Annual Report (10-k)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 10-K

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x	ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
	ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended: October 31, 2016
or

	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
	ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from: _____________ to _____________

Commission File Number: 000-53861

AURUM, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

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Delaware		27-1728996
(State or Other Jurisdiction		(I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation or Organization)		Identification No.)

Level 1A, 42 Moray Street, Southbank, Victoria, 3006 Australia

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

011 (613) 8532 2878

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Title of each class

Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

☐ Yes ☒ No

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.

☐ Yes ☒ No

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 ☒ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate website, if any, every Interactive Data file required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for any such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such file).

☒ Yes ☐ No

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.

Large accelerated filer ☐	Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer ☐	Smaller reporting company ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).

☐ Yes ☒ No

State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter.

The aggregate market value based on the average bid and asked price on the over-the-counter market of the Registrant's common stock ("Common Stock") held by non-affiliates of the Company was US$1,275,000 as at April 30, 2016.

There were 135,850,000 outstanding shares of Common Stock as of September 28, 2017.

APPLICABLE ONLY TO REGISTRANTS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY

PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Section 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court.

☐ Yes ☐ No

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Not Applicable

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INDEX

PART I

Item 1.	Business	1
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	4
Item 1B.	Unresolved Staff Comments	8
Item 2.	Properties	8
Item 3.	Legal Proceedings	8
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	8

PART II

Item 5.	Market for Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters	9
Item 6.	Selected Financial Data	10
Item 7.	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Plan of Operation	11
Item 7A.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	14
Item 8.	Financial Statements	14
Item 9.	Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure	14
Item 9A.	Controls and Procedures	14
Item 9B.	Other Information	15

PART III

Item 10.	Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance	16
Item 11.	Executive Compensation	19
Item 12.	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters	20
Item 13.	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence	20
Item 14.	Principal Accounting Fees and Services	22

PART IV

Item 15.	Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules	23

SIGNATURES

PART I

Information Regarding Forward Looking Statements

This report and other reports, as well as other written and oral statements made or released by us, may contain forward looking statements. Forward looking statements are statements that describe, or that are based on, our current expectations, estimates, projections and beliefs. Forward looking statements are based on assumptions made by us, and on information currently available to us. Forward-looking statements describe our expectations today of what we believe is most likely to occur or may be reasonably achievable in the future, but such statements do not predict or assure any future occurrence and may turn out to be wrong. You can identify forward-looking statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. The words "believe," "anticipate," "intend," "expect," "estimate," "project", "predict", "hope", "should", "may", and "will", other words and expressions that have similar meanings, and variations of such words and expressions, among others, usually are intended to help identify forward-looking statements.

Forward-looking statements are subject to both known and unknown risks and uncertainties and can be affected by inaccurate assumptions we might make. Risks, uncertainties and inaccurate assumptions could cause actual results to differ materially from historical results or those currently anticipated. Consequently, no forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. The potential risks and uncertainties that could affect forward looking statements include, but are not limited to:

	§	the risks of mineral exploration stage projects,
	§	political risks in foreign countries,
	§	risks associated with environmental and other regulatory matters,
	§	exploration risks and competitors,
	§	the volatility of gold and other mineral prices,
	§	availability of financing,
	§	movements in foreign exchange rates,
	§	increased competition, governmental regulation,
	§	performance of information systems,
	§	ability of the Company to hire, train and retain qualified employees,
	§	the availability of sufficient transportation, power and water resources, and
	§	our ability to enter into key exploration and supply agreements and the performance of contract counterparties

In addition, other risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and factors that could affect the Company's results and prospects are described in this report, including under the heading "Risk Factors" and elsewhere and may further be described in the Company's prior and future filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and other written and oral statements made or released by the Company.

We caution you not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this document. The information contained in this report is current only as of its date, and we assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

Item 1 Business

General

Our name is Aurum, Inc. and we sometimes refer to ourselves in this Annual Report as "Aurum", the "Company" or as "we," "our," or "us."

We were incorporated in the State of Florida on September 29, 2008 under the name Liquid Financial Engines, Inc. ("Liquid") and we changed our name to Aurum, Inc. ("Aurum") and our State of domicile to the State of Delaware.

Description of Business

Background

Aurum, Inc. is an exploration stage company and was incorporated in Florida to initially develop and market financial software systems for banks, brokerage firms, pension funds, family offices, and hedge funds.

In July 2009, Golden Target Pty Ltd, an Australian corporation ("Golden") acquired a 96% interest in Aurum from Daniel McKelvey and certain other stockholders. Mr. McKelvey resigned as Sole Director and Officer of Aurum, Joseph Gutnick was appointed President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director and Peter Lee was appointed Chief Financial Officer and Secretary.

Commencing August 2009, the Company decided to focus on mineral exploration for gold and copper in the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic. The Company's planned operations have not commenced and are considered to be in the exploration stage.

On January 20, 2010, the Company re-incorporated in the State of Delaware (the "Reincorporation") through a merger involving Liquid Financial Engines, Inc. ("Liquid") and Aurum, Inc., a Delaware Corporation that was a wholly owned subsidiary of Liquid. The Reincorporation was effected by merging Liquid with Aurum, with Aurum being the surviving entity. For purposes of the Company's reporting status with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Aurum is deemed a successor to Liquid.

Corporate Developments

In December 2010, the Company executed a Management and Shareholders Agreement with Argonaut Overseas Investments Ltd ("AOI"), an indirectly wholly owned subsidiary of Argonaut Resources N.L., in respect to Argonaut's 70% held, 55,105 acre Century Concession in Laos.

The agreement appointed Aurum as the manager of the Century Thrust Joint Venture Agreement, which existed between Argonaut and two other parties, and gave the Company the right to earn 72.86% of AOI's interest in the Joint Venture which was equivalent to a 51% beneficial interest in the Century Concession. In order to acquire this interest, Aurum was required to spend US$6.5 million on exploration within five years.

The Century Concession has expired and the Company had been negotiating with the Lao Government to renew the Concession. The Company has recently been advised that the Government does not intend to renew the Concession. As a result, the Company no longer has any exploration interests in Laos.

On April 1, 2016 the Company announced that it had entered into an agreement with an Israeli company, PayItSimple Ltd and its subsidiaries (PayItSimple) whereby the Company would invest $15 million directly into PayItSimple by September 5, 2016 to acquire a 30% interest in PayItSimple, and a further $7.5 million into PayItSimple over 18 months to acquire a further 10% interest in PayItSimple, taking its holding to 40% of interest in PayItSimple. PayItSimple owns a business known as Splitit. On April 6, 2016 the Company terminated the proposed acquisition of PayItSimple.

On June 27, 2016 the Company announced that it had entered into a binding term sheet with the shareholders of Israeli company, Humavox Ltd (Humavox), a company that creates wireless charging solutions. In accordance with the proposed acquisition of Humavox, Aurum would acquire 100% of the shares of Humavox and 100% of the warrants and options to acquire shares of Humavox in exchange for the issue of shares of common stock of Aurum representing 50% of the shares of common stock of Aurum post issue on a fully-diluted basis, including the investment of an amount of US$16 million in Humavox. The investment would take place in unconditional instalments over a period of 24 months following the closing. The closing of the merger was subject to certain closing conditions, including the investment in Humavox of the first instalment of the investment in the amount of $5.5 million. On July 29, 2016 the Company terminated the proposed acquisition of Humavox.

On July 19, 2017, the Company entered into a Term Sheet with Lior Wayn, Erez Glazer and Dr Guy Shalom, (collectively, the ''Sellers") for the acquisition of all of the issued shares of a medical technology business. The Company has a 120 day period to conduct due diligence and negotiate a formal share sale agreement.

The purchase price is up to USD$7,500,000 which is to be satisfied as follows:

a)	The sum of USD$100,000 payable to the Sellers for due diligence expenses, 30 business days from the execution of the Term Sheet;

b)	A further USD$100,000 each month after the date in a) above for due diligence expenses, for 3 months, payable to the Sellers for working capital purposes;

c)	An issue of fully paid ordinary shares of common stock of the Company to the value of USD$2,500,000 (less any payments made to the Sellers under (a) and (b) above) to the Sellers at an issue price of USD$0.22 per share of common stock (Consideration Shares);

d)	The issue to the Sellers of shares of common stock to the equivalent to USD$2,500,000 at the issue price of USD$0.22, subject to the Sellers achieving sales revenue of USD$100,000 within twelve months after the first anniversary of Completion; and

e)	The issue to the Sellers of shares of common stock to the equivalent to USD$2,500,000 at the issue price of USD$0.22, subject to the Sellers achieving sales revenue of USD$1,000,000 within twelve months after the first anniversary of Completion.

If the Transaction is terminated or is in the reasonable opinion of the Company unable to proceed at any point, the Vendors and the Sellers have agreed to convert any monies paid to the Sellers under (a) and (b) above into convertible securities in the Sellers.

As part of the agreement and as a condition to completion, the Company will raise USD$2,500,000.

Pending completion, the Sellers are required to carry on business in the ordinary course.

In July 2017, the Company raised $38,329 through the private placement of 250,000 shares of common stock.

The Company has now commenced a search for new projects that the Company may be able to acquire an interest in.

Employees

We use temporary employees for some of our activities. The services of our President, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Joseph Gutnick, Executive General Manager, Craig Michael, our Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, Peter Lee, as well as clerical employees are provided to us on a part-time as needed basis pursuant to a Service Agreement (the "Service Agreement") between us and AXIS Consultants Pty Limited ("AXIS") effective from August 2009. AXIS also provides us with office facilities, equipment, administration and clerical services in Melbourne, Australia pursuant to the Service Agreement. The Service Agreement may be terminated by written notice by either party.

Other than this, we rely primarily upon consultants to accomplish our activities. We are not subject to a union labor contract or collective bargaining agreement.

SEC Reports

We file annual, quarterly, current and other reports and information with the SEC. These filings can be viewed and downloaded from the Internet at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. In addition, these SEC filings are available at no cost as soon as reasonably practicable after the filing thereof on our website at auruminc.net. These reports are also available to be read and copied at the SEC's public reference room located at Judiciary Plaza, 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. The public may obtain information on the operations of the public reference room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330.

Item 1A Risk Factors

You should carefully consider each of the following risk factors and all of the other information provided in this Annual Report before purchasing our common stock. An investment in our common stock involves a high degree of risk, and should be considered only by persons who can afford the loss of their entire investment. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones we face. There may be additional risks and uncertainties that are not known to us or that we do not consider to be material at this time. If the events described in these risks occur, our business, financial condition and results of operations would likely suffer. Additionally, this Annual Report contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. This section discusses the risk factors that might cause those differences.

Risk Factors

Risks of Our Business

We Lack an Operating History And Have Losses Which We Expect To Continue Into the Future.

To date we have no source of revenue. We have no operating history upon which an evaluation of our future success or failure can be made. Our ability to achieve and maintain profitability and positive cash flow is dependent upon:

-	our ability to identify suitable opportunities

-	our ability to raise the capital necessary to conduct our activities; and

-	our ability to generate revenues and profitably operate our business.

Our Proposed Areas Of Operations May Be Located In Locations That Are Subject To Changes In Political Conditions And Regulations In Those Regions.

Our proposed areas of operations may be located in locations that are subject to changes in political conditions and regulations. In the past some countries have been subject to political and social instability, changes and uncertainties which may cause changes to existing government regulations affecting resource exploration and mining activities. Civil or political unrest could disrupt our operations at any time.

We May Engage in Acquisitions, Strategic Investments, Strategic Partnerships or Alliances or Other Ventures that may or may not be Successful.

We may acquire or make strategic investments in businesses, technologies, services or products, or enter into strategic partnerships or alliances with third parties in order to enhance our business. It is possible that we may not be able to identify suitable acquisitions targets and candidates for strategic investments or partnerships, or if we do identify such targets or candidates, we may not be able to complete those transactions on terms commercially acceptable to us, or at all. The inability to identify suitable acquisition targets or investments or the inability to complete such transactions may affect our competitiveness and our growth prospects.

We may make strategic investments in early-stage start-up companies in order to gain experience in or exploit niche technologies. However, our investments may not be successful. The lack of profitability of any of our investments could have a material adverse effect on our operating results.

The Report Of Our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Contains An Emphasis of Matter Paragraph Questioning Our Ability To Continue As A Going Concern.

The report of our independent registered public accounting firm on our consolidated financial statements as of October 31, 2016 and 2015, and for the years ended October 31, 2016 and 2015, includes an emphasis of matter paragraph questioning our ability to continue as a going concern. This paragraph indicates that we have not yet commenced revenue producing operations and have a retained (deficit) of $9.2 million which could raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Our consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustment that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

We Are A Small Operation And Do Not Have Significant Capital.

Because we will have limited working capital, we must limit our activities. If we are unable to raise the capital required to undertake adequate activities, we may miss opportunities to acquire suitable businesses. If we do not find suitable businesses we may be forced to cease operations and you may lose your entire investment.

World Economic Conditions Could Adversely Affect Our Results of Operations and Financial Condition

The effects of the recent global financial crisis are difficult to accurately predict. As a result of this crisis, conditions in the credit markets have become uncertain and risk adverse. These adverse conditions may make it harder for the Company to raise additional funds to finance the continued development of its business. Continued adverse economic conditions could adversely affect our liquidity, results of operations and financial condition.

Approximately 75% Of Our Common Stock Is Controlled By The Family Of Our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

The family of Mr. Joseph Gutnick, our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, beneficially owned 101.6 million shares of our common stock, which represented approximately 75% of our shares outstanding as of September 28, 2017. Mr Joseph Gutnick has no beneficvial interest in the shareholdings of his family. As a result, Mr. Gutnicks' family has and is expected to continue to have the ability to appoint our Board of Directors and to determine the outcome of all other issues submitted to our stockholders. The interests of Mr. Gutnicks' family may not always coincide with our interests or the interests of other stockholders, and subject to his fiduciary duties as a director, he may act in a manner that advances his family's best interests and not necessarily those of other stockholders. One consequence to this substantial influence or control is that it may not be possible for investors to remove management of the Company. It could also deter unsolicited takeover, including transactions in which stockholders might otherwise receive a premium for their shares over then current market prices.

We are substantially dependent upon AXIS To Carry Out Our Activities

We are substantially dependent upon AXIS for our senior management, financial and accounting, corporate legal and other corporate headquarters functions. For example, each of our officers is employed by AXIS and, as such, is required by AXIS to devote substantial amounts of time to the business and affairs of the other shareholders of AXIS.

Pursuant to a services agreement, AXIS provides us with office facilities, and some administrative personnel and services, management and geological staff and services. No fixed fee is set in the agreement and we are required to reimburse AXIS for any direct costs incurred by AXIS for us. In addition, we pay a proportion of AXIS indirect costs based on a measure of our utilization of the facilities and activities of AXIS plus a service fee of not more than 15% of the direct and indirect costs. AXIS has not charged a service fee for 2016. This service agreement may be terminated by us or AXIS on 60 days' notice. See "Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions." AXIS billed Aurum, Inc., as per the services agreement, for 2016 a total of $1,817 (2015: $56,226).

We are one of seven companies that AXIS provides services to. Each of the companies has some common Directors, officers and shareholders. In addition, each of the companies is substantially dependent upon AXIS for its senior management and certain mining and exploration staff. A number of arrangements and transactions have been entered into from time to time between such companies. Currently, there are no material arrangements or planned transactions between the Company and any of the other affiliated companies other than AXIS. However, it is possible we may enter into such transactions in the future which could present conflicts of interest. In addition, there may be conflicts among the Company and the other companies that AXIS provides services to with respect to access to executive and administrative personnel and other resources.

Historically, AXIS has allocated corporate opportunities to each of the companies engaged in the exploration and mining industry after considering the location of each of the companies' operations and the type of commodity for which each company explores within its geographic region. At present, there are no conflicts among the Company and the other companies with respect to the principal geographic areas in which they operate and/or the principal commodities that they are searching for.

The Company has received advances from AXIS in connection with the ongoing business relationship between the two parties, which have been disclosed in the Company's SEC reports, but which are not specifically provided for in the AXIS Services Agreement. Historically, the shortfall in our cash receipts has been covered by cash advances from AXIS. The purpose of such advances is to assist us in meeting our ongoing cash flow requirements. The parties are in discussions in relation to the Company providing security to AXIS for the amount outstanding however no agreement has been reached to-date. Mr. Peter Lee is Chief Financial Officer & Company Secretary of AXIS and owes fiduciary obligations to both parties. It is the intention of the Boards of Directors of AXIS and the Company that this issue be resolved in a manner that is fair to all parties and equitable to the shareholders of each, but there are no agreements or understandings addressing the priority or dispensation of fiduciary duties with respect to the discussions to resolve the amount outstanding owed to AXIS or any other conflict of interest with AXIS or other affiliates. See Item 13 "Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence."

Future Sales of Common Stock Could Depress The Price Of Our Common Stock

Future sales of substantial amounts of common stock pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933 or otherwise by certain stockholders could have a material adverse impact on the market price for the common stock at the time. As at September 28, 2017, there were 131,600,000 outstanding shares of common stock which are deemed "restricted securities" as defined by Rule 144 under the Securities Act or control securities. Under certain circumstances, these shares may be sold without registration pursuant to the provisions of Rule 144. In general, under rule 144, a person (or persons whose shares are aggregated) who has satisfied a six-month holding period and who is not an affiliate of the Company may sell restricted securities without limitation as long as the Company is current in its SEC reports. A person who is an affiliate of the Company may sell within any three-month period a number of restricted securities and/or control securities which does not exceed the greater of one (1%) percent of the shares outstanding or the average weekly trading volume during the four calendar weeks preceding the notice of sale required by Rule 144. In addition, Rule 144 permits, under certain circumstances, the sale of restricted securities by a non-affiliate without any limitations after a one-year holding period. Any sales of shares by stockholders pursuant to Rule 144 may have a depressive effect on the price of our Common stock.

Our Common Stock Is Traded Over the Counter, Which May Deprive Stockholders Of The Full Value Of Their Shares

Our common stock is quoted via the Over The Counter Market (OTC). As such, our common stock may have fewer market makers, lower trading volumes and larger spreads between bid and asked prices than securities listed on an exchange such as the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ Stock Market. These factors may result in higher price volatility and less market liquidity for the common stock.

A Low Market Price May Severely Limit The Potential Market For Our Common Stock

Our common stock is currently trading at a price substantially below $5.00 per share, subjecting trading in the stock to certain SEC rules requiring additional disclosures by broker-dealers. These rules generally apply to any equity security that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions (a "penny stock"). Such rules require the delivery, prior to any penny stock transaction, of a disclosure schedule explaining the penny stock market and the risks associated therewith and impose various sales practice requirements on broker-dealers who sell penny stocks to persons other than established customers and institutional or wealthy investors. For these types of transactions, the broker-dealer must make a special suitability determination for the purchaser and have received the purchaser's written consent to the transaction prior to the sale. The broker-dealer also must disclose the commissions payable to the broker-dealer, current bid and offer quotations for the penny stock and, if the broker-dealer is the sole market maker, the broker-dealer must disclose this fact and the broker-dealer's presumed control over the market. Such information must be provided to the customer orally or in writing before or with the written confirmation of trade sent to the customer. Monthly statements must be sent disclosing recent price information for the penny stock held in the account and information on the limited market in penny stock. The additional burdens imposed upon broker-dealers by such requirements could discourage broker-dealers from effecting transactions in our common stock.

The Market Price Of Your Shares Will Be Volatile.

The stock market price of mineral exploration companies like us has been volatile. Securities markets may experience price and volume volatility. The market price of our stock may experience wide fluctuations that could be unrelated to our financial and operating results. Such volatility or fluctuations could adversely affect your ability to sell your shares and the value you might receive for those shares.

Item 1B Unresolved Staff Comments

As of October 31, 2016, we do not have any Securities and Exchange Commission staff comments that have been unresolved for more than 180 days.

Item 2 Properties

The Company occupies certain executive and office facilities in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia which are provided to it pursuant to the Service Agreement with AXIS. See "Item 1 - Business- Employees" and "Item 13 - Certain Relationships and Related Transactions".

Item 3 Legal Proceedings

There are no pending legal proceedings to which the Company is a party, or to which any of its property is the subject, which the Company considers material.

Item 4 Mine Safety Disclosures

Not Applicable

PART II

Item 5

Market for Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters

Market Information

Our common stock is traded in the over-the-counter market under the symbol "AURM".

The following table sets out the high and low bid information for the Common Stock

as reported by the National Quotation Service Bureau for each period/quarter indicated in US$:

Calendar Period	High Bid (1)	Low Bid (1)

2015
First Quarter	0.32	0.32
Second Quarter	0.55	0.55
Third Quarter	0.63	0.55
Fourth Quarter	0.55	0.55

2016
First Quarter	0.32	0.32
Second Quarter	0.63	0.31
Third Quarter	0.55	0.55
Fourth Quarter	0.55	0.55

(1) The quotations set out herein reflect inter-dealer prices without retail mark-up, markdown

or commission and may not necessarily reflect actual transactions.

As of October 31, 2016 and September 28, 2017, there were 135,850,000 shares of common stock issued and outstanding.

Dividends

To date we have not paid any cash dividends on our common stock and we do not expect to declare or pay any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. Payment of any dividends will depend upon our future earnings, if any, our financial condition, and other factors deemed relevant by the Board of Directors.

On September 29, 2009, the Company's Board of Directors declared an 8-for-1 stock split in the form of a stock dividend that was payable in October, 2009 to stockholders of record as of October 23, 2009. An aggregate of 92,400,000 shares of common stock were issued in connection with this dividend.

Shareholders

As of September 26, 2017 the Company had approximately 29 shareholders of record. Within the holders of record of the Company's Common Stock are depositories such as Cede & Co., a nominee for The Depository Trust Company (or DTC), that hold shares of stock for brokerage firms which, in turn, hold shares of stock for one or more beneficial owners. Accordingly, the Company believes there are many more beneficial owners of its Common Stock whose shares are held in "street name", not in the name of the individual shareholder.

Transfer Agent

Our United States Transfer Agent and Registrar is Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.

Item 6

Selected Financial Data

Our selected financial data presented below for each of the years in the two-year period ended October 31, 2016 and the balance sheet data at October 31, 2016 and 2015 have been derived from consolidated financial statements, which have been audited by PKF O'Connor Davies, A Division of O'Connor Davies LLP ("PKF"). The selected financial data should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements for each of the years in the two-year period ended October 31, 2016, and Notes thereto, which are included elsewhere in this Annual Report .

Statement of Operations Data

	2016 US$			2015 US$

Revenues		-			-
		-			-

Costs and expenses		51,027			120,052

(Loss) from operations		(51,027	)		(120,052	)

Other income		-			66,646
Foreign currency exchange gain		55,027			1,226,376
Provision for income taxes		-			-

Net (loss)/income		(106,054	)		1,172,970

	$			$
Net (loss)/income per share		0.00			0.01

Weighted average number of shares used per share calculation (000's)		135,742			113,244

Balance Sheet Data
	$			$
Total assets		591			197
Total liabilities		(1,340,301	)		(1,272,182	)

Stockholders' Equity (deficit)		(1,339,710	)		(1,271,985	)

Item 7.

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition or Plan of Operation

General

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and plan of operation should be read in conjunction with the Financial Statements and accompanying notes and the other financial information appearing elsewhere in this report. This report contains numerous forward-looking statements relating to our business. Such forward-looking statements are identified by the use of words such as believes, intends, expects, hopes, may, should, plan, projected, contemplates, anticipates or similar words. Actual operating schedules, results of operations, ore grades and mineral deposit estimates and other projections and estimates could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements.

Foreign Currency Translation

The Company has had operations in Laos and administrative functions based in Australia. The Laos operations functional currency is USD but also uses Laos LAK (Lao Kip "LAK") and Thai BHT (Thai Baht "BHT"). Australian administrative operations are in AUD ("A$"). The income and expenses of its foreign operations are translated into US dollars at the average exchange rate prevailing during the period. Assets and liabilities of the foreign operations are translated into US dollars at the period-end exchange rate. The following table shows the period-end rates of exchange of the Australian dollar, Lao Kip and Thai Baht compared with the US dollar during the periods indicated.

Year ended
October 31

2016	US$1.00	=	A$1.3152

2015	US$1.00	=	A$1.1371

Overview

Aurum, Inc. ("Aurum" or the "Company") was incorporated in the State of Florida in September 2008. The principal stockholder of Aurum is Golden Target Pty Ltd., an Australian corporation ("Golden"), which owned 96.21% of Aurum as of October 31, 2014. On January 20, 2010, the Company re-incorporated in the state of Delaware (the "Reincorporation") through a merger involving Liquid Financial Engines Inc. and Aurum, Inc., a Delaware Corporation that was a wholly owned subsidiary of Liquid. The Reincorporation was effected by merging Liquid with Aurum, with Aurum being the surviving entity. For purposes of the Company's financial reporting status, Aurum is deemed a successor to Liquid.

In July 2009, Golden acquired an approximate 96% interest in Aurum from certain stockholders. In connection therewith, the Company appointed a new President/Chief Executive Officer/Director and Chief Financial Officer/Secretary.

Commencing August 2009, the Company decided to focus on mineral exploration for gold and copper in the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic. The Century Concession has expired and the Company had been negotiating with the Lao Government to renew the Concession. The Company was advised that the Government does not intend to renew the Concession. As a result, the Company no longer has any exploration interests in Laos.

The Company has now commenced a search for new gold projects that the Company may be able to acquire an interest in. The Company's planned operations have not commenced and are considered to be in the exploration stage.

In August 2009, the Company entered into an agreement with AXIS Consultants Pty Ltd ("AXIS") to provide geological, management and administration services to the Company. AXIS has some common management and is incorporated in Australia. AXIS is paid by each company it manages for the costs incurred by it in carrying out the administration function for each such company. Pursuant to the Service Agreement, AXIS performs such functions as payroll, maintaining employee records required by law and by usual accounting procedures, providing insurance, legal, human resources, company secretarial, land management, certain exploration and mining support, financial, accounting advice and services. AXIS procures items of equipment necessary in the conduct of the business of the Company. AXIS also provides for the Company various services, including but not limited to the making available of office supplies, office facilities and any other services as may be required from time to time by the Company as and when requested by the Company. We are required to reimburse AXIS for any direct costs incurred by AXIS for the Company. In addition, we are required to pay a proportion of AXIS's overhead cost based on AXIS's management estimate of our utilization of the facilities and activities of AXIS plus a service fee of not more than 15% of the direct and overhead costs. Amounts invoiced by AXIS are required to be paid by us. Under the agreement, we are not permitted to obtain from sources other than AXIS, and we are not permitted to perform or provide ourselves, the services contemplated by the Service Agreement, unless we first requests AXIS to provide the service and AXIS fails to provide the service within one month. As our arrangements with AXIS have evolved, the arrangements have changed, which have verbally been agreed to by AXIS, as a result of the requirements of certain suppliers to be able to deal directly with us. In these cases, AXIS does not charge us a management or service fee in respect to these arrangements with suppliers who deal with us directly. The types of services that are provided directly to us include audit and tax services, legal services, stock transfer services, drilling services, leases of some offices, finance leases, financing facilities in our name, Delaware franchise tax.

Results of Operations

Year ended October 31, 2016 versus Year ended October 31, 2015

We are an exploration stage company and have not generated any revenues since inception. As set out in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation – Overview, the Company is managed by AXIS. Certain costs and expenses are incurred by the Company and certain costs and expenses are incurred by AXIS on behalf of the Company and billed to the Company by AXIS. The total amount of expenses billed to the Company by AXIS in fiscal 2016 was $1,817 (2015: $56,226). The discussion in the next paragraphs relates to costs and expenses of the Company, incurred by both the Company; and by AXIS that are billed to the Company.

Total costs and expenses have decreased from $120,052 for the year ended October 31, 2015, to $51,027 for the year ended October 31, 2016. The decrease in the total costs and expenses was a result of:

a decrease in legal, accounting and professional costs from $70,266 in fiscal 2015 to $44,025 in fiscal 2016. Included within legal, accounting and professional costs for the year ended October, 31 2016 is $(650) for stock transfer agent fees for management of the share register (2015: $9,371); $44,675 (2015: $59,743) for audit and tax fees and professional services in relation to consolidated financial statements in the quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and annual reports on Form 10-K; and legal fees of $nil (2015: $1,152).

ii)

a decrease in administrative costs from $49,636 in fiscal 2015 to $6,756 in fiscal 2016. Included within administrative costs for the year ended October, 31 2016 is $1,311 (2015: $40,362) for charges by AXIS for salaries incurred on behalf of the Company which relate to amounts paid to the President and Chief Executive Officer, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer and other staff of AXIS who provide services to the Company; $4,767 for lodgement of company filings with the SEC (2015: ($7,650); $202 for contractor and consultant costs (2015: $621); and storage costs of $476 (2015: $1,901); insurance costs of $nil (2015: $11,733); bank charges for $nil (2015: $72); franchise tax of $nil (2015: $837); and $nil for contractor and consultant costs (2015: $621).. The decrease is primarily as a result of a decrease in the cost of services provided by AXIS in accordance with the service agreement. The total administrative expenses include AXIS billings of $1,817 for 2016 (2015: $55,944).

As a result of the foregoing, the loss from operations decreased from $120,052 for the year ended October 31, 2015 to $51,027 for the year ended October 31, 2016.

Other income decreased from $66,646 for the year ended October 31, 2015 to $nil for the year ended October 31, 2016.

The Company recorded a foreign currency exchange loss of $55,027 for the year ended October 31, 2016 (2015: gain $1,226,376) primarily due to revaluation of amounts payable to affiliates in Australian dollars

The net loss was $106,054 for the year ended October 31, 2016 compared to net income of $1,172,970 for the year ended October 31, 2015.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

For the year ended October 31, 2016, net cash from operating activities was $23,356 consisting primarily of the net loss of $106,054, adjusted for non-cash items being foreign currency loss of $55,027 and an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $74,383. Net cash used in investing activities was $nil and net cash used in financing activities was $23,324 being repayment of advances from affiliates of $61,653 and proceeds from the issuance of common stock of $38,329.

As of October 31, 2016, the Company has short term obligations of $279,737 comprising accounts payable and accrued expenses, and had long term obligations of $1,060,564 comprising advances payable to affiliates.

During 2016, AXIS charged the Company $1,817 for management and administration services. The net amount owed by the Company to AXIS at October 31, 2016 of $828,064 is included under non-current liabilities.

The Company has $591 in cash at October 31, 2016.

The Company has funded operations since inception through advances from affiliated entities. The Company's ability to continue operations for the foreseeable future is dependent upon future funding from affiliated entities, capital raisings, or its ability to commence revenue producing operations and positive cash flows, of which there can be no assurance. AXIS has advised it does not currently intend to require repayment of these advances prior to October 31, 2017, accordingly the Company has decided to classify the amounts payable as non-current in the accompanying balance sheets.

The Company continues to search for additional sources of capital, including capital raisings from share issuances, however no agreements or arrangements have been made as of this date and there can be no assurance funding will be successfully obtained. Even if it is obtained, there is no assurance that it will not be secured on terms that are highly dilutive to existing shareholders.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which contemplates continuation of Aurum as a going concern. However, Aurum has limited assets, negative working capital, has not yet commenced revenue producing operations and has sustained recurring losses since inception.

Impact of Australian Tax Law

In July, 2009 the management and control of Aurum was effectively transferred to Australia making the company an Australian resident corporation for tax purposes under Australian law. Australian resident corporations are subject to Australian income tax on their non-exempt worldwide assessable income (which includes capital gains), less allowable deductions, at the rate of 30%. Foreign tax credits are allowed where tax has been paid on foreign source income provided the tax credit does not exceed 30% of the foreign source income.

Under the U.S. Australia tax treaty, a U.S. corporation such as us is subject to Australian income tax on net profits attributable to the carrying on of a business in Australia through a "permanent establishment" in Australia. A "permanent establishment" is a fixed place of business through which the business of an enterprise is carried on. The treaty limits the Australian tax on interest and royalties paid by an Australian business to a U.S. resident to 10% of the gross interest or royalty income unless it relates to a permanent establishment. Although we consider that we do not have a permanent establishment in Australia, the Company may be deemed to have such an establishment due to the location of its administrative offices in Melbourne. In addition we may receive interest or dividends from time to time.

Impact of Australian Governmental, Economic, Monetary or Fiscal Policies

Although Australian taxpayers are subject to substantial regulation, we believe that our operations are not materially impacted by such regulations nor is it subject to any broader regulations or governmental policies than most Australian taxpayers.

Impact of Recent Accounting Pronouncements

For a discussion of the impact of recent accounting pronouncements on the Company's consolidated financial statements, see Note 4 to the Company's Financial Statements which are included elsewhere in this Annual Report.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

At October 31, 2016, the Company had no outstanding borrowings under Loan Facilities.

Item 8. Financial Statements

See F Pages

Item 9.

Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

There have been no changes in accountants or any disagreements with accountants on any matter of accounting principles or practices or financial statement disclosures during the two years ended October 31, 2016.

Item 9A Controls and Procedures

(a)	Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures

Our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, such principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this report at the reasonable level of assurance.

(b)	Management's Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange act Rules 13a-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Under the supervision of management and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the 1992 framework in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on our evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, our management concluded that our internal controls over financial reporting was effective as of October 31, 2016.

(c)	Attestation report of the Registered Public Accounting Firm

This Annual Report on Form 10-K does not include an attestation report of the Company's independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management's report was not subject to attestation by the Company's independent registered public accounting firm pursuant to an exemption for smaller reporting companies under Section 989G of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

(d)	Change in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in the Company's internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation of such internal control that occurred during the Company's last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect the Company's internal control over financial reporting.

(e)

Other

We believe that a controls system, no matter how well designed and operated, cannot provide absolute assurance that the objectives of the controls system are met, and no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within a company have been detected. Therefore, a control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide such reasonable assurances of achieving our desired control objectives, and our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded, as of October 31, 2016, that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective in achieving that level of reasonable assurance.

Item 9B Other Information

None.

PART III

Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

The following table sets forth our directors and officers, their ages and all offices and positions with our company. Officers and other employees serve at the will of the Board of Directors.

Name	Age	Position(s) Held
Joseph Gutnick	64	Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Peter Lee	59	Secretary, Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer

Director Qualifications

The following paragraphs provide information as of the date of this report about our sole director as well as about each executive officer. The information presented includes information each director has given us about his age, all positions he holds, his principal occupation and business experience for the past five years, and the names of other publicly-held companies of which he currently serves as a director or has served as a director during the past five years. In addition to the information presented below regarding our director's specific experience, qualifications, attributes and skills that led our Board to the conclusion that he should serve as a director, we also believe that our director has demonstrated an ability to exercise sound judgment, as well as a commitment of service to Aurum and our Board. Finally, we value his significant experience in the mining industry and other public and board committees.

Joseph Gutnick

Mr. Gutnick is a leading mining industry entrepreneur and has been President and a Director since July 2009, and has been the Chief Executive Officer since April 2012. In addition, Mr. Gutnick was Chief Executive Officer from July 2009 until June 2011. He is currently President, Director and CEO of Golden River Resources Corporation (for more than 10 years) which is a US corporations listed on the OTC market in the USA; and President and CEO of Northern Capital Resources Corp and Great Central Resources Corporation, US corporations. Mr. Gutnick was previously a Director of the World Gold Council. He has previously been a Director of Legend International Holdings Inc. (since 2004), Consolidated Gems, Inc, Merlin Diamonds Limited, Top End Minerals Limited Acadian Mining Corporation, Quantum Resources Limited and Royal Roads Corporation in the last five years. He is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy and the Australian Institute of Management and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Mr. Gutnick's extensive experience in leading teams in building and operating major mining operations in Australia as well as his experience in founding and serving as the chief executive officer and chairman of a number of public companies will provide our Board with valuable executive leadership and management experience.

Peter Lee

Mr. Peter Lee has been Secretary since July 2009 and Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer since January 2015. Mr. Lee is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, a Fellow of Governance Institute of Australia Ltd., a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and holds a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. He has over 30 years commercial experience and is currently Director, CFO and Secretary of Golden River Resources Corporation (for more than 10 years), and CFO and Secretary of Consolidated Gems, Inc. (since 2009), which are US corporations listed on the OTC market in the USA; CFO and Secretary of Northern Capital Resources Corp and Great Central Resources Corporation, US Corporations; and CFO and Secretary of Merlin Diamonds Limited, , listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. He was a Director of Acadian Mining Corporation, Quantum Resources Limited, a Director, CFO and Secretary of Top End Minerals Limited and CFO and Secretary of Legend International Holdings Inc in the last five years.

The Company's Directors have been appointed for a one-year term which will continue until their successors have been elected and qualified.

The Director and Senior Executives devote sufficient amounts of their business time to the affairs of the Company to advance its activities.

Directors need not be stockholders of the Company or residents of the State of Delaware. Directors are elected for an annual term and generally hold office until the next Directors have been duly elected and qualified. Directors may receive compensation for their services as determined by the Board of Directors. A vacancy on the Board may be filled by the remaining Directors even though less than a quorum remains. A Director appointed to fill a vacancy remains a Director until his successor is elected by the Stockholders at the next annual meeting of Shareholder or until a special meeting is called to elect Directors.

Mr. Simon Lee, who was CFO of the Company resigned as of January 22, 2015.

Involvement on Certain Material Legal Proceedings During the Last Ten Years

No director, officer, significant employee or consultant has been convicted in a criminal proceeding, exclusive of traffic violations. No director, officer, significant employee or consultant has been permanently or temporarily enjoined, barred, suspended or otherwise limited from involvement in any type of business, securities or banking activities. No director, officer or significant employee has been convicted of violating a federal or state securities or commodities law.

On August 27, 2013 the Supreme Court of Australia found in favour of a shareholder of an entity of which Joseph Gutnick is a director in respect of the purchase of shares in that entity from Mr. Gutnick by that shareholder. The Court found and made orders that (i) notwithstanding that the purchase by the plaintiff was for a total of A$1,000,000, the investor was not a sophisticated investor within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2011 (Cth) by reason of the fact that the investment funds were paid by a number of instalments. The Court held that only a purchase where a minimum of A$500,000 was paid as a first payment qualified the purchaser as a sophisticated investor and thereby exempted the seller from providing a disclosure statement. In consequence, the Court ordered the shares purchase agreement be rescinded and declared void and that Mr. Gutnick repay the plaintiff the $1,000,000 purchase price.

On November 24, 2015, Legend International Holdings Inc. announced that it had entered into a Convertible Bond and Subscription Agreement ("Bond Agreement") and Security Bond Deed, both dated November 24, 2015 with Queensland Phosphate Pty Ltd ("QPL"). Pursuant to those documents, the Company was advised on March 16, 2016 that QPL had appointed receivers and managers to Paradise Phosphate Limited ("PPL") and the Company's shareholding in PPL on March 11, 2016.

On October 21, 2015, Legend International Holdings Inc. announced that Indian Farmers Fertilizer Co-Operative and its Dubai domiciled subsidiary Kisan International Trading had filed a claim in the Victorian Supreme Court (Australia) to enforce an order of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre against the Company and Mr Joseph Gutnick. Under the order, the Company and Mr Gutnick are to pay IFFCO and Kisan a total of US$12.35 million and US$28.05 million, plus interest and costs, respectively. Following on from that decision, Indian Farmers Fertilizer Co-Operative and its Dubai domiciled subsidiary Kisan International Trading have served a letter of demand on the Company for AUD$25,027,208. Legend and Mr Gutnick challenged the enforcement of the order in the Supreme Court of Victoria Australia but were unsuccessful and the Court ordered that Legend be placed in liquidation.

Mr Gutnick was a Director and Mr Lee was Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Legend and PPL.

Following the decision of the Supreme Court in Victoria, Mr Gutnick declared personal bankruptcy.

Board, Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee Meetings

Our Board of Directors currently consists of one director. During fiscal 2016, our Board of Directors met once.

We do not have a nominating committee. Historically our entire Board has selected nominees for election as directors. The Board believes this process has worked well thus far particularly since it has been the Board's practice to require unanimity of Board members with respect to the selection of director nominees. In determining whether to elect a director or to nominate any person for election by our stockholders, the Board assesses the appropriate size of the Board of Directors, consistent with our bylaws, and whether any vacancies on the Board are expected due to retirement or otherwise. If vacancies are anticipated, or otherwise arise, the Board will consider various potential candidates to fill each vacancy. Candidates may come to the attention of the Board through a variety of sources, including from current members of the Board, stockholders, or other persons. The Board of Directors has not yet had the occasion to, but will, consider properly submitted proposed nominations by stockholders who are not directors, officers, or employees of Aurum, Inc. on the same basis as candidates proposed by any other person. We do not have a policy with respect to the use of diversity as a criteria for Board membership and do not consider diversity in the selection of our Directors.

Audit Committee

At October 31, 2016, the Company had not formed an audit committee or adopted an audit committee charter. In lieu of an audit committee, the Company's Board of Directors assumes the responsibilities that would normally be those of an audit committee. Given the limited scope of the Company's operations to date, the Board of Directors does not at present have a director that would qualify as an audit committee financial expert under the applicable federal securities law regulations.

Remuneration Committee

At October 31, 2016, the Company had not formed a remuneration committee or adopted a remuneration committee charter. In lieu of a remuneration committee, the Company's board of directors assumes the responsibilities that would normally be those of a remuneration committee.

Code of Ethics

We have adopted a Code of Conduct and Ethics and it applies to all Directors, Officers and employees. A copy of the Code of Conduct and Ethics is on our website at auruminc.net. We will provide a copy of the Code of Conduct and Ethics any person without charge. If you require a copy, contact us by facsimile or email and we will send you a copy.

Stockholder Communications with the Board

Stockholders who wish to communicate with the Board of Directors should send their communications to the Chairman of the Board at the address listed below. The Chairman of the Board is responsible for forwarding communications to the appropriate Board members.

Mr. Joseph Gutnick

Aurum, Inc.

PO Box 6315 St. Kilda Road

Central Melbourne, Victoria 8008 Australia

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, our Directors, executive officers and beneficial owners of more than 10% of the outstanding Common Stock are required to file reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission concerning their ownership of and transactions in our Common Stock and are also required to provide to us copies of such reports. Based solely on such reports and related information furnished to us, we believe that in fiscal 2016 all such filing requirements were complied with in a timely manner by all Directors, executive officers and greater than 10% stockholders.

Item 11. Executive Compensation.

The following table sets forth the annual salary, bonuses and all other compensation awards and pay outs on account of our Chief Executive Officer for services rendered to us during the fiscal years ended October 31, 2016 and October 31, 2015. No other executive officer received more than US$100,000 per annum during this period. The amounts listed below were paid by us to AXIS, which provides the services of Mr. Gutnick.

Summary Compensation Table

Name and Principal Position	Year	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation	Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings	All Other Compensation	Total
Joseph Gutnick, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO ⁽¹⁾	2016 2015	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -

1.	Joseph Gutnick appointed July 23, 2009, resigned as CEO on June 6, 2011 and was reappointed on April 30, 2012.

We have a policy that we will not enter into any transaction with an officer, Director or affiliate of the Company or any member of their families unless the terms of the transaction are no less favourable to us than the terms available from non-affiliated third parties or are otherwise deemed to be fair to the Company at the time authorised.

Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End

None.

Principal Officers Contracts

The principal officers do not have any employment contracts.

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.

The following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock by each person or entity known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of common stock, each of our directors and named executive officers, and all of our directors and executive officers as a group as of September 28, 2017.

Title of Class	Name and Address of Beneficial Owner*	Amount and nature of Beneficial Owner	Percentage of class ⁽¹⁾
Shares of Common Stock Shares of Common Stock	Golden Target Nominees Pty Ltd All officers and Directors as a group	101,600,000 101,600,000	74.79 74.79

*	Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each person is c/o Aurum, Inc., Level 1A, 42 Moray Street, Southbank, Victoria 3006 Australia

Notes:

(1)	Based on 135,850,000 shares outstanding as of September 28, 2017. Gives effect to an 8 for 1 stock split in the form of a dividend that was effected as of October 23, 2009.

(2)

Golden Target Nominees Pty Ltd. ('Golden Target") is an Australian corporation that holds the Shares in its capacity as the trustee of a private family investment trust. The directors of Golden Target, Mrs Stera Gutnick and Mr. Mordechai Gutnick and its sole stockholder, Mr Zalman Gutnick, may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the Shares owned by Golden Target.

(3)	Does not include Shares owned by Golden Target of which the wife and two sons of the Company's sole director are the sole directors and stockholder, but as to which the Company's sole director disclaims beneficial ownership

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence

In August 2009, the Company entered into an agreement with AXIS Consultants Pty Ltd ("AXIS") to provide geological, management and administration services to the Company. AXIS has some common management and is incorporated in Australia. Mr. Peter Lee is Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary of AXIS and owes fiduciary duties to both parties. AXIS' principal business is to provide geological, management and administration services to companies. We are one of seven companies that AXIS provides services to, namely Merlin Diamonds Limited, Top End Minerals Limited, Northern Capital Resources Corp, Golden River Resources Corporation, Great Central Resources Corp, Aurum Inc., and Consolidated Gems Inc.

Each of the companies has some common Directors, officers and shareholders. In addition, each of the companies is substantially dependent upon AXIS for its senior management and certain mining and exploration staff. A number of arrangements and transactions have been entered into from time to time between such companies. It has been the intention of the companies and respective Boards of Directors that each of such arrangements or transactions should accommodate the respective interest of the relevant companies in a manner which is fair to all parties and equitable to the shareholders of each. Currently, there are no material arrangements or planned transactions between the Company and any of the other companies other than AXIS.

AXIS is paid by each company for the costs incurred by it in carrying out the administration function for each such company. Pursuant to the Service Agreement, AXIS performs such functions as payroll, maintaining employee records required by law and by usual accounting procedures, providing insurance, human resources, company secretarial, land management, certain exploration and mining support including provision of exploration managers and geologists, financial, accounting advice and services. AXIS also provides for the Company various services, including but not limited to the making available of office supplies, office facilities and any other services as may be required from time to time by the Company as and when requested by the Company.

We are required to reimburse AXIS for any direct costs incurred by AXIS for the Company. In addition, we are required to pay a proportion of AXIS's overhead cost based on AXIS's management estimate of our utilisation of the facilities and activities of AXIS plus a service fee of not more than 15% of the direct and overhead costs. Amounts invoiced by AXIS are required to be paid by us. We are also not permitted to obtain from sources other than AXIS, and we are not permitted to perform or provide ourselves, the services contemplated by the Service Agreement, unless we first request AXIS to provide the service and AXIS fails to provide the service within one month.

The Service Agreement may be terminated by AXIS or ourselves upon 60 days prior notice. If the Service Agreement is terminated by AXIS, we would be required to independently provide, or to seek an alternative source of providing, the services currently provided by AXIS. There can be no assurance that we could independently provide or find a third party to provide these services on a cost-effective basis or that any transition from receiving services under the Service Agreement will not have a material adverse effect on us. Our inability to provide such services or to find a third party to provide such services may have a material adverse effect on our operations.

The arrangement with AXIS has changed since it was originally entered into as the relationship has evolved as a result of the requirements of certain suppliers to be able to deal directly with us. In these cases, AXIS does not charge us a management or service fee in respect to these arrangements with suppliers who deal with us directly. The types of services that are provided directly to us include audit and tax services, legal services, stock transfer services, drilling services, assay laboratory services, leases of some offices, finance leases and Delaware franchise tax.

In accordance with the Service Agreement, AXIS provides the Company with the services of our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and clerical employees, as well as office facilities, equipment, administrative and clerical services. We pay AXIS for the actual costs of such facilities plus a maximum service fee of 15%. AXIS billed Aurum $1,817 (2015: $56,226) as per the services agreement for 2016.

During the year ended October 31, 2016, AXIS provided services in accordance with the services agreement and incurred direct costs on behalf of the Company of $1,817 (2015: $56,226 ), paid on behalf on the Company $1,882 (2015: $nil), advanced the Company $10,131 (2015: $23,180) and the Company repaid $75,482 ( 2015:$nil). For the year ended October 31, 2016, the foreign currency translation effect of the amount owed to AXIS was a loss of approximately $55,389 (2015: gain $1,224,634). At October 31, 2016, the Company owed AXIS $828,064 (2015: $834,327). The Company has received advances from AXIS in connection with the ongoing business relationship between the two parties, which have been disclosed in the Company's SEC reports, but which are not specifically provided for in the AXIS Services Agreement. Historically, the shortfall in our cash receipts has been covered by cash advances from AXIS. The purpose of such advances is to assist us in meeting our ongoing cash flow requirements. The parties are in discussions in relation to the Company providing security to AXIS for the amount outstanding however no agreement has been reached to-date. Mr. Peter Lee is Chief Financial Officer & Company Secretary of AXIS and owes fiduciary obligations to both parties. It is the intention of the Boards of Directors of AXIS and the Company that this issue be resolved in a manner that is fair to all parties and equitable to the shareholders of each, but there are no agreements or understandings addressing the priority or dispensation of fiduciary duties with respect to the discussions to resolve the amount outstanding owed to AXIS or any other conflict of interest with AXIS or other affiliates. At October 31, 2016, the Company owed the former Managing Director of its Laos operation $232,500 (2015: $232,500). The Company intends to repay these amounts with funds raised either via additional debt or equity offerings. AXIS and the former Managing Director have advised they do not currently intend to require repayment of these advances prior to October 31, 2017, accordingly, the Company has decided to classify the amounts payable as non-current in the accompanying balance sheets.

Transactions with Management

We have a written policy that we will not enter into any transaction with an Officer, Director or affiliate of us or any member of their families unless the transaction is approved by a majority of our disinterested non-employee Directors and the disinterested majority determines that the terms of the transaction are no less favourable to us than the terms available from non-affiliated third parties or are otherwise deemed to be fair to us at the time authorised.

Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services

The following table shows the audit fees that were billed or are expected to be billed by PKF for fiscal 2016 and 2015.

	2016		2015

Audit fees	$	38,675	$	31,000
Tax fees	$	6,000	$	6,242
Total	$	44,675	$	37,242

Audit fees were for the audit of our annual consolidated financial statements, review of consolidated financial statements included in our 10-Q quarterly reports, and services that are normally provided by independent auditors in connection with our other filings with the SEC. This category also includes advice on accounting matters that arose during, or as a result of, the audit or review of our interim consolidated financial statements.

As part of its duties, our Board pre-approves audit and non-audit services performed by our independent auditors in order to assure that the provision of such services does not impair the auditors' independence. Our Board does not delegate to management its responsibilities to pre-approve services performed by our independent auditors.

PART IV

Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules

(a)	Financial Statements and Notes thereto.

The Financial Statements and Notes thereto listed on the Index at page 26 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K are filed as a part of this Annual Report.

(b)

Exhibits

The Exhibits to this Annual Report on Form 10-K are listed in the Exhibit Index at page 26 of this Annual Report.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has caused this Annual Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorised.

	AURUM, INC.

	(Registrant)



	By:	/s/ Peter Lee
		Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal Financial Officer)

Dated: September 28, 2017

FORM 10-K Signature Page

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Report has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

	Signature	Title	Date





1.	/s/ Joseph Gutnick	Chairman, President and
	Joseph Gutnick	Chief Executive Officer.	September 28, 2017

EXHIBIT INDEX

Incorporated by		Exhibit	Exhibit
Reference to:		No


(1)	Exhibit 3.1	3.1	Articles of Incorporation of Aurum, Inc.
(1)	Exhibit 3.2	3.2	Bylaws of Aurum, Inc.
(1)	Exhibit 3.3	3.3	Agreement and Plan of Merger between Liquid Financial Engines, Inc. and Aurum, Inc.
(2)	Exhibit 10.1	10.1	2010 Equity Incentive Plan.
(3)	Exhibit 10.4	10.4	Service Agreement dated August 31, 2009, by and between the Registrant and AXIS Consultants Pty Ltd.
(4)	Exhibit 99.3	99.3	Century Thrust Management and Shareholders Agreement.
(5)	Exhibit 99.2	99.2	Lao Inter Mining Options Limited Agreement.
	*	21.1	Subsidiaries of the Registrant.
	*	31.1	Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 by Joseph Gutnick.
		31.2	Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 by Peter Lee.
	*	32.1	Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 by Joseph Gutnick.
		32.2	Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 by Peter Lee.

101			The following materials from the Aurum Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for year ended October 31, 2016 formatted in Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i) the Balance Sheets, (ii) the Statements of Operations , (iii) the Statements of Stockholders' Equity (Deficit), (iv) the Statements of Cash Flows and (v) related notes.

*Filed herewith

Footnotes:

(1)	Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Information Statement on Schedule 14C filed on December 21, 2009.

(2)	Incorporated by reference to the Company's 10-Q filed on March 16, 2011.

(3)	Incorporated by reference to the Company's 10-K filed on January 27, 2011.

(4)	Incorporated by reference to the Company's 8-K filed on February 25, 2011.

(5)	Incorporated by reference to the Company's 8-K filed on April 6, 2011.

Financial Statements as of October 31, 2016 and 2015 and for the years ended October 31, 2016 and 2015.

Aurum, Inc.

Audited Financial Statements for the Company as of October 31, 2016 and 2015 and for the years ended October 31, 2016 and 2015.

AURUM, INC.

Consolidated Financial Statements

October 31, 2016 and 2015

(with Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm)

CONTENTS

	Page

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	F-3
Consolidated Balance Sheets	F-4
Consolidated Statements of Operations	F-5
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)	F-6
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	F-7
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	F-8 – F-14

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of Aurum, Inc.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Aurum, Inc. as of October 31, 2016 and 2015, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity (deficit) and cash flows for the years ended October 31, 2016 and 2015. 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 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 of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Our audits include 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 examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall consolidated 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 Aurum, Inc. at October 31, 2016 and 2015, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. As described in note 1, at October 31, 2016, the Company has negative working capital, has not yet commenced revenue producing operations and has a retained (deficit) of approximately $9.2 million. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. Management's plans in regard to these matters are also discussed in note 3.

/s/ PKF O'Connor Davies, LLP

New York, NY

September 27, 2017

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AURUM, INC.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

October 31, 2016 and 2015

	2016 US$			2015 US$
ASSETS

Current Assets:
Cash		591			197
Total Current Assets		591			197

Total Assets		591			197

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)

Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		279,737			205,355
Total Current Liabilities		279,737			205,355

Non-Current Liabilities:
Payable to affiliates		1,060,564			1,066,827
Total Non-Current Liabilities		1,060,564			1,066,827

Total Liabilities		1,340,301			1,272,182

Stockholders' Equity (Deficit):
Common stock: $.0001 par value 500,000,000 shares authorised 135,850,000 (2015:135,600,000) shares issued and outstanding		13,585			13,560
Additional paid-in-capital		7,833,287			7,794,983
Retained (deficit)		(9,186,582	)		(9,080,528	)
Total Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)		(1,339,710	)		(1,271,985	)

Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)		591			197

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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AURUM, INC.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

	Year Ended October 31, 2016 US$			Year Ended October 31, 2015 US$

Revenues		-			-

Cost and expenses
Legal, accounting & professional		44,025			70,266
Administration expenses		6,756			49,636
Interest expense, net		246			150
Total costs and expenses		51,027			120,052
(Loss) from operations		(51,027	)		(120,052	)

Other income		-			66,646
Foreign currency exchange (loss)/gain		(55,027	)		1,226,376
(Loss)/Income before income tax		(106,054	)		1,172,970

Provision for income tax		-			-
Net (loss)/income		(106,054	)		1,172,970

Basic and diluted net income/(loss) per common equivalent shares		(0.00	)		0.01

Weighted average number of common equivalent shares used per share calculation (in 000's)		135,742			113,244

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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AURUM, INC.

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)

October 31, 2016

	Shares		Common Stock Amount		Additional Paid-in Capital		Accumulated (Deficit)			Total
			US$		US$		US$			US$
Balance, October 31, 2014		105,600,000		10,560		2,740,207		(10,253,498	)		(7,502,731	)
Issuance of common stock		30,000,000		3,000		5,054,776		-			5,057,776
Net income		-		-		-		1,172,970			1,172,970
Balance, October 31, 2015		135,600,000		13,560		7,794,983		(9,080,528	)		(1,271,985	)
Issuance of common stock		250,000		25		38,304		-			38,329
Net (loss)		-		-		-		(106,054	)		(106,054	)
Balance, October 31, 2016		135,850,000		13,585		7,833,287		(9,186,582	)		(1,339,710	)

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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AURUM, INC.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

	Year Ended October 31, 2016			Year Ended October 31, 2015
	US$			US$

CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

Net (loss)/income		(106,054	)		1,172,970

Adjustments to reconcile net (loss)/income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Foreign currency exchange (gain)/loss		55,027			(1,226, 376	)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Prepayments		-			963
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		74,383			(43,486	)
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities		23,356			(95,929	)


CASH FLOW FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES

Advances from (repayments to) affiliates		(61,653	)		91,311
Proceeds from issuance of shares		38,329			-
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities		(23,324	)		91,311

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash		362			1,742

Net increase (decrease) in Cash		394			(2,876	)

Cash at Beginning of Year		197			3,073
Cash at End of Year		591			197

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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AURUM, INC.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

October 31, 2016 and 2015

(1) ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS

On January 20, 2010, the Company re-incorporated in the state of Delaware (the "Reincorporation") through a merger involving Liquid Financial Engines Inc. and Aurum, Inc., a Delaware Corporation that was a wholly owned subsidiary of Liquid. The Reincorporation was effected by merging Liquid with Aurum, with Aurum being the surviving entity. For purposes of the Company's financial reporting status, Aurum is deemed a successor to Liquid.

In July 2009, Golden acquired a 96% interest in Aurum from certain stockholders. In connection therewith, the Company appointed a new President/Chief Executive Officer/Director and Chief Financial Officer/Secretary. The sole director and stockholder of Golden is also the President of the Company.

Commencing August 2009, the Company decided to focus on mineral exploration for gold and copper in the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic.

In December 2010, the Company executed a Management and Shareholders Agreement with Argonaut Overseas Investments Ltd ("AOI"), an indirectly wholly owned Subsidiary of Argonaut Resources N.L., in respect to Argonaut's 70% held Century Concession in Laos.

The agreement appointed Aurum as the manager of the Century Thrust Joint Venture Agreement ("Joint Venture") and gave the Company the right to earn 72.86% of AOI's interest in the Joint Venture which is equivalent to a 51% beneficial interest in the Century Concession.

The Century Concession expired in fiscal 2014 and was not renewed. As a result, the Company no longer has any exploration interests in Laos.

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The purchase price is up to USD$7,500,000 which is to be satisfied as follows:

a)	The sum of USD$100,000 payable to the Sellers for due diligence expenses, 30 business days from the execution of the Term Sheet;

b)	A further USD$100,000 each month after the date in a) above for due diligence expenses, for 3 months, payable to the Sellers for working capital purposes;

c)	An issue of fully paid ordinary shares of common stock of the Company to the value of USD$2,500,000 (less any payments made to the Sellers under (a) and (b) above) to the Sellers at an issue price of USD$0.22 per share of common stock (Consideration Shares);

d)	The issue to the Sellers of shares of common stock to the equivalent to USD$2,500,000 at the issue price of USD$0.22, subject to the Sellers achieving sales revenue of USD$100,000 within twelve months after the first anniversary of Completion; and

e)	The issue to the Sellers of shares of common stock to the equivalent to USD$2,500,000 at the issue price of USD$0.22, subject to the Sellers achieving sales revenue of USD$1,000,000 within twelve months after the first anniversary of Completion.

As part of the agreement and as a condition to completion, the Company will raise USD$2,500,000.

Pending completion, the Sellers are required to carry on business in the ordinary course.

The Company's ability to continue operations for the foreseeable future is dependent upon future funding from affiliated entities, capital raisings, or its ability to commence revenue producing operations and positive cash flows.

(2) ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The Company is an exploration stage company and the following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed in connection with the preparation of the consolidated financial statements.

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(a)	Basis of presentation and use of estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure on contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The functional and reporting currency of the Company is the US dollar.

(b)	Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the assets and liabilities of the Company and the entities it controlled at the end of the financial period and the results of the Company and the entities it controlled during the year. Where entities are not controlled throughout the entire financial year, the consolidated results include the results of those entities for that part of the period during which control exists. The effect of all transactions between entities in the group and the inter-entity balances are eliminated in full in preparing the consolidated financial statements. The Company has only one controlled entity.

(c)	Cash Equivalents

Aurum considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents. For the periods presented there were no cash equivalents.

(d)	Foreign Currency

The Company's payables to affiliates are denominated in Australian dollars and converted to U.S. dollars at the end of each reporting period. Resulting gains and losses are included in the statement of operations.

(e)	Federal Income Tax

The Company accounts for income taxes pursuant to ASC Topic 740, "Accounting for Income Taxes", which requires an asset and liability approach to calculating deferred income taxes. The asset and liability approach requires the recognition of deferred tax liabilities and assets for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the carrying amounts and the tax basis of assets and liabilities. For the period presented, there was no taxable income. There are no deferred income taxes resulting from temporary differences in reporting certain income and expense items for income tax and financial accounting purposes. Aurum at this time is not aware of any net operating losses which are expected to be realised.

(f)	Australian Tax Law

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(g)	Income/(Loss) per Share

Basic earnings (loss) per common share is based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding during each period presented. The diluted earnings per share computation includes the effect, if any, of shares that would be issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options, warrants and convertible debts, reduced by the number of shares which are assumed to be purchased by the Company from the resulting proceeds at the average market price during the period, when such amounts are dilutive to the earnings per share calculation.

(h)	Fair value of Financial Instruments

FASB ASC Topic 825, "Financial Instruments", requires the Company to disclose, when reasonably attainable, the fair values of its assets and liabilities which are deemed to be financial instruments.

The Company's financial instruments consist of cash, accounts payable and accrued expenses, and advances from affiliate. The carrying amounts of cash, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate their respective fair values because of the short term nature of those instruments. The fair value of the advances from affiliate is not determinable as it is due to an affiliated entity, no market exists for similar instruments and settlement date is uncertain.

(i)	Comparative Figures

Where necessary, comparative figures have been restated to be consistent with current year presentation.

(j)	Mineral Property Acquisition, Exploration Costs and Amortization of Mineral Rights

Mineral property acquisition, exploration and development costs are expensed as incurred until such time as economic reserves are quantified. To date, the Company has not established any proven or probable reserves on its mineral properties. When it is determined that a mining deposit can be economically and legally extracted or produced based on established proven and probable reserves, further exploration costs and development costs incurred after such determination will be capitalized. The establishment of proven and probable reserves is based on results of final feasibility studies which indicate whether a property is economically feasible. Upon commencement of commercial production, capitalized costs will be transferred to the appropriate asset category and amortized over their estimated useful lives. Capitalized costs, net of salvage values, relating to a deposit which is abandoned or considered uneconomic for the foreseeable future, will be written off.

(3) GOING CONCERN

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. The Company has not yet commenced revenue producing operations and had a retained (deficit) of $9,186,582 as of October 31 2016. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The Company will require additional funding for operations and this additional funding may be raised through debt or equity offerings. The Company has a debt due to AXIS Consultants Pty Ltd (AXIS). AXIS provides management services to the Company and the cost of these services increases the amount of the debt. In addition, the Company has historically relied on loans and advances from corporations affiliated with the President of Aurum, Inc. Based on discussions with these affiliate companies, the Company believes this source of funding will continue to be available. Other than the arrangements noted above, the Company has not confirmed any other arrangements for ongoing funding. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

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(4)	RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective accounting pronouncements, if adopted, would have a material effect on the accompanying consolidated financial statements .

(5)	AFFILIATE TRANSACTIONS

In August 2009, the Company entered into an agreement with AXIS Consultants Pty Ltd ("AXIS") to provide geological, management and administration services to the Company, (the "Service Agreement"). AXIS has some common management and is incorporated in Australia. Mr. Peter Lee is Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary of AXIS and owes fiduciary duties to both parties. AXIS's principal business is to provide geological, management and administration services to companies. We are one of six companies that AXIS provides services to, namely, Merlin Diamonds Limited, Northern Capital Resources Corp, Golden River Resources Corporation, Great Central Resources Corp, Aurum Inc., and Consolidated Gems Inc.

AXIS is paid by each company for the costs incurred by it in carrying out the administration function for each such company. Pursuant to the Service Agreement, AXIS performs such functions as payroll, maintaining employee records required by law and by usual accounting procedures, providing insurance, human resources, company secretarial, land management, certain exploration and mining support including provision of exploration managers and geologists, financial, accounting advice and services. AXIS also provides for the Company's various services, including but not limited to the making available of office supplies, office facilities and any other services as may be required from time to time by the Company as and when requested by the Company.

We are required to reimburse AXIS for any direct costs incurred by AXIS for the Company. In addition, we are required to pay a proportion of AXIS's overhead cost based on AXIS's management estimate of our utilisation of the facilities and activities of AXIS plus a service fee of not more than 15% of the direct and overhead costs. Amounts invoiced by AXIS are required to be paid by us. We are also not permitted to obtain services from sources other than AXIS, and we are not permitted to perform or provide ourselves, the services contemplated by the Service Agreement, unless we first request AXIS to provide the service and AXIS fails to provide the service within one month.

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In accordance with the Service Agreement, AXIS provides the Company with the services of our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and clerical employees, as well as office facilities, equipment, administrative and clerical services. We pay AXIS for the actual costs of such facilities plus a maximum service fee of 15%. AXIS billed Aurum, Inc. as per the services agreement for 2016 of $1,817 (2015: $56,226).

(6) INCOME TAXES

The Company recognises deferred tax assets or liabilities for the expected future consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amount of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basis. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.

The Company is subject to taxation in the USA.

At October 31, 2016 and 2015, deferred taxes consisted of the following:

	USA 2016 $			Total 2016 $
Deferred tax assets

Net operating loss carry-forward		827,643			827,643
Less valuation allowance		(827,643	)		(827,643	)
Net deferred taxes		-			-

	USA 2015 $			Total 2015 $s
Deferred tax assets

Net operating loss carry-forward		827,643			827,643
Less valuation allowance		(827,643	)		(827,643	)
Net deferred taxes		-			-

Under ASC 740, tax benefits are recognised only for tax positions that are more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by tax authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. The valuation allowance offsets the net deferred tax asset for which there is no assurance of recovery. The valuation allowance will be evaluated at the end of each year, considering positive and negative evidence about whether the deferred tax asset will be realized.

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At that time, the allowance will either be increased or reduced; reduction could result in the complete elimination of the allowance if positive evidence indicates that the value of the deferred tax assets is no longer impaired and the allowance is no longer required.

The Company has available net operating loss carry forwards as of October 31, 2016, which are subject to limitations, aggregating approximately $2,285,000 which would expire in years 2028 through 2034.

The Company's tax returns for all years since fiscal 2012 remain open to examination by the respective tax authorities. There are currently no tax examinations in progress.

(7) CASH

The Company maintains cash deposits with financial institutions in Australia.. Cash deposits maintained in Australian dollars are translated into US dollars at the period end exchange rate with the related adjustment recognised in operations.

(8) STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

In September 2008, 96,000,000 shares of common stock were issued to the Company's founder raising $9,000.

In March 2009, the Company raised $12,000 in a registered public offering of 9,600,000 shares of common stock share pursuant to a prospectus dated January 30, 2009.

On July 31, 2015, the Company issued 30,000,000 shares of common stock as repayment of a debt of $5,057,776.

On April 7, 2016, the Company issued 250,000 shares of common stock raising $38,329.

(9) SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Company has evaluated the existence of significant events subsequent to the balance sheet date through the date the consolidated financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events or transactions which would require recognition or disclosure in the consolidated financial statements, other than noted herein.

In July 2017, the Company raised $38,329 through the private placement of 250,000 shares of common stock.

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