SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the day of:January 14, 2005
Commission File Number 000-50634
TAN RANGE EXPLORATION CORP.
(Registrant's name)
93 Benton Hill Road
Sharon, CT 06069
(Address of principal executive offices)
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Attached hereto asExhibit 1 and incorporated by reference herein is the Registrant's First Quarter Financial Statements and Management Discussion and Analysis for the period ended November 30, 2004.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Tan Range Exploration Corp.
(Registrant)
Date: January 14, 2005
“James E. Sinclair”
James E. Sinclair, Chief Executive Officer
Exhibit 1
TAN RANGE EXPLORATION CORPORATION
Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Three Months Ended November 30, 2004 and 2003
Unaudited
Prepared by Management
Vancouver, B.C.
Tan Range Exploration Corporation
Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Three Months Ended November 30, 2004 and 2003
Notice
The accompanying unaudited interim financial statements of Tan Range Exploration Corporation (the “Company”) have not been reviewed by the Company’s auditors.
Tan Range Exploration Corporation
Consolidated Balance Sheet
As at November 30, 2004 and August 31, 2004
ASSETS | November 30, 2004 | August 31, 2004 |
Current Assets | $ | $ |
Cash and Short Term Deposits | 1,255,953 | `1,067,448 |
Short-term investments | - | 415,201 |
Accounts and Other Receivables | 44,030 | 61,035 |
Prepaid Expenses and deposits | 537,608 | 521,889 |
1,837,591 | 2,065,573 | |
MINERAL PROPERTIES AND DEFERRED EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT COSTS (Note 3) | 20,31 1,249 | 19,853,296 |
Capital Assets | 195,333 | 173,504 |
22,34 4,173 | 22,092,373 | |
LIABILITIES | ||
Current Liabilities | ||
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities | 20 7,896 | 146,672 |
Future Income taxes | 647,56 5 | 647,565 |
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY | ||
Share Capital (Note 4) | 42,780,071 | 42,145,471 |
Deficit | ( 21,291,359) | ( 20,847,335) |
21,488,712 | 2 1,298,136 | |
22,34 4,173 | 2 2,092,373 |
“James E. Sinclair”,Director
“Victoria M. Luis”,Director
Unaudited – Prepared by Management
Tan Range Exploration Corporation
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Deficit
For the Three Months Ended November 30, 2004 and 2003
November 30, 2004 $ | November 30, 2003 $ | |
EXPENSES | ||
Amortization | 12,544 | 10,192 |
Annual General Meeting | 2,500 | 2,000 |
Capital Tax | 3,243 | - |
Consulting and Management Fees | 30,574 | 44,873 |
Insurance | 17,770 | 15,818 |
New Property Investigation Costs | 44,090 | 228,289 |
Office and Administration | 20,470 | 24,569 |
Office Rentals | 9,973 | 39,439 |
Press Releases | 22,584 | 5,932 |
Printing and Mailout | 8,024 | 1,000 |
Professional Fees | 10,386 | 18,621 |
Promotion and Shareholder Relations | 1,627 | 1,445 |
Salaries and Benefits | 146,147 | 105,102 |
Telephone and Fax | 7,436 | 5,748 |
Transfer Agent and Listing | 8,395 | 12,331 |
Travel and Accommodation | 7,025 | 8,140 |
352,788 | 523,499 | |
OTHER (INCOME) EXPENSE | ||
(Interest Earned), Net of Expense | (515) | (234) |
Gain on Sale of Short-term Investment | (2,527) | (9,015) |
Foreign Exchange (Gain) Loss | 94,278 | 39,646 |
91,236 | 30,397 | |
NET LOSS FOR THE PERIOD | 444,024 | 553,896 |
DEFICIT, BEGINNING OF PERIOD | 20,847,335 | 19,230,971 |
DEFICIT, END OF PERIOD | 21,291,359 | 19,784,867 |
Basic and diluted loss per share | .01 | .01 |
Weighted average shares outstanding | 82,591,109 | 80,502,496 |
Unaudited – Prepared by Management
Tan Range Exploration Corporation
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Financial Position
For the Three Months Ended November 30, 2004 and 2003
November 30, 2004 $ | November 30, 2003 $ | |
Cash provided from (used for) | ||
Operating activities | ||
Loss for the period | (444,024) | (553,896) |
Items not affecting cash: | ||
Amortization | 12,544 | 10,192 |
Gain on sale of Short-term investment | (2,527) | (9,015) |
Change in non-cash working capital items | ||
Accounts Receivable | 17,005 | 21,979 |
Prepaid expenses | (15,719) | (11,777) |
Accounts Payable | 61,224 | (129,548) |
6 2,510 | (119,346) | |
(37 1,497) | (672,065) | |
Investing Activities | ||
Mineral properties and deferred exploration | (45 7,953) | (161,344) |
Short term investments | 417,728 | (60,923) |
Capital asset (additions) disposals, net | (34,373) | (12,229) |
(7 4,598) | (234,496) | |
Financing Activities | ||
Share capital issued | 634,600 | 526,300 |
634,600 | 526,300 | |
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH | 188,505 | (380,261) |
CASH BEGINNING OF PERIOD | 1,067,448 | 1,550,072 |
CASH END OF PERIOD | 1,255,953 | 1,169,811 |
Unaudited – Prepared by Management
Tan Range Exploration Corporation
Summary of Note Disclosure to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Three Months Ended November 30, 2004 and 2003
(Unaudited)
1.
Nature of operations
The Company is in the process of exploring its mineral properties and has not yet determined whether these properties contain mineral deposits that are economically recoverable. The continued operations of the Company and the recoverability of the amounts shown for mineral properties and related deferred costs are dependent upon the existence of economically recoverable reserves, securing and maintaining title and beneficial interest in the properties, the ability of the Company to obtain necessary financing to explore and develop, and upon future profitable production or proceeds from disposition of the mineral properties. The amounts shown as deferred expenditures and property acquisition costs represent net costs to date, less amounts recovered, amortized and/or written off, and do not necessarily represent present or future values.
2.
Significant accounting policies
These interim consolidated financial statements of Tan Range Exploration Corporation (the “Company”) have been prepared by management, and have not been audited or reviewed by an independent public accountant. These interim consolidated financial statements do not include all disclosures required by Canadian generally accepted accounting principles for annual financial statements, and accordingly, these interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s most recent annual consolidated financial statements. These interim consolidated financial statements follow the same accounting policies and methods of application as the Company’s audited annual consolidated financial statements as at and for the year ended August 31, 2004.
These interim consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries:
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Tan Range Exploration Corporation
Consolidated Statement of Mineral Properties and
Deferred Exploration and Development Cost
For the Three Months Ended November 30, 2004 and
Year Ended August 31, 2004
3 ..
Mineral properties and deferred exploration and development costs:
The continuity of expenditures on mineral properties is as follows:
Itetemia Project (a) | Luhala Project (b) | Kigosi (c) | Lunguya (d) | Kanagele (e) | Tulawaka (f) | Ushirombo (g) | Mbogwe (h) | Biharamulu (i) | Other (j) | Total | ||
Balance, August 31, 2002 | 7,288,200 | 2,498,293 | 1,072,516 | 2,177,768 | 785,565 | 1,424,545 | 1,330,002 | 984,190 | 679,869 | 311,607 | 18,552,555 | |
Exploration expenditures: | ||||||||||||
Camp, field supplies and travel | 2,512 | 3,747 | 1,223 | 15,687 | 218 | 42 | 24,275 | 2,770 | 1,659 | 6,172 | 58,305 | |
Exploration and field overhead | (143) | 33,543 | 6,240 | 182,437 | 52,319 | 185,825 | 66,311 | 36,418 | 17,743 | 149,041 | 729,734 | |
Geological consulting and field wages | 22 | 314 | 6,510 | 47,786 | 1,234 | - | 5,376 | 130 | 278 | 397 | 62,047 | |
Geophysical and geochemical | 13,910 | 2,814 | 3,298 | 80,985 | 8,465 | - | 24,619 | 16,421 | 1,896 | 34,623 | 187,031 | |
Property acquisition costs | - | 40,519 | 36,183 | - | 6,900 | - | - | - | 12,501 | 57,850 | 153,953 | |
Parts and equipment | - | - | - | 1,454 | - | - | 1,875 | - | - | 2,937 | 6,266 | |
Trenching and drilling | - | - | - | 122,563 | - | - | - | 16,393 | - | - | 138,956 | |
Option payments received | (11,410) | - | - | - | - | (56,974) | (44,419) | (11,410) | (60,752) | - | (184,965) | |
Reclassifications | - | - | 371,411 | - | - | 4,270 | (371,411) | - | - | (4,270) | - | |
4,891 | 80,937 | 424,865 | 450,912 | 69,136 | 133,163 | (293,374) | 60,722 | (26,675) | 246,750 | 1,151,327 | ||
7,293,091 | 2,579,230 | 1,497,381 | 2,628,680 | 854,701 | 1,557,708 | 1,036,628 | 1,044,912 | 653,194 | 558,357 | 19,703,882 | ||
Write-offs | (729,309) | - | - | (35,342) | - | - | (106,386) | - | (10,744) | (149,655) | (1,031,436) | |
Balance, August 31, 2003 | 6,563,782 | 2,579,230 | 1,497,381 | 2,593,338 | 854,701 | 1,557,708 | 930,242 | 1,044,912 | 642,450 | 408,702 | 18,672,446 | |
Exploration expenditures: | ||||||||||||
Camp, field supplies and travel | - | 13,967 | - | 5,528 | 3,406 | - | 1,098 | - | 2,259 | 21,386 | 47,644 | |
Exploration and field overhead | - | 168,588 | 39,175 | 129,371 | 101,526 | 56,643 | 52,614 | 41,485 | 28,182 | 348,888 | 985,189 | |
Geological consulting and field wages | 18,717 | 1,274 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | (21,113) | (19,839) | |
Geophysical and geochemical | - | 4,813 | 3,986 | 60,625 | 73,524 | 2,598 | 16,065 | 2,288 | 5,244 | 91,976 | 261,119 | |
Property acquisition costs | - | 50,546 | - | - | 21,706 | - | - | - | 274 | 164,833 | 237,359 | |
Parts and equipment | - | 108 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 109 | 217 | |
Trenching and drilling | - | 1,095 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,095 | |
Option payments received | (17,496) | - | (58,811) | - | - | (88,926) | (123,275) | (17,496) | (25,930) | - | (331,934) | |
Reclassifications | - | - | 286,762 | - | - | - | (286,762) | - | - | - | - | |
1,221 | 240,391 | 271,112 | 195,524 | 200,162 | (29,685) | (340,260) | 26,277 | 10,029 | 606,079 | 1,180,850 | ||
Balance, August 31, 2004 | $ 6,565,003 | $ 2,819,621 | $ 1,768,493 | $ 2,788,862 | $ 1,054,863 | $ 1,528,023 | $ 589,982 | $ 1,071,189 | $ 652,479 | $ 1,014,781 | $ 19,853,296 | |
Exploration expenditures: |
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Camp, field supplies and travel | - | 4428 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15585 | 20013 | |
Exploration and field overhead | - | 84944 | 5533 | 1102 | 2423 | 5762 | 4491 | 5036 | - -38584 | 106338 | 177045 | |
Geological consulting and field wages | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
Geophysical and geochemical | - | 5626 | - | 48668 | 22341 | 36 | 652 | 623 | 1454 | 60574 | 139974 | |
Property acquisition costs | - | - | 17271 | 18898 | 12602 | - | - | - | 30261 | 79032 | ||
Parts and equipment | - | 4842 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 4851 | |
Trenching and drilling | - | 51241 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 1241 | |
Option payments received | - | - | - | - | - | -14203 | - | - | -38584 | - | -14203 | |
Reclassifications | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| - | 151,081 | 22,804 | 49,770 | 43,662 | 4,197 | 5,143 | 5,659 | (37,130) | 212,767 | 507,953 | |
Balance, November 30, 2004 | $ 6,565,003 | $ 2 ,970 ,702 | $ 1,791,297 | $ 2,838,632 | $ 1,098,525 | $ 1,532,220 | $ 595,125 | $ 1,076,848 | $ 615,349 | $ 1,227,548 | $ 20,311,249 |
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Tan Range Exploration Corporation
Summary of Note Disclosure to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Three Months Ended November 30, 2004 and 2003
(Unaudited)
4.
Share Capital
Share Capital | Number | Amount ($) |
Balance at August 31, 2004 | 82,464,037 | 42,145,471 |
Issued for cash | 415,011 | 500,000 |
Subscriptions received | - | 125,000 |
Issued on exercise of stock options | 10,000 | 9,600 |
Balance at November 30, 2004 | 82,889,048 | 42,780,071 |
5.
Options Outstanding
Type of Security | Number of Shares | Exercise Price | |
Options | 50,000 | $0.50 | January 19, 2005 |
Options | 15,000 | $0.51 | August 7, 2006 |
Options | 400,000 | $0.79 | May 3, 2007 |
Options | 50,000 | $0.83 | June 20, 2007 |
515,000 |
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Management’s Discussion and Analysis
For Tan Range Exploration Corporation (the “Company”)
of Financial Condition and Results of Operation
Three months ended November 30, 2004
(In Canadian Dollars)
Overall Performance
As of November 30 , 2004 the Company had Current Assets of $1,837,591 as compared to $2,065,573 on August 31 , 2004 .. Current Assets included a deposit of $482,069that was advanced for the commissioning of a new drill rig.After becoming fully operational, the drillrig will constitute a fixed asset. Deferred Exploration Costs amounted to $20,311,249 which includes $457,953 (net) invested this quarter .. The Company received $52,787 from its option partners for reimbursement of fees and as option payments during the quarter ..
The Company has financed its operations and investments through the issuance of common shares in the amount of $509,6 00 (425,011 shares) for the quarter ending November 30, 2004 and $651,300 (801,098 shares) in the quarter ending November 30, 2003. An additional $125,000 has been received from the Company’s Chairman and CEO, James E, Sinclair,for shares not issued before the end of the quarter.
Selected Financial Information
Aug 31, 2002 | Aug 31, 2003 | Aug 31, 2004 | Nov 30, 2004 | |
Total Revenues | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Net Loss for the period | (1,343,958) | (3,014,778) | (1,616,364) | (444,024) |
Basic and diluted loss per share | (0.02) | (0.04) | (0.02) | (0.01) |
Total assets | 20,912,060 | 21,424,565 | 22,092,373 | 22,344,173 |
Total Long Term Financial Liabilities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cash dividends declared per share | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Results of Operations
The operating loss for the first quarter ending November 30, 2004 was $444,024 compared to $553,896 for the comparable period in 2003.
The most significant changes in expenditures were the reduction in spending on investigating new properties of $180,199 given that the current year ’s focus is on exploring properties already acquired; lower office rental expense of $ 29,466 due to the reduction in our Vancouver office space; and the increase in salaries and benefits of $41,045 due to an increase in staffing necessary to perform the biogeochem protocol.
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This quarter’s foreign exchange loss of $94,278 included $42,842 of currency translation adjustments which is a result of converting fixed assets, deferred mineral property expenses and certain liabilities of our subsidiaries from Tanzanian shillings to the Canadian dollar at the appropriate historical weighted average conversion rate. The significant weakening of the Tanzanian shilling produced the need for a translation adjustment given its depreciation from 555 shillings to the Canadian dollar five years ago to 883 today.
Summary of Quarterly Results (unaudited)
2004 November | 2003 November | 2004 August | 2003 August | 2004 May | 2003 May | 2004 February | 2003 February | |
Total Revenues | $0 | $0 | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 |
Net Loss | (444,024) | (553,896) | (320,487) | (1,484,551) | (379,596) | (727,367) | (362,385) | (349,908) |
Basic and diluted loss per share | $0.01 | $0.01 | $0 ..004 | $0 ..019 | $0 ..005 | $0 ..009 | $0 ..004 | $0 ..005 |
There are two primary reasons for fluctuations in quarterlyoperating results. If a property is deemed not to be of economic interest, it results in a write-off of the deferred exploration cost which can result in a large one-time loss. This explains the variation experienced in the quarter ending August 2003. Another cause for quarterly fluctuations is the amount of new property investigations in a given quarter. Exploration costs associated with investigating properties are not deferred but rather are expensed as incurred.
Liquidity
Because the Company does not currently derive any production revenue from operations, its ability to conduct exploration and development on properties is largely based upon its ability to raise capital by equity funding. Throughout the quarter , the C ompany raised $500, 000 by issuing 415,011 shares in privately placed tranches with Mr. Sinclair. In addition, another $125,000 has been received fromMr. Sinclair for shares not issued before the close of the quarter.
As of November 30 , 2004 the Company’s working capital position was $1,629 ,695 as compared to $1,918,901 on August 31, 2004 .. The Company feels confident that it will continue to be able to raise capital through private placements with its Chairman and CEO at an anticipated rate of $125,000 per month. Also, as the Company’s mineral properties advance under various exploration agreements, rental payment accruals could increasingly play a role in funding exploration activities for our own account.
In addition to receiving funding through the issuance of shares, the Company receives funds from its joint venture partners in the form of option payments. In fiscal 2004, the Company received a total of $331,934 in option payments. For the latest quarter, option payments amounted to $14,203 while another US $270,000 was received in option payments after the quarter ended.
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Capital Resources
The Company has purchased a drill rig and has made an initial payment of $482,069. In addition, t he Company is committed to paying Rand $1,435,950 to finalize the purchase which at a conversion rate of .20966 amounts to $301,061.
The Company acquires gold or other precious metal concessions through its own efforts or through the efforts of its subsidiaries. All of the Company’s concessions are located in Tanzania.
For each concession granted in Tanzania under a prospecting or a reconnaissance licence, the Company is required to carry out a minimum amount of exploration work before a mining licence can be granted for further development. There are no set work requirements to keep the concessions in good standing .. A prospecting licence is issued for a period of up to three years and renewable two times for a period up to two years each. At each renewal at least 50% of the area is relinquished. A reconnaissance licence is issued for one year and renewed for a period not exceeding a year. All prospecting licences are granted subject to an annual rental fee of not more than U.S. $30 per square kilometer payable to the government of Tanzania, a minimum exploration work commitment, and employment and training of Tanzanians. In addition, the government of Tanzania imposes a royalty on the gross value of all production at the rate of 3% of all gold produced.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
There are no o ff-b alance sheet arrangements.
Transactions with Related parties
During the quarter ended November 30 , 2004, $6,755 was paid or payable by the Company to existing directors and a former director for consulting fees. Directors were paid $21,250 in fees. The Company expects to continue paying directors and officers consulting and directing fees at a similar level.
Changes in Accounting Policies including Initial Adoption
There have been no changes in accounting policies which effect the November 30, 2004 consolidated financial statements.
Critical Accounting Estimates
The Company’s most critical accounting estimate relates to the write-off of exploration licenses and costs. Management assesses impairment of its exploration prospects regularly. If an impairment results, the capitalized costs associated with the related project or area of interest are charged to expense.
Included in the accounts payable and deferred exploration cost is an estimate for the drilling work performed on the Luhala project. Invoices have not been received for the work performed there but an accrual of $50,000 has been made as an estimate for invoices to be received.
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Disclosure of Outstanding Share Data
As at the date of this MD&A, there were 82,986,098 common shares outstanding. In addition, there were 515,000 director and employee stock options outstanding at an average weighted price of $0.76. The Company had no share purchase warrants outstanding.
Financial Instruments and Other Instruments
The Company’s financial assets and liabilities consist of cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, other receivables and accounts payable and accrued liabilities. The fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities is estimated to approximate their carrying value.
Exploration Highlights
Luhala Project Area
During September, the Company completed an RC drilling program on its Luhala gold property, approximately 70 kilometers south of Mwanza, Tanzania. This 100% owned property hosts a large gold mineralized system that was never fully evaluated in the past.
Drilling began in late summer with 14 RC drill holes testing a large surface gold-in-soil geochemical anomaly that was identified in earlier phases of exploration. In total, three individual target areas were tested at Luhala with several holes terminating in significant gold mineralization as indicated in the following tables:
Kisunge West Zone | ||||
Hole No. | From | To | Intercept Length | Grade g/t |
LRC-19 | 0 | 40 | 40 | 2.4 |
including | 30 | 38 | 8 | 4.5 |
LRC-20 | 2 | 41 | 39 | 1.7 |
including | 28 | 35 | 7 | 3.9 |
57 | 60 | 3 | 1.1 | |
65 | 70 | 5 | 1.3 (end of hole) | |
LRC-21 | 26 | 40 | 14 | 1.8 |
including | 33 | 37 | 4 | 2.7 |
62 | 66 | 4 | 1.1 | |
LRC-22 | 46 | 58 | 12 | 0.9 |
LRC-25 | 10 | 46.5 | 36.5 | 1.1 |
including | 28 | 34 | 6 | 2.1 |
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Kisunge Central Zone | ||||
Hole No. | From | To | Intercept Length | Grade g/t |
LRC-23 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 1.4 |
including | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3.3 |
including | 23 | 25 | 2 | 1.1 (end of hole) |
LRC-26 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4.4 |
LRC-27 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 1.9 |
including | 13 | 17 | 4 | 3.0 |
LRC-28 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1.3 |
20 | 34 | 14 | 1.3 | |
including | 26 | 29 | 3 | 2.1 |
Kisunge East Zone | ||||
Hole No. | From | To | Intercept Length | Grade g/t |
LRC-24 | 52 | 56 | 4 | 3.3 (end of hole) |
LRC-29 | 44 | 49 | 5 | 0.85 |
The discovery has the geological signature of a stratabound, shear-hosted, gold deposit and exhibits good correlation between the higher grade zones identified to date.
Deeper testing of the various drill targets, including the holes that bottomed in gold mineralization, was precluded by the limited depth capacity and mechanical availability of the RC drill rig which was only able to drill efficiently to approximately 50 meters.
The shallow dipping nature of the discovery suggests that the gold-bearing oxide zone has considerable potential down dip and along strike, a hypothesis that will be tested in 2005 with the Company's new drill rig which will have better mechanical availability and greater depth capacity.
Other
A trenching program was completed in the Shinyanga Project Area and 212 samples were collected and submitted for gold analysis. In one trench, seven 2m trench channel zones of anomalous gold were intersected with the following values: 14.6g/t, 2.33g/t, 1.39g/t, 0.68g/t, 0.66g/t, 0.53g/t, 0.43g/t.
Within the 14.57g/t zone, two quartz veins were individually sampled: a 15 cm vein returned 2 values of 62.25g/t and 51.41g/t respectively and a smaller 8cm vein gave a value of 18.50g/t.
Kimberlite indic ator mineral grains were identified in the Mbogwe, Kanegele and Geita project areas after which adjoining ground was selected for follow-up. Visual results from the Mbogwe project area subsequently indicated the presence of kimberlitic grains from ilmenite, chromite and garnets. Further analysis of these grains is under way.
Areas with known indicator grains from previous exploration work conducted by De Beers were re-sampled on one licence in the Kanagele Project Area, confirming their historical presence.
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Risk Factors
The Company is subject to a number of extraneous risk factors over which it has no
control. These factors are common to most exploration companies and include, among
others: project ownership and exploration risk, depressed equity markets and related
financing risk, commodity price risk, fluctuating exchange rates, environmental risk,
insurance risk and sovereign risk.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements contained in the foregoing Management’s Discussion and Analysis
and elsewhere constitute forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements
involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which
may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be
materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or
implied by such forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue
reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date the
statements were made, and readers are advised to consider such forward-looking
statements in light of the risk set above.
Additional Information
Additional information about the company and its business activities is available on
SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
January 10, 2004
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FORM 52-109FT2
CERTIFICATION OF INTERIM FILINGS DURING TRANSITION PERIOD
I,James E. Sinclair, Chairman and CEO of Tan Range Exploration Corporation certify that:
1.
I have reviewed the interim filings (as this term is defined in Multilateral Instrument 52-109Certification of Disclosure in Issuers’ Annual and Interim Filings) of Tan Range Exploration Corporation, (the “issuer”) for the interim period endingNovember 30, 2004;
2.
Based on my knowledge, the interim filings do not contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated or that is necessary to make a statement not misleading in light of the circumstances under which it was made, with respect to the period covered by the interim filings; and
3.
Based on my knowledge, the interim financial statements together with the other financial information included in the interim filings fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the issuer, as of the date and for the periods presented in the interim filings.
January 12, 2005
“James E. Sinclair”
James E. Sinclair, Chairman & CEO
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FORM 52-109FT2
CERTIFICATION OF INTERIM FILINGS DURING TRANSITION PERIOD
I,Victoria M. Luis, Director and CFO of Tan Range Exploration Corporation certify that:
1.
I have reviewed the interim filings (as this term is defined in Multilateral Instrument 52-109Certification of Disclosure in Issuers’ Annual and Interim Filings) of Tan Range Exploration Corporation, (the “issuer”) for the interim period endingNovember 30, 2004;
2.
Based on my knowledge, the interim filings do not contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated or that is necessary to make a statement not misleading in light of the circumstances under which it was made, with respect to the period covered by the interim filings; and
3.
Based on my knowledge, the interim financial statements together with the other financial information included in the interim filings fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the issuer, as of the date and for the periods presented in the interim filings.
January 12, 2005
“Victoria M. Luis”
Victoria M. Luis, Director & CFO