UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 20-F: AMENDMENT #2
x REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
OR
¨ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
OR
¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
EVOLVING GOLD CORP.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
Suite 1200, 1188 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6E 4A2
(Address of principal executive offices)
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act.
Title of Each Class | Name of each exchange on which registered |
NONE | NOT APPLICABLE |
Securities registered or 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
Number of outstanding shares of the Company's only class of capital stock as at March 31, 2004 (date of last audited financial statement herein) was 6,150,100 Common Shares Without Par Value.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
YES x NO ¨
Indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow:
Item 17 x Item 18 ¨
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Index to Exhibits on Page 51 to 52
EVOLVING GOLD CORP.
FORM 20-F REGISTRATION STATEMENT
AMENDMENT #2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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GLOSSARY
Term | Definition |
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adularia | A mineral, potassium feldspar |
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AHL | AHL Holdings Ltd. |
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arsenopyrite | A mineral composed of arsenic, iron and sulphur |
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Award Date | The date of the grant of a stock option in the Company |
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BLM | Bureau of Land Management, US Department of the Interior |
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brecciated | A rock consisting of angular fragments |
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CBCA | Canadian Business Corporations Act |
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chalcopyrite | A mineral composed of copper, iron and sulphur |
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CNQ | Canadian Quotation and Trading System |
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Code | Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended |
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Company | Evolving Gold Corp. |
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CSAMT | “Controlled Source Audio Magnetic Tellurics”, a geophysical method used in mineral exploration |
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Eligible Person | Any individual that fulfils the following criteria may be granted stock options under the Plan: (a) any full or part-time employee or officer, or insider of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries; (b) any other person employed by a company or individual providing management services to the Issuer; (c) any other person or company engaged to provide ongoing consulting services for the Issuer or any entity controlled by the Issuer or (d) any individual engaged to provide services that promote the purchase or sale of the issued securities |
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Evolving Gold | Evolving Gold Corp. |
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fracture fillings | A fracture in rock mass filled with another material |
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galena | A mineral composed of lead and sulphur |
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Golden Sands | Golden Sands Exploration Inc. |
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Golden Arc | Golden Arc Mining & Refining Inc., a Nevada Corporation |
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Golden Arc Claims | The 37 unpatented mining claims initially staked by Golden Arc |
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GOR | Gross productions |
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induced polarization | A geophysical method used in mineral exploration |
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IRS | Internal Revenue Service |
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Issuer | Evolving Gold Corp. |
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Mineral Property Agreement | The agreement dated June 10, 2003 made between Zimtu and Jody Dahrouge, an unrelated individual, pursuant to which Mr. Dahrouge retained 1% NSR royalty on minerals other than diamonds and 1% GOR on diamonds from the Murray Property. |
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Murray Property | A property consisting of one mineral claim of 2,965 acres located 78 kilometres Northeast of Yellowknife in the Cameron River Area, Northwest Territories, Canada. |
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Murray Report | “Summary Report on the Murray Property” dated September 3, 2003 prepared by independent consulting geologist Gary Vivian, P. Eng. |
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NI 43-101 | National Instrument 43-101 “Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects” |
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NSR | Net smelter returns |
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Term | Definition |
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open space fillings | Minerals filling an open space in the earth or a rock mass. |
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Option and Royalty Agreement | The agreement dated December 3, 2004 made among the Company, Golden and AHL, as amended on January 7, 2005 and February 25, 2005, pursuant to which the Company was granted an option to acquire 100% in the Winnemucca Mountain Property. |
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Part XIII Tax | Canadian withholding tax. |
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PFIC | Passive foreign investment company |
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Plan | Stock option plan of the Company dated September 28, 2004 |
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Property Option Agreement | The agreement dated July 22, 2003 made between the Company and Zimtu pursuant to which the Company was granted an option to acquire a 70% undivided interest in the Murray Property. |
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pyrite, pyrrhotite | A mineral composed of iron and sulphur |
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QEF | Qualified electing fund |
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quartz | A mineral composed of silica and oxygen |
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Sante Fe | Sante Fe Pacific Mining Inc. |
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SFAS 123 | Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” |
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SFAS 145 | Statement of Financial Accounting Standards no. 145 “Recission of FASB Statements No.4, 44, and 64, Amendment of FASB Statement No. 13 and Technical Corrections” |
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silica | A element, occasionally used to reer to the mineral, quartz |
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stockworks | A pattern of closely spaced fractures in rock, commonly filled with minerals of economic value |
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Tax Act | Income Tax Act (Canada) |
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Treaty | The Canada-U.S. Income Tax Convention (1980) as amended by the Protocols signed on June 14, 1983, March 28, 1984, March 17, 1995 and July 29, 1997. |
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Underlying Option Agreement | The option and royalty agreement dated March 22, 2004, made between AHL and Golden Arc. |
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U.S. Holder | A holder of common shares in the Company and is at all relevant times resident in the United States of America. |
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U.S. Taxpayer | An individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States of America or a domestic corporation. |
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veining | A fracture filled with a mineral usually of economic value |
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Winnemucca Mountain Property | A property consisting of 72 mining claims located in Humboldt County, Nevada |
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Winnemucca Option | The option granted to the Company with respect to the Winnemucca Mountain Property under the Option and Royalty Agreement |
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Zimtu | International Zimtu Technologies Inc., a related public company |
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INTRODUCTION
Evolving Gold Corp. (“Evolving Gold”, the “Company” or the “Issuer”) was incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act (“CBCA”) on June 19, 2003 under the name 6109527 Canada Ltd. On September 30, 2003, the Company amended its Articles and changed its name to Evolving Gold Corp.
BUSINESS OF EVOLVING GOLD CORP.
Evolving Gold is principally a mineral company engaged in the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties. The Issuer’s properties have no known proven reserves of minerals. The Issuer does not have any commercially producing mines or sites, nor is the Issuer in the process of opening any commercial mines or sites. The Issuer has not reported any revenue from operations since incorporation. As such, the Issuer is defined as an “exploration-stage company”.
FINANCIAL AND OTHER INFORMATION
In this Registration Statement, 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 Registration Statement on Form 20-F contains forward-looking statements principally in ITEM #4, “Information on the Company” and ITEM #5, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”. These statements may be identified by the use of words like “plan”, “expect”, “aim”, “believe”, “project”, “anticipate”, “intend”, “estimate”, “will”, “should”, “could” and similar expressions in connection with any discussion, expectation, or projection of future operating or financial performance, events or trends. In particular, these include statements about the Issuer’s strategy for growth, property exploration, mineral prices, future performance or results of current or anticipated mineral production, interest rates, foreign exchange rates, and the outcome of contingencies, such as acquisitions and/or legal proceedings.
Forward-looking statements are based on certain assumptions and expectations of future events that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual future results and trends may differ materially from historical results or those projected in any such forward-looking statements depending on a variety of factors. The material risks that could cause our future operating or financial performance to differ from our expectations are identified in Item 3 of this Form 20-F under the heading “Risk Factors.” We have obligations under the federal securities laws to disclose material progress related to previously disclosed information.
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PART I
ITEM 1. IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISORS
1.A.1. Directors
Table No. 1 lists the names of the Directors of the Issuer as at January 31, 2005.
Table No. 1
Directors
Name | Age | Date First Elected of Appointed |
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Lawrence Dick(1) (2) | 52 | June 19, 2003 |
Warren McIntyre (1) (2) | 42 | June 19, 2003 |
Chris Osterman (1) (2) | 47 | July 15, 2004 |
Paul Cowley, P.Geo. (2) | 48 | September 15, 2004 |
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(1) | Member of Audit Committee. |
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(2) | 1200-1188 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6E 4A2 |
1.A.2. Senior Management
Table No. 2 lists the names of the Senior Management of the Company as at January 31, 2005. The Senior Management serves at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.
Table No. 2
Senior Management
Name and Position | Age | Date of First Appointment |
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Lawrence Dick, | 52 | June 19, 2003 |
President and Chief Executive Officer | | |
Warren McIntyre, Corporate Secretary | 42 | September 28, 2004 |
and Chief Financial Officer | | |
Mr. Dick’s business functions as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company include strategic planning, operations, financial administration, accounting, liaising with auditors-accountants-lawyers-regulatory authorities-financial community/shareholders; and preparation/payment/organization of the expenses/taxes/activities of the Company, and reporting to the Board of Directors.
Mr. McIntyre’s business functions as Chief Financial Officer include financial administration; accounting and financial statements; liaising with auditors, accountants, and financial community/shareholders; and preparation/ payment/organization of the expenses/taxes/activities of the Company. He assists in ensuring the Company’s compliance with all statutory and regulatory compliance.
Mr. McIntyre’s business functions as Corporate Secretary include attending as secretary at all meetings of the Board, shareholders and committees of the Board and entering or causing to be entered in records kept for that purpose minutes of all proceedings thereat; gives or causes to be given, as and when instructed, all notices to shareholders, Directors, officers, auditors and members of committees of the Board; is the custodian of the stamp or mechanical device generally used for affixing the corporate seal of the Company and of all books, records and instruments belonging to the Company, except when some other officer or agent has been appointed for that purpose; and in the future can have such other powers and duties as the Board of the chief executive officer may specify. Mr. McIntyre may delegate all or part of his duties as Corporate Secretary to a nominee from time to time.
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1.B. Advisors
The Company’s Canadian Legal Counsel:
Lang Michener LLP
1500 – 1055 West Georgia Street
P.O Box 11117
Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6E 4N7
Contact: Desmond M. Balakrishnan
Telephone: 604-691-7462
Facsimile: 604-893-2373
The Company’s bank is:
Bank of Montreal
First Bank Tower, 595 Burrard Street
Vancouver, B.C. Canada V7X 1L7
Contact: Colleen Siamoto
Telephone: 604-665-2605
1.C. Auditors
The Company’s auditor is:
Amisano Hanson, Chartered Accountants
Suite 604, 750 West Pender Street
Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6C 2T7
Telephone: 604-689-0188
Facsimile: 604-689-9773
ITEM 2. OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE.
-- Not applicable. –
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 2004 ended March 31 was derived from the financial statements of the Company that have been audited by Amisano Hanson, independent Chartered Accountants, as indicated in their audit reports, which are included elsewhere in this Registration Statement.
The selected financial data as at and for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2004 have been derived from the unaudited financial statements of the Issuer, included herein and, in the opinion of management include all adjustments (consisting solely of normally recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the information set forth therein.
The selected financial data should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and other financial information included elsewhere in this Registration Statement.
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.
Table No. 3 is derived from the financial statements of the Company, which have been prepared in accordance with Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Canadian/USA Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS). All material numerical differences between Canadian GAAP and US GAAP, as applicable to the Company, are described in footnotes to the financial statements.
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Table No. 3
Selected Financial Data
(CDN$ in 000, except per share data)
| 9 Months | Year Ended |
| Ended | 3/31/04 |
| 12/31/04 | |
CANADIAN GAAP | | |
Revenue | Nil | Nil |
Income (Loss) for the Period | ($39) | ($152) |
Basic Income (Loss) Per Share | ($0.01) | N/A |
Dividends Per Share | Nil | Nil |
Wtg. Avg. Shares (000) | 5,310 | 0.1 |
Period-end Shares (000) | 6,550 | 0.1 |
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Working Capital | $22 | $127 |
Mineral Properties | $107 | $27 |
Long-Term Debt | Nil | Nil |
Capital Stock | $387 | $0.1 |
Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit) | $85 | $154 |
Total Assets | $114 | $170 |
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US GAAP | | |
Net Loss | N/A | ($179) |
Loss Per Share | N/A | N/A |
Mineral Properties | N/A | 0 |
Shareholders’ Equity | N/A | $127 |
Total Assets | N/A | $143 |
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(1) | Cumulative Net Loss since incorporation through December 31, 2004 under US GAAP was ($429,526). |
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(2) | a) Under US GAAP, options granted to non-employees as compensation for services provided are fair valued and an expense recorded. b) Under SEC interpretation of US GAAP, all costs related to exploration-stage properties are expensed in the period incurred. |
3.A.3. Exchange Rates
In this Registration Statement, unless otherwise specified, all dollar amounts are expressed in Canadian Dollars (CDN$). The Government of Canada permits a floating exchange rate to determine the value of the Canadian Dollar against the U.S. Dollar (US$).
Table No. 4 sets forth the exchange rates for the Canadian Dollar at the end of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004 (Fiscal 2004 was the first year of operation for the Issuer) the average rates for the period, and the range of high and low rates for the period. The data for each month during the most recent nine months is also provided along with the data for the fiscal quarters ended December 31, 2004 and June 30, 2004.
For purposes of this table, the rate of exchange means the noon buying rate for cable transfers in foreign currencies by the Bank of Canada. 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.
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Table No. 4
U.S. Dollar/Canadian Dollar
Period | Average | High | Low | Close |
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February 2005 | 1.24 | 1.24 | 1.24 | 1.24 |
January 2005 | 1.23 | 1.23 | 1.22 | 1.23 |
December 2004 | 1.22 | 1.22 | 1.21 | 1.22 |
November 2004 | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.19 | 1.20 |
October 2004 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.24 | 1.25 |
September 2004 | 1.29 | 1.30 | 1.28 | 1.29 |
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Fiscal Quarter Ended December 31, 2004 | 1.22 | 1.22 | 1.21 | 1.22 |
Fiscal Quarter Ended June 30, 2004 | 1.36 | 1.36 | 1.35 | 1.36 |
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Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2004 | 1.35 | 1.48 | 1.27 | 1.31 |
3.B. Capitalization and Indebtedness
Table No. 5 sets forth the capitalization and indebtedness of the Company as at December 31, 2004. As at December 31, 2004, the Company had cash and cash equivalents totaling $2,697 and a net working capital deficiency of $(21,671). The Company had no significant debt outstanding as at December 31, 2004 and had issued and outstanding common shares of 6.55 million. The Company has no current indirect or contingent indebtedness.
Table No. 5
Capitalization and Indebtedness
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY | |
6,550,100 shares issued and outstanding (as at December 31, 2004) | $386,600 |
Contributed Surplus | $128,165 |
Retained Earnings (deficit) | $(429,526) |
Net Stockholders’ Equity | $(85,239) |
TOTAL CAPITALIZATION | 386,600 |
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Stock Options Outstanding (as at December 31, 2004) | 550,000 |
Preference Shares Outstanding: | Nil |
Capital Leases: | Nil |
Guaranteed Debt | Nil |
Secured Debt: | Nil |
3.C. Reasons For The Offer And Use Of Proceeds
--- No Disclosure Necessary ---
3.D. Risk Factors
Risks Related to the Company
Cumulative Unsuccessful Exploration Efforts By Evolving Gold Personnel Could Result In the Company Having to Cease Operations
The expenditures to be made by Evolving Gold 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 Evolving Gold having to cease operations.
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Evolving Gold 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 Evolving Gold has an interest or the concessions in which Evolving Gold has the right to earn an interest are in the exploratory stage only and are without a known body of ore. If Evolving Gold does not ultimately find a body of ore, it would have to cease operations.
Evolving Gold 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 the Issuer’s properties have advanced to the commercial production stage and the Issuer has no history of earnings or positive cash flow from operations. The cumulative loss since the Issuer’s inception of the exploration stage, according to U.S. GAAP, is ($429,526). The Issuer 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 the Issuer has been through the sale of its common shares. Any future additional equity financing would cause dilution to current stockholders. Management has no current plans to enter into any debt obligations and plans to meet all capital requirements through the issuance of the Issuer’s capital stock.
Evolving Gold currently has 550,000 share purchase options outstanding and 600,000 share purchase warrants outstanding. If all of the share purchase options and share purchase warrants were exercised, the number of common shares issued and outstanding would increase from 7,350,100 (as of February 28, 2005) to 8,500,100. This represents an increase of 17% in the number of shares issued and outstanding and would result in dilution to current shareholders.
The Risks Associated with Penny Stock Classification Could Affect the Marketability of the Common Stock of Evolving Gold And Shareholders Could Find It Difficult to Sell Their Stock
The Issuer’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. The Issuer’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 U.S. $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).
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.
Evolving Gold 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 exploiting mineral properties, the nature of Evolving Gold’s business, its ability to continue its exploration of potential exploration projects, and to build 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. Evolving Gold’s growth will depend, on the efforts of its Senior Management, particularly its President and Chief Executive Officer, Lawrence Dick and its Corporate Secretary and Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Warren McIntyre. We do not carry key person insurance on senior management and other personnel.
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Evolving Gold’s Directors may have a Conflict of Interest with the Company as such Directors or Senior Management also Serve on Boards of Companies in the same Industry as the Company
Directors of the Company also serve as directors of other similar companies involved in natural resource development. Accordingly, it may occur that properties will be offered to both the Corporation and such other companies. Furthermore, those other companies may participate in the same properties as those in which the Corporation has an interest. As a result, there may be situations which involve a conflict of interest. In that event, the directors would not be entitled to vote at meetings of directors which evoke any such conflict. The directors will attempt to avoid dealing with such other companies in situations where conflicts might arise and will at all times use their best efforts to act in the best interests of the Corporation. If the directors fail to do so, however, there could be material adverse consequences to the Corporation, its business and results of operations.
Dilution Through Employee/Director/Consultant Options Could Adversely Affect Evolving Gold’s Stockholders
Because the success of Evolving Gold 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. There are currently 550,000 share purchase options outstanding, which, if exercised, would result in an additional 550,000 common shares being issued and outstanding. (For a breakdown of dilution, refer to the risk factor entitled: “Evolving Gold 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”)
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 Evolving Gold. The Issuer is a corporation incorporated in Canada under the CBCA. A majority of the Company’s directors must be residents of Canada, and all or substantial portions of their assets are located outside of the United States, predominately in Canada. As a result, it may be difficult for U.S. holders of our common shares to affect 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:
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;
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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”, Evolving Gold is exempt from the Section 14 proxy rules and Section 16 of the 1934 Securities Act May 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. This data includes:
| 1. | Insider trading data disclosed on Canadian regulatory websites is different. |
| 2. | U.S. companies have specified content and filing requirements regarding disclosures to shareholders for the annual meeting and Canadian regulations specify a modestly different content. |
| 3. | Canadian interim financial statements are not necessarily prepared according U.S. GAAP. |
| 4. | The filing deadlines for foreign private issuers are different than for U.S. issuers. |
Evolving Gold’s Possible Foreign Investment Company Status Has Consequences for U.S. Investors
Potential investors who are U.S. taxpayers should be aware that the Company could be considered a passive foreign investment company (“PFIC”) for U.S. tax purposes for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004. If the Company is a PFIC for any year during a U.S. taxpayer’s holding period, then such U.S. taxpayer generally will be required to treat any so-called “excess distribution” received on its common shares, or any gain realized upon a disposition of common shares, as ordinary income and to pay an interest charge on a portion of such distribution or gain, unless the taxpayer makes a qualified electing fund (“QEF”) election or a mark-to-market election with respect to the shares of the Company. In certain circumstances, the sum of the tax and the interest charge may exceed the amount of the excess distribution received, or the amount of proceeds of disposition realized, by the taxpayer. A U.S. taxpayer who makes a QEF election generally must report on a current basis its share of the Company’s net capital gain and ordinary earnings for any year in which the Company is a PFIC, whether or not the Company distributes any amounts to its shareholders. A U.S. taxpayer who makes the mark-to-market election generally must include as ordinary income each year the excess of the fair market value of the common shares over the taxpayer’s tax basis therein. See also Item 10E “United States Tax Consequences.”
Risks Related to the Industry
Operating Hazards and Risks Associated with the Mining Industry Could Result in Evolving Gold 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 the Issuer 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. Evolving Gold 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 Evolving Gold to cease operations.
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The Amount of Capital Necessary to Meet All Environmental Regulations Associated with the Exploration Programs of the Issuer Could Be In An Amount Great Enough to Force Evolving Gold to Cease Operations
The current and anticipated future operations of the Issuer, including further exploration activities require permits from various Federal and Provincial governmental authorities in Canada. (Evolving Gold has the required permissions to enable it to engage in exploration work consisting of rock sampling and geophysical mapping. This work will be carried out on the Murray Property on or before July 22, 2005 weather permitting.) 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.
Environmental regulations which impact work on the Murray Property include filing a safety plan, a spill contingency plan and an emergency evacuation procedure. Management intends to complete this within the next 90 days in order to allow personnel to do further work on the Murray Property.
Large increases in capital expenditures resulting from any of the above factors could force Evolving Gold to cease operations.
Mineral Prices May Not Support Corporate Profit for Evolving Gold
The resource exploration industry is intensely competitive and even if commercial quantities of mineral resources are found (which is not guaranteed), a profitable market may not exist for the sale. If a profitable market does not exist, Evolving Gold may have to cease operations.
ITEM 4. INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY
4.A. History of the Company
Incorporation and Name Changes
The Company was incorporated under the CBCA on June 19, 2003 as 6109527 Canada Ltd. On September 30, 2003, the Company changed its name to Evolving Gold Corp. The Company’s registered office is c/o its solicitors, Lang Michener LLP, 1500 – 1055 West Georgia Street, PO Box 11117, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6E 4N7, telephone number (604) 689-9111. The Company’s principal place of business is Suite 1200, 1188 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6E 4A2, telephone number (604) 685-6375 and facsimile number (604) 669-2960. Evolving Gold’s website address is www.evolvinggold.com and e-mail address is info@evolvinggold.com. The Company’s contact person is Mr. Lawrence Dick, President and Chief Executive Officer. The Issuer’s fiscal year ends March 31.
The Company received a final receipt for its initial prospectus offering and became a reporting issuer in the Provinces of Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario, Canada on May 14, 2004. On June 9, 2004, the Company received the approval of the Canadian Trading and Quotation System Inc. (the “CNQ”) for the listing of its common shares on the CNQ, under stock symbol “GOLD”. The Company officially began trading on the CNQ on June 14, 2004.
The Issuer has unlimited common shares without par value authorized. As at March 31, 2004, the end of the Company’s most recent fiscal year, there were 100 common shares issued and outstanding. As at December 31, 2004, the end of the Company’s most recently completed fiscal quarter, there were 6,550,100 common shares issued and outstanding. As of February 25, 2005, there were 6,750,100 common shares issued and outstanding.
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Financings
The Company has financed its operations through funds raised in loans, public/private placements of common shares, shares issued for property, shares issued in debt settlements, and shares issued upon exercise of stock options and share purchase warrants. The following table shows the monies raised by the Company as at February 28, 2005:
Nature of Share Issuance | Number of Shares | Amount |
| | |
Issue of Common Shares (1) | 100 | $100 |
Exercise of Special Warrants (2) | 5,750,000 | $286,500 |
Exercise of Special Warrants (3) | 200,000 | $10,000 |
Exercise of Special Warrants (4) | 200,000 | $10,000 |
Issue of Common Shares (5) | 400,000 | $80,000 |
Issue of Common Shares (6) | 600,000 | $96,000 |
Issue of Common Shares (7) | 200,000 | $40,000 |
Total | 7,350,100 | $522,600.00 |
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(1) | These shares were issued to Alicia Cumming and Zimtu, the founders of the Issuer. |
(2) | The Company issued 1,400,000 Series “A” Special Warrants at $0.01 per warrant for proceeds of $14,000. The Company issued 3,250,000 Series “B” Special Warrants at $0.05 per warrant for total proceeds of $162,500. The Company issued 1,100,000 Series “F” Special Warrants at $0.10 per warrant for total proceeds of $110,000. Each Series “A”, “B” and “F” Special Warrant is exchangeable into one common share of the Company on or before the fifth day after the regulatory authorities of British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario issue a final receipt for a prospectus. The final receipt was issued on May 14, 2004 and all “A”, “B” and “F” Special Warrants were exercised. |
(3) | These Series “L” Special Warrants were issue at $0.05 per warrant for proceeds of $10,000 in September 2003 pursuant to an agreement for services with the Issuer’s Canadian legal counsel, Mr. Bruce Bragagnolo. |
(4) | These Series “P” Special Warrants were issued at $0.05 per warrant for proceeds of $10,000 in September 2003 pursuant to an agreement to purchase the Murray Property. These Special Warrants have not been exercised as at January 31, 2005. |
(5) | Pursuant to the acquisition of the Winnemucca Mountain Property, the Company issued 100,000 common shares to Golden Arc Mining and Refining Inc. (“Golden Arc”), 200,000 common shares to Golden Sands Exploration Inc. (“Golden Sands”)and 100,000 common shares with respect to finder’s fees on December 10, 2004, each share was issued at $0.20 per share. |
(6) | These shares were issued at $0.16 per share for proceeds of $96,000 on January 10, 2005. |
(7) | Pursuant to the acquisition of the Winnemucca Mountain Property, the Company issued 200,000 common shares to Gold Sands at a deemed price of $0.20 per share on February 25, 2005. |
Capital Expenditures
Fiscal Year
Fiscal 2004 (First year of operations) | None |
Fiscal 2005 to date | None |
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4.B. BUSINESS OVERVIEW
Historical Corporate Development
The Company’s principal business since its incorporation has been the acquisition, and exploration of natural resource properties with the goal of placing into production any properties warranting such.
On July 22, 2003, the Company entered into a Property Option Agreement (the “Property Option Agreement”) with International Zimtu Technologies Inc. (“Zimtu”) pursuant to which the Company was granted an option to acquire a 70% undivided interest in in a mineral property located in the Cameron River Area of the Northwest Territories, Canada, which is known as the Murray Property (the “Murray Property”). At the time of the Property Option Agreement was entered into, the Company was a wholly owned subsidiary of Zimtu and as such, may be considered to be a party not dealing at arm’s length with Zimtu because of the common management. The Murray Property was originally staked by Jody Dahrouge and sold to Zimtu for the $13,200 cost of staking and a 1% royalty. The Company is exploring for gold on the Murray Property. The Murray Property is in a preliminary stage of exploration and does not have a known commercial body of ore or minerals.
Under the terms of the Property Option Agreement, the Company agreed to acquire all of Zimtu’s right, title and interest in and to the Murray Property and assume all liabilities and obligations in respect thereof in consideration for $17,000 cash in the signing of the Agreement (paid) and the issuance of 200,000 of the Series “P” Special Warrants to Zimtu (issued). The Company must also incur $250,000 in exploration expenditures on the Murray Property as follows: $15,000 on or before December 1, 2004, $85,000 on or before July 22, 2005 and $150,000 on or before July 22, 2006. Zimtu is to receive a royalty equal to 1% of the net smelter returns (“NSR”) on minerals other than diamonds and 1% of the gross productions (“GOR”) of diamonds from the Murray Property. The Company can purchase one half of each royalty for $500,000. With respect to the $15,000 exploration expenditure to be made on or before December 1, 2004, the Company has contributed $6,225.50 with the remainder payment extended to on or before July 22, 2005.
Zimtu acquired the Murray Property pursuant to a Mineral Property Agreement dated June 10, 2003 between Zimtu and Jody Dahrouge. Under this agreement, Mr. Dahrouge will retain a 1% NSR royalty on mineral other than diamonds and 1% GOR royalty on diamonds from the MurrayProperty. Zimtu had the right to purchase one half of the NSR royalty and one half of the GOR royalty from Mr. Dahrouge for $500,000 each.
Using the funds raised in its special warrant offering, the Company’s business objective is to conduct further exploration on the Murray Property and compile that information in an effort to further define the mineralization potential of the Murray Property. The Company planned an initial exploration program to be complied by October 2004 but due to poor weather conditions, such work has been postponed to early 2005. Additional work on the Murray Property will be contingent upon successful results being obtained from the preliminary exploration program.
On December 3, 2004, the Company entered into the Option and Royalty Agreement, as amended on January 7, 2005 and as further amended on February 25, 2005, pursuant to which the Company was granted an option (the “Winnemucca Option”) to acquire a 100% interest in 62 unpatented mining claims (subsequently increased to 72 unpatented mining claims) located in Humboldt County, Nevada. In order to exercise the Winnemucca Option, the Company must incur exploration expenditures of US$4,000,000, make aggregate cash payments to Golden Sands of US$70,000 at various times on or before March 31, 2005 and issue and deliver 1,800,000 shares in the capital of the Company as more particularly described in Item 4D, “The Winnemucca Mountain Property”.
During Fiscal 2005, to date, the Issuer has concentrated the majority of its efforts on exploration work on the Murray Property. The Issuer is an exploration stage company and there is no assurance that a commercially viable mineral deposit exists on its properties. Further evaluation will be required on the Murray Property and Winnemucca Mountain Property before a final evaluation as to the economics and legal feasibility of both properties is determined.
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Plan Of Operations
Source of Funds for Fiscal 2004/2005
The Issuer’s primary source of funds since incorporation has been through the issuance of common shares. The Issuer had a working capital balance of $127,482 at March 31, 2004, the Company’s last completed fiscal year end. As at December 31, 2004, the Issuer had a negative working capital balance of $27,761.
Use of Funds for Fiscal 2004/2005
During Fiscal 2005 and Fiscal 2006, respectively, the Issuer estimates that it will expend $120,000 and $150,000 on general/administrative expenses including property evaluation costs and $150,000 and $300,000 on property acquisition/exploration expenses.
Anticipated Changes to Facilities/Employees
Management of the Issuer anticipates that there will be no changes to either facilities or employees in the near future.
United States vs. Foreign Sales/Assets
The Issuer has had no revenue during the past fiscal year. As at December 31, 2004, the Issuer’s assets were located in Canada.
Material Effects of Government Regulations
The current and anticipated future operations of the Issuer, including further exploration activities, require permits from various Canadian Federal and Provincial governmental authorities. 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, well 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 Issuer and cause increases in capital expenditures which could result in a cessation of operations by the Issuer. The Issuer has had no material costs related to compliance and/or permits in recent years, and anticipates no material costs in the next year.
Seasonality
Dependency upon Patents/Licenses/Contracts/Processes
Sources/Availability of Raw Materials
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4.C. Organization Structure
The Issuer was incorporated under the CBCA on June 19, 2003 under the name “6109527 Canada Ltd.” The Issuer has no subsidiaries.
4.D. Property, Plant and Equipment
The Issuer subleases its office space pursuant to the terms of a written lease agreement at Suite 1200, 1188 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6E 4A2. The term of the lease is five (5) years with monthly rental payments of $1,000. The lease expires in September 2008.
The Issuer currently a property interest created pursuant to the Property Option Agreement with and Option and Royalty Agreement with Golden Sands and AHL.
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It is important to note that even if the Issuer completes its exploration programs on its properties and is successful in identifying mineral deposits, a substantial amount of capital (approximately $500,000), over the next 3 years, will still have to be spent on each deposit on further drilling and engineering studies before management will know that the Issuer has a commercially viable mineral deposit on the Murray Property.
The Murray Property
The Murray Property is without known reserves and the work being done by the Issuer is exploratory in nature. The Issuer’s interest in the Murray Property stemmed from earlier exploration work, as described below, that was done in the area.
Acquisition of Interest
On July 22, 2003, the Issuer entered into the Property Option Agreement with Zimtu, a related public company, pursuant to which the Company granted an option to acquire a 70% undivided interest in the Murray Property. At the time of the Property Option Agreement the Issuer was a wholly owned subsidiary of Zimtu. Zimtu is currently a major shareholder of the Issuer, owning 5.5% of the outstanding shares.
Under the terms of the Property Option Agreement the Issuer acquired all of Zimtu’s right, title and interest in and to the Murray Property and assumed all liabilities and obligations in respect thereof in consideration for $17,000 cash on the signing of the Property Option Agreement and the issuance of 200,000 Special Warrants to Zimtu. The Issuer must also incur $250,000 in exploration expenditures on the Murray Property as follows: $15,000 on or before December 1, 2004; $85,000 on or before July 22, 2005; and, $150,000 on or before July 22, 2006. If these expenditures are not made by the Issuer, it will forfeit its interest in the Murray Property. Zimtu is to receive a royalty equal to 1% of the net smelter returns (“NSR”) on minerals other than diamonds and 1% of the gross production (“GOR”) of diamonds from the Murray Property. There is no assurance that any production will ever occur on this property and there are currently no known reserves on the Murray Property. The Issuer has the right to purchase one half of each royalty for $500,000. In the event that Evolving Gold fails to make these payments, it would have to forfeit the Murray Property. Pursuant to exploration expenditures to be made on or before December 1, 2004, the Issuer has made a deposit of $6,226.50 with the remainder payment extended to July 22, 2005.
Zimtu acquired the Murray Property pursuant to a Mineral Property Agreement dated June 10, 2003 between Zimtu and Jody Dahrouge, an unrelated individual (the “Mineral Property Agreement”). Under the Mineral Property Agreement, Mr. Dahrouge will retain a 1% NSR royalty on minerals other than diamonds and 1% GOR royalty on diamonds from the Murray Property. (There is no assurance that any production will ever occur on this property and there are currently no known reserves on the Murray Property.) Zimtu has the right to purchase one half of the NSR royalty and one half of the GOR royalty from Mr. Dahrouge for $500,000 each.
Location
The Murray Property consists of one mineral claim totalling 2,965 acres and is located 78 kilometres northeast of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. It is three kilometres west of Gordon Lake. See map attached (page 18).
Accessibility, Climate, Infrastructure and Physiography
The Murray Property is approximately 78 kilometers northeast of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories (Figure 1). The current winter road to the Diavik and Ekati diamond mines and the Lupin gold mines passes within five kilometers east of the Murray Property, at Gordon Lake.
During summer months, access to the Murray Property is by floatplane or helicopter. During winter months access is by ski-equipped aircraft, helicopter or snowmobile from Gordon Lake. Yellowknife is the closest community and offers a complete range of supplies and services for the mineral exploration industry.
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History and Previous Work
The Gordon Lake area, within which the Murray Property lies, has a history of exploration of about 70 years. Exploration of this region is considered sporadic, with long periods of inactivity punctuated by a few months of intense exploration.
Exploration on the Murray Property has been restricted to an initial trenching program in the late 1930’s to early 1940’s, and minor sampling programs in the 1980’s. No geophysical surveys have been recorded.
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After the staking of the PAN claims in the late 1930’s, the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada, an unrelated company, excavated numerous trenches and pits throughout the Murray Property area. As well, a shallow exploration shaft was sunk. Subsequent exploration by North Star Mines, an unrelated company, resulted in the excavation of at least one new trench. Since virtually all of the excavation took place over 60 years ago, the current state of the trenches and pits is questionable.
Most early analysis from the Murray Property consisted of analyses for precious metals (gold and silver), with occasional analyses for base metals. Geochemical analyses were typically for gold on whole rock (vein and wallrock) samples. Thirty-three samples collected by Nickerson (1972) were analyzed for gold and silver at the Federal Assay Office in Yellowknife.
Mineralization
A commonality of most of the showings containing gold at and near the Murray Property is quartz veining, open space and fracture fillings, replacement bodies, stockworks and silica flooding of the host rock. Gold occurs as native gold and may be associated with sulphide minerals such as arsenopyrite, pyrrhotite, pyrite, chalcopyrite and galena. The gold-bearing veins occur in structures of varying ages, suggesting multiple mineralization events, as opposed to a single mineralization episode. Quartz is most often dense blue-grey, but has also been observed as clear to milky white. The quartz is typically massive and is occasionally brecciated.
The following five zones on the Murray Property are of current interest to management:
The No. 1 Zone is the westernmost zone at the Murray Property. Large amounts of quartz at the No. 1 Zone are found as veins and replacement bodies.
The No. 3 Zone is northeast of the other zones and parallels a shear zone. This zone is composed of massive blue-gray quartz and quartz stockwork replacement bodies.
The No. 5 Zone is located to the southwest of the No. 3 Zone. Massive quartz veins or replacement fillings within host rock, which is combined with silica, characterize this zone.
Quartz veins and stringers in silicified wallrock are prevalent at the No. 6 Zone, which is located directly east of the No. 1 Zone.
Management believes that the No. 7 Zone, which is south of the other zones, may contain significant gold mineralization. (This has not been proven to date and is based on visual observation by management.) Mineralization is contained within a 0.5 to 2.5 foot wide by 30 foot long quartz-filled fracture that is perpendicular to the strike of the surrounding rock.
Planned Work Program by the Issuer
To date, the Issuer has completed no work, other than minor exploration work on the Murray Property to fulfill the terms of the Option Property Agreement. Management commissioned and received an independent technical report on the Murray Property, in accordance with Canadian National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”). The “Summary Report on the Murray Property” dated September 3, 2003 (the “Murray Report”) was prepared by independent consulting geologist Gary Vivian, P. Eng.
The Issuer planned to engage in exploration work on the Murray Property through the end of calendar 2004 with a budget of $15,000, however, due to unfavourable weather conditions, the Issuer has deferred such exploration expenditures until the first quarter of 2005. An initial work program will consist of geologic mapping and rock sampling over a three week period. The success of this initial phase of work will be evaluated based on the assays returned from the sampling, and the surface and subsurface continuity of the mineralized zone based on the geologic mapping. Should these factors indicate that there is not a clearly defined target on the Murray Property, and then no additional funds would be expended on exploration. However should, significant gold grades over or along a geological or geophysical feature be encountered, then a drilling program would be called for to test the gold grades in the subsurface. There is no detailed plan of exploration beyond this point. The total meterage of holes to be drilled cannot be estimated until the basic first phase of sampling and geological and geophysical mapping is complete, however combined drilling and assaying costs will run between $150 and $200 per meter, and an initial drilling program consisting of 1000 meters would not be unreasonable. If positive assay results are obtained then additional drilling programs and cost expenditures would be necessary. In vein deposits, such as the Murray Property, a final drill hole pattern on 50 meter vertical and horizontal intervals, and possibly less would be required to define a mineral reserve. Decision points may occur after or during the drilling program as to whether the Murray Property has a reasonable chance of outlining ore. The probability of an individual prospect ever having reserves that meet the requirements of Industry Guide 7 is remote, there is always a high probability that the properties of Evolving Gold do not contain reserves, and any funds spent on exploration will probably be lost. Even if ultimately successful in outlining a sufficient tonnage and grade of mineralization, extensive engineering studies are required to determine whether the mineralization would constitute an ore reserve.
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Mr. Gary J. Vivian, B.S., M.S. Geology, will conduct the initial geological mapping and sampling on behalf of Evolving Gold. Mr. Vivian graduated with a Master of Science degree from the University of Alberta in 1987 and had worked as a geologist with Noranda Exploration Company Ltd. for nine years. Since 1988 he has worked with Aurora Geosciences, Ltd., a geological consulting company of which he is a full partner.
The Winnemucca Mountain Property
The Winnemucca Mountain Property is without known reserves and the work being done by the Issuer is exploratory in nature. The Company’s interest in the Winnemucca Mountain Property also stems from previous exploration work described below.
Acquisition of Interest
On December 3, 2004, the Company entered into the Option and Royalty Agreement, as amended on January 7, 2005 and as further amended on February 25, 2005, pursuant to which the Company was granted the Winnemucca Option to acquire a 100% interest in 62 unpatented mining claims (subsequently increased to 72 unpatented mining claims as discussed further below) located in Humboldt County, Nevada (the “Winnemucca Mountain Property”). In order to exercise the Winnemucca Option, the Company must incur exploration expenditures of US$4,000,000, make aggregate cash payments to Golden Sands of US$70,000 at various times on or before March 31, 2005 and issue and deliver 1,800,000 shares in the capital of the Company as follows:
(a) | Cash Payments |
| » | US$30,000 on or before January 7, 2005 (paid); |
| » | US$40,000 on or before March 31, 2005; |
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(b) | Share Issuances |
| » | Issue 100,000 shares in the name of Golden Arc and deliver to Golden Sands on signing the agreement (issued); |
| » | Issue 200,000 shares to Golden Sands on or before December 15, 2004 (issued); |
| » | Issue 200,000 shares to Golden Sands on or before February 25, 2005 (issued); |
| » | Issue and deliver 400,000 shares to Golden Sands on or before August 31, 2005; |
| » | Issue and deliver 400,000 shares to Golden Sands on or before August 31, 2006; |
| » | Issue and deliver 500,000 shares to Golden Sands on or before December 31, 2007; |
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(c) | Exploration Expenditures |
| » | Incur as exploration expenditures on or before December 31, 2005, an amount not less than 70% of the total funds raised by the Company on or before October 31, 2005; |
| » | Incur exploration expenditures of US$1,000,000 on or before December 31, 2006; |
| » | Cumulative exploration expenditures of US$2,000,000 on or before December 31, 2007; |
| » | Cumulative exploration expenditures of US$2,000,000 on or before December 31, 2008. |
A finder’s fee of 100,000 common shares in the capital of the Company was issued in connection with the acquisition of the Winnemucca Mountain Property in December 2004.
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Under the Option and Royalty Agreement, any unpatented or patented mining claims located within three miles of the subject claims acquired or located would, at the option of the other parties, form part of the subject claims. Since entering into the Option and Royalty Agreement, ten additional claims have been staked on behalf of Golden Sands with the result that there are now 72 unpatented subject claims in total.
The Winnemucca Mountain Property is subject to a 2% NSR royalty. The Company has the right to purchase the royalty relating to the first 37 unpatented mining claims (the “Golden Arc Claims”) listed in the table below and any other unpatented mining claims which may become subject to the option and royalty agreement (the “Underlying Option Agreement”) dated March 22, 2004 between AHL and Golden Arc for US$1,000,000 for each of the two percentage royalty points. The Company is required to pay, in addition to the mentioned option payments due March 31, 2005, advance royalty payments of US$10,000 by December 3, 2005, the first anniversary of the Option and Royalty Agreement, US$10,000 by December 3, 2006. the second anniversary of the Option and Royalty Agreement and US$20,000 by December 3, 2007, the third anniversary of the Option and Royalty Agreement and each successive anniversary until production commences at which time the obligation to pay advance royalty payments will terminate. The total of the advance royalty payments is to be deducted from the total amount of NSR royalty payable under the Winnemucca Option Agreement.
Mineral Claims
The Winnemucca Mountain Property consists of 72 unsurveyed contiguous mining claims covering approximately 560 hectares on Lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”), US Department of the Interior.
These claims have been recorded with the BLM as follows(1)
Claim Name | BLM Serial No. | Registered Owner(3) | Location | Expiry Date(4) |
| | | Date | |
The Golden Arc Claims | | | | |
WM #1 | NMC 733156 | AHL Holdings Ltd. | 01/04/1996 | Sept. 1,2005 |
WM #2 | NMC 405978 | Arctic Precious Metals (2) | 04/11/1987 | Sept. 1,2005 |
WM #3 | NMC 733157 | AHL Holdings Ltd. | 01/04/1996 | Sept. 1,2005 |
WM #4 | NMC 405980 | Arctic Precious Metals (2) | 04/11/1987 | Sept. 1,2005 |
WM #5 | NMC 733158 | AHL Holdings Ltd. | 01/04/1996 | Sept. 1,2005 |
WM #6 | NMC 405982 | Arctic Precious Metals (2) | 04/11/1987 | Sept. 1,2005 |
WM #8 | NMC 405983 | Arctic Precious Metals (2) | 04/11/1987 | Sept. 1,2005 |
WM #10 | NMC 405984 | Arctic Precious Metals (2) | 04/11/1987 | Sept. 1,2005 |
Golden West #6 | NMC 733140 | AHL Holdings Ltd. | 01/02/1996 | Sept. 1,2005 |
Golden West #7 | NMC 733141 | AHL Holdings Ltd. | 01/02/1996 | Sept. 1,2005 |
Golden West #8 | NMC 733142 | AHL Holdings Ltd. | 01/02/1996 | Sept. 1,2005 |
Golden West #9 | NMC 733143 | AHL Holdings Ltd. | 01/02/1996 | Sept. 1,2005 |
Golden West #10 | NMC 733144 | AHL Holdings Ltd. | 01/02/1996 | Sept. 1,2005 |
Golden West #11 | NMC 733145 | AHL Holdings Ltd. | 01/02/1996 | Sept. 1,2005 |
Golden West #12 | NMC 733146 | AHL Holdings Ltd. | 01/02/1996 | Sept. 1,2005 |
Golden West #13 | NMC 733147 | AHL Holdings Ltd. | 01/02/1996 | Sept. 1,2005 |
Golden West #14 | NMC 733148 | AHL Holdings Ltd. | 01/03/1996 | Sept. 1,2005 |
Golden West #15 | NMC 733149 | AHL Holdings Ltd. | 01/03/1996 | Sept. 1,2005 |
Golden West #16 | NMC 733150 | AHL Holdings Ltd. | 01/03/1996 | Sept. 1,2005 |
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(1) Claim data on the Winnemucca Mountain Property have been provided to the author of the report by AHL. The author of the report has not independently reviewed or verified any of the claim details. Therefore, the author of the report has no opinion on the validity of the claims. Claim posts placed before 2004 may have been destroyed by range fires.
(2) Under the terms of the Underlying Option Agreement, Golden Arc was required to have the title to all mineral claims subject to that agreement transferred to AHL As of the date of the report, all of such transfers except five have been completed and AHL has advised the Company that it reasonably believes that the last five transfers will be effected shortly.
(3) If the option contained in the Underlying Option Agreement is not exercised, then AHL is required to return title to the Golden Arc Claims to Golden Arc.
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Claim Name | BLM Serial No. | Registered Owner | Location Date | Expiry Date |
Golden West #17 | NMC 733151 | AHL Holdings Ltd. | 01/03/1996 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
Golden West #18 | NMC 733152 | AHL Holdings Ltd. | 01/03/1996 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
Golden West #19 | NMC 733153 | AHL Holdings Ltd. | 01/03/1996 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
Gold West Frac A | NMC 733154 | AHL Holdings Ltd. | 01/03/1996 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
Gold West Frac B | NMC 733155 | AHL Holdings Ltd. | 01/03/1996 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
T & C #1 | NMC 479032 | AHL Holdings Ltd. | 05/08/1988 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
T & C #2 | NMC 479033 | AHL Holdings Ltd. | 05/08/1988 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
T & C #3 | NMC 479034 | AHL Holdings Ltd. | 05/08/1988 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
TJ #12 | NMC 155540 | AHL Holdings Ltd. | 04/02/1980 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
TJ #14 | NMC 733159 | AHL Holdings Ltd. | 01/04/1996 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
TJ #15 | NMC 733160 | AHL Holdings Ltd. | 01/04/1996 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
TJ #16 | NMC 155544 | AHL Holdings Ltd. | 04/04/1980 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
TJ #17 | NMC 155545 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 04/04/1980 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
TJ #18 | NMC 155546 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 04/04/1980 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
TJ #19 | NMC 155547 | AHL Holdings Ltd. | 04/04/1980 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
TJ #29 | NMC 155557 | AHL Holdings Ltd. | 04/04/1980 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
TJ #30 | NMC 155558 | AHL Holdings Ltd. | 04/17/1980 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
TJ#34 | NMC 155562 | AHL Holdings Ltd. | 04/17/1980 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
The Additional Claims (5) | | | | |
WM#101 | NMC 887954 | AHL Holdings Ltd. | 11/10/2004 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
WM#102 | NMC 887954 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 11/10/2004 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
WM#103 | NMC 887956 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 11/10/2004 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
WM#104 | NMC 887957 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 11/10/2004 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
WM#105 | NMC 887958 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 11/10/2004 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
WM#106 | NMC 887959 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 11/10/2004 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
WM#107 | NMC 887960 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 11/10/2004 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
WM#108 | NMC 887961 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 11/10/2004 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
WM#109 | NMC 887962 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 11/10/2004 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
WM#110 | NMC 887963 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 11/10/2004 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
WM#111 | NMC 887964 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 11/10/2004 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
WM#112 | NMC 887965 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 11/10/2004 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
WM#113 | NMC 887966 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 11/10/2004 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
WM#114 | NMC 887967 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 11/10/2004 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
WM#115 | NMC 887968 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 11/10/2004 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
WM#116 | NMC 887969 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 11/10/2004 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
WM#117 | NMC 887970 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 11/10/2004 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
WM#118 | NMC 887971 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 11/10/2004 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
WM#119 | NMC 887972 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 11/10/2004 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
WM#120 | NMC 887973 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 11/10/2004 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
WM#121 | NMC 887974 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 11/13/2004 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
WM#122 | NMC 887975 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 11/10/2004 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
WM#123 | NMC 887976 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 11/10/2004 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
WM#124 | NMC 887977 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 11/10/2004 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
WM#125 | NMC 887978 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 11/10/2004 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
WM#126 | NMC 887979 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 12/10/2004 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
WM#127 | NMC 887980 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 12/10/2004 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
WM#128 | NMC 887981 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 12/10/2004 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
(4) In order to maintain the mineral claims comprising the Winnemucca Mountain Property in good standing, the Company must pay to the BLM a maintenance fee of US$135 per mineral claim prior to September 1,2005 and, in each successive year, the Company must pay the County in which the mining claims are located (the Humboldt County) a yearly fee prior to November 1 and file a form called an “Intent to Hold”. If the Company fails to duly pay such fees and file such form, then the mining claims will lapse and the Company will lose all interest that it has in these mining claims.
(5) The WM 101-125 claims and WM 126-135 claims were staked directly by AHL in November 2004 and December 2004, respectively. The WM101-135 claims were recorded with the BLM on January 20, 2005.
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Claim Name | BLM Serial No. | Registered Owner | Location Date | Expiry Date |
WM#129 | NMC 887982 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 12/10/2004 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
WM#130 | NMC 887983 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 12/10/2004 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
WM#131 | NMC 887984 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 12/10/2004 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
WM#132 | NMC 887985 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 12/10/2004 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
WM#133 | NMC 887986 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 12/10/2004 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
WM#134 | NMC 887987 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 12/10/2004 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
WM#135 | NMC 887988 | AHL Holdings Ltd | 12/10/2004 | Sept. 1, 2005 |
Location, Accessibility, Climate, Local Resources, Infrastructure and Physiography
The Winnemucca Mountain Property is located in northwestern Nevada, approximately 6 kilometers northwest of the municipality of Winnemucca. The property is within the Winnemucca Mountain Mining District of Humboldt County. The claims are situated on certain sections of the west flank of the Winnemucca Mountain. A map showing the location of and access to the Winnemucca Mountain Property is attached on page 24.
The Winnemucca Mountain Property is accessible from State Route 49, a graded gravel road from Winnemucca to Jungo. The claims that comprise the Winnemucca Mountain Property lie in an irregular, northerly trending block along the western flanks of Winnemucca Mountain. The mountain slopes are generally moderate along the west side of the claims, steepening on the east and in drainages. Pediment and alluvium cover is extensive, particularly in the western, or lower, part of the property where a classic bajada is developed. Within the claims, elevations range from approximately 1435 meters in the southwest corner to nearly 2000 meters in the east. The area is devoid of trees, and vegetation consists of sagebrush and sparse grass. The climate in southern Humboldt County is arid with annual rainfall averaging 20 cm (8 inches; Winnemucca Chamber of Commerce Website) and snowfall of 38 cm (16 inches; Nevada Climate Summaries Website). The area is characterized by hot summers and short, cold winters.
History and Previous Work
Gold and silver were first discovered in the Winnemucca Mining District in 1863 and several smelters were constructed along the Humboldt River during the 1860’s. In late 1988, Santa Fe Pacific Mining, Inc. (now Newmont Mining Corporation) (“Santa Fe”) entered into a joint venture with Arctic Precious Metals Inc. with respect to the Winnemucca Mountain Property and became operator. Previous exploration work performed by Santa Fe focused on the pediment-covered Swordfish Zone. Between 1988 and 1990, Santa Fe conducted geological mapping, rock sampling, trenching, CSAMT, induced polarization geophysical surveys, collected 286 auger hole bedrock samples and completed a total of 18,260 meters (52,470.8 feet) in 73 reverse circulation drill holes. In 1994, Anvil Resources Ltd. acquired the Winnemucca Mountain Property, became project operator and performed internal compilation work, prepared topographic base map and collected surface samples to confirm previous gold tenors. An induced polarization (IP) survey conducted in 1996 confirmed that resistivity highs correlated well with known mineralized areas and delineated two new target zones. There has been no record of exploration work since 1996.
Present Condition and Current State of Exploration
The Winnemucca Mountain Property is undeveloped and does not contain any open-pit or underground mines. There is no plant or equipment located on the property. No reserves have identified on the mineral claims that comprise the Winnemucca Mountain Property.
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Mineralization
The Winnemucca Mountain Property and surrounding area has had a long history of mineral exploration. As a result, gold occurrences and targets have been identified at several areas within the current property boundaries. Types of gold-bearing occurrences identified to date on the Winnemucca Mountain Property are: quartz stockworks in hornfelsed intrusive contact zones, quartz veins, volcanic breccias, and quartz-calcite veins.

Gold mineralization at the Swordfish Zone occurs within a northeast-trending, low sulfide, quartz-adularia vein-type system. Santa Fe completed 73 reverse circulation drill holes, nearly all of which were focused on the Swordfish
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Zone. Near the end of Santa Fe’s tenure on the Winnemucca Mountain Property, gold mineralization was found approximately 500 meters northeast of the Swordfish Zone, at what is now called the SF Extension Zone. This intercept has never been followed up by further drilling, and has been interpreted by the Company to indicate that the Swordfish Zone may be much more extensive than previously indicated, and that higher gold grades may occur in structurally-controlled zones northeast of Swordfish. The SF Extension, and beyond to the northeast, is a high-priority drill target for the Company.
In addition to the Swordfish and SF Extension areas, additional exploration targets have been identified and are comprised of multiple outcropping vein-style occurrences reported to carry anomalous gold values that have yet to be explored in detail.
Planned Work Program by the Issuer
The Company has obtained a geological report on the Winnemucca Mountain Property prepared by Harmen J. Keyser, Professional Geologist dated January 20, 2005. The geological report has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of National Instrument Policy 43-101. The geological report recommends the completion of a two stage exploration program on the Winnemucca Mountain Property, with the first stage consisting geochemical sampling, geophysical surveying and geological mapping, and the second stage consisting of a drilling program. The Company plans to complete the recommended two-stage work program during the 2005 spring and summer months. The first stage of the work program is estimated to cost US$100,000 and will include: obtaining all missing exploration data from prior operators for thorough compilation and review of existing exploration data and acquire additional land if necessary; mapping the Winnemucca Mountain Property and surrounding areas with special attention paid to understanding structure and investigate outcropping gold mineralization reported in the eastern part of the property; a complete reconnaissance scale soil sampling with more detailed sampling in the area of the Swordfish and other potential targets; and carrying out CSAMT and/or induced polarization surveying as orientation and reconnaissance in the known Swordfish zone and other potential targets and expand the survey area if positive results are obtained. If geological evaluation of the first stage of the work-program indicates that the second stage of the exploration program is warranted and the Company is able to obtain additional financing, the Company will proceed to the second stage of the work program, estimated to cost US$300,000, to continue exploration by reverse circulation drilling.
To satisfy exploration expenditure obligations under the Option and Royalty Agreement and to effect the planned two-stage work-program, the Company must raise approximately US$571,429 in total (US$142,857 for first stage and US$428,571 for the second stage). The Company plans to raise funds for the work-program through equity financing. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to raise the funds necessary to proceed with the second stage of the exploration program even if the second stage of the exploration program is recommended.
Compliance With Government Regulation
Murray Property
All mineral exploration activities undertaken on the Murray Property must be completed in accordance with the Territorial Land Use Regulations of the Canadian Department of Indian and Northern Affairs. The Territorial Land Use Regulations do not impose any permitting requirements for the initial stages of exploration work involving prospecting, staking or locating a mineral claim unless the exploration requires the use of equipment or material that normally requires a permit. The regulations prescribe thresholds that will require either a Class B land use permit or a Class A land use permit depending on the amount of physical disturbance to the land. The exploration work to be completed on the Murray Property consisting of geologic mapping and rock sampling will not meet the threshold requirements that would require a land use permit due to the fact that no equipment will be necessary. Accordingly, the Company may proceed with the initial phase of exploration without any land use permit.
Winnemucca Mountain Property
The Company will be required to conduct all mineral exploration activities on the Winnemucca Mountain Property in accordance with the Bureau of Land Management of the United States Department of the Interior. No permits will be required to be obtained in connection with the completion of stage one of the planned exploration program on the Winnemucca Mountain Property. The Company will be required to obtain a permit prior to the initiation of the second stage of the recommended exploration program as this stage will involve drilling on the property. A plan of operation would be required to be submitted to the BLM in connection with the permit application. It is estimated that it would take approximately 3-6 weeks to obtain the required permit at an estimated cost of approximately US$50. The Company will also have to provide a reclamation bond in the order of US$10,000 to US$20,000 before drilling may be commenced.
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In addition, the Company will be required to make payments in lieu of exploration work in the aggregate amount of $9,720 (at $135 per claim) by September 1, 2005 in order to maintain the claims comprising the Winnemucca Mountain Property in good standing. The Company will also be required to pay county fees to the state of Nevada.
ITEM 5. OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS
The following discussion for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2004, the first full year of operation, should be read in conjunction with the financial statements of the Issuer and the notes thereto.
5.A. Results of Operations
The Issuer has only been in existence since June 2003. Since that time, the Issuer has completed private placements and raised $206,000 in cash and has entered into the Property Option Agreement to purchase an interest in the Murray Property and the Option and Royalty Agreement with respect to the Winnemucca Mountain Property. The Company’s private placements occurred in Canada pursuant to the exemption provided under Section 3.1 of Multilateral Instrument 45-103. The private placements were to Canadian residents in transactions completed in accordance with Rule 903 of Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933 as the transactions were “offshore transactions” completed without any “directed selling efforts” in the United States, with each of the terms “offshore transactions” and “directed selling efforts” having the meanings prescribed in Regulation S. For the remainder of Fiscal 2005, ending March 31, 2005, the Issuer intends to continue exploration efforts on the Murray Property and the Winnemucca Mountain Property so that it may determine which property to further focus its exploration efforts.
Nine Months Ended December 31, 2004 vs. Nine Months Ended December 31, 2003
During the nine months ended December 31, 2004, the Company reported a loss of $277,408 or $0.04 per share (loss of $39,227 or $0.01 per share for the three months ended December 31, 2004). The Company did not generate any revenue during either reporting period and incurred minimal overhead expenses. Included in the statement of loss for both the nine-month ($128,165) and three-month ($14220) periods ended December 31, 2004 is a provision for stock-based compensation expense. The accounting policy for such item is as described elsewhere in this document.
The only exploration related activity of the Company during the current fiscal year to date is the execution of the Option and Royalty Agreement on December 3, 2004, as amended on January 7, 2005 and as further amended on February 25, 2005, of which the Company has entered into regarding the Winnemucca Mountain Property.
Three Months Ended June 30, 2004 vs. Three Months Ended June 30, 2003
The Issuer was not incorporated until June 19, 2003.
During the three months ended June 30, 2004, the Company reported a loss of $51,304 or $0.02 per share. The Company did not generate any revenue during the period, and incurred minor overhead expenses. Expenses were $51,304 and include management fees of $18,750, rent and administration fees of $4,050, legal fees of $9,801, consulting fees of $4,000, and promotion and advertising fees of $9,228. Other miscellaneous expenses totalled $5,475. During the quarter, the Company did not make any exploration or property expenditures.
Fiscal 2004 Ended March 31, 2004
During the period from incorporation on June 19, 2003 to the financial year ended March 31, 2004, the Company did not generate any revenue. Expenses during this period were $152,133 and include management fees of $53,400, rent and administration fees of $41,445, legal fees of $21,450, consulting fees of $20,500, promotion and advertising fees of $4,228, and accounting/audit fees of $5,603. Other miscellaneous expenses totaled $5,507.
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During the period ended March 31, 2004, the Company pre-paid administration and management fees totaling $25,550. During the period ended March 31, 2004, the Company incurred expenditures of $27,000 for the acquisition of the Murray property, of which $10,000 was paid through the issuance of 200,000 Series “P” Special Warrants of the Company to Zimtu.
5.B. Liquidity and Capital Resources
Fiscal Quarter Ended December 31, 2004
Since incorporation in June 2003, the Company’s capital resources have been limited. The Company has had to rely upon the sale of equity securities for the cash required for capital acquisitions, exploration and development, and administration, among other things.
The Company will continue to require funds to meet its obligations under the Property Option Agreement and under the Option and Royalty Agreement and as a result, will have to continue to rely on equity and debt financing during such period. There can be no assurance that financing, whether debt or equity, will always be available to the Company in the amount required at any particular time or for any particular period or, if available, that it can be obtained on terms satisfactory to the Company. Pursuant to the Murray Property agreement, as amended September 16, 2004, the Company must expend a total of $250,000 on the Murray Property over a period of three years. In addition, in order to maintain its Winnemucca Mountain Property agreement in good standing the Company must expend a total of US$4,000,000 over a period of four years. The Company does not have any other commitments for material capital expenditures over either the near or long term and none are presently contemplated other than as disclosed above and or over normal operating requirements.
On January 10, 2005 the Company closed a non-brokered private placement of 600,000 units at a price of $0.16 per unit for total proceeds of $96,000. Each unit consists of one common share and one non-transferable share purchase warrant. Each warrant entitles the holder there of to purchase an additional common share of the Company at a price of $0.25 per share for a period of two years.
Financial Condition and Cash Flows
The Company has a working capital deficiency of $21,761 at December 31, 2004 as compared to positive working capital of $127,482 at March 31, 2004. The decrease in working capital corresponds directly to the operating expenses of the Company. It also reflects the fact that, as described earlier, the Company has no revenues from operations and at this time is dependent on raising its working capital from the junior resource equity markets. As noted above, the Company remedied in part its working capital deficiency by completing a private placement financing for $96,000 in January 2005. The Company anticipates that it will require approximately $350,000over the next twelve months in undertaking its plan of operations, which amount will include completion of the initial stages of exploration on the Murray Property and the Winnenucca Mountain Property. Due to these financing requirements, the Company plans to return to the junior resource capital markets in the near future in order to complete additional financings necessary to fund the Company’s ongoing operating cash requirements. The Company anticipates that it will require approximately $150,000 in additional financing in order to undertake its plan of operations for the next twelve months. The Company does not have any arrangements in place for this financing and there is no assurance that the Company will obtain this financing.
US GAAP Reconciliation
Under Canadian GAAP, mineral properties, including exploration and acquisition costs, are carried at cost and written down if the properties are abandoned, sold or if management decides not to pursue the properties. Under US GAAP, all expenditures relating to mineral interests prior to the completion of a definitive feasibility study, which establishes proven and probable reserves, must be expensed as incurred. Once a final feasibility study has been completed, additional costs incurred to bring a mine into production are capitalized.
Under Canadian GAAP, stock options granted to employees and non-employees prior to January 1, 2002 are accounted for as capital transactions when the options are exercised. Subsequent to January 1, 2002, stock options granted to employees continue to be accounted for as capital transactions and stock options granted to non-employees are accounted for using the fair value method. Under US GAAP, options granted to employees are accounted for by the intrinsic value method, and options granted to non-employees are accounted for under the fair value method.
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The reader is advised to consult the Issuer’s audited annual financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2004, particularly Note 10 for quantification of the differences.
5.C. Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
5.D. Tabular disclosure of contractual obligations
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Critical Accounting Policies
Management is required to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. On a regular basis, we evaluate our estimates and assumptions. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
The significant US GAAP versus Canadian GAAP accounting policies that are most critical to aid in fully understanding and evaluating reported financial results include: the expensing of mineral property acquisition/exploration costs; utilizing a ceiling test for the carrying value of producing mineral properties; and accounting for stock-based compensation.
The Issuer capitalizes mineral property acquisition and exploration costs until the Murray Property is placed into production, sold, allowed to lapse or otherwise abandoned. All mineral property acquisition and exploration costs have been acquired for cash and/or common shares. The Issuer performs periodic evaluations to evaluate recoverability of mineral property costs. Under SEC interpretation of US GAAP, all such acquisition and/or exploration costs are expensed in the period incurred.
For US GAAP purposes, the Issuer had elected under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” (“SFAS 123”) to continue to apply the intrinsic value based method of accounting for stock-based compensation under APB 25 “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees”. Under the intrinsic value method, stock compensation is the excess, if any, of the quoted market value of the stock at the measured date of the grant over the amount an optionee must pay to acquire the stock. Under US GAAP, the issue of stock options to non-employees is accounted for under SFAS 123. The fair value of the stock options granted to non-employees will be estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and the following weighted-average assumptions: dividend yield; expected volatility; risk-free interest rate; and expected average option life.
Changes in Accounting Policies
During the three months ended September 30, 2004, the Company granted 500,000 stock options to certain directors. During the three months ended December 31, 2004, the Company granted 50,000 stock options to a consultant. Pursuant to accounting standards as determined by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, companies must use the fair value based method of accounting for stock awards for fiscal years beginning January 1, 2004. Accordingly, the Company has adopted a policy with regard to this matter as disclosed in the notes to the interim financial statements for the nine months ended December 31, 2004. The impact of such policy was that a charge to operations for stock-based compensation amounting to $113,945 was made during the three-month period ended September 30, 2004 with an additional charge of $14,220 recorded in the three-month period ended December 31, 2004. In both cases an offsetting credit was recorded to contributed surplus.
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Recent Accounting Pronouncements Applicable to US
In July 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards, or SFAS, No. 141 “Business Combinations,” or SFAS 141, and SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” or SFAS 142. SFAS 141 requires all business combinations initiated after June 30, 2001 to be accounted for using the purchase method of accounting. Under SFAS 142, goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives are no longer amortized but are reviewed for impairment annually or more frequently if impairment indicators arise. All other intangible assets will continue to be amortized over their estimated useful lives. The amortization provisions of SFAS 142 apply to goodwill and intangible assets acquired after June 30, 2001. With respect to goodwill and intangible assets acquired prior to July 1, 2001, we are required to adopt SFAS 142 effective July 1, 2002. The adoption of SFAS 141 and SFAS 142 is not expected to have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations.
In August 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”, or SFAS 144. Although SFAS 144 supersedes SFAS No. 121, “Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of, or SFAS 121, it retains the requirements of SFAS 121 regarding recognition of impairment loss for long-lived assets to be held and used (based on undiscounted cash flows) and resolves certain implementation issues. Under SFAS 144, companies will (1) recognize an impairment loss only if the carrying amount of a long-lived asset is not recoverable based on its undiscounted future cash flows and (2) measure an impairment loss as the difference between the carrying amount and fair value of the asset. SFAS 144 also provides guidance on accounting and disclosure issues surrounding long-lived assets to be disposed of by sale. The adoption of SFAS 144 on July 1, 2002 is not expected to have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations.
On April 30, 2002, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 145, Rescission of FASB Statements No. 4, 44, and 64, Amendment of FASB Statement No. 13, and Technical Corrections (“SFAS 145”). Among other amendments and rescissions, SFAS No.145 eliminates the requirement that gains and losses from the extinguishments of debt be aggregated and, if material, classified as an extraordinary item, net of the related income tax effect, unless such gains and losses meet the criteria in paragraph 20 of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30, Reporting the Results of Operations, Reporting the Effects of Disposal of a Segment of a Business, and Extraordinary, Unusual and Infrequently Occurring Events and Transactions. The adoption of SFAS 145 on May 15, 2002 did not have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations.
In July 2002, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS No. 146, Accounting for Exit or Disposal Activities. SFAS No. 146 addresses the recognition, measurement, and reporting of costs that are associated with exit and disposal activities, including costs related to terminating a contract that is not a capital lease and termination benefits that employees who are involuntarily terminated receive under the terms of a one-time benefit arrangement that is not an ongoing benefit arrangement or an individual deferred-compensation contract. SFAS No. 146 supercedes Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 94-3, Liability Recognition for Certain Employee Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain Costs Incurred in a Restructuring). SFAS No. 146 will be effective for exit or disposal activities of the Issuer that are initiated after December 31, 2002 and are not expected to have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations.
ITEM 6. DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT, AND EMPLOYEES
6.A. Directors and Senior Management
Table No. 6
Directors and Senior Management
December 31, 2004
Name | Position | Age | Date of First Election Or Appointment |
Lawrence Dick (1) | President, CEO & Director | 52 | June 19, 2003 |
Warren McIntyre (1) | Corporate Secretary, CFO & Director | 42 | June 19, 2003 |
Paul Cowley | Director | 48 | September 15, 2004 |
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Name | Position | Age | Date of First Election Or Appointment |
Chris Osterman (1) | Director | 47 | July 15, 2004 |
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(1) Member of Audit Committee
Lawrence Dick (President, CEO and Director): Mr. Dick is a Professional Geologist. He also serves as the President and a Director of Continuum Resources Ltd., an unrelated public company. He has been in those capacities with Continuum Resources Ltd. since 2002. During 2001 and 2002 he was a self employed geological consultant. He has been a Director of General Minerals Corp., an unrelated public company, since 1994 and he served as the Executive Vice President of General Minerals Corp. from August, 1995 until January 2001. Mr. Dick spends 50% of his time on the affairs of the Issuer.
Warren McIntyre (Corporate Secretary, CFO and Director): Mr. McIntyre has been a corporate communications consultant since January of 2001. During that time he acted as a consultant for Plus International, an unrelated public company (January 2001 until September 2001); Evolve Financial, a private investor relations firm, (2001 until October 2002); Dolphins Resorts, a chain of vacation resorts (November 2002 until February 2003); and, Continuum Resources Ltd., an unrelated public company (March 2003 to present. Mr. McIntyre spends 50% of his time on the affairs of the Issuer.
Paul Cowley (Director): Mr. Cowley is a professional geologist who received his Bachelor of Science (Honors) in Geology from the University of British Columbia in 1979. Since April of 2000 he has been the Vice President of Exploration and a Consulting Geologist for Gold City Industries Ltd., an unrelated public company. During 2002 he was also a Consulting Geologist and the Reverse Circulation Supervisor for Cumberland Resources Corp., an unrelated public company. During 2000 and 2001 he also served as a Consulting Geologist and Regional Exploration Manager for the Hope Bay Joint Venture. He was the Vice President of Exploration and a Director of Rampton Resource Corp. from April of 1997 until April of 1999. He has also served as the President, CEO and a Director since 1997 of Alliance Mining Ltd., an unrelated public company. In all of these capacities, Mr. Cowley has been involved in all facets of mineral exploration. Mr. Cowley spends 5% of his time on the affairs of the issuer.
Chris Osterman (Director): Dr. Osterman has 25 years of experience in the mining and exploration industry. Starting as a mining engineer at the San Manuel mine in Arizona in 1979, Dr. Osterman later received a M.S. in Geological Engineering from the University of Arizona (1984) and a Ph.D. in Geology from the Colorado School of Mines (1999). His experience includes gold, nickel and copper mining and exploration in Southern Africa, silver exploration in Bolivia and porphyry copper exploration in Mexico, Chile, Peru and Mongolia. He has spent over three years in search for epithermal gold and silver deposits in the western Sierra Madres and porphyry copper deposits in Sonora, Mexico. Dr. Osterman has been self-employed for the past five years. Dr. Osterman spends 10% of his time on the affairs on the issuer.
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/By-Laws of the Company. The Senior Management serves at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.
No Director and/or Senior Management had 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.
There are no family relationships between any two or more 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
Cash Compensation
Total compensation accrued and/or paid (directly and/or indirectly) to all Directors/Senior Management during Fiscal 2004 ended March 31, 2004 was nil.
Table No. 7
Stock Option Grants in period ending December 31, 2004
Name | Number of Options Granted | % Of Total Options Granted | Exercise Price per Share | Grant Date | Expiration Date | Mkt. Value of Securities Underlying Options on Date of Grant |
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Dr. Chris Osterman | 250,000 | 100% | $0.25 | July 15, 2004 | July 15, 2009 | $0.25 |
Paul Cowley | 250,000 | 100% | $0.25 | September 15, 2004 | September 15, 2009 | $0.25 |
Penny Burnham | 50,000 | 100% | $0.34 | December 8, 2004 | December 8, 2009 | $0.34 |
The following table gives certain information concerning stock option exercises during Fiscal 2004 by our Senior Management and Directors. It also gives information concerning stock option values.
Table No. 8
Aggregated Stock Options Exercises in Fiscal 2004
Fiscal Yearend Unexercised Stock Options
Fiscal Yearend Stock Option Values
Senior Management/Directors
Name | Number of Shares Acquired on Exercise | Aggregate Value Realized | Number of Unexercised Options at Fiscal Year-End Exercisable/Unexercisable | Value of Unexercised In- the-Money Options at Fiscal Year-End Exercisable/Unexercisable |
Dr. Chris Osterman | Nil | Nil | 250,000 | Nil |
Paul Cowley | Nil | Nil | 250,000 | Nil |
Penny Burnham | Nil | Nil | 50,000 | Nil |
No Stock Options were exercised during Fiscal 2004, ended March 31, 2004 by Senior Management/Directors.
Director Compensation. The Issuer had no formal plan for compensating its Directors for their service in their capacity as Directors. 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 Issuer other than services ordinarily required of a Director. Other than indicated below no Director received any compensation for his services as a Director, including committee participation and/or special assignments.
Stock Options. The Issuer may grant stock options to Directors, Senior Management and employees. As at February 7, 2005, 550,000 stock options have been granted remain unexercised. Refer to ITEM #6.E., “Share Ownership” and Table No. 7 and 8 for information about stock options outstanding.
Change of Control Remuneration. The Issuer had no plans or arrangements in respect of remuneration received or that may be received by Executive Officers of the Issuer in Fiscal 2005 to compensate such officers in the event
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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$60,000 per Senior Management.
Other Compensation. No Senior Management/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.
Bonus/Profit Sharing/Non-Cash Compensation. Except for the stock option program discussed in ITEM #6.E., the Issuer had no material bonus or profit sharing plans pursuant to which cash or non-cash compensation is or may be paid to the Issuer’s Directors or Senior Management.
Pension/Retirement Benefits. No funds were set aside or accrued by the Issuer during Fiscal 2002 to provide pension, retirement or similar benefits for Directors or Senior Management.
6.C. Board Practices
6.C.1. Terms of Office
Refer to ITEM 6.A.1.
6.C.2. Directors’ Service Contracts
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6.C.3. Board of Director Committees
The Issuer has an Audit Committee, which advises the Board of Directors with respect to the engagement of the independent auditors of the Issuer and reviews the scope and results of the Issuer’s audits with the independent auditors, the Issuer’s internal accounting controls, and the professional services furnished by the independent auditors to the Issuer. The current members of the Audit Committee are: Lawrence Dick, Warren McIntyre and Chris Osterman. The Audit Committee met once during Fiscal 2004.
6.D. Employees
As of December 31, 2004, the Issuer had no employees only independent contractors, excluding Senior Management. The independent contractors are individuals who perform work on the Issuer’s property.
6.E. Share Ownership
Table No. 7 lists, as of December 31, 2004, Directors and Senior Management who beneficially own the Issuer’s voting securities, consisting solely of common shares and the amount of the Issuer’s voting securities owned by the Directors and Senior Management as a group.
Table No. 9
Shareholdings of Directors and Senior Management
Shareholdings of 5% Shareholders
Title of | | Amount and Nature of | Percent of |
Class | Name of Beneficial Owner | Beneficial Ownership | Class(2) |
| | | |
Common | Lawrence Dick | 443,125 | 6.8% |
Common | Warren McIntyre | 443,125 | 6.8% |
Common | Roelof de Jonge | 443,125 | 6.8% |
Common | Chris Osterman (1) | 250,000 | 3.8% |
Common | Bruce Bragagnolo | 422,536 | 6.5% |
Common | Core Development Corp. | 550,000 | 8.4% |
Common | David Eaton | 443,125 | 6.8% |
Common | J. Christopher Grove | 500,000 | 7.6% |
Common | Southbank | 500,000 | 7.6% |
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(1) | These shares are represented by currently exercisable share purchase options. |
(2) | Percentages based on 6,550,100 shares outstanding as at December 31, 2004. |
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Title of | | Amount and Nature of | Percent of |
Class | Name of Beneficial Owner | Beneficial Ownership | Class (2) |
| | | |
Common | International Zimtu Technologies Inc. | 340,328 | 5.2% |
Common | Paul Cowley (1) | 250,000 | 3.8% |
| Total Directors/Management 5% Holders | 4,858,364 | 70.0% |
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(3) | These shares are represented by currently exercisable share purchase options. |
(4) | Percentages based on 6,550,100 shares outstanding as at December 31, 2004. |
Stock Options. The terms of incentive options that may be granted by the Issuer are in accordance with the rules and policies of the TSX Venture Exchange and the British Columbia Securities Commission, including the number of common shares under option, the exercise price and expiry date of such options and any amendments thereto. The Issuer adopted a formal written stock option plan (the "Plan") on September 28, 2004.
Such "terms and conditions", including the pricing of the options, expiry and the eligibility of personnel for such stock options; are described below.
The principal purposes of the Issuer's stock option program are to (a) assist the company in attracting, retaining, and motivating directors, officers and employees of the Company and, (b) to closely align the personal interests of such directors, officers and employees with the interests of the Company and its shareholders.
The Plan provides that stock options may be granted to service providers for the Issuer. The term "service providers" means (a) any full or part-time employee or Officer, or insider of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries; (b) any other person employed by a company or individual providing management services to the Issuer; (c) any other person or company engaged to provide ongoing consulting services for the Issuer or any entity controlled by the Issuer or (d) any individual engaged to provide services that promote the purchase or sale of the issued securities (any person in (a), (b), (c) or (d) hereinafter referred to as an "Eligible Person"); and (e) any registered retirement savings plan established by such Eligible Person, or any corporation controlled by such Eligible Person, the issued and outstanding voting shares of which are, and will continue to be, beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by such Eligible Person and/or spouse, children and/or grandchildren of such Eligible Person. For stock options to Employees, Consultants or Management Company Employees, the Issuer must represent that the optionee is a bona fide Employee, Consultant or Management Company Employee as the case may be. The terms "insider" "Controlled" and "subsidiary" shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Securities Act (Ontario) from time to time. Subject to the foregoing, the board of directors or Committee, as applicable, shall have full and final authority to determine the persons who are to be granted options under the Plan and the number of shares subject to each option.
The Plan shall be administered by the board of directors of the Issuer or a committee established by the board of directors for that purpose. Subject to approval of the granting of options by the board of directors or Committee, as applicable, the Issuer shall grant options under the Plan.
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The Plan provides that the aggregate number of shares of the Issuer, which may be issued and sold under the Plan, will not exceed 10% of the issued shares of the Issuer. The Issuer shall not, upon the exercise of any option, be required to issue or deliver any shares prior to (a) the admission of such shares to listing on any stock exchange on which the Issuer's shares may them be listed, and (b) the completion of such registration or other qualification of such shares under any law, rules or regulation as the Issuer shall determine to be necessary or advisable. If any shares cannot be issued to any optionee for whatever reason, the obligation of the Issuer to issue such shares shall terminate and any option exercise price paid to the Issuer shall be returned to the optionee.
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 Plan. Any stock option outstanding when the Plan is terminated will remain in effect until it is exercised or it expires. The 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 Issuer may be granted to any one individual in any 12-month period;
(d) Options to acquire no more than 2% of the issued shares of the Issuer may be granted to any one consultant in any 12-month period;
(e) Options to acquire no more than an aggregate of 2% of the issued shares of the Issuer may be granted to an employee conducting investor relations activities (as defined in TSX Venture Exchange Policy 1.1), in any 12 month period;
(f) Options to acquire no more than 10% of the issued shares of the Issuer may be granted to any insiders in any 12-month period;
(g) 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;
(h) 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 Issuer to provide investor relations activities; and
(i) 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 a period of one year following the option holder's death.
The Plan provides that other terms and conditions may be attached to a particular stock option, such terms and conditions to be referred to in a schedule attached to the option certificate. Stock options granted to directors, senior officers, employees or consultants will vest when granted unless otherwise determined by the Board on a case by case basis, other than stock options granted to consultants performing investor relations activities, which will vest in stages over 12 months with no more than one-fourth of the options vesting in any three month period.
The price at which an option holder may purchase a common share upon the exercise of a stock option will be as set forth in the option certificate issued in respect of such option and in any event will not be less than the discounted market price of the Issuer's common shares as of the date of the grant of the stock option (the "Award Date"). The market price of the Issuer's common shares for a particular Award Date will typically be the closing trading price of the Issuer's common shares on the day immediately preceding the Award Date, or otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Plan. Where there is no such closing price or trade on the prior trading day "market price" shall mean the average of the most recent bid and ask of the shares of the Issuer on any stock exchange on which the shares are listed or dealing network on which the shares of the Issuer trade.
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In no case will a stock option be exercisable at a price less than the minimum prescribed by each of the organized trading facilities or the applicable regulatory authorities that would apply to the award of the stock option in question.
Common shares will not be issued pursuant to stock options granted under the Plan until they have been fully paid for by the option holder. The Issuer will not provide financial assistance to option holders to assist them in exercising their stock options.
The names and titles of the Directors/Executive Officers of the Issuer to whom outstanding stock options have been granted and the number of common shares subject to such options is set forth in Table No. 10 as of December 31, 2004, as well as the number of options granted to Directors and independent contractors.
Table No. 10
Stock Options Outstanding
| Number of Shares of | Exercise | | |
Name | Common Stock | Price | Grant Date | Expiration Date |
| | | | |
Officers/Directors: | | | | |
| | | | |
Dr. Chris Osterman | 250,000 | $0.25 | July 15, 2004 | July 15, 2009 |
Mr. Paul Cowley | 250,000 | $0.25 | September 15, 2004 | September 15, 2009 |
Penny Burnham | 50,000 | $0.34 | December 8, 2004 | December 8, 2009 |
Total Officers/Directors | 500,000 | |
Total Employees/Consultants | 50,000 | |
Total | 550,000 | |
ITEM 7. MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
7.A. Major Shareholders
7.A.1.a. Holdings By Major Shareholders
For holdings by major shareholders, see ITEM #6.E and Table No. 7.
7.A.1.b. Significant Changes in Major Shareholders' Holdings
---No Disclosure Required---
7.A.1.c. Different Voting Rights
The Issuer's major shareholders do not have different voting rights.
7.A.2. Canadian Share Ownership
As at September 15, 2004, the Issuer's shareholders' list showed 6,150,100 common shares outstanding and 97 registered shareholders. The Issuer has researched the indirect holding by depository institutions and other financial institutions estimates that there are: 92 "holders of record" resident in Canada, holding 5,551,854 common shares and no "holders of record" resident in the USA. Shareholders located in the United Kingdom and the British West Indies hold the remaining 598,246 common shares.
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7.A.3. Control of the Company
The Issuer is a publicly owned Canadian corporation, the shares of which are owned by Canadian residents and other foreign residents. The Issuer 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---
7.B. Related Party Transactions
For the Quarter Ended December 31, 2004
During the nine months ended December 31, 2004, the Company incurred charges with a company who is a significant shareholder, with a company whose director acts as a manager of the Company, with companies with a common director, and directly with a director as follows:
Management Fees | $41,379 | |
Promotion and Advertising | $450 | |
Rent and administration fees | $7,050 | |
| | |
| $48,879 | |
These transactions were measured by the exchange amount, which is the amount agreed upon by the transacting parties. During the three months ended December 31, 2004, the only related party transaction was the payment of $3,000 by the Company to a company with a common director with respect to office rent. During the period ended March 31, 2004, the Company prepaid a total of $25,550 in respect of a management services agreement to a company whose director formerly acted as manager for the Company. As at December 31, 2004, the prepaid balance under this agreement was reduced to nil.
For the Year Ended March 31, 2004
During the period ended March 31, 2004, the Company incurred the following charges with Zimtu, a significant shareholder, and with a company whose director acts as a manager of the Company: As of September 15, 2004, Zimtu held 5.5% of the Common Shares of the Company.
Consulting | $ 10,500 | |
Management fees | 52,400 | |
Promotion and advertising | 2,500 | |
Rent and administration fees | 41,445 | |
| $ 106,845 | |
These charges were measured by the exchange amount, which is the amount agreed upon by the transacting parties. The two related parties are, Zimtu and Shaun Ledding, a manager for the Issuer. During the period ended March 31, 2004, the Company prepaid a total of $25,550 in respect of a management services agreement to a company whose director acts as manager for the Company. The related party is Shaun Ledding. During the period ended March 31, 2004, the Company entered into a mineral property option agreement with a public company who is a shareholder of the Company, to which it paid cash of $17,000 and issued 200,000 Series "P" Special Warrants valued at $10,000. The related party is Zimtu.
Accounting Fees
The Issuer paid accounting fees of $5,992 and $1,891 to Amisano Hanson during Fiscal 2004 and Fiscal 2005 (to date), respectively. These accounting fees consisted of auditing the Issuer's annual financial statements.
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Shareholder Loans
---No Disclosure Required---
Amounts Owing to Senior Management/Directors
Except as disclosed in this Registration Statement, there have been no transactions since August 31, 2003, or proposed transactions, which have materially affected or will materially affect the Issuer in which any director, executive officer, or beneficial holder of more than 5% of the outstanding common shares, or any of their respective relatives, spouses, associates or affiliates has had or will have any direct or material indirect interest. Management believes the transactions referenced above were on terms at least as favorable to the Issuer as the Issuer could have obtained from unaffiliated parties.
7.C. Interests of Experts and Counsel
---No Disclosure Necessary---
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
8.A. Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information
The Issuer's financial statements are stated in Canadian Dollars (CDN$) and are prepared in accordance with Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), the application of which, in the case of the Issuer, 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 Registration Statement. The audit reports of Amisano Hanson, Independent Chartered Accountants, are included herein immediately preceding the financial statements.
Audited Financial Statements: Fiscal 2004 Ended March 31st
Unaudited Financial Statements: December 31, 2004
8.A.7. Legal/Arbitration Proceedings
The Directors and the management of the Issuer do not know of any material, active or pending, legal proceedings against them; nor is the Issuer involved as a plaintiff in any material proceeding or pending litigation.
The Directors and the management of the Issuer know of no active or pending proceedings against anyone that might materially adversely affect an interest of the Issuer.
8.B. Significant Changes
ITEM 9. THE OFFER AND LISTING
9.A.4 Common Share Trading Information
The Company's common shares trade on the CNQ in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, under the symbol "GOLD". The Issuer applied for listing on the CNQ and began trading on the CNQ on June 14, 2004.
Table No. 13 lists the high and low sales prices on the CNQ for the last three months. No other disclosure is provided as the Issuer only began trading on June 14, 2004.
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Table No. 13
CNQ
Common Shares Trading Activity
- Sales -
Canadian Dollars
Period | High | Low |
| | |
Month Ended September 30, 2004 | $0.27 | $0.20 |
Month Ended October 31, 2004 | $0.22 | $0.16 |
Month Ended November 30, 2004 | $0.22 | $0.16 |
Month Ended December 31, 2004 | $0.38 | $0.20 |
Month Ended January 31, 2005 | $0.43 | $0.30 |
| | |
Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2004 | Not | Public |
9.A.5. Common Share Description
Registrar/Common Shares Outstanding/Shareholders
The Issuer has only one class of shares authorized, namely, common shares without par value. There are an unlimited number of common shares authorized. As of December 31, 2004 a total of 6,550,100 shares were issued and outstanding. All shares are initially issued and registered in the name of the shareholder or its nominee. There are no restrictions on the transferability of the shares imposed by the Issuer's contacting documents. The registrar and transfer agent for the common shares is Pacific Corporate Trust of Canada located at 625 Howe Street, 10th Floor, Vancouver, B.C. Canada, V6C 3B8.
Common Share Description
All of the authorized common shares of the Issuer are of the same class and, once issued, rank equally as to dividends, voting powers, and participation in assets.
Holders of common shares are entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all matters to be acted upon by the shareholders. Holders of common shares 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 Issuer, holders of common shares are entitled to receive pro rata the assets of Issuer, 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 CBCA. Unless the CBCA, the Issuer's Articles or Articles of Incorporation otherwise provide, any action to be taken by a resolution of the shareholders may be taken by an ordinary resolution, being approval by a vote of a majority of the votes cast in respect of the matter at the shareholders' meeting.
There are no restrictions on the repurchase or redemption of common shares of the Issuer while there is any arrearage in the payment of dividends or sinking fund installments.
Stock Options
Refer to ITEM 6.E. and Table No. 8 for additional information.
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Share Purchase Warrants
As of December 31, 2004 there were no share purchase warrants outstanding. However, on January 10, 2005, the Company closed a non-brokered private placement of 600,000 units at a price of $0.16 per unit. Each unit consists of one common share and one non-transferable share purchase warrant. Each warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase an additional common share of the Company at price of $0.25 per share for a period of two years from the date of issuance. Such warrants have a four-month hold period expiring May 9, 2005. As such, as at January 31, 2005, there were 600,000 share purchase warrants outstanding.
9.A.6. Differing Rights
9.A.7.a. Subscription Warrants/Right
9.A.7.b. Convertible Securities/Warrants
---Not applicable---
9.C. Stock Exchanges Identified
The common shares of the Company trade on CNQ. Refer to ITEM #9.A.4.
ITEM 10. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
10.A. Share Capital
10.A.1. Authorized/Issued Capital.
As of March 31, 2004 there was an unlimited number of common shares without par value authorized with 100 common shares issued and outstanding. As at February 28, 2005, there were 6,750,100 common shares issued and outstanding. During the last five years, $27,000 of the capital has been "paid for" with assets other than cash.
10.A.2. Shares Not Representing Capital
10.A.3. Shares Held By Company
---No Disclosure Necessary---
10.A.4. Stock Options/Share Purchase Warrants
10.A.5. Stock Options/Share Purchase Warrants
Refer to Table No. 7, Table No. 8 and Table No. 10.
10.A.6. History of Share Capital
The Issuer has financed its operations through funds raised in public/private placements of common shares, warrants and special warrants; and shares issued upon the conversion of special warrants. The following table shows the monies raised by the Company as at February 28, 2005:
Nature of Share Issuance | Number of Shares | Amount |
| | |
Issue of Common Shares (1) | 100 | $100 |
Exercise of Special Warrants (2) | 5,750,000 | $286,500 |
Exercise of Special Warrants (3) | 200,000 | $10,000 |
Exercise of Special Warrants (4) | 200,000 | $10,000 |
Issue of Common Shares (5) | 400,000 | $80,000 |
Issue of Common Shares (6) | 600,000 | $96,000 |
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Nature of Share Issuance | Number of Shares | Amount |
| | |
Issue of Common Shares (7) | 200,000 | $40,000 |
Total | 7,350,100 | $522,600.00 |
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(1) | These shares were issued to Alicia Cumming and Zimtu, the founders of the Issuer. |
(2) | The Company issued 1,400,000 Series "A" Special Warrants at $0.01 per warrant for proceeds of $14,000. The Company issued 3,250,000 Series "B" Special Warrants at $0.05 per warrant for total proceeds of $162,500. The Company issued 1,100,000 Series "F" Special Warrants at $0.10 per warrant for total proceeds of $110,000. Each Series "A", "B" and "F" Special Warrant is exchangeable into one common share of the Company on or before the fifth day after the regulatory authorities of British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario issue a final receipt for a prospectus. The final receipt was issued on May 14, 2004 and all "A", "B" and "F" Special Warrants were exercised. |
(3) | These Series "L" Special Warrants were issue at $0.05 per warrant for proceeds of $10,000 in September 2003 pursuant to an agreement for services with the Issuer's Canadian legal counsel, Mr. Bruce Bragagnolo. |
(4) | These Series "P" Special Warrants were issued at $0.05 per warrant for proceeds of $10,000 in September 2003 pursuant to an agreement to purchase the Murray Property. These Special Warrants have not been exercised as at January 31, 2005. |
(5) | Pursuant to the acquisition of the Winnemucca Mountain Property, the Company issued 100,000 common shares to Golden Arc Mining and Refining Inc. (“Golden Arc”), 200,000 common shares to Golden Sands and 100,000 common shares with respect to finder’s fees on December 10, 2004, each share was issued at $0.20 per share. |
(6) | These shares were issued at $0.16 per share for proceeds of $96,000 on January 10, 2005. |
(7) | Pursuant to the acquisition of the Winnemucca Mountain Property, the Company issued 200,000 common shares to Gold Sands at a deemed price of $0.20 per share on February 25, 2005. |
10.A.7. Resolutions/Authorizations/Approvals
---No Disclosure Necessary---
10.B. Memorandum and Articles of Association
The Company was incorporated on June 10, 2003 under the CBCA. There are no restrictions on the business that the Company may carry on in the Articles of Incorporation.
Under the Company's articles of incorporation and bylaws a director is not allowed to vote on a proposal, arrangement, contract or transaction in which the director is materially interested. A director who is, in any way, directly or indirectly, interested in a material contract or proposed material contract with the Company shall disclose the nature and extent of his interest at a meeting of the directors in accordance with the provisions of the CBCA. A director shall not vote in respect of any such contract unless the contract is:
(a) one primarily relating to the director’s remuneration as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or an affiliate;
(b) one for indemnity or insurance of the director; or
(c) one with an affiliate.
Article 7 of the Company's bylaws address the borrowing powers of the directors. The borrowing powers are summarized as follows:
The Directors may, from time to time on behalf of the Company:
(a) borrow money in such manner and amount, on such security from such sources and upon such terms and conditions as they think fit;
(b) issue bonds or other debt instruments outright or as security for any liability or obligation for either the Company or any other person;
(c) mortgage any part or the whole of any property or assets of the Company;
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There are no age limit requirements pertaining to the retirement or non-retirement of directors and a director need not be a shareholder of the Company. The rights, preferences and restrictions attaching to each class of the Company's shares are as follows:
Common Shares
All of the authorized shares of common stock 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.
The Company may by ordinary resolution filed with the Registrar amend its Memorandum to increase the authorized capital of the Company by:
| (a) | creating shares with par value or shares without par value |
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| (b) | increasing the number of shares with par value or without par value |
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| (c) | increasing the par value of a class of shares with par value, if no shares of that class are issued. |
The Company may by special resolution alter its Memorandum to subdivide, consolidate or change the designation of any or all of its shares in such manner and with such consents of members holding a class of shares as the Company Act provides.
The Company may alter its Memorandum or these Articles:
| (a) | by special resolution, to create, define and attach special rights and restrictions to any shares, and |
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| (b) | by special resolution to vary or abrogate any special rights and restrictions attached to any shares |
But no right attached to any issued shares shall be prejudiced or interfered with unless all members holding shares of each class whose right is so affected has given consent in writing, or unless a resolution consenting is passed by three-fourths of such holders at a separate class meeting of the holders.
Redemption Provisions
The Company may, by a resolution of the Directors and in compliance with the Corporation Act, purchase any of its shares at the price and at the terms specified in the resolution. No purchase will be made if, at the time, the Company is insolvent or the purchase would render the Company insolvent. Unless the shares are to be purchased through a stock exchange or the Company is purchasing the shares from an employee or former employee, or if the Company is purchasing the shares from an affiliate or dissenting members, the Company shall make its offer to purchase pro rata to every member who holds shares of the class or kind. If the Company proposes to redeem some but not all of the shares of any class, the Directors may decide the manner in which the shares to be redeemed shall be selected.
There are no provisions discriminating against any existing or prospective holder of securities as a result of such shareholder owning a substantial number of shares.
The conditions governing the manner in which annual general meetings and extraordinary general meetings of shareholders are convoked, including conditions of admission are described in Part 7 of the Company's bylaws. These conditions are summarized as follows:
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Annual Meeting. An annual general meeting shall be held once in every calendar year at such time and place as determined by the Directors, but not more than 15 months after the holding of the last preceding annual general meeting.
Extraordinary General Meetings. The Board, the Chairman of the Board, the Managing Director or the President may convene an extraordinary general meeting whenever they see fit. Others who wish to convene a meeting may requisition to do so through the process provided under the Corporations Act.
Every member who is present in person shall have one vote and every member shall have one vote for which he is the registered holder either in person or by proxy. A member holding more than one share in respect of which he is entitled to vote shall be entitled to appoint one or more, but not more than five, proxy holders to attend, act and vote for him.
There are no limitations on the rights to own securities.
There are no provisions of the Company's articles of association, charter or bylaws that would have an effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of the Company and that would operate only with respect to a merger, acquisition or corporate restructuring involving the Company.
10.C. Material Contracts
(a) Property Option Agreement between the Company and Zimtu regarding the Murray Property dated July 22, 2003.
(b) Mineral Property Agreement between Zimtu and Jody Dahrouge regarding the Murray Property dated June 10, 2003.
(c) Administrative Services and Rental Agreement between the Company and Zimtu dated July 1, 2003.
(d) Services Agreement regarding revised Murray Property work commitments dated September 16, 2004.
(e) Option and Royalty Agreement among the Company, Golden Sands and AHL dated December 3, 2004 regarding the Winnemucca Mountain Property.
(f) Option Amending Agreement among the Company, Golden Sands and AHL dated January 7, 2005.
(g) Option Amending Agreement No. 2 among the Company, Golden Sands and AHL dated February 25, 2005.
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 Issuer's securities, except as discussed in ITEM 10E, "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 Issuer on the right of foreigners to hold or vote securities of the Issuer, except that the Investment Canada Act may require review and approval by the Minister of Industry (Canada) of certain acquisitions of "control" of the Issuer 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 Issuer. "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.
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10.E. Taxation
The tax disclosure in this section 10.E. was provided and reviewed by Kempisty & Company, Certified Public Accountants, P.C. of 15 Maiden Lane, Suite 1003, New York, New York 10038, telephone (212) 406-7272 and facsimile (212) 513-1930.
Material Canadian Federal Income Tax Consequences for United States Residents
The following discussion summarizes the material Canadian federal income tax consequences which are generally applicable to the holding and disposition of Common Shares by a holder (in this summary, a “U.S. Holder”) who, (a) for the purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the “Tax Act”), is not resident in Canada, deals at arm’s length with the Company, holds the Common Shares as capital property and does not use or hold the Common Shares in the course of carrying on, or otherwise in connection with, a business in Canada, and (b) for the purposes of the Canada-United States Income Tax Convention, 1980 (the “Treaty”), is a resident solely of the United States, has never been a resident of Canada, and has not held or used (and does not hold or use) Common Shares in connection with a permanent establishment or fixed base in Canada. This summary does not apply to traders or dealers in securities, limited liability companies, tax-exempt entities, insurers, financial institutions (including those to which the mark-to-market provisions of the Tax Act apply), or any other U.S. Holder to which special considerations apply.
This summary is based on the current provisions of the Tax Act including all regulations thereunder, the Treaty, all proposed amendments to the Tax Act, the regulations and the Treaty publicly announced by the Government of Canada to the date hereof, and the current administrative practices of the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency. It has been assumed that all currently proposed amendments will be enacted as proposed and that there will be no other relevant change in any governing law or administrative practice, although no assurances can be given in these respects. This summary does not take into account provincial, U.S., state or other foreign income tax law or practice. The tax consequences to any particular U.S. Holder will vary according to the status of that holder as an individual, trust, corporation, partnership or other entity, the jurisdictions in which that holder is subject to taxation, and generally according to that holder’s particular circumstances. Accordingly, this summary is not, and is not to be construed as, Canadian tax advice to any particular U.S. Holder.
Dividends
Dividends paid or deemed to be paid to a U.S. Holder by the Company will be subject to Canadian withholding tax. Under the Treaty, the rate of withholding tax on dividends paid to a U.S. Holder is generally limited to 15% of the gross amount of the dividend (or 5% if the U.S. Holder is a corporation and beneficially owns at least 10% of the Company’s voting shares). The Company will be required to withhold the applicable withholding tax from any such dividend and remit it to the Canadian government for the U.S. Holder’s account.
Disposition
A U.S. Holder is not subject to tax under the Tax Act in respect of a capital gain realized on the disposition of a Common Share in the open market unless the share is “taxable Canadian property” to the holder thereof and the U.S. Holder is not entitled to relief under the Treaty. A Common Share will be taxable Canadian property to a U.S. Holder if, at any time during the 60 months preceding the disposition, the U.S. Holder or persons with whom the U.S. Holder did not deal at arm’s length alone or together owned, or had rights to acquire, 25% or more of the Company’s issued shares of any class or series.
A U.S. Holder whose Common Shares do constitute taxable Canadian property, and who might therefore be liable for Canadian income tax under the Tax Act, will generally be relieved from such liability under the Treaty unless the value of such shares at the time of disposition is derived principally from real property situated in Canada.
United States Tax Consequences
United States Federal Income Tax Consequences
The following is a discussion of all material United States federal income tax consequences, under current law, generally applicable to a U.S. Holder (as hereinafter defined) of common shares of the Company. This discussion does not address all potentially relevant federal income tax matters and it does not address consequences peculiar to persons subject to special provisions of federal income tax law, such as those described below as excluded from the definition of a U.S. Holder. In addition, this discussion does not cover any state, local or foreign tax consequences.
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(see “Taxation – Canadian Federal Income Tax Consequences” above). Accordingly, we urge holders and prospective holders of common shares of the Company should consult their own tax advisors about the specific federal, state, local, and foreign tax consequences to them of purchasing, owning and disposing of common shares of the Company, based upon their individual circumstances.
The following discussion is based upon the sections of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), Treasury Regulations, published Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) rulings, published administrative positions of the IRS and court decisions that are currently applicable, any or all of which could be materially and adversely changed, possibly on a retroactive basis, at any time and which are subject to differing interpretations. This discussion does not consider the potential effects, both adverse and beneficial, of any proposed legislation which, if enacted, could be applied, possibly on a retroactive basis, at any time.
U.S. Holders
As used herein, a “U.S. Holder” means a holder of common shares of the Company who is a citizen or individual resident of the United States, a corporation or partnership created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or of any political subdivision thereof, an estate whose income is taxable in the United States irrespective of source or a trust subject to the primary supervision of a court within the United States and control of a United States fiduciary as described Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code. This summary does not address the tax consequences to, and U.S. Holder does not include, persons subject to specific provisions of federal income tax law, such as tax-exempt organizations, qualified retirement plans, individual retirement accounts and other tax-deferred accounts, financial institutions, insurance companies, real estate investment trusts, regulated investment companies, broker-dealers, non-resident alien individuals, persons or entities that have a “functional currency” other than the U.S. dollar, shareholders subject to the alternative minimum tax, shareholders who hold common shares as part of a straddle, hedging or conversion transaction, and shareholders who acquired their common shares through the exercise of employee stock options or otherwise as compensation for services. This summary is limited to U.S. Holders who own common shares as capital assets and who own (directly and indirectly, pursuant to applicable rules of constructive ownership) no more than 5% of the value of the total outstanding stock of the Company. This summary does not address the consequences to a person or entity holding an interest in a shareholder or the consequences to a person of the ownership, exercise or disposition of any options, warrants or other rights to acquire common shares. In addition, this summary does not address special rules applicable to United States persons (as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) holding common shares through a foreign partnership or to foreign persons holding common shares through a domestic partnership.
Distribution on Common Shares of the Company
In general, U.S. Holders receiving dividend distributions (including constructive dividends) with respect to common shares of the Company are required to include in gross income for United States federal income tax purposes the gross amount of such distributions, equal to the U.S. dollar value of such distributions on the date of receipt (based on the exchange rate on such date), to the extent that the Company has current or accumulated earnings and profits, without reduction for any Canadian income tax withheld from such distributions. Such Canadian tax withheld may be credited, subject to certain limitations, against the U.S. Holder’s federal income tax liability or, alternatively, may be deducted in computing the U.S. Holder’s federal taxable income by those who itemize deductions. (See more detailed discussion at “Foreign Tax Credit” below). To the extent that distributions exceed current or accumulated earnings and profits of the Company, they will be treated first as a return of capital up to the U.S. Holder’s adjusted basis in the common shares and thereafter as gain from the sale or exchange of property. Preferential tax rates for long-term capital gains are applicable to a U.S. Holder which is an individual, estate or trust. There are currently no preferential tax rates for long-term capital gains for a U.S. Holder which is a corporation.
In the case of foreign currency received as a dividend that is not converted by the recipient into U.S. dollars on the date of receipt, a U.S. Holder will have a tax basis in the foreign currency equal to its U.S. dollar value on the date of receipt. Generally any gain or loss recognized upon a subsequent sale or other disposition of the foreign currency, including the exchange for U.S. dollars, will be ordinary income or loss. However, an individual whose realized gain does not exceed $200 will not recognize that gain, provided that there are no expenses associated with the transaction that meet the requirements for deductibility as a trade or business expense (other than travel expenses in connection with a business trip) or as an expense for the production of income.
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Dividends paid on the common shares of the Company generally will not be eligible for the dividends received deduction provided to corporations receiving dividends from certain United States corporations. A U.S. Holder which is a corporation and which owns shares representing at least 10% of the voting power and value of the Company may, under certain circumstances, be entitled to a 70% (or 80% if the U.S. Holder owns shares representing at least 20% of the voting power and value of the Company) deduction of the United States source portion of dividends received from the Company (unless the Company qualifies as a “foreign personal holding company” or a “passive foreign investment company,” as defined below). The Company does not anticipate that it will earn any United States income, however, and therefore does not anticipate that any U.S. Holder will be eligible for the dividends received deduction.
Under current Treasury Regulations, dividends paid on the Company’s common shares, if any, generally will not be subject to information reporting and generally will not be subject to U.S. backup withholding tax. However, dividends and the proceeds from a sale of the Company’s common shares paid in the U.S. through a U.S. or U.S. related paying agent (including a broker) will be subject to U.S. information reporting requirements and may also be subject to the 31% U.S. backup withholding tax, unless the paying agent is furnished with a duly completed and signed Form W-9. Any amounts withheld under the U.S. backup withholding tax rules will be allowed as a refund or a credit against the U.S. Holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability, provided the required information is furnished to the IRS.
Foreign Tax Credit
A U.S. Holder who pays (or has withheld from distributions) Canadian income tax with respect to the ownership of common shares of the Company may be entitled, at the option of the U.S. Holder, to either receive a deduction or a tax credit for such foreign tax paid or withheld. Generally, it will be more advantageous to claim a credit because a credit reduces United States federal income taxes on a dollar-for-dollar basis, while a deduction merely reduces the taxpayer’s income subject to tax. This election is made on a year-by-year basis and generally applies to all foreign taxes paid by (or withheld from) the U.S. Holder during that year. There are significant and complex limitations which apply to the credit; among which is the general limitation that the credit cannot exceed the proportionate share of the U.S. Holder’s United States income tax liability that the U.S. Holder’s foreign source income bears to his or its worldwide taxable income. In the determination of the application of this limitation, the various items of income and deduction must be classified into foreign and domestic sources. Complex rules govern this classification process. In addition, this limitation is calculated separately with respect to specific classes of income such as “passive income”, “high withholding tax interest,” “financial services income,” “shipping income,” and certain other classifications of income. Dividends distributed by the Company will generally constitute “passive income” or, in the case of certain U.S. Holders, “financial services income” for these purposes. The availability of the foreign tax credit and the application of the limitations on the credit are fact specific, and U.S. Holders of common shares of the Company are urged to consult their own tax advisors regarding their individual circumstances.
Disposition of Common Shares of the Company
In general, U.S. Holders will recognize gain or loss upon the sale of common shares of the Company equal to the difference, if any, between (i) the amount of cash plus the fair market value of any property received, and (ii) the shareholder’s tax basis in the common shares of the Company. Preferential tax rates apply to long-term capital gains of U.S. Holders which are individuals, estates or trusts. In general, gain or loss on the sale of common shares of the Company will be long-term capital gain or loss if the common shares are a capital asset in the hands of the U.S. Holder and are held for more than one year. Deductions for net capital losses are subject to significant limitations. For U.S. Holders which are not corporations, any unused portion of such net capital loss may be carried over to be used in later tax years until such net capital loss is thereby exhausted. For U.S. Holders that are corporations (other than corporations subject to Subchapter S of the Code), an unused net capital loss may be carried back three years and carried forward five years from the loss year to be offset against capital gains until such net capital loss is thereby exhausted.
Other Considerations
Set forth below are certain material exceptions to the above-described general rules describing the United States federal income tax consequences resulting from the holding and disposition of common shares:
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Foreign Personal Holding Company
If at any time during a taxable year more than 50% of the total combined voting power or the total value of the Company’s outstanding shares is owned, directly or indirectly (pursuant to applicable rules of constructive ownership), by five or fewer individuals who are citizens or residents of the United States and 60% or more of the Company’s gross income for such year is derived from certain passive sources (e.g., from certain interest and dividends), the Company may be treated as a “foreign personal holding company.” In that event, U.S. Holders that hold common shares would be required to include in gross income for such year their allocable portions of such passive income to the extent the Company does not actually distribute such income. The Company does not believe that it currently qualifies as a foreign personal holding company. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will not be considered a foreign personal holding company for the current or any future taxable year.
Foreign Investment Company
If 50% or more of the combined voting power or total value of the Company’s outstanding shares is held, directly or indirectly, by citizens or residents of the United States, United States domestic partnerships or corporations, or estates or trusts other than foreign estates or trusts (as defined by the Code Section 7701(a)(31)), and the Company is found to be engaged primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting, or trading in securities, commodities, or any interest therein, it is possible that the Company may be treated as a “foreign investment company” as defined in Section 1246 of the Code, causing all or part of any gain realized by a U.S. Holder selling or exchanging common shares to be treated as ordinary income rather than capital gain. The Company does not believe that it currently qualifies as a foreign investment company. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will not be considered a foreign investment company for the current or any future taxable year.
Passive Foreign Investment Company
United States income tax law contains rules governing PFICs which can have significant tax effects on U.S. Holders of foreign corporations. These rules do not apply to non-U.S. Holders. Section 1297 of the Code defines a PFIC as a corporation that is not formed in the United States if, for any taxable year, either (i) 75% or more of its gross income is “passive income,” which includes interest, dividends and certain rents and royalties or (ii) the average percentage, by fair market value (or, if the corporation is not publicly traded and either is a controlled foreign corporation or makes an election, by adjusted tax basis), of its assets that produce or are held for the production of “passive income” is 50% or more. The Company was not a PFIC for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004, and while the Company does not expect to qualify as a PFIC for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2005, it may qualify as a PFIC in future fiscal years. Each U.S. Holder of the Company is urged to consult a tax advisor with respect to how the PFIC rules affect such U.S. Holder’s tax situation.
Each U.S. Holder who holds stock in a foreign corporation during any year in which such corporation qualifies as a PFIC is subject to United States federal income taxation under one of three alternative tax regimes at the election of such U.S. Holder. The following is a discussion of such alternative tax regimes applied to such U.S. Holders of the Company. In addition, special rules apply if a foreign corporation qualifies as both a PFIC and a “controlled foreign corporation” (as defined below) and a U.S. Holder owns, actually or constructively, 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock entitled to vote of such foreign corporation (See more detailed discussion at “Controlled Foreign Corporation” below).
A U.S. Holder who elects to treat the Company as a qualified electing fund (“QEF”) will be subject, under Section 1293 of the Code, to current federal income tax for any taxable year to which the election applies in which the Company qualifies as a PFIC on his pro rata share of the Company’s (i) “net capital gain” (the excess of net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss), which will be taxed as long-term capital gain, and (ii) “ordinary earnings” (the excess of earnings and profits over net capital gain), which will be taxed as ordinary income, in each case, for the shareholder’s taxable year in which (or with which) the Company’s taxable year ends, regardless of whether such amounts are actually distributed. A U.S. Holder’s tax basis in the common shares will be increased by any such amount that is included in income but not distributed.
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The procedure a U.S. Holder must comply with in making an effective QEF election, and the consequences of such election, will depend on whether the year of the election is the first year in the U.S. Holder’s holding period in which the Company is a PFIC. If the U.S. Holder makes a QEF election in such first year, i.e., a “timely” QEF election, then the U.S. Holder may make the QEF election by simply filing the appropriate documents at the time the U.S. Holder files his tax return for such first year. If, however, the Company qualified as a PFIC in a prior year during the U.S. Holder’s holding period, then, in order to avoid the Section 1291 rules discussed below, in addition to filing documents, the U.S. Holder must elect to recognize under the rules of Section 1291 of the Code (discussed herein), (i) any gain that he would otherwise recognize if the U.S. Holder sold his stock on the qualification date or (ii) if the Company is a controlled foreign corporation, the U.S. Holder’s pro rata share of the Company’s post-1986 earnings and profits as of the qualification date. The qualification date is the first day of the Company’s first tax year in which the Company qualified as a QEF with respect to such U.S. Holder. For purposes of this discussion, a U.S. Holder who makes (i) a timely QEF election, or (ii) an untimely QEF election and either of the above-described gain-recognition elections under Section 1291 is referred to herein as an “Electing U.S. Holder.” A U.S. Holder who holds common shares at any time during a year of the Company in which the Company is a PFIC and who is not an Electing U.S. Holder (including a U.S. Holder who makes an untimely QEF election and makes neither of the above-described gain-recognition elections) is referred to herein as a “Non-Electing U.S. Holder.” An Electing U.S. Holder (i) generally treats any gain realized on the disposition of his Registrant common shares as capital gain; and (ii) may either avoid interest charges resulting from PFIC status altogether, or make an annual election, subject to certain limitations, to defer payment of current taxes on his share of the Company’s annual realized net capital gain and ordinary earnings subject, however, to an interest charge. If the U.S. Holder is not a corporation, any interest charge imposed under the PFIC regime would be treated as “personal interest” that is not deductible.
In order for a U.S. Holder to make (or maintain) a valid QEF election, the Company must provide certain information regarding its net capital gains and ordinary earnings and permit its books and records to be examined to verify such information. The Company intends to make the necessary information available to U.S. Holders to permit them to make (and maintain) QEF elections with respect to the Company. The Company urges each U.S. Holder to consult a tax advisor regarding the availability of, and procedure for making, the QEF election.
A QEF election, once made with respect to the Company, applies to the tax year for which it was made and to all subsequent tax years, unless the election is invalidated or terminated, or the IRS consents to revocation of the election. If a U.S. Holder makes a QEF election and the Company ceases to qualify as a PFIC in a subsequent tax year, the QEF election will remain in effect, although not applicable, during those tax years in which the Company does not qualify as a PFIC. Therefore, if the Company again qualifies as a PFIC in a subsequent tax year, the QEF election will be effective and the U.S. Holder will be subject to the rules described above for Electing U.S. Holders in such tax year and any subsequent tax years in which the Company qualifies as a PFIC. In addition, the QEF election remains in effect, although not applicable, with respect to an Electing U.S. Holder even after such U.S. Holder disposes of all of his or its direct and indirect interest in the shares of the Company. Therefore, if such U.S. Holder reacquires an interest in the Company, that U.S. Holder will be subject to the rules described above for Electing U.S. Holders for each tax year in which the Company qualifies as a PFIC.
In the case of a Non-Electing U.S. Holder, special taxation rules under Section 1291 of the Code will apply to (i) gains realized on the disposition (or deemed to be realized by reasons of a pledge) of his Registrant common shares and (ii) certain “excess distributions,” as defined in Section 1291(b), by the Company.
A Non-Electing U.S. Holder generally would be required to pro rate all gains realized on the disposition of his Registrant common shares and all excess distributions on his Registrant common shares over the entire holding period for the common shares. All gains or excess distributions allocated to prior years of the U.S. Holder (excluding any portion of the holder’s period prior to the first day of the first year of the Company (i) which began after December 31, 1986, and (ii) for which the Company was a PFIC) would be taxed at the highest tax rate for each such prior year applicable to ordinary income. The Non-Electing U.S. Holder also would be liable for interest on the foregoing tax liability for each such prior year calculated as if such liability had been due with respect to each such prior year. A Non-Electing U.S. Holder that is not a corporation must treat this interest charge as “personal interest” which, as discussed above, is wholly non-deductible. The balance, if any, of the gain or the excess distribution will be treated as ordinary income in the year of the disposition or distribution, and no interest charge will be incurred with respect to such balance. In certain circumstances, the sum of the tax and the PFIC interest charge may exceed the amount of the excess distribution received, or the amount of proceeds of disposition realized, by the U.S. Holder.
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If the Company is a PFIC for any taxable year during which a Non-Electing U.S. Holder holds Registrant common shares, then the Company will continue to be treated as a PFIC with respect to such Registrant common shares, even if it is no longer definitionally a PFIC. A Non-Electing U.S. Holder may terminate this deemed PFIC status by electing to recognize gain (which will be taxed under the rules discussed above for Non-Electing U.S. Holders) as if such Registrant common shares had been sold on the last day of the last taxable year for which it was a PFIC.
Effective for tax years of U.S. Holders beginning after December 31, 1997, U.S. Holders who hold (actually or constructively) marketable stock of a foreign corporation that qualifies as a PFIC may elect to mark such stock to the market annually (a “mark-to-market election”). If such an election is made, such U.S. Holder will generally not be subject to the special taxation rules of Section 1291 discussed above. However, if the mark-to-market election is made by a Non-Electing U.S. Holder after the beginning of the holding period for the PFIC stock, then the Section 1291 rules will apply to certain dispositions of, distributions on and other amounts taxable with respect to the Company common shares. A U.S. Holder who makes the mark-to market election will include in income for each taxable year for which the election is in effect an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the common shares of the Company as of the close of such tax year over such U.S. Holder’s adjusted basis in such common shares. In addition, the U.S. Holder is allowed a deduction for the lesser of (i) the excess, if any, of such U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in the common shares over the fair market value of such shares as of the close of the tax year, or (ii) the excess, if any, of (A) the mark-to-market gains for the common shares in the Company included by such U.S. Holder for prior tax years, including any amount which would have been treated as a mark-to-market gain for any prior tax year but for the Section 1291 rules discussed above with respect to Non-Electing U.S. Holders, over (B) the mark-to-market losses for shares that were allowed as deductions for prior tax years. A U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in the common shares of the Company will be adjusted to reflect the amount included in or deducted from income as a result of a mark-to-market election. A mark-to-market election applies to the taxable year in which the election is made and to each subsequent taxable year, unless the Company common shares cease to be marketable, as specifically defined, or the IRS consents to revocation of the election. Because the IRS has not established procedures for making a mark-to-market election, U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisor regarding the manner of making such an election. No view is expressed regarding whether common shares of the Company are marketable for these purposes or whether the election will be available.
Under Section 1291(f) of the Code, the IRS has issued Proposed Treasury Regulations that, subject to certain exceptions, would treat as taxable certain transfers of PFIC stock by Non-Electing U.S. Holders that are generally not otherwise taxed, such as gifts, exchanges pursuant to corporate reorganizations, and transfers at death. Generally, in such cases the basis of the Company common shares in the hands of the transferee and the basis of any property received in the exchange for those common shares would be increased by the amount of gain recognized. Under the Proposed Treasury Regulations, an Electing U.S. Holder would not be taxed on certain transfers of PFIC stock, such as gifts, exchanges pursuant to corporate reorganizations, and transfers at death. The transferee’s basis in this case will depend on the manner of the transfer. In the case of a transfer by an Electing U.S. Holder upon death, for example, the transferee’s basis is generally equal to the fair market value of the Electing U.S. Holder’s common shares as of the date of death under Section 1014 of the Code. The specific tax effect to the U.S. Holder and the transferee may vary based on the manner in which the common shares are transferred. Each U.S. Holder of the Company is urged to consult a tax advisor with respect to how the PFIC rules affect his or its tax situation.
Whether or not a U.S. Holder makes a timely QEF election with respect to common shares of the Company, certain adverse rules may apply in the event that both the Company and any foreign corporation in which the Company directly or indirectly holds shares is a PFIC (a “lower-tier PFIC”). Pursuant to certain Proposed Treasury Regulations, a U.S. Holder would be treated as owning his or its proportionate amount of any lower-tier PFIC shares, and generally would be subject to the PFIC rules with respect to such indirectly-held PFIC shares unless such U.S. Holder makes a timely QEF election with respect thereto. The Company intends to make the necessary information available to U.S. Holders to permit them to make (and maintain) QEF elections with respect to each subsidiary of the Company that is a PFIC.
Under the Proposed Treasury Regulations, a U.S. Holder who does not make a timely QEF election with respect to a lower-tier PFIC generally would be subject to tax (and the PFIC interest charge) on (i) any excess distribution deemed to have been received with respect to his or its lower-tier PFIC shares and (ii) any gain deemed to arise from a so-called “indirect disposition” of such shares. For this purpose, an indirect disposition of lower-tier PFIC shares would generally include (i) a disposition by the Company (or an intermediate entity) of lower-tier PFIC shares, and (ii) any other transaction resulting in a diminution of the U.S. Holder’s proportionate ownership of the lower-tier PFIC, including an issuance of additional common shares by the Company (or an intermediate entity). Accordingly, each prospective U.S. Holder should be aware that he or it could be subject to tax even if such U.S. Holder receives no distributions from the Company and does not dispose of its common shares. The Company strongly urges each prospective U.S. Holder to consult a tax advisor with respect to the adverse rules applicable, under the Proposed Treasury Regulations, to U.S. Holders of lower-tier PFIC shares.
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Certain special, generally adverse, rules will apply with respect to Registrant common shares while the Company is a PFIC unless the U.S. Holder makes a timely QEF election. For example under Section 1298(b)(6) of the Code, a U.S. Holder who uses PFIC stock as security for a loan (including a margin loan) will, except as may be provided in regulations, be treated as having made a taxable disposition of such shares.
Controlled Foreign Corporation
If more than 50% of the total combined voting power of all classes of shares entitled to vote or the total value of the shares of the Company is owned, actually or constructively, by citizens or residents of the United States, United States domestic partnerships or corporation, or estates or trusts other than foreign estates or trusts (as defined by the Code Section 7701(a)(31)), each of which own, actually or constructively, 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of shares entitled to vote of the Company (“United States Shareholder”), the Company could be treated as a controlled foreign corporation (“CFC”) under Subpart F of the Code. This classification would effect many complex results, one of which is the inclusion of certain income of a CFC which is subject to current U.S. tax. The United States generally taxes United States Shareholders of a CFC currently on their pro rata shares of the Subpart F income of the CFC. Such United States Shareholders are generally treated as having received a current distribution out of the CFC’s Subpart F income and are also subject to current U.S. tax on their pro rata shares of increases in the CFC’s earnings invested in U.S. property. The foreign tax credit described above may reduce the U.S. tax on these amounts. In addition, under Section 1248 of the Code, gain from the sale or exchange of shares by a U.S. Holder of common shares of the Company which is or was a United States Shareholder at any time during the five-year period ending on the date of the sale or exchange is treated as ordinary income to the extent of earnings and profits of the Company attributable to the shares sold or exchanged. If a foreign corporation is both a PFIC and a CFC, the foreign corporation generally will not be treated as a PFIC with respect to United States Shareholders of the CFC. This rule generally will be effective for taxable years of United States Shareholders beginning after 1997 and for taxable years of foreign corporations ending with or within such taxable years of United States Shareholders. Special rules apply to United States Shareholders who are subject to the special taxation rules under Section 1291 discussed above with respect to a PFIC. Because of the complexity of Subpart F, a more detailed review of these rules is outside of the scope of this discussion. The Company does not believe that it currently qualifies as a CFC. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will not be considered a CFC for the current or any future taxable year.
10.F. Dividends and Paying Agents
The Issuer has not declared any dividends on its common shares since its incorporation and does not anticipate that it will do so in the foreseeable future. The present policy of the Issuer is to retain future earnings for use in its operations and the expansion of its business.
Notwithstanding the aforementioned: the Issuer 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 Issuer has not nominated any financial institutions to be the potential paying agents for dividends in the United States.
10.G. Statement by Experts
The consent of Amisano Hanson, Chartered Accountants, the Company's Independent Auditor, has been included as an exhibit to this Amended Registration Statement.
The consent of Gary Vivian, Registered Professional Geologist, has been included as an exhibit to this amended Registration Statement.
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The consent of Harmen J. Keyser, Registered Professional Geologist, has been included as an exhibit to this amended Registration Statement.
The consent of Kempisty & Company, Certified Public Accountants, P.C., has been included as an exhibit to this Amended Registration Statement.
10.H. Document on Display
The documents concerning the Company referred to in this registration statement may be viewed at Suite 1200, 1188 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada during normal business hours.
ITEM 11. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
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ITEM 12. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES
12.A. Debt Securities
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12.B. Warrants and Rights
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12.C. Other Securities
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12.D. American Depository Shares
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PART II
ITEM 13. DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES
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ITEM 14. MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS
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ITEM 15. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
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ITEM 16. RESERVED
ITEM 16A. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT
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ITEM 16B. CODE OF ETHICS
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ITEM 16C. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
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ITEM 16D. EXEMPTIONS FROM THE LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES
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ITEM 16E. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER/AFFILIATED PURCHASERS
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PART III
ITEM 17. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The Issuer'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 Issuer, 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 Registration Statement. The audit report of Amisano Hanson, Independent Chartered Accountants, is included herein immediately preceding the audited financial statements.
ITEM 18. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The Issuer has elected to provide financial statements pursuant to ITEM #17.
ITEM 19. EXHIBITS
The following financial statements, related schedules and exhibits are included in this Form 20-F:
EXHIBIT NUMBER | DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT |
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1 | Certificate of Incorporation, Certificates of Name Change, Articles of Incorporation, Articles of Amalgamation and By-Laws and Instruments defining the rights of holders of the securities being registered. (1) |
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4.1 | Property Agreement between the Company and International Zimtu Technologies regarding the Murray Property dated July 22, 2003.(1) |
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4.2 | Property Agreement between International Zimtu Technologies and Jody Dahrouge regarding the Murray Property dated June 10, 2003.(1) |
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4.3 | Administrative Services and Rental Agreement between the Company and International Zimtu Technologies dated July 1, 2003.(1) |
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4.4 | Agreement regarding revised Murray Property work commitments dated September 16, 2004.(1) |
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4.5 | |
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4.6 | |
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4.7 | |
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4.8 | Stock Option Plan (1) |
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10 | Annual General Meeting Material (1) |
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(1) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form 20-F filed September 23, 2004.
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EVOLVING GOLD CORP.
(A Pre-Exploration Stage Company)
REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2004
(audited)
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Directors of
Evolving Gold Corp.
(A Pre-Exploration Stage Company)
We have audited the balance sheet of Evolving Gold Corp. as at March 31, 2004 and the statements of loss, shareholders' equity and cash flows for the period from June 19, 2003 (Date of Incorporation) to March 31, 2004. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with Canadian generally accepted auditing standards and the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States of America). Those standards require that we plan and perform an audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the 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 financial statement presentation.
In our opinion, these financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as at March 31, 2004 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the period from June 19, 2003 (Date of Incorporation) to March 31, 2004 in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles.
Vancouver, Canada | “AMISANO HANSON” |
April 14, 2004, except as to Note 9, which is as of | Chartered Accountants |
May 10, 2004 | |
COMMENTS BY AUDITOR FOR US READERS ON CANADA - US REPORTING CONFLICT
In the United States of America, reporting standards for auditors require the addition of an explanatory paragraph (following the opinion paragraph) when there is substantial doubt about a company's ability to continue as a going concern. The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on the basis of accounting principles applicable to a going concern which assumes the realization of assets and discharge of liabilities in the normal course of business. As discussed in Note 1 to the accompanying financial statements, the Company has accumulated significant losses since inception and is in the process of exploring its mineral properties and has not yet determined whether these properties contain ore reserves that are economically recoverable, both of which raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Our report to the directors dated April 14, 2004 is expressed in accordance with Canadian reporting standards which do not permit a reference to such uncertainty in the auditors' report when the uncertainty is adequately disclosed in the financial statements.
Vancouver, Canada | “AMISANO HANSON” |
April 14, 2004, except as to Note 9, which is as of | Chartered Accountants |
May 10, 2004 | |
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EVOLVING GOLD CORP.
(A Pre-Exploration Stage Company)
BALANCE SHEET
March 31, 2004
(Stated in Canadian Dollars)
ASSETS | |
| | | |
Current | | | |
Cash | $ | 113,186 | |
GST receivable | | 3,979 | |
Prepaid expenses – Note 5 | | 25,550 | |
| | | |
| | 142,715 | |
Mineral property – Notes 3 and 5 | | 27,000 | |
| | | |
| $ | 169,715 | |
| | | |
LIABILITIES | | | |
| | | |
Current | | | |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $ | 15,233 | |
| | | |
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | | | |
| | | |
Share Capital | | | |
Authorized: | | | |
Unlimited number of common shares | | | |
Issued: | | | |
100 common shares | | 100 | |
Special warrants – Notes 4 and 9 | | 306,500 | |
Deficit accumulated during the pre-exploration stage | | (152,118 | ) |
| | | |
| | 154,482 | |
| | | |
| $ | 169,715 | |
| | | |
Nature and Continuance of Operations – Note 1 | | | |
| | | |
Commitments – Notes 3 and 6 | | | |
SEE ACCOMPANYING NOTES
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EVOLVING GOLD CORP.
(A Pre-Exploration Stage Company)
STATEMENT OF LOSS
for the period from June 19, 2003 (Date of Incorporation) to March 31, 2004
(Stated in Canadian Dollars)
Administrative Costs | | | |
Accounting | $ | 5,603 | |
Bank charges and interest | | 223 | |
Consulting – Note 5 | | 20,500 | |
Legal | | 21,450 | |
Management fees – Note 5 | | 53,400 | |
Office and miscellaneous | | 635 | |
Promotion and advertising – Note 5 | | 4,228 | |
Rent and administration fees – Note 5 | | 41,445 | |
Transfer agent and filing fees | | 2,340 | |
Travel | | 2,309 | |
| | | |
Loss before other item | | (152,133 | ) |
Other item: | | | |
Interest income | | 15 | |
| | | |
Net loss for the period | $ | (152,118 | ) |
| | | |
Basic and diluted loss per share | $ | (152,118 | ) |
| | | |
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding | | 1 | |
SEE ACCOMPANYING NOTES
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EVOLVING GOLD CORP.
(A Pre-Exploration Stage Company)
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
for the period from June 19, 2003 (Date of Incorporation) to March 31, 2004
(Stated in Canadian Dollars)
Operating Activities: | | | |
Net loss for the period | $ | (152,118 | ) |
Add: non-cash item | | | |
Special warrants issued for legal fees | | 10,000 | |
Changes in non-cash working items related to operations: | | | |
Prepaid expenses | | (25,550 | ) |
GST receivable | | (3,979 | ) |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | | 15,233 | |
| | | |
| | (156,414 | ) |
| | | |
Financing Activities | | | |
Issue of common share | | 100 | |
Special warrants | | 286,500 | |
| | | |
| | 286,600 | |
| | | |
Investing Activity | | | |
Acquisition of mineral property | | (17,000 | ) |
| | | |
Increase in cash during the period and cash, end of the period | $ | 113,186 | |
| | | |
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: | | | |
Cash paid for: | | | |
Interest | $ | - | |
| | | |
Income taxes | $ | - | |
| | | |
| | | |
Non-cash Transaction – Note 8 | | | |
SEE ACCOMPANYING NOTES
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EVOLVING GOLD CORP.
(A Pre-Exploration Stage Company)
STATEMENT OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
for the period from June 19, 2003 (Date of Incorporation) to March 31, 2004
(Stated in Canadian Dollars)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Deficit | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Accumulated | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | During the | | | | |
| Common Stock | | Special | | | | | | Exploration | | | | |
| Shares | | | Amount | | Warrants | | | Amount | | | Stage | | | Total | |
For cash: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Issuance of shares – at $1 | 100 | | $ | 100 | | - | | $ | - | | $ | - | | $ | 100 | |
Issuance of "A" warrants | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
– at 0.01 | - | | | - | | 1,400,000 | | | 14,000 | | | - | | | 14,000 | |
Issuance of "B" warrants | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
– at 0.05 | - | | | - | | 3,250,000 | | | 162,500 | | | - | | | 162,500 | |
Issuance of "F" warrants | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
– at 0.10 | - | | | - | | 1,100,000 | | | 110,000 | | | - | | | 110,000 | |
Issuance of "L" warrants | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
– at 0.05 | - | | | - | | 200,000 | | | 10,000 | | | - | | | 10,000 | |
Issuance of "P" warrants | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
for mineral property | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
acquisition – at 0.05 | - | | | - | | 200,000 | | | 10,000 | | | - | | | 10,000 | |
Net loss for the period ended | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
March 31, 2004 | - | | | - | | - | | | - | | | (152,118 | ) | | (152,118 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Balance, March 31, 2004 | 100 | | $ | 100 | | 6,150,000 | | $ | 306,500 | | $ | (152,118 | ) | $ | 154,482 | |
SEE ACCOMPANYING NOTES
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EVOLVING GOLD CORP.
(A Pre-Exploration Stage Company)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2004
(Stated in Canadian Dollars)
Note 1 | Nature and Continuance of Operations Evolving Gold Corp. (the "Company") was incorporated as 6109527 Canada Ltd. on June 19, 2003 under the Canada Business Corporation Act and is in the business of acquiring, exploring and evaluating mineral properties. On September 30, 2003, the Company changed its name to Evolving Gold Corp. At March 31, 2004, the Company was in the exploration stage and had interests in mineral properties located in the Northwest Territories. The recoverability of amounts shown for mineral properties is dependent upon the discovery of economically recoverable reserves, continuation of the Company's interest in the underlying mineral claims, the ability of the Company to obtain financing to complete their development, and future profitable production or disposition thereof. The financial statements have been prepared using Canadian generally accepted accounting principles applicable for a going concern which assumes that the Company will realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the ordinary course of business. The Company has accumulated losses of $152,118 since its inception. Its ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon the ability of the Company to obtain the necessary financing to meet its obligations and pay its liabilities arising from normal business operations when they come due. |
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Note 2 | Summary of Significant Accounting Policies The financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") in Canada and are stated in Canadian dollars. Except as disclosed in Note 10, these financial statements conform in all material respects with GAAP in the United States of America. Because a precise determination of many assets and liabilities is dependent upon future events, the preparation of financial statements for a period necessarily involves the use of estimates which have been made using careful judgement. Actual results could vary from these estimates. The financial statements, have in management's opinion, been properly prepared within reasonable limits of materiality and within the framework of the significant accounting policies summarized below: |
| a) | Financial Instruments The carrying value of the Company's financial instruments, consisting of cash and accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate their fair value due to the short-term maturity of such instruments. Unless otherwise noted, it is management's opinion that the Company is not exposed to significant interest, currency or credit risks arising from these financial instruments. |
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EVOLVING GOLD CORP.
(A Pre-Exploration Stage Company)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2004
(Stated in Canadian Dollars)
Note 2 | Summary of Significant Accounting Policies – (cont'd) |
| | |
| b) | Mineral Properties The Company defers the cost of acquiring, maintaining its interest, exploring and developing mineral properties until such time as the properties are placed into production, abandoned, sold or considered to be impaired in value. Costs of producing properties will be amortized on a unit of production basis and costs of abandoned properties are written-off. Proceeds received on the sale of interests in mineral properties are credited to the carrying value of the mineral properties, with any excess included in operations. Write-downs due to impairment in value are charged to operations. The Company is in the process of exploring and developing its mineral properties and has not yet determined the amount of reserves available. Management reviews the carrying value of mineral properties on a periodic basis and will recognize impairment in value based upon current exploration results, the prospect of further work being carried out by the Company, the assessment of future probability of profitable revenues from the Murray Property or from the sale of the Murray Property. Amounts shown for properties represent costs incurred net of write-downs and recoveries, and are not intended to represent present or future values. |
| | |
| c) | Income Taxes The Company follows the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under this method, current income taxes are recognized for the estimated income taxes payable for the current period. Future income tax assets and liabilities are recognized for temporary differences between the tax and accounting basis of assets and liabilities as well as for the benefit of losses available to be carried forward to future years for tax purposes only if it is more likely than not that they can be realized. |
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| d) | Basic and Diluted Loss Per Share Basic loss per share is computed by dividing the loss for the period by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted loss per share reflects the potential dilution that could occur if potentially dilutive securities were exercised or converted to common stock. The dilutive effect of options and warrants and their equivalent is computed by application of the treasury stock methods and the effect of convertible securities by the "if converted" method. Fully diluted amounts are not presented when the effects of the computations are anti-dilutive due to the losses incurred. Accordingly, there is no difference in the amounts presented for basics and diluted loss per share. |
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EVOLVING GOLD CORP.
(A Pre-Exploration Stage Company)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2004
(Stated in Canadian Dollars)
Note 2 | Summary of Significant Accounting Policies – (cont'd) |
| | | |
| e) | Exploration Stage Company The Company is a pre-exploration stage company as defined in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 7 and the Securities and Exchange Commission Act Guide 7. The Company is devoting its present efforts to exploring and developing its mineral properties and none of its planned principal operations have commenced. All losses accumulated since inception have been considered as part of the Company's pre-exploration stage activities. |
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Note 3 | Mineral Property Pursuant to a Property Option Agreement dated July 22, 2003 between the Company and International Zimtu Technologies Inc. ("Zimtu"), a public company, the Company has the option to earn a 70% undivided interest in certain mineral claims (the "Property"), located 78 kilometres northeast of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Consideration is $17,000 cash, exploration expenditures of $250,000 and the issue of 200,000 Special Warrants as follows: |
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| a) | $17,000 cash at the inception of the agreement (paid); |
| | |
| b) | incurring exploration expenditures as follows: |
| | |
| | i) | $50,000 on or before July 22, 2004; |
| | | |
| | ii) | a further $50,000 on or before July 22, 2005; and |
| | | |
| | iii) | a further $150,000 on or before July 22, 2006. |
| | |
| c) | the issue of 200,000 Series "P" Special Warrants within 10 days of signing the agreement (issued). |
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| The Company, upon exercise of its option, shall pay to the optionor upon commencement of commercial production, a royalty equal to 1% of the net smelter returns on minerals other than diamonds and 1% of the gross production of diamonds from the Murray Property. The Company may purchase one half of each of the net smelter return royalty or the gross production diamond royalty at any time for $500,000 for each ½ interest. |
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EVOLVING GOLD CORP.
(A Pre-Exploration Stage Company)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2004
(Stated in Canadian Dollars)
Note 4 | Special Warrants Series "A" Special Warrants The Company has issued 1,400,000 Series "A" Special Warrants at $0.01 per warrant for total proceeds of $14,000. Series "B" Special Warrants The Company has issued 3,250,000 Series "B" Special Warrants at $0.05 per warrant for total proceeds of $162,500. Series "F" Special Warrants The Company has issued 1,100,000 Series "F" Special Warrants at $0.10 per warrant for total proceeds of $110,000. Series "L" Special Warrants The Company has issued 200,000 Series "L" Special Warrants at $0.05 per warrant for a total of $10,000 pursuant to legal services performed for the Company. Series "P" Special Warrants – Note 3 The Company has issued 200,000 Series "P" Special Warrants at $0.05 per warrant for a total of $10,000 pursuant to a mineral property option agreement. Each Series "A", "B", "F", "L" and "P" Special Warrant is exchangeable into one common share of the Company on or before the fifth day after a final receipt for a prospectus is issued by the regulatory authorities of British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario. |
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Note 5 | Related Party Transactions During the period ended March 31, 2004, the Company incurred the following charges with a company who is a significant shareholder and with a company whose director acts as a manager of the Company: |
| Consulting | $ | 10,500 |
| Management fees | | 52,400 |
| Promotion and advertising | | 2,500 |
| Rent and administration fees | | 41,445 |
| | | |
| | $ | 106,845 |
| These charges were measured by the exchange amount, which is the amount agreed upon by the transacting parties. |
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EVOLVING GOLD CORP.
(A Pre-Exploration Stage Company)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2004
(Stated in Canadian Dollars)
Note 5 | Related Party Transactions – (cont'd) During the period ended March 31, 2004, the Company prepaid a total of $25,550 in respect of a management services agreement to a company whose director acts as manager for the Company. During the period ended March 31, 2004, the Company entered into a mineral property option agreement with a public company who is a shareholder of the Company, to which it paid cash of $17,000 and issued 200,000 Series "P" Special Warrants valued at $10,000. |
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Note 6 | Commitments |
| | |
| a) | By agreement dated July 1, 2003, the Company has agreed to pay management fees of $5,000 per month to a company whose director acts as manager for the Company. The agreement is for one year and may be renewed for a further one year term. |
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| b) | By agreement dated July 1, 2003 and extended December 1, 2003, the Company has agreed to pay rent and administration fees of $4,500 per month to a public company which is a significant shareholder of the Company. The agreement expires June 30, 2004 and may be renewed for a further six month term. |
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Note 7 | Corporation Income Taxes The Company has accumulated a total of $178,918 in Canadian Development and Exploration Resource Expenditures and a non-capital loss of $152,118 which are available to carry forward and offset future taxable income at various rates per year. The non-capital loss expires in the year 2011 The significant components of the Company's future income tax assets are as follows: |
| Canadian development and exploration expenditures | $ | 67,989 | |
| Less: valuation allowance | | ( 67,989 | ) |
| | $ | - | |
| | | | |
| The Company has recorded a valuation allowance against its future income tax assets based on the extent to which it is unlikely that sufficient taxable income will be realized in the future to utilize all the future tax assets. |
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EVOLVING GOLD CORP.
(A Pre-Exploration Stage Company)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2004
(Stated in Canadian Dollars)
Note 8 | Non-cash Transaction Investing and financing activities that do not affect cash flows are excluded from the statement of cash flows. During the period ended March 31, 2004, the Company issued 200,000 Series "P" Special Warrants valued at $0.05 each for a total of $10,000 as payment pursuant to a Mineral Property agreement. This transaction has been excluded from the statement of cash flows. |
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Note 9 | Subsequent Event The Company has filed a prospectus with the securities regulatory authorities in the Provinces of Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario to qualify for the public distribution of 6,150,000 common shares to be issued upon the exercise of special warrants (Note 4). |
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Note 10 | Differences Between Canadian and United States Accounting Principles The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in Canada which differ in certain respects with those principles and practices that the Company would have followed had its financial statements been prepared in accordance with accounting principles and practices generally accepted in the United States. The Company's accounting principles generally accepted in Canada differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States as follows: Mineral Properties and Deferred Exploration Costs Under accounting principles generally accepted in Canada ("Canadian GAAP") mineral property acquisition and exploration costs may be deferred and amortized to the extent they meet certain criteria. Under accounting principles generally accepted in the US ("US GAAP") mineral property acquisition costs and exploration costs must be expensed as incurred unless the mineral properties have proven reserves. Therefore an additional mineral property acquisition expense is required under US GAAP. |
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EVOLVING GOLD CORP.
(A Pre-Exploration Stage Company)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2004
(Stated in Canadian Dollars)
Note 10 | Differences Between Canadian and United States Accounting Principles – (cont'd) The impact on the financial statements is as follows: |
| | | June 19, 2003 | |
| | | (Date of Incor- | |
| | | poration) to | |
| | | March 31, | |
| | | 2004 | |
| Statement of Loss | | | |
| | | | |
| Net loss for the period per Canadian GAAP | $ | (152,118 | ) |
| Mineral property acquisition costs | | (27,000 | ) |
| | | | |
| Net loss for the period per US GAAP | $ | (179,118 | ) |
| | | | |
| Basic and diluted loss per share per US GAAP | $ | (179,118 | ) |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| Statement of Cash Flows | | | |
| | | | |
| Cash flows used in operating activities per | | | |
| Canadian GAAP | $ | (156,414 | ) |
| Mineral property acquired | | (17,000 | ) |
| | | | |
| Cash flows used in operating activities per US | | | |
| GAAP | | (173,414 | ) |
| | | | |
| Cash flows used in investing activities per | | | |
| Canadian GAAP | | (17,000 | ) |
| Mineral property acquired | | 17,000 | |
| | | | |
| Cash flows provided by investing activities per US | | | |
| GAAP | | - | |
| | | | |
| Cash flows provided by financing activities per | | | |
| Canadian and US GAAP | | 286,600 | |
| | | | |
| Increase in cash per Canadian and US GAAP | $ | 113,186 | |
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EVOLVING GOLD CORP.
(A Pre-Exploration Stage Company)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2004
(Stated in Canadian Dollars)
Note 10 | Differences Between Canadian and United States Accounting Principles – (cont'd) |
| | | June 19, 2003 | |
| | | (Date of Incor- | |
| | | portation) to | |
| | | March 31, | |
| | | 2004 | |
| Balance sheet | | | |
| | | | |
| Total assets per Canadian GAAP | $ | 169,715 | |
| Mineral property costs | | (27,000 | ) |
| | | | |
| Total assets per US GAAP | | 142,715 | |
| Total liabilities per Canadian and US GAAP | | 15,233 | |
| | | | |
| | $ | 127,482 | |
| | | | |
| Shareholders' Equity | | | |
| Deficit, per Canadian GAAP | $ | (152,118 | ) |
| Mineral property costs | | (27,000 | ) |
| | | | |
| Deficit, per US GAAP | | (179,118 | ) |
| Share capital per Canadian and US GAAP | | 100 | |
| Special warrants per Canadian and US GAAP | | 306,500 | |
| | | | |
| | $ | 127,482 | |
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EVOLVING GOLD CORP.
(A Pre-Exploration Stage Company)
INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the nine months ended December 31, 2004
(Prepared without audit)
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NOTICE OF NO AUDITOR REVIEW OF
INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Under National Instrument 51-102, Part 4, subsection 4.3(3) (a), if an auditor has not performed a review of the interim financial statements, they must be accompanied by a notice indicating that the financial statements have not been reviewed by an auditor.
The accompanying unaudited interim financial statements of 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 these financial statements in accordance with standards established by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants for a review of interim financial statements by an entity's auditor.
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EVOLVING GOLD CORP. BALANCE SHEETS |
| | December 31, | | | March 31, | |
| | 2004 | | | 2004 | |
| | (Unaudited) | | | (Audited) | |
| | | | | | |
ASSETS | |
| | | | | | |
Current | | | | | | |
Cash | $ | 2,697 | | $ | 113,186 | |
Accounts receivable | | 4,433 | | | 3,979 | |
Prepaid expenses | | - | | | 25,550 | |
| | 7,130 | | | 142,715 | |
Resource property - Note 3 | | 107,000 | | | 27,000 | |
| $ | 114,130 | | $ | 169,715 | |
| | | | | | |
LIABILITIES | |
| | | | | | |
Current | | | | | | |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $ | 25,891 | | $ | 15,233 | |
Advances payable | | 3,000 | | | - | |
| | 28,891 | | | 15,233 | |
| | | | | | |
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | |
| | | | | | |
Share capital - Note 4 | | 386,600 | | | 100 | |
Contributed surplus | | 128,165 | | | - | |
Special warrants - Note 4 | | - | | | 306,500 | |
Deficit | | (429,526 | ) | | (152,118 | ) |
| | 85,239 | | | 154,482 | |
| $ | 114,130 | | $ | 169,715 | |
| | | | | | |
Nature and Continuance of Operations - Note 1 | | | | | | |
APPROVED BY THE DIRECTORS: | |
"Lawrence Dick", Director | "Warren McIntyre", Director |
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EVOLVING GOLD CORP. STATEMENTS OF LOSS AND DEFICIT (Prepared without audit) |
| | Three months ended | | | Nine months ended | |
| | December 31, | | | December 31, | |
| | 2004 | | | 2004 | |
Administrative Costs | | | | | | |
Accounting | $ | 3,208 | | $ | 8,703 | |
Bank charges and interest | | 110 | | | 382 | |
Consulting | | 1,535 | | | 11,337 | |
Legal | | - | | | 12,549 | |
Management fees | | - | | | 51,379 | |
Office and miscellaneous | | 876 | | | 2,434 | |
Promotion and advertising | | 5,306 | | | 20,680 | |
Rent and administration fees | | 3,000 | | | 10,085 | |
Transfer agent and filing fees | | 10,972 | | | 28,653 | |
Travel | | - | | | 3,042 | |
Stock based compensation | | 14,220 | | | 128,165 | |
| | | | | | |
Net loss for the period | | (39,227 | ) | | (277,408 | ) |
| | | | | | |
Deficit, beginning of period | | (390,299 | ) | | (152,118 | ) |
| | | | | | |
Deficit, end of period | $ | (429,526 | ) | $ | (429,526 | ) |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
Basic and fully diluted loss per share | $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | (0.04 | ) |
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EVOLVING GOLD CORP. STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Prepared without audit) |
| | Three months ended | | | Nine months ended | |
| | December 31, | | | December 31, | |
| | 2004 | | | 2004 | |
Operating Activities: | | | | | | |
Net loss for the period | $ | (39,227 | ) | $ | (277,408 | ) |
Items not affecting cash | | | | | | |
Stock-based compensation | | 14,220 | | | 128,165 | |
| | (25,007 | ) | | (149,243 | ) |
Changes in non-cash working items related to operations: | | | | | | |
Prepaid expenses | | - | | | 25,550 | |
Accounts receivable | | 4,325 | | | (454 | ) |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | | 9,200 | | | 10,658 | |
| | (11,482 | ) | | (113,489 | ) |
| | | | | | |
Financing activities | | | | | | |
Advances payable | | 3,000 | | | 3,000 | |
| | | | | | |
Investing activities | | - | | | - | |
| | | | | | |
Decrease in cash during the period | | (8,482 | ) | | (110,489 | ) |
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Cash, beginning of period | | 11,179 | | | 113,186 | |
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Cash, end of period | $ | 2,697 | | $ | 2,697 | |
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Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: | | | | | | |
Exchange of special warrants for common shares | $ | - | | $ | 306,500 | |
Shares issued for acquisition of mineral property | | 80,000 | | | 80,000 | |
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| $ | 80,000 | | $ | 386,500 | |
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EVOLVING GOLD CORP. NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the nine months ended December 31, 2004 (Prepared without audit) |
Note 1 | Nature and Continuance of Operations Evolving Gold Corp. (the "Company") was incorporated as 6109527 Canada Ltd. on June 19, 2003 under the Canada Business Corporation Act and is in the business of acquiring, exploring and evaluating mineral resource properties. On September 30, 2003, the Company changed its name to Evolving Gold Corp. The Company is in the exploration stage and has interests in resource properties located in the Northwest Territories of Canada and Nevada. The recoverability of amounts shown for resource properties is dependent upon the discovery of economically recoverable reserves, continuation of the Company's interest in the underlying mineral claims, the ability of the Company to obtain financing to complete their development, and future profitable production or disposition thereof. The financial statements have been prepared using Canadian generally accepted accounting principles applicable for a going concern which assumes that the Company will realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the ordinary course of business. The Company has accumulated losses of $429,526 since its inception. Its ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon the ability of the Company to obtain the necessary financing to meet its obligations and pay its liabilities arising from normal business operations when they come due. The Company was inactive during the period ended December 31, 2003 and accordingly, comparative figures are not available. |
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Note 2 | Significant Accounting Policies These interim financial statements have been prepared by the Company in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles, using the same accounting policies and methods as per the annual financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2004. These interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and the accompanying notes thereto. |
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EVOLVING GOLD CORP. NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the nine months ended December 31, 2004 (Prepared without audit) |
| Stock-based compensation Effective April 1, 2004, the Company adopted the provisions of CICA Handbook Section 3870 "Stock-based Compensation and Other Stock-based Payments". The section requires use of the fair value-based method of accounting for stock awards for fiscal periods beginning January 1, 2004. The value of such rewards is charged to the statement of operations over the vesting period of the stock awards with an offsetting credit to contributed surplus. Consideration paid for shares on exercise of the share options are credited to share capital together with the amount of any contributed surplus that arose as a result of the grant of the exercised stock options. |
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Note 3 | Resource Properties i) Murray Property Pursuant to a property option agreement dated July 22, 2003, as amended September 16, 2004, between the Company and International Zimtu Technologies Inc. ("Zimtu"), the Company has the option to earn a 70% undivided interest in certain mineral claims (the "Murrary Property"), located 78 kilometres northeast of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Consideration is $17,000 cash, exploration expenditures of $250,000 and the issue of 200,000 Special Warrants as follows: |
| c) | $17,000 cash (paid); |
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| d) | incurring exploration expenditures as follows: |
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| | iv) | $15,000 on or before December 1, 2004 (see comment below); |
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| | v) | a further $85,000 on or before July 22, 2005; and |
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| | vi) | a further $150,000 on or before July 22, 2006. |
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| c) | the issue of 200,000 Series "P" Special Warrants (issued). |
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EVOLVING GOLD CORP. NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the nine months ended December 31, 2004 (Prepared without audit) |
| The Murray Property is subject to, upon commencement of commercial production, royalties equal to 2% of the net smelter returns on minerals other than diamonds and 2% of the gross production of diamonds from the Murray Property. The Company may purchase one half of the net smelter return royalties or the gross production diamond royalties at any time for $500,000 for each one half interest. The Company and the underlying property owner have agreed to defer the $15,000 of exploration expenditures until the first quarter of 2005. ii) Winnemucca Mountain Property Pursuant to an option agreement detailed December 3, 2004, with Golden Sands Exploration Inc. ("Golden") and its subsidiary company AHL Holdings Ltd. ("AHL"), the company was granted the right to acquire a 100% interest in 62 unpatented mining claims located in Humbolt County, Nevada (the "Winnemucca Propery"). In order to vest its interest in the Winnemucca Mountain Property the Company must incur exploration expenditures of US $4,000,000; make aggregate cash payments to Golden of US $70,000; and issue 1,800,000 shares to Golden (or its nominee) as follows: |
| a) | Cash Payments |
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| | - | US $30,000 on or before January 7, 2005 (paid); |
| | - | US $40,000 on or before February 25, 2005; |
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| b) | Share Issuances |
| | - | 100,000 shares on signing the agreement (issued); |
| | - | 200,000 shares on or before December 15, 2004 (issued); |
| | - | 200,000 shares on or before February 25, 2005; |
| | - | 400,000 shares on or before August 25, 2005; |
| | - | 400,000 shares on or before August 25, 2006; |
| | - | 500,000 shares on or before December 31, 2007; |
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| c) | Exploration Expenditures |
| | - | US $1,000,000 on or before December 31, 2006; |
| | - | an additional US $1,000,000 on or before December 31, 2007; |
| | - | and a further US $2,000,000 on or before December 31, 2008. |
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EVOLVING GOLD CORP. NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the nine months ended December 31, 2004 (Prepared without audit) |
| In addition, a finder's fee of 100,000 shares was paid by the Company in December 2004 in connection with the Winnemucca Mountain Property transaction. The Winnemucca Mountain Property is subject to a 2% net smelter return ("NSR"). The NSR is divided between two parties as to the respective mineral claims held by each party. With respect to 37 of the unpatented mineral claims, the Company may purchase the NSR for US $1,000,000 per 1% or an aggregate of US $2,000,000. No agreement exists for such purchase of NSR on the remaining 25 mineral claims. |
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Note 4 | Share Capital Authorized: Unlimited common shares without par value |
| | Number | $ |
| Balance, March 31, 2004 | 100 | 100 |
| Issuance pursuant to exercise of special warrants | | |
| Series "A" special warrants - at $0.01 | 1,400,000 | 14,000 |
| Series "B" special warrants - at $0.05 | 3,250,000 | 162,500 |
| Series "F" special warrants - at $0.10 | 1,100,000 | 110,000 |
| Series "L" special warrants - at $0.05 | 200,000 | 10,000 |
| Series "P" special warrants - at $0.05 | 200,000 | 10,000 |
| Issuance pursuant to mineral property acquisition | 400,000 | 80,000 |
| Balance, December 31, 2004 | 6,550,100 | 386,600 |
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| During the nine months ended December 31, 2004, each Series "A", "B", "F", "L" and "P" Special Warrant was exchanged into one common share of the Company. |
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EVOLVING GOLD CORP. NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the nine months ended December 31, 2004 (Prepared without audit) |
Note 5 | Stock Option Plan and Stock-based Compensation The Company established a share purchase option plan (the "Plan") in September 2004. The Board of Directors administers the Plan, pursuant to which the Board of Directors may grant from time to time incentive stock options up to an aggregate maximum of 10% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company to directors, officers, employees, consultants or advisors. All options granted under the Plan shall expire not later than the fifth anniversary of the date the options were granted. The exercise price of an option is determined by the Board of Directors, but shall not be less than the market price of the common shares of the Company on the CNQ on the last business day before the date on which the options are granted, less any discount permitted by the rules of the exchange. Vesting and terms are at the discretion of the Board of Directors. Compensation costs of stock options granted under the Plan have been estimated using an option-pricing model. Assumptions used in the pricing model are as follows: |
| Nine Months Ended December 31, 2004 |
a) average risk-free interest rate | 3.6 % to 4.0% |
b) expected life | 5.0 years |
c) expected volatility | 138% to 155% |
d) expected dividends | Nil |
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EVOLVING GOLD CORP. NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the nine months ended December 31, 2004 (Prepared without audit) |
Note 6 | Related Party Transactions During the nine months ended December 31, 2004, the Company incurred charges with a company who is a significant shareholder, with a company whose director acts as a manager of the Company, with companies with a common director, and directly with a director as follows: |
| | | Nine months ended | | | Period ended |
| | | December 31, 2004 | | | March 31, 2004 |
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| Consulting | $ | - | | $ | 10,500 |
| Management fees | | 41,379 | | | 52,400 |
| Promotion and advertising | | 450 | | | 2,500 |
| Rent and administration fees | | 7,050 | | | 41,445 |
| | $ | 48,879 | | $ | 106,845 |
| These charges were measured by the exchange amount, which is the amount agreed upon by the transacting parties. During the period ended March 31, 2004, the Company prepaid a total of $25,550 in respect of a management services agreement to a company whose director formerly acted as manager for the Company. As at December 31, 2004, the prepaid balance under this agreement was reduced to nil. During the period ended March 31, 2004, the Company entered into a resource property option agreement with a public company who is a shareholder of the Company, to which it paid cash of $17,000 and issued 200,000 Series "P" Special Warrants valued at $10,000. |
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Note 7 | Subsequent Event On January 10, 2005 the Company closed a non-brokered private placement of 600,000 units at a price of $0.16 per unit. Each unit consists of one common share and one non-transferable share purchase warrant. Each warrant entitles the holder there of to purchase an additional common share of the Company at a price of $0.25 per share for a period of two years. |
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Signature Page
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 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 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Evolving Gold Corp. | |
Registrant | |
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Dated: March 4, 2005 | Signed: /s/ Warren McIntyre |
| Warren McIntyre, |
| Corporate Secretary, Chief Financial Officer |
| and Director |
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