintiff in any material proceeding or pending litigation.
The Directors and the Senior Management of the Company know of no active or pending proceedings against anyone that might materially adversely affect an interest of the Company.
8.B. Significant Changes
No undisclosed significant change has occurred since the date of the annual financial statements and/or since the date of the most recent interim financial statements.
ITEM 9. THE OFFER AND LISTING
9.A. Common Share Trading Information
The Company's common shares began public trading on 10/16/2001. The current stock symbol on the TSX Venture Exchange in Canada is “GNG”. The CUSIP number is 381059104.
The following table lists the volume of trading and high, low and closing sales prices on the TSX Venture Exchange for the Company's common shares for: the last six months, the last nine fiscal quarters, and the last five fiscal years.
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Table No. 9 TSX Venture Exchange Common Shares Trading Activity Canadian Dollars | ||||
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Period Ended | Volume | High | Low | Closing |
Monthly |
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01/31/2012 | 2,828,281 | $0.27 | $0.18 | $0.27 |
12/31/2011 | 2,059,800 | $0.23 | $0.18 | $0.20 |
11/30/2011 | 1,366,400 | $0.27 | $0.19 | $0.19 |
10/31/2011 | 2,388,500 | $0.35 | $0.18 | $0.28 |
9/30/2011 | 1,960,900 | $0.38 | $0.22 | $0.23 |
8/31/2011 | 2,686,700 | $0.41 | $0.27 | $0.38 |
7/31/2011 | 2,931,600 | $0.47 | $0.27 | $0.38 |
Quarterly |
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11/30/2011 | 5,738,100 | $0.38 | $0.18 | $0.19 |
8/31/2011 | 8,132,900 | $0.47 | $0.24 | $0.38 |
5/31/2011 | 17,866,700 | $0.59 | $0.30 | $0.33 |
2/28/2011 | 30,317,200 | $0.75 | $0.21 | $0.53 |
11/30/2010 | 9,458,400 | $0.29 | $0.19 | $0.22 |
8/31/2010 | 4,679,000 | $0.25 | $0.15 | $0.21 |
5/31/2010 | 5,617,700 | $0.28 | $0.16 | $0.20 |
2/28/2010 | 5,600,900 | $0.29 | $0.14 | $0.22 |
11/30/2009 | 9,052,100 | $0.32 | $0.14 | $0.16 |
Yearly |
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8/31/2011 | 62,054,900 | $0.75 | $0.18 | $0.38 |
8/31/2010 | 24,849,700 | $0.32 | $0.14 | $0.21 |
8/31/2009 | 19,670,900 | $0.18 | $0.04 | $0.13 |
8/31/2008 | 12,113,700 | $0.45 | $0.13 | $0.15 |
8/31/2007 | 13,298,900 | $0.49 | $0.24 | $0.29 |
The Company’s common shares began trading on the Berlin Stock Exchange on 4/23/2004, with the trading symbol of “GGZ.BE”. Total volume through 01/31/2012 was 127,500. Prices ranged from euro$0.02 to euro$0.51; the closing price on 01/31/2012 was euro$0.14; no trades during FY2010-FY2011.
The Company’s common shares began trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on 1/14/2004, with the trading symbol of “GGZ.F”. Total volume through 01/31/2012 was 12,493,500. Prices ranged from euro$0.01 to euro$0.50; the closing price on 01/31/2012 was euro$0.12.
The Company’s common shares began trading on the Munich-Stock Exchange on 1/17/2006, with the trading symbol of “GGZ.MU”. Total volume through 01/31/2012 was 2,830,300. Prices ranged from euro$0.01 to euro$0.47; the closing price on 01/31/2012 was euro$0.15.
The Company’s common shares began trading on the Stuggart Stock Exchange in Europe on 1/18/2011, with the trading symbol of “GGZ.SG”. Total volume through 01/31/2012 was 533,800. Prices ranged from euro$0.12 o euro$0.48; the closing price on 01/31/2012 was euro$0.14.
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9.A.5. Common Share Description
Registrar/Common Shares Outstanding/Shareholders
The Company's common shares are issued in registered form and the following information is taken from the records of Computershare Investor Services Inc. [located at 510 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia Canada V5K 1A1], the registrar and transfer agent for the common shares.
The authorized capital of Golden Goliath consists of an unlimited number of common shares without par value.
Common Share Description
All of the authorized common shares of the Company are of the same class and, once issued, rank equally as to dividends, voting powers, and participation in assets. Holders of common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all matters to be acted upon by the shareholders. Holders of common stock are entitled to receive such dividends as may be declared from time to time by the Board of Directors, in its discretion, out of funds legally available therefore.
Upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, holders of common stock are entitled to receive pro rata the assets of Company, if any, remaining after payments of all debts and liabilities. No shares have been issued subject to call or assessment. There are no pre-emptive or conversion rights and no provisions for redemption or purchase for cancellation, surrender, or sinking or purchase funds.
Provisions as to the modification, amendment or variation of such shareholder rights or provisions are contained in the British Columbia Business Corporations Act. Unless the British Columbia Business Corporations Act or the Company's Articles otherwise provide, any action to be taken by a resolution of the shareholders may be taken by an ordinary resolution or by a vote of a majority or more of the shares represented at the shareholders' meeting.
The Company's Articles and the British Columbia Business Corporations Act contain provisions, which require a “special resolution” for effecting certain corporate actions. Such a “special resolution” requires a two-third vote of shareholders rather than a simple majority for passage. The principle corporate actions that require a “special resolution” include:
a. Transferring the Company's jurisdiction from British Columbia to
another jurisdiction;
b. Giving financial assistance under certain circumstances;
c. Certain conflicts of interest by Directors;
d. Disposing of all/substantially all of Company's undertakings;
e. Removing Director before expiration of his term in office;
f. Certain alterations of share capital;
g. Changing the Company name; and
h. Certain reorganizations of the Company.
There are no restrictions on the repurchase or redemption of common shares of the Company while there is any arrearage in the payment of dividends or sinking fund installments.
Stock Options
Refer to ITEM #6E and Tables No. 4/5/6/7/8 for additional information.
Warrants
As of 01/31/2012, no share purchase warrants were outstanding.
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9.A.6. Differing Rights
9.A.7.a. Subscription Warrants/Right
9.A.7.b. Convertible Securities/Warrants
The Company has no convertible securities.
Refer to ITEM #9.4.5. “Warrants” above for information about warrants.
9.C. Stock Exchanges Identified
The common shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange in Canada and in Europe on the Berlin Stock Exchange, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, the Munich Stock Exchange, and the XETRA Exchange.
ITEM 10. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
10.A. Share Capital
--- Not Applicable ---
10.B. Memorandum and Articles of Association
Refer to discussion in Form-20-FR Registration Statement and amendments for more information about the Company’s articles.
10.C. Material Contracts
a.
Earn-In and Shareholders Agreement with Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited, for the exploration and development of the Company’s Las Bolas and Los Hilos properties, dated 12/8/2011.
10.D. Exchange Controls
Canada has no system of exchange controls. There are no Canadian restrictions on the repatriation of capital or earnings of a Canadian public company to non-resident investors. There are no laws in Canada or exchange restrictions affecting the remittance of dividends, profits, interest, royalties and other payments to non-resident holders of the Company's securities, except as discussed in ITEM 10.E., “Taxation” below.
Restrictions on Share Ownership by Non-Canadians
There are no limitations under the laws of Canada or in the organizing documents of the Company on the right of foreigners to hold or vote securities of the Company, except that the Investment Canada Act may require review and approval by the Minister of Industry (Canada) of certain acquisitions of “control” of the Company by a “non-Canadian”. The threshold for acquisitions of control is generally defined as being one-third or more of the voting shares of the Company. “Non-Canadian” generally means an individual who is not a Canadian citizen, or a corporation, partnership, trust or joint venture that is ultimately controlled by non-Canadians.
10.E Taxation
The Company believes the following is a brief summary of all material principal Canadian federal income tax consequences to a holder of common shares of the Company (a “U.S. Holder”) who deals at arm's length with the Company, holds the shares as capital property and who, for the purposes of theIncome Tax Act (Canada) (the “Act”) and theCanada – United States Income Tax Convention (the “Treaty”), is at all relevant times resident in the United States, is not and is not deemed to be resident in Canada and does not use or hold and is not deemed to use or hold the shares in carrying on a business in Canada. Special rules, which are not discussed below, may apply to a U.S. Holder that is an insurer that carries on business in Canada and elsewhere.
U.S. Holders are urged to consult their own tax advisors with respect to their particular circumstances.
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Under the Act and the Treaty, a U.S. Holder of common shares will generally be subject to a 15% withholding tax on dividends paid or credited or deemed by the Act to have been paid or credited on such shares. The withholding tax rate is 5% where the U.S. Holder is a corporation that beneficially owns at least 10% of the voting shares of the Company and the dividends may be exempt from such withholding in the case of some U.S. Holders such as qualifying pension funds and charities.
In general, a U.S. Holder will not be subject to Canadian income tax on capital gains arising on the disposition of shares of the Company unless (i) at any time in the five-year period immediately preceding the disposition, 25% or more of the shares of any class or series of the Company’s capital stock was owned by (or was under option of or subject to an interest of) the U.S. holder or persons with whom the U.S. holder did not deal at arm's length, and (ii) the value of the Company’s common shares at the time of the disposition derives principally from real property (as defined in the Treaty) situated in Canada. For this purpose, the Treaty defines real property situated in Canada to include rights to explore for or exploit mineral deposits situated in Canada, rights to amounts computed by reference to the amount or value of production from such mineralization, certain other rights in respect of properties situated in Canada and shares of a corporation the value of whose shares is derived principally from real property situated in Canada.
The US Internal Revenue Code provides special anti-deferral rules regarding certain distributions received by US persons with respect to, and sales and other dispositions (including pledges) of stock of, a passive foreign investment company. A foreign corporation, such as the Company, will be treated as a passive foreign investment company if 75% or more of its gross income is passive income for a taxable year or if the average percentage of its assets (by value) that produce, or are held for the production of, passive income is at least 50% for a taxable year. If a U.S. Holder holds shares in any year in which the Company is a PFIC, that holder might be required to file Internal Revenue Service Form 8621.
This summary does not address potential tax effects relevant to our Company or those tax considerations that depend upon circumstances specific to each investor. In addition, this discussion does not address the tax consequences that may be relevant to particular investors subject to special treatment under certain U.S. Federal income tax laws, such as dealers in securities, tax-exempt entities, banks, insurance companies and non-U.S. Holders. Accordingly, holders and prospective holders of our common shares should consult with their own tax advisors with respect to the income tax consequences to them of purchasing, owning and disposing of common shares in our Company
10.F. Dividends and Paying Agents
The Company has not declared any dividends on its common shares for the last five years and does not anticipate that it will do so in the foreseeable future. The present policy of the Company is to retain future earnings for use in its operations and the expansion of its business.
Notwithstanding the aforementioned: the Company is unaware of any dividend restrictions; has no specific procedure for the setting of the date of dividend entitlement; but might expect to set a record date for stock ownership to determine entitlement; has no specific procedures for non-resident holders to claim dividends, but might expect to mail their dividends in the same manner as resident holders. The Company has not nominated any financial institutions to be the potential paying agents for dividends in the United States.
10.G. Statement by Experts
--- Not Applicable ---
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10.H. Documents on Display
The Company’s documents can be viewed at its Canadian office, located at:
675 West Hastings Street, #711, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6B 1N2.
The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and files reports, registration statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The Company’s reports, registration statements and other information can be inspected on the SEC’s website atwww.sec.gov and such information can also be inspected and copies ordered at the public reference facilities maintained by the SEC at the following location: Judiciary Plaza, 100 F Street NE, Washington, D.C. 20549. Further, we file reports under Canadian regulatory requirements on SEDAR; you may access our reports filed on SEDAR by accessing their website atwww.sedar.com. Finally, corporate information may be found at the Company’s website:goldengoliath.com.
ITEM 11. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
The Company is a small business issuer, as defined in Section 240.12b-2; and thus, Item #11 is not applicable.
ITEM 12. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES
12.A. Debt Securities --- No Disclosure Necessary ---
12.B. Warrants and Rights --- Refer to ITEM #9, “Warrants”
12.C. Other Securities --- No Disclosure Necessary ---
12.D. American Depository Shares -- No Disclosure Necessary ---
PART II
ITEM 13. DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES
ITEM 14. MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY
HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS
--- No Disclosure Necessary ---
ITEM 15. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The Company’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures to provide reasonable assurance that material information related to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to senior management, including Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), by others within those entities on a timely basis so that appropriate decisions can be made regarding public disclosure.
We carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Principal Executive Officer and our Principal Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) as November 30, 2011. The Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures as of August 31, 2011, were effective to give reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and (ii) accumulated and communicated to management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
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Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
The Company’s management is responsible for designing, establishing and maintaining a system of internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f)) to provide reasonable assurance that the financial information prepared by the Company for external purposes is reliable and has been recorded, processed and reported in an accurate and timely manner in accordance with GAAP. The Board of Directors is responsible for ensuring that management fulfills its responsibilities. The Audit Committee fulfills its role of ensuring the integrity of the reported information through its review of the interim and annual financial statements. Management reviewed the results of their assessment with the Company’s Audit Committee.
Because of its inherent limitations, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect all possible misstatements or frauds. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate.
To evaluate the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, Management has used the Internal Control - Integrated Framework, which is a suitable, recognized control framework established by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Management has assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and concluded that such internal control over financial reporting is effective as of November 30, 2011.
Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls
The Company's management, including the CEO and CFO, does not expect that our Disclosure Controls or our Internal Controls will prevent all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed 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 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 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 achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions; over time, control 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.
Attestation Report of the Registered Accounting Firm
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 the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that require the Company to provide only management’s report in this Form 20-F Annual Report.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 16. RESERVED
ITEM 16A. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT
The Company does not have an “audit committee financial expert” serving on its audit committee. The Company’s Audit Committee consists of two independent directors and the CFO/Secretary, all of whom are both financially literate and very knowledgeable about the Company’s affairs. Because the Company’s structure and operations are straightforward, the Company does not find it necessary to augment its Board with a financial expert.
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ITEM 16B. CODE OF ETHICS
The Company has not adopted a written ”code of ethics” that meets the new United States' Sarbanes-Oxley standards; the Board of Directors believes that existing Canadian standards and procedures is adequate for its purposes. The Company has not seen any need to adopt a written code of ethics on the basis that its corporate culture effectively deters wrongdoing and promotes honest and ethical conduct, full, fair and accurate, timely, and understandable disclosure in reports and documents, the compliance with applicable governmental laws, rules and regulations; the prompt internal reporting of violations of the code; and accountability for adherence to the code.
ITEM 16C. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTIING FEES AND SERVICES
The audit committee is directly responsible for the appointment, compensation and oversight of auditors; the audit committee has in place procedures for receiving complaints and concerns about accounting and auditing matters; and has the authority and the funding to engage independent counsel and other outside advisors.
The Audit Committee may delegate to one or more designated members of the Audit Committee the authority to grant pre-approvals required by this policy / procedure. The decisions of any Audit Committee member to whom authority is delegated to pre-approve a service shall be presented to the full Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting.
In accordance with the requirements of the US Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and rules issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission, we introduced a procedure for the review and pre-approval of any services performed by Morgan & Company, including audit services, audit related services, tax services and other services. The procedure requires that all proposed engagements of Morgan & Company for audit and permitted non-audit services are submitted to the finance and audit committee for approval prior to the beginning of any such services.
Fees, including reimbursements for expenses, for professional services rendered by Morgan & Company to the Company are detailed below.
Principal Accountant Fees and Services | Fiscal 2011 Ended 8/31/2011 | Fiscal 2010 Ended 8/31/2010 |
Audit Fees | $32,900 | $33,000 |
Audit-Related Fees | $nil | $nil |
Tax Fees | $1,250 | $7,650 |
All Other Fees | $nil | $nil |
TOTAL | $34,150 | $40,600 |
ITEM 16D. EXEMPTIONS FROM THE LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES
ITEM 16E. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS
ITEM 16F. CHANGE IN REGISTRANTS’S CEERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT
ITEM 16G. CORPORTE GOVERNANCE
--- No Disclosure Necessary ---
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PART III
ITEM 17. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The Company's consolidated financial statements are stated in Canadian Dollars (CDN$) and are prepared in accordance with Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), the application of which, in the case of the Company, conforms in all material respects for the periods presented with United States GAAP, except as discussed in footnotes to the consolidated financial statements.
The consolidated financial statements as required under ITEM #17 are attached hereto and found immediately following the text of this Annual Report. The audit reports of Morgan & Company, Chartered Accountants included herein immediately preceding the audited consolidated financial statements.
Audited Financial
Auditor's Report, dated 12/14/2011
Consolidated Balance Sheets at 8/31/2011 and 8/31/2010
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Deficit
for the years ended 8/31/2011, 8/31/2010, and 8/31/2009
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
for the years ended 8/31/2011, 8/31/2010, and 8/31/2009
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
ITEM 18. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The Company has elected to provide financial statements pursuant to ITEM #17.
ITEM 19. EXHIBITS
1. Notice of Articles and Articles of Incorporation as currently in effect:
Incorporated by reference to Form 20-FR Registration Statement, as amended
2. Instruments defining the rights of holders of equity or debt securities
being registered. --- Refer to Exhibit No. 1 ---
3. Voting Trust Agreements: No Disclosure Necessary
4. Material Contracts:
Incorporated by reference to Form 20-FR Registration Statement, as amended;
Form 20-F Annual Reports; and Form 6-K’s
a. Letter Agreement regarding theCorona and El Chamizal Properties, dated May 14, 2007;
Filed 7-22-2009 with Form 20-FA for Fiscal 2008 Ended 8/31/2008
b.
Letter Agreement regarding theCorona and El Chamizal Properties, dated October 10, 2007;
Filed 7-22-2009 with Form 20-FA for Fiscal 2008 Ended 8/31/2008
c.
Earn-in and Shareholders Agreement with Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited, dated 12-8-2011
5. Foreign Patents: No Disclosure Necessary
6. Earnings Per Share Calculation: No Disclosure Necessary
7. Ratio of Earnings To Fixed Charges: No Disclosure Necessary
8. List of Subsidiaries: Refer to ITEM #4.C.
9. Statement Regarding Date of Financial Statements: No Disclosure Necessary
10. Notice Required by Rul3e 104 of Regulation BTR: No Disclosure Necessary
11. Code of Ethics as required by ITEM No. 16B: No Disclosure Necessary
12.1 Certifications required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a)
12.2 Certifications required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a)
13.1 Certifications required by Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) and
Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code
13.2 Certifications required by Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) and
Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code
14. Legal Opinion required by Instruction 3 of ITEM 7B: No Disclosure Necessary
15. (a) Any additional exhibits you wish to file as part of the registration statement or report, clearly marked to indicate their subject matter:
--- No Disclosure Necessary---
(b) any document or part of a document incorporated by reference in this filing if it is not otherwise required Additional Exhibits:
---Incorporated by reference to Form 20-FR Registration Statement,
as amended and Form 6-K’s ---
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GOLDEN GOLIATH RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
YEARS ENDED AUGUST 31, 2011, 2010 AND 2009
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
To the Shareholders of
Golden Goliath Resources Ltd.
Report on the consolidated financial statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated financial statements of Golden Goliath Resources Ltd., which comprise the consolidated balance sheets as at August 31, 2011 and 2010 and the consolidated statements of loss and comprehensive loss, cash flows, and shareholders’ equity for each of the years in the three-year period ended August 31, 2011, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
Management’s responsibility for the consolidated financial statements
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these consolidated financial statements in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles, and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Auditor’s responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with Canadian generally accepted auditing standards and the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained in our audits is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
Opinion
In our opinion, these consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Golden Goliath Resources Ltd. as at August 31, 2011 and 2010, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended August 31, 2011 in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles.
Emphasis of matter
Without qualifying our opinion, we draw attention to Note 1 in the consolidated financial statements which describes matters and conditions that indicate the existence of a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
Vancouver, Canada | “Morgan & Company” |
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December 14, 2011 | Chartered Accountants |
Tel: (604) 687 – 5841 Fax: (604) 687 – 0075 www.morgan-cas.com | MEMBER OF | P.O. Box 10007 Pacific Centre Suite 1488 – 700 West Georgia Street Vancouver, BC V7Y 1A1 |
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GOLDEN GOLIATH RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
| AUGUST 31 | |||||
| 2011 | 2010 | ||||
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ASSETS |
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| ||
Current |
|
|
|
| ||
Cash | $ | 275,374 | $ | 246,644 | ||
Short term investments (Note 3) |
| 2,461,232 |
| 1,650,000 | ||
Marketable securities (Note 4) |
| 65,625 |
| - | ||
Accounts receivable (Note 5) |
| 17,257 |
| 34,042 | ||
Due from related parties (Note 11) |
| 90 |
| 21,108 | ||
Prepaid expenses |
| 9,741 |
| 22,085 | ||
|
| 2,829,319 |
| 1,973,879 | ||
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|
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VAT Recoverable |
| 70,574 |
| 40,018 | ||
Exploration Advances |
| - |
| 35,496 | ||
Mineral Property Acquisition Costs (Note 6) |
| 334,773 |
| 334,773 | ||
Mineral Property Exploration Costs (Note 6) |
| 8,646,694 |
| 7,754,997 | ||
Property and Equipment (Note 7) |
| 141,248 |
| 93,064 | ||
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|
|
| ||
| $ | 12,022,608 | $ | 10,232,227 | ||
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LIABILITIES |
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Current |
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|
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Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $ | 115,927 | $ | 165,372 | ||
Employment Benefit Obligations |
| 58,000 |
| 37,000 | ||
|
| 173,927 |
| 202,372 | ||
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SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY |
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|
|
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|
|
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Share Capital (Note 8) |
| 24,848,652 |
| 21,928,143 | ||
Contributed Surplus(Note 8) |
| 1,980,798 |
| 2,061,321 | ||
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss |
| (9,375) |
| - | ||
Deficit |
| (14,971,394) |
| (13,959,609) | ||
|
| 11,848,681 |
| 10,029,855 | ||
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| $ | 12,022,608 | $ | 10,232,227 | ||
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Approved on behalf of the Board of Directors: | ||||||
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“J. Paul Sorbara” |
| “Stephen W. Pearce” | ||||
Director |
| Director |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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GOLDEN GOLIATH RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF LOSS
AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
| YEARS ENDED AUGUST 31 | |||||
| 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | |||
Expenses |
|
|
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Amortization | $ | 26,054 | $ | 22,016 | $ | 23,800 |
Automobile |
| 2,823 |
| 3,121 |
| 3,288 |
Consulting (Note 11(d)) |
| 191,928 |
| 164,615 |
| 68,346 |
Foreign exchange loss |
| 22,130 |
| 14,584 |
| 36,485 |
Investor relations |
| 38,242 |
| 46,972 |
| 34,050 |
Management fees (Note 11(a)) |
| 120,000 |
| 120,000 |
| 120,000 |
Office and general (Note 11(c)) |
| 111,504 |
| 74,159 |
| 61,417 |
Professional fees |
| 64,958 |
| 73,550 |
| 72,433 |
Rent and utilities |
| 44,595 |
| 56,666 |
| 59,013 |
Transfer agent and filing fees |
| 16,747 |
| 34,758 |
| 15,043 |
Travel |
| 34,314 |
| 17,308 |
| 43,260 |
Stock based compensation |
| - |
| 492,137 |
| 57,507 |
Wages and benefits (Note 11(b)) |
| 293,195 |
| 231,240 |
| 189,846 |
Loss Before Other Income (Expense) |
| (966,490) |
| (1,351,126) |
| (784,488) |
|
|
|
|
|
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Other Income (Expense) |
|
|
|
|
|
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Gain on sale of equipment |
| - |
| - |
| 2,302 |
Property option payments received |
| 55,843 |
| - |
| - |
Write down of mineral property exploration costs |
| (118,769) |
| (74,298) |
| (1,435,660) |
Sales taxes recovery |
| - |
| - |
| 3,469 |
Interest income |
| 17,631 |
| 12,440 |
| 18,194 |
Net Loss For The Year |
| (1,011,785) |
| (1,412,984) |
| (2,196,183) |
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|
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Other Comprehensive Loss |
|
|
|
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Unrealized loss on marketable securities |
| (9,375) |
| - |
| - |
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Comprehensive Loss For The Year | $ | (1,021,160) | $ | (1,412,984) | $ | (2,196,183) |
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Loss Per Share –Basic and Diluted | $ | (0.01) | $ | (0.02) | $ | (0.04) |
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Weighted Average Number Of Shares Outstanding –Basic and diluted | 85,749,549 |
| 72,302,874 |
| 60,934,037 | |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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GOLDEN GOLIATH RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
| COMMON SHARES WITHOUT PAR VALUE |
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| SHARES | AMOUNT | CONTRIBUTED SURPLUS | DEFICIT | ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS | SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY | |||||
Balance, August 31, 2008 | 60,934,037 | $ | 19,133,783 | $ | 1,511,677 | $ | (10,350,442) | $ | - | $ | 10,295,018 |
Stock options granted | - |
| - |
| 57,507 |
| - |
| - |
| 57,507 |
Loss for the year | - |
| - |
| - |
| (2,196,183) |
| - |
| (2,196,183) |
Balance, August 31, 2009 | 60,934,037 |
| 19,133,783 |
| 1,569,184 |
| (12,546,625) |
| - |
| 8,156,342 |
Shares issue for Private placement | 19,721,466 |
| 2,958,220 |
| - |
| - |
| - |
| 2,958,220 |
Share issue cost | - |
| (279,524) |
| - |
| - |
| - |
| (279,524) |
Fair value of agent’s warrants | - |
| 115,664 |
| - |
| - |
| - |
| 115,664 |
Stock options granted | - |
| - |
| 492,137 |
| - |
| - |
| 492,137 |
Loss for the year | - |
| - |
| - |
| (1,412,984) |
| - |
| (1,412,984) |
Balance, August 31, 2010 | 80,655,503 |
| 21,928,143 |
| 2,061,321 |
| (13,959,609) |
| - |
| 10,029,855 |
Stock options exercised | 675,000 |
| 118,500 |
| - |
| - |
| - |
| 118,500 |
Fair value of options allocated to shares on exercise | - |
| 80,523 |
| (80,523) |
| - |
| -- |
| - |
Warrants exercised | 10,885,942 |
| 2,721,486 |
| - |
| - |
| - |
| 2,721,486 |
Other comprehensive loss | - |
| - |
| - |
| - |
| (9,375) |
| (9,375) |
Loss for the year | - |
| - |
| - |
| (1,011,785) |
| - |
| (1,011,785) |
Balance, August 31, 2011 | 92,216,445 | $ | 24,848,652 | $ | 1,980,798 | $ | (14,971,394) | $ | (9,375) | $ | 11,848,681 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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GOLDEN GOLIATH RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
| YEARS ENDED AUGUST 31 | |||||
| 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | |||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash Provided By (Used For) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Activities |
|
|
|
|
| |
Net loss for the year | $ | (1,011,785) | $ | (1,412,984) | $ | (2,196,183) |
Items not affecting cash: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization |
| 26,054 |
| 22,016 |
| 23,800 |
Gain on sale of equipment |
| - |
| - |
| (2,302) |
Stock based compensation |
| - |
| 492,137 |
| 57,507 |
Unrealized foreign exchange loss |
| - |
| - |
| (2,036) |
Write down of mineral property exploration costs |
| 118,769 |
| 74,298 |
| 1,435,660 |
Change in non-cash operating assets and liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable and VAT recoverable |
| (25,003) |
| 90,267 |
| 12,849 |
Due from related parties |
| 21,018 |
| (21,108) |
| - |
Prepaid expenses |
| 12,344 |
| (8,936) |
| 13,341 |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
| (48,450) |
| 43,226 |
| (43,760) |
Employment benefit obligations |
| 21,000 |
| 11,000 |
| (20,000) |
|
| (886,053) |
| (710,084) |
| (721,124) |
Investing Activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exploration advances |
| - |
| (35,496) |
| - |
Expenditures on mineral properties |
| (1,100,965) |
| (716,037) |
| (1,365,900) |
Purchase of short term investments |
| (3,800,000) |
| (2,500,000) |
| - |
Proceeds from redemption of short term investments |
| 3,000,000 |
| 1,255,000 |
| 2,153,945 |
Purchase of property and equipment |
| (74,238) |
| (10,880) |
| (22,247) |
Mineral property option payments received |
| 50,000 |
| - |
| - |
Proceeds from sale of equipment |
| - |
| - |
| 5,276 |
|
| (1,925,203) |
| (2,007,413) |
| 771,074 |
Financing Activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share issuances for cash |
| 2,839,986 |
| 2,958,220 |
| - |
Share issue costs |
| - |
| (163,860) |
| - |
|
| 2,839,986 |
| 2,794,360 |
| - |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase In Cash |
| 28,730 |
| 76,863 |
| 49,950 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash, Beginning of Year |
| 246,644 |
| 169,781 |
| 119,831 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash, End Of Year | $ | 275,374 | $ | 246,644 | $ | 169,781 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplementary Cash Flow Disclosure And Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest paid | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - |
Income taxes paid | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - |
Shares received for mineral property interest | $ | 75,000 | $ | - | $ | - |
Warrants issued for agent’s commission | $ | - | $ | 115,664 | $ | - |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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GOLDEN GOLIATH RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED AUGUST 31, 2011, 2010 AND 2009
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
1.
NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND GOING CONCERN
Golden Goliath Resources Ltd. (the “Company”) is incorporated under the Business Corporations Act of British Columbia. The Company is a public company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (the “TSX.V”), trading under the symbol “GNG”.
The Company is in the process of exploring and developing its Mexican resource properties and has not yet determined whether these properties contain reserves that are economically recoverable. The recoverability of amounts shown for mineral properties and related deferred exploration expenditures are dependent upon the discovery of economically recoverable reserves, confirmation of the Company’s interest in the underlying mineral claims, the ability of the Company to obtain necessary financing to complete the development of the properties and upon future profitable production or proceeds from the disposition thereof. Managements’ plan in this regard is to secure additional funds through future equity financings, which either may not be available or may not be available on reasonable terms.
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles on a going concern basis, which presume the realization of assets and discharge of liabilities in the normal course of business for the foreseeable future. The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon achieving profitable operations and upon obtaining additional financing. Management is confident that the outcome of these matters will be positive. These financial statements do not include any adjustments to the amounts and classification of assets and liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue in business.
2.
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
These consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) as prescribed by The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (“CICA”) and are stated in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted.
a)
Basis of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Minera Delta S.A. de C.V. of Mexico, and 4247 Investments Ltd. (inactive) of British Columbia. Significant inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated on consolidation.
b)
Variable Interest Entities
The CICA issued Accounting Guideline 15, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities”, to provide accounting guidance related to variable interest entities (“VIE”). A VIE is an entity in which equity investors do not have the characteristics of a “controlling financial interest” or there is not sufficient equity at risk for the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support. The Company has determined that it does not have a primary beneficiary interest in a VIE.
c)
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying disclosures. Although these estimates are based on management’s knowledge of current events and actions the Company may undertake in the future, actual results ultimately may differ from the estimates.
Significant areas requiring the use of management estimates relate to the identification and capitalization of exploration costs, determination of impairment in the carrying values for long-lived assets, the existence of contingent assets and liabilities, amounts recorded for related party transactions and balances, asset retirement obligations and stock-based compensation valuations. Management reviews significant estimates on a periodic basis and, when changes in estimates are necessary, makes adjustments prospectively.
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GOLDEN GOLIATH RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED AUGUST 31, 2011, 2010 AND 2009
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES(continued)
d)
Financial Instruments
The Company follows CICA Handbook Sections 1530, “Comprehensive Income”, Section 3251, “Equity”, Section 3855, “Financial Instruments – Recognition and Measurement”, Section 3862, Financial Instruments – Disclosures, and Handbook Section 3863, Financial Instruments – Presentation, and Section 3865, “Hedges”. Section 1530 establishes standards for reporting and presenting comprehensive income, which is defined as the change in equity from transactions and other events from non-owner sources. Other comprehensive income refers to items recognized in comprehensive income that are excluded from net income calculated in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles.
Sections 3862 and 3863 establish standards for disclosure and presentation of financial instruments and non-financial derivatives and identifies the information that should be disclosed about them (Note 9). Section 3865 describes when and how hedge accounting can be applied as well as the disclosure requirements. Hedge accounting enables the recording of gains, losses, revenues and expenses from derivative financial instruments in the same period as for those related to the hedged item. The Company does not have any hedge transactions.
Section 3855 prescribes when a financial asset, financial liability or non-financial derivative is to be recognized on the balance sheet and at what amount, requiring fair value or cost-based measures under different circumstances. Under Section 3855, financial instruments must be classified into one of these five categories: held-for-trading, held-to-maturity, loans and receivables, available-for-sale financial assets or other financial liabilities. All financial instruments, including derivatives, are measured in the balance sheet at fair value except for loans and receivables, held-to-maturity investments and other financial liabilities which are measured at amortized cost. Subsequent measurement and changes in fair value will depend on their initial classification, as follows: held-for-trading financial assets are measured at fair value and changes in fair value are recognized in net earnings; available-for-sale financial instruments are measured at fair value with changes in fair value recorded in other comprehensive income until the investment is derecognized or impaired at which time the amounts would be recorded in net earnings.
The Company has made the following designations of its financial instruments: cash and short-term investments as held-for-trading; marketable securities as available for sale (Level 1); accounts receivable, amounts due from related parties and exploration advances as loans and receivables and accounts payable and accrued liabilities and employee benefits obligations as other financial liabilities. The carrying values of the Company’s financial investments, other than its available for sale securities, were a reasonable approximation of fair value. The Company has determined that no adjustments are currently required for transaction costs related to the acquisition of financial assets and financial liabilities that are classified as other than held-for-trading.
Disclosures about the inputs to financial instrument fair value measurements are made within a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to fair value measurement.
The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are:
Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;
Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly; and
Level 3 – Inputs that are not based on observable market data
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GOLDEN GOLIATH RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED AUGUST 31, 2011, 2010 AND 2009
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
2.
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
e)
Foreign Currency Translation
The Company’s reporting currency is the Canadian dollar. Transactions in United States (“US”) and Mexican (“MXN”) foreign currencies have been translated into Canadian dollars using the temporal method as follows:
i)
Monetary items at the rate prevailing at the balance sheet date;
ii)
Non-monetary items at the historical exchange rate;
iii)
Revenues and expenses at the average rate in effect during the applicable accounting period; and
iv)
Gains or losses arising on foreign currency translation are included in the statements of loss and deficit.
f)
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash includes cash on hand, cash held in trust and demand deposits. Cash equivalents include short-term, highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash which are subject to insignificant risk of change and have maturities of three month or less from the date of acquisition, held for the purpose of meeting short-term cash commitments rather than for investing or other purposes.
g)
Mineral Property Costs
The Company records its interest in mineral properties at cost, less option income realized. The cost of mineral properties and related exploration costs are deferred and capitalized until the properties are brought into production, sold or abandoned. These deferred costs will be amortized on the unit-of-production basis over the estimated useful life of the properties following the commencement of production or are written-off if the properties are sold, allowed to lapse or abandoned. Amounts shown for the mineral property acquisition exploration costs represent costs incurred and are not intended to reflect present or future values. Capitalized costs are subject to measurement uncertainty and it is reasonably possible, based on existing knowledge that changes in future conditions could require a material change in the recorded amounts.
Title to mineral properties involves certain inherent risks due to the difficulties of determining the validity of permits and the potential for problems arising from government conveyance accuracy, prior unregistered agreements or transfers, indigenous land claims, confirmation of physical boundaries, and title may be affected by undetected defects. The Company does not carry title insurance. The Company has evaluated title to all of its mineral properties and believes, to the best of its knowledge, that evidence of title is adequate and acceptable given the current stage of exploration.
h)
Equipment
Equipment is recorded at cost and amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives at the following rates:
| Equipment | 10% - 30% |
| Vehicles | 25% |
i)
Employee Future Benefits
The Company is subject to Mexican statutory laws and regulations governing employee termination benefits and accrues for employee future benefits based on management’s estimates of the expected payments.
These benefits consist of a one-time payment equivalent to 12 days wages for each year of service (at the employee’s most recent salary, but not to exceed twice the legal minimum wage), payable to all employees with 15 or more years of service, as well as to certain employees terminated involuntarily prior to the vesting of their seniority premium benefit.
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GOLDEN GOLIATH RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED AUGUST 31, 2011, 2010 AND 2009
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
2.
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
i) Employee Future Benefits (Continued)
Under Mexican Labour Law, the Company also provides statutorily mandated severance benefits to its employees terminated under certain circumstances. Such benefits consist of a one-time payment of three months wages plus 20 days wages for each year of service payable upon involuntary termination without just cause.
Employee future benefits are unfunded.
j) Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
The Company periodically evaluates the recoverability of its long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. An impairment loss is recognized when estimated future cash flows resulting from the use of an asset and its eventual disposition is less than its carrying amount.
A mining enterprise in the exploration stage is not obliged to conclude that capitalized costs have been impaired due to the absence of a projected estimated future net cash flow from the mining enterprise. Mineral properties in the exploration stage do not have established mineral reserves and a basis for the preparation of a projection of the estimated future net cash flow from the properties does not exist. However, a mining enterprise is required to consider the conditions for impairment write-down. The conditions include significant unfavourable economic, legal, regulatory, environmental, political and other factors. In addition management’s development activities towards its planned principal operations are a key factor considered as part of the ongoing assessment of the recoverability of the carrying amount of mineral properties. Whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of a mineral property in the exploration stage may be impaired the capitalized costs is written down to the estimated recoverable amount.
k)
Asset Retirement Obligations
The Company applies CICA accounting standard 3110 – “Asset Retirement Obligations” to account for the obligations to reclaim and remediate the mineral properties. Under the standard, the estimated fair value of the legal obligations are recognized in the period incurred, at the net present value of the cash flows required to settle the future obligations. A corresponding amount is capitalized to the related asset. Asset retirement obligations are subject to accretion over time for increases in the fair value of the liabilities.
As of August 31, 2011, the Company had determined that there were no significant legal obligations for reclamation and remediation costs. The Company’s estimates of its ultimate asset retirement obligations could change as a result of changes in regulations, the extent of environmental remediation required, and the means of reclamation or cost estimates. Changes in estimates are accounted for prospectively from the period estimates are revised.
l)
Share Capital
i)
Non-monetary consideration – The fair value of the shares issued is based on the trading price of those shares on the TSX.V on the grant date determined by the Board of Directors. Agent’s warrants, stock options and other equity instruments issued in non-monetary transactions are recorded at fair value determined by management using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. Proceeds from unit placements are allocated between shares and warrants using the residual method.
ii)
Stock based compensation – Compensatory stock option transactions with directors, officers, employees and outside consultants are charged to operations or capitalized to mineral properties with an offsetting credit to contributed surplus. Stock options which vest immediately are recorded at the date of grant. Stock options issued to directors, officers and employees that vest over time are valued at the grant date and recorded using the straight line method over the vesting period. Stock options issued to consultants that vest over time are valued at each vesting date as services are rendered. Consideration received on the exercise of stock options together with the related portion previously recorded in contributed surplus is credited to share capital.
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GOLDEN GOLIATH RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED AUGUST 31, 2011, 2010 AND 2009
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
i)
Share Capital (Continued)
iii)
Share issuance costs – Costs directly identifiable with the raising of share capital financing are charged against share capital. Share issuance costs incurred in advance of share subscriptions are recorded as non-current deferred assets. Share issuance costs related to uncompleted share subscriptions are charged to operations.
(m)
Earnings (Loss) Per Share
Earnings (loss) per share are calculated based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding. The Company uses the treasury stock method to compute the dilutive effect of options, warrants and other similar instruments. Under this method, the dilutive effect on earnings per share is calculated to reflect the use of the proceeds that could be obtained upon the exercise of options and warrants. It assumes that the proceeds would be used to purchase common shares at the average market price during the period. Basic and diluted losses per share are equal as the assumed conversion of outstanding options and warrants would be anti-dilutive.
n)
Income Taxes
Income taxes are calculated using the liability method of accounting. Temporary differences arising from the difference between the tax basis of an asset or liability and its carrying amount on the balance sheet are used to calculate future income tax liabilities or assets. Future tax assets are recognized to the extent that they are considered more likely than not to be realized. Future income tax liabilities or assets are calculated using the tax rates anticipated to apply in the periods that the temporary differences are expected to reverse. Valuation allowances are provided when unrecognized net future income tax assets are not more likely than not to be realized.
o)
Future Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted
i) Consolidated Financial Statements
In January 2009, the CICA issued Handbook Section 1601,Consolidated Financial Statements, and Handbook Section 1602,Non-Controlling Interests, which together replace Handbook Section 1600,Consolidated Financial Statements. These two sections are equivalent to the corresponding provisions of International Accounting Standard 27, Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements (January 2008). Handbook Section 1602 applies to the accounting for non-controlling interests and transactions with non-controlling interest holders in consolidated financial statement. The new sections require that, for each business combination, the acquirer measure any non-controlling interest in the acquiree either at fair value or at the non-controlling interest’s proportionate share of the acquiree’s identifiable net assets. The new sections also require non-controlling interests to be presented as a separate component of shareholders’ equity.
Under Handbook Section 1602, non-controlling interest income is not deducted in arriving at consolidated net income or other comprehensive income. Rather, net income and each component of other comprehensive income are allocated to the controlling and non-controlling interest based on relative ownership interests. These Sections apply to interim and annual consolidated financial statements relating to fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 2011, and should be adopted concurrently with Section 1582.
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GOLDEN GOLIATH RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED AUGUST 31, 2011, 2010 AND 2009
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
o)
Future Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted (Continued)
ii) Business Combinations
In January 2009, the CICA issued Handbook Section 1582, Business Combinations, which replaces Section 1581, Business Combinations, and provides the equivalent to International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) 3R, Business Combinations (January 2008). The new section expands the definition of a business subject to an acquisition and establishes significant new guidance on the measurement of consideration given, and the recognition and measurement of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination. The new section requires that all business acquisitions be measured at the full fair value of the acquired entity at the acquisition date even if the business combination is achieved in stages, or if less than 100% of the equity interest in the acquiree is owned at the acquisition date.
The measurement of equity consideration given in a business combination will no longer be based on the average of the fair value of the shares a few days before and after the day the terms and conditions have been agreed to and the acquisition announced, but rather at the acquisition date. Subsequent changes in the fair value of contingent consideration classified as a liability will be recognized in earnings and not as an adjustment to the purchase price. Restructuring and other direct costs of a business combination are no longer considered part of the acquisition accounting. Instead, such costs will be expensed as incurred, unless they constitute the costs associated with issuing debt or equity securities.
These sections apply prospectively to business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after January 1, 2011. Earlier adoption is permitted. This new section will only have an impact on consolidated financial statements for future acquisitions that may be made in periods subsequent to the date of adoption.
iii)
International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”)
Canada’s Accounting Standards Board ratified a plan that will result in Canadian GAAP being converged with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) by 2011. Management has performed a preliminary analysis and highlighted areas where its current Canadian accounting practices differ from IFRS. No significant impact to the Company’s financial statements is expected.
p)
Comparative Figures
Certain of the prior year’s comparative figures have been reclassified to conform to the current year’s presentation.
3.
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
As at August 31, 2011, short–term investments in the amount of $2,461,232 (2010 - $1,650,000) were comprised of investments in Canadian guaranteed investment certificates maturing $1,850,000 on April 4, 2012 and $600,000 on May 14, 2012 with accrued interest of $11,232 and effective interest rates of 1.2% (2010 – 0.8%).
4.
MARKETABLE SECURITIES
Available for sale securities consist of 375,000 common shares of Comstock Metals Ltd., a publicly traded company, with a fair value of $65,625.
Available-for-sale securities are measured at fair value with changes in fair value recorded in other comprehensive income (loss) until the investment is derecognized or impaired at which time the gain (loss) would be recorded in net income.
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GOLDEN GOLIATH RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED AUGUST 31, 2011, 2010 AND 2009
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
5.
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Accounts receivable consist of the following:
|
| 2011 | 2010 |
|
|
| |
| Sales taxes recoverable | $ 16,183 | $ 13,248 |
| Interest receivable | - | 6,582 |
| Other receivable | 1,074 | 14,212 |
|
| $ 17,257 | $ 34,042 |
6.
MINERAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND EXPLORATION COSTS
Detailed exploration expenditures incurred in respect to the Company’s mineral property interests owned, leased or held under option are disclosed in Note 16. Property payments made on the Company’s mineral property interests during the years ended August 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 are included in the property descriptions below.
|
|
|
|
| San Timoteo, Oro Leon, Nueva Union, La Reforma | $ | 69,257 |
| Oteros, La Esperanza, La Hermosa |
| - |
| Bufalo, La Barranca |
| - |
| Los Hilos, Las Bolas, El Manto, Don Lazaro, La Verde |
| 187,123 |
| Nopalera, Flor de Trigo |
| 78,393 |
| Corona, Beck, El Chamizal, El Canario, La Cruz |
| - |
| Las Trojas, La Gloria, Todos los Santos, Los Cantiles |
| - |
|
| $ | 334,773 |
The Company has an extensive property portfolio of mining concessions, acquired mainly through staking, in the Uruachic District of Mexico covering approximately 10,000 hectares. The Company has various net smelter returns on specific claims forming a part of the Company’s properties. The net smelter returns range from 1% to 3%, which have buyouts ranging from US$250,000 to US$2,000,000.
In April 2007, the Company signed an agreement to acquire the Todos los Santos 50 hectare mining concession for approximately $25,000. As of August 31, 2011 the Company had paid $9,754 to bring the property into good standing with the Mexican authorities, a total of $15,000 to complete the acquisition and incurred $7,921 in expenditures on the property.
In May 2007 and amended April 2011, the Company optioned the Corona and El Chamizal properties to a company which undertook to spend $500,000 and $200,000 on the respective properties over a period of three years and issue 400,000 (150,000 shares received) and 150,000 (25,000 shares received) shares respectively to the Company over a period of two years. In order to keep the option in good standing, the optionee must also pay $50,000 (received) and issue 200,000 shares to the company (received).
During the year ended August 31, 2011, $118,769 (2010 - $74,298; 2009 - $1,435,660) in deferred expenditures related to certain mineral claims were written off. While the Company will continue to hold these claims, management currently do not view them as priorities and intends to conduct limited exploration activities on these claims in the next year.
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GOLDEN GOLIATH RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED AUGUST 31, 2011, 2010 AND 2009
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
7. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
|
| 2011 | |||
|
| ACCUMULATED | |||
|
| COST | AMORTIZATION | NET | |
|
|
|
| ||
| Equipment | $ | 146,041 | 54,823 | 91,218 |
| Vehicles |
| 101,610 | 70,497 | 31,113 |
| Land |
| 18,917 | - | 18,917 |
|
| $ | 266,568 | 125,320 | 141,248 |
|
| 2010 | |||
|
| ACCUMULATED | |||
|
| COST | AMORTIZATION | NET | |
|
|
|
| ||
| Equipment | $ | 81,996 | 42,187 | 39,809 |
| Vehicles |
| 91,416 | 57,078 | 34,338 |
| Land |
| 18,917 | - | 18,917 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| $ | 192,329 | 99,265 | 93,064 |
8.
SHARE CAPITAL
Authorized
The authorized share capital of the Company consists of an unlimited number of common shares without par value.
Issued and Fully Paid
As at August 31, 2011, the Company had 92,216,445 (2010 – 80,655,503) common shares issued and fully paid.
During the year ended August 31, 2010, the Company completed:
a) a non-brokered private placement of 12,641,466 units at a price of $0.15 per unit. Each unit consisted of one share and one half of one non-transferable share purchase warrant exercisable for a period of two years at a price of $0.25 for each warrant.
Once resale restrictions on the shares expire and upon the Company’s shares trading at or above a weighted average trading price of $0.40 for 20 consecutive trading days, the Company may give notice that the warrants will expire 30 days from the date of providing such notice. The Company’s agents received a commission of $112,500 in cash and 742,000 agent’s warrants exercisable at $0.25 per share for two years valued at $78,994 (risk-free interest rate of 2.24%, dividend yield of Nil, volatility factor of 130.38%, an expected life of 2 years).
b) a non-brokered private placement of 7,080,000 units at a price of $0.15 per unit. Each unit consisted of one share and one half of one non-transferable share purchase warrant exercisable for a period of two years at a price of $0.25 for each warrant.
Once resale restrictions on the shares expire and upon the Company’s shares trading at or above a weighted average trading price of $0.40 for 20 consecutive trading days, the Company may give notice that the warrants will expire 30 days from the date of providing such notice. The Company’s agents received a commission of $51,360 in cash and 342,400 agent’s warrants exercisable at $0.25 per share for two years valued at $36,670 (risk-free interest rate of 2.24%, dividend yield of Nil, volatility factor of 131.22%, an expected life of 2 years).
Warrants
As at August 31, 2011, there were NIL (2010 – 10,945,133) share purchase warrants outstanding.
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GOLDEN GOLIATH RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED AUGUST 31, 2011, 2010 AND 2009
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
8.
SHARE CAPITAL(Continued)
Warrants (Continued)
A summary of changes in share purchase warrants is presented below:
|
| NUMBER OF | EXERCISE |
|
| WARRANTS | PRICE |
| Outstanding and exercisable at August 31, 2009 | - | - |
| Warrants granted | 10,945,133 | $0.25 |
| Outstanding and exercisable at August 31, 2010 | 10,945,133 | $0.25 |
| Warrants exercised | (10,885,942) | $0.25 |
| Warrants expired | (59,191) | $0.25 |
| Outstanding and exercisable at August 31, 2011 | - | - |
Stock Options
During the year ended on August 31, 2011, no stock options were granted to directors and employees of the Company.
On May 7, 2010, the Company granted 2,325,000 incentive stock options to directors and employees of the Company and 375,000 incentive stock options to consultants of the Company, at a price of $0.25 per share, exercisable for a period of five years.
In December 2008, the Company granted 925,000 incentive stock options to directors and employees of the Company, at a price of $0.10 per share, exercisable for a period of five years.
On April 24, 2009, the Company granted 225,000 incentive stock options to Consultants of the Company, 75,000 at a price of $0.10 per share and 150,000 at a price of $0.12 per share, exercisable for a period of five years.
Stock based compensation on options granted during the year ended August 31, 2010 amounted to $492,137 (2009 - $57,507). The fair value for options was estimated at the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions: risk-free interest rate of 2.55% (2009 – 1.60%) dividend yield of nil, volatility factor of 103% (2009 – 107%), and a weighted average expected life of the options of 5 years.
A summary of changes in stock options is presented below:
|
|
| WEIGHTED |
|
| NUMBER | AVERAGE |
|
| OF | EXERCISE |
|
| SHARES | PRICE |
| Balance, August 31, 2009 | 5,470,000 | $ 0.31 |
| Expired | (515,000) | 0.30 |
| Granted | 2,700,000 | 0.25 |
| Cancelled | (230,000) | 0.35 |
| Balance, August 31, 2010 | 7,425,000 | $ 0.29 |
| Expired | (2,050,000) | 0.36 |
| Exercised | (675,000) | 0.18 |
| Balance, August 31, 2011 | 4,700,000 | $ 0.27 |
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GOLDEN GOLIATH RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED AUGUST 31, 2011, 2010 AND 2009
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
8.
SHARE CAPITAL(Continued)
Stock Options (Continued)
The following summarizes information about stock options outstanding at August 31, 2011:
| OPTIONS OUTSTANDING |
| OPTIONS EXERCISABLE | |||||||
|
| WEIGHTED |
|
|
| WEIGHTED |
| |||
|
| AVERAGE | WEIGHTED |
|
| AVERAGE | WEIGHTED | |||
| NUMBER | REMAINING | AVERAGE |
| NUMBER | REMAINING | AVERAGE | |||
| OF | CONTRACTUAL | EXERCISE |
| OF | CONTRACTUAL | EXERCISE | |||
| OPTIONS | LIFE | PRICE |
| OPTIONS | LIFE | PRICE | |||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||
| 4,700,000 | 2.63 years | $ 0.27 |
| 4,700,000 | 2.63 years | $ 0.27 |
9.
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
A financial instrument is any contract that gives rise to a financial asset of one party and a financial liability or equity instrument of another party. A financial asset is any asset that is i) cash; ii) a contractual right to receive cash or another financial asset from another party; iii) a contractual right to exchange financial instruments with another party under conditions that are potentially favourable to the entity; or iv) an equity instrument of another entity. A financial liability is any liability that is a contractual obligation to i) deliver cash or another financial asset to another party; or ii) exchange financial instruments with another party under conditions that are potentially unfavourable to the entity. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of an entity after deducting all of its liabilities.
Financial Instrument Risk Exposure and Risk Management
The Company is exposed in varying degrees to a variety of financial instrument related risks. The Board of Directors approves and monitors the risk management process. The overall objective of the Board is to set policies that seek to reduce risk as far as possible without unduly affecting the Company’s competitiveness and flexibility. The types of risk exposure and the way in which such exposure is managed is provided as follows:
Credit Risk
The Company is primarily exposed to credit risk on its bank accounts. Credit risk exposure is limited by placing its cash with high-credit quality financial institutions in Canada.
Liquidity Risk
The Company ensures that there is sufficient capital in order to meet short term business requirements, after taking into account the Company’s holdings of cash. The Company believes that these sources will be sufficient to cover the expected short and long term cash requirements.
Market Risk
The significant market risk exposures to which the Company is exposed are foreign exchange risk, interest rate risk, and commodity price risk.
Foreign Currency Risk
The Company has operations in Canada and Mexico subject to foreign currency fluctuations. The Company’s operating expenses are incurred in Canadian dollars and Mexican pesos, and the fluctuation of the Canadian dollar in relation to the Mexican peso will have an impact upon the results of operations of the Company and may also affect the value of the Company’s assets and the amount of shareholders’ equity. The Company has not entered into any agreements or purchased any instruments to hedge possible currency risks.
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GOLDEN GOLIATH RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED AUGUST 31, 2011, 2010 AND 2009
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
9.
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Continued)
Foreign Currency Risk (continued)
Financial assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the Canadian dollar were as follows:
|
| AUGUST 31, 2011 | |
|
| Financial | Financial |
|
| Assets | Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
| Mexican Peso | $ 129,865 | $ 114,233 |
|
|
|
|
Based on the above net exposures at August 31, 2011, and assuming that all other variables remain constant a 10% appreciation or depreciation of the Canadian Dollar against the Mexican Peso would have resulted in an increase/decrease of $1,500 in the Company’s loss from operations.
Interest Rate Risk
As at August 31, 2011, the Company has no significant exposure to interest rate risk through its financial instruments.
10.
CAPITAL DISCLOSURES
The Company was formed for the purpose of acquiring exploration and development stage natural resource properties. The directors determine the Company’s capital structure and make adjustments to it based on funds available to the Company, in order to support the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral properties. The directors have not established quantitative return on capital criteria for capital management.
The Company is dependent upon external financing to fund future exploration programs and its administrative costs. The Company will spend existing working capital and raise additional amounts as needed. The Company will continue to assess new properties and to seek to acquire an interest in additional properties if management feels there is sufficient geologic or economic potential provided it has adequate financial resources to do so.
The directors review the Company’s capital management approach on an ongoing basis and believe that this approach, given the relative size of the Company, is reasonable. The Company’s objective when managing capital is to safeguard the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
The Company considers the items included on the balance sheet in shareholders’ equity as capital. The Company manages the capital structure and makes adjustments to it in the light of changes in economic conditions and the risk characteristics of the underlying assets. In order to maintain or adjust the capital structure, the Company may issue new shares through private placements, sell assets to reduce debt or return capital to shareholders. The Company is not subject to externally imposed capital requirements.
11. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
a)
During the year ended August 31, 2011, the Company paid $120,000 (2010 and 2009 - $120,000) as management fees for geological and management services to a company controlled by a director.
b)
During the year ended August 31, 2011, the Company paid $41,188 (2010 - $40,993, 2009 - $44,020) in wages and benefits to a director.
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GOLDEN GOLIATH RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED AUGUST 31, 2011, 2010 AND 2009
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
11. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
c)
During the year ended August 31, 2011, the Company paid $42,579 (2010 - $47,689, 2009 - $53,330) in respect of corporate office and administration and other costs to a management company controlled by a director of the Company.
d)
During the year ended August 31, 2011, the Company paid $60,000 (2010 and 2009 - $60,000) in consulting fees to a director of the Company.
e)
Due from related parties consist of $90 (2010 - $21,108, 2009 - $Nil) due from companies controlled by a director. Accounts receivable include $86 (2010 - $575) due from a director. Accounts payable and accrued liabilities include $4,084 (2010 - $Nil) due to a director and officer.
12. INCOME TAXES
The Company is subject to income taxes on its unconsolidated financial statements in Canada and Mexico. The consolidated provision for income taxes varies from the amount that would be computed from applying the combined statutory income tax rates to the net loss before taxes were approximately as follows:
|
| 2011 | 2010 | |
|
|
|
|
|
| Combined statutory tax rate | 27% |
| 29% |
|
|
| ||
| Expected income tax recovery | $ (273,000) | $ | (410,000) |
| Non-deductible differences | - |
| 143,000 |
| Future Income tax expense resulting from change in tax rate | 68,000 |
| (141,000) |
| Effect of changes in tax rate | (13,000) |
| (3,000) |
| Tax benefits not recognized | 218,000 |
| 411,000 |
| Income tax provision | $ - | $ | - |
The significant components of the Company’s future income tax assets were approximately as follows:
|
| 2011 | 2010 | |
|
|
|
| |
| Capital assets | $ 27,000 | $ | 19,000 |
| Mineral properties | 642,000 |
| 770,000 |
| Losses available for future periods | 2,597,000 |
| 2,440,000 |
| Share issue costs | 25,000 |
| 39,000 |
| Valuation allowance | (3,291,000) |
| (3,268,000) |
| Net future income tax asset | $ - | $ | - |
The Company has Canadian and Mexican non-capital losses of approximately $9,921,000 which may be carried forward and applied against taxable income in future years. These losses expire as follows:
| CANADA | MEXICO | |||||
|
|
|
|
| |||
| 2014 | $ | 354,000 | 2012 | $ | 1,030,000 | |
| 2015 |
| 362,000 | 2013 |
| 1,074,000 | |
| 2026 |
| 404,000 | 2014 |
| 424,000 | |
| 2027 |
| 535,000 | 2015 |
| 124,000 | |
| 2028 |
| 530,000 | 2016 |
| 219,000 | |
| 2029 |
| 515,000 | 2017 |
| 1,512,000 | |
| 2030 |
| 667,000 | 2018 |
| 192,000 | |
| 2031 |
| 610,000 | 2019 |
| 215,000 | |
|
|
|
| 2020 |
| 241,000 | |
|
|
|
| 2021 |
| 313,000 | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
| $ | 3,977,000 |
| $ | 5,344,000 |
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GOLDEN GOLIATH RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED AUGUST 31, 2011, 2010 AND 2009
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
13. SEGMENTED INFORMATION
The Company has one operating segment, which is mineral exploration. All mineral properties are located in Mexico. All option proceeds are attributable to the Mexican mineral properties. Assets by geographic segment, at cost, are as follows:
|
| CANADA | MEXICO | TOTAL | |||
|
|
|
|
| |||
| August 31, 2011 |
|
|
| |||
|
|
|
|
| |||
| Current assets | $ | 2,774,028 | $ | 55,291 | $ | 2,829,319 |
| Equipment | $ | 64,236 | $ | 77,012 | $ | 141,248 |
| Mineral property costs | $ | - | $ | 8,981,467 | $ | 8,981,467 |
| Total assets | $ | 2,838,264 | $ | 9,184,344 | $ | 12,022,608 |
| Interest income | $ | 17,625 | $ | 6 | $ | 17,631 |
| Net loss | $ | 562,286 | $ | 449,499 | $ | 1,011,785 |
|
|
|
|
| |||
| August 31, 2010 |
|
|
| |||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Current assets | $ | 1,942,553 | $ | 31,326 | $ | 1,973,879 |
| Equipment | $ | 10,656 | $ | 82,407 | $ | 93,064 |
| Exploration advances | $ | - | $ | 35,496 | $ | 35,496 |
| Mineral property costs | $ | - | $ | 8,089,770 | $ | 8,089,770 |
| Total assets | $ | 1,953,210 | $ | 8,279,017 | $ | 10,232,227 |
| Interest income | $ | 12,440 | $ | - | $ | 12,440 |
| Net loss | $ | 1,077,853 | $ | 323,756 | $ | 1,412,984 |
14. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CANADIAN AND UNITED STATES GAAP
The consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in Canada (“Canadian GAAP”) that differ in certain material respects from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“US GAAP”). The major differences between Canadian and US GAAP, which affects the Company’s financial statements, are described below and the effect on the financial statements is summarized as follows:
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
|
|
| 2011 |
| 2010 |
| 2009 |
|
|
|
|
| (restated – Note 14a) |
| (restated – Note 14a) |
| ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total Assets, Canadian GAAP | $ | 12,022,608 | $ | 10,232,227 | $ | 8,222,221 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Deferred Mineral Property Exploration Costs |
| (8,646,694) |
| (7,754,997) |
| (7,007,530) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total Assets, US GAAP | $ | 3,375,914 | $ | 2,477,230 | $ | 1,214,691 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| LIABILITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total Liabilities, Canadian and US GAAP | $ | 173,927 | $ | 202,372 | $ | 65,879 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Share Capital and Contributed Surplus, Canadian and US GAAP | $ | 26,829,450 | $ | 23,989,464 | $ | 20,702,967 |
| Deficit and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, US GAAP |
| (23,627,463) |
| (21,714,606) |
| (19,554,155) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Shareholders’ Equity, US GAAP | $ | 3,201,987 | $ | 2,274,858 | $ | 1,148,812 |
|
| $ | 3,375,914 | $ | 2,477,230 | $ | 1,214,691 |
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GOLDEN GOLIATH RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED AUGUST 31, 2011, 2010 AND 2009
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
14. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CANADIAN AND UNITED STATES GAAP(Continued)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF LOSS
|
|
| 2011 |
| 2010 |
| 2009 |
|
|
|
|
| (restated - Note 14a) |
| (restated – Note 14a) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Loss for the year under Canadian GAAP | $ | (1,011,785) | $ | (1,412,984) | $ | (2,196,183) |
| Mineral exploration expenditures |
| (1,010,466) |
| (821,765) |
| (993,581) |
| Write down of mineral property exploration costs |
| 118,769 |
| 74,298 |
| 1,435,660 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Loss under US GAAP |
| (1,903,482) |
| (2,160,451) |
| (1,754,104) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Weighted average number of common shares outstanding under US GAAP |
| 85,749,549 |
| 72,302,874 |
| 60,934,037 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Loss per share under US GAAP | $ | (0.02) | $ | (0.03) | $ | (0.03) |
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
|
| 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | |||
|
|
|
|
| (restated – Note 14a) |
| (restated – Note 14a) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cash flows used in operating activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Under Canadian GAAP | $ | (886,053) | $ | (710,084) | $ | (721,124) |
| Mineral exploration expenditures |
| (1,100,965) |
| (739,498) |
| (1,365,900) |
| Cash used for operating activities under US GAAP | $ | (1,987 ,018) | $ | (1,449,582) | $ | (2,087,024) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cash flows from financing activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Under Canadian and US GAAP | $ | 2,839,986 | $ | 2,794,360 | $ | - |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cash flows (used in) from investing activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Under Canadian GAAP | $ | (1,925,203) | $ | (2,077,413) | $ | 771,074 |
| Mineral exploration expenditures |
| 1,100,965 |
| 739,498 |
| 1,365,900 |
| Cash (used in) from investing activities under US GAAP | $ | (824,238) | $ | (1,337,915) | $ | 2,136,974 |
a)
Acquisition of Mineral Properties and Capitalized Exploration Costs
Under Canadian GAAP both acquisition and exploration expenditures are capitalized. Under US GAAP in accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) No. 04-02 – “Whether Mineral Rights are Tangible or Intangible Assets”, mineral property acquisition costs are capitalized and mineral property exploration expenditures are expensed for periods ending after April 1, 2004. For US GAAP, the Company has expensed all mineral property exploration expenditures. The accounts for 2010 and 2009 have been restated for acquisition costs of $334,773 previously reported as a difference between Canadian and US GAAP.
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GOLDEN GOLIATH RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED AUGUST 31, 2011, 2010 AND 2009
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
14. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CANADIAN AND UNITED STATES GAAP (Continued)
b)
Cumulative Since Inception Disclosure
The Company is not required and has opted to not report such information for Canadian reporting and for US GAAP purposes; the Company is considered an exploration stage company. Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 7 – “Accounting and Reporting by Development Stage Enterprises” requires the disclosure of cumulative-to-date information for each line item on the statements of operations and cash flow plus annual summaries of each component of shareholders’ equity since inception. Under Canadian GAAP, Accounting Guideline “AcG 11 – Enterprises in the Development Stage”, issued by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, does not require reporting of this information. Had the consolidated financial statements been prepared in accordance with US GAAP such information would have been disclosed.
c)
Recent United States Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued new accounting standards related to its accounting standards codification of the hierarchy of generally accepted accounting principles. The new standard is the sole source of authoritative generally accepted accounting principles of the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) to be applied by nongovernmental entities. 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 Codification superseded non-SEC accounting and reporting standards. All accounting literature that is not in the Codification, not issued by the SEC and not otherwise grandfathered is non-authoritative. The new standard is effective for the Company’s interim quarterly period beginning September 1, 2009.
In June 2009, the FASB issued new accounting standards to address the elimination of the concept of a qualifying special purpose entity which also replaces the quantitative-based risks and rewards calculation for determining which enterprise has a controlling financial interest in a variable interest entity with an approach focused on identifying which enterprise has the power to direct the activities of a variable interest entity and the obligation to absorb losses of the entity or the right to receive benefits from the entity. Additionally, this standard provides more timely and useful information about an enterprise’s involvement with a variable interest entity. The standard will become effective in the first quarter of the Company’s fiscal 2010. We are currently evaluating the impact of this standard on our consolidated financial statements.
In May 2009, FASB issued new accounting standards on subsequent events that established general standards of accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued or are available to be issued. Specifically, it provides (1) the period after the balance sheet date during which management of a reporting entity should evaluate events or transactions that may occur for potential recognition or disclosure in the financial statements, (2) the circumstances under which an entity should recognize events or transactions occurring after the balance sheet date in its financial statements, and (3) the disclosures that an entity should make about events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date. The new standard is effective for interim or annual periods ending after June 15, 2009. The Company has evaluated all subsequent events through December 22, 2009. The adoption of this standard did not have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.
In January 2010, FASB issued an amendment that requires new disclosures for fair value measurements made within fair value measurement hierarchy and provides clarification of existing disclosure requirements. This update requires (a) an entity to dispose separately the amounts of significant transfers in and out of Levels 1 and 2 fair value measurements and to describe the reasons for transfers; and (b) information about purchases, sales, issuance and settlements to be presented separately (that is on a gross basis rather than net) in the reconciliation of fair value measurement using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3 inputs). This update clarifies existing disclosure requirements for the level of disaggregation of classes of assets and liabilities measured at fair value, and it requires disclosure about inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value for both recurring fair value measurement using Level 2 and Level 3 inputs. This application of this standard had no impact on the Company’s financial statements.
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GOLDEN GOLIATH RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED AUGUST 31, 2011, 2010 AND 2009
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
14. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CANADIAN AND UNITED STATES GAAP (Continued)
c)
Recent United States Accounting Pronouncements (Continued)
In July 2011, FASB issued amendments to the reporting comprehensive income (loss) that all non-owner changes in stockholders’ equity be presented either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income (loss) or in two separate but consecutive statements. In the two-statement approach, the first statement should present total net income (loss) and its components followed consecutively by a second statement that should present total other comprehensive income (loss), the components of the other comprehensive income (loss), and the total of comprehensive income (loss). The amendments un this update should be applied retrospectively. For public entities, the amendments are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. The Company adopted this accounting policy with no impact on its financial statements.
15. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
a)
The Company signed the final Earn-in and Shareholders Agreement with a Mexican subsidiary of Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited (“Agnico”) for the exploration and development of the Company’s Las Bolas/Los Hilos property. Under the terms of the agreement, which is subject to conditions, including TSX-V approval, Agnico’s Mexican subsidiary has the right to earn a 51% interest in the property by spending $5,000,000 on the property over a period of 5 years. The first year’s work commitment is a firm commitment of $500,000 with expenditure requirements increasing each year thereafter. Upon exercising its option, Agnico will have the right to earn an additional 20% interest by spending $4 million over another period of four years and completing a feasibility study or by spending $10 million over a longer period of eight years
b)
The Company signed an agreement for the sale of its interest in the Beck mining concession to a Mexican company for proceeds of US$50,000 and a 0.25% NSR on the mining concession.
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GOLDEN GOLIATH RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED AUGUST 31, 2011, 2010 AND 2009
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
16. MINERAL PROPERTY EXPLORATION EXPENSES
| San Timoteo Oro Leon Nueva Union La Reforma | Oteros La Esperanza La Hermosa | Bufalo La Barranca | Los Hilos Las Bolas El Manto Don Lazaro La Verde | Nopalera Flor de Trigo | Corona El Chamizal Beck El Canario La Cruz | Las Trojas La Gloria Todos los Santos Los Cantiles | Total | ||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, August 31, 2009 | $ | 3,679,972 | $ | 15,549 | $ | 39,982 | $ | 2,866,997 | $ | 277,671 | $ | 65,181 | $ | 62,178 | $ | 7,007,530 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Incurred during the year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Assaying |
| -- |
| -- |
| -- |
| 132,869 |
| 504 |
| -- |
| -- |
| 133,373 |
Drilling |
| -- |
| -- |
| -- |
| 135,984 |
| -- |
| -- |
| -- |
| 135,984 |
Geology and mapping |
| 220 |
| -- |
| -- |
| 109,609 |
| -- |
| -- |
| 514 |
| 110,343 |
Property taxes and passage rights |
| 12,928 |
| 2,506 |
| 20,380 |
| 3,156 |
| 7,146 |
| 10,876 |
| 1,839 |
| 58,831 |
Travel |
| 12,318 |
| -- |
| -- |
| 13,459 |
| 850 |
| 1,586 |
| 825 |
| 29,038 |
Road construction and site preparation |
| 3,637 |
| -- |
| -- |
| 53,902 |
| 9,456 |
| -- |
| -- |
| 66,995 |
Facilities and other |
| 41,619 |
| -- |
| -- |
| 170,754 |
| 33,428 |
| 29,981 |
| 11,419 |
| 287,201 |
|
| 70,722 |
| 2,506 |
| 20,380 |
| 619,733 |
| 51,384 |
| 42,443 |
| 14,597 |
| 821,765 |
Write down |
| -- |
| (18,055) |
| -- |
| (5,202) |
| -- |
| -- |
| (51,041) |
| (74,298) |
Balance, August 31, 2010 |
| 3,750,694 |
| -- |
| 60,362 |
| 3,481,528 |
| 329,055 |
| 107,624 |
| 25,734 |
| 7,754,997 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Incurred during the year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Assaying |
| -- |
| -- |
| -- |
| 104,137 |
| 112,947 |
| -- |
| -- |
| 217,084 |
Drilling |
| -- |
| -- |
| -- |
| 266,099 |
| -- |
| -- |
| -- |
| 266,099 |
Geology and mapping |
| 652 |
| -- |
| -- |
| 17,907 |
| 28,781 |
| -- |
|
|
| 47,340 |
Property taxes and passage rights |
| 15,024 |
| 4,974 |
| 21,366 |
| 5,270 |
| 8,024 |
| 707 |
| 3,363 |
| 58,728 |
Travel |
| 9,714 |
| -- |
| -- |
| 6,787 |
| 9,518 |
| 2,117 |
| 121 |
| 28,257 |
Road construction and site preparation |
| -- |
| -- |
| -- |
| 42,316 |
| 38,835 |
| 649 |
| 3,099 |
| 84,899 |
Facilities and other |
| 40,750 |
| -- |
| -- |
| 123,781 |
| 158,697 |
| 35,676 |
| 18,445 |
| 377,349 |
Option payment received |
| -- |
| -- |
| -- |
| -- |
| -- |
| (69,290) |
| -- |
| (69,290) |
|
| 66,140 |
| 4,974 |
| 21,366 |
| 566,297 |
| 356,802 |
| (30,141) |
| 25,028 |
| 1,010,466 |
Write down |
| (82,279) |
| (4,974) |
| -- |
| (15,913) |
| -- |
| -- |
| (15,603) |
| (118,769) |
Balance, August 31, 2011 | $ | 3,734,555 | $ | -- | $ | 81,728 | $ | 4,031,912 | $ | 685,857 | $ | 77,483 | $ | 35,159 | $ | 8,646,694 |
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SIGNATURE PAGE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12g of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and has duly caused this Second Amendment to the Annual Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Golden Goliath Resources Ltd.; SEC File Number 0-31204
Registrant
Dated:August 10, 2012 By/s/ J. Paul Sorbara____________________________
J. Paul Sorbara, President/Director
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