American Mineral Group, Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements
For the six months ended May 31, 2014 and 2013
Nature of Operations and Going Concern
American Mineral Group, Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated in the State of Nevada on August 10, 2007. The Company is engaged in the exploration, development, and acquisition of mineral properties.
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on the basis of accounting principles applicable to a going concern; accordingly, they do not give effect to adjustment that would be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern and therefore be required to realize its assets and retire its liabilities in other than the normal course of business and at amounts different from those in the accompanying financial statements. As shown in the accompanying financial statements, the Company incurred a net loss of $282,029 for the six months ended May 31, 2014, and has an accumulated deficit of $14,759,718. Management plans to raise cash from public or private debt or equity financing, on an as needed basis and in the longer term, to generate revenues from the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral interests, if found. The Company's ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon achieving profitable operations and/or upon obtaining additional financing. The outcome of these matters cannot be predicted at this time.
Basis of Presentation
These interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and notes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the six months ended May 31, 2014 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any interim period or an entire year. The Company applies the same accounting policies and methods in its interim financial statements as those in the most recent annual financial statements. The financial statements and notes included herein should be read in conjunction with the annual financial statements and notes for the year ended November 30, 2013 included in the Company’s filing of Form 10K.
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
a) Exploration Stage Company
The Company is considered to be in the exploration stage. The Company is devoting substantially all of its present efforts to exploring and identifying mineral properties suitable for development.
b) Accounting Principles
The accounting and reporting policies of the Company conform to United States generally accepted accounting principles applicable to exploration stage enterprises.
c) Mineral Property Exploration
The Company is in the exploration stage and has not yet realized any revenue from its planned operations. Mineral property acquisition costs are capitalized. Additionally, mine development costs incurred either to develop new ore deposits and constructing new facilities are capitalized until operations commence. All such capitalized costs are amortized using a straight-line basis, based on the minimum original license term at acquisition, but do not exceed the useful life of the capitalized costs. Upon commercial development of an ore body, the applicable capitalized costs would then be amortized using the units-of-production method. Exploration costs, costs incurred to maintain current production or to maintain assets on a standby basis are charged to operations. Costs of abandoned projects are charged to operations upon abandonment. The Company evaluates, at least quarterly, the carrying value of capitalized mining costs and related property, plant and equipment costs, if any, to determine if these costs are in excess of their net realizable value and if a permanent impairment needs to be recorded. The periodic evaluation of carrying value of capitalized costs and any related property, plant and equipment costs are based upon expected cash flows and/or estimated salvage value in accordance with guidance issued by the FASB, "Accounting for Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets."
d) Foreign Currency Translation
The Company's functional and reporting currency is the U.S. Dollar. All transactions initiated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars in accordance with guidelines issued by the FASB as follows:
i) monetary assets and liabilities at the rate of exchange in effect at the balance sheet date;
ii) non-monetary assets at historical rates; and
iii) revenue and expense items at the average rate of exchange prevailing during the period.
Gains and losses from foreign currency transactions are included in the statement of operations.
As of May 31, 2014, the Company only operates in the United States.
e) Cash and Cash Equivalents
For purposes of the statement of cash flows, cash includes demand deposits, saving accounts and money market accounts. The Company considers all highly liquid instruments with maturities of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents.
f) Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenditures during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those reported.
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g) Accounts receivable and concentration of credit risk
The Company currently has no accounts receivable, no customers, and therefore, does not currently foresee a concentrated credit risk associated with trade receivables. If and when the Company commences operations that generate revenue, the Company will evaluate the receivable in light of the collectability in the normal course of business.
h) Fair Value Measurements
Valuation Hierarchy
ASC 820 establishes a valuation hierarchy for disclosure of the inputs to valuation used to measure fair value. This hierarchy prioritizes the inputs into three broad levels as follows. Level 1 inputs are quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2 inputs are quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets or inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly through market corroboration, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs based on the Company’s own assumptions used to measure assets and liabilities at fair value. A financial asset or liability’s classification within the hierarchy is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
The following table provides the assets and liabilities carried at fair value measured on a recurring and non-recurring basis as of May 31, 2014:
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| | | Quoted prices | | Significant | | |
| Total Carrying | | in active | | other | | Significant |
| Value at | | markets | | observable | | unobservable |
| May 31, 2014 | | (Level 1) | | inputs (Level 2) | | inputs (Level 3) |
| | | | | | | |
Derivative liabilities | $ 192,123 | | $ - | | $ - | | $ 192,123 |
The derivative liabilities are measured at fair value using quoted market prices and estimated volatility factors based on historical quoted market prices for the Company’s common stock, and are classified within Level 3 of the valuation hierarchy.
The following is a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3):
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| May 31, 2014 | | November 30, 2013 |
Beginning balance | $ | 192,123 | | $ | 200,535 |
Derivative liabilities recorded | | - | | | - |
Derivative liabilities converted | | - | | | - |
Unrealized gain attributable to the change in liabilities still held | | - | | | (8,412) |
Ending balance | $ | 192,123 | | $ | 192,123 |
The fair value of the derivative liability at May 31, 2014 and November 30, 2013, totaling $192,123 and $192,123, respectively, was calculated using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing model under the assumptions detailed in Note 4.
Gains and losses (realized and unrealized) included in earnings (to change in fair value of derivative liability) for the six months ended May 31, 2014 and 2013, are reported in other expenses as follows:
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| May 31, 2014 | |
May 31, 2013 |
(Gain) Loss on derivative liabilities recorded during the period | $ | - | | $ | - |
Debt discount attributable to derivative liabilities recorded | | - | | | - |
Derivative liabilities converted during the period | | - | | | - |
Unrealized gain attributable to the change in liabilities still held | | - | | | 8,412 |
Net unrealized (gain) loss included in earnings | $ | - | | $ | 8,412 |
i) Loss per Common Share
Net loss per common share is based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding. Potential common shares includable in the computation of fully diluted per share results are not presented in the financial statements as their effect would be anti-dilutive.
j) Reclassifications
Certain prior year financial statement balances have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on the recorded net loss.
k) Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
There are several new accounting pronouncement issued or proposed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”). 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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Derivative Liabilities
In June 2008, the FASB finalized ASC 815, “Determining Whether an Instrument (or Embedded Feature) is indexed to an Entity’s Own Stock.” Under ASC 815, instruments which do not have fixed settlement provisions are deemed to be derivative instruments. The Company has determined that it needs to account for 8 convertible debentures (see note 3h) issued for its shares of common stock, as derivative liabilities, and apply the provisions of ASC 815. The instruments have a ratchet provision that adjust either the exercise price and/or quantity of the shares as the conversion price equals to 60% of the "market price" at the time of conversion, which "market price" will be calculated as the average of the three lowest "trading prices" for the Company's common stock during the ten day trading period prior to the date the conversion note is sent to the Company.
As a result, the instruments need to be accounted for as derivative liabilities. In accordance with ASC 815, these convertible debentures have been re-characterized as derivative liabilities. ASC 815, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (“ASC 815”) requires that the fair value of these liabilities be re-measured at the end of every reporting period with the change in fair value reported in the consolidated statement of operations.
The fair value of the derivative liabilities was measured using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and the following assumptions:
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| May 31, | | November 30, | | Date of |
| 2014 | | 2013 | | issuance |
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$32,500 Debenture: | | | | | |
Discount Rate – Bond Equivalent Yield | 0.30% | | 0.30% | | 0.30% |
Annual rate of dividends | - | | - | | - |
Volatility | 111.99% | | 347.18% | | 319.58% |
Weighted Average life (months) | 0 | | 0 | | 9 |
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$40,000 Debenture: | | | | | |
Discount Rate – Bond Equivalent Yield | 0.30% | | 0.30% | | 0.30% |
Annual rate of dividends | - | | - | | - |
Volatility | 111.99% | | 347.18% | | 319.58% |
Weighted Average life (months) | 0 | | 0 | | 9 |
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$35,000 Debenture: | | | | | |
Discount Rate – Bond Equivalent Yield | 0.30% | | 0.30% | | 0.30% |
Annual rate of dividends | - | | - | | - |
Volatility | 111.99% | | 347.18% | | 262.42% |
Weighted Average life (months) | 0 | | 0 | | 9 |
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$174,530 Debenture: | | | | | |
Discount Rate – Bond Equivalent Yield | 0.30% | | 0.30% | | 0.30% |
Annual rate of dividends | - | | - | | - |
Volatility | 111.99% | | 347.18% | | 262.42% |
Weighted Average life (months) | 0 | | 0 | | 6 |
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Fair Value | $ 192,123 | | $ 192,123 | | |
The discount rate was based on rates established by the Federal Reserve. The Company based expected volatility on the historical volatility for its common stock. The expected life of the debentures was based on their full term. The expected dividend yield was based upon the fact that the Company has not historically paid dividends, and does not expect to pay dividends in the future.
The Company recorded a derivative liability associated with the convertible debts, as the conversion price of most debentures is variable with a conversion threshold of 60% of the market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of conversion except for debentures totaling $174,530 which has a conversion threshold of 70% of the market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of conversion. The initial measurement of this derivative liability is based on the value of the shares that could be issued upon entry into the convertible debt agreement. Such valuation is determined using a fair value valuation model of the potential shares that could be issued. The difference between the initial value of the derivative liability and the debt discount is charged as an expense on the change in fair value of derivative liabilities upon entry into the debt agreement. The derivative liability is adjusted at each reporting period date based on the conversion rate available at each reporting date, or until such time as the convertible debt is converted. During the six months ended May 31, 2014, $-0- was charged to change in fair value of derivative liabilities. The value of the derivative is presented as the derivative liability in the accompanying balance sheet of the Company, less any adjustments to the value of the derivative.
At May 31, 2014, the Company reevaluated the derivative liability based on the fair value assumptions for the convertible debt that it had previously entered into as well as convertible debt entered into during the six months then ended. As of May 31, 2014, the derivative liability recorded during the six months then ended, remained the same as the prior quarter due to all notes having matured in the prior year.
Notes Payable
The Company raised $-0- and $269 in demand notes to from its CFO during the six month periods ended May 31, 2014 and 2013 respectively.
During the six months ended May 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company borrowed $-0- and $21,312 from an affiliated, accredited investor. The notes are unsecured, carry interest at 15% per annum and are due on demand.
On February 27, 2013, the Company issued a secured note in the amount of $1.5 million in connection with the acquisition of a 28% Working Interest in the Grand Chenier oil and gas prospect. (see Note 9).
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Related party transactions
Our former CEO, Mal Bains lent money to the Company. At May 31, 2014 the balance owed was $18,395. The balance does not bear interest and is due on demand.
During 2014 and 2013, our CEO and CFO have from time to time lent money to the Company. These advances are non-interest bearing and payable upon demand. At May 31, 2014 the balance owed was $1,384.
Capital Stock
On April 24, 2013, the Company affected a reverse stock split of 1:125 of its common shares issued and outstanding. Effective with the reverse, the Company reduced its authorized shares to 500,000,000 million shares.
Authorized
Authorized capital stock consists of:
500,000,000 common shares with a par value of $0.001 per share; and
1,000,000 preferred shares with a par value of $0.001 per share
Share Issuances
In February 2013, the Company in connection with the acquisition of a 28% working interest in the Grand Chenier oil and gas prospect recorded 250,000 shares of Preferred C Stock to be issued at $2.00 per share. (see Note 9)
Commitments and Contingencies
In August, 2009, trading in the Company’s stock was temporarily suspended in British Columbia, Canada by the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC). The temporary suspension was the result of what the BCSC termed “suspicious trading activity” due to a significant increase in the share price of the Company’s stock price. Various shareholders, and the former CEO and President, Malkeet Bains have been interviewed. To date, no charges of wrongdoing have been made against the Company; however, the BCSC has requested various documents and information as part of the investigation. The Cease Trade Order is still in effect regarding trading in British Columbia, Canada, and the residents thereof. The Company cannot be certain of the outcome of the proceedings; however, we do not believe they will impact the Company itself. Accordingly, the Company has not reserved for any additional legal fees, which the Company believes will be nominal and expensed as incurred.
In ongoing proceedings, the BCSC accepted plea agreements from several individuals in connection with its investigation into the above referenced matter. The Company and current management are NOT involved in the proceedings and have no connection to any of the individuals under investigation.
Under a consulting agreement between American Mineral and Internet Marketing Solutions, Inc. (IMS) provides that IMS will receive a Consulting Fee of ten percent (10%) of the gross value of the project received by American Mineral including cash, stock and stock purchase warrants.
Acquisition of Working Interest
On February 27, 2013, the Company acquired a 28% Working Interest in the Grand Chenier oil and gas prospect in Louisiana for $2.0 million in stock and notes as follows:
250,000 shares of Preferred C Stock at a price of $2.00 per share for a total value of $500,000. The Preferred C Stock converts 1:100 into Common Shares of the Company; and
$1.5 million in secured notes carrying the following features:
Secured by the Working Interest;
Interest rate of 8% per annum;
To be repaid upon commencement of production at the lesser of (i) $40,552.79 per month, or (ii) 20% of the Net Income from any production
Subsequent Events
Management evaluated subsequent events through the date of this filing to determine if such events would require adjustment to or disclosure in the financial statements.
There were no subsequent events of any significance from May 31, 2014 to the date of this filing.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The financial data presented below should be read in conjunction with the more detailed financial statements and related notes, which are included elsewhere in this report. Information discussed herein, as well as elsewhere in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q, includes forward-looking statements or opinions regarding future events or the future financial performance of the Company, and are subject to a number of risks and other factors which could cause the actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements. Among such factors are general business and economic conditions, and risk factors as listed in its Annual Report on Form 10-K or listed from time to time in documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Our Current Business
We are an exploration stage company. To date, our activities have been limited to organizational matters, the negotiation and acquisition of the Conglomerate Mesa Claims the Grand Cheniere oil and gas prospects, and the development of these claims. During the third quarter of 2012, the Company determined that the Conglomerate Mesa project had too long a time horizon versus the costs involved at this time. The management made a strategic decision to allow all claims held at the Conglomerate Mesa project to expire by not renewing the annual lease payments to the Bureau of Land Management and the cancellation of payments to the prospectors with whom we had partnered. Instead, the Company has determined that several very attractive alternative projects are available on the African continent, and to that end, representatives of the Company visited several countries in Africa in late May 2012. Further information and developments will be forthcoming. Our company has not generated revenues since inception and has accumulated losses of $14,759,718 since inception. We do not anticipate earning revenues until such time as we have entered into commercial production of any mineral or oil and gas properties we acquire. We can provide no assurance that we will discover commercially exploitable levels of mineral resources or oil and gas resources on properties we acquire, or if such resources are discovered, that we will enter into commercial production of properties we acquire.
On February 27, 2013, the Company acquired a 28% Working Interest in the Grand Chenier oil and gas prospect in Louisiana. The property contains an estimate 9.0 million barrels of oil and was in production until approximately 2009 when the then operator failed to manage the interests and certain repairs were not made leading to the cessation of production. The Company believes that with approximately $2.0 million in capital, the field can be returned to production and additional wells within the prospect can then be brought online increasing production to a profitable level.
We are actively pursuing additional opportunities in the oil, gas, coal, and mining industries. Simultaneously, we are seeking business opportunities with established business entities for the merger of a target business with our company. In certain instances, a target business may wish to become a subsidiary of our company or may wish to contribute assets to us rather than merge. We anticipate that any new acquisition or business opportunities by our company will require additional financing. There can be no assurance, however, that we will be able to acquire the financing necessary to enable us to pursue our plan of operation. If our company requires additional financing and we are unable to acquire such funds, our business may fail.
As an exploration stage company, we are not able to fund our cash requirements through our current operations. Historically, we have been able to raise a limited amount of capital through private placements of our equity stock, but we are uncertain about our continued ability to raise funds privately. Further, we believe that our company may have difficulties raising capital until we either confirm the value of our various claims, or locate a prospective property through which we can pursue our plan of operation. If we are unable to secure adequate capital to continue our acquisition efforts, our shareholders may lose some or all of their investment and our business may fail.
Results of Operations
The following summary of our results of operations should be read in conjunction with our unaudited financial statements for the six month periods ended May 31, 2014 and 2013 which is included herein.
Our operating results for the three and six month periods ended May 31, 2014 and 2013 are summarized as follows: