UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 20-F/A
(Amendment No. 1)
[ ] | REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
OR | |
[ X ] | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2011 | |
OR | |
[ ] | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from __________ to _______________ | |
OR | |
[ ] | SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
COMMISSION FILE No.00051303 |
Grandview Gold Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
GRANDVIEW GOLD INC.
(Translation of Registrant's name into English)
Province of Ontario, Canada
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
360 Bay Street, Suite 500, Toronto, Ontario M5H 2V6, Canada
(Address of principal executive offices)
Paul Sarjeant, T: +1 416 486 3444, F: +1 416 486 9577,
360 Bay Street, Suite 500, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 2V6, Canada
(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: | None |
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: | common shares |
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(Title of Class) Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act:
__________________________________None__________________________________
(Title of Class)
Number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer's classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report: 81,163,032.
Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
Yes [ ] No [ X ]
If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes [ ] No [ X ]
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes [ X ] No [ ]
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer.
Large accelerated filer [ ] | Accelerated filer [ ] | Non-accelerated filer [ X ] |
Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:
U.S. GAAP [ ] | International Financial Reporting | Other [ X ] |
If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow:
Item 17 [ X ] Item 18 [ ]
If this is an annual report indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes [ ] No [ X ]
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment No. 1”) to the Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2011 originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on December 1, 2011 (“2011 Form 20-F”) has been amended to include disclosures pursuant to Item 16F - Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant, the Report of Former Auditor for periods covered in the 2011 Form 20-F and Exhibit 15.1 - Letter from former Independent Accountant to the SEC, as required by Item 16F of Form 20-F.
Except as provided above, no other changes have been made to the 2011 Form 20-F or the Company’s audited financial statements as included in the 2011 Form 20-F. Amendment No. 1 does not reflect events occurring after the filing of the 2011 Form 20-F.
TABLE OF CONTENTS | ||
FORM 20-F | I | |
TABLE OF CONTENTS | III | |
GLOSSARY | V | |
PART I | 1 | |
ITEM 1: | Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisors | 1 |
ITEM 2: | Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable | 1 |
ITEM 3: | Key Information | 1 |
A. Selected Financial Data | 1 | |
B. Capitalization and Indebtedness | 2 | |
C. Reasons For The Offer and Use Of Proceeds | 2 | |
D. Risk Factors | 2 | |
ITEM 4: | Information on the Company | 10 |
A. Unresolved Staff Comments | 10 | |
B. History and Development of the Company | 11 | |
C. Business Overview | 13 | |
D. Organizational Structure | 16 | |
E. Property, Plants and Equipment | 16 | |
ITEM 5: | Operating and Financial Review and Prospects | 36 |
A. Operating Results | 42 | |
B. Liquidity and Capital Resources | 48 | |
C. Research and Development, Patents and Licenses, Etc. | 48 | |
D. Trend Information | 48 | |
E. Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements | 48 | |
F. Tabular Disclosure of Contractual Obligations | 48 | |
ITEM 6: | Directors, Senior Management, and Employees | 49 |
A. Directors and Senior Management | 49 | |
B. Board Practices | 54 | |
C. Employees | 55 | |
D. Share Ownership | 55 | |
ITEM 7: | Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions | 56 |
A. Major Shareholders | 56 | |
B. Related Party Transactions | 57 | |
C. Interests of Experts and Counsel | 57 | |
ITEM 8: | Financial Information | 58 |
A. Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information | 58 | |
B. Significant Changes | 58 | |
ITEM 9: | The Offering and Listing. | 58 |
A. Offer and Listing Details | 58 | |
B. Plan of Distribution | 60 | |
C. Markets | 60 | |
D. Selling Shareholders | 60 | |
E. Dilution | 61 | |
F. Expenses of the Issue | 61 | |
ITEM10: | Additional Information | 61 |
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A. Share Capital | 61 | |
B. Memorandum and Articles of Association | 61 | |
C. Material Contracts | 61 | |
D. Exchange Controls | 62 | |
E. Taxation | 64 | |
F. Dividends and Paying Agents | 70 | |
G. Statements by Experts | 70 | |
H. Documents on Display | 70 | |
I. Subsidiary Information | 71 | |
ITEM11: | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk | 71 |
ITEM12: | Description of Securities other than Equity Securities | 71 |
PARTII | 72 | |
ITEM13: | Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies | 72 |
ITEM14: | Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds | 72 |
ITEM15: | Controls and Procedures | 72 |
ITEM16: | Reserved | 73 |
A. Audit Committee Financial Expert | 73 | |
B. Code of Ethics | 73 | |
C. Principal Accountant Fees and Services | 73 | |
D. Exemptions From the Listing Standards for Audit Committees | 74 | |
E. Purchases of Equity Services by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers | 74 | |
F. Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant | 74 | |
PARTIII | 75 | |
ITEM17: | Financial Statements | 75 |
A. Audited Annual Financial Statements, May 31, 2011 | 75 | |
ITEM18: | Exhibits | 142 |
SIGNATURES | 121 |
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GLOSSARY | |
Following is a glossary of terms used throughout this Annual Report. | |
Assay | a precise and accurate analysis of the metal contents in an ore or rock sam |
cut-off grade | deemed grade of mineralization, established by reference to economic factors, above which material is considered ore and below which is considered waste. |
development stage | includes all companies engaged in the preparation of an established commercially mineable deposit (reserves) for its extraction which are not in the production stage. |
dilution | the contamination of ore with barren wall rock; this means that in extracting ore, rock is also extracted, which contains a lesser amount of the mineral than the ore, effectively reducing the grade of the ore. |
exploration stage | All companies engaged in the search for mineral deposits (reserves) which are not in either the development or production stage. |
feasibility study | a detailed report assessing the feasibility, economics and engineering of placing a mineral deposit into commercial production. |
gold deposit | means a mineral deposit mineralized with gold. |
Inferred mineral resource | that part of a Mineral Resource for which quantity and grade or quality can be estimated on the basis of geological evidence and reasonably assumed, but not verified, geological and grade continuity. The estimate is based on limited information and sampling gathered through appropriate techniques from locations such as outcrops, trenches, pits, workings, and drill holes. |
lode mining | mining of gold bearing rocks, typically in the form of veins or stockworks |
mineral resource | a concentration or occurrence of natural, solid, inorganic or fossilized organic material in or on the Earth’s crust in such form and quantity and of such grade or quality that it has reasonable prospects of economic extraction. The location, quantity, grade, geological characteristics and continuity of a Mineral Resource are known, estimated or interpreted from specific geological evidence and knowledge. |
ore | a naturally occurring rock or material from which minerals, such as gold, can be extracted at a profit; a determination of whether a mineral deposit contains ore is often made by a feasibility study. |
ounce or oz. | a troy ounce or 20 pennyweights or 480 grains or 31.103 grams |
patented mining claim | a claim to which a patent has been obtained from the government by compliance with laws relating to such claims. |
prospect | an area prospective for economic minerals based on geological, geophysical, geochemical and other criteria |
Probable (indicated) reserves | Reserves for which quantity and grade and/or quality are computed from information similar to that used for proven (measure) reserves, but the sites for inspection, sampling, and measurement are farther apart or are otherwise less adequately spaced. The degree of assurance, although lower than that for proven (measured) reserves, is high enough to assume continuity between points of observation. |
proven (measured) reserves | Reserves for which (a) quantity is computed from dimensions revealed in outcrops, trenches, workings or drill holes; grade and/or quality are computed from the results of detailed sampling and (b) the sites for inspection, sampling and measurement are spaced so closely and the geologic character is so well defined that size, shape, depth and mineral content of reserves are well-established. |
reserve | that part of a mineral deposit, which could be economically and legally extracted or produced at the time of the reserve determination. Reserves are customarily stated in terms of "ore" when dealing with metalliferous minerals such as gold or silver |
reverse circulation drill | a large machine that produces a continuous chip sample of the rock or material being drilled |
shaft | a vertical or inclined tunnel in an underground mine driven downward from surface |
Ton | short ton (2,000 pounds). |
tonne | metric tonne (2,204.6 pounds). |
trenching | The surface excavation of a linear trench to expose mineralization for sampling |
unpatented mining claim | mining claims to which a deed from the United States government has not been received, and which are subject to annual assessment work in order to maintain ownership. |
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For ease of reference, the following conversion factors are provided:
1mile (mi) | = 1.609 kilometres | 2,204 pounds (lbs) | = 1 tonne | |
1yard (yd) | = 0.9144 meter (m) | 2,000 pounds/1 short ton | = 0.907 tonne | |
1acre | = 0.405 hectare (ha) | 1 troy ounce | = 31.103 grams |
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PART I
ITEM1:Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisors
Not Applicable.
ITEM2:Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable
Not Applicable.
ITEM3:Key Information
Unless expressed otherwise, all dollar amounts in this Annual Report are expressed in Canadian dollars. The following tables set forth the exchange rates for one Canadian dollar expressed in terms of one U.S. dollar for the fiscal years ended May 31, 2007 through May 31, 2011, and for the period June 1, 2011 through October 31, 2011.
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2007 | 1.1364 | ||
2008 | 1.0142 | ||
2009 | 1.1562 | ||
2010 | 1.0632 | ||
2011 | 1.0070 |
MONTH | LOW | HIGH |
June 2011 | 1.0648 | 1.0138 |
July 2011 | 1.0678 | 1.0256 |
August 2011 | 1.0674 | 1.0108 |
September 2011 | 1.0604 | 1.0216 |
October 2011 | 1.0607 | 0.9480 |
The exchange rates are based upon the noon buying rate in New York City for cable transfers in foreign currencies as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
A. Selected Financial Data
Following is selected financial data of the Company, expressed in Canadian dollars, for the fiscal years ended May 31, 2011 (“2011”), May 31, 2010 ("2010"), May 31, 2009 ("2009"), May 31, 2008 ("2008") and May 31, 2007 (“2007”) prepared in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles (“Canadian GAAP”). Canadian GAAP differs substantially from United States generally accepted accounting principles ("US GAAP"). Reference is made to Note 15 to the audited consolidated financial statements as at May 31, 2011 and 2010 and for each of the years in the three year period ended May 31, 2011 under Item 17 of this Form 20-F.
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The selected financial data should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and other financial information included elsewhere in the Annual Report.
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Net Loss and | $ | (408,907 | ) | $ | (880,403 | ) | $ | (7,887,918 | ) | $ | (3,005,834 | ) |
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Loss Per Share – Basic and Diluted | $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.20 | ) | $ | (0.09 | ) | ($0.11 | ) | |
Dividends Per Share |
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Period-end Shares |
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Cash and Cash Equivalents | $ | 1,177,679 | $ | 1,432,824 | $ | 106,593 | $ | 84,856 | $ | 1,299,277 | |||||
Short term investments | $ | 25,286 | $ | 25,037 | $ | 407,493 | $ | 1,011,410 |
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Working Capital | $ | 1,155,078 | $ | 1,407,869 | $ | 469,609 | $ | 1,168,570 | $ | 1,575,617 | |||||
Mineral Properties | $ | 4,568,757 | $ | 4,149,771 | $ | 3,442,793 | $ | 10,282,950 | $ | 7,134,618 | |||||
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Share Capital | $ | 15,602,951 | $ | 15,081,883 | $ | 14,430,400 | $ | 14,202,266 | $ | 11,019,703 | |||||
Shareholders’ Equity | $ | 5,723,835 | $ | 5,557,640 | $ | 3,912,402 | $ | 11,541,520 | $ | 8,800,235 | |||||
Total Assets | $ | 5,865,572 | $ | 5,660,623 | $ | 3,999,201 | $ | 11,673,136 | $ | 9,217,009 | |||||
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Net Loss | $ | (822,462 | ) | $ | (1,387,686 | ) | $ | (2,586,978 | ) | $ | (6,157,896 | ) |
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Basic and diluted loss Per Common Share | $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.06 | ) | $ | (0.18 | ) |
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Mineral Property Rights | $ | 720,835 | $ | 712,101 | $ | 512,906 | $ | 1,921,797 | $ | 1,677,568 | |||||
Shareholders’ Equity | $ | 1,875,913 | $ | 2,123,273 | $ | 985,318 | $ | 3,192,663 | $ | 3,343,185 | |||||
Total Assets | $ | 2,017,650 | $ | 2,226,256 | $ | 1,072,117 | $ | 3,324,279 | $ | 3,759,959 |
B. Capitalization and Indebtedness
Not Applicable.
C. Reasons For The Offer and Use Of Proceeds
Not Applicable.
D. Risk Factors
The business of the Company entails significant risks, and an investment in the Company’s Common Shares (the “Shares”) should be considered highly speculative for a variety of reasons. An investment in the Shares should only be undertaken by persons who have sufficient financial resources to enable them to assume such risks. In addition to the usual risks associated with investment in a business, the following is a general description of significant risk factors, which should be considered.
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We Have No Ongoing Mining Operations, None of our Mineral Properties Contain a Known Commercially Mineable Mineral Deposit, We Have Never Received Any Revenues From Mining Operations, and Our Chances of Reaching the Development Stage on Any of our Properties is Remote.Since our inception, we have never engaged in any mining operations and the Company has not generated any revenues from mining operations. Our activities have been limited to the highly speculative business of acquiring and exploring properties in the hope that commercial quantities of gold will be discovered. At the present time, none of our properties contain a known commercially mineable mineral deposit. We believe that the probability of our reaching the development stage on any of our properties is remote for a number of reasons. The exploration for and development of mineral deposits involves significant risks, which even a combination of careful evaluation, experience and knowledge may not eliminate. While the discovery of an ore body may result in substantial rewards, few properties, which are explored, are ultimately developed into producing mines. Major expenses may be required to locate and establish mineral reserves, to develop metallurgical processes and to construct mining and processing facilities at a particular site. Whether a mineral deposit will be commercially viable depends on a number of factors, including, but not limited to the following: the particular attributes of the deposit, such as size, grade and proximity to infrastructure; metal prices, which are highly cyclical; and government regulations, including regulations relating to prices, taxes, royalties, land tenure, land use, importing and exporting of minerals and environmental protection. Because exploration properties rarely become producing mines, investors must be prepared for the possibility that we will be unsuccessful and that they could lose their entire investment.
In the remote possibility that we place any of our properties into production, of which there can be no assurance, we would face numerous risks associated with mining operations. These risks include adverse environmental conditions, industrial accidents, labor disputes, unusual or unexpected geological conditions, ground or slope failures, cave-ins, changes in the regulatory environment and natural phenomena such as inclement weather conditions, floods and earthquakes, and the inability to maintain the infrastructure for our production activities. Mining and mining exploration is risky, presenting potentially dangerous conditions for workers. Large, heavy equipment and machinery is used and toxic substances are utilized and encountered in exploration, extraction, and processing. Misuse and accidents could result in serious injury and death to personnel. Such events could be caused by numerous factors including faulty equipment, unsafe practices, explosions, fires, natural phenomenon (such as lightening, mudslides, cave-ins, etc.), which may be impossible to avoid and protect against. In the event of any such misuse, accidents or natural disasters, personnel could be injured and killed, and mining operations suspended or terminated. In addition, any future development activities, of which there can be no assurance, would depend, to one degree or another, on adequate infrastructure. Reliable roads, bridges, power sources and water supply are important factors, which affect capital and operating costs. Unusual or infrequent weather phenomena, sabotage, government or other interference in the maintenance or provision of such infrastructure could make it very difficult, it not impossible, to engage in any development activities and force us to incur expenses that we had not planned on spending.
Because We Have No Revenue Producing Operations, We are Dependent Upon Our Ability to Raise Funds In Order to Continue Our Exploration Activities.Since inception, the Company has not generated any revenues from mining operations. As of August 31, 2011, the Company had an accumulated deficit of approximately $21.5 million. With limited cash resources, it will be necessary in the near and over the long term to raise substantial funds from external sources to maintain our interests in our various properties in the United States, Peru and Canada, to acquire, explore, and if warranted, develop other mineral properties, participate in other projects and provide sufficient cash to fund operations. There is no assurance that we will be able to raise the funds on acceptable terms, or at all. If we do not raise these funds, we would be unable to pursue our planned business operations and investors could lose their investment. If we are able to raise these funds, it is likely that investors will experience dilution of their interests, which could result in a decrease in the value of their Shares.
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Title To Our Mining Properties Has Not Been Verified so Such Properties may be Subject to Prior Unregistered Liens, Agreements, Transfers or Claims, and may be Affected by Undetected Defects.
Although the title to the properties in which the Company holds interests were reviewed by or on behalf of us, and title opinions were delivered to us, no assurances can be given that there are no title defects affecting such properties. Our ability to ensure that we have obtained secure claim to individual mineral properties or mining concessions may be severely constrained. The Company has not conducted surveys of the claims in which it holds direct or indirect interests; therefore, the precise area and location of such claims may be in doubt. Accordingly, the properties may be subject to prior unregistered liens, agreements, transfers or claims, including native land claims, and title may be affected by, among other things, undetected defects. In addition, the Company may be unable to operate its properties as permitted or to enforce its rights with respect to its properties.
The Value of our Mineral Properties is Dependent Upon Commodity Prices Which Can Fluctuate Widely.The price of our Shares, our financial results and exploration, development and mining activities may in the future be significantly adversely affected by declines in the price of gold, copper, or other minerals.Gold and other mineral prices fluctuate widely and are affected by numerous factors beyond the Company’s control such as the sale or purchase of such commodities by various central banks and financial institutions, interest rates, exchange rates, inflation or deflation, fluctuation in the value of the United States dollar and foreign currencies, global and regional supply and demand, and the political and economic conditions of major gold or other mineral-producing countries throughout the world. The prices of gold or other minerals have fluctuated widely in recent years, and future serious price declines could cause continued exploration of our properties to be impracticable. Depending on the price of gold or other minerals, in the remote possibility that any of our properties enter commercial production, cash flow from such mining operations may not be sufficient and the Company could be forced to discontinue production and may lose its interest in, or may be forced to sell, some of its properties. Future production from the Company’s mining properties is dependent on gold or other mineral prices that are adequate to make these properties economic.
In addition to adversely affecting the Company’s reserve estimates, its ability to obtain financing, and its financial condition, declining commodity prices can impact operations by requiring a reassessment of the feasibility, and operational requirements, of a particular project. Such a reassessment may be the result of a management decision or may be required under financing arrangements related to a particular project. Even if the project is ultimately determined to be economically viable, the need to conduct such a reassessment may cause substantial delays or may interrupt operations until the reassessment can be completed.
We Are Not Engaged in Mining Operations; In the Event We Engage in Mining Operations in the Future, We Would Face Substantial Regulation Which Would be Very Costly to Comply With.We are not engaged in any mining operations at the present time and there can be no assurance we will ever engage in any mining operations in the future. All of our current activities are exploratory in nature. If our exploration activities uncover a commercially mineable mineral deposit, of which there can be no assurance, we plan to take the necessary steps to commence mining operations. Mining operations in Canada and Peru are subject to federal, provincial, state and local laws relating to the protection of the environment, including laws regulating the removal of natural resources from the ground and the discharge of materials into the environment. Mining operations are also subject to federal, provincial and local laws, which seek to maintain health and safety standards by regulating the design and use of mining methods and equipment. Various permits from government bodies are required for mining operations to be conducted; no assurance can be given that such permits will be received. No assurance can be given that environmental standards imposed by federal, provincial or local authorities will not be changed with material adverse effect on the Company's activities. Moreover, compliance with such laws may cause substantial delays and require capital outlays in excess of those anticipated, thus causing an adverse effect on the Company. Additionally, the Company may be subject to liability for pollution or other environmental damage, which it may elect not to insure against due to prohibitive premium costs and other reasons.
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Exchange Rate and Interest Rate Fluctuations May Increase the Company’s Costs.Exchange rate fluctuations may affect the costs that the Company incurs in its exploration activities. Gold and other minerals are generally sold in U.S. dollars. Since the Company principally raises funds in Canadian dollars, and the Company’s costs are incurred principally in US dollars, the appreciation of the U.S dollar against the Canadian dollar can increase the cost of gold and other mineral exploration and production in Canadian dollar terms.
In the event interest rates rise, liabilities of the Company tied to interest rates may rise, increasing the Company’s borrowing and operating costs. Additionally, a general rise in interest rates could adversely affect the Company’s ability to secure equity financing.
There is a Risk that we will be Unable to Compete for Mineral Properties, Investment Funds and Technical Expertise. Significant and increasing competition exists for the limited number of gold and other precious metal acquisition opportunities available in North, South and Central America and elsewhere in the world. As a result of this competition, some of which is with large, established mining companies with substantially greater financial and technical resources than us, we may be unable to acquire additional attractive precious metal mining properties on terms we consider acceptable. Moreover, this competition makes it more difficult for us to attract and retain mining experts, and to secure financing for our operations. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that our exploration and acquisition programs will be successful or result in any commercial mining operations.
We Do Not Have Insurance; We Will Not Be Able to Insure Against All Possible Risks. The Company’s business is subject to a number of risks and hazards generally, including adverse environmental conditions, industrial accidents, labour disputes, unusual or unexpected geological conditions, ground or slope failures, cave-ins, changes in the regulatory environment and natural phenomena such as inclement weather conditions, floods and earthquakes. Such occurrences could result in damage to mineral properties or production facilities, personal injury or death, environmental damage to the Company’s properties or the properties of others, delays, monetary losses and possible legal liability. If any such catastrophic event occurs, investors could lose their entire investment. Although the Company intends to obtain insurance to protect against certain risks in such amounts as it considers to be reasonable, it does not have any insurance at the present time. If and when insurance is obtained, of which there can be no assurance, the insurance will not cover all the potential risks associated with a mining Company’s operations. Moreover, the Company may also be unable to maintain insurance to cover these risks at economically feasible premiums. Insurance coverage may not continue to be available or may not be adequate to cover any resulting liability. Moreover, insurance against risks such as environmental pollution or other hazards as a result of exploration and production is not generally available to the Company or to other companies in the mining industry on acceptable terms. The Company might also become subject to liability for pollution or other hazards which may not be insured against or which the Company may elect not to insure against because of premium costs or other reasons. Losses from these events may cause the Company to incur significant costs that could have a material adverse effect upon its financial performance and results of operations. Should a catastrophic event arise, investors could lose their entire investment.
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Adverse Government Policies and Environmental Risks Could Harm Our Business; The Amount of Capital Necessary to Meet All Environmental Regulations Associated with Our Exploration Programs Could Be In An Amount Great Enough to Force the Company to Cease Operations. Reference is made to “Item 4.Information onthe Company. B.Business Overview.” for a discussion of the regulatory issues facing the Company. The current and anticipated future operations of the Company, including further exploration activities require permits from various U.S. Canadian and Peru governmental authorities. Such operations are subject to various laws governing land use, the protection of the environment, production, exports, taxes, labour standards, occupational health, waste disposal, toxic substances, mine safety and other matters. We may not be able to obtain all necessary licenses and permits required to carry out exploration at, and developments of, our projects. Unfavourable amendments to current laws, regulations and permits governing operations and activities of resource exploration companies, or more stringent implementation thereof, could have a materially adverse impact on the Company and cause increases in capital expenditures which could result in a cessation of operations by the Company.
Failure to comply with applicable laws, regulations and permitting requirements may result in enforcement actions there under, including orders issued by regulatory or judicial authorities causing operations to cease or be curtailed, and may include corrective measures requiring capital expenditures, installation of additional equipment or remedial actions. Parties engaged in resource exploration may be required to compensate those suffering loss or damage by reason of the mining activities and may have civil or criminal fines or penalties imposed for violation of applicable laws or regulations. Large increases in capital expenditures resulting from any of the above factors could force the Company to cease operations.
The Adoption of New Laws Imposing Royalties on U.S. Government Lands Could Make it Uneconomic to Place the Company’s United States Properties into Production. On November 1, 2007 the United States House of Representatives passed the Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act which, if enacted into law, would impose royalties of 4% of gross revenues on existing hard-rock operations and 8% of gross revenues on new operations. Additionally, this legislation also would impose new environmental controls on hard-rock mining, establish a cleanup fund for abandoned mines, and ban cheap sales of public lands for mining, all of which would have an unknown financial impact on the Company’s business. Presently, there are no U.S. government royalties on production from properties on government lands. The profitability of a gold mining operation depends upon the price that can be obtained from the sale of the gold, and the cost of production. The price of gold is very volatile, making it difficult to accurately predict future revenues. The imposition of either a 4% or 8% royalty would greatly increase the cost of production, as would the imposition of additional costs to comply with the new environmental requirements. The addition of these additional costs could render some projects that were previously profitable, unprofitable. For producing mines this could mean the suspension of mining operations. For new mines not in production these additional costs could render such projects uneconomic.
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The enactment of this legislation, or parts of it, or even the possibility of its enactment in the future, into law would have a substantial adverse effect on our ability to conduct our business. This is because of the uncertainty of the economic viability of a project it would cause and well as the uncertainty and concern over unquantifiable future costs, which must now be considered. This, in turn, could likely increase our cost of capital, and have a chilling effect on our projects on federal lands.
Management May Be Subject to Conflicts of Interest Due to Affiliations with Other Resource Companies.
Because some of our directors and officers have private mining interests and also serve as officers and/or directors of other public mining companies, their personal interests are continually in conflict with the interests of the Company. Situations will arise where these persons are presented with mining opportunities, which may be desirable for the Company, as well as other companies in which they have an interest, to pursue. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to pursue such opportunities because of our officers and directors’ conflicts. In addition to competition for suitable mining opportunities, the Company competes with these other companies for investment capital, and technical resources, including consulting geologists, metallurgists, engineers and others. Similarly, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to obtain necessary investment capital and technical resources because of our officers and directors’ conflicts. Such conflict of interests are permitted under Canadian regulations and will continue to subject the Company to the continuing risk that it may be unable to acquire certain mining opportunities, investment capital and the necessary technical resources because of competing personal interests of some of our officers and directors.
Our Management May Not Be Subject to U.S. Legal Process Making it Very Difficult for Investors to Sue in the United States. The enforcement by investors of civil liabilities under the United States federal securities laws may be adversely affected by the fact that all of our officers and directors are neither citizens nor residents of the United States. There can be no assurance that (a) U.S. stockholders will be able to effect service of process within the United States upon such persons, (b) U.S. stockholders will be able to enforce, in United States courts, judgments against such persons obtained in such courts predicated upon the civil liability provisions of United States federal securities laws, (c) appropriate foreign courts would enforce judgments of United States courts obtained in actions against such persons predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the federal securities laws, and (d) the appropriate foreign courts would enforce, in original actions, liabilities against such persons predicated solely upon the United States federal securities laws.
However, U.S. laws would generally be enforced by a Canadian court provided that those laws are not contrary to Canadian public policy, are not foreign penal laws or laws that deal with taxation or the taking of property by a foreign government and provided that they are in compliance with applicable Canadian legislation regarding the limitation of actions. Also, a Canadian court would generally recognize a judgment obtained in a U.S. Court except, for example:
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(a) | Where the U.S. court, where the judgment was rendered, had no jurisdiction according to applicable Canadian law; |
(b) | The judgment was subject to ordinary remedy (appeal, judicial review and any other judicial proceeding which renders the judgment not final, conclusive or enforceable under the laws of the applicable state) or not final, conclusive or enforceable under the laws of the applicable state; |
(c) | The judgment was obtained by fraud or in any manner contrary to natural justice or rendered in contravention of fundamental principles of procedure; |
(d) | A dispute between the same parties, based on the same subject matter has given rise to a judgment rendered in a Canadian court or has been decided in a third country and the judgment meets the necessary conditions for recognition in a Canadian court; |
(e) | The outcome of the judgment of the U.S. court was inconsistent with Canadian public policy; |
(f) | The judgment enforces obligations arising from foreign penal laws or laws that deal with taxation or the taking of property by a foreign government; or |
(g) | There has not been compliance with applicable Canadian law dealing with the limitation of actions. |
Gold Prices are Volatile and Could Decline in which case Our Properties May Not be Economically Viable. Gold prices fluctuate so that there is no assurance, even if substantial quantities of gold are discovered, that our properties will, in the future, prove to be economically viable. The prices of precious and base metals fluctuate on a daily basis and have experienced volatile and significant price movements over short periods of time. Prices are affected by numerous factors beyond our control, including international economic and political trends, expectations of inflation, currency exchange fluctuations (specifically, the U.S. dollar relative to other currencies), interest rates, central bank transactions, world supply for precious and base metals, international investments, monetary systems, and global or regional consumption patterns (such as the development of gold coin programs), speculative activities and increased worldwide production due to improved mining and production methods. The effect of these factors cannot be accurately predicted, and the combination of these factors may result in us not receiving adequate returns on invested capital or the investments retaining their respective values. There is no assurance that the price of gold (and of other precious and base metals) will be high enough so that our properties, assuming that we ever discover substantial quantities of gold, could be mined at a profit.
There is a Risk that Our Rights to Conduct Mining Explorations and Operations Could be Challenged by Third Parties Claiming Rights to Our Properties. We do not insure against third party actions claiming rights to explore and mine our properties. Accordingly, in the event that such a claim is made against us or our properties, our activities could be adversely affected. The costs of defending our title could be very time consuming and expensive with no guarantee that we would win. If such a claim is made, it may become difficult or impossible to either continue operations, if any, on the property being challenged and secure investment funds.
Our Stock is a Penny Stock which Imposes Significant Restrictions on Broker-Dealers Recommending the Stock For Purchase. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulations define "penny stock" to include common stock that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions. These regulations include the following requirements: broker-dealers must deliver, prior to thetransaction, a disclosure schedule prepared by the SEC relating to the penny stock market; broker-dealers must disclose the commissions payable to the broker-dealer and its registered representative; broker-dealers must disclose current quotations for the securities; if a broker-dealer is the sole market-maker, the broker-dealer must disclose this fact and the broker-dealers presumed control over the market; and a broker-dealer must furnish itscustomers with monthly statements disclosing recent price information for all penny stocks held in the customer s account and information on the limited market in penny stocks. Additional sales practice requirements are imposed on broker-dealers who sell penny stocks to persons other than established customers and accredited investors. For these types of transactions, the broker-dealer must make a special suitability determination for the purchaser and must have received the purchaser’s written consent to the transaction prior to sale. If our Shares become subject to these penny stock rules these disclosure requirements may have the effect of reducing the level of trading activity in the secondary market for the Shares, if such trading market should ever develop, of which there can be no assurance. Accordingly, this may result in a lack of liquidity in the Shares and investors may be unable to sell their Shares at prices considered reasonable by them.
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Our Stock Price Could be Volatile Causing Investors to Suffer Significant Losses If the Shares are Depressed or Illiquid when an Investor Desires to Sell his Shares.The market price of a publicly-traded stock, especially that of a mining exploration Company such as ours, is affected by many variables in addition to those directly related to exploration successes or failures. Such factors include the general condition of markets for mining exploration stocks, the strength of the economy generally, the availability of alternative investments, and the breadth of the public market for the stock. The market price of our Shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange in Canada has been, and is likely to continue to be, volatile. Therefore, investors could suffer significant losses if our Shares are depressed or illiquid when an investor desires to sell Shares.
We Do Not Plan to Pay Any Dividends in the Foreseeable Future. The Company has never paid a dividend and it is unlikely that the Company will declare or pay a dividend until warranted based upon the factors outlined below. The declaration, amount and date of distribution of any dividends in the future will be decided by the Board of Directors from time-to-time, based upon, and subject to, the Company’s earnings, financial requirements and other conditions prevailing at the time.
In the Event Mr. Paul Sarjeant, our President and Chief Executive Officer Leaves the Company, Grandview would be Adversely Affected.In the event that Mr. Paul Sarjeant, our President and Chief Executive Officer, ceases to be employed by the Company, we would be materially and adversely affected. We are heavily dependent upon him. In the event his employment ceases, there is no assurance that a suitable replacement could be employed. The Company has no key-man life insurance with any of its senior officers or directors.
Future Sales of Common Shares by Existing Shareholders Could Cause the Price of our Shares to Decline. Sales of a large number of our Shares in the public markets, or the potential for such sales, could decrease the trading price of the Shares and could impair the Company’s ability to raise capital through future sales of Shares. The Company has previously issued Shares at effective prices per share, which are lower than what the Company’s Shares currently trade. Accordingly, certain shareholders of the Company have an investment profit in the Shares that they may seek to liquidate. These sales of our Shares could cause the price of our Shares to decline.
Dilution Through Exercise of Employee/Director/Consultant Options Could Adversely Affect Grandview Stockholders Through the Dilution of their Interests.Because the success of the Company is highly dependent upon its employees, the Company has granted to some or all of its Directors, consultants, and sole employee options to purchase common-voting shares as non-cash incentives. To the extent that significant numbers of such options may be exercised, the interests of the other stockholders of the Company may be diluted.
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If Grandview is Characterized as a Passive Foreign Investment Company, its U.S. Shareholders may Suffer Adverse Tax Consequences.As more fully described below in “Item 10.E.4 –United States Taxation” if for any taxable year our passive income, or our assets which produce (or are held for the production of) passive income, exceed specified levels, we may be characterized as a passive foreign investment company for U.S. federal income tax purposes. This characterization could result in adverse U.S. tax consequences, including higher tax rates, to our U. S. shareholders. The issues relating to passive foreign companies are very complex and unfamiliar to most people. U. S. shareholders should consult with their own U.S. tax advisors with respect to the U.S. tax consequences of investing in our Shares.
As a "foreign private issuer”, Grandview is Exempt from the Section 14 Proxy Rules and Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Possibly Resulting 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-voting shares by insiders may result in shareholders having less data than would be provided for United States issuers, not exempt from such statues.
Foreign Operations.At present, a portion of the operations of Grandview are located in Peru, as a result, the operation of the Corporation is exposed to various levels of political, economical and other risks and uncertainties associated with operating in foreign jurisdiction. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, currency exchange rates; price controls, import or export controls, currency remittance, high rates of inflation; labour unrest; renegotiation or nullification of existing concessions, licenses, permits and contracts, changes in taxation policies, restrictions on foreign exchanges; changing political condition, currency controls; and governmental regulations that may require the awarding of contracts of local contractors or require foreign contractors to employ citizens of, or purchase supplies from, a particular jurisdiction, Changes, if any, in mining or investment policies or shifts in political attitudes in Peru or other countries in which Grandview conducts business may adversely affect the operations of the Corporation. The Corporation may become subject to local political unrest that could have debilitating impact on operations, and at its extreme, could result in damage and injury to personnel and site infrastructure.
Failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations may result in enforcement actions and include corrective measures requiring capital expenditures, installing of additional equipment or remedial actions. Parties engaged in mining operations may be required to compensate those suffering loss or damage by reason of mining activities and may have civil or criminal fines or penalties imposed for violations of applicable laws or regulations.
ITEM 4: Information on the Company
A. Unresolved Staff Comments
None.
B. History and Development of the Company
Grandview Gold Inc. (the “Company” or “Grandview”) was originally incorporated under the Corporation Act of Ontario on November 23, 1945 as Loisan Red Lake Gold Mines Limited. Grandview was primarily engaged in the mineral exploration and resource sector until April 27, 1987, when trading of the Company’s securities was ceased by the Ontario Securities Commission, and the Company remained primarily inactive until November 1998. At that time, the Company decided to invest in the common shares of Navitrak International, a company involved in high-technology products involving global positioning systems (GPS). During the next three years, Grandview found this initiative to be unfavorable and spent the period between November 2001 and November 2003 reevaluating the prospects of re-entering the mineral exploration and mining sector.
Articles of Amendment were filed in the Province Ontario effective November 6, 1979, changing the name to Grandview Energy Resources Incorporated. On September 22, 1983, further Article of Amendment were filed to change the Company’s name to Consolidated Grandview Inc.
Consolidated Grandview Inc. (the predecessor of Grandview Gold Inc.) was issued a temporary cease trade order by the Ontario Securities Commission on April 16, 1987, which was subsequently extended by a Cease Trade Order (CTO) issued by the OSC on April 29, 1987. The CTO was issued because the Company failed to file financial statements in accordance with the required timing deadlines. At the time of the CTO, the common shares of the Company were quoted on the Over-the-Counter Automated Quotation System, a predecessor of the Canadian Dealer Network (“CDN”). Subsequent to the CTO, the Company remained more or less inactive until 2003.
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During 1998, the Company shifted its business focus from mineral exploration to operating as a merchant bank with a business plan to acquire significant equity in high technology companies with prospects for exceptional growth. At the time, the Company’s management team was better suited toward this type of initiative. In November 1998 an initial investment was carried out with Navitrak International Corporation (“Navitrak”), a public company whose common shares were quoted on the Canadian Dealing Network (“CDN”).
On November 2, 2000, the cease trade order referenced above was lifted and on February 4, 2003 the cease trade order was re-issued for late filing of financial statements. During this same period, the Company determined that the initiative to invest in high technology companies was unfavourable, as much of the technology industry became mired in a well-documented ‘tech burst’ that bottomed out in late 2001. As such, the Company decided to re-instate the original business mandate and build a team focussed on mineral exploration and development.
During 2003, the Company attracted a new management team including a new board of directors and prepared to seek out a viable exploration property beyond its existing patented mining claims located in the Red Lake Mining Area of northwestern Ontario. The Company also addressed all outstanding financial matters and prepared to submit a request to the OSC to lift the existing cease trade order.
The cease trade order was lifted on May 6, 2004 and subsequently, on July 6, 2004, the Company filed Articles of Amendment changing its corporate name to Grandview Gold Inc.
The Company’s executive office is located at:
330 Bay Street, Suite 820
Toronto, Ontario, M5H 2S8
Canada
Its registered and records office is located at Suite 500, 360 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its telephone number is (416) 486-3444.
The Company has financed its operations through the financings listed in the table shown below.
Table No. 1: Financings
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Date of Offering | Nature of Issuance | Number of Shares |
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July 22, 2004 | Private Placement(1 | ) | 120,000 | $ | 120,000 | ||||
August 23, 2004 | Private Placement(1 | ) | 150,000 | $ | 150,000 | ||||
September 30, 2004 | Private Placement(1 | ) | 175,000 | $ | 175,000 | ||||
December 23, 2004 | Private Placement(2 | ) | 1,005,000 | $ | 1,005,000 | ||||
August 31, 2005 | Private Placement(3 | ) | 2,099,104 | $ | 2,623,880 | ||||
September 15, 2005 | Private Placement(3 | ) | 590,320 | $ | 737,900 |
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Date of Offering | Nature of Issuance | Number of Shares | Capital Raised | ||||||
October 19, 2005 | Private Placement(3 | ) | 400,000 | $ | 500,000 | ||||
March 27, 2006 | Private Placement(4 | ) | 3,985,974 | $ | 4,384,571 | ||||
December 28, 2006 | Private Placement(5 | ) | 2,399,998 | $ | 1,559,999 | ||||
March 16, 2007 | Private Placement(6 | ) | 3,250,000 | $ | 1,462,500 | ||||
July 6, 2007 | Private Placement(7 | ) | 8,714,000 | $ | 3,485,600 | ||||
December 21, 2007 | Private Placement(8 | ) | 1,917,000 | $ | 1,114,850 | ||||
December 28, 2008 | Private Placement(9 | ) | 538,000 | $ | 349,700 | ||||
December 9, 2009 | Private Placement(10 | 26,666,667 | $ | 2,000,000 | |||||
December 31, 2010 | Private Placement(11 | ) | 8,066,666 | $ | 605,000 |
Notes:
(1) | Units sold as 1 common share for $1.00/share. No commissions were paid. |
(2) | Each unit consisted of 1 common share and ½ share purchase warrant. The units were sold for $1.00/unit. Each whole share purchase warrant is convertible to one common share at an exercise price of $1.50 until December 23, 2005. Commission was paid in the form of 100,000 warrants exercisable at $1.15 until December 23, 2005. |
(3) | A total placement, raising $3,861,780 was completed in three closings in August, September and October of 2005. The 3 tranches were made up of two different unit offerings. 1,469,424 units were sold for $1.25/unit, each unit comprised of one common share and ½ share purchase warrant, each whole purchase warrant exercisable at an exercise price of $1.75/warrant for up to 12 months. The remainder of the placement was made up of 1,620,000 Flow Through units sold at $1.25/unit. Commission was paid at 8% of the gross proceeds and 308,942 warrants exercisable at $1.25 for 12 months. |
(4) | Units comprised of one common share and one half warrant exercisable into one additional common share at an exercise price of $1.75 per share. The units were sold at a price of $1.10 per unit, raising gross proceeds of $4,384,571. |
(5) | Units comprised of flow-through Units and one-half warrant exercisable into one Share at a price of $1.40 per Share. |
(6) | Units comprised of one common share and one half warrant exercisable into one additional common share at an exercise price of $0.65 per Share. The units were sold at a price of $0.45 per unit, raising gross proceeds of $1,462,500. |
(7) | Units comprised of one common share and one half warrant exercisable into one additional common share at an exercise price of $0.65 per Share. The units were sold at a price of $0.40 per unit, raising gross proceeds of $3,485,600. |
(8) | Units comprised of common share and one half warrant exercisable into one additional common share at an exercise price of $0.70 per units, raising $721,600. These shares were sold at a price of $0.55, raising gross proceeds of $721,600. In addition, 605,000 flow-through share at a purchase price of $0.65 per share for gross proceeds of $393,250. Total proceeds raised totaled $1,114,850. |
(9) | Units comprised of a total of 538,000 flow-through shares at a purchase price of $0.65 for gross proceeds of $349,700. |
(10) | Units comprised of one common share and one warrant exercisable into one additional common share at an exercise price of $0.12 per share. The units were sold at a price of $0.075 per unit, raising gross proceeds of $2,000,000.00. The Company does not have an agent in the United States. |
(11) | Each flow through unit is composed of one common shares and one half of one common share purchase warrant. The units were sold at a price of $0.075 per unit, raising gross proceeds of $605,000.00. Each whole warrant is exercisable to purchase one common share of the Company at a price of $0.12 per share in the first 12 months following issuance on a non-flow through basis and at $0.20 for the second 12 months following issuance. |
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Capital Expenditures | |||
The table below shows historical capital expenditures incurred before write-downs: | |||
Fiscal Year |
| Expenditures | |
Fiscal 2001 | $ | 0 | |
Fiscal 2002 | $ | 0 | |
Fiscal 2003 | $ | 0 | |
Fiscal 2004 | $ | 562 | |
Fiscal 2005 | $ | 407,899 | |
Fiscal 2006 | $ | 2,556,530 | |
Fiscal 2007 | $ | 3,447,602 | |
Fiscal 2008 | $ | 3,506,343 | |
Fiscal 2009 | $ | 620,297 | |
Fiscal 2010 | $ | 706,978 | |
Fiscal 2011 | $ | 418,986 | |
C. Business Overview1 | |||
General |
The Company is engaged in the exploration and, if warranted, development of mineral properties in Canada and Peru. The Company is an exploration stage company and is not currently engaged in any mining operations, and there can be no assurance it will ever engage in mining operations. To date, its only mining interests are (i) a 67% interest in the Dixie Lake Property, located in the Red Lake Mining District, Ontario, Canada (“Dixie Lake”) (ii) a 100% interest in eight mining claims in the Red Lake Mining District, Ontario, Canada (the “Loisan Property”), (iii) a 100% interest in 12 unpatented claims and 2 patented claims located in the Red Lake Mining District, Ontario, Canada (the “Sanshaw-Bonanza Property”), (iv) a 100% interest in one unpatented mineral claim located in Manitoba, Canada, (the "Bissett Gold Camp Claim") (v) ) a 100% interest in 7 unpatented mining claims in the Long Lake - Cat Lake area of south-eastern Manitoba, covering approximately 1,110 hectares (the "GVG Property"), (vi) a 100% interest in 3 unpatented mining claims covering 160 hectares in the Rice Lake belt in south eastern Manitoba (the "Angelina Property"), and (vii) an option to acquire up to a 100% interest in two mineral claims covering 400 hectares (“Giulianita Property”) near Suyo District, Ayabaca Province, Piura Department, Peru.
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1See Glossary on pages iii-iv for terms used throughout this Annual Report.
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Effective November 30, 2010, Grandview entered into two agreements in respect of the sale of four mining claims owned by it and located in Manitoba, being the Packsak, Clapelou Patent Claims, CUPP2 Frac and CUPP3 Frac (collectively, the "Claims"). Two of the four Claims were transferred to Centerpoint Resources Inc. ("Centerpoint") and the remaining two were transferred to Centershield Gold Mines Inc., a subsidiary of Centerpoint. The Claims are not material to Grandview's exploration programs or strategy moving forward. Grandview received nominal cash consideration on closing and retained a 1% NSR over the Claims. Centerpoint is a related party of Grandview, and the agreement for Grandview to transfer the Claims constituted a related party transaction under Multilateral Instrument 61-101Take-Over Bids and Special Transactions ("MI 61-101"). There had been no prior valuation in respect of the Claims and the transaction was not subject to the formal valuation requirements of MI 61-101 by virtue of subsection 5.5(a) thereof and was also exempt from minority shareholder approval requirements by virtue of subsection 5.7(1)(a) thereof, as at the relevant time neither the fair market value of the Claims nor the fair market value of the consideration being paid for the Claims exceeded 25% of Grandview's market capitalization as calculated in compliance with MI 61-101. The independent members of Grandview's Board considered and approved the sale transaction.
Due to past exploration results and lack of interested parties, the Company decided to let claims reaching expiry period lapse over the past year and will not expend any further exploration dollars to maintain existing claim package on both the GVG property and the Banksian Group of claims.
On July 15, 2009 the Corporation announced the signing of a Binding Memorandum of Understanding through its wholly-owned subsidiary Recuperación Realzada S.A.C., with a private Peruvian Group which grants a two-stage option (the "Option") to acquire up to a 100% interest in a 400 hectare property located in the Suyo District, Ayabaca Province, Piura Department, Peru.
The Company concentrated most of its resources on exploration the Giulianita Project in the Piura Department, Peru, exploring for and evaluating other potentially economic small-scale mining opportunities In Peru. During the 2011 fiscal year the Company the continued to work with local community representatives and groups to gain the surface access rights permission necessary to carry out exploration and development on the property. On June 28th, 2011 the Company issued a press release announcing that the Company would cease funding work efforts at the Property until such time as the local community was able to deliver the necessary documentation and permissions for the Company to carry out unfettered exploration and development work. The Company intends to fully protect it’s mineral titles in Peru and remains committed to honour the community proposal that has been in the hands of the community executive for many months.
There is no known commercially mineable mineral deposit on any of these properties, and there can be no assurance that a commercially mineable mineral deposit exists on any of these properties.
Our business is highly speculative. We are exploring for base and precious metals. Ore is rock containing particles of a particular mineral (and possibly other minerals which can be recovered and sold), which rock can be legally extracted, and then processed to recover the minerals, which can be sold at a profit.
Although mineral exploration is a time consuming and expensive process with no assurance of success, the process is straightforward. First, we acquire the rights to enable us to explore for, and if warranted, extract and remove ore so that it can be refined and sold on the open market to dealers. Second, we explore for precious and base metals by examining the soil, rocks on the surface, and by drilling into the ground to retrieve underground rock samples, which can then be analyzed. This work is undertaken in staged programs, with each successive stage built upon the information gained in prior stages.
If exploration programs discover what appears to be an area, which may be able to be profitably mined, we will focus our activities on determining whether that is feasible, while at the same time continuing the exploratory activities to further delineate the location and size of this potential ore body.
Things that will be analyzed by us in making a determination of whether we have a deposit, which can be feasibly mined at a profit, include:
(a) | the amount of mineralization, which has been established, and the likelihood of increasing the size of the mineralized deposit through additional drilling; |
(b) | the expected mining dilution; |
(c) | the expected recovery rates in processing; |
(d) | the cost of mining the deposit; |
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(e) | the cost of processing the ore to separate the gold from the host rocks, including refining the precious or base metals; |
(f) | the costs to construct, maintain, and operate mining and processing activities; |
(g) | other costs associated with operations including permit and reclamation costs upon cessation of operations; |
(h) | the costs of capital; |
(i) | the costs involved in acquiring and maintaining the property; and |
(j) | the price of the precious or base minerals. For example, the price of one ounce of gold for the years 2000-2006 ranged from a low of $271 U.S. in 2001, to a high of $725.00 in 2006. At May 31, 2011, the closing price of gold was$1,529.90U.S. per ounce.2Our analysis will rely upon the estimates the plans of geologists mining engineers, metallurgists and others. |
If we determine that we have a feasible mining project, we will consider pursuing alternative courses of action, including:
(a) | placing the property into production ourselves; |
(b) | entering into a joint venture with larger mining company to mine the deposit; or |
(c) | seeking to sell the deposit or the Company to third parties. |
There can be no assurance, that we will discover any precious or base metals, establish the feasibility of mining a deposit, or, if warranted, develop a property to production and maintain production activities, either alone or as a joint venture participant. Furthermore, there can be no assurance that we would be able to sell either the deposit or the Company on acceptable terms, or at all, enter into such a joint venture on acceptable terms, or be able to place a property into production ourselves. If we do enter actual mining operations, which is unlikely in the near future, our operations will be subject to various factors and risks generally affecting the mining industry, many of which are beyond our control. These include the price of precious or base metals declining, the possibility that a change in laws respecting the environment could make operations unfeasible, or our ability to conduct mining operations could be adversely affected by government regulation. Reference is made toItem 3D. Key Information: Risk Factors.
Prior to commencing any exploration activities in any of the Province of Manitoba, or the Province of Ontario, Canada or Peru the Company or the party intending to carry out a work program on a mineral property is required to apply to the appropriate local government agencies for a number of permits or licenses related to mineral exploration activities. These permits or licenses may include water and surface use permits, occupation permits, fire permits, and timber permits. Prior to being issued the various permits or licenses, the applicant must file a detailed work plan with the applicable government agency. Permits are issued on the basis of the work plan submitted and approved by the governing agency. Additional work on a given mineral property or a significant change in the nature of the work to be completed would require an amendment to the original permit or license.
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2 Source: Kitco: New York Close, Spot Gold
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As part of the permit or licensing requirements, the applicant may be required to post an environmental reclamation bond in respect to the work to be carried out on the mineral property. The amount of such bond is determined by the amount and nature of the work proposed by the applicant. The amount of a bond may also be increased with increased levels of development on the property.
The Company has or will make application to the appropriate agencies for permits and licenses relating to those properties upon which the Company intends to carry out work during the 2009 and 2010 exploration seasons. For those mineral properties in which the Company has an interest but is not the operator of the work programs, application for the required permits and licenses and the posting of the reclamation bonds will be made by the party entitled to carry out exploration work on the property. The Company believes that it is currently in compliance with all applicable environmental laws and regulations in the Provinces of Manitoba and Ontario, Canada and in Peru.
D. Organizational Structure
The Corporation has a wholly owned subsidiary incorporated pursuant to the laws of Nevada on July 16, 2008, under the name Grandview Gold (USA) Inc. Grandview Gold (USA) Inc. was incorporated to hold the Corporation's interest in its Nevada property. As of May 22, 2009 the Corporation announced the termination of it’s Nevada operations and no interest exist within the subsidiary.
On July 26, 2009 the Corporation created a wholly owned subsidiary pursuant to the laws of Peru under the name Recuperacion Realzada S.A.C. with the intent to hold the Corporation’s Peruvian interests.
E. Property, Plants and Equipment
General
The Company is engaged in the exploration and, if warranted, development of mineral properties in Canada and Peru. The Company is an exploration stage company and is not currently engaged in any mining operations, and there can be no assurance it will ever engage in mining operations. To date, its only mining interests are (i) a 67% interest in the Dixie Lake Property, located in the Red Lake Mining District, Ontario, Canada (“Dixie Lake”) (ii) a 100% interest in eight mining claims in the Red Lake Mining District, Ontario, Canada (the “Loisan Property”), (iii) a 100% interest in 12 unpatented claims and 2 patented claims located in the Red Lake Mining District, Ontario, Canada (the “Sanshaw-Bonanza Property”), (iv) a 100% interest in one unpatented mineral claim located in Manitoba, Canada, (the "Bissett Gold Camp Claim") (v) ) a 100% interest in 7 unpatented mining claims in the Long Lake - Cat Lake area of south-eastern Manitoba, covering approximately 1,110 hectares (the "GVG Property"), (vi) a 100% interest in 3 unpatented mining claims covering 160 hectares in the Rice Lake belt in south eastern Manitoba (the "Angelina Property"), and (vii) an option to acquire up to a 100% interest in two mineral claims covering 400 hectares (“Giulianita Property”) near Suyo District, Ayabaca Province, Piura Department, Peru.
Effective November 30, 2010, Grandview entered into two agreements in respect of the sale of four mining claims owned by it and located in Manitoba, being the Packsak, Clapelou Patent Claims, CUPP2 Frac and CUPP3 Frac (collectively, the "Claims"). Two of the four Claims were transferred to Centerpoint Resources Inc. ("Centerpoint") and the remaining two were transferred to Centershield Gold Mines Inc., a subsidiary of Centerpoint. The Claims are not material to Grandview's exploration programs or strategy moving forward. Grandview received nominal cash consideration on closing and retained a 1% NSR over the Claims.
Due to past exploration results and lack of interested parties, the Company decided to let claims reaching expiry period lapse over the past year and will not expend any further exploration dollars to maintain existing claim package on both the GVG property and the Banksian Group of claims.
On July 15, 2009 the Corporation announced the signing of a Binding Memorandum of Understanding through its wholly-owned subsidiary Recuperación Realzada S.A.C., with a private Peruvian Group which grants a two-stage option (the "Option") to acquire up to a 100% interest in a 400 hectare property located in the Suyo District, Ayabaca Province, Piura Department, Peru.
The Company concentrated most of its resources on exploration the Giulianita Project in the Piura Department, Peru, exploring for and evaluating other potentially economic small-scale mining opportunities In Peru. During the 2011 fiscal year the Company the continued to work with local community representatives and groups to gain the surface access rights permission necessary to carry out exploration and development on the property. On June 28th, 2011 the Company issued a press release announcing that the Company would cease funding work efforts at the Property until such time as the local community was able to deliver the necessary documentation and permissions for the Company to carry out unfettered exploration and development work. The Company intends to fully protect it’s mineral titles in Peru and remains committed to honour the community proposal that has been in the hands of the community executive for many months.
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There can be no assurance that a commercially mineable mineral deposit exists on any of these properties.
Dixie Lake Property, Red Lake Mining Division, Ontario
The Company has acquired a 67% interest in 49 unpatented mineral claims located in the Red Lake Mining Division, Ontario (the “Dixie Lake Property”). Originally, the Company acquired the option pursuant to an agreement dated August 26, 2005 (“Option Agreement”) with Fronteer Development Group Inc. (“Fronteer”). To acquire a 51% the Company was required (i) to incur exploration expenditures on the Dixie Lake Property of at least $300,000 on or before July 11, 2006, which it did, and (ii) make the following cash payments to Mr. Perry English (“English”), the individual who in 2002 originally granted Fronteer an option to acquire the Dixie Lake Property: (a) $10,000 on signing the Option Agreement, which it did (b) $25,000 on or before July 11, 2006, which it did, and (iii) $40,000 on or before July 11, 2007 (which it did). In April 2011, Fronteer completed a transaction with Newmont Mining Corp (“Newmont”) whereby Newmont purchased all assets of Fronteer. The deal had no immediate impact on the Company’s joint venture agreement. There is no known commercially mineable mineral deposit on the Dixie Lake Property.
Background
In December 2002, English granted Fronteer an option to acquire a 100% interest in the Dixie Lake Property. The amount of consideration Fronteer had to pay English to exercise the option depended upon whether the property was deemed to be a “Property of Merit,” as defined under Canadian regulations. Property of Merit means a property that would qualify as a sufficiently advanced property for purposes of Fronteer’s listing on the TSX Venture Exchange in Canada.
Once the Dixie Lake Property was deemed to be a Property of Merit, Fronteer could exercise the option by (i) paying English a total of $80,000 in staged payments covering four years from December 2002, and (ii) issuing English a total of 200,000 shares of its common stock within 36 months of December 2002. If the Dixie Lake Property was not deemed to be a Property of Merit, Fronteer could exercise the option by (i) paying English a total of $80,000 in staged payments over four years from the date the TSX Venture Exchange notified Fronteer that the Dixie Lake Property did not qualify as a Property of Merit, and (ii) issuing English a total of 190,000 shares of its common stock within 48 months of being notified that the property did not qualify as a Property of Merit. The Dixie Lake Property was deemed to be a Property of Merit on July 11, 2003, allowing Fronteer to become listed on the TSX.
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In the event the Dixie Lake Property goes into commercial production, of which there can be no assurance, English will be entitled to a Net Smelter Return royalty of 2%, which can be reduced to a 1% Net Smelter Return by the payment to English of $1,000,000.
In connection with its acquisition of the option on the Dixie Lake Property, the Company issued 160,000 Shares to McKeena Gold Inc., a Canadian corporation, as a finder’s fee.
On September 22, 2003 Fronteer entered into an agreement with Alberta Star Development Corp. (“Alberta Star”) pursuant to which Fronteer granted Alberta Star an option to acquire a 50% interest in the Dixie Lake Property. Through November 30, 2004 Alberta Star reported that it had (i) spent approximately $1,517,000 on exploration of the Dixie Lake Property, (ii) paid Fronteer $35,000, and (iii) issued Fronteer 150,000 shares of its common stock. On July 10, 2005 Alberta Star notified Fronteer that it would not be proceeding with the Dixie Lake Property. Alberta Star has not disclosed its reason for declining its option.
Grandview Gold – Fronteer Option Agreement
Under the terms of the Option Agreement with Fronteer the Company had the right to acquire a 51% interest in the Dixie Lake Property by (i) incurring $300,000 in exploration expenditures by July 11, 2006, which it completed, and (ii) paying English a total of $75,000 by July 11, 2007 and by Fronteer fulfilling its remaining obligations to (i) issue to English 20,000 of it shares upon the signing of the Option Agreement with the Company, and (ii) issuing to English 20,000 shares of its common stock by July 11, 2006, which it did. In the summer of 2007 the Company presented to Fronteer a detailed accounting of the $1,711,000 U.S. it had spent on exploration of the property. Fronteer has informed the Company that it had fulfilled its obligations under the Option Agreement and that the Company had earned a 51% interest in the Dixie Lake Property. Fronteer also advised the Company that it would be reducing its 49% participating interest in the property, to a 33% participating interest, thereby increasing the Company’s interest to 67%.
At the time the Company earned its interest, the Company and Fronteer were deemed to have formed a joint venture for the further exploration and, if warranted, of which there can be no assurance, the development of the property.
In April 2011, Fronteer completed a transaction with Newmont Mining Corp (“Newmont”) whereby Newmont purchased all assets of Fronteer. The deal had no immediate impact on the Company’s joint venture agreement.
The Company is the operator of the exploration programs on the Dixie Lake Property and it is the Company’s responsibility to prepare a proposed exploration program and budget.
The Company’s interest in the joint venture is 67% and Newmont is 33%. Accordingly, the Company will be responsible for providing 67% of all exploration funds and Newmont’s funding obligations will be 33%.
If either the Company or Fronteer elects not to contribute their full amount under a proposed exploration program, such party’s interest in the joint venture will be reduced proportionately, according to a formula set forth in the Option Agreement. If either party’s participating interest falls below 10%, then that party’s interest will automatically be converted into a 10% net profit royalty.
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Property Description and Location
The Dixie Lake Property is located in Northwestern Ontario approximately 24 kilometers from the town of Red Lake. The property covers approximately 1,790 hectares and consists of 49 claims, in the Red Lake Mining Division. Management believes that all of the claims are in good standing. It is believed that neither Fronteer nor English owns the surface rights to the claims and that in order to retain the mineral rights, assessment work must be submitted. In order to maintain its interests in the claims a total of approximately $46,000 must be spent over the next four years.
Figure 1. General Location Map; Dixie Lake Project
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Figure 2. Dixie Lake Claim Map.
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Accessibility, Climate, Local Resources, and Infrastructure
The property is located approximately 24 kilometers southeast of the town of Red Lake Ontario, directly east of Dixie Lake, between Dixie Lake and Rice Lake, south of Highway 105. The property straddles Dixie Creek.
Access to the property is via Highway 105, then four kilometers to the southwest along Tucyk Road. Several old logging roads from Tucyk Road provide direct access to much of the property. The main power lines to Red Lake are located one kilometer north of the property. The town of Red Lake is a well- established mining center where supplies, support services and experienced mining personnel are readily available.
The area’s climate ranges from -40 degrees Celsius in the winter to 40 degrees Celsius in the summer. The annual precipitation averages 634 millimeters, with approximately 455 millimeters falling as rain in the summer, and the remainder falling as snow in the winter.
Geology
Limited bedrock on the property makes comprehensive geological mapping very difficult. Accordingly, most of the property is poorly mapped. Bedrock is exposed mainly along Dixie Creek and on several low hills in the area. Due to the adverse field conditions on the property, including the prevalence of deep silts and clay deposits, Management believes it is unrealistic to learn more about the area’s lithological make-up from geological mapping.
The Dixie Lake Property lies within a regional east-west trending belt of metavolvanic and metasedimentary rocks which are bounded by intrusive batholiths. The property is dominated by a central package of higher magnetic response, which is comprised of mafic volcanic flows and tuffs with intercalated iron formation, argillite, and local felsic volcanics. Magnetic patterns reflect the underlying formations: analysis of the central area indicates the presence of iron and pyrrhotitic argillite, while analysis of other areas show a lower magnetic response. There is no known commercially mineable mineral deposit on the Dixie Lake Property.
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History
According to various reports Management of the Company has reviewed, there has been much exploration in the general area of the Dixie Lake Property going back to the 1940s. Numerous companies have conducted drilling, geophysical surveys, trenching, sampling, prospecting, geological mapping, and related exploration activities in areas near the Dixie Lake Property. However, it is unclear from these reports what work was done on the claims comprising the Dixie Lake Property, and what work was done on claims in the general, surrounding area. Management does not believe that any gold has ever been recovered from any claims on the Dixie Lake Property and there is no known commercially mineable mineral deposit on the property.
Alberta Star conducted exploration on the Dixie Lake Property from 2003 through 2004 pursuant to its option agreement with Fronteer. Alberta Star has publicly reported that it drilled 22 holes over a total of 6,594 meters, completed a ground magnetometer survey, and collected soil samples for analysis. Alberta Star has disclosed that its exploration encountered some gold mineralization, in small amounts. However, no feasibility study has been conducted on the property and there is no known commercially mineable mineral deposit on the Dixie Lake Property.
Previous Exploration Programs
In 2005, the Company completed a 16-hole drilling program, covering 2,765 feet, at a cost of $425,000, on the Dixie Lake Property. The drilling encountered gold mineralization so the Company retained SRK Consulting to review the work that was completed and to recommend an exploration program for 2006. Following the work conducted by SRK, the Company revised its exploration program.
For the Spring 2006 drill program a total of five drill holes, covering 1,030 meters was completed. Although initial plans called for a larger drill program, because of difficulties resulting from the timing of the program and associated difficulties with the spring run-off, certain targets could not be drilled. In addition, access across Dixie Creek to the some of the planned targets was hampered by ground conditions and the close of the only bridge crossing permitting access to the property. Finally, the Company concluded for environmental reasons the drilling should be suspended until early summer.
The Company completed two drilling campaigns between the summer of 2007 and the winter 2008 on the Dixie Lake property. The summer 2007 program consisted of 18 diamond drill holes totaling 4,561.5 meters on selected targets including the 88-4 Zone, 88-4 West, Main Zone and MMI East Zone based on recommendations from previous work programs. The results of that work indicate continuity of previously identified mineralization in the Main Zone, 88-4 and 88-4 West Zone at depth or along strike. Grades remained at historical levels. Drilling also made a significant discovery of a new zone of quartz veining with high grade mineralization and abundant visible gold, subsequently named the New South Zone (“NS Zone”). Based on these results, the Company carried out a brief two hole (575 meter) drill program in early January 2008 to follow up on the first pass results.
Previously unrecognized lode gold style mineralization was encountered in the New South (NS) Zone. Overall, six diamond drill holes were drilled into the NS zone subsequent to the discovery, with four drill holes intersecting significant gold mineralization (DC-10-07, DC-15-07, DC-18-07, and DL-08-01R (see chart below). The Company is currently evaluating additional drilling to fully constrain the geometry of the lode gold bearing quartz veins.
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Hole Number | Azimuth | Dip | From (m) | To (m) | Length (m) | Grade (g/t Au) |
DC-10-07 | 090o | -60o | 181.83 | 182.30 | 0.47 | 163.75 |
200.62 | 203.48 | 2.86 | 22.90 | |||
Incl | 202.12 | 203.12 | 1.00 | 61.97 | ||
DC -15-07 | 070o | -55o | 176.60 | 182.95 | 6.35 | 4.28 |
Incl | 176.60 | 178.30 | 1.70 | 11.30 | ||
DC-18-07 | 070o | -55o | 156.83 | 158.17 | 1.34 | 7.04 |
DC-08-1R | 090o | -60o | 127.60 | 129.80 | 2.20 | 18.26 |
Drilling of the 88-04 Zone (1.57 g/t Au over 13.13 meters and 2.43 g/t Au over 4.0 meters) indicated the one continues to be open to depth and along strike to the east. Additional results from holes DC-01-07 (9.25 g/t Au and 6.02 g/t over 1 meter widths) and DC-04-07 (3.55 g/t Au over 3.0 meters) are encouraging as they continue to demonstrate the mineralizing potential of the Dixie Lake property.
During fiscal 2009 the Dixie Lake project saw limited geological work due to work commitments on other projects and limited funding. Work centered primarily on report writing with respect to the 2009 winter drilling program and further geological interpretation and computer modeling. Gemcom was contracted to consolidate all drilling data and model mineralised zones at both the 88-04 Zone and limited information on the NS Zone. That modeling was used as the basis for an exploration program to be carried our in the summer of 2009 on the Property.
June 2009 the Company completed a diamond drill program of 6 NQ drill holes for a total of 1556.8 metres. The holes were designed to test mineralisation intersected from previous drilling, specifically, extensions to & infill of, the 88-4 Zone, continuity between the 88-4 Zone & the 88-4 extension, & the high grade quartz veining, South of the 88-4 Zone. Gemcom software modelling of the drill database produced additional drill targets based on previous anomalous gold intersections tied to the known geology.
Highest assays from this latest drilling were returned from intercepts of the ‘High Grade Zone’, with 0.476 oz. Au/t over 0.5 metres, & 4.79 g/t Au over 1 metre, & 3.52 g/t Au over 1.5 metres, within the 88-04 zone. Intercepts from the 88-4 area are hosted by a sulphidic, silicic quartz veined chert-argillite between mafic volcanic sequences.
The gold appears to be confined by a zone of variably moderate to high strain, at or proximal to several mesoscale fold hinges, with higher grade gold confined to specific as yet poorly defined steeply plunging discrete smaller scale high strain sub-sets.
During fiscal 2011 no significant work was carried out on the Property as work was focused on Peruvian objectives. Commencing June 2011 the Company embarked on 2,000-meter diamond drill program at the Property in an attempt to bring the historic resource numbers indicated by Teck and other workers to compliance with Canadian National Instrument 43-101 standards. At the time of writing the drilling has been completed and the Company is in the process of receiving and processing results. As appropriate, the information will used to create a revised resource model and the results will be released as they become available.
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There is no known commercially mineable mineral deposit on the Dixie Lake Property.
Loisan Property, Red Lake, Ontario, Canada
The Company currently holds a 100% interest in eight mining claims covering approximately 60 hectares in the Red Lake Area, District of Kenora, in northwestern Ontario (the “Loisan Property”). The Red Lake area currently hosts two high-grade, world-class gold mines, Goldcorp’s Red Lake Mine and Placer Dome’s Campbell Gold Mine, each located approximately 25 kilometers from the Company’s claims. However, there can be no assurance a commercially mineable mineral deposit exists on the Red Lake Property.
There are no requirements by the Company to make additional payments or filings to keep these claims in good standing as they are held under patents.
Accessibility, Climate, Local Resources, Infrastructure and Physiography
The Red Lake area is serviced by paved provincial highway 105 from the Trans Canada highway. The property is covered by relatively thin glacial debris. Much of the claims have waterfront access to Red Lake. A paved road, Sandy Point Road, transects many of the claims. Electric power and telephone lines also cross the property. Several year-round homes are located on surface rights of some of the claims.
Figure 3: Loisan Property Location Map
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There are no parks or developments other then several year-round homes are located on surface rights of some of the claims. The property can be easily accessed by boat, ski-doo, motor vehicle, or float plane.
The climate is typical mid-latitude continental. Field operations on most of the property are possible year round.
Exploration and Development
To date, the Company has not carried out any exploration or development on the Loisan Property and we have no definitive plans for future work at this time.
Sanshaw-Bonanza Property, Red Lake, Ontario, Canada
The Company has acquired an option to acquire a 60% interest in ten unpatented and two patented mining claims, located near Red Lake, Ontario. The Company acquired its option pursuant to an Option Agreement with EMCO Corporation SA (“EMCO”) dated October 30, 2006, amended June 18, 2007. In order to earn its interest the Company is required to (i) incur exploration expenditures of at least $500,000 by August 31, 2008, (ii) issue EMCO a total of 215,000 of its Shares, and (iii) issue EMCO warrants to acquire 200,000 Shares, at an exercise price of $1.40 per Share, expiring February 7, 2010. At such time as the Company earns the 60% interest in the property, the Company and EMCO will be deemed to have formed a joint venture, on terms to be negotiated that will include:
(a) The initial participating interests in the joint venture will be 60% for the Company and 40% for EMCO, subject to adjustment if a party’s contribution to the joint venture is less than its participating interest; and
(b) if either party’s participating interest falls below 10%, then that party’s interest will be converted into a 3% Net Smelter Royalty.
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April 28, 2010 the Company announced that it had acquired the remaining 40% interest in the Property from EMCO Corporation S.A. (“EMCO”) and had acquired two additional patented claims and two additional unpatented claims from Perry English (“English”) to complete the current property package. To acquire the remaining 40% interest agreement in the property and eliminate any NSR due EMCO under the previous Grandview paid EMCO $25,000 in cash and issued 50,000 common shares. Grandview also acquired from English two additional unpatented mining claims and two patented mining claims contiguous to the Bonanza Property for aggregate consideration of $60,000 cash and issuing 500,000 common shares. Concurrently the Company also purchased 75% of the outstanding 1.5% NSR due English on the property.
Property Description and Location
The property consists of 12 unpatented and 2 patented claims, located on Red Lake, approximately 1.5 kilometers north of the town of Red Lake, Ontario. Much of the property area is overlain by Red Lake, with the exception of two claims on Whitehorse Island. Access to the area during summer month is most easily accomplished via boat and in the winter months via ice roads from the town of Red Lake.
Figure 4: Sanshaw-Bonanza Property Location Map
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Accessibility, Climate, Local Resources, Infrastructure and Physiography
The region is covered with a variable layer of poorly documented till and associated fluvioglacial and lacustrine sediments, in the order of 0 to 15 meters in thickness. Outcrop percentage overall is less than 1%. On Whitehorse Island, there is negligible outcrop, though a few scattered exposures of Dome Stock intrusive rock have been cursorily mapped by previous workers.
Topographically, the area is characterized as low rolling relief, with moderate drainage on thin to medium thickness glacial and fluvioglacial deposits. Elevations range from about 350to 400 meters above sea-level.
Nearly all of the original vegetation has either been logged off or burnt.
Red Lake is located at the terminus of Highway 105, some 175kilometers North of Kenora, and reached via the Trans Canada Highway. The Municipality of Red Lake is serviced by regular flights from Winnipeg and Thunder Bay, seven days a week.
History
Exploration was conducted in the mid-late 1930s and to 1948. Drilling on the property intersected visible gold in quartz veined, strongly silicic granodiorite/granite contact zone separating the Howey Stock from intermediate volcanic rocks of the Ball assemblage. A shaft was sunk and underground development was carried out on 2 levels with minor bulk sampling providing the above-mentioned resource.
During this period, further drilling underground and on Red Lake failed to prove up additional grade and tons and significant exploration was not resumed until the 1970s, when Bonanza Red Lake Explorations drilled additional holes on the Lake to trace previous known mineralized trends, this part of a feasibility study to include consideration of dewatering the shaft.
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From 1987 to 1989 Pure Gold Resources and Noramco resumed exploration with a large drill program, effectively replicating old drilling, outlined a 300 meter wide, 125 m deep, 125 meter long mineralized system with a calculated resource of 300,000 tons grading 0.08 oz per ton of gold. This historical resource estimate is based on data and reports prepared by previous operators in 1988 (Winter, L.D.S., 1988. Summary Report on the Geology and the 1987-1988 Exploration Programme on the Bonanza (Red Lake) Property, Dome Township; For Noramco Mining Corporation). The Company has not completed the work necessary to have the historical estimate verified by a Qualified Person. The Company is not treating the estimate as a current NI 43-101 defined resource and the historical estimate should not be relied upon. The property will require considerable future exploration which the Company will consider in due course.
Other drilling on a smaller scale returned generally disappointing results as efforts were made to drill deeper targets along strike.
Various operators have completed numerous geophysical surveys and that data has been compiled with other relevant data for future use.
Regional Geology
The Sanshaw-Bonanza property is located within the Uchi Subprovince of the Archean Province, northwestern Ontario. The region is typically sub-divided into four major subprovinces, specifically the Uchi which contains the Red Lake and Confederation Lake greenstone belts, the South adjacent, predominantly metasedimentary and igneous intrusive English River Subprovince, and the North adjacent Berens River Subprovince. The Sanshaw-Bonanza property lies within the Red Lake greenstone belt that hosts the world-class gold deposits now held by Goldcorp Inc.
Mining Operations
Exploration and Development
Previous to fiscal 2008, the Company has not carried out any exploration or development on the Sanshaw-Bonanza Property. The Company believes that in the past exploration has been conducted by other companies, although the scope of such work is not known. Although management believes that previous exploration on the property by other companies encountered some mineralization, the Company does not believe it can rely upon the previous results since it is unfamiliar with the methodology used and other details of the exploration.
The Company has reviewed the historical exploration data and has completed a preliminary geological model to help understand gold mineralization and identify controls on mineralization.
In fiscal 2008, the Company completed a five (5) hole diamond drill program totalling 1,087 meters. The drill program targeted geophysical and structural targets beneath the waters of Red Lake and thus drilling was carried out during the winter months in early 2008 when sufficient ice thickness was present.
Three holes targeted what is believed to be the southwest extension of a structural corridor from the Goldcorp/Premier Gold Bonanza property immediately adjacent to the Company’s property. The drilling contractor had difficulties reaching bedrock and coring and after several attempts the holes were abandoned. The drill was pulled back to a land based setup and two holes were successfully drilled on the margin of the historic Orlac Deposit. Gold bearing mineralization was encountered in holes BS-08-03 and BS-08-04 in proximity to a granite-volcanoclastic contact zone. The following tables summarizes these results:
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Hole Number | From (m) | To (m) | Length (m) | Grade (g/tonne Au) |
BS-08-03 | 295.7 | 298.7 | 3.0 | 2.41 |
Incl | 296.7 | 297.7 | 1.0 | 3.50 |
BS-08-04 | 298.4 | 302.9 | 4.5 | 2.03 |
GIULIANITA PROPERTY
Property Description and Location
The Corporation currently holds an option to acquire 100% interest in the Giulianita Property located in northwest Peru, near the town of Suyo, in the Suyo District, Ayabaca Province, in the Department of Piura.
Accessibility, Climate, Local Resources, Infrastructure and Physiography
The project is easily accessed from the Pan-American Highway, approximately 100 kilometers from the city of Puira via paved highway and then approximately 15 km along well developed gravel roads to the central part of the property.
This area of northwestern Peru is temperate to hot, with abundant precipitation in the rainy season (January to March) and extremely arid conditions the remainder of the year. Field operations can be carried out throughout the year. Vegetation includes various species of mid-sized deciduous trees (3 meters in height) and limited undergrowth.
The property covers an area of relatively low elevation with most hills no greater than 350 meters above sea level, and relative relief between hills and valleys of less than 50 meters.
The main water source is the Quiroz River which lies just 2 kilometers to the northeast of the project area. Accommodation, food, power and internet access is available in a number of small towns near the project.
History
Little historic work or information is available for the project as this area of Peru has seen little in the way of modern exploration work. Records indicate that some alluvial gold extraction was carried out briefly in the mid 1970’s. Local artisanal mining and processing of ores has only occurred within the last three years and remains relatively unorganized by typical Peruvian standards.
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Geological Setting
The project area is covered with an extensive layer of basaltic to andesitic volcanic flows and pyroclastics and arcosic sediments of Middle Cretaceous age. Units are fractured and argillically altered in the volcanic outcroppings studied in the area of the prospect. Intrusive units of Upper Cretaceous to Tertiary age have been mapped in the project area and felsic domes are locally present.
Numerous NNW trending faults/veins are observed on the Property that controls both high-grade gold mineralization as well as disseminated gold targets. Mineralization is associated with highly altered (argillic and silicic) vein/fault system hosted within volcanic flows and volcanoclastic units of basaltic to andesitic composition. Several zones of mineralization have been identified on the property, but have not been actively explored in any detail. Zone One can be traced for approximately 400 m south-southeast on surface, and has at least three adits/shafts that host small-scale mining. Previous exploration work done in Zone One indicates that, at the primary outcropping the overall width reaches 4.5m, with individual continuous chip samples returning 25.6 g/T Au over 1.10m, 30.6 g/T Au over 1.5m, and 12.3 g/T Au over 1.6m from within the volcanic breccia unit, and 6.19 g/T Au over 2.6m from the hanging wall fractured volcanic unit. The southern extension of Zone One connects with Zone Four were previous work indicates gold mineralization is present at surface. Zones Two and Three are located 500 meters southeast of the previously mentioned targets and again demonstrate both high-grade gold vein and disseminated gold targets.
Zone Five is located 400 meters southwest of Zone One and hosts high-grade gold vein/shear structures similar to other targets. These areas of mineralization provide significant exploration potential on the property.
Mining Operations
The Corporation has not carried out any mining operations on the Giulianta Property.
Exploration and Development
During the 2011 fiscal year the Company the continued to work with local community representatives and groups to gain the surface access rights permission necessary to carry out exploration and development on the property. On June 28th, 2011 the Company issued a press release announcing that the Company would cease funding work efforts at the Property until such time as the local community was able to deliver the necessary documentation and permissions for the Company to carry out unfettered exploration and development work. The Company intends to fully protect its mineral titles in Peru and remains committed to honour the community proposal that has been in the hands of the community executive for many months.
Bissett Gold Camp, Manitoba
The Company acquired its interest in the Bissett Gold Camp on April 1, 2005. The property consists of one mining claim, located in the central area of the Bissett Gold Camp situated near the Manitoba/Ontario provincial border and approximately 240 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg. While the Company hopes to find gold on this property, there is no known commercially mineable mineral deposit on this property, and there can be no assurance that a commercially mineable mineral deposit exists on this property.
On April 1, 2005, the Company entered into a purchase and sale agreement (the “Agreement”) with Wildcat Exploration Ltd. (“Wildcat”), for 11 mineral dispositions (the “Property”) totaling 234 hectares on claims within Bissett Gold Camp, located in the Province of Manitoba, Canada. The purchase price for the property was $100,000 and 70,000 Shares. Refer to Item 19: Exhibits 3.6 Agreement for Purchase and Sale Among Grandview Gold Inc. and Wildcat Exploration Ltd. dated effective April 1, 2005.
Effective November 30, 2010, Grandview entered into two agreements in respect of the sale of four mining claims owned by it and located in Manitoba, being the Packsak, Clapelou Patent Claims, CUPP2 Frac and CUPP3 Frac (collectively, the "Claims"). Two of the four Claims were transferred to Centerpoint Resources Inc. ("Centerpoint") and the remaining two were transferred to Centershield Gold Mines Inc., a subsidiary of Centerpoint. The Claims are not material to Grandview's exploration programs or strategy moving forward. Grandview received nominal cash consideration on closing and retained a 1% NSR over the Claims. Centerpoint is a related party of Grandview, and the agreement for Grandview to transfer the Claims constituted a related party transaction under Multilateral Instrument 61-101Take-Over Bids and Special Transactions ("MI 61-101"). There had been no prior valuation in respect of the Claims and the transaction was not subject to the formal valuation requirements of MI 61-101 by virtue of subsection 5.5(a) thereof and was also exempt from minority shareholder approval requirements by virtue of subsection 5.7(1)(a) thereof, as at the relevant time neither the fair market value of the Claims nor the fair market value of the consideration being paid for the Claims exceeded 25% of Grandview's market capitalization as calculated in compliance with MI 61-101. The independent members of Grandview's Board considered and approved the sale transaction.
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Property Description and Location
The Bissett Gold Camp is located on the Rice Lake greenstone belt, near the Manitoba/Ontario border and approximately 240 kilometers northeast of Winnipeg, and approximately 90 kilometers west of the Company’s Red Lake property interests.
Figure 5: Bissett Property Location Map
Accessibility, Climate, Local Resources, and Infrastructure
The area was covered by the most recent continental glaciers, which scoured the property and exposed many rock outcrops throughout the property. The vegetation is deciduous: birch, poplar mixed with tamarack, spruce and jack pine.
The access to the property is by driving a car or truck along Provincial Highway 304 and simply parking anywhere along the side of the road. The mining town of Bissett is located less than 10 kilometers from nine of the eleven mining claims.
The weather, climate and seasons should not significantly affect the length of the operating season on this property because the terrain is flat and all-weather-road accessible.
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The Packsack Claim, has an existing mine shaft, though records of previous production are not available. A modern mill at the nearby San Antonio Gold mine (Sangold Inc.) is currently operating and would be a suitable mill if any small scale, economic deposit we developed on the property.
At this time, the property does not contain a known commercially mineral deposit.
Geology
The property is located in the Rice Lake greenstone belt, a region in south-eastern Manitoba known as the Superior Province. The Superior Province is a terrain of large granitic masses separated by greenstone belts, which consists of rocks and volcanic of sedimentary origin. Rice Lake is an Archean lode gold mining area.
History of Exploration on the Bissett Gold Camp
The property contains two patented mining claims, namely the Clappelou and Packsack claims. Gold mineralization on the Packsack claim was first discovered and explored in 1919 and subsequently held by Packsack Mines Limited during the period 1934-1937. Significant gold mineralization was discovered; a mining lease was obtained and a shaft was sunk down to the 525-foot level. Additional mine shafts were sunk and gold mineralization was discovered on Claims # W46039 and W46040.
Exploration Program
The Company has conducted very little fieldwork on the property, but a geological compilation of historic information of the Rice Lake Greenstone Belt included the are underlying this property. Further work will be carried out as warranted in the future.
There is no known commercially mineable mineral deposit on this property and there can be no assurance that a commercially mineable mineral deposit exists on this property.
The Company is required to make certain payments to complete the transfer of mining claims, and to keep the claims in good standing.
GVG Property, Manitoba
The Company has a 100% interest in 7 unpatented mining claims in the Long Lake-Cat Lake area of southeastern Manitoba, covering approximately 1,110 hectares.
In the fall of 2005, the Company undertook to stake unpatented mining claims in the Long Lake–Cat Lake area of south-eastern Manitoba, near the town of Bissett where San Gold Company is currently producing gold. The property covered approximately 3,975 hectares in area, and was believed to cover similar geology that hosts the Red Lake Mine, Campbell Mine, and Madsen Mine, in Red Lake, Ontario, located less then 100 kilometers to the east of the GVG Property. Due to past exploration results and lack of interested parties, the Company decided to let claims reaching expiry period lapse and will not expend any further exploration dollars to maintain existing claim package.
The Company does not consider the GVG Property to be a significant asset at this point of time.
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Location and Access
The GVG Property is located approximately 30 km southeast of the Rice Lake Gold Mine, Bissett, Manitoba (formerly the San Antonio Mine) operated by San Gold Corporation. The Rice Lake Greenstone Belt accounts for nearly two million ounces of past gold production, most coming from the San Antonio Mine. Access to the property from the north is aided by highway #304 and from the south out of Lac de Bonnett via highway #314. Most of the project area is only accessible by traversing and limited tertiary roads.
Figure 6: GVG Property Location Map
Geological Setting
The Rice Lake Belt covers the western extent of the Uchi geologic terrain. In fact, the Rice Lake greenstone belt, in Manitoba, together with the Red Lake, Bee Lake, and Pickle Lake greenstone belts, in Ontario, form the Uchi subprovince. The Uchi terrain consists mainly of volcanic rocks that formed in an ancient ocean as well as intrusive and sedimentary rocks. These rocks are home to the important Balmer formation, which is the host to the world class gold deposits discovered at Red Lake 80 km to the east and further east at the Pickle Lake Gold Camp.
Historical Work
Most historical work in the project area occurred between the late 1950’s and mid 1970’s. There was a pause activity until the mid 1980’s when exploration activity in the area picked up for approximately 5 years. Recent exploration work commenced around 2003 and has stayed relatively quiet to this point.
In 2005 the Company completed an airborne geophysical survey over the property. In 2007 and 2008 a grass roots style prospecting and mapping program was over the property area. A number of anomalous gold occurrences were identified and sampled. Results were not sufficient to warrant more work, but the Company was able to apply assessment credits to hold ground for a number of years, The company plans to evaluate further the area in conjunction with other project in the Rice Lake Greenstone Belt.
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Mining Operations
To date, the Company has not carried out any mining or exploration activities on the GVG Property
Angelina Property, Manitoba
The Company has acquired a 100% interest in three unpatented mining claims, covering 160 hectares in the Rice Lake belt in southeastern Manitoba. To acquire its interest the Company issued McKeena Gold Inc. warrants to purchase 100,000 shares at an exercise price of $0.70 per Share, expiring February 28, 2008.
Property Description and Location
The property is located approximately 25 km southeast of the town of Bissett in southeastern Manitoba within an area commonly referred to as the Rice Lake Greenstone Belt. The Rice Lake Greenstone belt accounts for nearly two million ounces of past gold production. Most historical production has come from the Rice Lake Gold Mine (formerly the San Antonio Gold Mine) in Bissett, Manitoba.
Figure7: Angelina Property Location Map
History of Exploration
Management believes the Angelina property was first staked in 1925. Several shear zones with visible gold samples were discovered on the property in 1927 and there has been sporadic exploration over the years. During 2003 and 2004 Gossan Resources Ltd. ("Gossan") conducted a program of surface mapping and diamond drilling, which included 10 shallow diamond drill holes. Recent mapping and compilation data produced by P. Fulton - Regula for Gossan in 2003 indicated anomalous gold results from chip samples over multiple shear zones. Individual grab samples of vein quartz indicated gold mineralization. Gold mineralization was found along NNW trending shear zones within a structurally complex assemblage of basalts, metasediment, gabbro and tuffs.
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Geological Setting
Geologically the Angelina Claim Block is comprised of basalts, metasediments, gabbro, pyroclastic tuffs and breccias and feldspathic dykes. This assemblage has been isoclinaly folded and boudinaged, sheared parallel to fold axes, faulted to offset the shear zones and thrust in a south westerly direction. Gold mineralization was found along shear zones striking in a NNW direction and dipping from 50 to 80 degrees to the ENE, containing quartz and carbonate veins and stringers. Historically gold mineralization has been found on six parallel shear zones. Although higher assays have been reported in the past, the highest assays found by Gossan Resources included 0.53 oz/t over 3.7m and 0.26oz/t over 7.92m in drill core. Historically, a seventh mineralized shear zone was identified at depth in diamond drill hole E-88-03, a zone of 0.3oz/t Au over 6’.
2007 Exploration Program
In the summer of 2007 the Company’s initial exploration consisted of obtaining eight surface samples over an area of approximately 450 meters by 150 meters. Two of the samples showed visible gold and a third sample assayed indicated the presence of some gold mineralization. Based on results of the summer sampling program the Company initiated a limited 7 diamond drill hole program (1,193 m) was completed on three targeted zones; the Discovery Shear, the Contact Zone and the Beaver Pond Vein.
Four drill holes tested a 350 meter extension of the Discovery Shear zone to the west where surface sampling had encounter anomalous surface samples. Visually the shear zone appeared to improve with depth, however only two holes returned significant gold values. Best results were from holes AN-07-01 which intersected 2.08 g/t over 0.50 meters at a depth of 77.5 meters, and hole AN-07-04 which intersected 2.13 g/t over 1.50 meters at a drill hole depth of 85.25 meters.
Two diamond drill holes tested a +50 meter thick zone of moderately veined, sericite-ankerite alteration zone north of the Discovery Zone. The best result was in hole AN-07-06 which intersected 1.40 g/t over 1.50 meters at a drill hole depth of 50 meters.
The final hole of the program was designed to test a quartz-ankerite vein at depth previous drilled by Gossan Resources. No significant assays were returned.
To date, the Company has not received any definitive results of the drilling. The Company will plan any future exploration depending upon the results of the current drilling program.
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Banksian Property, Manitoba
The Company has acquired a 100% interest in 14 unpatented mining claims, covering 2,824 hectares in the Rice Lake belt in southeastern Manitoba. To acquire its interest the Company issued McKeena Gold Inc. warrants to purchase 250,000 shares at an exercise price of $0.70 per Share, expiring February 28, 2008.
Due to past exploration results and lack of interested parties, the Company decided to let claims reaching their expiry period lapse over the past year and will not expend any further exploration dollars to maintain existing claim package. As a result the land package has lapsed and the Company no longer retains any claims in the Banksian Property land package.
Gem Property, Manitoba
Due to limited exploration results on the Gem Property the Company decided to no longer pursue further work on the property and subsequently relinquished any interest in the property.
Pony Creek/Elliott Dome Property, Elko County, Nevada
As of May 26, 2009 the Corporation announce that it had ceased all operations at the Pony Creek/Elliot Dome project in Nevada and returned the project to Mill City Gold Inc. pursuant to the underlying agreements. The reader is directed to the 2009 20-F report for previous disclosure on this project.
ITEM 5: Operating and Financial Review and Prospects
The following is a discussion of the results of operations of the Company for the fiscal years ended May 31, 2011, May 31, 2010 and 2009 and should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements of the Company for such periods, together with the accompanying notes, included elsewhere in this Annual Report. Unless indicated otherwise, all references herein are to Canadian dollars. Please seeItem 3. Key Information for exchange rate information for the Canadian dollar.
The Company’s audited annual financial statements were prepared in accordance with Canadian GAAP. Unless otherwise stated, all amounts discussed herein are denominated in Canadian dollars. Please seeItem 3. Key Information for exchange rate information for the Canadian dollar. A summary of the differences in Canadian GAAP and US GAAP, which affects the Company, is contained in contained Note 15 to the audited financial statements for 2011.
In addition to historical information, the following discussion contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included herein that address activities, events or developments that the Company expects or anticipates will or may occur in the near future, including future business strategy, goals, exploration programs or other such matters are forward-looking statements. When used in this discussion, the words “estimate”, “plan”, “anticipate”, “expect”, “intend”, “believe” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, risks related to joint venture operations, actual results of current or planned exploration activities, changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined, unavailability of financing, fluctuations in precious metal prices and other such factors, including those discussed in “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Annual Report. Accordingly, the reader should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements by the Company. Statements speak only as of the date on which they are made.
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Overview
Grandview is a mineral exploration company focused on the acquisition and exploration of gold and other precious metal properties in the United States and Canada. At the present time none of the Company’s properties contain a known commercially mineable mineral deposit.
The Company is engaged in the exploration and, if warranted, development of mineral properties in Canada and Peru. The Company is an exploration stage company and is not currently engaged in any mining operations, and there can be no assurance it will ever engage in mining operations. To date, its only mining interests are (i) a 67% interest in the Dixie Lake Property, located in the Red Lake Mining District, Ontario, Canada (“Dixie Lake”) (ii) a 100% interest in eight mining claims in the Red Lake Mining District, Ontario, Canada (the “Loisan Property”), (iii) a 100% interest in 12 unpatented claims and 2 patented claims located in the Red Lake Mining District, Ontario, Canada (the “Sanshaw-Bonanza Property”), (iv) a 100% interest in one unpatented mineral claim located in Manitoba, Canada, (the "Bissett Gold Camp Claim") (v) ) a 100% interest in 7 unpatented mining claims in the Long Lake - Cat Lake area of south-eastern Manitoba, covering approximately 1,110 hectares (the "GVG Property"), (vi) a 100% interest in 3 unpatented mining claims covering 160 hectares in the Rice Lake belt in south eastern Manitoba (the "Angelina Property"), and (vii) an option to acquire up to a 100% interest in two mineral claims covering 400 hectares (“Giulianita Property”) near Suyo District, Ayabaca Province, Piura Department, Peru.
Effective November 30, 2010, Grandview entered into two agreements in respect of the sale of four mining claims owned by it and located in Manitoba, being the Packsak, Clapelou Patent Claims, CUPP2 Frac and CUPP3 Frac (collectively, the "Claims"). Two of the four Claims were transferred to Centerpoint Resources Inc. ("Centerpoint") and the remaining two were transferred to Centershield Gold Mines Inc., a subsidiary of Centerpoint. The Claims are not material to Grandview's exploration programs or strategy moving forward. Grandview received nominal cash consideration on closing and retained a 1% NSR over the Claims.
Due to past exploration results and lack of interested parties, the Company decided to let claims reaching expiry period lapse over the past year and will not expend any further exploration dollars to maintain existing claim package on both the GVG property and the Banksian Group of claims.
On July 15, 2009 the Corporation announced the signing of a Binding Memorandum of Understanding through its wholly-owned subsidiary Recuperación Realzada S.A.C., with a private Peruvian Group which grants a two-stage option (the "Option") to acquire up to a 100% interest in a 400 hectare property located in the Suyo District, Ayabaca Province, Piura Department, Peru.
The Company concentrated most of its resources on exploration the Giulianita Project in the Piura Department, Peru, exploring for and evaluating other potentially economic small-scale mining opportunities In Peru. During the 2011 fiscal year the Company the continued to work with local community representatives and groups to gain the surface access rights permission necessary to carry out exploration and development on the property. On June 28th, 2011 the Company issued a press release announcing that the Company would cease funding work efforts at the Property until such time as the local community was able to deliver the necessary documentation and permissions for the Company to carry out unfettered exploration and development work. The Company intends to fully protect its mineral titles in Peru and remains committed to honour the community proposal that has been in the hands of the community executive for many months.
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There is no known commercially mineable mineral deposit on any of these properties, and there can be no assurance that a commercially mineable mineral deposit exists on any of these properties.
Giulianita Property, Peru
The Company, through its subsidiary Recuperacion, has an option to acquire 100% of the Giulianita property in Ayabaca Province, Piura Department, Peru, through a two-stage option. The option provides the Company with a right to earn an 80% interest in the Giulianita property by: (i) making a cash payment of $20,000 US dollars upon signing the agreement, which the Company has done, and by incurring $1.4 million in exploration and development expenditures; and (ii) issuing o total of two million common shares of the Company over a three-year period.
The remaining 20% may be acquired by making an additional payment of $300,000 US dollars and issuing a further 250,000 common shares of the Company prior to the third anniversary date of the agreement. Efforts focused on negotiations with various communities for surface access rights to the project area and working with local community groups, government groups and consulting engineering groups in advance of surface exploration work.
During fiscal 2011, the Company spent $370,916 on preliminary exploration and fieldwork and property acquisition costs, compared with $275,804 for 2010 and $Nil for 2009. Cumulative exploration and acquisition costs incurred from the inception of the exploration stage to May 31, 2011 were $646,720.
Red Lake Properties – Loisan, Dixie Lake and Sanshaw-Bonanza in Ontario, Canada
Grandview has a 100% interest in eight mining claims, covering approximately 60 hectares, located in Red Lake, Ontario, Canada (the “Loisan Property”). Grandview has an option to acquire a 51% interest in the Dixie Lake Property, located in the Red Lake Mining District, Ontario, Canada (the “Dixie Lake Property”). Grandview may earn this interest by incurring exploration expenditures of $300,000, which it has, make payments totaling $75,000 to the underlying property vendor and by issuing 160,000 shares of the Company at $1.25 per share (for a total value of $200,000) to a third party as a finder’s fee. As of the date of this report Grandview has earned a 67% interest in the property by making completing the terms of the original agreement and making additional exploration expenditures on the property.
Grandview has an option to acquire a 60% interest in ten (10) unpatented claims located at Red Lake, Ontario (the “Sanshaw-Bonanza Property”). Grandview earned this interest by completing the required work and payments as defined in an amended agreement with EMCO Corporation SA (“EMCO”). Those terms were; incurring $500,000 in resource exploration and development expenditures and by issuing 100,000 common shares of the Company in addition to the 55,000 shares already issued to EMCO (155,000 common shares were issued and valued at $57,000 up to August 31, 2007) and also by issuing 200,000 warrants at an exercise price of $1.40 per share (which expire 36 months from the date of issuance).
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Grandview had previously completed expenditure requirements to earn a 60% interest in the Property as per an option agreement with EMCO dated February 7, 2007. To acquire the remaining 40% interest in the Property, the Company paid EMCO $25,000 CAD in cash and issued 50,000 common shares in its capital. Also, the Company expanded the Property parcel by acquiring two unpatented claims and two patented claims from Perry English (“English”) for aggregate consideration of $60,000 CAD in cash and the issuance of 500,000 common shares in its capital. Concurrently, the Company also purchased 75% of the outstanding 1.5% NSR on the Property from English for $25,000 CAD cash. Cumulative expenditures related to the Transaction totalled $110,000 CAD cash and 550,000 common shares of the Company.
Exploration costs of $48,070 were incurred during 2011. Exploration costs of $431,174 and $166,822 respectively were incurred during 2010 and 2009 on the Red Lake Properties. Cumulative exploration costs incurred from the inception of the exploration stage to May 31, 2011 are $3,922,037.
Rice Lake Properties – Bissett, GVG, Angelina and Banksian in Manitoba, Canada
Grandview owns a 100% interest in one (1) mining interests, located in Manitoba, Canada (the “Bissett Gold Camp Claim”). Grandview has a 100% interest in seven (7) unpatented mining claims in the Long Lake–Cat Lake area of southeastern Manitoba, covering approximately 1,110 hectares (the “GVG Property”). Grandview has a 100% interest in three (3) unpatented mining claims covering 160 hectares in the Rice Lake belt in southeastern Manitoba (the “Angelina Property”).”).
At the end of fiscal 2009, the Company wrote off the total accumulated capitalized exploration expenditures incurred on these properties of $1,557,112 (2010: $Nil, 2008: $Nil).
Pony Creek / Elliot Dome Properties in the State of Nevada
In May 2009 the Company announced that it had ceased all operations at the Pony Creek/Elliot Dome project in Nevada and returned the project to Mill City Gold Inc. pursuant to the underlying agreements.
At the end of fiscal 2009, and as a result of cessation of operations at the Pony Creek/Elliot Dome during 2009, the Company wrote off the total accumulated capitalized exploration expenditures incurred on these properties of $5,903,342 (2010: $Nil, 2008: $Nil).
Private Placements
On July 22, 2004, the Company completed a private placement offering of up to 120,000 common shares at the subscription price of $1.00 per common share, for total gross proceeds of $120,000. The proceeds from the offering were used by the Company to fund its general working capital and exploration programs at the Pony Creek / Elliott Dome Property, Nevada. For additional information, please see the Company's press releases dated August 25, 2004, and the associated material change report dated August 26, 2004.
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On August 23, 2004, the Company completed a private placement offering of up to 150,000 common shares at the subscription price of $1.00 per common share for total gross proceeds of $150,000. The proceeds from the offering were used by the Company to fund its exploration programs at the Pony Creek Elliott Dome Property, Nevada. For additional information, please see the Company's press releases dated August 25, 2004, and the associated material change report dated August 26, 2004.
On September 30, 2004, the Company completed a private placement offering of up to 175,000 common shares at the subscription price of $1.00 per common share for total gross proceeds of $175,000. The proceeds from the offering were used by the Company to fund its general working capital requirements. For additional information, please see the Company's press releases dated October 4, 2004, and the associated material change report dated October 4, 2004.
On December 23, 2004, the Company completed a private placement offering of up to 1,005,000 units, with each such unit being comprised of one common share and one half of one purchase warrant where each whole purchase warrant is exercisable into one additional common share upon payment of $1.50, at the subscription price of $1.00 per unit for total gross proceeds of $1,005,000. The proceeds from the offering were used by the Company to fund its exploration programs at the Pony Creek / Elliott Dome Property, Nevada and general working capital. For additional information, please see the Company's press releases dated December 23, 2004, and the associated material change reports dated December 23, 2004.
On August 31, 2005, September 15, 2005 and October 19, 2005, Grandview completed a private placement offering in three tranches resulting in the placement of a total of 1,389,424 units, with each such unit being comprised of one common share and one half of one purchase warrant, where each whole purchase warrant is exercisable into one additional common share upon payment of $1.75, at the subscription price of $1.25 per unit and 1,620,000 flow through common shares at $1.25 per flow through common share for total gross proceeds of $3,761,780. The proceeds from the offering were used by Grandview to fund its exploration programs on its Canadian and US properties and for general working capital.
On March 27, 2006, Grandview completed a private placement offering of 3,985,974 units, with each such unit being comprised of one common share and one half of one purchase warrant where each whole purchase warrant is exercisable into one additional common share upon payment of $1.75, at the subscription price of $1.10 per unit for total gross proceeds of $4,384,571. The proceeds from the offering were used by Grandview to fund its exploration programs on its Canadian and US properties and for general working capital.
The Company raised gross proceeds of $1,559,999 by way of a non-brokered private placement concluded on December 28, 2006. The private placement consisted of 2,399,998 flow-through units at a price of $0.65 per unit. Each unit consists of one flow-through common share of the Company and one-half of one non-flow-through share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant is exercisable at a price of $1.40 for a period of 24 months from closing to acquire one common share of the Company. The Company paid a finder’s fee of 8 percent of the gross proceeds raised under the private placement and issued finder’s options to acquire non-flow-through Units of the Company at a price of $0.65 per unit for a period of 24 months from closing. The proceeds from the Unit offering are being used to fund the Company’s Canadian gold exploration programs at the Rocky Ridge Property in Manitoba, the Rice Lake Properties in Manitoba and the Red Lake Properties in Ontario.
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On March 16, 2007, the Company completed a private placement offering of 3,250,000 units, with each such unit being comprised of one common share and one half of one purchase warrant where each whole purchase warrant is exercisable into one additional common share upon payment of $0.65, at the subscription price of $0.45 per unit for total gross proceeds of $1,462,500.00. The proceeds from the offering are being used by the Company to fund its exploration programs on its Canadian and US properties and for general working capital.
On July 6, 2007, the Company completed a private placement offering of 8,589,000 units, at the subscription price of $0.40 per unit for total gross proceeds of $3,435,600. Each unit was comprised of one common share and one half of one purchase warrant with each whole purchase warrant exercisable into one additional common share upon payment of $0.65 until July 9, 2007. The proceeds from the offering are being used by the Company to fund its exploration programs on its Canadian and US properties and for general working capital. At the same time, the Company closed a non-brokered placement on the same terms for additional proceeds of $50,000 on the sale of a further 125,000 units. In connection with the brokered placement, Grandview paid a cash fee to an Agent of 8% of the gross proceeds raised under the brokered placement and also issued broker warrants to acquire 8% of the total number of units issued under the brokered placement at a price of $0.40 per unit for a period of 24 months from closing. In addition, Grandview also paid a cash work fee of $7,500 for certain services of the Agent.
In connection with this offering, the Company secured the consent of its shareholders at a special meeting, which occurred on May 17, 2007. A special meeting was required to be called in order to approve this placement under TSX policies as the total number of common shares issuable thereunder exceeded 25% of the then issued and outstanding capital of the Company.
On December 21, 2007, the Company completed a private placement offering of 1,312,000 units, with each such unit being comprised of one common share and one half of one purchase warrant where each whole purchase warrant is exercisable into one additional common share upon payment of $0.70, at the subscription price of $0.55 per unit and 605,000 flow through common shares at $0.65 per flow through common share for total gross proceeds of $1,114,850. The proceeds from the offering are being used by the Company to fund its exploration programs on its Canadian and US properties and for general working capital. The private placement was brokered by Bolder Investment Partners, Inc.
On December 28, 2007, the Company completed a non-brokered private placement resulting in the issuance by the Company of a total of 538,000 flow through common shares at a price of $0.65 per flow through common share for gross proceeds of $349,700. The proceeds from the offering are being used by the Company to fund its exploration program on its Canadian properties.
On December 5, 2008, the Company closed a brokered private placement with Sandfire Securities Inc. The Offering resulted in the issuance of 8,333,333 flow-through common shares to the MineralFields Group at a purchase price of $0.05 per share for gross proceeds of $416,666. The securities issued pursuant to Offering were subject to a four (4) month statutory hold commencing from the date of issuance. In connection with the Offering, Grandview paid a cash fee of 8% of the gross proceeds raised ($33,333) under the offering and also issued broker warrants to acquire 666,666 Common Shares at a price of $0.05 per common chare for a period of 24 months after closing.
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On December 8, 2009, Grandview completed a private placement with Centerpoint Resources Inc. consisting of 20 million units at a price of $0.075 per unit for aggregate proceeds to Grandview of $1,500,000. Each Unit consists of one common share and one common share purchase warrant with each whole warrant entitling the holder to acquire one further common share at a price of $0.12, expiring 24 months from the date of issue. In addition, Grandview completed a concurrent non-brokered financing resulting in the issuance of an additional 6,666,665 units for proceeds of $500,000.00, some of which units were acquired by directors and officers of the Company.
On December 31, 2010 the Corporation closed a non-brokered private placement with MineralFields Group resulting in the issuance by the Corporation of a total of 8,066,666 flow through units at a purchase price of $0.075 per unit for gross proceeds to the Corporation of $605,000. Each flow-through unit consists of 1 commons share of Grandview issued on a flow-through basis and one-half of one common share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant is exercisable to acquire one further common share on a non-flow through basis at a price of $0.15 for the first 12 months and following issuance and $0.20 for the second 12 months following issuance. In connection with this offering Grandview also paid a cash fee of 6% of the gross proceeds raised under the offering and also issued 604,999 finder’swarrants each entitling the holder to acquire one common share and one-half of one common share purchase warrant at an exercise price of $0.075 per finder's warrant. The warrants underlying the finder's warrants are exercisable on the same terms as the offering. The proceeds from the offering are being used by the Corporation to fund its exploration programs on its Canadian properties.
A. Operating Results
For the past three years the Company’s activities have concentrated on acquiring interests in mining properties in Canada and the United States, and exploring these mining properties and the mining properties in which it may earn an interest, as described above. The Company also successfully listed its Shares for public trading in Canada and on the OTC Bulletin Board in the United States. During this time, no revenues were realized. The Company has funded operations during the period through the sale of its Shares.
Year ended May 31, 2011 compared with years ended May 31, 2010 and May 31, 2009
Grandview incurred a net loss of $408,907 for 2011, compared with $880,403 for 2010. The reason for the variance is attributable to share-based payment expense of $449,491 incurred during 2010, compared with $Nil for 2011. Grandview incurred a net loss of $7,887,918 for 2009. The loss recorded during fiscal 2009 compared with 2010 is attributable to write-off of capitalized development costs related to the Company’s Rice Lake and Pony Creek/Elliot Dome properties during 2009 of $1,557,112 and $5,903,342 respectively.
Cash flows used in operating activities for 2011 of $413,261 compares with $396,559 for 2010 and $349,009 for 2009. The level of corporate and operational activity prior to 2009 was substantial, while 2009, 2010 and 2011 have seen low levels of exploration fieldwork and other corporate activities.
Grandview’s working capital on May 31, 2011 was $1,155,078 compared with $1,407,869 on May 31, 2010 and $469,609 on May 31, 2009.
The cash and short-term investment balance on May 31, 2011 was $1,177,679 and $25,286 respectively, compared with cash and short-term investments on May 31, 2010 of $1,432,824 and $25,037 respectively and $106,593 and $407,493 respectively on May 31, 2009.
The private placement of December 31, 2010 resulted in the issuance of 8,066,666 flow-through units, in turn comprised of one common share and one-half of one common share purchase warrant (4,033,332 common shares equivalent), for gross proceeds of $605,000. In addition finder’s warrants (604,999 common shares equivalent) were issued as part of the transaction.
The Company does not earn any revenue from its exploration and development activities and continues to incur net losses.
375,000 stock options were cancelled during 2011 and 250,00 stock options expired (no financial impact). 1,375,000 stock options expired during 2010 and 1,400,000 stock options were forfeited during 2010.
333,333 warrants were exercised during 2011 for gross proceeds of $16,667. 333,333 warrants were exercised during 2010, for proceeds of $16,667.
6,053,480 warrants expired during the 2010, resulting in a charge to contributed surplus of $1,173,138.
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As a result of its private placement transaction completed on December 8, 2009, the Company issued 26,666,665 common shares of the Company and 26,666,665 full warrants.
4,250,000 stock options were issued during 2010. The estimated fair market value of these options, and expensed during 2010, was $449,491.
On January 7, 2010, the Company issued 360,937 common shares at a price of $0.08 to settle a debt of $28,875 in respect of services rendered by a consultant to the Company.
On January 20, 2010, the Company issued 200,000 common shares to Miguel Saldana related to the Guilianita Project in Peru.
On April 28, 2010, the Company issued 550,000 shares to EMCO Corporation S.A. to acquire the remaining 40% interest in its Sanshaw-Bonanza properties (see “Activities during fiscal 2010 above”).
The Company does not earn any revenue from its exploration and development activities. While Grandview is dependant on the success of financing initiatives, management intends to strictly control all expenses and focus on creating value for shareholders by exploring and developing high-grade gold properties which it believes are to be the most promising.
The Company expects that the cash and cash equivalents as at November 29, 2011 will be sufficient to pay for the continued exploration and overhead expense for the next 12 months. Depending upon future events, the rate of expenditures and other general and administrative costs could increase or decrease.
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The following tables set out financial performance highlights for the past eight quarters.
FourthQuarter | ThirdQuarter | SecondQuarter | First Quarter | |||||||||
IFRS | May. 31, 2011 | Feb. 28, 2011 | Nov. 30, 2010 | Aug. 31, 2010 | ||||||||
Revenue | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | ||||
Expenses |
| 140,298 |
| 98,636 |
| 88,330 |
| 84,321 | ||||
Net Loss and Comprehensive Loss |
| (138,222 | ) |
| (98,460 | ) |
| (87,967 | ) |
| (84,258 | ) |
Net Loss Per Share – Basic and Diluted |
| (0.01 | ) |
| (0.00 | ) |
| (0.00 | ) |
| (0.00 | ) |
Cash Flows Used in Operating Activities |
| (43,346 | ) |
| (121,087 | ) |
| 140,233 |
| (108,595 | ) | |
Cash and Cash Equivalents & Short-Term Investments, End of Period | 1,202,965 | 1,327,653 | 993,568 | 1,251,189 | ||||||||
Assets |
| 5,865,572 |
| 5,856,855 |
| 5,442,629 |
| 5,565,995 |
FourthQuarter | ThirdQuarter | SecondQuarter | First Quarter | |||||||||
IFRS | May. 31, 2010 | Feb. 28, 2010 | Nov. 30, 2009 | Aug. 31, 2009 | ||||||||
Revenue | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | ||||
Expenses | 135,455 | 174,465 | 107,809 | 460,325 | ||||||||
Net Loss and Comprehensive Loss |
| (106,941 | ) |
| (202,743 | ) |
| (107,679 | ) | (463,040) | ||
Net Loss Per Share – Basic and Diluted | (0.00 | ) | (0.00 | ) | (0.00 | ) | (0.01) | |||||
Cash Flows Used in Operating Activities |
| (76,904 | ) |
| (373,500 | ) |
| 119,243 | (65,398) | |||
Cash and Cash Equivalents & Short-Term Investments, End of Period | 1,457,861 | 1,754,330 | 232,744 | 324,654 | ||||||||
Assets |
| 5,660,623 |
| 5,698,180 |
| 4,093,313 | 3,934,256 |
Proposed Transactions
There are no proposed transactions at this time, although the Company does continue to evaluate potential merger, acquisition, investment and joint venture opportunities.
Critical Accounting Estimates and Accounting Policies
The preparation of financial statements in accordance with Canadian GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of certain assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amount of certain revenue and expenses during the period. Actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.
Critical Accounting Estimates and Assumptions
Assessment of Recoverability of Mineral Property Costs
The Company’s recorded value of its exploration properties is based on historical costs that expect to be recovered in the future. The Company’s recoverability evaluation is based on market conditions for minerals, underlying mineral resources associated with the properties and future costs that may be required for ultimate realization through mining operations or by sale.
Assessment of Recoverability of Future Income Tax Assets
In preparing the consolidated financial statements, the Company is required to estimate its income tax obligations. This process involves estimating the actual tax exposure together with assessing temporary differences resulting from differing treatment of items for tax and accounting purposes. The Company assesses, based on all available evidence, the likelihood that the future income tax assets will be recovered from future taxable income and, to the extent that recovery cannot be considered “more likely than not,” a valuation allowance is established. If the valuation allowance is changed in a period, an expense or benefit must be included within the tax provision on the consolidated income statement.
Estimate of Stock Based Compensation and Associated Assumptions
The Company recorded stock-based compensation based on an estimate of the fair value on the grant date of stock options issued. This accounting required estimates of interest rate, life of options, stock price volatility and the application of the Black-Scholes option-pricing model.
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Assessment of Recoverability of Receivables Including VAT
The carrying amount of accounts receivables, and Value Added Tax are considered representative of their respective values. The Company assesses the likelihood that these receivables will be recovered and, to the extent that recovery is considered doubtful a provision for doubtful accounts is recorded.
Estimate of Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Where the fair value of a financial instrument is different than its carrying value disclosure of the estimated fair value is required. The fair value disclosed is based on management estimates using assumptions such as market interest rates.
Going Concern Assumption
These consolidated financial statements have been prepared using Canadian generally accepted accounting principles applicable to a going concern, which contemplate the realization of assets and settlement of liabilities in the normal course of business as they come due.
The Company's ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon its ability to fund its working capital and exploration requirements and eventually to generate positive cash flows, either from operations or sale of properties. These financial statements do not reflect the adjustments to the carrying values of assets and liabilities and the reported expenses and balance sheet classifications that would be necessary were the going concern assumption inappropriate, and these adjustments could be material.
Asset Retirement Obligations
Future costs to retire an asset including dismantling, remediation and ongoing treatment, and monitoring of the site are recognized and recorded as a liability at fair value. The liability is accreted, over time through periodic charges to earnings. In addition, asset retirement costs are capitalized as part of the asset's carrying value and amortized over the asset’s useful life.
The Company has an obligations relating to the retirement of its assets and a liability has been recognized as at May 31, 2011 of $12,718, compared with $13,699 as at May 31, 2010.
The estimates are based principally on legal and regulatory requirements. It is quite possible that the Company's estimates of its ultimate reclamation and closure liabilities associated with any mine or facility built will change as a result of changes in regulations, changes in the extent of environmental remediation required, changes in the means of reclamation or changes in cost estimates. Consequently, changes resulting from revisions to the timing or the amount of the original estimate of undiscounted cash flows will be recognized as an increase or a decrease to the carrying amount of the liability and related long-lived asset. The liability will be increased for the passage of time and reported as an operating expense (accretion cost). The estimated cost associated with the retirement of the mineral properties is capitalized to those assets and will be amortized when these assets are put into production at amortization rates assigned to those assets.
Significant Accounting Policies
Please refer to Note 2 to the Company’s audited annual consolidated financials statements for a full discussion of its significant accounting policies.
Future Accounting Changes
International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”)
In January 2006, the CICA’s Accounting Standards Board ("AcSB") formally adopted the strategy of replacing Canadian GAAP with IFRS for Canadian enterprises with public accountability. The current conversion timetable calls for financial reporting under IFRS for accounting periods commencing on or after January 1, 2011. The Company is currently assessing the impact of IFRS on its consolidated financial statements.
Financial Instruments and Other Instruments
At the close of the most recent fiscal period, the financial instruments of the Company consisted of cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, sundry receivable, reclamation bond and accounts payable and accrued liabilities. Grandview does not expect to be exposed to significant interest, currency or credit risks arising from these financial instruments. The Company estimates that the fair values of all its financial instruments approximate their carrying values.
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Status of Grandview’s Transition to International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”)
The CICA announced that publicly accountable enterprises would be required to transition from GAAP to International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”), effective January 1, 2011. This mandate is first applicable to interim reporting periods during fiscal 2012 and also requires the presentation of comparative financial information for 2011. For this reason, the effective conversion for the Company’s reporting purposes is June 1, 2010.
The Company established an IFRS plan and has tasked a service provider and a professional service firm with developing the transitional reporting under IFRS. The plan calls for four phases, being the scoping and planning phase, the assessment phase, the implementation phase and post-implementation.
Progress on IFRS Transition Plan
The progress to date may be summarized as follows:
Scoping and planning phase – complete.
Assessment phase – substantially complete, expected to be completed by fourth quarter of fiscal 2010.
Implementation phase – in progress; to be finalized before October 15, 2011.
Post-implementation – November 2011 and thereafter.
To date, the Company’s evaluation of potential changes to accounting policies in key areas are summarized below. The list is in no way intended to represent a complete list of areas where adoption of IFRS will require a change in accounting policies, but does highlight the most significant areas identified to date. Changes and ongoing developments regarding IFRS as developed by the International Accounting Standards Board may have an effect on the changes required to the Company’s accounting policies on adoption of IFRS, but is not anticipated that such changes would require substantial changes to the summary presented below.
First-time Adoption of IFRS
The adoption of IFRS requires the application of IFRS 1 First-time Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS 1”), which provides guidance for an entity’s initial adoption of IFRS. IFRS 1 generally requires retrospective application of IFRS, effective at the end of its first annual IFRS reporting period. However, IFRS 1 also provides certain optional exemptions and mandatory exceptions to this retrospective treatment.
The Company has identified the following optional exemptions that it expects to apply in its preparation of an opening IFRS statement of financial position as at June 1, 2009:
To apply IFRS 2 Share-based Payments only to equity instruments issued after November 7, 2002, and that had not vested by the transition date.
To apply IFRS 3 Business Combinations prospectively from the transition date, therefore not restating business combinations that took place prior to the transition date.
To apply the Fair Value as Deemed Cost election to certain assets that have previously been impaired under Canadian GAAP in prior periods.
Prior to reporting interim financial statements in accordance with IFRS for the quarter ending August 31, 2011, the Company may decide to apply other optional exemptions contained in IFRS 1. IFRS 1 does not permit changes to estimates that have been made previously. Accordingly, estimates used in the preparation of the Company’s opening IFRS statement of financial position as at the transition date will be consistent with those made under current Canadian GAAP. If necessary, estimates will be adjusted to reflect any difference in accounting policy.
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Impact of Adopting IFRS on the Company’s Business
Exploration and Evaluation Expenditures
Subject to certain conditions, IFRS currently allows an entity to determine an accounting policy that specifies the treatment of costs related to the exploration for and evaluation of mineral properties. The Company expects to establish an accounting policy to continue to capitalise exploration and evaluation expenditures under IFRS.
The application of this policy on the adoption of IFRS will not have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
Impairment of (Non-financial) Assets
IFRS requires a write down of assets if the higher of the fair market value and the value in use of a group of assets is less than its carrying value. Value in use is determined using discounted estimated future cash flows. Current Canadian GAAP requires a write down to estimated fair value only if the undiscounted estimated future cash flows of a group of assets are less than its carrying value. The Company's accounting policies related to impairment of non-financial assets will be changed to reflect these differences. However, the Company does not expect that this change will have an immediate impact on the carrying value of its assets. The Company will perform impairment assessments in accordance with IFRS at the transition date.
Share-based Payments
In certain circumstances, IFRS requires a different measurement of stock-based compensation related to stock options than current Canadian GAAP. The Company does not expect any changes to its accounting policies related to share-based payments that would result in a significant change to line items within its consolidated financial statements.
Asset Retirement Obligations (Decommissioning Liabilities)
IFRS requires the recognition of a decommissioning liability for legal or constructive obligations, while current Canadian GAAP only requires the recognition of such liabilities for legal obligations. A constructive obligation exists when an entity has created reasonable expectations that it will take certain actions. The Company's accounting policies related to decommissioning liabilities will be changed to reflect these differences. However, the Company does not expect this change will have an immediate impact on the carrying value of its assets.
Property and Equipment
IFRS contains different guidance related to recognition and measurement of property and equipment than current Canadian GAAP. The Company does not expect any changes to its accounting policies related to property and equipment that would result in a significant change to line items within its consolidated financial statements.
Income Taxes
In certain circumstances, IFRS contains different requirements related to recognition and measurement of future (deferred) income taxes. The Company does not expect any changes to its accounting policies related to income taxes that would result in a significant change to line items within its consolidated financial statements.
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Off-Balance-Sheet Arrangements
There are no off-balance sheet arrangements.
B. Liquidity and Capital Resources
Grandview’s working capital on May 31, 2011 was $1,155,078 compared with $1,407,869 on May 31, 2010. The cash and short-term investment balance on May 31, 2011 was $1,177,679 and $25,286 respectively, compared with cash and short-term investments on May 31, 2010 of $1,432,824 and $25,037 respectively.
The private placement of December 31, 2010 resulted in the issuance of 8,066,666 flow-through units, in turn comprised of one common share and one-half of one common share purchase warrant (4,033,332 common shares equivalent), for gross proceeds of $605,000. In addition finder’s warrants (604,999 common shares equivalent) were issued as part of the transaction.
375,000 stock options were cancelled during 2011 and 250,00 stock options expired (no financial impact).
333,333 warrants were exercised during 2011 for gross proceeds of $16,667.
The Company does not earn any revenue from its exploration and development activities. While Grandview is dependant on the success of financing initiatives, management intends to strictly control all expenses and focus on creating value for shareholders by exploring and developing high-grade gold properties which it believes are to be the most promising.
The Company expects that the cash and cash equivalents as at August 29, 2011 will be sufficient to pay for the continued exploration and overhead expense for the next 12 months. Depending upon future events, the rate of expenditures and other general and administrative costs could increase or decrease.
C. Research and Development, Patents and Licenses, Etc.
During the last three fiscal years, the Company has not engaged in any research and development activities. Its activities have been focused on (i) raising funds through the sales of its Shares in various private placements, (ii) acquiring property interests in the United States and Canada, and (iii) conducting exploration activities on those properties.
D. Trend Information
Not applicable.
E. Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
The Company is not engaged in any off-balance sheet arrangements.
F. Tabular Disclosure of Contractual Obligations
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Option Payments Due re Giulianita Project | $ | 20,000 US next 5 years | $ | 20,000 US | (2) |
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Required Exploration Expenditures on Giulianita Project | $ | 1,450,000 US | $ | 150,000 CAD | $ | 1,300,000 CAD | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | |||||
Total | $ | 20,000 US | $ | 20,000 US | $ | 1,300,000 CAD | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | |||||
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1. Future payments currently on hold as surface access and title rights have not been conveyed by the property owner to the Company. The Company retains a binding Memorandum of Understanding with the property owner which secures the agreement.
2. Paid on signing; no further cash payments due to property owners.
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Reference is made toItem 4D. Information on the Company: Property, Plant and Equipmentfor a discussion of the above payment obligations.
ITEM 6: Directors, Senior Management, and Employees | |||
A. Directors and Senior Management | |||
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Name | Title | Date of Birth | Appointment |
Paul Sarjeant | President and CEO | May 29,1960 | November 1, 2006 |
Michael Hitch | Chairman of the Board of Directors | November 16,1962 | November 8, 2005 |
Richard Brown | Director | March 25,1958 | March 26, 2004 |
Dr. Peter Born | Director | April 28,1953 | June 7, 2007 |
Ernest Cleave | Chief Financial Officer | October 2, 1969 | January 6, 2006 |
R. Ian Mitchell | Corporate Secretary | October 25,1977 | November 7, 2005 |
Ken Hight | Director | October 9,1948 | May 12, 2008 |
Jack Austin | Director | March 2,1932 | December 8, 2009 |
Ted Nunn | Director | December 12, 1948 | December 8, 2009 |
A brief education and relevant work history of our Directors and Management follows:
Paul Sarjeant, President, CEO
Mr. Sarjeant holds a B.Sc Honours, Geological Sciences, graduating from Queen's University in 1983. Mr. Sarjeant began his career with Echo Bay Mines Ltd as a project geologist working on projects in the NWT, Archean greenstone belts, Lupin Mine peripheral project, and skarn properties in BC and Ecuador. He ascended to Senior Geologist, International Exploration Group, responsible for project evaluation outside of North America, including precious and base metals projects in South America, East Africa, South East Asia, Russia, Mongolia, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. From 1993 until 1996, he was President and CEO of Auric Resources - a precious metals exploration company focused on Peru. From 1999 until his October, 2006 appointment to the office of President and CEO of Grandview Gold, Paul operated a securities business focused on strategic planning and investment analysis were he earned his CFP designation, as a certified financial planner Mr Sarjeant is also a member in good standing with the Association of Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia.
Michael Hitch, Chairman of the Board of Directors
Mr. Hitch is currently an Associate Professor at the Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver British Columbia, Canada. Previously he was the Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director of Golden China Management. Golden China Management provides management services to Golden China Resources Corporation, a Toronto-based, Chinese company listed on the TSX-V. Golden China’s business focuses on exploration and development, operations/production and merchant banking within the rapidly developing precious metal mining industry in the Peoples’ Republic of China. During the past five years Mr. Hitch has held positions as a mining analyst for Clarus Securities Inc. and Octagon Capital Corporation, as well as Vice President Corporate Development of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.
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Richard Brown, Director
Mr. Brown has been a partner with Osprey Capital (a private investment banking firm based in Toronto, Canada) since November 2001. Mr. Brown brings to the Company experience in public company administration, as he was previously chief financial officer of Navitrak International Company, a publicly traded company. Mr. Brown was responsible for all financial aspects of Navitrak, including raising over $6 million in equity, the negotiation of bank facilities, acquisitions and the development of their business strategy. Prior to Navitrak, Mr. Brown spent ten years with the Bank of Nova Scotia and Scotia Capital Markets in New York, acting as Vice President from 1992-1997. During this time he worked as a corporate lending officer and head of investment grade fixed income origination, focusing primarily on Canadian issuers accessing the U.S. capital markets. Mr. Brown holds a Masters degree in finance from the Daniels School of Business at the University of Denver and a BA in Economics from the University of Guelph. Mr. Brown currently spends a minimum of 12 hours per week on the affairs of the Company. Mr. Brown also holds the position of Director on the Boards of: Phoenician Holdings Corp. and Navitrak International Corp.
Dr. Peter Born, Director
Dr. Born is a senior geologist with over 30 years of experience exploring and evaluating mining properties for senior and junior Canadian and United States resource companies. Dr. Born has been awarded on three occasions Canada’s National Science and Engineering Research Council PostGraduate Scholarship. He is currently working from his Ottawa-based consulting firm for Canadian and United States resource companies. Dr. Born is a director of several TSXV companies and acts as Vice President of Exploration for Athabasca Uranium Inc.
Ernest Cleave, Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Cleave is a senior mining professional and has worked in the capacity of Chief Financial Officer for various listed companies.
R. Ian Mitchell, Corporate Secretary
Mr. Mitchell is an associate with the law firm WeirFoulds LLP, counsel to the Company, and his practice has focused on securities law and corporate finance. Mr. Mitchell holds a Bachelors degree (Honours) in Commerce from Queen’s University as well as an L.L.B. from Dalhousie University.
Ken Hight, Director
Mr. Hight is known in the capital markets in North America and abroad for his 35 years experience, most recently as the CEO of Liquidnet Canada, a USA-based institutional marketplace. From 2005 through early 2008, Mr. Hight served as Executive Vice President Capital Markets of E*Trade, New York, responsible for global equity trading and market making. He was responsible for the management of the Company's Institutional equity business, including market making, global institutional brokerage, electronic trading products (DMA), wholesale execution and the securities lending operations. Prior to E*Trade Ken served as (founding) CEO and President of ITG Canada Inc, responsible for the implementation of competitive products and services, and charged with establishing the subsidiary in the Canadian market. Concurrently he was a member of the Executive Committee of Investment Technology Group, Inc. New York. Before joining ITG, Mr. Hight spent seven years with TD Securities where he served as Deputy Chair, responsible for Global Institutional Equities and as a member of the Executive Committee. In addition, he held several senior management positions with TD Bank in Australia, Canada and the United States. He is currently President & CEO of Portage Minerals Inc.
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Jack Austin, Director
The Hon. Jack Austin, P.C, Q.C. is a graduate in law from the University of British Columbia and Harvard Law School. He practised law in Vancouver for nearly 20 years specializing in natural resource law, securities and finance. In public life he served for four years as Deputy Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources in Ottawa, one and a half years as Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Trudeau, Cabinet Minister in the Trudeau government (1981-1984), and in the Martin government (2003-2006). Mr. Austin served as a Senator representing British Columbia from 1975 to 2007. Currently he is Senior Advisor-International to Stern Partners Inc. a private investment group, a director of two public companies, and President of Centerpoint Resources Inc. of Vancouver, a private company owned by Canadian and Chinese investors in the natural resources sector.
Ted Nunn, P.Geo., Director
Mr. Nunn has been associated with the mining industry for 41 years primarily working in project engineering and management for mine operating companies. Twenty of these years were experienced in the coal and industrial mineral industries for: Kaiser Resources, An Tai Bao Surface Coal Mine (China), Greymouth Coal (New Zealand), and Crystal Graphite Corporation (Canada & China). His metal mining experience included Cominco (four operations), Lornex Mining Corp., Echo Bay Mines, and Granduc Operating Company. His experience includes exploration, geological engineering, civil/structural engineering, mine engineering, contract management, financial analyses, governmental affairs, and project/construction management in both open pit and underground mining environments. Mr. Nunn is a Registered Professional Engineer in British Columbia graduating in Mining Engineering from Queen’s University in 1975. Mr. Nunn is presently Vice President – Technical Services for Centerpoint Resources Inc., President of Centershield Gold Mines Inc., and a Director for Anglo Swiss Resources Inc.
Compensation
The compensation for the Company’s executive officers for the fiscal years ended May 31, 2011, May 31, 2010 and May 31, 2009 is as set out below:
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Annual Compensation | Long Term Compensation | ||||||
Name and PrincipalPosition | Fiscal Year | Salary ($) | Bonus ($) | Other Annual Compensation($) | Securities Under Options Granted (#) | Restricted Shares or Restricted Share Units (#) | All Other Compensation ($) |
Paul Sarjeant President, | 2011 | 150,000 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
CEO and Director(1) | 2010 | 150,000 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | 10,000 |
2009 | 150,010 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | 94,000 | |
Ernest Cleave | 2011 | 36,000 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Chief Financial Officer(2) | 2010 | 36,000 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
2009 | 51,794 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Notes:
1. | Mr. Sarjeant became the President, CEO and Director of the Company on November 7, 2006. |
2. | Ernest Cleave was retained to act as Chief Financial Officer of the Company on January 6, 2006. |
Long-Term Incentive, Retirement and Pension Plans
The Company does not have a long-term incentive plan or pension plan and does not provide retirement benefits to its employees.
No Termination Agreements for Executive Officers and Directors
The Company has no plans or arrangements that would result in the compensation of an executive officer or director in the event such person’s employment is terminated, as a result of either resignation, retirement, change of control, or change of responsibilities following a change in control.
Stock Option Plan
On March 26, 2004 the Company’s shareholders approved the establishment of a Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”) for the purpose of providing incentives to directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company. At the Company’s Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders held on November 30, 2006 the Company’s shareholders approved certain changes to the Company’s Stock Option Plan. As amended on November 30, 2006, the maximum number of Shares reserved for issue under the Plan cannot exceed 20% of the issued and outstanding Shares from time to time. The total number of Shares, which may be reserved for issuance in any 12-month period is subject to the following limitations:
a) the number of Shares reserved for issuance pursuant to options granted to insiders cannot exceed 20% of the Company's issued and outstanding Shares;
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b) the grant to insiders, within any twelve-month period, of Options reserving for issuance a number of Shares cannot exceed in the aggregate 10% of the Company's issued and outstanding Shares; c) the grant to any one individual, options reserving for issuance a number of Shares cannot exceed in the aggregate 5% of the Company's issued and outstanding Shares; d) the grant to all persons engaged by the Company to provide Investor Relations Activities, of options reserving for issuance a number of Shares cannot exceed in the aggregate 1% of the
Company's outstanding number of listed securities; e) the grant to any one consultant of options reserving for issuance a number of Shares cannot exceed in the aggregate 2% of the Company's issued and outstanding Shares.
The purpose of the Plan is to attract, retain and motivate directors, officers, employees and other service providers by providing them with the opportunity, through share options, to acquire a proprietary interest in the Company. The options are non-assignable and may be granted for a term not exceeding five years.
The Plan is currently administered by the Board of Directors (the “administrator”). Options may be granted to purchase Shares on such terms that the administrator of the Plan may determine within the limitations of the Plan and subject to the rules of applicable regulatory authorities. In determining the number of optioned Shares that may be granted to each optionee, consideration will be given to the optionee’s present and potential contribution to the success of the Company and to any applicable regulatory requirements.
Options may be granted under the Plan only to directors, officers, employees and other service providers subject to the rules and regulations of applicable regulatory authorities and any Canadian stock exchange upon which the Shares may be listed or may trade from time to time. The number of Shares reserved for issue to any one person pursuant to the Plan may not exceed 5% of the issued and outstanding Shares at the date of such grant.
The exercise price for options granted under the Plan may not be less than the “fair market value” of the Shares at the time of grant as determined by the administrator of the Plan but the TSX (or any other applicable stock exchange) for the ten trading days prior to the date of grant. Options are non-assignable and are exercisable for a period of up to five years from the date the option is granted (or up to ten years from the date of grant if permitted by applicable stock exchanges), subject to earlier termination after certain events such as the optionee’s cessation of service to the Company or death.
Incentive Stock Options Granted
There were no individual grants of options to purchase or acquire Shares to the Company’s executive officers during 2011. The total outstanding stock options granted to executive officers as at May 31, 2011 is shown in the table below.
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Securities | ||||
Under | Market Value of | |||
Options | Exercise or | Securities Underlying | ||
Granted | Base Price | Options on the Date of | ||
Name | (#) | ($/Security) | Grant ($/Security) | Expiration Date |
Paul Sarjeant | 600,000 | $0.68 | $0.67(1) | 27-Sep-12 |
650,000 | $0.15 | $0.12(2) | 23-June-15 | |
Ernest Cleave | 250,000 | $0.68 | $0.67(1) | 27-Sep-12 |
225,000 | $0.15 | $0.12(2) | 23-June-15 |
Notes:
(1) | Closing price on the Toronto Stock Exchange on September 27, 2007. |
(2) | Closing price on the Toronto Stock Exchange on June 23, 2009. |
B. Board Practices
Each director is currently serving a one (1) year term, renewable at the annual shareholder meeting.
None of the Company’s directors have any service contracts for serving as directors.
The Company has an Audit Committee, which recommends to the full Board of Directors the engagement of the independent auditors of the Company and reviews with the independent auditors the scope and results of the Company’s audits, the Company’s internal accounting controls, and the professional services furnished by the independent auditors to the Company. The Audit Committee meets as required to review the annual and quarterly financial statements, matters relating to the securities commissions, investments and transactions that could adversely affect the Company’s well-being and management's recommendations regarding share issues of the Company. The Audit Committee also establishes and monitors procedures to reduce conflicts of interest and for reviewing audit and financial matters. Through meetings with external auditors and senior management, the Audit Committee discusses, among other things, the effectiveness of the internal control procedures established for the Company. At all times, at least one (1) audit committee member possesses accounting or related financial expertise, while the remaining members are, at minimum, possessed of significant experience in analyzing the financial condition of corporations. The Board of Directors has adopted a charter for the audit committee which sets out the responsibilities of the committee and provides guidance to committee members as to their duties which charter is set forth as an Exhibit 5B.See Item 19. Exhibits. The Audit Committee of the Company currently consists of three (3) members: D. Richard Brown (Chairman), Jack Austin and Peter Born.
In addition, the Company has a compensation committee. The Compensation Committee reviews compensation practices and management succession and approves the remuneration of the Company's senior executives, including the Chief Executive Officer. The Compensation Committee reviews matters such as compensation philosophy and remuneration policy, Board retainer fees, performance objectives, evaluation of the performance of the Chief Executive Officer, proposed stock option or share purchase plans, bonuses. The Compensation Committee also monitors the integrity of management through periodic meetings with the Chief Executive Officer. The members of the Compensation Committee are Messrs Ken Hight (Chairman), Ted Nunn, and Michael Hitch.
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C. Employees
As of the date hereof, the Company no full time employees. The Company has consulting contracts with 3 individuals for various technical and executive services. These consultants are as follows: i) Doublewood Consulting (Paul Sarjeant) for senior executive duties relating to overall guidance and management of the company, ii) Treswell Renewable Energy Corporation (Michael Hitch) to provide consulting services as operational consultant for the Company’s Giulianita Project and other potential project in South America, and iii) Ernest Cleave who acts as Chief Financial Officer for the Company.
D. Share Ownership
The following table outlines shows the common shareholdings of the Directors and Senior Management, as at August 31, 2011.
Table No. 2: Shareholdings of Directors and Senior Management (at August 31, 2011) | ||
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Paul Sarjeant | 133,333 | 0.16% |
Michael Hitch | 66,666 | 0.08% |
Richard Brown | 105,000 | 0.13% |
Peter Born | 133,333 | 0.16% |
Ernest Cleave | Nil | Nil |
R. Ian Mitchell | Nil | Nil |
Ken Hight | 133,333 | 0.16% |
Jack Austin | 600,000 | 0.74% |
Ted Nunn | Nil | nil |
Notes:
1. These amounts do not reflect the Shares, which can be acquired pursuant to the exercise of stock options by Messrs. Sarjeant, Hitch, Brown, Born, Cleave, Hight, Austin and Nunn (see Stock Option Table below).
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The following table sets forth the Company’s outstanding stock options as at August 31, 2011. | |||
Table No. 3: Stock Options Outstanding (at August 31, 2011) | |||
Exercise | |||
Number of | Price | ||
Name | Shares | $ | Expiration Date |
Peter Born | 150,000 | 0.68 | 27-Sep-12 |
Exercise | |||
Number of | Price | ||
Name | Shares | $ | Expiration Date |
Richard Brown | 200,000 | 0.68 | 27-Sept-12 |
Ernest Cleave | 250,000 | 0.68 | 27-Sep-12 |
Ian Grant | 150,000 | 0.68 | 27-Sept-12 |
Michael Hitch | 225,000 | 0.68 | 27-Sep-12 |
Laura Neubert | 250,000 | 0.68 | 27-Sep-12 |
Paul Sarjeant | 600,000 | 0.68 | 27-Sep-12 |
Peter Born | 450,000 | 0.15 | 23-June-14 |
Richard Brown | 450,000 | 0.15 | 23-June-14 |
Ernest Cleave | 225,000 | 0.15 | 23-June-14 |
Ken Hight | 450,000 | 0.15 | 23-June-14 |
Michael Hitch | 450,000 | 0.15 | 23-June-14 |
Paul Sarjeant | 650,000 | 0.15 | 23-June-14 |
Jack Austin | 450,000 | 0.15 | 9-Dec-14 |
Ted Nunn | 450,000 | 0.15 | 9-Dec-14 |
ITEM 7: Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions | |||
A. Major Shareholders |
On December 8, 2009, the Company closed a private placement purchase agreement with Centerpoint Resources Inc. (“Centerpoint”), resulting in aggregate proceeds to the Company treasury of $1.5 million, to fund the exploration and development of the Giulianita project in Peru, and for the purpose of maintaining Canadian operations. The purchase agreement represents an investment by Centerpoint in Grandview, comprised of a private placement financing consisting of 20 million units (a "Unit") at a price of $0.075 per unit for aggregate proceeds to Grandview of $1,500,000. Each unit consists of one common share and one common share purchase warrant, with each whole warrant entitling the holder to acquire one further common share at a price of $0.12, expiring 24 months from the date of issue.
As a result of this transaction, Centerpoint currently holds 20,000,000 common shares of the Company, representing 27.49% of the current issued and outstanding common shares of the Company.
Centerpoint is a privately held British Columbia corporation which invests in natural resource properties and also makes investments in companies, public and private, which operate in the natural resource sector.
At November 22, 2011, the Company had 113 U.S. holders of record, holding 791,100 common shares, which represented 1.05% of the Company’s outstanding Shares. At such date, there were no arrangements, the operation of which could result in a change of control. All shareholders have the same voting rights with respect to the Shares.
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B. Related Party Transactions
Not applicable.
Services Agreement
The Company entered into a consulting services agreement (the " Services Agreement") with Paul Sarjeant and his duly registered sole proprietorship whereby Mr. Sarjeant agreed to serve as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Under the terms of the Services Agreement, the Company agreed to pay Mr. Sarjeant CDN $12,500 per month in exchange for management, leadership and strategic business development services. The Services Agreement had a three-year term ending October 27, 2009. The contract was extend an additional two years, terminating October 27, 2011.
Consulting Services Agreement
The Company entered into a consulting services agreement (the "Consulting Services Agreement") with Michael Hitch whereby Mr. Hitch agreed to serve as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Under the terms of the Consulting services Agreement, the Company agreed to pay Mr. Hitch CDN $6,250 per month in exchange for management, leadership and strategic business development services. The Consulting Services Agreement had a three-month term ending September 12, 2006. Although Mr. Hitch is no longer serving as Chief Executive Officer, he continues to provide consulting services to the Company and the contract has been extended to December 31, 2007, with a further option for renewal until December 31, 2008. The Consulting Agreement was renewed in December 2007 for a further one year term but the payments under the Consulting Contract were reduced to CDN $5,000 per month. As of December 31, 2008 the consulting contract with Mr. Hitch was mutually terminated. The Company entered into a subsequent consulting services contract with Treswell Renewable Energy Corporation (“Treswell”) on April 1, 2010, through which Treswell has agreed to provide the services of Dr. Michael Hitch as an operational consultant to various projects the Company undertakes. The agreement has a one-year term ending April 30, 2011 and can be renewed for one additional year upon agreement. The agreement was terminated on completion of the agreed to term.
July 21, 2009, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Mr. Miguel Angel Saldana Mujica to provide consulting services as they apply to the exploration, development and ancillary matters in connection with the Giulianita Project in Peru. Mr. Saldana receives compensation for his services of $US7,500 per month. The term of the contract is for a minimum one year, to a maximum of three years at the discretion of the Company based on certain accomplishments. Due to developments at the Giulianita project site, the contract was terminated effective June 31, 2011.
C. Interests of Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
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ITEM 8: Financial Information
A. Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information
Reference is made toItem 17. Financial Statements for the financial statements included in this Annual Report.
There are no legal proceedings of a material nature pending against the Company, or its subsidiaries. The Company is unaware of any legal proceedings known to be contemplated by any governmental authorities.
The Company has never paid a dividend and it is unlikely that the Company will declare or pay a dividend until warranted.
B. Significant Changes
Subsequent to May 31, 2011, there have been no significant changes in the Company’s financial condition.
ITEM 9: The Offering and Listing.
A. Offer and Listing Details
The Company’s Shares are currently listed for trading on the TSX (Toronto Stock Exchange) under the trading symbol "GVX” and in the United States on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol “GVGDF”. Prior to April, 2006, the Company’s Shares were listed and posted for trading on the CNQ.
Following is information on the trading history of the Company’s Shares:
The low and high market prices for the Shares, on a quarterly basis, since June 1, 2006, on the TSX Exchange and CNQ are as follows:
TSX Exchange and CNQ | ||
MONTH AND YEAR | LOW ($) | HIGH ($) |
June 1, 2006 – August 31, 2006(1) | 0.78 | 1.25 |
September 1, 2006 – November 30, 2006(1) | 0.64 | 1.12 |
December 1, 2006 – February 28, 2007 | 0.36 | 0.73 |
March 1, 2007 – May 31, 2007 | 0.39 | 0.64 |
June 1, 2007 – August 31, 2007 | 0.35 | 0.57 |
September 1, 2007 – November 28, 2007 | 0.28 | 1.40 |
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TSX Exchange and CNQ | ||
MONTH AND YEAR | LOW ($) | HIGH ($) |
December 1, 2007 - February 28, 2008 | 0.43 | 0.70 |
March 1, 2008 - May 31, 2008 | 0.23 | 0.50 |
June 1, 2008 - August 31, 2008 | 0.17 | 0.30 |
September 1, 2008 – November 30, 2008 | 0.04 | 0.23 |
December 1, 2008 - February 28, 2009 | 0.035 | 0.14 |
March 1, 2009 – May 31, 2009 | 0.07 | 0.12 |
June 1, 2009 – August 31, 2009 | 0.055 | 0.14 |
September 1, 2009 – November 30, 2009 | 0.075 | 0.13 |
December 1, 2009 - February 28, 2010 | 0.105 | 0.13 |
March 1, 2010 – May 31, 2010 | 0.80 | 0.10 |
June 1, 2010 – August 31, 2010 | 0.05 | 0.085 |
September 1, 2010 – November 30, 2010 | 0.06 | 0.095 |
December 1, 2010 – February 2011 | 0.06 | 0.08 |
March 1, 2011 – May 31, 2011 | 0.05 | 0.08 |
June 1, 2011 – August 31, 2011 | 0.05 | 0.075 |
Notes:
1. Trading on the CNQ
The Company’s Shares commenced traded on the OTC Bulletin Board on February 23, 2006. The low and high market prices for the Shares, on a quarterly basis, in U.S. dollars, on the OTC Bulletin Board, since February 23, 2006, are as follows:
OTC Bulletin Board | ||
MONTH AND YEAR | LOW ($) | HIGH ($) |
February 23, 2006 – February 28, 2006 | 1.095 | 1.250 |
March 1, 2006 – May 31, 2006 | 0.600 | 1.600 |
June 1, 2006 – August 31, 2006 | 0.600 | 1.050 |
September 1, 2006 – November 30, 2006 | 0.521 | 0.892 |
December 1, 2006- February 28, 2007 | 0.335 | 0.900 |
March 1, 2007 – May 31, 2007 | 0.363 | 1.010 |
June 1, 2007- August 31, 2007 | 0.290 | 0.473 |
September 1, 2007 – November 28, 2007 | 0.420 | 1.027 |
December 1, 2007 - February 28, 2008 | 0.431 | 0.72 |
March 1, 2008 - May 31, 2008 | 0.231 | 0.599 |
June 1, 2008 - August 31, 2008 | 0.101 | 0.359 |
September 1, 2008 – November 30, 2008 | 0.031 | 0.209 |
December 1, 2008 - February 28, 2009 | 0.033 | 0.148 |
March 1, 2009 – May 31, 2009 | 0.06 | 0.095 |
June 1, 2009 – August 31, 2009 | 0.0655 | 0.149 |
September 1, 2009 – November 30, 2009 | 0.07 | 0.148 |
December 1, 2008 - February 28, 2010 | 0.062 | 0.139 |
March 1, 2010 – May 31, 2010 | 0.065 | 0.098 |
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OTC Bulletin Board | ||
MONTH AND YEAR | LOW ($) | HIGH ($) |
June 1, 2010 – August 31, 2010 | 0.042 | 0.081 |
September 1, 2010 – November 30, 2010 | 0.048 | 0.093 |
December 1, 2010 – February 2011 | 0.054 | 0.085 |
March 1, 2011 – May 31, 2011 | 0.04 | 0.086 |
June 1, 2011 – August 31, 2011 | 0.04 | 0.086 |
The low and high market prices for the Shares on the TSX Exchange for the period June, 2011 to August, 2011, in Canadian dollars, are as follows:
TSX EXCHANGE | ||
DATE | LOW ($) | HIGH ($) |
June 2011 | 0.060 | 0.075 |
July 2011 | 0.05 | 0.075 |
August 2011 | 0.05 | 0.06 |
September 2011 | 0.05 | 0.065 |
October 2011 | 0.035 | 0.05 |
The low and high market prices for the Shares on the OTC Bulletin Board for the period June, 2011 to August, 2011, in U.S. dollars, are as follows:
OTC BULLETIN BOARD | ||
DATE | LOW ($) | HIGH ($) |
June 2011 | 0.07 | 0.086 |
July 2011 | 0.04 | 0.086 |
August 2011 | 0.04 | 0.06 |
September 2011 | 0.048 | 0.05 |
October 2011 | 0.03 | 0.05 |
The closing prices of the Shares on the TSX on May 31, 2011 and the OTC Bulletin Board were $0.05 Canadian. and 0.04U. S., respectively.
B. Plan of Distribution
Not applicable.
C. Markets
See A. above
D. Selling Shareholders
Not applicable.
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E. Dilution
Not applicable.
F. Expenses of the Issue
Not applicable.
ITEM 10: Additional Information
A. Share Capital
Not applicable.
B. Memorandum and Articles of Association
Reference is made to Amendment No. 2, to Registration Statement on Form 20-F, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 15, 2005.
C. Material Contracts
The following material contracts have been entered into by the Company within the past three years:
1. On April 1, 2010 the Company entered into a consulting services agreement with Treswell Renewable Energy Corp., (“Tresewell”) whereby Treswell will provide the services of Dr. M. Hitch to the Company for a one year term at a cost of $5,000 per month. Dr. Hitch will provide services as an operational consultant on the exploration and development of the Company’s Giulianita project in Peru.
2. The Company entered into a consulting agreement dated November 15, 2005 with Ernest M. Cleave, pursuant to which Mr. Cleave was appointed the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Under this agreement Mr. Cleave receives $36,000 per year. The contract has been extended annually and is currently still in place. Mr. Cleave has also been granted stock options with other members of the executive team and directors.
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3. On October 1, 2007 the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Consensus Communication Inc. (“Consensus”) where Consensus has agreed to provide the services of Laura Neubert to provide investor relation services to the Company for a period of five years. Consensus receives $5,000 per month for services rendered. In addition Laura Neubert received 250,000 non-transferable options at an exercise price of $0.68, good for a term of five years. Subsequently the remuneration was reduced to $2,500 per month for the remainder of the agreement. The agreement remains in place.
4. On October 31, 2006 the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Paul Sarjeant pursuant to which Mr. Sarjeant agreed to serve as the Company’s president and chief executive officer. Mr. Sarjeant’s contract has a three-year term, expiring on October 27, 2009. As of October 31, 2009 the Company entered into a new two-year contract with Mr. Sarjeant to serve as the Company’s president and chief executive officer. SeeItem 6B. Directors, Senior Management and Employees –Compensation.
5. On May 1, 2008 the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Antediluvial Consulting Inc.
(“Antediluviial”) whereby Antediluvial will provide the services of Mr. Toby Hughes, P.Geo. to act as Vice President Exploration to the Company for a period of two years. The agreement was mutually terminated April 30, 2010. On May 16, 2011 the Company entered into a new three month consulting agreement with Antediluvial to provide project management services to the Company at its Dixie Lake project. The contract remains in force by mutual agreement and will continue to run until the project is completed.
6. On July 21, 2010 the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Mr. Miguel Angel Saldana Mujica (“Saldana”) to act as General Manger of the Companies Peruvian subsidiary Recuperacion Realzada S.A.C. (“Recuperacion”). The agreement has a one-year term and can be extended an additional two years on mutual agreement of the parties. Under the agreement Saldana receives a monthly fee of US$7,500.00. As of June 30, 2011 the contract has been suspended pending positive developments and a re-engagement of activities at the Giulianita project in Peru.
D. Exchange Controls
There are no laws, governmental decrees or regulations in Canada that restrict the export or import of capital or which affect the remittance of dividends, interest or other payments to non-resident holders of our shares, other than withholding tax requirements. Reference is made toItem 10E. Taxation.
There are no limitations under the laws of Canada or the Province of Ontario, or in our constituting documents, with respect to the right of non-resident or foreign owners to hold or vote Shares other than those imposed by the
Investment Canada Act.
TheInvestment Canada Act is a federal Canadian statute which regulates the acquisition of control of existing Canadian businesses and the establishment of new Canadian businesses by an individual, a government or entity that is a "non-Canadian" as that term is defined in theInvestment Canada Act.
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Management of the Company believes that it is not currently a "non-Canadian" for purposes of theInvestment Canada Act. If the Company were to become a "non-Canadian" in the future, acquisitions of control of Canadian businesses by the Company would become subject to theInvestment Canada Act. Generally, the direct acquisition by a "non-Canadian" of an existing Canadian business with gross assets of $5,000,000 or more is reviewable under theInvestment Canada Act, with thresholds of $223 million and $237 million for transactions closing in 2003 and 2004, respectively, for "WTO investors" as defined under theInvestment Canada Act. If the Company were to become a “non-Canadian” in the future, Management believes the Company would likely become a “non-Canadian” which is a “WTO investor.” Generally, indirect acquisitions of existing Canadian businesses (with gross assets over certain threshold levels) are reviewable under theInvestment Canada Act, except in situations involving “WTO investors” where indirect acquisitions are generally not reviewable. In transactions involving Canadian businesses engaged in the production of uranium, providing financial services, providing transportation services or which are cultural businesses, the benefit of the higher “WTO investor” thresholds do not apply.
Acquisitions of businesses related to Canada's cultural heritage or national identity (regardless of the value of assets involved) may also be reviewable under theInvestment Canada Act. In addition, investments to establish new, unrelated businesses are not generally reviewable. An investment to establish a new business that is related to the non-Canadian's existing business in Canada is not notifiable under the Investment Canada Act unless such investment relates to Canada's cultural heritage or national identity.
Investments which are reviewable under theInvestment Canada Act are reviewed by the Minister, designated as being responsible for the administration of theInvestment Canada Act. Reviewable investments, generally, may not be implemented prior to the Minister’s determining that the investment is likely to be of "net benefit to Canada" based on the criteria set out in theInvestment Canada Act. Generally investments by non-Canadians consisting of the acquisition of control of Canadian businesses which acquisitions are otherwise non-reviewable or the establishment of new Canadian businesses require that a notice be given under theInvestment Canada Act in the prescribed form and manner.
Any proposed take-over of the Company by a “non-Canadian” would likely be subject only to the simple “notification” requirements of theInvestment Canada Act as in all likelihood that non-Canadian would be a “WTO investor” for purposes of theInvestment Canada Act. Generally, a “WTO investor” is an individual, other than a Canadian, who is a national of a country that is a member of the World Trade Organization. In the case of a person that is not an individual, a WTO investor is a person that generally, is ultimately controlled by individuals, other than Canadians, who are nationals of a WTO member. Currently there are 134 countries that are members of the WTO, including virtually all countries of the Western world. The Company would have to have an asset base of at least before the “reviewable” transaction provisions of theInvestment Canada Act became relevant for consideration by a third party non-Canadian acquirer, which is not a WTO investor.
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E. Taxation
Certain Canadian Federal Income Tax Consequences – General
The following is a brief summary of the principal Canadian federal income tax consequences generally applicable to a person who holds common shares of the Company and who, at all relevant times for the purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the "Canadian Tax Act") and the Canada - United States Tax Convention, 1980, as amended (the "US Treaty"),
is or is deemed to be a resident solely of the United States,
holds the common shares as capital property and as beneficial owner,
does not and is not deemed to use or hold the common shares in or in the course of a business carried on in Canada, and
does not carry on an insurance business in Canada and elsewhere, (a "US Holder")
This summary is based on the facts set forth in this Form 20-F, the current provisions of the US Treaty, the Canadian Tax Act and regulations thereunder, and our understanding of the current published administrative and assessing policies and practices of the Canada Revenue Agency (the "CRA"), and takes into account all specific proposals to amend the Canadian Tax Act (the "Proposed Amendments") publicly announced by or on behalf of the Minister of Finance (Canada) prior to the date hereof. It is assumed that all such amendments will be enacted as currently proposed, and that there will be no other change to any relevant law or administrative or assessing policy or practice, although no assurances can be given in this respect. Except as otherwise expressly set out herein, this summary also does not take into account any provincial, territorial or non-Canadian income tax law, the implications of which may differ from the Canadian federal income tax considerations.
On September 21, 2007, the Minister of Finance (Canada) and the United States Secretary of the Treasury signed the fifth protocol to the US Treaty (the "Protocol") which includes amendments to many of the provision of the US Treaty, including significant amendments to the limitation on benefits provision. The Protocol will enter into force once it is ratified by both the Canadian and United States governments (or on January 1, 2008, if it is ratified in 2007) and will have effect in respect of withholding taxes, after the first day of the second month that begins after the date on which the Protocol enters into force. US Holders are urged to consult their own tax advisors to determine the impact of the Protocol and their entitlement to relief under the US Treaty based on their particular circumstances.
The following discussion is not intended to be, nor should it be construed to be, legal or tax advice to any holder or prospective holder of the Company's shares and no opinion or representation with respect to the Canadian federal income tax consequences to any such holder or prospective holder is made. Accordingly, holders and prospective holders of the Company's shares should consult with their own tax advisors about the federal, provincial, local and non-Canadian tax consequences of purchasing, owning and disposing of the Company's shares.
Dividends
Dividends paid or credited or deemed to be paid or credited to a US Holder by the Company will be subject to Canadian withholding tax at the rate of 15% of the gross amount of the dividend (or 5% in the case of a US Holder that is a corporation beneficially owning at least 10% of the Company's "voting stock" within the meaning of the US Treaty). Dividends may be exempt from withholding tax in the case of some US Holders such as qualifying tax exempt entities.
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Disposition of Common Shares
A US Holder who realizes a capital gain on the actual or deemed disposition of a common share will not be subject to Canadian federal income tax under the Canadian Tax Act in respect of the capital gain unless such common share constitutes "taxable Canadian property" to the US Holder for purposes of the Canadian Tax Act and the US Holder is not exempt from Canadian federal income tax on such gain pursuant to the terms of the US Treaty.
Generally, a common share owned by US Holder will not be taxable Canadian property of the US Holder at a particular time provided that, at that time,
the common shares of the Company are listed on the TSX,
neither the US Holder nor persons with whom the US Holder does not deal at arm's length alone or in any combination has owned 25% or more of the shares of any class or series of shares in the capital of the Company at any time in the previous five years, and
the common share was not acquired in a transaction, a result of which it was deemed to be taxable Canadian property of the US Holder.
A US Holder that realizes a capital gain on the disposition of common shares that do qualify as taxable Canadian property will, nevertheless, generally be exempt from Canadian federal income tax thereon by virtue of the US Treaty unless:
more than 50% of the value of the common shares is derived from real property (within the meaning of the US Treaty) that is located in Canada,
the US Holder (i) was a resident of Canada at any time during the 10 years immediately preceding the disposition and for a total of 20 months during any period of 20 consecutive years preceding the disposition, and (ii) owned the common share when the US Holder ceased to be a resident of Canada.
A US Holder who is subject to Canadian federal income tax in respect of a disposition of a common share will realize a capital gain (or capital loss) equal to the amount by which the US Holder's proceeds of disposition, less reasonable costs of disposition, exceed (or are exceeded by) the adjusted cost base of the common share to the US Holder. In these circumstances, a US Holder who realizes a capital gain or capital loss in a taxation year will be required to include one half of the capital gain ( the taxable capital gain) in income for Canadian federal income tax purposes, and may deduct one half of the capital loss (the allowable capital loss) against taxable capital gains incurred in respect of dispositions of taxable Canadian property, subject to and accordance with the provisions of the Canadian Tax Act and the US Treaty.
United States Taxation
The following is a general summary of certain United States federal income tax consequences, under current law, generally applicable to a U.S. Holder (as defined below). This summary does not address all potentially relevant U.S. federal income tax matters and it does not address consequences to persons subject to special provisions of U.S. federal income tax law, such as those described below as excluded from the definition of a U.S. Holder. United States alternative minimum tax considerations are not addressed in this summary. In addition, this summary does not cover any state, local or foreign tax consequences, nor any U.S. federal gift, estate or generation-skipping transfer tax consequences. (Certain, but not all, foreign tax consequences are described above under “Taxation - Certain Canadian Federal Income Tax Consequences - General.”)
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The following summary is based upon 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 of which could be materially and adversely changed, possibly on a retroactive basis, at any time including, without limitation, United States rates of taxation. This summary does not consider the potential effects, both adverse and beneficial, of any recently proposed legislation which, if enacted, could be applied, possibly on a retroactive basis, at any time. No rulings have been or will be sought from the IRS with respect to any of the U.S. federal income tax issues discussed in this summary, and no assurance can be given that the IRS will not successfully challenge any tax positions described herein.
This summary is for general information only and it is not intended to be, nor should it be construed to be, legal or tax advice to any holder or prospective holder of common shares and no opinion or representation with respect to the United States federal income tax consequences to any such holder or prospective holder is made. Accordingly, holders and prospective holders of common shares should consult their own tax advisors about the federal (income and non-income), state, local, and foreign tax consequences of purchasing, owning and disposing of common shares of the Company.
CIRCULAR 230 DISCLOSURE
ANY TAX STATEMENT MADE HEREIN REGARDING ANY U.S. FEDERAL TAX IS NOT INTENDED OR WRITTEN TO BE USED, AND CANNOT BE USED, BY ANY TAXPAYER FOR PURPOSES OF AVOIDING ANY PENALTIES. ANY SUCH STATEMENT HEREIN IS WRITTEN IN CONNECTION WITH THE MARKETING OR PROMOTION OF THE TRANSACTION TO WHICH THE STATEMENT RELATES. EACH TAXPAYER SHOULD SEEK ADVICE BASED ON THE TAXPAYER’S PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES FROM AN INDEPENDENT TAX ADVISOR.
U.S. Holders
As used herein, a “U.S. Holder” means a Holder of our shares who is: (1) a citizen or individual resident (as defined under United States tax laws) of the United States; (2) a corporation created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or of any political subdivision thereof; (3) an estate the income of which is taxable in the United States irrespective of source; or (4) a trust if (a) a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the trust’s administration and one or more United States persons have the authority to control all of its substantial decisions or (b) the trust was in existence on August 20, 1996 and has properly elected to continue to be treated as a United States person.
This summary does not address the United States tax consequences to, and the term “U.S. Holder” does not include, persons subject to special provisions of United States federal income tax law, including, but not limited to, 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, U.S. tax expatriates, persons or entities that have a “functional currency” other than the U.S. dollar, persons who common our shares as part of a straddle, hedging or a conversion transaction, and persons who acquire their common shares as compensation for services. This summary is limited to U.S. Holders who own common shares as capital assets and who hold common shares directly (e.g., not through an intermediary entity such as a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or trust).
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Distributions on our Shares
Subject to the discussion below regarding passive foreign investment companies (“PFICs”) and controlled foreign corporations (“CFCs”), U.S. Holders receiving dividend distributions (including constructive dividends) with respect to the common shares are required to include in gross income for United States federal income tax purposes the gross amount of such distributions to the extent that the Company has current or accumulated earnings and profits as defined under U.S. federal tax law, 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 United States federal income tax liability or, alternatively, may be deducted in computing the U.S. Holder’s United States federal taxable income by those who itemize deductions. (See more detailed discussion at “Foreign Tax Credit” below). To the extent that distributions exceed the Company’s current or accumulated earnings and profits, they will be treated first as a return of capital up to the U.S. Holder's adjusted basis in the shares and thereafter as gain from the sale or exchange of the shares. Preferential tax rates for “long-term“ net capital gains (e.g. gains realized on capital assets owned more than one year)are applicable under current law to a U.S. Holder that is an individual, estate or trust. There are currently no preferential tax rates for long-term capital gains for a U.S. Holder that is a corporation.
With effect from January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2010, the United States reduced the maximum tax rate on certain qualifying dividend distributions to 15%. In order for dividends paid by foreign corporations to qualify for the reduced rates, (1) the foreign corporation must meet certain requirements, including that it not be classified as a PFIC for United States federal income tax purposes in either the taxable year of the distribution or the preceding taxable year, and (2) the U.S. Holder must meet the required holding period. In order to meet the required holding period, the U.S. Holder must hold the common shares for more than 60 days during the 121-day period beginning 60 days before the ex-dividend date.
Dividends paid on the common shares will generally not be eligible for the dividends received deduction provided to corporations receiving dividends from certain United States corporations.
In the case of a dividend paid in a foreign currency 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.
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Disposition of Common Shares
Subject to the PFIC and CFC discussions below, a U.S. Holder will recognize a gain or loss upon the sale of the common shares equal to the difference, if any, between (i) the amount of cash plus the fair market value of any property received, and (ii) the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in the common shares. This gain or loss will be a capital gain or loss if the common shares are a capital asset in the hands of the U.S. Holder, and will be a short-term or long-term capital gain or loss depending upon the holding period of the U.S. Holder. Preferential tax rates for long-term capital gains are applicable to a U.S. Holder which is an individual, estate or trust, under current law. There are currently no preferential tax rates for long-term capital gains for a U.S. Holder which is a corporation.
Gains and losses are netted and combined according to special rules in arriving at the overall capital gain or loss for a particular tax year. Deductions for net capital losses are subject to significant limitations.
Foreign Tax Credit
A U.S. Holder who pays (or has withheld from distributions) Canadian income tax with respect to the ownership or disposition of the common shares may be entitled, at the option of the U.S. Holder, to either 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 applies to all foreign taxes paid by (or withheld from) the U.S. Holder during that year. There are significant and complex limitations that 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 federal 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 “baskets” of income. Foreign taxes assigned to a particular basket generally cannot offset United States tax on income assigned to another basket. Unused foreign tax credits can generally be carried back one year and carried forward ten years.The availability of the foreign tax credit and the application of the limitations on the credit are fact specific and U.S. Holders should consult their own U.S. tax advisors regarding their ability to utilize foreign tax credits in light of their individual circumstances.
Other Considerations
In the following circumstances, the above sections of this discussion may not describe the United States federal income tax consequences resulting from the holding and disposition of the Company’s shares:
Passive Foreign Investment Company
As a foreign corporation with U.S. Holders, the Company could potentially be treated as a PFIC if 75% or more of its gross income in a taxable year is passive income, or the average percentage of its assets (by value) during the taxable year which produce passive income or which are held for the production of passive income is at least 50%. Passive income is generally defined to include gross income in the nature of dividends, interest, royalties, rents and annuities; excess of gains over losses from certain transactions in any commodities not arisinginter alia from a PFIC whose business is actively involved in such commodities; certain foreign currency gains; and other similar types of income with respect to certain distributions or, of dispositions of shares, of a PFIC. U.S. Holders are subject to an increased United States federal income tax liability and to an interest charge based on the value of the tax deferral for the period during which the shares of the PFIC are owned.
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The PFIC rules are very complex.The Company offers no opinion or representations as to its status as a PFIC for the current year or any prior or future tax years. Each U.S. Holder should consult a U.S. tax advisor with respect to the PFIC rules and their applicability to his or its particular tax situation.
Shareholder Election
The adverse tax consequences associated with a PFIC may be avoided if the U.S. Holder has elected to treat the PFIC as a QEF with respect to that U.S. Holder (a “QEF Election”) effective for each of the PFIC's taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1987, which include any portion of the U.S. Holder’s holding period. In general, U.S. Holders of a QEF are taxable currently on their pro rata share of the QEF’s ordinary income and net capital gain regardless of whether such income or gain is actually distributed. Certain reporting obligations to the IRS must also be met by the U.S. Holder if there is a QEF Election in place.
The procedure a U.S. Holder must comply with in making an effective QEF Election will depend on whether the year of election is the first year in the U.S. Holder's holding period in which the Company is classified as 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 was classified as a PFIC in a prior year, then additional considerations apply.U.S. Holders should consult their own U.S. tax advisors regarding making a QEF Election.
Mark to Market Election
As an alternative to making a QEF Election, U.S. Holders who hold, actually or constructively, marketable stock of a foreign corporation that is a PFIC may elect to mark such stock to the market (a “Mark-to-Market Election”). If such an election is made, such U.S. Holder will not be subject to the special PFIC taxation rules described above for the taxable years for which the Mark-to-Market Election is made and subsequent taxable years if not revoked. Instead, a U.S. Holder who makes such an election will include in income for each taxable year an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the common shares as of the close of such tax year over such U.S. Holder's adjusted tax basis in such 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 included by such U.S. Holder for prior tax years, over (B) the mark-to-market losses for shares that were allowed as deductions for prior tax years. Amounts included in income are deducted under the mark-to-market Election, and gain pr loss on a disposition of shares, are classified as ordinary income or loss. A U.S. Holder's adjusted tax basis in the common shares will be increased or decreased to reflect the amount included or deducted as a result of the Mark-to-Market Election. A Mark-to-Market Election will apply to the tax year for which the election is made and to all later tax years, unless the PFIC stock ceases to be marketable or the IRS consents to the revocation of the election. Various IRS reporting requirements may also apply to a U.S. Holder who makes a mark-to-market Election.
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The PFIC, QEF Election, and Mark-to-Market Election rules are complex. U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the availability of, an procedure for, and consequences of, making an QEF Election.
Controlled Foreign Corporation
If more than 50% of the voting power of all classes of stock or the total value of the Company’s stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by citizens or residents of the United States, United States domestic partnerships, corporations or estates or trusts (other than foreign estates or trusts), each of whom own 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock (“United States Shareholders”), the Company could be treated as a CFC under Subpart F of the Code. This classification would cause many complex results, including the required inclusion by such United States Shareholders in income of their pro rata share of “Subpart F income” (as specially defined by the Code). If we are both a PFIC and CFC, we will generally not be treated as a PFIC with respect to United States Shareholders of the CFC that acquired the common shares on or after January 1, 1998. With respect to United States Shareholders that acquired the common shares prior to January 1, 1998 and other U.S. Holders (that are not United States Shareholders), the Company would generally remain a PFIC unless certain elections, if available, were made.
In addition, under Section 1248 of the Code, certain gains from the sale or exchange of shares by a U.S. Holder who is or was a United States Shareholder at any time during the five year period ending with the sale or exchange is generally treated as ordinary dividend income to the extent of the Company’s earnings and profits attributable to the stock sold or exchanged. Because of the complexity of Subpart F, and because it is not clear that Subpart F would apply to the U.S. Holders of the common shares, a more detailed review of these rules is outside of the scope of this discussion.The CFC rules are complex. The Company offers no opinion or representations as to its status as a CFC for the current year or any prior or future tax years. U.S. Holders should consult their own U.S. tax advisors regarding the CFC rules and their applicability to such U.S. Holder’s particular tax situation.
F. Dividends and Paying Agents
Not applicable.
G. Statements by Experts
Christopher Lee, M.Sc., P. Geo and SRK Consulting were both involved in the preparation and compilation of the SRK Report. Statements with respect to such report are included with the consent of Mr. Lee, who has authorized its content.
H. Documents on Display
Copies of the documents referred to in this document may be inspected during normal business hours, at the offices of WeirFoulds, LLP located at 1600 – 130 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5X 1J5, Canada.
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I. Subsidiary Information
The consolidated financial statements include the assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Grandview Gold (USA) Inc. ("Grandview USA"), and Recuperacion Realzada S.A.C. ("Recuperacion"). All significant intercompany transactions and accounts are eliminated in consolidation.
ITEM 11: Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Please refer to Note 4 to the Company’s annual consolidated financial statements included in Item 17 of the Annual Report on Form 20-F.
ITEM 12: Description of Securities other than Equity Securities
Not applicable.
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PART II
ITEM 13: Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies
None.
ITEM 14: Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds
None.
ITEM 15: Controls and Procedures
A. Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Company’s reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.
The Company has evaluated, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end year covered by this report. Based upon the evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as at May 31, 2011.
B. Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.
Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting for the Company. Management has designed such internal control over financial reporting to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with Canadian GAAP, and reconciled to US GAAP, as applicable.
The Company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in Canada, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company ; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect all possible misstatements or frauds. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate.
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To evaluate the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, Management has used the Internal Control - Integrated Framework, which is a suitable, recognized control framework established by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Management has assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and concluded that such internal control over financial reporting is effective as of May 31, 2011.
C. Attestation Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Not applicable.
D. Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the period covered by this Annual Report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 16: Reserved
A. Audit Committee Financial Expert
The Company’s Chairman and independent, non-management director serves on the company's Audit Committee. D. Richard Brown also serves as the financial expert, as defined under the SEC’s rules, on the Company’s Audit Committee. The members of the Audit Committee are D. Richard Brown, Harold Wolkin, and Peter Born.
B. Code of Ethics
The Company does not currently have a code of ethics that applies to its senior executive officers. The Company has circulated a draft code of ethics and hopes to adopt a code of ethics for its senior executive officers in the near future. The Company undertakes that it will file a copy of its Code of Ethics with the Securities and Exchange Commission and post the text of such Code of Ethics on the Company’s website.
C. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
The following chart summarizes the aggregate fees billed by the Company’s external auditors for professional services rendered to the Company during the fiscal years ended May 31, 2011 and 2010 for audit and non-audit related services:
|
| Year Ended |
|
| Year Ended |
|
Type of Work |
| May 31, 2011 |
|
| May 31, 2010 |
|
Audit fees(1) | $ | 65,000 |
| $ | 48,000 |
|
Audit-related fees(2) |
| Nil |
|
| Nil |
|
Tax fees |
| Nil |
|
| 3,000 |
|
All other fees |
| Nil |
|
| Nil |
|
Total | $ | 65,000 |
| $ | 51,000 |
|
Notes:
1. Aggregate fees billed for the Company’s annual financial statements and services normally provided by the auditor in connection with the Company’s statutory and regulatory filings.
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2. Aggregate fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Company’s financial statements and are not reported as “Audit fees”, including: assistance with aspects of tax accounting, attest services not required by state or regulation and consultation regarding financial accounting and reporting standards.
D. Exemptions From the Listing Standards for Audit Committees
Not applicable.
E. Purchases of Equity Services by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
None.
F. Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant
On October 26, 2010, our board of directors approved the engagement of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Royal Trust Tower, Toronto-Dominion Centre, 77 King Street West, Suite 3000, Toronto, Ontario, M5K 1G8, as our independent registered public accounting firm.
The board determined not to renew the engagement of McCarney Greenwood LLP, Chartered Accountants, 10 Bay Street, Suite 600, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2R8, as our independent registered public accounting firm.
There were no disagreements between the Company or the prior auditor, McCarney Greenwood LLP, and no reservations or modified opinions contained within the audit reports. The change in auditor was recommended and approved by the Company's audit committee and Board of Directors.
The Notice of the Change of Auditor, Letter from the Predecessor Auditor and Letter from the Successor Auditor have been filed on EDGAR under Form 6-K on January 24, 2012.
G. Corporate Governance
The Corporation’s corporate governance practices do not differ significantly from the practices followed by United States domestic companies listed on the NASDAQ National Market. A copy of the Company’s Corporate Governance Policies are included as Exhibits XX to this Annual Report on Form 20-F.
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PART III
Financial Statements
ITEM 17:
A. Audited Annual Financial Statements, May 31, 2011
1. The audited consolidated financial statements of Grandview Gold Inc. as at May 31, 2011 and 2010 and for each of the three years ended May 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 are prepared in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles, which differ in certain respects from United States generally accepted accounting principles. See Note 15 to the consolidated financial statements for a reconciliation of these differences, as it relates to the Company.
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Grandview Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Consolidated Financial Statements |
May 31, 2011 and 2010 |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) |
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Management’s Responsibility for Financial Reporting
The accompanying consolidated financial statements of Grandview Gold Inc. (An Exploration Stage Enterprise) were prepared by management in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles. Management acknowledges responsibility for the preparation and presentation of the year end consolidated financial statements, including responsibility for significant accounting judgments and estimates and the choice of accounting principles and methods that are appropriate to the Company’s circumstances. Management also accepts responsibility for ensuring the use of appropriate accounting policies and estimates in disclosure of information prepared following accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The significant accounting policies of the Company are summarized in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements.
Management has established systems of internal control over the financial reporting process, which are designed to provide reasonable assurance that relevant and reliable financial information is produced.
The Board of Directors is responsible for ensuring that management fulfills its financial reporting responsibilities and for reviewing and approving the year end consolidated financial statements together with other financial information. An Audit Committee assists the Board of Directors in fulfilling this responsibility. The Audit Committee meets with management to review the internal controls over the financial reporting process and the year end consolidated financial statements together with other financial information of the Company. The Audit Committee reports its findings to the Board of Directors for its consideration in approving the year end consolidated financial statements together with other financial information of the Company for issuance to the shareholders.
Management recognizes its responsibility for conducting the Company’s affairs in compliance with established financial standards and applicable laws and regulations, and for maintaining proper standards of conduct for its activities.
Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting based on “Internal Control Over Financial Reporting – Guidance For Smaller Public Companies” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on this evaluation, management concluded that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective as at May 31, 2011.
Conclusion Relating to Disclosure Controls and Procedures
An evaluation was performed under the supervision of and with the participation of management, including the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as defined in the Multilateral Instrument 52-109. Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer concluded that the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as at May 31, 2011.
(signed) | (signed) |
Paul T. Sargeant | Ernest Cleave |
Chief Executive Officer | Chief Financial Officer |
Toronto, Canada | |
August 29, 2011 |
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholders of Grandview Gold Inc.
We have audited the consolidated balance sheets of Grandview Gold Inc. (An Exploration Stage Company) as at May 31, 2010 and 2009 and the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, accumulated deficit, changes in shareholders’ equity, cash flows and mineral properties for each of the three years ended May 31, 2010 and for the period from the date of inception of the exploration stage on March 26, 2004 to May 31, 2010. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with Canadian generally accepted auditing standards and with 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. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as at May 31, 2010 and 2009 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years ended May 31, 2010 and for the period from the date of inception of the exploration stage on March 26, 2004 to May 31, 2010 in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles.
"McCarney Greenwood LLP" | |
Toronto, Canada | |
McCarney Greenwood LLP | |
August 17, 2010 | Chartered Accountants |
Licensed Public Accountants |
Comments by Auditors on United States of America-Canada Reporting Difference
In the United States of America, reporting standards for auditors require the addition of an explanatory paragraph (following the opinion paragraph) when the consolidated financial statements are affected by conditions and events that cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern, such as those described in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements. Our report to the shareholders dated August 17, 2010 is expressed in accordance with Canadian reporting standards which do not require a reference to such conditions and events in the auditor's report when these are adequately disclosed in the consolidated financial statements.
"McCarney Greenwood LLP" | |
Toronto, Canada | |
McCarney Greenwood LLP | |
August 17, 2010 | Chartered Accountants |
Licensed Public Accountants |
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August 29, 2011
Independent Auditor’s Report
To the shareholders of Grandview Gold Inc.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated financial statements of Grandview Gold Inc. (the Company), which comprise the consolidated balance sheet as at May 31, 2011 and the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the year then ended, and the related notes, which comprise a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
Management’s responsibility for the consolidated financial statements
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these consolidated financial statements in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Auditor’s responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our 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). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free from material misstatement. Canadian generally accepted auditing standards require that we comply with ethical requirements.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained in our audit is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
Opinion
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Grandview Gold Inc. as at May 31, 2011 and the results of its operations and cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles.
Emphasis of matter
Without qualifying our opinion, we draw attention to note 1 in the consolidated financial statements which describes matters and conditions that indicate the existence of a material uncertainty that may cast substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
Other matter
The consolidated financial statements of the Company as at May 31, 2010 and for the years ended May 31, 2010 and May 31, 2009 were audited by another auditor who expressed an unmodified opinion on those statements on August 17, 2010. Our opinion is not qualified in respect of this matter.
(Signed) “PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP”
Chartered Accountants, Licensed Public Accountants
Toronto, Ontario
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Grandview Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Consolidated Balance Sheets |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) |
As at May 31, | 2011 | 2010 | ||||
Assets | ||||||
Current assets | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 1,177,679 | $ | 1,432,824 | ||
Short term investments (Note 5) | 25,286 | 25,037 | ||||
GST and sundry receivable | 63,414 | 26,416 | ||||
Prepaid expenses | 17,718 | 12,876 | ||||
1,284,097 | 1,497,153 | |||||
Reclamation bond (Note 6) | 12,718 | 13,699 | ||||
Mining interests (Note 7) | 4,568,757 | 4,149,771 | ||||
$ | 5,865,572 | $ | 5,660,623 | |||
Liabilities | ||||||
Current liabilities | ||||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (Note 14) | $ | 129,019 | $ | 89,284 | ||
Asset retirement obligation (Note 7) | 12,718 | 13,699 | ||||
141,737 | 102,983 | |||||
Shareholders' equity | 5,723,835 | 5,557,640 | ||||
$ | 5,865,572 | $ | 5,660,623 |
Nature of operations and going concern assumption(Note 1)
The notes to consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.
Approved by the Board of Directors: | |
"Paul T. Sarjeant" | , Director |
"Richard Brown" | , Director |
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Grandview Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) |
For the Year Ended May 31, | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | ||||||
Expenses | |||||||||
Share-based payments (Note 10) | $ | - | $ | 449,491 | $ | - | |||
Investor relations, business development | |||||||||
and reporting issuer maintenance costs | 85,387 | 115,352 | 88,716 | ||||||
Professional fees | 153,760 | 142,354 | 167,672 | ||||||
Management and consulting services (Note 14) | 107,750 | 98,750 | 255,201 | ||||||
Office and administration | 58,120 | 69,107 | 21,579 | ||||||
Exploration evaluation expenses | 8,568 | 5,000 | 19,885 | ||||||
Flow-through interest expense | - | - | 2,747 | ||||||
Gain on disposition of mineral property rights | (2,000 | ) | - | - | |||||
Write-off of mineral properties (Note 7) | - | - | 7,460,454 | ||||||
411,585 | 880,054 | 8,016,254 | |||||||
Loss before the under noted | (411,585 | ) | (880,054 | ) | (8,016,254 | ) | |||
Future tax expense | 2,678 | (349 | ) | 7,503 | |||||
Loss before income taxes | (408,907 | ) | (880,403 | ) | (8,008,751 | ) | |||
Future tax expense | - | - | (120,833 | ) | |||||
Net loss and comprehensive loss for the year | $ | (408,907 | ) | $ | (880,403 | ) | $ | (7,887,918 | ) |
Loss per share – Basic and diluted(Note 11) | $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.20 | ) |
The notes to consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.
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Grandview Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) |
Share | Warrants | Contributed | Accumulated | Total | |||||||||||
Capital | Surplus | Deficit | |||||||||||||
At May 31, 2008 | 14,202,266 | 3,742,570 | 4,789,944 | (11,193,260 | ) | 11,541,520 | |||||||||
Mineral property acquisition | 10,800 | - | - | - | 10,800 | ||||||||||
Private placement | 416,666 | - | - | - | 416,666 | ||||||||||
Cost of issue – cash | (47,833 | ) | - | - | - | (47,833 | ) | ||||||||
Cost of issue – broker warrant valuation | (30,666 | ) | 30,666 | - | - | - | |||||||||
Flow-through cost of issue | (120,833 | ) | - | - | (120,833 | ) | |||||||||
Warrants expired | - | (2,569,432 | ) | 2,569,432 | - | - | |||||||||
Net loss for the year | - | - | - | (7,887,918 | ) | (7,887,918 | ) | ||||||||
At May 31, 2009 | $ | 14,430,400 | $ | 1,203,804 | $ | 7,359,376 | $ | (19,081,178 | ) | $ | 3,912,402 |
The notes to consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.
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Grandview Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company |
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) |
Contributed | Accumulated | ||||||||||||||
Share Capital | Warrants | Surplus | Deficit | Total | |||||||||||
At May 31, 2009 | $ | 14,430,400 | $ | 1,203,804 | $ | 7,359,376 | $ | (19,081,178 | ) | $ | 3,912,402 | ||||
- | |||||||||||||||
Share-based payments | 28,875 | - | 449,491 | - | 478,366 | ||||||||||
Exercise of warrants | 16,667 | - | - | - | 16,667 | ||||||||||
Fair value of warrants exercised | 15,333 | (15,333 | ) | - | - | - | |||||||||
Mineral property acquisition | 67,000 | - | - | - | 67,000 | ||||||||||
Private placement | 2,000,000 | - | - | - | 2,000,000 | ||||||||||
Cost of issue – cash | (36,392 | ) | - | - | - | (36,392 | ) | ||||||||
Cost of issue – broker warrant valuation | (1,440,000 | ) | 1,440,000 | - | - | - | |||||||||
Warrants exercised | - | (1,173,138 | ) | 1,173,138 | - | - | |||||||||
Net loss for the year | - | - | - | (880,403 | ) | (880,403 | ) | ||||||||
At May 31, 2010 | $ | 15,081,883 | $ | 1,455,333 | $ | 8,982,005 | $ | (19,961,581 | ) | $ | 5,557,640 | ||||
Exercise of warrants | 16,667 | - | - | - | 16,667 | ||||||||||
Fair value of warrants exercised | 15,333 | (15,333 | ) | - | - | - | |||||||||
Private placement | 605,000 | - | - | - | 605,000 | ||||||||||
Warrant valuation | (43,776 | ) | 43,776 | - | - | - | |||||||||
Cost of issue – broker warrant valuation | (25,591 | ) | 25,591 | - | - | - | |||||||||
Cost of issue – cash | (46,565 | ) | - | - | - | (46,565 | ) | ||||||||
Net loss for the year | - | - | - | (408,907 | ) | (408,907 | ) | ||||||||
At May 31, 2011 | $ | 15,602,951 | $ | 1,509,367 | $ | 8,982,005 | $ | (20,370,488 | ) | $ | 5,723,835 |
The notes to consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.
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Grandview Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) |
For the Year Ended May 31, | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | ||||||
Cash flows from operating activities | |||||||||
Net loss for the year | $ | (408,907 | ) | $ | (880,403 | ) | $ | (7,887,918 | ) |
Items not involving cash: | |||||||||
Gain on disposition of mineral property interests | (2,000 | ) | - | - | |||||
Share-based payments | - | 478,366 | - | ||||||
Future income tax recovery | - | - | (120,833 | ) | |||||
Accrued interest income | (249 | ) | (37 | ) | (7,493 | ) | |||
Write-off of mineral properties | - | - | 7,460,454 | ||||||
Changes in non-cash working capital items: | |||||||||
GST and sundry receivable | (36,998 | ) | (20,709 | ) | 34,957 | ||||
Prepaid expenses | (4,842 | ) | (593 | ) | 137,883 | ||||
Due from a related party | - | 10,000 | 80,000 | ||||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | 39,735 | 16,817 | (46,059 | ) | |||||
Cash flows used in operating activities | (413,261 | ) | (396,559 | ) | (349,009 | ) | |||
Cash flows from financing activities | |||||||||
Share issuance | 621,667 | 2,016,667 | 416,666 | ||||||
Cost of issuance | (46,565 | ) | (36,392 | ) | (47,833 | ) | |||
Cash flows provided by financing activities | 575,102 | 1,980,275 | 368,833 | ||||||
Cash flows from investing activities | |||||||||
Redemption of short term investments | - | 382,493 | 611,410 | ||||||
Proceeds on disposition of mineral property interests | 2,000 | - | - | ||||||
Expenditures on mining interests | (418,986 | ) | (639,978 | ) | (609,497 | ) | |||
Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities | $ | (416,986 | ) | $ | (257,485 | ) | $ | 1,913 | |
Change in cash and cash equivalents during the year | $ | (255,145 | ) | $ | 1,326,231 | $ | 21,737 | ||
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year | 1,432,824 | 106,593 | 84,856 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year | $ | 1,177,679 | $ | 1,432,824 | $ | 106,593 | |||
Supplemental schedule of non-cash transactions | |||||||||
Share issuance included in mining interest | $ | - | $ | 67,000 | $ | 10,800 |
The notes to consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.
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Grandview Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Supplemental Schedule of Mineral Properties |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) |
For the Year Ended May 31, | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | ||||||
Pony Creek Carlin Trend Project, | |||||||||
Nevada, USA (Note 7(a)) | |||||||||
Balance, beginning of period | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 5,679,340 | |||
Drilling, assays and related field work | - | - | 90,775 | ||||||
Project administration and general | - | - | 38,848 | ||||||
Property acquisition and holding costs | - | - | 94,379 | ||||||
Write-off | (5,903,342 | ) | |||||||
Total activity during the period | - | - | (5,679,340 | ) | |||||
Balance, end of period: | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | |||
Red Lake Gold Camp, Ontario, Canada (Note 7(b)) | |||||||||
Balance, beginning of period | $ | 3,873,967 | $ | 3,442,793 | $ | 3,275,971 | |||
Drilling, assays and related field work | 39,336 | 272,911 | 166,146 | ||||||
Property acquisition and holding costs | 8,734 | 158,263 | 676 | ||||||
Total activity during the period | 48,070 | 431,174 | 166,822 | ||||||
Balance, end of period | $ | 3,922,037 | $ | 3,873,967 | $ | 3,442,793 | |||
Rice Lake Gold Camp | |||||||||
Manitoba Canada (Note 7(c)) | |||||||||
Balance, beginning of period | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 1,327,639 | |||
Drilling, assays and related field work | - | - | 218,436 | ||||||
Project administration and general | - | - | 227 | ||||||
Property acquisition and holding costs | - | - | 10,810 | ||||||
Write-off | - | - | (1,557,112 | ) | |||||
Total activity during the period | - | - | (1,327,639 | ) | |||||
Balance, end of end | $ | 275,804 | $ | - | $ | - | |||
Giulianita Property | |||||||||
Peru (Note 7(d)) | |||||||||
Balance, beginning of period | $ | 275,804 | $ | - | $ | - | |||
Drilling, assays and related field work | 370,906 | 234,872 | - | ||||||
Project administration and general | - | 40,932 | - | ||||||
Total activity during the period | 370,916 | 275,804 | - | ||||||
Balance, end of period: | $ | 646,720 | $ | 275,804 | $ | - | |||
Total | $ | 4,568,757 | $ | 4,149,771 | $ | 3,442,793 |
The notes to consolidated financial statements are an integral part of these statements.
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Grandview Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
May 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) |
1. | Nature of Operations and Going Concern | |
Grandview Gold Inc. (the "Company" or "Grandview") is a gold exploration company focused on exploring and developing gold properties in gold camps of North and South America. | ||
The Company was incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario. To date, the Company has not earned significant revenues from gold exploration and is considered to be in the exploration stage. As such, the Company applies Accounting Guideline 11 "Enterprises in the Development Stage" as required by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants' ("CICA") Handbook. | ||
The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") applicable to a going concern entity which contemplates the realization of its assets and the settlement of its liabilities in the normal course of operations. In assessing whether the going concern assumption is appropriate, management takes into account all available information about the future, which is at least, but is not limited to, twelve months from the end of the reporting period. The ability of the Company to continue operations is dependent upon obtaining the necessary financing to complete the development of its mineral property. Management is aware, in making its assessment, of material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt upon the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern, as described in the following paragraph. The consolidated financial statements do not give effect to adjustments that would be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern and therefore be required to realize its assets and liquidate its liabilities and commitments in other than the normal course of business and at amounts different from those in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. | ||
The Company's financing efforts to date, while substantial, are not sufficient in and of themselves to enable the Company to fund all aspects of its operations. Management will pursue funding initiatives if, as and when required to meet the Company's requirements on an ongoing basis. Nevertheless, there is no assurance that these initiatives will be successful or sufficient. | ||
2. | Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | |
The significant accounting policies for the Company are as follows: | ||
(a) | Basis of Presentation | |
The consolidated financial statements are presented in Canadian dollars and are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in Canada. | ||
A summary of the differences between Canadian GAAP and those generally accepted in the United States ("US GAAP") which affect the Company is contained in Note 15. |
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Grandview Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
May 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) |
2. | Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued) | |
(b) | Basis of Consolidation | |
These consolidated financial statements include the assets, liabilities, income and expenses of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Grandview Gold (USA) Inc. ("Grandview USA"), and Recuperacion Realzada S.A.C. ("Recuperacion"). All significant intercompany transactions and accounts are eliminated in consolidation. | ||
(c) | Use of Estimates | |
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in accordance with Canadian GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Significant areas requiring the use of management estimates relate to the determination of the recoverability of mining interest costs, the asset retirement obligation, the valuation allowance relating to the future tax asset, the calculation of share-based payments expense and warrants. Actual results may differ significantly from these estimates. | ||
(d) | Cash and Cash Equivalents | |
Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, balances with banks and cash in trust with original maturities of three months or less and which are readily convertible into cash. | ||
(e) | Mineral Property Costs | |
Direct exploration and development costs are deferred in the accounts, net of amounts recovered from third parties, including receipts from options. At production, these costs will be amortized using the units-of-production method based on estimated proven and probable reserves. Costs relating to properties abandoned are written-off when the decision to abandon is made, or earlier if a determination is made that the property does not have economically recoverable reserves. | ||
The Company is in the process of exploring and developing its properties. On a regular basis, the Company reviews the carrying values of deferred mineral property acquisition and exploration expenditures with a view to assessing whether there has been any impairment in value. If after the review, it is determined that the carrying amount of a mining interest is impaired, that mining interest is written- down to its estimated net realizable value. A mining interest is reviewed for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that its carrying amount may not be recoverable. | ||
The amounts shown for mining properties do not necessarily represent present or future values. Their recoverability is dependent upon the discovery of economically recoverable reserves, the ability of the Company to obtain the necessary financing to complete the development, and future profitable production or proceeds from the disposition thereof. |
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Grandview Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
May 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) |
2. | Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued) | |
(f) | Flow-Through Financing | |
The Company has financed a portion of its exploration activities through the issue of flow-through shares in the past, which transfer the tax deductibility of exploration expenditures to the investor. Proceeds received on the issue of such shares have been credited to share capital and the related exploration costs have been charged to mineral properties. Resource expenditure deductions for income tax purposes related to exploration and development activities funded by flow-through share arrangements are renounced to investors in accordance with income tax legislation. When these expenditures are renounced, temporary taxable differences created by the renunciations reduce share capital. | ||
(g) | Short Term Investments | |
Short term investments comprise investments in guaranteed investment certificates due to mature within one year from the date of purchase. These investments are classified as "loans and receivables" and have been recorded at their amortized cost. | ||
(h) | Asset Retirement Obligation | |
Section 3110 of the CICA Handbook requires the recognition of a liability for obligations relating to the retirement of property, plant and equipment and obligations arising from acquisition, construction, development or normal operations of those assets. The Company recognizes the fair value of a liability for an asset retirement obligation ("ARO") in the year in which a reasonable estimate of the fair value can be made. The estimates are based principally on legal and regulatory requirements. It is possible that the Company's estimates of its ultimate reclamation and closure liabilities associated with any mine or facility built will change as a result of changes in regulations, changes in the extent of environmental remediation required, changes in the means of reclamation or changes in cost estimates. Consequently, changes resulting from revisions to the timing or the amount of the original estimated undiscounted cash flows will be recognized as an increase or a decrease to the carrying amount of the liability and related long-lived asset. The liability will be increased for the passage of time and reported as an operating expense (accretion cost). The estimated cost associated with the retirement of the mineral properties is capitalized to those assets and will be amortized when these assets are put into production at amortization rates assigned to those assets. | ||
As at May 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company did not have any asset retirement obligations, except for that described in note 7(a). | ||
(i) | Income Taxes | |
Income taxes are calculated using the asset and liability method of tax accounting. 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 determined based on differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and on unclaimed losses carried forward and are measured using the substantially enacted tax rates that are expected to be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse or losses are expected to be utilized. Future tax assets are recorded to recognize tax benefits only to the extent that, based on available evidence, it is more likely than not they will be realized. | ||
(j) | Share-Based Payments | |
The fair value of the stock options granted is determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and management's assumptions as disclosed in Note 10 and is recorded as share-based payments over the vesting period of the stock-options, with the offsetting credit recorded as an increase in contributed surplus. If the stock options are exercised, the proceeds are credited to share capital and the fair value at the date of grant is reclassified from contributed surplus to share capital. |
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Grandview Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
May 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) |
2. | Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued) | |
(k) | Share Issue Costs | |
Share issue costs are recorded as a reduction of share capital. | ||
(l) | Translation of Foreign Currencies | |
The Company's subsidiaries are accounted for as an integrated foreign operation. Transactions of the Company and its subsidiaries originating in foreign currencies are translated at the rates in effect at the time of the transaction. Monetary items denominated in foreign currencies are translated to Canadian dollars at exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet dates and non-monetary items are translated at historical exchange rates. Foreign exchange gains and losses are included in operations, in the consolidated statement of loss. | ||
(m) | Financial Instruments - Recognition and Measurement | |
All financial instruments are classified into one of the following five categories: held-for-trading, held-to maturity, loans and receivables, available-for-sale financial assets or other financial liabilities. All financial instruments, including derivatives, are measured in the balance sheet at fair value except for loans and receivables, held to maturity investments and other financial liabilities which are measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method. Subsequent measurement and changes in fair value will depend on their initial classification, as follows: held-for-trading financial assets are measured at fair value and changes in fair value are recognized in the statement of operations in the period in which they arise; available-for-sale financial instruments are measured at fair value with changes in fair value recorded in other comprehensive income until the investment is de-recognized or becomes impaired at which time the amounts would be recorded in the statement of operations. The Company has made the following classifications: |
Cash and cash equivalents | Loans and receivables |
Short term investments | Loans and receivables |
Sundry receivable | Loans and receivables |
Reclamation Bond | Loans and receivables |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | Other financial liabilities |
The Company accounts for regular purchases and sales of financial assets using trade date accounting. | ||
(n) | Future Accounting Changes | |
International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) | ||
In 2010, the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) handbook was revised to incorporate IFRS and require publicly accountable enterprises to apply such standards effective for years beginning on or after January 1, 2011. Accordingly, the Company will commence reporting on this basis effective June 1, 2011. |
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Grandview Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
May 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) |
3. | Capital Management | |
The Company considers its capital structure to consist of share capital, warrants, contributed surplus and accumulated deficit. When managing capital, the Company’s objective is to ensure the entity continues as a going concern as well as to achieve optimal returns to shareholders and benefits for other stakeholders. Management adjusts the capital structure as necessary in order to support the acquisition, exploration and development of its mineral properties. The Board of Directors does not establish quantitative return on capital criteria for management, but rather relies on the expertise of the Company's management team to sustain the future development of the business. | ||
The properties in which the Company currently has an interest are in the exploration stage. As such the Company is dependent on external financing to fund its activities. In order to carry out the planned exploration program and pay for administrative costs, the Company will spend its existing working capital and raise additional amounts when economic conditions permit it to do so. Management has chosen to mitigate the risk and uncertainty associated with raising additional capital within current economic conditions by: | ||
i) | minimizing discretionary disbursements; | |
ii) | reducing or eliminating exploration expenditures which are of limited strategic value; and | |
iii) | exploring alternate sources of liquidity. | |
In light of the above, the Company will continue to assess new properties and seek to acquire an interest in additional properties if it believes there is sufficient potential and if it has adequate financial resources to do so. | ||
There were no changes in the Company's approach to capital management during the year ended May 31, 2011. The Company is not subject to externally imposed capital requirements. | ||
4. | Risk Factors | |
The Company’s significant mineral properties are the Red Lake Gold Camp, Ontario, Canada, and the Guilianita Property, Peru. | ||
Unless the Company acquires or develops additional significant properties, the Company will be solely dependent upon the Property. If no additional mineral properties are acquired by the Company, any adverse development affecting the Properties would have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial condition and results of operations. | ||
The Company's risk exposures and their impact on the Company's financial instruments are summarized below: | ||
Credit Risk | ||
Credit risk is the risk of loss associated with a counterparty’s inability to fulfill its payment obligations. The Company's credit risk is primarily attributable to cash and cash equivalents, short term investments, sundry receivable. Cash and cash equivalents and short term investments are held with a reputable Canadian chartered bank, from which management believes the risk of loss to be minimal. | ||
Sundry receivables are in good standing as of May 31, 2011. Management believes that the credit risk concentration with respect to financial instruments included in sundry receivables is minimal. | ||
Liquidity Risk | ||
The Company's approach to managing liquidity risk is to ensure that it will have sufficient liquidity to meet liabilities when due. As at May 31, 2011, the Company had a cash and cash equivalents and short term investments balance of $1,202,965 (May 31, 2010 - $1,457,861) to settle current liabilities of $129,019 (May 31, 2010 - $89,284). All of the Company's financial liabilities have contractual maturities of less than 30 days and are subject to normal trade terms. |
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Grandview Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
May 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) |
4. | Risk Factors (Continued) | ||
Market Risk | |||
Market risk is the risk of loss that may arise from changes in interest rates, foreign exchange rates and commodity prices. | |||
(a) | Interest Rate Risk | ||
The Company has cash balances and no interest-bearing debt. The Company's current policy is to invest excess cash in investment-grade short-term deposit certificates issued by the Company's Canadian chartered bank. The Company periodically monitors the investments it makes and is satisfied with the creditworthiness of its bank. | |||
(b) | Foreign Currency Risk | ||
The Company's functional and reporting currency is the Canadian dollar. The Company funds its Peru operations, exploration and administrative expenses by means of United States Dollar advances converted from its Canadian Dollar bank account held in Canada. | |||
(c) | Price Risk | ||
The Company is exposed to price risk with respect to commodity prices. Commodity price risk is defined as the potential adverse impact on earnings and economic value due to commodity price movements and volatilities. The Company closely monitors commodity prices, as they relate to gold to determine the appropriate course of action to be taken by the Company. | |||
Sensitivity Analysis | |||
As of May 31, 2011, the carrying and fair value amounts of the Company's financial instruments are approximately equivalent. | |||
The sensitivity analysis shown in the notes below may differ materially from actual results. | |||
Based on management's knowledge and experience of the financial markets, the Company believes the following movements are "reasonably possible" over a twelve month period: | |||
(i) | Short term investments are subject to floating interest rates. As at May 31, 2011, if interest rates had decreased/increased by 1% with all other variables held constant, the loss for the twelve months ended May 31, 2011 would have been approximately $250 higher/lower, as a result of lower/higher interest income from short term investments. As at May 31, 2011, reported shareholders' equity would have been approximately $250 lower/higher as a result of lower/higher interest income from short term investments. | ||
(ii) | The Company does not hold significant balances in foreign currencies to give rise to exposure to foreign exchange risk. | ||
(iii) | Commodity price risk could adversely affect the Company. In particular, the Company’s future profitability and viability of development depends upon the world market price of gold. Gold has fluctuated widely in recent years. There is no assurance that, even as commercial quantities of gold may be produced in the future, a profitable market will exist for gold. A decline in the market price of gold may also require the Company to reduce its mining interests, which could have a material and adverse effect on the Company’s value. As of May 31, 2011, the Company was not a gold producer. As a result, commodity price risk may affect the completion of future equity transactions such as equity offerings and the exercise of stock options and warrants. This may also affect the Company's liquidity and its ability to meet its ongoing obligations. |
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Grandview Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
May 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) |
5. | Short Term Investments | |||
As of May 31, 2011, the Company has $25,000 (2010 - $25,000; 2009 - $400,000) invested in cashable guaranteed investment certificates maturing at various dates to April 3, 2012, bearing interest at 0.9%. As at May 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company had accrued $249 and $37 respectively as interest receivable on its short term investments. | ||||
6. | Reclamation Bond | |||
The Company has posted a reclamation bond for its mining projects, as required by the United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management, to secure clean-up costs, if any, on a project that is closed. | ||||
7. | Mining Interests | |||
(a) | Pony Creek Carlin Trend Project, Nevada, USA | |||
On July 27, 2004, the Company entered into an option agreement with Mill City Gold Corp. (formerly Mill City International Corporation) ("Mill City") to earn a 60% interest in the Pony Creek/Elliot Dome Property (the “Pony Creek”) in the State of Nevada, USA. | ||||
The Company has recorded an asset retirement obligation on its Pony Creek Carlin Trend project, representing the estimated costs of the Company's obligation to restore the property site to its original condition as required by regulatory authorities. The Company has recorded an asset retirement obligation in the amount of $12,718, equal to the amount of reclamation bond posted by the Company with the United States, Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management. | ||||
In fiscal 2009, the Company determined that the carrying value of its Pony Creek Carlin Trend project could not be supported, resulting in a write-off charge of $5,903,342. | ||||
(b) | Red Lake Gold Camp, Ontario, Canada | |||
(i) | The Company owns a 100% interest in 8 mining claims located in the Red Lake Area, District of Kenora, in Northwestern Ontario. The mining claims were written off several years ago when the Company decided to change its business. Since the Company has changed back to resource exploration the Company is once again capitalizing the expenditures related to these claims. | |||
(ii) | On October 18, 2005, the Company signed a definitive Option Agreement with Fronteer Development Group Inc. (“Fronteer”) for Fronteer’s Dixie Lake Property (the “Dixie lake”) located in Ontario’s Red Lake Gold District on the following terms and conditions: | |||
(a) | The Company shall earn a 51% interest in the Dixie Lake Property by incurring exploration expenditures of $300,000 (completed), assuming payments totaling $75,000 to the underlying property vendor; and | |||
(b) | issuing 160,000 shares of the Company at $1.25 per share for a total value of $200,000, to a third party as a finder’s fee (issued). |
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Grandview Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
May 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) |
7. | Mining Interests (Continued) | |||
(b) | Red Lake Gold Camp, Ontario, Canada | |||
(ii) | (Continued) | |||
On October 17, 2007, the Company announced that it has fulfilled the terms of its option agreement with Fronteer relating to the Company’s right to earn an undivided 51% interest in Dixie Lake. | ||||
Under the terms of the option agreement with Fronteer, dated August 26, 2005, the Company had a right to earn an undivided 51% interest in Dixie lake by spending US$300,000 over three years, making $75,000 in cash payments and issuing 40,000 shares to the underlying vendor. The Company presented a detailed accounting of its US$1,711,000 exploration program completed to date, as well as plans for exploration moving forward. | ||||
Fronteer accepted in writing, the Company’s earn-in and further, Fronteer has informed the Company that, as per the terms of the Option Agreement, it will exercise its option to dilute its 49% participating interest to a 36% participating interest in Dixie lake. | ||||
(iii) | On February 8, 2007, the Company announced it had signed a formal option agreement with EMCO SA, (“EMCO”) relating to the acquisition of an option to acquire a 60 percent interest in the 10 unpatented and 2 patented claims in Sanshaw-Bonanza gold property on the following terms and conditions: | |||
(a) | the Company has an option to earn an undivided 60 percent interest in the Sanshaw-Bonanza property by incurring $250,000 in resource exploration and development expenditures on or before August 31, 2007; and | |||
(b) | issuing 115,000 of the Company's common shares (55,000 common shares were issued in February 2007 and valued at $22,000; 30,000 common shares were issued in April 2008 and valued at $10,800; 30,000 commons shares were issued in July 2008 and valued at $10,800) in tranches over an 18-month period and 200,000 warrants (issued) at an exercise price of $1.40 per share which will expire 36 months from the date of issuance. | |||
The fair value of the 200,000 common share purchase warrants issued for the 60 percent interest in the 10 claim Sanshaw-Bonanza gold property has been estimated to be $32,200 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. In determining this value, the following assumptions were used: risk-free interest rate of 3.96%, dividend yield of 0%, expected stock volatility of 101% and an expected life of 36 months. |
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Grandview Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
May 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) |
7. | Mining Interests (Continued) | |||
(b) | Red Lake Gold Camp, Ontario, Canada (Continued) | |||
(iii) (b) | (Continued) | |||
Terms of the agreement provide for the dilution of EMCO’s interest in the property to 10% on the occurrence of certain events, which would then convert their interest to a 3% NSR. An underlying 1.5% NSR remains with the original property owner. | ||||
On June 18, 2007, the Company amended the option agreement with EMCO relating to the Sanshaw-Bonanza property. The Company has agreed to increase the expenditures required to be incurred on or before August 31, 2008 to $500,000 and to issue to EMCO 100,000 common shares in the capital of the Company as consideration for the amended agreement (issued and valued at $35,000). | ||||
On September 11, 2008, the Company reported that it has incurred the expenditures required to successfully fulfill the terms of its option agreement with EMCO to earn a 60% undivided interest in the Sanshaw-Bonanza property. | ||||
(iv) | On April 28, 2010, the Company announced that, through a series of cash and share payments (the “Transaction”), it had: | |||
1. | acquired the remaining 40% interest in its Sanshaw-Bonanza property (the “Property”) in the Red LakeGold District of Ontario from EMCO Corporation S.A. ("EMCO"); | |||
2. | acquired four additional claims which are contiguous to the Property from Perry English ("English");and | |||
3. | reduced the existing NSR on the Property, so that the Company now holds a 100% interest in and to the Property, subject only to an NSR of just 0.375%. | |||
Grandview had previously completed expenditure requirements to earn a 60% interest in the Property as per an option agreement with EMCO dated February 7, 2007. To acquire the remaining 40% interest in the Property, the Company paid EMCO $25,000 in cash and issued 50,000 common shares in its capital. Also, the Company expanded the Property parcel by acquiring two unpatented claims and two patented claims for aggregate consideration of $60,000 in cash and the issuance of 500,000 common shares in its capital. | ||||
Concurrently, the Company also purchased 75% of the outstanding 1.5% NSR on the Property for $25,000 cash. Cumulative expenditures related to the Transaction totalled $110,000 cash and 550,000 common shares of the Company. |
The Company is committed to spend $605,000 raised in conjunction with the December 31, 2010 flow-through private placement on eligible Canadian exploration expenditures by on or before December 31, 2011.
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Grandview Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
May 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) |
7. | Mining Interests (Continued) | |
(c) | Rice Lake Gold Camp, Manitoba, Canada | |
Grandview has a 100% interest in 16 unpatented mining claims in the Long Lake - Cat Lake area of southeastern Manitoba (the "GVG Property"). The Company staked these claims in 2005 and 2006. In fiscal 2009, the Company determined that the carrying value of its Rice Lake Gold Camp in Manitoba, Canada could not be supported, resulting in an impairment charge of $1,557,112. During the year ended May 31, 2011, the Company disposed the Bissett properties within its Rice Lake Gold Camp for $2,000. The Company received a 1% Net Smelter Return on the disposed property. | ||
(d) | Guilianita Project, Peru | |
On July 2, 2009, a binding Memorandum of Understanding (the “Memorandum”) was signed with a private Peruvian Group which granted a two-stage option (the "Option") to acquire up to a 100% interest in a property located in the Suyo District, Ayabaca Province, Piura Department, Peru (the “Guilianita”). The Option provided the Company with a right to earn an 80% interest in Guilianita by (i) making a US$20,000 cash payment on signing of the Memorandum; (ii) incurring CAD $1.4 million in exploration and development expenditures; and (iii) issuing a total of two million common shares of the Company over a three year period. (issued - 200,000 common shares) | ||
The Option also allowed the Company to acquire the remaining 20% subject to it making an additional payment of US$300,000 (CAD$313,050) and issuing a further 250,000 common shares of the Company prior to the third anniversary of the date of the Memorandum. |
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Grandview Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
May 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) |
8. | Share Capital | |
(a) | Authorized | |
Unlimited number of common shares | ||
Unlimited number of preference shares. The preference shares are without par value, redeemable, voting, non-participating, and are convertible into common shares at the rate of one common share for five preference shares (none currently issued and outstanding). | ||
(b) | Issued |
Number | ||||||
of Common | ||||||
shares | Amount | |||||
Balance, May 31, 2008 | 36,288,765 | $ | 14,202,266 | |||
Mineral property acquisition (Note 7(b)) | 30,000 | 10,800 | ||||
Private placement (i) | 8,333,333 | 416,666 | ||||
Cost of issue – cash | - | (47,833 | ) | |||
Cost of issue – broker warrants valuation (i) | - | (30,666 | ) | |||
Flow-through cost of issue (i) | - | (120,833 | ) | |||
Balance, May 31, 2009 | 44,652,098 | $ | 14,430,400 | |||
Mineral property acquisition (Note 7(b)(iv) and 7(d)) | 750,000 | 67,000 | ||||
Share based payment | 360,937 | 28,875 | ||||
Exercise of warrants – cash | 333,000 | 16,667 | ||||
Exercise of warrants – valuation | - | 15,333 | ||||
Private placement (ii) | 26,666,665 | 2,000,000 | ||||
Cost of issue – cash (i) | - | (36,392 | ) | |||
Cost of issue – broker warrant valuation (ii) | - | (1,440,000 | ) | |||
Balance, May 31, 2010 | 72,763,033 | 15,081,883 | ||||
Exercise of warrants | 333,333 | 32,000 | ||||
Private placement (iv) | 8,066,666 | 605,000 | ||||
Warrant valuation (iv) | - | (43,776 | ) | |||
Cost of issue – broker warrant valuation (iv) | - | (25,591 | ) | |||
Cost of issue – cash (iv) | - | (46,565 | ) | |||
Balance, May 31, 2011 | 81,163,032 | $ | 15,602,951 |
(i) | On December 5, 2008, the Company closed a brokered private placement (the “Offering”) with Sandfire Securities Inc. The Offering resulted in the issuance of 8,333,333 flow-through common shares (the “Common Shares”) to the MineralFields Group at a purchase price of $0.05 per share for gross proceeds of $416,666. The securities issued pursuant to Offering were subject to a four (4) month statutory hold commencing from the date of issuance. | |
In connection with the Offering, Grandview paid a cash fee of 8% of the gross proceeds raised ($33,333) under the Offering and also issued broker warrants to acquire 666,666 Common Shares at a price of $0.05 per Common Share for a period of 24 months after closing. The fair value of each warrant was calculated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions: dividend yield of 0%; expected volatility of 156.7%; risk-free interest rate of 1.52% and an expected average life of 2 years. The value assigned was $30,666. |
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Grandview Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
May 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) |
8. | Share Capital (Continued) | ||
(b) | Issued (Continued) | ||
(i) | Pursuant to the terms of the flow-through share agreements, the tax attributes of the related expenditures are renounced to subscribers. As a result, the Company is required to recognize a foregone tax benefit of $120,833 at the time of renouncement. | ||
(ii) | December 3, 2009, the Company announced that it has closed the private placement purchase agreement ("Purchase Agreement") with Centerpoint Resources Inc. ("Centerpoint"), a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of British Columbia, and 10 other investors resulting in aggregate proceeds to the Company treasury of $2,000,000 to fund exploration and development of the Giulianita project in Peru and to maintain Canadian operations. | ||
The Purchase Agreement represents an investment by Centerpoint in Grandview comprised of a private placement financing consisting of 20 million units ("Unit") at a price of $0.075 per Unit for aggregate proceeds to Grandview of $1,500,000. Each Unit consists of one common share and one common share purchase warrant ("Warrant") with each whole Warrant entitling the holder to acquire one further common share at a price of $0.12, expiring 24 months from the date of issue. In addition, Grandview completed a concurrent non-brokered financing resulting in the issuance of an additional 6,666,665 Units for aggregate proceeds of $500,000, some of which Units were acquired by directors and officers of Grandview. | |||
The fair value of the 26,666,665 common share purchase warrants has been estimated to be $1,440,000 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. In determining this value, the following assumptions were used: risk-free interest rate of 1.12%, dividend yield of 0%, expected stock volatility of 169.78% and an expected life of 24 months. | |||
(iii) | On January 7, 2010, the Company issued 360,937 common shares at a price of $0.08 to settle a payable of $28,875 in respect of services rendered by a consultant to the Company. | ||
(iv) | On December 31, 2010, the Company closed a non-brokered private placement (the "Placement") with the MineralFields Group. The Placement resulted in the issuance by the Company of a total of 8,066,666 flow-through units in the capital of the Company (the “Flow-Through Units”) at a purchase price of $0.075 per Flow-Through Unit for gross proceeds to the Company of $605,000. Each Flow-Through Unit consists of one common share of the Company issued on a flow-through basis and one-half of one common share purchase warrant ("Warrant"). Each whole Warrant is exercisable to acquire one further common share of the Company on a non-flow-through basis at a price of $0.15 for the first 12 months following issuance and at $0.20 for the second twelve months. | ||
The fair value of the 4,033,332 common share purchase warrants has been estimated to be $43,776 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. In determining this value, the following assumptions were used: risk-free interest rate of 1.66%, dividend yield of 0%, expected stock volatility of 112.13% and an expected life of 12 months. | |||
In connection with the Placement, the Company paid eligible persons (the "Finders") a cash fee of 6.0% of the gross proceeds raised through each Finder under the Offering and also issued finder's warrants (each a "Finder's Warrant") equal to 7.5% of the total number of Flow-Through Units placed by such Finders. Each Finder's Warrant entitles the holder to acquire one unit (each a "Finder's Unit" and collectively the "Finder's Units") with each Finder's Unit being comprised of one common share of the Company on a non-flow-though basis and one-half of one Warrant on the same terms as above, expiring December 31, 2012. On closing, the Company paid $36,300 in cash fees to the Finders and issued 604,999 Finder's Warrants to the Finders. In addition, the Company also paid a cash diligence fee of $10,265 in connection with the Placement. | |||
The fair value of the 604,999 Finder's Warrants has been estimated to be $25,591 using the Black- Scholes option pricing model. In determining this value, the following assumptions were used: risk-free interest rate of 1.66%, dividend yield of 0%, expected stock volatility of 137.49% and an expected life of 24 months. |
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Grandview Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
May 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) |
9. | Warrants |
Number of | Weighted Average | ||||||
Warrants | Exercise Price | ||||||
Balance, May 31, 2008 | 12,361,125 | $ | 0.92 | ||||
Expired | (6,307,645 | ) | (1.18 | ) | |||
Issued (Note 8(b)(v)) | 666,666 | 0.05 | |||||
Balance, May 31, 2009 | 6,720,146 | $ | 0.59 | ||||
Expired | (6,053,480 | ) | (0.60 | ) | |||
Issued (Note 8(b)(vi)) | 26,666,665 | 0.12 | |||||
Exercised | (333,333 | ) | (0.05 | ) | |||
Balance, May 31, 2010 | 26,999,998 | $ | 0.12 | ||||
Issued (Note 8(b)(vii)) | 4,638,331 | 0.16 | |||||
Exercised | (333,333 | ) | (0.05 | ) | |||
Balance, May 31, 2011 | 31,304,996 | $ | 0.12 |
The following are the warrants outstanding at May 31, 2011:
Number of | Fair | Exercise | Expiry | ||||||||
Warrants | Value | Price | Date | ||||||||
26,666,665 | 1,440,000 | 0.12 | December 3, 2011 | ||||||||
4,033,332 | 43,776 | 0.18 | December 30, 2012 | ||||||||
604,999 | 25,591 | 0.08 | December 31, 2011 | ||||||||
31,304,996 | $ | 1,509,367 | |||||||||
The following are the warrants outstanding at May 31, 2010: | |||||||||||
Number of | Fair | Exercise | |||||||||
Warrants | Value | Price ($) | Expiry | ||||||||
333,333 | 15,333 | 0.05 | December 4, 2010 | ||||||||
26,666,665 | 1,440,000 | 0.12 | December 3, 2011 | ||||||||
26,999,998 | $ | 1,455,333 |
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Grandview Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
May 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) |
9. | Warrants (Continued) |
The following are the warrants outstanding at May 31, 2009 |
Number of | Fair | Exercise | |||||||||
Warrants | Value | Price ($) | Expiry | ||||||||
4,357,000 | 714,548 | 0.65 | July 6, 2009 | ||||||||
687,120 | 145,670 | 0.40 | July 6, 2009 | ||||||||
656,000 | 225,664 | 0.70 | December 21, 2009 | ||||||||
153,360 | 55,056 | 0.60 | December 21, 2009 | ||||||||
200,000 | 32,200 | 1.40 | February 8, 2010 | ||||||||
666,666 | 30,666 | 0.05 | December 4,2010 | ||||||||
6,720,146 | $ | 1,203,804 |
10. | Stock Options |
The Company maintains an employee stock option plan under which the Board of Directors, or a committee appointed for such purpose, may from time to time grant to employees, officers, directors or consultants of the Company, options to acquire common shares in such numbers, for such terms and at such exercise prices, as may be determined by the Board of Directors or such committee. | |
The stock option plan provides that the maximum number of common shares in the capital of the Company that may be reserved for issuance for all purposes under the stock option plan shall be equal to 10% of the total issued and outstanding common shares and that the maximum number of common shares which may be reserved for issuance to any one optionee pursuant to share options may not exceed 5% of the common shares outstanding at the time of grant. | |
The options are valid for a maximum of 5 years from the date of issue and the normal vesting term is 1/4 immediately and 1/4 after 3, 6 and 9 month period from the date of grant. | |
The following is continuity of stock options: |
Number | Weighted Average | ||||||
of | Exercise | ||||||
Stock Options | Price | ||||||
Balance, May 31, 2008 | 4,575,000 | $ | 0.89 | ||||
Forfeited | (175,000 | ) | 0.68 | ||||
Balance, May 31, 2009 | 4,400,000 | $ | 0.90 | ||||
Granted (i)(ii) | 4,250,000 | 0.15 | |||||
Expired | (1,375,000 | ) | 0.75 | ||||
Forfeited | (1,400,000 | ) | 0.93 | ||||
Balance, May 31, 2010 | 5,875,000 | $ | 0.38 | ||||
Cancelled | (375,000 | ) | (0.15 | ) | |||
Expired | (250,000 | ) | (1.80 | ) | |||
Balance, May 31, 2011 | 5,250,000 | $ | 0.33 |
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Grandview Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
May 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) |
10. | Stock Options (Continued) | |
(i) | On June 23, 2009, the Company granted an aggregate of 3,350,000 options to directors, officers, geologists and consultants of the Company at an exercise price of $0.15 for a period of five years. All the options granted vest immediately. The estimated fair market value under the Black-Scholes option pricing model was $368,500. In determining this value, the following assumptions were used: risk-free interest rate of 2.55%, dividend yield of 0%, expected stock volatility of 155% and an expected life of 5 years. | |
(ii) | On December 9, 2009, the Company granted an aggregate of 900,000 options to directors of the Company at an exercise price of $0.15 for a period of five years. All the options granted vest immediately. The estimated fair market value under the Black-Scholes option pricing model was $80,991. In determining this value, the following assumptions were used: risk-free interest rate of 2.47%, dividend yield of 0%, expected stock volatility of 153% and an expected life of 5 years. | |
The following are the stock options outstanding and exercisable at May 31, 2011: |
Options Outstanding | Options Exercisable | |||||||||||||||
Weighted | ||||||||||||||||
average | Weighted | |||||||||||||||
remaining | average | Weighted | ||||||||||||||
Number | contractual | exercise | Number | average | ||||||||||||
Expiry Date | of Options | life | price | of options | exercise price | |||||||||||
September 27, 2012 | 1,675,000 | 1.33 | $ | 0.68 | 1,675,000 | $ | 0.68 | |||||||||
June 23, 2014 | 2,675,000 | 3.07 | 0.15 | 2,675,000 | 0.15 | |||||||||||
December 9, 2014 | 900,000 | 3.53 | 0.15 | 900,000 | 0.15 | |||||||||||
5,400,000 | 2.56 years | $ | 0.33 | 5,250,000 | $ | 0.33 |
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Grandview Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
May 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) |
11. | Basic and Diluted Loss Per Share |
Basic loss per share is computed by dividing the loss for the year by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the year, including contingently issuable shares which are included when the conditions necessary for issuance have been met. Diluted loss per share is calculated in a manner similar to basic loss per share, except the weighted-average shares outstanding are increased to include potential common shares from the assumed exercise of options and warrants, if dilutive. The number of additional shares included in the calculation is based on the treasury stock method for options and warrants. |
2011 | 2010 | 2009 | ||||||||
Numerator for basic loss per share | $ | (408,907 | ) | $ | (880,403 | ) | $ | (7,887,918 | ) | |
Numerator for diluted loss per share | $ | (408,907 | ) | $ | (880,403 | ) | $ | (7,887,918 | ) | |
Denominator: | ||||||||||
Weighted average number of common | ||||||||||
shares – basic | 76,271,891 | 58,224,647 | 40,379,322 | |||||||
Weighted average number of common | ||||||||||
shares - diluted | 76,271,891 | 58,224,647 | 40,379,322 | |||||||
Basic and diluted loss per share | $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) |
Diluted loss per share reflects the maximum possible dilution from the potential exercise of outstanding stock options and warrants and the conversion of convertible securities. However, the effect of outstanding warrants and stock options has not been included as the effect would be anti-dilutive.
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Grandview Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
May 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) |
12. | Income Taxes |
Future income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary timing differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the corresponding amounts for income tax purposes. | |
The future tax assets are as follows: |
2011 | 2010 | 2009 | ||||||||
Future tax assets: | ||||||||||
Exploration expenditures | $ | 1,588,778 | 1,588,778 | $ | 1,842,983 | |||||
Marketable securities | 40,663 | 40,663 | 47,169 | |||||||
Capital losses | - | - | 24,273 | |||||||
Non-capital losses | 1,431,108 | 1,383,953 | 1,612,960 | |||||||
Share issue costs | 43,991 | 75,790 | 175,303 | |||||||
Total future tax assets | 3,104,540 | 3,089,184 | 3,702,688 | |||||||
Valuation allowance for future tax assets | (3,104,540 | ) | (3,089,184 | ) | (3,702,688 | ) | ||||
Net future tax assets | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | ||||
The Company has provided a valuation allowance equal to the future tax assets because it is not presently more likely than not that they will be realized. The Company's income tax (recovery) for each of the years ended is made up as follows: | ||||||||||
2011 | 2010 | 2009 | ||||||||
Current income tax recovery | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | ||||
Future income tax recovery | - | - | (120,833 | ) | ||||||
Total income tax recovery | $ | - | $ | - | $ | (120,833 | ) |
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Grandview Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
May 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) |
12. | Income Taxes (Continued) |
The Company's actual income tax expense for each of the years ended is made up as follows: |
2011 | 2010 | 2009 | ||||||||
Loss before income taxes | $ | (408,907 | ) | $ | (880,403 | ) | (8,008,751 | ) | ||
Income tax recovery at combined Federal and Provincial rates of 29.54%, 32.58% and 33.29% | (120,791 | ) | (268,835 | ) | (2,666,113 | ) | ||||
Non-deductible stock-based compensation | - | 146,444 | - | |||||||
Non-deductible expenses | - | 56 | 146 | |||||||
Non-deductible write-down of mineral properties | - | - | 2,483,585 | |||||||
Expiry of warrants | - | 286,143 | 330,573 | |||||||
Tax rate changes and other adjustments | 116,402 | - | - | |||||||
Cost of issue | (51,329 | ) | (110,030 | ) | (120,610 | ) | ||||
Utilization of losses not previously recognized | - | (35,778 | ) | (27,581 | ) | |||||
Resource properties – expenditures renounced | - | - | (120,833 | ) | ||||||
Increase in valuation allowance | 55,718 | - | - | |||||||
Income tax recovery | $ | - | $ | - | $ | (120,833 | ) |
At May 31, 2011, the Company has non-capital losses of approximately $5,724,434. No benefit from these amounts has been recorded in the consolidated financial statements.
The non-capital losses will expire as follows:
2015 | $ | 724,341 | ||
2026 | 1,366,077 | |||
2027 | 1,685,117 | |||
2028 | 1,760,277 | |||
2031 | 188,622 | |||
$ | 5,724,434 |
13. | Segmented Information |
The Company's operations comprise a single reporting operating segment engaged in mineral exploration. | |
The Company operates in two geographic areas as at May 31, 2011, two areas at May 31, 2010 and one area as at May 31, 2009. The Company's assets by geographic location are: |
2011 | 2010 | 2009 | ||||||||
Canada | $ | 5,175,718 | $ | 5,372,915 | $ | 3,999,201 | ||||
Peru | 689,854 | 287,708 | - | |||||||
Total Assets | $ | 5,865,572 | $ | 5,660,623 | $ | 3,999,201 |
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Grandview Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
May 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) |
14. | Related Party Transactions Not Disclosed Elsewhere | |
(i) | For year ended May 31, 2011, $nil (2010 - $10,000, 2009 - $35,000) was paid to the former interim CEO and current chairman of the Company for consulting services. | |
(ii) | For year ended May 31, 2011, $150,000 (2010 - $150,010, 2009 - $150,000) was paid to the President and CEO of the Company for consulting services. Included in this amount was $75,250 (2010 - $90,250, 2009 - $62,250) capitalized to mining interests. Also, $nil (2010 - $nil, 2009 - $14,000) in car and office allowances and $nil (2010 - $nil, 2009 - $607) were paid. | |
(iii) | For year ended May 31, 2011, $33,000 (2010 - $39,000, 2009 - $51,794) in consulting fees was also paid or accrued to the Chief Financial Officer or a company controlled by the Chief Financial Officer. Included in accounts payable as at May 31, 2011 is $nil (2010 - $6,000, 2009 - $nil) in relation to consulting services rendered. | |
(iv) | In 2007, the Company provided a loan of $90,000 to the President and CEO of the Company. The loan was unsecured, bears no interest and was due on October 31, 2009. The loan was paid down through the application of various bonuses issued to the President and CEO in 2009 and 2010. | |
(v) | Effective November 30, 2010, the Company entered into two agreements in respect of the sale of four mining claims owned by it and located in Manitoba, being the Packsak, Clapelou Patent Claims, CUPP2 Frac and CUPP3 Frac (collectively, the "Claims"). Two of the four Claims were transferred to Centerpoint Resources Inc. ("Centerpoint") and the remaining two were transferred to Centershield Gold Mines Inc., a subsidiary of Centerpoint. The Company received nominal cash consideration on closing and retained a 1% NSR over the Claims. Two directors of the Company are senior officers with Centrepoint. | |
These transactions were in the normal course of operations and were measured at the exchange value which is represented by the amount of consideration established and agreed to by the related parties. | ||
15. | Differences between Canadian GAAP and US GAAP | |
The Company's consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Canadian GAAP. These principles, as they pertain to the Company's consolidated financial statements differ from US GAAP as follows: | ||
Under US GAAP, stock options are presented as part of management services on the statement of operations. Under Canadian GAAP they are presented separately. | ||
U.S. GAAP requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in the income statement based on their fair values. In calculating compensation to be recognized, U.S. GAAP requires the Company to estimate future forfeitures. For Canadian GAAP purposes, the Company uses the fair value method to account for all stock option grants but accounts for forfeitures as they occur. Based on the Company's estimated future forfeiture rates of stock options, the expense recognized for U.S. GAAP purposes is the same in 2010 the amount recorded for Canadian GAAP purposes. | ||
Under Canadian GAAP, the Company accounts for its exploration costs as described in Note 2(e), while under US GAAP, exploration costs (except for property purchase costs) cannot be capitalized and are expensed as incurred. Mineral property rights relating to the properties are capitalized and they are tested for impairment. | ||
Canadian GAAP provides that a tax benefit be recorded in the statement of operations to reflect the recovery of future income taxes relating to the renunciation of resource property expenditures to the Company's flow-through share investors (see Note 12). US GAAP requires the recognition of liability in relation to flow through shares premium upon issuing of those and a deferred tax liability upon renunciation of resource property expenditures. As of May 31, 2011 no expenditures were renounced in relation to resource properties. |
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Grandview Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
May 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) |
15. | Differences between Canadian GAAP and US GAAP (Continued) |
Under Canadian GAAP, the Company does not impute interest on loans to related parties, while under US GAAP, imputed interest is required to be recorded for the purpose of preparing consolidated financial statements. | |
Had the Company's consolidated balance sheets as at May 31, 2011 and May 31, 2010 been prepared using US GAAP, such consolidated balance sheets would be presented as follows: |
May 31, 2011 | May 31, 2010 | ||||||
Assets | |||||||
Current assets | |||||||
Cash | $ | 1,177,679 | $ | 1,432,824 | |||
Short term investments | 25,286 | 25,037 | |||||
GST and sundry receivable | 63,414 | 29,719 | |||||
Prepaid expenses | 17,718 | 12,876 | |||||
1,284,097 | 1,500,456 | ||||||
Reclamation bond | 12,718 | 13,699 | |||||
Mineral property rights | 720,835 | 712,101 | |||||
$ | 2,017,650 | $ | 2,226,256 | ||||
Liabilities | |||||||
Current liabilities | |||||||
Accounts payable | $ | 26,589 | 7,835 | ||||
Accrued liabilities | 102,430 | $ | 81,449 | ||||
129,019 | 89,284 | ||||||
Asset retirement obligation (Note 7) | 12,718 | 13,699 | |||||
141,737 | 102,983 | ||||||
Shareholders' equity | |||||||
Share capital | |||||||
Authorized unlimited common shares | |||||||
Issued | |||||||
Common shares | 17,278,941 | 16,757,873 | |||||
Additional paid in capital | 4,390,914 | 4,390,914 | |||||
Warrants | 1,509,367 | 1,455,333 | |||||
Cumulative adjustments to marketable securities | (325,305 | ) | (325,305 | ) | |||
Deferred share-based payments | 4,591,091 | 4,591,091 | |||||
Deficit accumulated before change to an exploration stage company | (3,133,943 | ) | (3,133,943 | ) | |||
Deficit accumulated during the exploration stage | (22,435,152 | ) | (21,612,690 | ) | |||
1,875,913 | 2,123,273 | ||||||
$ | 2,017,650 | $ | 2,226,256 |
105
Grandview Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
May 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) |
15. | Differences between Canadian GAAP and US GAAP (Continued) |
The Company's statements of operations and comprehensive loss under US GAAP are as follows: | |
Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss |
For the Year Ended May 31, | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | |||||||
Expenses | ||||||||||
General exploration | $ | 422,123 | $ | 512,783 | $ | 534,317 | ||||
Management services | 107,750 | 548,241 | 267,497 | |||||||
Investor relations, business development and reporting issuer maintenance costs | 85,387 | 115,352 | 88,716 | |||||||
Professional fees | 153,760 | 142,354 | 167,672 | |||||||
Office and administration | 58,120 | 69,107 | 21,579 | |||||||
Flow-through interest expense | - | - | 2,747 | |||||||
Gain on disposition of mineral property rights | (2,000 | ) | - | - | ||||||
Write-off mineral property rights | - | - | 1,514,756 | |||||||
Loss before the under noted | (825,140 | ) | (1,387,837 | ) | (2,597,284 | ) | ||||
Interest income | 2,678 | 151 | 10,306 | |||||||
Net loss for the year | (822,462 | ) | (1,387,686 | ) | (2,586,978 | ) | ||||
Loss per common share – basic and diluted | $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.06 | ) |
106
Grandview Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
May 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) |
15. | Differences Between Canadian GAAP and US GAAP (Continued) |
The changes in common shares as required by US GAAP are disclosed below: |
Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity | |||||||
Amount | |||||||
Under | |||||||
Common Shares | Shares | US GAAP | |||||
Balance, May 31, 2008 | 36,288,765 | $ | 15,757,423 | ||||
Mineral property acquisition | 30,000 | 10,800 | |||||
Private placement | 8,333,333 | 416,666 | |||||
Cost of issue – cash | - | (47,833 | ) | ||||
Cost of issue – broker warrants valuation | - | (30,666 | ) | ||||
Balance, May 31, 2009 | 44,652,098 | $ | 16,106,390 | ||||
Private placement | 26,666,665 | 2,000,000 | |||||
Cost of issue – cash | - | (36,392 | ) | ||||
Mineral property acquisition | 750,000 | 67,000 | |||||
Debt conversion | 360,937 | 28,875 | |||||
Exercise of warrants – valuation | - | 15,333 | |||||
Exercise of warrants – cash | 333,333 | 16,667 | |||||
Cost of issue – broker warrants valuation | - | (1,440,000 | ) | ||||
Balance, May 31, 2010 | 72,763,033 | 16,757,873 | |||||
Exercise of warrants | 333,333 | 32,000 | |||||
Private placement | 8,066,666 | 605,000 | |||||
Warrant valuation | - | (43,776 | ) | ||||
Cost of issue – broker warrant valuation | - | (25,591 | ) | ||||
Cost of issue – cash | - | (46,565 | ) | ||||
Balance, May 31, 2011 | 81,163,032 | $ | 17,278,941 | ||||
Other changes in shareholders’ equity are presented as follows: | |||||||
Additional Paid in Capital | |||||||
May 31, 2008 | $ | 648,344 | |||||
Expired warrants | 2,569,432 | ||||||
Balance, May 31, 2009 | 3,217,776 | ||||||
Expired warrants | 1,173,138 | ||||||
Balance, May 31, 2010 and May 31, 2011 | $ | 4,390,914 |
107
Grandview Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
May 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) |
15. | Differences between Canadian GAAP and US GAAP (Continued) |
Cumulative adjustments to marketable securities | ||||
Balance, May 31, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 | $ | (325,305 | ) | |
Deferred share-based payments | ||||
Balance, May 31, 2008 and May 31, 2009 | $ | 4,141,600 | ||
Vesting of stock options | 449,491 | |||
Balance, May 31, 2010 and 2011 | $ | 4,591,091 | ||
Deficit accumulated during the exploration stage | ||||
Balance May 31, 2008 | $ | (17,638,026 | ) | |
Net loss | (2,586,978 | ) | ||
Balance May 31, 2009 | $ | (20,225,004 | ) | |
Net loss | (1,387,686 | ) | ||
Balance, May 31, 2010 | $ | (21,612,690 | ) | |
Net loss | (822,462 | ) | ||
Balance, May 31, 2011 | $ | (22,435,152 | ) |
108
Grandview Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
May 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) |
15. | Differences between Canadian GAAP and US GAAP (Continued) |
For Canadian GAAP, cash flows relating to mineral property exploration costs are reported as investing activities. For US GAAP, these costs are characterized as operating activities. | |
The Company’s statements of cash flows under US GAAP are as follows: |
Statements of Cash Flows | ||||||||||
For the Year Ended May 31, | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | |||||||
Cash flows used in operating activities | ||||||||||
Net loss for the period | $ | (822,462 | ) | $ | (1,387,686 | ) | $ | (2,586,978 | ) | |
Items not involving cash: | ||||||||||
Gain on disposition of mineral property interests | (2,000 | ) | - | - | ||||||
Share-based payments | - | 478,366 | - | |||||||
Accrued Interest income | (249 | ) | (537 | ) | (10,296 | ) | ||||
Write-off of mineral property rights | - | - | 1,514,756 | |||||||
Change in non-cash operating working activities: | ||||||||||
GST and sundry receivable | (33,695 | ) | (23,512 | ) | 34,957 | |||||
Prepaid expenses | (4,842 | ) | (593 | ) | 137,883 | |||||
Due from a related party | - | 12,803 | 92,296 | |||||||
Accounts payable | 18,754 | (1,182 | ) | (64,509 | ) | |||||
Accrued liabilities | 20,981 | 17,999 | 18,450 | |||||||
Cash flows used in operating activities | (823,513 | ) | (904,342 | ) | (863,441 | ) | ||||
Cash flows from financing activities | ||||||||||
Share issuance | 621,667 | 2,016,667 | 416,666 | |||||||
Cost of issue | (46,565 | ) | (36,392 | ) | (47,833 | ) | ||||
Cash flows provided by financing activities | 575,102 | 1,980,275 | 368,833 | |||||||
Cash flows from investing activities | ||||||||||
Redemption (purchase) of short term investments | - | 382,493 | 611,410 | |||||||
Proceeds on disposition of mineral property interests | 2,000 | - | - | |||||||
Purchase of mineral property rights | (8,734 | ) | (132,195 | ) | (95,065 | ) | ||||
Cash flows (used in) provided by investing activities | (6,734 | ) | 250,298 | 516,345 | ||||||
Change in cash and cash equivalents during the year | (255,145 | ) | 1,326,231 | 21,737 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year | 1,432,824 | 106,593 | 84,856 | |||||||
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year | $ | 1,177,679 | $ | 1,432,824 | $ | 106,593 |
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Grandview Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
May 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) |
15. | Differences between Canadian GAAP and US GAAP (Continued) Statements of Cash Flows (continued) |
For the Year Ended May 31, | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | |||||||
Supplemental schedule of non-cashtransactions | ||||||||||
Share issuance included in mining interest | $ | - | $ | 67,000 | $ | 10,800 |
US GAAP Accounting Pronouncements Adopted in Prior Years
In May 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 165, "Subsequent Events" (ASC Subtopic 855-10) which establishes principles and requirements for subsequent events. This Statement sets forth (a) the period after the balance sheet date during which management of a reporting entity shall evaluate events or transactions that may occur for potential recognition or disclosure in the financial statements, (b) the circumstances under which an entity shall recognize events or transactions occurring after the balance sheet date in its financial statements and (c) the disclosures that an entity shall make about events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date. This Statement shall be applied to the accounting for and disclosure of subsequent events not addressed in other applicable generally accepted accounting principles. This Statement is effective for interim or annual financial periods ending after June 15, 2009, and has been applied prospectively. The adoption of this standard has not had any material effect on the Company's consolidated financial statements.
In June 2008, the FASB issued EITF Issue No. 07-5, “Determining Whether an Instrument (or Embedded Feature) is Indexed to an Entity’s Own Stock” (“EITF 07-05”). EITF 07-05 provides guidance on determining whether an equity-linked financial instrument, or embedded feature, is indexed to an entity’s own stock. EITF 07-05 concludes, among other matters, that warrants and options issued by an entity with an exercise price that is different from the entity’s functional currency cannot be classified as equity. EITF 07-05 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. The adoption of EITF 07-05 did not have any material impact on the financial position and results of operations of the Company.
In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141(R), "Business Combinations" (codified in ASC 805), which retained the underlying concepts of SFAS No. 141 in that all business combinations are still required to be accounted for at fair value under the acquisition method of accounting. However, SFAS No. 141(R) changed the method of applying the acquisition method in a number of significant aspects.
SFAS No. 141(R) requires that: (1) for all business combinations, the acquirer records all assets and liabilities of the acquired business, including goodwill, generally at their fair values; (2) certain contingent assets and liabilities acquired be recognized at their fair values on the acquisition date; (3) contingent consideration be recognized at its fair value on the acquisition date and, for certain arrangements, changes in fair value will be recognized in earnings until settled; (4) acquisition-related transaction and restructuring costs be expensed rather than treated as part of the cost of the acquisition and included in the amount recorded for assets acquired; (5) in step acquisitions, previous equity interests in an acquiree held prior to obtained control be re-measured to their acquisition-date fair values, with any gain or loss recognized in earnings; and (6) when making adjustments to finalize initial accounting, companies revise any previously issued post-acquisition financial information in future financial statements to reflect any adjustments as if they had been recorded on the acquisition date.
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Grandview Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
May 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) |
15. | Differences Between Canadian GAAP and US GAAP (Continued) |
US GAAP Accounting Pronouncements Adopted in Prior Years (Continued) | |
SFAS No. 141(R) is effective on a prospective basis for all business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual period subsequent to December 15, 2008, with the exception of the accounting for valuation allowances on deferred taxes and acquired tax contingencies. SFAS No. 141(R) amends SFAS No. 109 such that adjustments made to valuation allowances on deferred taxes and acquired tax contingencies associated with acquisitions that closed prior to the effective date of this statement should also apply the provisions of SFAS No. 141(R). This standard will be applied to all future business combinations for US GAAP purposes. | |
In April 2009, FASB amended accounting standards for Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures. The amended standard, ASC 820, addresses issues related to the determination of fair value when the volume and level of activity for an asset or liability has significantly decreased, and identifying transactions that are not orderly. The revisions affirm the objective that fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset in an orderly transaction (that is not a forced liquidation or distressed sale) between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions, even if the market is inactive. The amendment provides additional guidance for estimating fair value when the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability have decreased significantly. It also provides guidance on identifying circumstances that indicate a transaction is not orderly. If determined that a quoted price is distressed (not orderly), and thereby not representative of fair value, the entity may need to make adjustments to the quoted price or utilize an alternative valuation technique (e.g., income approach or multiple valuation techniques) to determine fair value. Additionally, an entity must incorporate appropriate risk premium adjustments, reflective of an orderly transaction under current market conditions due to uncertainty in cash flows. The revised guidance requires disclosures in interim and annual periods regarding the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value and a discussion of changes in valuation techniques and related inputs, if any, during the period. The changes are effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009, and are to be applied prospectively. The adoption of this new standard had no impact on the Company’s financial statements. | |
In April 2009, FASB revised accounting standards for Financial Instruments. The revised standard, ASC 825, requires fair value disclosures in the notes of an entity’s interim financial statements for all financial instruments, whether or not recognized in the statement of financial position. This revision became effective for the interim reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009. The adoption of this new standard had no impact on the Company’s financial statements. | |
In June 2009 FASB issued Statement No. 168, The FASB Accounting Standards Codification (the "codification") and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles", ("SFAS No. 168") "-- a replacement of FASB Statement No. 162. SFAS No. 168 is the new source of authoritative GAAP recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the SEC under authority of federal securities laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. This statement was incorporated into ASC 105, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles under the new FASB codification which became effective on July 1, 2009. The new Codification supersedes all then-existing non-SEC accounting and reporting standards. All other non-grandfathered non-SEC accounting literature not included in the Codification will become non-authoritative. ASC 105, culminated a multi-year project to replace the previous GAAP hierarchy and established Accounting Standard Codification. The Codification is not expected to change US GAAP, but combines all authoritative standards into a comprehensive, topically organized online database. Following this guidance, the FASB will not issue new standards in the form of Statements, FASB Staff Positions or Emerging Issues Task Force Abstracts. Instead, it will issue Accounting Standards Updates ("ASU") to update the Codification. After the launch of the Codification on July 1, 2009, only one level of authoritative US GAAP for non-governmental entities exists, other than guidance issued by the SEC. This statement is effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after September 15, 2009. The adoption of this new standard only had the effect of amending references to authoritative accounting guidance in the Company’s financial statements. |
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Grandview Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
May 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) |
15. | Differences Between Canadian GAAP and US GAAP (Continued) |
US GAAP Accounting Pronouncements Adopted in Prior Years (Continued) | |
In June 2009, the ASC guidance for consolidation accounting was updated to require an entity to perform a qualitative analysis to determine whether the enterprise’s variable interest gives it a controlling financial interest in a variable interest entity ("VIE"). This analysis identifies a primary beneficiary of a VIE as the entity that has both of the following characteristics: i) the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance and ii) the obligation to absorb losses or receive benefits from the entity that could potentially be significant to the VIE. The updated guidance also requires ongoing reassessments of the primary beneficiary of a VIE. The provisions of the updated guidance are effective for the Company’s fiscal year beginning June 1, 2010. The Company does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have an impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows. | |
In August 2009, FASB issued ASU No. 2009-05 Measuring Liabilities at Fair Value. This update amends ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosure, in regard to the fair value measurement of liabilities. FASB ASC 820 clarifies that in circumstances in which a quoted price for an identical liability in an active market is not available, a reporting entity shall utilize one or more of the following techniques: (i) the quoted price of the identical liability when traded as an asset, (ii) the quoted price for a similar liability or for a similar liability when traded as an asset, or (iii) another valuation technique that is consistent with the principles of ASC 820. In all instances a reporting entity shall utilize the approach that maximizes the use of relevant observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs. Also, when measuring the fair value of a liability, a reporting entity shall not include a separate input or adjustment to other inputs relating to the existence of a restriction that prevents the transfer of the liability. The adoption of this new standard had no impact on the Company’s financial statements. | |
In January 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-06, Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements, which is included in the ASC Topic 820 (Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures). ASU 2010-06 requires new disclosures on the amount and reason for transfers in and out of Level 1 and 2 fair value measurements. ASU 2010-06 also requires disclosures of activities, including purchases, sales, issuances, and a settlement within Level 3 fair value measurements and clarifies existing disclosure requirements on levels of disaggregation and disclosures about inputs and valuation techniques. ASU 2010-06 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009 except for the disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements. Those disclosures are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010, and for interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is currently assessing the impact of adoption of ASU 2010-06 and does not expect that it will have a material impact on the Company's financial statements. | |
In February 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-09, "Subsequent Events (Topic 855) Amendments to Certain Recognition and Disclosure Requirements". The amendment eliminates the requirement for SEC filers to disclose the date through which subsequent events have been evaluated. This standard had no impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements. |
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Grandview Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
May 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) |
15. | Differences Between Canadian GAAP and US GAAP (Continued) |
US GAAP Accounting Pronouncements Adopted in Prior Years (Continued) | |
In April 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-13, Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Effect of Denominating the Exercise Price of a Share-Based Payment Award in the Currency of the Market in Which the Underlying Equity Security Trades (“ASU 2010-13”). ASU 2010-13 provides amendments to Topic 718 to clarify that an employee share-based payment award with an exercise price denominated in currency of a market in which a substantial portion of the entity’s equity securities trades should not be considered to contain a condition that is not a market, performance or service condition. Therefore, an entity would not classify such an award as liability if it otherwise qualifies as equity. The amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15, 2010. The Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. | |
There are several new accounting pronouncements issued by FASB which are not yet effective. Each of these pronouncements, as applicable, has been or will be adopted by the Company. Management does not believe any of these accounting pronouncements has had or will have a material impact on the Company's financial position or operating results. |
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