Significant Accounting Policies (Policies) | 9 Months Ended |
Sep. 30, 2012 |
Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract] | ' |
Basis of Accounting | ' |
a) | Basis of Accounting |
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These consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") in the United States of America and include our accounts and the accounts of our majority-owned controlled subsidiary. As the Company has not generated any revenues from is principal intended activity of mining operations, the Company is considered to be in the exploration stage. The Company currently operates in one reportable segment. Summarized below are those policies considered particularly significant to the Company. |
Use of Estimates | ' |
b) | Use of Estimates |
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The preparation of financial statements in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of any contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements, as well as the reported amounts of revenues earned and expenses incurred during the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Evaluation of the potential impairment of mining properties is an estimate that is particularly sensitive to judgments and market conditions. |
Financial Instruments and Financial Risk | ' |
c) | Financial Instruments and Financial Risk |
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The Company's financial instruments consists of cash, prepaid expenses, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, the fair values of which approximate their carrying amounts due to the short-term nature of these instruments. The fair value of the Company's debt instruments are calculated based upon the availability of debt instruments with similar terms, rates, privileges and credit quality. |
Cash and Concentrations | ' |
d) | Cash and Concentrations |
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Financial instruments, which could potentially subject the Company to credit risk, consist primarily of cash and accounts payable. |
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From inception to September 30, 2011, cash was managed for the Company by a related party, Shamika Resources, Inc. During the second quarter of 2012, the Company opened its own bank account. Cash balances at September 30, 2012 are held in this cash account. |
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The Company's operations are all related to the minerals and mining industry. A reduction in mineral prices, political unrest in the countries in which the Company operates or other disturbances in the minerals market could have an adverse effect on the Company's operations. |
Environmental Costs | ' |
e) | Environmental Costs |
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Environmental expenditures that relate to current operations are charged to operations or capitalized as appropriate. Expenditures that relate to an existing condition caused by past operations, and which do not contribute to current or future revenue generation, are charged to operations. Liabilities are recorded when environmental assessments and/or remedial efforts are probable, and the cost can be reasonably estimated. Generally, the timing of these accruals coincides with the earlier of completion of a feasibility study or the Company's commitments to plan of action based on the then known facts. Management has determined that no liability exists pertaining to environmental expenditures as of September 30, 2012. |
Per Share Data | ' |
f) | Per Share Data |
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Basic loss per share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the year. Diluted loss per share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding plus common stock equivalents (if dilutive) related to warrants and convertible notes. |
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The Company has excluded all common equivalent shares outstanding for warrants and convertible notes from the calculation of diluted net loss per share because all such securities are anti-dilutive for the periods presented. As of September 30, 2012, 458,337 warrants had been issued which represent potential shares which may be issued resulting from the provisions of convertible notes and approximately 1,477,347,058 common shares that may be issued upon the conversion of convertible notes. |
Income Taxes | ' |
g) | Income Taxes |
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The Company accounts for income taxes under ASC 740, Income Taxes. Deferred taxes are provided on a liability method whereby deferred tax assets are recognized for deductible temporary differences and operating loss carry-forwards and deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences. Temporary differences are the differences between the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax bases. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates on the date of enactment. ASC 740 also requires that uncertain tax positions are evaluated in a two-step process, whereby (1) it is determined whether it is more likely than not that the tax positions will be sustained based on the technical merits of the position and (2) for those tax positions that meet the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold, the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than fifty percent likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement with the related tax authority would be recognized. |
Revenue Recognition | ' |
h) | Revenue Recognition |
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The Company plans to recognize revenue from the sale of product when an agreement of sale exists, product delivery has occurred, title has transferred to the customer and collection is reasonably assured. The price to be received is based upon terms of a sales contract. The Company has not generated revenue activity for the periods presented in the consolidated financial statements. |
Stock Based Compensation | ' |
i) | Stock Based Compensation |
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The Company has adopted ASC 718, Stock Compensation, which requires the Company to measure the compensation cost of stock options and other stock-based awards to employees and directors at fair value at the grant date and recognize compensation expense over the requisite service period for awards expected to vest. |
The Company may periodically issue stock for payment of certain professional fees and these stock issuances are expensed based on the market value of the stock on the date granted. The Company expenses these professional fees at the time of stock issuance as the stock issuance date approximates the date the services are performed. |
Asset Retirement Obligation | ' |
j) | Asset Retirement Obligation |
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The Company follows ASC 410-20, which addresses financial accounting and reporting for obligations associated with the retirement of tangible long-lived assets and the associated retirement costs. The standard applies to legal obligations associated with the retirement of long-lived assets that result from the acquisition, construction, development and normal use of the asset. |
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ASC 410-20 requires that the fair value of a liability for an asset retirement obligation be recognized in the period in which it is incurred if a reasonable estimate of fair value can be made. The fair value of the liability is added to the carrying amount of the associated asset and this additional carrying amount is depreciated over the life of the asset. The liability is accreted at the end of each period through charges to operating expense. If the obligation is settled for other than the carrying amount of the liability, the Company will recognize a gain or loss on settlement. The Company has no mining projects in production as of September 30, 2012, and the asset retirement obligations are usually created as part of the production process. Accordingly, at September 30, 2012, the Company had no asset retirement obligations. |
Mineral Properties, Mineral Claim Payments and Exploration Expenses | ' |
k) | Mineral Properties, Mineral Claim Payments and Exploration Expenses |
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The Company expenses all costs related to the maintenance and exploration of the unproven mineral properties to which it has secured exploration rights. If and when proven and probable reserves are determined for a property and a feasibility study is completed, then subsequent development costs of the property are capitalized. Once capitalized, such costs will be amortized using the units-of-production method over the estimated life of the probable reserves. |
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The Company assesses the carrying costs for impairment under ASC 930 Extractive Activities - Mining (ASC 930) annually. An impairment is recognized when the sum of the expected undiscounted future cash flows is less than the carrying amount of the mineral property. Impairment losses, if any, are measured as the excess of the carrying amount of the mineral property over its estimated fair value. If mineral properties are subsequently abandoned or impaired, any capitalized costs will be charged to operations. |
Convertible Instruments | ' |
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l) | Convertible Instruments |
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The Company reviews the terms of convertible debt and equity instruments to determine whether there are conversion features or embedded derivative instruments including embedded conversion options that are required to be bifurcated and accounted for separately as a derivative financial instrument. In circumstances where the convertible instrument contains more than one embedded derivative instrument, including conversion options that are required to be bifurcated, the bifurcated derivative instruments are accounted for as a single compound instrument. Also, in connection with the sale of convertible debt and equity instruments, the Company may issue free standing warrants that may, depending on their terms, be accounted for as derivative instrument liabilities, rather than as equity. When convertible debt or equity instruments contain embedded derivative instruments that are to be bifurcated and accounted for separately, the total proceeds allocated to the convertible host instruments are first allocated to the fair value of all the bifurcated derivative instruments. The remaining proceeds, if any, are then allocated to the convertible instruments themselves, usually resulting in those instruments being recorded at a discount from their face amount. When the Company issues debt securities, which bear interest at rates that are lower than market rates, the Company recognizes a discount, which is offset against the carrying value of the debt. Such discount from the face value of the debt, together with the stated interest on the instrument, is amortized over the life of the instrument through periodic charges to income. |
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In addition, certain conversion features are recognized as beneficial conversion features to the extent the conversion price as defined in the convertible note is less than the closing stock price on the issuance of the convertible notes. |
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Fees incurred in the placement of the convertible notes are deferred and recognized over the life of the debt agreement as an adjustment to interest expense using the interest method. |
Recent Accounting Pronouncements | ' |
m) | Recent Accounting Pronouncements |
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Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures ASC 820, Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements: In January 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued accounting guidance intended to improve disclosures related to fair value measurements. This guidance requires significant transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements to be disclosed separately along with the reasons for the transfers. Additionally, in the reconciliation for the fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), information about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements must be presented separately (cannot net as one number). This guidance also provides clarification for existing disclosures on (i) level of disaggregation and (ii) inputs and valuation techniques. In addition, this guidance includes conforming amendments for employers' disclosure of postretirement benefit plan assets. The Company adopted January 1, 2011 and the adoption of ASC 820 did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated results of operations or financial position. |
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In May 2011, the FASB issued an Accounting Standards Update on fair value measurements that clarifies the application of existing guidance and disclosure requirements, changes certain fair value measurement principles, and requires additional disclosures about fair value measurements. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on its financial statements. |
Reclassifications | ' |
n) | Reclassifications |
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Certain amounts for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 have been reclassified to conform to the current operating format. |