Other Expenses
Consolidated other expenses of $2,714,674 during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 decreased by $328,371from $3,043,045 during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 primarily due to the forgiveness of the Company’s loan under the Payroll Protection Program of $421,300, offset by a $58,155 increase in net interest, and absorption of a $43,731 loss from an unconsolidated investment.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
For the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company had a consolidated net loss of $7,180,291, incurred a consolidated loss from operations of $4,465,617 and used net cash in consolidated operating activities of $6,178,040. At September 30, 2021, consolidated total stockholders’ equity amounted to $5,990,736, consolidated stockholders’ equity attributable to parent amounted to $5,243,259, and the Company had a consolidated working capital deficit of $10,160,217. While the Company had not met certain of its senior secured note’s financial covenants as of September 30, 2021 and has received a waiver for such non-compliance through September 30, 2021, until such time as the Company regains compliance or receives a waiver of such covenants for a year beyond the balance sheet date, under current GAAP accounting rules, the senior secured note amounting to $3,746,025 has been classified as current debt. The Company does not yet have a history of financial profitability. On September 23, 2021 the Company entered into a committed equity facility (see Note 9) for up to the lesser of $20,000,000 or the Nasdaq exchange cap, there is no assurance that the Company will continue to raise sufficient capital or debt to sustain operations or to pursue other strategic initiatives or that such financing will be on terms that are favorable to the Company. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
Cash
As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had unrestricted cash balances of $622,088 and $2,403,859, respectively. In addition, as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had restricted cash balances of $6,368,027 and $4,492,636 relating to its West Virginia EDA senior secured bonds.
Borrowing and Debt
See Note 8. Notes, Bonds, Debts and Borrowings to the Financial Statements filed herewith.
Cash Flows
Cash flows used in operating activities — We used $6,178,040 of cash in operating activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2021, a decrease of $1,332,649 from $7,510,689 of cash used in operating activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Excluding the change in operating assets and liabilities, we used $5,253,610 of cash in operating activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2021, a decrease of $1,347,572 from $6,601,182 of cash used in operating activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Our net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 of $7,180,291 was reduced by $1,926,681 of non-cash operating income and expenses as compared to a net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 of $11,719,697 that was reduced by $5,118,515 of non-cash operating income and expenses.
Cash flows used in investing activities — $273,485 of cash was used in investing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2021, as compared to a usage of $265,122 during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.
Cash flows from financing activities — Cash flows from financing activities amounted to $6,545,237 during the nine months ended September 30, 2021, a decrease of $4,595,449 from $11,140,686 of cash flows from financing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2020. This decrease was primarily due to a decrease in cash flows from the issuance of common and preferred stock shares of $2,449,428, a decrease in advances from related parties of $725,000, a decrease in funding under the Payroll Protection Program and an increase in repayments on the Company’s senior secured note.