FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Knight Resources Ltd.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
3rd Floor, 157 Alexander Street, Vancouver, BC V6A 1B8
(Address of principal executive officer)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F ü Form 40-F ________
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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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.
Knight Resources Ltd.
Registrant
Dated: March 1, 2005 By: /s/David Patterson/s/
David Patterson, CEO
Knight Resources Ltd.
Quarterly Financial Statements
For The Three Months Ended December 31, 2004
(Unaudited)
Notice to Reader
The accompanying unaudited financial statements of Knight Resources Ltd. (“the Company”) have been prepared by and are the responsibility of the Company’s management. The Company’s independent auditor has not performed a review of the Company’s unaudited interim financial statements as at and for the three months ended December 31, 2004.
KNIGHT RESOURCES LTD. | | | |
(An exploration stage company) | | | |
Balance Sheets | | | |
(Unaudited) | | | |
(Canadian Dollars) | | | |
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| December 31, | | September 30, |
| 2004 | | 2004 |
ASSETS | | | |
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Current assets | | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | $ 747,614 | | $ 764,000 |
Short-term investments | 296,539 | | 294,711 |
Accounts receivable | 24,156 | | 16,371 |
Tax credits recoverable | 3,041,389 | | 2,843,026 |
Prepaid expenses | 23,545 | | 37,946 |
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| 4,133,243 | | 3,956,054 |
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Property, plant and equipment | 21,880 | | 22,070 |
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| $ 4,155,123 | | $ 3,978,124 |
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | | | |
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Current liabilities | | | |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $ 54,592 | | $ 1,388,398 |
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Shareholders' equity | | | |
Share capital(note 4) | 17,108,063 | | 15,532,563 |
Subscription proceeds(note 7) | 500,000 | | - |
Contributed surplus | 2,093,034 | | 2,042,698 |
Deficit | (15,600,566) | | (14,985,535) |
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| 4,100,531 | | 2,589,726 |
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| $ 4,155,123 | | $ 3,978,124 |
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Nature of operations and basis of presentation (note 1) | | | |
Commitment (note 3) | | | |
Contingency (note 3) | | | |
Subsequent events (note 7) | | | |
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Approved by the Directors: | | | |
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"Harvey Keats" | | | |
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"Kerry Sparkes" | | | |
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
KNIGHT RESOURCES LTD. | | | | | | | |
(An exploration stage company) | | | | | | | |
Statements of Operations | | | | | | | |
(Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
(Canadian Dollars) | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | Three months ended December 31, |
| | | | | 2004 | | 2003 |
Revenue | | | | | | | |
Oil and gas sales | | | | | $ 9,770 | | $ 12,945 |
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Production expenses | | | | | | | |
Royalties | | | | | 2,022 | | 3,220 |
Operating costs | | | | | 2,815 | | 3,986 |
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| | | | | 4,837 | | 7,206 |
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Net production revenue | | | | | 4,933 | | 5,739 |
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Expenses | | | | | | | |
Exploration expenditures(schedule 1) (note 3) | | | | | 273,083 | | 733,765 |
General and administrative(schedule 2) | | | | | 236,267 | | 1,273,274 |
Promotion | | | | | 76,475 | | 81,047 |
Travel | | | | | 34,139 | | 30,076 |
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| | | | | 619,964 | | 2,118,162 |
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Loss for the period | | | | | $ (615,031) | | $ (2,112,423) |
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Basic and diluted loss per share | | | | | $ (0.01) | | $ (0.05) |
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Weighted average number of | | | | | | | |
common shares outstanding | | | | | 50,881,706 | | 40,027,477 |
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See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
KNIGHT RESOURCES LTD. | | | | | | | |
(An exploration stage company) | | | | | | | |
Statements of Deficit | | | | | | | |
(Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
(Canadian Dollars) | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | Three months ended December 31, |
| | | | | 2004 | | 2003 |
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Deficit, beginning of period | | | | | $ (14,985,535) | | $ (7,593,670) |
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Loss for the period | | | | | (615,031) | | (2,112,423) |
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Deficit, end of period | | | | | $ (15,600,566) | | $ (9,706,093) |
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See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
KNIGHT RESOURCES LTD. | | | | | | | |
(An exploration stage company) | | | | | | | |
Statements of Cash Flows | | | | | | | |
(Unaudited) | | | | | | | |
(Canadian Dollars) | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | Three months ended December 31, |
| | | | | 2004 | | 2003 |
Cash Provided by (Used for): | | | | | | | |
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Operating Activities | | | | | | | |
Loss for the period | | | | | $ (615,031) | | $ (2,112,423) |
Items not involving cash: | | | | | | | |
Amortization | | | | | 1,646 | | 761 |
Stock-based compensation expense | | | | | 50,336 | | 1,093,750 |
Accrued interest income | | | | | (1,828) | | - |
Changes in non-cash operating working capital: | | | | | | | |
Accounts receivable | | | | | (7,785) | | (15,272) |
Advances for exploration | | | | | - | | 883,835 |
Tax credits recoverable | | | | | (198,363) | | (340,000) |
Prepaid expenses | | | | | 14,401 | | (2,753) |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | | | | | (1,333,806) | | 133,615 |
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| | | | | (2,090,430) | | (358,487) |
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Financing Activities | | | | | | | |
Issuance of common shares | | | | | 1,575,500 | | 4,523,725 |
Subscription proceeds | | | | | 500,000 | | - |
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| | | | | 2,075,500 | | 4,523,725 |
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Investing Activities | | | | | | | |
Purchase of property, plant and equipment | | | | | (1,456) | | (1,365) |
Expenditures on oil and gas property | | | | | - | | (35,000) |
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| | | | | (1,456) | | (36,365) |
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Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | | | | | (16,386) | | 4,128,873 |
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Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | | | | | 764,000 | | 715,030 |
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Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | | | | | $ 747,614 | | $ 4,843,903 |
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See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
KNIGHT RESOURCES LTD.
(An exploration stage company)
Notes to the Financial Statements
December 31, 2004
(Unaudited)
(Canadian Dollars)
1. | Nature of Operations and Basis of Presentation |
The Company is a public company incorporated under the Company Act, British Columbia. Its shares are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The principal business of the Company is exploration of mineral and oil and gas properties. As of the date of this report, the Company has not determined whether its properties contain reserves that are economically recoverable.
These interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes to the financial statements required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three month period ended December 31, 2004 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ended September 30, 2005. The balance sheet at September 30, 2004 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements.
2. Significant Accounting Policies
These interim financial statements have been prepared by management in accordance with the accounting policies described in the Company’s annual financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2004. For further information, refer to the financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended September 30, 2004.
3. Mineral Property
West Raglan Property
| December 31, | | September 30, |
Cumulative expenditures | 2004 | | 2004 |
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Exploration expenditures | $ 9,098,571 | | $ 8,627,126 |
Refundable tax credits and mining duties | (3,732,374) | | (3,534,012) |
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| $ 5,366,197 | | $ 5,093,114 |
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On March 26, 2003, the Company entered into a formal option and joint venture agreement with Anglo American Exploration (Canada) Limited (‘Anglo American’), whereby the Company can earn a 49% participating joint venture interest in the 720 km2West Raglan Project (‘the Project’) located in northern Quebec, Canada.
To exercise the option, the Company must incur a total of $11.8 million of expenditures on exploration and related work on or before December 31, 2006. The Company has agreed to spend $5 million in calendar 2005, which will result in the option being exercised during the 2005 program.
On April 21, 2004 Novawest Resources Inc. (‘Novawest’) of Vancouver, BC, commenced litigation in the Supreme Court of British Columbia against Anglo American. The lawsuit, Action No. SO42230, relates primarily to the question of ownership of the claims that form the West Raglan Property. On June 24, 2004 Anglo American filed a Statement of Defence in the Supreme Court of British Columbia. In the Statement of Defense, Anglo American provides a detailed account of the events that led to Anglo American’s staking of the West Raglan Property, and more specifically challenges the basis for all claims made by Novawest Resources Inc.
On November 12, 2004 the Company commenced litigation in the Supreme Court of British Columbia against Novawest and all the directors and officers of Novawest (the ‘Personal Defendants’). The lawsuit, Action No. SO46306 alleges that the Novawest Action was filed, at the behest of the Personal Defendants, with the purpose, among other things, of causing injury to the Company.
KNIGHT RESOURCES LTD.
(An exploration stage company)
Notes to the Financial Statements
December 31, 2004
(Unaudited)
(Canadian Dollars)
3. Mineral Property (cont’d)
The Company is relying on representations in its Option and Joint Venture Agreement with Anglo American that Anglo American is the valid owner of all of the claims that form the West Raglan Project.
4. Share Capital
| | | Number | Value |
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Balance at September 30, 2004 | | | 48,411,706 | $ 15,532,563 |
Exercise of agent's options | | | 1,300,000 | 260,000 |
Exercise of warrants | | | 4,370,000 | 672,500 |
Private placement | | | 1,800,000 | 643,000 |
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Balance at December 31, 2004 | | | 55,881,706 | $ 17,108,063 |
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On December 29, 2004, the Company issued 1,000,000 common shares to Anglo American via a non-brokered private placement at a price of $0.45 per share for proceeds of $450,000. Along with the shares, the Company issued Anglo American 1,000,000 non-transferable share purchase warrants entitling Anglo American to purchase one additional common share of the Company at a price of $0.45 expiring December 29, 2005.
On December 29, 2004, the Company issued 800,000 flow-through common shares via a non-brokered private placement at a price of $0.25 per share for proceeds of $200,000 less share issuance costs of $7,000. For income tax purposes, the subscription funds of $200,000 will be applied towards carrying out exploration activities and the expenditures will be renounced in favour of the subscriber. Accordingly, the Company will not have available deductions from taxable income in respect of such expenditures.
5. Stock-based Compensation
The Company uses the fair value based method of accounting for all stock-based awards. During the three months ended December 31, 2004, the Company re-priced 930,000 stock options with a compensation cost of $50,336. The Company calculated the compensation cost by using the Black-Scholes option pricing model assuming a weighted average risk-free interest rate of 3.07%, a dividend yield of nil, an expected volatility of 88% and expected life of the stock options of one year.
6. Related Party Transactions
Related parties are directors, officers and other companies with common directors and/or officers of the Company. Amounts due to related parties are non-interest bearing and without specific terms of repayment.
Related party transactions are in the normal course of operations and are measured at the exchange amount, which is the amount of consideration established and agreed to by the related parties.
The following is a summary of the related party transactions that occurred throughout the period:
| 2005 | | 2004 |
| | | |
Directors fees | $ 6,000 | | $ - |
Management fees | $ 44,690 | | $ 59,500 |
Rent | $ 7,500 | | $ - |
Exploration expenditures - management fees | $ 41,160 | | $ - |
KNIGHT RESOURCES LTD.
(An exploration stage company)
Notes to the Financial Statements
December 31, 2004
(Unaudited)
(Canadian Dollars)
7. Subsequent Events
| a) | Subsequent to December 31, 2004, the Company issued 2,000,000 flow-through common shares via a non-brokered private placement at a price of $0.25 per share for proceeds of $500,000 less fees and costs of $36,200. For income tax purposes, the subscription funds of $500,000 will be applied towards carrying out exploration activities and the expenditures will be renounced in favour of the subscriber. Accordingly, the Company will not have available deductions from taxable income in respect of such expenditures. |
| b) | Subsequent to December 31, 2004, the Company granted 840,000 incentive stock options to certain of its directors, officers and employees and granted 150,000 investor relation stock options to Vanguard Shareholder Solutions. All of the options are exercisable at a price of $0.25 per common share for a period of two years. |
KNIGHT RESOURCES LTD. | | | | | | | |
(An exploration stage company) | | | | | | | |
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Exploration Expenditures | | | | | | | Schedule 1 |
(Canadian Dollars) | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | Three months ended December 31, |
| | | | | 2004 | | 2003 |
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Lagarde | | | | | | | |
Recovery of abandonment costs | | | | | $ - | | $ (4,168) |
Net proceeds on sale of wellhead and tubing | | | | | - | | (8,250) |
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| | | | | - | | (12,418) |
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West Raglan Property | | | | | | | |
Drilling | | | | | 143,650 | | 394,783 |
Geochemistry | | | | | 12,494 | | 37,906 |
Geology | | | | | 117,937 | | 274,956 |
Geophysics | | | | | 60,211 | | 260,022 |
Other | | | | | 137,153 | | 118,516 |
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| | | | | 471,445 | | 1,086,183 |
Refundable tax credits | | | | | (166,736) | | (275,000) |
Mining duties refund | | | | | (31,626) | | (65,000) |
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| | | | | 273,083 | | 746,183 |
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| | | | | $ 273,083 | | $ 733,765 |
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General and Administrative Expenses | | | | | | | Schedule 2 |
(Canadian Dollars) | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | 2004 | | 2003 |
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Administrative fees | | | | | $ 27,000 | | $ 27,000 |
Amortization | | | | | 1,646 | | 761 |
Consulting fees | | | | | - | | 48,000 |
Directors fees | | | | | 6,000 | | - |
Filing fees | | | | | 9,895 | | 20,190 |
Legal fees | | | | | 20,622 | | - |
Management fees | | | | | 44,690 | | 59,500 |
Office and miscellaneous | | | | | 52,672 | | 17,074 |
Rent | | | | | 7,500 | | 6,000 |
Stock-based compensation expense(note 5) | | | | | 50,336 | | 1,093,750 |
Telephone and communications | | | | | 16,322 | | 6,450 |
Transfer agent | | | | | 2,208 | | 6,589 |
Less: interest income | | | | | (2,624) | | (12,040) |
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| | | | | $ 236,267 | | $ 1,273,274 |
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KNIGHT RESOURCES LTD.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis
Three Months Ended December 31, 2004
The following discussion and analysis of the results of operations and financial condition (“MD&A”) for Knight Resources Ltd. (“the Company”) should be read in conjunction with the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements for the three months ended December 31, 2004 and related notes thereto. The financial information in this MD&A is derived from the Company’s financial statements prepared in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles. The effective date of this MD&A is February 28, 2005.
This MD&A may contain forward looking statements based on assumptions and judgments of management regarding events or results that may prove to be inaccurate as a result of exploration or other risk factors beyond its control. Actual results may differ materially from the expected results.
Description of Business
The Company is an exploration company engaged in the acquisition and exploration of natural resource properties with potential for nickel, copper, cobalt, platinum and palladium deposits. The Company’s primary property is the West Raglan Project, located in the Province of Quebec, Canada. The Company also has an interest in a gas well near Fort St. John, British Columbia (the Fort St. John Project) and an interest in an oil and gas prospect in the Foothills Region of Alberta (the Maycroft Project). The Company is a reporting issuer in British Columbia and Alberta and its shares are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbols KNP and KRL respectively.
Exploration Projects
West Raglan, Quebec
On March 26, 2003, the Company entered into a formal Option and Joint Venture Agreement with Anglo American Exploration (Canada) Ltd. ('Anglo American') whereby the Company can earn a 49% participating joint venture interest in the 720 square kilometre West Raglan Project located in the Cape Smith Belt in northern Quebec. To exercise the option, the Company must incur a total of $11.8 million of expenditures on exploration and related work on the property on or before December 31, 2006.
Anglo American has the right to increase its interest in the Project from 51% to 70% by completing, at its own cost, a bankable feasibility study. At the Company’s election, Anglo American can further increase its interest in the West Raglan Project to 75% by arranging production financing for both parties.
Anglo American Exploration (Canada) Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Anglo American plc, of London, England.
The Company has funded exploration programs on the West Raglan Project in 2003 and 2004.
2005 Work Program - West Raglan
The Company and Anglo American have finalized a $5 million budget for the 2005 exploration program.
Mobilization of fuel and field supplies from Salluit, Quebec to the West Raglan Project camp is underway. Field work will begin in early March with a snowmobile based cesium vapour magnetometer geophysical survey. This high resolution magnetic survey has been selected to identify the subtle features of the type of sulphide lenses known to exist in the Raglan Formation. A detailed moving loop TEM geophysical survey will also be carried out. These surveys will focus on 10 to 12 target areas, along the 65 kilometre strike length of the Raglan Formation and the 65 kilometre strike length of the Povungnituk Group identified on the West Raglan Project.
Included in the target areas are the Greater Frontier Area, the focus of drilling in 2003 and 2004, and the Nanuk, Terrace and Boomerang areas where regional prospecting during 2004 resulted in the discovery of sulphide mineralization in ultramafic rocks on surface and in locally derived boulders.
The majority of the 2005 program will consist of diamond drilling. The diamond drill program, which is scheduled to begin in the first week of July, will have two primary components:
| 1) | to follow up on high grade drill intercepts from the 2003 and 2004 programs and un-sourced boulder trains in the Greater Frontier Area; and |
| 2) | to follow up on new targets generated by the winter ground geophysics program in the Raglan Formation and the Povungnituk Group. |
The 2005 program is being carried out by West Raglan Project operator Anglo American.
Fort St. John, B.C.
The Company has a 15% working interest in a gas well in Fort St. John, B.C. The well produced approximately 9 million cubic feet of gas during the three months ended December 31, 2004, for net production income to the Company of $4,933.
Results of Operations
The Company reported a loss of $615,031 (2003 - $2,112,423) and a loss per share of $0.01 (2003 - $0.05) for the three months ended December 31, 2004. The Company’s 2004 loss has decreased significantly compared to 2003 primarily due to lower exploration expenditures on the West Raglan Project and lower stock-based compensation expense.
The Company expended $614,738 less on the West Raglan Project during the three months ended December 31, 2004 compared to 2003 because the bulk of the 2004 exploration program was completed prior to October 1, 2004.
The Company incurred $1,043,414 less in stock-based compensation during the three months ended December 31, 2004 compared to 2003 because the Company did not grant any new stock options during the first quarter of fiscal 2005 whereas the Company granted 2,825,000 stock options during the first quarter of fiscal 2004. Although the Company re-priced 930,000 stock options during the first quarter of fiscal 2005, the incremental stock-based compensation cost amounted to only $50,336.
Management billed the Company a total of $85,850 (2003 - $59,500) for management services for the three months ended December 31, 2004. Of these amounts, $41,160 (2003 - $nil) was charged to exploration for technical geological services incurred on the West Raglan Project. Management devotes a portion of their time to the Company and a portion of their time to other companies where they are directors and/or officers. Accordingly, management invoices the Company based on the percentage of time each of the individuals devote to the Company. The total fees increased slightly as the Company’s business and projects required slightly more management time.
The Company utilized the services of Institutional Market Communications Inc. to provide European public relations on a month to month basis at a cost of $5,000 per month. The Company has also engaged the services of Vanguard Shareholder Solutions Inc. to provide North American public relations on a month to month basis at a cost of $8,000 per month. The Company attended investment conferences in Toronto, New Orleans, San Francisco and Quebec City during the three months ended December 31, 2004.
Office and miscellaneous costs increased primarily due to $23,750 of directors and officers liability insurance purchased in calendar 2004.
Legal fees have increased primarily due to the litigation initiated by Novawest Resources Inc. against Anglo American and the litigation initiated by the Company against Novawest Resources Inc. Additional details regarding the litigation is provided in note 3 of the financial statements.
The Company paid an arms-length private company $27,000 (2003 - $27,000) for accounting, secretarial and general administrative services and paid the same company $nil (2003 - $6,000) for rent of office space.
Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources
The Company’s working capital position improved by $1,510,995 over the three months ended December 31, 2004. Working capital improved due to $2,075,500 of equity financing the Company raised during the three months ended December 31, 2004. Most of the funds raised were used to pay down accounts payable and accrued liabilities relating primarily to the 2004 program. The balance of funds will be used for 2005 exploration and operating costs.
The Company’s funds from equity financing were derived as follows: 1) a non-brokered private placement with Anglo American for net proceeds of $450,000 by issuing 1,000,000 units at a price of $0.45 per unit; 2) a non-brokered private placement for net proceeds of $193,000 by issuing 800,000 flow-through common shares at a price of $0.25 per share; 3) issued 1,300,000 common shares pursuant to the exercise of agent’s options for proceeds of $260,000; and 4) issued 4,370,000 common shares pursuant to the exercise of warrants for proceeds of $672,500.
Subsequent to December 31, 2004, the Company issued 2,000,000 flow-through common shares for net proceeds of $463,800 pursuant to a non-brokered private placement.
The Company currently does not have any revenue producing assets and therefore will be dependent on additional equity financing in order to continue operations and to finance exploration on the West Raglan Project.
To exercise the West Raglan Project option, the Company must incur a total of $11.8 million of expenditures on exploration and related work on or before December 31, 2006. The Company has agreed to fund its share of a $5 million exploration program in calendar 2005. As at December 31, 2004, the Company has incurred approximately $9,100,000 in expenditures and accordingly, after the Company spends a further $2,700,000, the Company will have earned its 49% interest in the West Raglan Project at which time the company will only be responsible for 49% of on-going exploration costs. Therefore, the Company’s net cost of the $5 million program will be approximately $3,800,000. The Company intends to fund these costs primarily through funds on hand and tax credits recoverable from the Quebec Government.
As a part of the Company’s option earn-in agreement with Anglo American, Anglo American is required to fund 20% of the initial $11.8 million in exploration through equity financings in the Company. Based on exploration work carried out to date and funding previously provided by Anglo American, Anglo American is required to provide additional equity financing to the Company in the amount of approximately $552,000.
Selected Annual Information
The following selected consolidated financial data has been prepared in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements. All dollar amounts are in Canadian dollars.
Years Ended September 30 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 |
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Financial Results | | | |
Interest income | $ 65,452 | $ 11,002 | $ 243 |
Net Loss | $ 7,391,865 | $ 1,597,424 | $ 774,707 |
Basic and diluted loss per share | $ (0.16) | $ (0.08) | $ (0.09) |
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Financial Position | | | |
Working capital (deficit) | $ 2,567,656 | $ 2,433,657 | $ (553,032) |
Total assets | $ 3,978,124 | $ 3,006,284 | $ 358,596 |
Share capital | $ 15,532,563 | $ 10,431,488 | $ 5,790,863 |
Contributed surplus | $ 2,042,698 | $ 62,000 | $ - |
Deficit | $ 14,985,535 | $ 7,593,670 | $ 5,996,246 |
The Company’s net loss has increased over the three year period due to the Company’s increased exploration activity. The Company has incurred significant exploration expenditures on its West Raglan Project during 2004 and 2003 and as a consequence the Company has spent more on general and administrative costs in order to manage and promote this project. Also, new accounting rules for measuring stock option compensation came into effect in 2004 which has resulted in charging the fair value of stock options to operations with a corresponding credit to shareholders’ equity. Interest income increased considerably in 2004 and 2003 as the Company raised approximately $9,700,000 in equity financing during these years. These funds were invested in short term interest bearing investments.
Selected Quarterly Information
The following selected consolidated financial data has been prepared in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements. All dollar amounts are in Canadian dollars.
Fiscal Quarter Ended | 31-Dec-04 | 30-Sep-04 | 30-Jun-04 | 31-Mar-04 | 31-Dec-03 | 30-Sep-03 | 30-Jun-03 | 31-Mar-03 |
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Interest income | $ 2,624 | $ 5,877 | $ 23,721 | $ 23,814 | $ 12,040 | $ 4,976 | $ 5,956 | $ 56 |
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Net loss | $ 615,031 | $ 3,998,441 | $ 608,083 | $ 672,918 | $ 2,112,423 | $ 1,184,814 | $ 412,610 | $ 60,062 |
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Basic and diluted | | | | | | | | |
loss per share | $ (0.01) | $ (0.09) | $ (0.01) | $ (0.01) | $ (0.05) | $ (0.05) | $ (0.02) | $ (0.01) |
The quarterly loss for September 2004 and 2003 was significantly more than prior periods due to large exploration expenditures incurred during the summer months of July, August and September. The quarterly loss for December 2003 was much higher than in previous quarters as a result of new accounting rules for measuring stock option compensation coming into effect in 2004 and resulted in charging the fair value of stock options to operations. The Company granted 2,825,000 during this period. Interest income has generally increased every quarter due to proceeds of equity financings being invested in short term interest bearing investments.
Related Party Transactions
All of the Company’s transactions with related parties are disclosed in note 6 of the financial statements. The Company paid the CEO $32,800 (2003 - $36,000), the President $26,650 (2003 - $16,000) and the exploration manager $26,400 (2003 - $7,500).
Outstanding Share Data
As at February 28, 2005, the Company had the following securities issued and outstanding:
Common shares57,881,706
Stock options5,785,000
Share purchase warrants18,301,769
Directors and Officers
David Patterson Director and CEO
Harvey Keats Director and President
Kerry Sparkes Director
John Maher Director
Laurie Sadler Director
Erin Walmesley Secretary
Additional Information
Additional information is provided in the Company’s audited financial statements for the periods ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 and the Company’s Information Circular dated December 14, 2004. These documents are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Additional information relating to the Company’s operations and activities can also be found by visiting the Company’s website at www.knightresources.ca.